Taft Nominated on the First Ballot at Chicago Convention
The Taft forces push Speaker Cannon and Ohio’s Taft to the presidential nomination as convention chaos and debate over platform provisions unfold. Key speeches by Hopkins Hanly and Boutelle rally delegates while LaFollette is urged as Wisconsin’s choice for Roosevelt’s successor.
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Lodge
Hill
New York
Hopkins
Committee On Resolutions
Cooper
Wisconsin
United States
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
Hanly
Indiana
Viva Voce
Fordney
Cannon
Frank Hanley
Fairbanks
Hanley
Stewart L. Woodford
Hughes
Ohio
Illinois
Boutell
Senator Heyburn
Idaho
Burton
Taft
Henry Sherman Boutelle
Congress
Clay
Blaine
Carlisle
Reed
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Lincoln
Grant
Joseph G. Cannon
Robert 8. Murphy
Pennsylvania
Mr. Knox
Marshall
Onnes Saanes
Sears
Bence
Wallace to Host Knights Templar Conclave in 1909
The Knights Templar Grand Commandery of Idaho named Wallace as the site for the 1909 annual conclave on June 23. Officers for the next year were elected with George E. Maitland of Wallace as Grand Commander and a slate including Ku rené Gillett of Moscow and Jay R. Mason of Idaho Falls in other top posts.
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Wallace
Knights Templar of
Idaho
George E. Maitland
Kurene Gillett
Moscow
Jay R. Mason
Idaho Falls
Frank D. Winn
Coeur d’Alene
George Toehne
Lewiston
Charles D. Warner
James KE
Williams
Boise
Charles Himrod
James A. Pinney
D. W. Church
Pocatello
Oscar Waterhouse
Weiser
J. A. Jessup
F. M. Bybee
Famous railroad builder Captain E K Berthoud dies at 83
Word arrives from Poca tello of Captain EK Berthoud death in Golden Colorado. Pioneer western surveyor and designer of the Georgetown loop, he helped map the Union Pacific and the old Utah Northern line. He died June 13 after a fall while climbing to his room at the Overland hotel. he was 83. He was born in Geneva Switzerland and came to America in 1830.
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Pocatello
Golden
Colo
EK. L. Berthoud
Pioneer
Western Railroad
Georgetown
Union Pacific
Panama Canal
Utah
Blackfoot
Silver Bow
Overland Hotel
Capt
Berthoud
Geneva
Switzerland
America
Union College
Central America
Panama
States
Plains
Anti In junction Plank Adopted by Republican Platform
Chicago June 18 Roosevelt Taft forces win on the anti injunction plank as the Republican platform is shaped. The convention debates the tariff currency reform and railroad laws while nominating talks and tense scenes unfold through the third day.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Roosevelt
Taft
Republican Party
Congress
Committee On
Berthoud Pass Explorer and Civil War Captain Honored
Captain Berthoud, discoverer of the pass that bears his name in 1861, helped survey routes for the Central Overland & California Express and Utah Northern railroad. His Civil War service included a key role at Jefferson City in 1864, later becoming chief engineer for the Colorado Central railroad.
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Rocky Mountain
Middle Park
Central Overland & California Express Company
Berthoud
Price
Jefferson City
FE. L. Berthoud
Golden
Colorado Central Railroad
Cheyenne
Denver
Black Hawk
Central City
Georgetown
Utah Northern
International Sunday School convention opens in Louisville
The twelfth triennial convention of the International Sunday School Association opens in Louisville. The real business begins tomorrow with over 200 delegates and three times that number of visitors from around the world in attendance.
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Louisville
International Sunday School Association
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Benjamin Harrison
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Free America
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Philander Chase Knox
LaFollette
Henry F. Cochems
Robert M. LaFollette
Mason and Dixon
Mississippi
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Mines and Mining
New Mexico
Arizona
L. D. Brown
BE. C. White Real Estate and Insurance Company
Colorado
Georgetown Loop
Brown
Theo
E. L. Holzheimer
Fred G. Caldwell
Bannock Abstract, Deposit & Trust Co
Bancroft
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