Ohio Republicans Nominate Nash Nippert For Governor Ticket
The 1899 Ohio Republican state convention in Columbus nominated George K. Nash for governor and Carl L. Nippert for lieutenant governor, with J. L. Price reelected as supreme court judge and John M. Sheets as attorney general. The platform praised McKinley policies, endorsed Foraker for U S senate, and backed tariff protection, naval strength, and Cuban independence while condemning agitation for factional splits. The session, held in intense heat, completed in three hours with Hanna as temporary and permanent chairman.
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Caldwell
Hanna
McKinley
Foraker
Columbus
Ohio
George K. Nash
Carl L. Nippert
J. L. Price
John M. Sheets
Supreme Court
Lawson Emerson
Isaac B. Cameron
Board of Public Works
W. G. John Sten
J. R. Foraker
United States
Nippert
Nash
Sheets
Cameron
Johnston
State Anti-Saloon League
Cincinnati
Clark
Mr. Clark
Committee On Credentials
Fayette County
Daugherty
Committee On Permanent Organization
Kanna
Senator Fanna
Senator Foraker
Arepublicans
Senate
Cuba
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Henry ©. Taylor
Carl N. Nippert
Hamilton County
William B. Crew
Thaddeus A. Minshall
Price
Crew
Minshall
Newton M. Miller
Alva B. Hall
A. CC
Critchfield
Lawson K. Emerson
Miller
Hall
Emerson
W. G. Johnson
State Board of Public Works
Hay
Jury given case in Morrison murder trial at Eldorado
The last plea for Jessie Morrison in the murder of Mrs. Olin Castle was presented by A. Lt. Redding in Eldorado Kansas. Court heard emotional testimony as the defense and prosecution wrapped their arguments. The case was sent to the jury this afternoon.
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Eldorado, Kan
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
Beals, Herndons In Klondike Shootout Over Gold Dust
Dick Beals lured Mrs. Herndon into a marriage after deceiving her about her husband. Beals then shot partner Jefe Alexander and fled with gold dust and provisions. A pursuit by Thomas Herndon and others ended when Mrs. Herndon fired, killing Beals near Anvil, with the group continuing to St Michael.
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Dick Beals
Seattle
Wash
Dawson Daily News
Thomas Herndon
Herndon
Klondike
Dawson
Beals
Jefe Alexander
Alexander
Andrews
Anvil
German bank suspends payments after Dresdener failure
Leipzig directors announce temporary suspension of payments at Leipziger bank due to discounting troubles from Dresdener Credit Anstalt. Liabilities estimated at 85 to 90 million marks, assets 43 million, with blame placed on ties to Cassell Treber Trockning company.
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Leipzig
Leipziger Bank
Dresdener Credit Anstalt
Berlin
Anzeiger
Cassell-Treber-Trockning Company
Site for St Louis Fair Chooses Forest Park for 1903 Exposition
At the regular meeting the Louisana Purchase exposition board of directors unanimously adopted the executive committee report selecting Forest Park as the site for the 1903 world’s fair in St Louis. A resolution authorized reporting the board’s action to the national commission for ratification.
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St. Louis
Forest Park
National Commission
Big Forest Park Site Offers 1118 Acres For City Use
The selection covers 668 unimproved acres in Forest Park and 450 adjacent acres, totaling 1118 acres. It ranks as a major city park with rivers creeks and many artificial lakes, praised for its transportation access. The area sits among grand homes and is larger than the Columbian exposition site in Chicago by about one third.
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Forest Park
Chicago
Chinese Empire Reform society forms in Helena
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Helena Montana incorporates the Chinese Empire Reform society as likely the first social organization for Chinese residents there. Founders include Helens Chinamen Ting Fang F. Kahn and Wong Sing Woi. The group aims at social intercourse happiness moral and educational betterment and physical development of the Chinese race.
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Standard
Helena
Montana
Hinese Empire Reform Society
Helens Chinamen
Ting Fang
F. Kahn
Wong Sing Woi
West Gallatin Canal Company
Fifteen Die After Wabash Train Wreck Near Cass
A westbound Wabash train ran into a washout near Cass Indiana at 12 30 am causing a wreck that destroyed the engine three coaches and two baggage cars. Rumors say 15 people were killed including engineer Butler and fireman Adams with many others injured. Surgeons were summoned and relief crews dispatched from Peru.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Sentinel
Peru
Wabash Road
Cass
Brownlee
Logansport
Butler
Adams
Two Thousand Sheep Drowned in Miles City Storm
A heavy rain and thunderstorm at Miles City drowned two thousand sheep belonging to B. KK Holt and W. EF Harris on Mill Creek. Four had been sheared and saved. wool losses were reported. Wool consignments totaling eighty thousand pounds for George Horkan and 42.04 pounds for H. A. Smith were sent via Luce & Manning through George H. Sharp.
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The
Standard
Miles City
B. KK
Holt
W. EF. Harria
Mill Creek
George Horkan
H. A. Smith
Luce & Manning
George H. Sharp
China Merchants seeks 400000 taels for looted goods in Tientsin
Pekin reports the China Merchants company, owner of the premises in Tientsin used by marines and later Liscum's command, has filed a claim against the United States for valuables said to be carried off by marines. The sum totals 400000 taels and is said to include furs rugs and jewelry including diamonds. The firm argues the premises were part of foreign concessions and taken for military needs but not subject to loot ing as if located in the Chinese city.
