New York War Over Scuttlers in Parsons Ring
Turmoil grips New York Republican scene as Taft Hughes Roosevelt factions clash over delegation at large to Chicago and control of the state committee. Woodruff seeks re election as chairman while Brackett and Parsons mobilize for a hard line, vowing no surrender to “scuttlers” and eyeing a party restructure after the April meeting.
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White House
Q. K
Hughes
Washington
Taft
Parsons
New York County
Nw York
Berthy
Friends
Gov. Hughes
Roosevelt
Uncheon State Committee
Taft ‘Press
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Wilana Alks
Chicago
Roose
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Buru
Woodruff
Barnes
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George Aldridge
Lom Wick
New York
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Tlughey State League
Friends of the 14S
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Lendary
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Revolution attempt in county committee sparks party tensions
The text describes a factional clash within the county Republican committee aimed at countering Hughes supporters. It asserts the rebels seek to portray Hughes enemies as having captured the party and vows to resist giving Parsons a vote of confidence after past missteps and a prior fusion with Hearst. The rhetoric signals ongoing power struggles and strategic positioning ahead of political moves.
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Hughes
New York
Parsons
Saxe
Hearst
Banker Henry Clews Endorses Roosevelt Policy in Debate
Special to The Washington Post from Cleveland Ohio dated January 28 Henry Clews New York banker speaks to the chamber of commerce on the 1907 crisis credit Roosevelt fault and currency reform Alden reform. He praises Roosevelt as honest and for the people and notes his son in law Herbert E Parsons will announce support for Hughes. Clews predicts Taft will win the Republican nomination.
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Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Clews
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Clews
Hughes
Taft
Herbert E Parsons
Mr. Clewn
Lovers Die in Duel Over Delayed Marriage in Italy and America
A young man provoked by repeated refusals to name a wedding day pursues a woman across borders. She flees and stabs him, he returns fire with a bullet later fatally wounding her. The double tragedy highlights jealous passion and fatal consequences.
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Falking
Tragic double murder ending in Ambridge quarrel
In Ambridge, Pennsylvania, Mary Capziani aged 18 and Dominic Polcina 22 died after a jealous altercation at her sister’s home. Polcina broke in, a struggle ensued, he was fatally wounded by a knife believed kept in the room, and he shot the girl as she fled. Both died. authorities suspect a deadly mutual confrontation.
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Pittsburg
Ambridge
American Bridge Company
Mary Capziani
Dominic Polcina
Italy
America
Polcina
Charles J. Ackley
Bortons
Polcine
Poletna
Man in Utica Faces Fraud Over False Death Notice
Charles J. Ackley is jailed after circulating a false report of his wife Lena Simmons Ackley's death to obtain funeral loan money. He posted a death notice in January and urged friends to send funds while claiming Mrs Ackley was dead. Mrs Ackley denied death from Troy, saying she would attend a party tonight.
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Spscini
Washington Post
Utica
N, Y
Ita
Charles J. Ackley
Algo
Ackley
Troy
Lena v. Simmons
Joan
Allen
Millionaire Lemp seeks custody of son in habeas corpus case
William J. Lemp Jr., heir to the Lemp brewery fortune, filed habeas corpus proceedings in the St. Louis Court of Appeals to gain possession of his seven year old son. Judge Lamb ordered the wife to produce the child in court on February 4. The wife, formerly Miss Lillian Handlan, and William J. Lemp Sr. separated in 1906 after marriage on October 24 1999.
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William J. Lemp, Jr
St. Louis
Hfe
William J. Lemp
Father dies for his son on Staten Island tracks
John Gladys a machinist died saving his eleven year old son who stepped in front of a moving Staten Island Rapid Transit train at Great Kills. Gladys rushed to push the boy clear but slipped and fell into the engine’s path, crushed and dead minutes later. The boy survived. The piece notes banking facilities and Union Trust Co at its new address.
