Third Term Talk Surrounds Cleveland Campaign
Washington May 23 Special One major question dominates political chatter in Conservative circles as speculation grows around a possible third term for Grover Cleveland. Cabinet aides discuss shaping a platform for re nomination while insiders view a bid as a route to a revival of “good times” and a return to sound money.
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Blackburn Leads in Kentucky Senate Race Rumors
In Louisville, July 2, Blackburn holds a strong lead among both senate and representative candidates as canvasses indicate most hopefuls avoid publicizing their positions. A majority plan to vote for Blackburn in the coming elections, with several nominees preferring secrecy.
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Goldlus
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Ator Slackburn
Buckner
Hotl-Owyer Ckburn
Blackburn
Democratic Meeting On Monetary Conference Planned
A report from July 25 notes Chairman Fin en of the Democratic State Committee expects a meeting next week to discuss the National Democratic Monetary conference. No definite decision is stated on timing, with a possible conference of Silver Democrats in Washington by August 1 to decide on the national conference agenda and participation.
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Democratic State Committee
Democratic Natial Committee
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National Democratic Monetary Confer
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Silver Democrats
Washington
National Conferco
Will Make A Tour Of Vacation, Washington D C
Secretary Herbert will depart Washington at once for a tour of inspection on the Atlantic coast. He will be followed by Assistant McAdoo and will visit Newport New London and Port May. He will stop at Gray Gables and return aboard the Dolphin. An export firm Nessinge Co dissolves in New York at 29 Wall Street.
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Herbert Aspused
Atyy McAdoo
Washington
Mary Herbert
Son
Ty Tey
Newport
New Boston
Portamay
Gray Gables
York
Nessinge, & Co
Wall Street
Pennsylvania’s Building at Avanti Exposition Plans
The forestry committee of the Pennsylvania commission adopted a plan for the state exhibit at the Avanti exposition. Secretary Keenan will visit the state college to study lumber specimens and a model saw mill will be displayed. The collection may include a coal breaker refinery oil well birds and animals and a cotton picker. The building design preserves Independence Hall motifs with an open foyer and hutlike frames. The commission may attend the opening on September 5 and participate in Pennsylvania day on November 7.
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Forestry Committee
Pennsylvana Commission
Keenan
State College
Collier
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Chicago
Independence Hall
State Commission
Decided Again Ballon and Bullfighting Dispute
Washington officials report Hamlin informed W H Batton of New York that importation of bulls for exhibition bullfighting may violate the August 98 1S act and Georgia laws. Ge Stump notified Ballou about admitting Mexican toreadors for bullfighting, citing immigration and contract labor laws and a joint congressional resolution.
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Washington
Hamlin
W. H. Batton
New York
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Humane Society
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Stump
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Department
Walkes Back Seguer Negro Colony Adrift in Mexico
In Forreon Mexico on July 25 a special report says 120 colonists from the Mapmi colony wandered through town toward their former homes in Spain and Georgia. Many are women and children, suffering destitution and disease. relief transport is urged as the colony enterprise allegedly ended and colonists were abandoned. Nearly half of those brought to Mexico have died.
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Forreon
Mexico
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Georgate
Emigration Not a Success. Some Return from Monrovia
Baltimore July 24 Rev Dr Edward Winnot Bryden Liberian minister to Great Britain on a Baltimore visit speaks on emigrants who sailed from Savannah four months ago for Monrovia in the Terra. He reports some prospered others discouraged some returned or planned to return to America. He foresees possible future exodus but warns it may hinder genuine Afro American progress.
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Edward Winnot Bryden
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United States
Africa
House of Wage
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No Danger of Serious Tronic Along Panama Line
Washington dispatches report little danger of serious trouble along the Panama railway line due to the strike. Consul General Vignaud says Panama's governor can maintain order. If the situation remains stable, no U S warship will be sent to Colon or Panama.
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Death by Own Action In Despondency
James Parks an unmarried man, drank carholic acid yesterday and died in agony. The deed is attributed to despondency. He had no relatives here but has family from Georgia.
