Hanna Visits Chicago Democrats and Republicans Notified
Senator Hanna arrived in Chicago to discuss campaign preliminaries and headquarters selection while denying talks on politics. Democratic Secretary Walsh announced the August 8 1900 presidential notification meeting in Indianapolis. Governor Roosevelt passed through Chicago declining to discuss the Chinese question and then spoke briefly at Milwaukee after a St Paul arrival.
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Congress
Chicago
Hanan
Walsh
National Democratic Committee
James T. Richardson
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Hotel
Roosevelt
St. Paul
Navy Department
Milwaukee
National convention names Illinois man for leader
The Republican clubs national convention at St Paul elected officers led by President Senator Isaac Miller Hamilton of Illinois and adopted resolutions praising speakers and hosts. They pledged to seek McKinley support, endorsed the Philadelphia platform, and planned the next meeting for St Louis.
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St. Paul
National Convention of
Republican Clubs
Isaac Miller Hamilton
Ilinois
Luther Mott
Oswego
N. Y
D. A H. Stine
McKinley
League
Roosevelt
Minnesota
Philadelphia
China
St. Louis
Gear
Iowa
Porter
Montana
Anti Imperialists Call For National Conference
Moses Hallet United States district judge in Colorado issues a call for communications from anti imperialists willing to make anti imperialism the issue of the coming presidential campaign. A conference of delegates from the whole United States will meet in Indianapolis on August 15 to frame a platform centered on the incorporation of additional territories.
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Denver
Moses Hallet
United States District Court For
Colorado
United States
Indianapolis
Hallett
Democratic convention debates Shoshone county contest
In Pocatello Idaho on July 19 the credential committee presented two reports on the Shoshone county contest, each signed by ten members. Debate opened on the disputed race as Populists and Silver Republicans refrained from action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocatello, Ida
Shoshone County
Populist Vice Chair Seeks Bryan Nomination News
Vice Chairman J. H. Edminston stated at Sioux Falls that official notification of William J. Bryan as the Populist nominee remains uncertain. He suggested notification might occur in Indianapolis during the Democratic meeting, noting Towne had not officially accepted or withdrawn from the Populist ticket.
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Indianapolis
Lincoln
Neb
J. H. Edminston
Prion
Sioux Falls
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Edminston
Towne
Bryan to Speak in the Boat in New York Tour
New York reports indicate Bryan will likely deliver several speeches in New York and other eastern states after remarks at Democratic state headquarters. The statements came as part of a planned national tour to campaign for the party.
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Bryan
New York
Bishop in the County Jail Refuses Bail Supply
Right Rev. Gilbert W. Johnson, a prominent Evangelist Methodist Episcopal bishop, is jailed in Chicago on accusations tied to Bertha Jones. The 58 year old leader oversees twelve churches and as many preachers across multiple states and commands about 3,000 followers who seek bail for him. He insists on remaining jailed until vindicated.
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Chicago
Gilbert W. Johnson
Evangelist Methodist Episcopal Church
Ilinois
Iowa
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Bertha Jones
Bishop Johnson
Johnson
United States
Killed by a bull perhaps in Chicago stockyards
The body of Michael Reininger, a watchman, was found in a stockyard pen with his body gouged by a bull. Police considered he fled from rain, then suggested robbery and foul play to explain the wild animal’s attack. Also noted is McKinley’s injury dragging after a broncho incident in Camden. Baseball scores from Diamond and leagues listed.
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Chicago
Michael Reininger
Stockyards
Reininger
Camden
Mich
McKinley
Relatives barred under Fox Solid Pressed Steel rule
In Joliet Illinois on July 19 a rule announced to take effect August 1 bans bosses from employing their relatives a policy affecting many workers at Fox Solid Pressed Steel Works. In Muscatine Iowa on July 19 Ben Phelps a former local artist now in Carbondale Illinois confessed to wartime murder of G Stevenson claiming the body was hidden in a cornfield.
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Joliet, Ills
Fox Solid Pressed Steel Works
Muscatine
Ben Phelps
Carbondale
Ill
G. Stevenson
Phelps
Stevenson
One Million of Men War on Russians Safer Report From Peking
Washington reports say a vast Chinese force has risen to resist foreign intervention, with war declared on Russia and battles around Tianjin. Dispatches claim massacres at Tui Yuen Fu, refugees in Peking, and vessels aligning with counter foreign efforts.
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Brussels
Hong Kong
Li Hung Chang
Legation
Shanghai
Peking
Prince Ching
Washington
China
Europe
Prince Tuan
Germany
Russia
Standard
Deaths Near Dana: Darnall Located for Trial
Authorities locate fat Darnall who killed Melvin Ingram near Pana Indiana last Thursday. He is returned to the county for trial after being found near Decatur Mississippi. Miss Sibhel Sims, in the buggy with Jack Ingram when he was murdered near Dana, is near death from nervous contractions, and a sister of Ingram is in alarming condition. The tragedy’s cause is revised from earlier reports.
