News of the Week in Epitome at the Capital
National grand lodge of Good Templars meets in Washington as reports show the order flourishing. Secretary Hester tallies world cotton supplies at 2,972,067 with American cotton at 1,912,021. Diaz signs Mexico’s first major Pacific coaling station charter at Manzanillo. Lingenfelter named U.S. attorney and Hodgins U.S. marshal for Idaho. John Vines Wright, longtime Tennessee congressman, dies in Washington, aged nearly eighty. He served from 1854 and resigned in 1861 when Tennessee seceded.
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National Grand Lodge of Good Templars of the
United States
Washington
Hester
C. H. Lingenfelter
Sharock L. Hodgins
District of Idaho
N. W. Buick
Ruel Rounds
Republic of Mexico
Manzanillo
Pacific Coast
Congress
Diaz
National Association of Postmasters
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Vines Wright
General Land Office
Tennessee
Notables Lose Passage Through Life In Quick Roll Call
A sequence of obituaries notes the deaths of former Circuit Judge P. R. Flitcraft in St. Louis at 61 after a long illness, Fred D. Shiras of Dubuque Iowa, senior inspector of Philippine constabulary, and Dr. W. F. King longtime Cornell College president who resigns due to ill health. Additional losses include Edwin A. Abbey elected fellow in Paris, Joseph C. Grew named to Berlin post, Capt Henry Lomb of Pittsford New York at 80, Eugene P. Murphy who helped take Alaska, Rep A. A. Wiley of Alabama, and Capt F. L. Berthold aged 83 in Golden California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. R. Flitcraft
St. Louis
Fred D. Shiras
Dubuque
Iowa
Philippine Constabulary
W. F. King
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Edwin A. Abbey
Soclete Des Beaux Arts
Paris
Joseph C. Grew
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Henry Lomb
Pittsford
N. Y
Capt. Lomb
Burghaum
Germany
America
Eugene P. Murphy
Alaska
United States
Russia
San Francisco
A. A. Wiley
Alabama
Cuba
Lawton
Hot Springs
Capt
F. L. Berthold
Georgetown
Union Pacific
Panama
Golden
Cal
Drowning and Fire Fatalities Reported Across States
Reports from Guthrie to Pauls Valley describe rising flood damage in Wasnita valley. The Hudson River death near New York involves John McGreer a 69 year old landscape artist formerly of Chicago. Losses include drowning in the Alleghey river and Mississippi near Burlington Iowa and deaths from a live electric wire at the University of Lawrence Kansas.
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Guthrie
Okla
Paul’s Valley
Wasnita Valley
John McGreer
Chicago
Hudson River
New York
Michigan & Wisconsin Road
Norway
Mich
Thomas Blithe
L. S. Critchell
Sioux City
Iowa
Allegheny
Glassmere
Arnold
Joseph J. Conenberg
William D. Johnson
Burlington
Mississippi
J. B. Hall
Lawrence
Daniel Matthews
Arkansas City
Kan
University At Lawrence
QUIBURST FOR LA FOLLETTE Demonstration in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin demonstration supports La Follette as protesters rally across cities. Organizers claim broad backing while opponents push for orderly conduct and effective policy critique during the event.
Taft Wins On First Ballot At 1908 Republican Convention
At Chicago on June 20 1908 Taft of Ohio captured the presidential nomination on the first ballot by a large vote margin amid eight hours of tumultuous session. Wisconsin supporters then surged for La Follette and Roosevelt as the convention moved toward the vice presidential selection.
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Chicago
United States
William H. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Roosevelt
George H. Knight
California
la Follette
Wisconsin
Taft Nominated by Roll Call as Roosevelt Support Fades
At the Republican convention the roll call for president produced 702 votes for Taft with candidates Roosevelt and La Follette receiving scattered support. Lodge moved to a unanimous Taft nomination as the platform provisions on tariff currency trusts and civil service were adopted amid noisy cheers and platform debates.
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la Follette
Roosevelt
Lodge
Alabama
Arkansas
Taft
New York
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph B. Foraker
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Joseph G. Cannon
Stewart L. Woodford
Hughes
Penrose
Knox
Boutett
Cannon
Henry
Georgia
Foraker
Cochems
Wisconsin
Committee On Resolutions
Hopkins
Illinois
Cooper
Congress
Philippines
Porto Rico
Cuba
Panama Canal
Boutell
Fordney
Michigan
Fairbanks
Gov
Hanly
Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Gen. Woodford
Senator Foraker
C. B. McCoy
W. O. Emery
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Senator la Follette
Sherman Named Vice President Nominee at Republican Meeting
At the Chicago convention James S Sherman of New York was nominated for vice president amid loud cheering. Speaker Cannon seconds the nomination as the crowd roars, and the event closes with plans to organize the campaign led by Taft allies and a Cincinnati meeting set to choose a campaign manager.
