Elkins Not a Doubter in Democratic Convention
Senator Elkins praises the Democrats ticket but questions tax reform stance and notes his views on nominating his father in law for vice presidency. He expects Republicans to gain from Wheeling platform and protectionist sections while urging party unity and conciliatory compromise in the legislature. He also predicts Roosevelt will win enough electoral votes to secure the presidency.
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Elkins
Bernings
Comeniun
Coarh
Virginia
West Virginia
Senator Elkins
Illinois
Publc
Cortelyou
New York
Loosevelt
Northcott
McKink
Fragmentary Notice From The Wash Trust
A terse public notice fragment references Martize and death notices within a trust application. The garbled text lists various city newspapers including New York Times, Baltimore World, and St. Paul Pioneer Press, with scattered mentions of journals and standard reporting.
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Zimulia Wey
Lanut
Fmeurcan
Telegripta
ST Paul Pioster-Press
Rapolis
Plain Dealer
Licensed to Marry and Funeral Notices From 1904
Fragmented obituary and marriage notices list August 1904 weddings and funeral details. Entries mention Horotars son Urhel M Jarboe and others, with scattered dates, streets, residences, and church references, indicating a local community record of unions and obsequies.
Health Office Record Deaths to 12 m August 1904
List of deaths with ages and addresses including Adams Allen Fletcher Jr 1219 Linden st ne Lang 196th st se infant of Mary Jonason 513 Let ow and others. Records show varied ages from 1 day to 83 years with multiple Washington DC wards and hospitals referenced.
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Ra Adams
Tvs Srh
Harrison St
Anacostia
Yeax
Lawrence Fletcher, Jr
Linden St
Lang
Ath
Mary Jonason
Whitney Ave
Carona F Ressibusch
Gth St
Medan
Dehet
Csarles Widame Freedmen
Miami
Fenten Place
A F Williams
Davis at Elkins crowds cheer ex senator’s return
Ex Senator Henry G. Davis arrived in Elkins W Va Aug 6 after traveling from Parkersburg with his secretary Charles 5 Rubt and local politicians. A hot box in the private car land delayed their travel as the Davis party was met by large enthusiastic crowds at several stops.
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Parkersburg
Washington
Elkins
W. Va
Henry G. Davis
Sardusus Tuber
Charles 5
Rubt
Grafton
McGraw Made Chairman
The Democratic State executive committee met in Parkersburg and organized with Col. Ter T. McGraw chosen as chairman and Stuart Bowman of Philippi as secretary. A proposal to furnish six rooms in the Camden Building for headquarters free of charge was discussed, but permanent headquarters were not decided.
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Washington Post
Parkersburg
Democratic State Executive Committee
Col
Ter T. McGraw
Stuart Bowman
Philippi
Camden
Carmack Sees Victory Ahead for Parker Candidate
Senator Edward W. Carmack of Tennessee arrives in Washington to aid the Democratic Congressional Committee. He agrees the party faces a brightening campaign and says voters are growing more favorable to Judge Parker, praising his judicial temper, respect for the Constitution, and quiet, level headed leadership. He notes Parker would be a safer, steadier president than Roosevelt.
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Parker
Edward W. Carmack
Tennessee
Washington
Cowherd
Democratic Congressional Committee
Memphis
Esopus
Tasopus
Judge Parker
Carmack Sayds
Democratic Party
White House
The
United States
Mr. Rooserett
Clark and Landis Debate at Maumee Valley Chautauqua
Special to The Washing Do. large crowd in Springheld Ohio hears Champ Clark of Missouri and Charles B Landis of Indiana debate democracy versus republicanism. The event lasts 75 minutes with enthusiastic encores as about 4600 attend. Clark closes by praising Roosevelt as a friend but opposing his campaign methods and urging votes on principles.
