Waterville Man Arrested Over Wheat Fraud Charge
J E Keane of Wenatchee bought two thousand bushels of wheat from W E Reeder on the Badger mountain claim. Keane advanced 100 dollars and later learned no wheat existed. Reeder was arrested after payment of about 300 dollars in costs.
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J. E. Keane
Wenatchee
Hammond Milling Company
W. E. Reeder
Reeder
Badger Mountain
Columbia Siding
Keane
Waterville
Webb
Logan
Eputy Fitzgerald
Orondo
Big Bend
Roosevelt Advisers Root Taft Cortelyou Evaluated
Washington observers weigh Elihu Root George Cortelyou and William Taft as possible 1908 presidential choices. Root’s intellect and reserve contrast with Cortelyou’s public boldness while Taft remains the administration favorite.
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Roosevelt
Elihu Root
William H. Taft
George B. Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
White House
John Hay
Root
Mr. Taft
Secretary Root
Cortelyou
Republic
Cortelyon
Roet
Secretary of the Treasury
Taft and Cortelyou in Presidential Speculation
The piece surveys Taft and Cortelyou as potential 1908 Republican figures. It notes a minority belief Cortelyou could loom in the next convention, with a vice presidential boom implied. Taft is praised as affable and honest though a weak public speaker, eager for a Philippines trip despite Ohio pressure.
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Cortelyou
William Howard Taft
Taft
Ohio
Philippines
Foraker
Bryan’s Harsh View of the Legal Profession in America
Chicago May 4 William Jennings Bryan spoke to 300 lawyers noting a bleak picture of the profession. He recalled his Union College of Law background and warned that many lawyers “sell their souls” to enable grand larceny and urged reform.
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Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
America
Old
Union College of Law
Northwestern University Law School
New York
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