Sherman Named Republican Vice Presidential Candidate
At the 1908 Republican National Convention in Chicago James S. Sherman of New York was chosen as vice presidential nominee on the Taft ticket. The roll show d Sherman with 816 votes to Guild 75 Murphy 77 Sheldon 10 and Fairbanks 1. Delegations lauded Sherman as victory move and the convention adjourned after formal acknowledgments.
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James S. Sherman
New York
Taft
William Warner
Missouri
Grand Army of the Republic
J. C. Burrows
Michigan
Sherman
Mr. Sherman
Cannon
Timothy L. Woodruff
Congress
Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Fairbanks
Sheldon
Nebraska
Timothy Woodruff
Woodruff
United
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Guild
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Thomas N. McCarter
Murphy
Harry Skinner
North Carolina
Ohio
Dennis Flynn
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Representative Olmsted
Tennessee
H. Clay Evans
C. B. Slemp
Virginia
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Senator Lodge
William Warren
Marines to Panama for Panama election duty
Washington reports eight hundred more Marine Corps officers and men will sail to the Isthmus of Panama to support the coming elections. They join about three hundred already en route, bringing total forces to roughly 1,250. Administration say the move is precautionary with no anticipated need.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Panama
United States
New Hampshire
Idaho
Buffalo chosen for Modern Woodmen head camp meeting
Peoria Illinois June 22 Buffalo was chosen for the head camp meeting of Modern Woodmen of America for 1911. Head Consul Talbot will receive 10000 dollars a year instead of 5000, Clerk Hawes 7500 instead of 4500, head banker 6000 instead of 3600, and each director 6000 annually. Executive officers may buy the Ambler ranch near Colorado Springs and raise funds by subscription for a sanitarium for consumptive Woodmen.
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Peoria
Ill
Buffalo
Woodmen of America
Talbot
Hawes
Ambler Ranch
Colorado Springs
Merger of Paper Companies in Wisconsin
Appleton June 19. The Nekoosa Edwards Paper company of Wood county merges with two other Wisconsin firms the Johy Edwards Manufacturing company and the Port Edwards Fibre company forming a three firm merger with capital of 3 000 900 dollars.
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Appleton, Wis
Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Company
Wood County
Wis
Wisconsin
Nekoosa Paper Company
Johy Edwards Manufacturing Company
Port Edwards Fibre Company
Philippine Assembly Votes for Immediate Independence
Manila reports the Philippine assembly votes 57 to 15 in favor of independence as the people’s aspiration and readiness for immediate self government. Progressist leaders oppose, calling for a separate vote and saying the people are not yet ready for full independence.
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Manila
Philippine Assembly
Osmena
House
Progressist
Sherman Is Serenaded After Nomination News
In Chicago on June 20 Representative James S. Sherman stayed in his room at the Auditorium Annex as the nomination came in. William Barto relayed the news, and the New York delegation with a brass band gave him congratulations. He greeted supporters at the New York headquarters and received an ovation during a public reception.
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Middle West
Great Empire State
James S. Sherman
Willson
Kentucky
Chicago
Convention Hall
James Ss. Sherman
Auditorium
William Barto
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New York
Annex
La Follette Wires Taft On Nomination Response
Senator La Follette sent a telegram to Mr. Taft reacting to the Chicago convention nomination. He says the platform is disappointing in parts but congratulates Taft and expresses faith he is closer to Republican voters. He vows to do all in his power to insure Taft's election.
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Madison, Wis
la Follette
Taft
Chicago
Insane Woman Attempts Governor Visit with Gun
Denver on June 20 Mrs Annie Jere heim an insane woman under delusion that the governor possesses $40,000 left her by W S Stratton planned to shoot him. She carried a revolver hidden under a jacket but was refused admission by Bucktel's secretary and later arrested.
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Denver
Annie Jereheim
W.S. Stratton
Persian patriotic societies seek German protection in Iran
Reports from Teheran say Persian patriotic groups in Teheran Tabriz Kasvin and Ispahan have united to request German protection against Turkey. They urge Germany to send officers and officials to reorganize the Persian army and government.
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St. Petersburg
Teheran
Tabriz
Kasvin
Ispahan
Turkey
Germany
Freight Train Blown to Pieces Near Sargent Colo
An explosion of a dynamite car near Sargent Colorado wrecked a freight train on the Denver Rio Grande line. Two tramps were killed and several trainmen injured, one fatally. A forty foot deep hole was blown in the ground.
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Sargent
Colo
Denver and Rio Grande
Bookmakers Barred as Kentucky Commission Backs Paris Machines
The Kentucky state racing commission voted unanimously to forbid reestablishing bookmakers on tracks. They favored Paris mutual machines as the best option for racing.
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Lexington
State Racing Commission
Kentucky
Paris Mutual
Ice Company Officials Indicted in New York Case
Five indictments were presented to Justice Goff in the supreme court by the special grand jury probing the American Ice company. Bench warrants were issued but the names remain undisclosed.
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New York
Justice Goff
Supreme Court
American Ice Company
Mulai Hafid Defeated in Moroccan City Battles
Paris dispatch from the French consul at Casa Blanca reports that Straghna tribesmen have defeated Mulai Hafid the insurgent sultan in a series of engagements at Morocco City.
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Paris
Casa Blanca
Mulai Hafid
Morocco City
Mimic Warfare Fatal Claims Three Guardsmen
Three New York guardsmen from the Ninth regiment at Fort Wadsworth Staten Island are dead or gravely injured after a mimic warfare incident. John Welsh died, George Harvey and James McDowell were wounded. Harvey may not survive. A flareback incident during a pinch gun firing in battery 6 triggered the casualties.
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New York
Army of New York
John Welsh
George Harvey
James McDowell
Ninth Regiment
New York National Guard
Harvey
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island
Narrows
Lower Bay
Cyclone Destroys Homes and Farms Near Sioux City
A cyclone on the eastern outskirts of Sioux City Iowa demolished two houses and destroyed about six barns. Several people were injured, possibly fatally. Mrs Mattie B Howes home was lifted into a ravine and Fred Demarenville's house blown fifty feet. Three bridges were toppled and crops along the path wiped out.
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Sioux City
Mattie B Howe
Greenville
Fred Demarenville
Morningside
Wind storm damages buildings across Wisconsin and Minnesota
A severe wind storm near Winona Minnesota and Wilson caused many dwellings and outbuildings to be blown down and orchards leveled. In nearby Wisconsin near Galesville barns and outbuildings were demolished. No loss of life reported though property damage is considerable.
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Winona
Minn
Here
Wilson
Wisconsin
Galesville
Federal raid targets Chicago syndicate of trafficking
Federal officers raided three Chicago houses and arrested about twenty five women and several men in a bid to break up an alleged syndicate. The group is charged with importing women from Europe for immoral purposes. The alleged head N. Duval and his wife were arrested as they prepared to depart for France.
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Chicago
Europe
United States
N. Duval
France
Two Green Bay men drown after river crossing incident
Green Bay workers Casper Morinski and Frank Methodisk, employees of the Green Bay Box and Lumber company, were struck on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul bridge and plunged into the Fox River where they drowned.
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Green Bay, Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Ul
Casper Morinski
Frank Methodisk
Green Bay Box and Lumber Company
Fox River
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