Remedy for Contests Ormsby McHarg’s Views
Ormsby McHarg argues for fair delegate selection and sworn depositions to curb contests. He backs local party control, a simple code of laws, primacy of state and district committees, and credentials as proof of regularity, aiming to end Southern delegation abuse and demand accountable convention processes.
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Tribune
Cutcare
Chica
Ormsby McHare
North Dakota
Washington
Taft
Care
National Committee
McHarg
Convention City
National Committee Guild
Republican Party
Faint OCR snippet hints at travel ad and address
Fragmentary text shows mentions of Fock Island Lines flight scene and a vacation note. It includes an address 471 Broadway New York and names Kane and Palme. No clear event or outcome is given in readable lines.
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Ives
Fock Island
Kane
Il Mak
Palme
Brondway
Bonaparte to Stay as President, Attorney General
Washington reports deny rumors of a cabinet rift with President and Attorney General Bonaparte, stating both plan to serve until March 4 and that removals of Buick and Rounds were decided earlier. Cooley to be consulted on successors, with no disagreement between leaders on actions or suits against the New Haven Railroad.
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Washington
Bonaparte
White House
Buick
United States
Marshal Rounds
Idaho
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Rounds
Cooley
Wall Street
Mellen
Connecticut
Republican National Committee
New Haven
Boston
Department of Justice
Moroccan troops rebel seize French officers in Tangier
Four thousand troops loyal to Abd-el-Aziz, the Sultan, rose in revolt at Tangier and captured a French commander and three other officers. The incident signals a major upheaval in the region as authorities scramble for control and diplomacy amid the mutiny.
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Tangier
Abd-el-Aziz
German Navy League Meets In Danish Convention
The eighth annual convention of the German Navy League opened in Danish today. The provincial president urged independence from the government and said the league should reflect the German people's wishes. A telegram to the Emperor pledged to pursue a fleet to secure the peace the Fatherland needs. Prince zu Salm Horstmar was re elected president, while Maj General Keim and other former officials declined office.
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German Navy League
League
Prince Zu Salm-Horstmar
Keim
Panama’s Faith in Free and Fair Election Declared
In Panama on June 14 a campaign group defending Obaldia denied insinuations about U S officials and canal commission members influencing the pend ing elections. They asserted the United States will guarantee an open free and fair vote and a result beyond doubt. Public feeling broadly favors strong U S friendship.
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Panama
Sefior Obaldia
United States
Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Transvaal stope drill contest to be held next year
Mining interests in Johannesburg back a government chamber of mines event to be staged next year. Prizes total 15000 with 5000 Grills needed in Transvaal gold fields. workers’ wages set at high daily rates. Belgium bets court bans racing gambling at tracks. Paris mutual betting system condemned. track directors fined. possible racing threat.
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Johannesburg
Transvaal
Chamber of Mines
Earl of Derby Dead in London at Sixty Seven
Frederick Arthur Stanley sixteenth Earl of Derby died in London at age sixty seven. He served in Parliament, held offices including Secretary of State for War and Governor General of Canada, and led education and colonies portfolios. He married Lady Constance Villiers and had ten children. his heir Edward George Villiers, Lord Stanley, is forty three.
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London
Frederick Arthur Stanley
Earl of Derby
Grenadier Guards
House of Lords
Baron Stanley
Admiralty
the Treasury
Privy Council
Committee of Council On Education
Board of Trade
Lord Stanley
Canada
Constance Villiers
Earl of Clarendon
Edward George Villiers
Niagara Power Stopped as Niagara Falls Turbines Idle
Niagara Falls N Y June 14 power from the American Niagara was shut down for five hours to allow divers to inspect the upper arch bridge abutment. Divers found the bridge solid except one guarding wall undermined. Major Katz led government measurements showing water diversion to Canada and a slight rise in the river.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
United States
Major Katz
Taft Commission
Millionaire Negro Harris Hosts Larchmont Dinner
Tom Harris known as the millionare negro in Westchester County celebrated his forty fifth birthday with a dinner for a dozen white friends at the Plymouth Inn Larchmont. The meal cost ten dollars per plate and the party lasted late into the night. Harris rose from stable boy to a fortune of about $500000 invested in a livery stable garages and Larchmont real estate. He entered politics two years ago aiming for the Republican nomination for receiver of taxes but was defeated.
