Delegates to Denver Convention Split by Candidate
The article notes 927 delegates supporting Bryan, 22 for Johnson, 11 for Gray and 178 uncommitted. It details counts by state and territory, with 1,002 total convention members and 665 needed for two thirds. Contests affect 12 seats from DC and Idaho, with several state conventions still to be held.
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Colorado
Mississippi
Tennessee
Florida
Bryan
Philippines
Mr. Bryan
Ef Johnson
Gray
Sears
District of Columbia
Idaho
Rivel Bryan
Georgia
Atlanta
North Carolina
Charlotte
Vermont
Burlington
Montana
IWO WOMEN RUN DOWN ON 34TH STREET TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
Mrs Frances Jarashow of Corona Heights Long Island and her granddaughter Miss Sarah Sershox blind by a car on 34th street near Sixth avenue. The auto owned by Stephen Hennesy Brooklyn carried Mrs Hennesy and others. Both women treated at New York Hospital with fractures and contusions. Police filed assault charges.
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Sixth Avenue
Frances Jarashow
Corona Hights
Long Island
Sarah Sershox
164Th Street
Amsterdam‘avenue
Stephen Hennesy
Clark Street
Brooklyn
Hennesy
Francis
Roy Kennedy
West 117Th
Foote
Norton
30Th Street
Pas
America Adheres to Paris Convention on White Slave Suppression
On June 2 President Roosevelt issued a proclamation declaring the United States adhesion to the Paris convention of May 184 for suppressing the white slave traffic. Thirteen nations signed the convention and three have declared adhesion.
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Roosevelt
First Cotton Bale Sells For 279 At Houston Cotton Exchange
Three bales of Texas cotton arrived at the Houston Cotton Exchange. The first bale from Hobbs and Sone of Alice sold for 279 dollars and weighed 475 pounds. W D Cleveland and Sons handled the sale, with the grade noted as crossed strict middling. The sale occurred two days ahead of a prior record set on June 22, 19%.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Cotton Exchange
Hobbs & Sone
Alice
W.D. Cleveland & Sons
Taft backs Arlington site for Civil War monument
Secretary Taft supports selecting a suitable Arlington site for a monument honoring soldiers who died in the Civil War. The Colored Soldiers' Monument Association has petitioned for the action and is raising funds for the project.
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Taft
Quartermaster General of the Army
Arlington National
Mgr
Colored Soldiers’ Monument Association
Navy rules death of sailor accidental after heart blow
Washington June 2 The Navy Department says Peter G Hage of the battleship Mississippi died from an accidental blow to the heart during a contest with opponents who were friends He was from Grand Rapids Michigan. Long Island Railroad announces injuries and a cable activation set for Thursday June.
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Agine of the Marine
Peter G. Hage
Mississippi
Navy Department
Hage
Grand Rapids
Mich
Unionists Win Pudsey Byelection Seat
London reports James Oddy of the Unionists won the Pudsey Division byelection to fill the Liberal vacancy caused by G. Whiteley. Oddy's majority was 113, reversing a Liberal lead from the general election where the Liberal margin stood at 3,502.
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House of Commons
Pudsey
Yorkshire
West Riding
G. Whiteley
James Oddy
Foelker Plans Rest Quiet Retreat Amid Threats
Senator Foelker will retire for several weeks to regain strength amid a strong racing sentiment in his district and does not expect or seek renomination. He receives Black Hand threats, some signed, none disturbing him, and he will resume law practice in about five weeks.
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Tribune
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Senate
Motor Cyclist Killed in Wilkes-Barre Track Crash
Theodore Shultz of Reading was killed while speed testing a motorcycle on a Wilkes-Barre track. Joseph Rice of Wilkes-Barre suffered serious injuries when his bike crashed into the fence after watching the fatal collision.
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Theodore Shultz
Reading
Joseph Rice
Shultz
Rice
Detective Shot By Attacker In Woman Disguise
Detective George Thompson of West 125th street station fatally shot an attacker after arresting a person described as a negro gyomar at Manhattan Avenue and 1224 Street. The assailant, armed with a razor, slashed Thompson’s throat but Thompson fired three times, killing the assailant, who was later identified as a man.
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Gyomar
Zeppelin Airship Test Shows Stable Flight Over Lake Constance
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin piloted his new airship for about an hour and a half above Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen. The test demonstrated stability, dirigibility, and speeds up to 31 mph, with twelve people aboard and plans for another trial ascent next Tuesday.
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Tragic drowning at Sanctuary Boys outing in Baltimore
At Mount St. Agnes College near Jones's Falls two Sanctuary Boys of St. Peter's Church drown while a dozen others and a police officer barely escape. Victims are Richard M. Ward eleven and John T. Coughlin thirteen. Coughlin died while trying to save Ward. Ward’s mother had died a year earlier.
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New York City
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Bomb Explodes Aboard Arcadia Killing Three Men
A bomb or infernal machine exploded in the hold of the Hamburg-American freight steamer Arcadia at Philadelphia dock. Three negro stevedores died and many were injured as the ship was partially wrecked and later flooded. Fire and salvage battles followed as investigators deemed the blast intentional with dock strike violence linked to Liverpool.
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E W Davis Killed by Accidental Rifle Discharge
E W Davis a wealthy New Yorker was instantly killed in his Cascapedia River camp New Brunswick by an accidental rifle discharge. He owned a fine Cascapedia bungalow and had entertained Earl Grey two years earlier. Davis formerly led the Davis Lawrence Company at No 10 Christopher Street and was a large stockholder.
