A Boom for Bland and Free Silver in Missouri
Sedalia July 3 conference of free silver editors opens with W Schta ler as president and H J Groves secretary. Governor Stone hails Bland as a presidential possibility, urging a national democratic platform endorsing silver while editors pledge to push the issue at a Missouri state convention set for August 6 in Perth.
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Association Park
Carlisle
Memphis
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Treasury
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Biani
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Silver Dick
Silver Danner
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Elkshall
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Boone- Wise
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Lexington
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Ne ¥da
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Airess
Jefferson
Missouri
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Cochreil
Sieitonessian
Convention Split Over Free Silver Debate Regains Pace
The convention plan to declare for free silver appears unsettled with divisions among sound money Democrats. Some push for delay at each stage while others favor an early convention to renew enthusiasm and return to orthodox principles as silver supporters hope to spend energy.
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Othura
Harvey Hore Debate Highlights Sliver Price Debate
Chicago July 23 Neither candidate showed signs of breathlessness as the Harvey Hore debate proceeded through a sixth round. Harvey defended the debate's importance citing historical reasons before silver demonetization in 1873. Horr challenged Harvey's facts, denying claims about costs of silver production and national interest payments, while accusing Harvey of misusing the book and dodging the formal proceedings.
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Marvey-Hore
Harvey
Hirst
Serand
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Horr
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Harr
England
Europe
Tasik
Explosion kills three men in Chicago dynamite work
Three laborers die and a fourth is severely wounded when a premature dynamite explosion at a drainage canal near Willow Spires hurled workers into the air. Names include William Kelly of Marquette Michigan Thomas Soak of Chicago and Joseph Smith with Matthew Healy severely hurt. About one hundred men nearby escaped unharmed.
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Willow Spires
William Kelly
Marquette
Mich
Thomas Soak
Woort Street
Joseph Smith
Matthew Healy
McArthur Bros
Healy
Venderea
To Be Statue of Hancock Erected in New Orleans
Confederate veterans and Grand Army men discussed plans to raise a statue to General W. Hancock in New Orleans. General Heth will oversee arrangements and a fundraising campaign among Confederate veterans. The idea follows Chicago’s Confederate dead monument and aims to honor Hancock, Gettysburg hero, in the South.
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Washington
W. §. Hancock
Gettysborg
Heth
Chicago
To Light the Falls at Niagara Illumination Experiment
In Chicaro on July 23 reports say experiments at the Schnec tady works of General Electric for Michigan Central Railroad aim to install two 28 inch lamps of 100000 candle power each. The plan would illuminate Niagara Falls with power comparable to Rhine falls at Schnail hausen using Niagara's force.
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Schnectady Works
General Electric Company
Michigan Central Yrailroad Company
Rhine
Schnailhausen
Niagara
Hoke Smith Speech Sparks Gold Standard Debate in Georgia
In Gaimesville on July 23 a crowd heard Hoke Smith defend the gold standard while critics decry demagoguery. The audience of about 1,000 included officials and supporters who clapped only for statements aligning with their views. Smith faced questions over fiscal policy and the post office use linked to gold bullion interests, with public interest high as crops are laid by and attention turns to currency debates.
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Hoke Smith
Constitution
Secretary of the Interior
United States
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Kimsey
Fir
HI. H. Perry
Petto
Dunlap
Tinnie Rucker
George L. Gell
H. H. Dean
Gaston
Waitr S. HeWolf
Atlanta
J. B. Estes
Gamesvile
Py Ant
Dot
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Dean
Perry
Georgia
Mr. Perry
Tammany Hall
Hill
Hall County
Cartiale
Holmes In Demand In Murder Case Across Cities
The District Attorney in Philadelphia has not yet named a prosecutor for H. H. Holmes the alleged life insurance conspirator. Authorities expect his arraignment on murder charges soon. In Chicago detectives uncovered a bloodstained undergarment under the Edgewood Holmes building porch, linked to Minnie Williams by investigators.
