Separate Tickets in North Carolina Vote Split by Fusion Failure
North Carolina factions fail to fuse with Republicans and Populists producing separate party tickets. Senator Pritchard foresees McKinley victory while Butler expects a Populist win. Populists plan Raleigh convention and claim many Democrats may back their ticket, risking a Democratic statewide victory.
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Louisiana election marks full ticket and legislature clash
New Orleans dispatch reports Louisiana voters face a full state ticket and legislature election to decide two U S senators amid a new constitution and broader suffrage limits. Three tickets contend including Democratic, Republican fusion, and Palmer-Buckner aligned independents. Democrats expected to win big.
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Republicans Agree on Future Issues At Philadelphia Convention
Chicago reports a special dispatch stating Republican leaders have drafted a national platform for the Philadelphia convention. The creed endorses McKinley and his achievements, upholds the gold standard, favors retention of the Philippines, a strong foreign policy, reciprocity, a larger merchant marine, liberal pensions, the Monroe doctrine, an augmented navy, civil service reform, free homesteads, immigration limits, temperance, and woman suffrage.
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Senate backs Livingston plan to fund Atlanta prison work
The Senate approved the Livingston resolution to consolidate attorney general funds for the Atlanta prison project. Griffith & Wells of St Louis and Chicago are named as lowest bidders for the contract. Local superintendent candidates include Walter Harrison and J H W Dinwiddle with Harrison seen as the likely choice. appointment may be delayed several days.
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What would Jefferson do Ex-Governor Altgeld addresses banquet crowd
Albany April 16 Former Governor John P Altgeld of Illinois spoke at the Stanwix hotel banquet by the Elm ta llh League of Albany honoring Jefferson’s birthday anniversary. He answered the toast What Would Jefferson Do and was greeted warmly by a large audience.
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McKinley Plans New York Canton Trip Details Released
Washington on April 16 the president and Mrs McKinley will tour Paterson New Jersey then New York for a foreign missions conference at Carnegie Hall. They will stay with Mrs Hobart at the Manhattan Hotel and travel to Canton Ohio for about three days before returning to Washington.
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Agreed Statement on Kentucky Governorship Case Heard by Supreme Court
The Kentucky governorship case was docketed in the U S Supreme Court with an agreed statement by counsel for Taylor Beckham and others. The court set an early hearing for April 30 with four hours per side, detailing claims of rival officials in governor lieutenant governor and other offices causing state confusion and injuring the people.
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Principal killed by lightning at telephone in Tuscaloosa
Rev O B Wilson principal of Stillman Institute was struck dead by lightning while talking on a telephone shortly after 1 PM several others were shocked as phones burned out Wilson a prominent young Presbyterian divine and Virginia graduate devoted to colored evangelization without pay died April 16 in Tuscaloosa Alabama
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Negro hanged by mob after confession in Tunica
Moses York, a Black man, was taken from officers by a mob at the state levee crossing in Tunica County and hanged. His body was riddled with bullets. York had confessed to killing Jon Castello, an Italian fruit peddler, and claimed prior killings in Arkansas and other crimes. The mob, likely from across the river in Arkansas, acted after the confession.
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Assassination at Croton Landing Strikes Mount Vernon Guards
In Croton Landing New York on April 16 a sergeant from Mount Vernon Elev enth separate company was shot dead while relieving guard at Cornell dam. The assassin escaped into a bush clump as soldiers searched the area at night. The strike-related violence and tense patrols dominated the scene around a hill near Little Italy as authorities investigate the mysterious killing and the broader political dispute over Kentucky governorship law and office vacancies.
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Senate Debates Alaska Civil Code Mining Amendment
The Senate debated the Alaskan civil code bill with a four hour session on a gold beach mining amendment. A joint resolution for elected US senators was referred to privileges and elections, while a later amendment allowed exploration on coastal lands for US citizens under regulated rules. The session adjourned after executive action.
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Supreme Court Decides Stamp Tax Favoring Express Firms
Washington April 16 The Supreme Court today ruled on stamp tax for express packages deciding whether the shipper or carrier bears the stamp charge. Justice White delivered the opinion in favor of the American Express Company in the case American Express Company v Attorney General Maynard of Michigan. The state supreme court decision was reversed in favor of the express firms.
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Biggest crowd in years at Grant Park hunt for Easter eggs
A record crowd of children visited Grant Park for an Easter egg hunt despite cold weather. Eggs hidden by park staff disappeared fast as kids, many from out of town, searched hills and bushes, with police supervising but not restraining play. Crowds packed cars and streets, and joy overflowed as Seekers found eggs or left with hope for next year.
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