Bryan Outlines Platform For 1908 Presidential Race
William Jennings Bryan presents his 1908 platform at a Washington banquet, urging tariff reform railroad regulation income tax restraint of government by injunction direct election of senators arbitration of labor disputes enforcement of trust laws anti ship subsidy anti imperialism and anti centralization. He contrasts Roosevelt's policies noting four democratic and four undemocratic stances and argues for a straight principles race without national committees or funds.
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Washington, D. C
Bryan
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Grant-Root Wedding At Four O'Clock In Washington
Potter Palmer will be best man at the Grant-Root wedding held at the bride's home at 4 this afternoon. Ushers include Edward and Elihu Root Jr., Gustav Schwab, Lieut. Robert Ralston, Marion Howze, and Edward McLeae. Miss Edith Wales of New York is the bride’s only attendant.
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Washington, D. C
Miss M Helen Edwards Weds E H Perry in Chicago
Announcement from West Salem and nearby towns reports Miss M Helen Edwards the divorced wife of Horace McKinley has married E H Perry in Chicago last week. Perry is known in La Crosse area and will reside in Chicago. Edwards has worked on the stage since her divorce.
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M. Helen Edwards
Horace McKinley
E. H. Perry
Chicago
West Salem
China
West
McKinley
Perry
la Crosse
Uncle Joe Cannon Wins Primary Bill Compromise
Springfield Nov 27 Uncle Joe Cannon scored a political victory as a joint conference committee on the Oglesby primary bill agreed on all features and decided to remove from operation the residential elector and national convention delegate.
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Springfield
Ill
Joe
Cannon
Joint Conference
Senator Daniel Snubs Mr Bryan in Willard Hotel
In Washington on November 27 ex-Senator William Stewart of Nevada denounced W Bryan as a faker and charlatan at the Willard hotel while Senator John W Daniel of Virginia declined to attend a dinner in Bryans honor accusing him of being dictatorial and relying on external ideas. Maj J A Armes helped promote the event.
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Washington
W. Jennings Bryan
Willard Hotel
William Stewart
Nevada
John W Daniel
Virginia
Bryan
Willard
Association
Senator Stewart
Senator Daniels
Mr. Bryan
Maj. J. A. Armes
Maj. Armes
Dinner rejections and a Bryan encounter at a Senate event
An outburst mocks a defeated horse racer as Armes appeals to Senator Daniel for a dinner invitation to honor Mr. Bryan. Daniel refuses, saying he is bound for Richmond. He then encounters Bryan, and a brief undertone conversation follows before Daniel raises his voice to disagree personally.
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Armes
Senator Daniel
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Richmond
Thanksgiving Day Services at English Lutheran Church
English Lutheran church will hold Thanksgiving Day services tomorrow at 10 30 a m Rev J J Clemens will preach on The Price and Perils of Prosperity The event reflects a local religious observance with a named pastor and specific sermon topic The readable fragment emphasizes a community faith gathering and the sermon theme about wealth and risk.
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J. J. Clemens
Justice Brewer Tries Politics Amid Limelight
Washington reports Supreme Justice Brewer attacks President Roosevelt and calls for a fixed presidential term. He claims the president is playing with the country while critics debate his motives. Brewer defends his public clash as a response to national interest.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Justice
Brewer
Roosevelt
Justice Brewer
New York
Congress
Republic
Hughes
David Justice Brewer
Smyrna
Asia
Turkey
Yale College
Leavenworth
Kan
Washington
Supreme Court of
Circuit Court of the United States
Eighth District
Matthews
Supreme Court
Venezuea Boundary Cmmission
Swift and Company Fined at Winona
A plea of guilty to violating federal meat inspection laws was entered by Swift & Company in U S district court at Winona Minnesota. The fine of 100 dollars was imposed due to extenuating circumstances involving former La Crosse manager Harry Kincaid. About 3000 pounds of uninspected lard from Schumacher was shipped to La Crosse and sold in Minnesota.
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Swiftompany
Unitted States District Court
Minnesota
Winona
Minn
Amidon
Harry Kincaid
la Crosse
August Schumacher
Swift & Company
Severance
St. Paul
B. S. Tait
Chicago, Ill
Bangs
Brooks
Powers Trial Defense Seeks Box Exhaustion Rule
Georgetown on November 27 defense in the Powers trial withdrew yesterday’s motion to set aside the Grant county venire and the accompanying affidavits. They instead proposed exhausting the names in the box before adding new jurors.
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Georgetown
Powers
Grant County
Falling Cornice Fire Endangers Firefighters at Pearl Street Plant
A fire at Storch Bros separator plant on Pearl Street caused about $1,000 in damage and endangered firefighters and pedestrians when a heavy brick cornice collapsed onto the cement walk. Defective wiring is suspected as the cause, with flames seen in rear windows and smoke spreading to adjacent structures. Central Fire Dept. responded, extinguishing flames after two streams were used and ladders placed.
