Mississippi River Flood His Height Expected at Seventeen Feet
St Paul June 29 The Mississippi river is predicted to reach seventeen feet above low water mark the highest since 1897 when it stood at eighteen feet A further foot rise threatens serious damage The southeast end of the South St Paul stock yards where the sheep are located is flooded with backwater causing considerable apprehension over conditions.
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St. Paul
Mississippi
South St. Paul
Ashby Man Linked to Black Hand Shoots Self Near Fergus Falls
Phil lip Reppano, an Italian worker on the Great Northern near Ashby, shot himself in Fergus Falls after threats from the Black Hand society. The bullet damaged brain tissue but lodged under the skull. doctors hope for recovery. Authorities suspect Ashby affiliation with the Black Hand.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
Phillip Reppano
Great Northern
Ashby
Black Hand Society
Fight Likely to Equal That at Democratic Convention in Chicago
Democratic leaders arriving for the Chicago convention discuss possible vice presidential choices and the platform. Key figures include Theodore Bell as temporary chairman and Henry Clayton as likely permanent chairman with Bailey unlikely to attend. Debate centers on injunction plank and alignment with Lincoln platform, amid budding suspense over running mates like Johnson and Gray.
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Chicago
Denver
Bryan
Theodore A. Bell
California
Bell
Thomas Taggart
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Clayton
Nome
South
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Bailey
Republican Resolutions Committee
Taft plans Hot Springs conference on nomination
Secretary William Howard Taft rested after his nomination and discussed strategy with brother Charles P. Taft in Washington. They expect a July 8 meeting with the Republican sub committee and James S. Sherman, with Hot Springs, Virginia, as a likely conference site. Mrs Taft plans to join him there and he will notify sub committee members.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
K Street
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
National Republican Committee
James
Sherman
Hot Springs
Illinois Democrats Reach Bryan Site in Lincoln Visit
A Chicago to Denver Democratic caravan arrives in Lincoln Nebraska. Illinois delegates plan a stop at Fairview the Bryan home where crowds greet the visitors. Willis Abbott of the Democratic national committee press bureau calls the vice presidential race open and downplays Governor Johnson Minnesota as a serious factor.
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Lincoln
Neb
Party of Illinois Democrats
Chicago
Denver
Illinois
Bryan
Fairview
Willis J. Abbott
Democratic National Committee Press Bureau
Abbott
Johnson
Minnesota
Man Ends His Life Amid Crowd at Park Concert
In Philadelphia on June 29 a well dressed man about thirty, believed to be Joseph Weinrob of Jersey City, drank carbolic acid at Belmont Mansion in Fairmount Park. He moved through about 2000 listeners, waved a handkerchief, swallowed the poison, and died shortly after at the hospital.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Weinrob
Jersey City
Belmont Mansion
Fairmount Park
Usurping Sultan Again Defeated in Morocco
Morocco City reports El Mtougui tribesmen defeated Mulai Hafid followers again after their June 21 attack. Three of the sultan's chiefs were killed and 100 Mulai Hafid troops died with 150 wounded. Fez dispatches say Mulai Hafid plans to leave Rabat at end of July.
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Morocco City
el Mtougui
Mulal Hafid
Fez
Mulai Hafid
Rabat
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Secretary of War
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Mower County
Iowa
Wisconsin
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CH Johnson
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Interstate 22
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Hayes Bros., Jewelers
City of
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Bridge St
Bayfield Co
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Thomas Rochford
Phone
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