Tariff plank in Tart's words on railroad bond checks
The piece outlines a Republican platform plank favoring federal supervision of railroad securities and a future valuation of railroads to curb overcapitalization. Railroads oppose broader federal interference arguing state authority suffices. The debate highlights Roosevelts critique and Taft allies pushing for control of resolutions at the national convention.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Republican Party
Spooner
Roosevelt
Taft
Denver
Harriman
Committee On
National Committee
Resolutions
Postum Affects Nerves Says Southern Man Speaks For Itself
A reader testimonial praises Postum as a coffee substitute. The writer credits it with steadier nerves, fewer headaches, and better taste when brewed strong. The message promotes the product and directs readers to The Road to Wellville and the Postum Co. in Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Oman
Third Year of College Closes at Western College
Oxford Ohio June 10 The Western College for Women closed its fifty third year at noon after commencement. The campus looked beautiful with festivities attended by hundreds including two graduates from fifty years ago. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Rev John Brittan Clark of Detroit and the evening address by Mrs Sarah J Shedd of Rye New York one of the fifty year graduates.
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Commercial Tribune
Oxford
Western College For Women
John Brittan Clark
Detroit
Mich
Alumni sway Ohio Weslyan campus with big dinner
Delaware June 16 alumni of Ohio Weslyan dominated the day with a noon alumni dinner for over twelve hundred. Trustees renominated Vice President Fairbanks as alumni Trustee. Scott Bonham elected alumni Trustee. Nominations for visitors named Wood Cheney, Friedman, and Shaw with votes next year. Faculty changes include resignations by Theodora Blakeslee and Richard Kingham and Ethel Stout moving to new posts.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware
Ohio
Weslyan
Gray Chapel
Edwards Gymnasium
Ohio Weslyah University
Eairbanks
Board of Alumni
Wood Cheney
Columbus
W. H. Friedman
Cincinnati
J. C. Shaw
Bryan
Scott Bonham
J. W. Holland
Toledo
Merrick E H. Ketchum
Xenia
W. G. Frizell
Dayton
David,s. Craig
Washington
Do. H
John W. Gaddis
West Carrollton
Theodora Blakeslee
School of Music
East
Richard Kingham
Cornel
Ethel Stout
Welch
W.F. McDowell
Chicago
University Confers Degrees in Danville Kentucky
Central University at Danville Kentucky conferred Doctor of Laws on Rev Baxter P Fullerton of St Louis Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA and on Dr J R Howerton ex Moderator of the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church and philosophy professor at Washington and Lee University The university also conferred Doctor of Divinity on Rev James Lapsley McKee pastor of the Fifth Presbyterian Church Kansas City Missouri.
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Danville
Central University
Baxter P. Fullerton
St. Louis
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church of the United States of America
J. R
Howerton
Southern Presbyterian Church
Washington and Lee University
James Lapsley McKee
Fifth Presbyterian Church
Kansas City, Mo
Vice President Fairbanks Renominated at Ohio Wesleyan
June report from Delaware Ohio notes Vice President Fairbanks was renominated as alumni trustee of Ohio Wesleyan University by the Board of Trustees. Nominations for new Board of Visitors members include Judge Wood Chaney, Joan Ke, N. Fridman of Cincinnati, and J. Shaw of Bryan. Election for these offices will be held next commen
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Delaware
Fairbanks
Ohio Wesleyan University
Board of
Board of Visitors
Wood Chaney
Joan Ke W
N. Fridman
Cincinnati
J. Shaw
Bryan, O
Belmont Yields to Death After Illness in Hempstead
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont aged 50 died at his Hempstead home after a ten day struggle with appendicitis. His passing came suddenly as family members, including William K. Vanderbilt Jr and Harold Vanderbilt, were at his bedside. Belmont, born in New York City in 1858, was educated at the US Naval Academy and served briefly in the Navy before entering public life and business. Funeral services are set for Friday at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City with Bishop Burgess officiating.
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
L. L
Mrs. Belmont
Mr. Belmont
August Belmont
American Jockey Club
Commodore Matthew Calbrich - Perry
Rhode Island
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
Raymond
Belmont
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Sarah Swan Whiting
Augustus Whiting
Congress
Bryan
Fifth Avenue
Union
Metropolitan
Manhattan
the Brook
New York Athletic
Knickerbocker
Lawyers
Meadow Brook
The
University
Turf and Field
Lambs
Washington
Two Men Kill Johnson Lynching Threat Near Wilburton
Wilburton Oklahoma details a manhunt after R H Johnson a negro who killed Deputy City Marshal Oliver Swan last September reappeared in women’s clothing near town. He shot at a fishing party killing Walter Roberts and mortally wounding Robert Monfords while a nearby woman hid. Pickets ring the six mile circle as fears of lynching rise.
