Beall Leads as Sixth Texas District Convention Chooses Platform
Beall holds 81 votes leading the field in the Sixth Texas district race with Wooten, Wear, Johnson, and Odell trailing. Bosque county remains uninstructed, while the convention endorses the Kansas City platform in principle and adopts a dark horse exclusion plank amid talks of an early nominee from the current field. Temporary chairman W M Knight and other officers are elected, and committees on credentials, organization, and platform are formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
Texas
Bosque County
Hill
Bosque
Beall
Wooten
Wear
Johnson
Odell
Knight
Kansas City
Trinity River
Galveston Harbor
Judge Burke
Isaac’s
W. M. Knight
W. L. Alexander
F. B. Baillie
Johnson County
W. A. Fields
T. L. Dunlap
R. M. Scott
Dallas
T. J. Cole
Ellis
D. L. Hodge
J. R. Ransome
J. S. Terry
Kaufman
B. H. Johnson
Navarre
J. O. Phillips
John H. Traylor
J. C. Smith
William A. Fields
W. H. Bledsoe
Free Trade Resolution Approved by Porto Rico Assembly
In an extra session the Porto Rican assembly unanimously passed a free trade resolution citing the Foraker act. It directs that a copy be sent to President McKinley, requests a proclamation by July 25 to mark a Porto Rican holiday, and Governor Allen read a supporting financial message.
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San Juan
Porto Rican Assembly
Congress
United States
Gov. Allen
McKinley
Allen
Porto Rico
Serious race riot rocks Campbell county miners
Reports from Knoxville dated July 5 describe a violent race riot in Campbell county involving white and Black miners after a negro dance near Dafollette. A town marshal and five officers attempted arrests. shots were fired, a running fight followed, and three Black men were fatally shot with others wounded. Large numbers of Black miners are reportedly agitated.
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Knoxville
Campbell County
Dafollette
Tragedies Reported Across States In Brief
News in brief notes several deaths by own action including Casa Weith near Holder I T and John Winston Weatherford Tenn. A fatal runaway near Somerville Tenn kills a negro coachman. Stillwater Oklahoma sees five year old Harold Layher shot during play. Edwin Bergstrom near McPherson Kansas dies by own action. Christ Gilgen killed by lightning near Highland Illinois.
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Casa Weith
Holder, I. T
Somerville
Tenn
John Winston
Weatherford
Ten
Gordon
Stillwater
O. T
Harold Layher
Edwin Bergstrom
McPherson
Kas
Christ Gilgen
Highland
Sixth District Convention Deadlocked in Meridian Texas
The Meridian Texas Sixth District Congressional convention remains deadlocked with five candidates Wooten Odell Beall Wear and Johnson still in the race. One hundred ninety ballots have been cast.
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Meridian
Tex
Wooten
Odell
Beall, Wear
Johnson
Shortage Reported at San Francisco Mint
A telegram from Director Roberts in San Francisco confirms a $30,000 shortage in the San Francisco mint funds. He offers no details of the investigation or suspected cause. Mint officials in Washington decline to speculate on protective steps.
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Washington
Mint Bureau
Roberts
San Francisco
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John Wittmann
Bryan
A. D. TicConnico
Gin Insurance
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Fidelity & Casualty
Maryland Casualty Accident Insurance Co
Franklin Brothers
Bryan, Texas
New Marke Building
Courthouse
Bryan Grocery Company
J. W. Brocdon
Prop’r
Harper
J. L. Hearne
Denver
Telluride
Tilly
Fort Worth
J. W. Tilly
Denver City Railway Company
Plano
Jesse Barnard
Richardson
Central
Cotton Belt Crossing
McKinney, Tex
McKinney
John Pitkin
New Orleans
John R. G. Pitkin
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Corsicana
Mexia
Groesbeck
Waco
London
Kitchener
Grenfell
Howell
Beyers’ Commando
Qld
Liza
Dray Line
F. A. Lee
Otto Boehme’s
Standpipe
Otto Boehme
Red River Division
Denison and
Sherman Texas
Heptol
Potts Baking Powder Co
E. A. Berry
Brazos
J. A
Green
Wilson-Jackins Drug Co
Daily Eagle
Weekly Eagle
Clarence Pearson
S. W. Buchanan
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
College Road
Allen Academy
Huyler
MacDougald’s
W. B. Hudson
J. G. Minkert
Hudson & Minkere
Attorneys-At-Law
Lryan
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