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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1900
Page
4
The 1900 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia renews allegiance to the gold standard and McKinley's foreign policy. Roosevelt is nominated for vice president amid cheers and steady convention proceedings led by Senator Lodge and Senator Wolcott.
Governor Roosevelt and Governor Shaw escort the chair as Senator Foraker nominates William McKinley. The platform praises the gold standard and protection for labor, accuses Democrats of misrule, endorses island possessions, immigration limits, shipbuilding, and veterans pensions. Roosevelt seconds the nomination amid cheering.
The resolutions thanked Mr. Lodge and Mr. Wolcott for presiding, praised Mayorshbridge of Philadelphia for hospitality, and extended thanks to all convention officials. The body adjourned sine die at 2 14 on motion by Serena Payne of New York, closing the convention.
A partial roster names national committeemen for many states with misspellings and fragmented entries. Officials include Arkansas C W Rix Arizona W M Griffith California W C Van Fleet Colorado E O Wolcott Connecticut Chas F Brooker Florida John G Long Georgia IL AL Nucker Idaho George L Shoup Illinois Theame Stewart Vadignn Tarry CC New town Ernest KE Slart Indiana Yerritory Wm M Millette Kansas David W Mulvane Kentucky John W Yerkes Louisiana A V T Wimberly Maine Joseph N Manley Massachusetts I V L Meier Michigan William H Wiliett Minnesota Thomas Sherla ssipp il C Purley Missouri Hichard C Kerens Maryland P C Noyes Montana William H Dewitt Nevada P L Flannagan North Carolina J Ill McNamen North Dakota P J McCumner New Hampshire Chas V Means New Jersey Franklin Murphy New York Frederick $. Gibbs New Mexico Solomon Luna Ohio eorre Fi Cox Oregon George A Steel Oklahoma Wm Gaines Pennsylvania M S Quay Rhode Islami Frank Dlayton South Carolina I A Webster South Dakota J M Green Tennessee Walter B Brownlow Vermont James W Brock Virginias George FE Bowden Washington George Jr Baker West Virginia N 2 Scott Wisconsin Henry C Payne Wyoming Willis Vandervanter
Philadelphia residents report a postconvention exodus with rail hubs crowded within an hour of adjournment. Officials estimate most visitors left by 11 p.m. while remaining leaders, except National Chairman Hanna, departed for the East. Hanna stays at Haverford as guest of Clement A Griscom until Saturday.
A Southern Railway train on the Macon line derailed after a washout near McDonough Georgia caused by heavy rains. Thirty five people died, all non Pullman passengers perishing. the Pullman sleeper survived. The incident followed two weeks of daily downpours and a late Columbus connection.
A bound excursion train from Green Bay for a saengerfest collided with a freight at Depere at 10:15 a.m. Eight people died, thirty four injured. The crash crushed the first car into the second coach, with crews escaping unharmed. Injured were taken to Depere High School hospital, then St. Vincent's in Green Bay.
Great excitement in Quebec Tennessee as ten to twelve men wearing whitecaps assault Charles George and Floyd Davis, beating them nearly to death while taking Clark Davis for a coffin. The mob claims the victims were lazy and did not work to support their families.
Prahsu June 25 reports sufficient supplies collected and the final advance to open communications with Coomassie will begin at once. On the Ashanti to Kwahou road three villages host about 2,000 fighting men who have practiced fetish rites and pledged to aid the Ashantis.
Caracas reports on June 24 that Colombian revolutionists occupy Bucaramanga near the Venezuelan border and also control Cucuta in Santander. The move marks a significant advance for rebel forces operating along the frontier.
Naval circles at Kiel whisper that the German cruiser Hansa drove a Chinese ship ashore and captured another. Reports claim about 50 Chinese killed and 70 wounded in the action.
A Transvaal crisis report notes Boer forces retreating while British lines press north from Standerton toward Heidelberg and Johannesburg. Transport and supply issues hinder decisive action as Generals Buller and Dewet clash with the moving front and surrounding engagements unfold.
War desk dispatch details MacArthur led units in a June 1924 ambush and counterattack near coast posts. Multiple officers and soldiers listed as killed wounded missing with full details pending a final report.
June 24 report from San Diego Harbor details the War Department directing plans for a 3 inch gun battery on a harbor island entrance. The setup aims to deter ships in the channel and potentially field 10 inch guns across the channel. The three inch guns will be split to address firing limitations at close range.
A fragmented Memphis report mentions a le ctrometer and odd spots in several small pots with unclear purpose. Another Five Child Solomonville residence is referenced, but details are unreadable.
Adm Kempff reports four Americans killed and seven wounded in an ambuscade near Lien Tsin while 2,000 troops move to relieve Tien Tsin. The fight follows heavy international actions in Northern China as Pekin remains out of contact and relief efforts intensify.
June 25 report says Cologne was visited by a cyclone that demolished buildings and toppled factory chimneys injuring several people. Earlier, John K Richards, solicitor general of the United States, left for Cambridge Springs Pa to address the Pennsylvania War Association on The Constitution of the Philippines next Tuesday.
A Friday afternoon fire at the Hichbaum building 242 Fifth Avenue spread to Duff’s college Pratt’s restaurant the Exchange National Bank and A M Murdock florist and Hasty building. Flames endangered a square bounded by Fifth Avenue Diamond Wood and Market. Fifty Duff students fled as banks and shops burned with losses estimated in the hundreds of thousands. Firefighters gained control by 2 25 p m after the blaze crossed Fifth Avenue and consumed the First National Bank structure.
Havana reports say postal frauds exposed a university milking ground for top men who held seven professors and two assistants earning 24 000 dollars yearly each. General Wood ordered reforms reducing staff to 44, while class load dropped with consolidation of Greek instruction into a single professor.
Prof Neske director of the Barracks bank at Columbus Ohio and Mrs Neske, both badly hurt, in critical condition after a runaway wreck on a hill near Thompsonville. Neske steered to avoid a collision, striking a stone wall. horse killed and occupants thrown from the wagon. Mrs Neske suffers multiple arm fractures.
Chairman Hanna lists the five members of the new executive committee: Henry C. Payne of Wisconsin, Joseph H. Manley of Maine, N. B. Scott of West Virginia, Harry D. New of Maryland, and George L. Shoup of Idaho.
Sol Salamon of Kalamazoo Mich died June 14 at sea from consumption aboard the North German Lloyd liner from Bremen. He was with his wife and two children. the body was brought to port.
London reports the death of Capt. George F. Towle retired from the United States Army at 65. Towle served in the Civil War and was twice brevetted for gallantry and meritorious service. He had been a U. S. S. A. officer.
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