Bryan comments on Taft speech and campaign plans
Bryan responds to Taft's Cincinnati acceptance speech saying he will discuss banks labor tariff and trust issues in Topeka Chicago and other cities. He outlines a limited campaign schedule ending with the Democratic convention and farmers' congress. Taft and Mrs Taft depart Cincinnati for Hot Springs Va to begin campaign preparations before September election.
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Tincoln
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Taft
Cincinnati
Bryan
Topeka
Chicago
Peoria
Kern
Indianapolis
Farmers’ Congress
Madison
Wis
Hot Springs
Taft Event Attacked Aboard Island Queen in Ohio River
July 30 Cincinnati report notes an unknown shooter on a shantyboat opposite Dayton Kentucky fired on the Island Queen carrying Judge Taft and a notable party during the fireworks. Mrs. Charles B. Russell was lightly wounded. steamboat officials investigate. Taft joins International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredge Men. he defends his labor record and accepts the honor with mixed feelings about labor claims.
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Cincinnati
Judge Taft
Ohio River
Ohio
Dayton
Charles B. Russell
Taft
International Brotherhood of Steam Shovel
Panama Canal
McKinley
Bricklayers’ Union
Roosevelt
Firemens’ Union
Rosewater asks Bryan to disapprove Nebraska electors move
Victor Rosewater, Republican national committeeman, publishes an open letter urging William J. Bryan to disapprove an effort to file Democratic presidential elector names as People’s Independents. Rosewater cites a Bryan speech and alleges a conspiracy by Bryan’s brother-in-law to steal votes for Watson. Bryan says he has no time to answer and may investigate the matter.
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Omaha
Neb
Victor Rosewater
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
People’s Independents
Thomas H. Tibbles
St. Louis
People’s Party
Thomas F. Watson
Rosewater
Bryan
New York
Watson
Lincoln
Campaign Fund Growing in Democratic Drive
Lincoln Nebraska July 30 Charles W Bryan sent Governor Haskell treasurer of the Democratic national committee 1504 95 from 101 supporters to the campaign fund. Haskell telegraphed that two hours after his selection as treasurer 2780 was contributed by 62 local residents.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Haskell
Democratic National Committee
Notification Day for Bryan Set in Lincoln Lincoln Neb
August 12 set for formal notification of William Jennings Bryan. Representative Clayton of Alabama, head of the notification committee, announced the meeting in Lincoln at noon. Also noted is the death of Brigadier General James H. True at Kansas Ill July 30, aged eighty five, former first postmaster of Mattoon Ill and consul to Canada under Grant.
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Montgomery
Ala
Clayton
Alabama
Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
General True
Kansas
Ill
James H. True
Mattoon
Canada
Grant
Cunard Liners To Take Short Service Rest
The Cunard line announces the Mauretania will be withdrawn from service in November and December for propulsion repairs, while the Lusitania will be out of service for two weeks in November.
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New York
Cunard Line
Case for oil rebater cases to reach supreme court action
Lenox Mass July 30 press notes following a full government conference led by Attorney General Bonaparte and Kellogg the plan to seek a reargument and possible modification of the Standard Oil Indiana ruling. Prosecutions over rebates will be pressed to trial and the government asserts the merits of the case remain unchanged. Bonaparte rebuts rumors of a Rockefeller Prentice dinner as figment of imagination.
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Lenox
Mass
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Bonaparte
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Circnit Court of Appeals
United States
W. Parmelee Prentice
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Grosseup
Government vows action on Standard Oil appeal
The attorney general declared the government will push to revise the Seventh Circuit ruling in the Standard Oil Company of Indiana case. He said if needed the appeal could go to the Supreme Court, stressing the imperative in the interest of impartial law administration given the case circumstances.
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Circuit Court of Appeals
Seventh Circuit
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Public Service Commission Probes Christopher Street L Station Stairs
New York reports the public service commission for the first time aids fat passengers by investigating inadequate stairs at Christopher Street station on the Ninth Avenue L line. Commissioner Eustus heard transit inspector Frank Bennett cite downtown congestion caused by two heavily laden individuals meeting on the stairs, with one woman struggling with a large suitcase.
