Taft Nomination and Cannon Ovation at 1908 Republican Convention
Chicago hearers witnessed President Taft nominated for the 1909 term and James Sherman named as vice presidential candidate. Speaker Joseph Cannon received an enthusiastic ovation as the convention adjourned at 11:47 am after the roll of states and speeches.
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Chicago
Ill
James 8. Sherman
New York
Taft
Joseph Cannon
Rabbi Schancoreer
William Howard ‘Taft
Ohio
Timothy Woodruff
Schoolcraft Sherman
Newark
Cannon
Sherman
DuPont
Delaware
Lodge
F. A. Dennison Viols
Massachusetts
Sage
Guild
Charles EB
Osborne
Michigan
Thomas N. McCarthy
New Jersey
Franklin Site
Sheldon
Erman
Nebraska
Wisconsin
West Reve
Fairbanks
Shermen
Feacon W. Lyon
Georgia
Life of James S Sherman Twenty Years Congressman From New York
James Schoolcraft Sherman of Utica New York is near fifty eight with twenty years in Congress. He was born October 24 1855 and educated at Hamilton College. A practicing lawyer he also leads Utica Trust and Deposit and New Hartford Canning. He served as Utica mayor in 1884 and held various party and committee roles in state and national politics.
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State of
New York
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Congress
Utica
N. Y
Twenty
Herkimer
Dneider
Sherman
Hamilton
Utica Rust and Deposit Company
New Hartford
House of Representatives
Committen Rules
Cannon
Patrick Again Loses Habeas Corpus Plea in Rice Murder Case
Albert T. Patrick, imprisoned for life in Sing Sing for the murder of Texan William Marsh Rice, had his writ of habeas corpus denied by Judge Ibe in the US circuit court. He contends a conspiracy led to his death sentence to steal Rice's fortune and prevent enforcement of the will.
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New York City
Albert T. Patrick
Sing Sing
William Marsh Rice
Cruiser New Hampshire Hurries Toward Ocean Test
The cruiser New Hampshire is rushed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard for its first ocean voyage to Quebec to honor the Prince of Wales on his Canada visit. Captain Cameron McR. Winslow is assigned to command the vessel.
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New York City
Wark
New Hampshire
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Quebec
Prince of Wales
Canada
Navy Department
Cameron McR. Winslow
Wright Named Secretary of War to Succeed Taft
President Roosevelt appointed Luke EB Wright of Tennessee to replace Taft as secretary of war with an emphasis on unity between the north and the south and to reflect Wright’s personal attributes and experience suitable for the post.
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Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Washington, D. C
Taft
White House
Luke EB. Wright
Tennessee
Wright
Agriculture Aims to Lower Beef Prices by Boosting Northwest Supply
The Department of Agriculture seeks higher protein feed in the semi arid northwest to grow better beef. Grass fed cattle lag corn fed in quality, prompting a push for protein-rich forage. Neils F. Hansen of Brookings, South Dakota, travels to northern Russia and Siberia to study plant life for this effort.
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Aimof Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Northwest
Neils F. Hansen
Brokings
Russia
Siberia
Man-Eating Tiger Attacks Keeper in Zoo
In Los Angeles East Lake Park zoo, head keeper Herman Gerson was seized by a male tiger while washing a cage. The beast tore flesh from his arms before his wife intervened, jabbing the tiger with a pitchfork to pry open its jaws. The fight lasted minutes and Gerson later went to the hospital.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Herman Gerson
East Lake Park Zoo
Banker Kills Self After Bank Collapse In Aberdeen
Aberdeen Ohio banker D H Fawcett president of the Aberdeen Banking Company shot himself as officers prepared to break down his home after a warrant was issued for mis appropriation of bank funds. The bank had been placed under a receiver and closed its doors two years after its founding.
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Aberdeen
Ohio
Aberdeen Banking Company
D. H. Fawcett
Fawcett
Various 1903 incidents span navy, transport, crime and weather
Three thousand dollars was shared among Birmingham Street Car motormen as a Confederate reunion reward. The Yankee cruiser was commissioned at Charlestown to patrol the Atlantic in torpedo service under Commander C C Marsh. Twenty injured in a Meadville street car crash near Bakerstown, one fatally. Coney Island Jockey Club trims added money by 50 percent for unclosed races at June meeting. A Chicago alderman proposes a Municipal Pasteur Institute funded by dog licenses. Brooklyn contractor John J. Lynott shot by a visitor, possibly fatally. the visitor then shot himself. Madrid reports Congo river disaster with Ville de Bruges las May. six Europeans die, four cannibals. New York foresees higher dressed-meat prices from packers. A bomb threats menace a New York tenement stairway. second attempt in two weeks. Tom Sullivan pays $15.75 in Atlanta for calling a lady a goat on the telephone.
