Virginia Taft Backed. Negro Delegates Barred From Committees
At the Virginia Republican State convention in Lynchburg delegates at large to Chicago were chosen to support Taft, with Slemp, Proffett, Allen, and Martin elected. The gathering was described as a white man’s convention, with negro delegates ignored and denied representation on committees. The event featured strong anti officeholder sentiment and seating of a white Henrico delegation against the majority credentiaI report.
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Virginia
Slemp, Proffett, Allen, and Martin
Chicago
Washington
Lynchburg
Taft
C. Dene Bascomb Slemp
G. Proffett
Floyd
Brown Allen
Augusta
Republican Party
Henrico
Credentala Committee
John C. Noell
Lee
Akes
Lme
Republican
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A Aromheim
A. W. Wilson
H. &. Summers
L. C. Diaden
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Stith Bolling
HL Parker
J. F. Parey
RM Wot Tiller
P. Smith
Ww. Foulkarr
B. HB. Bowman
Charles Hine
A. T. Seroher
Mom. McNlaney
Amd
E. D
Gtt
Committee On Regulations
Roosevelt
Willam H. Taft
Mears
Leslie M. Shas
John G. Kimberley
Henry Bowen
Dt Qakey
B. B
Fe&man
Slemp
Coercion Claim Highlights Taft Delegates in Virginia
W. B. Baskerville of Roanoke says the Lynchburg Sixth District convention was patronage controlled. He alleges Federal employees influenced votes, with Frank Hitchcock calling postmasters to secure Taft instructions. Baskerville details postmaster involvement from Bedford City, Halifax, and Montgomery County, and claims the convention operated as a Federal machine.
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Baskerville
Roanoke
Bynchburg
Washington
Lynchburg
Angell
Hughes
Frank }Iitchcock
Taft
Bedford City
Montgomery County
Halifax
Boston
Houston
Bedford
Langdon Smith Dead War Correspondent and Reporter
Special to The Washington Post records Langdon Smith dying at his Brooklyn home after a brief illness. The Kentucky born journalist, famed as Denver Smith, covered Cuban unrest in 1895 and the Spanish American War, filing from Cuba and Santiago, Guantanamo, El Caney, and San Juan. He worked with New York World, Herald, American, Journal and on Associated Press and United Press desks.
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Washington Post
New York
Langdon Smith
Midwood Street
Brooklyn
New York World
Herald
American
The
Journal
Mr- Smith
Werald
Maceo
Johjte
Cuba
Santiago
Guantanamo
el Caney
San Juan
Mr. Smith
Kentucky
Marie Antoinette Ght
Rush Work on War Ships at League Island for Immediate Sail
Orders were issued at League Island to prepare war vessels to sail at a moment's notice. Vessels Idaho Indiana Mississippi New Hampshire Brooklyn Minneapolis Columbia are being readied with ammunition and crews. Navy Dept offered no comment on orders, but haste tied to Latin American tensions and Caracas incidents.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
League Island
Admiral Pendleton
Yard
Idaho
Indiana
Mississippi
New Stampshire
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Minneapolis
Columbia
Aged man killed in cabin near Washburn Wisconsin
John Hally aged seventy father in law of former State Senator J J McGillivray was murdered last night in his shack twelve miles from Washburn. Palbott a homesteader found Hally's horribly mutilated body on the cabin floor with gouged eyes and broken limbs reflecting a fearful struggle. Two stoves and furniture were smashed but a Utdl money and a gold watch found in Hally's pocket suggest robbery was not the motive.
