Convention Opens as Williams Named Temporary Chairman
The Democratic national convention began in St Louis at the old exposition building on Olive street with John Sharp Williams chosen as temporary chairman. The vast hall buzzed with crowds, decorations, and a lively address from Williams filled with ironies about Roosevelt and Root as police struggled to maintain order amidst enthusiastic cheers and interruptions.
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John Sharp Williams
Tis
St. Louis
Jilly
Olive Street
John F. Cannon
Grand Avenue’ Baptist Church
Gannon
National Committee
John
Williams
C. A. Walsh
John I. Martin
John M. Guffey
Pennsylvania
M. F. Tarpey
California
Mr. Williams
John S. Williams
Jones
Abraham Lincoln
Jake’ Smith
Republic
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Populists Name Thos E Watson Nominee Ticket
The Populist convention at Springfield Illinois on July 6 nominated Thomas B Watson of Georgia for president and Thomas H Thibbles of Nebraska for vice president after attempts to delay the ticket. Watson's fate remained unclear but he offered conditional support to Hearst if nominated by Democrats in St. Louis. The adopted platform reaffirmed the Omaha program of 1892 calling for government issue of money, postal savings banks, labor rights, eight hour workday, direct democracy, public ownership of railroads and utilities, and regulation of monopolies and trusts with uniform federal company laws.
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Charles Mercer ‘Hare
Parker
Daniel Manning
Folk
St. Louis
Jerome
New York
Florida
National Committee
J. K. Jones
Jones
Tude
Republican Party
Bryan
Tammany Hall
Cleveland
Dewey
Schley
Miles
Repubican
Williams
Mr. Williams
Mr. Bryan
Delegate Powers
Michigan
Powers
Nebraska
David B. Hill
Bourke Cochran
Springfield
Thomas B. Watson
Georgia
Thomas H. Thibbles
William W. Allen
W. Williams
Indiana
Watson
Allen
Hearst
J. A. Mallett
Texas
Committee On
Omaha
F. P. Radgely
Kansas
Congress
People's Party
Abraham Lincoln
Philippine flag controversy at Democratic convention draws cheers
The Philippine delegation carried a silk flag wrapped around a staff and tied tightly as if protests. Chairman Guffey of Pennsylvania entered behind the flag to applause, signaling tension over Philippine status within the nation.
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Alwas
Philippines
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Kaw River Rising Prompts City Evacuations
Kansas City reports the Kaw River higher than last year’s flood, with forecast to rise at least two and a half feet more. Residents evacuate Armourdale Argentine and Rosedale as floodwaters push through sewers and flood streets, disrupting streetcar service. Smoky Hill and Republican rivers also rise while the Missouri climbs.
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Kansas City
Conner
Reading
Armourdale
Argentine
Rosedale
Topeka
Lawrence
Smoky Hill
Republican
Kansas
Missouri River
Flood at Topeka Splits North Topeka Days
Kaw river broke its banks at 11 oclock Wednesday night and joined Soldier Fork flooding a north portion of North Topeka. The stream rises about three inches an hour as residents move goods south. Refugees are housed in the state house and other public buildings. rises are reported in upstream tributaries.
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Topeka
Kas
Kaw
Soldier Fork
North Topeka
State House
Flood Threat Rises Along Little Russia Area in Topeka
Rushing floodwaters rise at four inches per hour and threaten North Topeka’s Little Russia district, scene of last year’s disastrous flood, as conditions worsen and authorities monitor the situation closely.
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Topeka
Kas
Kaw
Russia
Texas Planter Objects to Guatemalan Ant Experiments
Washington reports that the Department of Agriculture has referred to the Department of Justice the question of whether the government can conduct experiments in Texas with a Guatemalan ant said to destroy the cotton boll weevil. A Texas planter filed suit to halt the tests, with possible trials in Louisiana if courts approve. The government says the ant eats only insects and harms no vegetation but will comply with court rulings.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department of Justice
Texas
British seize Jong Fort at Gyantse in Tibet siege
At Gyantse in Thibet on July 7 a small force of British and Indian troops scaled a breach in Jong fort holding 7,000 Thibetans. Lieut Grant led the first rush over the rock fortress amid heavy fire and stones. By dawn the left and center columns entered the village, and by seven in the morning the entire fringe of villages was captured despite stubborn resistance.
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Gyantse
Thibet
Gyangtse
Jong
Lieut
Grant
Lieut. Grant
Positicn
Wise Beyond Her Years at Springfield Convention
The Springfield Republican state convention hears a playful exchange about the handsomeness of Messrs Cullom and Cannon as a child weighs in with a candid view. A mother asks Dorothy which man she prefers, and the girl haltingly hints she might send Mr Cannon, revealing a light moment amid political chatter. A Wisconsin reader praises Dodd's Kidney Pills after kidney disease left him unable to walk, claiming renewed strength and endurance. A Hoosier banker faces a ransom threat, warned to surrender or be shot, with a daring note on possible outcomes.
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Springfield
Cullom
Cannon
New York Herald
Joe
Shelby
Dorothy
Mr. Cannon
Foot Ease Cure and Nerve Restorer Advertisements
A compact notice page includes cures for foot problems with Allen's Foot-Ease sold by druggists and a claim of free trial. Also promotes Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle and treatise and lists addresses in Philadelphia. Various quotes attributed to Chicago and Minneapolis publications accompany the ads.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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