Remedies for Contests Ormsby McHarge's Reform Plan
Ormsby McHare of North Dakota and Washington argues for honest delegation, local control, and formal credentials to end contest chaos at the Republican National Committee. He proposes state central committees certify delegates, a simple code of laws, and deposition-based evidence while limiting inquiries to convention fraud and avoiding challenges to state acts. He also suggests counting Southern electoral votes to boost turnout and curb corruption, aiming to restore respect for Southern representation and strengthen republican principles.
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Lown' change of scene and altitude to summer via Fock Island Lines
Fragmentary text mentions travel, Fock Island Lines, and a cheap vacation, with unclear references to Palmer and Broadway New York. The readable portion suggests a travel note or advertisement about affordable summer trips from an unspecified location through Fock Island Lines to New York City.
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Dar& Palmer
Broadway
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Bonaparte to Stay as Cabinet Ties Remain Firm
Washington reports the President and Attorney General Bonaparte plan to serve until March 4. Officials deny any rift over removals of Idaho officials Buick and Rounds or the New Haven railroad suit. Debate over timing of Idaho changes and pursuit of a Mellen case suit is said resolved, with Bonaparte’s and the President’s agreement confirmed.
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Bonaparte
White House
Buick
United States
Marshal Rounds
Idaho
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Rounds
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Mellen
Connecticut
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Boston
Department of Justice
Moroccan Troops Revolt in Tangier Action
Four thousand troops loyal to Abd-el-Aziz rebel in Tangier and seize a French commander and three other officers, taking control of the area as tensions rise between Morocco and French forces.
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Abd-el-Aziz
German Navy League Meets in Danish City
The eighth annual convention of the German Navy League opened with the provincial president stressing independence from the government. A telegram to the Emperor pledged to pursue a fleet-building aim to guarantee peace. Prince zu Salm-Horstmar was re elected president. former officials like Major General Keim declined office.
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Panama Faith in Free Election Maintains U S Roles
Panama reports strong public faith that the United States will ensure a free and fair presidential vote. The Obaldia campaign committee rejects insinuations about U S and canal officials, asserting confidence in open elections and a credible result. Broad sentiment across Panama favors strong U S friendship.
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Sefior Obaldia
United States
Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Transvaal stope drill contest draws mining interest
Johannesburg May 16 Mining interests back the Transvaal stope drill competition set for next year jointly by the Transvaal government and Chamber of Mines. Prizes total 1,500 and 9 to miners, with $6 a day wages for operators. Officials forecast demand for at least five thousand drills as new mines open in the gold fields.
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Chamber of Mines
Belgian Courts Ban Gambling at Racetracks
Verviers Belgium June 14 courts ban betting at racetracks Paris mutual betting system condemned as gambling in a trial. Directors of a local racecourse were heavily fined. Decision stirs controversy and could threaten future racing in Belgium. An appeal will be heard.
Earl of Derby Dead in London at 67
Frederick Arthur Stanley sixteenth Earl of Derby died in London at age sixty seven. He served in Grenadier Guards and Parliament, held posts including Secretary of State for War and Colonies, Governor General of Canada, and President of the Board of Trade. His heir, Edward George Villiers, Lord Stanley, is forty three.
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Frederick Arthur Stanley
Earl of Derby
Grenadier Guards
House of Lords
Baron Stanley
Admiralty
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Privy Council
Committee of Council On Education
Board of Trade
Lord Stanley
Canada
Constance Villiers
Earl of Clarendon
Edward George Villiers
Niagara Power Stoped by Unharnessed Flow at Falls
Niagara Falls power plants on the American side halted for five hours to allow divers to inspect the upper arch bridge abutment. Divers found one piers wall undermined but intact overall. engineers reported a measurable river rise and 175000 horsepower diverted to Canada.
