Hearst and Roosevelt Fallouts Behind Chicago Convention News
Baltimore dispatch reports a volatile Democratic National Convention as the Progressive bloc gains leverage not by strength but by concessions. Tammany boss Murphy negotiates with Hearst while Wilson and Clark factions maneuver, threatening Hearst’s influence and suggesting a possible realignment toward Roosevelt if Clark falters.
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New York Times
Baltimore
William BR. Hearst
Champ Clark
Hearst
Col. Roosevelt
Kearst
House of Cards
Clark
William R. Hearst
Woodrow Wilson
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
Gov. Wilson
New Jersey
Murphy
Alton B. Parker
Col. Bryan
Bryan
New York
Mack
National Committee
Wilson
Platform ready for convention signals unity in party
Baltimore dispatch reports the Democratic platform near completion with no minority report. Bryan allies back the document, endorsing a strong anti trust plank, income tax, banking reform, and a national river policy aimed at Mississippi depths. The draft includes universal primary laws and direct election of National Committee members.
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New York Times
Baltimore
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Senator O'Gorman
O'Gorman
Senate
Root
New York
Ohio
O’gorman
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Col. Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Perry Belmont
Counell of National Defense
Enater O'Gorman
Mr.Bryan
Gould Line Rivalry Ends As Belt Line Sold
Pittsburgh reports say George J. Gould’s bid to rival the Pennsylvania and Vanderbilts in Pittsburgh tonnage ended with a receiver sale of the West Side Belt Line. Judge Orr ordered the sale. Belt Line assets including eight miles of track and coal mines transfer to rivals for $10,000,000 spent by Gould and $60,000,000 invested in the Pittsburgh venture.
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New York Times
Pittsburgh
George J. Gould
Pennsylvania Rairoad
Vanderbilts
Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Orr
Gould
Jewet
Ohio
South Hills
New
Lake Erie
Union Railroad
the Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh, Bessemer
West Side
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Wall Street
Wabash-Pittsburgh
Logan Club Rejects Taft Ticket in Kings County Meeting
About eighty members of the Logan Club in Kings County vote 35 to 19 to repudiate the Taft Sherman renomination by the Republican National Convention. Frank M. Benet supports the resolution while John Gunther argues for Calder’s district. Roosevelt enthusiasts led by George Green and Charles Aronstam plan Kings County headquarters for the movement.
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Logan Club
Twelfth Assembly
Kings County
Taft
Sherman
Frank M. Benet
John Gunther
William M Calder
Roosevelt
George A. Green
Charles 8. Aronstam
Green
Timothy L. Woodruff
Juarez refugees rally as Federals threaten El Paso attack
In El Paso June 27, Juarez residents flee fears of a Federal bombardment as Agua Prieta forces mass with field pieces and four machine guns. Refugees export goods in bond to El Paso while Orozco seizes vacated estates to fund the cause. Huerta positions artillery near Bachimba as 30 rebels reportedly die.
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New York Times
EL Paso
Texas
Juarez
Agua Prieta
Bauche
Casas Grandes
Chihuahua
American Legion
Orozco
Huerta
Consulco
Bachimba
Horcacitas
José Ojinaga
New York Academy of Public Education Incorporated
ALBANY June 27 The New York Academy of Public Education Inc was incorporated to promote interest in present and public education in New York City. Directors include Prof Lewis F Mott Prof John R Sim and Prof Gustave Staubenmuller of New York Prof Lewis Freeman Mott is professor of English and Prof John R Sim is professor of pure mathematics at the College of the City of New York.
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Albany
New York Academy of Public Education, Inc
New York City
Lewis F. Mott
John R. Sim
Gustave Staubenmuller
New York
Lewis Freeman Mott
The
College of the City of New York
Laborer from Kittery Sends Monthly Conscience Fund Gift
A Maine laborer, sending since last year, mailed President Taft a two dollar bill for the conscience fund to ensure the money reaches its proper place. He explains the donations come from careful saving and regret for troubling the President.
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Snellis
Washington
Kittery
Federal Treasury
Taft
Confcience Fund
Rosa Fashington
Rege
Mauretania to test frigidometer on voyage
The Cunard liner Mauretania, arriving from Liverpool and sailing July 2, will carry a frigidometer invented by A. McNab. Demonstrated before Senator William Alden Smith, the device records sea and air temperature changes and alarms when danger, such as ice, is near.
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Mauretania
Liverpool
A. McNab
United States
William Alden Smith
Committee of Commerce
Washington
McNab
Parietes
Cunard Line
Cuban rebel chief Estenoz killed as revolt falters
Special cable from Havana reports Gen Estenoz, the uprising's leader, slain by Lieut Delatorre at dawn. Gov Gen Mendietta covered routes for escape while Monteagudo signaled Ivonez may also be dead. Casualties rise in Bellabellaca and surrounding skirmishes as Gomez lauds the revolt's collapse.
