Republicans at Work in Philadelphia Convention Scene
The Republican national convention opened in Exposition Hall Philadelphia June 19 with Senator Wolcott as temporary chairman. McKinley’s renomination looms as Roosevelt sparks a possible ticket clash while Cullom pushes labor and canal policy planks amid a large, orderly crowd.
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Exposition Hall
Walcott
Colorado
Union
Hawaii
Alaska
Quaker City
Hanna
William McKinley
McKinley
Wolcott
Hobart
Long
Dolliver
Roosevelt
United States
National Committee
Remarkable Bullet Tale From 1870 War Wound
Paris’s Petit Journal recounts M. Charles Jallerat, wounded in 1870 artillery service, struck by a bullet in the left temple. Surgeons could not remove it, yet he lived years with the bullet in his head. Twenty seven years passed before the bullet shifted toward the brain and caused insanity, later clarified by another shift that restored balance. Then a throat sensation revealed the bullet again, now finally expelled by the mouth.
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Petit Journal
Paris
M. Charles Jallerat
M. Jallerat
China Declares War As Taku Forts Fire On Fleet
International fleet engaged by the Taku forts as China allegedly fires on foreign warships. Reports from Che Foo and Shanghai describe fort explosions, legation fears, and large troop movements by Russia, Britain, France, and others.
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London
China
Taku
Berlin
Che- Foo
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Pekin
Kanh Yi
Ministry of War
Mandghur
Daily News
Che-Foo
Stock Broker Kills Cabman in Omaha Tragedy
In Omaha on June 19, stockbroker C. H. King shot and killed hackman Jas. Flood at 10 o'clock as crowds passed to church. King fled to Council Bluffs where he was arrested. Mrs. King alleges a dispute over fare to the railway station. Flood was intoxicated.
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Neb
C. H. King
North 25Th Street
Jas. Flood
Hackman
King
Council Bluffs
Death From Politeness On Cincinnati Streetcar
Lizzie Matti aged 19 daughter of John Matti of 10 Nevada street died after a Warsaw avenue streetcar jerked away sending her to the pavement. Her skull was fractured and she soon expired.
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Ohio
Lizzie Matti
John Matti
Nevada Street
Warsaw Avenue
Warsaw and
Ross Avenues
Miss Matti
Bankrupt Hotel Partner Fife Files Petition in New York
John H. Fife, partner with Willam Pp. Petty in the Metropolitan hotel venture, filed for bankruptcy in the U S district court here. Liabilities are listed at 370 576 with assets of 100 in wearing apparel.
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New York
John H. Fife
Willam Pp. Petty
Metropolitan Hotel
United States District Court
Fife
Assault at Easton power house sparks mob attack in St Louis
Benjamin Williams a Transit company machinist suffered internal injuries after a mob beat and threatened to hang him. Three streetcars were damaged by dynamite explosions injuring no one. Capt Fisse and Deputy Woerner rescued two women from a mob as strikes enter sixth week with a spreading boycott.
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St. Louis
Benjamin Williams
Easton Avenue
Williams
Ohio
Park Avenues
O'Fallon
Fifteenth Street
Easton
Grand Avenues
William E. Fisse
Circuit Court
William F. Woerner
Posse
South St. Louis
John H. Farber
James Cornelius
Geyer
California Avenue
Capt. Fisse
Woerner
George O’keefe
William Woodling
Botha Refuses Surrender Amid Armistice Talks
London reports Lord Roberts received a Boer dispatch from Machadodorus on June 13 proposing disarmament and praising burghers bravery. Botha sought a six day armistice. Roberts offered five. Botha declined, hostilities resumed. Dispatch from Lourenco Marques notes eight carloads of bar gold valued at £5 million with Kruger. Steyn proclaims Free State still free, arguing ongoing army actions negate annexation.
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London
Lord Roberts
Machadodoro
Louis Botha
Botha
Barbettem
Lourenco Marques
Kruger
Steyn
Free State
Lord Robert
Railroad Millionaire H Walter Webb Dies at Beechwood
H Walter Webb former third vice president of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad and head of passenger operations died at Beechwood Scarborough. He developed the Empire State Express and the Chicago Exposition Flyer linking New York City and Chicago in twenty hours. He married Leila Griswold in 1884. two sons survive. Funeral at St Marys Scarborough with burial in Sleepy Hollow.
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H. Walter Webb
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Beechwood
Scarborough
Webb
New York Central
Chicago
Leila Howard Griswold
John A. Griswold
Troy
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Panama Rebel Battle Near Bejuca Plain And Antom Hill
Report from the British steamer Don describes a June 13 14 clash near Bejuca plain and Antom hill between government forces of about 1500 and rebels led by Gen Belasacre Parras. Government losses include 400 soldiers and 36 officers with the army split. 20 carloads of the wounded were sent to Panama hospitals and there is fear Colon would fall if Panama does.
