Hitchcock Delivers Categorical Silence On Hughes Renomination
New York leaders pressed Frank Hitchcock for a view on renominating Governor Hughes but Hitchcock refused to pick candidates or reveal Taft or Roosevelt wishes. He emphasized national campaign management over state disputes and planned alternating travel between Chicago and New York as headquarters open.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Hughes
Hitchcock
New York
Chicago
New York State
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican ‘National Committee
Taf
Gr. Hughes
Cincinnati
Mr. Hitchcock
Timothy L. Woodruff
Herbert, Parsons
Wiliam’. Ward
Mesars
Parsons
Y Woodruff
Hughcock
Yatt
Att
Gov. Hughes
Youngstown
Ohio
Clergyman Captures 32-Pound Muskellonge in St Lawrence
Syracuse report says Rev. C. B. Aled of New York pulled a 32 pound muskellonge from the St Lawrence River at the Thousand Islands. The fish fight lasted two hours, leaving the clergyman exhausted but triumphant.
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Syracuse
N. Y
St.Lawrence River
Thousand Islands
C. EB. Aled
New York
Robbers Loot Gold Mine In Enormous Theft Plot
London reports a vast conspiracy to steal from the Rand gold mines. Discovered thefts total about 100000 dollars this year and many thousands more in 1907. Detectives shadow the suspect, believed to have shipped the loot to England by multiple routes.
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Washington Post
London
Mail
Pietermarnisburg
Rand
England
Auto Crash Near Roslyn Kills Girl in Mineola
Louise Reinhardt 11 daughter of newspaper artist John Reinhardt died after an auto wreck near Roslyn Long Island. Her father, 13 year old brother Frederick, and chauffeur B A Ward injured when tire burst sent car into a telegraph pole. Nassau County Hospital treated the survivors.
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Mineola
Roslyn
Long Island
Louise Reinhardt
John Reinhardt
Nassau County Hospital
Taft Sure Winner in West Virginia Says Senator Scott
Senator Nathan Scott predicts Taft will carry West Virginia in November with a comfortable majority. He warns Bryan cannot win, cites Jim Crow and negro disfranchisement as Democrats mistakes, and notes labor split across parties. Scott plans immediate talks to merge rival tickets to safeguard Republican gains.
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Bryan
Central States
Nathan GB
Scott
West Virginia
Taft
Brownsville
Senate
Virginia
West
National Committee
East
Isot
Iowa
Kansas
Wisconsin
Hazel Drew death inquest findings released
Coroner M H Stropa today made public the inquest findings on Hazel Drew whose body was found at Teal Pond on July 11. The death is caused by excessive bleeding from a head blow by an unknown blunt instrument. Detectives say crews remain uncalled and a runabout with two strange men seen on Taborton road July 7 is now the focus of renewed inquiry.
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Troy
Jaiye
M. H. Stropa
Hazel Drew
Teal. Pond
Tabortan Road
Teal Pond
Defies Commerce Commission by New Orleans Belt Line
New Orleans Belt Railroad Commission asserts city owned line will begin operations within the city despite Interstate Commerce Commission rate filings. The belt line plans to handle interstate rail business, challenging federal authority and vowing court action to enforce its position.
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New Orleans Belt Line
New Orleans
Interstate Commerce
Fable Belt Railroad Commission of
Interstate corrierce _ commission
Public Bell
The
Belt Commission
Gompers Defends Labor Vote Influence in Election Fight
Samuel Gompers rejects claims he dictates labor votes and argues that the Republican platform insults labor while the Democratic platform embraces labor demands. He states labor favors the Democrats for redress and outlines legal fights over injunctions and antitrust rulings affecting unions and the rights of workers. The AFL leader notes history of labor instruction from conventions and asserts his personal political stance while urging informed choices at the polls.
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Samuel Gompérs
American Federation of Labor
Independence Party
Gompers
Post
Democratic Party
23 Miners Entombed In Crow's Nest Pass Mine Disaster
Coal Creek, B. C., July 31 23 miners are buried after a cave‑in at a Canadian Pacific railroad coal mine in Crow's Nest Pass. A large rescue party fights to tunnel 400 feet of soil to reach them and sustain life until they can be removed authorities fear they may all perish before aid arrives.
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Coal Creek
B. C
Crows' Nest Pass
Canadian Pacific
Gallen
Rocka
No Election Bets On Curb Market This Year
Fragments indicate there will be no curb market election betting in the financial district this year. The scattered figures reference sums such as 2,000,009 and 3,000,809 tied to center activities, with unclear attributions to brokers and law accounts.
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Somig
Jsid
Deckere
Souk
Tha Trig
Needle Point Kills Girl in Warsaw Ind
Violeta Bowen, 18, died from a suspected heart leakage soon after awakening her mother. Local reports say a needle point caused a piercing sensation in her hand forearm and chest before collapse. Post mortem exam underway to confirm cause.
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Warsaw
Ind
Mise
Violeta
Bowen
Mise Bowen
Babies Name Taft as Campaign Cheer Grows
Hot Springs Va July 31 Taft campaign amusement as babies are named for him. Families relay newborns named William Taft Durham and William Taft Rice in New York and Indianapolis. Other letters urge Taft and Mrs Taft to adopt children, while a Cincinnati infant born during Taft’s acceptance speech earns the name from Secretary Carpenter. A Miss Floy Campbell request is declined.
