Chafin and Watkins Named Prohibition Ticket for President and VP
Columbus July 17 Eugene W Chafin of Chicago was nominated for president with Aaron Watkins Ada Ohio as running mate by the Prohibition national convention after three ballots. Palmore of St Louis was the leading rival but Palmore declined and the delegates faced a parliamentary tangle as rules were suspended to finish the ticket.
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Columbus
Eugene W. Chafin
Chicago
Aaron
Watkins
Ada
Chafin
Palmore
Prohibition Nominee Watkins Chosen Amid Convention Turmoil
In Ada Ohio Professor Ancron Watkins was named by acclamation for vice president amid motions and rule debates. Ballot results gave Watkins a strong majority and he was soon the convention’s unanimous choice. Chafin leads the Prohibition ticket in Illinois.
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Ancron
Kentucky
Charles 8. Holler
Indiana
Professor Watkins
Cet Orth
Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition
Chicago
Waukesha County
Wisconsin
Wisconsnn
Thi Nois
Platform Adopted Calls for Prohibition and Direct Senate Vote
The platform diverges from Crafts draft in key points. It calls for an amendment to ban alcoholic liquor manufacture and sale nationwide, immediate prohibition in DC and territories, repeal of internal revenue tax on liquor, and ends interstate traffic. It also endorses direct election of United States senators by the people.
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Congress
District of Columbia
United States
Progressive reform proposals and social policy list
A list of policy items calls for tax reform including income and inheritance taxes, postal savings banks with deposit guarantees, interstate corporate regulation, a permanent tariff commission, strict law enforcement against social evil traffic, uniform marriage and divorce laws, an employers liability act, post office decisions review, child labor prohibitions, literacy based suffrage, and preservation of natural resources plus infrastructure improvement.
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Tapie
Post Office Department
Hearst Rejects Bryan and Third Ticket Plan
Hearst in Paris replies to Samuel Gompers urging Independence League endorsement of the Democratic platform. He argues for a new party devoted to producing classes, condemns the old party as dishonest and opportunistic, and rejects the Democratic leadership. The message reflects a push for labor aligned independence.
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New York
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Samuel Gompers
Independence Party
Taft
Paris
Gompers
Independence League
Explosion kills customs men on Mystic wharf in Boston
Two government customs inspectors and a wharf water man died when a box of detonating caps exploded in an inspection locker at pier 47 Mystic wharf. Two longshoremen and two clerks were injured. The box, landed from the steamer Bethania, was headed for Chicago but railroads refused shipment.
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Boston
Pier
Mystic Wharf
Z. H. Nickerson
Charles F. Atwood
Thomas Mason
Bethania
Nickerson
George H. Lyman
Chicago
United States Wins Two Olympic Finals in London
In London on July 17 two Olympic finals saw United States athletes win. Martin J. Sheridan took the discus and Ralph Rose the shot put as the US swept the discus field and led in the shot. Britain won the 400 metre swimming final, Italy claimed its first team gymnastic gold, and a chaotic 1000 metres cycling event was abandoned.
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London
United States
Martin J. Sheridan
New York
Ralph Rose
San Francisco
United Kingdom
H. Taylor
Beaurepaire
Scheff
Austria
England
France
Italy
Father Mistakes Strychnine For Headache Powder
Danville Alabama July 17 Frank Ham Yn of Pana Illinois visited a drug store to buy headache powders and mistook the dose for his young daughter leading to a dangerous poisoning incident.
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Danville
Frank Ham Yn
Pana, IL
Passengers Turn Fire-Fighters in Adrian Fire
Adrian Michigan July 17 car crews and passengers of the Toledo and Western Electric railway fought a blaze that threatened Andrew Hanson’s home near Grosvenor. An eastbound car passed as the fire started. the motorman summoned neighbors with loud whistles and then helped move furniture with the conductor and passengers.
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Adrian
Mich
Toledo and Western Electric Railway
Andrew Hanson
Grosvenor
Mary Baker Eddy Reaches Eighty Seventh Birthday
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy founder and head of the Christian Science church turns eighty seven in Newton Massachusetts on July 17. No public observance occurred beyond household and church officials offering congratulations. She is reported in good health.
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Eddy
Newton
Mass
Mary Baker-Eddy
The
Christian Science Church
Boni De Cas Tellane Seeks Custody Of Children
Paris reports Count Boni de Cas Tellane has filed suit to modify his divorce decree to gain custody of his three children. The hearing is scheduled for July 27.
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Paris
Roosevelt declines to record speeches for campaign use
Oyster Bay July 17 President Roosevelt has refused an offer to record speeches for public sale. An agent for a major talking machine company proposed using his voice for campaign records, noting a collection of Bryan's voice records. Roosevelt would not participate, keeping Sagamore Hill and the White House silent on the matter.
