Taft in Gallipolis and Athens Campaign Stop
President candidate Taft broke away from his schedule to speak from a moving train at Gallipolis with Mrs Taft beside him hitting the question which party by its work has earned confidence while later addressing veterans in Athens. A freight wreck delayed the train near Dyer.
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Ohio
Athens
William H. Taft
Taft
Charles II
Grosvenor
Congress
Athend
Dyeruile
Oho Central
Docking Valley Road
Bass Teland
Imarning
Galpolis
Grate
Tne
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Plan for National Law and Order League for Colored Men
Chicago reports letters from leaders in Pittsburg Lafayette Washington and Atlanta showing support for a national league limited to colored men. Rev H A Stewart says sentiment is growing across the country and a convention may form the league here within six months. The Federation of Colored Women's Clubs requests inclusion, prompting a proposed women’s auxiliary with clubs that count colored women among members.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Lafayette
Ind
Washington
D. C
Atlatta
National Law and Order League
H. A. Stewart
Chicago League
Federation of Colored Women’s
Tlubs
President Roosevelt to Africa hunting trip with Capt McDonald
Fort Worth Fort Wayne Aug 29 Capt William J McDonald ex Tex Ranger known for Brownsville shooting investigation will accompany President Roosevelt on an African hunting expedition. Roosevelt urged him to join and he accepted with details to be finalized during a Texas bear hunt promised for this winter.
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Fort Wayne
Tex
William J
Bill) McDonald
Texas
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Africa
Fort Worth
McDonald
Pope Sends Mission Letter To Catholic Mission House
Rome August 3 a papal letter strongly supporting the Catholic mission house at Washington has been entrusted to Msgr Bidwell Cardinal Vannutelli's Secretary who is proceeding to the Eucharistic congress in London where he will personally deliver the document The papal letter explains to the Pope the object of the organization of the mission house and its method of conduction.
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Rome
Washington
Msgr
Bidwell
Vannutelli
London
Powder Plant Explosion in Youngstown Kills One
A Burton-Pany works explosion near Quaker southeast of Youngstown leaves one man dead and two others severely burned with a third seriously injured. The dead is identified as Mike Revara, manager of the plant, whose body was recovered from the blaze. No further details available on cause or full extent of injuries.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Burton -Pany
Mike Revara
Otittieplaint
Girl in dire peril as father tries to hurl daughter from Chicago observatory
In a frenzied 10 minute struggle atop the Auditorium tower, 62 year old J E Shilling, recently released from Kankakee Asylum, seized his 21 year old daughter on the balcony threatening to cast her to the street. Bystanders and elevator starter John Richardson restrained him until Detectives Canton and Roventhal arrived to subdue the man and remove him to the Huron Street station for examination.
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J.E. Shilling
Front Asylum
Graspa
Washington
Chicago
Auditorium
North Catherine
Avenue
Grange
Kankakee Insans
Hig
Satine
John Richardson
Richardson
Canton
Roventhal
Iman
Hurricon Street
Gilbert
Littlefield Receiver Appointed for Brown & Co in New York
Representative Charles B Littlessia was named receiver for A O Brown & Co by Judge Holt of the southern District of New York. Bond set at $250,000. Creditors, through counsel, plan to select a trustee or trustees to manage company affairs. appointment may be temporary as discussions continue.
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Woodstock
Conn
Gouneel
New York
Schlefield
Millionaire's son missing in Chicago mystery
Chicago on August 29 reports 15 year old Washington Franklin Schott, son of Northwest Side magnate Joseph F. Schott, has been missing since June 14. He dreamed of heading west to shoot buffalo and fight Indians, with police and posters failing to locate him. last sights tied to the Republican River country in northeastern Colorado, matching his stated ambition.
