Taft Gains From Louisiana Tan Split In Taft Delegates
Chicago June 9 After four days of committee action with many contests yet to hear the Republican National Committee adjourned amid expectations of more rulings. Sixteen contests affecting thirty six delegates were decided sixteen for Taft and nine for the black and tans of Louisiana who tentatively back Taft though no binding pledge exists. Louisiana Mississippi Missouri seats split with half votes for Taft and half for the black and tans. The decision prompted shifts in Louisiana party leadership and relations with Roosevelt and Taft.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Taft
Black
Tana
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Lilly White
Washington
Roosevelt
Republican Party of
Lilly
Warmouth
Mitchell to be boomed for Bryan's running mate
A Texas conference of leading Democrats endorsed John Mitchell ex president of the United Mine Workers for vice president on the ticket with William J Bryan. The national campaign in support of the labor leader was launched.
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Mitchell
Bryan
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee
John Mitch
Oregon Democrats Declare for Bryan
The Democratic state convention in Portland elected delegates at large and district delegates instructed to vote for Bryan at the national convention so long as his name remains before the convention.
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Portland
Ore
Bryan
Governor Johnson Declines Another Run for Governor
St Paul June 9 Frank A Day says Governor Johnson will not seek a nomination for governor again nor consent to run. He states this as his own authority and bases it on the governor's feelings.
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St. Paul
Minn
Frank A. Day
Johnson
Leech Takes Post as Public Printer in Washington
John 8 Leech arrives in Washington to assume the duties of public printer as he begins his new official role amid ceremony and transition.
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Washington, D.C
John 8. Leech
Washington
Arenee Saeee
Miners Congress Backs Eight Hour Day Plan
At the International Miners Congress session a resolution was passed supporting an eight hour work day for miners including descent and ascent. In conditions of extreme heat or gas exposure the day is reduced to six hours. The congress urged countries to legalize these hours.
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Patis
International Miners' Congress
Weather Outlook for Wyoming in Early June 1808
Forecast issued from Washington to June 9 1808. Expected fair and warmer conditions Wednesday and Thursday. Local 24 hour data show maximum 68 degrees minimum 46 with 0.24 inch precipitation. W Palmer reports.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Floods Subside As Kansas City Sees Relief
The Kaw valley flood at Topeka and nearby areas is subsiding with the weather bureau predicting stationary river heights by tomorrow afternoon. Missouri River at 26% feet and Kaw at slightly higher, then slowly falling within 24 hours. North Topeka residents return home to shovel mud as railway yards flood and bridges near danger.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Missouri
North Topeka
Armourdale
Frisco
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Rock Island
Olathe
Kaw
Ihe
Denver
Burlington
Lincoln
Neb
Reception of Senator Warren Arrives for Cheyenne Homecoming
The Industrial Club committee plans a Cheyenne home coming for Senator Warren with a train arrival around the 24th inst. A citizens committee and band will greet him and escort him to his residence. A grand public reception with music and refreshments is planned at a city hall venue, inviting all. Fort Russell officials may host a separate fort reception a few days later.
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Industrial Club Committee
Senator Warren
A. W. Barber
Cheyenne
Citizens’ Committee
Fort Russell
Senate Committee On
Architect Cortlette kills wife then dies in Willoughby hotel
Cleveland resident Charles P. Cortlette, prominent architect and head of Cortlette Engineering, shot his wife Elizabeth and then killed himself in a Willoughby hotel last night. Jealousy reported as the motive.
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Cleveland, O
Charles P. Cortlette
Cortlette Engineering Company
Elizabeth
Willoughby
Cleveland
Murderer surrounded near Lovell in Oklahoma woods
Guthrie Oklahoma June Alf Turner or Jim Kingsbury, the black murderer of Sheriff Garrison of Oklahoma City, is believed surrounded in the woods near Lovell twenty two miles north of there.
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Guthrie
Okla
Alf. Turner
Jim Kingsbury
Sherif
Oklahoma City
Lovell
Assassin Is Far Away in Nebraska After Sheriff Bath Killing
Centennial Wyoming reports G A Sommers, accused of killing Sheriff A H Bath, likely left the region. A check carried by Bath and later cashed in Omaha three days after the murder matches Sommers handwriting, suggesting he reached the railroad and was in Omaha within that period.
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G. A. Sommers
Nebraska
Bath
Centennial
Wyo
A. H. Bath
Centennial Trust Company
Sheriff Bath
Edwin Bailey
Peter Simonson
Omaha
Simonson
Sommers
Returns From Dakota Primaries Signal Crawford Lead
Sioux Falls voters report at midnight that Governor Crawford leads for United States senator over incumbent A B Kittredge by about 8000 votes. Water town State Senator W G Vassey appears likely to win the governorship, with Kittredge backed candidates Burke and Martin favored for Congress. Black Hills returns not yet in but not expected to overturn Crawford in the state. DRESS AS WOMAN TO DIE In Springfield Mass the body of Joseph P Johnson 35 found hanging in a boarding house room after donning women’s clothing. Authorities deem him temporarily insane.
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Sioux Falls
Coe I Crawford
United States
A. B. Kittredge
W. G. Vassey
Watertown
Crawford
Burke
Martin
Kittredge
Congress
Black Hills
Springfield
Mass
Joseph P. Johnson
Mary Papineau
Royal meeting in Russian waters between Edward VII and Nicholas
King Edward VII and Emperor Nicholas greeted each other aboard ships in the Bay of Reval in the gulf of Finland. The first official English monarch visit in Russian waters was marked by formal exchanges and naval salutes as the two rulers met with Queen Alexandra aboard the Victoria and Albert and Standart.
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Edward VII
England
Nicholas
Russia
Bay of Reval
Gulf of Finland
Edward
Victoria and Albert
King Edward
Emperor
Shite
Czarevitch
Greece
Emperor Nicholas
Victoria
Warren hints Fairbanks as vice presidential choice
In Washington on June 9 Senator Warren suggests William Fairbanks as a potential vice presidential nominee while stressing the Chicago convention should nominate a man able to lead the ticket if needed. Senator Warren also cites ex-Senator Spooner on selecting a strong head for the ticket. Separately, the Treasury supervising architect advertised bids for post office sites at Lander Rock Springs and Casper with Lander bids to follow.
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PD. C
Warren and
Clark
Wyoming
White House
Warren
Fairbanks
Chicago
Spooner
Treasury Department
Lander
Rock Springs
Casper
Roosevelt to be nominated by acclamation at Chicago
Denver congressman George W. Cook returns from Washington with a forecast that Theodore Roosevelt will win the Republican nomination at the Chicago convention. He says Taft will be sidelined on the first ballot and Fairbanks will be renominated unanimously for vice president.
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Roosevelt
George W. Cook
Odore Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Ington
Washington
Fairbanks
Jerome Accused of Being a Gambler
Albany dispatch reports new charges against William Travers Jerome as district attorney of New York County. The indictment accuses gambling and conspiracy to force a state official to aid anti-gambling actions, with a deadline for response set for June 16. The gambling allegation cites a 1907 Thaw trial event at Pontiel's on Franklin Street.
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Albany
N. Y
Hughes
William Travers Jerome
New York County
William F. King
Grant Pierce
Metropolitan Street Railway
Jerome
Richard L. Hand
Allen Ryan
Thomas A. Ryan
Francis P. Garvan
Pontiel’s
Franklin Street
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