Prohibition Candidate Eugene W Chafin Receives Nomination
Eugene W Chafin, Prohibition Party presidential candidate, was officially notified at Music Hall Chicago by convention chairman Dr Charles Scanlon and a delegation from Albion Michigan and others. Speakers praised the movement predicting victory and noted Chicago as the home of a Prohibition presidential winner.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
United States
Music Hall
Fine Arts Building
Chiscago
Charles Scanlon
Columbus
Pittsburg
Samuel Dickie
Albion
Mich
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
Taft
Chicago
Washington
Chafin
Evans War Veteran Admiral Evans Dies A Navy Icon
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, longtime U S Navy officer, died at age 62 at Lake Mohonk New York after a 48 year career. Admiring messages poured in from across the country and a farewell reception, with Dr Andrew S Draper presenting a loving cup, honored his long service and devotion to the flag. President Roosevelt sent a letter of respect for the officer who spent his life in naval duty.
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Robley D. Evans
United States Navy
Fils
Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Admiral Evans Ds
Andrew S. Draper
State of
New York
Admiral Evans
Roosevelt
Protos Wins New York to Paris Race After Time Adjustments
The German Protos finished the 21,000 mile New York to Paris race in 130 days, first to Paris. The American Thomas eer arrived two days later but was declared winner due to time allowances for transporting the rival car.
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Auto Protos
New York
Notable Political Moves and Legal Actions Across Cities
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican national committee formed his executive committee. Mrs Lloyd Osbourne wife of the novel ist filed for separate maintenance in San Francisco. Actress Alice Johnstone granted divorce from Dustin Farnum in New York. Thomas F Gargan member of the police transit commission died in Ber operated on something. Weak for stomach Gowers.
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Hitchcock
Republicanational Committee
Lloyd Osbourne
Nove List
San Francisco
Cal
Alice Johnstone
Granta
Dustin Farnum
New York
Thomas F. Gargan
Police Pene Transit Commission
Ber
Chicago business tone shows sustained recovery and cautious optimism
Dun's Review of Trade reports Chicago commerce maintaining a healthier tone with growing demand for industrial outputs and heavier general merchandise operations. Grain movement totals 8,554,630 bushels, down from last week and last year, while livestock receipts and bank clearings trend lower and failures rise modestly.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
Confidence in Fall Trade Grows as Harvests Advance
New York reports strong buyer activity in northern and western centers with gains in dry goods and apparel distribution. Optimism rises as small grain harvests progress and spring wheat matures, while southern markets lag. Alabama coal strike weighs on Birmingham trade and collections improve where early crop movement begins. weekly U S failures total 236, Canada 39, per Bradstreet.
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Alabama
Birmingham
United States
National Market Prices by City and Commodity Ranges
The report lists grain and livestock prices across multiple U.S. cities. Chicago bids cattle 4.00 to 7.75, hogs 4.00 to 6.85, wheat 94 to 96 cents, corn 78 to 79 cents, and butter 19 to 22 cents. Indianapolis shows cattle 3.00 to 7.00, hogs 3.50 to 6.80, wheat 91 to 98 cents, corn 79 to 80 cents. St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, New York, Buffalo, Toledo provide varying ranges for cattle hogs sheep and grains with noted No. 2 grades and mixed lots.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Paper Trust Strike On In Wage Reduction Protest
The International Paper Company workers, about 30,000, were ordered out in a strike against wage cuts. Mills in many locations shut down as employees of the paper trust joined the protest.
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International Paper Company, Or Trust
Tragic end in Springfield riot case of Mrs. Kate Howard
Mrs Kate Howard died in county jail after swallowing poison en route to prison for murder charges arising from August race riots in Springfield Indiana. She denied guilt in the lynching of Scott Burton and William Donegan, amid investigations by a special grand jury that indicted three others.
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Kate Howard
Springfield
Scott Burton
William Donegan
Howard
Abe Raymer
Burton
12Th
Madison Streets
Nation’s public lands tally reaches 754 million acres
The General Land Office reports on July 1, 1908 the United States still holds 754,895,296 acres of public domain. Arizona to Wyoming totals include Alaska excluded and list each state's remaining surveyed and unsurveyed lands.
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General Land Office
Washington
Alaska
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Kansas
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Total
Shonts Links Railroads to Election Outlook
T P Shonts president of the Chicago and Alton and Clover Leaf railroads, visiting Chicago en route to Centerville Iowa, says the coming election will shape railroad futures. He refuses to back any political party, notes total spending cuts, and cites only necessary purchases like 1000 steel cars for the Alton.
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T. P. Shonts
Chicago and Alton and
Clover Leaf
Duchess de Chaulnes
Chicago
Centerville
Iowa
Alton
Independence party chooses leaders amid national campaign
The Independence party in New York names William R Hearst as chairman and Charles A Walsh as secretary. Bryan at Lincoln refuses to comment on Brownsville and denies criticizing Roosevelt. Gompers urges union support for Bryan and Kern in The Federationist.
