Democratic National Ticket Completed With Stevenson Nomination
The Democratic convention completed its national ticket by nominating Adlai Stevenson for vice president on the first ballot. Hill pleaded against nomination but was ultimately named, prompting spontaneous demonstrations of support. Towne from Minnesota drew a notable silver Republican backing amid a 30,000-strong crowd in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Adlai BE
Stevenson
Towne
Hill
Adlai Stevenson
Alabama
Minnesota
Nomination Deadlock at Silver Republican Convention
Silver Republicans adjourned without a vice presidential nomination and referred the issue to the national committee. W. J. Bryan was named the Democratic convention’s choice for president, while the Silver Republicans backed Stevenson. new party officers were appointed and a broad platform outlined.
Grady Nominates Hill as Vice Presidential Candidate
At the convention Grady presents David Bennett Hill as vice presidential candidate while Niagara hall shakes with applause. Grady withdraws Hill after a stern, defiant veto and the crowd remains unsettled as the platform action ends with controversy and tempers high.
Stevenson Clinches Democratic Nomination At 1900 Convention
As ballots were counted the delegate from Tennessee switched twenty four votes from Hill to Stevenson triggering a cascade. Alabama California North Carolina New York and others moved to Stevenson until all states united behind him and the 1900 Democratic Convention adjourned.
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Stevenson
Georgia
Indiana
Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
New Jersey
Louisiana
Maryland
John Walter Smith
Washington
James T Hamilton Lewis
North Carolina
Julian Carr
Ohio
A. W. Patrick
Lewis
Alabama
Hill
Towne
Tennessee
California
Carr
New York
Japan to Send 22090 Troops to Aid in China and Other War News
A Japanese dispatch says Tokyo will reinforce China with 20 000 more troops bringing total Japanese forces in China to 22 090. The Russian government frees Japan to use military force in China and the United States seeks an agreement with powers to restore order possibly sending 15 000 troops. The reports note delays in troop movement and mixed reactions among the powers.
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China
Washington
Tokio
London
Japan
St. Petersburg
Pekin
Peking
Baron Hayashi
Uncle Sam
United States
War Department
Rumor of Atrocities in Peking and Chinese Repression
Dispatches from Shanghai dated July 5 report rumors of horrific tortures of foreigners in Peking and executions of missionaries. Chinese forces under General Tung-Fuh-Siang move toward Peking, with 50,000 troops and possible civilian casualties if a march is attempted. Reports cite massacres in the capital and northern provinces, while legation forces are said to be dead.
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London
Shanghai
Peking
Prince Tuan
China
Chicago
Weking
Tung-Fuh-Siang
Loo
Tien- Tsin
Tien-Tsin
Legation
Deily Mail
New York Delegation Pressures Hill to Run at Convention
An excited crowd of delegates surrounds Hill in a New York stronghold as ex Senator Murphy Judge Van Wyck and Croker plead for him to place his name before the convention. Delaware yields its seat to New York as Grady moves toward the platform awaiting a word from Hill.
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Ocracy of
New York
Grady
David Bennett Hill
Niagara
Jill
Hill
Murphy
Judge van Wyck
Croker
van Wyck
Delaware
Troi
Palace Turmoil as Imperial Court Restraints Prompted By Speech
The council and partisans shouted anti foreign slogans as supporters of Prince Tuan rallied, triggering immediate action to curb the emperor and the dowager empress. Palace eunuchs and officials joined the movement, sparking widespread restraint of the sovereign and empress dowager.
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Prince Tuan
Storm Wipes Out Steamboat Rock Village
Report reaches here that eyelone and torrents of rain swept Steamboat Rock last evening destroying that village. Town river has risen five feet within an hour, lending partial verification to the disaster.
