Bryan Fight Over Two-Thirds Rule Shocks Nebraskan Supporters
Washington observers report a push to abandon the Democratic nominee by a two-thirds rule at the Denver convention. Senator Stone denies drafting such a move, while Johnson’s aggressive campaign unsettles Bryan backers who fear a Parker-like fiasco if Bryan loses.
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Two Degrees Prepared as Forty Masons Initiated
A class of forty Masons is initiated today at the Scottish Rite Temple with philosophical and chivalric degrees from nineteenth to thirtieth. George Harp conducts the work. Tomorrow the thirty first and thirty second degrees will be conferred, followed by a dinner. An advertisement notes Allen's Foot-Base powder for foot ache at 25 cents.
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Milwaukee Merchant Sentenced for False Pretenses
Ira B. Smith, once head of Smith Thorndike Brown and a Milwaukee Merchants Association leader, was sentenced to two years in the Milwaukee house of correction after pleading nolle contendere to four counts of borrowing 5000 on misrepresented security. The case, related to a defunct wholesale grocery firm, had been pending for about a year.
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Crews to Resign as Police Court Clerk Ahead of New Mayor
Nelson Crews announces he will resign to spare the new mayor the task of removing him. As clerk of the police court he tallies fines from the police judge and plans to place his letter on the mayor’s desk Monday morning as T. T. Leen Jr. takes the oath.
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Sixty Policemen Sworn to Operate Street Cars Amid Strike
In Crester Pa on April 15 fifty additional special policemen were sworn in to operate street cars as the company proceeds with the service. Strikers and sympathizers gathered near the car barn as about 100 officers guarded the area. Streets were roped off and replacements are housed in a nearby hotel under watch by pickets.
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Crester
Drowned in Lake Michigan As Relatives Look On
A sudden gale on Lake Michigan near Wilson avenue capsized a small boat killing Joseph Sachsel a wholesale liquor dealer and his cousin Arthur Freud. Sachsel's wife and Freud's four sisters watched the scene as other fishing boats struggled to reach shore in winds up to forty miles per hour.
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Shot Man Wounds City Superintendent Then Kills Self
Northampton Mass April 15 John Tracy a discharged street department worker shot and fatally wounded George F Birge superintendent of streets then returned home and shot himself Tracy 60 and married Birge 40 unmarried had served ten and six years respectively Tracy was discharged last Friday for lack of work A traveling salesman in Grand Rapids Michigan April 15 Dr C A Curriden a New York tablet salesman and longtime Washington physician committed suicide in his Herkimer hotel room His home had been in Detroit for months Emperor Nicholas thanks Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh dedication April 11 last year Independence Examiner installs first Synotype machine in Independence the first machine set edition in town history.
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The New Pro in Philadelphia
A brief Philadelphia Ledger humor piece hinges on a would be burglar mistaken for a policeman by a cautious resident. The quip plays on legal prudence and respect for police authority within a city scene.
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