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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1904
Page
2
At Union Station Sunday morning Italian band members from Sorrentino's group shouted in their language as train staff demanded they move their grips and instrument cases from a public boarding area. A rail-yard worker used force to clear the space, prompting tension until a bilingual member calmed the situation.
Charles Kaiser of Naperville Illinois, a Purdue graduating student and expert electrical engineer, committed suicide by electrocuting himself at a camp near a traction plant site in Crawfordsville Indiana. He stripped, laid on a cross cut saw, wrapped live wire to one wrist, and used pliers to grip the wire, planned with cold delib eration. body found hours later, believed mental state unbalanced.
An ammonia tank blast in Kansas City on Monday caused a partial three story collapse of a building used as a camp. Three employees were at work. Wink Baker and Martha Fister were pulled from the wreckage badly burned.
In Constantinople on June 9 the sultan conferred the grand cordon of Chefacat on Dilen Leischman, daughter of the American ambassador, and awarded Comte Goitaud Biron, her fiancé, the second class of the Mejidie.
In a Chicago dispatch dated June 20 the national convention scene centers on Cannon and Uncle Joe as potential vice presidential wrangling unfolds. Henry Cabot Lodge emerges as Roosevelt’s key ally and author of the platform guiding the White House backed strategy with a strong personal friendship shaping the GOP balance of power while Cannon’s stance keeps the House leadership pivotal.
A sprawling report from Chicago describes convention dynamics as factions push for Theodore Roosevelt, Curtis Cortelyou, and Fairbanks while Bliss resists Cortelyou. It notes Brigham Hawkins from Utah praising Apostle Smoot and discusses delegates shaping platform stances on trusts tariffs and polygamy reform.
Chicago June 20 Roosevelt and Fairbanks dominate political chatter as veteran predictor Bim the button man cites proven track records predicting McKinsey and Slobart nominations in past years. He bets on future outcomes, supplying campaign buttons in advance.
A colorful account describes a charismatic New Yorker known for political buttons and bold conventions. It notes his money from Chicago and Philadelphia events, his theater ties, and missed hopes for a Kansas City nomination and New York ticket, nicknamed Bum the Linten man.
Washington report says Congressman Hitt was ill with acute indigestion and a severe cold. Congressman Tilt of Illinois is much better but confined to bed and unable to attend the Republican convention in Chicago.
A Philadelphia wholesale chemist firm orders 50 000 bee stings from a Texas farmer to develop an injectable serum aimed at rheumatism. An inadvertent sting incident allegedly cured rheumatism, prompting further experimental collection. World’s Fair attendance in St Louis shows a weekly drop with totals for April through June reaching 242 528 to date.
A collage of small items notes a storm shelter for William Davi and mentions several names killed instantly. It advertises health tonic for teething margins and a rail trip to Sandusky with special train details. Also promotes Rosebud Reservation lands open in July and U S homestead pamphlet from Chicago and North Western Railway. Contact N M Breeze in Cincinnati for maps and registration details.
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