No Lack of Candidates for Vice Presidency on Ticket
Denver June 28 A Morning Journal special says Democratic leaders expect a lively scramble for second place on the national ticket as numerous candidates enter the race. Theodore Bell of California is named temporary chairman and Henry Clayton of Alabama is likely to be chosen for permanent chair. Senator Bailey of Texas may not attend due to health.
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Morning Journal
Denver
Bryan
Theodore A. Bell
California
Bell
Thomas Tageart
National Committee
Roger C Sullivan
Thlnoisx
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Clayton
South
Joseph W Bailey
Texas
Onth
Bailey
Resolutions Committee
Presidential ticket talk swirls around Bryan era rivals
Delegates weigh possible running mates for Bryan with Johnson of Minnesota and Gray of Delaware seen as reluctant but influential options. New York figures like O'Brien Metz Town Chandler Harrison and others are floated while Indiana figures push for Kearn or Chively. Denver convention prep focuses on seating and press facilities as decor and lights promise a grand, newsworthy event.
Thaw seeks jury trial over sanity ruling in habeas corpus
Harry K. Thaw, to be brought before the White Plains supreme court, asks for a jury trial to challenge Matteawan asylum commitment. He cites doctors who deemed him sane and argues prolonged confinement harms his health, claiming two long trials and time in custody prove his mental and physical soundness.
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Morning Journal
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
John Townsend
Supreme Court
White Plains
Thaw
Morschauser
Matteawan
Patterson Victor Over Carmack in Tennessee Primary
Returns show Governor M. Ky Patterson leads Edward M. Carmack for Democratic nomination. Patterson garners 734 delegate votes to Carmack 584 with likely challenges in two interior counties. Patterson holds about 0,000 vote majority on county unit plan. Carmack backs statewide prohibition while Patterson endorses local option.
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Morning Journal
Memphis
Tenn
M. Ky Patterson
United States
Edward M. Carmack
Commercial Appeal
Patterson
Carmack
Secretary Root Under Training at Muldoon’s
Secretary of State Root visits William Muldoon’s health institution in White Plains for a course of medicine ball throwing hard walking riding cold showers and Plain cooking. He went there to obtain continued benefit from last year’s treatment and to follow Muldoon’s curriculum again this year.
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New York
Root
William MuLdoon
White Plains
Muldoon
Treasury Deficit Deepens in 1908 Fiscal Year
Treasury receipts fall by about 64 million dollars for the year ending June 30, 1908, while expenditures rise by about 80 million, creating an overall deficit near 144 million. Customs and internal revenue shrink. Panama Canal costs reach 38 million and land reclamation about 13 million, with postal revenue deficit around 13.5 million.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Treasury
Panama Canal
Mexico Border Unrest Sends US Families North
Report from Paseo Texas notes 1500 troops in Torreon guarding the city against revolutionists. Americans prepare to move families to the states. Juarez and Chihuahua see heavy guard, detectives sworn in, and reinforced jails amid ongoing border mobilizations and rail line attacks.
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Paseo
Texas
Torreon
Matamoros
Coahuila
Chihuahua
Luis Ballesteros
Juarez
Rio Grande
el Paso
Mateus
Cardenas
Durango
Viesca
Terreon
Central
Coahuila and
Pacific
Coahuila and Pacific
Mexico City
Jimines
Ix St
Fort Sam Houston Wehrmacht: No border mobilization orders
Soldiers at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio report no orders to march to the Mexico border amid news of a northern Mexico revolution. The prevailing view among fort fortifications is that federal troops will not be required.
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Ptodisteer
San Antonio
Texas
Fortiers
Fort Sam Houston
Mexico
Strong guard posted at Eagle Pass gatway
Eagle Pass Texas June 28 no new developments in the Mexican revolution. Ciudad Porfire Diaz remains quiet. The town and military authorities patrol the area and guards are stationed at all entrances to the city. Soldiers are forming scouting parties in the surrounding country.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Mexico
Ciudad Porfire Diaz
Nine Soldiers and Insurgents Slain in Las Vegas
Del Rio Texas reports a deadly engagement in Las Vegas with nine soldiers and about a dozen insurgents killed. The fighting occurred as forces clashed in the area, with details continuing on page two.
