Democratic National Convention Opens Amidst Turmoil Over Pennsylvania Delegates
The Democratic National Convention began at noon with 12,000 in the auditorium as Bryan’s portrait is carried in. The opening order and rules were set, with anti Bryan factions poised to challenge credentials over Philadelphia delegates and Colonel James Guffey for national committeeman. Gompers testified before the platform committee as debates on planks begin. In Lincoln, Lincoln, Neb., Bryan said he has no plan to go to Denver yet, urging uncertainty about the future.
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Taggart
National Committee
J. J. Keane
Wyoming
Committee On
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Committee On Credentials
Philadelphia
James Guffey
Guffey
Lincoln, Neb
Fairview
Denver
Convention City
Tagart
Idaho Springs
Cap Sinclair
Dinte
Kentucky
Swanee River
Anna Gould Repeats Marriage in Regret Registry Off Covent Garden
London July 7 Mme Anna Gould marries Prince Helie de Sagan at a registry office on Henrietta Street with a second ceremony at the French Protestant church in Soho Square. The couple, who avoided secrecy, left the hotel by rear entrance to reach the registry, where a simple civil rite was performed.
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Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helle de Sagan
Henrietta Street
Covent Garden
Soho Square
Prince Helis
Prince
Gould
Ords- Pay
Registry Office
Prince Helle
Prince Helie
Regietrar
Mme. Gould
Banna
Paris
Atlantic fleet sails from Golden Gate to Honolulu
President Roosevelts good wishes are sent to officers and men on the Atlantic battleship fleet as 15 ships sail from San Francisco. Rear Admiral Sperry commands the Connecticut at the head of the line while the Nebraska is sent to Angel Island quarantine due to a scarlet fever outbreak. The fleet moves as the Connecticut leads out through the Golden Gate toward Honolulu.
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Sperry
Connecticut
Nebraska
Angel Island
Honolulu
Golden Gate
Friends joke may cost man life in Colorado
Deboique Colorado July 7. Cattleman Jack May a prominent Grand Valley figure was locked in a telephone booth by friends as a prank. After nearly an hour he broke the door glass, severing both wrists arteries, and the operator freed him. A physician fought to save him as he weakened from blood loss.
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Colo
Jack May
Grand Valley
May
Grand Junction
Flood Toll Rises Across Nebraska Rivers
In Unadilla five from the Doyle family drowned when a cloudburst flood swept Nemaha river homes away. In Lincoln the flood is believed to be the worst in state history with five known dead and several injured as residents cope with extensive property loss and missing persons.
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Nemaha River
John Doyle
Doys
Nemaha
Lincoln
John Nelson
Stock
Henry Amed
Schuester
Gillard Nichols
Pioneer expressman seriously injured in wagon accident
T. J. Shaughnessy, a pioneer expressman, was seriously injured yesterday at noon when a team bolted while being harnessed. A wagon wheel passed over his chest causing a fractured collar bone and additional injuries. His advanced age worsens the outlook.
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T. J. Shaughnessy
Pioneer
Shaughnessy
Cheyenne Men Injured in City Auto Crash
The Salt Lake Tribune reports Ben and John Stimpson formerly of Cheyenne were painfully but not seriously hurt in Cheyenne last Sunday evening when an automobile they rode in collided with a street car.
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Aute
Death of Father in Baden Germany Reported
Adolph and Wilhelm D Braunschweig were informed yesterday that their aged father died in Baden Germany on June 24.
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Adolph
Wilhelm
Braunschweig
Baden
Weather report for Washington and Wyoming in July 1908
Fair conditions expected Wednesday and Thursday. Local observations for the hours ending at 6 p m July 7 1908 show a maximum of 76 degrees and a minimum of 1 degree with no precipitation. Section Director W. Palmer notes the data.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Great Auditorium Roars at Democratic National Convention
Denver July 7 The opening of the national convention sparks wild cheering as Tom Taggart leads the crowd in silence. Descriptions mix political satire with references to Bryan Roosevelt and Johnson Gray, noting the mood favoring Bryan and a waning old guard.
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Edwin L. McCulloch
Denver
Colo
Tom Taggart
Indianapolis
Loos
United States
Tom
Hoosier
New York Delegation Backs Gompers Plank
Denver report notes Tammany Hall accepted Gompers anti injunction plank and urged New York Democrats to adopt it without amendment. Sub committee backed naval expansion and exclusion of Asians while avoiding banking and railroad issues. Parcel post support and Bevan reforms also pressed. platform to be submitted for delegation approval.
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Tammany Hall
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Junction
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Empire State
Witbor
America
Shirley
Asiatica
Parcela Post
Tammany
Bevin
Shelal
Alton B. Parker
Thomas P. Shady
Daniel F. Cohalan
Martin W. Dittleton
Michael F. Woods
Robert W. Chanter
Joseph K. McGhire
Edward KB. Coataworth
Shirley Hotel
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