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LaPorte
James Parks
Georgia
Harvey and Horr Clash In Silver Debate In Chicago
In Chicago on July 25 the Har vey Horr silver debate produced sharp exchanges over coinage. Harvey pressed claims about silver dollars and mint records while Horr challenged figures and stressed legal policy. Audiences included notable attendees from across the country as both sides offered prepared arguments on remonetallism and the gold standard.
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Nevada
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Macon
A. Ames
Lowell
Mass
J. Nelson Kelly
Grand Forks
W. H. Mchael
Washington, D. C
Withgerald Murphy
Los Angeles
York
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Galesburg
E. M. Owens
Louisville
Ebenezer Werkrise
Himsris
Marvey
Mammon
F. J. Scultz
Chicaga
New Yorker
Dlinois Club
Centennial directors name executive committee in Tennessee meeting
At a largely attended Centennal directors meeting in Nasho lc Tennessee President Thomas announced the executive committee and committees on site finance and grounds and buildings. They were confirmed. He asked for more time to consider the DOM quo of a director general.
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Milliken Goes to Europe Report Hints He Sailed
Washington July 25 A second bench warrant for Benjamin H. Milliken’s arrest on house breaking and assault charges is on file. Indicted for attacking Miss Gertrude Philips at the Phillips residence on July 4. Rumors say he sailed for Europe days after indictment, but authorities believe he may still be in the United States. District attorney ordered immediate arrest if he appears in the city. Milliken’s brother claims he will return to stand trial. others fear confrontation. Judge Phillips’s friends deny any understanding of no prosecution.
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Durant Case Denied Fale Trial Change of Venue
Judge Murphy refused a venue change in the Durant case, noting affidavits from officials showing no public prejudice and recalling the Goldenson murder case. He denied the immediate motion but allowed renewal if defense counsel sees fit, and he ordered measures to block a proposed play about Emanuel church crimes.
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Man Surrenders in Suffolk Murder Case After 25 Years
William Urquhart, accused of killing John Gay last November, turned himself in at Suffolk and faced a preliminary hearing before Mayor Brewer. He confessed the murder claiming self defense, was committed to jail without bail, and sent to the grand jury. The case drew wide local attention due to family ties and long fugitive period.
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Suffolk
William J. Uraanhart
John Gay
Brewer
Urquahart
Way
Sugar bounty claims squeeze Louisiana senators to Bowler hearing
Senators Blanchard Caffery and Representative Meyers met with Attorney General Harmon in Washington to press for payment of sugar bounty claims totaling about 140 cases and up to 5 million dollars. They plan to discuss the matter at Gray Gables with the president as the August 7 hearing before Comptroller Bowler nears, with fears of large financial ruin if payments are delayed.
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Kentucky
St. Louis
New York
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Treasury
Gray Gables
Asked for More Time in New Orleans
Colonel R. E. Rivers, proprietor of Hotels Royal and Pickwick and former St. Charles hotel owner, applied for a respite of twelve, eighteen, and twenty four months. His assets far exceed liabilities. The failure of the sugar business is cited as the principal cause of his embarrassment.
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R. E. Rivers
Hotels Royal and Pickwick
St. Charles Hotel
Toronto Wants Hill HORE Evidence Found In Chicago
A Chicago basement find deepens Holmes case with a letter signed H H Howard, in his handwriting, while new bones and a possible suspect web link to Miss Cigard and Mrs Quinlan surface. Toronto pursues extradition to press murder charges tied to the Pietzel children as investigators piece together Hannahs in the Holmes saga.
Mob Breaks Jail To Seize Johnson In Hattiesburg
A mob from New Orleans reports Tom Johnson, a Negro accused of murdering Mrs Hartfield and her daughter and assaulting another daughter at Hattiesburg, was captured in Ellisville and returned to Hattiesburg. The sheriff refused to release him. the mob breached the jail, reached Johnson’s cell, and forced entry after he resisted with a crowbar and was shot several times.
