Roosevelt Nominated for President at Republican Convention
The Republican convention named Theodore Roosevelt for president and Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana for vice president. The platform pledges gold standard, strong navy, open door in the orient, civil service enforcement, and protection for American workers, with race and electoral provisions debated.
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Charles Warren Fairbanks
Indiana
United States
McKinley
Roosevelt
Congress
Republican Party
New York
McKinney
Unionville
Center
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Associated Press
Ohio State Bar
Cornelia Cole
Indianapolis
Walter Q. Gresham
Benjamin Marison
Whs
Republican Caucus
David Turple
St. Louis
Charles W. Fairbanks
Tragic Meridian Street Crash Kills Dixon Couple
Chicago June 27 A double tragedy ends the lives of Mr and Mrs George E Dixon leading La Grange residents and Episcopal church members after their car slams into an electric Aurora Elgin Chicago line car on Austin avenue Austin. The gasoline fire destroys their bodies as the electric car runs freely for nearly a mile. Motorman Frank Bates and Conductor Thomas Hughes are briefly detained then released at the requests of the Dixons son George Jr. The accident site cited motor car design and limited visibility as factors. Mr Dixon presided over George E Dixon Co steam appliances at 64 66 West Monroe Street.
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Chicago
George E. Dixon
la Grange
Episcopal Church
Austin Avenue
Austin
Aurora, Elgin & Chicago
Frank Bates
Thomas Hughes
George EB. Dixon, Jr
Dixons
Dixon
George E. Dixon & Co
West
Monroe Street
Epitome of Careers of Roosevelt and Fairbanks
Fragmentary notice outlines Theodore Roosevelt born 186 in News and Harvard Made years 1982 1983 as Republican candidate in New York. Mentions civil service commissioner role and service in New York state. lacks complete facts due to damaged text.
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Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard
New York
Mob Hangs Accused Attacker in Eupora Mississippi
Eupora Mississippi June 27 Starling Dunham a Black man accused of assaulting a white man’s 14 year old daughter near Bellefontaine and attempting to assault three Dunn girls was hanged in the public square by a mob. The little Wilson girl identified him and led the horse away. Over 3000 people witnessed. May have been two separate assaults on the same day.
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Eupora
Miss
Starling Dunham
John Wilson
Bellefontaine
Dunn
Wilson
Little Wilson
Bade pleads guilty to petty bribery in Milwaukee court
Albert C. Bade former Seventh ward supervisor pleaded guilty before Judge Tarrant on a petty bribery charge and was fined 300 or six months in jail. Separate item reports the House of Hoo-Hoo at the St. Louis world’s fair burned with total losses estimated at 960000 and 20000 insurance.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Albert C. Bade
Seventh Ward
Tarrant
St. Louis
Three Killed in Fireworks Explosion at Diamond Fireworks
In Philadelphia on Monday night a small bundle of dynamite exploded in the Diamond Fireworks company store room at 26 Arch street. Three people died and about six others were injured. Authorities investigate the blast and secure the area.
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Philadelphia
Diamond Fireworks Company
Arch Street
Cabinet Shakeup: Moody Morton Metcalf Named
President Roosevelt announces a cabinet overhaul. William H. Moody becomes attorney general Paul Morton is named secretary of the navy Victor H Metcalf takes on commerce and labor resignations of Cortelyou and Knox take effect July 1 Postmaster General Payne likely retires after the campaign to practice law in Boston
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Roosevelt
White House
William H. Moody
Massachusetts
Paul Morton
Illinois
Navy
Victor H. Metcalf
California
Commerce and Labor
Cortelyou
Knox
Payne
Boston
Captives Freed and Judge Brown Marry in tabloids
Tangier on June 6 Ion Perdicaris and Cromwell Varley reached Tangier after rescue from Raisuli and Perdicaris recalls hardships yet avoids blaming the bandit chief. In New Jersey Justice Henry B Brown of Michigan tied the knot with Mrs Josephine Bunting Tyler at Crosswicks near Trenton in a quiet ceremony.
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Ion
Perdicaris
Cromwell Varley
Raisuli
Raisul
Justice Brown
Trenton
N. J
Henry B. Brown
Michigan
United States Supreme Court
Josephine Bunting Tyler
Crosswicks
Drowning Report In Illinois River Near Morris
A report from Joliet Illinois describes the drowning of Harry Jacobs Harry Brooker and John Bloom after a fishing boat capsized on the Illinois river near Morris. The three men were believed to have drowned in the accident while on a fishing trip.
