Shaping Up the Fight at Democratic Headquarters
Virginia Chairman en route to the Ninth District to review the situation and orders for printing a million more campaign documents. West Virginia Democrats seek funds as Col Ellyson visits, Cowherd polls support while Davis looms as VP nominee and aid prospects stay limited.
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Virginia
Ninth
Games and Tobacco Trust
Imi
Ierature
Taylor Ellyson
Cowherd
Col
Ellyson
Slemp
Joseph Wysor
Congress
Col. Elly- Son
Washington
West Virginia
Congressional Committee
New York
Davis
Notice on free marriage and death intructions in papers
Notice states that marriage and death notices inserted in The Washington Post will appear simultaneously in multiple newspapers upon application at no extra charge. It lists newspapers including New York Times Baltimore Herald Boston Globe Buffalo Courier Cincinnati Enquirer Chicago Record Herald Philadelphia Public Ledger and more.
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Washington Post
NEW York Times
Baltivmors Herald
Boston Globe
Buffalo Cocrier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Icago Record Herald
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pittsburg Dispatch
Providence Journal
Rochester Herald
Lolis Republic
Post-Standard, &T Pall Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
CARVER On Wednesday August 10 194 FRANK NOBLE remembered
Obituary notices list multiple deaths and funeral plans from Washington D C and nearby areas. Names include Frank Noble Theophilus E Roessle John H Lambden and others with ages residences and scheduled services. Notices request copies from Richmond and Boston papers.
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Lambden
John H. Lambden
Florence M. Lambden
Kershaw
Roessle
Paris
France
Theophilus EL Roessle
Washington, D.C
Undertakers and Embalming Services in Washington DC
J R Speare undertaker and embalmer at 940 F Street NW offers first class service and a phone line 340. Joseph Gawler at Main 131 provides similar funeral services since 1850. R F Harveys Sons, at 1325 Fourteenth Street NW, promotes strictly first class service and a spacious chapel with North 379.
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J. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Joseph Gawler
Uner
Pa. Ave
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Smbalmers
Fourteenth Street Nw
Rammodious Chapel
North
John R. Wricht
Tooth Street
Democratic Nominees Seeks Campaign Coast to Help WV
West Virginia Democratic congressional nominees have not yet received funds from Congressional headquarters and may get campaign literature distribution in West Virginia towns. Cowherd plans a New York trip to discuss Northern district strategy and possible moving of headquarters. The national committee may run campaigns in cooperation with the eastward shift.
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West Virginia
Congress
Congressional
Cone
Cowherd
New York
Washington
South
Taggart
Chicago
Parker
New Jersey
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
National Committee
Gaines
The
Tobacco Trust
President calls halt on removals of DOJ staff
Special to The Washington Post from Birmingham Alabama reports President Roosevelt sent a letter on August 9 ordering a halt to removals of deputy marshals and assistant district attorneys for political reasons. The letter directs district attorneys and marshals to retain subordinates on grounds of fitness only, prohibiting partisan interference.
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Washington Post
Birmingham
Ala
Department of Justice
Alabama
Washington
Roosevelt
J. O. Thompson
Charles Scott
A. B. Colguitt
Campaign in the West Shows Speakers' Bureau Shifts
Western campaign planning unfolds with Tawney guiding the speakers' bureau from Chicago after talks with President Roosevelt and national leaders. A Likely reduced speaker count mirrors 1896 and 1900, as organizers map a vigorous yet restrained push across Western states.
Old Boys Fremont and Lincoln Club Form in Washington
A permanent national and local Old Boys Fremont and Lincoln Club is organized in Washington at the Riggs House with about 150 names on the local roll. Hon. E. M. Marble elected local president, aims to support Roosevelt and the Republican ticket, while organizers will be sent nationwide to rally old supporters.