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Ohio
Maumee Valley
Chautauqua
Champ Clark
Missouri
Charles B. Landis
Indiana
Eith Rs
Claris
Col
Roosevelt
Fusion Stance Shifts as Tibble backs Opposing Monopolies
Lincoln Aug 5 Thomas Tibbles Populist vice presidential hopeful shifts from anti fusion to ready to fuse with any party opposing monopolies. He supports ticket division in Nebraska and signals fusion chances as state conventions meet next Wednesday. Williams nominated by acclamation in Jackson Mississippi district eight. Henry A Johnson to vote for Parker in Richmond Indiana today.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Nebr
Thomas Tibbles
Nebraske
Henry A. Johnson
Parker
Washington Post
Richmond
Ind
Republian
Delaware Republicans divided over slate for state offices
Wilmington Aug 5 Republicans across Delaware focus on the regular State convention in Dover to nominate a governor lieutenant governor congressman attorney general treasurer auditor of accounts and insurance commissioner. New Castle County seeks governor meanwhile two factions clash over nominees with Winfield Quigley mentioned as likely governor and Howard DeHaven Rosa as lieutenant governor both acceptable to anti-Addicks. Dr Joseph H Chandler named for governor in a bid to attract anti-Addicks votes and Kent Sussex primaries. Horace G Knowles favored for Congress but opposition grows over selecting a Wilmington candidate both for governor and congressman.
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Wilmington
Del
Dover
New Castle County
P&ist
Union
Addicks
Clerk of the Peace
Winfield
Quigley
Howard DeHaven Rosa
Kent
Sussex
Joseph H. Chandler
Centreville
Horace G. Knowles
Newland Nominated In Wilkesboro Democratic Contest
Newland of Caldwell County won the Eighth district nomination at the Wilkesboro convention on the seventy-eighth ballot. The nomination was made unanimous after strong speeches by opponents Bower Halkett and Bowie who pledged loyal support. Newland announced plans to challenge ex-Congressman F. Spencer Blackburn and R. Z. Linney for a district-wide joint canvass.
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Washington Post
Winston-Salem
N. C
W. Co
Newland
Caldwell County
Congress
Wilkesboro
Bower
Halkett
Bowie
Mother Held for Murder in Indiana Case
Hartford City Indiana Aug 6 coroner Hollis announced his verdict accusing Mrs Rae M Krauss of causing the death of her step daughter Crystal Krauss by administering strychnine The defense argues Crystal provided the money and note Forney Fort Wayne Drayer said no conclusive evidence of strychnine poisoning yet found in stomach examination and more days are needed
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Hartford City
Ind
Hollis
Rae M. Krauss
Crystal Krrauss
Lloyd Summerville
Crystal
Showalter
Crystal Krauss
Cuban Senate Quorum Grants Power to Open Sessions
Havana August 5. The Cuban Senate achieved a quorum for the first time in weeks and passed a resolution redefining the constitutional requirement for two thirds in each House to be at opening of the periodical sessions rather than at daily sittings. Moderates gain leverage. Radical senators abstained. Palma’s position remains non interventive.
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Havana
Senate
House
Congress
Houses of Representatives
Palma
Dynamite Mystery Rocks Passaic Tenement
Explosion in a three story Italian quarter tenement in Passaic New Jersey wrecked a barber shop on the first floor. Panic spread as several residents were hurled from beds. police and fire crews rushed to prevent injuries. Dynamite placed at the barber shop door exploded by three men who fled the scene. White Star Line cuts steerage rate in London Aug 6 and Cunard expected to follow.
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Passaic
N. J
Ugu
Rslty
White Star
London
White Star Line
Cunard Line
Movements of Ocean Steamers
Shipping news records arrivals and departures at multiple ports. Baltic arrived from Liverpool and Queenstown while Celtic sailed for Liverpool. Hamburg departed for New York and Molke passed from New York to Plymouth Cherbourg and Hamburg. Moltke arrived at Plymouth from New York for Cherbourg and Hamburg. Havre reports a Hratagne arriving from New York. Gwucania arrived at Queenstown from New York.
