Brownsville Affair in Democratic Platform Talk
Denver reports say Bryan seeks a plank condemning the Brownsville incident and dismissals of colored troops, arguing it would win votes in northern states. Delegates weigh labor injunctions, while vice presidential prospects center on Kerns Towne and New York support. McClellan shows a presidential boom as Guffey urges a stable, true democracy.
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Bryan
Brownsville
Tex
Nebraska
North
Taft
Democratic Party
Lincoln
Kerns
Indiana
Towne
Tage Bert
National Committee
New York
Judge Gray
Burton Harrison
Stanchfield
Chanler
McClellan
George B. McClellan
Brown Palace
James M. Guffey
Pittsburg
Col. Guffey
Harris at Point of Death in Atlanta Editor of Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris, proprietor editor of Uncle Remus Magazine and noted author, lies at the point of death in Atlanta on July 4 as physicians report no hope for recovery.
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Harris
Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris
Fils
Noted journalist Murat Halstead dies in Cincinnati
Cincinnati July 4 Murat Halstead a leading American journalist for over half a century died at his home in his seventy ninth year Survived by his wife a son Robert and a daughter Mrs Artha Stem Halstead suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on Wednesday He reported Civil War battles and many political conventions and served as editor at the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette and later as magazine writer and author of historical works
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Murat Halstead
City
Robert
Artha Stem
Halstead
Harrison
Germany
United States Senate
Butler County
Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette
Brooklyn Standard Union
Failure of United Box Board and Paper Company Ruptures
The United Box Board and Paper Company of Chicago, a $28,967,400 corporation dominated by Chicago interests, was placed in bankruptcy with receivers appointed Friday. Sidney Mitchell serves as president with Thomas F. Raymond of Newark named as receivers, marking a defeat for brokerage-led reform and ending Barber’s ousted leadership amid a protracted price war and plant consolidations.
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Chicago
United Box Board and Paper Company
Sidney Mitchell
Board of Trade
Charles C. Adsit
L. W. Bodman
Milmine-Bodman Grain Company
J. E. Otis
L. A. Wiley
William H. Kemp
G. J. Marott
James Todd
Trenton
N. J
Howell
Thomas F. Raymond
Newark
Mr. Mitchell
C. C. Barber
Diamond Match Company
Box Board
Barber
Demand for record coal transport damages in 125000 case
Henry H. Meeker files with the interstate commerce commission seeking 125000 plus interest as reparation for Meeker & Co. coal dealers in Pennsylvania. The suit targets Erie Susquehanna Western and Wilkesbarre Eastern Railroad Companies for joint rates between the anthracite region and Edgewater and Weehawken New Jersey.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Grant
Pennsylvania
Edgewater
Weehawken
N. J
Eleven Deaths From Heat in New York City Area
Heat wave continues across Greater New York with 11 deaths in the last 24 hours. Hospitals report overcrowding and infant mortality is highest as pros trations remain widespread. Early Friday two deaths were logged with the Brooklyn coroner. Bishop Potter’s condition in Cooperstown remained unchanged at noon Friday and he showed vitality despite illness, taking nourishment and sleeping most of the morning.
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Greater
Brooklyn
Bishop Potter
Cooperstown
N. Y
Japanese Cabinet Decides to Resign 10 Prominent Members
Tokyo July 4 Premier Marquis Saionji will resign with his cabinet delivering all port folios to the emperor. The retrenchment policy and financial tightening will continue. Marquis Katsura is favored to succeed Saionji with Kōmura likely to become foreign minister and Yamamoto influential in genro circles.
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Marquis Saionji
Saionji
Seiyuka
Constitutionalist
Marquis Inouye
Home Department
Marquis Sainoji
Marquis Katsura
Count Yamamoto
Marine
Count Komura
London
Count Hayashi
Genro
Selyuka
Baido Club
War for Central America
Advices from unofficial circles in Central America say a war is expected in the region with Salvador and Guatemala to align against Nicaragua and Honduras. The outcome is seen as the rise of Jose Santos Zelaya of Nicaragua or Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala, followed by a possible union of the five republics into one nation.
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Central America
City of
Mexico
Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honduras
Jose Santos Zelaya
Estrada Cabrera
Two Die in Cramp Yard Oil Tanker Blaze
Two men were burned to death and ten others injured in a Friday fire at Cramp's ship yard in Philadelphia after an explosion on the oil tank barge Shenango, which was undergoing repairs.
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Philadelphia
Shenango
Cramp'a
Chairman still in doubt over Republican chairman choice
Washington July 4 renewed interest in selecting a Republican national chairman grew as W L Ward of New York and Frank B Kellogg of Minnesota visited the capital. Both are members of the national committee and the subcommittee to confer with Taft. No agreement was reached and officials warned no public intimation will occur until the Taft subcommittee meeting at Hot Springs next Wednesday. Taft left for Hot Springs with his family at four o clock. He plans to rest, clear his desk, and draft his Cincinnati reply for July 28.
