Gompers Defends Labor Stand Against Political Attacks
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, rejects claims he will deliver labor votes to any party. He insists labor chooses support based on interests, not politics, and denounces critics as renegades. Frank Hitchcock, Republican national chairman, disavows any organized anti Gompers campaign.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
American Federationist
Hitchcock
Frank H. Hitchcock
Gompers
Taft Feels Tired After Eight Busy Days
Hot Springs Virginia July 31 Taft admits he feels somewhat tired from rapid campaigns over the past eight days After arriving at the Homestead hotel from Cincinnati he sorted through correspondence and played golf with Senator Bourne of Oregon His August schedule will be limited with one political address planned at the Virginia Bar association meeting and a Virginia Republican rally to be arranged for August Taft favors a mountain road trip to White Sulphur Springs if invited by Gaines of West Virginia for a horse show.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Homestead Hotel
Cincinnati
Senator Bourne
Oregon
Virginia Bar Association
White Sulphur Springs
Gaines
West Virginia
Virginia
Bryan Statement on Independence Party Platform
In Lincoln Nebraska on July 81 Bryan releases a formal statement reviewing the Chicago convention platform of the Independence party. He notes that several planks are identical with or substantially resemble those of other party platforms.
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Lincoln, Neb
Fairview
Bryan
Independence Party
Chicago
Bryan Accepts Mascot as He Prepares Acceptance Speech
The article notes William Jennings Bryan plans to accept the Democratic platform as the best route to reform and will deliver his speech of acceptance soon. It mentions John W. Kern as a notable visitor for notification day and humorously reports Bryan's plan to use an educated mule mascot from Minnesota rather than an elephant.
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Independence Party
Bryan
Victor Rosewater
Omaha
Allen
Nebraska
John W. Kern
Agricultural Society of Minnesota
Politics at a state fair plan for Iowa conventions
Des Moines reports Secretary John Simpson proposes holding the Democratic state convention on August 20 and the Republican convention on August 21 at the Iowa state fair. He offers the big stock pavilion with main floor seating for 2000 and 1500 in the galleries. The plan, with reduced fair rates effective August 19, is under consideration by both party chairs, Franke and Price.
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Des Moines
John Simpson
Franke
Price
Sherman Notification Day in Utica for VP Nomination
Representative Sherman has been informed by Senator Burrows, committee chair, that the Republican committee will come to Utica on August 18 to notify him of the nomination for vice president. Burrows will deliver the committee's address.
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Utica
N. Y
Sherman
Burrows
Republican Party
Train wreck at Wakarusa leaves one dead in Kansas
A Santa Fe passenger train derailed twelve miles west of Topeka near Wakarusa. The engineer was killed and several passengers injured. A relief train was assembled in Topeka. The wreck is blamed on fast running as all coaches left the track.
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Topeka
Kan
Juy
Santa Fe
Wakarusa
Here
Landslide destroys Merk-les-Bains village in Austria
Fatal landslide in Innsbruck region obliterates Merk-les-Bains village. Sixteen people reported killed as rescue teams search remains and assess the extent of the disaster. Local authorities warn of potential further collapses and mobilize emergency services.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Merk-les-Bains
Problems of neutrality and extradition strain U S mentions
Washington July 31 sources report difficulty extraditing political offenses and proving neutrality violations along the Mexican-Texas border. Officials urge treating raiders as felons and vow drastic steps to curb revolutionary activity while noting ongoing arson and disturbances near Bay Side clubhouse incidents and prominent individuals involved.
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Washington
United States
Oyster Bay
Creel
Roosevelt
Mexico
Fire menace prompts vigilance on Long Island estates
Firebugs strike the millionaire colonies in Great Neck Manhasset and Port Washington with a surge of incendiary blazes in the North Hempstead district. Residents discuss radical measures and the possible formation of a vigilance committee as authorities seek to curb the arson wave targeting local estates.
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William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Great Neck
Clarence H. Mackay
Rosyin
Bourke Cochran
Howard Gould
Port Washington
Sattewhite
James E. Martin
Bay Side
New York
Manhassett
North Hempstead
Long Island
Kaiser’s son is a doctor completes degree at Strassburg
Prince August, fourth son of Emperor William, has passed his examination for the degree of doctor of the science of government with the mark Very good at the University of Strassburg. This is the first time a Hohenzollern has earned the doctorate. Plans to send him to Harvard were abandoned due to the empress wish to keep him near.
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United States
Prince August
Harvard
Miners' Union Enjoined in Winkle restraining order
Judge Charles T. Moore issued a temporary injunction at Nashville to restrain the United Mine Workers and the Federation of Labor from interfering with nonunion workers in Winkle Illinois. The Eagle Mercantile and Winkle Mercantile companies sought the order, which supports nonunion employees in the coal belt town near Harrisburg and Eldorado as workers seek new opportunities following the court action.
