Democrats In Session Endorses Bryan At Peoria
In Peoria on August 21 the Democratic state convention opened to nominate state treasurer and other officials while factions battled for party control led by Sullivan and Bryan followers. Judge Boggs chaired amid applause after being named along with Carroll Boggs and Edward Cahill as officers. Boggs promised fair play and roll calls. a Bryan endorsement drew strong applause as Rainey noted debate would proceed on all resolutions before a 1:40 recess for lunch.
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Peoria
Sullivan
William J. Bryan
Boeschenstein
Tolson
J. A. Terrin
Belleville
Boggs
Carroll Boggs
Fairfield
Edward Cahill
Springfield
Rainey
Illinois
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Committee On
Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Lines Tied Up by Arizona Cloudburst
Floods in Arizona and southern California from a cloudburst cripple the transcontinental routes of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific. No eastbound trains have left Los Angeles since last Saturday, with several trains halted at points along the lines. Rain has stopped and crews expect track clearance within a few hours, as conditions improve.
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Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Cal
Arizona
Southern California
Italians Killed in a Wreck Near Charlotte
Two Italian laborers are dead and fifteen more injured after an accident on the Michigan Central railroad two miles east of Charlotte Michigan. An engineer escaped as the injured and dead were found by fellow workers.
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Michigan Central
Charlotte, Mich
Charlotte House
Michigan Central Railroad
Here
Plantz Named On Committee In Fourteenth District
In Peoria Illinois Truman Plantz was named state committeeman and John R Gerstin named to the committee on resolutions at the Fourteenth congressional district caucus. The Illinois convention shows strong Sullivan support with about 1400 delegates. Bryan may seek Illinois endorsement as Judge Owen Thompson signals weakness.
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Peoria
Ill
Truman Plantz
John R. Gerstin
Roger Sullivan
Bryan
Illinois
Owen Thompson
Jacksonville
Yankees Seek Big Mines Amid Russian Scandal
St. Petersburg reports Americans negotiating to buy the Nerchinsk gold mines tied to a grand duke scandal. Quartz valued at $2,000,000,000. Count Camarilla seeks sale while Americans fear a concession challenged by parliament. Also noted are arrests of two parliament members and 37 Cronstadt naval officers resigning over court martial leniency.
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St. Petersburg
Nerchinsk
M. Frenkel
Yumani
M. Prituli
Orlocka
Kiev
Taurida
Cronstadt
Mob Takes Life After Crime Reports Across Cities
News brief recalls a Saluda county case where Bob Ethridge was shot dead by the girl's father after a failed assault attempt on a seven year old. In Atlanta, a thousand citizens hunted a suspect after two girls were attacked, with Ethel and Mabel Lawrence injured. Greenville reports Harrison Alexander sentenced to death for assault on Florence Whitehouse, the first legal execution in the county since the war.
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Columbia
S. C
Bob"Ethridge
T. H. West
Mount Willling
Saluda County
Atlanta
Ethel
Mabel Lawrence
Mabel
Greenville
Harrison Alexander
Florence Whitehouse
Accumulated Gas Causes Disaster at Steel Furnace
Three men died two were seriously injured and nine were unconscious after an accumulated gas blowout at the Eliza furnaces of Jones and Laughlin Steel in Pittsburg. The victims were dumping ore and coke into the furnace when the explosion occurred.
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Pittsburg
Eliza
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company
Severe quake reported shaking Chile cities dispatch
Reports say another severe quake rattled Chilean cities as insurrectionary activity grows. In the Caribbean a Cuban cabinet upheaval accompanies a rising civil conflict in Santo Domingo with 900 revolutionists marching from Dajabon toward Monte Cristi and 1,200 government troops in pursuit. General Gomez is said to have left Yagua Bay amid alarm from Pinar del Rio.
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Chile
Cape Haytien
Hayti
Guayabin
San Domingo
Guellite
Dajabon
Navarro
Monte Cristi
Panama Canal Commission seeks 2500 Chinese laborers
The Isthmian Canal Commission released proposals to supply 2,500 or more Chinese workers for the Panama Canal. Bidders must submit by September 20 with a $50,000 deposit. All laborers are male diggers. foremen, a physician and interpreter are required per specified crew ratios.
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Canal Commission
Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
Commission
Aged Minister Kills Wife With Axe Then Flees
An insane elderly minister in Pontiac Illinois killed his wife by crushing her skull five times with an ax and slitting her throat then carried the body upstairs washed his hands and fled. In Clinton Iowa the Mississippi Valley Spiritualists association elected W F Peck of St Louis president for the ninth year. In Boston Frederick Fairbank son of the Vice President was fined ten dollars for speeding in Salem district court.
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Pontiac
Ill
Reelect Peck
Clinton
Iowa
Mississippi Valley Spiritualists’ Associion
W. F. Peck
St. Louis
Fairbanks
Boston
Salem
Frederick Fairbank
Manchester
Earthquake Devastation Broadens as Valparaiso Suffers
Reports from Lima and Buenos Aires detail widespread damage from a Valparaiso quake. Quillota is reported destroyed with 10 000 residents. Relief funds are urged via the American Red Cross. Buenos Aires cites 2000 dead, while San Francisco and Washington outline support and sympathy actions.
