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Newspaper

Freeport Daily Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1908

Page

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Bryan Guffey clash stirs Democratic contingency in Lincoln

Denver July 6 dispatch reports the Bryan Guffey rift as Pennsylvania national committeeman accuses Bryan of thwarting the party will. Guffey coolly delays comment then declares Bryan lied while Omaha mayor Dalhman predicts a first ballot nomination for Bryan with a Bryan slate on resolutions. VP question lingers with a Delaware proposal pairing Gray with Bryan.

Dalhman Omaha Bryan Delaware Gray

Guffey Defends Position Against Bryan Comeback

Guffey attacks Bryan over his Pennsylvania bid and noninterference claim, saying the state convention voted against Bryan and that Bryan pressured the electorate by backing his own slate. He accuses Bryan of alienating McGraw in West Virginia Taggart in Indiana and Sullivan, and portrays Bryan as a boss within the party while linking him to corporate money for campaign funds.

Guffey Pennsylvania Bryan Lincoln Fairview Pittsburg Exposition Hall McGraw West Virginia Taggart Tnoiiana Roger Sullivan Mr. Pryan Bry

Allies Get Cold Comport At Bryan Guffey Clash

July Yeaver dispatches describe convention crowds pouring into the city while leaders debate the Bryan Guffey controversy. The movement to organize the opposition falters as Chief Murphy withholds support for Bryan, though word spreads that York may vote for Bryan, and the remaining opposition argues the fight continues.

Yeaver Vu'sid Bryan-Guffey Murphy Tumunapy Bryan York

Delegations Arrive for Democratic Convention Gathering

A large stream of arrivals includes Cook County Marching club in formal attire and diverse delegations from Florida Alabama Iowa South Dakota Wisconsin Pennsylvania West Virginia Maryland Kentucky Minnesota. Notable figures include Cleveland mayor Tom I Johnson Missouri Governor Folk Idaho Senator DuBois Pettigrew Smith Overman and ex Senator Burton with Mrs Nicholas Leavenworth slated to appear next Tuesday.

Cook County Cleveland Tom I. Johnson Lincoln Folk Missouri Dubois Idaho Pettigrew United States Senate James Smith, Jr New Jersey Overman North Carolina Burton Kansas Nicholas Leaneworth

Platform In His Pocket At Denver Bryan Backed Plan

Mayor F F M Brown of Lincoln arrives with a lengthy platform for the resolutions committee. The document reflects Bryan views after conferences with quarry leaders and delegates traveling west. Brown, a close political ally, will present the platform in Denver and answer questions with Bryan's arguments.

Fairview Lincoln Nel Daly G Denver Las FF. We Brown Resolutions Committee Nebraska Phttforn Bryan Quarry Lealers Brown J. W. Bryan Dov Brown

John Mitchell for Second Place

July 6 report notes the arrival of John Mitchell in Laenver as he takes a notable second place in a local event. Details are sparse but indicate a competitive finish and regional interest.

John Mitchell Laenver Johs

Mitchell to aid Compers in shaping laba planks

Mitchell with Samuel Compers and other leading knights of the laba world is expected to advise the Mitchell movement for vice president while aiding Compers in shaping laba planks. He says he is strongly disinclined to participate in political life just now.

Mitchell Samuel Compers Compers

Gans' Time Finally Comes In Lightweight Title Win

In San Francisco on July 6 Battling Nelson defeated Joe Gans in the seventeenth round to claim the lightweight world title. Nelson pressed the action from bell to bell, battering the veteran champion until Gans was counted out after three trips to the floor in the final round. Gans conceded that the best man won and noted it as one fight too many as he tired late. Also reported are various baseball scores and notes from Cleveland to St. Paul, and Indiana announces its delegation organized with John J. Lamb named to the resolutions committee.

San Francisco Nelson Goldfield Nev Joe Gans Gans Selson Ange

Death toll at Rikovsky Mine rises to 228

Official report from Yusovo in European Russia states 228 bodies have been recovered from the Rikovsky coal mine after a gas explosion that occurred several days earlier.

Rikovsky Mine Yusovo European Russia Rikovsky Coal Mine

Standings and scores from the major league baseball games

Chicago dispatch reports standings for big league clubs and daily scores. Cincinnati beat St. Louis 6 to 0 at St Louis in a game with Coakney Melison Fromme Hostetter batteries. Other games: Cincinnati 5 St Louis 4 at Chicago Pittsburg 10 Chicago 5. Cleveland 5 St Louis 2 in eleven innings.

National Pittsburg Chicago Pittsbure Pittshure New York Philadelphia Boston Brooklyn St. Louis Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit Washington Coakney Melison Fromme Hostetter Errora Weimer Schlei Eile Etp Old Philadelphia Toston St

ManZan Pile Remedy Ad

One application of ManZan Pile Remedy soothes all forms of piles reduces inflammation soreness and itching. Price is 50 cents guaranteed. Sold by H J Moogk and P Gyens then.

H. J. Moogk

Mrs Nathaniel I Treat Dies After Accident at University Grounds

Mrs Nathaniel I Treat of Monroe Wisconsin wife of Captain Treat a noted state politician capitalist and banker died an hour after being injured from a run in on the University of Wisconsin grounds Madison. She was released from the hospital following the incident and later passed away.

Madison Wis Nathaniel I. Treat Monroe

Balloons Sprint Across Great Lakes in Nine Craft Distance Race

Nine balloons started from Chicago to race distance over Lake Michigan and Ontario with fleetwide escapes from drownings. Fielding likely wins after crossing about 800 miles, as crews battled water landings near Benton Harbor and Clinton Ontario and several craft reported rough landings and injuries.

Chicago Fielding King Edward Ville de Dieppe United States Cincinnati America Columbia Illinois Lake Michigan A. B. Muller George Schoeneck Benton Harbor Mich C. H. Perrig J. D. Case Lake Ontario Bay of Quinte Glen Island West Shefford Que Carsonville Fort Huron Atwood Pinkerton Station Clinton Covert Linvis Ont Ville de Dippe

Altitude milestone reached before rough Canadian landing

Dispatch from West Monkton Ontario by C A Coey aboard the Chicago describes a flight from Chicago to Logan township Perth County Canada landing on a Moffatt farm five hundred miles away. After crossing Lake Michigan in three hours the gas collapsed dropping four thousand feet, then recovered to a nap altitude of 12 000 feet before a rough landing that damaged fences and basket gear. all aboard reported slight bruising.

West Monkton Ont C. A. Coey Chicago Logan Perth Dominion of Canada James Moffatt Lake Michigan Lake Auron

A Foreign View and Sawyer Memory Echo

An English traveler jokes about waking for San Francisco as a porter asks what to wake him for. Senator Philetus Sawyer of Wisconsin rarely writes letters, relying on a stenographer, yet his memory for figures was flawless. He could recall yearly river and harbor appropriations to the copper for many years, in his role as commerce committee chair.

Pacific Express Philadelphia San Francisco Harper’s Magazine Sawyer Philetus Sawyer Wisconsin Commerce House of Representatives Treasury

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