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Liverpool
Queenstown
Celtic
Dover
Hamburg
Selby
Molke
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Moltke
Havre
Hratagne
Gwucania
Bribe Offer to Malacca Captain Prompts Inquiry
London reports that Capt Street of the Malacca was offered 2000 pounds to claim contraband aboard the ship. Russian officers said contraband includes dry biscuits, a sweeping definition that would condemn many British vessels. The Times notes pursuit of British ships by new Baltic cruisers the Ural and Don, with uncertainty over Don’s identity as Furst Bismarck.
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Washington Post
London
the Times
Malacca
Petersburg
Street
Times
Peninsular and Oriental
Manila
Yokohama
Japan
Shanghai
Peninsular and Oriental Company
A. Holt
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Ural
Don
Kaiserin Maria Theresa
Auguste Victoria
Furst Bismarck
Cargo of Arabia disputes over flour shipments seized in Portland
In Portland August 6 authorities and Senator Mitchell argued that Russian prize courts cannot prove Portland flour consignments on the Arabia were for Japanese military use or contractors. The State Department sent manifest copies to St Petersburg to support Portland shippers claims that goods are not contraband. Japanese railway ownership may complicate car equipment cases.
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Oreg
Arabia
United States
Mitchell
Japan
Department of State
St. Petersburg
Criticised Russians Recall Sparks Official Note
Lausanne Aug 5 The Russian government recalls Col Audenaud after he criticised Russian artillery in talks with a foreign military attache, deeming it an inability to restrain himself. The military department asks Audenaud for a reply. London Aug 5 The Daily Mail cites a dispatch claiming the Porte demands a written declaration from Russia.
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Switzerland
Federal Council
Audenaud
Kuropatkin
Audenond
Hrussia
Federal Military Department
Col. Audenoud
London
Daily Mall
Philoppopolis
Russia
Port Arthur Countdown as Tokyo Hints Fall and Capitulation
Berlin reports a Tokyo telegram stating five Japanese divisions near Port Arthur and twenty in Manchuria. It predicts Port Arthur’s fall and Kuropatkin’s capitulation on the same day, with Japan awaiting the climactic exchange and the barred Danelles noted.
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Europatkin
Berlin
The
National Zeitung
Tokyo
Manchuria
Gen. Kuropatkin
Uproar in Commons as Education Bill Passes Amid Protests
In London on August 5 the House of Commons faced an extraordinary scene during committee discuss on a bill aimed at frustrating Welsh County councils attempts to refuse the education act. Premier Balfour moved closure. opposition members balked at recording votes, leading to uproar and shouts of shame. The bill eventually passed with ministerial benches and a handful of opposition and Irish members present.
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London
House of Commons
Balfour
Messrs. Asquith
Herbert Gladstone
Charles Dilke
Mrs Paget Injuries From Elevator Fall in London
London reports Mrs Arthur Paget suffered severe injuries after falling down an elevator shaft at her home. Sir Frederick Rives found a badly fractured right thigh and a smashed knee cap, with minor injuries to the left leg and no internal damage. Permanent knee stiffness may result if knee treatment lags as the thigh heals.
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London
Arthur Paget
Frederick Rives
Russia's Textile Crisis Deepens Amid War and Poor Harvests
The Novosti correspondent reports Russia faces a textile industry crisis driven by farming depression and wartime strain. Most financial troubles hit central, southern, and eastern provinces with weak crops, while Siberia enjoys good harvests that may raise demand but likely not enough to reopen mills or restore full employment for workers now half time.
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St. Petersburg
Novosti
Russia
Spdz
Siberia
Leniency grows for Jews in legal ranks in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on August , evidence shows easing restrictions on Jews seeking bar admission. Restrictions since 1889 have limited Jews from barrister ranks, but reforms may remove disabilities. Jews now fill many office assistant roles, with barristers hired to represent them in court, provoking calls for a return to old rules.
