Taft to Visit MacVeagh and Boost Campaign Letter
In Beverly Mass representative Loudenslager says Taft will visit Secretary MacVeagh at his Dublin summer home over the weekend. The president plans to release a campaign letter in New York, a move Loudenslager says will help the campaign, while rumors of a rift with MacVeagh are described as baseless. The Mayflower launch is swapped for a steel barge after engine troubles and wear.
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Mass
H C Loudenslager
New Jersey
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Heyrly
Loudenslager
Sherman
New York
Mir Loudenslager
Londensager
Taft
Secretary of the Treasury
MacVeagh
Dubln
Dublin
Tafts
MarVeagh
Boston Navy Yard
Provincetown
Meers
Roosevelt expedition lecture defends Africa trip as hunting restraint
J Aiden Loring of Owego spoke at the Roosevelt African expedition event in Waverly on August 24, asserting the journey was not a hunting plea. He noted Col Roosevelt’s selective shooting, with game only for meat or Smithsonian needs, and praised Roosevelt’s calm, decisive leadership amid dangerous encounters.
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Washington
J Aiden Loring
Owego
Africa
Roosevelt
Loring
Col Roosevelt
Col
Kermit Roosevelt
J.oring
Smithsonian Institution
Kermit
Hadley May Not Seek Senate Seat After Warner Withdraws
Jefferson City Mo Aug 2 Gov Hadley welcomed Senator Warner's withdrawal from reelection plans. Hadley believes the move reduces pressure for him to run and expects Republican leaders to push for a unified stance. Ex Lieutenant Governor John C McKinley is named as the GOP Senate candidate in Missouri.
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Hadley
Warner
Senate
John C McKinley
Plans a National Primary
Des Moines Iowa August 24 Senator Albert B Cummins announced plans to introduce a national primary bill in the Senate. He argued Congress should act promptly or he would seek a law to regulate national party conventions based on party vote rather than population. At the Iowa Republican State convention a plank supporting a national primary law was adopted.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Albert B Cummins
Senate
Congress
Primary set to choose Brownlow successor in Tennessee
Greenside Tennessee Aug 24. Republican committees in First Tennessee district vote to hold a October primary to nominate a candidate to replace late Representative Walter P Brownlow. Contest likely narrows to three: Daniel Cooper Swab Sam R Selly and former U S Attorney James L Penland Sells backs anti Brownlow faction. A poll shows two thirds of Brownlow faction members favor Swab.
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Greenside
Tenn
Republican Committees
First
Tennessee
Walter P Brownlow
Talea
Daniel Cooper Swab
Sam R. Selly
United States District
Jamea L Penland Sells
Brownlow
Swab
Clairbourna County
Jackpot bribery trial unfolds in Browne case in 1909
In Chicago's criminal court Judge Kersten allow testimony on a alleged payoffs tied to a Senate vote. Lee O Neil Browne is accused of bribing Representative Charles White to back William Lormer. Beckemeyer testified Browne paid him 1000 dollars in St Louis June 21 1909 and received 900 dollars later from Robert E Whitson as the jackpot was allegedly divided.
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Chicago
Keraten
Bara
Lee O'Neil Browne
Charles White
William Lormer
United States
H Jfc Beckemeyer
Kersten
Beckemeyer
Michael
Link Beckemeyer
Browne
Southern Hotel
St. Louis
St Louie
Robert E Wilson
Whison
Grand
L. O Browne
Robert E. Whitson
Farmer orator Martine enters Democratic U S Senate race
James E Martine of Plainfield filed with the New Jersey secretary of state to appear on the Democratic primary ballot for United States senator. He is known as the farmer orator and a friend of William J Bryan. Five petitions had been filed by candidates for senator, including former Govs Stokes and Murphy and Rep Charles N Fowler for the Republican endorsement, and Frank McDermot and Martine for the Democrats. Senator Kean, the Republican incumbent, said he would not file a petition and would leave the outcome to the legislature.
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Trenton
James KE. Martine
Plainfield
United States
Martine Ia
William J Bryan
Edward C. Stokes
Franklin Murphy
Charles N. Fowler
Frank McDermot
Newark
James E. Martine
Kean
Senate
Vatican replies to Spain in Vatican note
San Sebastian August 24 a cabinet council presided by King Alfonso received a note from Cardinal Merry del Val through Marquis de Gonzalez outlining Vatican grievances against the Spanish ministry. Premier Canalejas said the government will not change its policy despite the note and the text will be sent to Spain by week’s end.
