Circling the globe and world events hit by floods and fires
A collage of dispatches notes James J. Hill en route to Labrador predicting bountiful crops amid heavy rains in New York. The Iowa People's party pushes a direct tax plan at Des Moines. Fire destroys the Imperial Hotel in Petoskey, Michigan, valued at $120,000 with caretakers as sole occupants. Obituary for Eugene Pringle, Michigan bar founder. A Japanese fishing fleet losses near Kagoshima with 850 dead. Census shows a lumber cut drop in 1907. Boxing tragedy aboard the Mississippi ship. Pittsburgh bank failure aftermath and asset plan. New Orleans murder of three Italians by wine merchant Dietro Giacona. Hydrophobia death in Danville after mad dog scares. Shea arrested in Charlestown for horse-trading fraud. Royal Coal mines at Argentine, Pa. destroyed by dynamite. Temperance world congress opens in Saratoga Springs. Incendiary fire endangers 200 in New York tenement. Dinners stolen from a sewer pipe. a wedged dog rescued. Western League standings. Potsdam steamer crowd forced off. Georgia coal record on Pacific voyage.
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James J. Hill
Labrador
New York
People's Party of
Iowa
Des Moines
Imperial
Petosker
Mich
Eugene Pringle
Jackson County
Michigan
Ish
Jackson
Census Bureau
United States
NWO
Peter Hagen
Mississippi
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Allegheny National Bank of
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Dietro Giacona
Giacona
Giovanni Barraca
Joseph Gerst
Danville
Mr. Gerst
Cornelius P. Shea
International Teamsters’ Union
Charlestown
Mass
Hayes
Shea
Royal Coal Mines
Argentine
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
First
Temperance Society
National Invention
Stanton Street
Taft Named for Presi dent by Republicans
Ohioan William H. Taft is the Republican nominee for President of the United States. On the first ballot at the national convention in Chicago, Taft led with Roosevelt and La Follette notables also receiving votes as the platform was adopted and key speeches delivered. The convention opened as 12,000 delegates filled the Coliseum with marching clubs parading and cheering, after Roosevelt was roundly praised by the crowd.
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William H. Taft
Ohio
Republican Party
United States
Committee On Credentials
Charles A. Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Credentials Committee
National Committee
Roosevelt
Theadore Roosevelt
Veterans greet at first Republican convention entry
At 12:20 p.m. the credentials committee report was delayed. Temporary chairman Burrows called the delegates to order and introduced Rev. William Wats of Chicago who offered an avocation and closing prayer. Henry Baker of Minnesota and James D. Conner of Indiana, both gray-haired veterans from 1856, were warmly welcomed.
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Roosevelt
New
John R. Malloy
National Committee
Julius C. Burrows
Michigan
Burrows
Theodore Sevelt
Fulton
Oregon
William, Wats
Chicago
Henry Baker
Minnesota
James D. Conner
Indiana
Baker
Conner
Platform at a Glance Roosevelt Tariff and Trusts
The platform outlines Republican stances on wealth abuse and anteinjunctions, calls for stricter federal court procedures, supports injunctions without notice, and pursues actions within federal authority. It endorses tariff revision with max and min rates, expands commerce, strengthens trust supervision, and plans comprehensive waterways improvements plus good roads. It asserts equal justice regardless of race and contrasts democracy and republicanism.
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Roosevelt
Orate
Agricultural Department
Taft Nominated At Republican Convention After Heated Debate
The convention opened with an invocation by Rev. John Wesley Till as Henry Cabot Lodge presided. Delegates debated the platform for hours and backed Roosevelt praises before nominating Charles Warren Fairbanks as running mate and moving toward Taft with speakers Cannon Hughes Knox among those mentioned in a crowded Coliseum setting.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
John Wesley Till
Metropolitan Temple
New York
Albert J. Hopkins
Ilinois
Committee On
Resolutions
Rosevelt
Gov. Manly
Indiana
Charlies Warren Fairbanks
Lege
H. S. Boutell
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Fairbanks
Hughes
Burton
Ohio
William Howard Taft
Knox
Lodge Named Permanent Chairman At Republican Convention
The convention committee reported and Henry Cabot Lodge was introduced as permanent chairman. He opened with greetings and spoke about Republican achievements before turning to key nominations. Taft was nominated with strong enthusiasm as the event progressed into the convention’s decisive moments.
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Committee On Permanent Organation
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Republican Party
Sherman Nominated for Vice President at Republican Convention
New York Congressman James S. Sherman was nominated for Vice President by the Republican national convention on the first ballot after a four day session. New York's 39 electoral votes and the support of other states sealed the nomination as the convention adjourned.
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New York
Chicago
James 8. Sherman
Timothy Woodruff
Joe” Cannon
National House
Sherman
Henry Cabot Laxige
Coliieu
William H. Taft
New York State
Empire State
Delliver
Cummins
Iowa
Free lunch room opened for East Side children
A special committee for starving East Side school children funds a free lunch service funded by public contributions. Admission uses 5 cent tickets issued by teachers to avoid charity stigma. Regular charities oppose this, while Supt Maxwell promotes public school meals. Central Federated Union meanwhile resists charity and urges work opportunities.
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New York
East Side
Maxwell
Central Federated Union
Brewers' Association aims to reform saloons for wholesome recreation
The United States Brewers' Association closes its Milwaukee meeting with a platform rejecting drink abuse and urging cooperation to reform the retail trade. It denies political aims to influence legislation for saloon protection and condemns both prohibition and anti saloon movements for seeking the industry's extermination.
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United States Brewers’ Association
Milwaukee
Steel Manufacturers Declare Price Cuts In Key Products
About fifty representatives of steel manufacturers met in New York and formally announced expected price reductions. Chairman Gary of the steel trust said billets would fall from 828 to 227 a ton and structural iron from 1.70 to 1.00 per hundred, with other products similarly lowered. Iron ore prices were cut by 30 cents per ton.
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New York
Gary
The
Steel Trust
Buffalo Yacht Clubhouse Burns at Point Abino
Fire destroys the Buffalo Yacht Club clubhouse at Point Abino with a loss estimated at 7000 dollars. A labor paper is planned to aid organized workers in Lexington Frankfort and Covington Kentucky. Mrs Caroline Campbell of East Ninetieth street New York rushed between her son and husband and died from a stab wound inflicted by her husband Cornelius who is under arrest.
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Buffalo Yacht Club
Point Abino
Buffalo
Organized Workers
Lexington
Frankfort
Covington
Caroline Campbell
East Ninetieth Street
New York
Cornelius
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Lincoln
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Washington
Georgia
Pacific
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