National Democratic convention in Louisville aims at silver issue
Louisville hosts a large National Democratic convention seemingly about a state court of appeals race but, observers say, driven by a fight over gold and silver. The gathering exposes splits in Kentucky Democrats from leaders like Carlisle and Breckinridge, while Republicans abandon fusion attempts and refuse to place the Democrat nominee under the Republican emblem.
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State Court of Appeals
Louis Viele
Kentucky
Louisville
Chicago
United States
Carlisle
Lindsay
Breckinridge
Watterson
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Republian
Republicans at Detroit Indorse St Louis platform Hawaii annexation favored
Delegates at the National League of Republican clubs discuss league officers and next convention site. The credentials report is adopted with seating for Louisiana and exclusion of a competing delegation. The platform pledges party principles and notes support for McKinley and a Republican congress. Also reported are a looming lynching in Cuthbert, Rev Whitsett denies resignation, a woman killed near West Penn, and Terrell's execution stay.
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Hawaii
Detroit
National League of Republican Clubs
Lobbes
Las O’eick
Woodmansee
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Committee On Credentials
Louisiana
C. C. Wilson
Bundy
Ohio
Party of Protection
William McKinley
Congress
Union
Abraham Lincoln
Nominations Sent to Senate for U S Consuls General
The president sent to the Senate on July 14 nominations for U S consuls general and ministers to several countries including William L Merry to Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Horace N Allen to Corea, Henry M DeLeon to Guayaquil Ecuador, with other postings in Toronto Stettin Magdeburg Amsterdam and more. Separately reports from Pittston note coal shortages fears easing as miners’ strike could affect supply.
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Henry M. DeLeon
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Wasuinaros
Senate
William L. Merry
California
Nicaragua
Ots Rica
Managua
Horace N. Allen
Ohio
Corea
Georgia
Gayaquil
United States
William L. Sewell
Toronto
Ont
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Minnesota
Stettin
Germany
Henry W. Diderich
District of Columbia
Madgeburg
Ger
Charles Weidman
Kentucky
Harth
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Illinois
Tampico
Mexico
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Greenville James
New York
Prescott
O. H. Ford
Maine
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Frederick W. Hossfelder
Iowa
Trieste
Austria
John O. Covert
Lyons
France
William K. Anderson
Michigan
Hanover
William W. Henry
Vermont
Quebec
Canada
John F. Odples
Oregon
Valparaiso
Chile
Report on Jameson Raid Conclusions by Transvaal Inquiry Panel
London July 14 The parliamentary South Africa commission reports that Cecil Rhodes bears heavy responsibility for subsidizing and organizing an armed insurrection against the Transvaal government though Jameson acted without Rhodes' direct sanction. The committee cites breaches of international comity and deception of officials, with Beit and Ma implicated as aware of the plans and Beit responsible for funding the movement.
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Transvaal
London
South Africa Commission
Pall Mall Gazette
Johannesburg
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes
Jameson
Colonial Ministry
Beit
Cabinet barely saved as minister outsmarts Socialists
Paris July 14 The cabinet narrowly dodged defeat in the chamber of deputies over a bill to readjust direct taxes aimed at aiding the peasantry. Finance Minister Cochery blasted Socialist M Millerand, saying the vote showed Socialists preferred the current system. A second division upheld the need to delay immediate discussion, 270 to 257, amid a scene of uproar.
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Chamber of Deputies
M. Millerand
Cochery
Daily Market Reports Naval Stores Summary
Fragmented market note reports Savane at July 1 with prices around 2434 and mention of Sacro peaks. References to receipts and sales by firm, barrel counts, and a $100 precip bar with 58 barrels. Ambiguous OCR yields unclear entities.
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Savane
Erro Se Firm
Fo Reosipta
Receipta & En al AB
Georgians Reach New York Aboard Savannah Steamer
One hundred Georgians, men and women, arrived on the Savannah line steamer Kansas City and lodged at the Gerlach in New York. The party includes notable figures such as former Senator Patrick Walsh and Mayor Simeon Bell, with plans to remain five days and visit Toronto and various resorts.
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Savannah Line
Kansas City
Savannah
Gerlach
Toronto
United States
Patrick Walsh
J. Jones Gardiner
Daniel J. O’connor
Travelers’ Protective Association
Simeon Bell
Waynesboro
W. E. Arnold
Casino
Henley Regatta 1897 Trial Heats Open With Breeze
Henley on Thames July 14 The Henley regatta for 1897 begins under good weather with a stiff wind at times and a smaller crowd. Trial heat outcomes include Leander beating Thames Rowing Club in the Grand Challenge cup first heat and Trinity Hall Cambridge defeating London Rowing Club at Berk Station. Christ Church Oxford wins Ladies Plate heat over Trinity College. De Hoop Amsterdam’s Biasse defeats Fairbad Jesus College in the Diamond Sculls heat. McDowell of Delaware Boat Club Chicago wins easily over Guinness Thames Rowing Club in the Diamond Sculls heat.
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Duck's Station
King’s College
Royal 'S Hill Bridge
Baliol College
Oxford College
Buck's Station
J. J. Biasse
de Hoop
Amsteroat
Fairbad
Jesus College
Bridge
W. S. McDowell
Delaware Boat Club
Chicago
E. A. Guiness
Thames Rowing Club
McDowell
Roads Kick on Reduction in Rail Rates and Valuation
The North Carolina railway commission heard arguments on increasing tax valuation of railways and lowering passenger and freight rates. Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley urged reduced valuation while protesting rate cuts. Atlantic and North Carolina Railway opposed both valuation increases and rate reductions. Consent was given to file later statements. Southern Railway argued taxation is already high.