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Wis
John Hally
J. J McGillivray
A. Palbott
Hall
Utdl
May Be Taken Up Again In The Race Track Bill Fight
Albany April 8 The Albany Senate split 25 25 on the Agnew Hart race track bills provoking a potential extra session and a special election to fill Senator Franchot’s vacancy The tie was preserved by Lieutenant Governor Chanler’s casting vote Governor Hughes vowed to press on saying the will of the people must be obeyed The day featured a dramatic absence and later appearance of Senator Famcher and shifting loyalties among Cassidy Grattan Knapp and Wilcox amid a full senate حضور
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Chanler
Albany
Owen Cassidy
Schuyler
Agnew Hart
Hughes
Gov
Agnew
Gov. Hughes
Executive Chamber
Wilcox
Famcher
Cattaraugus
Barnes
Senator
Cassidy
Grattan
Albany County
Republican Organization
Knapp
Clinton
Senate
Franchot
Niagara Falls
Fuller
Kings
Taylor
Orange
Burr
Suffolk
Emerson
Warren
Gilchrist
King
Wemple
Schenectady
Cayuga
Court of Appeals
Niagara
Orleans
Nat
Miss Mullhall Served Writ Over Diamond Ring
Deputy sheriff served a writ of replevin to recover a solitaire diamond ring from Miss Lucille Mullhall the noted young horsewoman in St. Louis. The action, urged by Price M. Taylor former Southern Railway agent, cites fear of losing the ring amid rumors of an engagement to a rival.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Lucille Mullhall
Price M. Taylor
Southern Railway
Miss Mullhall
Col
Zack Mullhall
Oklahoma
Roooverelt
Longworth
Mystery in Kaiser's Mediterranean cruise movements
Berlin reports a mystery over Kaiser Wilhelm II’s Mediterranean cruise with cryptic delays before arriving at Corfu. Unprecedented security measures at Corfu include strict passport checks and a large imperial entourage at Achilleion. The Empress will be attended by a lord chamberlain and attendants, while Berlin sends cooks, maids, and utensils for the kitchen.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Corfu
Achilleion
Jord
Love Valued at One Cent in Alienation Suit
In Baltimore a jury awarded Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney one cent in her suit for alienation of the affections of her husband, Richard A. Whitney, against Mrs. Hannah Smeak. Neighbors observed Whitney paying attention to Mrs. Smeak from July 145, with private detectives later confirming meetings at various places.
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Baltimore
Washington Post
Elizabeth Whitney
Hilcott
Richard A. Whitney
Hannah Smeak
Whitney
Mr Cleveland III Again Confined to Bed in Lakewood
Grover Cleveland suffers cold and rheumatism in his Lakewood hotel bed. He has remained confined for ten days with Mrs Cleveland at his side guarding him from distractions. Doctors say his condition is not alarming and only the hotel physician is required.
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Washington Post
New York
Grover Cleveland
Lidkewood
Lakewood
Mr. Cleveland
Inn on Lookout Burns in Chattanooga Fire Destroys Lookout Mountain Inn
Fire at Lookout Inn on Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tennessee, broke out today and raged for about two hours. The blaze, started by a charcoal stove, caused an estimated loss between 3000 and 10000 dollars. Firefighters and workers attempted to contain the flames as the building suffered heavy damage.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Lookout
Inn
Lookout Mountain
Rioting in Lisbon Eases as Shops Reopen
In Lisbon, violence from Sunday and Monday subsides and shops reopen. Martial law remains in effect with royalists seen as gaining a sweeping victory. The Patriarch bans Mass at key churches in rioted areas, condemned as desecrated.
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Sma
Lisbon
Polis
St. Dominique, Alcantara
Santos
Exile Ends as Man Forges New Life After Ulster County Killings
In Kingston New York on April 8 1900 or 1901 Judge Howard dismissed manslaughter charges against John Taylor once tied to an 1882 Esopus riot where Moran died. Taylor fled to Pennsylvania coal mines and Ireland before returning to become a respected Western industrialist. Letters from townspeople supported his reformed life and his dying mother’s wish led to the dismissal. Only three men know his new name and past.