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Oyster Bay
N.Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
White House
Washington
Loeb
Bryan
Effingham man seeks Democratic nomination for state senate
Lewis H. Bissell of Effingham announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for state senator from the Forty second district. He is president and founder of the Bissell Colleges of Photography, built to world wide reputation in Effingham.
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Effingham
Ill
Lewis H. Bissell
Bissell
Green County begins salt tax action against Walsh line railroad
Terre Haute July 17 Officials of Green county have started salt tax collection against the Southern Indiana railroad the Walsh line to enforce payment of taxes. Railway officials say the treasurer promised to wait until November for the taxes.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Green County
Southern Indiana Railroad
Walsh Line
Enforcing the Mining Law in Indiana Mines
Jonathan Thomas, assistant state mine inspector, returned from tours of the Linton Clinton and Jasonville mines reporting thirty prosecutions for law violations. Eight coal companies faced charges, including failures to clear two foot entry spaces and allowing over fifty workers in one air current, and rooms more than forty five feet from breakthroughs. Six miners were arrested and fined for drilling beyond the cutting or loose end, with pleas of guilty and payments made.
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Brazil
Ind
Jonathan Thomas
Linton
Clinton
Jasonville
Rough play ends in a fatal shotgun incident in Indiana
In Princeton Indiana seventeen year old James Jackson killed forty year old Lafayette Bushrod near Francisco. Witnesses say rough play led to the shooting when Jackson, unaware the shotgun was loaded, fired after Bushrod drew a knife and took a pipe. Jackson was arrested. Also reported Japan plans two new battleships with 20,800 ton displacement, 20 knot speed, 12 inch thick armor and twelve 12 inch guns.
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Princeton
Ind
James Jackson
Lafayette Bushrod
Francisco
Perth
Bushrod
Jackson
Japan
Tokio
Yokosuka
Kure
Chicago Markets Hogs Cattle Sheep July 17 1908
Market notes show hogs steady with light animals 6 20 to 6 80 mixed packers 6 25 to 6 90 heavy 6 25 to 6 95 rough 6 25 to 6 50 cattle 2000 dull steady sheep 7000 strong lambs weak official receipts 24723 yesterday, 5777 shipped, estimated 18000 today, 13000 tomorrow market up 5 percent bulk 6 60 to 6 85 light 6 26 to 6 85 mixed packers 6 30 to 6 97 14 heavy ships 6 30 to 7 00 rough 6 30 to 6 60 porkers 6 70 to 6 80 cows heifers 2 os to 5 90 Texas steers 3 50 to 5 60 western cattle 3 75 to 6 25 stockers feeders 275 to 4160 receipts 6000 market sheep steady lambs easy native sheep 2 75 to 4 65 western sheep 2 75 to 4 60 yearlings 4 40 to 5 20 lambs 4 60 to 6 85 western lambs 4 50 to 6 85 market strong at advance light 6 25 to 6 85 mixed packers 6 30 to 7 00 heavy ship g grades 6 30 to 7 00 cattle slow, steady sheep quiet.
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Texas
John 4 Gabcock With Write Me Anaime You Know So
A fragmented text item references a person named John, a surname Gabcock, and phrases about a square deal. The readable parts suggest a brief note or placeholder line in a historical page, lacking coherent event details or dates to form a full summary.
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Anaime
Freight rate talk ends without decision at New York meeting
Railway presidents met in New York to discuss a possible freight rate rise but produced no definite action. Delano of the Wabash said increases are unlikely on many classes. officials noted state laws and local conditions as major obstacles. No date set for another conference as opinions remained divided between proponents and opponents of an immediate rise.
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New York
Trunk Line Association
McCain
Association
Delano
The
Wabash
Lunatic Kills a Patient at Allegheny Home
Pittsburg July 17 George Tusel inmate in the insane ward of the Allegheny City Home at Claremont killed Harry Speiler another inmate and injured two guards in a desperate battle before overpowered. Tusel had been committed eight months ago and worked with a brush to polish a corridor when he attacked Speiler and then resisted attendants.
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Pittsburg
George Tusel
Allegheny City
Claremont
Harry Speiler
Tusel
Speiler
Persia Is Mighty Uncertain In Tabriz Disorder
A Times dispatch from Tabriz says Rabin Khan’s troops may fail to subdue the revolutionists. The ending is unpredictable and prolonged fighting could trap wild horsemen around the town, creating desperate conditions in Tabriz.
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Persia
London
Times
Tabriz
Rabin Khan
Russians study Attu voyage echoing Alaska explorations
Reports from Dutch Harbor say a Russian expedition aiming to discover resources and establish colonies similar to early Alaska voyages has reached Attu in the Aleutian islands, as of July 17 in Victoria, B C.
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Aleutia
Victoria
B. C
Alaska
Attu
Aleutian Islands
Dutch Harbor
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Sheridan
Rose
John Bull
British Olympic Association
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