George B Sheldon Named Rnc Treasurer and Hughes Fundraiser
George B Sheldon of New York became treasurer of the Republican national committee after raising over 200000 dollars for Charles E Hughes in a New York gubernatorial campaign. A banker and Harvard graduate, he led the state committee treasury under strict accounting laws. Born in 1857, he married Mary K Buney in New York.
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George B. Sheldon
New York
Charles E. Hughes
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Mary K. Buney
Roosevelt to review Taft speech in Cincinnati trip
President Roosevelt plans to review Judge Taft's Cincinnati address in advance and will visit Oyster Bay to scrutinize the content. Taft says his trip is his own initiative not the president's and notes the speech will cover increasingly important campaign topics.
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Fire Panic in School Amid Smoke Filled Hall
A fire started by burning wash paper in the Holmes public school basement caused heavy smoke and panic among 150 students at a Pittsburg vacation term. Many children were trampled as they escaped while parents blocked exits. Principal David Brown and teachers barely escaped. Firemen subdued the blaze, with about 200 dollars in damage and no serious injuries beyond bruises and fright.
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David Brown
Terribly Mangled In Machinery In Burlington Plant
David Smith, an Florence Ironworks employee, suffered fatal injuries in the hydrant shop when his shirt was caught in a large threading machine. He was drawn into the wheels and crushed as passersby attempted to free him.
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David Smith
Florence
Sherman Ili May Drop Out of Race
Washington July 22 quiet talk centers on James Schoolcraft Sherman possibly retiring from second place on the Republican state ticket due to health. No public details exist yet but leaders have discussed potential steps if he declines, with the national committee likely to fill the vacancy.
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Bryan returns $1000 from phonograph firms to campaigns
William J. Bryan started his campaign gifts by sending a $690 state or county committee check and turning over $1000 paid by two phonograph companies for his talks. The items recorded include Immortality and The Ideal Republic along with shorter speeches. In Springfield mass a man, Clement W. Kirkpatrick, 26, married his stepmother Stella Kirkpatrick.
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William J. Bryan
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Springfield
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Miners Die in Scranton Rock Fall and Shipping Tragedies
Samuel Edmerson and Michael Cole bar miners were crushed by a rock fall in a Scranton coal mine. John Gustav Dahlstert, a Swedish passenger, leaped overboard from the liner Merion near mid sea and died. Dr E S McCraw was killed instantly in a Pittsburgh area auto crash. Andrew McSwigan survived a severe car crash over an embankment.
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Michael Colebar
Scranton
John Gustav Dahlstert
Merion
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E. 8. McCraw
Andrew §. McSwigan
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Bishop Potter Passes Away in New York Diocese
Cooperstown July 22 Henry Codman Potter seventh Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York dies at Fernleigh summer home after weeks of illness embolism of the right leg followed by liver and stomach trouble. he was 74. Survivors include wife and children and relatives. political figure Senator Knox’s brother Thomas Page Knox also noted.
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