Taft Delegates Seated After Alabama Contest And Arkansas Ruling
The Alabama contest was consolidated with two hours allotted per side while the Arkansas dispute over Fifth District delegates was sent to seat Taft's delegation. Proceedings featured lively arguments by Asa Stratton and O C Street, with social figures and party leaders present as the committee reviewed roll calls and viva voce votes.
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Iee
Alabama
Scott-Davidson
Thomp
Asa BE. Stratton
Montgomery
Aldrich
J. H. Manning
Alexander
Washington
Taft
Ormsby McHarg
Washington, D. C
O. C. Street
United States
William Fairley
Birmingham
The
United Mineworkers
N. H. Alexander
Thompson
National Committee
Mr. Scott
Arkansas
Fifth Congressional District
Major Fulton Named Assistant Sergeant at Arms
Major John C. Fulton of Cleveland named by Sergeant-at-arms Stone to assist at the Republican National Convention. Fulton, a leading Ohio African American, serves in the Adjutant General's office and has been a strong Foraker supporter. Dr. W. G. Wren of Columbus is also noted in Taft circles.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Stone
John C. Fulton
Cleveland
Ninth Battalion
Adjutant General's Office
Ohio
Senator Foraker
Taft
W. G. Wren
Wren
Foraker
Soda S. Vorys
Chicago
Ere
Atil
Hospi Junkards
Engineers Close Sth Convention in Columbus
The eighth biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers adjourned in Columbus Ohio after ritual work. It rejected a Board of Trustees to audit grand officers books, allowing Grand Engineer Prenter to hire an expert accountant if desired. Delegates’ pay suggestion was sent back to subdivisions for member input.
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Columbus, CO
Brotherhood of “Locomotive Engineers
Committee On Work
Prenter
Detroit
Andrew Jackson protege dies after long life of public service
Dr. Williamson F. Boyakin aged in his nineties to one hundred two, longtime figure tied to Andrew Jackson and Lincoln era campaigns, died in Marysville Kas. He studied law with Jackson's help, practiced medicine, became a Baptist minister, served as Union chaplain at the 20th Illinois Infantry, worked with General Grant, campaigned for Lincoln and for Oregon statehood, and lived near Marysville for 39 years. He delivered a notable Memorial day address at age ten.
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Kas
Williamson F. Boyakin
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Oregon Territory
Douglas
Belleville, Ill
Stephen A. Douglas
Fort Sumter
20Th Illinois Infantry
Grant
Belmont
Shiloh
Corinth
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Lincoln
Oregon
Boyakin
Ohio butter dealer fined for mislabeling butter
John Breedlove of Arlington pleaded guilty to three counts for mixing butter with butterine and selling it as real butter. He was fined 2050 dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail by Judge J E Sater. Officers confiscated the batching apparatus during a raid on the Arlington dairy.
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Columbus
John Breedlove
Arlington
J. E. Sater
United States
Convicted Mutual Life Official Wins Appeal
Walter R. Gillette former vice president of Mutual Life Insurance had his perjury conviction and six month sentence set aside by the Appellate Division. The court quashed the indictment finding it illegal and void, ordering his immediate discharge. The majority held constitutional rights violated by grand jury testimony and defective indictment. a dissent urged a new trial.
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New York
Walter R. Gillette
Mutual Life Insurance ‘Company
Appelate Division
Supreme Court
Dr. Gillette
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dobbs Ferry
New York Life Insurance Company
Equitable Assurance Society
McLaughlin
Dark cloud over Tweedmouth with nervous breakdown
London reports indicate Lord Tweedmouth, Lord President of the Council and former First Lord of the Admiralty, suffered a sudden nervous breakdown. He will rest in the country and may be replaced by commission until cabinet reconstructions after the current parliamentary session.
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London
Lord Tweedmouth
Council
William
Great Britain
Admiralty
House of Lords
Williamsburg man shoots wife then kills self in family tragedy
Frederick Rosaft fired at his wife in bed in Williamsburg then killed himself after his thirteen year old daughter Annie and two younger sons intervened. The couple's two older boys heard the shots as Rosaft shot toward them before dying. Mrs. Rosaft survived.
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New York
Frederick Rosaft
Annie
Williamsburg
Rosaft
Failure to Agree on Wages Sparks Local Labor Showdown
In Cambridge Springs the four day joint conference of the Western Bar Iron and Amalgamated Association failed to reach a wage agreement. The union offered last year’s scale while manufacturers proposed a 10 percent cut and a boiling price drop from 5 to 4.50. A conciliation board may decide, affecting several thousand workers.
