Marines Land At Havana Palace In Precautionary Move
A Tampa cablegram reports U S Marines from the gunboat Marietta landed at Havana on Sept 13 to safeguard American interests. Six score sailors from the Denver camped before Olf La Fuerza near Plaza de Armas with rifles two field howitzers and two rapid fire guns. The action followed talks between President Palma Charge Sleeper and Commander Colwell as orders to protect Americans and restore order.
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Tampa
Fla
Cienfuegos
Cuba
United States
Marietta
Denver
Olf la Fuerza
Plaza de Armas
Havana
O'Reilly Street
Plaza de Armcs
Palma
Sleeper
Colwell
Adams Named In Colorado Convention Adopts Anti-Corp Platform
After three days of sessions the Colorado Democratic state convention adjourned. Alva Adams of Pueblo was named to head the ticket amid a dispute over the Speer faction and alleged corporate subserviency. The platform endorsed Bryan, backed Adams, and called for a law making campaign contributions a felony while denouncing corporate influence in parties.
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Colorado
Alva Adams
Pueblo County
Speer
Denver County
Bryan
Larrazola Named Delegate as NM-Arizona Statehood Favored
At Santa Fe New Mexico the Democratic territorial convention nominated O A Larrazola of Las Vegas as delegate to Congress. Resolutions endorsing William J Bryan for 1908 were cheered. Joint statehood for New Mexico and Arizona and continued administration by Governor Hagerman were debated.
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Santa Fe
N. M
O. A. Larrazola
Las Vegas
Congress
William J. Bryan
New Mexico
Arizona
Hagerm
Insurgents Reject Peace in Cuba Meet in Bejucal
Rebel leaders in Bejucal on September 17 refused government peace proposals after heated speeches. In Havana and nearby, liberal figures resume open activity and talks with authorities. Cienfuegos remains besieged with telegraph lines cut, while 3,000 insurgents press near Havana awaiting Pino Guerra's force.
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Bejucal
Palma
Cuba
Havana
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Pino Guerra
Stewart Declines Colorado Gubernatorial Nomination
Phillip B. Stewart withdraws from the Colorado Republican gubernatorial race citing opposition to Judge William H. Gabbert’s re election bid. He was ill at his hotel and not present at the convention when Gabbert was placed on the ticket. Caswell may also withdraw. talk of a new ticket follows.
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Colorado
Phillip B. Stewart
Stewart
William H. Gabbert
Supreme Bench
Gabbert
Vivian
Republican
Republican Central Committee
Secretary of State
Charles F. Caswell
Attempt on Archduke Ferdinand Life Reported
A dispatch from Buda Pest to the Daily Mail says an attempt was made on September 16 against Archduke Ferdinand heir to Austria-Hungary. While traveling through Salgo Tarjanto Vienna on a special railway train huge stones shattered carriage windows but the prince was unharmed and the attackers escaped.
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Budapest
London Daily Mail
Archduke Ferdinand
Austria-Hungary
Salgo-Tarjanto
Vienna
Deportation Ordered for Chinese Canal Laborers
The Panama government will require contractors who supply Chinese workers for the isthmian canal to post bonds. A $50,000 bond covers the first 2,500 workers and $20 per worker for any number beyond 2,500, ensuring deportation after service.
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Canal
Panama
Isthmian Canal
Statue unveiling in Budapest honors Washington and ties to Hungary
In Budapest on September 16 a monument to George Washington was unveiled on imperial ground as crowds celebrated with 30 000 in the park and thousands more along parade routes. Hungarian officials Kossuth Apponyi and American consul Kohany praised U S institutions and friendship between nations.
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George Washington
Hungary
Budapest
United States
Francis Kossuth
Count Albert Apponyi
Independence Party
Chester
E. T. Kohany
Cleveland
Herr Rakovski
Chamber of Deputies
Washington
Louis Kossuth
Kohanyi
Republic
Batisey
Train Disaster Near Dover Oklahoma Kills Eight
A Rock Island passenger train No 12 plunged from a high Cimarron River bridge three miles from Dover Oklahoma. Eight dead, about twenty injured, and many missing as the swift current and driftwood swept cars downstream. Rescue efforts continue along the river as details and totals remain uncertain.
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Rock Island
Dover
Oklo
Cimarron River
Cashion
Death of Gen Dimitri Trepoff Ends Era of Reaction
Gen Dimitri Feodorovich Trepoff, commandant of the imperial palace, died at his Peterhof villa of angina pectoris. A towering figure linked to Russian reaction and oppression, he steered reaction after Nicholas II's 1906 manifesto, shaping the shift from liberalism to reaction.
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Dimitri Feodorovich Trepoff
Imperial
Peterhof
Angina Pectoris
General Trepoff
Russia
Nicholas II
Storm Kills Five in Johnson County Severe Weather Fatalities
A severe wind and electrical storm across Johnson County killed five people. Near Elk Creek three men died under a threshing machine when struck by lightning. A Tecumseh area school house was blown down killing two boys, with seven children injured. Names: O A Giel, August Seeman, Roy Carmine, Henry Walters injuries. George Kohler and Walter Robinson ages fourteen and twelve were the boy victims.
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Johnson County
Elk Creek
Tecumseh
O. A. Giel
August Seeman
Roy Carmine
Henry Walters
George Kohler
Henry Kohler
Walter Robinson
Voliva Chosen as Leader of Zion City by Landslide
Wilbur Glenn Voliva won power in Zion City by 1911 votes to 6 over A N Bills after September 18 electors. Judge Landis of the US court ordered the poll to settle the dispute between founder John Alexander Dowie and Voliva over control of Zion City.
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Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion City
A. N. Bills
Landis
United States Court
John Alexander Dowie
Voliva
Roosevelt to the Gubans
President Roosevelt outlines a plan to send Taft and Bacon to Cuba to investigate conditions and urge peace. He states the United States will intervene only if Cuba falls into insurrection and calls Cubans to unite to preserve independence and avoid outside interference.
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Taft
Bacon
Bonaparte
Roosevelt
Cuba
Antilles
Cubar
Republic
Bryan and Sullivan clash over corporate ties in Democratic debates
W J Bryan in the Commoner replies to Roger Sullivan Illinois Democratic national committeeman. Bryan argues officials connected to corporations cannot represent the people while promoting corporate interests. He asserts the party must be above suspicion and voters will judge the misstep at the polls.
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W. J. Bryan
Roger Sullivan
Jefferson Club
Bryan
Illinois
Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan
Mr. Bryan
Democratic Party of the
United States
Chicago
Democrats
Crowd at Columbus capsizes as Mrs Longworth attends
A crowd estimated at 50 000 at the capitol grounds in Columbus Ohio surged toward a stand to glimpse Mrs Nicholas Longworth daughter of the president. The dedication of the McKinley monument was halted when the statue had been unveiled by Mrs Longworth. Panic and crush led to many women fainting and being carried away. Two were seriously hurt but expected to recover.
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Nick Longworth
Capitol Grounds
Columbus
Nicholas Longworth
McKinley Monument
Longworth
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Prince
Mark
Cele
Bration
Gen. Trepoff
Storm
Zion
Gubans
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