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Chicago
Taft
Sherman
James S. Sherman
New York
Speaker Cannon
Logan
Delaware
Timothy L. Woodruff
Cannon
Maojs
Craft Sherman
National Committee
James 8. Sherman
Lodge
Gov. Guild
Massachusetts
Michigan
Charles T. Osterne
Guild
New Jersey
Thomas N. McCarter
Murphy
North
Carolna
Harry Skinner
Oklahoma
Denny T. Flynn
Pennsylvania
Myron Olmstead
Tennessee
H. Clay Evans
Virginia
C. B. Slemp
Fairbanks
Gov
Sheldon
Nebraska
Curtis Guild
James Schoo
Flood Damages Hit Levee Buildings in St Louis
Flood at 8st Louis leaves river at 34.8 feet and receding. waves undermine brick levee structures. A five story brick building half crumbled, others totter. two hundred refugees in tents on high ground. Damages to farms and factories around Alton estimated at 300000 to 400000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Alton
Ill
Thaw Seeks Modification of Matteawan Commitment
Counsel for Harry K Thaw asked Justice Dowling in New York supreme court to modify the order committing him to Matteawan State Asylum for the Criminally Insane after the Stanford White murder trial Col Franklin Bartlett appeared for Thaw and District Attorney Jerome opposed the application Justice reserved decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Matteawan
Stanford White
Franklin Bartlett
Jerome
Winona Officials Warn Auto Speeders In City
Winona Minnesota June 21 Chief of Police Kammerer warns leading citizens who own cars that speeding will prompt arrests and prosecutions to the finish if violations continue.
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Winona
Minn
Kammerer
Big Fire at Oconto Destroys Cedar Yard Stock
A major blaze in Oconto Wisconsin June 21 wiped out about half a million cedar poles along with many cedar shingles and posts at the Pendleton Gilkey yard. Firefighters battled the flames as containment stretched through the night. No injuries reported.
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Oconto
Wis
Pendleton & Gilkey
Lightning Burns Large Barn in Goodhue Area
Lightning struck near Red Wing Minnesota on June 21 burning Nick Arndt's barn about six miles southeast of Goodhue. Several other ground strikes reported though this is the only major damage noted.
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Red Wing
Minn
Nick Arndt
Goodhue
Langford Knocks Out Jim Barry in Third Round
Sam Langford delivered a decisive right hand uppercut to Jim Barry ending the Chicago heavyweight bout in the third round at the Fairmont A. C. The scheduled six round contest concluded with Langford victorious yesterday.
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Jim Barry
New York
Sam Langford
Chicago
Fairmont A. C
Warrants Called On State General Fund in June
The state treasurer has called 126000 dollars of outstanding general fund warrants for June 26. Remaining warrants outstanding total under 100000 dollars as of the call.
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Calle
Pierre
8. D
Woodmen Select Buffalo For 1911 Meeting
In Peoria Illinois on June 21 Buffalo was chosen as the head camp meeting site for the Modern Woodmen of America for 1911. The selection was announced after a session where officials weighed candidates and approved the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen
Buffalo
Peoria
Ill
Woodmen of America
Nominee Goes to Cincinnati for War Secretary Selection
Secretary Taft resigns effective June 30 and Luke B Wright of Tennessee is named Secretary of War to succeed him. Taft departs for Cincinnati to confer with Sherman and campaign officials, with no formal welcome planned there. Cincinnati Democrats plan a friendly, apolitical reception later in the summer.
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National Committee
Cincinenati
Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Arthur J. Verys
Ohio
Washington
White House
Luke B. Wright
Tennessee
Gov. Wright
Sherman
Cincinnati
Representative Sherman
New York
Republican National
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Charles P. Taft
C. P. Taft
National Republican Committee
Woman Delusion Leads to Attempt on Governor in Denver
June 21 Denver Mrs Annie Jere helm a mentally ill woman under delusions alleges Governor stole 4000000 left by W S Stratton and plans to force marriage. She carried a revolver under a jacket but was refused entry by secretary Buchtla and arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Annie Jerehelm
W. S. Stratton
Buchtl
Fire destroys garage at Shelby Steel Tube works three acres
Fire at the Shelby Steel Tube works, a United States Steel Corp. branch in Shelby Ohio, burned three and a half acres of building. Loss is estimated between 750000 and 1000000 dollars. Water pressure was insufficient and the plant had been idle for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Ohio
Shelby Steel Tube Works
United States Steel Corporation
Victim of Vendetta Found Dead in Italian Settlement
The body of Antone Carmelo, a 1905 killer of Tony Santon, was found in St. Louis early yesterday. He was shot, stabbed and beaten, evidence pointing to a vendetta by foes in the Italian community.
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St. Louis
Antone Carmelo
Tony Santon
Carmelo
Death in New Philadelphia Park Leaves Questions
The bodies of Miss Arline Enisely and Charles Stach were found in a city park in New Philadelphia Ohio. Both were shot in the back of the head. Police have not determined whether the deaths were self inflicted or the result of murder.
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New
Philadelphia
Ohio
Mias Arline Enisely
Charles Stach
Crash on the Wabash injures twenty and bruises many
A collision on the Wabash road near Pendleton Missouri last night involved a passenger train and a freight train injuring twenty people. All 140 passengers were bruised with several more seriously hurt.
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St. Louis
Pendleton
King's Chauffeur Fined in Royal Car Incident
Brussels reports King Leopold's chauffeur fined $110 for causing an accident that injured a bicycle rider last fall while driving the royal auto.
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Brussels
Leopold
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Quiburst
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Luke E. Wright
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