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within two hours yesterday afternoon when fire destroyed Elevator B of the Northern Elevator Company and the dock of the Western Pacific Railroad Company, and imperiled surrounding property valued at another million.


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| REPUBLICAN STATE PLATFORM |
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| Repudiation of Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act. |
| Non-Partisan Tariff Commission. |
| Government Regulation of Monopolies. |
| Taxation of Water Powers. |
| Conservation of Natural Resources. |
| National Income Tax. |
| Limited Hours of Labor for Women and Children. |
| Popular Election of U. S. Senators. |
| Employers' Liability Laws. |
| Workingmen's Compensation Acts. |
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With the adoption of a strong platform on state and national issues, the Republican State Convention came to a close late last night.


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| TAFT ON THE IRISH |
| They have accentuated American wit. |
| They have added to American tenderness. |
| They have perhaps instilled in the |
| American a little additional pugnacity. |
| They have increased his poetic imagination. |
| They have made him more of an |
| optimist. |
| They have suffused his whole existence |
| with the spirit of kindly humor. |
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Eight hundred members of the Charitable Irish Society gave President Taft a notable ovation at their 175th annual dinner held at the Hotel Somerset last night.