Taft Platform Debates Injunction Plank At Committee Session
The Republican resolutions committee discussed the injunction plank modifying court notice and only allowing injunctions without notice when irreparable property damage is imminent. The Michigan delegation backed Fordney against injunctions while other planks on civil rights Panama canal tariffs and postal savings banks were reserved for further discussion as the session extended through the night.
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Republican Party
Arizona
New Mexico
Michigan
Fordney
Full Committee On
Messrs
Crane
Payne
Dalzell
Clark
Trust and Postal Savings
Nominating Speeches Curtailed By Convention Pact
Chicago delegates reach an agreement to limit presidential nominating and seconding speeches to one each per candidate to prevent long proceedings. Taft’s nomination will be led by Theodore E. Burton with George A. Knight seconding. several known seconders retire from the field. Foraker to be nominated by C. B. McCoy with W. O. Smery seconding. Stevenson predicts solid delegate backing.
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Chicago
Ills
Taft
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
George A. Knight
California
Senator Dolliver
Iowa
Burke
Nebraska
Borah
Idaho
George H. Williams
Oregon
Grant
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Georgia
J. B. Foraker
Ohio
CB. McCoy
Coshoeton
W. O. Smery
Macon
Stevenson
Senator Foraker
Vice President Fairbanks reiterates noncandidacy in letter
Chicago June 17 the release of a letter from Vice President Fairbanks to his manager Joseph B Kellogg states his irrevocable determination not to run again for the office he holds this day marking the day’s key development in the vice presidential nomination process.
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Chicago
Fairbanks
Joseph B. Kellogg
Mississippi Delegates Told to Vote First and Last for Bryan
Jackson June 17 delegates chosen to represent Mississippi at the national convention were instructed by the Democratic state convention to vote first and last for William Jennings Bryan as the presidential nominee.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Bryan
200 Lives Imperiled by Incendiary Fire Attempt
June 17 reports a futile incendiary attack on a large tenement in New York risking about 200 residents. Authorities described the blaze as contained with no confirmed fatalities and ongoing investigations into the suspect and motive.
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New York
Supreme Court path unclear in anthracite transport case
In Philadelphia on June 17 the government and seven railroads rested their cases in a suit to restrain coal transport from Pennsylvania mines. Attorneys General Bonaparte and John G. Johnson argued before Circuit Judges Dallas Gray and Buffington. Briefs will follow, and the matter likely climbs to the Supreme Court for final resolution.
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Philadelphia
Bonaparte
John G. Johnson
Pennsylvania
Dallas, Gray and Buffington
United States Circuit Court
Circuit Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Gilchrist Nominated for Governor in Florida Primary
Returns show Albert Gilchrist of Punta Gorda winning the Democratic primary for Florida governor over J N C Stockton of Jacksonville who backed local option. The U S Senate race remains tight with Duncan A Fletcher leading Governor Broward by about a thousand votes. Bids due July 1 for a frame residence in Northfork West Virginia with plans available from architect Jos S Shaw in Algoma.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Albert Gilchrist
Punta Gorda
J. N. C. Stockton
Jacksonville
Gilchrist
United States
Duncan A. Fletcher
Broward
Jos S. Shaw
Algoma
West Virginia
Fire at Stan ton Street tenement house prompts mass evacuation
A blaze on Stan ton street involved a large tenement saturated with kerosene. the torch was lit on the ground floor. A resident returning home raised the alarm and about two hundred people fled in night clothes as police and helpers fought the fire with buckets of water.
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Stanton Street
Congressman Wiley Dead in Hot Springs Virginia
Congressman A. A. Wiley of Alabama who served as Cuba General Lawton’s chief of staff and civil governor of the eastern province, and who sat in the last four congresses, has died in Hot Springs Virginia at about age 50. His wife and son Lieutenant N J Wiley Fifth Artillery U A and the lieutenant’s wife have stayed beside him, while his brother Captain O C Wiley arrived from Troy Alabama.
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Hot Springs
A. A. Wiley
Alabama
Cuba
Lawton
N. J. Wiley
Fifth Artillery
U. A
O. C. Wiley
Troy
A Knotty Point and Humble Prayers on Stagecoach Lines
A traveling man questions legality of lynching in Crimson Gulch as a debate over justice unfolds. A critic comments on Tramm’s illness influencing his performance. A village deacon and visiting minister discuss humility and prayer, revealing contrasts in belief and tone.
Large Kane Lumber Plant Destroyed By Massive Fire
A large lumber plant belonging to the Kane Lumber Company in Hollins Alabama was destroyed by fire Saturday night. The loss is estimated at about half a million dollars. Local authorities investigated the blaze as a major industrial disaster with extensive damage to facilities and stock.
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Kane Company
Hollins
Ala
Birmingham
Kane Lumber Company
Alabama
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