New York Politics and Theater Spark Against Tammany
In New York the McClellan presidential boom faces Tammany resistance as Murphy’s leadership is questioned over patronage. The piece ties theater fires to lax old laws and notes reforms after the Brooklyn tragedy, praising modern safeguards in New York venues and fireman presence at shows.
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New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
Sarah Bernhardt
Metropolitan Opera House
Prince Henry
Prussia
McClellan Appointments Scrutinized Amid Tammany Ties
Owen Langdon reviews George McClellan’s NYC appointments, highlighting McAdoo as police commissioner and McAvoy as first deputy, with Delany as corporation counsel, noting Tammany influence and conflicts with reform, while Brooklyn and Manhattan leaders push unfitness claims affecting McClellan’s presidential prospects. He also surveys New York public schools, praising overall funding and building quality but criticizing cuts to evening programs and textbook costs.
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George McClellan
Tamman
Tammany
McAdoo
Police
Navy
McClellan
Devery
McAvoy
Lexow
Theodore Roosevelt
John Delany
Tim Sullivan
Manhattan
New York
Daton
Walter
Semnell
Croker
van Wyck
Donchue
Building Department
Brooklyn
McCarren
Ex-Governor Bushnell Died in Ohio at 81
Former Gov. Bushnell of Ohio died at 1:52 a m after days of illness and two strokes. Born September 15 1834 in Rome New York he moved to Cincinnati then Springfield. He rose from bookkeeper to president of Warder Bushnell Glessner, served in the Civil War as captain and led Ohio Republicans as governor from 1895 to 1897.
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Columbus, O
Bushnell
Gov
Rome
Oneida County
N. Y
Ohio
Cincinnati
Springfield
Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company
Lynchings, War News Dominate Global Dispatches
Reports from Florida to Virginia, Mississippi and Tokyo detail lynchings of Black men by mobs and a string of international tension as Japan and Russia prep for possible war. The U S State Department confirms Manchuria trade interests remain purely commercial.
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Tokio
Japan
Russia
England
United States
Asia
Manchuria
China
London
Seoul
Daily Mail
Allen
M. Collin de Plancy
Corea
Corean
Peking
Komura
Washington
State Department
Hay
Count Sassini
Mukden
Antung
Call for Republican National Convention Issued for June 21
Senator M A Hanna of Ohio, chairman of the national committee, issued the call for a Republican national convention to assemble in Chicago on June 21 1904. The document outlines delegate apportionment, election procedures, eligibility, and rules for contests and registration.
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Chicago
Washington
M. A. Hanna
Ohio
National Republican Committee
United States
Republican Party
Illinois
District of Columbia
Alaska
Indian Territory
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Hawaii
Republican Committee
Chapin Brown
George H. Harries
John F. Cook
National Committee
Perry S. Heath
Death of James L. Blair in Eustis Florida
James L. Blair of St. Louis died in Eustis on Saturday after a congestive chill. Mrs. Blair and her son Percy were with him at the bedside. cerebral congestion was listed by the doctor. The body was embalmed and sent to St. Louis. Blair left life insurance policies totaling about $1,000,000, largely assigned to creditors, with some funds expected for his family.
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Gainesville
Fla
Jumbo Clark
High Springs
Clark
Petersburg
Sussex County
Elmore Moseley
Moseley
Vicksburg
Miss
Butch” Riley
Tallulah
Eustis
James L. Blair
St. Louis
Percy
Blair
Memorial to McKinley sparked Carnation League observance
Dayton reports a new Carnation League of America memorial to President McKinley. The movement promotes McKinley day on January 29 and urges wearing carnations in memory of the late president. Initiator Lewis G. Reynolds cites growing nationwide support and aims for quiet but broad patriotic influence.
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Dayton, C
Carnation League of America
William McKinley
McKinley
MacKinley
Lewis G. Reynolds
Invading Colombians Prompt Panamanian Mobilization
From New York Panamanian leaders declare readiness to resist a Colombian invasion. Col. Barette says 400 to 500 troops can hold the three mountain passes and that Indians from the interior will join the defense. He praises American aid and warns Colombian tactics will not deceive Panamanian forces. The San Blas Indians are said not to fight.
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New York
Herald
Panama
Col. Barette
San Blas
Hanna denies candidacy in Ohio interview
Senator M A Hanna says he sent 2000 letters denying any run for the presidency and calls the talk a closed incident. He plans to issue the call for the Republican national convention soon, noting delays from Chicago hotel rate protests and GOP discussions.
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Pittsburg
M. A. Hanna
Roosevelt
Hanna
Chicago
Calaveras Groves Petition Reaches Roosevelt With 1.4 Million Names
The Calaveras big tree committee of the Outdoor Art League of California has forwarded a petition to President Roosevelt requesting aid to preserve the Calaveras groves. The petition gathers 1,400,000 signatures from readers across the United States.
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San Francisco
Calaveras
The
Outdoor Art League of California
Roosevelt
United States
Corbin Takes Command of Atlantic Division at Governor's Island
New York Jan 16 Maj Gen Corbin assumed command as the war department completed the creation of the Atlantic division with headquarters at Governor's Island.
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Corbin
New York
War Department
Atlantic Division
Governor’s Island
Maj. Gen. Corbin
Turks Killed As Magazine Blows Up Near Uskub
Bulgarian forces blew up a Turkish powder magazine in the Kumanova district, 16 miles from Uskub, resulting in thirty Turkish deaths on January 15 in Salonica Macedonia.
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Salonica
Macedonia
Kumanova
Uskub
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