Bryan Indorsed Sullivan Upheld In Democratic Convention
The Illinois Democratic convention endorsed William J. Bryan for president despite his demand for Sullivan’s repudiation. Sullivan refused to resign from the national committee. the table vote kept him in place. Nicholas L. Plotkowski won state treasurer. Caroline Grote nominated for superintendent, the first woman candidate for Illinois state office.
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Swhlivan
Sullivan
N. L. Plotkowski
Chrintendent of Public Instruction
Misa Groute
Pike County
Chicago
John S. J
Mica Clatla Bourrand
William J. Bryan
Rogers Sullivan
National Committee
Democratic Party
White
Committee On
Sulivan
Owen Thompson
Sicksonville
Thompson
Springfield
Awho
Bevan
Kern
Bellville
Thalman Beeschehstein
Jas
Stater Central Committee
State Central Committee
J Carroll A. Boggs
Fairfield
See Tenney
Edward Cail
Rainey
Boggs
Hoggs
Nicholas L. Plotrowsky
John White
Peoria
Aliss Caroline Grote
Misa Grote
Ilnois
Sultan's Illness Fatal as Turkish Reform Plot Emerges
Paris dispatches report a Constantinople reform party communication stating the Sultan Abdul Hamid's health is failing and a fatal outcome may come soon. It claims his brother Mohammed Rechard is too liberal, while advisers plan to crown his seventh son Mohammed Burhgn-Badine born in 1685, aligning with his father's policy.
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Paris
Reform Party
Constantinople
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Mohammed Rechard
Abdul Harni
Moharomédans
Mohammed Burhgn-Badine
Ellis Rode in Pullman Car Defying Texas Separate Car Law
W H Ellis a New York promoter linked with King Menelik of Abyssinia rode in a Pullman car during a Texas trip en route to New York from Mexico. Efforts to remove him from the car failed as he refused to enter the negro compartment amid warnings from raffrains and train men, with railroads liable for penalties under Texas separate coach law.
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Washington Post
Austin
Tex
W. H. Ellis
New York
Klog Menelik
Abyssinia
Texas
Mexico
Raffrana
Roach
Secretary Wilson in Omaha Visit Sparks Coded Tour
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture arrived at a Omaha hotel early morning without registering. He drove to South Omaha packing plants, inspected several facilities, then returned saying he would proceed to Minnesota and preferred anonymity.
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Omaha
Nebi
Wison
Department of Agriculture
Mone
Death by Bomb in Poland and Other Terror Plots
Reports from Warsaw and St. Petersburg detail a bomb blast in Siedice killing Chief of Police Golcew and wounding two officers and a woman. Bodies of a fashionable girl and a student in Peterhof park reveal they were terrorists plotting to kill Gen. Trepof. A note to Alma Hertzenstein’s widow requests a $2000 contribution within three days under threat to her and family. Additional items mention a Moscow bank robbery alleged to involve a police official and rising anti Jewish tensions in Odesa amid a press campaign blaming Jews for killings.
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Warsaw
Gol
al. Hertzenstein
Constitutional Democrat
Moscow
Belenzoff
Credit Mutual Bank
Odesais
Vistula
Perllong
Borisov Regiment
Bearta
Two Train Crew Killed in Indiana Derailment
A Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad passenger train derailed at Taft Indiana twenty miles northeast of Indianapolis killing the engineer Parker Bugby of Intransports and fireman Harry Guy of Indianapolis. Passengers unharmed. Train No. 25 started at Elkhart on the Michigan division of the Big Four. The engine tender baggage car and smoking car left the track while passenger cars stayed on track.
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Ind
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
Taft
Parker Bugby
Harry Guy
Elkhart
Michigan
Big Four
Rugby
Rebels Threaten Western Cuba With Attacks Near Havana
Reports from Havana describe sustained fighting as Rural Guards clash with insurgents led by Gen. Quentin Banderas near Hoyo Colorado. Banderas is reported wounded and his force reduced to about twenty. Attacks continue near Matanzas and Macagua with several rebels killed or wounded. Government arrests rise as Jose Miguel Gomez is taken prisoner and western Cuba anxiously braces for further violence amid reinforced towns and rail lines.
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Washington Peat
Havana
Quentin Banderas
Hoyo Colorado
Banderas
Moiang
Matanzas
Colon
Macaugua
Macagua
Col. Aviles
Pino Guerra
Ostranpes
Col. Albert
San Jose Lajas
Pozo
Lagthalias
Jose Miguel Gomez
O'Parrill
Freyre Andrade
Perez
Binar del Rio
Cuba
Lhe
Licely
Jaa
Pinar del Rico
Pinar del Rio
Consolacion de Sur
San Juan de Martines
Western Railroad
Peg-leg George Wooten whipped by whitecappers at gospel meeting
Special to The Washington Post from Nashville Indiana reports George Wooten known as Peg-leg was whipped by whitecappers for defending his father's Campbellite beliefs at a Crooked Creek schoolhouse gospel meeting. He said he grabbed the preacher Clyde Springer by the neck after being told there was nobody in hell but New Lights and hump-backed Campbellite in hell. The attack followed his cuffing of the preacher.