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Alfonso
Canalejas
Marquis de Gonzales
Vatican
Merry del Val
Spain
Sibley to Face Accusers in Audit Monday
Ex Congressional nominee Joseph C Sibley faces arrest warrants on conspiracy to bribe and debauch voters in Warren county after resigning as Republican candidate. He says the audit will allow him to present his side and deny rumors, and will attend Monday's audit if carried on a stretcher. Lawyers close to the case differ on warrant validity. Primary dates noted as June 4 and June 11, 1910.
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Congressional
Franklin
Joseph C. Sibley
Warren County
Congress
Sibley
Warren
Mrs Burt in court over cleaver assault claim
In Brookline Massachusetts on August 24 1919 Marie Burt wife of Army Captain W H Burt faced arraignment for allegedly striking her former cook Delia Dooley with a meat cleaver after an incident at their home. A neighbor testified to a shoulder wound and Judge Perkins adjourned the case for decision.
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Washington Post
Brookline
Mass
Marie Burt
W. H Burt
United States Army
Della Dooley
Delia
Burts
Mrs. Burt
Megantic secrecy as Crippen voyage proceeds to England
Reports from London and New York detail Dr Hawley H. Crippen and Ethel Le Neve traveling to Liverpool in complete seclusion aboard the Megantic. Landing planned secretly at Holyhead or via a private Mersey tug, with usual Liverpool boarding permits withdrawn.
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England
London
White Star
Megantic
Hawley H. Crippen
Ethel Leneve
Quebec
Liverpool
Holyhead
Mersey
Pinchot Says Little on Politics Plans Focus on Forest Fires
Gifford Pinchot arrives in Washington to attend the National Conservation Congress in St Paul and Denver meetings. He refuses to discuss Col Roosevelt or insurgent politics, signaling a possible statement on forest fires affecting Idaho Montana and Washington. He plans to preside over the St Paul congress and meet Roosevelt later.
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Col. Roosevelt
St. Paul
Denver
Gifford Pinchot
National Conservation Congress
Taft
Col. Hoogevelt
Washington
Mr. Pinchot
Idaho
Montana
Pinchot
Milford
Colorado Live Stock Association
St Paul
Pinchot Opposes Tawney in Minnesota First District
Special to Washington from St Paul Minnesota August 24 Gifford Pinchot will make speeches in the First district in support of Sydney Anderson the progressive Republican nominee opposed to James A Tawney The Rochester speech date is not set but likely early September Tawney has not begun his campaign Anderson speaks to large crowds daily and plans a whirlwind campaign Other prominent progressives are expected to campaign for Anderson before the primaries.
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Washington
Garfield Starts For West With Roosevelt Party
James R Garfield leaves Mentor Ohio for Chicago to join Col Roosevelt in Cheyenne Wyoming on Saturday. He will speak on Conservation at Sycamore Illinois and attend events with Roosevelt and Pinchot through early September including addresses at Denver Ovawatomie Kansas and St Paul Minnesota.
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Cleveland
James R Garfield
Mentor
Ohio
Chicago
Col Roosevelt
Cheyenne
Wyo
Garfield
Sycamore, I
Round Table Club
Denver
Col. Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Ovawatomie
Kans
Counterfeiter Seized in Maui With Complete Plant
Honolulu august 24 Lee Young a Chinaman was arrested in a remote Maui area on counterfeiting charges. Police found a full counterfeiting setup and a batch of ten dollar coins largely made of fold. The arrest was by US District Attorney Breckens and US Marshal Hendry.
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Honolulu
Lee Young
Island
Maui
Young
United States
Breckens
Hendry
German Socialists Triumph in Saxon Bye Election
Dresden Aug 24 Pastor Goehre was elected Reichstag member for the Zichepau Marienberg district with 15 686 votes to 8 440 for two opponents an antisemitic candidate and a radical Paator Goeckre iwitz succeeds the late Oswald Zimmer mann the antisemitic Today's result marks the largest socialist gain in a bye election since 1907 when they carried 22 of 23 Saxon seats.
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Gaiva
Dresden
Pastor Goehre
Reichstag
Zichepau-Marienberg
Paator Goeckreiwitz
Oswald Zimmermann
Cartridge on Third Avenue injures 19 year old girl
A revolver cartridge placed on the surface car line at Twenty third Street caused a cartridge to explode when a cable wheel touched it. Miss Mary Kenny aged 19 was struck in the right temple and taken to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition.
