Roosevelt boom in Pennsylvania delegates support for Roosevelt
Philadelphia reports a strong Roosevelt movement among delegates and visiting politicians as Pennsylvania backs Roosevelt for vice president. Col Quay and Sen Platt convened to plan a campaign to push Roosevelt, with Saunders and other leaders winning intermountain and western states.
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Roosevelt
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Quay
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Penrose
Walcott
Colorado
New York
California
Kansas
Nebraska
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Haines
Hanna
Allison
Fairbanks
Bliss
Dut Platt
Woodruff
Long
Dolliver
US forces drive rebels from mountain stronghold in Philippines
United States troops under Generals Funston and Grant advanced with five regiments against 500 rebels east of Bisenabata. The stronghold was occupied and burned after heavy fighting. Casualties included three Americans killed, 60 Filipinos killed, 200 captured, and 23,000 rounds of ammunition surrendered amid malarial fever in Cavite and Batangas. In Paris, Abbe Mureux reports a sunspot of 40 kilometers diameter observable for seven days with more spots anticipated in coming months.
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United States
Funston
Grant
Bisenabata
Roberts
San Miguel de Mayumo
Cavite
Batangas
Paris
Abbe Mureux
Relief column slows as rains delay advance at Coomassie
From Prashu dated Friday the dispatch reports no further news from Coomassie. Heavy rains hinder relief column progress and seven officers and 130 wounded men are anticipated. Natives rush toward the coast from Obuasaind and mines north of the Prab river.
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Daily Express
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Coomassie
Obuas
Aind
Prab ‘River
Boycott Overshadows St. Louis Transit Strike Turmoil
In St. Louis a protracted transit strike shifts to a capital versus labor conflict as arbitration stalls reinstatement talks. AFL President Gompers vows union pressure while a mayoral boycott spreads to businesses and individuals. Dynamo incidents and mob violence against women escalate unrest.
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St. Louis Transit Co
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
America
Page Avenue
Transit Co
Page and
Taylor Avenues
Baden
Eva Doman
Marion Street
Broadway
Seab
Fatal shooting in Omaha as hackman killed at home
C H King stock broker shot and killed James Flood in Omaha after Flood forced entry into the house. King, intending to travel with his wife to Birmingham, Alabama, fired three shots through the door after Flood insisted on entering. Flood drunk, King arrested in Council Bluffs.
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Omaha
Neb
C. H. King
James Flood
King
Birmingham
Ala
Flood
Council Bluffs
Rodriguez elected mayor in Havana election landslide
Havana reports Gen Alejandro Rodriguez nationalist won the mayoralty with 13 673 votes to 6 034 for Estrada Mora independent. National party also captured 18 council seats and key offices while maintaining orderly polling across the island.
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Havana
Alejandro Rodriguez
Senor Estrada Mora
National Party
Fire destroys Des Moines auditorium in early morning blaze
A large Des Moines auditorium and its furnishings burned in an early Sunday fire causing an estimated loss of 50000 with 27000 covered by insurance. The structure will be rebuilt immediately.
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Des Moines, Jr
International turmoil in Pekin and Tien Tsin (1912)
News from London and Washington report five days of silence on Beijing and three days on Tientsin as international relief efforts rush to aid the legations. Dispatches seek Admiral Kempff and Milne for fresh naval support while China’s crisis intensifies with Boxer resistance and rumors of ministerial killings.
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Europe
Pekin
Tien Tsin
Foreign Office
Baron von Kettsler
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Shanghai
Tao Tai Sheng
China
Taku
Navy Department
Adm
Kempff
Newark
Poi-Ho
United States
Yorktown
Chefoo
Milne
Gen
MacArthur
Manila
Remey
French Troops to Reinforce Tien Tsin from Tonquin
A Paris cablegram notes French artillery units move from Tonquin to Tien Tsin with arrival planned June 25 and July 3 reinforcements. European detachments to Pekin advance slowly while rioting sees Boxers burn Protestant Episcopal establishments in Pekin. Manila reports Cord and Buena Ventura heading toward China.
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Pekin
Tiensin
Tonquin
Tien Tsin
France
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Manila
Concord
China
Buena Ventura
Englishman and Boer War Cost Expenditure Report
A first class army band earns £200 a week while the British navy controls 62 docks and a war cost tally reaches £140,000. The figures reflect wartime expenditure and defense resources managed by the imperial forces.
Fire and explosion headlines hit three states
Abbreviated telegrams report the Douglass school in Chicago destroyed by fire with losses around 75000 dollars. A rain and hail storm sweep through southeast Nebraska while Kansas City loses a major grain elevator to fire with about 100000 dollars in damage. Three killed and fourteen injured in a fireworks room explosion in Philadelphia, all Italians. The Royal library in Berlin acquires Humboldt letters from 1830 to 1840. John Clark Ridpath remains critically ill in New York City hospital with no clear recovery.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Philadelphia
Royal Library
Berlin
Alexander von Humboldt
John Clark Ridpath
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
Prince de Joinville Dies in Paris as World News Trains In
Sunday brief reports death of Prince de Joinville in Paris and notes from Europe and America. Battleship Kentucky sails to Newport News, a Paris tram crash kills one and injures 13, and John R. McLean sails for Europe aboard the Campania.
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Prince de Joinville
Louise Philippe
Paris
Kentucky
Hampton Roads
Newport News
St Louis Cincy and Chicago Pittsburgh Baseball Scores
In the National League games St Louis beat Cincinnati 9 to 4 with Jones Sudhoff and Cri ger aiding. Scott Peitz. Umpire Terry. Chicago defeated Pittsburgh 9 to 3 as Garvin Chance Mee kin Schriver contributed. Umpire Hurst.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburgh
R.H.E. St.Louis
Jones
Sudhoff
Criger
Scott and
Peitz
Terry
R.H.E. Chicago
Garvin
Chance
Meekin
Schriver
Hurst
Markets in Cincinnati and Chicago report mixed grain and livestock data
Cincinnati reports flour and grain quotes across multiple grades with prices for spring and winter varieties, plus No 2 red wheat at 76 76. No.2 mixed corn quotable at 44c. Live stock sees hogs, cattle, sheep, and lambs price ranges. Chicago data lists wheat and de and winter notes, reflecting a broad price snapshot.
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Cincinnati
City
Chicago
Winter Suffering of Chicago Outcasts Highlighted in Poignant Essay
The piece describes how harsh weather drives homeless Chicagoans to police stations saloons and mission houses as shelters. It contrasts the misery of beggars and addicts with the limited refuge offered by lodgings and police rooms, urging reflection on city charity and crime as responses to winter hardship.
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Chicago
Refuge in Mission Houses Versus Saloons in Chicago
The piece contrasts mission houses run by Salvation Army and American Volunteers with saloons in Chicago, arguing mission doors welcome all and offer lasting refuge with warmth and hope, while saloons provide only momentary shelter to the homeless and moneyless.
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Salvation Army
American Volunteers
Chicago
Harrison Street
Twelfth
The Black Maria Trips to Courts in Winter Push
Winter brings heavy congestion to Bridewell as the Black Maria makes frequent runs to police courts. Four months see 60 to 100 new arrivals daily as prisoners seek longer stays to endure the cold season. Some inmates request early releases while others return to crime for ongoing shelter and survival.
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Bridewell
Polit Arti Prultleet
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