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N. Y
United States
Major Katz
Taft Commission
Dinner for white friends by Westchester millionaire
Tom Harris a famed Westchester figure known as the millionare negro hosted a Saturday birthday dinner for twelve white guests at the Plymouth Inn Larchmont. The event cost ten dollars a plate and lasted into the early hours, reflecting Harris rising from stable boy to a $5000000 fortune invested in real estate and garages. Harris once sought the Republican nomination for tax receiver but was defeated. Separately the City of Columbus brought Captain A E Ellis and crew from the wrecked Caribbee to Savannah reports. The Caribbee capsized lifeboat loss and the rest of the crew were rescued by Theoline and Merrimack.
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Roosevelt
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Harris
Savannah
City of Columbus
A. E. Ellis
Frying Pan Shoals
Matanzas
New York
Walter Howe
Ellis
Theoline
Merrimack
Philadelphia
Dies Aboard Clyde Liner Apache At New York Dock
James B. White aged eighty three of Lake George New York died suddenly aboard the Clyde liner Apache as it neared its New York dock. He had gone to Jacksonville for health reasons and returned with his son James White Jr a physician. After midnight he complained of heart pain and lost consciousness dying without regaining it.
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Jacksonville
James White, Jr
Army Aeronautic Work at Fort Myer and Omaha Park
The army signal corps conducts ballooning experiments at Fort Myer opposite Washington with aerial photography and wireless telegraphy tests. Plans call for a larger aero nautical park at Omaha. A portable hydrogen gas plant, a captive balloon, and daily drill keep soldiers expert in handling gas bags for high observations in hostilities.
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Washington
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Cavalry Post
Fort Myer
Potomac River
Virginia
Signal Corps Aeronautical
Not A Spite Fence Renews Ellsworth Avenue Dispute
Pittsburg June 14 residents of Ellsworth avenue protest a flat house built by A J McSorley. A 40 foot high fence blocks light to one side of the flathouse adjoining Rev J McKee’s property. McKee covered his side with pressed steel to resemble a stone wall while the opposite side remains bare boards. McKee denies the fence is a spite fence.
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Pittsburg
A. J. McSorley
Ellsworth Avenue
Mr. McKee
Four Tons of Live Rattlesnakes Shipped From Brownsville
Brownsville, Texas June 14 Frank B Armstrong shipped four tons of live rattlesnakes to points in the North and East. The reptiles will be placed in museums and given to circus performers after fangs and venom were removed. Armstrong runs a local snake farm and was paid a dollar per pound.
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Brownsville
Tex
Frank B. Armstrong
Armstrong
State to build massive convict labor penitentiary
Pittsburg June 14. With only one third of twelve hundred prisoners employed, the state plans an extensive penitentiary costing five million dollars to be built mainly by convicts. It would take twenty years to finish with a preliminary appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars. Ground is in the mountains about sixty miles from Pittsburg, about two thousand acres to be acquired. Construction activities including quarry work will be carried out by convicts per Robert W Herbert of State Charities.
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Rabies Prevalent in Washington District
Washington report shows rising rabies, with 43 people and 25 animals bitten by 63 district dogs tested. Of those, 47 were positive, 6 negative, and 10 undetermined awaiting inoculation results. An additional 39 typical cases were counted by practitioners without bureau submission.
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A. D. Melvin
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Department of Agriculture
Melvin
Move Cordova Town Ten Miles To Orca Inlet Site
Valdez Alaska July 14 Cordova once a fishing and trading port will be relocated bodily ten miles to a new Orca Inlet site to provide land for terminals and docks. Forty thousand dollars has been spent on streets and bridges as the old town’s buildings are moved to the new site. Auto victim dies chauffeur held John J White seven struck by automobile dies at Flower Hospital and chauffeur John J Jones remanded in five thousand dollar bail.
