Greater Demonstration For Bryan Than For Roosevelt
Denver July 3. Crowds roared as Bryan supporters paraded city streets with Tammany Indians and banners bearing Bryan. Senator Gore, the Blind Oklahoman, praised Bryan as the greatest living apostle of human liberty, prompting a loud response from delegates. The demonstration lasted 1 hour 28 minutes, and Gore spoke before the convention adjourned for the night. Contests over district delegates and party loyalties dominated the day's proceedings.
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Tammany
Christian PF. Belsener
Grave Methodist Church
Denver
Milwaukee Mathing Club
Rose
Gore
Denver Democrats Plan Extended Platform Drafting
The democratic resolutions committee will spend two nights and a day drafting the platform, a departure from past practice of late-night sessions followed by dawn work. Gov. Haskell’s sub committee stayed up until 2 am and resumed at 9 am, aiming to report by 5 pm for final drafting and a 10 am Thursday convention report.
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Denver
Colo
Democratic Resolutions Committee
Haskell
Credentials clash roils Democratic convention roll call
Denver witnesses a stormy credentials session as the permanent roll remains incomplete. Leaders Guffey, Sullivan, Bullivan clash over seating Idaho and New York delegates amid charges of deceit and party wrecking, while Bryan brands Sullivan non Democrat in tense exchanges.
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Denver
Colo
Dubole
Idaho
Col. Guffey
Sullvan
Illinois
United States
Sullivan
Convention Planks Referred to Subcommittee in Denver
The platform committee sent the anti-injunction plank to a subcommittee of Williams of Massachusetts Jerry Sullivan of Town and Judge Parker of New York indicating the plank staifies labor. After the convention opened at 12 26 State Senator T B Grady of New York presented the rules of order report which was adopted. Crowds filled the galleries by 11 Bell Dahlman Dunn Wade James and other Bryan leaders met at the Brown Palace hotel before the convention convened.
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Denver
Colo
Williams
Massachusett
Jerry Sullivan
Town
Judge Parker
New York
T. B. Grady
Committee On
Bell
Dahlman
I 4 Dunn
Wade
Olle James
Kentucky
Bryan
Brown Palaace Hotel
Bryan expected in Denver after nomination address
Denver July 8 report says Bryan will come to the city after his nomination address to the convention. Friends show ignorance of the rumor as to his plans. The story suggests Bryan aims to end the convention’s two thirds rule and argues the proper time to raise the issue is after the nomination.
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Denver
Colo
Bryan
Lincoln Man Bryan Quietly Spends Day in July
Lincoln Neb July report indicates Bryan plans none to address the convention. John T Kent, his confidential aide, stated no certainty on plans beyond this day as rumors circulate.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
John T. Kent
Garfield to visit Umatilla project in Hermiston
Hermiston Oregon July 8 special to East Oregonian word reached here that Secretary Garfield interior department will arrive Friday to inspect the Umatilla goat project. He will tour the project with Water Users association directors and a reception will be held on Colonel Newport's lawn. His visit comes two weeks earlier than expected.
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Hermiston
Ore
East Oregonian
Garfield
Interior Department
Umatilla
Water Users’ Association
Colonel Newport
Nomination and Convention Presence Confirmed
The nomination process advances as the convention requests his presence and he will attend.
First Crop Report Shows Good Wheat Yields
The Dave Nelson farm four miles northwest reports wheat yields of 25 to 30 bushels per acre, an average crop. Other sections in Umattila county are expected to show good yields despite pessimistic forecasts. Barley yields range 10 to 26 sacks per acre in the southern county with no rain this spring and summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Nelson
Thiefa
Necterland
Umattila
Convicted Murderer Nominated by Socialist Labor for President
Morris B. Preston, a convicted murderer serving 25 years in state prison, has been nominated by the Socialist Labor Party for the presidency. He plans a mail campaign with prison warden permission allowing him some time to campaign from the facility in Reno.
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Morris BE. Preston
Socialists Labor Party
Reno, Joly
Morris E. Preston
Atiic
United States
Socialist Labor Party
Preston
Princess De Sagan Seeks Custody Amid Paris Honeymoon
Princess De Sagan begins her Paris honeymoon by entering a legal battle for custody of her three young children. Count Castellane, father of the children, counters with his former wife in this custody dispute.
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Paris
Princess de Sagan
Count Castellane
Will Reduce Police Force In Tenderloin District
City plans to cut the police force after the coming month halving the night watch and leaving only one day man. Since July two officers and two deputies handle duties as prohibition depresses crime. Depopulation of the Tenderloin reduces arrests and nighttime disturbances. Chief Gurden plus deputies face staffing choices. salaries cited for police, deputies, recorder and attorney.
