Bryan Campaign Stop Draws Big East Tennessee Crowd
W J Bryan spoke to 14 000 to 18 000 people in Knoxville after a Somerset stop where about 100 residents joined a late night turnout. He urged independence in finance, denounced the gold standard, and urged active work for democracy before election day. A Knoxville reception and a large outstate delegation accompanied the trip.
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Tenn
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Ww. J. Bryan
Bryan
John Sneed
H. H. Hanna
Tennessee
Bolivar Springs
Robert Ilsae
Judge Clark
United States District Court
D. L. Snodgrass
Supreme Court
State of
W. D. Leard
W. C. Caldwell
W. D. McAllister
John S. Wells
South
Mr. Bryan
East Tennessee
America
Democratic Party
Miners Fight Wages Your Store Credit System
Washington reports Italy moves to end wage payments to sulphur miners through company stores. Civil commissioner of Sicily warns mine owners to pay in money and not inflated store credits. Prefects instructed to enforce the change, with penalties via penal magistrates if needed. Authorities promise strict enforcement of laws restricting young children in mines.
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United States
Seymour
Department of State
Sicily
Brother of the President Takes Up Residence in Cleveland
Rev W M Cleveland brother of President Cleveland arrives in Cleveland from Chaumont New York with wife to reside here. He has two sons in the city and an aunt in Toledo. He plans to withdraw from active ministry for now and discusses voting as Ohio law requires one year residency prior to election.
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Jefferson County
N. Y
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Ohio
Crisis Nears as Warships Ring Greek Island and Armenians Blamed
Constantinople reports a grave crisis with European powers weighing sultan ouster. The British fleet patrols Thasos as massacres of Armenians provoke whitewash trials and rising foreign unease. Officials warn of punishment but authorities appear to shield perpetrators amid economic strain and looming military actions. A Boston restaurant owner Bernardo Ambrosoli was shot by his clerk, Bacigalupo, who is described as insane.
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Associated Press
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Thasos
Great Britain
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Armenia
Boston
Bernardo Ambrosoli
Charles C. Bacigalupo
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Compromise Indorses Altgeld Ticket At Populist State Meet
At Onicaco Illinois nine hours of debate ended with the Populist state convention leaving the head of the ticket vacant and nominating Henry D. Lloyd for lieutenant governor. The platform endorses the St Louis convention and backs Thomas E. Watson for vice president. In South Carolina the state board of control met to probe dispensary scandals and ordered an open inquiry with a stenographer and witnesses.
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Onicaco
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L. A. Quellmacx
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Fannie Kavanaugh
A. H. Allen
Boone County
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Bureau County
St.Louis
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United States
State Board of Control
Corumata
S. C
Legislative Examining Committee
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Richland County Board of Control
Seaboard Vice President Replies to President Spencer Letter
Seaboard Air Line Vice President St John answers Samuel Spencer in a long missive arguing against consolidations as unconstitutional and denying Spencer’s claims of Southern control over Georgia and the Atlanta and West Point. He cites Spencer’s Savannah speech and ends praising him in part while advancing his own views on rate disputes and ownership.
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Spencer
Atlanta
St. John
Seaboard Air Line
Samuel Spencer
L. N. Trammell
Mr. St. John
Southern
Savannah
Central
Massacre at Las Canas sugar estate spurs Spanish victory tale
Advices from Havana report a atrocity at Las Canas sugar estate in Mantanzas province where Spaniards under General Molina surrounded homes, burned buildings, and shot Cubans as they fled. Eighteen men and four women were killed, thirteen injured including three children. Molina hailed the event to Weyler as a glorious victory, while insurgents burned farms near Havana and Mantanzas. The report notes Weyler's harsh arrests, reinforcements arriving from Spain, and deaths from sunstroke among Los Navas troops guarding the trocha at Jucaro.
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Weyler
Key West
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Las Canas
San Francisco de Paulo
Spain
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Gatera
Chinchal
Tiraboque
Canal
Santiago de Las Vegas
Guira Melena
Palos
Herculano
Esperanza
Puerto Princi
Los Navas
Trocha
Jucaro
Matanzas
Lacret
Rolof
Readjusted duties on imported wines and spirits
Washington reports Nicaragua has revised duties under a law of last December and a new August 18 regulation. Wines and spirits up to 20 degrees strength taxed 2 cents per pound plus 1 cent per degree over 20, while higher strength ranges and beer carry specific per-pound or per-degree charges.
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State Department
United States
Weiseke
Managua
California
Plan of a London Paper Hints at a New Triple Alliance
London dispatch notes a St James Gazette lead proposing England United States and Italy form a new drei bund to curb Turkish oppression. It argues US and Italy could join without Russia, while Britain’s allies would back a united stance against tyranny.
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Brick wall collapse kills one at old Grand Pacific site
In Chicago at Lasalle and Jackson streets on Sept 16 a wall of bricks collapsed at the Grand Pacific hotel site, killing John Nonon and badly injuring Patrick Rush John Morosa and Edward Baldwin. The men were taken to the county hospital as several others escaped serious harm. The disaster followed caving in of an old brick foundation with tons of loose brick piled nearby.
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Montcombery
Ala
Chambers County Grand Jury
Lee Grady
Applingard
Lee Trammell
Chicago
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Jackson Streets
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Patrick Rush
John Morosa
Edward Baldwin
Southern railways cut freight rates and electoral fusion talks
The Interstate Commerce Commission has no notice of rate increases by Southern railways, but a further rate cut is filed for cotton from Atlanta to Norfolk and Portsmouth and tobacco goods from Raleigh and North Carolina to Norfolk. Separately in Raleigh the Democratic and Populist state committees plan Sept 21 meetings to pursue electoral fusion, with fusion terms debated after Republican resistance in two districts.
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Naval Stores Market Report from Savannah and Wilmington
Daily market notes show turpentine firm at 24 44 cents per gallon for regulars with 710 casks sold. Rosin firm with private demand, tabled prices for several grades. window glass and waterwhite rosin listed at 1.90 and 2.03. Wilmington figures include rosins and spirits turpentine with varied prices and steady demand, hard resin around 1.20 and port stock at 8 dollars.
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Fusion in New York Democrats Give Populist a Five
Burrato Sept 16 Fusion of the Populist and Democratic parties in New York state results from a conference. The Populists will receive five representatives on the electoral ticket and two congressmen for the action. The parties expect to swing New York’s electoral vote and aid Bryan and Sewall to a large majority.
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Sewall
Grady Named Temporary Chairman At Democratic State Convention
At BurraLo Sept 16 the Democratic state convention ordered by Chairman Hinckley selected State Senator Thomas F Grady as temporary chairman Grady spoke about democratic principles denouncing a sham democracy tied to wealth and class and defended free coinage arguing the Chicago platform seeks a restoration, not repudiation, of existing conditions.
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Grady Speaks
BurraLo
Hinckley
State Committee
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Grady
McKinley
Chicago
Connecticut Democrats Endorse Bryan at State Convention
The Connecticut Democratic state convention in New Haven with about 800 delegates favored endorsing the Chicago platform and Bryan candidacy though gold standard factions held party machinery. Kenney served as temporary chairman with tumultuous cheers as the convention opened and debated electors and state officers amid evolving resolutions. Distinguished educator Rev Dr William Young died in Danville Kentucky and ex governor James M Ashley, former congressman and Montana territorial governor, died at Tonepo.
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New Haven
Connecticut
Chicago
State Central Committee
David
State Committee
William Kenney
Naugatuck
Kenney
Ashley
Tonepo
James M. Ashley
Montana
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