Parker Nominated for President on First Ballot at Democratic Convention
Judge Atren B Parker selected as Democratic candidate for president on the first ballot with ex Senator Ao Davis of West Virginia nominated for vice president The convention heard Parker address the gold standard issue and featured Bryan supporters and heated debate over platform planks including anti trust tariffs and money supply The event closed with Parker and Davis formally nominated and the committee planning future leadership in New York
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Business Men's League
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McCreary
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Texas
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Mack
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Democratic Platform of 1892 Adopts Union and Liberty Principles
The platform affirms federalism, civil rights, free speech, and opposition to executive usurpation. It calls for direct senatorial elections, territorial independence moves, waterway and irrigation programs, anti trust and tariff reforms, and equal protection for all under law. It condemns corruption, naval expansion limits, and stresses constitutional government.
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Trains Collision Kills Seventeen in New Jersey
A Erie railroad collision at Midvale New Jersey between a regular passenger train and an excursion train killed seventeen and injured about a hundred. The operator lowered signals too soon. engineers escaped injuries by leaping free. Victims from Hoboken Jersey City and New York were transported to nearby towns and cities for care.
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Midvale
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Greenwood
Erie Railroad
Hoeboken
Jersey City
PD. W. Cooke
Fire Railroad
Plattdeutcher Association of
Little Falls
Tittle Falls
Hoboken
Walter Richards
Senators Tillman and Bailey Injured in Auto Streetcar Crash
The automobile carrying Senator Tillman of South Carolina and Senator Bailey of Texas collided with a Jefferson Avenue street car on a Sunday night in St. Louis. Both senators were thrown into the street but suffered only minor injuries with Tillman spraining an ankle and Bailey bruising. They later rode a street car to their hotel while the chauffeur received severe bruises.
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St. Louis
Senator Tillman
South Carolina
J. W. Bailey
Texas
Jefferson Avenue
Tillman
Senator Bailey
Pittsburg Man Confesses to Four More Murders Before Hang
John Johnston fectoredi and Frank Ons lev, both colored, face hanging next Thursday for James Donnelly's murder. Johnston confesses to four additional killings, saying he began as a Georgia-born tramp at 18. Two victims rode with him in a Virginia box car. bodies dumped as the train moved. The other two were killed on a Georgia railroad.
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Pittsburg
John Johnston Fectoredi
Frank Onslev
James Donnelly
Johnson
Georgia
Virginia
Democrats Return Train Sets Fast Pace for Cochran Run
A special train carrying Bourke Cochran and several Democrats from Indianapolis to St. Louis traveled at remarkable speed, nearly a mile per minute, after leaving at 7:49 PM Saturday night.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bourke Cochran
St. Louis
Welsh Miners Deported Back to Wales from Philadelphia
Eleven Welsh miners who arrived aboard the American liner Haverford were deported Saturday on the same ship. They had been contracted as laborers bound for Rock Fort and Arragon in Georgia.
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Philadelphia
Haverford
Rock Fort
Arragon
Bites With Each Kiss Sparks Divorce Action
New York July 11 Mrs Jennie Finkle of New York City seeks separation from Earnest H Rinkle alleging cruelty in every kiss. Court papers charge persistent mistreatment as the basis for the divorce bid.
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New York
Jennie Finkle
Earnest H. Rinkle
the Court
Wabash Wreck Jury Fixes Dead At Five In Litchfield
Coroner William A. Gray of Montgomery county reports the Wabash wreck near Litchfield on July 2 left five dead, with twenty identified among the casualties.
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Litchfield
William A. Gray
Montgomery County
Noted Poisoner's Fate in Boston Lunatic Asylum
Jane Toppan the noted poisoner once accused of murdering 31 persons was pronounced a hopeless imbecile by physicians after two years confinement in a Boston lunatic asylum.
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Boston
Jane Toppan
Mted
Bryan III Leaves Hotel for Lincoln After Improved Health
W. J. Bryan III remains under careful watch in St. Louis as physicians report his condition has improved since Saturday. He left his bed briefly to attend the convention hall, defying medical orders, but doctors expect he will travel home to Lincoln Monday night after a rest break.
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St. Louis
Bryan
Jefferson Hotel
Jennings
Lincoln
Osborne
Mr. Bryan
Colored preacher barred from white barber shop sparks tension
In Oyster Bay on Saturday a Negro clergyman was denied service by a white barber, prompting intense village feeling. Negro leaders plan to seek presidential support to pursue a more liberal policy toward Negroes, expressing confidence in the president's backing.
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Oyster Bay
Webster City to Launch City Owned Daily Graphic Herald
Webster City Iowa plans a municipal owned daily paper the Daily Graphic Herald. The move follows city ownership of water works electric light and power plant and heating plant, making it the only democratic paper in Hamilton county.
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Webster City
United States
Daily Graphic-Herald
Graphic-Herald
Hamilton County
Elestrit Light and Power
Torpedo Attack and Russian Losses in Far East Action
Reports from Che Foo Port Arthur and St. Petersburg describe a Japanese torpedo attack on the harbor, with both sides suffering minimal losses. Gen Sakharoff confirms Kai Cheu occupation and Russian casualties under 159 dead or wounded, while other dispatches note Japanese gains near Warchang and actions around Fershui Pass with limited Russian losses.
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Fort Arthur
Port Arthur
St. Petersburg
Sakharoff
Kai Cheu
Yin Kow
Cle Foo
Tokio
Kuroki
Warchang
Fershui Pass
Booker T. Washington Denies Southern School Integration Suggestion
Booker T. Washington, visiting Boston, says Capt. Hobson misread his St. Louis Education Association speech and never suggested that white and colored people should attend the same schools or churches in the South. He notes the subject was not in the address.
