New York Delegation Mulls Late Actions at Democratic Caucus
New York State leaders plan to defer key issues to subcommittees at tomorrow’s caucus including stance on the Presidency and Vice Presidency. Murphy to be elected delegation chairman with Parker named on resolutions. Gaynor rumored but NY to offer no Vice Presidential candidate for now.
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Empire
Denver
New York State
Murphy
Tammany Hall
Alton B. Parker
Charless. Thomas
Colorado
Idaho
Mr. Murphy
New York
William J. Gaynor
Brooklyn
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Tammany
Tiger
New York City
Manhattan
Brown Palace Hotel
Edward C. Coateworth
Erie County
Conners
William J. Conners
Mr. Conners
Buffalo
Wisconsin educator Lorenzo Harvey named NIEA president
Lorenzo D. Harvey of Madison, elected President of the National Educational Association at Cleveland, previously Wisconsin State Superintendent of Schools. Born in New Hampshire in 1848, he has spent 58 years in Wisconsin and devoted his life to education, leading state teachers, library work, and national supervision efforts.
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Commercial Tribune
Madison
Wis
Lorenzo D. Harvey
National Educational Association
Cleveland
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Wisconsin Teachers’ Association
Japan's Premier Call in Doubt
Tokyo July 6 The elder statesmen meet July 7 to review the cabinet crisis after the resignation. A Seiyuki split endangers Marquis Saionji's bid to assemble a majority for Marquis Katsura. Yamagata and Ito clash over Seiyuki support while Terauchi seeks a path to power if Katsura fails.
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Tokyo
Seiyuki Party
Marquis Saionji
Marquis Katsura
Marquis Saiionji
Yamagata
Prince Ito
Seiyuki
Socialist Labor Party Nominates Preston and Munro
New York July 5 The National convention of the Socialist Labor party nominates Martin R. Preston of Nevada for President and Donald Munro of Virginia for Vice President. Preston’s nomination is unanimously supported by Daniel De Leon who depicts him as an honest working man jailed at Goldfield for actions during a strike.
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United States
Socialist Labor Party
Martin R. Preston
Nevada
Donald Munro
Virginia
Preston
Daniel de Leon
Goldfield
New
de Leon
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Eer
Silver
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Sherman to Campaign in the West on Whirlwind Tour
James Schoolcraft Sherman, Republican Vice Presidential nominee, plans a three to four week campaign through the Far and Middle West from a special train rear platform. He will be joined by notable speakers Ro denburg Olcott Mondell and Bonynge as Western allies to drum up support in regions seen as pivotal to the ticket. The strategy aims to spotlight Sherman as an appealing stump speaker while keeping the presidential nominee in the background.
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Olcott
New York
Mondell
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Colorado
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Oyster Bay
Sherman
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Rodenberg
House of Representatives
White Wings Tricycle Cleaner Pioneers City Streets
New York July 5 The White Wings tricycle street cleaner debuts in Herald Square, collecting litter into a steel box while a uniformed operator rides between stops. City officials plan more tricycles and consider uniformed guides along Fifth Avenue to direct visitors from Fourteenth to Fifty-ninth streets.
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New York
Herald Square
Foster Crowell
Fifth Avenue
Simon Brentano
Brentano
Manhattan
Fourteenth
Fifty-ninth
Mr. Brentano
Panama political skies clear after Arias resignation
Panama July 6 reports say Senor Arias resigns as presidential candidate. Obaldia supporters widely favored in municipal voting spark peaceful transition. Arias cited fear of U.S. military occupation and aim for party unity as reasons for stepping down.
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Senor Arias
Senor Obaldia
United States
Republic
Woman Severely Burned In Omaha Stove Accident
Mrs Ralph Sisson of Omaha Nebraska was badly burned when a match dropped into her hair as she fainted while preparing to light the stove. Her clothes caught fire and her head sustained severe burns before the blaze was extinguished.
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Commercial Tribune
Omaha
Neb
Ralph Sisson
Count Sumarakoff Elston Killed In Duel On Neva
Count Sumarakoff Elston eldest son of Prince Yussupoff was killed by Count Manteuffel an officer of the Horse Guards in a pistol duel on Krestovsky Island Neva today following a family quarrel.
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ST. Petersburg
Sumarakoff-Elston
Yussupoff
Count Manteuffel
Horse Guards
Krestovsky
Neva
Tobacco Men to Gather for Big Equity Rally
Hopkinsville Kentucky July 5 Tomorrow the American Society of Equity plans a large rally here. The society recently opened a salesroom with strong business and ready sales for most tobacco on the local floor. National President Cicero M. Barnett State President Campbell Cantrill and Tobacco Department Superintendent E L Davenport will speak in support of the society.
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Commercial Tribune
Hopkinsvillee
American Society of Equity
Cicero M. Barnett
Campbell Cantrill
E. L. Davenport
State printing funds halt biennial reports for fall
Owing to the depletion of the state printing fund the biennial reports of the State Auditor Secretary of State and Commissioner of Agriculture will not be published this fall. The work would cost about $6 000.
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Commercial Tribune
Little Rock
State Printing Fund
Secretary of State
Commissioner of Agriculture
Man Clings To 50 Foot Tree For Pole At Swamp
Georgetown Del five July reports Edward Godwin a lumber dealer spent an hour clinging to a gum tree three miles from town after his spur lodged in the trunk. He had climbed to measure a pole then slipped and freed himself bruised and exhausted.
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Commercial Tribune
Georgetow I
Del
Edward Godwin
Georgetown
Godwin
Statehood urged for Alaska in cross-border plea
Seattle report notes R. J. Eilbeck Yukon Territory High Sheriff urges Alaska statehood. He argues Alaska would be the richest state in a federation, praises American Canadian ties, and questions Yukon self-government under a monarchy while Alaska remains a republic.