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Orca Inlet
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East 1Mh Street
Flower Hospital
John J. Jones
West 98Th Street
Henry Lake
Central Park West
Atlantic fleet maneuvers prep for long homeward voyage
San Francisco harbor hosts assembling warships of the Atlantic fleet with twenty five fighting vessels at Mare Island and Hunter's Point. Key ships Georgia Wisconsin Illinois Kentucky Nebraska Rhode Island Virginia New Jersey Kearsarge slated to depart June 16 22 20 25 27 28 28 29. Demonstration tow experiments planned for Perry Preble Farragut by Colorado Pennsylvania West Virginia. By July 7 all Atlantic and Pacific fleets expected to depart San Francisco Bay.
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Lilley Will Not Seek Reopening of Submarine Case
Chicago June 14 Representative Lilley says he will let the submarine investigating committee report stand and will not try to reopen the case. He will not meet with Boutell to discuss findings and asserts he would not change his course. Lilley expresses confidence in being elected Connecticut governor next fall.
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Boutell
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Bontell
Electric Boat Company
Colorado Not Grounded Says Telegraphist Report
Teletrand reports in The Tribune San Francisco that a false wireless alert claimed the cruiser Colorado grounded on Dungeness Spit. Officials suspect amateur wireless outfits spread the rumor after a misread message. Captain Underwood says the ship anchored off Dungeness and had a rough trip from Santa Barbara. both Colorado and Pennsylvania reached Puget Sound en route to Bremerton.
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Navy to open bids for three steam colliers on July 1
In Washington on June 14 the Navy Department will open bids July 1 for three new steam colliers each carrying 7,290 tons dead weight with a cost not to exceed 525 dollars per vessel. Bidders must deliver vessels complete to the government.
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Navy Department
Narrow mountain road tumble on Mount Greylock
Nelson and Arthur Dale, sons of Williams College professor G Nelson Dale, and their friend George Perisit, were lifted from a narrow road by a gust and hurled 500 feet down a precipice on Mount Greylock. The wagon and horse were destroyed, the horse killed, and the trio survived by landing in a tall hemlock. Nelson Dale was the least injured and fetched help as they were carried to a nearby farmhouse.
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G. Nelson Dale
Williams College
George Perisit
Pittsfield
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Receiver for Upstate Railroad Named by Judge Lyon
Justice George F. Lyon appointed J Choate as receiver for the Oneonta and Mohawk Valley Railroad to preserve the property amid long litigation. The trolley line from Oneonta to Mohawk passes Cooperstown and Richfield Springs. About $1.5 million has been spent. a $360 foreclose sale occurred two years ago. The Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company holds a large judgment, with sale set for July 27, and many creditors filed claims.
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George F. Lyon
J. Choate
Oneonta & Mohawk Valley Railroad
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Mohawk
Cooperstown
Richfield Springs
Susquehanna
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Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Trust Company of America
New York
Justice Lyon
Soldier Drowns From Transport in New London
Captain Albert Farle of the government steamer Castle reported a passenger missing after a transport trip between island fortifications. D. E. Etheridge of the Coast Artillery at Fort Mansfield near Watch Hill fell overboard while returning from Fort Wright. the body had not been recovered as of 1245 this morning.
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Conn
Albert Farle
Castle
Custom House
D. E. Etheridge
Suh Coast Artillery
United States Army
Fort Mansfield
Watch Hill
Fort Wright
New Bank Safeguards Adopt Bertillon System
Pittsburg banks plan to implement a Bertillon like system recording every employee including photographs measurements and personal details on career politics religion drinking and other traits. A central file will be shared among interested bankers to prevent further employee thefts. Employees express strong opposition to the move.
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Pittsburg
Coroner Sondheimer Drowned While Boating Near Atlantic City
Atlantic City June 14 Coroner Isadore Sondheimer aged about thirty five was drowned today on the Mullica River while boating with State Senator F E A Wilson and companions. After luncheon they rested on the launch deck when he disappeared. A dive by one man failed to locate the body and search continued all afternoon. Sondheimer ran a tailoring shop and was elected last fall.
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Atlantic City
Isadore Sondeheimer
Mullica
F E. A. Wilson
Wilson
Sondheimer
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