Bryan Says Illinois Democrat Must Resign for Harmony
Judge Thompson publishes two Bryan letters from The Trossachs Hotel urging Illinois Democratic National Committee member Roger Sullivan to resign to protect party unity. Bryan attacks Sullivan as holding office by fraud and calls for ejectment if he refuses. Michigan and Iowa party maneuvering noted amid broader Republican platform support and state ticket slate.
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Chicago
Owen
Thompson
Jacksonville
William J. Bryan
Trossachs Hotel
Lock Katrine
Scotland
Bryan
Roger Sullivan
Democratic National Committee
Letter urges Sullivan resignation to aid Democratic unity
Bryan writes a second missive urging Judge Thompson to press Sullivan to resign from the national committee. The message argues Sullivan’s selection by unchosen delegates and his alleged role in “high crimes and misdemeanors” undermine party principles. It calls Illinois Democrats to demand honesty and repudiate Sullivan if he refuses.
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Lti
Sullivan
Bryan
National Committee
Democrats
Illinois
Democratic Party
Democrats of
Thompson
Michigan Republicans adopt resolution for popular Senate election
Detroit Aug 1. The Michigan Republican state convention approves a resolution favoring the direct popular election of United States senators, with only minor opposition in the resolutions committee to Representative William Alden Smith's proposal.
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Wis
Michigan
Iowa
United States
The
Unites
Roosevelt
Fred M.warner
Fred M. Warner
Farmington
Patrick H. Kelly
Wayne
George A. Prescott
Tawas City
Frank P. Glazier
Chelsea
James B. Bradley
Eaton Rapids
William H. Rose
Bath
John #. Bird
Adrian
Luther L. Wright
Tronwood
State Board of Education
Dexter M Ferry, Jr
Detroit
Keily
Wright
Resolutions Committee
William Alden Smith
Peace Versus Contests at Iowa Republican State Convention
Des Moines reports state central committee hearing contests filed for George Perkins, amid talk of a peace compromise with Cummins factions to nominate a single ticket. The committee hears six of twelve cases, with potential focus on Jasper, Jefferson and Wapello counties and with Cummins claiming majority delegates without the contested sixty.
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Des Moines
Congress
State Central Committee
George Dr. Perkins
Cummins
Perkins
Hart
Iowa
Jasper
Jefferson
Wapello
President Roosevelt Donates One Dollar to Campaign Fund
President Roosevelt sent one dollar to the Republican national congressional committee’s campaign fund in response to a general appeal. Chairman Sherman released the president’s letter dated July 25 1906 from Oyster Bay New York.
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New York
Roosevelt
Republican National Congressional
Sherman
Congressional Committee
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Nebraska Prohibitionists Convene in Lincoln for State Nomination
In Lincoln Nebraska an all day convention at the Oliver theater drew about 200 delegates. A state ticket was nominated with governorship candidate Professor H T Sutton of Bethany. The platform favors Standard cold water views and government ownership among other planks.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Oliver Theater
H. T. Sutton
Bethany
J G Phelps Stokes Now A Real Socialist
J G Phelps Stokes who left his independence league to become an outan millionaire at a Noroton Connecticut home of wealthy young philanthropists, once termed parlor Socialists by Mr Dooley. Stokes, though very rich, has spent most of his life in college settlement work on New York's east side. He married Rose Pastor, a young Jewish cigarmaker met through that work with Mr Hearst's socialist circle.
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J. G. Phelps Stokes
Independence League
Noroton
Conn
Mr. Dooley
Mutiny at Sveaborg Fortress Delivers Heavy Battle News
Reports from St. Petersburg and Helsingfors detail a mutiny at Sveaborg fortress as artillery and marines clash. Loyal forces fight back while mutineers hold key positions with machine guns and heavy artillery. Nine ships joined the action, several hundred dead or wounded feared. In Saginaw, three teen girls are arrested for stone bombing a neighbor’s house, facing charges.
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Helsingfors
Skatudden
Red” Guard
Sveaborg
Saginaw
Mich
Agnes Burgan
North Sixth Street
Agnes Preno
Madelie Mitchell
William Demud
Miss Burgan
Mutiny at Sveaborg Fortress Flares Across Night
A serious mutiny erupted at Sveaborg, the island fortress near Helsingfors. From 10 p.m. heavy cannonade and rifle volleys echoed through the night as mutineers clashed with loyal troops while cheers were heard in Helsinki.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Sveaborg
Challenge to Harvard Rowers on the Bann
Cork August 1 The Bann Rowing Club of Coleraine invites the Harvard crew to race on the Bann River on a date convenient after the Harvard Cambridge contest.
