Taft Nominated by Republicans on First Ballot at Chicago
Chicago June 19 William H Taft of Ohio nominated for president on the first ballot by the Republican national convention receiving over 700 votes, more than enough for nomination after four hours of speeches for Cannon Fairbanks Hughes Taft Foraker Knox and La Follette. Disorder erupted at times as delegates waved flags and shouted. Lodge threatened to clear galleries to restore order.
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Chicago
William H. Taft
Ohio
Cannon
Fairbanks
Hughes
Taft
Foraker
Knox
la Follette
Lodge
Illinois
Boutell
Heyburn
Idaho
Presian Roosevelt
Gannon Sa
Ilinois
New York
Fordney
Indiana
Connecticut
J. Frank Hanly
Hanly
Chairman Lodge
Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Hemenway
Beveridge
Stewart L. Woodford
Woodford
Theodore ®. Burton
Cleveland
Burton
George Knight
California
Mr. Knight
C. B. McCoy
Coshocton
Joseph B. Foraker
Senator Foraker
McCoy
Pennsylvania
Robert 8. Murphy
Keystone
Mr. Murphy
Senator Knox
James Scarlett
Danville
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Henry F. Cochems
Milwaukee
Senator la Follette
Mr. Cochems
Taft Easy To Beat Says New York Democrat Leader
William J. Connners of Buffalo, state Democratic chairman, told reporters in New York that Taft would be an easy target for Democrats to defeat. He questioned Taft’s qualifications, hinting Roosevelt favored him, and noted other Democrats could beat Taft, including references to Sherman and Bryan. He said party convention decisions would guide lineups.
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New York
William J. Conners
Buffalo
State Democratic Committee
Taft
Mr. Conners
Roosevelt
Sherman
Bryan
St Paul Extension Progress Forecast for Pacific by 190%
Roswell Miller chairman of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul reports rapid progress on the St Paul extension to the Pacific coast. Tracks may be laid on the entire line by year end and service to the Pacific could begin by May 1900. The line already operates to Lombard, Mont.
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New York
Roswell Miller
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Lombard, Mont
Bialystok Massacre Case Sentences Handed Down
In St. Petersburg on June 23 sentences were issued for the 1905 Bialystok massacre participants. Eleven Christians and seventy three Jews were killed. twenty three Christians and eighty two Jews were wounded. One prisoner received three years penal servitude. thirteen were jailed six months to one year. fifteen were acquitted.
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St. Petersburg
Bialystok
Russian Duma Proposes Higher Salaries for Deputies
The cabinet has introduced a bill in the duma to raise deputy salaries to 2100 dollars yearly with a 12.50 daily fine for unexcused absences. Deputies favor the measure, saying current pay is inadequate to St. Petersburg living costs, and passage is expected with little opposition.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Taft Resigns. Wright Selected as Secretary of War
President to appoint Luke E. Wright of Tennessee as secretary of war succeeding Taft. White House says the choice signals there is no longer a dividing line between the North and the South and that all Americans are one in thought and deed. Wright's attributes and experience fit the role well.
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Tennessee
Taft
Washington
White House
Luke E. Wright
Wright
Copper Deposit Discovery at Prince Albert Sparks Rush
Great excitement rolls through Prince Albert Saskatchewan as a large copper deposit is found 220 miles north on Lake Larouge. The vein is 400 yards wide running back for miles between granite walls and yields forty pounds to the ton. Nearby across the lake is the Grand Trunk Pacific coal field. Veteran miners rush toward the site.
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Winnipeg
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Lake Larouge
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Joy Causes Woman's Death
Joy over her daughter's marriage to John Modroyn aki led Mrs. Agnes Gonia aged 53 to a state of uncontrollable excitement. Hours after the wedding she was found dead by a daughter. Coroner Miller attributed the death to heart failure aggravated by excitement.
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S J. Paul
Agnes Gonia
Katherine
John Modroynaki
Miller
Tawney May Be Chosen For Republican Chair
Washington June 22 The nomination of James Sherman of New York for the presidency leaves the Republican congressional committee chair vacant. Speculation has centered on James A. Tawney of Minnesota as the likely successor, with Loudenslager of New Jersey and William B. McKinley of Illinois also mentioned as potential candidates.
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Washington
Jamey S. Sherman
New York
Republican Congressional Committee
James A. Tawney
Minnesota
Tawney
Representative Loudenslager
New Jersey
William B. McKinley
Illinois
International steel trust to form with British and foreign interests
The Iron and Steel Trades Journal says a new international steel trust will form in a few weeks. American German Russian syndicates will join British steel interests, with headquarters in London and capitalization of £150,000,000.
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London
Iron and Steel Trades Journal
Negro Republicans Organize in Chicago Convention
The Fred Douglass National Republican League is formed by seventy five African American voters from the West North and South. Members vow to seek black support for the nominees chosen at the national Republican convention nationwide.
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Chicago
Fred Douglas
National Republican League
Fort Keogh Abandoned by War Department
Washington reports immediate abandonment of Fort Keogh in Montana two miles east of Miles City on the Yellowstone. Troops were withdrawn last July except for a small detachment. the fort will be turned over to the Interior Department for settlement opportunities in the fertile Yesi stone river region.
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Washington
War Department
Fort Keogh
Mont
Ontana
Congress
Federation of Labor appeals in Buck Stove case
The American Federation of Labor filed in the district court of appeals the transcript of record in its appeal from a district supreme court decision. The case concerns Buck Stove and Range company of St Louis against the federation over labeling the company in its Federationist as unfair.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
District Court of Appeals
District Supreme Court
Buck Stove and Range Company of
St. Louis
Gould Couple Depart Paris for English Wedding
Paris dispatch confirms Madame Anna Gould and Prince Helle de Sagan left Paris for England to be wed there. They will not return to France until after the ceremony. George Gould and his family remain in Paris.
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Paris
Anna Gould
Prince Helle de Sagan
England
France
George Gould
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J. W. Fordney
Michigan
Coliseum
Mr. Burton
St. Paul’s Coast Extension
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Congressional Committee
International Steel Trust
Keogh
Federation of Labor Appeals
Gund
John Gund Brewing CO
la Crosse
Wis
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