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Hot Springs
Wiliam Howard Taft
Myrtle
Arthur A. Durham
Raleigh
Taft
Tetter
Will
Taft Durham
Paul Krause
Seventh Avenue
Krause
Thorn D. Childs
Three Oaks
Mich
Papa Childg
John
Cynthia Rice
Ogden Street
Indianapolis
Ind
Wiliam Howard Taft Rice
Carpenter
Cincinnati
Fred Carpenter
Watt
Boston
Congress
Particeas
Jetter
Colorado
New War Secretary Wright Talks At Sagamore Hill Visit
Secretary Wright and Joseph Bishop meet at Sagamore Hill with President Roosevelt to discuss Panama canal progress and the fate of West Point cadets expelled for hazing. Bishop, en route to Panama, dismisses rumors of U S takeover and notes canal work is the sole aim. Loeb’s vacation opens space for Lorster as replacement.
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Washington Post
Oyster Bay
N. Yi
Army
Navy
Snan
Washington
Wright
Joseph Bishop
Isthmian Canal Commission
Knesis
Sagamore Hill
Ang
Mr. Bishop
Oyster. Bay Ona
Bishop
Waa
Buest
Forrester Gifferd
Pinchat
New Jersey National Guard
Sea Girt
Panama
Bright
Badets
West Point
United States
Republic
Uncle Sam
Canal Zone
Canal
Rudolph Lorster
Loeb
Wright reviews Militam enelist Men at Seagirt Camp
Prominent New Jersey figures attend a public reception honoring Gen Luke E Wright Secretary of War. He reviews national guards and Swampien troops at Seagirt Camp with Gen Franklin Ben and Col Austen. Notables present include Senators Kean Brizzies Dryden and Rep Howell. The event follows an excursion from Union Station through Baltimore and Winchester.
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Seagirt
Luke E Wright
Wrightiwas
Franklin Ben
Ataft
United States Army
Austen
Maj
Sadler, Jr
Me Murphy
Stokes
And
Voorheee
United “States
Kéan
Brizes
Dryden
RW. Howell
Sowais Cine
Bandineater
Rob
Bonaparte Wants Ellis For First Assistant Attorney General
Cincinnati July 1 Wade H Ellis Ohio attorney general has been offered the post of First Assistant Attorney General of the United States He has asked time to consider the appointment and would not decide until two weeks elapsed due to fatigue after nomination work at the Republican convention bonaparte the US attorney general sent the letter yesterday and Ellis rested after strenuous efforts on the party platform causing prostration
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Taft
Cincinnati
Wade H. Ellis
Ohio
United States
Elis
W. BH. Fatt
Ellia
Bonaparte
Ellis
Leaders Visit Sherman in Utica Conference
Representative William B. McKinley of Minnesota along with Charles G. Dawes and Secretary Loudenslager met with Representative Sherman in Utica to discuss campaign management. Dawes departed for Chicago, others for New York. Sherman slated to visit World Island in the St Lawrence River at Walton Clark’s invitation.
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Ec ‘Attos
William ‘B.' McKinley
Iminosis
Republican Congressional -Campaign Committee
Charles G. Dawes
Loudenaleser
Utida
Sherman
Train Kills Washingtonian Near York Pa
Special to The Washington Fest York Pennsylvania July 81 James Holland of Washington was struck on railroad tracks near Locks Mills by a northbound Northern Central passenger train. The engine step broken off was noted later. Death caused by concussion of the brain.
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James Holland
York
Washington
Locks Mil
James Holand
Northern Central
Harrisburg
Masked attackers strike girl’s school near Antony
In Paris suburb Antony two masked men attacked the aged directress Jeanne Larrieu and two assistant sisters at a girls boarding school. They blasted her with hammers, leaving her badly harmed but not killed, and fled the scene with no fatalities. The event has stirred local residents.
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Bestew
Johnson to Aid Bryan in Democratic efforts
St Paul Minn July 31 In a letter to W J Bryan Gov Johnson places his oratorical powers at the disposal of the Democratic national committee He deems he will be available about September and will go where wanted The letter was in answer to one received from Mr Bryan directing attention to the desire in many States to hear the governor
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Hitchcock
Manhattan
Washington
Metropolitan
Chicago
New York
St. Paul, Minn
W. J. Bryan
Women to Attend Council Head of American Delegation to Geneva
Ella worth Nutt a watchman on the pier attempted suicide by tying a rope to a flagpole and leaping from the ocean end of the pier. He was 50, married and had warned friends of his intent due to failing health. He survived with a broken neck.
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Geneva
Atlantic Ci N.ol
Ellaworth Nutt
Ptéel Plier
Nutt
Publicity in Good Faith Prompts Campaign Disclosure Plan
Paris July 31 Perry Belmont president of the National Publicity Organization says both Democratic and Republican parties commit to publishing campaign contributions and expenditures in this election. The experiment aims to prove the need for prompt legal enactments at federal and state levels to require full disclosure of sources of revenues and detailed spending. Belmont notes the good faith of both parties and cites New York law as a rigorous model.
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Paris
Perry Belmont
National Publicity Organization
America
Democrate
Democrati
Republican “National Committee
New York
New ‘York
Art SA
United States
Tragedy at Forts Inspection and Militia Progress
Fort Washington and Fort Hunt suspend hostilities as militia guardsmen gain handling of coastal guns. A staff correspondent reports white flags, drills, and rapid militiamen progress under regular officers. Inspectors to tour camps with crowds expected Sunday as social aspect supports guard performance.
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Hunt
Fort Washington
Potomac
Cypr
River Forte
Fon
Terrell
Comin
Crosby
Col. Coffin
Col
Urell
Gunner Crosby
M. Emmet Urell
Oneill
Segond
Hal
Klemroth
Giovannoni
Rickette
S. L
Gahn
Fort Hunt
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