Indiana and national conventions shape McKinley ties
Indiana delegates back McKinley with 18 districts instructing resolutions committee to include McKinley plank. Harrison may address the convention amid rumors of a potential stampede. In California, McKinley forces win the state convention while Fourth district remains unpledged to Allison. Brattle and other updates show party lines shifting nationwide.
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McKinley
Indiana
Pollis
Republican Convention
Resolutions Committee
Slike
Harrison
Allison
Sacramento
James G. Blaine
William McKinley
Executions delayed as captives from the Competitor case stir Madrid
Havana May 11 reports reveal Spain weighing death sentences for Alfred Laborde Elias Bedis William Gildea Orna Milton and Theodore Mata captured on the steamer Competitor amid piracy and rebellion charges. The British consul protests for clemency while Weyler faces pressure and possible resignation if executions proceed.
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Elias Bedis
Wm. Gildea
Orna Milton
Kansas
Theodore Mata
Madrid
Sonsul
James Creelman
New York World
Frederick W. Lawrence
New York Journal
New York
Cunda
Guira Melena
Anatolio Collazzo
Aces Vigoa
Collazzo
Mamerto Romero
Craces
Puerto Principe
Jose Blanco Alfonso
Maximo Gomez
Matanzas
Placetas
Santa Clara
Hoyo Colorado
Mapnip
Spain
United States
Congress
Cuba
Weyler
Ramon O. Williams
Williams
Florida
el Liberal Anys
Jacksonville
Bermuda
Lonpoy
The
Standard
Senor Canovas del Cantillo
America
Waylor
Washington
Meetings at Yankton State events scheduled for May to Sept
The State Bankers Association meets May 20 in Yankton for reorganiza tion and discussion of banker affairs. May 21 to 28 hosts the Intercollegiate Oratorical and Athletic Union to decide state college supremacy. Knights of Pythias hold an annual session June 8, with pharmacy board meetings June 24 and 24. The state fair runs Sept 28 to Oct 2, as local managers gain full control per agriculture board contract.
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Yankton
State Bankers' Association
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
State Board of Pharmacy
State Board of Agriculture
Peculiar Accidents and Wind Storms Hit Nebraska
Reports from Anianca, Nebraska recount a wireman blown from a locomotive at 40 mph with severe burns and a dislocated shoulder, plus a youth named Leo Gaff losing a thumb and two fingers after a calf incident. Across the region a May windstorm in South Dakota caused shingles, torn awnings, and $30,000 in county damage.
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Lasno
Anianca
Neb
R. L. Harris
Here
Leo Gaff
Alliance
South Dakota
Alexandria
Epiphany
Unpleasant Quality and A Yankee's Alps in News Bits
A collection of cheeky quotes and brief notices featuring a worried politician's vow to quit, jokes about quarters and medicine, a joke about crossing the Alps, endorsements for DeWitt's remedies, livestock shipment figures, and notes on the American Missionary Association jubilee in Atlantic with a program in May. Includes names like Harper's Round Table, Vic Emmert, DeWitt's Colic and Cholera remedy, and references to Union Stock Yards.
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Washington Star
Rome
Halt Grory
Rocky Mountains
Alps
Harper’s Round ‘Table
American Missionary Association
Atlantic
Congregational Church
G Olinger
Virginia
J. E. Coy
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