Third Party Formed In Quaker City Insurgents Laud Platform
In Philadelphia a new independent party convention adopted a progressive platform denouncing Cannonism and pledging secrecy until the convention. The insurgency across parties followed major labor strikes, with contenders for governor including Randolph Blankenburg and George W. Guthrie.
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Quaker City
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Independent Party
Witherspoon Hall
Randolph Blankenburg
Wm. H. Berry
Chester
Blankenburg
George W. Guthrie
Pittsburg
D. Clarence Gibboney
William T. Creasey
Hugh Frayne
Scranton
Henry C. Niles
York
Lincoln Party
Government adopts local man's money order scheme
Indianapolis reformer Charles W. Byefield proposes a one sheet four part domestic money order. The post office department accepts the plan to replace two sheet orders and separate receipts. The change eliminates inter-office advice and is expected to save the government about one million dollars annually.
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Indianapolis
Charles W. Byefield
Indianapolis Postofice
Postoffice Department
United States
Kiles Girl in Rush to Confer with T R Roosevelt
Oyster Bay July 28 Annie Hempstead 3 was killed instantly when struck by a speeding car owned by F M Doubleday of Doubleday Page & Co. and driven by his chauffeur The child was thrown 20 feet Doubleday halted and rushed her to a physician then returned home abandoning his Sagamore Hill visit a stunned reaction to the tragedy followed by a burglary report at 935 Higgins Street with a hungry intruder entering the rear of the home
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Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Tittle
Annie Hempstead
F. M. Doubleday
Doubleday, Page & Co
Doubleday
Mr. Doubleday
New York
Illinois bribery plot to sway Hopkins Senate bid exposed
Chicago Tribune reports a 1909 bribery scheme to deliver 17 Democratic votes for Albert J. Hopkins in the Illinois Senate race. Key figures Roger C. Sullivan Edward Shurtleff and William Lorimer thwarted the plan as details warn of political coercion and public exposure.
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Chicago
Albert J. Hopkins
Chicago Tribune
United States
Hopkins
William Lorimer
the Tribune
Lorimer
Shurtleft
Sullivan
S J. Nicholas
Anti
Shurtleff
Chicago & Alton
Springfield
St. Nicholas Hotel
Mr. Hopkins
Indiana Forecast Update From The Weatherman
Partly cloudy conditions with possible thunderstorms tonight or Friday. Temperature expected to remain steady. Indiana forecast notes sunrise and sunset times but provides no specific highs or lows.
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Indiana
Frye Says He Will Resign When He Dies
Boston July 28 Senator Frye announced via secretary Frederick B Sands that he will resign only after his death fueling reports about ill health and a possible retirement plans noted by Sands in a Bangor Maine dispatch.
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Boston
Mass
Frye
Frederick B. Sands
Maine
Buckeye G. O. P. Faces Defeat in November
Foraker and Cox win as Burton is wrecked and Taft’s future hangs on his enemy’s grip. The Ohio Republican scene shifts with November outcomes shaping party fate and leadership.
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Buckeye G. O. P
Foraker Praises Harding Nomination as Strong Leader
From Poland Springs Maine J B Foraker asserts Harding offers the best and strongest nomination for governor and party leadership in a great campaign. In Oyster Bay Col Roosevelt reads Ohio platform and says little in public noting he may share views in few days after reviewing the copy.
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Poland Springs
Harding
J. B. Foraker
Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Ohio Republican
Ohio Republicans In Post Convention Turmoil Clasps Foraker Back
Ohio Republicans assess the July convention aftermath with Foraker aligned Harding and Archer reshaping power. The event ends progressives in the party, blocks Roosevelt’s tacit endorsement of Taft, and signals tentative defeat for the state ticket while Cox’s control grows and Howland’s bid falters.
