Mayor Harrison Convention Battle Reveals Hopkins Victory
The Illinois State Democratic convention adjourned after a heated fight over leadership and platform. Hopkins edged Harrison as Clark County and Cook County delegates backed a minority report opposing the Harrison faction. The platform favored tariff revision and trust regulation, with a compromise on the silver plank, and adjournment followed the vote tallies.
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Cook County
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AH. Kunz
Ter Watson
Mount Vernon
M. F.diunlap
Jacksonville
James Lingle
Jonesboro
S. H. Rathbun
Living Ston County
Sam B. Brinton
Ja. Salle
T. F. Donovan
Kankakee
Ek “White
Award Watson
Patric Cummings
WV. A. Compton
Stanley H. Kunz
BF. Donovax
Alexander 4. Jones
Chicago
Harrison
Hopkins
Gook County
Kansas City
Committee On
Friends of Silver
Fite
James R. Ward
Samuel Alschuler
Jodge Owen I. Thompson
Thomas Jett
Williams
Judge Thompson
Jett
Alschaler
Ward
Republican Party
Resolutions Committee
Banana Vulture Cultivation Methods Described
The article explains systematic banana cultivation with rows spaced ten feet apart, noting each plant bears one bunch and grows quickly. It mentions suckers sprouting at six months, a third after the ninth month, and continuous cropping after the first year.
Trains Claim 20-Hour Run Between New York and Chicago
The Lake Shore and New York Central lines showcased a twenty hour service between New York and Chicago with an average speed near 49 miles per hour. The Twenty First Century limited maintained steady pace west to Buffalo before encountering a freight delay near New Carlisle. time recovered to finish a few minutes early at Grand Central.
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New York
Chicago
Lake Shore
Fair Roads
St New York
New York Central
Buffalo
New Carlisle
Grand Central Station
America
Merriam Reelected Census Director Leads Record Making Era
William Rush Merriam, director of the Census, has beaten all records by closing the statistics of the twelfth census and was appointed to the post in April 1899. The correspondent notes his varied career as banker, businessman, agriculturist, Texan, educator and statesman. A native of New York, he is 68 and moved to St. Paul as a boy.
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WiLiam Rush Merriam
Bewmen
Waghia
Minnesota
Humbert and Humbert Swindle Grips Paris Nobles and Public
In Paris the Humberts and Mme Kambert face a 3 million dollar French bank loan scandal tied to a supposed American inheritance. The safe has revealed forged fortunes and a web of suspected complicity among judges and politicians. The affair rivals the Dreyfus case in public reach and has sparked resignations and libel suits.
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Kambert
Ave
Humbert
Paris
Ie New
Tork Poliga
Dreyfus
Mime
Humberts
France
TO RECLAIM THE EVERGLADES. A MILLION ACRES GARDEN DREAM
A long debate over draining Florida’s Everglades could transform nearly a million acres into a developed landscape. The piece outlines the practical and economic considerations guiding this ambitious plan.
Transcontinental and European train speeds and Florida Everglades reclamation
The article notes imperial and European rail speeds with the Empire State express NY to Buffalo at 53 mph, Chicago to New York trains at 45 to 49 mph, the Sud express Paris to Bayonne at 66 mph, and London to Edinburgh at 50.77 mph while London to Glasgow runs 60.18 mph. It then discusses the Florida Everglades project to reclaim nearly a million acres, draining the basin to create 4000 square miles of arable land for sugar cane, rice, and vegetables, transforming the swamp into a garden spot.
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United States
France
England
America
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Paris
Bayonne
London
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Florida
Verglades
Great Basin
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Theorth
James R Keene Told King Edward About Balle and Beara
James R Keene, famed American financier, had a private talk with King Edward at Lady Sister Kaye's dinner. Born in England to a London merchant father, Keene is seen as a witty, clever New York figure whose English roots contrast with his American status.
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Beara
James R. Keene
Kaye
Wail Street
New York
Strees
Keene
London
America
Mr. Keene
Religious News and Notes Highlights Worldwide Sects
Religious notes report 227 sects in Great Britain and Ireland and the first Loyal Temperance Legion in Mexico led by Miss Effie Dunmore. The Wesleyan Methodist Church in Britain shows the largest one year membership rise in 19 years. Navy Temperance League totals exceed 2,000 members in the US Navy pledging total abstinence. Roosevelt’s Bible address widely distributed by the American Bible Society with 60,000 English and 10,000 Spanish copies. U N A railroad department built 48 buildings in four years, funded mainly by railroad companies.
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Ireland
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Mexico
Effie Dunmore
Guanajuato
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H. G. Jackson
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Chicago
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Navy Temperanre League
Roosevelt
American Bible Society
Railroad Department
The
War cost and military shipments in asegurar report
The report to the President by Judge AdVocate Growder notes agents of the British government at Lathrop Missouri spent 17 935 350 dollars for 98 687 horses and 75 108 mules shipped from New Orleans to South Africa with freight forage and labor costs also high. Also records a Salt Lake City murder suicide and Britain navy vessel completions and Cuban delegation to New York students.
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United States
AdVotate
Biltiah
Lathrop
Mfo
Kangay’ City
New Orleans
South Africa
Losses Mount As May Strike Paralyzes Coal Region
Reports show the May 12 anthracite strike causing total losses near 25 million dollars. Wages, coal prices, unemployment, and business declines are detailed, with wage losses of 5.8 million and operator losses of 11.75 million amid widespread idle workers and disrupted trade.
Territory terror bandits in Teresa strike and flee
Authorities pursue the ladrones after a massacre in Teresa Morong province. Nine men identified as band members, including two police officers, are among those linked to the group. Maj Waller faces scrutiny over remarks on the Philippine revolution and orders. Roosevelt reportedly presses for accountability.
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Morong Province
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San Francisco
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Roosevelt
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Philippines
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Samar
Howling Wilderness
Washington
New Philadelphia Mint Recount to Cost 60000
With the appointment of a new Philadelphia mint superintendent, a massive audit of stored wealth is planned, estimated to cost 60000 and take about five months. The audit aims to recount bullion and coin holdings including gold, silver, and various coins totaling tens of millions in value.
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Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Landis
Toliown
Longtime Chicago mayor Patten's rise from farmer boy to city leader
Mr Patten, after twenty years on the board, started as a Sandwich Newfoundland farmer boy, moved to Chicago, joined the State grain inspection office, then the Board of Trade. He became a grains and stocks operator, known as a cautious, shrewd trader, later entered politics losing a Chicago Alderman race, moved to Evanston, and now serves as Mayor.
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Mixed Washington Rumors and Quips On Public Figures
A garbled wire service roundup lists President Roosevelt shaving daily and aging in office, Gen Miles set to retire in eighteen months, Senator West’s term fears, Senator Spooner seeking Senate over cabinet, and others. It mentions Gov Georgia staff size, Wall Street wizards, Richard Croker, Clark Carr as a graft figure, and Willie Vanderbilt’s fast car. plus Pennsylvanian Pentese’s Senate view and odd notes on aged figures and a French portrait purchase.
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New York
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Washington
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