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New York
Third Avenue Railroad
Twentythird Street
Mary Kenny
Bellevue Hospital
Cycling Decline Evident in U S Exports
Government statistics show a sharp drop in bicycle exports from the United States as popularity wanes abroad and at home. The article notes bikes are now chiefly used for business, contrasting with the peak in 1807 when exports reached 7,005,320 dollars.
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Bicyciag Oo Ow Pacwun Ag
United States
Roosevelt forces clash over convention leadership in New York
Reports describe a bitter power struggle within the state committee as Griscom resists a Sherman backed plan for temporary chairmanship. Roosevelt supporters target delegates in primaries to block old guard leaders while Barnes questions Sherman’s selection and Taft reassures federal office holders they may act freely.
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State Committee
Roosevelt
Griscom
Albany
William Barnes
Mr. Sherman
Sherry’s
Att
Speaker Wadssworth
Barnes
Taft
WILL NOT WED MRS. CUDAHY report denies marriage plans
Jere Lillis says he has not corresponded with Mrs. Cudahy and has no intention of marrying anyone. He is staying in New York with his two sisters and wants the public to drop the matter. He rejects reports of engagement to anyone and cites religious obstacles. The note comes amid Mrs. Cudahy's divorce from Michael Cudahy. Captain Harry Freeland dies at 47. veteran of the Philippines and West Point graduate honored for service in the Spanish-American War.
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Jere Lillis
Kansas City
John P. Cudahy
Mrs. Cudahy
Lillis
Cudahy
Packer
Michael Cudahy
Washington
Prince Frederick
Harry Freeland
Mutual
Calvert County
Philippines
West Point
Spain
Fayette F. Freeland
Roanoke Republican Nominee Declines Congress Bid
J. B. Brown of Roanoke, endorsed by Roanoke Republicans for the Sixth district nomination, announced last night that he cannot accept the nomination. The development comes as Roanoke politics focus on the congressional race.
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Ponnineton Sou
Roanoke
J. 8. Brownjing
Roanoke Republicana
Georgia Democrats Triumph in Primary Retribution
In Atlanta on August 24, Georgia voters denied Leonidas F. Livingston and William M. Howard renomination, elevating William Schisy Howard in the fifth district and backing 5 J Tribble in the eighth district by a narrow margin. Hoke Smith defeated incumbent Joseph M. Brown for governor, with Smith leading statewide by about 4,000 votes. Several state officials were renominated or won contests, while two imprisoned men attempted suicide in jail on election day.
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Hoke Smith
Brown
Atlanta
Howard
Dtbert
Tribble
Georgia
Livingston
Fitzgerald
Boltera
Cannon
Brantley
Edwards
Sen
Joseph M. Brown
Smith
J. A. Perry
B. Stevens
M. L
William H. Fish
Supreme Court
Marcus W. Beck
Court of
William M. Howard
Jaii
A. J. Hammond
Ernest George
Four Die in Auto Accidents Across Three States
In Cleveland and nearby areas within 24 hours, four people died and fifteen were injured in three separate auto crashes. Victims include John McGorray, Julius Lipkin and August Rhinehart along with their passengers, all seriously harmed. Separate wrecks near Eureka Kansas and Richmond Indiana claimed lives and caused multiple injuries among local residents and prominent families.
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Cleveland
John McGorray
Julius Lipkin
August Rhinehart
Eureka
Kans
Charles F . Corley
Wichita
A. B. Anderson
Ham_ flten
Anderson
Richmond
Ind
J. M. Worth
Perry Becker
Robert
impostor Lieut Gill swindles navy yard officials in New England
Portsmouth authorities report a man calling himself Lieut Gill, claimed as advance representative of a Canadian naval commission, persuaded Portsmouth and Boston navy yard staff to provide carfare funds for travel. The return trip never occurred. Montreal inquiries disclosed no such commission and considered the man an impostor. His whereabouts remain unknown.
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Portsmouth
Boston Navy Yard
Mayor Gaynor’s Wound Healed and Recovery Advances
New York reports the mayor’s neck wound has healed externally and internal irritation from granulation is gone. He ate heartily and exercised briefly in hospital corridors while under limited staff. Doctors will decide later this week when he may leave the hospital.
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New York
Gaynor
Tragedy at Grasselli Plant as Cinder Pile Caves In
In Clarksburg West Virginia on August 24 Asa G Davis 32 of Northview was smothered to death and Columbus Wyckoff 65 of Adamston was seriously injured while shoveling cinders into a gondola at the Grasselli Chemical Company plant a cave in cinder pile.