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Storch Bros
Pearl Street
Gus. A. Kellar
Patriot
Central Fire Department No. 1
J. P. Fetter
Roosevelt Plumbing and Supply Company
Stock Bros
Gus A. Keller
John Gramling
Spooner Not the President's Enemy
Ex Senator Spooner now practicing law in New York says he will not accept more speaking engagements as his remarks are misrepresented causing embarrassment. He stresses he has opposed or defended the president on public matters, but has never assailed him as a man or the president. He claims his private opinions are free and not aimed at the president.
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Chicago
William E. Curtis
New York
Record-Herald
Spooner
Senate
Deere Grandsons Inherit Twenty Million In Will
In Rock Island Illinois No 27 the will of Charles Deere, late implement maker, leaves nearly his entire fortune of twenty million to grandsons Charles D Deere Wiman and Dwight E Wiman, to be paid in three installments.
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Rock Island, Ill
Charles Deere
Chas. D. Deere Wiman
Dwight E. Wiman
James Howard Faces Jail Time After Acquittal and Re-Arrest
James Howard was acquitted today of robbing the Mindoro post office and was immediately arrested again on a charge of stealing an overcoat from Earl McIntosh, a teacher in school district No. 10, Farmington. A preliminary hearing is now underway.
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James Howard
Mindoro
Earl McIntosh
Farmington
Pettibone Jury Examination Continues in Boise
Boise Idaho November 27 The examination of veniremen for the trial of George A Pettibone was resumed today. The first four veniremen were excused for cause.
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Boise
Idaho
Veniremen
George A. Pettibone
Weston Finishes Long Jramp and Beats His Record
Chicago reports Edward Peyson Weston, age 69, completes a 24 day 19 hour walk from Portland to Chicago, beating his prior record by a full day. Crowds line the route as he enters Michigan Avenue escorted by mounted police and greeted by athletic officials. He changes at the Chicago Athletic Club and notes a tiring pace due to the lengthy journey.
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Weston
Long Jramp
Chicago
Edward Peyson Weston
Michigan Avenue
Illinois Athletic Club Committee
Chicago Athletic Club
Portland
Hobart
Ind
Hammond
White Gloes
Illinois Athletic Club
Indiana
Chicago Beach
van Rockenberg
Stewart Spalding
Senatorial Courtsey Fight Breaks in Illinois Senate
In Springfield on November 27 Representatives Shanahan and Senator Hensen clashed on the senate floor during a recess. Hensen denounced Shanahan Lindley Oglesby and Speaker Shurtleff as insipid degenerates, then Shanahan knocked him under a desk with a head in a wastepaper basket before they later shook hands.
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Springfield
Shanahan
Chicago
Hensen
Decatur
Senate
House
Lindley
Oglesby
Shurtleff
Probe mystery of art student death in New York
William D. Chandler an art student from Winthrop Missouri died from a bullet wound in a West Forty-second Street flat New York City. The coroner ordered three of five occupants detained to determine if Chandler's death was self inflicted or caused by another.
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New York
William D. Chandler
Winthrop, Mo
West Forty-second Street
Chandler
Brown Wife Confession Claims Max Not His Son
In the Bradley murder case today a witness testified Brown told Mrs Belle Cameron Brown that their son Max was not his. The defendant denied paternity of Max and Brown denounced his ex wife as a vile degenerate. Mrs Bradley’s agony intensified as she faced court, nearly collapsing and enduring a day of sorrow while her ill child Montgomery Brown Bradley fought pneumonia.
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Brown
Max
Washington, D. C
Bradley
Belle Cameron Brown
Archy Livingston
Salt Lake City
Livingston
Max. Soren Christensen
Max Brown
Montgomery Brown
Plow Company Holds Eighth Annual Employee Ball
The eighth annual ball of the Plow company's employer will be held this evening in the office building display rooms on the second floor. An excellent supper will accompany the event, a long standing custom started by Mr. A Hirshheimer that remains popular with employees and their friends and is always a great success.
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A. Hirshheimer
Weather forecast for Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Texas
Weather conditions across the Midwest and South show cool nights with 36 degrees and a high of 50 during the day. The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Thursday in Wisconsin, snow near Lake Superior, and colder air. Minnesota expects partly cloudy skies and colder conditions with snow in the northeast, while Iowa remains generally fair and cooler tonight and Thursday. A low pressure system moving southeast from the Canadian northwest brings strong winds and some rain or snow, then shifts east with fair and colder weather. High pressure sits over the southern Atlantic states and the Rocky Mountains, with warmer readings from northern Texas to North Dakota and markedly colder conditions in the northern Rockies. Rain has occurred in Texas and the north Atlantic states.
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Lake Superior
Minnesota
Iowa
Canadian Northwest
South Atlantic
Rocky Mountain Districts
Texas
North Dakota
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain
North Atlantic States
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Ora
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