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Larchmont
Tom” Harris
Westchester County
Roosevelt
Plymouth Inn
Harris
Liner Brings In Shipwrecked Crew From Caribbee
The Savannah liner City of Columbus brought to port from Savannah yesterday Captain A. E. Ellis and the crew of the British tank steamer Caribbee wrecked off Frying Pan Shoals on June. The Caribbee left Matanzas on June 5 for New York, encountered a gale two days later, and could not keep water out. The crew and captain launched three lifeboats. one capsized and Walter Howe drowned. The remaining crew and Captain Ellis were rescued by Theoline, later transferred to Merrimack, and landed in Savannah.
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Savannah
City of Columbus
A. E. Ellis
Frying Pan Shoals
Matanzas
New York
Walter Howe
Ellis
Theoline
Merrimack
Philadelphia
DIES SUDDENLY ON STEAMER A L James B White 83 on Clyde liner Apache
James B White of Lake George New York died suddenly aboard the Clyde liner Apache as it docked in Jacksonville He had recently moved to Jacksonville for health reasons and returned with his son James White Jr a physician after a midnight heart pain he never regained consciousness
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James B. White
Lake George
N. Y
Mr. White
Jacksonville
James White, Jr
Army Aeronautic Work At Fort Myer Highlighted
The Army Signal Corps conducts balloon experiments at Fort Myer opposite Washington with aerial photography and wireless telegraphy. Plans include an aero nautical park at Omaha for broader testing. A hydrogen gas plant and trained squads drill daily to master gas bags for high observations in future hostilities.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Army Signal Corps
Cavalry Post
Fort Myer
Potomac River
Virginia
Signal Corps Aeronautical
Not A Spite Fence Raised On Ellsworth Avenue
Pittsburg residents condemn a flat on Ellsworth avenue built by A J McSorley. A 40 foot high fence blocks light to the McKee adjoining property. The Rev J McKee claims no spite fence, though one side is bare boards while the other is faced with pressed steel painted to look like stone.
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Mr. McKee
Four Tons of Live Rattlesnakes Shipped to Venues
Brownsville Texas June 14 Frank B Armstrong shipped four tons of live rattlesnakes to various North and East destinations. The reptiles, rendered harmless after removal of poison and fangs, will be stored in museums and used by circus performers. Armstrong runs a local snake farm and sold the snakes for a dollar a pound.
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the Tribune
Brownsville
Tex
Frank B. Armstrong
Armstrong
Massive convict built prison planned at $5 million
Pittsburg reports plans for a vast new state penitentiary to cost five million dollars, to be built largely by convicts over twenty years. Preliminary appropriation of one and a half million dollars is sought. The site lies in the mountains about sixty miles from Pittsburg, covering roughly two thousand acres. Robert W. Herbert proposes convict labor to clear land quarry stone and construct facilities starting with state funds.
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St. Michaels
Fairbanks
the Tribune
Pittsburg
Western Penitentiary
Department of State Charities
Valdez
Alaska
Cordova
Orca Inlet
Rabies Prevalent in Washington
Washington reports rising rabies activity in the District of Columbia area. Dr. A D Melvin notes 43 people and 25 animals were bitten from 63 dogs examined, with 47 positive rabies, six negative, and ten undetermined after inoculations. An additional 39 cases were deemed typical by practitioners.
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Washington
District of Columbia
A. D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Melvin
Fleet Reassembles in San Francisco for Atlantic Voyage
Ships of the Atlantic fleet gather in San Francisco Bay and nearby yards as twenty five fighting craft prepare for the long voyage home across three oceans. Scheduled departures span June 15 to June 29 from Puget Sound and Seattle, with the Connecticut leading the fleet out on July 7 toward Hampton Roads.
