Convention Decides Second Place Fight at Presidential Nomination
Report from Chicago June 12 notes the coming convention will decide who gets second on the ticket with Roosevelt favoring Dolliver or Hughes and Fairbanks mentioned. Taft supporters push an intelligencer platform while delegates from Texas Virginia and New York organize and seating continues. Cannon named to succeed Bliss as National Committee treasurer.
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Chicago
Congress
Roosevelt
Senator Dolliver
Iowa
Woodruff
Cortelyou
Hughes
Fairbanks
Charles P. Taft
Texas
Lyon Taft
Virginia
West Virginia
Taft
New York
Antis
Friends
Jas. G. Cannon
Fourth National Bank of New York
Cornelius Bliss
National Committee
Federal Judge Grants Stay for Herman Billek
Federal Judge Landis reprieved Herman Billek awaiting U S Supreme Court action on his murder case. Last rites prepared and scaffold ready in Chicago as Gov. Deneen declined intervention. This marks the fifth stay in Billek's case.
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United Press
Chicago
Landis
Herman Billek
Mary Vraal
U. S. Supreme Court
Billek
Deneen
Ex New York Senator Declares No Democratic Party
Former New York Democratic leader Senator David Bennett Hill warned the party would be driven to Hades by the Nebraska Bryan faction saying there is no Democratic party. He spoke before sailing for Europe and urged a Taft fight instead of backing John Johnson.
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New York
Altgelt
David Bennett Hill
Democracy
Europe
Taft
John Johnson
Congress Agent to Probe Paper Industry During Recess
Washington reports that the House Committee on the paper industry will continue its inquiry during the recess to produce the most complete study of paper manufacture yet. Under Chairman Mann experts from labor, census, forestry, and statistics will examine costs and supply destruction while seeking European data on wood suitable for paper.
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Washington
House Committee
Mann
Rep. Ill
Bureau of Labor
Census Office
Forest Service
Bureau of Statistics
State Department
Great Britain
Canada
Norway
Europe
Stafford
Rep
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Mills
Committee On
Department of Agriculture
Galveston Woman Declares Belmont Heir Claim
A Galveston woman named Sarah Belmont Clarke says she is the sole surviving daughter of the late Oliver H. P. Belmont and intends to travel to New York to assert her right to his estate, claiming documentary proof supports her claim.
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Galveston
Sarah Belmont Clarke
Oliver H. P. Belmont
New York
Mountain Gapes Open Swallowing Towns in China
An extraordinary fissure opens along Machuanshan near Ichang in Shanghai on June 12. The long crack swallows hundreds of families and houses, creating a grave local disaster.
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Shanghai
Machuanshan
Ichang
Czar Escape Foiled by Plot In Reval Amid Royal Visit
A Russian czar narrowly escaped assassination during a Reval stay with King Edward of England. A royal school mistress recruited to kill him committed suicide before arrival, avoiding the act as revolutionaries pressed for violence. Hundreds of children attended her burial.
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London
Reval
Peterhof
Edward
Sixteen Koreans Burned Alive in Supposed Rebel Hideout
Seoul reports sixteen Koreans burned to death when a house was fired on by Japanese troops who believed rebels were inside. Six provinces suffer revolts as Japan campaigns to crush the uprising, sending large forces to affected districts.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
Jiu Jitsu Fight Foils Robbery On South Alamo Street
In San Antonio on June 12 W Hamada a Japanese man fought off several attackers who demanded his money. He kept $96 in his coat pocket and used Jiu Jitsu to force the would be robbers to retreat. He was cut on the neck and bandaged.
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San Antonio
W. Hamada
South Alamo Street
Hamada
Mr. Popper
Mr. Sercombe
Shippy
Popper
Sercombe
Kodol Promoted for Digestive Troubles at Reed's Drug Store
An advertisement urges caution on summer stomach issues and promotes Kodol as the best known remedy for indigestion. The copy notes Kodol digests all foods and is pleasant to take, sold at Reed's Drug Store.
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Reed's Drug Store
Cuban attaché sues for divorce over alienation
Antonio Ruse, an attache of the Cuban legation in Washington, sues wife Mary Ruse for divorce accusing her of misconduct with an unknown man. He declares he will sue the millionaire for alienation of his wife affections, noting Mrs. Ruse was formerly a St Louis woman named in Mrs. Vanderbilts divorce testimony.
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New York
Antonio Ruse
Legation
Washington
Mary Ruse
Labor Plank Becomes Key as Gompers Weighs Campaign
In Chicago on June 12 Gompers arrives to press for a full labor plank in the platform. He warns that if labor provisions are rejected he will canvass Democratic support at Denver and pledge workers to Bryan. Manufacturers threaten trouble over the plank amid rapid wire dispatches.
