Johnson Gets Minnesota Democrats Support for President
Minnesota Democrats endorsed Governor John A. Johnson for president by 772 to 166 against Bryan as a second choice. The Bryan faction stayed seated after a firm convention show of unity, while Johnson backers praised his integrity and leadership. The platform urged tariff revision and state rights, instructing delegates to vote as a unit for Johnson at Denver.
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St. Paul
Democrats
Minnesota
John A. Johnson
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Committee On Credentials
Bryan
Denver
C.F. Vasaly
Johnson
Frank A. Day
State Central Committee
Associated Press
Chairman Day
James Manahan
Bryanites
Manahan
D. Works
Mankato
Works
Congress
W. S. Hammond
St. James
Fairmont
F. G. Winston
Minneapolis
Swann Turnblad
Daniel W
Bryan faction loses bid to shift Minnesota vote at convention
The Bryan camp failed to wrest control of Minnesota's delegation or floor influence at the credentials and platform meetings. They won Itasca County and half of Cottonwood but failed to move the platform or secure the state’s bloc beyond the minority report, ending their floor fight plans.
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Works
T. D. O’brien
St. Paul
H. F. Weiss
le Sueur County
J. C. Armson
Stillwater
Cottonwood
Hennepin
Fillmore
Itasca
Waseca
Johnson
Bryan
Committee On Organization
Jefferson
Jackson
J. Bryan
Minnesota
Committee On
Hennepin County
Cottonwood County
Resolutions Committee
Party slate listing names for county and state positions
Lacher St Paul T O Br ie Paul Martin O Brien Crookston A C Weiss Duluth. Alternates at large J BE Vanstrom Yellow Medicine J R Con way Becker S P Nelson Rock John Morgan Red Lake Peter McCoy Hennepin Milo White Jr Pilmore WA Burnett Hubbard Daniel Aberle Ramsey.
Gans Defeats Unholz to Extend Lightweight Reign
In San Francisco on May 15 Joe Gans the lightweight champion defeated Rudolph Unholz a Boer from South Africa in the eleventh round. The fight was one sided as Gans controlled the match throughout and the referee stopped the bout after Unholz was nearly knocked out in the eleventh.
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San Francisco
Joe Gans
Rudolph Unholz
South Africa
Gans
Unholz
Anholz
Baseball Scores From Major Leagues Today
American Association game in Kansas City saw Indianapolis shut out 5 0. American League contests in Philadelphia New York and Washington produced 1 0 3 1 4 0 scores. National League results included Cincinnati 2 Boston 0 and St Louis 5 Brooklyn 3.
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American Association
Kansas City
Indianapolis
American League
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Washington
St. Louis
National League
Market Quotations Wheat Prices May 14
Minneapolis market quotes show May wheat at 1.064 and July at 1.05 with Sept at 0.92. On track prices list No.1 hard 1.09 1/4, No.1 Northern 1.07, No.2 Northern around 1.054 1/5, No.3 Northern 0.84.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Market Prices for Livestock in St. Paul May 14
Cattle good to choice steers 6.00 to 6.76 dollars, fair to good 5.00 to 5.75, cows and heifers 4.50 to 6.60, veals 3.75 to 5.25. Hogs 5.25 to 6.35. Sheep wethers 5.25, good to choice lambs 6.25 to 6.80.
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St. Paul
Wheat and flax futures listed for Duluth market
May 14 report shows wheat on track with No 1 hard at 1.07, No 1 Northern 1.065, May 1.04, July 1.06, Sept 1.144. Flax on track with May 1.22, July 1.24, Sept 1.25, Oct 1.23. Prices quoted in dollars per bushel and cent fractions.
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Duluth
Northern
Cattle and Hogs Prices Reported for Chicago Market
Chicago markets show cattle ranges by class with figures for beef cattle Texans Western cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves and cattle margins. Hogs priced by light mixed heavy rough and pigs with value spans. Sheep yearlings and lambs listed with corresponding per hundred weights.
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Chicago
Wheat and livestock price report from Chicago
Chicago notes May and July wheat futures with prices around 1.02 and 90 to 90 3/4 cents and Sept near 87 8/9. corn futures at 74, 65, 63 4/9 and 56 3/4. oats May 54 1/2, May 54. pork futures May 13.26 and July 12.40. dairy prices for creamery and dairies listed. poultry and turkeys at 14 cents and 12?0 cents and broilers per dozen at 3.00 to 5.50.
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Chicago
North Dakota Delegation Votes Taft at Chicago Convention
Minot North Dakota May 15 delegates to the Republican national convention were instructed to support Taft with a Stalwart wing majority and elected alongside presidential electors Olaf Hagen Herman Scheer F Nichols Anton Hanson. The convention praised Roosevelt and Taft and urged tariff reform while condemning Governor Burke for resisting railroad valuation increases. Stated Mars prophecies discussed by Percival Lowell in Century.
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Minot
N. D
Taft
Alexander McKenzie
Lik
C. R. Meredith
Cass
A. Landager
Ransom
Vic Rose
Ward
Jud Lamoure
Bottineau
C. J. Lord
Cando
C. A. Stebbin
McHenry
Olaf Hagen
Ramsey
Herman Scheer
Wells
F. Nichols
Morton
Anton Hanson
Benson
Roosevelt
Kail Taft
United States
Burke
Bank cashier Geiger found dead after barricade
Baltimore May 16. United States Marshal Langhammer found John W. H. Geiger dead inside a barricaded residence after Geiger, a bank cashier convicted of misusing funds and sentenced to five years, shot himself rather than be arrested.
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Baltimore
John W. H. Geiger
United States District Court
United States
Langhammer
Geiger
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