Democratic National Convention Adopts Temporary Officers
Denver July 7 delegates convened in Convention Hall as National Chairman Taggart and temporary chairman Bell led a opening session. The treasurer list of temporary officers was read and approved, with officers and clerks named from states including California Kentucky Washington and Illinois. Bell spoke describing the duty to expose Republican policies and defend reforms amid crowd applause.
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Denver
Taggart
Bell
John J. Keane
Wyoming
Theodore A. Bell
Gcfornia
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Assisant
Edwin Sefton
Washingt
W. Va
C. J. Gavin
Rees F. Horrocks
Lite Rock
Ark
Joseph L. Reily
Indianapolis
John J. Martin
Missouri
J. C. Fenn
Indiana
Eugene W. Sullivan
Ilinois
Ruby LaFoon
Mattisonville
W. Allert
Langdon, Md
E. BE. Murphy
Leavenworth
Kas
Thomas H. Lovelace
St. Louis
Thomas B. Collier
Memphis
Battleship Fleet Leaves San Francisco For World Cruise
The Atlantic fleet of 15 battleships departs San Francisco under Rear Admiral Sperry for a round the world voyage. Nebraska will not sail today due to scarlet fever cases onboard and is quarantined at Angel Island. The voyage will pass Honolulu Aukland Sidney Manila and Japan before returning to Hampton Roads around February 1909.
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Battleship
San Francisco
Oyster Bay
Sperry
Nebraska
Cal
Angel Island
Atlantic Fleet
Charles S. Sperry
Honolulu
Aukland
New Zealand
Sidney
Australia
Australian
Manila
Japan
Asiatic
Hampton Roads
Sullivan Reelected Illinois Committeeman Amid Contests
Denver July 7 Illinois delegates reelected Roger C Sullivan as democratic national committeeman despite William Jennings Bryan opposition The slate also named Samuel Alschuler to the resolutions committee and rejected Charles Boeschenstein’s bid for national committeeman The day featured personal clashes and questions of legality in the state delegation’s actions with broader implications for other states and the national committee's leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Alschuler
Friends of
Bryan
Burke
Illinois
Roger’ C, Sullivan
Chicago
George Brennan
W. B. Brinton
Lee County
Jackson Pearce
Adams County
Kane County
E. F. Dunne
Thomas M. Jett
Montgomery County
WILLIAM_H. WARDER
Williamson County
Denver
William J. Bryan
Roger C. Sullivan
State of
Edward F. Dunne
Sullivan
Charles Boeschenstein
Boeschenstein
Indiana
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
Minnesota
Frederick B. Lynch
St. Paul
Nebraska
P. L. Hall
Martin O'Brien
F. W. Brown
Idaho
Pennsylvania
Dubois-Heitfeldt
Ohio
Tom Johnson Yesal
Democrats Prominent in Today s Proceedings
A political column critiques the Chicago convention and Republican record. It accuses the GOP of broken promises, dereliction of duty, and failure to reform tariffs, anti trust laws, interstate finance, and stock regulation. The piece labels the Republicans as failing to uphold rights and promises, urging equal opportunity and land ownership.
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America
Republican Party
Chicago
Congress
Wedded Times For Mme Anna Gould And Prince Helie De Sagan
In London on July 7 Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan wed at a registry office on Henrietta Street and held a simple civil ceremony with a small crowd. A second service followed at the French Protestant church in Soho Square with little secrecy, as the couple and entourage departed in ordinary cabs.
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London
Mme
Anna Gould
Prince Helie de Sagan
Henrietta, Street
Soho Square
Registry Office
Prince Helie
Mercedes Car Wins Dieppe Grand Prix Riotous Rage
Laurensehlager won the Dieppe Grand Prix driving a Mercedes in 6 hours 55 minutes 42 seconds. Hemery finished second in a Benz, Handiot third in a Benz. The race saw fatalities as Cissac and his mechanic were crushed under their car during the event.