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Las Vecas del Rio
Texas
Las Veccas
Town Wiped Out by Tornado near Mitchell
A tornado struck the town of Pukawana in Brule county about fifty miles west of Mitchell. Thirteen stores and many homes were destroyed and every house damaged. Two large elevators and the railroad station were blown down, with losses surpassing $100,000. The storm also ruined crops and damaged a coal car filled with hailstones. No one was reported injured.
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Morning Journal
Specis
Mitchell
Pukawana
Brule County
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Carpenter
Milwaukee Track
State subsidy asked for steamship line
New Orleans June 25 The question whether Louisiana shall grant an effective state subsidy bill will be acted upon by the assembly this week The object of the grant will be a quasi public steamship company organized to conserve to the Mississippi valley states in general and to Louisiana in particular the advantage to be derived from the Panama canal The assembly has been asked by a
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi Valley
Panama Canal
New Orleans Business Leaders Plan Mississippi Valley and Orient Steamship Co
A committee of ninety five wealthy New Orleans business and professional men proposes to form the Mississippi Valley and Orient Steamship Company. Mayor Fehrman leads the list. Capitalization to 10 million with possible increase to 50 million. Subsidy would exempt the company's property from state taxes until 1925. Constitutional amendment needed to make incorporation effective.
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New Orleans
Mississippi Valley and Orient Steamship Company
Fehrman
eclipse of the sun observed at U S naval observatory
The sun eclipse drew scientists and spectators to the U S naval observatory in Washington. First contact at 9:35:28 a m and second at 12:49:02 p m, both slightly earlier than predicted. Five observers used multiple instruments while time differences stayed under two seconds. Professor George H Peters photographed seven images showing the sun and three sunspot groups.
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Washington
United States Naval Observatory
George H. Peters
Naval Observatory
Optimistic Weather Forecast For Week
Washington July 28 The weather bureau reports a week beginning Monday June 29 shows no prolonged heat. Temperatures will be above average in the eastern states and below normal from the Mississippi valley to the Rockies. A Western cool front will move to the Atlantic coast with box rains in middle and northern states, then moderating in the central valleys and Atlantic states.
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Washington, D C
Weather Bureau
Telegraph
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Lake Huron
Atlantic States
Montana Democrats to Gather in Bozeman for Denver Delegation
Montana Democrats vote to send delegates to Denver. Bozeman hosts the state convention next Wednesday with W. A. Clark of Butte and Joseph K. Toole of Helena leading the delegation for Bryan.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Denver
Bozeman
Bryan
W. A. Clark
Butte
Joseph K. Toole
Bryan Home Mecca for Faithful
Lincoln June 8 Morning Journal Special Leased Wire Illinois democrats touring to the Democratic national convention in Denver reached Lincoln after a day of mud and high water. Four hundred Bryan volunteers greeted the party at the Lincoln hotel led by Mayor Brown. Tomorrow they will visit Mr Bryan at Fairview and Willis J Abbot of the national committee press bureau said the vice presidential race remains open and Governor Johnson is not seen as a serious factor.
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Morning Journal
Lincoln
Party of Illinois Democrats
Chicago
Denver
Here
Omaha
Lincoln Hotel
Bryan
Brown
Illinois
Mr. Bryan
Fairview
Bryan Country
Nebraska
Farm
Lincoln Ed Ple
Willis J. Abbot
Democratic National Committee Press Bureau
Abbot
Johnson
Police raid on fashionable club shocks Ortend crowd
A police raid under the anti gambling bill at a fashionable Ortend club resulted in 150 patrons being taken into custody. Doors were sealed and $10,000 in stakes seized. A similar action occurred at another club.
Taft Conference on National Chairmanship Likely in Hot Springs
Secretary Taft plans a July 8 meeting with the Republican subcommittee to choose a national chair, with Hot Springs Virginia favored for the gathering. He notes he may appoint Rear Admiral Loeb to a significant role but says Loeb will retire from politics after Roosevelt’s term.
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Hot Springs Va
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