Dolliver Declares No Ambition for Vice Presidency
A letter from J P Dolliver dated June 11 1908 expresses no ambition for the Vice Presidency and indicates support for Taft. Iowa Republicans weigh whether his nomination would create a Senate vacancy and affect the Allisons campaign. The dispatch notes Fairbanks possible renomination with Indiana backing and lists Dolliver Fairbanks Cortelyou and Sherman as potential nominees.
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Dolliver
Doliver
Senate
Cum
Worre Woman Kills Family Then Takes Own Life
In Cadillac Michigan on June 13 seven Cooper family members are found slain, believed murdered by Mrs. Cooper who then killed herself. The victims include Daniel Cooper 48 and Mrs. Cooper 45 with children aged 14 to 18 months. Fred Cooper 17 survived after being chloroformed and hospitalized. Authorities suspect the mother killed the family before taking her own life.
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Cadillac, Mich
Daniel Cooper
Mrs. Cooper
Harry
Inez
Samuel
Georgiana
Florence
Fred Cooper
Mercy Hospital
Cooper
Fred
Peabody, Xan
Frank Good
Monitor Florida Torpedo Test Damages Bulkhead in Navy Yard
The U S monitor Florida pierced by an American whitehead torpedo tests watertight bulkheads off Pine Beach near Jamestown Exposition grounds. Officials say damage is serious but not vital, aiming to show a battleship could continue fighting with similar punctures if other compartments on the same side remained intact. Secretaries Metcalf Taft and Meyer witnessed the test aboard the Florida as crews prepared for the 8 20 pm firing.
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Taft
Navy Yard
Messrs. Metcalf
Meyer
Washington
Babcock
Florida
Metcalf
The
Five Acquitted in Pennsylvania Capitol Cases
Harrisburg, Pa. June 13 The jury acquitted five men charged with conspiracy to defraud the state by rendering a false bill for metallic furniture for the new Capitol after twenty two hours of deliberation. Three defendants were former state officials.
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Pennsylvania
Irvine
Frank Irvine
Auditor General's Department
Snyder,Mathues and Shumaker
John E. Sanderson
Philadelphia
Wordden
Chief Millikin Leads Charge On Alleged Strikers
Chief Millikin and officials quell a streetcar disruption at Sixth and Walnut as Cincinnati Traction Company workers face possible strike. Police protect riders and arrest suspected organizers amid violent clashes and injuries.
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Millikin
Sixth and Walnut
Convention Hosts Throne Chicago As Notables Arrive
Chicago welcomes the 1908 convention with arriving delegations and prominent figures. Don Cameron Henry Taft and other leaders reach the city as Taft headquarters glow with banners and electric lights amid crowded hotel lobbies and stirring oratory.
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Don Cameron
United States
Pennsylvania
Roscoe Conkling
John A. Logan
General Grant
Henry Taft
Depew
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Serena Payne
New York
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Long
Kansas
Dolliver
Jamess. Sherman
Timothy L. Woodruff
Yates
Illinois
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Fairbanks
Cortelyou
Sherman
Indiana
Raymond
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Hughes
Cago
Allison
J. P. Dolliver
Senator Dolliver
Iowa
Vice Presi
Mr. Fairbanks
C.W. Fairbanks
George B. Cortelyou
James
Mins
Worre
FT. Monroe, Va
United
Norfolk Navy Yard
Pine Beach
Ordnance
Navy
Army
Harrisburg, Pa
Bluecoats
Sixth and
Walnut Streets
Lice Millikin
Inspector Casey
Department of Pub
Lic Safety
Cincinnati Traction Com
Pany
Essary
Cincinnati and Vicinity
Ing
Voices
Their
Clubs
W. L. Mathues
W. P. Snyder
H. Shumaker
Kunkle
Newport, Ky
H. Burd Cassel
Joseph M. Houston
Cassel
Pennsyl
Vania Construction Company
Capitol
Huston
Admiral Mason
Cincinnati Motormen
Gilbert Avenue
Thrones
Windy City
Hopkins
and Ellis Cenfer
Americas Club
Pittsburg
Knox
Auditorium
de Morras
New Jersey
Havas Hammond
Chicago Tribune
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