Taft Favored For President As Convention Opens
The national Republican committee in Chicago meets June 16 to pick presidential and vice presidential nominees. Taft appears strongest for president, with Cannon Dolliver Guild Burrows Sherman and others debated for possible tickets. Campaign ability drives support as the convention nears.
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Chicago
National Republican Committee
Taft
Joseph G. Cannon
House of Representatives
Danville
United States
John Hays Hammond
Massachusetts
Curtis Guild
New York
George B. Cortelyou
the Treasury
Jas. S. Sherman
J. Sloat Fassett
East
Franklin ‘Murphy
New Jersey
J. P. Dolliver
Iowa
J. C. Burrows
Michigan
Sherman
Illinois
Friends
Guild
Dolliver
Burrows
Train Races Unmanned At Fifty MPH In Omaha Route
Burlington train No. 23 running from St. Joseph to Omaha sped seven miles at fifty miles an hour without an engineer in the cab. Engineer E Starling fell from the cab and lay unconscious beside the tracks near Patton Station twelve miles from Poplar Bluff. Fireman Jackson stopped and halted the derailed run, locating the deserted engine and bringing the train back.
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Omaha
Neb
Burlington
St. Joseph
E. Starling
Patton Station
Poplar Bluff
Jackson
Starling
Millionaire to pauper seeks Milwaukee poorhouse
C J L Myer once headed the Chicago and Northwestern railway system and was valued at a million dollars. He visited Gustav Freson of the Associated Charities in Milwaukee to seek admission to the county poor house, explaining business failures left him penniless with two married daughters who did not respond to his plea for aid.
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Milwaukee
Wis
C. J. L. Myer
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Gustav Freson
Associated Charities
Milwaukee County Poor House
Frelson
Train Wreck Injures Twenty Emigrants Near Stevensville
Twenty emigrants from Europe were injured when Wabash Line Train No. 4 derailed at Stevensville Ontario while en route from Detroit. Six victims were taken to Buffalo hospitals. the rest continued their journey.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Detroit
Stevensville
Ontario
Thie City
Europe
Hammond Cuts Ties With Guggenheim Company
John Hays Hammond, mining engineer and Republican vice presidential hopeful, has severed his connection with the Guggenheim Exploration Company. His attorney Charles W. Trueslow announced Hammond will now pursue an aggressive campaign for the vice presidential nomination, after reportedly earning 500000 a year in his Guggenheim role.
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John Hays Hammond
New York City
Guggenheim Exploration Company
Charles W.trueslow
South to Become Iron Center of the South
Pittsburg iron master W P Snyder predicts a great southern iron future as Lake ore shipments may reach 60 million tons yearly within six years. He notes rising Birmingham iron sales and Illinois Central rails contract for 40 000 tons of Birmingham rails signaling strong southern rail and industrial growth.
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Baltimons
South
W. P. Snyder
Pittsburg
Snyder
Lake Superior
Birmingham
Illinois Central
Waterways Commission Renamed By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt announced that if Congress fails to fund the inland waterways commission he will continue it by executive action. He named continued members and added Senator William E. Allison Representative Joseph B. Ransdell and Prof Geo F Swain to the panel with existing appointees. The commission includes Rep Burton as chairman and Senators Warner Newlands Bankhead Pinchot Newell Smith McGee and others.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Washington, D. C
Conference of Governors
Inland Waterways Commission
Alexander MacKenzie
War Department
William E. Allison
Geo. F. Swain
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Burton
William Warner
Francis G. Newlands
John H. Bankhead
Cardinal Logue Warns America on Divorce Crisis
Cardinal Logue, visiting the United States, praises American hospitality in New York City before sailing to Ireland. He warns that rising divorces threaten the nation, arguing a country’s greatness rests on the strength and purity of the home.
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Cardinal Logue
New York City
Ireland
America
Republic
United States
Virginia Professor Named Washngton Public Schools Superintendent
Professor Paul R. Henry of Virginia, a direct descendant of Patrick Henry, was elected by the Washington board of education to replace resigning superintendent Thomas G. Wilkinson. Forty one applicants sought the post amid the staffing shuffle.
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Paul R. Henry
Virginia
Patrick Henry
Board of Education
Washington Public Schools
Thomas G. Wilkinson
John Young
Henry Rieber
Farmers’ Deposit National Bank
Pittsburg
Western
Catherine Roxburgh Jackson
London
England
Herbert Parry Malpas Jackson
Liverpool
Jackson
Carrie McDonald
Atlanta
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Placed Under Receiver
Toledo reports that the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway, owing the National Car Wheel Company and others, is placed in receivership by U S district judges W W Taylor. Indebtedness exceeds 28 million with claims totaling 8 791 047 to National Car Wheel. B A Worthington named receiver, bond set at 100 000. The causes cited include failed Pittsburg terminal work and looming mortgage and notes due in August with no funds to meet obligations.
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Toledo
Ohio
National ‘Car Wheel Company
New York
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
United States
W. W. Taylor
Wheeling
B. A. Worthington
Cleveland
United States Surety Company
Baltimore
Wheeling and Lake Erie Road
Pittsburg
Ramsey
Woodmen Claim $350000 Against Crocker Estate
C H McNider head banker of the Modern Woodmen of America files a $350,000 claim against F R Crocker estate. McNider designated First National Bank of Chariton as a Woodmen depository. Bank failed Oct 1 1907. A bond for $400000 claimed forged bears Crocker and nine signers who deny signing.