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Boston
Booker T. Washington
Richmond P. Hobson
National Education Association
St. Louis
South
Washington
Capt. Hobson
Excursion Train Derails Near Lebadie Injuring 38
An eastbound Missouri Pacific excursion train derailed after the tender jumped a switch near Lebadie, four cars left the track and plunged down an embankment. Thirty-eight passengers were injured, with no fatalities and only six seriously hurt. The incident occurred Sunday with the train traveling at full speed.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Lebadie
Here
Foreign exhibitors threaten withdrawal at St Louis fair
Foreign exhibitors unite under their country commissioners to protest fair management. They warn they will pull their displays if treated as concessionaires. This action escalates tensions at the St Louis exposition on July 11.
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St. Louis
Fair Management
Newspaper Men Honored at Democratic Convention Visit
About 190 newspaper men from across the country attended the national Democratic convention and visited the Philippine section of the fair as guests of the management on Sunday in St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Quiet Day at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay
July 11 reports a calm Sunday at Sagamore Hill with no visitors to the president while a handful of relatives called in the afternoon. Separate dispatches from Tokyo claim Japan seized eight guns near Port Arthur on July 4 and conducted aerial reconnaissance from a war balloon.
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Oyster Bay
London
Daily Telegram
The
Daily Mail
Tokio
Port Arthur
Crowds greet Cardinal Satolli at Holy Trinity Church
A crowd of 8,000 gathered at Holy Trinity church at Noble and Chapin streets in Chicago on July 11 to greet Cardinal Satolli and receive the papal blessing he bestowed Sunday.
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Cardinal Satolli
Chicago
Holy Trinity Church
Noble and Chapin Streets
Sheep Slaughtered by Cowboys Reported Near Aspen
Word reached Aspen that 1,500 sheep owned by H. B. Lawson of Salt Lake City were killed by Gunnison County cowboys. Lawson held thousands of sheep on nearby ranges.
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Aspen
Col
H. BH. Lawson
Salt Lake City
Gunnison County
Lawson
Powerful German Fleet Arrives at Plymouth Visit
Thousands of people witnessed the arrival at Plymouth of Germanys most powerful fleet ever seen in Great Britain. Eight battleships and seven cruisers steamed into the naval base on a visit.
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Plymouth
Eng
Great Britain
Admiral Cervera Receives Gratitude Presentation in Spain
Admiral Cervera was honored in Medina Sidonia with an engrossed message volume signed by Americans and letters from subscribers. Mr. Bird of Vienna presented the gift on behalf of his countrymen, thanking Cervera for his conduct toward Lieut Hobson and American sailors after the Merrimac sinking. Gen. Toral, who commanded the Santiago garrison, died Sunday at an asylum near Madrid.
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Santiago
Cervera
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Vienna
Gand
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Merrimac
Pan
Madrid
Gen. Toral
Here
Harmon dispatch hopes West Virginia leads to party victory
Cincinnati dispatch dated July 11 quotes Judge Judson Harmon urging former Senator Henry G. Davis of Elkins West Virginia to crown his career by guiding West Virginia back to prominence and helping the party win for the country’s welfare.
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Cincinnati
Judson Harmon
Henry G. Davis
Elkins
W. Va
West Virginia
Death of Gen Thomas J Howard in Washington
Gen Thomas J Howard of the Confederate army died in Washington after a brief illness at an advanced age His remains will be taken to Houston Texas his former home for interment to take place Sunday
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Thomas B. Howard
Washington
Thomas J. Howard
Houston
Tex
Denver Official Morgan Found Dead in City Lodging House
W H Morgan assayor and president of the Grosse Mountain Gold Mining Co was found dead in a lodging house in Denver on Thursday. Authorities report death by his own hand. The result marks a tragic end for a noted mining executive and company leader in Colorado.
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Denver
Col
W. H. Morgan
Assayor
Grosse Mountain Gold Mining Co
Jewelry Stolen From Mrs Potter in Cooperstown
Fifty thousand dollars worth of jewelry belonging to Mrs Potter wife of Bishop Henry C Potter of New York was stolen from a safe in the Clarke state office in Cooperstown New York on July 8.
Rumor of Russian Victory At Port Arthur
Report from Liao Yang on July 9 says a naval engagement occurred at Port Arthur with 21 Japanese warships. a Russian victory is claimed though details are unclear.
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Liao Yang
Port Arthur
Baltic Fleet to Be Supplied From French Ports
The Baltic fleet en route to the far east is not expected to coal at French ports but contractors will dispatch coal from those ports to meet the fleet beyond territorial waters.
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St. Petersburg
Far East
Seventy Norge Survivors Arrive in America Bound for New York
About seventy survivors of the wrecked Danish steamer Norge arrive in Liverpool from Stornoway Scotland and plan to sail to New York on the Cunard Line steamer Aurania.
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America
Liverpool
Stornoway
Scotland
New York
Cunard Line
Ambassador Storer Suffering Fever in Vienna
Vienna July 11 Emory Storer the American ambassador to Austria is ill with an intermittent fever and unable to attend court functions. His physicians prescribe a long rest. Mexico City July 11 Col Joseph F. Bennett dies suddenly in Mexico City from stomach troubles. He served two years as vice and deputy U S consul here and was a Civil War veteran.
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Vienna
Emory Storer
Austria
J. F. Bennett
Mexico City
Col
Joseph F. Bennett
United States
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