Pennsylvania GOP Platform Calls for Tariff Modification
The Harrisburg convention endorsed Knox for president of the national committee and urged tariff changes to meet present needs. The platform praises Roosevelt’s work, supports currency elasticity, and calls for harbor and inland waterway improvements, new roads, and state schools funding. Also lists district presidential electors and party endorsements, noting support for Senator Knox and Governor Stuart. In Detroit, about 260 saloons closed following April options elections.
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Harrisburg
Chicago
Philander
Knox
United States
William D. Porter
Allegheny County
Morris L. Clothier
Philadelphia
B. F. Jones
Pittsburg
Lhrge
Edwin
Stuart
James Elverson
Harles A. Rook
R. P. Habgood
Bradford
B.A. Kendall
Somerset
T. L. Flood
Titusville
M. 5. Olmsted
Dauphin
Henry M. Warren
Chester
Boss Penrose
John Burt
Howard A. Davis
Frederick T. Chandler
Ellis A. Gimbel
George J. Elliott
Edward W. Patton
George C
Thomas Shipley
William I. Reynolds
Andrew W. McCullough
John T. Rodgers
James F. Taylor
Jerome F. Downing
Herman Simon
Theophilus L. Wilson
Perry C. Ross
Oscar C. Schulte
Oscar A. Babcock
Alexander R. Peacock
Homer L. Williams
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Congress
Penrose
Inox
Rewablicer
Preston
Fire kills many at New Aveline Fort Wayne hotel
A devastating sunrise blaze at the New Aveline in Fort Wayne, Ind, left ten dead with dozens missing and twelve seriously injured. Night Clerk Ralph Hipkins alerted guests at 3:30 AM from an elevator shaft, saving many as flames consumed the wood‑built hotel. The loss includes Fort Wayne baseball figures Claude Varnell and John Hendricks.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aveline
Polka Anckenbruck
Thea Hotel
Ralph Hipkins
Claude H. Varnell
John Hendricks
Chicago
Varnell
New York
Humbolt Street
Brooklyn
Five Italians to be deported in New York roundup
Washington reports a citywide sweep of foreign born anarchists, with five Italians in New York ordered deported due to criminal records from murder to petit larceny. Some are labeled anarchists and more names are expected as inquiries proceed.
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Washington
New York
Diabolical midnight bombing at Phoenix Club
A homemade infernal machine exploded at the main entrance of the Phoenix club at Ninth and Race streets as the door opened. Barkeep Frank J. Beugel sustained the loss of most of his left hand and was left deaf from the blast. Police investigated the attack as a deliberate attempt to destroy club quarters.
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Cincinnati
Phoenix Club
Ninth and
Race Streets
Frank J. Beugel
Representatives Named for Lisbon Telegraphic Union Conference
The United States designates Charles Page Bryn minister to Lisbon and Roland Dennis of the commerce and labor department as representatives to the International Telegraphic Union conference in Lisbon starting May 4. A resolution on farm policy was presented in Congress with Dal advocating revision though demand for general revision is fading.
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Washington
State Department
Charles Page Bryn
United States
Lisbon
Roland Dennis
Department of Ecommerce
Labor
as_representatves
the International Telegraphic Union
Haneld
Congress
Dal‘gell
Train Robbed in Mexico Wells Fargo Loss Reported
Wells Fargo Express reports $63,000 Mexican currency stolen from a through gate on the City of Mexico train. Money bound for a Chihuahua bank was with one agent who boarded near City of Mexico and Torreon and knew the safe combination. Two arrests made in Torreon, but officials doubt they hold the money. a suspect remains at large.
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Wells-Fargo Express
Laredo
Tex
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Torreon
Mexico
City of Mexico
Chihuahua
City of
Afghan Attack Threatens British Forces in Khyber Pass
A large Afghan force estimated between 13 000 and 20 000 crossed the border in two columns toward Landikhotal near Khyber Pass to seize plockhouses. The assault was repulsed with trifling British casualties, while Afghan troops remained opposite Landikhotal and another column reportedly moved toward Bazar Valley via Lisote Pass.
