Convention near in New York shuns fight over Bryan plan
Delegates and leaders gather at the Hoffman House as ex-Senator Hill concedes, preparing for a smooth Democratic State Convention in Albany. Key figures include Croker, Van Wyck, Murphy, and Carroll, with talks of Bryan endorsement and Kansas City instruction. The State Committee selects delegates and sets the agenda with Hill seeking influence but Croker dominant. The convention aims for a quick session and a firm platform backing Bryan and opposing trusts.
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Academy of Music
Hoffman House
Hill
Albany
Murphy
Troy
D. Cady Herrick
Eugene D. Wood
Albany County
Senator Mackey
Buffalo
John F. Carroll
Tammany Organization
John F. Geyner
Fayetteville
Democratic State Committee
William Sulzer
John H. Girdner
Anthony N. Brady
Augustus van Wyck
Brooklyn
James Sheviin
P. H. McCarren
Kings County
Frank Campbell
Bath
Elliot Danforth
Richard Croker
Associlates
Kansas City
Bryan
New York
John Norton
Chenango
New Jersey
Senator Hill
van Wyck
Ice Trust
Tammany
Hugh McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Gran
James Shevlin
Indorsing Bryan
Croker
Senate
Democratic Club
Tammany Hall
Thomas W. Cantwell
Chicago
Coler Named Likely Governor Candidate Amid Bryan Talk
Albany reports say ex Senator Hill and allies will not block New York’s delegation for Bryan at the National Convention. The main aim is electing Bird S Coler as Democratic Governor, with Tammany Hall to appear opposed while secretly backing Coler. Coler says he is not a candidate for governor.
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Albany
D. B. Hill
New York
New York State
William J. Bryan
Kansas City
Bryan
Bird S. Coler
Tammany
Farl
Coler
Dolliver Viewed as Viable VP Hope for Republicans
Washington reports rising Republican enthusiasm for Representative Dolliver of Iowa as a potential running mate for McKinley. Allies in the House and Senate, including Allison, Henderson, and Indiana and Michigan members, back him, while Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and Great Plains Republicans also lean favorably. If he acts as a candidate before the Philadelphia convention, Dolliver could secure enough support to start strong. The convention meets two weeks from next Tuesday.
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Washington
Dolliver
Iowa
Senate
Allison
Major McKinley
House
Henderson
Indiana
Michigan
Fairbanks
Grosvenor
Ohio
Buckeye
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Philadelphia
Hotel rates in Kansas City under scrutiny by DNC panel
A National Democratic Committee sub committee meeting in Kansas City will review hotel rates amid claims of exorbitant charges. J. J. Swofford reported that data was prepared and will be presented Monday, noting a 1 1/2 dollar European plan rate at one hotel and European plan rates for the Virginia delegation. Accommodations canvassed by the local bureau cover about thirty thousand people in private homes at roughly one and a half dollars per room.
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Kansas City
National Democratic Committee
J. J. Swofford
New York
Virginia
Bureau of Information
Berlin Butchers Petition on Meat Inspection Bill
The Berlin Butchers Guild has petitioned the Bundesrath regarding the Meat Inspection bill. They claim hogs livers and tongues are essential for sausage making, insist inspection is practicable for these items, and request continued importation.
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Berlin
Berlin Butchers’ Guild
Bundesrath
Oregon election today in Portland asks voters for state and federal seats
Oregon voters go to the polls tomorrow to elect one Supreme Court justice, a dairy and food commissioner, two U S representatives, and state legislators to choose a successor to Senator George W. McBride. Campaign issues split along party lines with Republicans stressing expansion and imperial policy, Fusionists opposing imperialism and backing the Chicago platform, plus a Prohibition ticket.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Supreme Court
United States
George W. McBride
Philippines
Chicago
Moody
Tongue
Steel
Republican State Central Committee
Guests of 1856 Republican conventions invited to 1900 Philadelphia
Washington notes a committee plan to honor surviving delegates from the 1856 Pittsburg and Philadelphia conventions with invitations to the June 19 1900 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Hanna endorses the idea praising the party founders and listing fourteen surviving delegates by name and residence.
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Washington
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
William Paul Weyand
Hanna
Republican National Committee
Fremont
McKinley
M. A. Hanna
Charles Dick
John Howard Bryant
Princeton
W. Penn Clark
Sidney Edgerton
Akron
Ohio
Allen A. Craig
Corry
Penn
Charles G. Davis
Plymouth
S&s
P. M'Calmont
Frankin
George H. Fadby
Springfield
Rush R. Sloan
Sandusky
Raeliff Brinkerhof
Lves
Mansfield
Jacob Weyand
Beaver
William A. Cook
William S. Land
William Hopson
R. M. Stimpson
Marietta
Lafayette Hall
Tradesmen’s National Bank
Horace Greeley
The
Tribune
Socialist Labor Party Convention Advances In New York
The tenth annual Socialist Labor party convention continued at Grand Central Palace with Charles Kroll of Providence named chairman and J. J. Kinneally of New York as vice-chairman for the day. Henry Kuhn read the National Executive Committee report as B F Kennard spoke and presented Paris socialist items. A resolution set presidential ticket nominations as the first order for Wednesday morning. The session adjourned to 5 pm to hear a vaudeville performance.