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Tlinois
Joliet
Congressman Carlos Shelden Dies in Michigan
Carlos D. Shelden, former congressman from Michigan's Twelfth district, is reported dead in Houghton. The notice gives sparse details and dates, noting his service and burial plans are to be announced.
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Houghton
Mich
Carlos D. Shelden
Michigan
Had No Fear of Death Burness Dies in Electric Chair
Frank H. Burness, described as a remarkable death-house prisoner, was executed at Sing Sing on Monday. He faced the electric chair with a smile, aided in strapping, and received four shocks before death. He admitted to multiple murders, including Capt. George Townsend, and said he deserved to die. Burness waived the usual waiting period after sentencing despite appeals.
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Sing-Sing
New York
Frank H. Burness
Sing Sing
Burness
George B. Townsend
Charlies ' Buckley
Court of Appeals
Disaster in Jamaica as 33 die in water conduit accident
In Kingston near Spanish Town thirty three workers were killed when a partial water flow was released into a mile long conduit used by West India Electric. A panic rush to escape through manholes caused the fatalities during the morning shift.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Spanish Town
West India Electric Company
Rio Cobre
The Slocum Disaster Toll and Survivors
The General Slocum wreck killed 1 031 people, including women and children, per a 27 page report to Commissioner McAdoo by Inspector Schmittberger. Of 1 446 aboard, 415 survived the day, with 179 injured and at risk of death.
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New York
General Slocum
McAdoo
Schmittberger
First National Bank of Saratoga Closes Under Comptroller
The First National Bank of Saratoga Springs New York closed Monday by order of the comptroller of the currency after a run began Saturday. The examiner was told not to permit reopening if demand liabilities showed renewed pressure. In a separate item five people died in a wreck on the Mexican Central Railway near Tampico Mexico.
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Mexico City
Mexican Central
Tampico
Naval Battle Off Port Arthur Ends With Sinking Vessel
Tokyo reports Admiral Togo’s fleet repulsed Russian forces near Port Arthur on June 23. One Russian battleship of the Peresviet class sank and Sevastopol was damaged while Japanese torpedo boats suffered small losses. Casualties include 750 drowned aboard the Peresviet per a Tokyo dispatch.
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Tokio
Peresviet
Port Arthur Harbor
Sevastopol
Shirakumo
Rome
Giornale d'Italia
Prince Uhtomsky
Tragic Gas Sleep End For Chicago Family
Chicago reports Anna Kolodzik and her three young sons died after she turned on gas in a small plate stove. The line of tragedy began with tucking in the children at their home on 965 North Robey Street as the family slept. The husband is involved in a German charitable society.
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Chicago
Anna Kolodzik
North Robey Street
Flood danger fades as Kaw river falls in Kansas City
Kansas City reports the Kaw river dropping after rising five feet since Saturday with fears of flood damage eased by Monday. West of the city Topeka and Manhattan also show rapid receding water. Minor harm seen to temporary pile bridges in Kansas City. Gen William Hartsuff dies at 69 in Port Huron Michigan after civil war service as inspector general of the army of the Ohio.
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Kansas City
Topeka
Manhattan
Kan
Hartsuff
Port Huron
Mich
William Hartsuff
Army of the Ohio
News in Brief across the week ending June 28
Clement Scott died in London after a prolonged illness. Archbishop Guidi died in Manila. A bank closure in Saratoga Springs followed a run. A Sisson California fire destroyed much of the town. Dowle arrived in New York with a millionaire Swiss convert. Hussey reports 100 new double stars. Two drown in Indiana lake accident. Illinois supreme court tax ruling on capital stock. Chicago exiles criticize city life. Dewar buys NC farm for three months yearly. Bloomington jury in Colton Works case disagrees. Beth Ellis dies after cherry tree fall. Kansas wheat damaged by storm. Collinwood murder by stepfather’s husband. Central locomotive 999 hauls milk train. Bullard dies in Boston. Frank Shannon kills bride then self. Secret service announces deserters treasurer. Roosevelt limit of 25,000 men.
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John Wainecott
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Cal
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New York
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Kansas
John B. Stewart
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Collinwood
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Frederick Field Bullard
Boston
Frank Shannon
Bridget Lee
Brooklyn
Secret Service
Roosevelt
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