Denver Convention Hopefuls Tangle for Vice Presidential Pick
Democratic leaders debate possible running mates as William Jennings Bryan looms. Governors Johnson and Gray, New York officials O'Brien Metz Towne Chanler Harrison and others are discussed amid Denver convention prep. Jerry B livan enters VP consideration with Wade's backing.
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Johnson
Gray
Judge Gray
New York
Morgan J. O’brien
New York Supreme Court
Herman L. Metz
Brooklyn
Charles A. Towne
Lewis S. Chanler
Francis Burton Harrison
Illinois Democrats Reach Lincoln After Muddy Road Trip To Denver
A party of Illinois Democrats traveling from Chicago to the Democratic National Convention in Denver arrived in Lincoln after 10 PM. They faced a long day of rough roads with mud and high water between Lincoln and Omaha. Lincoln auto club members guided the group to the Lincoln Hotel where a crowd of about four hundred Bryan supporters welcomed them.
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Lincoln, Neb
Party of Illinois Democrats
Chicago
Denver
Lincoln
Omaha
Lincoln Hotel
Bryan
United States Government Faces Large Budget Deficit
The coming Treasury statement for the year ending June 30, 1908, shows receipts about 599 million, expenditures about 659 million, a deficit near 144 million. Deficits follow postwar trends with Panama Canal and postal receipts key factors, while disbursements rise especially for permanent improvements and rural free delivery.
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United States
Washington
Treasury
Panama Canal
Harmon Likely to Attend National Convention News
Senator Foraker returns to Cincinnati from Washington and plans a lengthy Cincinnati stay with campaigns to follow. Judge Harmon questions temporary chairmanship rumors while denying attendance at the convention. Taft family talks in Washington as Wormsley cites convention costs around 60 to 65 thousand dollars for Chicago Denver contrasts.
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Denver
Judge Harmon
Bell
Bryan
Harmon
Michigan
Cincinnati
Frank E. Wormsley
Chicago
Linton
National Republican Committee
Guardsmen Return From Patrols In Ohio Tobacco District
Colonel Hake reports night riding ceased and 174 soldiers from the First Regiment returned to Cincinnati after patrolling Brown County tobacco patches. Two members were disabled Sigel and Strobel. Sigel to City Hospital and Strobel on crutches. Governor Harris stands ready to send more if local authorities request.
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Ripley
Higginsport
Ohio
Charles Sigel
Dayton Street
Henry Strobel
Sigel
Strobel
Charles Becht
Cincinnati
Tobacco District
Charles F. Hake
Brown County
Harris
Doctor Donates Historic Letter to Library of Congress
Dr Francis W Dowling of 124 West Ninth street sent a 1828 letter from General William Lytle to Allen Latham to President Roosevelt for preservation in Washington. The note details Lytle recommending Larz Anderson for Surveyor of the district and notes Latham as U S Commissioner of Lands. Dowling plans to present the parchment to the Lytle home before its razing but instead offers it to the Congressional Library. The Librarian A R Spof ford acknowledges the donation and thanks Dowling for the contribution.
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Francis W. Dowling
West Ninth Street
Congress
A. R. Spofford
Dowling
President Roosevelt
Congressional Library
Washington
Dr. Dowling
William Lytle
Allen Latham
General Lytle
Larz Anderson
Nicholas Longworth
Honor Prelate Ignatius Horstmann Remembered
Services were held in the new hall of St Francis Branch Catholic Knights on Liberty and Moore streets in memory of the late Right Rev Ignatius F Horstmann who served as state spiritual adviser. The address was delivered by Dr W H Wenning.
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Hall of St. Francis Branch
Catholic Knights O Io
Liberty
Moore Streets
Ignatius F. Horstmann
Horstmann
Order
W. H. Wenning
Lincoln Crowd Greets Volunteers at Bryan Farm Visit
Volunteers led by Mayor Brown receive an enthusiastic welcome as Illinois visitors plan to meet Mr. Bryan at Fairview. The Bryan home today drew the largest crowd since the Lincoln pilgrimage began with Nebraska and Lincoln Democrats and outsiders joining the gathering.
