Weekly Record
The Weekly Record published by Cord Publishing Co serves Lake and Indiana areas with local notes, notices, and brief news items from the region.
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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1904
Page
2
The Weekly Record published by Cord Publishing Co serves Lake and Indiana areas with local notes, notices, and brief news items from the region.
Reports show Atten B Parker under consideration for the Democratic National Convention presidency as ballots and votes are tallied. The convention faces delays with local results and party leaders weighing Parker against rivals with West Virginia and other delegations contributing to the final decision.
At the 1904 Democratic National Convention in St. Louis, John Sharp Williams of Mississippi delivered the keynote, amid strong crowd reaction. The event featured prayer by Rev. John F. Cannon, with Champ Clark later named permanent chairman after initial hesitations.
The platform advocates federal expense reductions, honesty in public service, anti trust action, tariff reform favoring the masses, open foreign trade, Monroe Doctrine integrity, and bank reform. It calls for pensioning tariffs, naval reductions, merchant marine growth, and territorial questions including Porto Rico. The electoral tally shows McKinley with 292 and Bryan 155, with total votes rising to 476 under 1900 census.
The St Louis Democratic National Convention adjourned briefly after morning sessions as the resolutions committee wrangled over the platform. William J Bryan led opposition to the gold plank and secured a tariff plank, while Champ Clark was nominated and temporarily chaired proceedings.
The prisoner Duggans, who murdered Mrs Ramsey and her two young children in Terre Haute, Ind., on February 12, was found dead at Michigan City Prison. He walked with a cheerful demeanor to the execution area and was pronounced dead within minutes. His last words were a joke about a necktie party.
A man described as Itchll colored who killed Jones colored of Jeo Ind was captured in ro Tennessee after the 190 date.
A dramatic explosion five miles south of Mich kills Wall William Franks and Engineer Ickerston. John J fortune succumbs to injuries while Rabinittas HQ operates in Chicago. W Stewart chairs the 9n National Committee with Campaign HQ at 184 Lasalle Street Chicago.
The Comptroller of the Currency authorized Home National Bank in Eureka Kansas to open with capital of 25000. A real estate broker Lyon O De Lerhmute aged 3% died by his own action in Washington by shooting. William J Stewart fell from a 230 foot windmill near Aransas City Iowa and died. The Navy plans to use wireless telegraphy from Key West to set ship chronometers by weather signals. Homer Moran, 18, drowned in Walnut River at Winfield Kansas while boat riding. Esley Hall survived after four hours clinging to a limb. The boat capsized due to driftwood.
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