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Khyber Pass
Landikhotal
Bazar Valley
Lisote Pass
In Maryland Bryan Factions Withdraw Resolutions
The Democratic state central committee in Baltimore debated instructing delegates for William Jennings Bryan. Partisans withdrew resolutions previously favoring him while Chairman Vandiver pledged an un instructed delegation to the national convention.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Democratic State Central Committee
Willam J. Bryan
Vandiver
Estate recovery effort for Springer lands in Delaware
In Cleveland an association of about 1000 descendants seeks to recover the American estate of Charles Christopher Springer, prince of Sweden who left his title to found a religious colony in Delaware before the Revolutionary War. The land includes a 144 square mile tract, a 3600 acre parcel, and 62 smaller farms. Part of the land contains Wilmington city.
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Cleveland
Charles Christopher Springer
Royal House of
Sweden
Delaware
William Penn
Wilmingon
Senator Cullom Pushes 100000 For Arbitration Expenses
Washington Senator Cullom introduced an amendment to the sundry civil service bill appropriating 100000 dollars to cover the expenses of the arbitration of the Northeastern fisheries case before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. The amendment states that arbitration is being arranged with Great Britain under a special agreement.
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Washington
Cullom
Permanent Court of Arbitration
the Hague
Great Britain
Doleful Bulletin on Wheat Loss After Cold Snap
The State Agricultural Station at Wooster reports severe wheat damage from a recent cold snap. The crop was at its tender turning stage and thousands of acres may be ruined. Fruit and much of the wheat are feared lost, according to staff at the State Experiment Station.
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State Agricultural Station
Wooster
State Experiment Station
Japanese training ship Matsushima sunk by magazine explosion
The Matsushima, a Japanese training cruiser, sank off the Pescadores after an April 30 magazine explosion believed caused by cordite decomposition. 141 crew and some officers were saved. about 200, including Captain Yashiro, are feared dead. Cadets and relatives of notable figures were among the missing.
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Tokyo
Matsushima
Pescadores Islands
Itsukushima
Hashaidate
Yashiro
Moshamtau
Makang
Mashal
Prince Oyama
Baron Chinda
Uryu
Annapolis
Mme
Japan
United States
Girls’ Higher Normal School
Chinda
San Francisco
Vassar College
Matshusima
Washington
Kogoro Takahira
Naomi Taniguchi
Yakahira
Maryland for Taft Delegates Named and Taft Endorsement
The Maryland state Republican committee named at large delegates to the national convention General Felix Agnes William P. Jackson Pearce and Mudd. A resolution endorsed Secretary Taft and instructed delegates to use all honorable means to secure his nomination. The report also lists weekly U S business failures for the week ending April 20 with counts compared to prior years.
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Maryland
Taft
Baltimore
State
Republican Committee
Felix Agnes
The
American
William P. Jackson
Wymacombe County
Pearce and Mudd
St Paul Orders 50 Engines From Locomotive Firm
St Paul Railroad placed an order for 60 locomotives from the American Locomotive Company to be delivered this summer. The cost approaches $1,000,000. This follows a prior large order for about 160 locomotives for the New York Central lines at roughly $3,000,090.
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New York
Vnce St Paul Railroad
American Locomotive Company
New York Centralines
Six Italians Dead in Greenwich Street Lodging House
Bodies of six unknown Italians, believed miners from Midvale Pennsylvania, found in a third floor Greenwich Street lodging house room. Gas on, coroner says they had been dead several hours.
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Htallans
Midvale
New York
Greenwich Street
Moscow Flood Damage Reaches 20 Million Rubles
Moscow suffers extensive flood damage with an estimated 20 million rubles in losses. About three thousand houses are damaged and fifty thousand people are homeless as parts of the city remain submerged. Relief is arriving from surrounding areas as waters begin to recede.
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Moscow
St. Petersburg
Train Robbers Loot Adams Express Near Walkers Mill
Two men boarded the St Louis express from Pittsburg on April 30 at 10:45 p m seized four bags of money from Adams Express messenger N H Roshen under threat of violence. They tied Roshen and fled after pulling the bell rope near Walkers Mills twelve miles west of Pittsburg. Conductor William Lafferty investigated the stop as the No 25 St Louis special continued. No trace of the bandits by morning.
