Bryan Kern Nominated at Denver Democratic Convention
Denver reports the Democratic National Convention ends with William Jennings Bryan nominated for president and John Worth Kern for vice president. The long fourth session featured Clayton keynote, rousing demonstrations, and adoptions of a platform praising anti-trust and income tax.
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Bryan
Kern
William Jennings Bryan
John Worth Kern
Denver
Col
Nebraska
Indiana
Ollie James
Kentucky
Ignatius J. Dunn
Nebrask
W. J Bryan
Salute Fired in Washington on Bryan Nomination
The DC Democratic clubs, with Roosevelt's permission, fired a forty six gun salute on the Washington Monument grounds to celebrate William Bryan's nomination.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Roosevelt
William Bryan
Washington Monument
Electrical Business Good in The Electrical Review
The Electrical Review notes a marked rise in business volume carried on by the electrical trades, signaling growing activity in the electrical industry and related enterprises.
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The
Electrical Review
Physician Held for Trial Over Malpractice Death
At Scranton Pennsylvania Dr C W Tres verton was held in 2000 bail for trial at the October term of Criminal Court on the charge of malpractice that caused the death of Helen Brock aged twenty who died at Cowanesque Tioga County.
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Scranton
C. We Tres Verton
Helen Brock
Cowanesque
Tioga County
Manitoba Boundaries Extended to Hudson Bay
Ottawa announces Manitoba boundaries will expand to reach Hudson Bay increasing the province’s coastline to 400 miles. The move broadens provincial reach and reshapes regional boundaries.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Hadson Bay
Bank Robbery in Amity and Mosquito Plague in British Columbia
A masked pair robbed the First National Bank of Amity California taking $1000 in cash. They bound and gagged cashier John Davy before escaping on horseback. Separately a dense cloud of mosquitoes invaded New Westminster British Columbia, forcing workmen from Fraser River units and causing a fatal infant bite at Cloverdale.
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First National Bank
Amity, Cal
John Davy
New Westminster
British Columbia
Frazer River
Cloverdale
Global snapshot of 1900s figures and events from Lincoln to Finland
The column lists varied figures and happenings: William J. Bryan's Lincoln visit, Charles H. Bond found dead in Lynn Massachusetts, Ricardo Arias a Panama presidential candidate, Norwegian poet Lie's death in Christiania, ex-Secretary Taft’s Hot Springs trip, Herman Ridder urging Bryan to withdraw, DA Elder's appeal in New York betting cases, Morton linked to Vedanta society, Professor Marvin bidding farewell to Peary, Zeppelin trips near Friedrichshafen, and Governor Taylor with a bid for office while Bernard Dierkes seeks State Auditor nomination.
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William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Charles H. Bond
Boston
Lynn
Mass
Ricardo Arias
Panama
Jonas Lauritz Edemil Lie
Christiania
Tult
Washington
Hot Springs
Herman Ridder
New York City
Elder
Kings County
New York
Justice Bischoff
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Guru Paramhaman
Tiger Mahatma
India
Marvin
Cornell
Peary
Ring
Wurtemberg
Count Aeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Sherman S
Mille
Vichy
Bob Taylor
Hernard Dierkes
St. Louis
Song
Fire Wipes Out South River Business District
South River New Jersey suffered extensive damage as several buildings on the train business street burned for three hours, causing an estimated loss of 75000 dollars. Two fire companies from New Brunswick aided, saving the town from total destruction as the fire started in living apartments above Henry Sitle's drug store from a gasoline stove.
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South River
N. J
New Prunswick
Henry Sitle
Mexican Troops Clash With Maya Indians in Quintana Roo
Reports say Mexican troops fought about 600 Maya Indians near Tubt Quintana Roo territory resulting in nineteen Indian deaths and many wounded. Government forces suffered two dead and seven wounded.
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Quintana Roo
Mexico City
Tubt
Acvern
Cuban Police Barred From Politics
Major Foltz governor of Havana Province tests an order barring police from participating in provincial municipal elections. The move aims to curb political involvement by law enforcement amid election tensions in Cuba.
