Campbell Kidnapped and Robbed Over Twenty Thousand
Honolulu millionaire James Campbell says he was kidnapped in San Francisco by Oliver W. Winthrop and an accomplice who tried to force a $20,000 signature. Campbell endured 12 hours bound and gagged before the captors released him after fears of exposure grew. Police have a description but no location for the confederate.
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San Francisco
James Campbell
Honolulu
Oliver W. Winthrop
Winthrop
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Campbell
Lee
Wright Nominated After Prohibition Platform Endorsed
At the Georgia Populist convention in Atlanta on August 7, Seaborn Wright secured the gubernatorial nomination with the anti barroom plank adopted. The platform calls for abolition of convict lease, public school support, teachers paid monthly, and strict public official ethics while condemning lynching and advocating public control of liquor. Wright pledged to carry the anti prohibition plank into campaign.
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Dr. Gambrell
Agen
Atlanta
The
Tabernacle
O. J. Thornton
Columbus
Ore
St. Louis
Prac
Georgia
Democrats and Watson rally at Moody tabernacle
A Bryan Watson ratification meeting drew Seaborn Wright, B. M. Blackburn, and Henry Clay. Watson spoke about the St Louis platform, denounced railroad influence, and urged fusion with the People’s party. Wright pledged support for Bryan and Watson amid enthusiastic cheers as other speakers praised the movement.
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Watson
St. Louis
Democratic Party
Bryan
Sewall
South
Monopolies
Grover
Weat
Tom
Seaborn Wright
Henry Clay
Howard
People's Party
Thomas Watson
Ruan
Moses
Asron
Red Sea
McKinley _ ism
Promised Land
Seah Wright
Deler
Ane Wright
Mr. Wright
Hines
Kansas City
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Enidland
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Jefferson County
Ills
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Ministry of Finance
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Little Party of
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