News Roundup of Casualties Fires and Trials Worldwide
A broad summary lists incidents and trials including Philip Krantz facing attempted death by action after jumping from a bridge. deaths from appendicitis surgery Charles H. Netcher in Chicago. drownings at Ne gaunee Michigan. Judge J Soule Smith's death. various political and legal developments. major fires in Macomb City and Shawneetown. General Slocum disaster body counts. a gasoline explosion in St Louis. multiple homicides and suicides. weather and economic notes. Roosevelt nomination news. and a state supreme court ruling on corporate capital stock assessments.
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Philip Krantz
Brooklyn
Krantz
Charles H. Netcher
Boston
Chicago
Archie Orr
Gordon Piper
Florence Crane
Roy Mitchell
Negaunee
Tears Lake
Mich
J. Soule Smith
United States
Lexington
Henry George, Jr
Colorado
Republic
Court of Appeals
Frankfort
James B. Howard
William Goebel
L. Z. Leiter
Roosevelt
Slocum
New York
Atlanta
Ora Bradley
Holt
Cleveland
New Haven
Conn
W. J. Bryan
Bennett Will
Portland
Victor
Col
Bell
Busines
Macomb City
Miss
Ernest Payne
Mabel Bonaker
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
Payne
Tremont House
Quincy
Elizabeth Welch
Jefferson School
Mary Welch
Jackson
W. E. Reid Company
St. Louis
Ludington
Reimer Smith
Ilinois
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Northwestern Cooperage Company
St. Paul
Roosevelt and Fairbanks Nominated at Republican Convention
On the second day Permanent Chairman Joseph G. Cannon led a stirring session as the platform was adopted. Wisconsin stalwart delegates won seating amid credential reports, while Theodore Roosevelt and Charles W. Fairbanks were nominated by acclamation for president and vice president respectively. George B. Cortelyou resigned as secretary of commerce and labor to chair the national committee, effective after a successor is qualified likely July 1. Formal notifications will occur July 27 at Oyster Bay and August 3 in Indianapolis. Adjournment followed the nominating speeches.
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Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Spearer Cannon
Charles W. Fairbanks
Elihu Root
New York
Indianapolis
George B. Cortelyou
Commerce and Labor
National Republican Committee
Republican National Convention
Theodore Roosevelt
Charlies W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Grover Cliveland
Fairbanks
Clement Scott
London
St. Louis
Nelson A. Miles
Prohibition Party
Milwaukee
Admiral Ohtomsky
Port Arthur
Oku
Kuroki
Kuropatkin
Leavenworth
Kan
Henry B. Brown
Michigan
United States Supreme Court
Josephine Bunting Tyler
Crosswicks
Trenton
N. J
Tampico
Charles Funkhouser
Homer
Rantoul
Starling Dunham
John Wilson
Eupora
Miss
Wilson
General Slocum
Kaichau
Federal
St. Louis Exposition
Union Grove
Wis
Third
International Congress of the Salvation Army
Albert Hall
Taft
Canal
Panama
Mary Jane Sned
Freeport, Ill
James Payton Remington
Widespread War News and Domestic Incidents
Dispatches report Russian forces defeated at Haicheng with heavy losses and a decisive clash near Kaichou as Japanese and Russian armies duel near Liaoyang. Talks of Perdicari s ransom and Raisuli persist. Moravia and Hungary suffer hailstorms and floods killing dozens. New political moves include Taft tariff tie to Panama and Miles and Scott notices. Union Grove fire leaves $25,000 loss.
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Hector Fuller
Port Arthur
Perdicaris
Varley
Haicheng
St. Petersburg
Kaichow
Raisuli
Angelsey Castle
England
Anglesey
Oku
Nodzu
Kaiping
Kondratsvitch
Wafunko Ravine
Kaichou
Hayti
Port Au Prince
Pedicaris
Tangier
Train wreck kills thirty in Teruel province Spain
Thirty people died when a train derailed on a bridge and plunged into the Jiloca river in Teruel, one of Spain’s most mountainous provinces. Officials report uneasiness as Russians fight Japanese strategy near Petersburg.
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Teruel
Spain
Jiloca
Kuropatkin
Petersburg
Port Arthur Naval Clash Reaches Critical Point
Reports from Tokyo and St. Petersburg detail the battle off Port Arthur where Japanese forces under Admiral Togo clashed with Russia. The sinking of the battleship Peresviet and damage to several ships are described amid Allied efforts to trap the Russian fleet before the rainy season.
