Cummins Wins Iowa Gop Convention Amid Tame Finishing
Des Moines August convention saw Cummins gain 933 votes to Perkins 603 and Rathbun 104 after credentials awarded all but thirteen Jefferson county seats. George W. Clark named permanent chairman as Cummins and Perkins spoke, stressing tariff ideals and party unity with praise for Henderson and greetings to Allison.
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Cummins
Jefferson County
Geo. W. Clark
Perkins
Rathburn
Rathbun
Warren Garst
W. C. Hayward
B. F. Carroll
W. W. Morrow
H. W. Byers
F. McLean
John C. Sherwin
John IF. Riggs
Supreme Court
John C. Crockett
W.W. Corn ‘Wall
W. L. Eaton
David J. Palmer
Platform plank endorses Republican unity and tariff protection
The platform commends the Republican party’s history and President Roosevelt, binds Iowa to primary elections and an anti corporate influence pledge, and supports a tariff policy to promote domestic industry, export markets, fair wages, and a high standard of living for American labor.
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Republican Party
Roosevelt
Congress
Iowa
Cummins
United States
Ambassador White Held Up by Italian Customs
The Venice cable reports United States ambassador Henry White faced a customs inspection near Cortina Italy at Chiapuzzi four miles from Cortina. After a heated exchange White invoked his office, telegraphed Rome. the under secretary Signor Fompile issued orders to San Vito to allow passage unmolested.
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New York
Herald
Venice
Henry White
United States
Italy
White
Rome
Signor
Fompile
San Vito
Tragedy in a Boarding House in Rock Island
In Rock Island Illinois a man believed to be J Henry Deckard of Havana Illinois killed his wife and then himself in a boarding house. The bodies were found in bed with the wife shot in the heart and head and the husband dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound. No struggle apparent and a Havana lodge of Pythias circular addressed to Deckard was found among their possessions. He was about 45 and the woman about 40.
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Rock Island, Ill
J. Henry Deckard
Havana
Pythias
City
Freakish white snake found in hen egg near Hanover
A tiny white snake about four inches long was found inside a hen's egg by Mrs J Weston Hutchins west of Hanover Michigan. The creature was motionless and pale with two small black eyes. It was preserved in alcohol and may be given to Albion College where Edith Hutchins studies.
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Jackson, Mich
J. Weston Hutchins
Hanover
Hutchins
Rhode Island Agricultural College
F. E. Wilson
Albion College
Edith
Priesthed Passenger Prays Then Jumps to Death on Lake Trip
Ernest Bratt, 25, a cigar store clerk in Sault Ste. Marie, leaped from the deck of the steamer Saronic during a Lake Superior vacation trip. Believing himself insane from religion, he conducted a brief prayer gathering after drawing a testament and reading passages to onlookers before jumping overboard.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Ernest Bratt
Saronic
Lake Superior
Burglary Suspect Escapes Springfield County Jail
Ross Fullmer, jailed for burglaries over a year, escaped by posing as a trusty. At dinner prep, the jailed man stepped forward, the jailer ignored him, and Fullmer exited through a doorway and vanished.
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Springfield
Ill
Ross Fullmer
Fullmer
Richard Yates Seeks Republican Senate Nomination
Richard Yates Jr. contends with Shelby M Callum for the Republican nomination for United States senator from Illinois. He is the son of the late war governor Richard Yates Sr. and has served as governor, judge, and internal revenue collector. He's a teetotaler who once refused to preside at a wine banquet. He has been prominent in Illinois politics since he cast his first vote.
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Richard Yates
Shelby M. Callum
United States
Allinois
Yates
Illinois
Ilinois
Mutiny at Sveaborg Reported Ended
The Helsingfors dispatches say a rumor of mutiny ending at Sveaborg could not be confirmed and that mutineers failed to secure provisions. Telegraph offices in St Petersburg were guarded before midnight as authorities fear further disruption. Reports differ on fleet crews and Cronstadt readiness amid ongoing naval tensions.
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Cronstadt
Helsingfors
Sveaborg
St. Petersburg
Baltic
Gulf of Finland
Biriloff
Associated Press
Quiet Troops Guard Sveaborg After Supposed Revolt
Military units sealed the Sveaborg complex as detachments posted at marine barracks doors and carbines were removed from racks in the buildings. The setup kept the situation in hand Tuesday night, preventing any uprising.
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Sveaborg
Marine Barracks
Battles Reach Helsingfors Amid Quiet City Facade
Aug 2 Helsingfors reports show a near normal town except near the fort as cannons fire on the islands. Harbor traffic halted while the Slava ships and a Sveaborg boat exchange fire and Red Guard mutineers are captured after the Fredericksberg station seizure and bridge repair.
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Helsingfors
St. Petersburg
Riihimaki
Ryttylae
Red Guard
Fredericksberg
Slava
Sveaborg
Black Hundred adopts Red tactics in assassination near Terio ki
The Black Hundred, loyal to the czar, began assassinations and shot Herzenstein, a Jewish former parliament member, near Terjoki Finland. His daughter was wounded in the head.
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St. Petersburg
Black Hundred
Herzenstein
Terioki
Finland
Quary Mine Strikers Stand Firm at 10 Percent Demand
About 1,400 workers at the Quincy mine in Houghton Michigan reject the company’s 5 percent wage increase proposal and vote to continue seeking a 10 percent raise.
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Houghton, Mich
Quincy Mine
Bridegroom Shot at Station Ends In Tragedy
W. M. Brown, a bridegroom of an hour, was shot and killed by John M. Kincaid at a railway station in Charlotte. Brown had married Miss Bettie Perry at 8 a m and the couple planned a Danville honeymoon. A manhunt followed as Kincaid was seen with a smoking pistol beside Brown after a private conversation.
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Brown
Kincaid
Loyal czarist troops reclaim Cronstadt fort after mutiny
Loyal soldiers kill the mutineers at Cronstadt and retake the fortress from rebellion. The uprising at the port city is crushed as imperial forces restore order.
Mutineers surrender after heavy fighting at Cronstadt
One hundred soldiers and sailors killed in the Cronstadt action as mutineers seized St Constantine but were driven out by loyal regiments. Admiral Bonkiwiseski among the wounded. Sveaborg mutineers surrendered. Paciat Ozova crew now in full control of the ship.
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ST. Petersburg
Evening Journal
St. Constantine
Cronstadt
Paciat Ozova
Chicago market report signals mixed hogs and steady cattle see-saw
The Chicago market reports and official receipts show hogs dull to steady with shipping grades mixed. Cattle receipts total about 5500 with western stock, beef and veal prices steady, while sheep and lambs remain weak with total receipts near 10000.
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Chicago
Lali
Conference on the new rail rate law adjourned
Washington August 2 railroad officials and the interstate commerce commission held a two and a half hour conference on enforcement of the amended rate law. A six man committee from three traffic divisions will confer with the commission to pursue details. The commission said no ruling could be made until the full panel convenes under the new law.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Knapp
Western Association
Chicago
Southern Association
Ohio
Potomac
Mississippi
Wide Call for Navy Chaplains Sparks Submissions
A Navy Department notice about chaplain vacancies drew a flood of letters and applications from ministers and others. At New London Conn marine barracks are being rebuilt to serve as a principal training site for marines, while Annapolis training for new officers may move.
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Washington
Navy Department
New London
Conn
Marine Corps
Annapolis
Naval Academy
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George D. Perkins
Blaine
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Henderson
Allison
Albert B. Cummins
Nue
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Man
Deckard
Madrid
Czar
Bonkiwiseski
Melsingfors
Grain Market
Commerce Board
Roada
Navy
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