Roosevelt in Chicago Drives Crowd to Rally Against Bosses
In Chicago Roosevelt arrived amid cheering mobs as he confronted party bosses from a senator balcony. He claimed California’s 26 votes and framed the fight as honesty against theft, urging supporters to pressure politicians while police guarded the crowded Congress hotel corridor.
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Texas
Congress Hotel
Sec
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt
Teddy
Roosevelt
California
Republic
Roosevelt Arrival Sparks Taft Campaign Rally
McKinley calls Roosevelt's Chicago visit a last big bluff as Taft delegates welcome him at the headquarters hotel. The Taft campaign counters with claims that no gains were made and accuses Roosevelt managers of inflating Southern support while risking reversals in the North and West.
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Hilles
William Barnes, Jr
New York
Col. Roosevelt
North
Third Oklahoma Republicans threaten to bolt over Roosevelt nomination
Republicans in Muskogee County and the Third Oklahoma district warn they will bolt the party if Roosevelt is not nominated. They argue the colonel earned the nomination by the people’s votes and require convention ratification or refuse to support the nominee.
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Oklahoma
Muskogee
Okla
Muskogee County
Roosevelt
Taft Secures 590 Delegates as Roosevelt Holds 442
Chicago reports that the executive committee announced Taft with 590 delegates, 50 over the nomination threshold, while Roosevelt was credited with 442. Roosevelt supporters withheld figures. New York allocated 53 Taft delegates as Brooklyn delegates swung toward Roosevelt amid caucus disclosures.
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Chicago
McKinley
Taft
Roosevelt
New York
Timothy
La Follette Backers Split Among Roosevelt and Taft
Minnesota and North Dakota Republicans show factional support for La Follette while threatening to back Roosevelt if party unity fails. Pollock states they will stay with La Follette until doom but swing to Roosevelt over Taft or other regular candidates.
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Minneapolis, Mins
North Dakota
Pollock
Roosevelt
Taft
Republican committee closes contests with Roosevelt 19 Taft 235
The Republican national committee finished hearing contests for 354 seats with Roosevelt noted at 19 and Taft at 235. The process reflected tense partisan mood among members as hearings concluded.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Taft
Sherman on ticket speculation marks vice presidency renomination
Washington reports political leaders discuss a potential run by Vice President Sherman for renomination. The chatter follows his earlier assertion that he would run if the party demanded it, and references his current stance and state.
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Washington
Sherman
Roosevelt Threatens Nomination as California Gears for Delegates
Reported chaos in the Roosevelt Taft struggle over the Republican convention in Chicago. Roosevelt leaders claim he will enter the Coliseum as a nominee regardless of delegate totals, while Taft supporters warn of a possible bolt and staged opposition from California and Southern delegates. Police preparations and routined convention organization stir nerves as Roosevelts push to control temporary roll and chairman selection.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Col
Fational Committee
Mattrra
Senater Borah
API
National Committee
Etern
Vietor Rosewater
Bations Committee
Anid
Senator Root
Rosewater
Root
Charman
Ananam
California
Hiram Johnson
New York
McKinley
Hughes boom begins at Cairago for Justice Hughes
A reform movement formed Saturday in Cairago to back Justice Charles E Hughes as a compromise presidential candidate. William Hotchkiss of New York leads the effort, insisting the people need service in the crisis, though Hughes would not consent to his name being used.
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Cairago
Charlies E. Hes
William Hotchkiss
New York
Heaid
Hughes
Bogus Tickets Found for Republican National Convention
Chicago reports counterfeit tickets uncovered by Harry S. New, chairman of the convention arrangements committee. The forgery attempts to imitate a signature linked to Mr. New. The secret form of the genuine ticket remains with the national committee.
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Chicago
Harry S. New
Convention Arrangements Committee
Mr. New
National Committee
Channel From Galena to Chicago Could Divert Mississippi Floods
McCormick proposes diverting upstream Mississippi headwaters into Lake Michigan to relieve flood conditions. Three route options include Galena to Chicago at 152 miles with potential profitability. 259 miles from St. Paul to Green Bay. and 153 miles from LaCrosse to Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Robert R. McCormick
Chicago Sanitary District
Mississippi
St. Paul
Green Bay
LaCrosse
Wis
Milwaukee
Galena
Ill
Robert Isham Randolph
Ilinois Rivers and Lakes Commission
Miratesip
Valley States
How J P Morgan Stopped 1907 Panic
R H Thomas testifies before the Pujo committee that J P Morgan arranged a 25 million loan in about five minutes to quell the Panic of 1907. George W Perkins and various banks supplied the funds as brokers faced extreme cash shortages and 100 percent call money.
