Republican fight reaches Chicago as convention battles loom
Chicago becomes the national political center as four party tickets open headquarters at Congress and Ree tor buildings. Contests filed total 225 with 228 seats in play across Alabama to Washington amid withdrawals and late filings.
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United States
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Taft
Roosevelt
Congress Hotel
William McKinley
Joseph M. Dixon
LaFollette
Grand Pacific Hotel
Walter L. Houser
Cummins
Ree‘tor
McKinley
Charles Dick
Ohio
Dixon
la Follette
National Committee
Claude Allen Guilty Of Second Degree Murder
Wytheville Virginia June 3 after a deliberation of two and a half hours the jury found Claude Swanson Allen guilty of murder in the second degree for killing Judge Thornton L Massie at Hillsville in March. The jury recommended a fifteen year penitentiary term and suspended sentence to permit testimony in related cases arising from the shooting.
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Wytheville
Claude Swanson Allen
Thornton L. Massie
Hillsville
Daniel Burnham Dead in Heidelberg Death Cremation News
The architect Daniel Hudson Burnham died in Heidelberg after a brief illness of Brights disease and arterial sclerosis. He was cremated and his ashes will return to America with his wife and relatives. Burnham, born 1848 in Henderson New York, reshaped skyscraper design with steel frames and inspired the White City World's Fair plan.
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Berlin
Heidelberg
Daniel Hudson Burnham
Burnham
Akademisches Hospital
Bright
America
Ambassador Leishmann
Chicago
White
United States
Europe
Henderson
Jefferson County
New York
Waiters' strike hits New York hotels and clubs
In New York on June 3 the waiters strike shut down about 1,000 workers at Pabst's Harlem and New Weston, with cooks also quitting. The Empire and Navarre were affected while several top hotels kept staff. More than 3,000 southern Black waiters are said to be in town ready to work if needed.
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Weston
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Empire
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Astor
Delmont
Co's
Sherry’s
Netherlands
Belmont
Father Stabbed by Daughter Dies
Pittsburg June 3 John Rockey aged fifty died in hospital of wounds from a stabbing five weeks earlier during a family quarrel with his seventeen year old daughter Mrs Muir who inflicted the injuries.
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Pittsburg
John Rockey
Doyle to Assume Secretary of State Duties After Bond Approval
Cornelius J. Doyle of Greenfield the state fire marshal was unanimously chosen as the Republican candidate for secretary of state to fill the Rose vacancy. Governor Deneen will approve Doyle’s bond and two Supreme Court justices will finalize the appointment, with Doyle taking office today.
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Springfield
Cornelius J. Doyle
Greenfield
Republican State Central Committee
James A. Rose
Deneen
Rose
Chester A. Church
Central Committee
Doyle
Supreme Court
Baseball injures woman in Greenville park
Miss Violet Adams of Greenville was struck by a baseball during a game. The ball hit her on the head, knocking her unconscious and fracturing her skull after she fell to the ground. The incident occurred while she sat with other spectators as John Track hit the ball.
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New York
Violet Adams
Greenville
John Track
Vanderbilt Races Set for September Grand Prix and Wisconsin
Dates fixed for Vanderbilt and Grand Prix auto races with events in September. Milwaukee hosts the Grand Prix as Wisconsin preparations proceed, outlining the schedule and location for the motor meets.
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Milwaukee
Kiviat Sets New 1500 Meters Handicap World Record
A R Kiviat of the Irish American Athletic Club set a world best for 1500 meters handicap at Celtic Park Long Island during a Metropolitan Association event to fund American Olympic athletes. His new time was 3 minutes 53 4 5 seconds, beating his own previous mark of 3 minutes 59 1 5 seconds set a week earlier.
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New York
A. R. Kiviat
Crisis in China Cabinet over Proposed Foreign Loan
Tientsin June 3 A cabinet crisis stems from opposition to a proposed foreign loan. President Yuan Shi Kai warns the assembly that if opposition persists the ministry will resign. The Langham mining agreement is signed and Chinese operators begin in Langham fields. The agent general stays in executive control pending stockholder approval on July 7.
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Tientsin
Yuan Shi Kai
Langham Fields
Warrant Issued for Thomas E Watson in Obscene Mail Case
A warrant for the arrest of Thomas E. Watson, former Populist presidential candidate, was issued by U S Commissioner W E Martin in Macon Georgia. Watson is charged with sending obscene material through the mails linked to a magazine article alleged to reflect on Catholic religion.
