Bryan Warmly Greeted by Large Crowds in Rochester
Rochester dispatch reports Willian Jennings Bryan greeted by massive crowds as he arrived for a Democratic state convention event. Judge Alton B. Parker presided, pledging fealty to the national ticket, while Bryan praised Chanler and spoke on Taft and his scares. Crowds filled streets in Syracuse and Rochester with speeches, bouquets, and large demonstrations marking the campaign push.
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N. Y
Willian Jennings Bryan
Alton B. Parker
Judge Parker
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
Land
Judge Parkler
William J. Conners
Buffalo
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Norman R. Mack
Augustus Thomas
Convention Hall
Chanler
Taft
Bryan interrupted as crowds flood Empire State tour
In Rochester an ex Assemblyman demanded five minutes of suspension and 3,000 pledges were signed for the Bryan Kern Club. Large crowds met him at every stop from the Genesee Valley to Utica as he spoke seventeen times, praising the Democratic platform and attacking Roosevelt and Taft.
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Bryan
John Palace, Jr
Rochester
Monroe County
Bryan and Kern Club
Palace
Genesee Valley Puntry Club
Empire State
West Shore
New York Central
Roosevelt
Taft
Utica
Sherman
State Convention Adopts Bryan Ticket With Parker Speech
The state convention closed with Farley named state engineer and surveyor after Mc Carren protested the nomination and supported C L Smith. Warley was nominated. Chanter for governor and John A Dix for lieutenant governor were approved. Judge Alton B Parker chaired and denounced Republicans, endorsing Bryan Kern and the Denver platform without dissent.
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McCarren
C. L. Smith
Warley
Chanter
John A. Dix
Alton B. Parker
Bryan
Kern
Denver
Taft Campaign Plans Three National Tours
Judge Taft announces three campaign tours beginning Sept 23 with a route through Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa Nebraska Colorado Kansas Missouri and ending Oct 7 in Chicago and Galesburg. A second leg will cover Kentucky Tennessee and possibly North Carolina while a large eastern tour will visit New York and Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia and Ohio. The plan emerged from a conference with party leaders and campaign aides. The first trip itinerary includes Brook Indiana Milwaukee Madison St Paul Minneapolis Fargo Mitchell Fort Dodge Omaha Denver Topeka Kansas City St Joseph St Louis Chicago and Galesburg.
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Taft
Galesburg
Ill
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
New York City
Empire State
New England
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Hitchcock
Dixon
Montana
Charles Nagel
Chicago
Robert A. Ballinger
Washington
Advisory Committee
A. TI. Vorys
Brook
Ind
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Fargo
N. D
Mitchell
S. D
Fort Dodge
Omaha
Denver
Topeka
Kan
Kansas City
St. Joseph
St. Louis
Politician Involved in 1900s Campaign Train Tour
The text notes Senator Dolliver of Iowa as a possible participant. Local committeemen will handle meeting arrangements and train pickups, with local speakers invited at various stops. Chairman Witcheek says the October start will bring strenuous "racket and red fire" to quell criticism. Hitchheeck goes to New York, Nagel to St. Louis, Dixon returns to Chicago after talks.
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Dolliver
Iowa
Witceheeck
Hitchheeck
New York
Judge Nagel
St. Louis
Dixon
Chicago
He Once Licked Conkling
Dr. George W. Clark former oldest Union College alumnus and early Roscoe Conkling teacher dies at 92 in New York City. He recalled disciplining Conkling who he said became a top pupil and later a U.S. senator.
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New York
George W. Clark
Union College
Roscoe Conkling
Windsor explosion toll rises to twelve in Missouri
Sedalia Missouri dispatch reports five additional deaths from the Windsor black powder blast, bringing total fatalities to twelve. Conductor A F Hershberger is named as the man who threw the match, claiming to frighten nearby colored workers. The corrected list of those instantly killed includes Frank Yake James A McCabe Henry Greinstone Elmer Keech Walter Box Howard Kerns and Charles Davis. Ten others injured are said to be improving with most expected to recover. Yesterday's deaths include A F Hershberger John Walker Ira Malone J G Hall and Ernest Igo.
