Chicago Seethes as Republican Convention Looms
Chicago the storm center of political activity as campaigns heat up around the Auditorium and Coliseum. Vice presidential talk centers on Dolliver Sherman and Hammond while Cannon aides claim Taft strength is overstated. National committee meets to hear seating contests affecting 229 delegates.
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Colliseum
J. P. Dolliver
Iowa
James D. Sherman
New York
John Hays Hammond
Speaker Cannon
Taft
Ilanoia
Contesting Delegations Temperature in Chicago Convention
Chicago June 4. The national committee hearings will reveal the dirtiest political disputes yet as Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana Mississippi and Georgia contests flood the briefs. Taft backers push for first ballot victory while allies doubt final nomination and Fairbanks backers vow his renomination.
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National Committee
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Taft
Alles
Cannon
Fairbanks
Kealing
Hughes
New York
Henry Sherman Boutell
William B. McKinley
House of Commons After the Beef Trust
London June 3 The American beef trust and its control of Britain's meat market were debated in the house of commons. Charles Bowerman urged a parliamentary commission to probe trust operations and find relief for British consumers. Churchill said he would consider a commission to examine the trust behind protective tariffs.
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London
American “Beef Trust
House of Commons
Charles W. Bowerman
Winston Churchill
Board of Trade
American Congress
Trust
Ite
Ite Perpoind
Churchill
Corwin Wins Again as First Ship to Nome
The steamer Corwin from Seattle reaches Nome for the ninth straight year as the first vessel to arrive. It completed the voyage in twenty three days and eighteen hours after battling ice for the last week.
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Seattle
Wash
Corwin
Nome
Robbed four times in half a year at Rawlins hardware
Special to The Leader. Rawlins Wyoming June 4 The J A Bennett Hardware company store was burglarized for the fourth time in six months. Thieves took knives revolvers and ammunition. No clue to the thieves identity.
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Rawlins
Wyo
J. A. Bennett Hardware Company
Eight Hour Day Loses In Prison Labor Suit
Justice Mills in White Plains supreme court dismissed the action by John N. Rohrs a Sing Sing convict who sued state prisons superintendent C. V. Collins for 10000 alleging work beyond eight hours violated state law. Rohrs was backed by backers of restricting convict labor.
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New York
Justice Mills
Supreme Court
White Plains
John N. Rohrs
Sing Bing
C. V. Collins
Rohre
George Siler Stricken While Walking on State Street
Chicago June 4 George Siler prize fighter referee and writer on political matters was stricken with heart disease while walking down State Street on the way to catch a train for Milwaukee to referee the Papke fight. He was to show some improvement.
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Chicago
Mleorge Siler
Prise Fghter
State Street
Milwaukee
Landslide Blocks Northern Pacific Trains at White Flathead
Helena Mont June 2 A landslide at White Flathead county stalls Northern Pacific trains sent west on the Great Northern tracks. Several thousand passengers are aboard with slim chances of progress within forty eight hours as tracks at North and 80 Helena are washed out.
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Mont
Western Union
Whitn Flathead County
Northern Pacific
Great Norrn
North
Ketchel Wins Decision Over Papke In Milwaukee Fight
Ketchel of Grand Rapids Michigan won the decision over Billy Papke of Kewanee Illinois after a furious ten round bout at the Milwaukee Boxing Club in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The match was a terrific affair with Ketchel pressing Papke to the ropes using hard rights and lefts. Papke found an even break only in the eighth round but by the final bell appeared exhausted and Ketchel remained dominant throughout.
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Ketchel
Papke
Georgia primary yields Brown governor win by fifteen thousand
Returns show James M. Brown nominated for Georgia governor in the general democratic primary by about 15000 votes. Governor Hoke Smith and his campaign decline comment while Brown waits until tomorrow. All eleven congressional districts indicate incumbents to be re elected. 5. C. Clay is the choice for U S senator. Primary results effectively mean election in Georgia as other parties field no contest.
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Atlanta
James M. Brown
Georgia
Hoke Smith
United States
5. C. Clay
Thaw Case Hearing Postponed One Week in Poughkeepsie
The motion to transfer Harry K Thaw from Matteawan State Hospital to another institution was adjourned for one week at the request of District Attorney Jerome and with Thaw's counsel consent. The hearing was set for next Saturday before Supreme Court Justice Morehouse in Poughkeepsie New York.
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Poughkeepasse
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
MatteawWan State Hospital
Othe
Supreme Court
Morehhauser
Jerome
Slaves of Beck Caught in Denver Burglary Case
Frank Stanley alias Smiley, 21, arrested after a running revolver fight. Police link him to the murder of Policeman William Beck in Denver on April 15 and to burglaries in Denver Colorado Springs Kansas City Omaha and St Louis. Three thousand dollars worth of diamonds watches and jewelry were seized from his room.
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Frank
Stanley
Smiley
Burns
Central Station
O’brien
William Beck
Sixteenth and
Tremont Streets
Denver
Bradford
Beck
Colorado Springs
Kansas City
Omaha
St. Louis
Postage Rates Cut to Great Britain and Ireland
Washington reports Postmaster General Meyer announced an agreement with the British government to set letter postage at 2 cents an ounce for United States to Great Britain and Ireland, effective October 1, 1908. He expects revenue gains from lower rates and sees boosted trade and family correspondence.
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Washington, D. C
Meyer
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
United Kingdom
Beca
England
All Hope Abandoned for German Steamer Europa
Norfolk Va June 4 All hope has been abandoned for the German steamer Europa which sailed from Hamburg loaded with fertilizer for Norfolk forty five days ago. The voyage should have taken twenty one days and nothing has been heard of the ship in forty days. The Europa carried a crew of twenty seven men.
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Norfolk
Europa
Hamburg
Germany
Wyoming Weather Forecast Fair to showers and warmer
Weather report from Washington June 4 1908 forecasts fair weather in the south of Wyoming with showers in the north on Friday and Saturday. Local data show a 24 hour maximum 67 and minimum 46 with no precipitation reported. W B Palmer director of the section notes.
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Washington
Wyoming
Palmer
Bryan voices bank reform and warns on trusts in Lexington
In Lexington Nebraska Bryan praised local and national volunteers, assailed Taft’s trust policy, urged measures against watered stock and called for a bank guaranty fund to protect depositors. He argued trusts harm farmers and that competition would lower prices and create jobs.
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Lexington
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Taft
Mr. Taft
Harvester Trust
Congress
Republican Party
Wall Street
Democratic Party
Oklahoma
Dreyfus Shot Down At The Tomb Of Emile Zola
Paris June 4 Major Alfred Dreyfus escaped serious injury after a shooter fired two rounds at him as Emile Zola was honored in the Pantheon. The assailant Louis Anthone Gregori a respected military writer born 1844 claimed the gesture protested army participation in the Zola ceremony.
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Emile Zola
Paris
Pantheon
Rance
Louis Anthone Gregori
Alfred Dreyfus
Zola
Gregor
Nasaseip
Gregori
Agal
Laction Francaise
Court of Cassation
Hisemrrest
Dreyfusism
Mexican cloudburst costs twenty lives
Mexico City reports a cloudburst at Guanijuater causing twenty deaths and property damage estimated at $20000. The event follows chaos in the region as authorities investigate the disaster.
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Mexico City
Guanijuater
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