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Chicago
Gompers
Denver
Bryan
National Manufacturers Association
Taft
Roosevelt
Washington
Inadequate Armor Plate Averts Naval Fear
Rear Admiral Robley D Evans declares in New York that Americans can sleep without fear as he rebuts claims of inadequate armor and low decks. He asserts that accuracy of fire wins battles and that ships must carry all battery and exceed twenty five thousand tons, with twenty thousand ton battleships deemed insufficient.
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New York
Robly D. Evans
Georgian Hotel
Secretary Cortelyou outlines emergency currency rules
Secretary Cortelyou issues a circular to all national banks detailing the new currency law and prescribing methods to secure emergency currency. Washington report dated June 12 notes federal guidance for bank operations during currency shortages.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Cortelyou
Governor Hughes Declines Vice Presidential Nomination
Albany June 12 Gov Hughes via secretary announces he will not accept the nomination for vice president.
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Albany
Gospel Tent Meetings Draw Crowds at Christian Church
Nightly interest rises at the Christian Church tent meetings with special music. Mr. Boyle delivers a sermon on Remission of Sins as crowds attend each evening.
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Mr. Boyle
Sercombe’s Pajama Entrance at Whitman Dinner Stirs Crowd
Milwaukee figure Sercombe, now in Chicago, attended a Walt Whitman fellowship dinner in Milwaukee wearing blue and white striped pajamas. Guests reacted with mild excitement as he delivered an after dinner speech while disputes over debts and poetic provocations surfaced.
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Milwaukee
Sercombe
Hr. Sercombe
Mexico
Chicago
Washington
Wabash Avenue
Adame Street
Mullagat
Mr. Sercombe
Parker
Jacob Beilius
Spirit Fruit Farm
Spirit’ Fruit Farm
Whitman
Walt Whitman
Morris Lydenheim
James E. Popper
Parker H
Personal notes as travelers drift to towns and destinations
Mrs B Kenedy plans a summer in Tarpon Texas meeting her son Geo M Kenedy and wife in Corpus Christi with the Gray Fox boat. Several others, including Edward Castro en route to St Louis for a wedding trip and Ed P Gifford of Monterrey, pass through. The list records arrivals and departures of numerous individuals heading to St Louis Mexico City New York Monterrey and other places with a mix of families contractors officials and business travelers.
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Edward Castro
Special Car Service
the National
St. Louis
Ed. P. Gifford
Monterrey
Jules Janet
Mexico City
Express Department
C. N. Goodwin
F. H. Lusk
Acamabaro
C. G. Jackson
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Promoted
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills claim quick relief for weakened kidneys and bladder inflammation. Sold by Reed's Drug Store.
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DeWitt
Reed's Drug Store
Real Estate Transfers Filed for Record
Real estate transfers filed include Alice R. Wilcox to Luis Quintanilla and Cecilio Herrera for lots 8 in block 539 West Division valued at $450 and H F Valdez to Eusebio Guevara for lot 3 in block 313 West Division for $75.
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Alice R. Wilcox
Luis Quintanilla
Cecilio Herrera
W. D
H. F. Valdez
Eusebio Guevara
Dr King's New Life Pills Praised By Ingleside Resident
B F Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina says after 15 years of chronic indigestion and over two hundred dollars spent nothing helped like Dr King s New Life Pills. Sold under guarantee at all druggists for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
B. F. Ayscue
Ingleside
N.C
Big Packing Plant Burns in Flood District
The Nelson Morris packing plant in Kansas City caught fire this morning in a floodbound district. Built in 1902 at a cost of one million dollars, it was surrounded by water and hard to fight. The sausage plant and nearby buildings were destroyed. Two workmen were killed and two injured in an ammonia tank explosion that started the blaze. Intervening buildings were dynamited to check spread. Total loss placed at 350000 dollars.
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Kansas City
Nelson Morris Packing Plant
Chamberlains Colic Remedy Proves Popular in Narcoossee
Ennis Bros of Narcoossee Florida endorse Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy made in Des Moines Iowa. They credit its life saving use in El Paso Texas and report ongoing sales growth with widespread dealer availability.
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Iowa
Des Moines
el Paso
Texas
Narcoossee
Fla
Ennis_ Bros
Ford Hanged for Wife's Murder in Oklahoma
In Lawton Oklahoma on June 12 Frank Ford a Black man was executed for killing his wife. It was the first state execution and thousands witnessed the event. Ford said his life sentence began from disobedience to his parents as a boy.
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Lawton
Okla
Frank Ford
Sprained Ankle Treated Fast With Chamberlain Liniment
A sprain will usually disable a person for a month or more but Chamberlain's Liniment can cure many cases in under a week when directions are followed. It also relieves bruises and rheumatism. For sale by all druggists.
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Chamberlain
Bosworth Named Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
San Antonio June 11. C A Bosworth named deputy internal revenue collector for the western district of Texas succeeding Mose C Harris and has assumed the duties. Bosworth formerly with the customs service at El Paso.
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San Antonio
C. A. Bosworth
Internal Revenue
Western District of Texas
Mose C. Harris
Bosworth
Customs Service
el Paso
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