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Sedalia
Windsor
A. F. Hershberger
Frank Yake
James A. McCabe
Henry Greinstone
Tramp
Elmer Keech
Walter Box
Howard Kerns
Charles Davis
John Walker
Ira Malone
J. G. Hall
Drayman
Ernest Igo
Submarine Earthquake Reported by Ship Griffth
Captain F Sanders of the barkentine J H Griffith reported a submarine earthquake at noon on May 25 in latitude 26 north longitude 110 10 west. Three distinct shocks rocked the vessel as if grounded. Local humor follows with a classroom exchange about the north pole.
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San Francisco
F. Sanders
Barkentine
J. H. Griffith
Hydrographic Office
Wages versus food costs in 1906 and 1907 gains
Washington reports 1907 saw average hourly wages in key industries rise 3.7 percent from 1906 while retail food prices climbed 4.2 percent. Hours slightly fell, employment rose, and purchasing power for food dipped by about 0.5 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor
Bureau
United States
Dr George Morton Arrested on New York Fraud Charge
Philadelphia report says Dr George Morton of New York was arrested at a hotel on a fugitive warrant for grand larceny and false pretense involving notes totaling 100000 dollars. The New York detective bureau requested the arrest and a search for Morton had been ongoing since June 19. The telegram notes he has been receiving mail at the Colonnade hotel and may be living there.
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Philadelphia
George Morton
New York
Morton
New York Detective Bureau
Colonnade Hotel
Forest Fires Threaten Canadian Pines Near Fort Frances
Winnipeg dispatch reports forest fires south of Fort Frances Ontario sweeping toward Canada. Islands in Rainy Lake burn including a large island owned by James Harty operator of the Emperor hotel at Fort Frances. Fears grow that Hunters Island in Manitokan Lake may catch fire destroying several million dollars worth of pine.
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Winnipeg
Man
Fort Frances
Ont
United States
Canada
Ranylake
James Harty
Hunters Island
Manakan Lake
Tragedy in Glen Campbell Fire Tears Four Homes
In Johnstown on September 17 a four month old infant died of burns and mother Mary Summers perished later after her oil fueled kitchen fire exploded. The blaze destroyed the Summers home and three neighboring houses, with dynamite used on two houses to halt the flames.
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Johnstown
Mary Summers
Summers
Glen Campbell
Markets Report from Chicago on September 17, 1908
The report shows hogs and cattle markets weak at opening, with official receipts yesterday at 29,758 and estimated today about 16,000. Prices span light to heavy hogs and packing grades, pigs and porkers mixed, while cattle and sheep show steady to weak trends with specific bid ranges and estimated receipts for tomorrow near 15,000 and 22,000 respectively. Furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Company.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
John A. Babcock Chicago ILL Personal Note
A Chicago correspondent notes John A. Babcock offering a promise of fair treatment and dependable service with the message you can reach him any time for a square deal.
Maine Pulp and Paper Chief Urges Canada Pact and Tariff Shift
Representative N H Jones of Bangor Maine and Katabdin Pulp and Paper Co manager tells a congressional committee that mills would close if wood pulp prices stay low and tariffs on European pulp stay, proposing a treaty with Canada to allow cheaper pulp wood and a 100 percent duty increase on Europe while noting U S and Canadian markets could absorb all pulp. He cites Maine inexhaustible supplies vs Midwest limits and cites mill inspections at Kaukauna Combined Locks Kimberly and Little Chute.
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Appleton, Wis
Canada
N. H. Jones
Bangor
Katabdin Pulp and Paper Co
Lincoln
Congressional Investigating Committee
Jones
Chairtan Mann
Maine
Middle West
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Scandinavia
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Kaukauna
Combined Locks
Kimberly and
Littie Chute
Plan for close co operation of currency office and banks
WashingtonSept 17 Comptroller Murray proposes joint work with the office of the comptroller of the currency bank examiners and clearing house associations to create an information clearing house. Examiners will send loan data from their districts to a central office to compare with other reports aiding bank paper valuation and transparency.
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Washington
United States
Comptreller Murray
Interparliamentary Union Opens in Berlin
Berlin September 17 The Interparliamentary Union begins its opening session today with about 300 members from various parliaments arriving in Berlin. Chancellor von Buelow is expected to deliver an address that many anticipate will include a significant declaration.
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Interparliamentary Union
Berlin
von Buelow
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