Roosevelt fights for direct primaries at Saratoga
Theodore Roosevelt declares no compromise in his battle for a direct nomination law. The old guard Republicans press for a platform clash and control of the convention. Bennet's gubernatorial bid is confirmed. Roosevelt backers push for his temporary chairmanship while aiming to deny a Roosevelt dictated platform.
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Old Guard
Roosevelt
Sherman
Representative Bennet
Saratoga
Old Guild Republicans
Sherman-Roosevelt
State Committee
Shendore Roosevelt
Bairds
Col. Hoosevelts
Harish
Hoosevelt
Old and
Sherman Tolumn
Aft
Ola Guard
New York State
Taft
Bennet
New Lok
Gristem
Col. Roosevelt
James W. Wadsworth
J. Sloat Fassett
John W Dwight
Herbert Parsons
William Bennet
Horace White
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Alang
Col Roosevelt
Unions to Use Votes Urge Increase in Rates
Railway unions representing 208000 members voted to take concerted political action. They will send an eight question catechism to candidates on safety devices pensions hours and employer liability and ask for rate increases before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Leaders include Warren S Stone and W G Lee with A B Garretson.
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New York
Egat
Warren 8. Stone
Cleveland
Ohio
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
House of Representatives
W G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
A. B. Garretson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Order of Railway Conductors
Unfong
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway Brotherhoods
Legislative Board of the Brotherhood of Engineers of Pennsylvania
Gaynor's Barn Burned in Spontaneous Fire at Long Island
New York reports Mayor Gaynor at the scene as a barn near St James, Long Island, burned with grain hay and crops, causing about $10,000 in losses. Fire believed to have started from spontaneous combustion. Nearby animals moved to safety. no injuries reported. Baltimore and Ohio excursion offer advertised for October 2 with special train from Union Station.
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New York
Gaynor
St James
Long Island
Baltimore and Ohio RR
Harpers Ferry
Charlestown
Summit Point
Stephenson
Winchester
Union Station
Taft Reaches Capital for Cabinet Opening Day
President Taft arrived in Washington from Cincinnati at 8 40 am and attended a Unitarian church service with Mrs Taft before returning to the White House for lunch. Cabinet members gather at 11 am for a three day session devoted to economy, organizational changes, and key appointments including the Supreme Court.
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Taft
Washington
Cincinnati
F J. Richardson
White House
Norton
Unitarian Church
Saft
Meyer
Curtis
Kansas
Whits House
Dickinson
China
Nagel
Wickersham
Seasion
MacVeagh
Post
Hitchooo
Knox
Bal|inger
Wilson
Taft to spend three days in Washington and travel schedule
President Taft will stay in Washington for three days while cabinet members are in the capital for a brief period. He plans a banquet speech at the League of Republican Clubs in New York Saturday night, then continues to Beverly to stay until October 17 before returning to Washington for the winter.
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White House
Taft
Washington
League of Republican Clubs
New York
Beverly
Weehington
Reincarnation claim after Hotel Astor suicide
Special to The Washington Fest from New York reports Vera Fitch speaking in her first public interview about her August 29 suicide at the Hotel Astor. She says she believed she would be reincarnated in a more moral age and that she was driven by a sickened view of world evil and by men who prey on young girls under a veneer of respectability.
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New York
Vera “Fitch
Hotel Astor
Fife
Disappeared at Sea After Flight From Infirmary
On the liner La Touraine Anton Sefina, 35, appeared to be in a suicide bid. He was confined to the infirmary but escaped through a porthole after seizing a breakfast and leaping overboard. The ship pursued but could not prevent the fall and loss.
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New York
la Tourdine
Anton Sefina
Set Ina
Mari Cruzar
Denver
Setina
Ba Touraine
Oregon Primaries Swing As Lafferty Fares In Second District
Returns from Oregon primaries show A W Lafferty winning the Republican nomination in the Second district while W W Hawley holds the First district. Jay Bowerman wins the governor’s race on the Republican side by about 1200 votes. Oswald West secures the Democratic nomination for governor. Multnomah County GOP backs Statement No 1 pledging to support the U S Senate nominee, with many Republican nominees statewide also pledged. Democrats field a legislative ticket in a few counties with pledged winners.
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Portland
Oreg
Oregon
W. Lafferty
Paulwonlatce
Cc Hawley
Republican Assembly
Jay Bowerman
Assembly
Multonomah County
Oswald West
Mine Caves Under City in Lead South Dakota
Homestake mine caved in from the 20 foot level to the surface early this morning. Buildings in the center of Lead are being vacated as crews assess damage and safety risks. Local officials ordered evacuations of affected blocks and urged residents to avoid the area pending further analysis.
