Yale Delights 1000 Honor 10 William H. Taft
Secretary of War William H. Taft visited Yale for his 1878 class reunion and ceremonies including law school and medical school exercises. He and President Roosevelt plan to attend the Yale Harvard boat race on the Thames next Thursday and may confer at Oyster Bay Friday with General Luke Wright joining.
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William H. Taft
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Woodbridge Hall
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College Hall
Taft
Edwards House
Spooner
Wisconsin
Memorial
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Hadley
Medical School
Osborne Hall
Horace D. Taft
Watertown
Roosevelt
Thames
London
Oyster Bay
Luke RB. Wright
New London
Ylph
Sagamore Hill
Wright
Hudson River Discovery Claim From Ancestor Report
Walton Van Loon of Catskill says Pietro Van Loon, great ancestor, hunted and fished on the Hudson eleven years before Henry Hudson’s voyage. The claim appears in a pamphlet by Mr. Van Loon, noting his ancestor’s earlier exploration.
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New York
Walton van Loon
Catskill
N. Y
Hendrick Hudson
Hudson River
Pietro van Loon
Mr. van Loon
Utica Prepares as Sherman Expected Back Tonight
Utica New York June 23 reports say Representative James Sherman is feeling better and will attend a planned demonstration in his honor tonight with all preparations complete for the celebration.
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Utica
N. Y
James
Sherman
Taft Seen As Easy Target By New York Democrat Leader
William J. Conners, state Democratic chairman from Buffalo, said in New York that Taft would be an easy candidate for Democrats to beat. He noted several stronger men could have been nominated but called Taft the weaker choice chiefly because Roosevelt supported him. He predicted a radical platform with labor likely to figure strongly, and said Bryan’s nomination is not certain.
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New York
William J. Conners
Buffalo
State Democratic Committee
Taft
Conners
Roosevelt
Sherman
Bryan
Johnson
Mr. Conners
Nine Negroes Lynched Near Hemphill in Sabine County
June 23 report details a mob attack near Hemphill Sabine County as nine Black men are killed after a jail break following the earlier killing of two white men. Six were hanged at a tree five executed, and two more bodies found in a creek. two suspects moved to Beaumont for safety.
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Rex
Hemphill
Sabine County
Beaumont
Hasty burial of Miss Knisely draws police ire
In New Philadelphia Ohio on June 23 Miss Arline Knisely was killed while riding with former employer Charles Spach. Her parents buried her Sunday before a planned public funeral prompting police to demand a postmortem exhumation. Spach remains under guard as authorities finish an investigation. Robert Steuve of Cleveland, Spach's former business partner, posted a $2,500 bond and seeks an immediate hearing to clear his name.
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New Philadelphia
Arline Knisely
Charlies Spach
Robert Steuve
Cleveland
Spach
French aviator Delagrange sets new six teen minute flight record
Milan June 25. Leon Delagrange, the French aeroplanist, flies for six teen minutes thirty seconds attaining heights from ten to eighteen feet. He completes nine laps on a measured field at about 38 miles per hour covering around eighteen kilometres. A special gold medal will be struck in his honor.
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Milan
Italy
Leon Delagrange
M. Delagrange
Bryan canvass outlines fight over Democratic platform
A Washington dispatch reports that William J. Bryan controls many delegates for the Denver convention but faces a strong platform contest. Bryan aims to write the platform and influence the ticket while allies seek to keep control of the national committee. Delegates pledged or likely for Bryan total 907 of 1008. fight centers on platform rather than candidates.
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Washington
the Herald
William J. Bryan
Chicago
Bryan
Johnson
National Committee
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Gray
Tennessee
Colorado
Mississippi
New Mexico
Maine
James S Sherman Hospitalized After Illness
Cleveland reports James Schoolcraft Sherman Republican vice presidential candidate suffered a bilious attack en route from Cincinnati. He developed a severe chill and gallstones prompting transfer to Lakeside hospital. Doctors consider possible operation but hope to avoid surgery if condition holds. Mrs Sherman and their sonTraveling from Utica accompany him.
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James Schoolcraft Sherman
Cincinnati
Herrick
N.Y
Sherman
Lakeside Hospital
Hughes Declares Taft Best Equipped Man Ever Nominated
New York June 23 Governor Charles E Hughes the New York presidential candidate spoke at a ratification meeting of the Republican club. He praised Taft as the most equipped man to govern a free people in constitutional method and urged unity behind the Republican ticket. He noted he had not sought favors or influenced delegates and affirmed devotion to the state administration’s independence.
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Taft
New York
Chicago
Republican Club
Charles E. Hughes
William Howard Taft
Steve Adams Trial Opens in Grand Junction Mining Case
The trial of Steve Adams of the Western Federation of Miners began in Grand Junction Colorado for the murder of Arthur L. Collins mine superintendent Telluride. Attorneys clashed over indictments and representation with ex-Congressman Hogg and J S Carnahan allowed to stay as state attorneys. Sheriff orders 100 jurors. Charles Moyer, WFM president, remains present throughout the proceedings.
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Grand Junction
Col
Steve Adams
Western Federation of Miners
Arthur L. Collins
Telluride
Hogg
Pueblo
J. S. Carnahan
Union Wins Temporary Injunction Against Police Picketing
In Detroit on June 28 the Wayne circuit court granted a temporary injunction to the Metal Polishers Buffers and Platers union restraining police from interfering with peaceful solicitation on the street. The union sought to recruit workers from the Art Store company, claiming the action threatened its extinction. Judge Hosmer warned the men he would not authorize unlawful picketing.
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Detroit
Mich
Wayne
Metal Polishers, Buffers and Platers
Hos+mer
Hosmer
Clever escape frees four jail inmates in Youngstown
Four prisoners bribed a guard and escaped from the county jail in Youngstown. Noted pickpockets Charles Crowley of Chicago Louie Cohen and Harry Cline of New York fled with Farry Geissler. A woman connected to the plot left a shoe print at the scene near Park hotel.
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Youngstown
John McIntyre
Charles M. Crowley
Chicago
Louie Cohen
Barney Cohen
New York
Harry Cline
Farry Geissler
Crowley
Park
Goodby
Frank McQuiston
Spain Names New Prince for Queen Victoria and King Alfonso
Madrid reports the birth of a son to Queen Victoria formerly Princess Ena of Battenburg and King Alfonso last night. The couple wed in Madrid on May 31, 1906, and their first son was born May 10, 1907.
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Spain
Madrid
Victoria
Queen Victoria
Ena of
Battenburg
Alfonso
Ohio AG Defends Republican Injunction Plank
Ohio Attorney General Wade H. Ellis defends the Republican platform on labor injunctions saying it is a frank clear statement of party attitude. He argues the plank seeks universal standard ensuring prompt hearings and protection against unreasonable delays in labor cases.
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Columbus, CO
Repubbitcan
Bryan
Denver
Chicago
Republican Party
Troops To Leave Brown County On Monday Evening
Columbus Ohio June 23 The withdrawal date for Brown county troops has been moved to tomorrow from Saturday three companies of the First regiment now on duty there will go home tomorrow instead of Saturday per adjutant general guidance. Two companies of the Seventh regiment in Adams county also depart on the same day leaving the counties without state troop presence to maintain order for the first time in weeks.
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Columbus
Browm County
Cahall
Adams County
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