Guffey Delegates Challenge Bryan Force at National Convention
In Denver on July 8 the credentials committee discards 10 Pennsylvania Guffey delegates and 14 others including New York, prompting Guffey and allies to push a floor fight. The anti Bryan camp gains momentum as states from New York to Ohio align against Bryan, threatening a pivotal roll call. The convention adjourns at 8 pm to await the credentials report.
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Denver
Colo
Committee On Credentials
Guffey
Pennsylvania
New York
Bryan
Bers
New Jersey
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Westatgsnia
Delaware
Illinois
Ohio
Anesota
Georgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Rebels Capture Town in Honduran Revolution
Washington reports a Honduran government upheaval as rebel forces seize Gracias, a town about 1 miles from the Salvadoran border, signaling a breakout of a revolutionary movement against the current government.
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Washington
Honduras
Senor Tte
Gracias
Woodmen Lose Claim in Bank Case Reversed
Chariton Iowa July 4 The defunct First National bank claim of 350000 by the Modern Woodmen of America has been ruled against the depositors by the comptroller of the currency. The Woodmen will go on the offensive in the dispute after prior positions favored depositors.
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Chariton
First National Bank
Woodmen of America
Stuart, Stuart & Stuart
Farmer Narrow Escape in Flood at Bridge Collapse
Tripp South Dakota July 4 Hy Reiner junior a well known farmer narrowly escaped death when his team fell through a bridge weakened by high water. The bridge collapsed plunging him and his team into the river. Both horses drowned but Reiner reached shore with desperate effort.
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Tripp
S. D
Hy Reiner, Jr
Reiner
Uncle Remus editor Joel Harris dies in Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris editor of Uncle Remus magazine died at his Atlanta home after a short illness. He was 60. Harris created the Uncle Remus stories and was lauded for his portrayal of Southern black folklore. He was known as a delightful yet unusually retiring man.
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Atlanta
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Mr. Harris
South
Buildings Too High Streets Too Narrow
New York on July 4 discussed a speculative urban future with three layered sidewalks and streets to handle wagons cars carriages and street cars three levels of elevated railways triple the subways and a worsened fresh air problem in a scenario modeled on a 900 foot Equitable Life Insurance building and larger Singer and Metropolitan Life towers.
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New York
Equitable Life Insurance Society
Singer
Metropolitan Life
Poisoning of Sheep Alarms Two Top Ranchers
A large sheep owner A Giles at Two Top, 35 miles north of Belle Fourche, reports over 150 sheep died after arsenic doses. Neighbors vow vigilance and retaliation as outrage spreads among local ranchers.
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A. Giles
Two Top
Belle Fourche
Giles
Will Demand Herd Law in Stanley County
Stanley county voters will likely back a herd law at the general election in November if the commissioners act favorably on the Feilowey petitions to be presented at their next meeting. The report notes petitions are circulating for this measure.
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Stanley County
Lyman
Seven Dead in S S Kresge Fire Panic at Ontario Street
A July 4 Cleveland fire at S S Kresge five and ten caused seven deaths with at least two more fatally injured and around thirty severely hurt. Fireworks explosion sparked panic as clerks and shoppers rushed for exits, some leaping from upper windows amid pleas for help.
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Cleveland
S. S. Kresge
Ontario Street
Emma Schumacher
Marie Wagner
Anna Trefall
Frieda Trefall
Elizabeth Reis
Mary Hughes
James L. Parker
Wallace
July Fourth Accidents Reported In Local Celebrations
A compiled notice lists injuries from Independence Day events including James Pine cut in a runaway, Pearl Booth bruised, James Riley struck by a ball, Nickenback hit hand by a firecracker, Harry Neisteadt knocked down, Peter the Great snake bite seven times, A K Godfrey’s daughter singed in eye, and Harry Waldron burned while aiding fireworks.
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James Pine
Pearl Booth
James Riley
Nickenback
LaDelle
Harry Neisteadt
Peter the Great
A. K. Godfrey
Harry Waldron
Rail road reorganization urged for Missouri River line
A meeting of bondholders receivership creditors and general creditors is called by C. Bailey Sioux Falls receiver to end receivership and restore finances. The Rapid City Mystic line thirty five miles long began in 1891 as Dakota Wyoming and Missouri River railway. Bailey says the road now covers expenses and cites bids from major railroads failing at 350000 dollars with a July 20 meeting at Pennington county courthouse Rapid City.
