Adirondack Timber Forest Fires Threaten Major Lands
Fires ravaged high value timber in the Adirondacks owned by International Paper Schroon River Pulp and Paper and Finch Pruyn Co. Jeremiah Finch of Glens Falls calls them the most persistent fires ever seen. Rain began in Albany late today likely to continue through night after August 22. Telegrams report fires near Indian Lake Danemora and Clinton State Prison. A fire broke out in The Triangle seven miles from Camp Kill Kare, with Woodruff directing a fighting force and officials fearing spread into valuable forest preserve.
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Adirondacks
International Paper Company
Schroon River Pulp and Paper Company
Finch, Pruyn & Co
New York
Jeremiah T. Finch
Glens Falls
Albany
Indian Lake Village
Whipple
Camp Kill Kare
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Woodruff
Cold In The West Brings Early Frost Across Regions
Telegraph report from St Louis details an unprecedented early cold wave after heavy rains ending Southwest growth. Texas records cold snaps 32 to 49 degrees, frost hits Oklahoma and Western Arkansas, drought in Southern Illinois ends as rain spurs plowing. Missouri and Illinois report frost, Chicago notes over thirty degree drop, Marinette forest fires extinguished, St Paul sees near freezing temps, Omaha reports killing frost north of city.
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The
Tribune
St. Louis
Hias
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Chicago
Drought Broken by Rain Across Western Watersheds
Telegraph reports drouth easing in Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia as rain falls over about thirty thousand square miles. Farmers cheer as crops soak. river conditions still need more steady rain to flush waters and resume coal shipments. Philadelphia also sees rain easing drought but streams remain low and factories worry about water supply.
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Tribune
Pittsborg
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Washington
Philadelphia
Thirsty City Gets Big Drink After Long Dry Spell
After three weeks with little rain the city finally saw a torrent of showers starting after 10 o'clock last night. The sudden downpour brought relief from heat and dust, refreshing streets and atmosphere as residents welcomed the long awaited rainfall and cooler temperatures.
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Tor
Weather Notes and Winds Pipe Up With Rain Expected
A gusty northwest wind moved through the day. Rain arrived around 10 p.m. with fair conditions forecast for today. Yesterday’s high hit 74 degrees at 2 p.m. and the low dropped to 67 at 2:10 a.m.
Urges oil as rail fuel to curb Adirondack fires
Albany Sept 28 James S Whipple of the State Forest Fish and Game Commission argues oil should fuel rail engines traversing state timber lands to sharply cut forest fires. He cites 96 percent of fires caused by sparks, notes Racquette Lake Railroad already uses petroleum, and urges Public Service Commission action plus spark prevention measures to protect vast forest lands.
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Albany
James S. Whipple
State Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Whipple
Public Service Commission
Adirondack
Catskill Mountains
Ts Kill
Iron Steamer Neshoto Runs Ashore In Dense Gale
The iron ore laden steamer Neshoto ran ashore on Crisp Point in eastern Lake Superior after losing bearings in dense smoke and fog. The vessel broke to pieces under today’s gale and is a total loss. The crew was saved by ice savers.
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Marquette, Mich
Neshoto
Crisp Point
Lake Superior
Lvesavers
Fires Destroy Homestead Village In Thompsonville Area
Forest fires yesterday wiped out the village of Home stead eight miles north of Thompsonville, causing over 60 thousand dollars in losses and leaving twenty families homeless. The Michigan Central Railroad station north of Caro was also nearly destroyed. Voters must register on October 6 7 10 or 12 between 7 a m and 10 p m.
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Thompsonville
Mich
Homestead
Michigan Central Railroad
Caro
SHERMAN IN CHICAGO OPENS RALLY WITH LONGWORTH
James S. Sherman opened the Republican campaign in Cook County with a rally at Hamilton Club Chicago. He heads a two week tour through Illinois Indiana and Ohio. Nicholas Longworth and Senator William Alden Smith spoke. Mrs. Longworth attended and applauded, drawing many women. Sherman tied the issue to continuing Roosevelt era policies and a Republican House. Longworth urged tariff revision. Smith contrasted Republican and Democratic records.
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Chicago
Cook County
Hamilton Club
James S. Sherman
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Nicholas Longworth
William Alden Smith
Longworth
House of Representatives
Sherman
Roosevelt
Smith
Taft Campaign Plan Reviewed by Republican Leaders
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee spent most of yesterday with the executive committee reviewing campaign allocations and reporting progress. New Jersey chairman Franklin Murphy urged two or three Taft speeches there while Bryan plans visits. estimates cited reflect 1910-era results, not four-year planks. The national committee will cooperate with the New York State drive but will leave day to day management to the state committee.
