Roosevelt May Be McKinley Veep Pick Amid Platt Reynolds Clash
Philadelphia dispatch reports Senator Platt moves to force Roosevelt as vice president while Hanna backs Bliss or Dolliver. Griscom dinner hosts leaders including Hanna Foraker Depew and Root to discuss platform before McKinley renomination. Cox favored Ohio committeeman. Roosevelt’s fate hinges on convention maneuvers and New York delegation position.
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New York
Hanna
Platt
McKinley
Quay
Roosevelt
Mr. Bliss
Bliss
Philadelphia
Griscom
Pennsylvania
Dolliver
General Grosvenor
Irving M. Scott
San Francisco
California
Scott
Colorado
Clement Griscom
Allison
Lodge
Fairbanks
Depew
Kean
Root
Smith
Grosvenor
Wayne MacVeagh
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Prof
Butler
Columbia University
Odell
Roosevelt Named as Roosevelt for Vice President
The article reports Theodore Roosevelt, then Governor of New York, being nominated for Vice President with Ohio Representative Charles H. Grosvenor stating the claim after a midnight dinner at C. A. Griscom’s country home. The deal followed Pratt’s arrangements and signals a triumph for Senator Piatt.
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Philadelphia
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
General Grosvenor
C. A. Griscom
Pratt
Roosevelt
Griscom
Mystery of Mrs Bailey Ends in Philadelphia Hospital
Mrs C L Bailey wife of a Cleveland contractor vanished from Cleveland five years ago. She reappeared in Philadelphia Hospital August 24 1898 under a different name as an insane department patient after working as a domestic and boarding house keeper in Atlantic City. Doctors see alternating improvement and relapse but hold hope for cure.
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Mestic
Atlantic City
S,city
Philadelphia
C. L. Bailey
Cleveland, O
Philadelphia Hospital
Bailey
Cleveland
Pittsburg
New York
Turners Meet as Socialist Fight Over Politics Escalates
The fifth annual German American Turner Society convention in Philadelphia opens with 200 delegates from 33,964 members and 28 societies. A radical new platform aims at public education reform, tax changes, and labor protections, while Socialists push for political action backing Debs and Harriman, fueling intra-state factions.
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Philadelphia
Turner Society of
United States
Franklin Vonnegat
National Executive Board
Debs
Harriman
Socialist Party
Eight Skeletons Found Near Pioneer Disappearance
A Seattle despatch reports Alaska sources clearing the mystery of the sealing schooner Pioneer last seen October 4, 1899. The Siwash Ranchos claim to have found the hull near rocks fifty miles from the coast and eight skeletons believed to be Captain Lock and his crew.
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Seattle
Alaska
Pioneer
Bering Sea
Siwash Ranchos
Quatsingo
Captain Lock
Insurgents Routed by Funston and Grant Forces
U S troops under General Funston and General Grant attacked a mountain stronghold east of Biacnabata and dispersed about 500 rebels. Sixty Filipinos killed, 200 captured, 23 000 rounds of ammunition and 300 rifles surrendered. Three Americans killed. Malaria sweeps Cavite and Batangas with 30 percent of regimental numbers on the sick list.
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Manila
United States
Funston
Grant
Biacnabata
Roberts
San Miguel de Mayumo
Cavite
Batangas
Relief Column Delayed by Incessant Rains
Prahsu dispatch reports Kumassi news scant as rains slow the relief advance. Seven wounded officers and 130 wounded men are expected to reach Prahsu from the front. Natives rush toward the coast from Obuassi and mines north of the Prah River.
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London
Daily Express
Prahsu
Kumassi
Obuassi
Prah River
Retired Steubenville Man Killed by Train Under Panhandle Bridge
Andrew Hogan a 76 year old former railroad conductor was struck dead by a C P railroad passenger train while standing under the Panhandle bridge watching a train pass. His fox terrier guarded the body until forced away by bystanders. Hogan lived in Steubenville Ohio and formerly ran on the Panhandle and Ft Wayne lines.
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Commercial Tribune
Steubenville
Andrew Hogan
Panhandle Bridge
Mr. Hogan
Panhandle
Ft. Wayne
Cuba's Trade Gains Shown in First 1900 Quarter
Washington June 17 The War Department reports Cuba customs receipts for January to April 1900 total 5 414 963 dollars up 909 811 from the same period in 1899 Havana port receipts for the four months amount to 4 026 772 dollars versus 3 205 314 dollars in 1899 The report highlights a strong early year for Cuban trade with Havana leading activity and overall increases year over year.
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Washington
War Department
Cuba
Havana
Train Wrecked by Hail on Burlington Route
Kansas City reports a Burling ton passenger train from Denver arrived at Union Depot severely wrecked after a hail and wind storm between Falls City and Rule Nebraska. Cars smashed windows flooded with rain water and mail matter damaged as passengers endured wild excitement and possible injuries.
