Cleveland political maneuvering behind New York figures
Ex President Grover Cleveland reenters politics aiming to block Hill domination and back Olney at the 1900 convention. Cantor speaks with Cleveland in Princeton about strength of Greater New York Democracy and possible delegation strategy as factions clash over State Committee leadership and gubernatorial prospects.
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Grover Cleveland
New York
Rbil
Richard Olney
Tribune
Cleveland
New-York
Tilden Club
Boresk
Jacob A. Cantor
Princeton
Cantor Inis
Uld
Hill
Tilden
Cantor
John C. Sheehan
Hil
Senate
P. H. McCarren
State Committee
Friends
Frank Campbell
McCarren
Cantor- Campbell
Senator Hill
Stanchfield
Coler
Campbell
David B. Hill
D. Cady Herrick
Justice Herrick
Mr. Hill
Albany County
Senator McCarren
Hugh McLaughlin
James Shevlin
Brooklyn
McLauchlin
Indiana
Thomas Taggart
Bryan Invited by Tammany for Fourth of July Rally
William Jennings Bryan was invited to speak at the Fourth of July rally at Tammany Hall. No reply yet, and Tammany leaders fear his silence signals a cold shoulder. Reports say Bryan may tour after July arriving late month and then attend a Democratic meeting in Boston with potential speakers named.
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William Jennings Bryan
Tammany Men
Mr. Bryan
Cleveland
Hill
Bryan
Tilden Club
Tammany Triumvirate
W. Bourke Cochran
Senator Bailey
Texas
Congressman de Armond
Lewis Nixon
Waters
Tiden ‘Club
Boston
George Fred Williams
George T. Wasaburn
Detroit
William_ M. Jones
George H. Heywood
Marquette
Jones
Heywood
Vatican’s Response Dulls Taft Expectation on Church State
Rome reports Governor Taft received the Vatican’s reply in Italian. It offered no definite promises and invited Taft to state a clear position beyond Secretary Roct’s instructions. A key passage notes the Vatican’s awareness of church state separation in America but asks Washington to consider conditions in the new territory under its jurisdiction.
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Rome
Taft
Vatican
Roct
America
Washington
Croker to Return to New York in August
The Brooklyn Eagle reports Richard Croker plans to return to New York from August 23 to September 10. The visit is said to aim to “smash John Sheehan’s face,” a claim attributed to an unnamed turfman and denied as widely credited.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Richard Croker
New York
Xviith
Daniel F. McMahon
Sheehan
Croker
McMahon
Multiple Disturbing Incidents Reported Across Cities
Telegraphic notes record deaths from carbolic acid poisoning in Wellston, a fatal elevator fall in Helena, and a fatal train collision aftermath in Staples. Also reported are a riot at an Akron synagogue, a Detroit murder conviction, a Thompson wreck with several presumed dead, and a Thompson wreck with injured train crew. An advertising blurb touts the Twentieth Century Limited's 999 mile daily run.
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St. Louis
John T. Rapp
Wellston
Rapp
Helena
Mont
Alice Thompson
James G. Blaine
Randolph Thompson
Toole
Fairbury
Neb
Rock Island Road
Thompson
Here
Kansas Wheat Fields
Cornell Sweeps the River in Regatta Victory
Cornell dominated the Poughkeepsie regatta sweeping all events including the fouroared freshman and varsity races. Wiscon sin finished second to Cornell with Columbia third as Pennsylvan ia Syracuse and Georgetown trailed. The winning time was 19 0535 and the day featured improving weather after a damp morning.
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Trintne
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Hudson
Ithacans
Cardinal
Hudson Cornell
Wisconsin
Columbia
Badgers
Pennsylvania
Syracuse
Georgetown
Courtney
Scrub
New York
West Shore Road
Brinckerhoff
Highland
Cardinal Flae
Eustis
New Century Limited to Speed East West Travelers
Advert announces the 980 mile 20 hour run by the New York Central and Lake Shore line daily benefiting busy East West travelers. Also notes The New Rockwood Gallery Broadway and 39th St opposite Metropolitan Opera House as the sole plate glass studio and a promotion for photographing children at play.
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New York Central
Lake Shore
Grand Central Station
Chicago
Adot
New Rockwood
Broadway
Sugar Power Blocks Cuba Trade Plea In Congress
Washington June 21 The Sugar Trust and beet sugar ring dominate Congress blocking reciprocity with Cuba. The Rocker feller Havemeyer group controls German patents and beet plants giving a monopoly while Dingley tariffs remain. If Cuba is not brought into closer trade, sugar lands in Cuba may fall in value and annexation could follow. President McKinley and Roosevelt urged action, but a few Republicans stall.
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Tribune
Washington
Congress
Cuba
United States
McKinley
Sugar Trust
Rockefeller-Havemeyer
The
Rockefeller- Havemeyer
Young Republic
Congress of the
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Platt
Connecticut
Senate Republican
Denver to Salt Lake City linked by Moffat plan
David H. Moffat announces progress toward the Denver Northwestern and Pacific Railway with a $20 million bond and $20 million stock plan. The route will connect Denver with Salt Lake City via Senator W A Clark's line, forming a transcontinental link and cutting Denver Salt Lake travel time by about ten hours.
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Wall Street
David H. Moffat
First National Bank of
Denver
Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway
Gould and Harriman
W. A. Clark
Moffat
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Waldorf-Astoria
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
New Jersey
United States
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Rio Grande
Pueblo
Arkansas River
Union Pacific
Denver Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Senator Clark
Rock Island
California
Cheyenne
Wyo
Park City
Utah
Silver Plume
Provo
Grands Junction
Col
Denver and Rio Grande
Wyoming
Denver and
A. N. Rogers
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Tion
Tammany
Ises
the Tribune Association
New-York Tribune
Telegraphic Notes
Victoria
B. C
Victoria Sealers’ Association
Indian Sea Hunters
Hatzie
Brainerd
Minn
Akron
Ohio
Ben” Rudeminsky
Jacob Mermion
J. Rudeminsky
Ben”’ Rudeminsky
Cayuga
Hudson River
New Landing
W.st
Colorado
D. H. Moffat
Clark Territory
Catskills
Catskill Mountain Road
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