Taft plans campaign work and Virginia visit
Taft prepares his campaign with a written speech due in Cincinnati on July 28 and seeks early input from party leaders. Hitchcock, Republican National Committee chair, arrives saying no statements on campaign leadership until after a week. plans include an executive and advisory committee. Taft meets Cincinnati delegation, approves notification plans for the July 28 event at Charles P. Taft home with fireworks to follow, and discusses Chicago headquarters leadership likely to be held by Hemenway with McKinley as assistant treasurer. The day includes golf with Meyer and Herrick, a reporters’ ballgame, and a police/agency pickup of key party figures amid varied stops in Hot Springs and Washington.
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Republican National Committee
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Washington
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Indiana
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Ohio
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William J
Cannon Visits Sherman In Clinton Auto Ride
Cannon and Sherman toured Clinton by car this afternoon as rumors swirled about a possible chairman. Sherman denied plans to become party chair and discussed state politics with local figures before heading home at 5:55 p.m. Dick praised Hitchcock for national leadership in the Republican campaign. Commander and Mrs. Peary and their children arrived today with plans to join St John at Cape Breton.
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Venezuela and United States sever ties abruptly
Washington reports severed diplomatic relations after Venezuela's Chargé d'Affaires Veloz Goicoa presented notice to Acting Secretary Bacon to quit and close the legation. The U S had withdrawn its Chargé Sleeper from Caracas, blaming Venezuela for confiscations and denied arbitration of American claims. Officials expect no war imminently though relations remain broken.
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Caracas
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New York
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Veloz
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Adee
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Russell
Sefior Veioz
Sleeper
Ruggles
Bryan Nominated for President at Democratic Convention
William Jennings Bryan placed in nomination for president last night before the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Copyright 1908 by Waldon Fawcett.
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Denver
Waldon Fawcett
Did Not Predict War By Telegraph to The Tribune
Oyster Bay July 9 The President did not tell Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson that the United States would be in war with Japan within a year Nor did he make any remark resembling such sensational import Secretary Loeb issued a statement denying the quotes from Hobson and said the President has only said that with a sufficient navy a foreign war would be avoidable and unlikely.
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the Tribune
Oyster Bay
Richmond Pearson Hobson
United States
Japan
Mr. Hobson
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Denver
Hobson
Lusitania Races Toward Ocean Record at Sandy Hook
The Cunard liner Lusitania passed Nantucket Lightship at 6 30 pm and Captain Watt expected Sandy Hook by 2 am, aiming to break or tie the ocean record. Previous runs set days and knots records, with speed averaging around 25 knots as she neared the Hook though fog hindered exact timing.
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Nantucket
Watt
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Hook
Mauretania
U S Minister in Peril in Paraguay Revolt
In La Paz Bolivia on July 9 reports say American Minister Edward C. O'Brien narrowly escaped death during fighting in Asuncion. He was fired on three times by government troops while approaching revolutionists HQ. Troops ceased fire after realizing their error. President Emiliano Naveiro is officially recognized by foreign diplomats amid costly damages claims.
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Bolivia
Paraguay
Asuncion
Edward C. O'Brien
O'Brien
Emiliano Naveiro
Wireless phone test in Newark links to Singer Building
A. Frederick Collins demonstrated a successful wireless telephone test between Newark and the Singer Building in Manhattan, with messages transmitted and received from a lab at 54 Clinton Street Newark to the 41st story tower of the Singer Building. The system, using phosphor bronze aerial wires and aluminum receiving, was described as conclusive and normal. A company representative said patents would extend service within 100 miles of Manhattan.
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Manhattan
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Clinton Street
Turkish Outrage Report From Ikaria Island
The Greek Brotherhood of Pittsburg received a cipher from Alexandria stating a Turkish squadron captured high officials and seized more than one hundred American citizens on Ikaria on June 14. Advisers were imprisoned, treated harshly, and many Americans exiled. The message urged immediate action by the American government to protect citizens' families.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Ikaria
Washington
Bishop Potter Weaker In Cooperstown Bulletin Says Condition Turned Critical
Bishop Henry C. Potter’s health declined slightly after a period of modest improvement. He passed a painful night with no strength gain, and the day brought a further loss of strength. The bulletin notes continued hope for recovery but calls his condition critical and today’s turn cause for apprehension.
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J. E. Janvrin
Potter
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Sells B and M stock under court order
The New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad sold its 109,949 shares of Boston & Maine stock to a New Haven lawyer friend of the road, complying with the Supreme Court order to dispose of competing lines by July 1, 1909, ending the merger dispute that spurred campaigns and litigation. The stock was bought in early 1907 around 160, while Boston & Maine traded at 133 today.
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New Haven
Supreme Court
Salem landmark sold to Miss Emmerton for settlement house
The House of the Seven Gables in Salem was sold today to Miss Caroline Emmerton, reputedly the wealthiest woman there. The house, a Hawthorne landmark, will be converted into a settlement house under her ownership.
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the Tribune
Salem
Mass
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Caroline CC. Smmerton
Emmerton
Burrows mocks speech at Republican convention
Denver dated July 9 Senator Julius Cesar Burrows Michigan temporary chairman criticized Representative Clayton's remarks as a "fine old-fashioned Bourbon Democratic" speech. He said the speech merely attacked the President and the Republican party, echoing Democratic rhetoric since the war while defending equality before the law as urged by a man from Alabama. Also advertised: $2.50 to Atlantic City and return via Pennsylvania Railroad on Sunday July 12 with a special train from New York at 7 A.M. and return at 7 P.M.
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Julius Cesar Burrows
Michigan
Clayton
United States
Alabama
Atlantic City
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New York
Newark
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
Aldermanic Baseball League Aims to Unite City Fathers
Milwaukee July 9. Following the annual aldermen’s baseball games between Milwaukee and Philadelphia a movement forms to organize an aldermanic league including city fathers from New York Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit Buffalo St Louis Chicago and Milwaukee as participants.
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City Fathers
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Sillwaukee
Suspicious Chinese at Navy Yard Arrested
Two Chinese men seen taking notes near the League Island Navy Yard gate were arrested by the marine guard on suspicion of spying. One carried a copy of U S military regulations. no notebook was found. The regulation book was confiscated.
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the Tribune
Philadelphia
League Island Navy Yard
Marine Guard
United States
Bryan Named Amid Cheers at Democratic Convention
Denver dispatch reports two sessions at the Democratic National Convention with nominating speeches for W J Bryan and others. I J Dunn of Nebraska placed Bryan in nomination, Gray and Johnson also named. platform adopted after hours of speeches.
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Delaware
Johnson
Minnesota
Bryan Nominated by Democrats as Platform Delayed
Denver reports William J. Bryan practically nominated for President by the Democratic convention after platform delays. Thousands-packed auditorium roared as Nebraskan Ignatius Dunn led the platform with Bryan’s name amid festive music and dramatic showmanship. Delegates from Nebraska, Iowa, Pennsylvania and many states cheered while Tammany and New York held back.
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