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Birmingham
Ala
Yankee
United States Navy
Charlestown
Mass
Navy Yard
C. C. Marsh
Atlantic
Meadville
Cambridge Springs
Bakerstown
Coney Island Jockey Club
Sheepshead Bay
Pasteur Institute
Chicago
John J. Lynott
Brooklyn
Thomas Lynott
Madrid
Spain
Africa
Congo
Ville de Bruges Las May
New York
Tom Sullivan
Recorder’s Court
Atlanta
May get Carnegie Medal for man who saved five lives
Wallace Johnson, jailed twelve years for manslaughter in Floyd county Georgia, was pardoned by Governor Hoke Smith after saving five men from a dynamite fuse threat in a north Georgia mine. A bid for a Carnegie hero medal was urged, noting his exceptional meritorious service and prior good conduct.
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Atlanta
Wallace Johnson
Floyd County
Georgia
Hoke Smith
Johnson
North Georgia
Prison Commission
Cruisers Tested Show Strong Engine Performance
Rear Admiral Dayton announced Maryland and West Virginia achieved high engine speeds during a four hour full speed trial off California. Maryland averaged 133.1 revolutions per minute and 22.25 knots, West Virginia 181.8 rpm and 22.1 knots, with adverse current. Officials say the results exceed contractors' trials and reflect well on the machinery after three years in commission.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Washington, D. C
Dayton
California
Smallpox on the Transport Sherman Quarantined
A dispatch from Astoria reports the transport Sherman arrived and went to quarantine grounds after a navy man returning home died of smallpox at sea before Honolulu. Two days earlier another enlisted man fell ill. The ship’s two ill men were in separate sections, so the entire 1,182 crew must be vaccinated, quarantined for fourteen days, and the vessel fumigated.
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Sherman
Astoria
Portland
Ore
Honolulu
Navy
Earnings of Shipping Trust Report by International Mercantile Company
International Mercantile Company publishes its 1907 annual report showing a total gross earnings of 39,266,588 dollars, up 2,107,376 from 1906. Net earnings stand at 7,024,040 dollars, down 979,988, with a 4,033,731 dollar year end surplus, 4,000,000 of which is designated for steamship depreciation.
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International Mercantile Company
New York City
Wife of London leather man found in New York harbor
The body of Mrs. Frederick A. Warner, once of Boston, was recovered and identified as she vanished from the Hotel Belmont in January. Her brother C. S. Briel of Boston confirmed identification. Mrs. Warner, wife of a wealthy London manufacturer, had been visiting her mother in Boston before traveling to New York. She disappeared January 13 after staying at the Hotel Belmont.
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London
New York
New York City
Frederick A. Warner
Boston
Belmont
C. S. Briel
Warner
Bell Mont
Deadly gas fatal to four at Raleigh phosphate works
Four men died and three others were nearly overcome when sulfuric acid gas escaped in a room at the Carnleigh phosphate works on the outskirts of Raleigh North Carolina. Names listed include Daniel Jones Frank S Spikes and Haywood Lee all residents of Raleigh.
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Raleigh
N. C
Daniel Jones
Frank S Spikes
Haywood Lee
White
Carnleigh Phosphate Works
Democratic Committee Meeting Sets Denver Convention Plans
Members of the Democratic National Committee gathered at the Sherman House Chicago to finalize Denver convention plans. Attendees included Thomas Taggart Norman Mack Urey Woodson John T. McGraw John Dahlman John B. Osborne and Roger C. Sullivan. The next subcommittee session will be in Denver around June 25. The convention hall will seat 15 000 with opera chairs and a press seating plan by G W Hitchcock Omaha. Swivel chairs will be provided for newspaper reps.