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Major Foltz
Havana
Cuba
Rural Free Delivery Routes Rise to 209 in U S
July report from the division of rural free delivery of the Post Office Department states there are now 209 operating rural free delivery routes across the United States.
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Division of Rural Free Delivery
The
Post Office Department
United States
Newsy Gleanings From Global News Circuits
Henry Arthur Cadogan dies in London as Cadogan peers and officials report upheavals abroad. Reports note price hikes for meat by major packers and Russia’s publication pause. International steel trust rumors surface in London while Mexican revolution winds down. Japan’s cabinet reshuffles as Tsar acknowledges Katsura’s new cabinet. Engineers’ unit sets two world trekking records at Phie Camp. Curacao Dutch colonists petition Queen Wilhelmina for better Venezuela ties. Tangier ships to protect foreign lives and property. Tunisian workingmen insurance bill moves in Duma. PRR eyes fifth tunnel for NYC as Caracas Legation closes amid property destruction. Socialist-Labor nominee Martin R. Preston faces Nevada trial, while fashion fines target theatre hats. Mrs. Egbert Parnell invents perforated underwear. Vanderbilt wealth hits $4,040,200. Mount Vernon Board of Health launches anti-misconduct crusade. Queen Alexandra funds nurse headquarters in London. Russian actress Alla Nacinova buys land on Byrany Ridge. Art Students League awards prizes to nurture talent. Temple University’s Laura Carnell lauded as dean of deans. Mary Mannering seeks divorce from James Tackett. Mrs. Tretty Green avoids telephone use. Humphrey Ward opposes women’s rights. ties to National Woman’s Anti-Suffrage Association. Parisian Figato announces Mile. Anne Fal-Neres engagement to Jean Joseph Edmond Lane.
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Henry Arthur Cadogan
Chelsea
London
George
Batcheller
Taris
France
The
Russ
Russia
Iron and Steel Trades Journal
International Steel Trust
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Matatsu Katsura
Engineers’ Corps
Phie Camp
N.Y
Curacao
Wilhemink
Venezuela
Tangier
Tunsian
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York City
United States
Caracas
Nevada Philan
Minder
Soccialist-Labor Party
Partny
Egbert Parnell
Cornelian Vanderbilt
Newport
Mount Vernon Cs
Board of Health
Queen Alexandra
Royal National Pension Fund For
Ime
Alla Nacinova
Byrany Ridge
N. Y
Art Students’ League of
W.T. Evans
Laura GC. Carnell
Temple University
Philadelphia
Mary Mannering
James K. Tackett
Tretty Green
Humphrey Ward
Figato
Parla
Mile
Anne Fal- Neres
Jean Joseph Edmond Lanes
Tla
Platform of the Bryan era in Denver convention
The Radicals and conservatives clash over the platform as Chairman Haskell reads the resolutions. The document backs court independence with safeguards against abuse, labor rights, tariff revisions, and anti trust aims, while endorsing postal savings, Pan American ties, eight hour work, and aggressive resource conservation.
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Denver
Col
Haskell
Resolutions Committee
Bryan
Courts of Justice
United States Senate
Congress
Ife
House of Representatives
House
Two Drown From Canoe At Bowman’s Pond Pleasant Valley
Theodore Barringer, a New York driver, and his five year old son Harry drowned when a canvas canoe Barringer built with barrel staves overturned on Bowman's Pond in Pleasant Valley. A third man accompanying them was rescued. a fourth man’s name was not learned.
