Taft Victors Move In Contested Taft Delegates Race
The Republican National Committee met in Chicago to hear contests for temporary roll calls. Taft delegates won in Georgia districts and the first Kentucky seat. Hitchcock withdrew amid Allies protests, while Taft and administration signals backed Hitchcock’s methods with Roosevelt expressing satisfaction.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Foraker
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Missouri
Hughes
Taft
Solomon Luna
New Mexico
Hitchcock
Florida
Georgia
Coliseum
Stone
New
Shaw
Auditorium Hotel
Leslie M. Shaw
Washington
D. C
Frank Hitchcock
National Committee
Roosevelt
Weather Forecast for Iowa and Illinois Regions
The forecast calls for fair skies in Iowa tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures in the east and central areas. Illinois will see showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight with cooler conditions overnight and a Tuesday with fair, cooler weather. Sunrise is 4 15, sunset 7 24, moon set 1 16 am.
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Lowa
Illinois
Band Of Post Office Robbers Struck Iowa Illinois Again
Woodhull Illinois June 8 special. Post offices at Lynn Center and Woodhull were robbed within 24 hours with safes blown open and hundreds in cash and stamps taken. The same gang is suspected after earlier robberies at Cordova and here on Thanksgiving eve. Total haul about $200 cash and $100 to $200 in stamps. The criminals used a nitro glycerine charge, escaped on a Burlington hand car, leaving private papers of Postmaster George E Swanson. Two robberies in Illinois and Iowa linked by method and timing.
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Woodhull
Ill
Lynn Center
Cordova
George E. Swanson
Burlington
Illinois
Iowa
Emperor Alter Plans for Royal Meeting Change
Reval Russia June 8 Emperor Nicholas and suite abandon sea voyage to port and will travel by train tomorrow morning. They board the yacht Stan d star and sail to meet King Edward on the royal yacht Victoria Albert. No reason given and the move went unnoticed by locals.
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Reval
Russia
Nicholas
Dervish Wins Ocean Race From Marblehead to Hamilton
The schooner Dervish owned by Commodore Henry Morss of the Corinthian Yacht Club won the Marblehead to Hamilton ocean race in class B. She finished at 12 40 this morning with no class B rivals in sight at daylight.
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Corinthian Yacht Club
Hamilton
Bermuda
Dervish
Henry Morss
Marblehead
Brewers to Hold Public Meetings for First Time
Milwaukee brewers gathering for the United States Brewers association convention announce a first time public meeting. They seek publicity to present their side on prohibition and counter misrepresentations. The open session will showcase both the brewers and prohibition advocates.
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Brewers
Milwaukee
Wis
United States Brewer Association
Lisbon Tornado Destroys Electric Plant and Barns
A tornado struck Lisbon and nearby areas destroying the electric light plant and several barns and small buildings. Estimated losses run around 25000 dollars with no injuries reported. Other towns report cyclone damage and multiple fatalities as storms sweep Nebraska and Kansas regions.
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Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Ships Start On A Long Voyage From San Francisco
The battleships Maine and Alabama of a special service squadron commanded by Captain G. B. Harber left San Francisco today for the Atlantic via Honolulu Manila and Suez. Secretary of the Interior Garfield is aboard en route to Hans'tu.
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Cal
Maine
Alabama
G. B. Harber
Atlantic
Honolulu
Manila
Suez
Garfield
Harber
Hans'tu
Governor Deneen Refuses Pardon in Illinois Poisoning Case
Herman Billik, convicted of poisoning the Uiral family in Chicago, will die Friday after the pardon board and Governor Deneen rejected clemency. A spontaneous prayer service by 650 inmates at Cook County Jail urged commutation to life, but authorities stood firm. Billik remained calm, insisting on his innocence and preparing to face the scaffold.
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Springfield
Ill
Herman Billik
Chicago
Uiral
Pardon Board
Deneen
Cook County
Billik
L Billik
Uzral
Father O'Callaghan
AOUW MIEN GATHERING IN DES MOINES
Five hundred delegates to the AOUW convention arrive in Des Moines Iowa with thirty eight states represented. Mayor Mathis will deliver the welcome address replacing Governor Cummins. W M Narvis of Muscatine and Manning W Briggs of Portland Oregon speak. Special trains arrive statewide. Topeka delegation seeks next convention. Grand lodge meetings run today and end next Sunday.