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New York Stock Exchange
New York
J. Pier Pest Morgen
Stock Exchange
Thomas
Witne Cbsi
Mr. Thomas
Mr. Untermyer
Cotton Crop Prospects Improve With Timely Rains
A Memphis report notes good prospects for the cotton crop as timely rains aid growth in the West while too much rain in the East slows progress. Warmer late-week weather boosts outlook. scattered showers benefit Oklahoma and Arkansas as late plantings emerge. Texas conditions remain favorable and cultivation advances nationwide though some fields are behind last year.
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Memphis
Georgia
Carolinas
Elee
Mississipi
Texas
Atlantic States
Food Safety Bulletin Urges Clean Handling of Groceries
The state Board of Health calls for all food materials to be kept under cover and for stores to be screened. Dr Leathers emphasizes grocery cleanliness to protect public health, noting uncovered lard and fruit left unprotected invites filth and illness.
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Three Men Electrocuted on High Tension Wire in Elizabeth
Three men died when they contacted a high tension Public Service Corporation wire in Elizabeth New Jersey. Their bodies hung for over an hour before rescue workers could reach them.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Public Service Corporation
Kick Fat Fee for Stimson and War Department
Washington lawmakers attacked fees paid to Secretary Simeon while he was special counsel for the government in the sugar fraud case. Rep Hearl said $83,000 in fees and expenses were paid to Mr. Stimson in one year. The House adopted an amendment to bar former United States attorneys from serving as general counsel for the government. Representative Mert accused the government of recovering $402,000 from Cranial prosecutions in Savannah and paying $351,000 for legal services.
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Washington
Scretary Simeon
War Department
House
Hearl
Texas
Stimeon
United States
Mert
Man in Hoboken Ends Life at Rail Terminal
Edward McLaughlin shot himself at the Hoboken terminal of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western in view of about fifty witnesses. He had entered a telephone booth minutes earlier and was heard arguing by bystanders before declaring that it ends it and pulling a revolver.
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Hoboken
New York
Edward McLaughlin
Elaware, Lackawanna & Western
McLaughlin
Bistamiers
Hobbs Succeeds Alexander as Democratic Delegate
Jackson reported the Democratic state executive committee organized in the senate chamber with Hon. John L. Hebron presiding. J. M. McBeath of Meridian was chosen chairman and Joseph E. Norwood of Magnolia secretary. The group named G. T. Hobbs as national convention delegate in place of the late C. S. Alexander.
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C. H. Alexander
S. J. Taylor
Mutiny by Bannermen Shatters Taiwania in Santung Province
In Peking era reports, 2000 bannermen seized control of Taiwania, Santung Province, mutinied last evening and burned looted through the night. No foreign casualties reported. The governor sought refuge at a Catholic mission station as fear of disbandment and unpaid wages sparked the unrest.
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China
Taiwania
Santung
Tulsa Special Officer Arrested for Littering Glass
J E Hullett a special officer with the government bureau suppressing liquor among Indians was arrested by Tulsa police for littering streets with broken glass after seizing a large beer shipment and breaking bottles on a downtown curb. Municipal Judge Houston issued a warning and discharged him.
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Tulsa
Okla
J. E. Hullett
Governmet Bureau
Hullett
Curbstone
Houston
Taft Delegate Accuses Roosevelt Bribery Plot
A Mississippi Taft delegate Charles Banks from Mound Bayou sends a letter to Director McKinley declaring he cannot be bought and denying bribery, released by Senator Bixon in response to Roosevelt bribery charges. Army and Navy officers support a monument to men who died on the ill fated ship saving women and children.
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Chicago
Taft
Mississippi
McKinley
Taft Bureau
Bixon
Roosevelt
Charles Banks
Mound Bayou
Washington
United States Army
Navy
Supreme Court Upholds Prohibition in Indian Territory
Fort Smith Ark reports that the Supreme Court upholds a law barring liquor importation into the former Indian Territory. The federal government plans a major enforcement drive to keep the area dry, citing a 75 year old felony statute against liquor introduction into Indian communities.
