Bryan Demonstration Dominates Democratic Convention Night
At the Denver convention the Bryan forces surged in a record hour and nineteen minutes of rousing oratory and a banners display, while New York and several other states held firm. The credentials fight focused on Pennsylvania where Guffey’s anti Bryan delegates were unseated, shifting the delegation toward Bryan by a 615 to 387 vote, with platform details pending.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Keystone
Denver
Committee On Credentials
At & O
James A. Guffey
Bryan
Colonel Guffey
Gore
Nebraska
Roosevelt
Chicago
New Jersey
Delaware
Georgia
Minnesota
Connecticut
Guffey
Night session at Denver convention opens amid confusion
Convention hall in Denver draws large crowds as night session begins. A missing stenographer and missing majority report cause delays while delegates and spectators fill the galleries and aisles. Colonel Guffey appears with supporters as Chairman Bell struggles to restore order and resume business.
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Convention Hall
Denver
Cowboys
Miind
Ollie James
Kentucky
Chairman Callaghan
Credentials Committee
Callaghan
Bell
Clapse
Committee On Credentials
Guffey
Peter O'Boyle
Pennsylvania
O’boyle
Destructive Fire on Harbor Front in East Boston
A blaze swept nearly a quarter mile of East Boston harbor front today, likely sparked by spontaneous combustion or a locomotive spark. Winds drove the fire, causing about 1.5 million dollars in property loss. Daniel Sullivan, a Cunard pier watchman, is missing. A warehouse holding wool, cotton, and oil fueled the fire, with the Boston & Albany and New York Central & Hudson River railroads bearing about 1 million dollars in insured losses and freight and grain losses near 400 thousand dollars.
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Boston
Daniel Sullivan
Cunard Line
Boston & Albany Railroad
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Fire at Coney Island hotels and transit station
A fire started shortly after 1 AM at Pabst's Loop hotel in Coney Island, with 200 occupants fleeing. Flames spread to Vandervere's adjoining hotel housing about 100 people, who fled outside. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit station burned by 2 AM as high winds pushed flames toward City Park, with containment uncertain.
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New York
Pabst
Loop
Coney Island
Vandervere
Brooklyn Rapid
City Park
Democrats Good to Me Says Bryan at His Home
In Fairview on July 8 William Jennings Bryan told reporters the democrats have been very good to him and he expressed deep appreciation for the delegates at the Democratic National Convention. A string of telegrams filled the room as Bryan read the messages and attended to private business via a separate wire in his office.
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Bell
Nome
Bryan
Fairview
Joe Sinsel
George Sharp
Sharp
Murphy
Witness
Copper King
Ed Morrissey
Jim Larkin
Bates
Morrissey
Larkin
Captain Buckner
Joe Williams
O'Brien
Convict Presidential Nominee Declines Socialist Ticket
Carson Nov 8. Convict Preston serving a murder sentence in the state penitentiary, nominated for the presidency by the Socialist Labor Party, has declined the nomination. He acted on advice of his attorney and said he expected Keithy to receive the nomination.
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Carson
Preston
Socialist Labor Party
Keathy
Ships Reach Hawaii in Advance of Atlantic Fleet
The converted yacht Yankton and auxiliary cruiser Panton, sailing from San Francisco June 30, arrived this afternoon in Honolulu, Hawaii, in advance of the Atlantic battleship fleet.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Thoroughly Bryan Platform Presaged by Resolutions Committee
Denver July 8 After reaching a plank on injunctions the sub committee failed to present the document to the full panel delaying the platform vote. Labor leaders debated the notice in injunctions while sub committees split work on tariffs trusts railroads and resources with a strong campaign contributions plank adopted. The tariff sub committee urged free print paper pulp lumber and wood and the Nebraska preamble won over New York for brevity. The full sub committee prepared a preamble denouncing predatory wealth and graft while pledging loyalty to Democratic principles.
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Denver
Colo
Federation of Labor
Labor
Bryan
Roosevelt
Messrs. Williams
Massachusetts
Parker
New York
Sullivan
Iowa
Messrs. Pettigrew
S. D. Brown
Nebraska
Alschuler
Illinois
Judge Parker
Pettigrew
United States
Anti Inunction Plank Reported to Committee
The anti injunction plank, recommended by the sub committee, favors placing labor disputes on a level with other disputes and opposes courts differing for laborers. No notice prior to injunction is required since Gompers said none would be demanded if discrimination against laborers ceased.
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Committee On Resolutions
Gompers
Mob Kills Father and Daughter Over Montana Claim
A mob of 15 to 20 armed men attacked John A. Hayes and his 16 year old daughter at Hayes’ Montana claim near Culbertson. Hayes died, his daughter was wounded but survived, and a defender was also slightly wounded. No fatalities among attackers confirmed. coroner to investigate. Hayes leaves a wife and three children.
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Great Falls
The
Tribune
Culbertson
Mont
John A. Hayes
Hayes
Walter Long
Nebraska Sails to Join Atlantic Fleet After Fever
The battleship Nebraska, part of the Atlantic fleet, was held yesterday when the squadron sailed for Honolulu due to a scarlet fever outbreak. It is scheduled to sail at 8 tomorrow morning to join two other vessels. Seven sailors are ill at Mare Island Naval Hospital and three others at Angels Island quarantine will be moved there soon.
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San Francisco
Nebraska
Honolulu
Naval Hospital
Mare Island
Angels Island
Saloon closures in Grand Fork end reign of lawlessness
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Missoula July 8 reports Under Sheriff Kelly stating United States forest reserve officials have closed all saloons at Grand Fork a railroad and mining camp just over the Idaho line. The action caps a reign of lawlessness tied to several killings with the perpetrators yet to be nabbed.
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The
Standard
Missoula
Kelly
United States Forest Reserve
Grand Fork
Idaho Line
Rockefeller Quietly Celebrates Sixty-Ninth Birthday
Cleveland on July 8 John D Rockefeller marked his sixty ninth birthday at Forest Hill with friends visiting him and he said he never felt better.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Dissent Within Police Force Emerges This Week
Investigators this week determine there is notable dissension within a police force. The findings point to internal disagreements affecting operations and morale. Further inquiries are ongoing to uncover specific causes and responsible parties.
Hearing of Charges In Butte Police Graft Probe
The Butte police graft inquiry adjourned amid a clash between Chief Wynne and Attorney Matt Canning. Testimony showed dissension in the plain clothes unit with Lieut. Joe Sinsel and Joe Williams tying Murphy to alleged payoffs and indicating alarms over framing. Commissioners pushed to pursue full inquiry into all charges, not a limited drumhead proceeding.
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Butte
Wynne
W. E. Carroll
Matt Canning
Murphy
Jim Larkin
Ed Morrissey
Bates
Canning
Blumkin
Driscoll
Joe Sinsel
Police Department
Joe Williams
Plain Clothes Department
Williams
George Sharp
Sinsel
Police Commission
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Normin
Coffey
Committee On Permanent Organization
Clayton
Wanders of
Hobson
Harbor Front
Blaze
Hawaii
Atlantic Fleet
OF Rockefeller
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