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Hattienburg
New Orleans
Meridian
Miss
Daily States
Tom Johnson
Hartfield
Hattiesburg
Ellisville
Barned at the Stake in Hattiesburg Mob Fire Death
Report describes a mob near Hattiesburg Miss forming to lynch Tom Johnson for alleged rape. News notes Johnson was allegedly burned at the stake despite claims he escaped during the mob action. Eyewitness accounts vary, with mob size estimated near 1,000 and claims of binding to enforce punishment.
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New Orleans
Tom Johnson
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Johnson
Killed the Doctor Believing Him Responsible for Wife
Alfred Harriken fatally shot village physician Dr Richard Reasoner near Madisonville as Reasoner left a patient visit. Harriken believed Reasoner caused his wife Entriken’s mental decline through drugs. The killer fled. a posse pursues with plans for swift action if captured.
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Madisonville
Alfred Harriken
Richard Reasoner
Reasoner
Murder Follows Wounding as Shacklett Kills Robington
In Brandenburg Kentucky this morning Bland Shacklett commissioner of the local workhouse, after being shot in the mouth and ear during a confrontation with George Robington, killed Robington with his own pistol. A second man fired at Shacklett but missed.
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Highsmith Refused to Kneel. Sam Lemon Shot Dead
West Palm Beach special says Sam Lewis of Lemon City shot and killed ex-tax collector John B. Highsmith and Highsmith's nephew George A. Davis after Highsmith refused to kneel and apologize. Lewis fled into the woods vowing not to be taken alive.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Times-Union
West Palm Beach
Sam Lewis
Lemon City
John B. Highsmith
Dade County
Georgea. Davis
Highsmith
Lewis
Double murder at cedar camp near Brooksville feud blamed
In Brooksville Florida area, D. J. Whidden and Croumett Whidden were killed by masked gunmen at their cedar camp last night. A dozen shots fired at close range left both men dead. The motive is unknown though linked to the ongoing Whidden-Whitehurst feud that has claimed multiple lives.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Times-Union
Brooksville
Mla
D. J. Whidden
Croumett Whidden
Cedar Camp
Murderer of Mia: Emmet Divers Arrested in Calloway County
Hannibal Missouri July 25 Sheriff Dougherty of Pike County arrived with Emmet Divers a colored man charged with criminally assaulting and murdering Mrs. W. Cain in Calloway County last Monday. Divers fled from Mexico to Bowling Green a distance of nearly twenty miles pursued by a man from Mexico. Authorities plan to take him to St. Louis for safety.
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Cain
Hannibal
Dougherty
Pike County
Emmet
WW. Cain
Calloway County
Mexico
Bowling Green
St. Louis
Dowling Shot and Killed in Florida manhunt follows
Jacksonville Times-Union reports Bradford County tax collector R T Dowling was shot from his horse near Lake Butler. W W Driggers claims self defense after his son’s departure led to the confrontation. Dowling’s wife witnessed the fatal event from their porch, prompting Driggers to flee.
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the Times-Union
Small Confesses Crime. Veteran Officer Slain in Savannah
Abe Small, the Baltimore suspect held for the February 1894 murder of Savannah Policeman Neve, confessed the crime and left for Savannah to stand trial. Requisition papers from Georgia Governor Brown were approved. Police Captain McDermott and Detective Watherworn accompanied the trip.
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Balttimore
Abe Small
Neve
South
Chice
McDermott
Watherworn
Georgia
Brown
Small
Three Negroes Flee into Ocean Under Sheriff Pursuit
Three men from a Jacksonville quartet fled into the Atlantic near Amelia Beach after a Monday escape. Deputies commanded by three sheriffs ordered them to halt. they refused and were fired upon. They disappeared into the ocean, leaving only a blood trail and three hats on the shore.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fernandina
Amelia Beach
Hanging of Nicholas for Drowning Companions in Virginia
Philip Norman Nicholas, convicted of drowning Wilkinson and Mills during a pleasure ride, was hanged in Henrico county courtyard at 16:06 today. He died at 10:21 after the execution. The event passed without incident and no confession was made.
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Philip Norman Nicholas
Wilkinson and Mills
Henrico County
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