Prohibition Party Opens Conference With Leadership Debates
The Prohibitionist Tenth National Convention in Columbus opens under temporary rules with committees named and reports pending. Nomination prospects center on Judge Seaborn Wright, Joshua Levering, James H Tracy, Daniel R Sheen, Robert H Patton and others as Indiana delegates back Patton, while Scanlon is favored for permanent chairman.
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Columbus
Ter
Committee On Rules
Committee On Permanent Organization
Charlies Scanlon
Pittsburg
James H
Tracy
Detroit
Mich
Illinois
Daniel R. Sheen
Peoria
Night riders threaten death of whipped victim in Kentucky
H B Bennett, whipped with thorn switches by night riders at Ducusburg months ago, was warned he would be killed within two weeks. He fled to Paducah and has slept in the woods, saying it would be dangerous to stay at home at night as night riders have ruined his finances.
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Commercial Tribune
Paducah
H.B. Bennett
Ducusburg
Bennett
Italian Murd er Hanged for Killing Denver Priest
Giuseppe Alia, an Italian migrant, was executed at 8:30 p.m. for the February murder of Father Leo Heinrichs at St Elizabeth's Church in Denver. The crime occurred during the Eucharist as Alia spat the communion wafer and a shot killed the priest. Alia died by strangulation after the rope slipped.
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Canyon City
Col
Italy
Giuseppe Alia
Leo Heinrichs
Alia
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denver
Chancel
Leo
Father Leo
Wulstan
Prifest
Seven Dead in Mine Blast at Williamstown Colliery
A gas explosion in the Williamstown colliery of Summit Branch Mining Company killed seven workers and injured ten. Rescue efforts entered the burning shaft as volunteers and physicians aided survivors. two of the injured were revived after initial treatment. Most victims were Americans.
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Pottsville
Williamstown
Summit Branch Mining Company
Coliery
Cincinnati Praise and Welcome for Governor Harris on Exchange Floor
A large Cincinnati reception welcomed Governor Andrew J Harr is to the Exchange with about three hundred attendees. Mayor Leopold Markbreit and Chamber of Commerce members praised Ohio's farms factories and leadership while the governor was escorted to the Hotel Linton and Chamber event.
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Chamber of Commerce
Andrew J. Haring
W. W. Granger
W. N. Hobart
George W. Fox
Hotel Linton
Leopold Markbreit
Change
Harris
Reading Road Mystery Kills One Wounds One in Shootout
Four shots shattered a Reading road area last night, killing Otto Langraft and mortally wounding Thomas Conroy. Police found no witnesses, while bystanders described three men fleeing toward Florence Avenue as residents recalled a party helping an injured man near 1639 Reading road.
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Otto Langraft
Hunt
Dandridge
Thomas
Conroy
Reading Road
Foster Stoneyard
Langraft
Martin Argus
William Conroy
City Hospital
Charles J. Danner
the Commons
Florence Avenue
Nicholas Feuerstein
Daniel
Argus’ Saloon
Thrashing Outfit Blown Up Near Maysville
An $8,000 thrashing outfit on Squire William H. Rice farm six miles southeast of Maysville Kentucky was burned early today. Belonging to a Flemingsburg man named Carpenter who planned to thrash wheat, the blaze is believed to be the work of night riders. Maysville bloodhounds were sent out.
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Commercial Tribune
Maysville
Squire William H. Rice
Carpenter
Flemingsburg
Four Workmen Die In Sewer Wall Collapse
Four workmen are killed and a fifth is buried after a cave-in on the Grace Avenue sewer in Youngstown Ohio. The known deceased are John Dyak Euven Muldedan and Tudor Borad, all said to be Roumanians.
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Youngstown
Grace Avenue
John Dyak
Euwen Muldedan
Tudor Borad
Yal
Wife sues for divorce after three months marriage
In Cincinnati Ohio on July 16 1915 Mrs Ethel Hunter Reilley age 17 filed for divorce from Philip Reilley age 16 after a three month marriage. She charges he abandoned duties and he is employed in Cincinnati while she says he lied about his age to obtain the license claiming he was 21 and she 19.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Ethel Hunter Reilley
Philip Reilley
Cincinnati
Denunciation at Republican State Central Committee Meeting
In Louisville on July 15 R P Ernst denounced H W Reusch backed accusations of unfair treatment of Campbell County Republicans as falsehoods. Reusch J T Earl were barred from addressing the committee over a petition for a special Campbell and Kenton county election. Ernst persisted as others could not reply.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Republican State Central Committee
R. P. Ernst
Ernst
Reusch
J. T. Earl
Campbell
Kenton
Boiler Makers Strike Big Four Division Sparks Walkout
Bellefontaine Ohio July 15 All boiler makers on the Big Four Division of the New York Central system walked out today over the company plan to start a piece work system in the New Beech Grove shops. About 600 men are out.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellefontaine
New York Central
Beech Grove
Sarrenisent Sg
Tha ‘ Abou
Republican Campaign Opens in the Far West for 1908 Taft Sherman Ticket
Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee will launch the 1908 campaign in the Far West with a conference at the Antlers Hotel in Colorado Springs on July 20 and 21. Leaders from Western states and territories will discuss campaign plans, speaker assignments, and the location of future regional headquarters in Chicago and New York.
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Hitchcock
Missouri River
Colorado Springs
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Far West
William H. Taft
James 8. Sherman
Col
Antlers
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
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Wyoming
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New Mexico
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Oregon
California
West
Middle West
East
Chicago
Ern
New York City
New York
Cincinnato
Taft
Cincinnati
Republican National
Congressional Committees
Francis Curtis
Congressional Committee
Otto Langraft Tragedy Ends After Street Shooting
Otto Langraft dies at City Hospital after being shot in the head during an incident linked to Conroy, who is fatally wounded in the chest. Authorities found no weapon. Witness John Sievers, aka Dutch Otto, describes a tavern gathering and a sudden turn to violence with no prior quarrel.
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Danner
Langraft
Conroy
John Sievers
Otto
Sievers
Argus
LannPaft
Ohio campaign chief in Hot Springs talks with Taft on conditions
Arthur I. Vorys, Ohio Republican national campaign manager, arrived at Hot Springs and held talks with Judge William H Taft on Ohio politics. He expects a strong GOP majority next November and will stay several days for further discussions. He said the senatorial situation in Ohio may keep the national ticket campaign separate from local efforts.
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Hot Springs
Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio
William H Taft
Vorys
Taft
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le Manene
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William Meinhart
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Martin Doyle
Ralph Finley
John Walsh
Isaac Hess
Charles Hepler
Monroe Shade
Andrew L. Harris
Thomas P. Egan
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Thomas Conroy
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H. W. Reusch
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