Denver Seeks National Conventions Hub Through Conventions League
Denver plans to host the Democratic National Convention in July with $100,000 city funding and broad civic support. A Convention League promotes Denver as a premier meeting place, linking speakers, attractions, and infrastructure to attract future national and international gatherings.
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Urey Woodson
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H. D. Clayton
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N. E. Mack
North Carolina
Josephus Daniels
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H. D. Allert
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John R. McLean
Oklahoma
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J. M. Guffey
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G. W. Greene
South Carolina
B. R. Tillman
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R. HE. Mountcasts
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B. B. Smalley
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J. Taylor Ellyson
Washington
John Y. Terry
West Virginia
John T. McGraw
Wisconsin
T. E. Ryan
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J. B. Osborne
United States
Colorado
Bayard Taylor
Swit
State consolidates accounting and auto licensing reforms
The state advances a uniform accounting system across departments and prepares new vital statistics bureau. About 40 000 autos will be licensed by the Secretary of State with annual fees of 3 for electric models and 1 for power machines. A head of the vital statistics bureau will be appointed a physician at 2500 yearly. Township clerks receive twenty five cents per birth or death reported.
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State House
Omrbrevey
Guilbert
Ted H. F. Brown
Wheeler Wiko
Aureau
Fred Caley
Automobile Department
Ie Secretary of State
Secretary of State
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Thompson
Ferry Capsize Drowns 120 on Dneiper River
A ferry crowded with peasants and their families capsized near Bykhoff in the Government Mobilefs on the Dneiper. About 120 people drowned as passengers, mostly returning from church, were submerged when the vessel overturned in midstream due to crowding.
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ST. Petersburg
Dneiper
Bykhoff
Parents of Irene Smith Freed Amid Nazareth Murder Case
Henry Smith and his wife were released from Ampton County Prison on habeas corpus grounds with no evidence linking them to Irene Smith’s death. Mrs. Bachman also freed. the couple posted $2,000 bail to testify against Bachman. Bachman’s brother plans a vigorous defense as prosecutors expect an indictment for murder amid strong Northampton sentiment.
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Baston
Henry Smith
Irene Smith
Mttie
Robert Bachman
Nazareth
Ampton County
Scott
Disef
Smith Tad
Northampton
Bachman
Dynamiters Blow Up Dayton Gar Rail Cars
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports two dynamite explosions at 3 am in Dayton Ohio damaged flat cars with machinery for rebuilding the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad bridge over the Miami River. The blast shook central city buildings near Union Station. Work is by the American Bridge Company with nonunion workers. police have no arrests.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Miami River
Union Station
American Bridge Company
Panama Accuses Panama of Plotting War With Venezuela
In Carthagena Colombia on May 4 reports state that Colombia suspects Panama of intrigues with Venezuela to declare war on Colombia. The Jurado occupation along the Atrato boundary sparked Panama’s anger. The move followed American guidance and concerns U.S. efforts to mediate via Secretary Taft amid tensions.
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Taft
Panama
Venezuela
Colombia
Labor Unions Demand Eight Hour and Sherman Act Exemption
Ohio labor groups led by Cincinnati unions press Congress for anti injunctive reform eight hour legislation and an exemption of labor unions from Sherman antitrust act. Representative Longworth and others introduce petitions from Molders Union Mechanics Lodge Brewers Union and Boot and Shoe Workers. Delegation members Goebel Bannon Kennedy also file similar requests amid prospects of use this session.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio
Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Congress
Molders’ Union
Mechanics Lodge
Brewers’ Union
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Goebel
Bannon
Kennedy
Obituary of Thomas J Sullivan Bureau Director Died
Thomas J Sullivan director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing died in Washington D C from pneumonia contracted last Wednesday. Born in 1847 in Washington he was appointed director April 12 1906 and assumed duties July 3. He leaves a wife and four children including Thomas V Sullivan of Kansas City. Also reported is the death of Mrs Oscar C Badger widow of Commodore Badger and mother of Captain Charles J Badger at the Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland.
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Thomas J. Sullivan
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington, D. C
Sullivan
Pneuymonia
Bureau of Engraving
William Meredith
Mr. Sullivan
Thomas V. Sullivan
Kansas City
Oscar C. Badger
Commodore Badger
United States Navy
Charles J. Badger
Naval Academy
Acaemy
Anlis
Badger
Wits of
Belen
T Badger
Kyleeory
Unitea
Oma
Pomerene Support Dominates Though Garber Factions Disputed
Ohio primary scene mirrors factional splits as Garber and allies contend leadership while Mayor Johnson challenges. Delegates named amid talks of four slots. convention set for Goodale Park with Edward Moore delivering the keynote. Attorney General race features four candidates including Hogan Richie Wright Newman.