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Chicago
Washington
Franklin Schott
Joseph F. Schott
Buffalo
Herve
Republican
Colorado
Lincoln Man Tries to Reframe Bryan Visit at State Fair
Lincoln Nebraska August 29. Amid urgent demands from the Republican state neutral committee the state fair management altered the visiting schedule to accommodate a talk by William J. Bryan. Taft’s absence prompted Bryan’s Friday appearance after an originally planned Taft day. Bryan’s supporters note his return to Fairview amid mixed reception as L L Ingraham presented him with an engraved certificate marking ex-membership in the Typographical Union.
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Lincolln
Nebr
Willa
Coe L Crawford
Sou Tdakots
Nebraska
Taft
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Fairview
Brydn
Wis L. L. Ingraham
The
Incol
Atlantic City Resorts Confront Sunday Liquor Law
Atlantic City authorities hold a Royal Arch meeting decisions to enforce Sunday liquor laws. Hotels notify guests to purchase beverages before midnights, and Mayor Stoy pledges police support to enforce the order. Militia fears prompted by Governor Fort are addressed as hotel owners commit to observing the law.
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Jaes
Atlantic- City
Royal Arch
Honoi
Charles M. Speidel
Fort
Spetder
Atlantic City
Stoy
Royal Arch-waa
Gonfergnes
Flood Toll in Cimarron Canyon Rises in Trinidat
In Cimarron Creek Cimarron Canyon near Trinidat Colorado a flood impacted Foe NMex area with thirteen bodies recovered by Thursday afternoon and five missing. Water reached 13 feet in the canyon as railroad rafts were twisted by the surge. Communication with New Mexico has been restored and reports of mass fatalities were unfounded.
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Trinidat
Colo
Cimarron Creek
Funeral Services for Mrs Frances Carlin in Alexandria
Funeral services for Mrs Frances Carlin of Alexandria were held at 1 o clock yesterday morning at her son's home Representative Charles Carlin. The service was conducted by G P Bull a pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Rev Mr Ballenger with a large gathering from the city and Virginia. Pallbearers included John W Eckridge Lunt J Rank Carlin S L Munro Joseph E Eakridge J C Eakridge S Creighton and B W Guy. Burial followed in Alexandria.
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Frances Carlin
Alexandria
Charles. Carlin
Virginia
G- Pi Bulla
Methodist Episcopal
South
Ballengés
John. W. Eckridge
Ai. Lunt
J. Rank Carlin
L. Munroa
Joseph Eekridgs
J. C. Eakridge
JS. Creighton
B- W.guy
Admiral Fithian Dead in Bridgeton New Jersey
Rear Admiral Edwin Fithian retired and former chief engineer of the United States Navy died at his Bridgeton home. Born December 1, 1820 in New Jersey, he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1848 and served in the Civil War and multiple ships and stations. He was engineering chief of the U S Navy from 1859 and had lived in Bridgeton for many years since retirement.
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Edwin Fithian
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Bird
Naval Academy
Annapolis
North
Atlantic
Gulf
New Orlehne
Vicksburg
Dng
Japan to Curtail Expenditures as Cabinet Sets Saving Plan
Tokyo Aug 2 The cabinet approves a fiscal cut of 100 million dollars with 8 percent from the army and 19 percent from the navy budgets. The government delays the international exposition citing insufficient preparation and seeks foreign support, aiming for economy over the next five years and setting a wary pace for the planned event in 19– the emperor’s accession anniversary.
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Tokyo
Matsuka
Zain
Japan
King Alfonso Tours London in Public Visit
London reports the arrival of King Alfonso of Spain drawing keen interest from officials and crowds. The king, guided through city streets, signs autographs after accepting a cabman’s invitation to witness the day’s events.
Wife Will Not Drop Suit Over Johnson Marriage
District Supreme Court filed necessary papers in the case against Mrs. M Johnson and Richard B Hvais attorney for sArile BM Johnson. Allegations include cruelty and threats. core issue is proof of Johnson alleged negro blood and whether Maryland law bars a white person from marriage within the third generation. The report notes no foundation for reconciliation claims and references similar district cases and social standing observations.