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St. Petersburg
Bar Association
Home made moonshine arrest on Staten Island
Philip Gold, claiming to be official Oriental language interpreter for US courts and Boston Supreme Court, arraigned before US Commissioner Shields for operating a moonshine still at his Staten Island home. Officers found a 20 gallon twin copper still, about 600 gallons of yeast and sugar mass, and a large quantity of wines. Gold confessed and was held $1,000 for trial after failing to post sureties. In Boston, Aug 6, no Philip Gold but an Egyptian interpreter Philip Goldenberg is noted for Orient languages.
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Philip Gold
Staten Island
New York
Philp Gold
United States Courts
Supreme Court of Boston
United States
Shields
Day
Boston
Philip Old
Philip Goldenberg
Goldenberg
Newfane Bank Robbery Ends With Capture of One Burglar
In Newfane Vermont on August 5 a burglar was shot in the arm and captured after a daylight bank job at Windham County Savings Bank. The bandits escaped with 200 dollars in cash. a thousand dollar package was left untouched. A man named J. B. McCarthy of Michigan was later arrested in Brattleboro on suspicion. The captured man bears a right hand finger mark and a neck bullet scar.
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Newfane
Windham
Reprieve Delays Execution in Punta Gorda Murder Case
Enraged residents react as Governor Jennings revokes the death warrant for Isaiah F. Cooper, condemned for murdering City Marshal Bowman. A jail-yard crowd expected the hanging, but Cooper is to be held for further orders. Brady pleaded for a pardon from Tallahassee. Local indignation grows after news spreads.
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Fla
Isaish BE
Cooper
Yunta Gorda
Pla
Isaiah F. Cooper
Bowman
Gov. Jennings
Pittsburg Gains New Lake Erie and Pittsburg Railway
Officially announced in Pittsburg on August 6 that a new Lake Erie and Pittsburg Railway will begin operation by next year. Surveys completed by engineers. land purchased in Lorain Ohio for a lake terminal. right of way secured to Youngstown and a separate line planned from Youngstown to Pittsburg. William Kennefick president. John S Carter vice president. aims to connect with National Tube and Carnegie Steel terminals.
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Lake Erie and Pittsburg Railway Company
Lorain
Ohio
Loreal
Youngstown
Cuyahoga River
Lake Erie and
William Kennefick
Kansas City
John 8. Carter
Carter Construction Company
National Tube Company
Loratn
Carnegie Steel Company
Western stock growers take no action on packing-house trouble
Denver reports after three days of talks with a special land commission, Western stock growers adjourned without action on the packing-house strike. Resolutions urged transferring forest reserve management to the Agriculture Department, promoting grazing land leasing and gradual range-law changes while safeguarding existing rights. Secretary James Wilson departed west, with Gifford Pinchot and F. H. Newell bound east.
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Colo
Special Land Commission
Roosevelt
Congress
Forest Reserve
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
James Wilson
Gifford Pinchot
F H. Newell
Standard Oil Demurs in Chancery Suit to Disclose Charter
In Trenton New Jersey today Standard Oil filed a demurrer against George Rice of Marietta Ohio who seeks to have the company's charter disclosed alleging restraint of trade. The demurrer argues Rice lacks standing jurisdiction and factual proof of fraud conspiracy oppression or monopoly.
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Aug
Standard Oil Company
Court of Chancery
George Rice
Marietta
Ohio
Pebaneins
Fairbanks Toook A Drink From Old Guidance
A humorous tale of a young orator guided by a professor to speak what is uppermost. In a crowded room with ladies present, he falters until a sip of water unlocks his thoughts and saves the speech, marking a turning point in the meeting.
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Jon Mitchel Chapple
National Magazine
World's Fair Oddities Highlight Exotic Exhibits
Geronimo the Apache childf showcases bows, arrows, and autograph sessions at the International World's Fair. Philippine and Alaskan displays feature 760 candie tower lights, rare hides, and an embroidered map from Lacag Ilocos Norte. Three custom typewriters with mother of pearl keys impress at the Palace of Liberal Arts, while midair banquets and wedding car bouquets add spectacle to the Ferris Wheel attractions.
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Indiana
Palace of Horticulture
America
Philippine Islands
Lacag Ilocos Norte
Palace of Liberal Arts
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