Bolts and Bolting Delegates as Nebraska Fights Fusion
Nebraskan delegates filibustered nearly all day to block nominating a fusion ticket at the People’s Party convention. Jay W. Forrest backed Watson in a dramatic platform fight, while Nebraskans and Minnesotans bolted and then returned as the party pressed toward a national slate amid labor strikes and calls for government control of money and railroads.
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Nebraska
BIS
Jay W. Forrest
Aon 1
Watson
Theorriseta
Cuim
Welgian
Gina
Nebrasks
Denver
Jacob
Bse
Ehadr
AL Uennecker
Jersey City
Creschard
Lawton
Louissale
Bryant
Piper
Peoples Party of the United
Craha
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Congress
People's Party
Amer Ean
Thomson
Peace program frames reform and arbitration plan
The piece discusses a peace embassy to Central America led by United States and Mexican officials. It promotes a Central American court of justice as final arbiter, notes Guatemala ratifies with a reservation allowing appeals to the United States and Mexico, and warns against Nicaragua. It cites President Cabrera’s influence and fears over Central American unity. It ends by reflecting on historic regional conflicts and the goal of regional federation.
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Cabrera
United States
Mexico
Honduras
Omaha
Evers
Ktbar
Gond
Congress
Supreme Court of the
John Callan O'’Laughlin
Venezuela
Central America
W. F Buchanan
Don Enrique Creel
Departments of Foreign Affairs
Commission of Arbitration
Senor
Don Tuls Anderson
Costa Rica
Te Conference
Tle
Secretary Root
Biante
Nicaragua
Salvador
Guatemala
Supreme Court
Republic
Washington
Central America policy and Latin American diplomacy
The article discusses US aims in Central America, noting consultas on neutral Honduran territory, arbitration debates, and President Cabrera's views. It highlights Secretary Root's push for independence of Latin American republics, pan American diplomacy, and U S prestige, plus a take on Guatemala suspicions and a peace embassy.
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United States
Guatemala
George W. Davis
Davis
Porto Rico
Panama Canal Zone
Central America
Mexico
Cabrera
Root
Oth
América
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Roots
Washington
Latin America
Eval
Rio de Janeiro
Bureau of American Republics
Hague
Santo Domingo
Cuba
Venezuela
National Sculpture Society Exhibit Opens in Baltimore
Baltimore April 3 The first National Sculpture Society exhibition outside New York opened at the Fifth Regiment Armory with a banquet and private view. U S Attorney General Charles J Bonaparte presided and introduced speakers including M Jusserand the French Ambassador who praised the late Augustus Saint Gaudens and others. The displays range from small pieces to heroic works and will be open to the public tomorrow.
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Baltimore
National Sculpture Society
New York
Fifth Regiment Armory
United States
Charles J. Bonaparte
M. Jusserand
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
John Barrett
Thomas Nelson Page
J. Harry Mahocl
Armory
Chase across the country ends with Brooklyn cashier in cave fortress
Daniel R. Delaney, a Brooklyn cashier for Henry E. Coe & Co., is arrested at Mountaindale Sullivan County after a nationwide chase. He is accused of stealing 26000 from the firm, forging checks and misappropriating funds. He reportedly hid in a cave guarded by bloodhounds for three weeks before capture.
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United States
Brooklyn
Catskills
New York
Daniel R. Delaney
Henry EE. Coe & Co
Mountaindale
Sullivan County
Delaney
Frm
North Carolina Wins Debating Contest Over Virginia
In Richmond the North Carolina team led by John W. Hester and John T. Johnson beat Virginia in a two university debate. The Virginia side consisted of George W. Fry and B. Clay Williams on the topic of national banks issuing notes under tax and government supervision based on general assets.
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Washington Post
Richmond
North Carolina
Virginia
John W. Hester
John T. Johnson
George W. Fry
Clay Wiliams
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Johns Hopkins University
Marison Hall
University
George D. Witt
Lynchburg
Murray Bocock
Keswick
Yale
Henry J. Lyman
Thomas Slater Settle
Flint Hill
Maurice Hirsch
Houston
Tex
DeRoys Ransom Fonville
Burlington
N. C
Harry Hadley Thurlow
Buffalo
N. Y
Johns Hopkins
N. Clyde Marvel
Robert N. McCauley
Arthur H. Mann
Allan H. Fisher
Bomb threat shocks New York produce exchange
In New York on April 3, W. WU. Trafton, a leading member, received a Black Hand letter demanding 1000 by Saturday night or the exchange would be blown up. The Italian message, found attached to the exchange building near Marketfield street, warned of violence between 6 and 8 o'clock if funds were not delivered.
