First Session Opens as Hanna Chairs Republican Nominating Confab
In Philadelphia the twelfth national Republican convention opens with Sesssor Wolcott temporary chair and Senator Hanna wielding the gavel. Lodge named permanent chairman as credentials and platform committees move forward. Ten thousand attend the ceremony amid banners, bands, and crowds, with Roosevelt favored by many amid debates on vice presidency and Spanish American War references.
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Philadelphia
Toen
Republican Party
Chicago
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Cincinnati
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Wolcott
Hawaii
Alaska
Quaker City Managing Committee
Colorado
Grov. Roosevelt
New York
Senator Wolcott
San Juan
Roosevelt
Schuylkill
Convention Hall
Exposition Building
Municipal Band
Souza
Stirling
Chas. M. Boswell
Committee On Permanent
Rport
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Senator Lodge
McKinley Roosevelt Nominated by Republican National Convention
At the 1900 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia the ticket McKinley for president and Roosevelt for vice president was unanimously nominated after extended speeches by Foraker and Lodge. The crowd enthusiastically supported the renominations, and the convention adjourned sine die after committees were named.
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McKinley
Guv Roosevelt
Senator Foraker
John W Yerkes
Kentucky
George Knight
California
Joe, Mount
Indiana
Lodge
Mr Kinley
Gov
Roosevelt
Destructive Bloomington Fire Wrecks Business District
A devastating blaze swept Bloomington Illinois from Monday night into Tuesday, destroying the courthouse square blocks, the Durley Opera House, and surrounding firms. Firefighters from Bloomington aided by Springfield and Peoria failed to stop the collapse, with dynamite aiding containment as losses near two million dollars and many irreplaceable records were saved from the courthouse tower clock tolled four.
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Bloomington
Art House
Court House Square
Court ‘House Square
Court House
Springfield
Peoria
Dyramite
Monroe Street
Pillar of Fame
Post Office
Durley
Avid
Biuness
Aherk
Street Vendors Thrive Selling Convention Seats and Badges
Street vendors ran a thriving trade in buttons and badges while seats for the convention moved at five dollars for a single session up to sixty dollars for all three sessions.
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Nlinois
Ohio
Hotels clash with new fans and gadgets at Sidée meeting
Delegates at Sidée faced troubles with hotel systems including push buttons for doors and a ball key device. A Southern delegate pressed a button repeatedly, mistaking dates, while another guest faced electric devices in rooms. A Montana visitor struggled with an electric reading lamp and vowed to change hotels after hiding it under the bed.
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Philby
Anstanc
Walton
Montana
Chambertuid
Northwestern Road Opens in Chicago
Northwestern road in Chicago formally opens as banks discuss consolidation. Reports note a Korean minister torture ending in death, Venezuelan troops seize Gen Hernandez, and New Zealand sends nearly 2000 to the South African front. Chicago police halt rabbit chases by the Coursing Club.Nearby Fort Scott, a boy accidentally shoots his 7 year old brother while imitating an expert. Northern Michigan lumber plans repurpose stumps into lath. Seward manuscript on Kansas admission secured by state society.
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Chicago
Chicago First National
Union National Banks
Hernandez
New Zealand
South Africa
Coursing Club
Fort Scott
Kan
Michigan
Kansas
William H. Seward
Kansas State Historical Society
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Lafe Young
Iowa
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Committee On Files
Alabama
Fora
Gov. Roosevelt
Col Lafe Young
Dolliver
O'Kinley
Governor Roosevelt
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Ome
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Cota
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