Democratic Platform Favors Tariff Reform and Philippine Policy
The Indiana Democratic state convention in Indianapolis opened with Chairman Kern denouncing the Republicans over the Philippine war trusts and tariff reform. He urged unity for the forthcoming campaign and defended democracy while condemning current federal policy. The platform calls for tariff reform to curb trusts and supports independence for the Philippines with strong pensions for veterans. Alfred Schoenover and E. Ballou top nominations for Secretary of State and related state offices amid a series of acclamation bids and ballots.
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Nominating Consensus At State Convention In 1906
Mr Downey withdrew before the refl cail and Mr King was nominated by acclamation Edward Bassett was nominated for State Geologist in acclamation For Judge of the Supreme Court T E Howard of South Bend was unanimously nominated The convention contrasted with 1900 with broad participation and strong support for the gold standard shown by delegations and earlier allies.
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Populists Name Ticket at Indiana State Convention
Indiana Populist State convention in Indianapolis nominates a ticket for statewide offices. William Gill for Secretary of State and Joseph B. Cline for Auditor of State lead a list that includes Henry Brecksmith as Treasurer and David F. Roger as Attorney General. Barker T. Brown is Clerk of Supreme Court. Louis Patterson is Superintendent of Public Instruction. Albert Shook is a candidate for Surveyor General. The judicial ticket names remain to be determined by the State committee.
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Strange Appetite And Earthquake Tales From The British Isles
A humorous survey notes boys eat massive quantities of food while grown men struggle with digestion. It discusses organic growth differences, the common autumnal pattern of earthquakes in England and Scotland, and a fleeting railway encounter where a conductor greets a married couple.
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A Hard One Mrs Van Boaster George
Mrs Van Boaster notes the baby resembles her husband while Mr Van Boaster questions how. she jokes Ife began crowing this morning.
Bright Youth and Father clash over marriage and money
In a breakfast-table scene a father jeers that his daughter’s marriage would cost wind, while the suitor shrugs and jokes about wind raising. A case in court looms as lawyers with high fees are named, and Jenkins’ thirty third degree is noted as not to recur.
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Big coal strike endangers 511 million in mine capital
The anthracite strike leaves 3,500 guards at mines and pumping stations. Operators rely on nonunion workers to keep pumps running amid potential losses. Miners predict long disruption as wage hikes and arbitration are blocked. clashes over scabs and ostracism intensify tensions across six counties.
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Corruption in Two Cities Sparks Grand Jury Indictments
The piece reports a new wave of indictments in St. Louis detailing mayoral and city official venality. It cites alleged contract schemes, fake names, and biased promotion practices, plus Philadelphia school graft and immigration record highs in New York, highlighting widespread corruption and reform calls.
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Miner Survives Fraterville Explosion After 1400-Foot Blast
W B Morgar, sole survivor of the Fraterville mine disaster in Coal Creek Tennessee, was blown 1400 feet to the mine mouth. He suffered a shattered leg a sprained back and head injuries, with prior survival in two other mine disasters.
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Urges Return to the Farm at Illinois Manufacturers Banquet
James J. Hill told Illinois Manufacturers Association members at the Chicago Auditorium banquet that farming must be revived as a livelihood. He warned that lands without population become a wilderness while a population without lands is a mob, and urged government irrigation to sustain agriculture and boost land values. He likened railroads to educators and noted farmers seeking homes in Canada due to cheap land and US land scarcity.
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First Lady of Cuba A Simple Life Of Mrs Tomas Estrada Palma
Mrs. Tomas Estrada Palma wife of Cuba’s first president is described as modest and averse to publicity. For nineteen years she lived in Central Valley New York while her husband supported Cuba’s independence and politics. The couple has six children and valued a quiet family life over palace status.
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Fragmented News Snippets From 1900s Commentary
A collage of scattered remarks on coal prices political alliances and global events. Mentions Martinique Mount Pelee drought in Kansas and a will leaving 860000 for a home for indignant women highlighting social tensions and eccentric phrasing of the era.
Condition Of Crops And Weather Affects Remainder Of Season
Crop report notes frost and cold in the Missouri Mississippi and Ohio valleys reducing growth. Corn, oats, wheat and fruit prospects vary by state with frost damage in Ohio valley Tennessee and the middle Atlantic States. Spring wheat and oats show good growth in many regions while fruit prospects stay weak. Wheat and corn conditions differ across the Great Plains and Pacific Northwest with rainfall causing planting delays in parts of Texas and Oklahoma.
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Congress Debates Philippine Bill and River and Harbor
Senate and House actions sweep through Philippine government measures and river and harbor funding. Debates touch Spooner Hoar clash over colonial scalp statutes, Carmack rebukes soldiers, and anti anarchist bill advances amid constitutional arguments.
Farming Land to Be Opened
The directors authorized President Shaughnessy to market 23,000,000 acres of Northwestern land grants this summer. The sale is expected to add about 70,000,000 to Canadian Pacific's treasury. Henry L. Turner & Co. formed the Metropolitan Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago with capital of 1,000,000 and a surplus of 250,000.
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Washington Notes and Financial Milestones
President Roosevelt sent Vope Lee copies of his literary works and a delay in reporting the reorganization bill unsettles carriers. U.S. consuls note American goods face German imitation competition. Public debt May 31 stands at 982.47 million with 646 thousand monthly decrease. McKinley postal cards due nationwide by July 1. Duke of Tetuan note reveals Spain declared war in Cuba on Sept 29, 1896. Supreme Court upholds national bankruptcy law as constitutional.
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