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Richard B. Hvais
sArile
Johnson
District Supreme Court
Goluiaeia
Netherlands Presses for Aid as U S Delays Venezuela Tangle
Dutch government seeks foreign help over Venezuela crisis, with France and Britain weighing actions. United States says it will watch and wait, while Holland probes possible European support. Britain hints at restraint to avoid bullying a smaller state. Colombia denies plotting a Venezuelan revolt and stresses adherence to international obligations.
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Britain
Great Britain
United States
Foreign Office
oMdlals
Castro
Ie Ikely
Gréat ‘Britain
Holand
Paris
Holland
Venezuela
Affordis
State Department
Cortes
Colombia
Astor May Get Peerage and Titles Discussed
London August 29 The Times carries a piece on Lord Astor William Waldorf Astor potentially being raised to the peerage soon. It debates whether he will become Lord Astor of Cliveden or Lord Hever of Hever Castle, with a hint that young William Weymouth may instead seek a Conservative seat in Parliament. The piece notes the king’s longstanding antipathy to favoring new peerages.
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Venezuela
Cortes
Colombia
Crosa Ter Frontier
Washington Post
London
Lord Astor
William
Waldorf Astor
Piersge
Astor
Cliveden
Heverem
Hever Castle
William Weidort
Masked Men Dynamite Bank Safe for $12,000 Theft
Five masked robbers dynamited the Provincial Bank at St Eustache near Montreal and escaped with $12,000, holding caretaker and citizens at gunpoint. Two suspects held. robber trio fled toward Montreal. Guns deterred pursuit as cash and negotiable securities were taken and checks ignored. Nearby Rochester report notes Fillmore post office robbed for over $1,000 in valuables.
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St Eustache
Renge
Rochester
N. Y
Fillmore
Alleghany County
Gessmen
Fillmore Bank
William J Bryan itinerary across the East Coast 1908
National Chairman Mack released the schedule for William J. Bryan's tour along the Atlantic seaboard. The itinerary lists stops in Peoria Illinois Evansville Indiana West Virginia Cumberland Maryland Washington D C Baltimore Wilmington Rochester New York Progue nes Rhode Island New York City Buffalo Michigan Onto Indiana Madison Milwaukee Mitchell Dakota and Lincoln Nebraska with three weeks at home after September 29. Bryan will rest on two Sundays in Washington and New York. speak dates in West Virginia September 11 and Michigan September 22 are not yet fixed. Ohio dates pending Cleveland and Cincinnati appearances.
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Mack
William. J. Bryan
Mtable
Atlantic Seaboard
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Evanaville
Ind
West Virginia
Cumberland
Washington, D.C
Bounday
Baltimore
Wilmington
Del
Rochester
Proguenes
R. L
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Buffalo
Michigan
Indiana
Madison
Milwaukee
Wis
Mitchell
Dak
Lincoln
Bryan
Washington
Ohio
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Army officer court martial commuted sentence at Presidio
First Lieut William B Bowen coast artillery corps stationed at the Presidio San Francisco was convicted by court martial of neglect of duty and making false official reports and was dismissed. The President confirmed the sentence but commuted it to a reduction of 30 fields in rank on the recommendation of Gen Murray and with the approval of the Secretary of War. Also a travel notice for a trip to Baltimore and return via Baltimore and Ohio FR.
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William 8. Bowen
Coast Artillery Corps
Presidio
San Francisco
Alse
Murray
Secretary of War
Threat to Roberts Williams At Home In Baltimore Shooting
Baltimore detectives focus on a man linked to threats against Charles B. Roberts, shot while riding with Mrs. W. S. Williams on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Police pursue a Brighton Hotel visitor tied to Mrs. Williams and the Roberts case, while theories vary about a possible female shooter or disguises.
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Atlantic
Baltimore
Charles B. Roberts
Williams
Au Opicion
Brighton Hotel
Atlantic City
Central
Agare i the Cage
Brighton
Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Fred
Europe
Wiliams
Willams
G. Wiliams
Wilson
Woodruff
Roberta
Roberto
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