Lomasney's Men Dominate Wild Democratic Convention
Police halted a fractious convention as Lomasney's faction clashed with anti Williams supporters over Bryan resolutions. Joseph Lomasney steadied the hall while professors Chamberlain and Stimson argued over roll calls and free speech amid a tense party unity effort.
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Winthrop M. Merrill
Ward 16
Williams
Robert M. Burnett
Southboro
Lomasneys
Frederick J. Stimson
Joseph P. Lomasney
Harmony Trust
Lomasney
Fitzgerald
McNary
Stimson
Joseph Lomasney
Harmony
Alexander F. Chamberlain
Clark University
Harvard
Bryan
Chamberlain
United Party
Denver
Stim Son
F. G. Richardson
Professor Chamberlain
William J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Ch Stimson
Bryan wins sweeping victory at Democratic State Convention
The article reports Bryan's sweeping victory at the Democratic State Convention in Faneuil Hall amid a protest that sparked a revolt reminiscent of the Springfield outbreak. Figures named include Thomas J. Kenny, William A. Davenport, John P. Kane, Edward Gallagher, with Lomasneys Williams and Bryan prominent in the coverage.
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Thomas J. Kenny
South Boston
William A. Davenport
Greenfield
John P. Kane
Lawrence
Edward Gallagher
Lowell
George Fred Williams
Bryan
Faneuil Hall
Springfield
Fire destroys Park View Inn and village stores in Oakham
A morning blaze in Oakham gut the Park View Inn, the Oakham post office, and G F Butler store plus a Butler residence and stable. The fire spread to Wheeler’s market building, destroying all structures in a two story hotel block and outbuildings. Loss estimated near $15,000 with 2 families forced to flee with nothing. By 2 o clock the fire was under control.
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Oakham
Park View Inn
G. F. Butler
Butler
Mysterious Chicago Visit Ties to LaPorte Murders
Police link Bella Guinness to a string of killings and a fatal LaPorte fire. Suspect sought morphine in Chicago and lured husbands with invitations saying visitors never want to leave. Autopsy and witness accounts raise questions about her fate and possible innocence.
Exhumation Likely in Sorenson Case at Forest Home Cemetery
The article reports possible exhumation at Forest Home Cemetery and planned excavations at 620 Alma Street Austin as investigators seek evidence. The assistant chief accuses Mrs. Sorenson of poisoning her first husband and suggests arsenic caused his death.
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Chicago
Hermann Schuettler
Bella Guinness
LaPorte
Max Soren
Sorenson
Forest Home Cemetery
Alma Street
Austin
Thorbald Sorenson
Guinness
Lights Out in East Boston Plunges Street Scene Darkness
An hour long power outage hit East Boston as a faulty electric cable interrupted the arc lights after heavy rain undermined sidewalks and roadways. Edison workers repaired the damage by midnight restoring street illumination.
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Boston
Edison
Rescue on Craigie Bridge Delivers Drunken Man to Hospital
In a rain swept night a middle aged man, Patrick McGrath of 20 Nashua Street, West End, was pulled from the Charles River by Crawtenders Pfau and Quinlan after cries for help were heard. He was taken to the Relief Hospital in critical condition, suffering from immersion and intoxication.
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Crawtenders Plan
Quinlan
Craigie Bridge
Charles River
Pfau
Relief Hospital
Patrick McGrath
Nashua Street
West End
Boy Confesses to Killing Boy Over Two Cents
New York police say eight year old Charles Dokou pio confessed to pushing seven year old George from the East Sixty first street pier on April 27. The motive cited was a dispute over two cents. Both victims lived in the same tenement house.
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New York
Charles Dokoupio
George
East Sixty First Street Pier
Sandy Hook life-savers fail to reach Peter Rickmers crew
The Sandy Hook life-saving crew, famed along the coast, could not reach the 100 marooned on the Peter Rickmers. They towed the Mohawk with Rescue but had to return at midnight. They plan another attempt at 3:30 a.m. to reach the ship by daylight.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Peter Rickmers
Mohawk
Rickmers
Rickmers in peril off Zach's Inlet amid vicious easterly gale
The Rickmers lies under a fierce easterly gale off Zach's Inlet Long Island, battered by heavy seas. Ninety to one hundred sailors and wreckers are aboard as crews struggle to jettison cargo and keep the ship from breaking up, with a miraculous lull the only hoped-for rescue.
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Rickmers
Zach's Inlet
Long Island
Eight Thousand Navy March in San Francisco Parade
On May 7 in San Francisco eight thousand bluejackets and Marines landed from the Atlantic and Pacific fleets for a grand peace time parade. Thousands lined the four mile route as Rear Admiral Evans and six other rear admirals reviewed the forces from carriages. Twenty five hundred regular army troops escorted the visitors amid cheering crowds.
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San Francisco
Cal
Evans
Old Age Pension Plan Proposed in British Budget
London May 7. A new old age pension scheme costing Britain about 30 million dollars a year would be funded entirely from the national treasury starting next year. It would grant 1.25 dollars weekly to about 500,000 people over 70 without income above 130 dollars annually. Lunatics criminals and those on poor relief would be excluded.
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London
Great Britain
National Treasury
House of Commons
All England
Taft delegates triumph at Kentucky Republican convention
In Louisville on May 7 Taft supporters defeated Fairbanks delegates after a fierce convention fight, securing pivotal momentum for Taft in the Kentucky GOP.
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Louisville
Fairbanks
Rain forecast for Boston and New England regions
Forecast for New England and eastern New York calls for rain on Friday and likely Saturday. Winds will be strong from the east, shifting to the west as the system moves through the area.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
New York
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