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John P. Hale
John C. Fremont
Abraham Lincoln
National Old Boys
Fremont and
Lincoln Club
First Old Boys
Fremont and Lincoln Club
Washington
Riggs House
M. Marble
Patents
National Club
Roosevelt
Mr. Marble
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Fairbanks
Republican Party
Senator Scott
West Virginia
Robert Reyburn
John Jay Edson
A. §. Taylor
Odell
Thomas H. Mckee
H. L. Blunt
Reyburn
Assembly
E. M. Marble
Gen
Ellis Spear
Maj
Henry Romeyn
George W. Honey
Myron M. Parker
L. M. Saunders
William W. Dudley
John Joy Edson
A. A. Thomas
William 8. Qdell
James H. Vermilya
Donald McCathran
Thomas M. Mckee
William A. Macoy
W. Saxon
John 8. Hitchcock
J. G. Bridahan
W. W. Cheshire
John GC. Fremont
W. L. Marsh
T. W. Tallmadge
G. B. Abrams
F. A. Holden
A. J. Curtis
N. M. Mclaughlin
Sidney Burlingame
Prohibition
Hen. J. W. Wightman
John 3. Hitchcock
Robert J. Whittleton
Populists Plan Full State Ticket in New York
In New York on August 12 the Populist party announced a full electoral and state ticket to be fielded. Jay W. Forrest said notification speeches would occur at Cooper Union on August 18. Thomas K. Watson will be notified by Judge Samuel W. Williams, with Thomas H. Tibbies’ candidacy to be announced by ex Senator William V. Allen. The party has set national headquarters at Union Square Hotel in New York City.
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Aus
Nepupican
Harry S. New
National Headquarters Public Bureau
Fairbanks
Organized Labor
Capt. New
New York
People’s Party
Jay W. Forrest
Cooper Union
Thomas K. Watson
Samuel W. Williams
Vincennes
Ind
Thomas H. Tibbies
United States
William V. Allen
Madison
Near
Union Square Hotel
Newark
Republican gossip signals tight race across states
A Seoul of inside Republican chatter from New York to Indiana and West Virginia shows party leaders uneasy about Indiana and West Virginia outcomes, with fears New York and New Jersey could drift away. Washington and Illinois campaigns loom large as Cortelyou, Odell, and Parker aides plot lines for the fall contest.
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West Virginia
Cortelyou
Indiana
Promise From Porte Demands Will Be Granted
Reports from Constantinople Smyrna and Berlin detail Turkish officials discussing a text of a reply to American demands on the rights of citizens in Turkey. The State Department wants concrete binding language and no vagueness. The American squadron remains at Smyrna while negotiations continue.
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State Department
Germany
Constantinople
Nacum Pasha
Leishman
Therapia
Bosphorus
Turkey
Imzet Pasha
Selim Pasha
Foreign Office
United States
Hay
Admiral Jewell
Smyrna
Navy Department
Occupation of Tibet Wired to House Debates
In the British India budget debate Indian Secretary Broderick says no fixed return date for Tibet expedition. Plans aim to vacate Lassa after terms set, with insistence on respectful treatment of Britain’s name. Russia says it is fully advised and agrees with the plan. Lord Curzon praised as he returns to India.
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Russia
Plana
London
House of Commons
India
Brodrick
Tibet
Lassa
Great Britain
Broderick
Lord Curzon
Kedleston
Sympathy of Monarchs Condolences to Waldeck Rousseau Family
Paris reports telegraphic condolences to the Waldeck Rousseau family after the former premier's death at Corbell on August 10. Messages came from the German Emperor and kings of England Portugal Norway and Sweden Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria with Baron d Estournelies de Constant also sending regards for the arbitration group. Foreign Minister Delcasse returns to attend the funeral in private capacity as the government offers national obsequies not necessarily religious.
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Waldeck- Rousseau
Paris
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
Corbell
England
Portugal
Norway
Sweden
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Baron d’Estournelies de Constant
French International Arbitration Group
Delcasse
French Convention Bill Passes Commons on to Lords
In London on August 12 the French convention bill cleared its third reading in the Commons amid cheers and moved to the Lords, which gave it first reading. Conservative MP Thomas Gibson Bowles urged delay until the French Deputies acted, but Premier Balfour urged continued British goodwill. Bowles withdrew his objection.
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Commons
House of Lords
London
House of Commons
Thomas Gibson Bowles
French Chamber of Deputies
Balfour
Great Britain
France
Bowles
Canoe Makes Ocean Voyage From Vancouver to London
The Uttle British Columbia dugout canoe Tillikum, about two and a half tons, carved from a single tree trunk by an Alaskan Indian in 1848, sailed from Ponta Delgada Azores for London. Capt. J. C. Voss leads with one companion Harrison. The voyage began in May 1901 and has already covered nearly 20,000 miles through the Pacific and Azores.
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Vancouver
Azores
London
Ponta Delgada
Azore Islands
British Columbia
Europe
Pacific
Cape Horn
J. C. Voss
Harrison
Moroccan War Secretary Hamet Jaiya Arrested in Tangier
Hamet Jaiya principal secretary to El Menebhi the Moroccan minister of war has been arrested and imprisoned in Tangier with his property confiscated under sultan orders. Jaiya is a British subject and European residents condemn the action as life and property become unsafe. The British legation has protested but the Moroccan government has not replied.