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Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Executive Committee
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Taft
Sherman
New York
State Committee
Mahany May Oppose Parsons In 13th District Bid
Democratic campaign managers weigh nominating ex Representative Rowland B. Mahany who once served in Congress from Buffalo but the 13th District leans Republican and Herbert Parsons heads the County Committee. Hearst faction plans a candidate, potentially aiding Parsons. Mahany has worked in the State Controller's office for two years and is said to join Tammany Hall.
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Rowland B. Mahany
Congress
Buffalo
Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
13Th
Parsons
Hearst
Mahany
State Controller's Office
Tammany Hall
Conners to Prod Up Committee Convention
Democratic State Committee Chairman Conners calls a meeting at the Hoffman House on Friday to direct state campaign strategy. It is hoped Lieutenant Governor Chanier attends. Tammany’s ratification meeting, postponed to October 13, will follow a period when candidates have been nominated and may speak.
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Conners
Democratic State Committee
Hoffman House
Chanier
Tammany
Bennet to Speak at Noon Meeting of Sound Money League
Representative William Bennet will address the Commercial Travellers' Sound Money League at noon today at 37 Union Square. J Leslie Gessin will also speak. The notice lists October 5 and October 6 with a sprawling time window between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
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William 5. Bennet
Commercial Travellers’ Sound Money League
Union Square
J. Leslie Gessin
Taft Campaign Tour Draws Massive North Dakota Support
Taft lands in Grand Forks and Fargo drawing crowds up to thirty thousand, with North Dakota Republicans optimistic about a large majority. He touts trust reform and Roosevelt policies, while Bryan fades in a state where Burke’s re election looms amid GOP gains and insurgent splits.
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North Dakota
Taft
Roosevelt
Bryan
Democratic State Committee
Burke
Grand Forks
Red River
Williston
St. Paul
Turtle Mountain
Hillsboro
Prairies
McKinley
Garfield
Mr. Taft
Fargo
Island Park
McKenzie
North Dakota National
Opera House
Scotland
United States
Republican Party
the Waldorf
South Dakota
Filipinos Prefer Taft Say Manila Official
F Theodore Rogers of the Philippine Islands educational department, after attending an international navigation conference in St. Petersburg, spoke at the New Amsterdam Hotel on Philippine affairs. He said Filipinos favor Taft over Bryan in the American campaign, cited opportunities for capital and resources, and defended the islands as fertile and well governed. He downplayed cholera reports as eastern disease and of limited impact.
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F. Theodore Rogers
Educational Department of the Philippine Islands
St. Petersburg
New Amsterdam
Rogers
Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Manila
Philippine Islands
United States
Europe
Philippines
East
Parsons Warns Against Floaters in Registration
Republican County Committee pushes prompt discovery and prosecution of election guerillas. President Parsons calls district leaders to address possible illegal registrations by lodging houses hotels inns and dwellings. He asks for sworn reports from owners or lessees and to send copies to county committee files.
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Republican County Committee
Parsons
County Committee
Republian
Mack Returns East As Campaign Focus Shifts
Democratic leaders move to intensify eastern campaign effort led by Bryan and Mack in Chicago with Ridder as new treasurer. Plan to publish donor names from Oct 15 and exclude corporate and trust contributions. Meetings set Oct 7 8 in Auditorium Annex and a big rally around Oct 15 in New York with Kern and Chanler speaking. Senator Rayner hopes Maryland joins push.
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Bryan
Buffalo
Mack
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Hoffman House
Herman Ridder
National Committee
New York
Business Men's Bryan and Kern Association
Democratic National Headquarters
Auditorium Annex
Nathan Straus
Association of Southern Democrats
Kern
Chanler
the Waldorf
Rayner
Maryland
Labor Letter Urges Independent Vote By Union Members
James Duncan of the AFL and Granite Cutters issues a statement on union stationery condemning partisan pressure from President Gompers. He urges workers to vote by their own judgment, based on merits and principles, not party lines, asserting labor’s independence from any political party.
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James Duncan
American Federation of Labor and International
Granite Cutters’ International Association of America
Granite Cutters’ Union
Gompers
Federation
Bryan
Kern
Duncan
Taft
Labor Movement
Times Takes Cleveland Letter Forgery Claim to District Attorney
The Times reports a dispute over a August article allegedly by Grover Cleveland. F. S. Hastings executor of the estate and John G. Carlisle say the signature could be forged and handed evidence to the District Attorney for verification.