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Great Oceans
Hampton Roads
Mare Island Navy Yard
Hunter’s Point
Pacific Coast
Georgia
Puget Sound
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kentucky
Nebraska
Rhode Island
Virginia
New Jersey
Kearsarge
St. Louis
Honolulu
Garfield
Charleston
Yorktown
Bremerton
Perry
Preble
Farragut
Colorado
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
San Diego Bay
Pacific Fleet
San Pedro
Pacific
San Francisco Bay
Lilley Won't Reopen Submarine Inquiry Say He Will Not Remonstrate
Chicago telegraphed report states Representative Lilley will let the submarine investigating committee’s decision stand. He will not reopen the case or fault the committee or Boutell. Lilley says he would not change his course and expects to be elected Connecticut governor next fall.
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Tribune
Chicago
Lilley
Boutell
Mr. Lilley
Bontell
Elam
Electric Boat Company
Colorado Did Not Run Aground Headline False Report
A false wireless report claimed the cruiser Colorado grounded on Dungeness Spit in fog. The mixup arose after Captain Underwood’s message about anchoring off Dungeness was intercepted and misread by amateur wireless operators. The Colorado and Pennsylvania arrived safely in Puget Sound on their voyage to Bremerton.
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the Tribune
San Francisco
Colorado
Dungeness Spit
Straits of
Fuca
Port Angeles
Underwood
Navy to Open Bids for Three 7200 Ton Steam Colliers
Washington June 14 The Navy Department will open bids on July 1 for three new steam colliers capable of 7,200 tons dead weight with a maximum cost of 525,460 dollars each. Bidders must deliver vessels complete to the government.
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Washington
Navy Department
Drama on Mount Greylock Ends in Narrow Escape
Nelson and Arthur Dale sons of Williams College professor G Nelson Dale and their friend George Perisit were lifted from a narrow road by wind and hurled down a 500 foot precipice. The wagon and horse were destroyed while the three survived by landing in a tall hemlock. Nelson Dale, least injured, climbed down and summoned aid as the trio and wagon were carried to a farmhouse for help.
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The
Tribune
North Adams
Mass
Nelson
Arthur Dale
G. Nelson Dale
Williams College
George Perisit
Pittsfield
Mount Greylock
Nelson Dale
Receiver for Upstate Railroad in New York
Justice George F. Lyon appointed J Choate chief engineer and general manager as receiver for the Oneonta Mohawk Valley Railroad to preserve the property amid five years of litigation and a $360,000 foreclosure. The line from Oneonta to Mohawk passes Cooperstown and Richfield Springs. About $1.5 million has been spent, including $300,000 on the Dam at Colliers. Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Co holds a $300,000 judgment with sale set for July 27.
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Binghamton, N. Y
George F. Lyon
J. Choate
Oneonta & Mohawk Valley Railroad
Oneonta
Mohawk
Cooperstown
Richfield Springs
Susquehanna
Colliers
Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Trust Company of America
New York
Justice Lyon
Soldier Drowns From Transport
New London June 14 Captain Albert Farle of the government steamer Castile reported the loss of passenger D E Etheridge of the 68th Coast Artillery United States Army stationed at Fort Mansfield near Watch Hill. Etheridge fell overboard while returning from Fort Wright and the body had not yet been recovered at 12 45 this morning.
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Tribune
New London
Conn
Albert Farle
Castile
Custom House
D. E. Etheridge
G8th Coast Artillery
United States Army
Fort Mansfield
Watch Hill
Fort Wright
New Bank Safeguards Adopt Bertillon System
Pittsburg banks plan a central Bertillon records system for every employee. The files will include photographs measurements and details of each worker business career politics religion drinking and card playing. Bankers say access will be centralized while employees protest the move.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Atlantic City Coroner Drowned While Boating
Coroner Isadore Sondheimer drowned on the Mullica River during a boating party with State Senator E A Wilson and friends. His body was not recovered after divers failed to locate him. Sondheimer, about thirty five, ran a tailoring shop in Atlantic City and had been elected last fall.
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Atlantic City
Isadore Sandsheimer
Mullica
E. A. Wilson
Wilson
Sondheimer
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