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Washington
Clarksburg
W. Va
Grasselli Chemical Company
Asa G. Davis
Northview
Columbus Wyckoff
Adamston
Pellagra Death Reported in Petersburg
Petersburg Virginia Aug 74 Miss Mabel Virginia Beasley 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs Jordan W Beasley died at home yesterday from pellagra the first known case in Petersburg local notice records a rare outbreak in the town and highlights public health concerns
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Gem
Petersburg
Mabel Virginia Beasley
Jordan W. Beasley
Hammond for Gun Stock Deal Promoted to Taft Circle
A New York suit reveals John Hays Hammond and son Harris joined Henry Clay Russell Wade in promoting a machine gun stock sale. Claims include plans to sell to the U S government for 25 to 50 million dollars, a smokeless noiseless weapon, and a factory on Staten Island. Rose sues Wade Hammond and Arthur Rose for 9000 with Wall Street interest tied to the invention.
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John Hays Hammond
Washington Post
New York
The
Sun
Supreme Court
Braday Loday
Harris
Hammonds
Henry Clay Russell Wade
Wade
Hammond
Taft
United States
Staten Island
Treasury
William R. Rose
Arthur Rose
Rose
Wall Street
Eagles Demand Report From Fraternal Order Officers
In St Louis on August 24 the grand aerie of the Fraternal Order of Hagies refused a delay of the trial committee report on charges that four former officers diverted 12000 from order funds. The report is ordered for 2 pm tomorrow and no business will be transacted until the charges are sustained or overruled.
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St. Louis
Grand Aerie
Order of Hagies
Grand Aerle
Abnormal Spider in Morristown Factory
A Morristown, Tennessee resident reports a large black spider in a broom factory that eats mice. The piece questions the dangers of breeding such a creature and urges eradicating it, arguing poison and traps are preferable to allowing a giant spider to thrive in the facility.
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Courier-Journa
Morristown
Tenn
Han
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Morriss Town
Sunspots linked to weather and auroras explored
The London Daily Mail discusses a strong solar sunspot and its possible influence on weather through solar radioactivity. It notes electrons entering Earth’s atmosphere might trigger magnetic storms, rain, and clouds, with effects varying by location and time. A Baltimore note reports Petersburg expenses on automobiles.
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London
Telegraph
Greenwich Observatory
Earth
Prison Plot Shocks Nicaragua as Mines Fail to Kill Prisoners
Madrid era chaos rocks Managua as a prison mine plot by a keeper is revealed after Madriz’s escape. American consuls press for Pittman’s removal amid calls to free 200 prisoners near Corinto. Estrada’s forces secure a peaceful transition with renewed tariff reforms and tense relief efforts.
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Senor Madriz
Cee Sake Mkaman
Madriz
Corinto
Aurelio Fistrada
Juan
Jose Estrada
Granada
Managua
Olivares
President Madriz
Grant
William P. Pittman
Beaton
Bivefelds
Plitman
Humanity
Medriz
Acajula
Salvador
Madiz
Nicaragua
Amapais
Honduras
Young Roosevelt Visits Sioux Nation for Indian Entertainment
Archibald Roosevelt with Capt Seth Bullock travels from Deadwood to the Bronx Indian reservation for a week with Sioux friends. He will join his father at Cheyenne and witness Rosebud Sioux performances including daily dances and horse races. A dog feast is planned with Roosevelt and Bullock expected to sample dog cuisine.
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Roosevelt
Bullock
Trusted Employee Arrested In $15,000 Peculation Case
George Wenzel a 39 year old cashier at B Altman & Co New York since 1898 was arrested after allegedly confessing to stealing 15000 from the firm including a theft on August 15 Detective Larkin says he admitted taking the sum and other sums over the last year making the total peculations 15000 Wenzel started as a cash boy 26 years ago.
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Washington Post
New York
George Wenzel
B Altman & Co
Wenzel
Larkin
Taxi and Cab Combine Form New York Company
The Cab and Taxi Company of New York is formed with 5 million dollars in capital. Allan Lexow becomes president and J J O'Brien is treasurer. In Bari Italy, cholera outbreaks report eleven cases and seven deaths in the last day across Barletta Trani Cerignola. In Belfast, two cent fares under municipal operation are praised for low costs and safety.
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Cab and Taxi Company of
Allan Lexow
New York Cab Company
J J O'Brien
Taxi _ Service Company
Italy
Bari
Barletta
Trani
Cerignola
Belfast
Henry B. Miller
Miller
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