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Rome
Tokio
Giornale d'Italia
Prince Uhtomsky
Peresviet
Port Arthur
Togo
Poltava
Sevastopol
Bayan
Pallada
Diana
Novik
Askold
Czarevitch
Retvizan
Pobieda
Shoosen Point
Alexieff
Emperor
Withoft
Liaotieshan
London
Manchuria
Liaoyang
Oku
Kuroki
Kouropatkin
Yalu
Kinchow
Wafangon
Washington
Telissa
Stealthy raid ends with surrender as party nominee aids arrest
A concealed operation seals the capture of a man at his home after dark fog enshrouded streets. Led by a determined figure with armed followers, the raid secures the surrender of the target as he cooperates quietly. The scene unfolds as a political nominee is mentioned in context of national affairs.
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Chicago Tribune
Anto
United States
Vermont Farm Scene Inspires Maxfield Parrish Sketches
The illustrator Maxfield Parrish described a lonely Vermont farm during a recent New York visit. He recalled a bare desolate landscape and a quiet, dry exchange with the farmer about news from New York.
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Maxfield Parrish
Vermont
New York Tribune
New York
Parrish
Dodd's Kidney Pills Featured As Diabetes Cure
Roland Illinois June 27 diabetes labeled incurable kidney disease. Rev Thomas B Norman Baptist minister testifies Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his diabetes and recommends them. The piece notes earlier disease stages like backache and rheumatism also respond, citing New York Medical Journal on neuropath and kissing germs as a warning.
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Roland
Ill
Dodd
Thos. B. Norman
J. Norman
New York Medical Journal
lIndianapolis Journal
Binder twine sale and assorted notices deliver era tone
An assortment of advertisements and quotes appears. Sears Roebuck and Co. promote low prices on binder twine with guarantees and mail in offers. A Boston man is described as a physical wreck after a 500 mile car trip. Various funeral notices urge National Casket Company products. Humorous and moral quips appear from multiple papers.
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Sears, Roebuck & CO
Chicago
Boston
Detroit Free Press
Chicago Decision and a Poetaster Joke
A Brooklyn Eagle fragment recalls a Chicago decision as Mrs Stockyard questions the meaning of poetaster. The dialogue ridicules petty jargon, joking that a poetaster is a hog tester or an autopsy doctor.
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Chicago
Brooklyn Eagle
Delightful Summer Tours by Nickel Plate Route
Delightful summer tours to the East offered by the Nickel Plate Road the low rate short line to summer resorts with close connections at Buffalo to eastern points. Dining car meals priced from 35 cents to one dollar and meals also available a la carte. Trains depart and arrive at La Salle Street Station Chicago with ticketing guidance to say Via Nickel Plate Route.
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Buffalo
Individua Club
Nickel Plate
Great la Salle Street
Chicago
Not Yet a Citizen Story of a Recent German Arrival
A New York Times anecdote recounts a recently arrived German asking about naturalization. The man quips in reply that his eyes are not glass, highlighting his humorous stance on legitimacy and identity amid immigration discourse.
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Whitney Lyon
N. Y. Times
National Encampment Travel to Boston in 1904
The piece promotes low Nickel Plate Road rates for visiting Boston August 15 20 1904 with elegant dining and sleeping cars. It highlights coffee and sandwiches in seats, chauffeured service on the Individual Club Plan, and allows a Chau tauqua Lake and Niagara Falls return stop. The quote from Chicago Record Herald is included.
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Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Chautauqua Lake
Niagara Falls
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
Slogan for Allen's Foot-Ease foot powder claims it cures painful swollen irritated feet and makes new shoes easy to wear. Promotes free sample and a Le Roy New York address. Includes irrelevant note about world fair officials chasing a bandit in Morocco and Wall Street references.
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Morocco
Raisuli
Wall Street
Detroit
Free Press
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
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Lima
Seth Ellis
Union Reform
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Ohio Granges
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Emil L. Johnson
Cripple Creek
Denver
W. J. Hussey
University of California Astronomical Department
Lick Observatory
F. R. Chaffee
Chaffee
Houston
Tex
Navy
Moody
Knox
Paul Morton
Victor H. Metcalf
California
Mr. Cortelyou
Commerce
National Casket Company
Eben
Washington Star
Chicago Daily News
Ocean Grove
N.J
Chicago Record- Herald
Blood
Candy Cathartic
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