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Socialist Labor Party
Grand Central Palace
Charles Kroll
Providence
J. J. Kinneally
New York
Henry Kuhn
B. F. Kennard
Paris
New Tire Repair Method Draws Inventor Skill
An auto club member on Long Island avoided a puncture disaster by improvising a repair. He inserted an old bicycle inner tube into the tire using rubber solution, then inflated it. The makeshift plug sealed the big gash and allowed a safe ride home to New York.
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Automobile Club of America
Long Island
Woodhaven
New York
Big Kansas Wheat Crop Harvest Expected This Year
Topeka June 3 Farmers of Kansas prepare to harvest the largest wheat crop in the state's history. Secretary Coburn of the State Board of Agriculture says the crop will be the heaviest ever known with winter wheat acreage near 4.69 million acres and an expected yield per acre higher than in 1892. If maintained, the total could reach about 85 million bushels as the crop is reported in excellent condition.
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Topeka
Kan
Farmers of
Kansas
Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Return of Gomez to Havana Prompts Welcoming Honors
Havana awaits General Maximo Gomez as he is expected to arrive with full honors. Delegations from Nationalist and Republican factions will join in the reception, while speculation grows over his motives for returning and possible plans to back Alejandro Rodriguez for Havana mayor or push for a Cuba Libre movement.
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Havana
Maximo Gomez
Gomez
San Domingos
Cuba
Alejandro Rodriguez
National Party
Estrada Mora
San Domingo
Free Cuba
Carlos Cespedes
Cespedes
Estes G. Rathbone
Catalina Passengers Transferred For Observation At Hoffman Island
Eight cabin passengers of the Spanish Line steamer Cataluna, arriving from Havana, were moved to Hoffman Island for observation and will be discharged this afternoon. Eleven cabin passengers with Havana acclimatization certificates may proceed to the steamer’s pier. In transit are 163 cabin and 83 steerage passengers bound for Barcelona, who remain aboard the Cataluna while in port.
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Cataluna
Havana
Hoffman Island
Barcelona
Spain
Lightning on Staten Island strikes farm crew harms four
On Saturday afternoon a lightning bolt hit a graniteville stone washhouse sheltering five men including Hass and Weissmann. Hass was killed and four farm hands, Schroeder, Bechtel, Shur and Weissmann, were injured with burns and shock. A second strike hit John Sweeny's home in Annst West Brighton, damaging the chimney and roof shingles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hass
Graniteville
Staten Island
Herman Weissmann
Hass
Weissmann
Herman Schroeder
John Bechtel
Emil Shur
Schroeder
John Sweeny
Annst
West Brighton
Neely Extradition Papers Signed for Washington
Oyster Bay details state Governor Roosevelt signed the extradition papers in the Neely case last night and the party departed on the first train to Washington this morning. Dr Milvaine is headed to Pittsburgh.
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Oyster Bay
Long Island
Roosevelt
Neely
Washington
Rev Dr J H McIlvaine Accepts Calvary Parish Pittsburg
The Rev Dr J H McIlvaine yesterday announced his acceptance of the call to Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church in Pittsburg. He previously served seven years as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, Park Ave and Thirty Fifth St, then copastor with Dr Henry van Dyke after the united congregations. He resigned in 1896, studied abroad, was received into the Episcopal Church in Rome and confirmed by Bishop Whitehead, and ordained by Bishop Potter in 1898. Calvary Church is renowned in the diocese, with former rectors including Bishop Boyd Vincent and Dean Hodges.
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J. H. McIlvaine
Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church
Pittsburg
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Park-ave
Thirty-fifth-st
Henry van Dyke
United Congregations
Rome
Whitehead
Potter
Calvary Church
Boyd Vincent
Dean Hodges
Five Ocean Yacht Club rowers lose boat but recover valuables
Five members from the Ocean Yacht Club Stapleton Staten Island set out for a day on a new gig and were dumped into the bay off Sixty-fifth Street Brooklyn. All survived except James Dunn who lost a gold watch and cash from his mud soaked trousers. a fisherman later hauled up the recovered Dean trousers with watch intact and was rewarded.