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E. W. Davis
Cascapedia River
New Brunswick
New York
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Restigouche Salmon Club
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Canada
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Seminarian Shot in Brooklyn Brotherhood Rescue
Thomas J Gallagher of 119 North Elliott Place joins his brother Detective John Gallagher in a street assault incident on Navy Street. John suffers multiple stab wounds while Thomas, after breaking through a hostile crowd, ends up with two bullets in his body. Ernesto Casta and Patrick Stanzoni were later arrested by detectives.
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North Elliott Place
Brooklyn
John Gallagher
John
Gallagher
Edward
Navy Street
Gallaghers
Thomas Gallagher
Thomas
Brooklyn Hospital
Ernesto Casta
Patrick Stanzoni
Flushing Avenue
Mrs Thaw Sails for Europe as Family Rifts Persist
In Poughkeepsie on June 20 Harry Thaw announced his mother Mrs William Thaw sailed for Europe for health, after urging her to go to a health resort. Evelyn Thaw visited Thaw but no reconciliation with the daughter in law.
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N. Y
Harry Thaw
William Thaw
Europe
Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Than
Japan's Mining Concessions Regime Eases Duties
Tokyo reports government regulation changes favor foreigners. All mining machinery now admitted free of duty and export restrictions loosened, signaling a broader concession to foreign mining interests and reduced fiscal barriers.
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Tokio
Roosevelt signals retirement plans after next oath
President Roosevelt returned to Oyster Bay for a summer ahead and announced plans to retire from office on March 4. He said the incoming president would take the oath at the Capitol and he, as a private citizen, would depart immediately. A safety scare near Roslyn halted the train briefly as a handcar and block signal created a near wreck. Secret Service and Loeb outlined a quick stay at Sagamore Hill with Taft visiting soon for final talks.
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President Roosevelt’s joyous train voyage through Jersey City
The special train bearing the President’s party rolled into Jersey City at 2 20 PM. Inspector Lawrence and twenty five uniformed men escorted him to the pier where the tug Lancaster waited. Crowds cheered as Roosevelt greeted the engineer and crew and doffed his hat repeatedly. He refused to discuss public affairs, answering all questions with Not a word.
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Long Island
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Goodby
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Fifteen year old burglar arraigned in Children’s Court
August Treutle of 5 First Avenue admitted stealing silverware valued at 388 from Charles F. Hurn’s art goods shop at 32 West 2d Street on June 13. The 15 year old, inspired by moving pictures, pleaded guilty and was paroled until July 31.
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First Avenue
Justice Olmsted
Children’s Court
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Charles F. Hurn
West 2d Street
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Steamboat Schedule For Shinnecock To Black Island
Montauk Steamboat Co announces the Str. Shinnecock leaves New Pier and East River on late trips starting June 27 at 1 00 PM with exceptions. additional runs set for June 26 and July Jet at 8 30 PM and Friday July 3 at 1 00 PM.
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Shinnecock
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Tornado Rumor Says 74 Die in Albert Lea Minn
Passengers on a late train brought a rumor that seventy four persons were killed in Albert Lea Minnesota tonight by a tornado. Telegraph wires in the area are down preventing confirmation.
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Minn
Hottest Day Yet As City Records 87 Degrees At 1 P M
Heat wave continues with 87 degree high at 1 P M the year’s peak. 82 percent humidity at 8 A M. Prostrations total three in city with three deaths noted near 92 Chrystie St 57th St and Tenth Ave and 9th Ave 51st St. Governor Hanly prostrated in Ottawa Kan while addressing Chautauqua.
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Kan
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Hanly
Chicago
THREE TOWNS BURNED IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN FIRES
Fires in the northern Michigan forests driven by sweeping gales destroyed Case in Presque Isle County, Legrande in Cheboygan County, and Wolverine area. Homeless residents were moved to Onaway and Indian River as flames consumed hotels stores houses and the Michigan Central station. Damage reaches about 200000 with thousands of acres burned and multiple shelters opened.
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Case
Presque Isle County
Onaway
Legrande
Cheboygan County
Mrs H F McCormick III Taken Ill En Route to Albany
Mr and Mrs Harold F McCormick arrived from Chicago aboard the Twentieth Century Limited. Mrs McCormick suffered car sickness and heat on the train and was attended by Dr Arthur Grant in Utica and later rested as the train reached Albany. The couple planned an upcoming abroad automobile tour.
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Chicago
Millionaire brick manufacturer collapses at Hollenden Hotel
Colonel C. S. Barrett aged sixty six of New York and Cleveland, a brick manufacturer, died suddenly of heart disease in his Hollenden Hotel rooms. His family home is in White River Junction Vermont.
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C. S. Barrett
New York
Hollenden Hotel
White River Junction
No Republican Chairman Chosen After Taft Conference
Cincinnati June 20 No decision on the Republican National Committee chairmanship was reached after a two hour conference among Secretary Taft Representative Sherman and the sub-committee. Hitchcock declined to be considered and the panel adjourned to July 1 to reconvene in Washington.
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Republican National Committee
Taft
Sherman
National Committee
Chicago
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New York
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Iowa
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Washington
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Mr. Taft
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Arthur Vorys
Meyer
Senator Lodge
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Powell Clayton
Arkansas
EB. E. Hart
Ward
Lowden
Illinois
Herrick
Taft and Sherman Meet in Rainy Cincinnati Visit
William H. Taft Republican presidential candidate and James Sherman Republican vice presidential candidate arrived in Cincinnati and were greeted warmly. Sherman’s arrival drew three brass bands playing Marching Through Georgia. Taft arrived to a sunny welcome after the rain and a note of campaign optimism accompanied by a Planters' Bungalow Tea advertisement.
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William H. Taft
James 3. Sherman
Sherman
National Committee
Union Station
Georgia
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