Democrats Rally Behind Bryan at Illinois Convention
Chicago delegates fail to shift Illinois Democrats from Bryan as Johnson boosters flood the Springfield meeting with literature. Fred P. Morris presides, urging unity to defeat Republicans, with three governor candidates active and Chicago Bryan clubs pressing for adjournment to Denver. Sullivan asserts Bryan support remains solid and undirected by outsiders.
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Central Committee
Bryan Clubs
Chicago
Cook County Democracy
Denver
Republican Congress
Illinois
State Committee
Admiral Evans to be relieved May 9
Orders issued at the naval department detach Rear Admiral Charles M Thomas from command of the second squadron on board the Minnesota to command the Atlantic fleet on the Connecticut. The change takes effect May 9 when Rear Admiral Evans is relieved.
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Charles M. Thomas
Fleet
Washington
Naval Department
Charles M. ‘Thomas
Minnesota
Evans
Fleet Ball Closes Los Angeles Visit With 1200 Couples
The fifth day of the battleship fleet stay in Los Angeles ended with a grand march led by Rear Admiral Thom and Mrs. Chaffee at Shriner's auditorium. Over 3,000 sailors ashore, heavy rain postponed outdoor events yet spirits rose as three quarters of the fleet entertainment fund was spent on enlisted men, reflecting their good conduct.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Shriner's
Charles M. Thomas
Adna R. Chaffee
Naval Establishment
Senate approves arbitration treaties with Britain and Spain
Washington April 23 Senate ratified general arbitration treaties with Great Britain and Spain. They are identical to treaties already ratified with France Italy Mexico Switzerland Norway and Portugal.
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Great Britain
Spain
Washington, D. C
Senate
France
Italy
Mexico
Switzerland
Norway
Portugal
Mystery about the ex president Cleveland in Lakewood
Ex president Grover Cleveland remains at a Lakewood hotel past the season as doctors attend him in close watch. Watchmen guard the hotel and details are scarce. Mrs Cleveland returned to Princeton briefly before going back to Lakewood. At 11 this morning he was reported to have a stomach attack and not as well as yesterday.
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Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Princeton
Flywheel Destroys an Electric Plant in Waukegan
Two men killed two seriously injured and several others hurt when a flywheel from the North Shore Electric plant at Waukegan flew from its bearings after a belt burned. The plant valued at 135000 dollars was destroyed and several buildings damaged.
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Chicago
North Shore Electric Company
Waukegan
Gas in Coal Mine Explosion Kills Four in Ellsworth
Pittsburg April 23 Four men were killed and three seriously injured when an explosion rocked the Ellsworth Collieries mine at Ellsworth. About a hundred others escaped. The dead are foreigners. The bodies were mangled and burned. Officials believe illuminating gas ignited by an unknown cause led to the blast.
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Pittsburg
Ellsworth Collieries Company
Ellsworth
Dynamite attacks in Oakland and other notices
A bomb exploded under James L. Gallagher’s East Oakland home, destroying the front. Gallagher, a former San Francisco supervisor, is a witness for the boodling prosecution in San Francisco. Other items note John McNabb, oldest Manitoba resident, dead at 107, and Commander York of Marblehead dead. Albany passes felony bucket shop bill to governor.
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L. Gallagher
Oakland
Cal
James L. Gallagher
Gallagher
Albany
N. Y
Senate
Fourteenth District Caucus Turmoil Ends in Harmony
Springfield April 25 The Democratic 14th district caucus opened with a mix up as delegates gathered in the wrong room of the capitol. G A Cooke was chosen chairman and S S Hanan secretary. Resolutions named J F Ryan as committee on permanent organization and W H Hartzell as national elector. A second caucus adopted a resolution instructing delegates to vote for Bryan while contest procedures were assigned to a special committee. The vote total 28 in caucus, though county roll counted 35 with absentees.
