Roosevelt Taft clash and Iowa caucus notes in Des Moines paper
In this Des Moines copy, editorial chatter critiques caucus tactics used to defeat the popular will, praises Col. Young and his move to the Daily Capital, and examines Roosevelt and Taft dynamics. It also mentions Ohio primary results, party strategy, and calls for harmony without betraying principles.
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Col. Young
Poye
Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio
Taft
Freeman- Tribune
Young
Cummins
Des Moines
Taft and Roosevelt Camps Clash at National Convention
In Chicago Taft and Roosevelt forces clash over delegate control. McKinley and Dixon issue opposing certainties on Taft’s nomination while Howell’s bid for Rosewater’s chair is deemed doomed. Dixon accuses rivals of revolutionary tactics. Ward and committee members anticipate swift case handling. The convention opens with rules and chair selection anticipated. Mount Pleasant reports a man dies after a horse kicked him in the stomach near Mount Union.
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Chicago
Joseph ‘M. Dixon
Taft
Roosevelt
Dixon
Nebraska
Victor Rosewater
William L. Ward
New York
Committee
Howell
National Committee
Republican National Committee
South Dakota
Ohio
McKinley
Rosewater
John ¥. Hill
Maine
Mount Pleasant
Frank Brown
Will Baker
Mount Union
Benjamin’ Brown
Denova
Fireman in Sleep Drops. Death in Somnambulistic Fall
Lieutenant José T Balak fell from the second floor of his quarters while supposedly asleep in Chicago on June 6. He was trying to slide down a brass pole in a fire engine house and died after being found unconscious on the cement floor and transported to a hospital.
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Chicago
Joséph
T. Balak
West Liberty
Fransisco Saines
Saings
Rock Island
Iowa City
Saines
HORSES VICTIMS OF AWFUL CRUELTY IN CHICAGO
Wild nights and tamping by 180 horses in Walsh Transfer barn led to the discovery that fifteen animals had been slashed and stabbed. One died and another was put down. Police link the crime to warfare between rival teamsters. George Setinia and Michael Stopke were arrested on suspicion of wielding the knives.
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Chicago
Wild Neights
Walsh Transfer
of Teamsters
George Setinia
Michael Stopke
Street Battle in Newark Wounds Six or More
In Newark on June 6, about 150 striking laborers clashed with police. At least six people were shot, including five strikers, a police officer, and a civilian, as Italian women attacked with knives and stones. The crowd fired back as reserves arrived and the fighters dispersed.
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Newark
N. J
Lackawanna
Child Killed by Auto in Des Moines Crash
Des Moines reports a fatal accident as three year old Etta Robinson died after being struck by a automobile Tuesday evening. The child suffered a fractured skull and died in hospital during the night.
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Des Moines
Little Etta Robinson
Marines Land to Guard American Property in Cuba
A detachment of 450 American Marines landed at Deses Point near Caimanera and moved by train to Guantanamo City to protect American property. The force, under Col. Lucas, is not for intervention but to safeguard planters and railway assets amid ongoing insurrection.
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Cuba
Col. Lucas
Deses Point
Guantanamo City
Washington
United’ ‘States Naval ’ Station
Guantanamo Bay
Prairie
Sty
Guantanamo
M. H. Lewis
Guantanamo and Western Railway Company
Wood
Oriente
Calmanera
Missouri River Rise Threatens Burlington Line in Mills County
Missouri River at Glenwood Iowa rises about three feet as the annual freshet again threatens the Burlington right of way. The river cuts banks below a previously damaged hole where rock and willow were used to repair tracks. About 150 workers toil to halt the ravages along the line.
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Glenwood
Misouri
Mills County
Burlington
Regular Troops In Camp Near Dubuque For Sparta March
More than 2,000 regular army soldiers from Fort Snelling Sheridan Crook and Brady arrived in Dubuque on June 6 preparing for an overland march to Sparta Wisconsin. They camp outside the city for a week to test automobile trucks replacing wagons on a 200 mile route through the central west.
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Dubuque
Sparta
Oil Stove Fire Ravages Cobalt Theater
A theater fire in Cobalt Ontario caused more than 150000 in damage after an oil stove exploded in a dressing room during a performance. Fire departments from Cobalt Haileybury and New Liskeard battled the flames and reported no loss of life.
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Gillies Depot
Ont
Cobalt
Haileybury
New Liskeard
Lyric Theater
Undertakers Seek Cadaver Display in Peoria Hotel
Peoria Illinois June 6 undertakers from Illinois and Iowa sought access to a cadaver to carve it with embalming fluids in the hotels Gold Room. A hotel conflict threatened the convention until the management agreed to permit the display. The Iowa group warned they would end the meeting if refused. Jefferson City Missouri June 6 former preacher Aaron B Donaldson surrendered to prison officials after a three year term for a 63 thousand dollar fraud against Assumption Missouri resident Downs.
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Peoria
Ill
Illinois State Undertakers’ Association
Iowa Association
Jefferson City
Aaron B. Donaldson
X. H. Downs
Assumption
Donaldson
Senator Nixon of Nevada A Wealthy Figure
The article profiles Senator Nixon a Nevada politician at Reno and Goldfield noting his wealth and long legislative career. It highlights his status as a millionaire with a private following and his quiet influence on western interests while living at Reno and maintaining a large estate.
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Willian
Washington
Nixon
Goldfield
California
Nevada
Reno
Sonal
United ‘States
Nion
Macent
Urbs
Vada
Newila
Rifle Shot Ends Airship Flight Test in Washington
A rifle shot pierced the airship of Dr. William W. Christmas in Washington, causing a blade and cylinder damage and forcing the cancellation of the New York to Washington aerial mail test. A $1,000 reward offers leads to the shooter. A grand Yeoman Hall ball is announced for Monday June 10 with admission details.
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Willeiam W. Christmas
Washington
New York
Hadley
Yeoman Hall
Bosente
Yeoman
Wuleh
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