McKinley dispatch threatens British diplomacy in seal dispute
Washington faces renewed tension as President McKinley sends a sharp dispatch to Britain's Salisbury over Bering Sea sealing. The move mirrors past assertive U S policy under Olney, with Canada’s Laurier influencing. London circles doubt any change in policy and warn of potential diplomatic friction.
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Bering Sea
London Chronicle
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Omtoaco
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Marquis of Balisbury
Iney
England
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London
Daily Chronicle
Pic
Hay
Marquis of Salisbury
Wilfred Laurier
Canada
Stone dies in fireworks blast at Nonquitt
Henry D. Stone former president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad and Chicago Telephone Company was instantly killed at Nonquitt during a Fourth of July fireworks display. A mine device in the show exploded when he touched it causing a fatal facial injury and a skull fracture. He was a regular summer visitor with a cottage at Nonquitt leaving a widow and four children. remains to be sent to Chicago for interment.
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New Reprorp
Masa
Daly
Henry D. Stone
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago Telephone Company
Nonquitt
Stone
Mr. Stone
Morton on Strike and Independence Day Tensions
Ex Secretary of Agriculture J Sterling Morton and ex Senator Manderson spoke at the Hast Nebraska Grand Army reunion with Independence Day observances. Morton called Fourth of July a day of labor revolt and noted 300000 coal miners would strike, while recalling riots in Chicago three years earlier and praising President Cleveland for federal troops. Also reports no strike in Kansas yet, Havana officials excluding American correspondents from celebrations, and Ex Governor Evans gravely ill at 84 in Denver.
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J. Sterling
Morton
Manderson
Chicago
Cleveland
Havana
Lee
United States
Evans
Denver
John Evans
FIRST GUN AT SUMTER DEMOCRATIC MEETING RAGES
Three hundred fifty five delegates attended the Sumter event as McLaurin faced off against Irby in a heated campaign meeting. Irby accused McLaurin of treachery, McLaurin denied dishonesty and challenged the charge. Delegates debated fusion and anti fusion stances with sharp exchanges and a flashy clash between Lindsley and McDowell ending in a brief altercation.
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Fusion
Butler Union
Susser
United States
John L. McLaurin
Elferbee
Opera House
Purdy
Senator McLaurin
Earle
McLaurin
John L. M. Irby
Irby
Leny
Janeture
Appell
Charles Emanuel
Tammany Celebrates Independence Day Amid Hisses and Cheers
The July 4 observance at Tammany Hall drew a full Wigwam with some seats empty and no basement refreshments. Grover Cleveland’s name drew hisses while Bryan’s letter provoked loud cheers. Speakers included James Hamilton Lewis and Andrew J. Hunter denouncing trusts and Republicans as the Democratic revival looms for November. Nearby in Nashville the National Conference of the People’s Party opened with Milton Parks presiding and credentials underway.
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New York
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Grover Cleveland
James D. Richardson
Tennessee
William J. Bryan
Nassville
Tenn
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House of Representatives
Milton Parks
Texas
Omaha
St. Louis
J. A. Bradley
THIRTY ONE FATALITIES FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT AND STORM
A list of victims includes W A Baker Mary Fleming Bare t Sexyro infant Ethera Burdsal infant Haviry Brown infant Joux Henprina Ric Hans Fleming Mary Barnum George J Heirling Joseph Haasacher Mrs Elizabeth Burks Joseph Fischer, president of Eagle brewery Ironton, plus five other prostrations and many minor cases. Thermometer readings peaked at 98 at noon, thunderstorms cooled later. 81 fatalities in three days.
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Giyowwati
Hoge
Weather Bureau
Three society men buy lion in Topeka speculation
Topeka society figures invest in a lion as a speculative venture. West Plains Missouri searches for gino, a local product. George Melhan of Philo Illinois is dying from poisoning after a medical cure. Guthrie Oklahoma Territory man seeks board and room in a private home with the note Bust have storm cave. Missouri jail prisoners work on public roads. Ex Senator David B Hill spoke at Oswego Fourth of July. Douglas Island Alaska volcano eruption believed under way emitting lava. Anton Gorton longtime Wells Fargo agent and ex Adams Express official dies.
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Lion
West Plains
Gino
George Melhan
Philo
Ill
Guthrie, O. T
Missouri
United States
David B. Hill
Oswego
Douglas Island
Juneau
Alaska
Anton Gorton
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Adams Express Company
Miners Strike Expands Across Districts Amid Uncertainty
President Ratchford of the United Mineworkers notes the strike broadening with miners suspending work nationwide. Operators in Pittsburgh and Ohio hesitate, awaiting district decisions and possible price concessions, while many telegrams request permission to operate by paying demanded premiums. A national update is expected by week’s end as locals report status and mine counts. Also, a separate town note reports Foreman Warner killed in Clarinda and the suspect turning himself in to the sheriff.
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Ratchford
United Mineworkers
Paporta
Pittsburg
Ohio
Ohio Coal Association
Detroit
Fourth at the churches Y M C A program noted
The Y M C A afternoon meeting at the Congregational church drew large crowds with Epworth League Baptist Young People's Union Christian Union and Christian Endeavor members attending. J H Wood spoke on government up to the Revolutionary War and H M Boorman on the fruits of independence. Homes and patriotism were celebrated with song and a Lincoln reference.
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Epworth League
Baptist Young People’s Union
Christian ‘Union
Christian Endeavor
Y. M
C. A
Pyot. Moore
J. H. Wood
America
Mr. Wood
H. M. Boorman
United States
Napoleon
St. Helena
Lincoln
Sweet Home
Ramsey
M. E
C P E picnic strengthens ties among regional societies
The C P E picnic at Cuppys grove, 140 miles east of Avoca, drew attendees from Harlan, Shelby, Avoca, Walnut, Maine and Atlantic. Enodeavors arrived at noon with baskets, five minute talks from society representatives followed by socializing and sack races, and Atlantic boys competed in several foot races before all returned home. The group hopes to hold the next C E picnic in Atlantic's grove.
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Cuppy’s Grove
Avoca
Harlan, Shelby
Walnut
Maine
Atlantic
Enodeavors
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