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New York
John Gladys
Great Kills
Staten Island
Staten Island Rapid Transit Company
Gladys
Ec 15Th and
H_ sts
Union ‘Trust Co
U. S
Osler's Joint Birthday Joke Ends In Chloroform Gifts
Delos Fall, senior Albion College professor, and his twin brother Dewitt Fall of Jackson will mark their sixtieth birthday with a house party in Albion. They invited Dr William Adler, who sent regrets. Osler replied with a bottle of chloroform to each brother as a humorous misreading of the invitation.
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Washington Vest
Albion
Mich
Jan
Delos
Albion College
Dewitt Fall
Jackson
William Adler
Osler
Gates Swears Off Taxes Over Texas Residency
John W. Gates swore off taxes claiming his legal residence is in Texas. He rents rooms in the Plaza Hotel at about 60,000 yearly, with personal furnishings valued under 1,000, and his assessed worth is cut by 249,000 under the Saxe law, affecting the tax due.
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Texas
Spegsat
Washington
New York
John W. Gates
Plaza Hotel
Boy shoots sister in tragic family accident
In Rochester New York on a January afternoon twelve year old William McBride from Egypt firearms his father belt with buckshot and fatally wounds his four year old sister Viole while mother is away. The child was strapped in a high chair.
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Rochester
New Y
Wiliam McBride
Egypt
Here
Viole
Haanen
Private offers reach 800000 for Jamestown expo site
Special to The Washington from Norfolk Va reports that private parties offered 500000 for the Jamestown Exposition site and buildings, not counting state and other private structures. Receivers declined the offer, hoping to dispose of the property to the government at a higher price.
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Washington
Norfolk
Bremsen May Head Board of Scientists
Baltimore January 28 President Ira Fremaen of Johns Hopkins University has been asked by President Roosevelt to head a board of scientists forming a consulting committee on enforcing the pure food and drug law. President Remsen acknowledged the invitation but said the matter is not yet settled and he will say nothing until it is.
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Baltimore
Ira Fremaen
Johns Hopkins University
Roosevelt
Remsen
House
Burleson
Texas
Senate
House Committee On Schools
Mitter
Schoo
Board of Education
Violin For King Edward Of Magland Completed In BECO Era
Archbold finishes a violin for King Edward of Magland in Brockton Mass. Made from curly maple sourced from an ancient tree once owned by the Duke of Hent. The instrument, valued for its heritage, is reported as a royal property project.
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Brockton
Mass
Edward of Magland
Archbold
Beco
Duke of
Ouida American? Visitor Claims Author Was Brother to Husband
An American woman visiting Ouida’s Lucca grave claims the late novelist was her sister’s child and that her husband Col George Ruddock Gud doth fought for the Confederacy and died 26 years ago. She says Ouida went to England from America as a child under adoption and that her father showed similar fiscal weakness as the author. The couple’s portrait of Ouida’s supposed brother resembles the novelist.
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Washington Post
Florence
Ouida
Lucca
Col
George Roy Guddoth
Oulda
England
America
Italy
Oulde
Bryan Seeks Capitol Consensus Then Probes Absent Committee
William Jennings Bryan, returning to Washington, searches for a coalition to withdraw his bid but finds no committee to advise. He campaigns for 2008 Democratic victory, meets with Senators Bailey and Culberson, and argues for Treasury notes over national bank notes, while others hesitate and watch.
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William Jennings Bryan
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House
Senate
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Ryan
Bailey
Treasury
Net National Bank
Jefferson
Jackson
Mr. Bailey
Daniel
Finance Committee
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Daniel
Mr.Bryan
Cutherson
Messrs. Bryan
Cutberson
Second Newlands Dinner Among Democratic Senators
A second Newlands dinner was hosted by Mr. Newlands with Senators McEnery McLauren Hill Money Overman Paynter Rayner Simmons Stone Taliaferro Taylor Teller absent for health reasons. Discussion covered similar legislation as Monday’s gathering including campaign contribution disclosure. Bryan departed for Roanoke to visit his daughter and plans to address the Belmont bill before the House committee. Republicans hope to spread candidate strength to block Bryan’s nomination.