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Brown
Illinois
Mr. Bryan
Fairview
Bryan Country Home
Lincoln
Farm
Montana Democrats May Back Bryan for President Nomination
Helena dispatch says the Montana Democratic Convention at Bozeman next Wednesday will likely instruct delegates to vote for W. J. Bryan. A majority of counties favor Bryan though some oppose. one county backs Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota and one large county gave no instruction.
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John Mitchell
United Mineworkers of America
Illinois
American Federation of Labor
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
John W. Kern
Benjamin F. Shiveley
Denver
Helena
Mont
Montana
Bozeman
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Sedam Funeral Services Held at Spring Grove Cemetery
Funeral services for Simon M. Sedam aged 58 held at the grave in Spring Grove Cemetery after he was found dead in his bed Saturday in the Princeton Hotel. The body was taken to the Riverside home of Mrs. Curtis on Massachusetts Avenue and the cortege began this morning at 9 o clock.
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Simon M. Sedam
Princeton Hotel
Spring Grove Cemetery
Curtis
Massachusetts Avenue
Riverside
Railroads show steady improvement with no wage or rate cuts
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Lane said railroads not tied to coal steel or lumber have fared well recently and expect steady gains. He noted Lehigh Valley earnings for the first five months this year surpass any five year period, while steel mill openings should boost employment and demand for materials and labor.
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Washington
Lane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lehigh Valley
Pittsburg
United States
Pennsylvania
Scientists Watch Solar Eclipse at Naval Observatory
Washington June 28 The solar eclipse attracted astronomers and spectators to the United States Naval Observatory. First contact at 9:35:28 am, second at 10:24:02 am, times slightly ahead of predictions. Five scientists observed with minimal timing variations. Prof George H Peters took seven photographs showing the moon overlay and several sunspot groups.
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Washington
United States Naval Observatory
George H. Peters
Naval Observatory
Partial solar eclipse observed by thousands in Cincinnati
The sun’s partial eclipse yesterday morning drew thousands in and around Cincinnati as residents used smoked glass to view the shadow crossing the sun. Prof. J. G. Porter of the Cincinnati Observatory confirmed the event’s timing from 8:50 a.m. to 11:25 a.m., with assisting observers Elliott Smith and Delisle Stewart.
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Cincinnati
J. G. Porter
Cincinnati Observatory
Elliott Smith
Delisle Stewart
Blue Jacket Weds on Quarter Deck of USS Minnesota
In San Francisco on June 28, Miss Rose King married Seaman Harry L. Heilman aboard the battleship Minnesota. The ceremony on the quarter deck, with twelve inch guns in view, marked the first marriage on a battleship and drew fleet attention. Captain John Hubbard presided as the cabin was turned over to the bridal party.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Minnesota
Rose King
Charles H. King
Harry L. Heilman
John Hubbard
North American Turnerbund Holds 23rd Convention in Chicago
The twenty third annual convention opened in Chicago with about 200 delegates from across the United States. Officers were chosen including First Speaker Dr H Hartung of Chicago and Second Speaker Dr H Richard of New York. National President Dr Robert Nix delivered the principal address.
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Chicago
Turnerbund
United States
H. Hartung
Methodists Bid Farewell to Old Asbury Church in Cincinnati
Yesterday the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church held farewell services in its historic building with Bishop David H. Moore delivering the sermon. The event featured remarks on Methodist history, notable attendees, and special music, followed by Epworth League officer installations and plans to move church property to a nearby Methodist Mission while the new structure is built on Sycamore Street.
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David H. Moore
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
Cincinnati
Moore
Walden
Gaddis
Asbury Church
Mission
Eleanora Kittell
McMicken Avenue
Vine Street
Sycamore Street
Orchard
Asbury
Woodward High School
Woodward High
Franklin Street
Hebrew Union College celebrates twenty fifth anniversary with services and banquet
Visiting alumni attended services at the Avondale Temple Rockdale and Harvey avenues with salutatory and benediction addresses. Four first graduates spoke on the college's founding future and influence. A Cincinnati Club banquet featured remarks by multiple alumni. The group prepared to travel to Frankfort Michigan for the Central Conference of America meetings.
