Convention Incidents Reflect Chicago Republican Scene
Chicago June 15 report from Missouri delegates shows Nagel as a potential favorite for the ticket and notes Kentucky telegrams. Antics unfold in the convention’s lobby with figures like Carter Beveridge and Burke generating laughs and debate as Northern and Southern factions push positions.
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Chicago
Missouri
le Nagel
St. Louis
Nagel
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Credentials list from Illinois to Hawaii delegations
The committee on credentials reports selected delegates from diverse states at the June 15 Chicago caucuses. Many delegations will meet tomorrow morning and vacancies will be filled then, with representatives listed for Alabama to Hawaii including Nathan H. Alexander, Hubert Work, Charles H. Cowles, Reed Smoot, J. A. Smith, and Richard R. Harner among others.
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Chicago
Alabama
Nathan H. Alexander
Arkansas
F. W. Tucker
California
M. M. Maberry
Colorado
Hubert Work
Connecticut
Orasmus R. Fyler
Delaware
H. P Burton
Florida
Matthew B. Mfarlane
Georgia
Alexander Akerman
Idaho
Charles C. Cavanaugh
Ilinois
Frank L. Smith
Indiana
Charles A. Bookwalter
Iowa
David Brant
Kansas
W. S. Fitzpatrick
Kentucky
Wilbur D. Cochran
Maine
Byron Boyd
Frank T. Post
West Virginia
Charles W. Dillon
Wisconsin
Walter L. Houser
Wyoming
Bryant B. Brooks
Alaska
L. P. Shackelford
District of Columbia
Richard R. Harner
New Mexico
Charles A. Bpiess
Hawaii
A. G. M. Robertson
State caucus names committee on resolutions by state
The Chicago committee reports selections for the resolutions panel from each state with many named members. Vacancies to be filled tomorrow by delegations not meeting today and by others delaying action.
Naming New Committee State Caucuses Name National GOP Body
The June 15 report lists the nearly complete National Republican Committee roster from state caucuses with members from Alabama to Wyoming and additional territories. The piece also recounts the Johannesburg crisis, Hammond’s daring release, and his ultimate return, framing a tale of loyalty and political maneuvering in a single dated dispatch from New York.
Temporary Officers Announced at Republican Convention
Chicago, June 15. A list of temporary officers for the Republican National Convention is issued. Names include Senator A. Burrows of Michigan as temporary chairman, John R. Malloy of Columbus as general secretary, Lafayette B. Gleason of New York as chief secretary, William F. Stone of Baltimore as sergeant at arms, Ed. P. Thayer of Greenfield, Ind. as chief assistant sergeant at arms, and Agar C. Hinds of Washington as parliamentarian. Additional roles cover reporters, doorkeepers, assistant secretaries, reading clerks, tally clerks, and a messenger to the chairman with several names and locales from across the country.
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Chicago
A. Burrows
Michigan
John R. Malloy
Columbus
Ohio
Eee
Lafayette B. Gleason
New York
William F Stone
Baltimore
ED. P. Thayer
Greenfield
Ind
Agher C. Hinds
Washington
M. W. Blumenberg
Stephen R. Mason
S. P
M J. Tobi Vinton
Charles H. Harger
Abilene
Kan
Allen Hollis
Concord
N. H Reading
Thomas W. Williamson
Edwardsville
Albert Berg
Beaudette
Minn
George A. Wilson
Des Moines
W. J. Seitz
West Liberty
Tally
Roy M. Watkins
Grand Rapids
Mich
Clyde W. Miller
Osage City
Frank R. Bentley
Baraboo
Wis
W. A. Steele
van Buren
Ark Messenger
Hammond and the Boers letter to the editor
The writer lauds John Hays Hammond of California as honest, courageous, and discreet. He describes Hammond as leading a peaceful revolution in the Transvaal to oust the bad Boers, defend capital and industry, and safeguard both foreign and domestic interests. The account notes Hammond swore loyalty to the Transvaal flag at a meeting at his garden.