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Wilburton
Okla
R. H. Johnson
Oliver Swan
Johnson
Walter Roberts
Robert Monfids
Empress Victoria Trips While Riding With Emperor
Potsdam June 10 Empress Augusta Victoria fell from her horse during a ride with the Emperor. She suffered no injury and returned to the palace by cab. The report notes this is her fourth fall in seven years with prior incidents in Bavaria Berlin and Wilhelms shoe. The Emperor gave first aid by splinting her arm after one earlier fall.
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Potsdam
Augusta Victoria
Pew Palace
Berlin
Wilhelmshoe
Cincinnatians Appointed to Democratic State Committee
Columbus June 10 W L Finley chairman lists the Democratic State Executive Committee members with the Eighteenth District seat awaiting appointment. Named are Shauck Cincinnati Gerard Cincinnati Huffman Hamilton Marshall Sidney Snuck Paulding Bunnell Gaines London Brennan Columbus Donovin Toledo Belford Jackson Yaple Chillicothe Gobson Columbus Dore Tiffin Sharp Elyria Foll ett Marietta Glass Flushing Wright Canton ben Akron Schmidt Cleveland McCay Cleveland.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
W. L. Finley
Democratic State Executive Committee
John L. Shauck
Cincinnati
Jeptha Gerard
I. E. Huffman
Hamilton
C. C. Marshall
Sidney
John S. Snuck
Paulding
Marietta
Sixteeenth
Hamilton Glass
Flushing
James A. Wright
Canton
E. C. Ben Akron
T. P. Schmidt
Cleveland
George D. McCay
Man claims wife abducted on bridal trip in Panthers Mountain
Alf Burns of Jackson County North Carolina says six men robbed and bound him then abducted his wife during a overnight stay in a Greenville County cottage on Panther Mountain. He reports no sight of her since and authorities investigate the claim.
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Spartansburg
S. C
Alf. Burns
Jackson County
N. C
Panther Mountain
Greenville County
Burns
Child Falls Five Stories in New York Window
Four year old Willie Wilsick of East One Hundred six tieth street leaped on a sofa near an open window and was hurled five stories to his death. Parents witnessed the fatal fall in New York on June 10.
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New York
Willie Wilsick
East One Hundred and Sixtieth Street
Brewers Stand For Temperance and Purification Efforts
The Brewers Association commits to curb abuses in saloons, urging public support and laws to police the retail trade. It denies sole blame on brewers for disorderly saloons and calls for cooperation with authorities and reform groups to create wholesome drinking establishments. Leaders Rudolph Brand, Jacob Ruppert Jr, Gustav Pabst, and others present policy aims and elect officers.
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Rudolf Brand
Jacob Ruppert, JR
G. Pabst
KF. Gottlieb
H. Nicholaus
Committee On
Kentucky Democrats Prep for State Convention and Denver Delegation
Several hundred delegates gather in Lexington for the Kentucky State Democratic Convention to name 26 district delegates and four at large. The temperance plank looms large led by J. C. W. Beckham former governor, who seeks temporary chairmanship amid rival factions including W. B. Haldeman.
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Temperance People
J. C W. Beckham
Mr. Beckham
Denver
W. B. Haldeman
Louisville
Beckham
James B. McCreary
Haldeman
Ollie James
van Sant
Henry Prewitt
Rufus van Sant
State Central and Executive Committees
Lewis McQuown
Thomas A. Combs
Commercial Club
W. J. Bryan
Beckham Forces
Watterson Guests Bryan In Lincoln Talks Dem Interest
Colonel Henry Watterson of Louisville arrived in Lincoln and stayed with William Jennings Bryan at Fairview until noon tomorrow. He said Democratic matters would be discussed and that Bryan is the inevitable Democratic nominee, stronger than ever and likely to win on the first ballot.