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Youngstown
Western Bar Imnon Association
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Cambridge Springs
Blind Commission Named for Butler County
Probate Judge Hartkoff appointed the Blind Commission for Butler County with three terms of service: one year for C. Z. Mikesell, two years for Arent, and three years for Thomas G. The action was announced in Hamilton Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamiltone O
Hartkoff
Butler County
C. Z. Mikesell
Aoe Arent
Thomas G
Gendarmes Kill French Workmen During Funeral Clash
At Vigneux France on June 6 gendarmes seeking to arrest a striker clashed with about 200 workers. Two workers were killed and six wounded as tempers flared at a funeral for a man killed earlier. Shops were looted and cars halted as money was taken from occupants before police dispersed the crowd.
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Vigneux
France
Bishop Potter Quoins At Tagk
Bishop Henry C. Potter is at home in Cooperstown with a nervous breakdown. He will cancel his planned Europe trip and, with coadjutor Dr Green, intends to leave for London in a day or two.
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Henry C. Potter
Cooperstown
Europe
Dr. Green
London
Army Man Succeeds Smith on Isthmian Commission
Washington June 5 Secretary Taft announced Lt Col Harry F Hodges Corps of Engineers chief purchasing officer Isthmian Canal Commission joins the commission in place of Jackson S Smith who resigned Hodges remains in the army Major Carroll A Devol Quartermaster Department on duty in Washington named to head Department of Labor Quarters Subsistence and Commissary with headquarters on the Isthmus assisted by Major Eugene F Wilson Captain Frank C Vggs becomes chief purchasing officer replacing Hodges awaiting assignment
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Taft
Harry F. Hodges
Corps of Engineers
Isthmian Canal Commission
Jackson S. Smith
Hodges
Army
Carroll A. Devol
Quartermaster’s Department
Department of Labor
Eugene F. Wilson
Artillery Corps
Frank C
Oggs
Belmont Seeks Tiny Hope Amid Critical Illness
Belmont, gravely ill with appendicitis, showed slight improvement. Dr. Louis N. Lane Hart, among the three attending physicians, said there is a bare chance he may pull through, though optimism is guarded given his condition.
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Belmont
Louis N. Lane Hart
Mr. Belmont
Man Dies After Jump From Bridge As Nurse Fails To Stop Flight
William H. Blair a Madisonville farmer and county commissioner died after leaping from a trestle above Mill Creek. Nurse Cahall pursued him but he jumped to the rocks below where his skull was crushed. Coroner said death unavoidable. Blair had a long history of insanity.
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Mill Creek
Blair
C. B. Naylor
Justice of the Peace
Cameron
William H. Blair
Madisonville
Myrtle
State Board of Supervisors of Elections
Battle Creek
Mich
Price Hill
College Hill
Oxford
Longview
Brent declines Washington bishopric in cable message
Bishop Charles Henry Brent of the Philippines declines the post of Bishop of Washington in a cablegram received here. He says he would have gone but God bids him stay. The declination requires a reun convening of the diocesan convention to elect a successor.
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Washington
Charles Henry Brent
The
Philippines
Satterlee
Brent
John
Automobile Debacle on Main Street Involving Street Car
A side street collision in Cincinnati involved a packed automobile and a street car on a steep grade. The auto suffered major damage and several passengers, including Mrs. Jones and Mrs. McDonald, were injured but not fatally. Doctors attended the wounded. one hip dislocation and scalp wounds were reported.
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Main Avenue
Ball Park
Binn Street
Robinson
Jones
McDonald
Farmers 10 Raise Hawks for Bounty in Kentucky
In Madison County Kentucky a group of farmers are breeding chicken hawks to claim a bounty of 1 dollar per dead bird. The practice aims to force state payment and raises questions about legality before the next legislature. The 1 dollar bounty was set by the last session to curb hawk-caused chickens losses.
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Lexington
Madison
County
Lincoln Tablet Unveiled Aboard President Lincoln Steamer
In Hoboken on the Hamburg American Line steamer President Lincoln a bronze tablet with Lincoln Gettysburg speech was unveiled under Grand Army of the Republic auspices. General Charles Burrows presided. speakers included Governor Fort of New Jersey and naval attaché Captain Hebbinghaus among others.