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The
Tribune
John Hays Hammond
California
Mr. Hammond
Hammond
Kruger
Jameson
Transvaal
Great Britain
Dutch Republic
Lionel Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Dr. Jameson
Joban
Jewel Robbery Suspects Nabbed After Transit to London
Two prisoners were seized aboard the Zeeland near Sandy Hook Lightship on a jewel theft case involving Mrs. David P. Morgan of Park Avenue. Detectives Brown and Fermeisen traced the suspects to Portsmouth Square London via Scotland Yard, with about 2000 dollars in jewelry recovered and the robbers claiming the loot was moved to The Bronx.
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Zeeland
Sandy Hook
William Brown
Leutenant
Central Office
Claude J. Heritier
William O'Connell
Heritier
O'Connell
David P. Morgan
Park Avenue
Brown
Fermeisen
Morgan
Portsmouth Square
London
Scotland Yard
Bronx
Harlem
Magistrate Refuses Bail Acceptance in Lyons Case
Justice Blanchard denied a mandamus to force Magistrate Wahle to take bail offered by Michael Fay for John D. Lyons. Lyons’ son was jailed in the Tombs on June 11 for threatening and assaulting Milimilian Ruttinan’s wife, with bail set at 100 for good behavior or six months’ workhouse. Fay offered a $9,000 property as security but Wahle rejected it after learning the prisoner’s character.
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Justice Blanchard
Supreme Court
Isidor Latzkte
John D. Lyons
Wahle
Michael Fay
Lyons
Tombs Police Court
Maximilian Ruttinan
Lenox Avenue
East 10Th Street
Fay
Morse fails to appear to plead before justice in larceny indictment
Charles W. Morse did not appear yesterday before Justice Goff to plead to indictments charging him with grand larceny and perjury, nor was he represented by counsel. By consent of the District Attorney, the case went over until this morning.
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Charles W. Morse
Justice Goff
First New Bridge Link Opens With Cable Raising Moment
Thousands of spectators watched the first temporary cable lifted to connect the Manhattan Bridge towers, as tug Edwin Hawley led a race under the wire. Bridge Commissioner Stevenson hosted Mayor McClellan and officials aboard Massasoit, signaling the start of two footpaths for permanent cables to follow. The cable will be elevated about 150 feet, with completion expected by December 1909.
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Brooklyn Bridge
East River
New
Manhattan Bridge
Edwin Hawley
Stevenson
Massasoit
McClellan
Board of Aldermen
Louise
Maryland
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway
Teachers Demand Salary Hikes From NYC Board
NYC teachers of mathematics English and Greek urged a special Board of Education committee to raise salaries. Twenty-eight speakers pressed for a ratio based pay system with equity regardless of gender. Grace Strachan cited equal pay advocacy from Albany.
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New York City
Board of Education
Robert L. Harrison
Grace Strachan
Albany
Interborough Association of Women Teachers
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm arrives ahead of schedule in brisk maiden voyage
The North German Lloyd liner Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, departing Bremen June 6, reached port yesterday a day early. The 613 foot vessel completed its maiden voyage in 7 days 14 hours 7 minutes at 17.27 knots, carrying 425 passengers in 19 cabins. Among them was Andrew Mack, touring the world after leaving San Francisco in March. He sailed Honolulu Australasia Rome and Ireland before the stopover.
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Bremen
Andrew Mack
San Francisco
Honolulu
Australasia
Rome
Ireland
Plan to bar diseased aliens at Atlantic ports
Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor and Commissioner General Sergeant led a Ellis Island conference with port commissioners to harmonize infectious disease diagnoses. A cross port tolerance aims to stop aliens refused at one port from entering at another. Attendees included Watchorn and medical staff from Ellis Island and immigration stations at Philadelphia Boston Baltimore and Montreal.
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Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Sergeant
Ellis Island
Atlantic
Watchorn
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Montreal
Infantry March to Chickamauga Park
Three companies of the infantry began a 20 mile cross country march from Atlanta toward Chickamauga Park. The rough airline distance is 130 miles, but detours will add about seventy miles to the route.