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Raxetan
Railway Commission
Cape Fear
Yadkin
George J
Messrs. Fry and
Kyle
Hancock
The
Atlantic and North Carolina Railway
F. H. Busbee
Southern
Physician Turns Forger in North Carolina Scandal
A prominent young physician from Randleman, T O Walker, disappeared after taking stock in a Greensboro brewery and contracting a cotton mill project. He forged bank notes using relatives’ names, with relatives suspecting insanity and sending detectives to locate him.
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Quarterre
N. C
T. O. Walker
Randleman
Greensboro
Lexington Bank
Eight Buildings Swept Away by Big Reservoir Burst
The Meb zingah reservoir in the Fishkill mountains near Mattewan failed after heavy rain, flooding Duchess Junction and washing away eight buildings including two boarding houses. Seven bodies recovered, twenty missing, trains stalled, and heavy earth and sand washed down. The upper reservoir released water into the lower one, causing the catastrophe to devastate nearby brick yards and homes. The waterworks served Mattewan and Fishkill landing.
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Fishkill Mountains
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Hudson River
van Buren
Timothy
Hudson
Fishtill-on-the- Hudson
Peter Mulligan
Timony’s Brick
South Beacon
Towanda Creek
Fishkill Landing
North Beacon
Langford Capture Reported After Georgia Murder Case
Georgia desperado Tom Langford, linked to Sheriff Guinn’s 1896 Pike county murder, is reported captured at Ozan Arkansas. Pike sheriff Milner heads to Arkansas to bring him back. Langford fled after the crime where Tom Delk and his father Taylor were implicated. Taylor’s case remains on appeal. In Alabama a white man, Sam McKinney, killed a black worker Jack Nance over a dispute at Maysville, prompting threats of lynching against McKinney and urging white resistance.
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Attayra
Cordelo
Bam Jones
Sam Warren
Alm. Bass
Randolph County
Jones
Randolph Authenttes
Warren
Georgia
Taylor Delk
Tom Delk
Tom Langford
Guinn
Tom
Taylor
Supreme Court
Langford
Sheriff Guinn
Hontsville
Ala
Maysville
Sam McKinney
Jack Nance
McKinney
American Wheat in Asia Opens Foreign Market Prospects
A late 19th century Agricultural Department report analyzes prospects for extending U S cereal exports to Asia. It notes a surge in flour shipments to Japan and China, with about 200 000 barrels of flour sent to Japan in the just completed fiscal year and ongoing grain exports mainly to Japan. It discusses feed of American wheat via flour, bread, and biscuits and emphasizes market growth amid rising competition in Europe.
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Agricultural Department
Onates
Messin Eropeas
European Eta
Japan
China
Asia
Pacific
Hong Kong
Eastern
Hanna Denies Residency at the White House
Senator Hanna calls reports that he will live in the executive mansion pure rot. He says he spent Sunday at the White House but retains his Arlington rooms and has no intention of becoming a boarder there. The tale, spread amid Munin McKinley visits, irks Hanna who defends the president and himself.
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Hanna
McKinley
Massachusetts
Captain Forsyth Transferred to Atlanta Post
Captain William Forsyth, after eight years as superintendent of the United States secret service for Virginia and North Carolina, is being transferred to Atlanta. His reassignment continues the agency’s regional duties.
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Atlanta
William Forsyth
United States Secret Service
Virginia
Coroner rules morphine caused Crede’s death by mistake
Los Angeles July 14 coroner jury says Nicholas Orede mining king died of accidental morphine poisoning used to ease neuralgia pain. Wife formerly living apart cited as stress factor. body to be vault and sent east. Crede's lawyers silent on papers. Bonnie Brae Higgins dies at Bonnie Brae ranch near San Diego. notable publisher earlier in Chicago. Colonel Crocker shows slight improvement after four days. Turkey arrests escalate in response to naval and military probes.
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Los Angeles
Nicholas Orede
Bonnie Brae
Higgins
San Dizco
Cal
H. M Higgins
Bonnie Brae Ranch
H Se Einsiag
Chicago
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Serif
Canada
Colonel Crocker
San Francisco
Charles B Crocker
Pease
Southern Pacific Company
Awards at Statham Summer Fair honor dairy and farm exhibits
A thousand attendees in Statham Georgia watched awards announced by committees for the Seaboard Air Line Training and Industrial School fair. Judges named best heifer, calf, bull, cow, stallion, mule colt, and crops while praising the industrial train and the program’s farm preservation lessons.
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Seaboard Air Line Training and Industrial School
Northeast Georgia
J.B. Hunnicutt
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
J. E. D. Newton
Jmb Collins
J P Arnold
Penticost
Jersey
P Arnold
Jas
Thurmond
L Moore
Purcheron
OJ McDonald
Aj D Collins
Jas W Thurmond
Harrison Slaith
M J Tucker
J B Davis
J BR Davis
ED Mobly
G E Smith
Fargerson
Davis
J Tucker
W Thurmond
Toma
Good Templars to Convene in Athens for Important Session
The Independent Order of Good Templars Executive Council will meet in Athens next Tuesday with delegates from all state sections. Atlanta is expected to send many delegates. The local lodge will host and provide music and addresses, crafting a program for a memorable stay and discussing plans to advance the order in the state.
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Independent
Order of Good Templara
Athens
Atlante
Lodge of Good Templars
Executive Council
Teachers Arrive as Enrollment Grows at State Normal School
Daily arrivals bring about six new teachers to the State Normal School. Total term enrollment stands near 300 with about 200 in attendance and the rest already certificated. President Bradwell expects 100 more teachers within a month and a session total near 450. Ninety counties are represented, showing broad regional attendance. He has kept expenses down.
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Bradwell
Instear
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