Chicago Opens 1908 Convention Hubs Amid Music and March
Chicago enters the 1908 convention with brass bands, marching clubs, and orators at candidate headquarters. Delegates pour in by train, led by figures like Don Cameron and Sen. Depew, as Taft’s activity centers across three hotels amid forecasts of hurrah and fireworks.
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Chicago
Don Cameron
United States
Pennsylvania
Roscoe Conkling
John A. Logan
General Grant
Henry Taft
Senator Depew
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Representative Sereno
Representative
Sereno
Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Long
Kansas
James S. Sherman
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
Yates
Unnons
Americas Club
Pittsburg
Knox
Taft
Labor Plank Favored for Republican Platform
AFL leaders including Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison John Mitchell and James Johnson met at the Kaiserhof hotel in Chicago to discuss adding a labor plank to the Republican platform. A formal request was planned opposing unrestricted injunctions in labor disputes and related labor issues.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Kaiserhof Hotel
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
James Johnson
One Son Still Lives After Fatal Cooper Family Tragedy
Seventeen year old Fred Cooper, the only survivor of an eight member family, lies in Mercy hospital with a head wound after seven family members were killed. He briefly recovered to say he heard a revolver shot last night, suggesting the brothers death and his mother may have fired the shot that wounded him.
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Cooper Home
Fred
Six Die in Wreck as Missouri Train Plunges Embankment
Six passengers were killed and nine injured when six coaches of Missouri Kansas and Texas passenger train No 4 derailed near Clinton Missouri and plunged down a twenty foot embankment into three feet of water. The mail clerk Kincaid was among the severely injured. Several victims were taken to Sedalia while others remained at the scene. The wreck was blamed on a washout.
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Missouri
Kansas
Kincaid
Sedalia
Grand River
M. W. Armstrong
Kentucky
A. E. Steinhard
Chicago
Geo. W. Hook
Springfield
Dan Hook
W. Dickson
Mayville
W. D. Ferguson
Huntington
W. Va
Reunion of Hyman Family at Spencer Park
The Hyman family reunion at Spencer park drew eighty five attendees for a social day. Roy Wills was elected president and Schuyler Hyman secretary-treasurer. Next year’s meeting slated for Will's Grove on Deer Creek in Cass county on June 15, 1909. distant guests included Miss Hinebaugh of Frankfort and Mrs. Will Stewart with daughter from Alexandria.
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Spencer Park
Hyman
Roy Wills
Schuyler Hyman
Will’s Grove
Deer Creek
Cass County
Hinebaugh
Frankfort
Will Stewart
Alexandria
United States Ready for Panama Election
Washington reports government preparations in case of a Panama election crisis. A strong marine force is within reach in Panama, with ships including Tacoma, Dubuque, Albany, Prairie, Des Moines, Paducah, and Marietta positioned near key locations to protect Americans and property in the canal zone.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panama
Canal Zone
Tacoma
New York Navy Yard
Bradford
R. 1
Colon
Dubuque
Albany
Prairie
Isthmus
Des Moines
Havana
Sixteen Deer Reported at Spring and Wellington Farm
Sixteen deer now reside at the Spring and Wellington stock farm near Clymers. The six new arrivals are fawns born this week, bringing total fawns on the farm to eight in ten days and ten fawns born countywide this spring, two of which are on Wilson Searight's Jefferson township farm.
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Spring
Wellington
Clymers
Wilson Searight
Jefferson Township
Monitor Florida Torpedo Test Pierces Hull at Pine Beach
Fort Monroe Virginia June 13 A U S monitor Florida was pierced by an American Whitehead torpedo in a naval test to measure vulnerability of water tight bulkheads. The hole in her side exposes seventeen inches of water in the larboard hold but officials say the damage is not vital and the test proves a battleship could still fight with limited punctures if multiple compartments are not breached.
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Associated Press
Fort Monroe
Florida
Norfolk Navy Yard
Pine Beach
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Rocky Mountain Glee Club Photo Recalls Local Past
An old photograph of the Rocky Mountain Glee Club, formed by James T. Bryer David Bryer Elihu Rice and Allen Richardson, will be shown in the Tribune window. The club sang at rallies and church events, with Elihu Rice later leading the First National Bank. photos taken in 1861 by Longwell are the surviving record of the group.
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Robert Whitsett
Tribune
Rocky Mountain Glee Club
James T. Bryer
David Bryer
Elihu Rice
Allen Richardson
Horace P. Biddle
Glee Club
Whitsett
John C. Fremont
United States
Rocky Mountain
Longwell
Elihu S. Rice
First National Bank
Allies Plan To Reslice Delegates At Republican Convention
Rep James Burke reveals a plan by allies to cut southern delegates and boost northern representation at the GOP convention. The proposal would award four delegates per state plus one per ten thousand Republican votes, plus two delegates from territories and districts.