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Lead
S. Dak
Lead, Dak
Nurse Confesses In Death Of Eva Swan Case
San Francisco report states nurse Marie Messer Schmidt confessed she was present when Dr James Grant performed an operation that caused Eva Swan a young school teacher to die. Paul Parker a former Stanford athlete is in custody as a result of the confession detailing the burial in a cellar beneath a vacant house.
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San Francisco
Marie Messerschmidt
Grant
Eva Swan
Paul 2. Parker
Leland Stanford
Miss Swan
Robert ‘Phompaon
James Grant
Niagara Falls Excursion by First Class Coaches and Cars
Special excursion of the season via Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley departs at 7:45 a m from Niagara Falls. Tickets valid to return within fifteen days with liberal stop-overs. Cheap side trips offered from Niagara Falls.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Niagara Falls
Man in a Beaut y Ritual Faces Divorce Case
Mrs. Granville Law seeks a divorce alleging her husband obsessively pursued a beauty routine. He drank streams to keep a youthful complexion and spent hours daily massaging, steaming, and pinching his neck and cheeks. He boasted of perfect feet and nails and claimed to be the only living masculine Trilby. He offered cash rewards for proof of visits to beauty parlors or costly clothes since meeting her.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Law
Girl Bars Way to Wife Heiress Claim Looms
Lifeguard John A. Howland, a Spring Lake rescuer, traveled to St Louis to reconcile with Mrs Rose Co O'Brien mother of heiress Helen O'Brien valued at 700000. Catholic family spurned the effort and Howland heads to Philadelphia after a rival letter claimed a prior claim. Mrs O'Brien demands an investigation before consent to marriage. Howland says he will submit to it.
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Washington, Post
St. Louis
John A. Howland
Cadets at West Point Silent as General Court Martial Looms
The entire cadet corps at West Point faces a general court martial for insubordination and gross disrespect to Capt. Rufus B. Leagan instructor in tactics. Four classes are confined to barracks after a mass refusal to speak in his presence, with the board of inquiry seeking reasons for the silence while cadets declare only a dislike of the officer.
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Washington Post
Weat Point
Rufus B. Leagan
Richard H. Barry
Military Academy
Longan
Barry
Miliary Academy
Mylar
Cleveland
Annapolis
Bleverith Infantry
West Point
Department of Tactics
Cadet Corps
Cullem
Memorial Hall
New York
Poughkeepsie
Albany
Sibley
Lee M Beattie
Walter A. Bethel
Robinson
Charles P. Summerhall
Alfred A. Maybach
Philip B Fleming
Frederick W. Sibley
Capt
Fleming
Joseph Co. Mehaffey
John W. Stewart
Paul 5. Reinecke
William B. Hardigg
Charles A Schieffenig
Wiliam E. Larned
Charles W. Larned
USA
Bethel W. Simpson
Wendell L. Simpson
Army
Alexander D. Furles
Josefarch-Duplat
Venezuea
Rufus E Longan
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyo
Missouri
Train Hits Auto Kill Three In New Jersey
Three people died and two were seriously injured when an electric train on the West Jersey Railroad struck an automobile at Essex street Gloucester Minnesota. The dead include C B Davis Collingswood N J S Fest Philadelphia and Mrs W M Mackey Philadelphia. The seriously injured are WM Mackey and Myrtle Fest. The article notes no safety gates and obstructing buildings prevented view of the oncoming train.
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Philadelphia
Sept
Gloucester
MN. J
West Jersey
C. B. Davis
Collingswood
N. J
S Fest
W M. Mackey
W M Mackey
Myrtle Fest
Mackey
Essex Street
Davis
Fest
Viewing Skirt Breaks Leg In Washington Post Brief
Wareham Mass woman walking in a hobby skirt along main street yesterday passed Jonathan Willetts who then tripped on a rock and broke his leg. He is confined to his home with the injury. In Seattle a steamer from Skagway delivered two tons of gold bullion valued near 1 000 000.
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Washington Post
Wareham
Mass
Seattle
Wash
Rept
Jefferson
Skagway
Cholera admitted in Naples as safeguards tightened
Rome reports an official announcement that one case of Asiatic cholera was found in Naples. All contacts have been isolated and additional measures are being taken to halt spread. Naples’ sanitary staff has been reinforced to curb the outbreak.