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Harvey C. Garber
Garber
Johnson
Edward W. Hanley
Dayton
W. 8. Thomas
Springfield
John J. Lentz
Columbus
M.A. Daugherty
Lancaster
Cleveland
Harvey
Harmon
Michael Devanney
Cincinnati
Gard to Speak for Campbell at Democratic Convention
Hamilton Ohio May 4 Judge Warren Gard of the Court of Common Pleas will speak at the Democratic State Convention in Columbus in support of former Governor James E Campbell for United States Senator. Campbell’s friends expect the convention to endorse him, given his county returns and anticipated backing from sixty one counties.
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Tim 8. Hogan
Jackson County
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Byron R. Richie
Toledo
House of Representatives
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Wright
Ocking
Common Pleas
Albert Douglas
Congress
Taft
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Theodore R. Burton
Oscar Newman
Portsmouth
Scioto
Wright
Judge Wright
Neil
Beck
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Earth
George B. Okey
Columbus
H. W. Seney
H. T. Mather
Sidney
Supreme Court
Campbell
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Warren Gard
Court of Common Pleas
James E. Campbell
United States
Committee On Rules and Order
Soldier dies at age 109 in Traverse City
The obituary notes Uncle Dan Whipple aged 108 as of yesterday died from brain hemorrhage in Traverse City Michigan He was born in Cattaraugus County New York and was a member of Geneva Nevel Premonts ex ng tipie the party on the historte.
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Traverse City
Mich
Dan” Whipple
Stgny Whipple
Cattaraugus County
Geneva Nevel
Premont
Ng Tipie
Governor Willson Delays Pardoning Jim Howard
Frankfort Kentucky May 4 Governor Willson said he could not announce his decision in the Jim Howard and Caleb Powers case tonight. He expects to complete reading the record by Thursday and may break the Harvard Clubs engagement in Philadelphia to finish it. Two armed militiamen are in the city and patrols are active in the county amid wild but unconfirmed reports of a pardon.
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Frankfort
Willson
Jim Howard
Caleb Powers
Harvard
Philadelphia
Pangtia
Goebel
Work Demanded by Unemployed in Toledo
Several hundred employed men from around six nationalities marched to City Hall in Toledo on May 4 to demand work. Mayor Whitlock promised relief by giving idle men jobs on the boulevard in a few days. The crowd was peaceful while explaining their families' needs.
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Toledo
Whitlock
Coal Trust Probe Urged in Louisville Grand Jury
Judge Pryor urged the May Grand Jury to thoroughly investigate coal pools and combines in Louisville. He warned that high coal prices burden both the poor and rich, and called for indictments where evidence warrants after examining contracts with railroads and other coal factions.
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Louisville
Joseph Pryor
Tobacco Trust
Coal Trust
Pryor
Two Merchants Injured In Street Altercation
Two men claiming to be merchants were treated at City Hospital for scalp wounds after a confrontation near a lunch stand on Georges John streets. James Stevens, 29, of Clark County Kentucky, drew a revolver and was injured by a club during a clash with Patrolmen Frame and O'Connor who approached to detain him. Stevens faced a disorderly conduct charge at the First District Police Station. Joseph Chambers, 60, of Elm Street, was struck on the head with a salt cellar following an argument over a pool game in a restaurant on Elm near Fifth Street.
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James “Stevens
Clark County
Roneakce
George's John Streets
Frame
O’connor
Stevens
First District
Joseph Chambers
Elm Strest
Elm
Fifth Street
Chambers
Butler County Businessmen Organize to Back Tax Amendments
A Butler County branch of the Ohio State Board of Commerce was organized in Hamilton today. Leading businessmen plan an active campaign to promote amendments to be voted on next fall.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Butler County
Ohio State Board of Commerce
Chinn Reiterates Brutality Charges at Kentucky Penitentiary
Former Warden George P. Chinn defends his charges against the Kentucky Penitentiary Commission after his removal. He asserts the need for a thorough investigation and details alleged payments by Brown and Madigan, the use of a heavy strap, and questions about Madigan’s value to the company. He denies resigning and rejects future candidacy.
