Democrats Limit Campaign Gifts to Notify Bryan at Fairview
The Democratic national committee adopted limits on contributions in executive session. No corporate gifts, no donations over 10,000, and public disclosure for gifts over 100 after October 15. Bryan to be nominated at Lincoln on August 12, Kern at Indianapolis to be set later. A nine member subcommittee to pick a chairman was approved.
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Lincoln
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Democratic National Committee
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John W. Kern
Indianapolis
W. J. Bryan
J. W. Kern
National
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New York
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Arkansas
Tomlinson
Alabama
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Massachusetts
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Iowa
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Williams
Mississippi
Talbot
Maryland
Kerr
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Texas
Nebeker
Utah
Jones
New Mexico
Kern
National Committee of Our Party
Denver
Democratic Party
Demoy
Te Mies
Daniela
Hall
Nebraska
Ryan
Wisconsin
Cole
California
Oklaoma
Fame seeker Etta McLean disappears in Amesbury
Etta McLean, known for a Boston five years ago shooting incident and the Chicago government case against Alexander B. Gordee last fall, has disappeared from Amesbury Massachusetts on July 15.
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Etta McLean
Amesbury
Mass
Stafford
Five Convicts Escape from Orange Road Squad Attack
Five convicts overpowered road crew overseer C. W. Browning at a work site near Orange Virginia and seized his guns before escaping. Two of the escapees were later recaptured near Madison Mills as authorities pursue the others. In Honduras, Gen Gutierrez is reported to have arrived at Chaliteca and fighting begins between government troops and revolutionists.
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Here
C. W. Browning
Madison Mills
Honduras
Puerto Cortez
Spanish Honduras
New Orleans
San Pedro
Gutierrez
Chaliteca
Taft Studies Platforms Ahead of Denver Acceptance Letter
Flat Springs Va July 15 From early reports Judge William H Taft will deliver a judicial analysis of the Democratic platform adopted at Denver His day long study of party platforms leaves him little time for dictating his acceptance speech which is expected to run about 3500 words with a longer 15000 word letter to cover less prominent topics He will address the Virginia bar association in early August with former Senator Lindsay delivering the annual address.
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Flat Springs
William H. Taft
Denver
Taft
Virginia Bar Association
United States
Lindsay
Kentucky
Moyer Reports Dissension at Western Federation of Miners Meet
Denver July 15 The Western Federation of Miners opened its convention to the public for the first time with all sessions public until adjournment. President Moyer’s annual report noted internal dissensions and urged the defeated minority to bow to the will of the majority. The year saw fight strikes with miners gaining better conditions in several cases.
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Denver
Col
Western Federation of Miners
Organized Labor
Moyer
Duel Over Change in Peers Sparks House Scene
Lisbon July 15 there was a violent scene in the house of peers during discussion of money advances to royal family members. Alfonso Costa accused ministers of past compromise blocking investigations, naming Count Penha Garcia. A duel followed Tuesday. during the fourth bout the count was wounded in the arm but not seriously. No reconciliation occurred.
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Lisbon
House of Peers
Alfonso Costa
Penha-Garcia
Interstate Commission bars elevation pay to railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled the elevation allowance of three quarters of a cent per hundred pounds paid by certain railroads as undue discrimination and ordered carriers to stop on October 1. The decision stems from the Traffic Bureau and Merchants’ Exchange of St Louis against several lines including Chicago Burlington and Quincy Missouri Pacific and more. A separate incident in St Louis reports 19 year old Anna H Cox, a New York Life stenographer, killed when a work car derailed on United Railway Company tracks at Taylor and St Louis avenues.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Traffic Bureau
Merchants’ Exchange
St. Louis
Chicago, Burington & Quincy
Missouri Pacific
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
San Francisco
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
United Railway Company
Taylor and St. Louis
Anna H. Cox
New York Life Insurance Company
National Deposit Bank of Philadelphia Closed
Washington July 15 The National Deposit Bank of Philadelphia was closed Tuesday by order of the comptroller of the currency with Milton C Elliott named as receiver in charge of winding up the bank affairs and assets.
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Philadelphia
Washington
National Deposit Bank of Philadelphia
Milton C. Elliott
Chinaman Killed in Duel in Chinatown Philadelphia
A pistol fight in Philadelphia's Chinatown on Tuesday afternoon left one Chinese man dead and two white men wounded after a quarrel within a Chinese group sparked the violence.
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Philadelphia
Chinatown
Funeral Held for Columbus Baseball Club President
The funeral of Thomas J. Uryen, president of the Columbus Baseball Club, who collapsed and died Sunday, was held Tuesday afternoon at his residence in Columbus, Ohio.
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Bryce
Columbus
Thomas J. Uryen
Columbus Baseball Club
Increase in New York reports shocks public health stats
Official New York reports show an over 60 percent rise in deaths of children under one year from summer diseases. The Navy Department cites civil service rules against political activity after a machinists union letter to the Navy Yard in Brooklyn. General Andres Avelino Caceres, once Peru’s president and now minister to Italy, rests in New York en route from Lima to Rome. Greek immigrant John Claudianes, 23, admits dynamiting James J. Gallagher’s Oakland residence and later damaging two Gallagher homes. Gallagher had testified against Ruef in graft cases.