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Ark
United States Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Uncle Sam
Congress
India Territory
Representative Berger Presents Petition Through 116000 Signers
Washington lawmakers report Representative Berger backing a constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage with a petition signed by more than 116 thousand supporters. California shows 13 592 names among listed signers.
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Washington
Berger
House
California
Wilder Marries Decatur Cotton Queen to Real Estate Politician
New York reports Leila Seton Wilder of Decatur Alabama known as the Cotton Queen due to her fortune as a cotton planter is wed to Wallace Bury a wealthy real estate dealer and politician.
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New York
Leila Seton Wilder
Decatur
Ala
Wallace Bury
Woman Held For Murders in Chicago
Chicago police hold Louise Lindor, 45, as investigation targets the deaths of her two husbands and three children.
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Chicago
Louise Lindor
Deadlock on Reciprocity and Pittsburg Wedding
Washington reports a Senate 33 to 27 vote refuses to recede from its amendment to the iron and steel tariff revision bill amid a pro reciprocity deadlock between houses. In Pittsburg Lillian Russell wed editor Alex P Moore at a hotel with only relatives and close friends present.
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Houses
Congress
Senate
Pittsburg
Lillian Russell
Alex. P. Moore
Pellagra Phobia Defined by Thompson-Fadden Commission
In Spartanburg, South Carolina, researchers from the Thompson-3eFadden pellagra commission, sent by the New York Post-Graduate Hospital, report pellagra fear as a clearly defined disease requiring study and research work.
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Spartanburg
S. C
New York Post-Graduate Hospital
Tosetti VP Carries Out Suicide at Mother's Grave
Otto Tosetti of Tosetti Brewing Company killed himself with a bullet at his mother's grave in Oakwoods cemetery. In Sheridan Wyoming, a cloudburst sent a wall of water down Clear Creek Canyon washing over Buffalo and destroying the town, with multiple deaths and water flooding the telephone exchange on the second story.
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Chicago
Otto Tosetti
The
Tosetti Brewing Company
Oakwoods Cemetery
Sheridan, Wye
Clear Creek Canyon
Buffalo
Telephone Exchange
Suffragists Split From Taft Roosevelt at Republican Rally
Chicago suffragists plan to present the votes for women banner but will not align with Taft or Roosevelt at the Republican convention, maintaining neutrality amid the party split.
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Chicago
Hailstorm Ravages Hackett Fruit Belt Cutting Peach Crop
Enormous damage reported in Fort Smith district as a fierce hailstorm struck Hackett area causing peaches to lose fruit. Large hail as big as hen’s eggs fell in rapid cascades, stripping trees and devastating the fruit belt.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Hackett City
Storm Rips Central Missouri Causing Deaths and Destruction
A Missouri storm felled twenty six known fatalities and left many injured as it swept through central west Missouri, striking Kansas City on Saturday. Two deaths occurred in the city and extensive damage spread through Hates county along a half mile wide, five mile long path, demolishing buildings and downing wires.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Hates County
Cuban town Cobre depopulated by rebel proclamation
Washington reports the Cuban municipality of Cobre has emptied after Gem Auto manchi, leader of the insurgent second brigade, urged foreigners to flee within twenty four hours. State department notes about 3,000 refugees at El Cobre and 3,000 at Palma Seriano. Gen Moien gwio told Consul Holiday that property destruction would be prevented.
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Washington
Cobre
Gem Automanchi
Cuba
State Department
el Cobre
Palma Seriano
Moiengwio
Senate OKs bill banning interstate moving pictures in prize fights
Washington. The house bill prohibiting interstate transportation of pictures and moving picture films of prize fights passed the Senate. It was amended to impose a fine of 1000 dollars for each offense.
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Washington
Senate
Drowned Saving Doll in Buckeye Lake
In Columbus Ohio 1 year old Mildred Huskins jumped into Buckeye Lake to save her doll and drowned, emulating adult heroism in a real tragedy. The incident highlights a child’s brave act and the dangers of water hazards.