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Lima
Peru
Val Paraiso
Quillota
Valparaiso
Washington
Charles Hallamkeep
American Red Cross
D. C
Chile
Buenos Ayres
Nachion Today
la Paz
Bolivia
Limachea
Conchali
Petaroa
la Placita
la Calera
Socialist party convenes in Chicago on platform drive
About 600 delegates attend the state socialist party convention in Chicago as it moves to adopt a platform. The session also notes congratulations to Russian revolutionists, while reports from Valparaiso detail earthquake aftermath in Chile with fires controlled and martial law in effect.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Western Federation of Miners
Idaho
Colorado
Roosevelt Speech Praises Congress Under Cannon
Roosevelt commends Congress and Speaker Cannon for vast achievements in social and economic reform. He warns against changing leadership, highlights acts on corporations, tariffs, eight hour work, Panama Canal, navy, and Monroe Doctrine, and affirms protective tariffs and steady progress.
Searle Loses Honors 6O 10 Brown Macomb
In the Fourteenth district Republican caucus Charles J. Searle of Rock Island and A. Brown of Macomb remained as candidates for state committeeman after others withdrew. Brown won the state committeeman post 39 to 20 amid broad county support except Rock Island for Searle. Additional notes mention El Mercurio, Juan Fernandez island destruction rumors, and earthquake impacts.
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Searle
Brown
Macomb
Springfield
Fourteenth
Charles J. Searle
Rock Island
A. 8. Brown
Frank G. Allen
Moline
GO. Anderson
Decorah
C. Buck
Monmouth
Buck
Mr. Searle
RR. Wallace
Hamilton
J. F. Allen
Keithsburg
H. Wessell
Fred BE
Harding
Flood Edict Sinks Launch and Drowns Six Men
Freeport Illinois reports a launch with six aboard drifted into a flood eddy on the Pecatonica river and sank. Leopold Kaiser, Harry Sweeney, and Oscar Dennie died. Samuel Marker, Charles Smithkee, and Herman Schmeds reached shore exhausted. Other items note a collapsing bridge over the Juniata near Williamsburg drowning Chester Robinson, his wife, and two children, and Otis Rudd drowning in Rock Creek while swimming.
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Freeport
Pecatonica River
Leopold Kaiser
Harry Sweeney
Oscar Dennie
Samuel Marker
Charles Smithkee
Herman Schmeds
Altoona
Juniata River
Williamsburg
Chester Robinson
Roosevelts Big Stick labels travel by express deadhead
Local express officers hunt a moving package labeled Roosevelts Big Stick that has 200 labels from cities in Iowa Michigan Ohio Missouri Texas and Colorado attached. The idea echoes political satire as the parcel heads toward the White House from Des Moines via Aberdeen and other points with inscriptions about Teddy Roosevelt and Russia Jews and past election notes.
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St. Paul, Minn
White House
United States Expres Company
Des Moines
Sioux City
Teddy
Kansas
Missouri
Russia
Iowa
Illinois Republicans Nominate State Officers and Endorse Roosevelt Platform
Springfield August 21 Republican state convention names John M. Smulski for state treasurer and elects temporary and permanent chairs. Platform endorses 1904 national plank, supports tariff change if needed, approves last session legislation, praises President Roosevelt, and backs Cullom for senator and Cannon for president in 1908.
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Springfield
John M. Smulski
Illinois
United States
Missing hotel man is short in South Bend
George Wolfe proprietor of the Hotel Nickel has left the city suddenly. Creditors held a meeting and the sheriff attached the hotel. A mortgage on the property is held by the Kamm and Schelinger Brewing Co of Mishawaka. Wolfe's shortage is estimated at $10,000.
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South Bend
Ind
George Wolfe
Nickel
Kamm & Schellinger Brewing Company
Mishawaka
Wolfe
Moline D A R Taxed for Campbell Island Shaft Inscription
The Moline Daughters of the American Revolution will pay an extra 15 to 20 lines 30 cents per letter to finish an inscription for a Campbell Island shaft erected by the state under the group auspices. Originally 110 was set to cover the cost, but the budget proved too tight for all desired wording. The ladies will cover the difference. One of Hoshs Wives Dead in Hamilton Ohio Mrs Mich ael Fetzer wife of a saloon keeper died suddenly after stomach trouble lasting 12 hours. She was among Mrs Jung Hochs wives of the Chicago execution. She married Hoch in Cincinnati when she was Mrs Doess Hoch deserted her in two months taking her money 1100
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Naval Observatory
Valparaiso
Santiago
Chile
Los Andes
Victoria Square
Moline D. A. R
Campbell's Island
Moline
Daughters of the American Revolution
Hosh
Hamilton
Ohio
Michael Fetzer
Petzer
Johann Hoch
Chicago
Hoch
Cincinnati
Doess
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Louis van Behren
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van Behren
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Plantz
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Kentucky
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Justice O'Parrill
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Pique
Palma
Panama
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Limache
Alsa
Malai
Chablitan
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Congress
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House
Organization of Congress
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Canal
United States Navy
Peni
Talcahuano
Concepcion
Iquique
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el Mercurio
Crosee
New York
Juan Fernandez
Cile
Daniel de Foe
Robinson Crusoe
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Otis Rudd
Kansas City
Rock Creek
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