Conventions Call for Silver Policy and Unity in Shelby County
The Rimetallic League of Tennessee urges a Memphis conven tion on June 11 and 12 to organize bimetallic clubs and seek a government free of banking influence. It denounces monetary policy as a tool of wealth and calls for independent action by the people to restore honest money and curb elite control.
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Memphis
Tenn
Rimetallic League of
Tennessee
United States
American Congress
Boards of Trade
Ww. N. Brown
Central Bimetallic League of
Shelby County
D. H. Archibald
Silver issue drives Republican prospects west of the Mississippi
A political echo runs through the West as speakers urge the party to pledge itself to silver. The speaker warns 59 electoral votes hinge on silver, notes potential third candidates, and predicts silver bills passing next winter. Mentions Allison Spooner and a focus on policy over personality as gossip swirls over presidential possibilities. Governor Morton’s Albany trip and Governor McKinley’s delayed arrival are also reported.
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Harrison
Claveland
Mississippi
Congress
House
Allison
John C. Spooner
Wisconsin
Morton
Albany
McKinley
Windsor
Carlisle Admits Vote on Free Coinage Sentiment
Louisville Ky May 25 Secretary Carlisle acknowledged writing a letter in 1890 to a Kentucky editor named Smith affirming support for free coinage and said he voted for a free coinage amendment in 1890. He noted Senator Gorman prompted the vote as part of a strategy to defeat the force bill.
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Louisville
Carlisse
Blackburn
Hrgan
Kentucky
Smith
Cerligie
Cat- Mile
Gorman
Eustis
Congressman Grosvenor to Visit Memphis for McKinley Support
Memphis May 2. Congressman Charles Grosvenor of Ohio will visit Memphis on June 2 to help plan Tennessee delegation support for William McKinley’s presidential nomination. Local Republicans are divided yet mostly favor McKinley, while a minority splits between McKinley’s rivals and Morton. The silver issue has barely stirred Republican ranks as they await northern and western party decisions.
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Memphis
Tenn
Charles Grosvenor
Ohio
Dea
Tennessee
Wiliam McKinley
McKinley
Gage
Hucrgan
Levi P. Morton
Licket
Fought at a Church in Kentucky Ends in Fatal Duel
At Troy Presbyterian Church seven miles south of here today two men met on the steps and exchanged gunfire. George B Montgomery killed his brother in law Archibald Riley and was mortally wounded. Both men were unmarried, ages twenty nine and thirty, and had long carried pistols amid a feud sparked by a prior assault and elopement. The congregation fled in panic as the duel ended with Montgomery’s dying remark.
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Kentucky
Versatill
Sky
Troy Presbyterian Church
Here
George B. Montgomery
Archibald Riley
Riley
Bluegrass
Montgomery
Mississippi
Waco man shoots son in law amid crowded street
George Griffice Slayn, in Waco, Texas, fires on his son in law George Washington Anderson and Columbus Anderson after warnings of a planned killing. Anderson dies. a stray bullet kills Tom Lewis and wounds Henry Hayes. Griffice is noted as father of triplets Ruby Garnet Coral. Weather shows showers in eastern Georgia.
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George Grifice Slayn
George Anderson
Waco
Tex
George Dallas Griffice
George Washington Anderson
Columbus Anderson
Griffice
Anderson
Washington Anderson
Tom Lewis
Henry Hayes
George Dallas Grice
Ruby
Garnet
Coral
Rose Cleveland
Ohio Republicans Gather In Zanesville For Big Nomination Fight
Ohio Republicans meet in Zanesville to nominate a governor and state officers. The contest pits McKinley and Foraker aligned factions led by Nash and Bushnell against Sherman forces. Key figures include Nash, Hoyt, Keifer, Poe, Bushnell, Major, Grosvenor, and Ohl with Columbus and Cincinnati as power centers. The convention faces possible strife even as victory seems likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anesville
Ohio
Moraker
Sichiniey
Central
Foraker
Sherman
McKinley
Zanesville
Columbus
George Nash
Peraker
Cincinnati
Bushnell
Nash
Ucket
George K. Nash
Jemes H. Hoyt
Cleveland
Warren Keyfer
Springfetd
Blate
BE. W. Poe
Towers
Cerec
Geral AL Il
Ularris
Laten
Ase Bushnell
Spring
Fel
Jaige Jackson
Vay
Toledo
Charles Grosvenor
Athens
Guy Major
State Committee
Supreme Court Commission
Supreme Court
Poe
Keifer
Doyle
Major
American Protective Association
A. P. As
Harris
Grosvenor
Iittle
Sherman Jeader
Senator Ohl
Youngstown
End of Pittsburg Miners Strike Foregone Conclusion
Pittsburg district officials concede the twelve week miners strike is over. Miners sought a uniform 69 cent rate but several large firms operated non union at their own wage levels. Workers are likely to return to work at 60 cents offered by the presidents.
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Pittsburg
Wages To Be Advanced By Consolidated Wire And Nail Co
The Consolidated Wire and Nail Company notifies workers that wages will rise 10 percent on June 1. About six thousand employees across Lockport Joliet St Louis Allentown and Pittsburgh area will benefit including those already raised.