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Harvard
Cork
Bann Rowing Club
Coleraine
Bann
Vestry to Remove Rev. Tweedale at Redeemer Church
Philadelphia August 1. Vestrymen of the Reformed Episcopal Church of the Redeemer notify that Rev. J M Tweedale’s charge will terminate October 9. Tweedale declined to discuss the vestry action, noting only that the rector’s marriage might have avoided the issues leading to dismissal.
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Philadelphia
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Redeemer
J. M. Tweedale
Tweedale
Miss Iva Dale Triggers Arrest Over Postoffice Robbery Claim
Terre Haute Indiana August 1 Miss Iva Dale caused the arrest of her sweetheart Elmer Johnson charging he fired at her when she refused to help him rob the Star City postoffice.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Iva Dale
Elmer Johnson
Star City Postoffice
Fatal wreck kills two brakemen near Hagaman on branch line
Albert White was instantly killed and John Griffin fatally injured in a head on collision between a passenger and freight train on a Chicago and Alton branch line at Hagaman thirty miles west of the city. Several passengers on the freight train were severely injured.
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Alton
Litchfield
Albert White
John Griffin
Chicago and Alton
Hagaman
Illinois Tourist Dies While Fishing on Lake Superior
A. R. Martin of Plainfield Illinois died after a sudden illness while fishing on Lake Superior near Sault Ste. Marie Michigan. He was taken to the Canadian Sea Hospital where physicians declined to state the cause of death.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Lake Superior
A. R. Martin
Plainfield
Canadian Sea Hospital
Clergy Lead Philippine Campaign Against Gambling
Washington reports that Protestant and Roman Catholic churchmen in the Philippines unite to stamp out gambling. They oppose race tracks and cockpits as a moral threat, with anti gambling campaigners gaining strength and causing resignations of officials linked to the jockey clubs.
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Washington
Philippines
Jock “Y Club
Moral Progress League of the Philippines
Co Tt. Brent
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Philippines
Missing Explorer Dead in Congo Free State
Reverend George Grenfell, missionary explorer, died July 1 at Baseko Congo Free State from blackwater fever. Born in Isao England he led Baptist Society missions to the Congo and served as secretary for the protection commission. He first visited Edra Falls in 1876 and discovered the MoBangI river outfall in 1884.
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Lomlon
George Grenfell
Baseko
Congo Free State
Isao
England
Dr. Grenfell
The
Baptist Society
Commission For the Protection of the
Upper Congo
Chicago Livestock Market Reports July 30 1906
Market notes show mixed hog prices and steady cattle and sheep trends across multiple entries. Receipts and shipments are listed for hogs cattle and lambs with various price ranges and outlooks for today and tomorrow.
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Chicago
Churchill outlines Transvaal citizenship plan
Winston Spencer Churchill in the House of Commons explains government plans to grant British citizenship to Transvaal residents based on manhood suffrage with no property qualification. Every adult male 21 plus six months residence, excluding British garrison, would vote under secret ballot. representation favored single-member seats.
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Lonmin
Winston Spencer Churchill
Colonial Office
House of Commons
Transvaal
South Africa
Great Britain
Trans Vaal
Allotment of Members in South African Delimitation Plan
Churchill explains the proposed distribution of seats for the Rand and rest of country based on 1904 census. The Transvaal assembly would have 69 salaried members for five years with bilingual business. a coalition government is hoped but not guaranteed. An express ban on servile labor and a whole-acceptance rule are stated.
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Rand
Churchill
Kruegersdorp
Pretoria
Lord Selborne
South Africa
Transvaal
Strike Fails To Halt New York Tunnels Work
In New York on August 1 officials said a planned strike by 400 tunnel workers did not occur. About a dozen electrical workers halted for 45 cents an hour in the Pennsylvania tunnel under the East River, but positions were quickly filled and other tunnels continued work.
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New York
East
Hudson Rivers
United Engineering and Contracting Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan
East River
Papal Encyclical Targets Italian Clergy Over Insubordination
Rome August 1 The encyclical expected to attack Christian Socialists instead directs mostly at Italian clergy urging obedience to bishops. It centers on insubordination and independence shown by clergy in various localities while offering broader warnings for all clergy.
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Rome
Dr William Alexander Dies Former Carroll College President
Beloit Wisconsin reports the death of Dr William Alexander long serving pastor of the First Presbyterian Church from 1865 to 1869 and former president of Carroll College in Waukesha from 1863 to 1805.
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William Alexander
Beloit
Wis
First Presbyterian Church
Carroll College
Waukesha
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