Roosevelt Rally in Detroit Draws Overwhelming Crowd
Governor Roosevelt headlined in Detroit at the Light Guard armory. He facing boos from critics and praised by supporters while railing against the Kansas City platform and Bryanite financial policy. Five soldiers from Fort Wayne joined the audience as Roosevelt mocked tyrants.
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Detroit
Mich
Roosevelt
Teddy
Philippines
Kangsas City
14Th Infantry
Fort Wayne
Kansas City
Bryan Wraps Up West Virginia Tour With Wheeling Speech
West Virginia tour ends in Wheeling after visits to Clarksburg Parkersburg St. Marys and Sistersville. Bryan greets huge crowds amid bonfires and rockets and defends his role in ratifying the peace treaty with Spain while blasting the Republican stance on imperialism and the Philippines. He urges GOP accountability and cites the Nicaragua canal question as part of campaign rhetoric.
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Bryan
West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
W. J. Bryan
Deer Park
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
St. Mary's
Sistersville
J. N. Camden
Palmey and Buckner
Philippine Islands
Mr. Bryan
Republican Party
Spain
Wellington
Convention Adopts Platform and Elects Electoral College
Santa Cruz Sept 6 The Republican state convention concluded with the adoption of a platform and the election of an electoral college. The platform included a republic strategy and party principles guiding the forthcoming campaign.
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Santa Cruz,‘al
Fusion across Minnesota Democrats and Populists nominates Lind ticket
In St Paul on September 6 fusion united Minnesota Democrats and Populists naming a fall ticket led by Governor John Lind. Nomination by acclamation drew a roaring crowd as delegates filled the hall and a second electoral ticket was endorsed by both conventions with Lind heading the ticket for governor and T J Meaghan as lieutenant governor among others.
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St. Paul. Minn
Minnesota Democrats
John Lind
Minneapolis
T. J. Meaghan
M. FE
Neary
H. C. Koerner
Robert C. Saunders
P. M. Ringdal
T. J. Knox
M. Owen
Frank C. Brooks
J. C. Nodaway
Rudolph Schiffman
M. B. Pendergast
Minnesota
Lind
Platform renews allegiance to rational democracy and nominations
The platform endorses Bryan and Stevenson and condemns the Porto Rican tariff and high tariffs that foster trusts. It supports organized labor for a shorter work day and approves Governor Lind administration. It calls for raising the railroad gross earnings tax to four percent. The ticket was ratified tonight by a mass meeting of both conventions addressed by Governor Lind.
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Rational Democracy
Bryan
Stevenson
South Africa
Lind
Family to Leave for Washington Wintering Abroad
Mrs J J McCallum and daughter will depart September 12 for Washington to spend the winter. The owner’s estate here includes several acres in the residence district and will be divided into plots and offered for sale.
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J. J. McCallum
Washington
Serious quarrel ends in murder in Cascade rear of saloon
Great Falls dispatch reports John Regan beat Van Kennedy to death with a two pound stone at Tintinger's saloon rear in Cascade after an old grudge. Regan, 28, was arrested and brought to Great Falls to prevent a lynching. Kennedy died four hours after the assault.
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John Ragan
van Kennedy
Cascade
The
Standard
Great Falls
Tintinger
John Regan
Bunyan & Ellis
Kennedy
Regan
Illinois
Big Sandy
Old Man Killed By Train At Silver Bow Junction
John Saile aged 98, a single German American man, was struck and killed by a southbound Short Line passenger train at Silver Bow Junction last evening while attempting to steal a ride to Pocatello. The body was found mangled with only the head and chest intact.
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John Saile
Silver Bow Junction
Pocatello
Engine Runs Wild Across Illinois Viaduct
A wild engine endangered trains near Quincy Illinois as engineer A J Arnold backed the fast passenger loom into Moody. Fireman Smith fled the depot as the locomotive sped toward Missouri and was saved when Moody sideswitched the St Louis train. The runaway died on approach to Moody while Arnold slept in the cab.
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Chicago
the Chronicle
Quincy
Ill
A. J. Arnold
Arnold
Smith
Missouri
Moody
St. Louis
Moody Station
Oglesby
Kansas City
Utah Democrats Convene in Salt Lake City Nominate Ticket
The Utah Democratic state convention opened with temporary chair F. J. Cannon, who urged a Jeffersonian platform. W. H. King was named permanent chairman, Moyle nominated for governor, Fisher Harris for secretary of state, and King renominated for congress by acclamation. The platform backs free silver 16 to 1, direct senatorial elections, and arid western reclamation while opposing expansion by conquest.