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Comercial Tribune
Harrodsburg, iKy
Penitentiary Commission
Can
Brown
Madigan
Kentucky
Mr. Madigan
Deputy Minister William Fiewelling Dies by Own Hand
A sensational incident in Fredericton New Brunswick reports Deputy Minister of Crown Lands William P Fiewelling aged 52 shot himself in a government building as an accountant prepared to audit the Deputy Minister’s books. No shortage of accounts was found.
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Fredericton
N. BB
William P. Fiewelling
New Brunswick
Fiewelling
Rogers Answers to Merger Suit
Salt Lake City report notes H H Rogers and James H Stillman named as defendants with Harriman and others in a government merger case. Rogers denies any unlawful intent and seeks dismissal for lack of Utah district jurisdiction, claiming investments were purely financial and not aimed at control. Stillman similarly admits investment but says he became a Union Pacific director on December 6 1907.
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Utah
H. H. Rogers
James H. Stillman
Harriman and
Paths
EB. H. Harriman
Jacob Schiff
Union Pacific
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Rogers
Harriman
Stillman
Kuhn
Frick
W. A. Glark
Union Pacific Stock Through ‘Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the Oregon Short Line
James Stillman
Seven Railroads fined in 28 hour law violations
Judge Landis in Chicago federal court levied a total of 13 150 in ninety five cases against six railroads for violations of the twenty eight hour law for the transportation of Seattle. The railroad fines were Chicago Rock Island Pacific 6550 Chicago Northwestern 3600 Illinois Central 1100 Milwaukee St Paul 950 Atchison Topeka Santa Fe 750 Chicago Burlington Quincy 260. The session also fined Chicago Northwestern 100 for safety appliance law and a new trial motion and demurrer actions were postponed.
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Landis
Chicago
Seattle
United States District Court
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago& Northwestern
Tilinoig Central
Encage
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
Michigan Central
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Women advocate clean city league conference outcome
Mayor Markbreit arranged a conference with Police Chief Millikin and Police Judge Lueders on anti spitting enforcement but Judge Lueders was unavailable due to prior duties. Miss Abbie Roberts and Miss Sarah Herbert from the tuberculosis dispensary proposed forming a clean city league in Cincinnati.
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Markbreit
Police
Millikin
Lueders
Co Ee
Abbie Roberts
Sarah Herbert
West Ninth Street
Cincinnati
Paper Probers to Visit Mill as Cost of Paper Rolls Up
Washington may 4 eight inch stack of telegrams from newspapers across the country reporting higher print paper costs were presented to the House committee investigating the matter by John Norris of New York. Norris showed facts supporting charges against the International Paper Company as the panel plans to visit Palmer Falls in Saratoga County to inspect Hudson River Paper Company mills and hear testimony on production costs. Forty six publishers said they are willing to testify in Washington and the committee plans to adjourn for the trip next Friday with further testimony before then.
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Washington
House
John Norris
New York
Mills
Norris
International Paper Company
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Palmer’s Falls
Saratoga County
N. Y
Hudson River Paper Company
Mann
Eleven Sailors Lost In Storm Off Newport Oregon
The steamer Manny E Kelton sprang a bad leak during a Friday night storm near Newport Oregon. Eleven crew drowned while launching a boat. one man on a raft survived with a broken leg. The life-saving crew rescued nine men, landing them fifteen miles north. The ship, bound from Aberdeen to San Francisco with lumber, was last seen picked up by a northbound schooner.
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Newport
Ore
Mannie E. Kelton
Kelton
Aberdeen
San Francisco
Lumberys
James McKenna
City Hall Notes Approvals and Public Works Orders
James C. King named water works inspector at 3.50 daily. George Goebel hired watchman at Hunt street yard for 2.00 per day. Andy Mathés meter reader at 21.00 weekly. H Dewald janitor at Bremer Street Bathhouse at 50.00 monthly. Kirchner Construction ordered to start Sufre avenue improvements by May 8.
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James C. King
Water Works Department
George Goebel
Hunt Street
Andy Mathés
H.dewald
Bremer Street
Kirchner Construction Company
Board of Public Service
Sufre Avenue
Grape-Nuts Endorsement by a Trained Nurse
A physician’s wife gave me Grape-Nuts saying it would benefit me and my patients. After using the food twice daily for weeks I felt energized, reduced exhaustion and indigestion, and gained nine pounds. The food is predigested and praised by me and my patients for improving appearance and vigor. There’s a reason they say. Read The Road to Wellville in pegs.
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Wellville
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