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Dieppe
France
Laurensehlager
Hemery
Benz
Handiot
Cissac
Order of filing for congressional and assembly nominations
Springfield Alabama July 7 Argus Special The following petitions for nomination filed by candidates for congressman in the Fourteenth district and members of the lower house in the Thirty third district are listed in filing order with the secretary of state their names will appear on the ballot Congress Fourteenth district Republican James McKinney Aledo Dean Franklin Macomb Democrat none Prohibition none Socialist none Member of the lower house Thirty third district Republican Thomas Campbell Rock Island Frank Abbey Griggsville Christian Gaetter Rock Island Charles Clark Sherrard Louis B Strayer Rock Island Democrat Everett L Werts Oquawka Henry L Wheelan Rock Island S D Hicks Moline Charles C Wilson Rock Island Socialist none Prohibition none
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Springfield
Argus
Fourteenth
General Assembly
Thirtythird
Secretary of State
Congress
James McKinney
Aledo
Dean Franklin
Macomb
Prohibition
Thomas Campbell
Rock Island
Frank Abbey
Griggsville
Christian Gaetter
Charles Clark
Sherrard
Louis B. Strayer
Everett L. Werts
Oquawka
Henry L. Wheelan
S. D. Hicks
Moline
Charles C. Wilson
Revolution in Honduras reports city of Gracias seized
Washington July 7 A revolutionary movement has risen against Honduras's government. Senora Ugarte reports Gracias, about 20 miles from the Salvador border, was taken by a force believed to have come from El Salvador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Honduras
Senora Ugarte
Gracias
Salvador
Former Recorder Arrested in Embezzlement Case
Charles E. Allridge former city recorder of Jackson Michigan and rail road clerk in Mobile Alabama under the alias E C Williams was arrested charged with embezzling 14000 from the Excelsior Building and Loan association where he served as treasurer. Detectives Murphy Lacey and Sheriff George H Bean located him after a letter to his former home.
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Jackson
Mich
Mobile
Ala
Charles E. Allridge
City Recorder
Raiload
E. C. Williams
Excelsior Building and Loan Association of
Allridge
Murphy and Lacey
George H. Bean
Jackson County
Michigan
Aldridge
Mexico
Franks Coaster Company Incorporated in Rock Island
The secretary of state licensed the Franks Coaster company of Rock Island to incorporate with capital stock $6,250. Incorporators are R. S. Dart Nellie M. Driggs and Edith V. Osterman. Reports mention a related case of color line enforcement and a pope health rumor without substantiation.
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Springfield
Argus
Secretary of State
Franks Coaster Company
Rock Island
Capital Stock
R. S. Dart
Nellie M. Driggs
Edith V. Osterman
Prohibitionists Convene Sept 9 in Springfield
Chicago July 7 Prohibitionists of Illinois were notified that the state convention will meet in the senate chamber of the state capitol at Springfield on Wednesday September 9 at 10 o clock. They will nominate 27 candidates for president and vice president and name three University of Illinois trustees and a trustee to fill the McLean vacancy. Representation is one delegate per county plus one for every 500 votes or major fraction for Swallow in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ilinois
Alonzo E. Wilson
Senate
Springfield
University of Ilinois
Alexander McLean
Silas C. Swallow
Heat Kills Dozens in the East as Heatwave Rages
In New York and Philadelphia during the last 24 hours the heat caused 21 deaths in New York and four in Philadelphia. Prostrations numbered in the hundreds and thousands were treated by private physicians, as the sizzling period continued with high temperatures across the region.
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New York
Philadelphia
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Ner Urderes Unt
Ernest Brassey
Ind
M. D. Crutchfield
M. W. Blumberg
D. C
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C. F. Reimer
Col
Samuel Kereh
Seattle
Wash
P. T. Ramsey
Gaul
Democratic Party
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Covent Garden
Madame Gould
Asia
Roger Sullivan
Tillnois
Cook County
Johnson
Tom L. Johnson
Nar
Abusin
National Committee
Tllinois
Mercedes
San Salvador
Recorder
NEW Coaster Company Here
Monmouth
Rome
Paris
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