Washington News Roundup on Navy, Rail, and War Policy
The president approves the court martial finding that Lieutenant Commander R. H. Osborne is dismissed from the U S Navy. The Interstate Commerce Commission upholds rules requiring lumber shippers to use straps on open cars. Secretary Wright, facing protests from New England khaki makers, urges preference for American fabrics in Philippine uniforms. Government agencies seek evidence of neutrality-law violations at the Mexican border around Las Vacas Coahuila, noting difficulty in obtaining admissions.
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R. H. Osborne
United States Navy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wright
New England
Philippines
Las Vacas
Coahuila
Employers’ Mobility Act
Postal
Arizona
New Mexico
Alaska
Porto Rico
House of Representatives
People's Representatives
Notable Obituaries and Marriages Highlight Gilded Era News
The column lists society notes: the earl of Clancarty reportedly engaged to wealthy New York widow Mrs John D Rockefeller Sr, birth of a third child at the Rockefeller summer home in Bar Harbor Maine, driver John C Curry of Lexington dies in Kansas City, Algernon Sartoris named secretary of legation at Guatemala, actor Robert Edeson and Misa Georgie Eliot Porter wed in Brookline, a cholera death of Lieut Jones in the Philippines and recovery of Lieut Muldoon, and the marriage of Chicago heiress Mary Josephine Crane to Prof H. C. Ley.
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Earl of Clancarty
London Mail
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Sr
Rockefeller
Bar Harbor
John C. Curry
Lexington
United States
Kansas City
Algernon Sartoris
President Grant
Guatemala
William F. Sands
Robert Edeson
Misa Georgie Eliot Porter
Linn Boyd Porter
Charles Mackay
Brookline
Mass
Multiple Fatalities From Rail, Industrial, and Naval Accidents
A string of deadly events reports casualties: a man killed by a train near Marquette Michigan. Joseph Allward, a painter, died from a fall at the Postal Telegraph Building in Chicago. Antonio Avenich cremated in a cement plant bin at Florence Colorado. Reynold Donnan killed near Kansas City while with a bridge gang. a steam pipe explosion on the monitor Nevada injuring three, with one gravely. flood toll in Lincoln Nebraska with four bodies found and several missing. a collision near Boonville New York killed four and injuring others. the schooner Acacia wrecked near Sackett's Harbor New York with crew rescued after hours of effort.
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Marquette, Mich
Joseph Allward
Postal Telegraph
Chicago
Antonio Avenich
Florence
Colo
Portland Cement Company
Reynold Donnan
Independence
Iowa
Kansas City
Nevada
Acacia
William Bimmone
Kingston
Bull Rock Point
Sackett's Harbor
N. Y
Gibble
Sackett’s Harbor
Bryan and Kern Capture Democratic Ticket in 1908 Convention
The Democratic national convention nominated William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska for president after an all night session amid massive demonstrations. John Worth Kern of Indiana was chosen by acclamation for vice president, completing the Bryan Kern ticket amid wild cheers and steady state-by-state support. The convention adjourned after adopting a platform calling for tariff revision, anti monopoly measures, and reforms including monetary and banking changes.
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William J. Bryan
Nebraska
John Worth Kern
Indiana
Democratic Party
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Thomas Taggart
National Committee
Theodore A. Bell
California
Bell
Cleveland
Gore
Oklahoma
Committee On
Pennsylvania
Guffey
Clayton
Alabama
Denver
Colo
Kern
Colorado
Thomas
Charles A. Towne
New York
Connecticut
Archibald McNeill
Georgia Clark Howell
George Gray
Delaware
John Mitchell
Illinois
Towne
Howell
Georgia
McNeill
Feld
Bryan Nominated for President by Democratic Convention
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska was nominated for the third time for the presidency by the Democratic national convention at 8 40 Friday morning amid frenzied enthusiasm after an all night session. The result came when Bryan was proclaimed the convention's choice on the flat ballot amidst ongoing turmoil.
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William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
United States
Bryan and Johnson vote sparks wild convention roar
The announcement of William J. Bryan and Gov. John A. Johnson touched off a frenzied demonstration. The crowd surged in ecstatic reaction to Bryan's nomination and to Gov. Johnson as a proposed rival, producing a record-breaking display of turbulence before order briefly returned.
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William J. Bryan
John A. Johnson
George Gray
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Woman brands son as Messiah with hot iron
Grace Goodsall claims her six year old son Charles is the Messiah and brands his forehead and throat with a red hot iron. The boy was rescued near Bellevue hospital and both are hospitalized. The child, though severely burned, is expected to recover.
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New York
Charles Goodsall
Grace Goodsall
Bellevue Hospital
Twenty Thousand Shriners Visit Saint Paul for Grand Ceremonial
From across the country, nearly forty temples send 20 000 Shriners to Saint Paul for a grand ceremonial at the Masonic temple. Nobles from Osman temple lead escorts as 100 novices undergo initiation. A massive pageant of 16 000 nobles and Arab patrols is planned for this evening through the city streets.
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St. Paul
Mary Nocks
Union Depot
Infox
Osman Temple
Masonic Temple
Sons of Osman Temple
Osman
Osman Temple of
Crop Damage Extends Across North Dakota Wheat Hit Hard
Grand Forks North Dakota July 15 The full extent of grain damage from the hot wind on Thursday and Saturday will take days to determine Traveling salesmen report poor conditions from Williston to Larimore along the Great Northern line including branch towns widespread damage noted across numerous localities The report also cites similar conditions in branch line communities of the system
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Grand Forks
N. D
Williston
Larimore
Great Northern
Alleged Gowrie Slayer Bound Over for Grand Jury
Waltur Carr of Gowrie is bound over to the Webster County grand jury for indictment in the alleged murder of Gowrie Marshal Tom Nichol. Carr pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing held Saturday night. The state plans to appoint an attorney for his defense.
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Gowrie
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Waltur Carr
Tom Nicholson
Yesterdy
Forest Fires Rage Across New England States
Forest fires continued to burn for days across Maine with numerous blazes flaring yesterday. Similar fires in New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island and Massachusetts drove up damage by thousands of dollars amid widespread destruction and mounting losses.
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Boston
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
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Lieut. Jones
First Cavalry
Lieut
Muldoon
Philippines Scouts
Camp
Gregg
Misa Mary Josephine Crane
Helen Keller
Charles R. Crane
H. C.ley
University of Wisech
Little
Russia
Lincoln
Neb
Rome
Watertown & Ogdensburg
Boonville
Utica
Bryan and Kern
Johnson
Gray
Bryan, Bryan, Bryan
Ollie James
Kentucky
Ignatius J. Dunn
Omaha
America
Committee On Credentials
Guv. Haskell
Gov
Glenn
North Carolina
Swanson
Virginia
Representative Heflin
Augustus Thomas
Jerry EB. Surri
Ation
Messiah
St. Paul Shriners
Carr
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