Parker Leads as Bryan Entered Race for Temporary Chair
Baltimore June 24 A compromise on the temporary chairmanship is reported, Parker slated to lead and meet Bryan to present a new speech. The race centers on Parker versus Bryan amid factional opposition and efforts to avoid floor clashes at the Democratic National Convention.
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Parker
Bryan
National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Kern
Indiana
James
Kentucky
Friends of
Hearst-Harrison
Roger Sullivan
Kremer
Bryan Democrats
Mack
Hall
Nebraska
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Area Tomorrow
Fair tonight and Tuesday with little wind. Temperatures range from a 69 degree 7 am reading to a high yesterday of 84. No precipitation expected and humidity around 64 at 7 am. Astronomical events list evening stars Mars Jupiter Mercury and morning stars Venus Saturn. sunset 7:35 p.m. and sunrise 4:50 a.m.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Henning Sues Funk Over Alleged Alienation of Affections
In Chicago on June 24, a $25,000 suit by John C. Henning against Clarence B. Funk, then general manager of International Harvester, began with jury selection in Circuit Judge Slusser's court. Funk was not present for the proceeding.
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Chicago
John C. Henning
Clarence
Funk
International Harvester Company
Henning
Slusser
Labor leaders held in contempt in Buck Store boycott case
Washington June 24 Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell labor leaders today were found guilty of contempt of court by the suita in connection with the court supreme court of the District of Colum Junction in the Bucks Store and Range boycott case. Gompers was sentenced to one year Mitchell nine months and Morrison six months. Frenchman Loses Fight. Meppe France June 24 George Carpentier middleweight champion of France and England and Frank Klaus Pittsburgh middleweight met in a 20 round match Carpentier disqualified in the 15th.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Supreme Court of the District of
Meppe
France
George Carpentier
England
Frank Klaus
Pittsburgh
Carpentier
River dock disaster leaves twenty dead and missing
Buffalo on June 24 reports five bodies recovered and a list of 18 missing after a river dock wrecking disaster last night. Rescue efforts continue as authorities identify victims and search the scene for further survivors.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Reiter Sinking and Failing Health in Jail
Louis Reiter, the Indiana county clerk and murderer of Hattie Phelps, lies in a pitiable condition in the county jail. A mental and physical wreck, he mutters the victim’s name. paralysis has set in despite Dr. Nystrom’s care, and Sheriff Grant Minor contemplates further actions.
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Peoria
Louis Reiter
Hattie Phelps
Reiter
Nystrom
Grant Minor
Hrother
Minor
Knox County
Indiana
Essie Phelps
Carmi
Henry Hinkle
New Street
Parting of the Ways at Fagle Park Tragedy
Niagara river disaster at Fagle Park on Grand Island claims many missing and dead among an excursion party of Friends court Amherst Indge No 232 and Foresters of America. Survivors recall the dock collapse as rot, decay, and splinters give way. Boats retrieve bodies as officials cite a mass of struggling victims and a shifting river basin.
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Grand Island
Niagara
George Richmeyer
Prorle
George McKee
Friend's Court
Amherst Indge No
Foresters of America
Eagle Park
Seven Shot in Hastings strike clash at National Conduit works
Seven people including a woman and a boy were shot this afternoon in Hastings-on-the-Hudson in a clash between striking workers and special deputies guarding the National Conduit & Cable company works. The women may die and the others are seriously wounded. Shots said to have been fired by guards.
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Hastings-on-the-Hudson
National Conduit & Cable Company
Illinois Leaders Bolts Roosevelt Fold Shake Illinois Politics
Chicago June 24 Illinois weathers a Roosevelt split as Deneen and others abandon the Colonel for the new party. Revell and Sims vow continued fight with headquarters at Congress hotel to reopen as the movement grows. Revell claims Roosevelt has a majority of delegates and will rally the nation into a strong political force. Governor Deneen expresses cautious optimism about the convention's impact on his reelection prospects.
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Roosevelt
Deneen
National Roosevelt League
Alexander H. Revell
League
Edwin W. Sims
Congress Hotel
Revell
Theodore Roosevelt
West
Roy v. West
Taft
Lorimer
California Has Election Puzzle in Presidential Ballot
San Francisco June 24 A California election puzzle arises as primary lawmakers and hold-over senators meet Oct 1 to nominate party candidates for the electoral college but the presidential nominee will not appear on the November ballot. Roosevelt supporters may push Roosevelt electors through the Republican slate while Taft backers might file an electoral ticket by petition, raising questions if an elector is a candidate for public office under state law.
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San Francisco
California
Roosevelt
Taft
Washington
Congress
House
Chicago
Campbell
Kansas
Heflin
Alabama
Wiseonsin
Bilvan
Madison
Wis
Bryan
Baltimore
Wisconsin
la Follette
Lone Bandit Robs Mail Car on Speeding Train
A lone bandit on an international and Great Northern train entered a mail car at Long View Texas on June 24. He covered the clerk with a gun, grabbed a mail pouch, kicked it from the car and leaped from the train as it ran at full speed.
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Long View
Tex
International and
Great Northern Railroad
Roosevelt Seeks Progressive Nomination Fight to End
Roosevelt signals his effort to secure a progressive nomination and fight to the end. Governor Johnson names a committee on organization, with several states unrepresented, as party planning continues amid laborious indirections and conf ents in Chicago.
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Johnson
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Medill McCormick
Clayton
Chicago
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
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