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New York
Produce Exchange
W. WU. Trafton
Wien
Five Men Repaid $500000 Loan via Franchise Deal
New York April 3 A grand jury presentment outlines a $500000 political contribution by the Metropolitan Street Railway Company in the 1906 campaign. Five men including I F Ryan allegedly advanced funds through George J Iohn & Sons and were repaid with interest via a Wall Street deal. The party receiving the funds is not disclosed. The jury cites earlier contributions of $700000 total and notes funds charged to maintenance and construction.
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Metropolitan Street Railway Company
New York
Smate Iy
Wall and Cortlandt Street
Ferries Railway Company
Grand
Metropolitan Treet Railway Company
Thomas F.ap
Ryan
Mr. Ryan
W. C. Whitney
Thomas Dolan
P. A. B. Widener
William J. Elkins
Metropolitan
George J. Iuhn & Sons
Philadelphia
Trig
I Wall and Cortland Streets Company
Anthony RK
Elkins
Widener
Dolan
Whitney
Retired Surgeon Killed in Car Crash Near Norristown
Dr. John C. Spear a retired U S Navy surgeon died after a car accident near Norristown on April 3. His daughter Mrs. Herbert von Stolzenberg and nurse Miss Mary Sullivan survived the crash with injuries and shock. Three of his sons serve in the Navy, including Roscoe Spear on leave, Raymond Spear aboard the hospital ship Relief, and Reginald Spear on the Newark.
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Washington Post
Norristown
John C. Spear
United States Navy
Herbert von Stolzenberg
New York City
Mary Sullivan
Spear
Pear Mansion
von Stolzenberg
Pr. Spear
Roscoe Spear
Raymond Spear
Relief
Reginald Spear
Newark
Roosevelt may visit Brazil after term ends
A Rio de Janeiro report cites a White House statement saying President Roosevelt plans no post term government duties and has not considered a trip to South America. The dispatch notes no definite plans for travel despite discussions of potential future activity after leaving office.
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White House
Rio de Janeiro
Roosevelt
Brazil
Roosévelt
South America
Bryan Rove in Indiana Conspiracy Fears Surface
Indianapolis April 1 Democrats claim the State central committee is organized against Bryan and may spur a separate campaign. James Kirby Risk, Bryan's supposed confidant in Indiana, has held secret talks with Bryan supporters as factions dispute control of the State chairman post, hinting at a new organization.
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Washington Post
Indianapolis
Ind
Sbaning
State Central Committee
Bryan
James Kirby Risk
Indiana
Taggart
Bryan Teatlers
Savannah Board of Trade celebrates twenty fifth anniversary
Savannah Georgia April 3 celebration marked by a banquet with Oscar Straus as guest speaker Gov Hoke Smith Congressman John H Small James Byrne J Hampton Moore and Judge Emory Speer on hand Straus urged unhampered commercial growth and praised labor supply while stressing need for attractive wages and canal driven markets for Latin America.
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Savannah
Savannah Board of Trade
Oscar 8. Straus
Department of Commerce and Cabot
Hoke Smith
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Atlantic Coast Waterways
Emory Speer
Southern District of Georgia
United States
Mr. Straus
South
Panama Canal
Latin America
Pacific
Great Britain
Germany
Attacks on Payne Stir House Filibuster Clash
In a fiery exchange amid District appropriation debate, Minority Leader John Sharp Williams assailed Republican floor leader Serena Payne of New York over delays in passing President Roosevelt’s recommended measures. Williams, speaking in a courteous tone, urged Democrats to stand with him in a filibuster, widening gaps with the GOP as the Rules Committee drafted emergency floor rules to handle the impasse. The session saw sharp exchanges, roll calls, and targeted jabs about extraordinary horseback tests and Navy Yard furloughs.
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Congress
Payne
Serena BE. Payne
New York
House
John Sharp Willams
Williams
Wllams
Cannon
Dalzell
Penns
Sherman
New Fork
Mississippi
de Armand
Missouri
District of Columbia
Tawney
Minnesota
Nave
Senate
Fitzgerald
Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Washington Navy Yard
Mr. Payne
Chevy Chase
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