Republican Ticket at 1900 National Convention Nominates Roosevelt
At Philadelphia on June 20 1900 the Republican National Convention opened with speeches by Hanna and Wolcott. Roosevelt was nominated unanimously for vice president with support from Warren G. Harding. The convention adjourned until noon the next day as delegates cheered and banners waved.
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Philadelphia
Hanna
Bolston
National Committee
Col
Colorado
Welcott
Wolcott
Committee On Permanent Organization
Ledge
Roosevelt
Young
Old Town
Michael J. Murray
Massachusetts
J. M. Ashton
Washington
Bartlett Tripp
Butler Murray
Old New England
Rough Rider
Murray
James M. Ashton
Depew
New York
Depery
Lodge
United States
Col. Dick
Senator Wolcott
Republican National Convention Nominates McKinley at Philadelphia
The 1900 Republican convention in Philadelphia opens with Lodge presiding. Foraker and Hanna back McKinley as Roosevelt seconding, amid cheers and waving plumes. The platform endorses gold standard, protective policy, immigration limits, and federal ownership of an isthmian canal. The session honors soldiers, supports civil service, and promises war tax reductions.
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Arizona
Oklahoma
New Mexico
United States
McKinley
Philadelphia
Lodge
Archbishop Ryan
Senator Lodge
Senator Foraker
William McKinley
Foraker
Hanna
Gov. Roosevelt
Thurston
Nebraska
Roosevelt
jJohn W. Yerkes
Kentucky
Dete Knight
California
Gov. Mount
Indiana
Inley
Teodge
Lafayette Young
Iowa
National committeemen named from states list
A long list names national committeemen for each state including Arkansas C W Rix Arizona W M Griffith California W C Van Fleet and more through Wyoming Willis Vandervanter. The roster covers governors and party delegates across the union.
Returning Home After Convention Adjourns
Philadelphia crowds rush to railroad stations within an hour of adjournment as 73 percent of convention visitors depart by 11 pm. Most remaining travelers come from the Far West and will visit other Eastern cities before homeward trips. National Chairman Hanna stays at Haverford with Clement A. Griscom through Saturday.
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Philadelphia
Lodge
Hanna
Haverford
Clement A. Griscom
Collapse on Southern Train Kills All But Pullman Passengers
A South Georgia disaster near McDonough leaves thirty five dead as a cloudburst washed out a 100 foot track section on the Macon branch of the Southern Railway. The entire train perishes except occupants of the Pullman sleeper, with no crew surviving. Weather floods and washouts blamed for the wreck and fires that followed.
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Atlanta
Macon
Southern Railway
MacDonough
McDonough
Columbus
Camp’s Creek
Ocmulgee
Excursion Train Wreck Near Depere Kills Eight
A Green Bay bound excursion train on the Northwestern road collided with a freight at Depere Wisconsin at 10 15 Sunday. Eight were killed and thirty four injured. The first car was driven into the second coach. Injured rushed to Depere hospital and St Vincent’s in Green Bay. Engine crews jumped to safety.
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Green Bay
Wis
Depere
Depere Hi
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Whitecaps Rob Homes Near Sparta Tenn In June
In Quebec near Sparta Tennessee a group wearing whitecaps attacked residents Charles George Floyd Davis and Clark Davis. They dragged the men into woods and beat George and Floyd Davis nearly to death while leaving Clark Davis fearing death. The mob claimed the men were lazy and refused to work.
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Nashville
Tenn
Quebec
Sparta
Charles George
Floyd Davis
Clark Davis
George
Final advance to open communications with Coomassie begins
Prahsu June 25 reports sufficient supplies gathered and the final advance to Coomassie will start at once. On the Ashanti front, three villages on the Ashanti road from Ashagti to Kwahou host about 2,000 fighting men who have pledged fetish rites and promised aid to the Ashantis.
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Prahsu
Coomassie
Ashagti
Kwahou
Rebels seize Bucaramanga frontier city in Colombia
Rebels occupy Bucaramanga on the Venezuelan frontier while Cucuta in Santander remains held by insurgents. Caracas reports the advance as of June 24 with Colombian revolutionary forces expanding control near the border.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Bucaramanga
Cucuta
Santander
Chinese Ship Captured Off Kiel by German Cruiser Hansa
Naval circles report that the Hansa cruiser drove a Chinese ship ashore and captured another off Kiel. Fifty Chinese were killed and seventy wounded in the clash.
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Berlin
Kiel
Hansa
Unreadable OCR Item About Local Event
Fragmentary OCR note describes a local event with few readable names or details. missing dates, places, or outcomes make precise summary impossible. The readable bits suggest a community notice or brief item rather than a full report.
Ambush report details injuries amid chaotic scene
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Millar sustaining a thigh injury and references to James Wheaton and John W amid an ambush incident. The incomplete text lacks clear dates, locations, or organizations, leaving only scattered names and a brief injury note.
