Taft Confers With Cortelyou and Cannon on Campaign
Judge William H Taft meets with Speaker Cannon and Secretary of the Treasury George B Cortelyou in Washington. Cortelyou urges Frank Hitchcock and discusses National Committee operations while Taft plans a Hot Springs committee meeting on July 8 and Cincinnati notification on July 28. Kellogg Ward Burton travel to Washington for pre nomination talks.
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William H. Taft
Cannon
the Treasury
George B. Cortelyou
Taft
National Committee
Mr. Cortelyou
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Judge Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hot Springs
Chicago
Cincinnati
Kellogg
Frank Kellogg
Minnesota
W. L. Ward
New York
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Connellsville
Clarence
George Dana
Griffin
Washington, D. C
Willett
Cornélisville
Frank Halstead
U.S. A
Pacific
Sherman warmly welcomed as he arrives at home
Utica New York July 2 crowds packed Baggs square and surrounding streets to greet Congressman James Sherman Republican candidate for Vice President returning from the West. A mile long procession, bands, fireworks and chimes marked the homecoming while Major J D Kernan delivered the principal speech.
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Sherman
Utica
N. Y
James
Carter
New
Baggs Square
New York Central Station
Mr. Sherman
Railroads Kill 65 in June Across Ohio
The Ohio Railroad Commission report for June shows sixty five people died in Ohio from steam and electric railroads. No passengers were killed. thirteen were employees, three on highways, and forty six trespassers. Electric roads killed two on highways and one trespasser.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Steam
Ohio
Ohio Railroad Commission
Old Man of Journalism Murat Halstead Dies at Home
Murat Halstead veteran editor and dean of American journalism died shortly after 2 PM at his Cincinnati residence from cerebral hemorrhage. He was 78, renowned for his trenchant pen and republican views, and his death ends a storied career spanning The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette and early freelance work.
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Cincinnati
Halstead
William H. Taft
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Taft
Farmers’ College
College Hill
Hamilton Intelligencer
Rossville Democrat
Cincinnati Gazette
Daily Atlas
John D. Caldwell
Nine killed as two Missouri trains collide near Knobnoster
A Missouri Pacific and a Missouri Kansas train collision two miles east of Knobnoster leaves nine dead and at least fifty injured. Victims include linemen Fred Story John Hood M J Burke and others. Dispatcher questions and fault investigation cited.
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Here
California
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Fred Story
Jennie Story
Franklin
John Hood
Hurley
M. J. Burke
Poplar Bluff
W. Hi~ Harding
Baggageman Campbell
Jefferson City
Ss R. English
Oléon
Miller County
W. J. Frisbie
St. Gouts
Roberts-Johnson-Rand Shoe Company
Eariner Fisher
Danville
F. Shriney
Muncie
Ind
P. C. Loebyer
Brazil
A. Strang
Sedalia
Knobwoster
Lamonte
Kellogg Still Central Figure in RNC Leadership Fight
Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota remains the key figure in the contest for the Republican National Committee chair. His current push is prosecuting the government suit to dissolve Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Kellogg rose to prominence as a corporation-prosecution expert and has won the President's friendship through that work. He reportedly does not want to abandon the major case.
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New York
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Republican National Committee
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Taft Daughter Visits Savannah for Two-Week Stay
Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the Republican nominee for president, arrived in Savannah today to spend two weeks as a guest of Miss Dorothea Baldwin.
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Savannah
Helen Taft
Dorothea Baldwin
Cleveland Will Filed For Grover Cleveland Estate
The will of Grover Cleveland was filed with the Mercer County New Jersey Surrogate and will be probated within ten days. Mrs. Cleveland plans to come to Princeton from Tamworth New Hampshire where she has stayed since the former president's death. The estate size was not disclosed but described as larger than expected and intended to provide for Mrs. Cleveland and the children. Cleveland drafted the will and arranged that most of his property go to his widow.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Mercer County
N. J
Train Wreck Near Boracho Kills Engineer and Three Mexicans
An eastbound Texas and Pacific passenger train struck a washout near Boracho 155 miles east of El Paso, killing engineer Joseph Jones and three Mexican passengers. Several others were injured but none seriously as the locomotive baggage car smoker and chair car plunged down an embankment. Fireman Elmer Ellis escaped with injuries.
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EL Paso
Tex
Joseph Jones
Texas & Pacific
Boracho
Pullman
Elmer Ellis
Seven Mexican rebels captured near Del Rio by U S troops
W E Weatherbee reports seven alleged Mexican revolutionists captured by United States troops at Del Rio and surrounding areas. Four were seized the night before last and three yesterday morning. all are jailed in Del Rio. Additional captives and deaths are hinted as 200 troops patrol the area.