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Bryan
Aldrich
Treasury
Senate
Capitol
Finances Committee
Bailey
Eller
Finance Committee
Hailey
Mr. Bailey
Mr. Bryan
Newlands
Logan
le Hfe
McEnery
McLauren
Hill
Money
Overman
Paynter
Raynedr
Simmons
Stone
Taliaferro
Taylor
Deniel
Cruiser Des Moines Battled Storms After Off Course Drift
Des Moines, sailing from New York toward Brooklyn Navy Yard, faced a three day blizzard and fierce gales. Commander T M Potts remained on the bridge as seas battered the ship and blew it off course toward Nantucket Shoals Lightship, nearly thirty miles away.
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Des Moines
Newport
R. L
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York
T. M. Potts
Balloon Launch Out of Canton Ends With Rescue And Escape
In Canton Ohio Jan 28 the airship Ohio carrying Lieut Frank P Lahm and two others suffered a gas pocket drag during inflation and ascent. Lahm was pulled free after being caught by a rope misread order while others escaped. A second mishap occurred when the anchor rope snagged a pole, a line man freed the balloon and left the anchor behind. The crew watched the balloon rise to about 1000 feet and vanish northeast leaving a cheering crowd.
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Canton
Ohio
Frank P. Lahm
Lieut. Lahm
Oliver Stubley
Herbert W Alden
Albert Schoenberg
Lahm
Speratora
Wants Hawaii Fortified as Naval Gibraltar of Pacific
Delegate Kalanianaole urged the House Naval Affairs Committee to fortify Hawaii by building four naval stations at Pearl Harbor and docking submarines there to deter hostile fleets. He cited historical statements by Daniel Webster and Capt. Mahan to argue Hawaii’s strategic value for U.S. mastery of the Pacific.
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Pearl Harbor
Big Gry
Hawaiian Islands
Hawai
Pacific
House Committee On Naval
Kalanianaole
Daniel Webster
United States
Hawaii
Capt Mahan
Big Fire in Packing Plant in Kansas City Kans
A large blaze at the packing plant of Naldon Morris & Co on the Kaw River in Kansas City Kansas started in the canning department on the second floor and destroyed one of the twin buildings. Estimated loss is $500,000. Fire crews fought the flames tonight.
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Kansas Wing
Ves Sories
Naldon Morris & Co
Kaw River
Kansas City
Kans
Limited Second Edition of The Sunday Post Remains
Only a few copies of the Second Edition remain for sale. Call now to obtain this issue featuring Educational Contest Pictures No 1 and 2 and Illustration No 5 appears in this edition.
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Sunday Post
Negro charged in Mount Harmony assault amid lynch fears
Mount Harmony Maryland Jan 23 a negro named John Hadden was arrested after allegedly assaulting and robbing Mrs Mary Buggy a 45 year old farm owner. A mob threat from Lower Marlboro looms as Hadden is jailed awaiting trial with possible transfer to Baltimore.
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Washington Post
Prince Fredericktown
John Hadden
Mary Buggy
Mount Harmony
Lower Marlboro
Hadden
Railway hero sacrifices life saving passenger train
Marion North Carolina, Jap second Wesl ey Jarrett a railway section man gave his life to save east bound passenger train No 11 from wreck and possible loss of 200 passengers. While workers tried to lift a stuck jack on the Southern Railway track Jarrett pushed forward and freed the jack just as the locomotive approached, the carriages passed and he was crushed beneath the wheels. The crew fled for safety as Cardinal Gibbons and visiting clergy attended mass.
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Washington Post
Marion
N C
Wesley Jarrett
Jarrett
Southern Railway
Noli
Sev Guild
Cardinal Gibbons
No. 11
Union Park Street
Phn
Back Bay
Patterson
Pius X
Willem IT O'Connell
Boston
Portchester Man Slashes Hand in Religious Delusion
Special to The Washington Post from Port Chester New York describes Rainaford Farries who nearly severed his right hand using a hatchet after laying it on a block in his cellar. He is hospitalized. He previously struck his father in a long history of violent acts driven by morbid Bible reading. Doctors say he suffers from religious mania.