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Chariton
C. H. McNider
Woodmen of America
F. E. Crocker
McNider
First National Bank of Chariton
Crocker
Woodmen
F. R. Crocker
Actor Becomes Preacher in New York City
Reginald Barlow, son of Milt C. Barlow, after thirty years as an actor, announces he will enter the ministry. He argues that actors aged fifty or sixty should pursue the pulpit to reconcile church and stage. He says actors have seen many lives and should turn to serious matters.
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New York City
Reginald Barlow
Milt” C. Barlow
Rockefeller to Build Orangeries at Pocantico Hills Estate
John D. Rockefeller moves to cultivate oranges on his Pocantico Hills estate with plans for an orangery. He already grows a variety of fruit trees in his gardens and will transfer trees to the orangery during winter months as plans are completed.
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Pocantico
Meat Shipment Accelerates to New York Amid US Shortage
London Glasgow and Liverpool stored 210000 pounds of American meats were re shipped by fast steamer to New York to meet the continued shortage of meat in America.
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England
America
London
Glasgow
Liverpool
New York
Robbers are corralled in Belle Bridge vicinity
County Detective John F. Englert and a citizen posse trapped a gang of alleged bandits in a small house near Belle Bridge, two miles from Elizabeth. Thomas Trevors was shot by Englert during the escape attempt. Englert survived three wounds, not deemed life threatening, while Trevors received six or seven bullets and fell.
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Pittsburg
John F. Englert
Thomas Trevors
Englert
Trevors
Belle Bridge
Elixabeth, Pa
Two Calamities In Colorado And Iowa Toll Rises
In Silverton Colorado six men died and eight others were critically ill after gas poisoning at the Gold King mine in Gladstone. Fire destroyed the mine engine and shaft houses, trapping rescuers and workers as gas filled the mine. In Charles City Iowa a Sunday tornado killed a man and a child and damaged about 200 buildings while dozens more were missing.
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Silverton
Colo
Gold King
Gladstone
Victor Erickson
John Sumston
Otto Johnson
Charles City
Iowa
W. R. Beck
World Famous Surgeon Merciful to Waifs of Chicago
Berlin physician Dr. Albert Jansen operated without price on two deaf Chicago children Willie Simpson eight and Marion Stahler three after letters from their impoverished parents moved him. Wealthy Chicago offers could not gain access, and the operation restored hearing in both cases.
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Chicago
Albert Jansen
Berlin
Jansen
American Medical Association
Jangen
Willie Simpson
Marion Stahler
Washington Girls and a Proposed Curfew Move
The president is asked to back a curfew move for Washington roller skaters. Girls here favor late hours and oppose any curfew, while the district commissioners including a former newspaper man consider the case and discuss spiritual welfare concerns.
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Washington
D. C
Beef Prices Climb as Demand Rises in Chicago
Wholesale dressed beef prices rose by half to one and a half cents per pound. Packers faced tighter supplies and stronger demand for fresh meats. Butchers say the trade is recovering from recent financial strains, with higher meat consumption driving the advance. Cattle on the hoof commanded top prices not seen since 1906.
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Chicago
Glenns Eulogy at Arlington Honors Confederate Dead
Gov Robert B Glenn and Rep Sims spoke at Arlington National Cemetery Confederate Memorial Day ceremony honoring Confederate dead. Address highlighted Lee and Grant, noted south’s postwar prosperity, and called for mutual respect across regions. Revered groups and cavalry band featured. Mrs Fitzhugh Lee and Robert B Lee Jr attended. Roosevelt couple sent flowers.
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Washington, D. C
Robert B. Glenn
North Carolina
Arlington National Cemetery
Glenn
Sims
Tennessee
Coeral
Robert B. Lee
Grant
Appomattox
Southland
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses Grant
Lee
Jackson
Mains
Massachusetts
California
Confederate Veterans’ Association
Camp No. 171
District of Columbia
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Southern Relief Society of
Thirteenth United States Cavalry Band
Fort Myer
Randolph McKim
Camp 171
H. Waddell Pratt
Washington Camp
Fitzhugh Lee
Robert B. Lee, Jr
Roosevelt
Wreck on Washington Baltimore and Annapolis Line Kills Eight
A head on collision between a regular Baltimore to Annapolis train and an extra near Camp Parole results in eight deaths and eighteen injuries. Victims include A H Schultz Charles ONeill and George Screiner. manager William H Slaughter and Mrs Green among the seriously hurt. Witnesses say excessive speed and poor sighting contributed to the crash near Annapolis.
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Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis
Camp Parole
Annapolis
William H. Slaughter
T Company
Harry Jacobs
Baltimore
Naval Academy
Green
A. H. Schultz
Charles O'Neill
New York
Richard Norton
Armour &Co
James L. McDaniel
George Screiner
Academy Junction
Go. W. Green, Jr
Soldiers
George W. Green
Nebras ka Cyclone Toll Rises as Tornado Wrecks State
Omaha reports put dead in the southern Nebraska twister at 23 or 25 with many missing and a large number injured. Communications are cut, hindering full details of the disaster, but early reports mark it the worst tornado disaster in the state.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
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Taft Machine
Onge Millionaire
Guggenheim Company
IRON
Center
Mr. Snyder
Brooklyn
Pasteur
Joseph Pospisiel
Pension Office
Paris
Auguste Marie
Pasteur Institute
Marsh
Wheeling and
Lake Erie Ry
Rockefeller
Colorado
Washington Girls
Gov. Glenn
National Cemetery
Glenn and Sims
Maryland
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