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Infantry
Chickamauga
Atlanta
Theth Infantry
Chickamauga Park
Army and Navy Movement Reports June 1 Dispatch
Washington reports extensive Army ordnance reassignments including Major Kenneth Morton and Captain James Dillard, with numerous transfers among Watervliet Sandy Hook Watertown and Frankford arsenals. Navy movements list arrivals at Newport Detroit Sewall Point Guantanamo and transfers through Mare Island Norfolk Hampton Roads and Santa Cruz.
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ARMY
Ordnance Department
Kenneth Morton
Bridgeport
Springfield Armory
Frank Baker
James B. Dillard
Watertown Arsenal
Office Chief of Ordnance
Washington
William A. Phillips
Armory
Frankford Arsenal
Hof
Rock Island Arsenal
Charles M Allen
Watervnlet Arsenal
William P. Platt
Guy E. Carleton
Lloyd P Horsefall
Sandy Hook Proving Ground
Watertown
Richard Charleson
Watervliet E
Charles A. Meals
Elad Armory
William Black
Oklahoma
George MK Williamson
Waston
George H. Penrose
Fort Benjamin Harrison
George G. Bailey
William P. Pence
Coast Artillery Corps
Navy General Hospital
Hot Springs
Denver
Frank D. Ely
Philippines
Earl CG Carnahan
San Francisco
AL Lee
15Th Infantry
Edward G Huber
John & Lambie, Jr
Calvin D. Cowles
Company C. Hospital Corps
General Tal
Washington Barracks
Mahlon Ashford
Arthur Wnker
Garfield JL M Kinney
Company Co
New York
George&. Goodale
Arthur M. Whaley
Medical Corps
Henry S. Terrell
10Th Cavalry
Tacoma
Newport
Wolverine
Detroit
Lebanon
Sewall Point
Chester
Guantanamo
Hampton Roads
Glacier
Culgoa
Florida
Norfolk
West Virginia
Maryland
Mare Island
Tennessee
California
South Dakota
Santa Cruz
Des Moines
Habana
Toledo
Eagle
Annapolis
Portsmouth
Morris
Montgomery
Hamptonm
Dubuque
Portasilda
Santa Barbara
Mnessee
Santa Barbers
Marietta
Port-au-Prince
Curacao
Bids Opened for Army Supplies up to Manila
Bids totaling about fifty bidders were opened at the Army Building in Whitehall street by Colonel William S. Patten. The contracts cover a vast range from white summer clothing to hardware and condensing plant supplies for the Philippines, with items like paint, lamps, rope, soap, towels, matches, and mosquito bars.
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Philippines
Army Building
Whitehall Street
William S. Patten
Manila
Army Balloon Tests to Start at Fort Myer Virginia
Tests of dirigible balloons and airships will begin in early August at Fort Myer under the U S army signal corps. Two heavier than air machines and one dirigible have been contracted as officials seek gains in air navigation and reconnaissance. Colonel Scriven notes wireless telegraphy advances aid field work with portable plants and recent successes link Governor's Island and Bridgeport. The war game scouts will feature wireless equipment.
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ARMY
Fort Myer
Virginia
United States
Signal Corps
George P. Scriven
Department of the East
Scriven
Governor's Island
Bridgeport
Atlantic City
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James A. Hemenway
John F. Lacey
Chester S. Long
William M. Bullitt
Charles J. Dunn
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W. Murray Crane
Joseph W. Fordney
Minnesota
Frank B. Kellogg
Mississippi
J. B. Yellowley
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A. J. Bennett
Nebraska
Allen W. Field
Nevada
George 8. Nixon
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George H. Moses
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Thomas N. M.carter
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Spencer B. Adams
North Dakota
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James A. Harris
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H. Clay Evans
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George Sutherland
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National Republican Committee
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Mobile
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Appalachicola
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Harry S. New
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Topeka
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Augusta
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Dalton
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Charles R. Brayton
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Wheeling
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Evanston
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Las Lunas
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