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Washington
W. L. Ward
New York
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Republican National Committee
W. H. Taft
Ward
Mr. Kellogg
Taft
Hot Springs
Cincinnati
Deficit Appears Larger Than Real, Cor telyou Says
Secretary Cortelyou issued a statement on the treasury showing the reported deficit of 60 million dollars as largely due to antiquated bookkeeping. He argues ordinary receipts and expenditures could be covered by bonds, making the current revenue method misleading and masking a real surplus. He cites foreign government accounting as a comparison.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Treasury
Crossed wires on railway cause deadly shock in South Bend
South Bend Indiana July 4 one dead two seriously injured and a fourth man shocked, bringing to ten the number of electrical workers who have fallen victim to the wires in six days. The dead is Henry Tingley 63. Injured are John Strout 36 with badly burned hands and William Yerrick 35 with left hand burned to bone.
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South Bend
Ind
South Bend & Southern Michigan Railway
Henry Tingley
John Strout
William Yerrick
Many Hurt In Wreck Near Norwalk Ohio
An eastbound Lake Shore Electric limited from Toledo to Cleveland struck a standing work train two miles west of Norwalk Ohio. Nearly twenty people were injured as the fast passenger car hit the work train on a curve. The motorman on the work train allegedly forgot orders and was on the main track.
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Lake Shore
Parsons
Toledo
Cleveland
Six Die as Fireworks Store Explodes in Cleveland
A fireworks display at the S. Kresge five story store on Ontario Street in Cleveland Friday caused a deadly blaze. Six people, five women and a five year old boy, died trapped under a counter on the ground floor as flames and smoke forced patrons and clerks to flee. Dozens more were injured, with chaos on all floors as stairways filled with panicked shoppers. Firemen found charred bodies on the first floor and in the basement after the blaze was controlled. Estimated pecuniary loss stands at ten thousand dollars.
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Cleveland
S. Kresge
Ontario Street
Quakes Felt in California Across Los Angeles
Two slight shocks of earthquake were felt in Los Angeles and nearby areas early Friday morning. A few residents awoke and minor cracks appeared, but no further effects were recorded. Weather bureau data show east to west motion, first shock two seconds, second barely discernible, likely a wave from a distant quake.
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California
Los Angeles
Cal
Weather Bureau
Sherman Is Fatigued by Trip Home
Utica New York July 4 It was reported from the home of Representative Sherman Friday morning that he slept well during the night. He is fatigued by the trip home and the reception but aside from that no ill effects have been experienced. He remained in bed during the day and will receive no visitors before Monday.
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Sherman
Utica
Representative Sherman
Robbers Take $18,000 From Train Near Samara
Robbers boarded a train between Ufa and Zlatoust carrying two Latinsk iron works cashiers. Near a station they attacked the men and took about $18,000, then set brakes and halted the train, fleeing amid revolver fire.
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Samara
Russia
Ufa
Zlatoust
Latinsk Iron Works
Twenty Die in Mine Explosion in Mexico No. 9 slope
July 4 report from Esperanaas says twenty miners are believed dead after a powerful blast in slope No 9 of the Mexican Coal and Coke Company mine. Dust caused the explosion, according to mine owners, and it is feared no one from the night shift survived.
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Esperanaas
Mexico
Mexican Coal and Coke Company
Railroads resume six day schedule across routes
All Southern Pacific railroad shops from New Orleans to San Francisco will renew a six day week next week under a dry regime. In Rockford Illinois arrests for drunkenness rise to 23 in two months, vs 61 in a similar period in 1907.
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New Orleans
San Francisco
Rockford
Roosevelt
Africa
Gertie Pierson
Bleager O'Neil
James L. Pierson
Champaign
Knobnoster
Missouri Pacific
W. T. Lanham
Gov. Lanham
Texas
Weatherford
Lanham
Fire in Russian Mine Raises Horror After Blast
Yusovo July 4 A fire worsened by a gas explosion at the Rikovsky mine leaves over 200 workers trapped underground after a deadly blast.160 bodies recovered. 75 wounded, with many dying. six rescuers suffocated. troops used to control crowds as families wait for news. cause undetermined.
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Yusovo
European Russia
Rikovsky
Iin
Silver Service Presented to North Carolina Cruiser
A handsome silver service of 121 pieces worth 6000 dollars was presented to the armored cruiser North Carolina by citizens of the State. The ceremony occurred off Cape Lookout after the ship arrived Thursday from Guantanamo.
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Washington
North Carolina
Cape Lookout
Guantanamo
Markets dull as futures quotients drift on July trading
Chicago market notes show July wheat steady with prices around 1644 87 percent and 8756 384ac for September. Corn and oats move slowly with July oats at 47 cents and September 41 41 4c. Butter and eggs display varied wholesale quotes, while live poultry ranges from 4 to 20 cents for various items and geese price bands extend to 4.00 80.00 per unit.
Live Stock Prices and Cattle Market Report
Chicago and South Omaha markets show varied cattle and hog values. Native steers range 4.50 to 7.60, cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.75, yearlings 4.00 to 7.65, and calves around 2.7 to 6.25. Hogs steady to higher, with mixed lots and barrows quoted between 6.05 and 6.70.
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Coles
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Texas
Heyy
Awiss
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Wothers
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