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Macon
Thomas E. Watson
United States
W. E. Martin
Mass Meetings Across Bulgaria Rally to Protect Christians
Philippopolis on June 3 reports mass meetings across Bulgaria as all political parties unite to plan methods to shield Christians from Turkish depredations amid ongoing barbarities.
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Philippopolis
Bulgaria
Ohio Big Meet Today Over Delegates In State Convention
Ohio Republicans convene in Columbus with Roosevelt and Taft factions naming delegates to Chicago. Roosevelt slate includes Brown Garfield Foster Hanna Nevin Walton while Taft slate lists Laylin Vorys Taft Harding Burton. Both sides claim victory and expect one ballot to decide at large delegates.
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Columbus
Roosevelt
Taft
Walter F. Brown
James R. Garfield
I. W. Foster
Dan R. Hanna
R. O. Nevin
Randolph W. Walton
Harge
Chicago
L. C. Laylin
A. N. Vorys
Charles P. Taft
Warren G. Harding
Theodore FE. Burton
Ohio
Chicago Press Club visits poet Ben King’s grave
One hundred strong, Chicago Press club members visited Poet Ben King’s grave in St. Joseph Michigan on June 3. President Douglass Malloch gave a brief tribute and laid a wreath beside the monument marked by the Ben King association.
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St. Joseph, Mich
Chicago Press Club
Ben King
Hamiltons grow to fifteen children in West Virginia
Parkersburg West Virginia June 3 The birth of Representative John M Hamiltons fifteenth child likely creates the nations largest family among lower house members Fourteen of the congressmans children are living The newest child is a daughter
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John M Hamilton
West Virginia
Congress
Congress Minat
Commerce Report Tracks Steep Rise in Meat and Food Prices
Washington June 3 The department of commerce outlines a 2½ year study showing wholesale meat prices up 25 to 100 percent since 1901 and poultry up over 33 percent. Beef, pork and Elgin butter hit record highs, with the study linking increases to market domination and broader supply factors rather than retailer greed.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Beef Trust
Elgin
Department of Commerce and Labor
Wickersham
United States
Mock distress call wastes Chicago ambulance effort
A false alarm dispatched from Sheffield Avenue station claimed many dead at 4846 Southport Avenue. Dr William Smale and seven officers rushed three miles to St BoniFACE cemetery, only to discover it was a prank. The caller faces arrest and prosecution.
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Chicago
Southport Avenue
John Buckley
Sheffield Avenue
William Smale
St. Boniface Cemetery
Coopers Quit Breweries Strike Over Pay and Hours
Milwaukee June 3 Two hundred members of Coopers union No 30 walked out at several city breweries. They demand a wage scale of 45 cents an hour Saturday afternoons off and a two year contract. Their present wage scale is 37 and a half cents an hour.
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Milwaukee
Coopers’ Union No. 30
Hidden rifles and civil unrest grip Kavana region amid revolt
Reports from Kavana describe barricades and fear of uprising as Spanish authorities expand control. Seventeen Haytian women were found dead after last Friday battle near San Luis, while troops seek rebels in Oriente and Ramon de Vegas.
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Bebels
Haytien
Kavana
Gomez Santiago
Monteagudo
San Luis
Priday
Estenog
Oriente
Gloria
Ramon de Vegas
Medical meeting opens in Atlantic City with leaders gathered
The American Medical Association begins its annual session in Atlantic City led by SDR John Murphy. Abraham Jacobi of New York is installed as president and delivers the inaugural address as delegates hear reports. The four day gathering features banquets and events for attendees and accompanying guests.
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Atlantic City
N. JL
SDR
John 8. Murphy
Chienge
American Medical Associe
House of Delegates
Dix V Macphy
Mator Harry
Wilson
Abraham Jacobi
New York
Women Admitted to Men's Club in New York
Mrs. O H Y Belmont of the Political Equality association reports a telegram from Paul E Palmer secretary of a Greater Logansport Commercial Indiana stating the club with 236 members has voted to admit women on terms with men.
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New York
O. HY
Belmont
Political Equality Sociation
Paul E. Palmer
Logansport
Indiana
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