History of a Week: Crimes, Fires and World News
Reports of the Pekin murder of foreign ministers and Admiral Seymour's death stir sensational interest. Press hints Japan may act with or without powers. Naval and military activity increases as Hiroshima division may be afloat soon. Russian cruiser Rurik arrives at Yokohama with the new minister to Japan and heads for Tal.
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Pekin
Seymour
Japan
Hiroshima
Fukushima
Rurik
Yokohama
Talu
Engineers Die In Narrow Gauge Train Accident
Engineer Richard Ricksaker of Chicago and Fireman Moses Livingston of Crown Point Indiana died in a derailment while working for Brownell Improvement Company on a narrow gauge railroad. The engine left the track on a downhill grade and overturned, fatally scalding them with boiler water before they could be freed.
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Richard Ricksaker
Chicago
Moses Livingston
Crown Point
Ind
Brownell Improvement Company
Ricksaker
Livingston
Berlin Reichstag editor predicts naval war on England
Herr Mertel, editor in chief of the Deutsche Tages Zeitung, declared at Ebernburg during a political speech that the next war would be naval and against England. He said the government had quietly assured this, which influenced the agrarian vote for the naval bill.
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Berlin
Herr Mertel
Reichstag
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Ebernburg
England
Representative B H Roberts Found Guilty of Unlawful Cohabitation
At Salt Lake City Utah Congressman B H Roberts was found guilty on an agreed statement that he married Dr Margaret Curtis Shipp Roberts years ago and lived with her while his wife resided in Centerville Utah. The jury deliberated about fifteen minutes.
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B. H. Roberts
Utah
House of Representatives
Salt Lake City
Margraret Curtis Shipp Roberts
Centerville
Navy seeks relief for Tientsin bombardment aid
Acting Secretary Hackett received a cable from Admiral Kempf dated Che Foo June 21 reporting Tien Tsin under bombardment with much of the American consulate and foreign concessions destroyed. A relief party en route to Tientsin includes 180 American marines under Major Waller.
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Washington
Hackett
Adiral Kempf
Che Foo
Tien Tsin
Tient'sin
Major Waller
No Passes for Conventions Transportation to Kansas City
Executive officers of all lines serving Kansas City announce no free transport to or from the city for the Democratic National Convention on July 4. No exceptions will be made despite prior concessions by railways.
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Kansas City
Democratic Nation
Wreck of Big Four train No 37 near Covington injures four
Passenger train No 37 bound west on the Big Four left the tracks three miles west of Covington Indiana after tracks weakened by heavy rains. A day coach and a sleeper overturned. Injured include H H Gould and wife of Peoria and Charles S Miller of Indianapolis.
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Covington
Ind
H. H. Gould
Peoria
Charles S. Miller
Indianapolis
Earthquake Wrecks a Glacier in Alaska
A Seattle dispatch reports Capt. Heckman of the steamship Queen says the October Alaska earthquake destroyed the sea end of the Muir glacier. The Queen sailed five miles among ice fragments andbergs but did not find the old formation.
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Seattle
Wash
Heckman
Queen
Alaska
Muir Glacier
Death of Russian Foreign Minister Muravieff in St Petersburg
Count Muravieff, Russian foreign minister, died suddenly in St Petersburg after breakfast and a coffee. He reportedly collapsed in an apoplectic fit and expired within minutes after ordering his lunch.
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St. Petersburg
Count Muravieff
Rathbone Expected to Face Arrest in Havana Post Case
Postal inspectors say Estes G. Rathbone the suspended director of posts will be arrested within days. They claim strong evidence implicating him beyond doubt in the Havana postal scandal.
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Havana
Estes G. Rathbone
Fire Fatality at Cadiz Farm Near Riley House
William Sherman a farm hand died in a blaze that gutted the Riley residence near Cadiz in Henry County Indiana. Local authorities reported significant fire loss and identified Sherman as the victim.
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William Sherman
John Riley
Cadiz
Henry County
Indiana
Troop M of Sixth Cavalry Heads to Manila Voyage
Troop M captain Cabell departs Jefferson Barracks St Louis by special train to San Francisco. From there it will sail for Manila once transports are secured. They will join at San Francisco with troops A B D K and L of the Sixth Cavalry.
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Philippines
Sixth Cavalry
Cabell
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
San Francisco
Manila
Fire Hits Downtown Pittsburgh Tenants Losses
Large blaze sweeps principal business blocks in downtown Pittsburgh Pennsylvania causing about 25000 dollars in damages across eight buildings with numerous office tenants affected.
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Pittsburgh
Opening of the 12th Republican National Convention in Philadelphia
Ten thousand attend formal opening as Senator Walcott of Colorado is named temporary chairman and Senator Hanna presides. Delegates, alternates, and sightseers fill the hall while Committee on Credentials reports and the platform backs gold standard and self government for Philippines and Porto Rico.
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Hanna
Lodge of
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Republican Party
Chicago
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Wolcott
Hawaii
Alaska
Quaker City Managing Committee
Colorado
Fremont Association
Hanna and
Cullom
America
National
Fremont Association of Republican Clubs
Pittsburg
Serena E. Payne
New York
Delaware
The
Philippines
Porto Rico
Schuylkill
Convention Hall
Exposition Building
Municipal Band
Souza
Chas. M. Boswell
Committee On Permanent Organization
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Senator Lodge
Senator Wolcott
Opening of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia gathering opens under a buoyant mood with Gov Roosevelt as the hour’s hero. Debates focus on vice president picks and war era praise, while party platforms push for Cuba independence, isthmian canal, labor arbitration, convict labor limits, and expansion of merchant marine amid global issues.
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Roosevelt
New York
Senator Wolcott
San Juan
Congress
Cuba
Spain
McKinley
Porto Rico
Philippines
Republican Party
Atlantic
Pacific
Nicaragua
Panama
United States
China
McKinley and Roosevelt Nominated by Acclaim at Convention
Philadelphia reports the 1900 Republican convention unanimously named McKinley for president and Roosevelt for vice president. Lodge announced the ticket amid stampede like demonstrations and lengthy applause. Roosevelt accepted the nomination, McKinley won 926 votes with Roosevelt one short, and the gathering adjourned at 2 15.
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Ker
McSkinley
Gov
Roosevelt
Senator Foraker
John W. Yerkes
Kentucky
George Knight
California
Gov. Mount
Indiana
Lodge
McKinley
Col
Lafe Young
Iowa
Dolliver
Gov. Roosevelt
Vendors Thrive Selling Convention Badges and Seats
Street vendors offered buttons and badges as a thriving trade and also sold seats for the convention. Prices ranged from five dollars for a single session to sixty dollars for all three sessions.
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Ilinois
Ohio
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the Record Publishing Co., Publishers
Silver Lake
N. M
Muravieff
Rathbone
Big Blaze
Orden
Senator Walcott
Charles W. Johnston
Minnesota
ARK
CAL
Cont
Payne
Grosvenor
McKinley and
Foraker
Archbishop Ryan
Committee On Rules
Alabama
Fora
M’kinley
Governor Roosevelt
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