Drift into barbarism looms as Chinese war drags on
Telegrams from Chefoo and Shanghai describe heavy casualties near Tien Tsin and Pekin, with rebels needing 500000 troops and three years to quell. Reports of atrocities against the wounded and captured, barbaric acts by Russians, and the burning of the British legation accompany news of foreign casualties and evacuations.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Tiensin
Taku
Shanghai
Jestu A. m
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Sien Tsia
Tien Tein
Chefoo
Seymour
Democratic National Convention Opens Amid Fiery Patriotism in Kansas City
Amid tumult and pageantry in Kansas City delegates and spectators roared for leaders and for William Jennings Bryan as the Democratic National Convention convened. David B. Hill drew cheers while platform and monetary policy disputes brewed, shaping the event’s early agenda.
Platform divides party on silver ratio at convention
Delegates including Brean, Fitzgerald, Williams, and Daly argued for a firm declaration on the silver ratio while others urged conservatism. The Chicago platform was defended as the proper action, with vice presidential speculation centering on Stevenson and Shively amid indecision. Bryan read the Declaration of Independence to supporters in Kansas City, drawing applause as the convention moved toward renewed platform fights and potential reports.
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New York
Eno
Hill
Niagara
Bryan
Brean
Fitzgerald
Colorado
Metcalfe
George Fred Williams
Massachusetts
Williams
Daly
New Jersey
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Committee On Resolutions
Jones
Convention at Ada Plans Parade of Route through City
The Ada convention featured a grand procession with a parade forming at Sixteenth Street and Grand Avenue. Crowds lined the march route as the column moved along Gr and Avenue past hotels and newspaper offices. The Lincoln Bryan club wore blue and buff cocked hats while Kansas sent 30 carriages with 40 men, and banners proclaimed local industry and state pride.
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Grand Avenue
Seneteenth Street
Wis
Tne Eolumn
Grant Co Avenue
Twelfth Street
Colonel Bryan Club
Lincoln
Neb
Yhs
Convention Hall
State of
Kansas
Tammany
Silver Republican convention adjourns amid protests at Towne meeting
In Towne Kansas City July 56 the Silver Republican party met in an auditorium. Delegates from 24 states gathered as Charles A Towne opened the session. Dr Howard S Taylor read The Liberty Bell and Roosevelt was accused of wearing a Ninth and Tenth colored regiments plume. Towne and Teller led stirring remarks as a fifteen member committee was formed to present Towne as vice presidential candidate to the Democratic convention, with adjournment until tomorrow.
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William J. Broran
David B. Hill
Dary
Thomas
Colorado
J. D. Richardson
Tennessee
Jones
Neaz
Dixie
America
Towne
Silver Republican Party
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St. Louis
National Committee
Stanley EB. Parkhill
Minnesota
Howard S. Taylor
Chicago
Roosevelt
Towns
Senator Veller
Uryan
Teller
Afteen
Henry M. YT 'Ler
Bryan Busy With Telegrams as Convention Opens
W. J. Bryan spent the Fourth of July in Lincoln sending telegrams to political friends and managers and receiving bulletins from the Kansas City national convention. He spoke by long distance calls with Kansas City confidants before the convention met, appearing least concerned among Lincoln observers about the proceedings.
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Lincoin
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Kansas City
Democratic platform backs free coinage at 1 to 16
Special Dispatch from Tar News Kansas City July 5 reports the resolutions committee of the Democratic National Convention voted 8 to 0 in favor of a free coinage plank at the rate of 1 to 16. No minority report will be issued. Chairman Richardson opened proceedings at 11.02. Representative Dockery spoke, mentioning Admiral Dewey to silence, as the platform will be completed by four this afternoon. The imparisalism declaration was made the first and paramount plank.
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Maryland
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Murphy
van Wreck
Daniels
Virginia
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Maine
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California
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Salt Lake City
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America
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New Yorker
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Chicago
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van Wycek
Wall
Exes
Ele
Talte
van Wyck
White
Daniel
Fle
Tar News
Kansas City
Hichardson
Congressman Dockery
Admiral Dewey
McFarland Wins 20 Mile Board Track Race at Woodside Park
McFarland of San Jose captured the lead at the start and held it until the 13th mile when Michael briefly led. In the final lap, McFarland surged ahead to win by three yards over Michael. The 2 mile split was reported as 32:50. Pennsylvania Socialist nominees selected Ed ward Kuppinger and J. N. Sieytan for congress and Nym Seward for auditor general, with Eugene V. Debs endorsed for president. A toy cannon accident in Baltimore killed 22-year-old William B. Schwartz and a colored 4-year-old boy died after a sky rocket incident.
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Philadelphia
Floyd A. McFarland
San Jose
Cal
Jimmy Michael
Woodside Park
McFarland
Michael
Pennsylvania
Edward Kuppinger
J. N. Sieytan
New Castle
Nym Seward
Luzerne County
Eugene V. Debs
Baltimore
William B. Schwartz
Henry Bevan
Capsize caps ends in two drownings in Delaware River
A sailboat capsized in a Delaware River squall near Wilmington on July 4 leaving Robert Elliott aged 17 and Charles Speidel aged 19 dead. Nine companions clung to the upturned hull until rescue by a passing launch.
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Wimington
Del
Delaware River
King
Robert Elliott
Charles Speidel
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