Populists Nominate Watson for President at Convention
Thomas E. Watson of Georgia was nominated for president with Thomas H. Tibbles of Nebraska as running mate after others withdrew. The platform reaffirms the Omaha 1892 stance, calls for government money to maintain price stability, postal savings banks, labor rights, child labor abolition, shorter workday, recall elections, and prohibition of alien land ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield DL
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Thomas H. Tibbies
Nebraska
Tuesaday
William V. Allen
Samuel W. Williams
Indiana
Watson
Thomas H. Tibbles
Theo B. Rynder
Pennsylvania
L. H. Weller
Iowa
George F. Washburn
Massachusetts
Tibbles
Omaha
Prohibition party nominates Swal low for president at convention
In Indianapolis on Thursday the Prohibition Party nominated Silas C. Swa llow of Pennsylvania for president and George W. Carroll of Texas for vice president. The platform urged international arbitration, suffrage by mental and moral qualifications, uniform laws, popular senate elections, civil service expansion, and initiative and referendum. Miles declined to be nominated. Separately at Pomeroy Ohio a mine shooting near West Columbia WV left Howard Van Meter wounded. Toni Petta and four companions were jailed at Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Prohibition Party
Silas C. Swallow
Pennsylvania
George W. Carroll
Texas
Resolutions Committee
I. H. Amos
Oregon
Miles
John G. Woolley
New York
Mr. Swallow
Pomeroy
Howard van Meter
Cedar Mill Mine
West Columbia
W. Va
Toni Petta
Point Pleasant
Appointment of acting internal revenue collector named
Will Act Washington July 6 reports John G. Lord first deputy collector of internal revenue for the Springfield district has been designated acting collector pending the permanent appointment to replace Isaac R. Mills killed in a railroad accident at Litchfield.
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Washington
John G. Lord
Internal Revenue
Springfield
Inl
Isaac R. Mills
Litchfield
Spanish Minister Du Puy de Lome Dies in Paris
Senor Du Puy de Lome, former Spanish minister to the United States, died in Paris on Friday night from cerebral hemorrhage. The death occurred while he was in the French capital during the war period.
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Senor du Puy de Lome
Paris
Washington
United States
Spain
Japanese Lose 8000 Men in Mountain Campaign
Report from Tokyo and London recounts Russian advances under Kuropatkin and Mistchenko pushing Japanese positions east of Haicheng. Kuroki claims 8000 Japanese casualties versus 1500 Russian, with Port Arthur torpedo attack sinking Russian ships. At Maotien pass, Russians attacked in fog, were repulsed, then charged again. Japanese pursued three miles. Russian dead and wounded tallied at 90 and 50, Japanese losses 15 dead and 30 wounded.
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London
Kuropatkin
Mistchenko
Haicheng
Kuroki
Vladivostok
Korean Straits
Kamimura
Tokio
Togo
Port Arthur
Maotien Pass
President at Oyster Bay Arrives for Campaign Stay
President Roosevelt arrived at Oyster Bay on Saturday and will stay until July 27 awaiting nomination. Secretary Cortelyou announces no public delegation will be admitted to Sagamore Hill grounds. official business requires an appointment and matters on the campaign will be referred to Chairman Cortelyou.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Koeb
McKinley
Canton
Sagamore Hill
Cortelyou
Washington
Sailboat capsizes on Muskegon Lake. four drown
In Muskegon Michigan on Monday a sailboat with seven pleasure seekers capsized in high winds near Ruddiman Point. Albert Kennicott his wife and the Emerson sisters Georgette and Adeline were aboard as the 13 month old child was rescued but died on the way to shore.
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Muskegon
Mich
Muskegon Lake
Albert Kennicott
Shaw Electric Crane Works
Linda
Adeline
Georgette Emerson
Public safety figure shot dead in Louisville
Louisville on July 4 reports that R. Lee Suter, longtime board of public safety member and prominent attorney, was shot and killed by Sanford Vaughan Jr. The shooter admits firing the shot and says he was celebrating the Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
R. Lee Suter
Board of Public Safety
Sanford Vaughan, Jr
Vaughan
Kipley Found Guilty in Chicago Case
Chicago July 5 Kipley nephew of the late Chief of Police Kipley and former detective sergeant Kipley is reported guilty in a case tied to the Chicago police department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipley
Chicago
Dan” Kipley
Cotton Mill Fire at Janesville Causes Big Loss
A fire at the Rock River Cotton Mill in Janesville Wisconsin on July 6 burned about 25000 dollars worth of property. Investigators say the blaze was started by a skyrocket lighting the mill area.
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Cotton Mille
Janesville
Wis
Rock River
Norge Sinks After Hitting Sunken Rock Off Rockall
Danish steamer Norge carrying 774 emigrants struck a sunken rock about 18 miles from Rockall and sank within minutes. 145 saved, 629 presumed drowned. Captain Gundel, who perished, swam to safety after the bow went under. Lifeboats saved seven boats, one smashed. Survivors reached Stornoway and St. Kilda. Energie later rescued two men. Public Debt figures follow in the same dispatch.