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Columbus
Mildred Huskins
Buckeye Lake
Novel Plan to Fund Rural School via Cotton Sale
Wren in Monroe county reports a new plan to fund Mississippi rural schooling. A well run separate school in Wren would receive furnishings and painting funded by planting a two acre tract to cotton and using cooperative cropped net proceeds.
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Jackson
Mississippi
Wren
Monroe County
Moorehead Resident Chester H Pond Dies Suddenly
Chester H Pond of Moorehead died at home from arteria echieroxia. In 180% he built the Yazoo Delta railroad from Moorehead to Rulrville, drawing Illinois Central interest in the delta. He then extended the line by contract to Tutwiler and south to Belzoni, shaping regional rail development.
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Moorehead
Chester H. Pond
Governor grants pardon and other Mississippi notes
Gov Grewer pardons Philip Wilson convicted of manslaughter and sentences him to five years in the penitentiary after a petition for clemency. Dr. Cecil Shands, son of G D Shands, dies after a yearlong illness, hailed as a bright young Mississippi lawyer. Garland Fulton, Mississippi native, earns second on merit at Annapolis Naval Academy with a 710.08 grade.
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Grewer
Philip Wilson
Drs. Jackson
Cecil Shands
G. D. Shands
Mississippi
Mississippi Bay
Garland Fulton
Naval Acchemy
Annapolis
Mississippi Bar Association forms committee for law magazine
Jackson Hon R N Miller of Hazlehurst announces a special committee to arrange publication of a law magazine under the Mississippi Bar Association.
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Jackson
R. N. Miller
Hazlehurst
Mississippi Bar Association
Woman Charged in Husband’s Death at Osyka
Mrs Callie Dickey aged 35 was arrested in Osyka in connection with the death of her husband W C Dickey 45 following a relatives led investigation.
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Callie Dickey
W. C. Dickey
Dicksy
Outlook Encouraging as Weevil Pressure Dips in Mississippi
Jackson reporter B L Moss, former federal agriculture agent, says in Jackson that he has found weevil infection far lighter than usual in nearby counties. He cites inspections in Laurel Brookhaven McComb and says persistent combat can secure a profitable cotton crop despite pockets of pests still present.
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B.L. Moss
Federal Department of Agriculture
Jackson Territory
Alabama
Missinsoppi
Mr. Moss
Laurel
Nattesburg
Lincoln
Pike
Brookhaven
McComb
Utes
Adams
Raymond
Edwarde
Holton
Governor Paid Up Licenses for 40 Horsepower Car
Jackson Nov Hirewer paid his automobile license fee for a 40 horsepower car and received license tag No 77 from the auditor for 15 dollars. There is debate over tax rules for 40 hp machines with some asserting the law places them in the 15 dollar class. A state lawyer warned the legislature likely intended 40 hp cars to fall under the same privilege tax and tag charge.
Mothers Meet July 11 in Brookhaven
Mississippi Congress of Mothers officers announce the annual session in Brookhaven on July 9 10 and 13. Aims include united parenthood better school facilities higher teacher salaries education for parents and a motherhood chair in every college and high school plus parent teacher associations and juvenile court oversight.
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Congress
Big Jackson
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Congress of Mothers
Brookhaven
School canning demonstrations delayed until July
Miss Susie V. Powell in charge of state school improvement and Girls' Tomato Club work across twelve counties under joint supervision of the state department of education and the U S department of agriculture says seven demonstrations will not begin until July.
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Susie V. Powell
If Education
United States Department of Agriculture
Commencement at State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
Dr J K Dobyns, superintendent, announces Monday exercises at the State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb where four students will receive diplomas. The institution closes one of its best sessions in both white and negro sections.
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Jackson
J. K. Dobyns
State Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Mississippi States Pharmaceutical Association Meeting Report
Greenwood notes the tenth annual Mississippi Pharmaceutical Association meeting with about 100 members present. Vicksburg announces July tournament programs expected to draw shooters from Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee with interstate team and individual matches and about thirty prizes. Biloxi sets yacht regatta for July 10 and 11. Jackson reports a neat cash surplus with $600,000 transferred to state credit by Gov. Brewer through the Capital Party.
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Mississippi State Pharmaceutical Association
Vicksburg
Mississippi
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Tennessee
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Treasury
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New York
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Brewer
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