Iowa Voters Back Taft as Bryan Campaign Faces Rift
Special to The Washington Past Des Vues reports Iowa favors Taft for president despite a lingering Senate feud. Cummins supporters clash with Haugen and anti Cummins factions while farmers back the Republican ticket and resist Bryan labor tactics. Surveys show a solid Taft majority with tight race for the Senate, and local Republicans anticipate a 50,000 to 60,000 margin for the president.
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Bryan
Des Moines
Nebraska
Washington
Wien
Cleveland
Towa
Harrison
Taft
Senate
Wast
Iowa
Denver
Chicago
Fitzhugh Takes Clergy to Asylum for Lulu Virginia Frazier
Rev George Kitzhugh aged rector of St Barnabas Curtis Bay is placed in Spring Grove Asylum for the Insane with his wife and child present. The event follows the alleged prior impropriety with Lulu Virginia Frazier and is marked by public farewell as the family prepares for hospitalization and future arrangements in Albemarle county Virginia.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
George Kitzhugh
St Barnabas Episcopal Church
Curtis Bay
Lulu
Virginia Frazier
Spring Grove Asylum
Albemarle County
Lena Fitzhugh
Mystery theft case in Chicago ends with Fitzgerald arrest
Chicago police say George W Fitzgerald, a former United States Subtreasury teller, was arrested over the $173000 theft from the Washington vaults. The case links him to previous shortages and speculative dealings while investigators pursue others believed involved.
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Chicago
United States
George W Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
William Boldenweck
Congress
Boldenweck
Raida
Itta
Young
F C Russell
Russell
Telier
Fitzgeralds
Washington
Thomas Forter
United States Secret Service
Col Gano
Willie
John E Willie
Fitgerald
Sittzgerald
Pitzgerald
Friends Liang
Sie
Snake Bite Head Injury After Camping Trip Near Chain Bridge
William Thompson an 18 year old from 1003 C street southwest was bitten on the head by a snake while sleeping in a tent near Chain Bridge on the Potomac River. He reached Georgetown University Hospital with his head swollen to nearly twice its size and was treated with strychnine as antitoxin was deemed ineffective. His companion Eugene Wood helped shelter him in a canoe as Thompson weakened, and doctors could not confirm the snake species but suspected a non rattler.
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Down Democrate
Ryan
Bryan Democrats
Parker
We Bryan
Des Moines
Whiaikh
Iowa
Ano Tt
Albert Bimmins
William Foyd Alison
United States
Cummins
Ummm
Altrus
Lumus
Cumins
Senate
Lowa
Gilbert N Haugen
Allison
Haugen
Congress
Treaurer Boldenneck
Herbert Young
Chicago
Secret Service Agency
Boldenneck
Agalion Fitzgerald
Mr Young
Fitzgerald
Rogers Park
Young
Offa
Harry C Gane
A Booth & Co
Boldenweck
Col ‘Gano
Gano
Broldenweet
Col Gano
Young Gays
Edward 2
Somerly
William Thompson
Gemp
Chain Bridge
C Street
Virginia
Potomac River
Georgetown University Hospital
Thompson
Eugene R Wood
H Street
Southern Railway
Georgetown
Woods
Shad
Wood
Hte
Washington
Paahn
Panama Canal Report Highlights Panamanian Labor Conditions
President Roosevelt receives a commission report on Panama Isthmus labor housing feeding and health. It lauds government employee relations, injury compensation, and hygienic progress. It details heavy equipment and personnel, inspection scope, and calls for wage simplification and prompt implementation of recommendations.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
James Bronson Reynolds
Samuel B Donnelly
Henry Bern Needham
Panama
George W Goethals
Fathmian Canal Commission
Col Goethals
Congress
la Boca
Pacific
Cristobal
Caribbean
Taboga
Lifa
Pdzama Canal
Canal Zone
Atlantic City Defies Law Amid Sunday Saloon Trade
Special to The Washington Fuo reports Atlantic City seceded from state laws with a Sunday rush at saloons and cafes. Despite a grand jury session and Supreme Court Justice Trenchard's indictments, reformers and authorities faced many arrests and ongoing work by prosecutors to present more saloon keepers.
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Washington
Atlantic City
N. J
Supreme Court
Trenchard
Gov Fort
Goldenbure
Grand Jury
Tke
Longport
Woodruff
Lawa
President Congratulates Col Goethals on Canal Showing
The President congratulates Col Goethals for the good showing on the canal project. Investigators declare that employer spirit of good will and loyalty, inspired by the accessible chief engineer, is enabling the United States to accomplish what another government failed to do.
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United States
Panaman Canal Report Praises U S Management And Morale
The commission lauds Col Goethals and the Panama Canal administration for sanitary successes and improved worker welfare. It notes yellow fever eradication, malaria reduction, and humane housing while urging wage simplification, eight hour enforcement, and a labor secretary to handle complaints.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
É&C
Leperknows Doom Story of Faith and Voyage
A leper recalls a life of travels and faith in an interview with The Past reporter. He speaks of a living death he endures and vows not to yield to fear. His chief worry remains for his wife and child as he confronts brutal numbers he has revealed.
Leper John R Barry's lengthy military service and fate
A detailed life arc follows John R Barry born in Yancey County Western North Carolina. He enlists in 1897, serves in Cuba and the Philippines, faces illness and confinement, marries Miss Settle Larmaur, and after Salvation Army work and employment returns to Weaverville. Discovered a leper in Washington in 1908, he is depicted in a somber setting near a camp, amid a high security environment and reflective surroundings.
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John R Barry
Yancey County
North Carolina
Atlanta
Galveston
Florida
Cuba
Santiago
General Hospital
Weaverville
N Cy
Fort Sheridan
Manila
Rake Son
Vigan
Abra
San Francisco
bin Home
Knoxville
Columbus
Ohio
Vagy
Plattsboro Barracks
Fifth Infantry
Plattsburg
Army
Winchester
Boston
Larmaur
Miss Settle L
Troy
Salvation Army
Granville N. Y
Salvation
Oswego NX
Canton NC
Champion Fiber Works
Canton
Lynn N. Co
Lynn
Washington
Southern Railway
Pennsylvania Avenue
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Ilinois
Missouri
Lewt Carroll
Frederick White
Carroll
Wlate
Walter E Smith
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Lee Fitzhugh
Spring Grove
Horton Tomeht
Niagara Falla
Haltimore & Obie
Philadelphia
Lehigh
Niagara
Treasury
Labour
Chettain
Joseph Kinder
Gueas
J. I Ennis
H R. Litsinger
John W Duffy
Litzinger
Trig
Snake
Harpers Werry
Halstown
Charlestown
Summit Point
Stephenson
Uniton
Panama Canal
Canal
Col. Goethals
Gar
Theodore Roosevelt
Goethals
Pananm Canal
Isthmian Canal
Canal Enterprise
Department of Sanitation
Department of Municipal Engineering
Building Department
Dradges
New York
Parama
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