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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
1
Judge Harmon presses the gubernatorial candidate on campaign candor and policy. He asks whether the candidate supports the Democratic plank for initiative and referendum and if elected would push repeal of the Rose county local option law.
News from London and Vienna reports British naval forces bound for the Aegean to pressure a settlement of Balkan tensions. M Iswolsky arrives for talks with Sir Edward Grey as Dardanelles questions stir diplomatic maneuvering and potential concert of powers.
Judge Taft planned to spend October 17 in Washington for a final talk with President Roosevelt. He will also spend four days in Ohio over the next two weeks, rest and prepare for a long campaign trip. The article notes the president’s interest in the election and Taft’s improving health after travel.
In Wadsworth Ohio a young factory girl Ora Lee 21 was shot and killed on a road to Cus tard Hook. Guy Rasor her fiancé is detained as police seek motive while investigators note a missing horse shoe at the scene and at Rasor’s stable.
Gov Hughes touring through Kansas to Oklahoma border frames Dr Bryan as a threat to federal policy. In Webb City he uses the Uncle Sam parable to argue against free silver and government rail ownership, labeling Bryan’s ideas as dangerous nostrums.
The Spanish royal automobile skidded on a tire today in Placencia Spain. The King was uninjured but two aides were badly bruised in the incident.
Andrew Carnegie donated 20000 dollars to the Republican National Committee fund announced by State Chairman Timothy L. Woodruff. Mrs Russell Sage also gave 1600 dollars. few large gifts are reported while small sums arrive from various sources. An appeal asks 10000 businessmen to contribute 50 dollars each, to cover campaign expenses and support Republican principles.
Benjamin H. Ridgeley United States Consul General to Mexico City died suddenly about midnight aboard the Mexico City Pullman car while awaiting the capital train. He arrived on a local train from Laredo and was accompanied by his wife and mother. Ridgeley, a native of Maylene, formerly connected with the TV Courier-Journal.
In Galesburg Illinois on October 9 William Jennings Bryan denounced President Roosevelt for aiding Taft. He spoke at Knox College on the theme Justice, arguing the Republican Party harms labor and the people while taft’s visit mirrors a historic bitter contest.
Taft campaign schedule released from local headquarters as Bryan sells prosperity in Illinois and blasts Taft and Roosevelt. Sherman predicts Taft wins in Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Hughes mocks Bryan’s reform promises in Missouri. Carnegie gives twenty thousand dollars and Mrs. Russell Sage donates one thousand at New York Republican headquarters.
James Boyle, United States Consul in Liverpool for about a decade, will leave by the Baltic on October 15. His tenure aided Liverpool US trade relations and included pivotal work during the Spanish American War, earning wide respect from commercial and civic communities.
In San Francisco Hearst cites letters from John D. Archbold and Senator J L McLaurin accusing Standard Oil of seeking to influence President Roosevelt. Archbold urges support for Sibley and Sibley’s Republican alignment is noted. McLaurin’s confidential remarks are quoted with references to Hanna and Roosevelt. Hearst ends by urging independence party support.
An area of Tripp County about twenty five by fifteen miles burns tonight. Flames reach within five miles of Dallas after starting near Winona. Dallas residents remain mostly calm though land seekers watch the prairie fire.
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