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Chicago
Ill
Democratic National Committee On
Mente
Denver
Sherman House
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Norman BH. Mack
New York
Urey ‘Woodson
Kentucky
John T. McGraw
West Virginia
John Dahlman
Nebraska
John B. Osborne
Wyoming
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
G. W. Hitchcock
Omaha
Cleveland Bribery Plea Report From City Paving Case
M F Branley president of Cleveland Trinidad Paving Co pleaded guilty to three of seven indictments charging bribery of former board of public service members in the Hast Broad Street paying contract. He was fined 500 dollars on each of three counts, total 1665 with costs, paid. H C Lang superintendent also pleaded guilty to eight indictments for bribery and was fined 500 dollars on seven counts, eighth sentence reserved for September term. Lang’s total fines amount to 3700 with costs, paid.
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Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio
M. F. Branley Cleveland
Clevelan Trinidad Paving Company
Board of Public Service
Broad Street
H. C. Lang
Lang
Robbed on Train at St Paul Wallet Lifts $10000
H C Taylor of Seattle returning from Europe with his wife and daughter was robbed in a crowded vestibule at Union Station. As the party prepared to alight from a Chicago to St Paul sleeping car, two men jostled Taylor. One grabbed a wallet containing securities. alarm sounded but the robbers escaped. Most stolen securities are negotiable.
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St. Paul
Minn
H. C. Taylor
Seattle
Union Station
Europe
Chicago
Taylor
Indicted Exchange Men Investigated by Grand Jury
A federal grand jury probing the New York Cotton Exchange and the Manila Paper Fiber Manufacturers Association handed up several indictments in New York City. None were made public, though one was sealed by court order at the request of Assistant U S District Attorney Crim who oversees the paper manufacturers case.
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Federal Grand Jury
New York
New York City
New York Cotton Exchange l
Manila Paper Fiber Manufacturer's Association
United States District Attorney
Crim
National Saengerfest Opens In Indianapolis Parades
The thirty second national Saengerfest of the North American Saengerbund opened with a parade through decorated streets. About 2 000 visiting singers 2 000 Indianapolis school children and a united male chorus from Indianapolis participate in five concerts. Over 15 000 visitors attend.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Saengerbund
Body in Woods: Michigan Treasurer Hanged Self
The body of Frank Bunting 35 treasurer of Cleon township was found hanging near Copemish Michigan. Authorities said funds were intact and initial murder suspicion faded after evidence showed he first shot himself then used a whip to choke himself.
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Michigan
Copemish
Mich
Frank Bunting
Cleon Township
Bunting
United Fruit ships withdraw from Charleston port
Rail rates climbs spurred by Southern railway push fruit freight costs up. United Fruit company moved Caribbean shipments to Baltimore after withdrawing ships between Jamaica and Charleston South Carolina. Logistics changes attributed to rate hikes.
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Charleston
New York City
George O. Summers
United Fruit Company
Jamaica
S. C
Baltimore
Southern Railway
Bloomington Treasurer Faces Large City Shortfall
Bloomington reports indicate city treasurer Harry A. Axtell is short about 60,000. Of this, irregularities as secretary of the Real Estate Building association total 40,910 and treasury books show a shortage of 7,200. The remaining balance covers other discrepancies.
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Bloomington
Ill
Harry A. Axtell
Hig
Real Eatate Building Association
Black Hand Attack at General Beauregard House
A violent extortion attempt at 1113 Chartres Street in the Beauregard home left four blackmailers dead or wounded while the Giacona family escaped unharmed. Pietro Giacona and his son allegedly lured in four men, dined with them, and a gunfight ensued after demands for money. One wounded guest, Francisco Vattali of St. Louis, is hospitalized. others are unidentified or deny involvement. Police seek the fourth guest and facts remain unclear.
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Jim la
General Beauregard
Chartres Street
Pietro Giacona
Giacona
Carrada
Giaconas
Giovanni Barreca
Ciro Cusimano
Francisco Vattali
St. Louis
Vattali
G Giacona
Vata
Gilchrist Wins In Florida Governor Race
Albert Gilchrist of Punta Gorda wins the Florida gubernatorial election over Jacksonville banker J N C Stockton by an estimated four to five thousand votes. The state also leans toward Duncan A Fletcher in the U S Senate race, with Danniette h Mays favored in the Third District close contest over J Walter Kehoe.
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Forida
J. N. C. Stockton
A. W. Gilchrist
Punta Gorda
J. N. C.stockton
Jacksonville
Florida
Albert Gilchrist
General Gilchrist
Gadsden County
DeSoto County
House of Representatives
United States Senate
Duncan A. Fletcher
Naleon B. Broward
Dannietteh Mays
Monticello
William B. Lamar
J. Walter Kehoe
Immigrants Injured in Holland American Pier Riot
A riot at the Holland American line pier in Hoboken left several immigrants injured as police charged to disperse crowds of steerage passengers unable to secure passage on the Potsdam. Mrs. Mariani Singletox of Pittsburgh was trampled and is in precarious condition. About 2,000 west‑bound immigrants were left without accommodations. Bremen arrangements were later made to transport the disappointed passengers.
