Convention Hails Hill as Bryan Nomination Delayed
At Kansas City the Democratic convention opened amid tumult and cheers. Senator Hill received the first ovation lasting about fifteen minutes as Henry Hill’s support drew demonstrations while Bryan and other leaders were celebrated. The day focused on organization and platform drafting with speeches by Governor Thomas and James D. Richardson and adjournments into the night for committee reports.
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Kansas City
Willian J. Bryyn
David B. Hi
Thomas
Colorado
James D. Richardson
Jones
Ana
Tmeiny States
Hill
Senator Hill
Hairman
Hampton
America
Eame
New York
Croker
van Wyck
Platform Committee
Richardson
Tennessee
Bryan
Marble Set Uproar Over Leader Portrait in Convention
The first dramatic moment of the day followed Canipau securing adoption of a reading of the Declaration of Independence. Attendants unveiled a pedestal and bust draped in stars and stripes revealing a striking head of Biyau to the astonished audience. The crowd surged to view the leader, shouting and cheering as the face was rotated for all to see.
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Canipau
Biyau
Buggy Runaway Fight Over a Woman in Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana two men Samuel Spitler and James Cunningham fought in a buggy attached to a runaway horse after a quarrel over a woman. Spitler sustained severe facial and chest wounds, potentially fatal, while Cunningham broke a leg and suffered internal injuries but is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
Samuel Spitler
James Cunningham
Cunningham
Spider
Spitler
Pilgrims at Canton See President in Fourth of July Devotion
Canton Ohio celebrates independence day with a nonpartisan event featuring the dedication of a tablet honoring Spanish-American War representatives and a captured Santiago cannon. Thousands press to greet President McKinley as crowds surround his carriage and seek a speech on the platform. A parade includes Grand Army of the Republic Union Veteran League and Ohio National Guard veterans, led by the old Eighth Ohio known as the President's Own.
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Canton
Santiago
McKipley
Grand Army of the Republic
Union Veteran League
Ohio National Guard
Eighth Ohio
Death of Sam Robinson at Chicago en route to convention
Sam Robinson of Charlotte Michigan died of heart failure on a Chicago and Alton train en route to Kansas City for the Democratic national convention. He was secretary of the Michigan delegation and a close ally of Chairman Campau. Sam Robinson Jr. departed for Gardner to handle the arrangements as telegrams of sympathy poured in from party leaders. In Davenport Iowa W R Bennett announced Francis B Clark and Rev Charles H Sheldon named as presidential and vice presidential candidates for the United Christian party, both in London for a conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottee
Mich
Sam Robinson
Michigan
Gardner
Chicago and Alton
Kansas City
Robinson
Chicago
Campau
Sam Robinson, Jr
State v Southeastern Tariff Assoc Violation Ruled
In Jackson on July 5 Judge Powell overruled the insurance companies demurrer in the state case against the Southeastern Tariff association. He held that the anti trust law has been violated, as the main demurrer covered all vital points at issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
Southeastern Tariff Association
Powell
Robbery at Cold Spring Brewery Safe Blown Open
Six masked men blew open the large safe at the Cold Spring brewery near downtown Lawrence and stole about $500 in cash. They seriously injured the night engineer and locked both him and the night watchman in a freight shed before vanishing.
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Lawrence
Mass
Cold Spring
Deadly car crash lights Tacoma Fourth of July crowd
Tacoma dispatch reports a passenger car on the Edison line plunged into a 100-foot chasm at Twenty sixth street injuring and killing dozens. The crowded vehicle carried pleasure seekers from nearby towns and many victims are listed among the dead and seriously injured. In Parkersburg West Virginia another explosion aboard a oil tank train kills six men and injures others.
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Tacoma
Wash
Spa
Neison
Lakeview
Parkland
Lake Park
United Traction Company
Ars
Edison
I. L. Boehn
J. JD. Colhoul
Apexa Hill
Tacoma Avenue
Lois Drake
Telephone Company
South Tacoma
Annie Gluss
Robert Steele
Seidenberg
Herbert Gregory
Griffth Vandershelden
A.L. Healy
G. McMaullen
John J. Davis
Joseph McCann
Ballard
Roy Longerman
Gordon Newton
Richard Sanburn
Willie Hardings
George Elliott
South I Street
Parkersburg
W. Va
John Chalk
Ohio River Railroad
Will Carr
George Hupp
Lalime
J. H. Hailton
Firework Blast Kills Four Children in Philadelphia
A near midnight explosion in front of Antonario Mantimerello’s shop on Eighth Street injured and killed several children. Isiah Harris fired a pistol at explosive fireworks, causing a rapid blast that crushed windows and left many youngsters burned. Police seized about three wagon loads of fireworks and arrested the owner.