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Pekin
China Merchants Company
Tientsin
Liscum
United States
Civil service in the Philippines described by Judge Taft
Judge Taft writes that the civil service law in the Philippines is strict and never suspended. He notes temporary appointments require competitive exams and that provincial officers, after March 1902, will be chosen by promotion or exam. He praises cooperation from the president and war secretary and urges general understanding of the law’s inescapable enforcement.
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Richmond
Ind
Taft
Philippine Commission
William Dudley Folks
Philippine Islands
United States
Islande
Civil Service Board
Storm Ravaged Valley Struggles to Reopen Rail Lines
Bluefields West Virginia June 25. Seventeen or more hours of flood damage leave the valley bewildered but relief grows that loss of life is smaller than feared. The Norfolk and Western Railroad rushes repairs as wrecked trains are redeployed and telegraph wires laid.
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Bluefields
W. Va
Norfolk & Western Railroad Company
Boggs
White
Houston
Keystone flood disaster leaves widespread death and destruction
Richmond dispatch reports devastating Keystone flood in the Elkhorn and North Fork valleys. Hundreds missing and many bodies recovered as railroad tracks and bridges are washed away. Coaldale Keystone and Burke hit hardest. nonresident miners perish while local lines like Norfolk and Western face prolonged disruption.
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Richmond
Elkhorn
North Fork
Norfolk & Western
Coaldale
Keystone
Burke
Eye witness account of Keystone flood parts
An eye witness from Keystone West Virginia describes a night of torrential rain flooding the town of Keystone. The Elkhorn River surged through the single street sweeping houses bridges and livestock away. Dozens were saved while others were swept to their deaths as the town clung to mountainsides and poles held the hotel.
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Keystone
W. Va
Elkhorn
Destructive flood devastates town with rail line wreckage
Eyewitness recounts a severe flood that swept away miles of Norfolk and Western railroad track and bridges. Eight lives reported lost locally, with six bodies recovered near Eckman two miles downstream. Shawnee suffered drowning and near-total destruction. A hotel survived as residents were rescued along a treacherous muddy current.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Eckman
Shawnee
Storm hits Pocahontas coal field. 60 dead reported
Roanoke VA based Norfolk and Western officers report a Pocahontas coal field storm causing about 60 deaths and $300,000 in property damage. No passengers or trains were lost. Train service expected to resume Wednesday.
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New York
Norfolk & Western
Roanoke
Pocahontas
Cedar Bluffs flood wipes out nine houses near Tazewell
A Tazewell dispatch reports nine houses washed away at Cedar Bluffs west of there with no known deaths. Many mill dams disappeared and Liberty nine miles west of Tazewell is badly damaged.
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Richmond
Tazewell
W. Va
Cedar Bluffs
Liberty
McClure Served in Suit Over Mining Stock Dispute
Dr. J M Merrill of San Francisco sues St Louis mining investor Charles D McClure in Helena district court to recover 5500 shares of Bimetallic Mining stock later consolidated as Granite Bimetallic. Merrill seeks delivery of 1400 Bimetallic shares or 4500 Granite Bimetallic shares.
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Standard
Dr. Merrill
Bimetallic Mining Company
Granite County
Granite Mountain Mining Company
Granite Bimetallic Mining Company
McClure
St. Louis
Merrill Aska
Klondike Miners Organize a Union
Seattle June 25 Late advices from Dawson report William Ogilvie offered as Yukon commissioner in the Alaska boundary dispute He plans to consult Ottawa first The Canadian government provides 70000 for road improvements 100000 for new government buildings 15000 for river work Miners form a union seeking five dollars per day and board for ten hours work
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Seattle
Dawson
William Ogilvie
Yukon Territory
Ottawa
Sifton
Bulding
Ross
Great Falls Council Votes Tie Breaks Reform Effort
Great Falls Montana June 25 The city council debated cleaning out the red light district with Aldermen Miller and Mattison leading the reform push. A tied vote followed an appeal, the mayor breaking it initially in the affirmative and later in the negative to defeat the reform effort.
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Standard
Great Falls
Miller
Mattison
Red Light
Winters Responds In Unofficial Opinion On Insurance Trust Matter
Winters Assistant Attorney General issues an unofficial view regarding the alleged insurance trust case. He addresses concerns about legality and potential implications for involved parties and state oversight.
Moore defends classification of insurance as not a commodity
Helena June 25 H D Moore first assistant attorney general replies to W H Winters of Butte refusing to file a criminal information against the Board of Underwriters of the Pacific Coast. He says courts would not treat the policy as a commodity under penal code 321 and urges new laws to curb the alleged insurance combine.
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Standard
Helena
H. D. Moore
W. H. Winters
Butte
Winters
Attorney General’s Office
Board of Underwriters
Pacific Coast
Moore
Silver Bow County
Board of Underwriters of the Pacific
Beechley
Mulville
Iowa
Metzger
Cleveland
Indiana Law Magazine
Queen Insurance Company
Supreme Cour
Insurance Company
State
Supreme Court of the
United States
Paul
Wi ' S Wall
Justice Field
Webster’s International Dictionary
Wedding of Ellen Lee to First Lieutenant James Rhea
Miss Ellen Lee daughter of Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee married First Lieutenant James Rhea of the Seventy Cavalry U S A in a New York church. The couple planned a brief wedding trip before heading to Cuba where the bridegroom is stationed.
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New York
Ellen Lee
Fitghugh Lee
Léguetenant James
Rhea
The
Seventy Cavalry
Church of the Treneigareis
Cuba
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United States Senate
Charles H. Grosvenor
Republican Party
Republican Congress
Spain
Munroe
China
Chinese Social Society
Miles
Civil Service IN the
Rhea Lee
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