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Washington Post
Portchester
Rainaford Farries
Ferriss
Boston
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
America
Ateertea
Both claiming Louisiana governor nomination returns.
The Democratic primaries closed with both candidates claiming victory. Lieutenant Governor Sanders carried New Orleans by a large margin while Wilkerson's supporters argued North Louisiana votes would balance the city result. A death in New Orleans of Mrs. J B Wilkerson is noted.
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Sanders
Wilkinson
New Orleans
Fitate
J. ¥. Sanders
Theodore
Wilkerson
Mr. Wilkerson
J. B. Wikerson
New Orleana
Decline of religion noted by US Catholic leader
Cardinal Gibbons says Americans diminished respect for religion compared to 50s and 60s, cites Daniel Webster's Scripture quotations as a model, blames secular schooling for the decline, and urges indoctrination of religious respect by the Catholic Church. He discusses remedy during a governor's guest appearance in Boston.
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Daniel Webster
Webster
Open session reveals graft hints at Rhoads Opera House disaster
Boyertown investigations expose graft and neglect amid the January 12 fire at Rhoads Opera House that killed 46. Officials including Harry Fisher operator of the stereoptican apparatus and Dr Thomas Rhoads owner face questions about inspections, fire escapes, and building compliance as Potts Town lessee H E Mauger admits aisle and door failures. Prosecutions may follow.
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Rhoads
Opera House
Harry Fisher
Thomas 4
HE. C. Mauger
Pottstown
Mauger
Senator's Son Weds in Cincinnati Home Ceremony
Miss Mary Kenna daughter of former West Virginia Senator John B. Kenna aged 23 and Blaine Elkins son of Senator Stephen B. Elkins aged 26 were married at the Wheeler home in Cincinnati. The notice notes the wedding took place this evening and mentions the bride's visiting family. A separate classified blurb advertises Persian rugs and mahogany furniture at Sloan's 1407 Grant, with sale times today at 11 am and 3 pm, and seating provided for showroom rooms.
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Blaine Elkins
Mary Kenna
Cincinnati
United States
John B. Kenna
West Virginia
Blaine Eiling
Stephen B. Elkins
J. C. Wheeler
Sloan’s
Sloan's
Aunt Winnie Burnett, the "Black Witch," Dies at 96
Aunt Winnie Burnett of Orange County died here today in her ninety sixth year. Known for twenty years as the Black Witch she attracted notice after the war for predictions on floods droughts endemics and other calamities. Hundreds believed in her occult powers and many supported her to propitiate her favor.
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Washington Post
Paoll
Ind
Winnie Burnett
Orange County
Lawyers Aid Knickerbocker Depositors in New York
Twelve prominent lawyers joined to push resumption of the Knickerbocker Trust Company and to serve without pay on an advisory board to the depositors committee. The receivers said liquidation of the National Bank of North America could aid Knickerbocker’s progress.
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New York
Washington Post
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Depositors’ Committee
Willam J. Wallace
Alton B. Parker
Thomas Thacher
Morgan J. O'Brien
B. Tracy
Francis Lynde Stetson
William N. Cohen
John B. Parsons
Washington seeks abolition of board of education
The Dolliver bill to abolish the Washington board of education and appoint a director of education was favorably reported by the Senate District Committee. Admiral George W. Baird, ex-president of the board, testified arguing for central leadership and called local boards a petty debating society. He blamed wrangling on general principle and claimed most friction involved the colored community.
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Little Debating Society
Washington
Dolliver
Board of Education
Washington Public Schools
Senate
Gal- Unger
House
Burkett
Subcommittee
Dollver
George W. Baird
Senator Burkett
Admiral Baird
United States Commissioner of Education
Hae
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