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St. Louis Express
Panhandle
Pittsburg
N. Roshen
Adams Express
Walkers Mill
Pitts
William,Lafferty
St. Louis
Sheraden
Carnegie
N. H. Roshen
P,roice
Walker's Mills
Express
Baga
Wet Snow and Frost Hit Wide Areas Across Nation
April 20 brought freezing temperatures from the Alleghenies to the Rockies with heavy wet snow in Ohio and Kentucky damaging thousands of ornamental and fruit trees. A killing frost affected Western Wisconsin and Southern Minnesota while garden crops and flowers suffered extensive losses. A-Tallahassee windstorm damaged tobacco sheds and barns east of the Florida city, with widespread crop damage reported.
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West
Chicago
Alleghenies
Rockies
Texas
Ohio
Kentucky
Kentuky
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Missouri Line
Kansas
Tallahassee
Snowstorm Hits Northwest States With Frigid Frosts
A freak weather pattern swept the Central Western States with a Wisconsin hurricane, frost damage to orchards in Colorado, Nebraska, and the Arkansas Valley estimated at 1 million dollars, Nebraska dipping to 29 degrees, and persistent snow across northern regions including Superior and Wisconsin.
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Arkansas and
Grand Valleys
Colorado
Nebraska
Superior
Wisconsin
Erie Plans Direct Cleveland to Cambridge Springs Line
Erie Railroad Company plans a direct Cleveland to Cambridge Springs line in Western Pennsylvania. Construction may start this year as a new company forms and substantial funds are reportedly raised. H. Harriman is believed to back the project, which would rival Vanderbilt roads.
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Pennsylvania
Erie Railroad Company
Cleveland
Cambridge Springs
H. Harriman
Mayor Bevere killed in Fort de France city hall clash
A fatal battle erupted at Fort de France city hall during the municipal election campaign. A faction led by vice mayor M Labat clashed with supporters of mayor M Bevere. Bevere died along with several others. additional injuries reported.
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Fort de France
Martinique
M. Labat
M. Bevere
Bucketshop Bill Aims to Suppress Illegal Betting Shops
Washington Representative Gillette of Massachusetts introduces a bill to suppress bucket shops nationwide by prohibiting telephone and telegraph messages from these concerns. The offense becomes a misdemeanor with fines and imprisonment for both operators and the telegraph and telephone companies involved.
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Washington
Gillett
Massachusetts
United States
New Jersey Democratic Convention Rejects Uninstructed Delegation
The New Jersey state Democratic convention in Trenton rejected an uninstructed delegation except on unit rule voting. A proposal to instruct the delegation to back William J. Bryan was defeated.
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New Jersey
Bryan
Trenton
N. J
Denver
Willam J. Bryan
Mass Release By Czars Returns Prisoners Amid Basler Jubilation
In a sweeping decree, 20,000 political prisoners are freed as part of Basler celebrations, signaling a major political gesture. The move underscores the czarist response to the event and broad domestic tensions remain.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Basler
Motorman Dies in Detroit Bus-Train Collision
A fatal head on crash near Ypsilanti involved two large interurban trolley cars on the Detroit to Jackson line. Nine men were killed and about 30 injured as the limited car ignored orders and sped past HarSy switch, colliding with a local car at high speed. Survivors describe a deathlike silence before passengers aided the wounded.
