Republican Convention Opens as Roosevelt Roars In
A crowded Philadelphia Export Expansion Hall hosts the opening day of the Republican National Convention. Gov. Theodore Roosevelt receives an ecstatic ovation upon entry, while Chairman Hanna presides and Senator Wolcott delivers the keynote. Delegates applaud the party’s record and anticipate McKinley’s renomination with strong support from Ohio and New York factions.
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Roosevelt Nomination Battle Quietly Rages at National Convention
The New York delegation contends for a Roosevelt vice presidential nomination amid fierce lobbying by Hanna Platt and Quay as they back Secretary Long and oppose Woodruff. Roosevelt urged delegates to avoid vice votes while Senator Hanna schemes to block Roosevelts rise, with Dolliver and Long the competing western and eastern options.
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Elevator Accident in Philadelphia Hospital Walton
The editor of the Hotel Walton elevator fell seven stories at midnight injuring five passengers. Serious injuries included J. Pringey from Oklahoma and Brenton V. Hull from Michigan. Other injured were Dr. Burton, Walter Hunter of Delaware, Maccellus Weet from Washington, and Dr. Camden from Lexington. Pringey and Hull sustained broken legs. Dr Camden had a severe leg injury.
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Train disaster near Lebanon claims several lives
At Calvary six miles from Lebanon Kentucky a Greensburg branch passenger train on the Louisville and Nashville line collapsed a bridge over Rolling Bark er river. Two men were killed five severely injured ten slightly injured and 80 passengers in the last coach were rescued after the bridge gave way.
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Fire destroys business blocks in Bloomington Saskatchewan
Bloomington Saskatchewan June 20 a major blaze wiped out five blocks of premier business buildings in the city center. The McLean county court house valued at 400000 was a total loss though records were saved. About 50 firms were housed there. Losses run from 1500000 to 2000000. The Windsor and Phoenice hotels burned but guests escaped unharmed.
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Largest steamships to crown New York line
Berlin June 2 The North German Lloyd Steamship Co has commissioned the Yulein shipbuilding works at Stettin to construct for their New York line two largest steamships in the world each of 24 000 tons with plans announced in this dispatch.
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Mrs Gladstone Buried Beside Husband in Westminster Abbey
Mrs Gladstone widow of the great English statesman was buried by her husband in Westminster Abbey yesterday. Although officials tried to keep the service private, hundreds of friends attended the funeral in Westminster Abbey.
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Toledo Centennial Case In Supreme Court Argument
Ohio State News reports Senator Foraker arguing the Toledo centennial exposition is a state project fixed by Congress and state action since 1808. He cites invitations, funding, and inter-state participation as proof it should not be abandoned despite a missing new commission payment.
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Policeman Thrown Into a Lake at Sherman Heineman Park
Police report that Wil lem Lore was drunken and ordered a telegraph operator from the park. He fired twice at the operator, who left, while fellow officer Da Cole fired three shots and fled before capture. A separate death near New Philadelphia involved a gun placed inside a spring house to target milk thieves.
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Willem Lore
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da Cole
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Philadelphia
Philip Spietzenburgh
Ministers Protest Cox Support at Methodist Meeting
Ministers in Protent reland voiced unanimous protest to Senator Honns regarding George B. Cox as a Republican national committeeman candidate. The protest was signed by all ministers present during the Monday gathering.
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Son shoots father in defense at Cincinnati home
In Cincinnati on a Sunday night Herman Inne meyer, drunk, attacked his wife and daughter. His five year old son grabbed a pistol and fired twice, killing his father. The boy was held for murder as the case develops.
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Herman Innemeyer
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County Treasurer’s Office Burglary Shocks St Clairsville
A burglary at the county treasurer’s office in St Clairsville Monday night netted thieves 600 in stamps and 123 in cash from the post office. They failed to crack the inner safe, which could have yielded 54000.
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Canning Factory Burns in New Philadelphia
Fire destroyed the Beidler Canning Co. plant in New Philadelphia on Tuesday morning. The loss was estimated at 10 000 dollars with about 0 000 dollars insured.
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No Armistice in sight as Boer surrender plans fail
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts proposing a six day armistice to confer with Gen. Louis Botha. Botha declines the offer six days pass with hostilities renewed. Boer commandos retreat toward Middleburg while destroying bridges burning veldt. British forces pursue with cavalry and artillery. Boers stockpile arms dynamite oxen for long retreat toward Lydenburg district.
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Plague Rumors Rise Over Guaymas Arrival
A Hermosillo dispatch reports doctors suspect plague among 30 Chinese workers arriving in Guaymas after transiting the United States. They were isolated under national health board supervision as authorities monitor for further cases and deaths remain unconfirmed.
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Unrest Eases as Streetcar Strike Reaches New Stage
Reports from St Louis note a largely quiet day amid the street railway strike. A vast labor boycott continues to influence the crisis while Sheriff Pullman’s plan to discharge 2400 troops is rejected by police and officials. In New York Henry Walter Webb dies suddenly at Scarborough on the Hudson at 47, a banker and railroad director. Indianapolis politician Shiveley says he will not run for vice president. New York Central figure Depew remains central to labor upheavals. Cedar Falls sees Illinois Steel resume work, employing hundreds as Wheeler assumes Lakes Department command in Chicago. A man in Cedar Falls dies by suicide at the Gibson house, ending a troubled case.
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FIRST SHOT FIRED IN CHINA WITH HEAVY CASUALTIES REPORTED
A late June dispatch recounts fierce fighting at the Taku forts and Takus over China’s coast with European, Russian, and Japanese ships involved. Casualties include several killed and many wounded among British, German, Russian, and French forces. The conflict prompts calls for troop redeployments and potential war between East and West.
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