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Pennsylvania
Molly Maguire
Washington Post
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Supreme Court
Howard
John Taylor
Ulster County
Taylor
Jean Valjean
Moran
Yaylof
Clearwater
Ths
Gov. Hoyt
Cunningham
Women Elected To Office In Texas And Missouri
In Texas Dalas yesterday three women won key posts Sallie Wond became assessor and tax collector for Palestine while Mrs EB Turner and Mrs P P Tucker won seats on Dallas board of education In Missouri Mrs Gertrude Barney was elected city collector but barred from serving by the city council leaving open another election likely Mrs Barney's husband was killed by a train and she was nominated in sympathy with hopes the issue of eligibility would not be raised
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Washington Post
Dalas
Tex
Texas
Sallie Wond
Palestine
EB. PB. Turner
P. P. Tucker
Dallas Board of Education
Board of Education
Attorney General's Department
Montgomery
Mra
Gertrude Barney
Repubicans
Barney
Haiti Crisis Signals U S Marines Landing Plan
Reports from Port au Prince indicate rising calls for U S intervention to avert anarchy as Haiti teeters on political collapse. Harbor ships may trigger an armed demonstration and possible Marine landings, with Haitian officials and elites favoring provisional American control for stability. In New York, Joseph M Giordani of the Firmin party is convicted of possessing counterfeit currency linked to Haiti’s revolutionary plot.
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Hafti
United States
New York
Joseph M. Giordani
Firmin Revolutionary Party
Haiti
Giordani
Haith
Record for large families born in eight years time
The Studers of Leicester Township in eight years eight months have fourteen births including twins, noting thirteen children born in eight years and four months. The report credits the couple with a remarkable family size and mentions four sets of twins linked to Sluder.
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Washington Post
Asheville
WN. C
Sidney Studer
Leicester Township
Sluder
Canadian customs officer held for smuggling woman
Herbert Wright, a Canadian customs officer stationed at Emerson, Manitoba, was arrested by a United States immigration inspector at Noyes, Minnesota, on a charge of smuggling May French into the U S after she had been denied admission two weeks earlier. Wright is the son of Emerson's mayor and was taken to Creston, Minnesota, for trial.
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Man
Herbert Wright
Emerson
Noyes
Mann
United States
Ellerbert Wright
Mayor Wright
Creckston
Minn
Gag Rules Fight Highlights May 1913 Congress Session
Congress debates gag rule supremacy and the use of sarcastic verse by Sherman Dalzell and Williams. Resolutions attack a so called paper trust pass and the speaker has power to declare recess at 5 pm daily.
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Dalzell
Williams
House Committee On the Judiciary
Paper Trust
Cannon
House
International Paper Company
New York
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Corporations
Clayton
Alabama
Payne
United States
Canada
Evans Weakens Yet Hopes to Rejoin Fleet Soon
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans remains frail after medical care at Paso Robles while doctors say improvement is slow. He may resume command if his strength returns, but officials warn recovery will take weeks. A flotilla readiness report notes gun practice near Magdalena Bay and a Rhode Island cutter incident prompting a Navy award recommendation. Auckland visit and House poetry notes pepper the dispatch.
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Cal
Robley D. Hyans
McDonald
Admiral Evans
San Diego
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
McDonnald
San Francisco
Magdalena Bay
North
Almirante Oquendo
Punta Arenas
Rhode Island
James Biegler
Auckland
Sinsters
Cholea
French Army Food Unfit Sparks Dispatch Seizures
A French army commissary scandal emerges as rations to eastern frontier garrisons are found unfit. War Minister Picquart orders seizure of contractor supplies for Paris microscopic testing. Unclean food already confirmed in many cases.
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Paris
Picquart
Evans Urges Wider Armor on Battleship Belt
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans calls for widening the armor belt on the fleet. He suggests adding width to the upper edge above the water line from six inches to one foot. He says deck weights such as cranes and bridges should be reduced to offset the extra armor.
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Ene Day Cave
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Metcalf
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