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Rome
Naples
Vaudeville Manager Mauled by Collie in Washington
Miss H. Winfred De Witt manager of Chase's Theater was attacked by a collie at KR I Burns residence on 12 I Street NW. The dog was confined to the Burns cellar and today will be sent to the Bureau of Animal Industry for rabies testing and be killed. De Witt remains bedbound at the Cumberland Apartments and will begin Pasteur treatment when able.
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Saratoga
West Point
de ‘Witt
Catholic Charities Conference
Bultan of Sulu
Col
E H. Crumpacker
Fleet
Payn
New York
Pastor Russell
T-Society
Nelms
News of Alexandria
Vaudeville
Bureau of Animal Industry
H. Winfred de Witt
Chase's Theater
Cumberland
Fourteenth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Miss de Witt
Kri Burns
I Street
Mrs Burns
Miss DeWitt
Bterimy Ruffin
Connecticut Avenue
Burns
da Ruffin
Pasteur
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Hurricane gathering strength near Atlantic shipping lanes
A West India hurricane moves north toward Atlantic shipping routes with wireless warnings issued to captains. The storm is set to travel northeast, possibly toward the Irish coast, with warnings extended along the Atlantic coast. Indications of a second disturbance appeared from West Indies reports.
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West India
North Atlantic
Tropics
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
West Indies
Edward Islands
Princess to See Empress in England Visit
Princess Clementine I of Belgium is expected to travel to England to visit Empress Eugenie at Windsor where Prince Victor Napoleon is staying. It is understood that the settlement of the marriage portion will be discussed during this visit.
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Wahington
London
Clementine I
Belgium
England
Eugenie
Fdrenborough
Victor Napoleona
Public Meeting Declares War on Evil Forces at National Theater
Judge O'Doherty of Louisville speaks at a public meeting in the National Theater declaring unceasing war on evil forces. His praise for Godiess Philanthropy linked with Goddess College is warmly commended by a prelate.
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National Theater
Today’s program on Catholic charities and child welfare
A full day schedule covers reports on Catholic charities conditions and placements for orphans, juvenile court and probation, industrial schools, and continued charity condition reports. Evening sessions at Trinity College discuss protection of young girls, state roles, and private institutions in welfare.
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Childrgyt
Trinity College
Mgr White
Brooklyn
International Association For the Protection of Young Girls
P. Mueller-Simont
Strassburg
Organization of Protection
David F. Tilley
Boston
Paul Fuller
New York
John W. Melody
Catholic University
National Conference of Catholic Charities Opens
Cardinal Gibbons headlines the first National Conference of Catholic Charities at the New National Theater after religious exercises at Caldwell Chapel. Judge M O Doherty declares opposition to godless philanthropy, while Cardinal Gibbons and Mgr Thomas J Shahan frame aims aligned with Leo XIII on aiding the poor and combating injustice.
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Cardinal Gibbons
National Conference of Catholic Charities
National Theater
Caldwell Chapel
M O'Doherty
Jeffreson
Louisville
Godiesa College
O'Doherty
Cuno Holph
Rt Rby
Mgr
Thomas Je Shahan
Catholic University
Apostolic See
Leo XIII
Jesus Christ
Mgr Shahan
Judge O'Doherty
Rudolph
William K. Russell
J. D. Marr
P. J. Halriigan
E. A Hannan
W. Fel Downey
Mgr. Bonaventural
St. Louis
T.by Hurley
Chicago
Frank J. Johanh
Philadelphia
James F. Kennedy
P. J. McEvoy
Baltimore
Charles F. McKenna
New York
D. J. McMahon
H. G Monaghan
Thomas M Muiry
HF. Replen
New Orleans
Sohn Resyy
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Buffalo
Frederic Hagird
Syracuse
Willcox
McKinley
Hazard
Hughes
Willam If Hotchkiss
Frederick C. Stevens
Seth Low
Henry L Stimson
Jacob Gould Schurman
Ronsesett-Grecom
Alsplace
Sheridan
William S Bennet
Seth Lew
New York City
Gunnison
St Lawrence University
Supreme Court
Chase
Catskill
Woodward
Puffalo
Bis
Henry J. Stumson
Griscom
William 8. Bennet
Francis Hendricks
Onondage County
Commerce Commission
Catechium
Mr. Taft
Capital
Court of Commerce
Civil Service
Postal Savings Banks
Hitchcock
Congress
Postoffice Department
Fitch
Bowerman
West
Lafferty
Hawley
Swan Girl
Caess
Jersey Crossing
Morris D Stepp
Morris
Stepp
Berea
Western Fa
Serve Medical College
Robert Reilly
Hastings-on-Hudson
Marion Morgan
Reilly
Miss Morgan
Harlem
Charles Germont
Chase’s Theater
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