Silver Debate Roils 1900 Democratic Platform Talks
Kansas City July convention watchers prepare for July 4 arrivals as Democrats debate whether to explicitly endorse 16 to 1 silver in the platform or reaffirm Chicago. Bob Bryan’s wishes loom but party factions press for a firm stance or a simple reaffirmation while candidates including Sulzer Towne Harrison Gorman McMillin seek support.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Chicago
Bryan
J. L. Woods Merrill
United States Monetary League
Bryant Lincoln
Neb
Sulzer
Towne
Shively
Indiana
Senate
Carter Harrison
Gorman
McMillin Henrys
D. Clayton
National Committee
Alabama
Mack Hinrichsen
Illinois
McMillin
Hul
Hri
Hall
Coates Hose
Sand “Hodlas
TJ Hewlons
Market turmoil shadows U.S. trade week
The Weekly Review of Trade notes unsettled business as boycotts and global events affect markets. Iron prices firm in Pittsburg fail to hold while 30 furnaces idle pending wage talks. wool prices slip. wheat crop doubts persist with potential 460 million bushels displaced in Europe. 207 U.S. and 22 Canadian failures recorded.
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New York
R. G. Dua & Co
Review of Trade
St. Louis
South Africa
Pekin
China
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
Oregon Ashore Near Che Foo in Fog
Shanghai reports that the United States battleship Oregon ran aground on Hoo Kie island in the Minato Ho group north of Che Foo. A steamer from Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. went to assist. Washington records no official confirmation as of July 2, with two ships attempting to refloat the Oregon.
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Shanghai
Oregon
Hoo Kie
Minato Ho Group
Che Foo
Indo-China Steam Navigation Co
London
the Times
Esterday
Oreron
Hookie Island
Che Fos
Washington
Zafiro
Taku
Navy Department
Wilde
War Department Rejects Volunteer Service for China
The War Department states no authority to accept volunteers for service in China. It explains the 1890 act limits volunteers to existing forces and requires congressional authorization before expanding the volunteer army. Also notes iron and steel orders conference adjourned and mills to close until wage policies are set.
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War Department
China
Washington
United States
Congress
New York
Iron, Steel and Tens
Br A CN Wathrow
Rother
Thaserty
Amullso
American Ban Plate Co
Senate of Wages
Farmers oppose Cambria Steel dam plan in Quemahoning valley
Farmers in the Quemahoning valley protest Cambria Steel Co plan for a four mile long dam with 73 foot depth at the breast. They warn it endangers public safety and land values and fear a Johns town disaster repeat as civil engineers and farmers clash anticipated soon.
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Altoona
Pao
Quemahoning
Cambria Steel Co
Johnstown
Seymour's March Retreat Near Pekin After Long Firefight
London dispatch recounts Admiral Seymour's forces nearing Anting within 12 miles of Pekin before being forced to withdraw. The report details June battles with Boxers, rail disruption, river progress to Yang Tsung, and a final evacuation to Tien Tsin with casualties and armory loss.
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London
Admiral Seymour
Anting
Pekin
Seymour
Admiralty
Tien Tsin
Lang Yan
Lofau
Yang Tsung
Tekin
Pejin
Imperial
Legations
Limese
Paris
China
Shanghai
Baron von Ketteler
Legation Street
Germaii Legation
Shatabayaiironer
Edo Agaist
Government orders guns from Bethlehem Steel Co in Orient
Bethlehem Pa June 2 government places an order with Bethlehem Steel Co for seven ten inch breech loading rifles four teen I2aneh breech loading mortars and other smaller arms for use in the Orient.
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Bethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Co
Supreme Court bans pumping gas from wells and pipelines
The Supreme Court ruled that pumping natural gas from gas wells is illegal. The decision also signals that pumping on pipelines may be forbidden.
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Indianapolis
Lhe Supreme Court
Jesus the Bread of Life in John Six Discourse
The lesson centers on Jesus feeding the 5 000 and the ensuing discourse in John six 22 71. Jesus rebukes seeking for signs and declares I am the bread of life offering eternal life to those who believe. The Jews question his heavenly origin and the disciples largely misunderstand yet Peter confesses you are the Christ.
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H. C. Lenington
Jesus
Capernaum
God
Moses
Christ
Grapes from Canaan and the Call to Righteous Action
A devotional meditation asserts that true walking with God shapes how one treats others. Pride harms spiritual progress while self-judgment is essential. The message warns against cowardice in doing right and emphasizes living faith that remains mindful of people.
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Canaan
God
Iam
Ketcham Renominated After Long House Service in New York
Noted in Congress history Rep John H Ketcham of New York earns unanimous renominations with sixteen acclamations to his record The veteran earner of multiple terms began as a brigadier general after the Civil War and later served again in the House and as DC commissioner He is praised for diligence, charitable impulses, and deep district ties.
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House of Representatives
John H. Ketcham
New York
Ketcham
Gen. Grant
Hudson River District
Greeley
Gen. Ketcham
District of Columbia
Congress
Maine Sailors Rest Reinterred at Arlington
Arlington cemetery adds Maine shipwreck dead memorial to its monuments. The bronze tablet marks 169 sailors from the Maine’s crew recovered from Havana waters and reinterred December 9, 1899 after the vessel blew up on February 15, 1893.
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Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Maine
Sartee
Wavana
Boston Harbor
UC SS
Havana
Arl Ington
Japan’s press grows with 150 dailies and six hundred periodicals
Japan now counts 150 daily newspapers and about 600 other periodicals. Two decades ago not a single paper could be called a daily, marking a rapid rise in print media.
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Japan
Expert Rifle Star Sonia Wright Astonishes Sharpshooters
Detroit teacher turned shooter Sonia Wright rose to fame after a Lafayette waterworks lesson with John Long. Her rapid mastery yielded bull’s eye accuracy at ten yards with line shots and a historic eight lesson display.
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Sonia Wright
Detroit
Mich
Evening Mail
Lafayette
Ind
John Fe, Long
Wright
Mr. Long
Miss Wright
Water Works
St Dhonefaes
Royal Engineerrs Tretland
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Congressional Committee
Jesus the Dread of Life
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Moatne Vatims
Arlington
Sonian Wright
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