Cordele Crowd Debates Currency Question Showdown
In Cordele Georgia a public meeting drew hundreds to hear talks on currency issues. Speakers included Mr Sinkith for the gold standard and Colom Livingston challenging the so called sound money policy. The secretary of the interior and party lines were noted as the crowd weighed administration support and Senatorial prospects.
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Goldbugs
Sinkith
Colom
Livingston
Seulit
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Senate
Texas Democrats Hold Large Primary Attendance
The Dallas dispatch notes unusually large turnout across populous Texas counties in a wave of free silver support. C A Culberson wins a county delegate seat and heads to the Fort Worth convention. Jos Bailey vies for US Senate and Roger Mills gains a Coke County delegate. Gustave Cooke and others rise in Hayes and EMM counties, while Col Sam Upshaw leads a delegation. Seth Shepard may serve as a national convention delegate. noFurther details available on committee assignments and state representation emerge.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
McLellan
Red Hiver
C. A. Culberson
Fort Worth
Jos Bailey
United States
Roger Q. Mills
Coke County
Hays
Emm
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Gustave Cooke
George Clark
Sears
Hoean
War
Fall County
Streat
Seth Shepard
Wis
Pesas
Eland
Pard
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Washington
Clevelant Carlisle
Lone Star
Shepard
Aftman
Texas Democracy
Democratic convention turmoil swirls over gubernatorial lines
As Kentucky parties tighten for an August 7 GOP convention, ex State Senator Thomas G. Hayes leads in polls while rivals seek a nominee to challenge him. Free silver factions bolt the Louisville platform, charging Senator Lindsay shaped it to back Cleveland policy, challenging the convention’s legality.
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Mr. Hayes
Senato
Gorman
Spencer
Lloyd Lownes
Cumberland
Miliu
Primaries in Missouri split over silver convention delegates
Democratic committees in Jackson and Buchanan counties fractured over primaries to name delegates for the state silver convention. Nevada and Chillcothe held primaries naming delegates to support 16 to 1 silver. In St Louis only one sound money delegate elected as voting light. Alabama plans a large Berea mingham silver meeting in November expected to draw about 16 000 attendees for pro silver coinage.
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Democratice Committee
Thin
Jackson
Nevada
Vernon County
St. Joseph
Guchanan County
Pertke Springs
Chillcothe
Livingston County
Richard P. Bland
Laclede County
St. Louis
Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Reuben F Kelb
South
Beremingham
Quay Supporters Lead in Early County Convention Votes
Bloomsburg Pa July 28 With four of forty five districts heard Quay people claim fifty six of ninety four delegates to the Columbia county convention Hastings men concede the election of a Quay delegate to the state convention.
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Quay
Bloomsburg
Columbia County
Hastings
Gowan will Convene Democratic Convention in July
The Gowan will convene the Democratic convention next Thursday to nominate candidates for governor and attorney general amid strong county opposition to the tariff. Senator Garman’s action is under review as factions debate whether to back the Cleveland wing or pursue an independent line. The party faces a knotty choice on slate and method, with Republicans still feeling the result of last fall’s election and independents weighing their strategy for November.
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Lumore
Garman
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Ention
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Phere
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Tier Gorman
Cleveland Democrats
Fday
Tolar
St. Louis
Memphis
Sttemphis
Railroad Disaster in Japan Kills 110 Soldiers
A night wreck on the Kobe Osaka line derailed a 23 car train carrying 400 Japanese troops. A heavy sea surge washed over a sea wall, plunging cars into the water and drowning many soldiers. Rescue was impossible in the storm and darkness.
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Kobe
Osaka
China
Jumps on Lawson Carlton Talks From the Shoulder
Athens Ga July 8 Special The sudden shift of Congressman Lawson on the question has sparked district wide debate over his platform and pledge. Captain Henry H Carlton Clarke county ex congressman supported Lawson in Clarke then Madison counties debating with W M Howard of Oglethorpe. Carlton, a pro silver advocate, explains Lawson's shift and his own stance on the 1893 Sherman act repeal and the bid for a silver backed system.
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Lawson
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Putnam County
Hamilton McWhorter
Henry H. Carlton
Clarke
Carlton
Judge Lawwson
Clarke County
Madison County
Powataligo
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Oglethorpe
Comer
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Madison
Capiin Carltan
Worl
Havng
Eighth Congressional District
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Avanta Journal
Judge Lawson
Gold standard debate swirls around Judge Lawson
A defense by Judge Lawson and supporters defends his currency stance amid charges of goldbug leanings. The piece argues Lawson’s past indicates bimetallic support, questions a sudden shift under Cleveland administration, and labels him a Goldbug if he now backs single gold standard.
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Republican Party
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Blank cartridge signals recovery during Spanish vessel boarding
The schooner Carrie E Lane arrived in Philadelphia after being signaled to heave to by a Spanish gunboat off Santana. Captain Quick says a blank cartridge was fired across the bows, the Lane complied, and a boarding by Spanish marines yielded no protests. Also reporting: Colonel Zamagora defeats Zayas at Neuvavalle with 30 dead, Atlanta captain warns against separatist expeditions, severe yellow fever in Puerto Rico, and a defeat of Spanish troops at San Luis, Cuba.
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Cuba
Holmes's Horrors at Englewood Castle Case Unfolds
Chicago detectives revealed fresh evidence of murders at Holmes's Englewood castle. A machinist Charley Chapman described skeletons of Mrs Julia Connor and others, with a fourth body traced to Philadelphia. Witness Pat Quinlan faced interrogation in the sweat box, while colored expressman Cephas Humphrey recounted transporting trunks that likely hid murder evidence. Chapman and Humphrey implicate Holmes and collaborators in a chilling chamber of horrors.
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Lynching Near Meridian Mississippi Report
An aged black man named Charlie Burwell was lynched near Meridian Mississippi about 1 am. He was suspected in area hold ups and the July 4 Farm er outrage near a two mile store. Authorities say several suspects are jailed and ongoing investigations link the case to the community’s vigilante actions.
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Tenn
Charlie Burwell
Meridian
Mias
Lewis Farmer
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