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New Yorker
Poughkeepsie
Theodore Barringer
New York
Harry
Bowman's Pond
Pleasant Valley
Barrington
Frat Aftat
Barringer
Woman shoots man in self defense in East Syracuse
In East Syracuse at 126 Second Street Mrs Filomega Leong shot and killed Angelo Fatort who had been boarding with the Leoni family. Leoni claims self defense after Fatort insulted her husband Salvatore Leoni or troubled the household. Fatort had been drinking for several days and Fatort was shot instantly.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Angelo Fatort
Filomega Leong
Second Street
Leont
Fatort
Leonis
Sald
Salvatore Leoni
Rillond
Worn KRaded in Trolley Crash At Portsmouth Crossing
A street car stalled at a grade crossing in Portsmouth New Hampshire trolley wire snapped and a con tainer backed into it. One passenger was killed and several injured Mrs Joseph Chamberlain lost her tie and her husband was badly hurt
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Portsmouth
Nel
Mms
Joseph Chamberlain
New Battleship Montana Ready for Government Delivery
The battleship Montana arrived at the Norfolk Navy Yard from Newport News Virginia builders for formal delivery to the Government, signaling completion of construction and readiness for service.
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Montana
Norfolk Navy Yard
Newport News
Million for Balloons A bold coast defense balloon plan
The War Department's Board of Ordnance seeks a large appropriation to fund military balloons as a coast defense measure. Officials expect a $1,000,000 immediate push, with stations planned at major ports and drills to drop explosives from balloons. Tests of dirigibles and heavier-than-air craft are slated at Fort Myer, with Baldwin, Herring, and Wright contenders.
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Washington, D. C
Board of Ordnance
The
War Department
Secretary of War
Congress
Signal Corps of the Army
Allen
Boston
New York
Norfolk
Charleston
Mobile
San Diego
San Francisco
Bremerton
Signal Corps
Count Zeppelin
Switzerland
Fort Myer Nert
United States
Senate
Germany
Austria-Hungary
China
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Russia
Fort Myer
Signal Cai Ps
Baldwin
Hammondsport
N. C
Washington
A. M. Herring
Wright Brothers
Herring
Boston Fire Routs Warehouses and Grain Elevator
A major blaze in Boston swept warehouses and a grain elevator owned by the Boston and Albany Railroad, with losses expected to exceed 1.5 million dollars. The fire began at Grand Junction docks in East Boston and raged along about a quarter mile of river front, damaging freight stored in warehouses and cars for an estimated 500 thousand dollars. The British bark Belmont and other vessels were affected.
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Boston and Albany Railroad Company
Leyland Ne
Ife
Boston
Mass
Boston and Albany Railroad
Grand Junction
Belmont
German Auto Victory in Dieppe Grand Prix
German drivers dominated the Dieppe Grand Prix over a 487.3 mile course. Lautenschlager won in a new car with a time of 6 hours 43 minutes and 45 seconds at 69.03 mph. The event ended in tragedy with the deaths of Cissac and his mechanician Schaub after a tire tear during the final round.
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Dieppe
France
Germany
Cissac
Schaub
Black Hand letter leads to three 12-year terms
New Brunswick New Jersey three men John Cory Michael Filesetor and John Denati were sentenced by Judge Booraem to twelve years each at hard labor in State Prison for sending a Black Hand extortion letter demanding 5000 to Reverend Augustine Basser of Franklin Park. The judge called the crime first in the county and urged severest punishment to eradicate the organization.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Augustine Basser
Franklin Park
Booraem
John Cory
Michael Filesetor
John Denati
Whirlwind Debs Tour Planned by Socialist Party
Milwaukee report says Victor Berger announced a special Debs train to cover sixty days of whirlwind campaigning from Chicago to Seattle Tacoma Los Angeles Denver St Louis Baltimore and back to Chicago stopping in Northwestern states and the Atlantic coast. the South is excluded.
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Milwaukee
Wls
Victor—Berger
National Executive Committee
The
Socialist Party
Chicago
Seattle
Tacoma
Los Angeles
Denver
St. Louis
Atlantic Coast
Baltimore
Loulaville
Forbes Heir to Race Horses Will Restricts Family
The will of F. S. P. Stow of London discloses a protracted prohibition on the heir racing horses for 21 years after the testator’s death. Dying May 17, Stow assigns $1,751,700 and constrains his son from horse racing, else the heir loses his interest except a $2,500 annual annuity.