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Utah
F. J. Cannon
Cannon
W. H. King
Resolutions Committee
O.W. Powers
Rawlins
Kansas City
Democratic Party
United States
Porto Rico
Congress
James H. Moyle
Fisher
Harris
Butte Man Sues Woman in $6,300 Theft Case
Charles Guidnon of Butte Mont a Frenchman appeared in Jefferson market court as complainant against Marie Durant charging her with being an accessory in stealing 6000 dollars and a 300 dollar gold watch from him. She denied the charge but admitted her husband took the property. She was held in 5000 bail for examination Saturday.
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New York
Charles Guidnon
Butte, Mont
Jefferson Market Court
Marie Durant
Southern Pacific Directors Elect Tweed Chairman After Huntington Death
At a New York special meeting the Southern Pacific directors adopted resolutions of regret for the death of President Huntington. Charles H. Tweed was elected chairman of the board and a special committee including Tweed Speyer and Mills was appointed to consider Huntington's successor. Speyer commented that dividend policy had not been revisited since Huntington's death and that maintenance of high operating standards remains the priority before any distribution.
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New York
Southern Pacific Company
Huntington
Charles H. Tweed
Dispatch
San Francisco
Mr. Huntington
Fem
Speyer & Co
Southern Pacific
Speyer
Bpeyer
Dr Bennett's Electric Belt Promises Weird Health Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Bennett's Electric Belt as the only belt with chamois covered sponge electrodes preventing burns from metal contacts. It claims to cure numerous ailments from varicocele to nervous debility, warns against free trials, and offers a free booklet and advisory service from the Denver company offices.
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Dr. Bennett
Bennett
Dr. Bennett Electric Belt Company
Union Block
Denver
Colo
Fusion talks stall as election races unfold in Boise
Boise Idaho September 6 Democrats and Populists have not yet joined forces and the outlook tonight suggests no full fusion will be effected. The scene captures early alignment tensions ahead of the forthcoming electoral contests.
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Boise
Idaho
Treasury official denies Chinese exclusion repeal remarks
Assistant Secretary Taylor of the treasury requested the Associated Press deny a published quote claiming he said hatred of the Chinese immigrant had died and that there was no need for exclusion or its repeal. He stated he did not make any such statement or interview.
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Washington
Taylor
Treasury Department
Associated Press
Revolution Expected Threatens Tapachula Trade
Advices from Guatemala report restlessness and business paralysis amid a potential revolution. President Cabrera's position in Guatemala is described as insecure, signaling regional instability near Tapachula, Mexico.
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Tapachula
Mexico
Guatemala
Cabrera
Going to Washington. Mansfield Sep 6 John Sherman
Brief item notes travel to Washington by John Sherman from Mansfield dated September 6, highlighting a political figure's movements and destination.
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Washington
Mansfield
John Sherman
State League of Republican Clubs Meeting in Helena
Helena on September 6 reported the State League of Republican clubs held a meeting after the state convention. Nearly every county and many clubs were represented and discussed campaign club membership and organizing progress across the state.
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Standard
Helena
State League of Republican Clubs
Staute
Organization of Clubs
United States Infantry Battalion En Route to San Francisco and Philippines
Fort Snelling Minnesota reports the second battalion of the 5th United States infantry with four companies, the non commissioned staff and band under Major Streff entrained today for San Francisco and the Philippines.
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Fort Snelling
Minn
Sth
United States Infantry
Streff
San Francisco
Philippines
Phelps Shows Great Improvement After Illness
Chicago Sept. 6 Erskine M Phelps the millionaire merchant who has been seriously ill for several days was reported greatly improved tonight.
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Chicago
Erskine M. Phelps
Bones Reinterred of Salic German Emperors
The bones of the German emperors of the Salic line, recently disentombed at the cathedral of Spires, have been reinterred with imposing ceremonies in Berlin.
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Berlin
General John A McCleernana Fails To Hold Food
Springfield Illinois September 6 General John A McCleernana passed a restless day and is growing weaker unable to retain food as illness advances in early reports from the capital city hospital.
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Springfield
Ill
John A. McCleernana
United Mine Workers weigh wage conference amid looming strike
Indianapolis reports show the United Mine Workers executive board weighing a possible wage conference with coal operators as a looming strike threatens Pennsylvania anthracite and broader bituminous districts. Union membership grows while Illinois treasury tightens its readiness for possible disruption affecting nearly one million people.
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
John Mitchell
Ryan
Illinois
District of Illinois
National Board
Webster Chairman Picked by Republican State Central
Helena Sept. 6 The first meeting of the Republican state central committee elected Charles M Webster as chairman to succeed J O Woolman. Malcolm Gillis was re elected vice chairman and James Burlingame Jr of Great Falls named secretary. The panel praised Gillis for resisting Clark Heinze pressure and promised speaker dates soon.
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Standard
Helena
Republican State Central Committee
Fergus
Charles M. Webster
J. O. Woolman
Malcolm Gillis
FE. S. Booth
Gillis
Republican Party
Sliver Bow
James Burlingame, Jr
Great Falls
T. B Miller
Mesers
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