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Chicago
James Francis Burke
Penn
Knox
District of Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippines
Republiican National Committee
National Committee
Burke
Biennial Elections of A O U W Officers
Des Moines Iowa June 13 At today's session of the supreme lodge of A O U W the biennial election of officers re elected for the third time W M Narvis of Muscatine Iowa supreme workman of the order No other supreme master workman has held office longer than one term The officers chosen are Supreme Master Workman W M Narvis Muscatine Iowa Supreme Master Foreman J A Eckstein New Ulm Minn Supreme Overseer J C Gallagher New Haven Coan Supreme Recorder M W Sackett of Kansas Supreme Receiver H B Dickinson New York Guide W R Welch Guthrie Okla Supreme Watchman Rev D B Phelan Pittsfield Mass Supreme Medical Examiner Dr G A Eschman Wheeling W Va
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Lodge of
W. M. Narvis
Muscatine
W. M Narvis
George Siler Dies After Sudden Illness at 62
George Siler, noted boxing writer and former light weight boxer, died in Chicago at age 62 after a sudden heart attack tonight. He previously suffered a June 4 attack but had been recovering. his death came as a surprise to family and doctors. Siler refereed major prize fights including Corbett vs Fitzsimmons and Jeffries vs Sharkey and Gans vs Nelson.
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Associated Press
Chicago
George Siler
Siler
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Jeffries
Sharkey
Gans
Nelson
Broadway paving debate sparks petition from city attorney
City attorney George Funk says Broadway from Seventh to Twenty Fourth could be paved but relies on law changes and appeals to lower assessments. He warns current bonding limits and contractor pay make progress unlikely under present rules.
Flood Fears Subside While Kaw Still Rises
Kansas City June 13. Rain stopped in the Kaw watershed ending fear of flood exceeding 1903 losses. The river system will still rise and flood lower land along the Kaw and Missouri, with three feet of water inside Union Station and many cellars filling. Three hundred families returned home Friday believing danger over, but tonight boats are needed to move belongings as waters advance.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Union Station
Weather Bureau
Funeral Service for F. P. Sowers Held Tuesday
The funeral for F. P. Sowers will be at his Wheatland avenue residence Tuesday at 10 am, conducted by Rev. Dunn. Burial follows at Mount Hope under the auspices of the K of P.
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F. P. Sowers
Wheatland Avenue
Dunn. Buria
Mount Hope
K. of P
Speakers Arrive for Memorial Services at Pisgah Church
Rev. C. V. Strickland of Hunting ton and Rev. S. M. McNeely of Tosa visited the city Saturday and depart on the 4 15 train to Curveton to stay with Abe Miller. They will deliver addresses at memorial services at Pisgah church in Jefferson this afternoon at 2 30. A splendid musical program has been prepared for the occasion and the services will be unusual and interesting.
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C. V. Strickland
Huntington
S. M. McNeely
Tosa
City
Curveton
Abe Miller
Pisgah Church
Jefferson
Y M C A Group Plans Chicago Trip
Secretary Pendleton leads a party of boys from the Peru Y M C A on a Tuesday morning departure for Chicago. They will tour principal sites, attend a ball game, and likely be joined by local Y M C A members. Estimated cost is nine dollars per person.
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Pendleton
Chicago
Peru
Tucker Family Returns Home after City Visit
Mrs. E. W. Tucker and her sons Wayne and Eugene have returned to Jonesboro after visiting relatives in this city.
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E. W. Tucker
Wayne and
Eugene
Jonesboro
Sunday School Lesson Debate At Y M C A
A YMCA meeting will hold an afternoon discussion on studying the Sunday School lesson as much as the day school lesson. Parker Beall and Edmund Wilson take the affirmative while Claude Beall and Wallace Stansbury argue the negative.
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Parker Beall
Edmund Wilson
Claude Beall
Wallace Stansbury
Yale Beats Princeton 8 to 2 in Baseball Contest
At Yale field New Haven a large crowd watched Yale defeat Princeton 8 to 2. Clarke's wild first inning gave Yale the early edge while Heyniger relieved him and pitched well at times though fielding support faltered during key moments.
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Associated Press
New Haven
Captain Loeb Dies at 80 in Rochester
Captain Henry L. Loeb optical instrument manufacturer died today in Rochester at age eighty.
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Captain Loeb
Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
Henry L. Loeb
Reverend Fends Off Aggressive Goat in Farmyard Fight
Rev. Earl Naftzger, former Market Street M E pastor now in Hartford City, battled a billy goat on Theodore Clapper farm. After a club strike and a stumble, he forced the goat to flee as several youths looked on.
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M. E. Church
Hartford City
Billy
Theodore Clapper
Negro fugitive killed in rifle duel near McAllister
J H Johnson a negro slayer of three men was killed in a rifle duel with Ben Nowlan a farmer near McAllister Oklahoma late this afternoon. Johnson masquerading in women's clothes had killed Marshal Swan at Wilburton and mistook Robert Walters and John Lund for officers wounding both before Nowlan found him and a four shot duel left Johnson dead and Nowlan unhurt.
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Associated Press
McAllister
Okla
J. H. Johnson
Ben Nowlan
Here
Johnson
Marshal Swan
Wilburton
Robert Walters
John Lund
Nowlan
GAR RUNS AWAY KILLING ONE IN EAST ORANGE TROLLEY CRASH
A runaway trolley in East Orange New Jersey killed Anna Collins of East Orange and injured fifteen others when a fuse blew and the car failed to stop. The motorman and conductor leaped to the street as passengers panicked and leaped from the speeding vehicle.
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Associated Press
New York
East Orange
N. J
Anna Collins
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