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Commercial Tribune
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
R. J. Eilbeck
Yukon Territory
Eilbeck
Silas H. Reid
Yukon
Canada
Gies Taken as Suspect in Wilson Murder Case
Frederick Gies, foreman at Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia, was arrested as a suspect in the murder of Dr. William H. Wilson who died June 26 after drinking poisoned beer. Police cite circumstantial ties between Gies and the case though no direct charge yet.
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Philadelphia
Frederick Gies
Curtis Publishing Company
William H. Wilson
Gies
Wilson
Notification Day Committee Named
Members of the Committee on Illumination and Decoration for the Notification Day celebration have been decided. The list includes Samuel W. Trost as Chairman and 50 other appointees such as Loring Andrews Howard Hollister Charles Culbertson A W Macbriar A H Chatfield Andreas Burkhardt Louis E. Miller George Newstedt and R P Bellsmith.
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Samuel W. Trost
Loring Andrews
Howard C. Hollister
Charles Culbertson
A. W. Macbriar
A. H. Chatfield
Andreas Burkhardt
Louis E. Miller
George Newstedt
A. J. Becht
Robert Pogus
Luke Smith
R. P. Bellsmith
Cornelius Burkhardt
Fred Tuke
Louis Zeiglen
Merry E. Merrihew
E. C. Poage
Edward N. Roth
A. W. Sommerfield
Dawson Blackmore
George Rendigs
Monte J. Goble
Frank Herschede
R. J. Patton
A. H. Pugh
William C. Johnston
Theo Claus
John E. Devere
Howard Wurlitzer
W. A. Julian
Robert J. McCombs
Lewis
Hillhouse
Rudolph Tietig
Maurice Joseph
Harry Pounsford
Brent Arnold
E. R. Whelen
R. E. Lee
W. B. Calloway
D. E. Holmes
Charles E. Wiseman
W. C. Rinearson
Midland Girl Announces Candidacy for County Clerk
Miss Pearl Harrington, a Midland society girl who just came of age, announces her bid for Midland County and District Clerk. She runs as a Democrat with a platform emphasizing good looks and personality, becoming the first woman to seek elective office in the county. Midland lies in West Texas cattle country and is noted as a wealthy city for its population.
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Commercial Tribune
Midland
Tex
Pearl Harrington
Midland County
West Texas
United States
Bride of 19 and 32000 Disappear in Oklahoma City
Perry Oklahoma July 5 Captain John F. Gordell 69 a Grand Army of the Republic member and capitalist married two days earlier to a 19 year old named Florence then vanished with her companion after purchasing peanuts for his mother in law. The two women bought tickets to Kansas City Fort Dodge and fled with $2500 borrowed from Cordell. Cordell’s wives included several teens and a 16 year old who died under peculiar circumstances leaving him reputedly worth about 70000 from property in Oklahoma City Perry and Missouri.
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Commercial Tribune
Perry
John F. Gordell
Grand Army of the Republic
Florence
Cordell
Good-By
Rosa Caloria
Oklahoma City
Missouri
Probate Will Drawn as a Joke Elevates Heir
Port Huron Michigan July 5 A will drafted in 1897 as a joke by Thomas Kennedy and never destroyed probate makes his brother in law John Kavanaugh the heir Kennedy died April 27 and Kavanaugh died two weeks ago. Attorney John L Black testified the will was to relay the entire estate to Kavanaugh who was living with Kennedy at the time. Kennedy later sought another will but died too weak to complete it.
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Senor Arias
United States
Senor Obaldia
Arias
Springfield
Ill
C. A. Ballard
Joseph James
Ballard
James
Commercial Tribune
Port Huron
Mich
Thomas Kennedy
John Kavanaugh
John L. Black
Kennedy
Kavanaugh
Black
Wounded Sea Lion Turns Aggressor In Salmon Trap Fight
In Bellingham Washington on July 5 a wounded sea lion attacked attackers and lunged toward Captain Finley who ran the salmon traps. Finley fired five more shots, killing the huge beast weighing about a half ton and nine feet long.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellingham
Wash
Finley
Cyclone damages barn in Iowa Township. foundation rebuilt
A cyclone swept through the county causing the new barn of H. W. Henderson to shift fifty feet from its foundation. Insurance agent George Culver approved $50 for labor to reset the structure. A second storm later settled the barn on its foundation with no further damage.
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Commercial Tribune
Armour
H. W. Henderson
Iowa Township
Aetna Insurance Company
George Culver
Corsica
Pommern Balloon Engine Flight Proposed Over New York
Dr. Julius P. Thomas plans a daring ascent at Astoria using the Pommern as a dirigible balloon driven by a forty horse power automobile engine. He will ride astride the engine with propellers, steer over Manhattan, and land at Battery Park if wind allows. He claims new steering gear and safety measures will allow controlled flight despite explosion risks.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Julius P. Thomas
Astoria
Battery Park
Dr. Thomas
Manhattan
Bull Treed by Storm During Farm Pursuit
Two men from Manayunk were chased by a bull for two hours at Henry Forbes’s Lafayette farm as a thunderstorm raged nearby. George Warnock, 17, and Harry Pickett, 30, sought refuge in a tree while lightning flashed within 100 feet of them.
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Henry Forbes
Lafayette
George Warnock
Harry Pickett
Manayunk
Debris Burns For A Year At New Brunswick Factory
The ruins of the Janeway and Carpenter wallpaper factory in New Brunswick New Jersey continue to burn a year after a March 13 1967 fire. A large mass of paper in the debris has repeatedly sent flames up through the wreckage.
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Commercial Tribune
New Brunswick
N. J
Janeway & Carpenter Wall
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