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Des Moines
Mathis
Cummins
W. M. Narvis
Muscatine
Manning W. Briggs
Portland
Oregon
Topeka
Kan
Carnival at Rimes Ottumwa Violence Report
Ottumwa Iowa records two accidental deaths two attempted murders a death by own action and a major burglary in twenty four hours James Sutton Rutledge was killed by a train George Eiler eight years old drowned Sidney Newell traction company employee died by his own action Henry Napier shot and wounded his wife William Henderson attacked his brother with a pick Eunice Curry tied gagged and robbed of one hundred fifty dollars
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Ottumwa
James Sutton
Rutledge
George Eiler
Sidney Newell
Traction Company
Henry Napier
William Henderson
Thomas
Eunice Curry
Five States Stand as Powerhouse in Republican Convention
In Chicago the five north western states Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Wisconsin dominate the forthcoming national convention. Taft Fairbanks New Hopkins Cannon Burrows La Follette loom large as contenders and presiding figures. The five states, once a trackless wilderness, now balance national Republican power.
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Chicago
Ill
Northwest Territory
Union
Ohio
William H. Taft
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
Harrys. New
Republican National Committee
Illinois
Albert J. Hopkins
Jos. G. Cannon
House of Representatives
United States
Michigan
Julius Caesar Burrows
Wisconsin
la Follette
Taft Organization
Roosevelt
Robbers' Victim Succumbs in Lincoln After Assault
Lincoln Illinois June 8 Millionaire bank president and coal mine owner Frank Frazer died today from injuries after a March highway robbery. Two robbers pleaded guilty and are in Chester penitentiary while a third awaits trial.
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Lincoln, Ill
Frank Frazer
Chester Penitentiary
Practical joke ends in death at Pittsburgh steel plant
Morris Caseberg, 22, of Pittsburg, employed at Duquesne Steel, died after coworkers allegedly inflated his body with compressed air on May 20, causing peritonitis. The incident occurred amid a suspected practical joke.
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Pittsburg
Morris Caseberg
Duquesne Steel Works
Kansas City Floods Prompt Mass Relocations
The Kaw river rises steadily in Kansas City with thousands expected to be flooded within a day. Armouredale and Argentine residents move to higher ground while merchants shift stocks to safety. In Topeka, a breach 500 yards wide releases floodwater into North Topeka, flooding homes up to four feet deep.
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Kansas City
Kaw River
Armourdale
Argentine
Topeka
Kan
North Topeka
Gordon Street
Keokuk Girl Dies Mysteriously After Self Inflicted Shots
Ellen French a 19 year old Keokuk Sunday school teacher returned from teaching her class and shot herself three times. After two wounds in the side she finally died from a shot through the temple. No cause is given for the act.
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Burlington
Iowa
Ellen French
Keokuk
Passengers shaken by Erie train derailment in Belvidere
In Salamanca New York on June 8 a derailment of an Erie passenger train caused severe shaking for thirty passengers when a broken switch at Belvidere forced the wheels off the track.
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Salamanca
N. Y
Erie
Belvidere
Belmont Very Low Hope Fading for Belmont Recovery
Hempstead Long Island June 8 Oliver H P Belmont weakened by appendicitis as doctors report recovery hopes practically abandoned in a dramatic health update from Belmont estate.
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Hempstead
L. I
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Police Foil Plotters Behind Royal Family Bomb Plot
Lisbon authorities say the Society of the Black Cross planned to bomb royal family members at a June 18 religious feast. Three notorious anarchists are among the ring leaders arrested.
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Lisbon
Society of the Black Cross
Government Crop Report Highlights Spring Wheat Acreage Rise
The June grain report from the agriculture department shows 17,710,000 acres of spring wheat sown, up 631,000 from last year. Winter wheat condition stands at 86.0 percent, rye 91.3 percent, oats acreage 31,644,000 with 92.9 percent condition, barley 6,697,000 at 9.7 percent condition, and spring wheat condition on June 1 at 95 percent of normal, versus 88.7 percent a year ago.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Burlington Boy Drowns in Creek Near City
Louis Wilhelm aged 16 died while swimming Sunday in a creek near Burlington Iowa. Report states the incident occurred during recreation and local authorities are noting the accidental drowning.
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Burlington
Louis Wilhelm
Tumultuous Chicago Convention Sparks Fevered Expectations
The piece describes a chaotic buildup to a national party convention in Chicago with Roosevelt and his forces expected to dominate, while tensions rise as last minute maneuvers unfold. It hints at a possible Iowa vice presidential nomination and promises intense, fast moving developments.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Iowa
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