13 Aug 1884
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1884
Page
1
A New York dispatch reports Tammany Hall leaders plotting strategies as Butler looms as a possible ally. German voters in Illinois and Wisconsin swing against Blaine amid prohibition fears. Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio mirror gloom with anti Blaine sentiment, Butler support growing among labor groups and independents.
The article notes opposition to Blaine in Michigan from manufacturers and farmers, with Prohibitionists and anti monopoly sentiment shaping votes. Indiana and Ohio poll mixed signals as German and Prohibition blocs shift blocs, while Republican plans hinge on backbreaking effort to win swing states despite doubts.
Missouri Democrats convene in Jefferson City to nominate presidential electors and approve Chicago principles backing Grover Cleveland and Thomas Hendricks. John Marmaduke wins Missouri governor on first ballot. party lines up for national race amid cross-state conventions.
A mob of ten to twelve masked men attacked a Mormon meeting at Mr. Condor’s house on Cane Creek east fork in Lewis County Tennessee. They killed two elders and wounded Mrs Condor while another elder hid. The pursuers killed a fourth elder at Garrett’s house. one mob member was slain by a resident, identified as David Hinson of Hickman County.
Reports from multiple cities discuss alleged cannibalism amid the Greely expedition, with residents and officials awaiting congressional inquiry next winter. Secretary Chandler denies such reports, while a Nebraskan town and others debate the sensational claims and related investigations.
A Kansas man J Daniela killed his wife and two daughters before killing himself at dawn August 9 in Platte county. Reports from Bamberg and Cincinnati detail post office threats, a high stakes libel suit against James Scuppa and W A McCrae, and a Chicago minister shooting his wife and himself. In Minnesota a cattle quarrel ends with one farmer dead. the killer jailed to avert lynching.
A dense digest of market gossip and legal briefs from New York and cities nationwide. Reports claim banking tremors in Wall Street amid talks of bank suspensions, with details on Ogden Co and J P Far ing cases and a Wall Street bank wind up. Also notes on wages cuts in Fall River, miner disputes on the Monongahela, and other assorted commerce, shipping health, and rail incidents.
In the House of Commons Lord Randolph Churchill denounced large 1884 grants and criticized the government economic policy. He attacked the Northbrook visit to Egypt and alleged ties to Baring Bros. He called merchant shipping bill a bogus election device and urged retrenchment while Mr Childers defended the government and rejected the attacks as unfounded.
The advance guard of Irish convention delegates lands in Boston on August 12 led by Pat J. Egan and Alexander Bullivan among others. Delegates favor excluding American political discussion at the gathering.
The piece notes the Parliament reassembling on a date in Pesth, a town of 2,000 people in Austrian Galicia hit by a large fire, and mentions the Duchess of Albany’s fragile health. It also references Michael Davitt and a Boers meeting with unclear aims amid electoral discussions.
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