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Marshalltown
Steamboat Rock
One Vietin Mas Lost a Hand and an Eye in Firework Mishap
In Owosso Michigan on July 7 Miles Trumble a cashier at the Ann Arbor railroad offices had his right hand amputated after a cannon cracker exploded in his grip. Ray Retan nearby may lose two fingers from related injuries. In Ypsilanti Nightwatchman Andrew Gibson sustained severe hand and eye injuries from a giant cracker explosion.
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Owosso
Mich
Miles Trumble
Ann Arbor Railroad
Tre
Ray Retan
Trumble
Retan
Ypsilanti
Andrew Gibson
Gibson
Spooner Chooses Retirement From Senate Race
Milwaukee July 7 Senator John C Spooner announces he will not seek re election to the United States Senate. He will serve out his term and retires for personal reasons tied to Mrs Spooner's health. The move surprised Wisconsin Republicans as he had been favored for re election.
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Milwaukee
John C. Spooner
United States
the Sentinel
Wisconsin
Spooner
Washington
Wall Street Inks Hopeful Steel Agreement Expected End to Demoralization
In New York leaders from major steel firms meet amid a stock surge, with a director stating the steel and iron market has bottomed and aims to end price cutting. The plan calls for harmonized relations, no further steel rail price changes, and stabilization as talks continue among Federal Steel, Carnegie, National Steel, Lackawanna, and Maryland Steel among others.
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Wall Street
Gary
Federal Steel Company
The
Steel and Wire Company
Carnegie Company
National Steel Company
Lackawanna Steel Company
Maryland Steel Company
Bessemer Pie
Porter
Sehwab
Gare
Cliverd
Pam and
Hiwood
American Wire and Steel Company
John W. Gates
American Steel and Wire Company
Comepanies
Tessemer
Pittsburg
Royal ladies ages reveal public gaze at royal birthday
London reports that Princess Victoria born July 6 1868 at Marlborough House is 23 and yet unmarried. Her sister Princess Louise tried to wed a commoner but royal parents and queen opposed. Rumors claim Prince George of Greece proposed but no official engagement. West Superior Ada Arlington killed her former lover and sat with the body. she surrendered next day. Monona County ditch contract awarded to Canal Construction Co of Chicago at 7 1 2 cents per cubic yard with 18 bids total. University of Wisconsin summer session registrations expect larger attendance.
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Sandringham
Marlborough House
Victoria
Prince and Princess of Wales
Princess Charles
Denmark
Wetting Tong
Louise
Prince George
Greece
West Superior
Wis
Ada Arlington
John Resbure
New St. Louis
Onawa
Iowa
Woodbury-Monon County
Monona County
Canal Construction Company of
Chicago
M. Vincent
Ovawa
Wickham & Co
Council Bluffs
Tragic Early Married Life in Lyons County
Burial held for Helen Wilber at age 17 wife of Edgar Combs in Bloomfield Indiana. She died within a year of marriage and after the birth of a child leaving a teen husband and a widowed household from leading families. The report also mentions a Burlington train near Victory stopping after striking boulders and a damaging windstorm in Black River Falls Wisconsin with extensive farm and structure losses in Jackson County totaling tens of thousands.
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Bloomfield
Tnd
Helen Wilber
Edgar Combs
Black River Walls
Wis
Jackson County
Vinegar Smith to Run for Grand Chancellor in Iowa
Davenport reporter PF w Smith known as Vinegar Smith yields to pressure from Knights of Pythias and plans to run for grand chancellor at the upcoming grand lodge meeting. His candidacy would likely win election with strong Davenport judge support. Walter Lehman, age 24, found dead in Chicago stock yards slip. He was a mail carrier missing for days. Police officer Harry Hammond of Chicago shot in the shoulder during an attempt to subdue a robber. Mrs Elsie Tessel in Kansas City died by suicide after saying her husband robbed and deserted her.
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Davenport
PF. W. Smith
Iowa
Walter Lehman
Chicago
Harry Hammond
Elsie Tessel
Kansas City
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University of Wisconsin
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