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Tangier
Hamet Jaiya
el Menebhi
Jaiya
Paraguayan insurgents claim victories in key ports
Buenos Ayres reports rumors that Paraguayan insurgents captured Humaita Vila Pilar and Concepcion ports. They are also said to have seized the steamer Villa Rica carrying the minister of the interior, who escaped.
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Buenos Ayres
Humaita
Vila Pilar
Concepcion
Villa Rica
Seymour D Thompson Dead In New Jersey
Seymour D. Thompson former associate justice of the Court of Appeals at St. Louis died of diabetes at his home in Orange New Jersey. He was born in 1842 in Illinois a Civil War veteran and had written works on legal practice. He was named by President Roosevelt as a delegate to the Union Congress of Law and Jurists to meet in St. Louis next month.
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Orange
N. J
Seymour D. Thompson
Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Thompson
Roosevelt
Union Congress of Law and Jurists
Illinois
Fatal trolley wreck in Defiance Ohio kills three
Three killed and three injured in a Baltimore and Ohio crossing trolley crash in Defiance just before noon. Victims include Mrs Helen Reison Wetter of Cleveland aged twenty seven and two Gaede children, Rollin aged three and Gerald aged five, sons of Rev. M Gaede. Wounded are Mrs Olga Gaede Earl Barnhart and Harold Fraght. The latter two belong to Company E Sixth Regiment Ohio National Guard en route to Mau Mes Valley Chautauqua drill. Crossing on a curve, motorman did not see oncoming cars. both cars crowded but injuries not life threatening.
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Defiance
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Helen Reison Wetter
Cleveland
Gerald Gaede
Rollin Gaede
M. Gaede
Olga Gaede
Earl Barnhart
Harold Fraght
Ohio National Guard
Hicksville
Maumes Valley Chautauqua
Miss Barton to Visit Boston Women Relief Corps
Miss Clara Barton will be the guest of the National Woman's Relief Corps during the Grand Army Encampment next week in Boston. Gov Bates issued a proclamation noting the state department will be closed Tuesday for the parade and suggesting business closures and building decorations.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Boston
Mass
Clara Barton
National Woman's Relief Corps
I Grand Army
Gov
Bates
State Department
Grand Army of the Republic
A Knight of the Garter Fragment Amid Broken Band
A theatrical moment unfolds as a dancer hides disappointment after a broken pale blue eating band is left behind. Peggy blushes with dismay while a lover debates departure, tears and a faint plan to salvage happiness linger in the scene.
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Peggy
Cherka
Prominent Democrats Listed for National Committee Posts
A New York Times pedigree roundup profiles several Democratic figures tied to the national committee. De Lancey Nicoll, born Shelter Island 1854, heads Nicoll Anable & Lindsay. George Foster Peabody, banker with Lake George ties, finances campaigns. William F. Sheehan, Buffalo native, ex-legislator and lieutenant governor nominee. August Belmont Jr., Harvard 1875 graduate heads Belmont firm and Rothschild links. James Smith Jr., Col James M. Guffey, John R. McLean, Thomas Staples Martin, Timothy E. Ryan cited as major party figures with varied state ties and roles. The piece also mentions Elkins children in an anecdote about Harrison and Cleveland campaign imagery.
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New York Times
de Lancey Nicoll
Taggart
Shelter Island
N. Y
Princeton
New York
Jacob Sharp
Nicoll, Anable & Lindsay
Nassau Street
Wiliam F. Sheehan
Sheehan & Collin
Buffalo
St. Joseph's College
National Committee
James M. Guffey
Pennsylvania
United States
John R. McLean
Ohio
Cincinnati Enquirer
George K . Nash
Harvard
Washington
Thomas Staples Martin
Virginia
Scottsville
Oddities of the World From Casselle Saturday Journal
Fascinating trivia spans birth rates in Europe, military quirks, flower lore, forest use for sleepers, blindness rates in Russia, sturgeons’ fragility, banana productivity, Atlantic fog estimates, quarry techniques in Rhone Valley, Hindoo soap practices, nesting tricks of birds, a precious Koran copy in Isfahan, beard growth stats, the angry tree in the East, and a Selma tramp device turning townsfolk toward the roads for thirty days.
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Casselle Saturday Journal
France
Ehiropodist
P Europa
Russia
A My Atlantic Maer
Atlantic
St Triphony
Rhone
India
Natchet
Mohammedan
Isanan-Ruza
Persia
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