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Washington Post
Nashville
Ind
George Wooten
Brown County
Wooten
Peg-leg
Pegleg
William Wooten
Johnson Township
Thery Whitecappers
Crooked Creek
Clyde Springer
Hell
Whitecaps
Automobiles Crash Injures Three in Brookfield
In Worcester Aug 21 a locomotive struck a touring car at a railroad crossing, injuring Louis J. Chase of Cambridge his wife severely including a skull fracture, and injuring Irving H. Page of Chicopee Falls and his wife. Page is president of Stevens Arms and Tool Co. in Chicopee Falls.
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Worcester
Mass
Louis,j. Chase
Cambridge
Brookfield
T. Vincent -Hidapttal
Chase
Irving H. Page
Chicopee Falls
Boston and Albuty Railroad
Ghage
Three Killed by Explosion at Jones & Laughlin Furnace
At the Eliza furnaces in Pittsboro Pennsylvania a blast of gas from a top dump caused a blow out. George Marsley Andrew Marsley Michael Eoke died. nine others were unconscious and two injured. Rescue attempts slowed by flames. several survived with burns. Two men, John Marsley and George Ola, survived with injuries serious enough for hospital care.
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Pittsboro
Eliza
Jones & Laughling Steel Company
Soho
George Marsley
Andrew Marsley
Michael Eoke
Andrew Marshy
George
Michael Boise
John Marsley
George Ola
Ola
Marsley
Mercy Hospital
Ing
Banking Department of Union Trust Co
Mid
Quake Destruction Deepens Across Valparaiso Region
Washington dispatch reports ongoing shocks in Valparaiso with widespread destruction. Entire city damaged or destroyed, death toll around 1,000, looters shot, water scarce, bread lines formed, relief ships aiding, nearby towns Luache Quillotta Lai Lai severely ruined, Valparaiso and Aconcagua hardest hit, total losses estimated at 30 million dollars.
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Quilleta
Liai
Lima
Ecuador
Rai
Valparaiso
Washington
Pop
Vino del Mar
Luache
Quillotta
Llai Lai
Santiago
Prohibition Candidate Jones Slaps Brinson at Greenville Rally
A Greenville campaign meeting erupted when Prohibition candidate for governor ACC Jones slapped Brinson, a one-armed man, who offered no defense. Jones was arrested and later bailed in an ensuing melee observed by witnesses.
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Columbia
Greenville
Acc. Jones
Prohibition
Brinson
Jones
Abe
Brus Jones
Sn Ok
Death sentences loom for two Missouri spouses
Fragmented report notes Mrs Agnes Myers condemned to death for her husband’s murder with an execution date set in Liberty Missouri. A fellow accomplice Frank Hotman received a hang sentence in Kansas City. The case links to William J Bryan reception in New York next Monday.
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Kangas’ City
Agnes’ Myers
Atart
New’ York
William 3
Bryan
Myera
Tionday
Liberty
Frank'Hottman
Plive
Kansas City
Oklahoma Man Declares Persecution Led Band Parade
In Oklahoma a man named James F Sharp claims persecution and leads about fifty followers in a street parade. He says he is adamant and cites a previous parade last year that sent one band member to an asylum. Sharp recently returned and set up camp east of town, with followers wandering under a “Garden of Eden” belief. The parade included many children and wagons carrying babies as they moved through the streets.
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Okla
James
F “Sharp
Adam
Ion
Pacific
Sharp
Barid
Garden of Eden
China yields to powers in frontier customs push
A Tokio by Daily Telegraph dispatch says united representations of the United States Great Britain and Japan promise to establish customs houses on the Russo Chinese frontier, but the plan awaits Japan's consent. In Nashville Tennessee August 21 General Manager Ewing of the Dark District Tobacco Growers Association orders a 50 cent per hundred rise for dark tobacco due to crop shortages and poor conditions. Washington route listings offer round trips with stopovers and sleeping cars, berth price $3.60, via J Poston, General Agent.