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Missouri River and Northwestern Railway Company
C. Bailey
Sioux Falls
Rapid City
Mystic
Black Hills
Dakota, Wyoming and Missouri River Railway
Bailey
Pennington County
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway
Liquor license voting rule sparks dry town impact
The supreme court ruling requires a majority of all town voters to approve liquor licenses, not just a majority of those voting on the license. The decision affects Woon socket Redfield Beresford and others, leaving towns dry for a year. Also noted is the death in Del Monte of Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas, former commander of the Atlantic battleship fleet.
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Supreme Court
Woonsocket
Redfield
Beresford
California
del Monte
Cal
Charles M. Thomas
Thomas
Swinburne
Adm Thomas
Hampton Roads
San Francisco
Evans
Sperry
Democratic National Convention Opens Amid Bryan Support
Denver July 7 The Democratic national convention opened with 12 000 in the Audi torium as a Bryan following surged. Theodore A Bell California elected temporary chairman and Bishop Keane Cheyenne offered the opening prayer. Resolutions honoring the memory of Grover Cleveland were adopted, highlighting Judge Parker and Governor Francis as prominent figures at the session.
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Denver
Bryan
Taggart
National Committee
J. J. Keane
Cheyenne
Wye
Theodore A. Bell
California
Temp
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Judge Parker
New York
Francis
Missouri
N. Dunn
Nebraska
Crossing Stream in Basket Mishap at Browns Station
In Melrose Montana on July 70 Pisinti and his brothers an eleven year old son and G Cutone with Rinaldo Potoni two Greek railroad laborers drowned in the Big Hole river at Browns Station. They attempted to cross on a basket suspended from a cable. The current or weight may have caused the disaster as the men were carried downstream.
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Melrose
Mont
Pisinti
Son
G. Cutone
Rinaldo Potoni
Big Hole
Browns Station
Meltrose
Decision Upholds Lumber Freight Stake Requirement
The Interstate Commerce Commission affirms current railroad laws requiring shippers of lumber on open cars to use stakes for secure transport. Lumbermen argued the practice imposed unnecessary costs, but the commission's ruling upholds the regulation.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Runaway Pair Apprehended in Sioux Falls
A man using the name Norman Rigmeyer arrived in Sioux Falls and rented a furnished room. A week later a woman joined him, posing as his wife. A Marshaltown Iowa detective traced them and a city man named Herbert Bishop arrived to confirm the woman was his wife and seek their arrest. The pair were found together in the lodging.
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Norman Rigmeyer
Sioux Falls
Marshaltown
Iowa
Herbert Bishop
Sayers
Seventy Two Dead and Two Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Six Hurt in Fourth of July Celebrations
The second day totals show seventy two deaths and 2736 injuries from Fourth of July events, a new record since 1999. Deaths are thirteen higher than last year at 3 PM, while injuries sit slightly above five year average. Fire losses total 535435 dollars, above ten year average.
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United States
Trolley car hits farm wagon. four children and father die
Los Angeles dispatch reports a collision on the Santa Ana line at Watts eight miles from the city. Four children and the father of two of them are dead, with six others injured after a farm wagon carrying eight children, two men and one woman collided with an electric car. Victims include Jos. Oller 48, Jos. Oller Jr. 14, H Oller 8, Elisa Kuehner 9, Theodore Kuehner 7, all residents of Linewood and Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Watts
Jos. Oller
Jos. Oller, Jr
H. Oller
Linewood
Elisa Kuehner
Theodore Kuehner
Dakota Girl Edith Reeves Wins Fellowship in Economics
Vermillion South Dakota July 6 Miss Edith Reeves returns home from Mt Holyoke College where she taught English for a year. She has been awarded a fellowship by the Boston Woman's Educational and Industrial Union to study women and children's factory conditions in Massachusetts next year. Reeves, daughter of Emerson G Reeves, won Radcliffe College scholarship and an inter collegiate debate on the initiative and referendum.
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Vermillion
M. D
Edith Reeves
Mt. Holyoke College
Thase
Radcliffe, College
Cambridge
Young Lady Wins Unusual Medal Distinction
Jackson Neb July 6 Miss Helen Kearney daughter of Mr and Mrs E T Kearney recently graduated from a Washington DC school and earned five gold medals. One medal for vocal music had not been awarded to any pupil in the past thirty six years at the school.
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Jackson, Neb
Helen Kearney
E. T. Kearney
Washington, D. C
Republican convention in Pennington County endorses party leadership
The Pennington County Republican convention met Tuesday with strong support for the party’s leadership. Delegates passed resolutions backing the county offices, state and national administrations, and the primary results, endorsing the Chicago convention slate.
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Pennington County
Pennington
Chicago
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