Roosevelt Roars At Chicago Convention Battle
In Chicago the Republican National Committee moves to seat 14 Roosevelt delegates while Taft backers report 594 pledged delegates. Roosevelt allies urge La Follette help as Booth loyalists clash over seating and possible deadlock under intense political maneuvering.
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Shizago
Ublican National Committee
Alaska
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chicago
William Barnes, Jr
National Committee
New York
McKinley
Taft Campaign Management
Virginia
Texas
Washington
Missouri
Osevelt
Barnes
New York State
Tat
la Follette
Wisconsin
North Dakota
United States
Elihu Root
Tarrant
William B. McKinley
Joseph M. Dixon
William Barnes
Ormsby McMare
Victor Rosewater
Dixon
Rosewater
McHarg
Republican Committee
Brothers in deadly duel over money in Hamburg La
John and James Hunter, aged 43 and 33, fought a pistol duel in a barn shed after conflicts over inherited property and money. James was shot in the abdomen and John in the lower chest, with both men severely wounded. Each is married with children. no motive beyond money was disclosed.
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Hamburg
John
James Hunter
John Hunter
James
Millard Coolidge
Millard Hotel
Les
Prison escape aided by seamstress at Fort Sheridan
Mrs Delia Lawrence twenty five aided five prisoners to escape from the guard house at Fort Sheridan where they were held for transfer to Fort Leavenworth Kansas She rented an automobile drove near the guardhouse at a set time The inmates broke a door leaped into the machine and fled Several hours later after a pursuit she was arrested on an elevated train bound for Chicago Also in brief news items from Antigo Wisconsin and Nebraska City Nebraska a jockey was fatally injured when his horse fell and dragged him The divorced wife of William A Miller shot him reportedly fatally in Chicago
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Chicago
Delia Lawrence
Fort Sheridan
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Tornado Deadly At Adams Nebraska In June Storm
A destructive tornado and hailstorm swept through north Gage and south Lancaster counties killing Mrs. John Ideus near Adams and fatally injuring her daughter. Emil Keller’s house near Hallam was destroyed. many barns and outbuildings were leveled. A Union Pacific passenger train narrowly avoided the storm as Conductor Murray halted the Lincoln bound train. Hail fourteen inches across covered ground and telegraph lines were down along a one mile wide swath.
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Beatrice
Neb
Gage
Lancaster
John Ideus
Adame
Emil Keller
Hallam
Union Pacific
Lincoln
Murray
Cortland
Living Wages Highlighted at Charities Conference
The thirty ninth national conference of charities and correction released a report urging adoption of living wage recommendations. It targets both national parties for incorporation into their platforms and emphasizes wages sufficient for normal living standards.
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Charities Conference
Cleveland
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Forty Con Sec Hours Per Week Aim For Wages
Standard of existence with forty con secutive rest hours each week, education, recreation, support for immature members of the family, sickness, and old age. To secure these minimum wage commissions are urged. Mormons Robbed of Transportation. Omaha and other brief items note a pickpocket stealing funds from Mormon missionaries, the thief returning transport in a box. Also reports honors, burials, a fatal shooting in Havana, a horse show coaching honors, Hillsville assassination links, a burned West Point hotel, and a U.S. track team sailing for Stockholm.
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Omaha
Jesse H. Nielsen
Idaho Falls
Ida
Council Bluffs
Nielsen
Marines Ready For Attack Near Santiago
Havana June 15 United States marines at El Cobre ten miles west of Santiago have thrown up entrenchments and are ready to resist any assault. The gunboat Baire arrives with Gregorio Surin and ten others as prisoners while Caesar transfers supplies to Paducah for nearby marines. Palma Soriano reports severe conditions with over 4000 refugees sleeping in streets and destitute, recalling reconcentrado horrors.
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Havana
United States
el Cobre
Santiago
Gregorio Surin
Caesar
Paducah
Palma Sorriano
Illinois Suspect Remains Unidentified in Villisca Case
A missive signed Stephen Moore claims knowledge of a negro who kills families and locates near the Moore home the day of the Villisca murders. Misa Van Gilder failed to identify Joe Jucks as the suspect, while sheriff investigators and Colorado officers note parallels to other murders and possible insanity or escape rumors.
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Villisca
Monmouth
Misa van Gilder
Joe Jucks
Haid
Willisea
Euspedt
Moore
Fitzpatrick
Creston
Marschal J. H. Horton
Kankakee
Stephen Moore
Horton
Colorado
Case
Colorado Springs
Wayne and
Burnham
June Rise Disrupts Burlington Line and Local Fields
Burlington tracks near Folsom Iowa suffer erosion as the June rise uses the Missouri River. Steady water erodes the riverbank, undoing earlier revetments. Injured woman from Perry remains critical after a jealousy shooting. Western Iowa reports heavy rain and flooding with bridges closed. Spencer stock buyer Jack Hagerty shot at near Washed area. investigation ongoing.
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R. J. Fleming
Des Moines
Kenyon
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Antigo
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Aniwa
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Horleon
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Mayor Hill
Nebraska City
Silas Haynes
White Sandley
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Pataily
William A. Miller
DSE Waler
Phutur
Adams, Neb
John Ideas
Twister
Haslam
London
Earl of Carrick
William Gustavus Nicholson
Francis Allston Channing
Thomas Borthwick
United Kingdom
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Leighton W. Hazlehurst
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Clarence Mibb
Richmond
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
William H. Moore
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Pittsburgh
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June Rise
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Spencer V. Spencer
Jack
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