Democrats, Bryan Seek Chicago Platform Endorsement
Kansas City dispatch reports heavy Democratic interest in the approaching national convention. Delegates aim to reaffirm the Chicago platform while handling imperialism and trusts issues. Speculation focuses on the vice presidential pick with names from New York and Indiana tied to the discussions. Dexter Ferry led in ballots before Bliss gained momentum as the primary contest continued.
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Kansas City
Bryan
Chicago
Nebraska
New York
Sulzer
Hill
Shively
Indiana
Charles A. Towne
Towne
Dexter M. Ferry
Detroit
Perry
Bliss
Stearns
Osborne
O'Donnell
Campbell
Ferry
O' Donnell
Prohibition Nominees Woolley and Swallow Hailed at Chicago
At the Prohibition national convention in Chicago on June 20 delegates selected John G. Woolley for president and S C Swallow for vice president but Swallow declined the latter nomination. Metcalf won the presidential nomination after a lively vote and a long platform defended the temperance cause with a separate woman suffrage resolution.
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Woolley
Metcalf
Chicago
John G. Woolley
Hale Johnson
Ilinois
S. C. Swallow
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Swallow
A. A. Stevens
America
Henry 3B. Metcalf
Rhode Island
BA. S. Eaton
Des Moines
Thomas R. Caskardon
West Virginia
Jas. A. Tate
Tennesse
Tate
United States
White House
Bliss Nominated for Governor After Nineteen Ballots
In Grand Rapids Michigan on June 29 the Republican state convention nominated Colonel Aaron T Bliss of Saginaw for governor with O W Robinson of Houghton for lieutenant governor and Fred M Warner of Farming ton for secretary of state. The ticket also includes Daniel McCoy of Iran Rapids as state treasurer H M Oren of Saulte Ste Marie as attorney general Delos Vall of Alton as superintendent of public instruction James H Thompson of Osceola on the state board of education and Edward Wilds y of Paw Paw as land commissioner. The convention convened after a long session and adjourned with the ticket in nomination.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Aaron T. Bliss
Saginaw
O. W., Robinson
Houghton
Fred M. Warner
Farmingon
Daniel McCoy
Iran Rapids
Perry
Powers
Cadillac
H. M. Oren
Saulte Ste. Marie
Edward Wildsy
Paw Paw
Delos Vall
Alton
Educaton
James H. Thompson
Osceola
Ex-Convict Seeks Wages From Prison Labor Case
In Jackson Michigan a circuit court case concerns Frank J. Thompson who, while imprisoned for $1 theft and serving a nine year limit, worked at the Bronk-Buttington Shirt factory. Thompson sues for wages earned during confinement. Judge Peck took the matter under advisement after arguments by W. D. Fuller for Thompson and Wilson & Cobb for the shirt company.
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Bronk-Buttington Shirt Company
W. D. Fuller
Grand Rapids
Thompson
Wilson & Cobb
Peck
Tanner-Cullom Primary Contest Opens in Sangamon County
The Tanner-Cullom dispute in Sangamon County opened with affidavits from the Callomites claiming Democrats voted in the Republican primaries. Tanner counters with 95 affidavits arguing those Democrats had the right to vote. The county contest board, including Judge G W Murray State's Attorney F E Smith and Clerk Henry Opel, heard the initial filings. Mayor James A Connolly leads the Cullom side while Patton Hamilton Patton and Conkling Grout represent the Tanners.
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Springfield
Sangamon
G. W. Murray
Smith
Henry Opel
James A. Connolly
Patton, Hamilton & Patton and
Conkling & Grout
Death shatters family of Chrys Moller in Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa June 29 Grave Pears family of Chrys Moller manager for the price railway interests in China and for a syndicate planning a street railway in Tien Tsin this year reports he has been killed. No word has reached them for a long time and fears arise that he left the city to avoid danger. The wife and six children remain in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Chrys Moller
Price Railway
China
Tien-Tsin
Bloomington Ind
Norman Meee
McGee
Imperial University
Tien Tsin
Bloomington
B. A McGee
Denver
Drought Blights Wheat Across Minnesota Dakota Regions
Special dispatches report widespread drought damage in Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota with crops scorched and over one million acres plowed up. Duluth and Minneapolis mills project little to grind and no shipments. hopes for half a crop exist only in scattered areas while most forecasts fall far short of last year’s yield. A separate incident describes a lightning strike on the Ed Bullard farm injuring six children and killing Vernia Queen, who died from her injuries.
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The
Tribune
Northwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Duluth
Minneapolis
Grafton
Bismarck
Mayville
Fargo
Red River Valley
Manitoba
Here
Ed Bullard
Harvey Queen
Vernia Queen
Ada Queen
Justice as Spelt in Cuba Acquittal Expected for Officials
Havana lawyers expect acquittals in the Cuban custom house fraud trials as efforts to secure exoneration appear to succeed. The fiscal is alleged to influence outcomes, with Manduley cited as a witness, while delays and jury-duty evasion shape the proceedings.
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Custom House
Senor Manduley
Manduley
Santiago
Wood
Cuba
Nanny
Senor Mandatley
Stormwreck Destroys House. 81 Children Injured in Whiting
A freak storm hit Whiting Indiana injuring 81 children and killing one, leaving a house wrecked. The incident occurred on June 29 as residents described the destructive weather event as highly peculiar and powerful.
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Whiting
Ind
Police doubt South Bend man claims of $4000 robbery
Chicago police chief and inspector say Louis M Stein was not held up and robbed of 4000 dollars as alleged. They found Stein drew 4000 dollars and bruise marks came from a bicycle fall. They plan to drop the case after spotting contradictions in his story.
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Chicago
Ripley
Hartnett
Louis M. Stein
Stein
South Bend
Continental National Bank
Twelfth Street
Fifth Avenue
Yet Couldn't Live Without Her
Philip Fanshaw of St. Charles Michigan committed death by his own action by taking poison after separating from his wife.
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St. Charles, Mich
Philip Fanshaw
Notable Indianapolis Maennerchor Leader Dies at 56
Indianapolis memorial note reports Cot¢ iieb Bcker longtime president of the Indianapolis Maennerchor and a familiar figure to German singers across the United States has died at age 56.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Admiral Seymour's Siege Ends in Relieving Column Fight
Reports recount fifteen days of continuous combat as Admiral Seymour's column relieves the besieged force at Tiensin. The relief reached the position after heavy Chinese resistance, with American, British, and German troops suffering multiple casualties and navigation and rail links gradually restoring toward Peking.
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Dorward
Aciateal Seymour
Chineas
Lofa
Seymour
Tien-Tsin
Admiral Seymour
Jim
Taku
TienVain
Peking
Tse Cholin
British Forces Gain Ground As Boers Break Camp
London dispatch reports General French on the left General Hamilton on the right and the Eleventh division pressing the enemy in hills fifteen miles east. After three days of fighting the Boers abandoned the position Tuesday night and retreated eastward with total casualties under 150.
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Pretoria
Daily Telegraph
French
Ian Hamilton
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