Bryan supporters pledge allegiance at Denver convention
In Lincoln and Fairview, Minnesota allies rally for Bryan with Minnesota Governor Johnson leading a delegation. A telegram from New York editor Ridder signals support as Bryan reads it buoyantly. Discussions on a new national chairmanship unfold, with candidates named.
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Minnesota
Denver
Johnson
Bryan
Tincoln
Neb
New York Staats Zeitung
Herman Ridder
New York
Kansas Town
W. J. Bryan
Fairview
Ridder
Lincoln
P. L. Hall
Nebraska
Hail
D. J. Campau
Michigan
J. E. Lamb
Indiana
Ollie James
Kentucky
J. H. Atwood
Kansas
National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Governor Johnson
Lester Elwood
Hammond
Cleveland
Americans Set For London Olympic Showdown
New York dispatch notes that American athletes face Great Britain and continental champions in London, with confidence high after recent marksmen successes against the best shooters from Britain and Europe.
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New York
London
America
Great Britain
Continent
Michigan man shoots family then kills himself in Ohio
Anthony Hassler, 28, of Flint Michigan, shot his wife, fatally wounded her sister Rose Herrman, injured mother-in-law Mrs Kilger, and shot at her father and two bystanders in Cleveland after a jealousy dispute over a possible divorce. He then killed himself on the street and died from his wounds. The Kilger home door was burst open and chaos followed the volley of shots.
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Cleveland
Anthony Flessier
Flint
Mich
Hassler
George Kilger
Rose Herrman
Aas Kilger
Hassier
Slayer Who Killed Ada Loos Ends Own Life
Duluth July 18 Max Hochworth of Duluth was the Slayer of Mrs Ada Loos. He killed her on the Pike lake road and then shot himself in the mouth near the road. Police tracked him with a bloodhound net. A bundle of food lay near his body suggesting an attempted escape.
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Duluth
Ada Loos
Max Hochworth
Hands of
Justice
Pike Lake
Hochworth
Troyer
Record rainfall shuts down Nebraska railways in 400 mile span
Norfolk reports five and a half inches of rain in three hours the worst in the region’s history. Rail lines across Norfolk are tied up with washouts on multiple lines including Northwestern east of town and Union Pacific toward Columbus. Trains stalled and private property damaged though no serious injuries reported. Rain extends west about 400 miles reaching the South Dakota line, heaviest in eastern Nebraska.
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Norfolk
Neb
Here
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Sioux City
Union Pacific
Columbus
South Dakota Line
Murder Suspected After Body Found Near Troy
The badly decomposed body of Hazel I Drew aged nineteen from Troy was found in a pond at Sealsport near the city. Death blamed on brain concussion with skull fracture. A speeding automobile passed a roadhouse on July 4 and was seen heading toward the pond then returning toward Albany.
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Troy
N. Y
Hazel I. Drew
Sealsport
Here
Albany
City Awaits Mystic Shrine Army in Colorful Welcome
St Paul prepares for the arrival of the Crescent and Star procession with rich banners and pennants. The advance guard has entered the city as eleven temples set up encampments, and fifty seven tribes with armed escorts are expected to join the grand assembly of the Mystic Shrine.
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St. Paul
Crescent and Star
Murder in Gowrie Iowa Ends Marshal's Life
Fort Dodge reports Gowrie, a town twenty miles south, witnessed the killing of Marshal Tom Nicholson by a revolver shot fired by eighteen year old Wilbur Carr. The murder occurred on the street in the early evening after Nicholson intervened in a street brawl. Carr was arrested.
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Fort Dodge
Gowrie
Here
Tom Nicholson
Wilbur Carr
Carr
Engineer and Fireman Die in Ohio Locomotive Boiler Explosion
Engineer William Wetterman and fireman H. H. Baus, both of Columbus, were killed when the boiler of a Hocking Valley freight locomotive exploded at Powell station, sixteen miles north of Columbus.
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Columbus, O
William Wetterman
H. H. Baus
Columbus
Powell Station
Four Die in Baltimore Harbor Storm Drowning
Baltimore July 13. Five men are known drowned and three women and a man are believed dead after a severe wind and rain storm on the harbor. Eight men in a rowboat tried for Fort McHenry. the boat capsized and four men fell in. Peter Deitrich William Delacour Joseph Lohmiller and Edward Bimmons are confirmed dead. John Harrington perished when his overturned boat capsized in Spring Gardens. An overturned rowboat in the Patapsco River with three women and a man sighted before the storm leads to belief all four were drowned. no bodies recovered.
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Baltimore
Fort McHenry
Peter Deitrich
William Delacour
Joseph Lohmiller
Edward Bimmons
Spring Gardens
Explosion on launch kills four in Marion and Falmouth
Four prominent summer residents die when a forty five foot launch explodes off Marion Massachusetts. Two men survive after twelve hours in the water A. P. Tarbell of Marblehead and Edward Tucker of Boston. Tarbell owned the boat and says the launch left Marion for a short pleasure cruise in Buzzards Bay. Savory the engineer was blown into the air.
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Marion
Mass
Town
Falmouth
Rolland Worthington
Boston
John T. Trull
Woburn
Joseph
Buzzards Bay
Savory
Tragic Boat Disaster Sinks With All Aboard
A boat exploded and caught fire possibly killing the occupant before hitting the water. Tarbell signaled crew to jump while Mr. Tucker grabbed an oar and escaped. The others remained aboard likely unable to swim or unconscious. Rescue efforts by summer residents found no trace. the launch apparently sank with everyone.
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Tarbell
Mr. Tucker
Four People Drowned on Two Minn Lakes
Reports from Deer River say Miss Etta Kennedy age eighteen daughter of Mrs Frank Kennedy and Jacob Woodruff drowned on Ball Club lake when their canoe overturned. A man with them clung to the craft for over twelve hours before rescue. Two Austrians Ignaz Sysbolitz and John Jannazak drowned in Seven Mile lake. a third man escaped.
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Duluth
Deer River
Etta Kennedy
Frank Kennedy
Jacob Woodruff
Ball Club Lake
Chieholm
Minn
Seven Mile Lake
Ignaz Sysbolitz
John Jannazak
Three Deaths in St. Paul Heat Claims Three Lives
Three St Paul residents died from heat. Jerry Sullivan a street sweeper collapsed near his home. Mrs Julia Sraughnessy died of exhaustion. Samuel Hammerlee fell victim after being overwhelmed by heat as a wheel of a wagon ran over him.
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St. Paul
Jerry Sullivan
Julia Sraughnessy
Samuel Hammerlee
Watcb
Obaldia Elected Panama President After Peaceful Vote
The Panama Isthmus carried out elections without disturbance. Senor Don Jose Domingo de Obaldia, former U S minister and acting president, won the presidency as Ricardo Arias supporters abstained. Voters showed overwhelming support and celebratory crowds filled Panama City streets.
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Panama
Jose Domingo de Obaldia
United States
Amador
Ricardo Arias
Senor Obaldia
The
Republic
Senor Arias
Will Manage Jacobson Campaign in Minnesota
A. D. Brown of Madison who ran J. F. Jacobson’s campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination will head Minnesota’s Republican campaign next fall. He was chosen to lead the state central committee at the recent state convention meeting. Judge J. H. Steele of Minneapolis chaired the convention. James A. Martin of St Paul was named secretary and Lars S. Swenson of Minneapolis treasurer.
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St. Paul
A. D. Brown
Madison
J. F. Jacobson
Minnesota
State Central Committee
J. H. Steele
Minneapolis
Brown
Jacobson
James A. Martin
Lars 8. Swenson
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