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Lincoln, Neb
Henry Watterson
Louisville
W. J. Bryan
Fairview
Mr. Bryan
St. Louis
Watterson
Bryan
Virginians Favor Bryan at Democratic State Convention
ROANOKE Va June 10 The Democratic State Convention will elect delegates to the Denver convention frame a platform and choose electors It was decided today that a resolution endorsing William J Bryan for the Presidential nomination will be presented tomorrow and the delegates will be morally bound to support the Nebraskan
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Bryan
Roanoke
Denver
William J. Bryan
Lusitania 15 Again Smashing Trans Atlantic Records
New York reports Cunard Line steamer Lusitania is breaking trans Atlantic speed records on the Queenstown to New York run. Dispatch via Halifax says at 11 36 a m the liner was 1948 knots from Launt Rock with hourly averages around 25 knots. The log shows rapid gains across Sunday to Wednesday with high daily totals. The ship is due at the bar about midnight Thursday.
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New York
Cunard Line
Queenstown
Halifax
N. S
Launt’s Rock
Lusitania
Cox Hargis suit settled in Breathitt feud case
Lexington KentuckyJune 10 The damage suit by heirs of Dr E D Cox assassinated in Jackson Breathitt County April 13 1902 against Judge James Hargis Hibe Hargis Ed Callahan Jesse Spicer and Bill Britton was compromised The settlement amount was not disclosed but believed about 8000 Depositions tied Cox murder to Breathitt feud mentions Asbury Spicer John Smith and John Abner who claimed payment by Hargis and Callahan.
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Lexington
E. D. Cox
Jackson
Breathitt County
James Hargis
Hibe Hargis
Ed Callahan
Jesse Spicer
Bill Britton
Breathitt
Asbury Spicer
John Smith
Cox
Hargis
Callahan
John Abner
National group formed to aid brewers in prohibition fight
In a speech tone a new national organization emerged from the prohibition clash. The United States Manufacturers and Merchants' Association elects officers including President George Oberman of New York and Vice Presidents P H Peacey tz of Philadelphia O A Burger of Cincinnati and G Fischer of Milwaukee with secretary Adelaide Lyon of Chicago.
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United States Manufacturers and Merchants’ Association
Esident
George Oberman
New York
P. H. Peace
Kings and Kremlin Hold Warship Visit in Reval
King Edward and Emperor Nicholas inspected Minotaur and Alexandra ships after exchanging toasts. Nicholas sent 8000 candy boxes and photos to schoolchildren while gifts went to chorus leaders. Edward appointed Nicholas an admiral of the British fleet. meeting ends with plans for future visits.
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Reval
Edward
Nicholas
Alexandra
Czar
England
Russia
Imwilsky
Fires Leave New Orleans Hundreds Homeless and One Dead
In New Orleans two fires destroyed blocks of stores and residences, leaving more than five hundred homeless and at least one death. A man, John Jung, perished while trying to save horses from a barn after flames swept through the Berlin and Magazine street area. A second blaze on Delachaise Street and Louisiana Avenue destroyed twenty cottages housing mainly African Americans.
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New Orleans
Berlin
Magazine Streets
John Jung
Jung
Delachaise Street
Louisiana Avenue
Obituary notices of notable figures in midwestern and coastal cities
The Chicago Citizen editor Colonel John M Finerty dies at 62 after liver illness. W S Forman former congressman dies in Champaign while son graduates. Felix Rozier a Missouri hotel owner dies at 84 leaving a $1 million estate. Mrs Owen Jones Wister mother of novelist Owen Wister dies in Philadelphia. Marie Louis Gaston Boissier French Academy officer dies in Paris. Validimar Frederikson Ritzau News Bureau director dies in Copenhagen after appendectomy.
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John M. Finerty
Chicago Citizen
Chicago
Finerty
East St. Louis
Champaign
Ill
Congress
Twenty-first Ilinois
Internal Revenue
Cleveland
Owen Jones Wister
Owen Wister
Philadelphia
Validimar Frederikson
Ritzau
Copenhagen
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Harry A. Poth
Joseph Theurer
C. Stangmann
Buffalo
Gustav Pabst
Milwaukee
Jacob Kunz
Nneapolis
C. Fiegenspan
Newark
N. J
A. Heinrich
Seattle
Rudolph J. Schaefer
Albert Lieber
Indianapolis
Louis B. Schramm
Brooklyn
J. Topham Richardson
George J. Oberman
N. W. Kendall
New Haven
Joseph Liebmann
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R. B. Scharman
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