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Philadelphia
Carmel Dianno
Charles Feruzzi
Isabelle de Rites
S&s
Jennie Dianno
Frank = Mace
Women Suffrage Downed In Ottumwa Tax Case
Judge Frank W. Wichelberger ruled in Ottumwa that woman suffrage is unconstitutional in an injunction case against the city over Carnegie library funds. The decision holds only male adult citizens may vote on city measures, striking down the women's vote on the library proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Frank W. Wichelberger
Andrew Carnegie
Eichelberger
Famous Indiana Miniature Painter Weds New York Captain
Miss Amelia Kussner, noted Indiana miniatures artist from Terre Haute and Chicago, marries Captain Charles Du Pont Coudert in St Patrick Cathedral vestry. Couple sails to Hotel Savoy then Majestic for a two month honeymoon. Coudert, linked to the late savyer Charles Coudert family ties. Olivet College benefactions include 12500 by Miss Pearsons. gifts total 25000 in two years with other donors listed.
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New York
Amelia Kussner
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago
Charles du Pont Coudert
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Charles Coudert
Kussner
Captain Coudert
Hotel Savoy
Majestic
Sawyer
Frederick K. Coudert
Michigan railroads show May earnings rise over last year
Lansing reports May railroad earnings in Michigan reached 5,287,639, up 405,703 from May last year. For the first five months, Michigan totals were 15,209,039, a 2,144,190 increase or 16.17 percent over last year. Springfield dispatch notes Governor Tanner ordered Alabama to extradite John Howard alias William Thompson, held in Birmingham for forgery.
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Lansing
Mich
Osborn
Michigan
Springfield
Tanner
Alabama
John Howard
William Thompson
Birmingham
Chicago
Fire and Explosion at Midwest Plants Leave Damages
In Kokomo Indiana Frank Speary’s mill and handle factory at Young America burned Monday night costing about 3000 dollars with small insurance. In Michigan Ernest Weston was seriously injured by a giant cracker explosion at Mosherville on July 5.
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Kokomo
Ind
Frank Speary
Young America
Tut Small
Mosherville
Mich
Ernest Weston
Tailor Theodore Sieger Dies by Own Action in LaCrosse
Theodore Sieger a tailor aged 287 years committed suicide Tuesday morning in LaCrosse due to domestic troubles. He ingested carbolic acid and had attempted the act twice before. Separate item notes July 4 market closures and Baraboo resident Christian Dehler’s death Sunday afternoon.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Theodore Sieger
Baraboo
Christian Dehler
la Valle
arNen
New Gift to France Lafayette Statue Unveiled in Paris
In a ceremony led by President Loubet with the U S ambassador General Horace Porter present, American school children donated the Lafayette statue to France. Flags and trophies adorned Paris as guards enabled the event in Lafayette Square near the Louvre.
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Paris
Republic
M. Louvbet
United States
Horace Porter
Marquis de Lafayette
France
Merd W. Peck
Lafayette Memorial Commission
Loubet
Aussie
President Loubet Attends Lafayette Monument Ceremony
In a Paris amphitheatre about 2000 guests including many dignitaries witnessed the unveiling of the Lafayette statue. Archbishop Ireland and Mrs Manning spoke on Lafayette and the Daughters of the American Revolution as the American flag cascaded from the monument. Cheers followed President Loubet and a brief address highlighted Franco American friendship amid a sea of uncovered attendees. Berlin notes a cyclone devastates Recklinghausen and nearby areas with several dead and people buried under ruins.
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Loubet
Wea Bers
Porter
Peck
Lorenzelli
Ireland
Daniel Manning
Potter Palmer
The
Republic
Sousa
General Porter
Commissioner Peck
Archbishop Ireland
Dhaniel Manning
Lafayette
Commissioner Peek
Berlin
Reck+linhausen
Westphalia
Oar
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St. Luke's Hospital
Will
Jim Ruth
P. B. Dickson
John Ruth
Charles Smith
J. C. Chevy Front
T. J. Stafford
Jim Bayland
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Geo. Coleman
Hull
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Ded
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Mirsch
Wl. Pratt O
Optician
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Harwood
South Side
Kaird
Bailey
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T. M. Reynolds
Cooda
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Ledy
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J, Albert
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Nicola
iMo" Otto
JH. Stewart
Washington
Mason
W. C
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Klein's Clothing
Washington, Iowa
M. L. Logan
Joseph Pollard
Bute Tower
Lafayette Square
Louvre
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Joseph Krok
Chas. H. Kerok
Casrum
Frank Stewart
C. M. Kelk
I. M. Sproull
Germany
T. J. Dempsey
Beg Oopfee
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Allen Talenhone
J. F. Poage
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American School of Osteopath
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Marsh W. Bailey
Qofeice
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Iowa
Cc. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
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W. H. Butterfield
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P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
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