Bryan to Outline 1908 Campaign Issues in Madison Square Garden
William Jennings Bryan plans his Madison Square Garden address on August 30 to spell out how the 1908 campaign should be waged. The reception committee, led by Governor Folk and Tom L. Johnson, will host a parade from Battery to the hotel then escort Bryan to Garden where he will speak. Over 900 have accepted invitations and subscriptions are pouring in to support the reception.
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Bryan
New York
William J Nings Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Victoria Hotel
Battery
Governor Folk
Missouri
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Broadway
Folk
Garden
Johnson
August Thomas
Commercial Travelers’ Anti-Trust League
Mr. Bryan
Alexander Troup
New Haven
Encampment Opens at Chickamauga Park
At Chickamauga National Park the encampment of regulars and National Guard opened Monday and runs to late September. Units include Twelfth Cavalry Seventeenth Infantry Third and Fourth Field Batteries Second Alabama Third South Carolina and Seventy first Virginia infantry. The first instruction period ends Friday with troops to depart Saturday for home. replacements from other states will arrive. Brigadier General Bubb outlined the program emphasizing company instruction and technical engineering and signal work.
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St. Chattanooga
National Guard
Chickamauga National Park
Twelfth Cavalry
Seventeenth Infantry
Regular Army
Seventy-first
Virginia Infantry
Alabama _infantry
Third
South Carolina Infantry
Bubb
French regret over death of U S naval officer
Paris reports the French embassy in Washington expressed deep regret by the French government after Lieutenant Clarence England of the Chattanooga was fatally shot at Chefoo on July 28 by a rifle fired from the armored cruiser Du Petit Thoras during small arms practice. Paris awaits fuller reports before action.
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Paris
Washington
Clarence England
Oicer
United States
Chattanooga
Chefoo
du Petit Thoras
Brave Bishop Saves Boy In Galveston Bay Rescue
Rt. Rev. H. D. Aves the Episcopal bishop of Mexico rescued Paul Graham who sank three times in Galveston Bay near Seabrook. He located the boy at twenty feet depth and brought him to shore where Graham was resuscitated.
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Episcopal
Galveston Bay
Houston
H. D. Aves
Mexico
Seabrook
Paul Graham
Graham
Choate's Close Call with Live Wire Burns Teen
Texarkana July 30. Dick Choate eighteen searched for a horse in a pasture and touched a live wire at the end of the street railway line. The wire enveloped his body and hurled him about causing severe burns before he was thrown free. He is believed to recover.
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Texarkana
Dick Choate
Choate
Eight Die In Squall Off Hereford Inlet Vessels
A Sunday coastal tragedy off Hereford Inlet New Jersey leaves eight dead after a squall capsizes two yachts the Nora and Alvin A. Captain Henry S. Ludlam and a five man crew rescue eighteen survivors from the Nora and the Alvin B later capsized with all but one saved.
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Angel Sea
N. J
Hereford Inlet
Henry S. Ludlam
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Nora
Frederick Fisher
Ludlam
Crusades Against Gambling Sweep Rhode Island
In Providence July 30 sheriffs under Governor Utter’s instruction raid sites including North Providence Warwick and Narragansett Pier. Authorities press the crackdown as promoters of gambling exit the state while extensive investigations unfold.
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Providence
Utter
North Providence
Warwick
Narragansett Pier
Five drown in ferryboat sinking after panic at Warsaw church
In Willanow near Warsaw a gunman sparked a panic during a church service. Worshippers rushed to a ferryboat which sank, drowning five. In Ardmore Mrs. Cleveland Johnson of Woodford died after a wagon wheel passed over her. two children fell but survived.
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Warsaw
Willanow
Ardmore
Cleveland Johnson
Woodford
Armed men seize foreman at Roussel printing plant
A party armed with revolvers forced entry at the Roussel printing establishment in St. Petersburg and detained the foreman, barring the compositors from leaving while they seized 150000 copies of the Viborg manifesto of the outlawed lower house of parliament. Satisfactory collections in Mexico City show June customs totals of 435,831 dollars.
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St. Petersburg
Roussel
City of Mexico
Custom House
Trepoff Not Assassinated Report From St. Petersburg
Telegrams from St. Petersburg report that General Trepoff has not been assassinated and remains alive and unharmed amid recent unrest. The brief dispatch dismisses rumors of his death and provides no further details on events surrounding the uproar.
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Trepoff
St. Petersburg
Hartje Divorce Case Involves Private Detectives
In Pittsburg on July 30 the Hartje divorce case featured private detectives in court as John B. Staub and John A. Anderson testified they broke open Madine's trunk and removed letters later identified as love missives. Mrs Hartje showed unease and then anger while her husband remained cool.
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Staub
Pittsburg
Hartje
Madine
John B. Staub
John A. Anderson
Heavy set farmer Joseph Rodecap laid to rest
Five thousand mourners attended in Anderson cemetery for the burial of Joseph Rodecap a 460 pound farmer and Madison county’s heaviest man. His coffin measured three feet wide twenty eight inches deep and seven feet long. Ten pallbearers and sixteen gravediggers handled the casket and grave. He died of cerebral embolism at age fifty one.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Anderson
Ind
Anderson Cemetery
Joseph Rodecap
Madison County
Mob Guts Brewery in St. Petersburg
A mob of 2,000 workmen gutted a local brewery on Slussaburg road. A detachment of Cossacks arrived to disperse the crowd but the mob destroyed virtually all structures and equipment.
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St. Petersburg
Slussaburg
Death en route to father's funeral claims C H Arnold
While traveling to Alice Texas for his father’s funeral C H Arnold was struck and killed by a train. Governor Lanham has returned to Austin from Weatherford and Mineral Wells.
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Father
Alice
Tex
C. H. Arnold
Austin
Lanham
Weatherford and
Mineral Wells
After Mill Managers One Shot to Death and Policeman Saved Life
In Ekaternoslav Russia July 30 agitation among factory workers grows as leaders urge continued work until Moscow and St Petersburg signal. At Yuzovka and Yekaterodvar many struck without waiting. Foreign consuls urged protection for foreigners. Three foreign mill managers were attacked in the past week. a German manager was shot dead, a Belgian manager was saved by a policeman, a worker was shot, and a French manager fled.
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Ekaternoslav
Russia
Moscow
S T. Petersburg
Yuzovka
Yekatertodarw
Yekaternoslav
Crown and Bridge Work Specialty Shops Over Store
Crown and Bridge dental specialty offered with office located upstairs above Burt Norwid's store.
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Crown
Burt Norwid
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