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Tokio
Daily Telegraph
United, States
Great Britain
Japan
China
Adde
Antang
Neshville
Tenn
Ewing
Dark
Valtforatin
Washington-Sirhset
J. Poston
Gen
S11
Pa. Ave
Six Seek Senator Nomination in Nebraska Convention
Lincoln Aug 21 more interest centers in the Republican State convention than in any other gathering for the last decade. The convention will nominate a U S Senator with pledged support from Republican legislators. Norris Brown leads in instructed delegates, Rosewater second, and four others trail. Eight candidates seek the governorship and George Sheldon is expected to top the first ballot. A platform committee reported unsatisfactory resolutions, prompting possible amendments.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Norris, Brown
Edward Rosewater
Omaha Bee
Joseph H- Mutltd
George D
Mefkleighn
Frank M. Curry
Lorenzo Crounz
Norris Brown
Rosewater
George Csheldon Wit
State ‘Central Committee
Matrimonial Syndicate Figure Mrs Browne Locks Up
New York society page twists into trouble as Mrs Browne, linked to the widow Mrs Hamilton at 323 West Eighty second Street, is held at Stevcroft Street Police station after a confrontation with creditors. Syrians A Habeeb and S Hamra pursued via a warrant issued by Magistrate Simms on March 1 in West Side Court.
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Washington Post
New’ York
Browne
Hamilton
West Eighty
Habeet
J. Wallace Browne
Weat Seventy-third
Simms
West Side Court
Desperate civil war fears after Dominican revolt and arrests
Advices from Santo Domingo report 900 revolutionists led by Gen Guellite leaving Dejabon to attack Monte Crist. Gov Sarto. 1 200 men from Moca mobilized against rebels. Assassins Milbourni and Thurston, Americans employed as Dominican custom house collectors, arrested at Port au Prince Haiti and extradition demanded.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
Guayabin
Santo Domingo
Guellite
Dejabon
Ger. Navarro
Monte Crist
Sarto
Moca
Revol Honists
Milbourni
Thurston
Las Matas
Porc Au Prince
Ice Investigation Ends With No Indictments Yet
New York Aug 21 The grand jury ended its ice investigation after hearing witnesses including Wesley M Olert president of the American Ice Company Richard Foster of Scott Foster Company John N Briggs an independent and William Montgomery formerly of Montgomery Ice Company now out of business Also summoned were Montgomerys brothers John and Fred and William D Brang Jr an independent dealer of White Plains No indictments yet decided but some witnesses described a criminal conspiracy to fix ice prices Foreman Bernard Katach spoke with Rosalaky after the session.
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Syerlal
New York
Grand
Torday
Wesley
Feud Ends In Street Fight. Balstille Killed In Buffalo
In Buffalo on August 2 two Italian families clashed on Main Street over old feuds. Dominic Garcia and his brother confronted Frank Sardinia and his brothers. Raphael Balstille died trying to intervene. Frank Sardinia also died. Dominic Garcia is mortally wounded.
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Peacemaker
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank
Sardinia
Dominic Garcia
Garcia
Raphael Balsttle
Frank Sardinia
Fils
Snelling
Domine Garcia
Louisiana Race Battle in Colorado Southern camp
Report from Lake Charles describes a pitched battle at a Colorado Southern construction camp fifteen miles west of Oakdale. Five whites and five Negroes were wounded with several fatalities. Sheriff dispatched deputies to the scene to investigate the clash and medical aid was rushed to the injured.
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Lake Charles
Colorado Southern
Oakdale
Unwise in Peace Criminal in War Brig Gen Carter Views
Brig. Gen. William H. Carter, commanding the Department of the Lakes, denounces the Army quartermaster system as unwise in peace and criminal in war. He urges decentralization, criticizes the depot system for stripping generals of command over funds, and argues for giving department commanders broader authority to prevent waste and inefficiency.
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William H. Carter
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Quartermaster’s Department
Army
War Department
Russia
Carter
Spain
éiIs
Canter
McKinley
Quartermaster's Department
Gan
Gen
Waa
Philippines
Seven Workmen Killed in Mexican Quarry Blast
News from Salomé Batlla, Mexico, reports seven workers killed at a rock quarry run by the National Railroad of Mexico near Laredo. Foreman Antonio Perez, among the dead, was blasting when an extra heavy charge of powder exploded, burying the men under large stones.
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Laredo
Tex
Salomé Batlla
Mexico
National Railroad of Mexico
Antonio Perez
Perez
Albany seeks injunction to cap Brooklyn ferry fare at five cents
Attorney General Meyer will ask a permanent injunction to stop the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. from charging more than 5 cents between Brooklyn and Coney Island. A pro forma ruling in lower courts is sought to allow a final decision at the October term of the Court of Appeals. Canadian town fire sweeps Halleybury. business section wiped out with $150,000 loss. Two miners die in Johnsonville fire. Cal town nearly wiped out. Bank of Mentor robbed for $1,200 in Crookston, with burglars fled.
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Albany
WN. C
Meyer
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Court of Appeals
Halleybury
New
Ontario
Reno
Nev
Johnsonville
Plummer County
Cal
Fie
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