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Detroit
Hich
Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Railway
United Railway
Jackson
Here
Ypsilanti
University Hospital
Ann Arbor
Isa Fay
Isa
Fay
Join Paget
Charles Carmen
George E. Howard
Jack McMullen
Syracuse
Carpoline Gronni
Steel Strust Dividends and Quarterly Earnings Decline
United States Steel Corporation declares regular dividends of 1 percent on preferred and 0.5 percent on common stock and reelects officers. Quarter ending March 31, 1908 shows earnings of 18,229,005 over expenses versus 32,583,995 prior quarter, leaving a $7,865 surplus after dividends. October earnings were the largest in company history with 46,503,705 for the June 1907 quarter. Meanwhile, reports say the American fleet will not visit Chifu, Peiping. battleships to Amoy for 24 hours in October, signaling a shift in U.S. strategy toward Minchuria.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Chifa
Peking
Chifu
Amay
China
United States
Minchurla
Local wool market hints at limited trade and varied quotas
The wool trade remains unsatisfactory with dealings mainly in small lots. Domestic quotes show Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces ranging from XK 2 to 33 cents, unwashed grades 36 to 86 cents, washed lots $4 to 350, and various blood combing grades between 20 and 27 cents per unit.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Four Petlehins Incendiary Fire Believed Fatal
In Laporte Indiana Mrs Belle Gunner son and her three children are believed dead in an incendiary house fire north of the city. Joseph Maxeon escaped with his life. Gunnerson had recent trouble with a persistent suitor who cannot be located. College gift pushes goal to 300000 in five years.
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Belle Gunnerson
Here
Joseph Maxeon
Hig -Hfe
Delegates Chosen By Democratic State Convention
Democratic state convention selected its delegation to the national convention with instructions not binding. Senator Curtis of Kansas surprised guests at a dinner in honor of Senator Knox of New York by attempting to start a Taft boom among attendees.
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Denver
Curtis
Kanigg
Knox
Frenton
N.Y
Life at Nankow and Fires in India and Kobe Naval Visit
A garbled report mentions life at Nankow and a string of destructive fires in India tied to incendiarism. It notes nine fires in as many days around March and early April, with wholesale arrests reported. Floods at Mahkow are said to be more destructive than first stated, with loss of life around 8,000. A naval review covers an unprecedented visit to Kobe.
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Nankow
Victoria
B. C
Empresa’ of India
Kelsig
Matty
Mahkow
Cable
SAILING 42 600 MILES BY FLEET TO HART ROADS
Washington D C estimates say the Atlantic fleet will cover about 42 500 miles before arriving at Hart Roads February 22. Naval officials note the longest leg is Honolulu to Auckland, claimed as the greatest steaming distance by any battleship fleet in the Atlantic Navy without coal stops, requiring just over 16 days and six days of wireless handling.
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Fieé
Washington, D. C
Atlandeda
Hart Roads
Timates
Naval
Offic
Honolulu
Auckland
Miles
A Ean
Homes for Diplomats Congress Committee Budget Plan
Washington reports the House Foreign Relations Committee moves to authorize abroad purchases of embassies and consulates. The bill sets spending not to exceed 1 per year, with current appropriations totaling 500000 for Berlin and Mexico City embassies and 500000 for Shanghai and Yokohama consulates.
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Congress
Washington
House
Fort Ehase
Berlin
City
Shanghai
Yokma
Raisuli Assassination Rumors Reach Paris A News
Reports from Paris quote a Moroccan Raisuli assassination rumor, claiming a mob or Leymes group attacked him on the way home. The tale places him traveling toward a taxian feast and notes varied native rumors about the motive and perpetrators.
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Paris
Raisall
Ambush Report Prompts Military Clash Details
Fragmentary report cites troops ambushed with 31 killed or missing amid colonial station activity in Seni Dagana Nouasélott and nearby French military posts. Separate filing alleges freight rate hikes by Bal Ohio Railroad and other carriers are unreasonable and unlawful.
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Dasa
Ta. Nouasélott
Dagana
Tra
Seni
Washington
D Commerce Commission
The
United
Ohio
Plains
Fiji Islands Accept First? Political Shifts Foreseen
Fragmented text suggests a discussion of Fiji Islands involvement, a White House appeal, and a Maryland Republican secretary Taft with delegates. Mentions Brazil venom and New York supply, implying global trade or political intrigue, but the passage is incomplete and unclear.
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Fiji Islands
Calle c
White House
Maryland
Taft
Maine
Brazil
New York
Albany Proclamation on Extraordinary Session May 11
Fragmented report notes coverage filed with the state about an extraordinary legislative session on Monday May 11. The text does not specify substitutions or exact recommendations but mentions the governor and Senate committee. The passage hints at plans related to President’s program and a potential waterway project.
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Albany
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John W. Bookwalter
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