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Graham
H. H. Holmes
Holmes
Chicago
Sheriff Thwarts 200-Man Lynching Attempt in Live Oak
In Live Oak Florida on July 2 a mob of about 200 men stormed the jail at 2 AM to lynch two black murder suspects, George Mitchell and Mike Stevens. Sheriff Hawkins refused to surrender the keys and stood his ground as the door was battered with sledge hammers. He pleaded for calm, saying his wife was ill upstairs and fearing for her life.
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Live Oak
Fla
George Mitchell
Mike Stevens
Tallahassee
Mitchell
M.ke Stevens
Henry Brown
Alfred Ryberg
Brown
Stevens
Ryberg
Holmes Case Shifts to Canada as Detroit Probes Grow
Amid legal maneuvers over where Holmes will stand trial, officials say extradition to Chicago is unlikely and await Canadian proceedings. Detroit search for missing Pietzel continues with dim hints of new suspects, while a separate mob incident prompts governors to intervene over lynching threats and pending executions.
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Toronto
Chicago
Holmes
Williams and Conner
Canada
Graham
Geyer
Detroit
Howard Pietzel
Williams and Connor
Mr. Graham
Michigan
Uinks
Pequittel Holmes
Thomas Fahey
Howe
St. Louis
H. H. Holmes
Sixtythird
Wallace
Minnis Willams
Arthur Manler
State Street
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Infatuated Women Spark Utah Elopement Sensation
In Salt Lake City a dramatic elopement mirrors the Mitchell Ward case. A young wife named Mrs Bowren left her electrician husband and baby with Edith Horn, a seventeen year old, fleeing together and lodging in secrecy. They were tracked down Sunday night and returned home by Bowren. The pair proclaim they cannot be kept apart amid local fascination.
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Salt Lake
Alice Mitchell
Freda Ward
Bowden
Hirh
Man Kills Brother Then Shoots Self in Irate Tragedy
In Manchester area near Cedar Rapids Iowa Henry Rolin a young farmer shot and killed his brother in the yard then reloaded and killed himself. Neighbors say he had suffered severe fits of insanity recently. The violence occurred Sunday night as Henry reportedly spotted his brother in the yard and fired a shotgun ruining the back of his brother's head before turning the gun on himself.
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Henry Rolin
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Henry
Durant Will Vor Talk at San Francisco Jail
An immense crowd gathered at the San Francisco county jail as Durant was brought out at 9 15 this morning in custody of the chief jailer. He was placed in a buggy for the city hall and refused to speak when interviewed, remaining insolent despite the crowd’s presence.
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Durant
Tragedy at Hot Springs Over Grocery Bill
In Hot Springs Arkansas a grocer D W Claiborne killed James Meyers and mortally wounded W W Meyers after a dispute over a grocery bill. Claiborne says W W Meyers fired first. James fell after trying to take the pistol from his brother. Claiborne is jailed.
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Ark
D. W. Claiborne
James Meyers
W. W. Meyers
Claiborne
James
Drowned with his Child in Raleigh Fishing Trip
A Raleigh report states George Hathaway of James Bay took his wife and children fishing when a child fell into the river. The father leaped to save the child but both were drowned. Rescuers saw the child in the father's arms as they surfaced.
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N. C
Washington, N. C
George Hathaway
James Bay
Lynching in Ohio Report From Gallipolis
A Gallipolis dispatch says a colored man was hanged to a tree near the city by a drunken white mob yesterday. He was left to strangle until a group of women passing by cut him down before life was extinct.
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Cleveland
Gallipolis
New York Warned It Is Strictly Business With Them
New York state officials urged manufacturers and merchants to exhibit at Atlanta's Cotton States and International Exposition to protect southern trade. Wheeler warned New York lags behind Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati in exhibits. A $12,000 plan for the state building was approved with a $100 prize for a model name for workers.
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Snow
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Donald McLean
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Mexico
Indians at Jackson Hole Threaten Territory Action
Telegrams from Marysvale and the Teton basin report Indians in force near Granite Creek and Fall River, with prospects driven in and passes guarded. Settlers fear attacks and prepare to move women and children out as Governor Richards orders no troop movement until more information is received.
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