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Hebrew Union College
New
Avondale Temple
Rockdale
Harvey Avenues
Leo M. Franklin
Detroit
Louis Grossmann
Max J. Merritt
Israel Aaron
Joseph Krauskopf
Henry Burkowitz
David Philipson
America
Temple
Cincinnati Club
Jonah B. Wise
Joseph Stolz
Isaac M. Wise
Joseph Silverman
David Marx
Moses J. Gries
Charles S. Levi
Cincinnati
Frankfort
Mich
Central Conference of America
Rabbi Philipson
Fight Over Half Dollar Sparks Fatal Neck Wound
In Cumming and Demsey streets Arthur Terry and John Hughes argued over a fifty cent loss. Hughes fired a revolver, striking Terry in the neck. Terry was hospitalized as doctors questioned the money claim finding a pair of dice on Terry.
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Arthur Terry
Cumming
Dempsey
Terry
John Hughes
Hughes
City Hospital
Man Kills Friend After Church Taunts in Terre Haute
Roy Liggot shot and killed Fred Koch while returning from church in Terre Haute Indiana. Liggot surrendered to police after the incident which stemmed from taunts over his church membership.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Roy Liggot
Fred Koch
Liggot
Man kills self by leaping from church spire in Munich
In Munich a jilted fiancé leaped from a church spire and died instantly. He struck a passing boy, who remains in critical condition and not expected to recover.
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Berlin
Munich
Teachers Head to Cleveland for National Education Meet
Superintendent F B Dyer will attend the National Educational Association convention in Cleveland for a week. A special train on the Big Four carries about a hundred teachers, with many more joining at the station. Cincinnati representatives include A J Gantyjoort as toastmaster and N M Fennemay n on geography in secondary schools. Dyer, Burris, Hall and Ballou also expected to speak or represent the university.
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F.B. Dyer
Cleveland
National Educational Association
Voorhis
A. J. Gantyoort
N. M. Fenneman
Dyer
Fenneman
W. P. Burris
J. W. Hall
F. W. Ballou
E. W. Coy
E. D. Lyons
Bride in distress as Lexington groom vanishes in Sinton
James B. Neel a Lexington salesman and three day newlywed disappeared from the Sinton Hotel early yesterday. His bride waits anxiously for his return while police and detectives investigate. He carried about 500 dollars and his absence prompts foul play fears.
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James B. Neel
Lexington
Sinton
Mrs. Neel
Alumni Outing Draws 500 At Lake Allyn
Fully five hundred members and friends of the night high school alumni journeyed to Lake Allyn yesterday for an annual outing. The event invites former graduates to join the alumni association and saw strong growth in membership through the day. Activities included baseball and other competitive games at the picnic grounds.
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Lake Allyn
Orphans Hold Festival at St. Aloysius Asylum
About five thousand attended the annual St. Aloysius Orphan Asylum festival in Bond Hill. After mass, the buildings opened to visitors who toured the grounds and booths staffed by young women from Cincinnati churches. Visitors bought confections and a sizable sum was raised.
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St. Aloysius Orphan Asylum
Bond Hill
Cincinnati
Shad King Captain Tom Stump and the Havre de Grace Haul
The reminiscence recalls Captain Tom Stump of Havre de Grace Maryland and his record shad haul around April 15 1827. He allegedly drove prices down to four dollars a hundred while hauling in tens of millions of shad from the Susquehanna watershed, with wind and seine length shaping the harvest and locals later fertilizing fields with the excess.
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Havre de Grace
Tom Stump
Tom
Milford
Tom Stamp
Havre de’ Grace
John Stamp
Captain Tom
John
John Stump
Susquehanna
Cecil County
Hotel Cashier Weds Georgia Grimsley in Moores Hill
Grana Hotel cashier M. Al Slater married Miss Georgia Grimsley at the bride’s parents home in Moore's Hill Indiana. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. M. W. A. uncle of the bride. Mrs Slater a Moore's Hill graduate and skilled pianist, will reside on Hill Street.
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M. AL. Slater
Grana Hotel
Georgia Grimsley
Charles Grimsley
Pore
Hill
Ind
Slater
Moore’s Hill
Grand Hotel
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W. H. Maddux
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