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London
P. Stow
Stow
Russian torpedo boat wrecked off Reval amid rock coast
A Russian torpedo boat ran onto rocks in the Gulf of Finland near Reval and was wrecked. Nearby vessels rescued the crew, and the ship was towed to Helsingfors. In Schwerin Duchess Johann Albrecht dies after long illness in Schwerin, while Paris reports police abandon murder probe into Adolphe Stelinheil case due to crews shortage. The Newport nautical schoolship leaves Cherbourg for Gibraltar as Harlan & Hollingsworth wins four steam lighters contract for Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, signaling shipyard revival. London notes Irish Land act stock issue oversubscribed over thirty-two times with applications totaling over 880 million.
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St_Petershurs
Gulf of Finland
Reval
Helsingtore
Adolphe Stelinheil
Madame Japy
Cherbourg
France
New York Nautical
Newport
Gibraltar
Wilmington
Deli
Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation
Sheppard Wins Mile at International Olympic Sports
M W Sheppard of the Irish American Athletic Club, New York, shocked crowds by winning the final 1500 metre heat at Shepherd's Bush Stadium with 4 09 2 5, two seconds under the previous record. Hallows of England had set 4 03 3 5 in trials, Wilson of England took silver, Hallows finished third.
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London
M. W. Sheppard
Hallows
England
Sheppard
Englshman
Wilson
Fourteen Filipino Outlaws Killed in Mindanao Clash
Lieutenants Burr and Whitney led a constabulary detachment against the outlaw Usan at Cota Island Mindanao. Fourteen outlaws were killed and two were captured in the action. Grover Cleveland Left $10,000 to each of his four children and the residue of his estate to his widow.
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Burr and Whitney
Constabulary
Cota
Mindanao
Philippine
Islinois
Usan
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland and Detroit pitchers use underhand raise ball in era
Pitchers Pitchers Check from Cleveland and Willett from Detroit employ McGin Vty’s famed underhand raise ball. Lajola returns to the .300 class as sole Cleveland regular in that tier. Jen Afogs thrives by citilling rivals and getting suspended by Ban Jonson. O'Brien scout for Cleveland Clu to California to find Moriarty. McManus and Wilkie Chub in shifts. Clarke Griffith’s health declines from jovial boss to nervous wreck.
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Check
Cleveland
Willett
Detroit
McGin Vty
Lajola
Jugh Jen Afogs
Ban Jonson
Tom O'Brien
Cleveland Clu
California
Moriarty
Prank McMauus
Monten McManus
Wilkie Chub
Duffy
Providence
Scranton
George Nil
New Orleans
Jack Ryan
Clarke Grifith
World of Sport highlights and racing shifts
Evelyn Howell, at age thirteen, swam five miles in Flushing Bay New York. Racing associations agree no October racing at Empire City and move August meetings to Brighton Beach after Sara toga. C J McCarthy won the dry fly casting contest at Harlem Mere. Charles S Clark registers color and plans a stable for Jockey Club tracks. Willig Anderson wins Western open golf at St Louis. Rainey pair win International Team Cup at Gun Club London. DeGrom leads Eastern League in homers with six. Casey passes on Panl Krichel and signs Ball as backstop for Montreal.
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Evelyn Howell
Flushing Bay
N.Y
Saratoga
Empire City
C. J. McCarthy
New York City
Anglers’ Club
New York
Harlem Mere
Central Pak
Charles S. Clark
Senator Clark
Montana
Willig Anderson
Chicago
St. Louis
Campbell
Boston
Nichols
Milwaukee
McLeod
Messrs
Bradley
Roy Rainey
Gun Club
London
England
Freight Rates Rise On Sugar And Coffee In August
New York Central Trend files with the Interstate Commerce Commission a new rate on sugar and coffee between New York and Chicago. The change raises coffee rates from 27 to 30 cents per 100 pounds and sugar from 26 to 28 cents per 100 pounds, with implementation set for August 1. Other southern routes publish similar sharp increases, while overall bulk freight may see a general rise later but likely not exceeding 7 or 8 percent.
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New York City
New York Central
Ball- Trend
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Chicago
Insincerity of Claims About General Rate Reductions
New York City reports an inquiry into railroad rate histories shows claims of universal drops are false. Hundreds of cases show rates higher than years past. some reductions exist but increases dominate, despite efforts to obscure them. Since the Hepburn rate law two years ago, records reveal many increases alongside few cuts.