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New York Tris
Havana
Estenoz
Lieut
Delatorre
Mendietta
Songo
Santiago
Remires
Gomez
Monteagudo
Ivonez
Bellabellaca
Minnesota Arrives at League Island After Cuban Rebel Skirmish
The battleship Minnesota, stationed at Guantanamo since the Cuban uprising began, reaches League Island navy yard for repairs. Officers say they repelled rebels by using shipboard searchlights lighting the town and driving attackers away. Residents counter with their brightest lights to ward off another assault.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Minnesota
Guantanamo
Cuba
Navy Yard
League Island
Naval Station
Railroad Would Arbitrate Dispute With Trainmen
Philadelphia June 27 plan for arbitration to settle differences between the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and its trainmen was proposed at a conference led by George E. Sines of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and General Manager L C Long. The railroad proposed the move but it was not yet accepted by the trainmen. A second meeting is planned to address remaining issues.
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Hearst
Woodrow Wilson
Combine of Bosses
Clark
South Dakota
Wilson
Representative Underwood
Gov. Wilson
Board of Strategy
William J. Bryan
New York Times
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
George E. Sines
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
L. C. Long
Onongahela Division
Monongahela Division
Woman 76 found dead in canal after suicide note
Mrs Marie Stock 76 told her widowed son she would go away and not return. She had fallen eight years earlier and suffered, with doctors unable to help. Her body was found in the Dundee Canal, fully dressed, with her hat on a bridge.
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New York Times
Passaic
N. J
Marie Stock
Michael Stock
Hope Avenue
Police
Dundee Canal
Iron Steamboat Tow to New York After Coney Island Run
The Iron Steamboat Company's vessel left Pier 1 North River at 8 PM with 400 passengers bound for Coney Island. Engine trouble forced a stop at Staten Island Quarantine Station. A second steamboat towed the disabled ship back to New York where passengers were landed, and the vessel left for Clifferde, New Jersey for repairs.
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Iron Steamboat Company
Pier 1
North River
Coney Island
Staten Island
Steeplechase Park
Battery
New York
Clifferde
N. J
Form Co operative Store Body Chiefs City Group
An association to establish co operative stores in this city was formed on Wednesday at a Broadway and 110th Street meeting held in attorney Maurice B. Deans office at 20 Broad Street. Maurice B. Dean was elected President Hugh Gordon Miller Vice President and Harold S Schultz Secretary and Treasurer.
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Broadway
110Th Street
Maurice B. Dean
Broad Street
Hugh Gordon Miller
Harold 8. Schultz
Lineman Killed High In Air
John Smith of Rostyn Rostyn L J employed by Nassau Light and Power Company was killed by a live wire while atop a pole at Great Neck in Mineola L I. He did not wear rubber gloves while working on dead wires.
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Mineola
L. I
John Smith
Rostyn, L. J
Nassau Light and Power Company
Great Neck
Smith
Seminary Fire in Winnipeg Wipes Out St Boniface
The new Seminary of St Boniface in Winnipeg suffered a fire last night causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. An 18 year old youth is held by police on a charge of setting the blaze.
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Winnipeg
Man
St. Boniface
Promoter Arrested After Melee at Hotel Martinique Dining Room
John Mason, 29, promoter of 322 West Eighty-third Street, caused chaos in the Hotel Martinique dining room by breaking glassware and assaulting diners. James A. George was slashed on face and head. Mason was dragged to the street and held on felonious assault charges at West Thirtieth Street Station. George identified Mason as his attacker after the incident in the dining room.
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John Mason
West Eighty-third Street
Hotel Martinique
House
Genter
James A. George
Mason
Ryan
Mr. George
Bronx Wedding Fails Again as In Invited Guests Defeat Hope
Frank Clark jilts Miss Dolly Quinn and misses wedding at St. Jerome's Church. Dennis Leonard and Ira O'Shea plan to wed but invitees arrive to witness another cancellation. Leonard admits his aunt cried when she learned of the engagement and his mother in Ireland is distressed. Leonard flees.
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Frank Clark
Dolly Quinn
St. Jerome’s
138Th Street
Alexander Avenue
Bronx
Mr. Clark
Dennis Leonard
West Twenty-sixth Street
Ira O’shea
East 188Th Street
Joseph J. Keane
Clark
Miss Quinn
Leonard
Miss O'Shea
Ireland
Mississippi River alters current endangers Memphis harbor
Flood changes in the Mississippi River reveal a current swing away from Memphis and into the Arkansas bank. The scouring has already eroded several feet of the opposite bank, threatening the old pool room and other structures. Engineers say the bank may be further eaten into and continue monitoring the situation.
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New York Times
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Arkansas
United States
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Fifth Avenue
46Th Street
Ivonet
Oriente
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Memphis Harbor
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Smith Gray & Co
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