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Ocean Yacht Club
Stapleton
Staten Island
Otto Scroeder
Irving Stapleton
James Dunn
James Halbert
John Schrone
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
Dunn
Nautilus Boat Club
Dean
Gilbert Renominated by Democrats in Seventh District
Harrodsburg Kentucky June 3 Congressmen George G Gilbert was renominated yesterday by acclamation by the Democrats of the Seventh District Thayer Missouri June 3 At the Democratic Congress Convention of the Fourteenth District W D Vandiver was nominated by acclamation to succeed himself in office.
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Harrodsburg
George G. Gilbert
Thayer
Democratic Congress
W. D. Vandiver
Boer Forces Ralley and Prisoner Escape Report
Continued from page one the term Orange River Colony drew praise. A report yesterday stated four prisoners escaped from Pretoria, a development noted in ongoing Boer military coverage.
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Orange River Colony
Pretoria
Fought an Unseen Foe General Rundle Battle Details
London June 4. News from Pretoria is scarce with French cavalry at Irene and Roberts eight miles south of Pretoria by Saturday night. Reports from Lourenco Marques claim Pretoria’s surrender and bombarded forts, while boer convoys carry provisions to Lydenburg. Rundle’s May 29 action near Senekal saw heavy fire and no Boer sighting all day, with Rundle drawing boers away from Lindley and briefly releasing prisoners. The Telegraph recounts a dramatic Senekal scene of smoke and flames, noting the free state army surrounding Senekal Lindley and Ficksburg, totaling about 3,000 to 4,000, and Lloyd wounded leading the Grenadiers.
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London
Pretoria
French
Irene
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Orange Grove
Lourenco Marques
Komatipoort
Middleburg
Machadodorp
Lydenburg
Transvaal
Lindley
Elandsfontein
Klipsriverburg
Vereeniging
Bloemfontein
Brabant
Ficksburg
Rundle
Senekal
Heilbron
Kroonstad
de Villiers
Daily Telegraph
Spragge
Duke of Cambridge
Grenadiers
Lloyd
Murray
Lord Seymour
Newcastle
Laing
Cape Town
Dover
Satuday
Naples
Aden
Brindisi
Fire Times
Desperate Transvaal Action and Prisoner Guard Honors
Reports from Newcastle and The Times describe Boer movements near Laing's Nek and Pretoria amid fading Transvaal resistance. British guards protect prisoners as Botha and the War Secretary gain respect, while desertions rise and a 6 inch gun at Pongwana astonishes observers.
Ball Players Union Looms Up Over National League Magnates
A ball players union in Philadelphia plans to form under the American Federation of Labor and seek full protections. Three players from each National League team will meet Samuel Gompers in Brooklyn next Sunday to discuss elevating players to skilled status.
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National League
American Federation of Labor
Brooklyn
Samuel Gompers
Lyn
Horace M Clark Obituary A Longtime City Hotelier Dies
Horace M Clark longtime hotel proprietor and manager died last night at the Hotel Empire from pneumonia after a weeklong cold. He served as steward at Hoffman House French's Hotel Murray Hill Hotel and ran the Madison Avenue Hotel among other establishments. He leaves a widow.
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Horace M. Clark
Empire
Hoffman House
French
Murray Hill
Madison Avenue
Clark
Naval Officer Ryland Tisdale Dies on Hospital Arrival
Lieutenant Ryland D. Tisdale of the U S Navy died at Neva Hospital on Friday night after falling ill aboard the Kearsarge en route from Newport News to Brooklyn. He was 34, widowed, and the body was taken to Md for burial.
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Ryland D. Tisdale
U. 3S. N
Neva Hospital
Kearsarge
Newport News
Brooklyn
Tisdale
Naval Academy
New York League Circular Urges Roosevelt Welcome in St Paul
Frederick Easton, president of the New York State League of Republican Clubs, issues a circular urging New York to send a large delegation to the National Republican League convention in St Paul July 11 to 18 to honor Governor Roosevelt. The notice asks officials to attend or send a representative to welcome Roosevelt and receive him fittingly as the guest of honor.
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Albany
Frederick Easton
New York State League of Republican Clubs
National Republican League
St Paul
National League
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
Roosevelt
St. Paul
Joy dies during church service in Ansonia
Ansonia June 3 William W Joy choir master at the Ansonia Congregational Church for twenty years died suddenly from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain while assisting in services. He had just finished an anthem when stricken and died within an hour. Joy, aged sixty, had ties to the Birmingham Brass Company and left a widow and two sons.
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Ansonia, Conn
Willliam W. Joy
Ansonia Congregational Church
Joy
Birmingham Brass Company
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Thomas F. Grady
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Frank J. Goodwin
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George B. M’clellan
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Whalen
Louis F. Haffen
Euthymen Chemical Company
Fifth Ave
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Socialist Women OF Paris
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DR. Milvaine
That City
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