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Chicago
Consolidated Wire and Nail Company
Lockport
Joliet
St. Louis
Allentown
Pittaburg
Emperors Kiel marquee plan and German politics rumors
Rumors of cabinet changes swirl after the Kaiser’s return to Potsdam as reports link Chancellor von Hohenlohe and von Koeller to possible displacement. The Vorwaerts notes Koeller’s retirement was decided, while Imperial diplomacy features Count Kapnist and Goluchowski in Vienna. The Kiel canal preparations proceed with a grand marquee modeled on a ship, and a torch procession for 12,000 is planned.
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Wtlin
Ema Atta
Potsdam
Prockelwita
F 8 c
Crisia
Nile
von Hohenrohe
Herr von Koeller
Count von Waldersee
Herr van Koeller
von Hohenlohe
Scalser
Count von Eurenberg
Austia
Vienna
Prockelwitz
Count Goluchowski
Francia
Count von Enlenberg
Dohna- Matimitz
Alstadt
Berlin
Baltic- North Sea Canal
Baltic
Kateer
Reichstag
Dr. Bosse
Minster
Carlsbad
Aaron von Hammerster
Hamburg
Kiel
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Hohengallern
Gruenthal
Kitel
Holtenga
Niobe
Herr Grunee
Moltke
Prince Ferdinand
Stambouloff
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
France
Duc de Aumale
Clementine
Saxe-Coburg
Munich
Chanuly
M. Stambouleis
Herr Sch‘ppel
Herr Schippel
Lakal Anzeiger
Cracow
Volhynia
Max of
Saxony
Eichstadt
Bavaria
von Skrashenski
Metz
Silesia
Lbaltic Canal
British Board of Agriculture
England
Kessel
Paris
Carlsrihe
Alexis
Russia
Baltic Canal
Germany
Japan
Battle in French Guiana Gallows Fire Rages After Clash
Report from Paris says fighting in French Guiana left sixty natives dead and heavy French losses after Dragilian raiders captured a French settler Tajane. Captain Lunier was killed, with twenty French wounded as marines landed to demand release and clashed with the village chief Cabral and his followers. Commanders confer with the governor on further measures.
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Paris
M. Chautemps
French Guiana
Tajane
Mapa
Lunier
Trajane
Lanier
Destoux
Mar Nes
Cabral
Cayenne
Cr ispi Wins Rome Vote In Italian Deputies Race
Rome reports indicate Prime Minister Crispi was elected from Rome's fifth electoral college, defeating socialist Giuseppe de Felice Giuffrida. Early tallies show ministers Morin and Sonning reelected, with rural areas backing the government and large towns leaning opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Volilitionsts
Signor Crispi
Colege
Giuseppe de Felice-Guittrida
Signor Bacell
Admiral Morin
Marine
Sienor Sonning
Treasury
Signor Crisp
Palermo
Barbato
Naples
Ermini Imerese
Rimini
Marquis di Rudini
Caccamo
Bignor Brin
Turn
Sighor Crispis
Signor
Crispi
DeFelice
Giuffrida
National Confederate Memorial Dedication in Chicago
Chicago plans a May 20 21 gathering for Oakwood cemetery dedication with a vast union and confederate officer presence. Floral offerings arrive from Savannah Atlanta Charleston and Pensacola and a grand program features a military band prayer remarks Wade Hampton address and a gun salute.
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Chicago
Oakwood Cemetery
South
Savannah
Atlanta
Charleston
Pensacola
Mobile
New Orleans
Oakwood
Chicago Veteran Association
Organization of
Union Veterans
Monument
Washington
Palmer House
General Citizens’ Committee
John B. Gordon
Kingsleys
Lake Front
Michigan Avenue
Forrys
Battery D
Mines Natinal Guard
Russell
Sixty-seventh Street
Blark Hussars
Quincrif
Joseph Desha Pickett
Kentucky Orphans
Briegade
John ©. Underwood
H. W. Bolton
Imperial Arion
Wade Hampton
South Carolina
Imperial Ar
Henry T. Stanton
Kentucky
Samuel Fallows
LL. B
Imperial Union
First Regiment Infantry
I Mnois National Guard
Ex-Confederate Association
Washington Park
Drexel Boulevard
Auditorium Hotel
Floral Hall
Curtailed Twenty Per Cent. Hoger Sees Cotton Acreage Drop
John Walls Hoger of Atlanta predicts a 20 percent reduction in the cotton acreage this year as southern planters shift to self provision and grain production. He notes farmers moving away from King Cotton and toward thrift and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoger
Washington
John Walls Hoger
Atlanta
South
Quorum Question Hovering Over Tennessee Assembly
Nashville Tenn May 26 Special Not over fifty members of the general assembly have arrived and unless many more come on tomorrow’s trains there will be no quorum at noon tomorrow. If an extra session is called to meet further action may be required.
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Nemarka
Carter
New York
General Harrison
Fifth Avenue
White House
Eastman Johnson
Harrison
Indiana
Cornelius N. Bliss
General Quesada
Cuban Revolutionary Society
Ferdinand W. Peck
Chicago
Bisa
H. T. Colts
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Senator Carter
Republian National Committee
Legiselature
Nashvillee
Nashville
Tenn
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