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Carmi
Charles T. Moore
Circuit Court
Nashville
Federation of Labor
Winkle
Eagle Mercantile Company
Winkle Mercantile Company
Harrisburg
Eldorado
Missouri Oklahoma Texas join Lyon county ouster suit against lumber combine
Emporia Kansas July reports Attorney General Jackson filed in Lyon county district court ouster quo warranto and injunction suits against the Yellow Pine association of St. Louis. At the same hour Missouri Texas and Oklahoma attorneys general filed similar suits in their states in a concerted effort to break up an alleged illegal lumber price fixing combine.
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Emporia
Kan
Jackson
District Court of
Lyon County
Quo Warranto
Yellow Pine Association
St. Louis
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Fatality at Barn Raising In Midland Township
A brace not properly fastened fell at a barn raising on Malcom MacLaren's farm, striking Alway Mills, twenty, who died instantly, and seriously injuring William Morris, fifty five. Both residents of Hope Cem.
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Midland
Mich
Malcom MacLaren
Alway Mills
William Morris
Hope
Cem
Overstreets Going to Europe for Two Weeks
Columbus Indiana July 31 Mrs Jesse Overstreet and her mother are at the Crump home finalizing plans for a European trip with her husband Representative Overstreet. They will sail for Paris on August 5 and stay two weeks abroad. He travels as a member of the currency commission subcommittee.
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Overstreets
Europe
Columbus
Ind
Jesse Overstreet
Francie T. Crump
Representative Overstreet
Paris
Overstreet
Currency Commission
Pearl harvest along Patoka River boosts local jewelers
In Oakland City Indiana July 31 several mussel pearls have been found in the Patoka river by bathers. The finest pearl sold for $300 and two pearls brought in $10 each. More pearls have since been discovered and the venture looks profitable for local jewelers.
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Oakland City
Tad
Patoka River
Local Optionists Active in Faton Rapids Area
In Faton Rapids Michigan on July 31 the local option movement grows active as villages and townships are canvassed with petitions. Signatures are being obtained at a lively rate, with work focused mainly in rural districts.
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Faton Rapids
Mich
Leishman Dispatch Describes Quiet Government Change
Ambassador Leishman reports from Washington that the transition has occurred with little bloodshed and it is too soon to know whether the new government machinery will operate without conflict or disturbance. The statement reflects early optimism about the political shift.
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Washington
State Department
Leishman
Ohio reports 458 fewer saloons in state
Columbus officials summarize the state auditor's report showing 458 fewer saloons in Ohio than January 1, yielding a revenue decrease of 397,207 dollars. Officials estimate total revenue for the year and the 1,000 Aiken tax will reach about 5,000,000 dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chicago Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep July 31 1908
Chicago markets show higher hog and cattle quotes with steady beef prices and strong grain-supported oats. Official receipts and shipments listed alongside ranges for light mixed and heavy packing hogs, cattle, sheep, and lambs. figures reflect a buoyant market in late July 1908.
John A Babcock Promises Square Deal Message
A terse notice quotes John A. Babcock affiliated with The North Americans Commission Company promising a square deal. The brief copy emphasizes straightforward dealings without extra details or context.
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The
North Americans Commission Company
Turkish Amnesty Proclaimed For U S Political Refugees
Mundji Bey, Turkish consul general in New York, says the sultan has issued general amnesty for political fugitives in the United States, including about 200000 Armenians and others. He predicts 100000 Turkish subjects will return home within a month, and expects a Turkish ambassador in Washington. Armenians and Syrians react with cautious optimism, noting distinctions between political refuges and nonpolitical arrivals.
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New York
Mundji Bey
Turkey
United States
Washington
Clock that is a wonder at American Museum
A remarkable exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History shows a four foot globe Earth driven by a clockwork shaft and a sun stereopticon. The model, designed by Dr Herman C Bumpus, demonstrates Earth's rotation, solar orbit, and seasonal changes with a meridian shadow indicating the time of day.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Herman C. Bumpus
The Lay of the Hen From Germany to Spain Heavy Egg Weights
Germany's hens lay the lightest eggs with ten weighing a pound. In Russia nine eggs reach a pound, eight eggs from America make a pound, and seven eggs from Spain achieve the same weight.
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Germany
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Hearst
Hearst Party
Rosewater
Merica Fandango
Mr. Monroe
Wallace
San Francisco Chronicle
Iowa
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Diaz
Kaiser
D. S
University of Strassburg
Miners’ Union
Lumber Pool
Patoka
Beach- Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
Sultan
Mibran Bohgelian
Y. M. Faddell
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