Vice Presidency Fight Narrowed In Pennsylvania Delegation
The convention scene centers on Pennsylvania where Louis Emery Jr. once a Democratic hopeful for governor is now aligned with the Republicans. Emery will not back Knox. he supports Taft. Connecticut Yale alumni Bill Taft and Jack Hammond loom large as delegates debate the vice presidency.
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Keystone
Louis Emery, I Jr
Commonwealth
Stuart
Knox
Emery
Taft
National Committee
Penrose
Sidney O. Bigney
Massachusetts
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Annex
Eli
Hammond
New Haven
Yale
Bill” Taft
United States
Jack” Hammond
William Howard Taft
John Haysammond
Connecticut
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Bill
Jack
Chauncey M. Depew
Fairbanks
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Iowa
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Dolliver
Jim Watson
Fulton
Oregon
Hill
Maine
William Warner
Hopkins
Illinois
Resolutions Committee
Warner
Lodge
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Senator Lodge
Europe
Chicago
Beauty squad guards convention crowds in Chicago
Chicago police form a 60 member beauty squad to guard crossings and act as information bureaus at the Republican National Convention. Chief Shippy Inspector Wheeler and Captain Wood oversee duties while 50 more guards protect delegates from pickpockets.
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Beauty Squad
Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Posey County
Ind
Taft
Loop
Guardians of the Peace
Shippy
Inspector Wheeler
Stephen Wood
Blaine Club Parade Cheers Republicans to Chicago
Thousands line Cincinnati streets as two hundred fifty Blaine Club members march to the Pennsylvania depot, led by Weber's band. Notables like George B. Cox and Norman G. Kenan ride in carriages, receive bouquets, and receive cheers for the Republican cause before departing for Chicago.
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Blaine Club
Chicago
Pennsylvania Depot
Eighth Street
Vine
Weber
Fifth
Main
Fourth
Pike
Pearl Street
George B. Cox
Norman G. Kenan
John C. Cornette, Jr
August Ebert
Fred Bader
Mr. Cox
Fountain Square
Cox
August Herrmann
Julius Fleischmann
Convention City
Great Northern
Colonial Theater
Auditorium Hotel
New York
Charles P. Taft
DIES AFTER DOG SAVES MAN IN CANAL
Jacob Kummer, about 83, died in Sidney Ohio after wandering from home and falling into a canal. A St Bernard dog leaped in to pull him to shore, but the shock proved fatal hours later. Kummer, born in Switzerland, was an longtime resident.
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Sidney Man
Commercial Tribune
Sidney, O
Jacob Kummer
Switzerland
Mediterranean Service Lines Exchange to Genoa
Mediterranean service details list ship routes Gibraltar to Naples to Genoa with departures on June 20 and July 18 and August 4, involving P Trene and other vessels. Various banks and agents listed include Oelrichs & Co New York Atlas National Bank Brighton German Bank Co Bepler & Co Kuhn & Sons and Western German Bank among agents.
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Naples
Genoa
K. Albert
K. Luise
P. Irene
North German Lloyd Travelers
Alleged Firebug 5 Held For One Major Arson Case
Columbus dispatch reports George R. Gamble a flagged arson suspect captured in Los Angeles after a long fugitive chase. Gamble, 63, is linked to burning a Zanesfield mill Oct 7 1906 with disputed insurance claims and a history of fires in Denver Champaign and Boulder with multiple losses.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
George R. Gamble
Ohio
Los Angeles
Cal
E.R. Humphreys
Logan County
San Francisco
Gamble
Zanesfield
Denver, Col
Denver
Champaign
Ill
Boulder
Col
Frankfort
Muncie
Martinsville
Ind
Revolt Among Abd-el-Aziz Troops in Tangier Action
Four thousand troops under Sultan Abd-el-Aziz rebel in Tangier taking as prisoners a French commander and three other officers.
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Tangier
Abd-el-Aziz
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