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Kansas City
Burlington
Denver
Union Depot
Falls City
Rule
Neb
Requisitions for Taylor Arrest Across States
State officials and prosecutors neither confirm nor deny reports that Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania have prepared requisitions for the arrest of W S Taylor as he moves toward the National Convention. Many letters urge Governor Stone to follow Governor Mount if Taylor is arrested. Supporters in Pittsburgh claim a requisition will not be honored.
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P. A. Baker
Burgess McElroy
Mt. Vernon
Cox
Nash
Powell Clayton
Walcott
Dolliver
McKinley
Frankfort
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
W. S. Taylor
Philadelphia
Stone
Mount
Taylor
Pittsburg
Alleged Murderer Taken After Night Raid
E W Moren, police chief of London Kentucky, arrested Thomas Jones last night for the murder of Robert Owens at Pine Hill Rockcastle County. Jones and three friends clashed with Owens and others using pistols in a pitched battle. All suspects are jailed at Mt Vernon without bail. Jones was captured at Charles Day's house and taken to Mt Vernon by Deputy Sheriff Tate.
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Commercial Tribune
London
E.W. Moren
Thomas Jones
Robert Owens
Pine Hill
Rockcastle County
Owens
Jones
Mt. Vernon
Charles Day
Tate
Debtor Veary Reaches Philippines With Fortune Claim
James E Veary once a Nebo Ky prominent figure who vanished five years ago is traced in the Philippines he writes his wife sending 300 dollars and claiming a 100000 dollar fortune He says he will have his family join him after settling all debts and asks a lawyer to verify amounts owed to discharge obligations
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Commercial Tribune
Madisonville
James E. Veary
Nebo
Philippines
Veazy
Emperor William sails to Heligoland races on Elbe
Emperor William boarded the imperial yacht Hohenzollern at Brunsbuettel for Heligoland and will return tomorrow. He will attend the German Regatta Society races on the Elbe Tuesday.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Hohenzollern
Brunsbuettel
Heliogoland
Elbe
Decreased Cotton Acreage As Texas Farmers Prosper
The Galveston-Dallas News reports Texas farmers show a 2.8 percent drop in cotton acreage due to heavy rains. The cotton plant is in fair condition while diversification of crops grows, and farmers are prosperous across 172 counties with input from 440 correspondents.
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Texas
Galveston
Tex
Galveston-Dallas News
Engagement announced for Miss Katherine Gridley and Lewis Buddy Jr
Cleveland report announces the engagement of Miss Katherine Vincent Gridley of Erie Pennsylvania to Lewis J Buddy Jr of Cleveland Ohio. Miss Gridley is daughter of the late Captain Charles Gridley of the cruiser Olympia and Mr Buddy is art editor of the Chautauquan Magazine.
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Cleveland, O
Katherine Vincent Gridley
Erie
Lewis J. Buddy, Jr
Gridley
Charles ¥. Gridley
Olympia
Buddy
Girl Ends Her Life in Findlay After Alleged Wrong
Irene Berry about 20 years old died by suffocation using a chloroform saturated pillow. She had followed her lover from Jackson Michigan seeking reparation for a wrong. Her parents, notified, said they could not afford to bury her, so the city may pay.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay
Irene Berry
Jackson
Mich
Navy seeks armor bids in two grades and a third
The Navy Department issues a circular calling for proposals to supply armor. Bids are due August 10 and cover 2 300 tons of Class A face hardened armor, 3 600 tons of Class B armor of current quality, and 1 100 tons of Class C armor not face hardened. No delivery deadline is set, but early delivery may influence award decisions.
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Navy Department
Washington
U S Ninth Sent to China in Good Order Battle Lines
U S forces including the Ninth division reportedly proceed toward China amid rising tensions with Peking. Dispatches describe troops as moving in good order with expectations of strategic positioning and rapid deployment if hostilities erupt.
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Peking
Ninth Regiment Ordered to Manila for China Campaign
Manila dispatch reports the Ninth Regiment ordered to Manila at 10 a.m. for deployment to China.
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Manila
China
Peking and Tien Tsin Markets in Mystery Amid Boxers Crisis
Reports from Shanghai detail murky telegrams during the Boxer Uprising with claims of legations attacked and a German minister dead or captured. Censors and conflicting cables from Sheng the telegraph chief fuel confusion as Western powers seek reliable news from Peking.
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London
Europe
Peking
Tien Tsin
Foreign Office
Baron von Ketteler
St. Petersburg
Manchu
Shanghai
Daily Express
Sheng
Tung Fuh Siang
Rying
Baron von Ketteéler
Legation Street
Tung Chau
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O. H. Perry
Howard Mannington
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L. A. Marble
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