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Columbus
Roosevelt
Taft
Senator Burton
Cat
Cox
Foraker
Burton
Harding
George B. Cox
Ohio
Fhankron
Herrick
Rudy Archer
Ohio Ready as State Militia Heads to Columbus
A strike crisis in Columbus, Ohio, escalates as the entire First Brigade including Toledo units and a detachment of Cleveland and Cincinnati strikebreakers are mobilized. Officials and Governor's aides meet at the state house after midnight to plan the deployment with every city car reportedly locked in barns.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Weybrecht
Sartain
George 8. Long
State House
Marshall
Holton
William V. McMahen
Toledo
Second Signal Corps and Field Hospital
Guardsmen with no ammo faced strike sympathizers
Hamilton Ohio July 28 strike sympathizers threw iron bolts and stones at members of Company F a third regiment Ohio national guard as they waited for a train to Columbus. The militiamen had no ammunition and made no resistance.
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National
Vatican Spain split over religious insignia display dispute
Madrid reports Spain and the Vatican severed diplomatic relations after a government move to permit non Catholic churches to display religious insignia. The rift follows clashes with clericals and relates to the Ferreri case and broader church-state tensions.
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Vatican
Cardinal Merry del Val
Ferreri
Madrid
Canalejas
Merry del Val
Roosevelt
Germany
Portugal
President halts execution for Private George Graby
Paris reports President Falkeres commuted the death sentence of Private George Graby to life imprisonment for his part in the murder of Mme. Goine, paired with Henri Michel. Graby was condemned to be shot before the commutation.
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Paris
Falkeres
George Graby
Henri Michel
Mme. Goine
Graby
Bee
Jealous Lover Slays Rival in Front Yard Shooting
In Mt. Vernon Indiana Harry Long 26 was fatally shot by Lee Stallyards while with his wife on a swing. Stallyards had long threatened to kill Long over Miss Nina Stevens. Long died after surgery in Evansville. mob activity and heightened tension followed the incident.
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MT. Vernon
Ind
Harry Long
Lee Stallyards
Stallyards
Long
Nina Stevens
Henderson County
Gilbert
Evansville
Stanyards
George Bishops
Giant pool taken over revives trade on Wall Street
The Pearson syndicate’s securities are taken over by Kuhn Loeb and Co and European partners. The move sparks a large market rally with big blocks in Rock Island Missouri Pacific Denver Rio Grande Wabash Lehigh Valley. Rumors say a new transcontinental system may form under legal approval discussions. Jesse R. Force of Union City files voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court.
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F. 8
Pearson
London
Union Pacific
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Pearson Syndicate
Pearson Company
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Wabash
Lehigh Valley
Wall Street
Cars to test on speedway in Indianapolis plan
Indianapolis motor car manufacturers announce they will use the speedway for testing instead of city streets. Coroner Blackwell and officials had censured street testing as dangerous and the move will involve daily testers recording time and miles with weekly reports. Nearly all local manufacturers have agreed to the plan.
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Indianapolis
The
Motor Speedway
Blackwell
Speedway
Mayor suspends saloon licenses over Sunday closing violations
Chicago officials continue and suspend licenses for several saloons after Sunday closing law violations. John Massey avoids full suspension but faces action up to August. W H Roberts case deferred. John McCaffrey and John Byersdorfer see licenses suspended near expiration. mayor warns of further closures and police department changes.
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John M. Massey
Shank
North
Senate Avenue
Massey
W. H. Roberts
Indiana Avenue
Roberts
John McCaffrey
West
Washington Street
John Byersdorfer
Burt Street
Byersdorfer
John
McCaffrey
Cress ‘Orgs
Riot at Brooklyn sugar plant leaves dead and injured
A riot near the Williamsburgh American Sugar Refining plant in Brooklyn drew five thousand rioters and police into battle. One man was killed and another fatally stabbed. about twenty five were seriously hurt as police fired on the crowd. Priest Father Farrell urged peace, was struck by a brick, recovered, and again spoke to stop the violence.
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American Sugar Refining Company
East River
Manhattan
Wm. B. Farrell
SS. Peter and Paul
Kent Avenue
Wi. Namsburg
Brooklyn
James Sherlock
Eastern District
Sugar Trust
H. A. Morgan
Wallas Novolsky
Louis Ludosky
Adam MS Bodecesky
Morgan
Novolsky
Novol Sky
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L. Higgins
Illinois
Shortleff
William P. Fryd
Howland
Paul Howland
Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Spain
Pope
Ier Canalejos
Tween
Rome
Jesse RE. Force
Union City
Wa Niee Ave
Father Farrell
Brick
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