Plans for 23 inch guns at harbor to deter ships
A fragment describes plans at San Diego Harbor to place two large 23 inch guns to cover the harbor and a nearby island. It mentions three inch guns as a potential fix to hit ships at close range, reflecting military considerations and low morale.
David Beter Report Mentions H Spots in North
A fragment notes David Beter reporting H spots in the northern area. The text is incomplete but indicates surveillance or discovery activity.
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David Beter
Four Americans Killed in Ambuscade Near Tien Tsin
Adm Kempf reports four sailors killed and seven wounded in an ambush near Tien Tsin during U S involvement in Northern China. The incident accompanies wider dispatches on the perilous legations relief effort and growing foreign military activity around Pekin and Taku.
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Kempf
Tien Tsin
London
China
Pekin
Seymour
Taku
Admiralty
Che-Foo
Washington
Navy Department
Kempff
Waller
Secretary of the Navy
Remey
Brooklyn
Gen. MacArthur
Secretary of State
United States
Nanking
Wu Chang
Yang Tse Kiang
Li Jung Chang
Canton
Li Hung Chang
Maj
Santiago
Indiana
Manila
Senator Richards To Address Pennsylvania Bar Association
Washington June 25 John K Richards solicitor general of the United States left for Cambridge Springs Pennsylvania where he will deliver an address next Tuesday before the Pennsylvania Bar Association on The Constitution of the Philippines.
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Washington
John K. Richards
United States
Cambridge Springs
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philippines
Cologne Visited By a Cyclone
Cologne was struck by a cyclone that demolished many buildings and toppled factory chimneys. Several persons were badly injured.
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Cologne
London
Fire guts Eichbaum Building and spreads through downtown Pittsburgh
Fire at the Eichbaum Building on Fifth Avenue and Diamond Street spread within minutes to Duff's college, Pratt's restaurant, the Exchange Bank, Hussey building, and more. Flames crossed Fifth Avenue to engulf the First National Bank and two other structures, threatening the square before control was gained. Dozens fled, with fears of fatalities in Duff's college. losses tallied in the hundreds of thousands.
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Eichbaum
Fifth Avenue
Duff
College
Pratt’s Restorant
Exchange National Bank
A. M. Murdock
Aprist
Hussty
First National Bank
Diamond
Wood
Market Streets
Diamon Street
Exchange Bank
Duff’s College
Wood Street
Cuba University Scandal Spurs Cuts and Reform
Havana reports postal frauds triggered a university scandal with 72 professors and 24 assistants, many unused or teaching few students. General Wood ordered reforms cutting staff to 46, consolidating Greek instruction under one professor to match a 450 student body.
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Havana
Cuba
Notable: Prof Neske and Mrs Neske Hurt in Runaway
Monticello New York reports Prof Neske director of the Barracks Bank in Columbus Ohio and his wife were seriously injured in a runaway accident at their Thompsonville summer home Sullivan County. The horse crashed into a stone wall, killing the animal. Neske suffered head and body injuries while Mrs Neske broke multiple arm bones and sustained other harm.
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N. Y
Neske
Columbus
Thompsonville
Sullivan Colunty
Hanna's First Appointments
Philadelphia June 23 Chairman Hanna announces the five members of the new national committee executive committee Henry C Payne Wis Manley Maine N B Scott West Virginia Harry D New Indiana and George L Shoup Idaho named to the panel.
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Hanna
Philadelphia
National Committee
Henry C. Payne
Wisconsin
Joseph H. Manley
Maine
N. B. Scott
West Virginia
Harry D. New
Indiana
George L. Shoup
Idaho
Kalamazoo Man Dies Aboard North German Lloyd Steamer
Sol Salamon of Kalamazoo Michigan died June 14 in Bremen on a North German Lloyd steamer due to consumption. He was traveling with his wife and two children. his body was brought to port in New York on June 23.
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New York
Sol Salamon
Kalamazoo
Mich
Bremen
Death of Capt G F Towle in London
The death is announced in London of Capt George F Towle U S A retired aged 63 years He was twice breveted for gallant and meritorious service during the civil war.
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G. F. Towle
New York
London
George F. Towle
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E. O. Wolcott
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Florida
John G. Long
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H. A. Rucker
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Greame Stewart
Harry C. New
Ernest Ek
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David W. Mulvane
John W. Yerkes
Louisiana
A. T. Wimberly
G. V. L. Meyer
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William H. Elliott
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Thomas Shevlin
Mississippi
H. C. Turley
Missouri
Richard C. Kerens
Maryland
T. C. Noyes
Montana
Williiam H. Dewitt
Nevada
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E. A. Webster
South Dakota
J. M. Green
Tennessee
Walter B. Brownlow
Vermont
James W. Brock
Virginia
George E. Bowden
George H. Baker
N. LB. Scott
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Willis Vandervanter
Whitecaps
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Millar
James E Wheaton
John W
San Diego Harbor
Havana University
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