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Grand Army of the Repub Mc
President Lincoln
Hoboken
Lincoln
Charles Burrows
Grand Army of the Republic
Governor Fort
New Jersey
Hebbinghaus
Sims
United States Navy
Nicholas Murray
Butler
Columbia University
Kate E. Jones
Women’s Relief Corps
Warren Lee Goss
State Board to Probe Massillon State Hospital
The State Board of Charities will start an investigation of Massillon State Hospital next Tuesday at Governor Harris's request. A four member committee led by J. S. Neave of Cincinnati includes H. H. McFadden of Steubenville R. H. Platt of Columbus and R. C. Burton of Zanesville.
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Columbus
State Board of Charities
Massillon State Hospital
Harris
J. S. Neave
Cincinnati
H. H. McFadden
Steubenville
R. H. Platt
R. C. Burton
Zanesville
Areca
Troops Intervene as Tobacco District Tensions Rise
Brown County reports armed farms and troops in the Burley tobacco district as independent farmers resist pool planting. Major Becht positions troops at vantage points while Commonwealth Attorney receives a threatening letter. Troop B from Columbus to be relieved. Governor Harris urged to keep mounted troops on duty.
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Becht
Burley Tobacco District
Harris
Night riders threaten as Kentucky barn burns near Kuttawa
A Lyon County barn owner WW E Hayden lost a $2000 property to a blaze south of Kuttawa. Hayden had criticized night riding. an anonymous letter urging him to desist arrived at County Judge Crumbaugh following a similar message to County Attorney Krone. Soldiers are at Eddyville and Kuttawa as night riders remain active and bold. ten more troops arrived.
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Paducah
Lyon County
WW. E. Hayden
Kattawa
Hayden
W. L. Krone
Crumbaugh
Eddyville
Kuttawa
Tobacco farmer warns of arson threat near Manchester
Sam Monteith of five miles east of Manchester has just set out ten acres of tobacco. After paying his workers, a warning was posted on his barn that all the tobacco would burn once placed inside. He has received several similar threats by mail. Monteith owns a valuable farm.
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Commercial Tribune
Manchester
Sam Monteith
Brown County Troop B Withdrawal Planned Saturday
Colonel Worthington Kautzman announced that Major Becht reported Brown County Sheriff consented to withdraw Troop B next Saturday. The troop will travel to Columbus Saturday afternoon.
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Columbus, CO
Worthington Kautzman
Becht
Tobacco
Brown County
Columbus
Night riding arrests in Hopkinsville linked to tobacco dispute
George Barnes a North Christian County merchant and Planters' Protective Association leader is arrested after a raid tied to a Society of Equity pledge. James Jones also detained. Powell acquitted in separate case. Crenshaw case dropped for lack of identification. A Dr Durham case slated for tomorrow. A Lexington dispatch notes night riders threaten Clerks and warn Franklin, Goebel murder prosecutor.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsville
George Barnes
North Christian County
Barnes
Commonwealth
Smith
Cravens
Prowse
Planters’ Protective Asociation
Army of Day Riders
Peace Army
Society of Equity
James Jones
Powell
George B. Powell
Herman Richard Crenshaw
Trigg County
W. D. Hawkins
Crenshaw
Lexington
Gray
Commonwealth’s
Robert B. Franklin
Versailles
Woodford County
Franklin
Goebel
Soldiers Firing on Hunters Sparks Tobacco Bed Guards
Soldiers guarding tobacco beds on J. Will Clay’s farm in Montgomery County fired on fox hunters who they thought were night riders. No injuries reported. The hunters said they returned fire. The area’s tobacco beds are under guard by soldiers.
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J. Will Clay
Montgomery County
Kentucky and Ohio militia join in joint patrols against night raids
In Frankfort on June 5 an agreement between Kentucky Adjutant General Johnston and Ohio Adjutant General Critchfield will place state militias in active cooperation along the Ohio River tobacco districts. Requisitions between Ohio and Kentucky will be honored to facilitate arrests and curb depredations by night riders and other lawlessness.
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Frankfort
Ohio River
Johnston
Kentucky
Critchfield
Ohio
Spicer Acquitted by Jury in Kentucky Murder Case
The jury in the Roger Spicer case at Jackson, Kentucky returned a verdict of not guilty. Spicer, a Kentuckian, was charged with the murder of James Johnston.
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Lexington
Roger Spicer
Jackson
Spicer
James Johnston
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