Lodge Is Chosen Will Be Permanent Chairman of Convention
Ohio Senator Foraker expected to present McKinley’s name at the National Convention as Lodge is chosen to serve as permanent chairman.
17 Apr 1900
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1900
Page
1
Ohio Senator Foraker expected to present McKinley’s name at the National Convention as Lodge is chosen to serve as permanent chairman.
The Washington desk reports GOP managers favor Senator Walcott of Colorado as temporary convention chair with Senator Lodge of Massachusetts for permanent chair. Senator Foraker may present McKinley, while Grosvenor argues for a Western choice to strengthen the ticket. Debates over Secretary Long’s candidacy persist amid regional splits and impacts on Maryland.
James C. Monaghan, ex United States Consul at Chemnitz, called for raising the entry salary for consuls to 5000 dollars. He said export expansion requires trained personnel and compared a consul’s value to a member of Congress. Monaghan plans lectures in England and will sail for the United States on April 25 aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
Rome reports Vatican measures aim to bar members of congregations from political activity and newspaper publication worldwide. A church on the outskirts of Paris was destroyed by incendiary fire today with sacred relics stolen.
Sergeant Robert Douglass of the Eleventh Separate Company was shot dead while relieving guard at Croton Landing New York during the Cornell dam strike. Troops were nearby as 40 armed Italians marched with flags and cheering crowds gathered in Bowery.
Washington April 16 The House begins debate on the naval appropriation bill valued at 61 2 million dollars with fight over armor plate government factories shipbuilding in yards and coast geodetic survey Foss leads with peace through strength stance while Underwood presses for a vote on armor plate factory options.
Four men died and two were wounded in a Windber mining town saloon row sparked by a Horatia mine strike dispute. Italian suspect said to be behind the wholesale crime, but a description match is said to be killed under a South Fork train. The dead include John Halverson Ed Paccauley Gust Greyeback Samuel Shives. wounded are Thomas Kiplin and Buckwalter.
Cables from South Africa indicate intensified actions by Colonel Plumer's relief column to relieve Mafeking with renewed movement and pressure on the besieging forces. No decisive breakthrough announced yet. dispatches emphasize sustained effort and strategic positioning.
Two hundred quarrymen from four nearby quarries in Knoxville Tennessee struck for union recognition and a uniform wage scale. Nonunion workers have been put to work.
CHATTANOOGA Tenn April 16 So far as the four divisions of the Southern Railway entering this city are concerned the strike situation is quiet today.
The president and Mrs. McKinley with Secretary Cortelyou Assistant Secretary Haines Mrs Hobart and Hobart’s son and Dr Rixie will travel by private car to Paterson New Jersey for four days. They will attend the Ecumenical Conference on Foreign Missions at Carnegie Hall in New York and stay at the Manhattan Hotel. The party then proceeds to Canton Ohio for about three days before returning to Washington.
Corporal Mc Dowell and guards heard Douglass exclaim Load, I'm shot, then collapse. A volley targets nearby bushes in darkness but no one seen or heard the shooter. Douglass dies. search on hilltop finds no attacker. guards concentrate in the valley and at the cable station after the incident.
Chicago Mayor Harrison sent apologies after Duke d Arcos the Spanish minister in Washington declined a Dewey celebration invitation. The minister said the invitation to celebrate Manila Bay’s second anniversary was sent by error and a diplomat called it an insult. Mayor Harrison replied explaining the mistake and offered sincere apologies.
King Oscar left Stockholm for England today to join Queen Sophia who has already departed. The royal couple will spend a brief stay in London and then proceed to Paris for the exposition.
Eight masked men abducted farmer Andrew Vel pois near Tipton Indiana and whipped him forty times with wagon whips at a telegraph pole. No motive was given for the attack.
In Circleville Ohio on April 16 Thomas Thomas and George Anderson were badly wounded in a brawl over a woman. Thomas slashed Anderson across the face and Anderson struck Thomas on the head with a cleaver. Both injured but not fatally.
Troops arrived at the Cornell dam today with no disturbances noted. The Fourth and Eleventh separate companies are camped in the Croton Valley and a cavalry troop from New York is at Ardsley. Early this morning the strikers held a meeting but found no active effort underway.
Rome reports that at the opening of the Hygienic Exhibition in Naples a British and an Italian squadron will be present in the harbor. King Humbert will review the two fleets.
The habeas corpus case of Tallow Dick Combs, a colored suspect in the Goebel assassination, was argued before Judge Cantrill in Frankfort on April 16. Defense by R C O Benjamin edoted, state by Judge B G Williams. decision expected tomorrow. Minor state contests see Republican officials filing answers with demurrers set for hearing tomorrow.
The Supreme Court, in a decision by Justice White, ruled that shippers must pay stamp charges on express packages. The ruling favored American Express Company and reversed the Michigan Supreme Court decision that had sided against the express firms.
The inquest into Rufus Wrights death from a bullet wound has been postponed to April 24 at the request of Police Lieutenant Herrick. Mrs Lottridge, occupant of the Leland Hotel, is reported in a state of near complete nervous prostration and unable to testify.
Paris reports from Nice that police uncovered a plot by three Italians to kill President Loubet. One conspirator has already departed for Paris to execute the plan, while authorities track the others.
Captain Dodd's troop of the Third Cavalry trapped 180 insurgents near Benguet. Fifty-three rebels were killed and forty-four taken prisoner. One American wounded. Ninety Spanish prisoners freed at Tayabas, capital of the province.
General Young reports 300 insurgent riflemen and bolo men attacked the American garrison at Batoc in North Ilocos Province. The assault was repulsed with 106 insurgents killed. American forces suffered no casualties.
Thomas N. Fordyce of Detroit arrived in Columbus after being awarded a state contract to test electric canal boats on a ten mile stretch of the Miami and Erie Canal between Daytona and Cincinnati. Westinghouse Electric will supply equipment and work will start within sixty days. The experiment has a one year timeline with no interference with canal traffic during tests.
Hon Hoke Smith sold his stake in the Atlanta Journal to H M Atkinson Morris Brandon and J R Gray of Atlanta. Minority stockholders also disposed of holdings. Smith earned three to one on his 53 shares receiving 159000 dollars. total deal valued at about 2765? The publisher under new regime will be George H Dickinson. H H Cabanis and Josiah Carter expected to remain in their roles.
Special despatch reports three Ohio Steel Company workers William Alexander James A Johngorn and Curtis Smith severely burned by molten metal from an open hearth furnace in Youngstown Ohio They were rushed to hospital and listed in serious condition the day of the incident.
General John Eaton resigns after seven years as president of the American Society of Religious Education. Justice John M. Harlan of the U S Supreme Court is elected to succeed him.
Centennial is given up as lawmakers fail to revive a stalled bill. The report notes persistent attempts by sponsors to bring the measure back before a deadline, but opposition and procedural hurdles thwart progress. Officials urge continued lobbying for future sessions.
The Seventy Fourth General Assembly adjourned after a long session with Speaker Reynolds praised for leadership. The House killed the Toledo Centennial project and passed few bills including the Sheppard measure to lease canal banks. A Senate gift exchange and resolutions of thanks closed the chamber amid a festive atmosphere.
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