Taft Delegates Seated as Paper Votes on Primary Rule
Chicago June 20 taft delegates seated twenty two including Florida group roosevelt camp favored delaying Florida and other cases taft push reopen each case credentials committee approved Alabama Arkansas Arizona etc rules committee adopts steam roller amendment deposed if a member bolts or refuses to back nominee convention to name replacements
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Arizona
Georgia
Roosevelt to Form Progressive Party After Republican Split
Chicago reports Roosevelt will withdraw from the Republican Party and form a Progressive body claiming leadership. The Republican convention endured two brief sessions with a four hour recess, ending amid cheering and commotion as supporters of Taft and Roosevelt clashed and police reinforced the platform.
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Repubican Party
Progressive
Chicago
Police Overstep Rules At Republican Convention Doors
Chicago crowds at the Coliseum faced tightened controls and harsh policing as Chief McDeeny ordered strict entry checks. Doorkeepers and police shuffled posts after earlier lax admissions, while delegates entered individually amid tight credential scrutiny. Outside, street scenes resembled a riot as attendees crowded near the entrance. The convention planned new rules to govern future procedures with Professor Butler drafting formal language. The session opened with prayer by Dean Walter Summer as photographers captured Chairman Root.
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Lekels
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Schuettler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Bryan Joins Convention Crowd in Chicago
William Jennings Bryan enters the press room to an ovation as the convention hall fills rapidly. Reported plans suggest a possible 4 o clock adjournment after noon as committees report first. crowds struggle to access entrances while delegates seat areas remain sparse. Miss Marenge Jacobson performs with the band near the north band stand.
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William Jennings Bryan
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Moomlighe Bay
Army Man in Cheyenne or Queer Wager
J H Claws of Company G 65th New York and Lovejoy A C of Buffalo arrived in Cheyenne after a cross country walk from New York to San Francisco on a 4000 dollar wager. Claws left May 1 and must reach San Francisco by October 10 while ending with no money. He earns a living selling postcards and giving lectures along the route.
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West
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U. S. Army
Unskilled Woman Driver Jumps Trestle Car Crash Near Cheyenne
A 30 horsepower car driven by a Cheyenne merchant's daughter veered on a high trestle near Burlington and Union Pacific tracks, broke railing, and fell into a stream. The vehicle turned on its side. occupants escaped serious injury, though the driver was shaken and frightened. An garage employee instructed the driver prior to the accident. The car was recovered to Cheyenne that night.
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Indy
Girls Race In Vehicles Ends In Injuries Near Fort Russell
Four girls were hurt when two buggies racing on the return from Fort Russell collided with a telephone pole near the Irwin ranch. Lysle Burke and Nélle Casey escaped serious harm, while Beatrice Sandoval and May Bishop suffered bruises sprains scratches and contusions. The vehicles were badly mashed and the horses were excited.
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Welcome to Wyoming Road Builders Invite
A dated poem invites readers to Wyoming to visit and settle, praising road construction, mountains, rivers, and the land. It appeals to travelers, hikers, and drivers with rustic imagery and references to early vehicles and routes. It blends travel optimism with promotional flair for the western landscape.
No Compromise Says Teddy to Lead New Party
Roosevelt hints he may form a new party if the convention falters. A two-delegation caucus decided he would stay in the Republican fold and seek nomination, seating 78 delegates. Kansas Governor Stubbs confirms no bolt and predicts Roosevelt to head a new party if created.
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Bloody feud ends in four dead near Sherman
In a Sperris ranch feud near Sherman Texas today four were killed and two wounded. Miss Georgia Sharyn Sharp killed a man and wounded another before she fell. Henry Waldrop killed Walter Sharp and his father as gunfire erupted on the Sharp and Waldrop families. Georgia Sharp then seized her father's rifle, killing Russell Waldrop and wounding his parents, before Henry Waldrop shot Miss Sharp.
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Sharp
Georgia
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Walter
Henry Waldrop
Walter Sharp
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Mies Sharp
Mexican Colonel Injured In Train Collision
In Bachimba a collision of troop trains killed one man and seriously injured seven including Colonel Castaneda Oroxco's chief of staff. Rebels sent to Ortiiz to harass federals as they move north and destroy bridges. Bachimba views Ortiiz as an ideal stand site against federals.
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Castaneda Oroxco
Teddy's Picture Proves a Hoodoo
White Plains New York June 20 Mrs Anne Wibbard of Tompkins Corners fell while hanging a portrait of Colonel Rooskevel She stood on the edge of a chair to rest the picture on a shelf the chair tilted and her head struck the window pane fracturing her skull in the incident reported today
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Tompkins Corners
Rooskevel
Permanent organization vote at convention preserves Root to lead
Chicago June 20 The committee on permanent organization voted 22 to 7 to make the temporary organization permanent. Root would remain president and all temporary officials keep their posts through the convention. Seven dissenters bolted after the vote. Governor Pennewill of Delaware proposed making the temporary organization permanent and Ira C. Copeley of Illinois moved to defer action until the credential report is received and acted upon.
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Chicago
Committee On Permanent Organization
Pennewill
Delaware
Ira C. Copeley
Ilinoa
Committee On
Parker Chosen Chairman of Democratic National Committee
Baltimore dispatch reports Alton B Parker selected as temporary chairman of the Democratic National Convention amid factional contests. Delegates from Illinois and South Dakota debated seating Johnson delegates and reform plans as conclave details were hammered out.
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Chile
Parkour
Flenry
Texas
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