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London
Norge
Copenhagen
Rockall Reef
Scotland
Salvia
Grimsby
Stornoway
Gundel
Rockall
Carpenter
Bruan
Peter Olsen
St. Kilda
Alx
Commons to Visit St Louis Exposition This Autumn
Eighty members of the house of commons announced plans to join the parliamentary party touring the St Louis exposition in the autumn. It is expected more members will accompany them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
London
House of Commons
St. Louis Exposition
Passed Sway. Springfield Man Dies at 64
A Springfield resident died at home in this city aged 64. The death occurred after a brief illness, with services to be announced by the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Gamuel A. Acplutant
Saeraeonef
Train swept from track near Petersburg Illinois leaves dead and many injured
An accommodation train on the Chicago Peoria and St. Louis line derailed at Oakford Illinois near Petersburg during a tornado. Baggageman Thomas Willey was killed and 15 to 20 passengers injured, including William H. Gridley and Henry J. Bichaneur. The engine stayed on track while the coaches, baggage car and part of the embankment collapsed into a seven foot drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ill
Chicago
Peoria & St. Louis
Oakford
Thomas Willey
Springfield
William H. Gridley
George A. Coleman
Ernest Leib
Henry H. Chauneur
Thomas Hogan
Lynn
Chanderville
Henry J. Bichaneur
Ben Swayzee
Benjamin River
Dutch Expedition Battles In Aceh Kill Hundreds
Batavia reports clashes in North Aceh from June 20 and June 23 with heavy casualties reported on both sides. Achinese losses include 432 killed and 654 killed, many women and children among the dead. Dutch casualties include a captain and several wounded. Seventeen and twenty eight prisoners captured respectively.
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Amsterdam
Batavia
Dutch East Indies
North Achin
Sumatra
Likat
Langatbars
Tragic shooting in Bluestone Creek injures children
In Bluestone Creek near Graham Virginia an 11 year old boy accidentally discharged a shotgun killing his five year old brother and injuring several siblings and a neighboring child. The incident occurred in the Gill household when the boy, playing upstairs, fired the gun and its contents passed through the floor into the room below.
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Roanoke
Roanoke Times
Graham
Tazewell County
Bluestone Creek
Henry Gill
Holbrooks
Gill
Signals Were Misunderstood on Reading Rail Route
One person was killed and several injured when a Reading railway train collided at Frankford a suburb on Tuesday. George Russell aged 60 died from a fractured skull while en route to hospital. Officials cite a misunderstanding of signals on the single track section. Gen Piet Cronje, Boer war figure, wed Mrs Stertzel at the world’s fair Boer camp in St Louis in a private ceremony.
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Philadelphia
Reading Railway Company
Frankfort
George Russell
Cronje
St. Louis
Piet Cronje
Stertzel
Wabash Train Wreck After Open Switch Kills Nineteen
A Wabash line wreck near Honey Bend Illinois leaves nineteen dead and many injured after train No11 from Chicago derails into a sidetrack freight cars. Engineer Sandford and Fireman Smith died. a passenger recalls three burned victims and a desperate effort to save others. A Beavers trial note appears in New York coverage.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Litchfield
Chicago
Florence Smith
Perkins
Union Avenue
Charles Galaise
Michigan Avenue
Harry M. Dietrich
Mies C. F. Luther
Milwaukee
Isaac R. Mills
Decatur
Ubald St. Pierre
Montreal
Canada
Jacob Barder
Park River
James Sanford
M. M. Mills
Bridgeton
Charles Ward
H. L. Graves
W. F. Smith
Richie Noack
Arlington Heights
William Camdalis
Maywood
Honey Bend
Sandford
George Sandford
Samuel Smith
A. E. Darling
Forest Park Boulevard
F. Ward
Jurist Hangs Himself and Two Drown in Separate Incidents
Milwaukee reports the death of Kewaunee County Judge Louis Bruemmer found hanging in a Watwatoss ravine amid notes of nervous collapse and treatment. Salt Lake City records the drownings of iron molder Jonathan Riley and his 14 year old son after a river accident. the father perished rescuing his boy. In New York a Stradivarius violin once owned by Joseph Jean Bott is sold by his estate.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Louis Bruemmer
Kewaunee County
Watwatoss
Bruemmer
Aeanitarium
Wauwatoss
Salt Lake City
Jonathan Riley
John
Here
Fortune
New York
Joseph
Jean Bott
Notable Deaths and Disasters Across 1904 July Briefs
The week’s notices record deaths including painter George Watts and Zionist founder Theodore Herzl in London, Wisconsin figures Krueger and public figure Emmett. Drownings occur near Salt Lake City and Horseshoe Lake Minnesota. fires in Corinna Maine and Brooklyn cause major losses. Incident summaries cover rail, mining, and naval developments, with other items noting lynching in Georgia and tax changes in Ohio.
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Dr. Swallow
Stillwater
Minn
John Young
8. Croix
Newark
Tame Pitrooklyn Pent
Rising Sun
William
Litchfield, Ill
Beavers
George W. Beavers
Bureau of Salaries and Allowances
Post Office Department
George Frederick Watts
Theodore Herzl
Zionist Movement
Zionist Congress
A. H. F. Krueger
Neenah, Wis
Wisconsin
St. Patricks Cathedral
Armagh
Ireland
Utah
Gust W. Nordlin
Mary M. Larson
Horseshoe Lake
Hawley
Corinna
Electrical Vehicle Equipment Company
Brooklyn
England
Geraldine
Leroy Walliser
Syracuse
N. Y
Kansas
Rollin H. Burr
Yale
Yale Forestry School
Milford
Delaware River
Well, Minn
Don Claude
Gus Claude
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Joseph R. Ryan
A. B. Freeman
Alger County
Munising
James Tyler
Tyler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ehrenfeld Station
Bell
Teller County
Denver
Col
Cripple Creek
Liv
Reeves Steers
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