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New York City
Manufacturers’ Association
Ints
Vice-Preaiden
Brown
New York Central Railroad
Washington Favors Increase in Railroad Rates
Washington reports that the government will not oppose a just raise in railroad rates. Officials acknowledge higher operating costs and the need to extend mileage. Administration groups expect railroads to raise freight charges on certain commodities to support capital and commerce.
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Washington, D. C
Railronda
Paraguay Rebels Seize Asuncion and Install New President
After days of street fighting in Asuncion, rebels win in Paraguay and form a new government with former vice president Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro as president. Much of the city’s public buildings are damaged and several ministers seek refuge in foreign legations as the old regime is ousted.
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Asuncion
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Paraguay
Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro
Itate
Zeballos
Argentina Legation Asuncion
Revolutionary Party
Legation
Plot to kill the Czar thwarted in Polish center
Dispatch from Somo wiec Poland reports that over 100 men and women have been arrested for complicity in a plot to kill the Czar. Additional arrests are being made as the conspiracy centered in Sosnowice is described as widespread. Sosnowice is now overrun with troops.
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Berlin
Somowiec
Poland
Pe Czar
Ita
Sosnowice
Catholic Priests Drowned While Fleeing Burning Mission
A fire destroyed the Catholic mission at a lake Athabasca region northwest of Dere in Manitoba. In the escape two priests including Father Poltras and his assistant drowned at Smith's Landing on the Athabasca River.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Corn
Lake Athabasca
Dere
Poltras
Smith's Landing
Athabagen River
Mines for Mexican rebels sadden Texas report
A San Diego Mexico report states 100 revolutionary sympathizers arrested in the Casas Grandes region have been sentenced to ten and fifteen years of salt mine servitude. Such penalties are effectively life terms as few prisoners survive or reach age sixty, leaving many in ruined health.
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Pvestan
Texas
San Diego
Mexico
Casas Grandes
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J. W. Kern
John W. Kern
Alabama
Thomas R.marshall
Clark Howell
Georgia
Archibald McNeil
Connecticut
Charles A. Towne
Charles A.towne
Hil
Georgina
McNeil
Olle James
Thomas Taggart
National Committee
Bell
Clayton
Henry D. Clayton
Committee On Resolutions
Rabbi Samuel Koch
Mr. Clayton
Thomas F. Grady
Omaha
Mr. Dunn
America
Nebrasska
Paniic
Cand
Chatriaan Clayton
Bryant
Inn
Wedinesdiv
Niagara
de Sailers
Oregon
Gearin
Commonwealth
A. Hughes
Troy
Bell County
Lone Star
Geary
Imema
Gearyn
Arkansas
Glenn
North Carolina
Swanson
Virginia
Colorado
Jonson
Minnesota
Winfeld Scott Hammond
Bryans
L. Trving Mandy
Delaware
George Gray
Gray
L. Irving Handy
Oklahoma
Joh
Lamb
Aley
Representative Heflin
Augustus Thomas
Missouri
Jerry B. Sullivan
Iowa
O. W. Powers
Geatin
John J. Lynch
Qhiny
James A. Reed
Kannag City
Ben F. Looney
Elsa A. Willams
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Straus
Maryland
P. J. O' Boyle
Pennsylvana
Thomas F. Smith
Tammany Hall
Regan Fray
Loridas
Faba
Kansas
Kruitieas
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouris
U.P
North
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
Oldalaina
William Jenodnes Bryan
Murray Vandiver
Willam
Van
Fairview
MR. Bryan
Arizona
New Mexico
Treasury
National Bureau of Health
Hallan
Ordnance Board
Debs
Forbes
M.W. Sheppard
Shepherd’s Bush Stadium
Brighton Beach
Rube DeGrom
Jersey City
Rube
Jimmy Casey
Montreals
Dpanl Krichel
Newark
Boston Nationals
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Sosnowiec
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