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Springfield
Associated Press
Chicago
Maxwell Edgar
Bryan
Fred P. Morris
Watseka
Sullivan
Roger C. Sullivan
Committee On Resolutions
Argus Specttl
Capitol Building
Senate Chamber
House of Representatives
Ti. A. Cooke
G. A. Cooke
Mer County
S. S. Hanan
Warren County
Andrew Olson
Rock Island County
Committee
J. F. Ryan
Mercer County
T. J. Medill
David Turnbull
A.M. Thornton
Henderson County
T. J. Richards McDonough
W. H. Hartzell
Hancock County
Cooke
Truman Plantz
J. W. Lusk
Patrick Tierman
McDonough County
J. Ross Mickey
W. H. Hartzel
D. &. Geyer
James Hudson
D. R. Brady
Warren Lountty
Jett Gribbsby
Bry
Harmony
Rock Island
Milwaukee Road to Organize Express Service and End Monopoly
Chicago April 23 The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway plans its own express business by forming Continental Express with Edward S Averill as general manager. United States Express currently handles their routes but may lose the contract. The St Paul system aims to extend coast to coast, linking with Pacific steamers for revenue and challenging the express monopoly.
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Milwaukee Road
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Continental Express Company
New Express Concern
Edward 8S. Averill
Continental Concern
United States Ex Press Company
Copper Belt
U. S
United States Express Company
Dow
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
St. Paul Road
Pacific Coast
Coasr
St. Paul
Mowbridge
Minn
Seattle
Wash
Miles City
Mont
Pacific Coast Steamship
Local Option Upheld by Illinois Supreme Court
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the local option liquor law is constitutional and does not infringe interstate commerce or confiscate property. It allows districts to ban saloons, includes stamp evidence, and addresses licenses, elections, and district creation with implications for millions in prohibition and saloon zones.
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Springfield
Argus
Supreme Court of Illinois
United States
Supreme Court
John
Illinois
Rock Island delegates caucus on train to Springfield
Delegates on the Rock Island train caucused electing Ben T. Cable as chairman and W C Maucker as vice chairman with a steering committee including Maucker Olson Donovan and Smith. Alternate seats and arrivals shaped the delegation as Patrick Mullane arrived to support the program. The Fourteenth district slate passed without contest while a battle centered on the personal liberty plank.
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Springfield
Rock Island
Ben T. Cable
W. C. Maucker
Andrew Olson
Cornelius Donovan
C. J. Smith
Mr. Cable
William McEniry
Patrick Mullane
Cable
Fourteenth
Cleveland fined as bridge trust agent in Toledo
Toledo April 23 William N Cleveland nephew of Grover Cleveland and member of Huston and Cleveland of Columbus was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to five days in jail after conviction as a bridge trust agent.
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Toledo
William N. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Huston & Cleveland
Columbus
Hopkins firm placed in receivership by court
Federal Judge Bethea appointed Edwin C. Day receiver for the brokerage firm Wallace H Hopkins & Co in Chicago. The petition from three creditors cites liabilities of 10000 while assets are listed at 500. The action follows reports of heavy debt and insufficient assets for the firm once a leading dealer in securities.
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Wallace H. Hopkins & Co
Chicago
Bethea Today
Edwin C. Day
Robbers Loot Indiana Club House in Hot Springs Overnight
Four masked men with revolvers burst into the Indiana club house in Hot Springs Arkansas early today forcing occupants to line up along the wall and looting the premises of five to ten thousand dollars before fleeing. Also reported are three nominations made by the president in Washington with Milton Dwight Purdy named district judge for the district of Minnesota and William 8 Cowles and Robert H Bryson among others. A lynching of Joseph Simpson, accused of killing James Arnold, occurred at Skidoo California last night.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Indiana Club
Washington
Senate
United States
District of Minnesota
Milton Dwight Purdy
William 8. Cowles
Indianapolis
Robert H. Bryson
Congress Briefs: Senate Naval Bill and Oregon Rail Land Suit
Yesterday in Congress the Senate devoted time to the Brownsville affair and the naval appropriation bill with discussion on battleship funding. The House passed three bills under suspension and defeated one, with a pending suit against the Oregon and California Railway over millions of acres in Oregon.
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Washington
Houses
Congress
Senate
Brownsville
Ir. Hale
Warren
Hale
Secretary of War
HOUSE
Oregon & California Railroad Company
Oregon
Certan
Ingesate
Nina
Ieee Tm
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Fred Kern
Adlai E. Stevensson
C. K. Boggs
Admiral Evans
Jack Tar
Lakewood Hotel
Ellsworth, Pa
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Bridge Trust
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