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New York
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
International Association of Machinists
Andres Avelino Caceres
Chile
Republic
Italy
Lima
Romie
John Claudianes
Langden
San Francisco
James J. Gallagher
Oakland
Gallagher
Ruef
Lynching of Middleton man and other crime notes
A mob in Middleton Tennessee hanged Fough Jones after he attempted to assault a 7 year old girl, with others in different towns reporting crimes. The day also saw Rufus Browder returned with militia, a Greek dynamite case in Oakland, a fatal factory fire in Atlanta, an Adams murder case in Colorado, and four Italians sentenced for attempted blackmail in New Jersey.
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Middleton
Tenn
Fough Jones
Lmb
Here
Jones
Boomlets Launched At Dry Convention In Ohio
In Columbus on July 15 the Ohio Prohibitionists nominate Aaron S. Watkins for governor and list J. B. Martin, H. J. Haskell, James F. Stratton, and J. H. Ford for key offices as they push a dry ticket amid national maneuvering and new boomlet whispers for Levering Howard Cranfill Whettler Tracy and others.
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F. W. Whettler
Los Angeles
Mich
Joseph P. Tracy
Republican Party
Hawaii
Alaska
War Department
Jones
A. G. Wolfenbarger
Nebraska
Robert H. Patton
Dunois
Alonzo E. Wilson
Samuel Dickie
Albion
Watkins
Ohio Prohibitionists
Aaron S. Watkins
Ada
J. B. Martin
Hamilton County
H. J. Haskell
Muskingum County
James FR. Stratton
Columbiana County
J. H. Ford
Portage County
Katsura Heads Japan Cabinet With Key Appointments
Tokyo July 15 formal distribution of appointments named Count Katsura premier and finance minister. Baron Hirata as Home Affairs secretary, Count Komura as Foreign Secretary with Viscount Terachi acting in his stead until his return. Viscount Okabe heads Agriculture, M Komatsubara Education, M Goto Communications, M Oura Agriculture and Commerce. War and Navy chiefs unchanged. cabinet pledges budget retrenchment and armament readjustment amid party realignments.
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Tokyo
Count Katsura
Baron Hiratta
Count Komura
England
Komura
Terachi
Department of Agriculture
Viscount Okabe
Department of Education
M. Komatsubara
M. Goto
Formerly Interne Hospital State Uni versity of Iowa
A short archival line noting an affiliation with the University of Iowa hospital network, listing a house phone and office locations at 461 Black and 263 Black on Atlantic as reference details.
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Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
Black
Office
Atlantic
Ends Siege By Slaying Two In Benton Harbor
August Gross shot and fatally wounded James Kirk a meat peddler then hid in a house with his brother Fred. A posse surrounded the residence and exchanged fire through the night. August Gross was found dead by his own hand and Kirk lay critically wounded. Fred Gross’s body was also found. investigators debated whether he was killed by the posse or by August or by self harm.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
August Gross
James Kirk
Gross
Kirk
Fred Gross
August
Airship returns after 1 hour 35 minutes voyage
Friedrichshafen July 15 The Zeppelin airship completed a flight of one hour and 35 minutes before returning to its lake moorings due to a breakage in the slide steering gear. Temporary repairs were made in midair but the voyage was halted and passengers disembarked. A new attempt is planned for Wednesday. Rosario Serge hanged at New Castle for murder, claiming self defense.
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Friedrichshafen
New Castle
Rosario Serge
Antonia Bonti
Willsville
Bonti
Battleships Maine and Alabama Sail to Manila and Guam
On July 14 the battleships Maine and Alabama, part of the fleet bound home via the Suez Canal, sailed for Manila and Guam Tuesday afternoon.
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Manila
Guam
Maine
Alabama
Home
Suez Canal
Markets report from Wawaga and New York on July 14
The markets show dull flour trading with prices for spring wheat and hard patent jute noted. Wheat futures firm for September in New York, corn and oats mixed with modest activity, butter and eggs showing varied retail and dairy values, and potatoes and live poultry prices listed. New York opening lower on wheat with later recovery and notes of Northwest strength amid showers forecasts.
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Minnesota
Prica Te
New York
Liverpool
Northwest
North Dakota
Western
Live Stock Prices in Chicago and Omaha Markets
Chicago and Omaha market notes show cattle and hog prices for various grades. Cattle ranges include good to prime steers from 7.00 to 8.00, cows and feeders from 2.40 to 6.60, and bulls up to 5.00. Hogs list heavy packers around 6.20 to 6.50, mixed barrows 6.45 to 6.76, and sows 4.00 to 5.90. A second line from Omaha covers cattle and hogs with similar ranges and includes calves and feeders.
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Chicago
Ight
Omaha
Neb
Texas
I. i
Lawer
Willis probate and general law practice in Atlantic
Willis draws and probates in Atlantic with reports for administrators and guardians. Appointments secured and probate practice a specialty. General law business transacted.
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Willis
Atlantic
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