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Times
Grover Cleveland
The
Cleveland
the Times
Hastings
Mr. Hastings
New York
Anti McCarren foe McGuire loses in Brooklyn primary fight
William R. McGuire's bid to regain the Democratic leadership of the 6th Assembly District Brooklyn ended in defeat as Justice Burr ruled no fraud in the primary. The judge refused to name the rightful claimant, leaving that question to quo warranto actions. McGuire, an anti McCarren leader, yielded his post to William R. Thompson.
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William R. McGuire
6Th Assembly
Brooklyn
Justice Burr
Supreme Court
McGuire
Nominated for Congress in Several States
Fourth Massachusetts District Charles Q. Tirrell of Natick Republican and Seventh District Ernest W. Roberts of Chelsea Republican renominated. Thirtieth New York District A D Wales Democrat and New Jersey Richard Wayne Parker Republican renominated. First New York District Munson Morris Democrat nominated.
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Massachusetts
Charles Q. Tirrell
Natick
Ernest W. Roberts
Chelsea
New York
A. D. Wales
New Jersey
Richard Wayne Parker
Munson Morris
Watson and Pettigrew allegations mix in 1904 campaign
Ex senator Pettigrew says RNC offered 10000 to covertly back Watson with ten speeches, later seeking 20100 to probe. Watson responds that Bryan allies against him are financed by party funds and Wall Street sources, accusing Bryan and Parker camps of tainted money and unresolved accounts.
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Salem
S. D
W. J. Bryan
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
R. F. Pettigrew
Republican National Committee
United States
Thomas Watson
Georgia
People’s Party
Pettigrew
Republican Party
Mr. Watson
Atlanta
Thomas E. Watson
Associated Press
Bryan
Maine
Indiana
Ohio
Watson
Roosevelt
Parker
Wall Street
Ryan
Belmont
Judge Parker
Nebraska
Thomas F. Ryan
Brooklyn Assembly Nominations
Brooklyn Republicans held their Assembly district conventions with one skipped or adjourned ballots. The list includes Henry, Arthur Hurley, George Brown, Thomas Surpless, George Carnett, George Vie, Charles Murphy, William Cotne, George Green, Ory Listner, Miller, Robert Clarke, Jean Farrar, Warren Lee, and others with adjourned or sine die notes.
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Brooklyn
Assembly
Tiatrick
Entitate
Henry
Eee
Tnt
Arthur J. Hurley
George Brown
Charles 3
Ory Listner
WS. Miller
Robert H. Clarke
Jean & Farrar
Warren L Lee
Samemstein
Robe Cies
Haskell Files Suits Against State Capital Leaders
Governor Charles Haskell opened his campaign by filing state suits in Guthrie seeking 193063.15 dollars from the Oklahoma State Capital, Dennis Flynn, Bird S McGuire, and ex Chief Justice John H Burford for alleged unlawful payments from the territorial government between 1808 and 1907 with 7 percent interest. He vows no resignation, vows to sue Hearst and Roosevelt, and challenges Roosevelt to a joint debate.
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the Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Charles Haskell
Oklahoma
Dennis Flynn
United States
Bird S McGuire
John H. Burford
Oklahoma Territorial
Haskell
W. R. Hearst
Roosevelt
Bryan Refrains From Replying At Once In Iowa
President Roosevelt’s letter to William J. Bryan was read aloud at Tripp as Bryan arrived late afternoon. He declined an immediate reply saying he would answer soon, possibly tomorrow. Bryan spoke twenty minutes from Walnut Street in Yankton, stressing the Democratic platform, including bank guarantees.
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Iowa
Yankton, & C
William J. Bryan
Tripp
Chicago
Milwaukee
Yankton
Walnut Street
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Marinette County
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Sayer- Goorman Company
Daree
Sept
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Here
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R. R
Trenton
Fair Grounds
Yeir Grounds
Urges Oil
R. R. Fuel
Representative Longworth
Senator Smith
Bennet
Minnesota
Ransdell
Young Men’s Christian Association
Bill’ Taft
Island
White House
Trip
Jerome
M’carren
Ohare Inenn Laun
Toma
Crane
Crane Mills
Dalton
Mass
Eaton, Crane & Pike Company
Carbona Products CO
Burnet St
Newark
N. J
Los Angeles
Pullman
S. A. Hutchison
Clark Street
R. M. Johnson
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Lewis & Qonger
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