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San Antonio
Tex
del Rio
W. E. Weatherbee
Mexico
Mr. Weatherbee
United States
Mexican Ambassador Enrique Creel to visit Washington
Word reaches the Mexican Embassy that Enrique Creel, ambassador to the United States, will arrive in Washington next week for consultations with the State Department on the border situation. Officials believe Mexico’s internal troubles have eased, leaving only an echo by the time he arrives.
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Washington
Enrique Creel
Mexico
United States
State Department
Democrats Clash Over Parker Cleveland Tribute Plan
Denver reports Bryan supporters push for a noncontroversial tribute to Grover Cleveland at the Democratic National Convention while New York proposals provoke opposition from Bryan allies. They warn a substitute offer could complicate unity and accuse New York of aiming to disparage Nebraska's candidate. Cleveland's record on courts and finance is highlighted in the debate.
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Col
Alton B. Parker
Grover Cleveland
W. J. Bryan
Friends of the Nebraskan
Bryan
Parker
New York
Cleveland
New Yorker
James C. Dahlman
Omaha
M. E. Wade
Iowa
National Committee
Nebraska
Democratic Platform Demands Tariff Revision and Taxation Measures
The Lincoln draft platform criticizes Republicans for lacking explicit Roosevelt policies. It urges tariff reform, an income tax and national inheritance tax, railroad reforms, emergency currency, and limits on corporate political contributions. It also supports direct election of senators and strengthened anti trust enforcement with a modified injunction rule.
Disaster at Batavia Claims Over Six Hundred Lives
News of a devastating storm in Batavia arrives via the Empress of China. Overloaded boats overturned in the harbor, passengers perished or were attacked by sharks, with only about thirty rescued by fishermen. In the following week 259 bodies were recovered, many mutilated by sharks.
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Victoria
B. C
Batavia
Mexico to urge US punishment of Del Rio authorities
City of Mexico reports that Mexico will demand severe punishment from the United States for Del Rio Texas officials and potentially other state authorities who allowed Las Vacag raid participants to cross the river with wounded, and who permitted meetings to plan raids murder and robbery in Mexico.
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City OF
Mexico
United States
del Rio
Tex
Texas
del Vio
Potter Bishop Potters Illness Near End At Fernleigh
Cooperstown New York July 2 Bishop Potter's doctors report that after brief improvement he has weakened further and is now in a critical condition with survival feared to be only hours. The message comes as efforts to conserve his strength continue at Fernleigh his wife’s summer home.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Potter
Fernleigh
Lisbon regicide plot details disclosed in House of Lords
Dr Jose Maria de Alpoim claimed a joint Progressive and Reorganizer plot planned the royal family's massacre with Republicans present. He said $30,000 to assassins was allocated, with Manuel Silva Buissa and Alfredo Costa paid $20,000 and $10,000 respectively to kill King Carlos and Premier Franco. The plan unraveled as conspirators opened fire, killing Crown Prince Luiz.
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Lisbon
Jose Maria de Alpoim
Carlos
Luiz
House of Lords
Progressive and Regenerator Party
Dr. Alpoim
Maria Pia
Manuel Silva Buissa
Alfredo Costa
Franco
Buissa
Costa
Prince Luiz
Bryan to Keep in Touch with Denver Convention
Lincoln reports a fragment of Democratic turmoil as delegates bound for Denver converge on Bryan’s home. He prefers to stay out of platform disputes but will interfere if a harmful plank or vice presidential choice threatens his progressive doctrine. Delegates Campau, Kirkby, Coler, Sulzer and others talked with Bryan amid plans for swift action if needed.
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Lincoln, Neb
Denver
W. J. Bryan
Colorado City
Fairview
Bryan
Mvor
Lincoln
Mr. Bryan
D. J. Campau
Emery Kirkby
Michigan
Bird. S. Coler
William Sulzer
New York
J. W. Kern
J. B. Lamb
Claude Bowers
Ss. W. Kahn
Abram Simmons
Man 65 Shoots Self at Bradford Home
Jerry Drager, aged 65, of Piqua Ohio, shot and killed himself at his son's Bradford home. He left a note citing fear of losing his mind after years of illness and despondency.
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Piqua, CO
Jerry, Drager
Bradford
Sultan summons American insurgent leader to Fez
Tangier July 2 An American named Harry Carleton has been summoned to Fez by Mulai Hafid the insurgent Sultan of Morocco.
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Harry Carleton
Fez
Tangier
Mulai Hafid
Mordocco
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