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Gurdwne
Sheer
John
Clarence Kearney
Webb
Main Streets
Wallin Walla
Red Light District
Gurdane
Farmers Build Electric Line in Walla Walla County
Wealthy county men back a plan to connect Wallula and the Columbia River with an electric line. Farmers to grade from Walla Walla to Wallula next winter, with several hundred enrolled and stock issued. Right of way and franchises secured. expect three months for grading and laying track. direct grain shipments to Portland could cut rates and ease transport. A joint meeting will set final steps.
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Walla Walla
Walla Watle
Wallula
Columbia River
Farmers Cooperative Union
Walhala
Garden City
Portland
Torrid Three-Day Heatwave Delivers Dozens Prostrations
New York report details 75 deaths and over 200 prostrations across three days of extreme heat. A cooling breeze and a drop to 73 degrees today followed a 20-degree fall from yesterday, though further fatalities and prostrations were still tallied.
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New York
Boy 16 Killed In Stamp Blasting Accidents at Maltby
Arthur Hand at Maltby near Snohomish is killed instantly while helping George Stevens and another man blast stamps on Friday afternoon. The accident involves three workers near a stamping operation, and the event is reported as a fatal blast incident in the region.
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Arthur Hand
Maltby
Wash
Snohomish
George Stevens
Oklahoma Indians Defy Officers at Hickory Camp
Oklahoma City reports Acting Governor Bellamy orders mobilization of the militia to Hickory camp near Muskogee where several hundred Indians and negroes are encamped. Authorities fear bloodshed as the locals refuse to lay down arms and accept citizenship.
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Oklahoma City
Bellamy
Oklahoma
Momerit
Hickory Camp
Muskogee
Cost of Barnes Trial Costs in Walla Walla
Cost bills show two trials for Bud Barnes with jury fees $690.80 and $482.90, totaling $1013.10. Witness fees equal $440.10 per trial, bringing to $921.40. Combined with bailiffs, $2008.50. sheriff’s fees not yet compiled, likely $250, estimating grand total at about $2358.
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Walla Walla
Bud” Barnes
Sheriff's Office
Elgin Recorder Profiles Maurice Fitzmaurice
The Elgin Recorder portrays Maurice Fitzmaurice as a versatile rogue and grafter, calling him a deadbeat scoundrel and lacking gentlemanly manners. The paper notes his stay in town during early spring, warns locals to beware, and claims to have spent money on meeting him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Maurice Fitzmaurice
Fitemaurice
Light Workmen Killed in Dayton Collapse
Dayton workers believed killed in a collapse in north Dayton. Two bodies recovered with rescuers hopeful some may still be alive as search efforts continue.
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Dayton
Alfalfa Meal Mill for Echo to Open this Year
A $25,000 alfalfa meal mill begins work in Echo Oregon led by J E Murphy of Portland. The steel concrete plant will have 26 tons daily capacity and 10 workers year round. Murphy also leases the Henrietta flouring mills for five years, linking two large local industries and bolstering Echo as a stock feeding hub.
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J. E. Murphy
Portland
Henrietta Mills
Echo
Ore
East Oregonian
Murphy
Henrietta
Leupp Praises Pendleton Visit and Umatilla Progress
Indian Commissioner Francis E. Leupp praised the Umatilla Agency at Pendleton for growing schools and churches after a July 4 visit. He commended Agent McFatridge for advancing education and religion, noted thorough policy enforcement, and announced plans to visit all Northwest reservations. Leupp, a Roosevelt era journalist, called the trip part business and pleasure, leaving for Spokane to continue his tour with his mother and daughter.
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Francs E. Leupp
Indian Affairs
Spokane
Umatilla
McFatridge
Wiiu
Northwest
Francis E. Leupp
Umatilla Indian Agency
A. E. McFatridge
Leupp
Umatilla Reservation
East Oregonian
Roosevelt
Hitchcock to Manage Taft
Hot Springs Virginia July Frank H Hitchcock was unanimously chosen chairman of the republican national committee today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs, Va
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee Today
German youth attempts suicide near Echo Oregon
James Ross a 27 year old German descent man attempted to end his life by chaining a wire to a rock bluff above Echo near the Furnish ditch. The device slipped and he fell onto rocks suffering serious injuries but is not believed to be in mortal danger. He was found about 4 pm and is at Echo hotel awaiting transport to Pendleton hospital. He has three sisters in Oregon and South Dakota named Anna Robison Alice Turner and Cora Turner.
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Reho
Ore
James Ross
Ross
Echo Hotel
Pendleton
Portland
Oregon
South Dakota
Mra Anna Robison
Alice Turner
Talent
Jackson County
Cora Turner
Sloox Falls
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Wm. Brennan
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