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Navy Department
Kempff
Taku
Algerine
Japan
Russia
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MacArthur
Manila
Ninth Infantry
Liscum
Logan
Port Albert
New York
Commercial Cable Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Tien-tsin
Siberian
Helampo
Great Northern Telegraph Company
Commercial
Far East
Simla
Seventh Bengal Infantry
Hongkong
Panama
Kingston
Don
Bejuca Plain
Antom Hill
Belasacre Parras
Colon
Milwauke e Express driver wounded in unknown woman shooting
G A Smith of Milwaukee visiting eight miles north of Seymour Wis was shot at twice and severely wounded by a woman in a carriage who called him from a house. The woman fled with unknown whereabouts. Smith is a United States Express driver and the only man of that name in Milwaukee.
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Seymour
Wis
G. A. Smith
Milwaukee
Here
George A. Smith
United States Express Company
Ex-Congressman Sayler Dies in Huntington Reach
Huntington Indiana June 20 Ex Congress man H B Sayler dies in his office after apoplexy He was mayor of the 118th Indiana volunteers in the Civil War and a judge in the Twenty eighth judicial district under Gov Porter Also active in Presbyterian church circles.
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Huntington
Ind
H. B. Sayler
118Th
Indiana Volunteers
Twenty-eighth Judicial District
Indiana
Gov. Porter
Mormons Busy in Fort Dodge Mission Visit
Fort Dodge Iowa reports a surge of Mormon missionaries making home visits and distributing literature. More apostles are said to be en route from Salt Lake City as they aim to gain converts.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Toeir
Salt Lake City
Tying Records in Green New York Private Trial
Walter W. Smith of Brooklyn’s King County Wheelmen broke two world amateur cycling records in a private trial at Green New York on June 18. Paced by a motorcycle he posted a half mile in 0:48 and a flying start mile in 1:28, beating the motor-paced half mile and half-mile marks set in 1899 by A. W. Ross and George Fuller.
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Green
New York
Berkeley Oval
Walter W. Smith
King
Brooklyn
Smith
A. W. Ross
Washington, D. C
George Fuller
San Jose
Cal
Jumping Tragedy Near Brooklyn Bridge Opens Rumor
A man leaped from a trolley car on the Brooklyn Bridge approach in New York. He remained seated until the car passed the Manhattan end, then sprang from the car and dived headfirst into the river. His body has not yet been recovered and his identity is unknown.
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Roosevelt
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan
New York Bridge
Swedish Lutheran Synod meet in Burlington Iowa
The Swedish Lutheran synod sat in Burlington Iowa on June 19 with President Norelius presiding. Short talks covered church work and needs. A proposal to change church law on calling ministers was discussed and a consistory to pass on pastor applications by congregations was proposed.
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Swedish Lutheran Synod
Burlington
Iowa
Norelius
Son shoots father in patricide case in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on June 20 Herman Haarmeyer returned home intoxicated and struck his wife and daughter. Their 18 year old son intervened, retrieved a pistol from his room, and shot his father twice, killing him. The son is held for murder.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Herman Haarmeyer
Typhoon Delays Regiment Reaches Manila
A typhoon washed out the road between Tarlac and Manila delaying the Ninth Regiment by about a week. The US transport Hancock has returned to the bay awaiting moderation of the weather.
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Manila
Tarlac
United States
Hancock
Croake Defeats Graham in Tenth Round Bout
Eddie Croake of Clinton, Iowa defeated Jim Graham of Des Moines in the tenth round in Des Moines. The Philadel phia Jack O'Brien versus Jim Adams bout was ruled no contest after five rounds for fouling and wrestling with Malachy Hogan of Chicago as referee.
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Croake
Graham
Des Moines
Iowa
Eddie Croake
Clinton
Jimmy Graham
Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien
Jim Adams
Malachy Hogan
Chicago
Death in Exploding Vapors at Atlantic City Bath
Mrs Grace Chatterton wife of J Howard Chatterton a Washington wealth holder died at her summer home in Atlantic City when vapors from a vapor bath exploded covering her entire body in flames.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Grace Chatterton
J. Howard Chatterton
Washington
Fire destroys Miner apartment house in New York
The six story Miner apartment house at Madison Avenue and Sixty third street was destroyed by fire. Property loss is $250,000. Several persons were overcome by heat and smoke.
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New York
Guras
Miner
Madison Avenue
Sixty-third Street
Grand Trunk Rail to Build Complete Double Track
General Manager Hayes announces Grand Trunk railroad will be made a complete double track system from Port Huron Michigan to Chicago. Construction to proceed as rapidly as possible with the project underway.
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Grand Trunk
Montreal
Que
Hayes
The
Grand Trunk Road
Port Huron
Mich
Chicago
Arrests Mount in Santo Domingo Political Turmoil
In the northern Dominican Republic, June 20 reports indicate many arrests including leaders Xollo Garcia and other former government party figures. The crackdown signals ongoing political instability in Santo Domingo and its environs.
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Santo Domingo
Republic of
Xollo
Garcia
Governsment Party
Yaquis to Continue War Say Rebels and Government Duel
Yaqui leaders announce no change in policy after a conference with the government. They declare the war will continue with no dissent among the rebels.
Major Edmunds Dies of Fever in Havana
Major Frank H. Edmunds of Gen. Lee's staff dies of yellow fever in Havana on June 20. Mrs. Edmunds is reported to be much better.
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Havana
Frank H. Edmunds
Gen. Lee
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