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National Committee of the
New Independence Party
New York
William R. Hearst
Charles A. Walsh
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Brownsville
Roosevelt
Federationist
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Bryan
Kern
Frank Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Far West
Colorado Springs
Debs
Taft
Chicago Daily Socialist
Republican Executive Committee
McKinley
Illinois
Sherman
the Treasury
Charles C. Dawes
Democratic National Committee
Norman E. Mack
The
Buffalo Times
Independence Party
Military court surrenders Klein for Nelson killing
Private Joseph B. Klein of the Illinois National Guard was surrendered at Kankakee by Captain Henry Barrett Chamberlin. He was released on $10,000 bonds and returned to Chicago. General Young defended the decision as preserving troop morale amid the Springfield race riot inquiries. Thirty-one indictments were issued in three days, with Bechtel Sage and OToole charged in rioting. Loper's restaurant riot case saw Louis Johnson killed by possible fall injuries, not established as murder.
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Joseph B. Klein
Illinois National Guard
Kankakee
Henry Barrett Chamberlin
E. C. Young
Klein
Earle Nelson
Springfield
Illinois Surety Company
Chicago
Chamberlin
James Miles
Percy B. Coffin
C. H. Leichster
General Young
Young Nelson
Young
George Richardson
Mabelle Hallam
J. W. Bechtel
William W. Sage
Fergy” O'Toole
Bechtel
Scott Burton
Sage
Burton
O’toole
William Sutton
Reece
Loper
Riverton
Sherman
First Cavalry
Seventh Infantry
Louis Johnson
Loper’s
Johnson
Belgium Moves to Annex Congo After Bitter Struggle
The Belgium Chamber of Deputies approved the Congo annexation treaty by 83 votes to 55 after months of intense struggle. The decision marks a pivotal shift in colonial policy and raises regional tensions amid competing interests in Africa.
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Belgium
Chamber of Deputies
Congo
Belgium slated to annex Congo after treaty passage
The article notes that action will likely solve the Congo problem and that Belgium’s financial responsibility remains unresolved. Passage of the treaty by the Chamber of Deputies makes annexation to Belgium practically assured, with Senate and King Leopold prepared to endorse the bill.
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Congo
Belgium
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Leopold
Russian wife and husband reunite after harrowing separation
Mrs Leftin, a Russian woman, wandered the streets after missing her husband at Minneapolis Union depot. Police sheltered her, placed her baby in a hospital where it died, and the couple later found each other after three weeks apart. They now live with their three year old son in northeast Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis Union Depot
Leftin
Minneapolia
Labor unions expand worldwide and in US notes
Reports show Boston painters and papal Rangers forming a union and a labors temple movement in Memphis Tennessee. New Orleans establishes a permanent arbitration board for disputes as Waterville Maine asks for a Textile Workers charter.
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Boston
New Orleans
Waterville
United Textile Workers
Trades and Labor Congress of Canada
Halifax
American Federation of Labor
Fargo
N. C
Government seeks rehearing in Standard Oil case
The U S government petitions the United States Court of Appeals in Chicago for a rehearing of the Standard Oil case asserting Judge Landis erred in upholding a 29 240 000 fine and calling for Supreme Court review It accuses Judges Grosscup Seaman and Baker of mis interpreting the law and demands a ruling consistent with interstate commerce statutes The filing names Attorney General Bonaparte and government attorneys Kellogg Sims and Wilkerson and notes a formal hearing will come after the oil company answers within 20 days
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Grosscup
Seaman
Baker
Standard Oil
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Landis
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
United States Supreme Court
Bonaparte
Frank B. Kellogg
Edwin Wims
James H. Wilkerson
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
William A. Small
District Attorney’s Office
Hallowell
Grosscup, Seaman and
Sims
Wilkerson
John S. Miller
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
County votes aid for flood road repair in Blue Forth
Blue Forth county Minnesota commissioners approve paying half of flood damage repair costs estimated at 40000 dollars for bridges roads and culverts affected by the recent floods. A Boston company plans airship experiments carrying two passengers between Boston and New York starting with small dirigibles.
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Blue Forth County
Minn
Boston
New York
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Shonts
National Guard
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Bay
King Leopold OF
New York Typographical Union
Big Six
International Brotherhood of Painters and Decorators of America
New Haven
Hartford
Boot and Shoe Workers’ International
Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Union of Stationary Firemen
Northumberland
England
New York City
Massachusetts
National Union of Journalists
England and
Wales
International Association of Machinists
Golden West Lodge of Machinists
Kansas City
Frank Feeney
Philadelphia
Elevator Constructors’ Union
Central Labor Union
Building Trades Unions
Buffalo
Building Trades Department
Somerville
Tenn
Evry
Journeymen Bakers’ Society
United Kingdom
Austria
Federal Appellate Tribunal
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