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Breamer
New York City
Holland-American Line
Hoboken
Potsdam
Mariani Singletox
Pittsburg
Bremen
Convention Echoes at Taft Roaring Platform Display
The convention hall held 1,800 as a 200 foot square platform housed the event. Banking interests favored Taft and were willing to spend to stop Roosevelt. Aerial band platform signaled music via buzzer. Banner from California stood out while Kansas delegates wore sunflowers. Senator Beveridge offered a seat to John Ade on the platform amid notable visitors.
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Taft
California
Old Fort Dearborn
Kansas
Beveridge
Indiana
Boll weevil reaches Southeast Mississippi in growing numbers
The Mexican boll weevil, long feared by cotton planters, has appeared in Southeast Mississippi after false alarms. Discovered by Mason Snowden of the Agricultural Department at Woodville, the pest has spread 40 to 50 miles eastward and 25 to 30 miles northward, raising fears of wider quarantine breaches.
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Mississippi
Mason Snowden
Agricultural Department
Woodville
Miss
Wilkinson County
Wilkinson
Adams
Natchez
Burglary Case Ties Rosser to Mashuleville Safe Blow
Row Discloses Safe Blowing. B. W. Rosser, 17, near Mashuleville, confessed involvement in the G. B. Russell store burglary and safe blow several months ago. He named J. E. Findley as the leader, described Findley beating his wife and taking their infant, and said Findley was at large while Rosser remains jailed.
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B. W. Rosser
Mashuleville
G. B. Russell
J. E. Findley
Findley
Honorable Discharge for A T Howell from Navy Service
Gov Noel received Navy Department notice that A T Howell of Crystal Springs aboard the battleship Vermont in the Pacific Ocean is granted an honorable discharge. After about one year of service and four years remaining, the discharge fulfills his father's request to return home to complete his education.
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Noel
Navy Department
Washington
A. T. Howell
Crystal Springs
Vermont
Pacific Ocean
Howells
The Feed Stuff Law At Agricultural College
President J F Hardy of the Agricultural and Mechanical College appears self for now despite a trying ordeal awaiting final Board of Trustees action. He plans to implement the feedstuff law enacted by the legislature in the recent session and is consulting Attorney General Fletcher on some involved clauses.
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J. F. Hardy
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Hardy
Fletcher
Four Meridian Children Poisoned in Sudden Illness
Four children of Mrs. J. E. Bolton in Meridian were mysteriously poisoned, suffering violent nausea, vomiting, and fainting within minutes of each other. A 15 month old infant nearly died but was revived by a physician's prompt arrival. no cause is known for the sudden illness.
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J. E. Bolton
Meridian
Mississippi educational conference set at State University
Interest grows in the Mississippi educational conference to be held July 6 and 7 at the State University under the Mississippi Teachers' Association. Hundreds of prominent educators are expected to attend. A splendid program is being prepared and will be announced soon.
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Mississippi
The
State University
Mississippi Teachers’ Association
Blaze Destroys Eight Charleston Frame Businesses
A fire in Charleston’s business section caused about 39000 dollars in damage to eight frame business houses on the south side of the public square. Losses were borne by T. M. Harris & Son, C. S. Summers, T. D. Pugh, Ivy Williamson, J. A. Crow, Benson & Johnson, J. Baker, and A. Patterson. Origin unknown. insurance nominal.
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Charleston
Public Square
T. M. Harris
No Hope for Judge Enochs
Judge John R. Enochs remains critically ill with no hope for recovery as his physician states the condition has been grave for several days.
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Enochs
John R. Enochs
Remarkable Hail Hits Vernon After Severe Storm
Hailstones in Vernon measured eighteen inches in circumference six inches in diameter and weighed three pounds. The storm bent and dented station roofing in places and caused extensive damage. This Vernon hailstorm marks the third consecutive Panhandle hail event in as many nights.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Vernon
Panhandle
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James
Patrick
L. E. Wright
Self
Pardon Board
Earnings OF Shipping Trust
Harbor
Blackhand
New Orleans
Gilchrist
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