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New York
Public Service Commission
Christopher Street
Eustus
Frank Bennett
Bennett
Flint Divorce Granted Over Bathless Husband
Flint Michigan July 30 Judge Wisner grants Mrs Elizabeth Taylor a divorce from Edgar Taylor. Ground cited that Taylor had not bathed in a year and the wife said she could no longer bear his presence. The couple has five children.
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Flint, Mich
Elizabeth Taylor
Wisner
Edgar Taylor
Taylor
Workers urged to resist arms unless peace quarrel goes to tribunal
London reports the seventeenth Universal Peace Congress debated the workingman’s role in the peace movement. The discussions favored using arms only if a quarrel is not referred to an impartial tribunal for settlement, stressing worker solidarity and global restraint.
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London
Suse
Resolution invites trade organ reps to peace congresses
A resolution was adopted inviting representatives of trade organizations to attend future peace congresses. The measure argues that the cause of peace lies largely in the hands of the laboring man.
Farmer Unjustly Accused In Disappearance Case
Chester LL July 80 The two sons of William Stamm who vanished from home over a year ago were found working on a nearby farm under assumed names. A week earlier their father was arrested after the daughter claimed the sons were murdered and buried in a well. Stamm proclaimed innocence and helped search. The boys offered no explanation for their departure.
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Chester, LL
William Stamm
Stamm
Navy rejects all coalier bids and invites twelve month tenders
Acting Secretary of the Navy Newberry states none of the submitted coalers meet requirements under the naval appropriation act and all are rejected. With no emergency, the department will invite tenders for coalers to be delivered within twelve months, detailing speed capacity and equipment. A Rio dispatch reports Mexican troops and revolutionists fighting opposite Comstock Texas with two Mexican residents killed. US troops are reportedly dispatched from Del Rio.
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Washington
Navy
Newberry
Navy Department
Naval Service
Fl Paso
Tex
de Rio
Mexico
Comstock
United States
del Rio
Chicago Market Reports Hogs Cattle Sheep July 30 1908
Market summaries show hog receipts about 12 000 with bids 5 80 to 6 80 for various grades and mixed packers betaling. Cattle and sheep receipts around 3 500 and 14 000 with steady to higher bids. Texas and Western cattle listed with ranges and stockers and feeders demand. Grain company by Beach Wickham Grain Co is listed in Chicago bidding office.
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Texas
John A Babcock With North Americans Commission Co
John A Babcock is associated with the North Americans Commission Company in Chicago Illinois and asks to be contacted for timely service and a square deal as stated in the fragment.
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The
North Americans Commission Company
Reckless heir meets fatal crash near Vanderbilt estate
Paris reports a brutal vehicle wreck outside the Chateau St Louis de Poissey ends in the death of G. Winthrop Sands, stepson of W. K. Vandervild, after a tire burst sent his fifty horsepower car into a tree and flames. Chauffeur Pickins survives. Sands dies after hours of agony.
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Paris
France
G. Winthrop Sands
W. K. Vandervild
Vanderbilt
Chateau St. Louis de Poissey
Sands
Chateau
Pickins
Debtor accused of homicide over a pistol scare
Gurgos Marsha a 29 year old barber is jailed on homicide charges in New York amid claims he frightened Nazarian to death by drawing a pistol during a May 14 barber shop debt dispute. Nazarian collapsed and died days later at Bellevue hospital. Police hunted Marsha for two months.
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New York
Gurgos Marsha
Marsho
Impacte Nazarian
Nazarian
Erie Railroad suit seeks to block ICC on hours rule
Trenton New Jersey July 30 The Erie Railroad company has filed suit in federal court to restrain the Interstate Commerce Commission from compelling Erie officials to disclose information about alleged violations of the federal law that prohibits employing railroad workers more than sixteen hours in a row.
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Trenton
N. J
Erie Railroad Company
United States
Interestate Commerce Commission
Erie
Consul Complains of an Editor in Honolulu Incident
The Chinese consul to United States Attorney Breskens charges the Sang Yatpo editor Lo Sun with incitement against the Chinese emperor. In response, the paper’s owners remove Lo Sun from the position following the protest.
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Honolulu
United States
Breskens
Sang Yatpo
Lo Sun
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Hoyt
Wilkerson
Kellogg
Geneal
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Beach- Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
W. K. Vanderbilt
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