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Pana
Ind
Fat” Darnall
Melvin Ingram
Decatur
Sibhel Sims
Jack Ingram
Miss Sims
St. Bernice
Ingram
Darnall
Endeavor Convention Opens With Urging of Arbitration
Secretary Willis Baer urged compulsory arbitration between Great Britain and America at the world Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor gathering at Alexandra Palace. He called for unity among nations, noting “brethren” share a common faith and work. The event highlighted global reach and support despite travel delays from a steamship blaze in New York harbor.
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London
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Alexandra Palace Grounds
Saab
New York
Baor
Willis Baer
Stone of
Ladysmith
Baer
Great Britain
America
Ameen
Clark
China
Francis K. Clark
Society of Christian Endeavor
Tie
Christian Endeavor
Far East
Japan
Corea
Francis
John Willis Baer
Paris
Christian Endeavorers
Naval and land battles around Peking siege update 1900
Dispatch from Tien-Tsin July 18 reports 7 000 allied troops assaulting the inner walls of the native city. American casualties include 215 killed or wounded with colonel Liscum killed and several officers wounded. Marines suffer 40 casualties and three officers killed or wounded. Allied losses total about 800 as bombardment continues and lines hold through the day.
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Peking
State Department
Lawler
Chefu
Shantung
United States
Tien-Tsin
C. m
Shanghai
Associated Press
Ninth Infantry
J. H. Liscum
Jesse M. Lee
James Reagan
Chas. R. Noyes
Andrew Brewster
Edwin Y. Bookmiller
William K. Naylor
Louis K. Lawton
Harold Hammond
Ira C. Waldron
Austin R. Davis
William D. Lemley
Henry Leonard
Smedley D. Butler
Legation
Legations
Europe News Deluge Signals Strained Allied Harmony
reports from London describe rising evidence that China has long built a sizable military apparatus while rebel regions expand and Allied unity falters. The piece notes Russian refusal to hand over the Taku-Tein-Tsin line, possible German patrols on the Yangtse, and alarming reports from Tokio about a family feud fueling violence, alongside market summaries from Chicago and other cities.
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London
China
Seymour
Taku-Tein-Tsin
Germany
England
Daily Express
Tokio
Unknown man shot to death at Hersh lumber yard
In Muscatine Iowa July 19 an unidentified man was killed Monday night at the Hersh lumber yards by a fellow worker The coroner's jury could not identify the victim and the attacker remains at large
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Elwood
Ind
Rebecca Huatton
Anthony High
Muscatine
Hersh
Joliet Stove Works Reopens After Shutdown
Joliet Wisconsin July 19 The Joliet Stove works have resumed after several weeks shutdown. Two hundred men were put to work and indications are for a steady run.
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Joliet, Ws
Joliet
Two Boys Drown In Pierce Pond Accident
Two boys named Polt aged 10 and 14, sons of a farmer, drowned in a pond near Pierce Nebraska on Monday night. The bodies were recovered.
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Pierce, Neb
Polt
Pingree and Chamberlain on charges and the board action
Governor Pingree says Chamberlain should have explained charges on his own, notes the warden’s explanation was satisfactory, and that the board will decide at its August 7 meeting. Joliet Wire sues stockholders over alleged conspiracy to wreck the plant to aid Alabama Steel and Wire. Temporary injunction issued.
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Detroit
Pingree
Warden Chamberlain
Joliet, Il
JolietWire Company
Alabama Steel and Wire Company
Ensley
Ala
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Republican
Hoosevelt
Republican Club
Republican National Committee
William McKinley
Stewart
Payne
Kerens
Republican Club League
United States Court In
Coeur d'Alenes
Brooklyn
Boston
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit -Milwaukee
Buffalo
Minneapolis
Asmuch
Lng
Tien‘tsin
Murder
Young Ingram
Britain
THE
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Keck
Presipent
Chas. H. Keck
Oasurma
Frank Stewart
C. M. Keck
I. M. Sproull
G. Hl, Pratt
Optician
Oxfords
Oxford
Harwood
South Side
Reavy
Lonovan
Bailey
T. M. Reynolds
J. N.lewis
J. Albert
Ma H
Bole
Madelia
Cook & Sherman
W. Cor
Ene
Ashby
Nicola
Mirsch
E. G Mason
Nelson
H. Knecht
Journal
JH. Stewart
E.R. Powers
Bega
Opera House
Tondre
Benz
Klein's Clothing
M. L. Logan
Joseph
Pollard
Reynolds
Nian
U. 8 A
Chicago Grain and Produce
Texas
East Buffalo
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. E
St. Louis Grain
Milwaukee Grain
Northern
William Barker
St. Paul's Cathedral
Paul Strayer
Baltimore
Handley-Moule
W. Floyd Thompkins
W. Patterson
Chicago Board of Trade
Jose
Ohio
Michigan
Lake Geneva
Wis
Harvard
Canfield
Lansing, Mich
Volney R. Canfield
Joliet Stove Works
Euch
Roy
Pingree and Chamberlain
Corunna
Spain
J. Dempsey
J. F. Poage
Osteopath
American School of Osteopathy
First National Bank
Marsh W. Bailey
City Hall
C. J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. H. Butterfield
Crall
P. J. Hanley
Washington County Savings Bank
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