Taft Strength Grows as RNC Finishes Contests
The Republican National Committee completed seven days of hearings on contested delegates and announced Taft leading with 603 on the temporary roll, 216 seats decided across multiple states, with Foraker carrying 3. The gathering saw Louisiana Ohio Tennessee divisions and allied pledges to finish strong. General Woodford favored Hughes for president, stressing New York carry if Hughes runs.
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Speculation Heats Up Over Republican Vice Presidential Choice
Chicago June 13 speculates on the Republican vice presidential question with no clear frontrunner. John Hays Hammond says he is not in the lead but satisfied with conditions. Senator Hopkins of Illinois backs Fairbanks if he will accept, while Taft may be named president and an East candidate favored for second place. James Sherman touted as possible vice president if he desires it.
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Hitchcock Claims Taft Surges With 704 Votes
Chicago June 13 Frank Hitchcock who led Taft's campaign before the national committee issued a statement asserting Taft held 704 votes on the first ballot. The disclosure signals strong early support as party leaders prepare for the convention.
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Taft Ballot Totals Updated In Hitchcock Statement
Hitchcock revises earlier totals after national convention delegates elected. He lowers TIT instructions to 512 with shifts among Foraker delegates, retains 44 endorsed votes, increases declared votes to 155, totaling 704. Additional 227 instructed votes listed for other candidates and 49 unaccounted.
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AFL Leaders Arrive to Push Anti Injunction Plank
Chicago June 13 President Samuel Gompers Secretary James Morrison John Mitchell and other AFL executives arrived with a tentative anti injunction plank they seek to insert into the Republican platform. Gompers voiced confidence they would secure the plank's adoption.
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Governor Johnson Declines Nomination for Governor
St Paul June 13 Governor Johnson states he will not seek the gubernatorial nomination. He corroborates prior remarks by Frank A Day his private secretary and adds he would not accept the nomination if offered.
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Man Trapped in Freight Car Survives 1200 Mile Trek
Chester A. O'Connell a Bath Beach machinist crawled into a freight car in Jacksonville to flee job loss. Locked inside for seven days while the car steamed northward he fed on raw potatoes until illness and typhoid fever developed after the car reached Harlem yards and he was rushed to Lincoln hospital in New York.
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Artist Drowned Near Harlem on Hudson River
New York June 13 John McGreer a sixty nine year old landscape artist formerly of Chicago drowned in the Hudson while painting a river scene. He and his grandson John stood on a barge near the shore when a steamer swell rocked the craft tipping him into the water. Despite rescue attempts he could not be saved.
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Conscience Contribution Sent to Treasury Fund
Secretary Cortelyou received an unsigned conscience contribution of $8,000 mailed from Jersey City. The note says the sender and another man once took a considerable sum of government money years ago.
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Corruption Claim Bespeaks $8,000 Return to Treasury
The report states an official declares that $8,000 added to prior thefts brings the total to $40,000, quadruple the initial amount taken. He asserts the sum has been returned to the treasury over several years, covering a long period.
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Fatal blasting accident halts work near Paragon Kentucky
Lexington Kentucky June 13 two men Noah Fugate and Hanion Perry were killed and Tolman Triplett badly injured while blasting rock on the Moorhead and North Fork railroad near Paragon Morgan county. The fuse failed to explode then Fugate struck the cap with his pick blowing his head off. Triplett not expected to recover Terry died later from injuries.
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Hull Prouty contest looms in Seventh district race
Des Moines reports show Hull leading Prouty by about five votes after a week of canvassing. Prouty supporters demand a recount of all Dallas county ballots, a process that will take several days. Polk county canvassers also plan extensive recounts in Des Moines area.
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Telegraphic Brevities Show Rivers Rising and Fire Loss
Heavy rains push the Mississippi at St Paul higher and threaten low lands. A Duluth hotel chambermaid, Mrs Helen Barber, is killed by a freight elevator. Kansas Missouri Iowa rains cause river rises. Frost Veneering and Seating plant at Antigo Wisconsin destroyed by fire, about $50,000 loss. Rep Wiley of Alabama, ill at Hot Springs, Va, showing slight improvement but doubtful recovery.
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Baseball scores from recent American Association and leagues
Results show Columbus 4 St Paul 3, Toledo 6 Minneapolis 5, Louisville 5 Kansas City 4, Indianapolis 7 Milwaukee 6. In the American League Cleveland 4 Boston 2, Detroit 5 New York 2, Chicago 5 Philadelphia 1, St Louis 7 Washington 5. National League Brooklyn 1 Chicago 7, Boston 1 Cincinnati 0, New York 0 Pittsburg 4, Philadelphia 2 St Louis 4.
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Weekly Trade Review Signals Mixed Outlook for June
Bradstreet's weekly review notes uneven conditions in weather and markets. Southwest and Northwest report wet cool weather hindering retail trade and crops while the East shows better conditions. Wholesale fall buying improves yet purchasers stay cautious, immediate shipments limited to fill orders. Cotton goods and wool show firmness with some buying pause. leather trades report strength as building expenditures and lumber markets remain subdued.
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