North Dakota notes racing through the press
A collage of brief early 20th century items: Bottineau creamery locating, Jamestown Rebekah lodge charter, Fargo to Hankinson Valley City rail service, Grand Forks College dedication, General Capehart tied to Grant at Appomattox, and North Dakota Milling at Diamond Mills in Grand Forks with 500 barrels daily capacity and 40 000 elevator capacity. Also limited militia encampment funding concerns and retrenchment calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge I. C. O. F
Jamestown
Booling
Hankinson
Valley City
Grand Forks College
Norrow
Fargo Forum
General Capehart
Fargo
General Grant
Lee
Appomattox
North Dakota Milling Company
Grand Forks
George B. Clifford
George Bull
E. Maye
Republican convention tempers divides Iowa and New York enacts leadership
The Iowa OWA Republican meeting centers on the temperance issue with three factions and possible renominations for Sevestary McParland Bere son Pray Raymond and Stony while bids for auditor and railroad commissioner center on McCarthy Van Gilder Brown with Perkins backing in part and Cooms backing. Mack and Blythe contest the state committee chair. In New York the state Republican committee reelects William Brookfield as chairman with Hackett succeeding Hunted as executive chair signaling Platts leadership grip over New York GOP affairs.
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Drs Motes
Sevestary McParland
Bereson
Pray
Raymond
Stony
New York
State
Republican Committee
William Brookfield
Charles W. Hackett
Utica
James W. Hunted
Mr. Platts
Bank robbery attempt and regional news brief from June
A 38 year old Herbert Bullivan attempted to rob the National Bank of Commerce in broad daylight, firing a pistol as teller D A Barton refused, the culprit fled but was later arrested and jailed. In Canada a freight collision injured Mrs Fred Greuser and killed two horses, while a silver ore strike at the Eclipse mine yielded assays over two hundred dollars per ton. In Arkansas William Biso was hanged after Georgia Smith attacked in a local jail incident.
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Herbert Bullivan
National Bank of Commerce
D. A. Barton
Les
Barton
Prise Burry
Ark
William
Biso
Sun
Georgia Smith
Ne Chia
Sioa
Bidwell Emerges as Prohibition Party Nominee Preference
Amid fusion talk with the People’s Party at Omaha, General John Bidwell of California leads on the first ballot for the Prohibition nomination, with Demorest’s candidacy waning. The opposing faction gains strength, rivaling bids for St John as temporary chair, while Willard’s fusion push gains momentum and a committee is formed to pursue union talks. A separate item notes Minnie Warren’s win in a Demorest oratorical contest and a northern railroad camp fire that killed eleven horses two miles north of Lake Falls, Minnesota.
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John Bidwell
California
National Prohibition Party
William Jennings Demorest
New York
Bor
Joshua Luyering
Baltimore
Philanthrophngy ix
Henry Clay Bascom
A. A. Stevens
Pennsylvania
Ulrost
Demorest
New Yorker
Bidwell
Minneapolis
Atl
Jeanie
Dermorest
National Committee
Joh P. St John
Oniha
Misa Frances Willard
Pfeffer
Omaha
Prohibition
People’s Parties
People’s Party
Music Hall
Minnie Warren
Michigan
Rep Lake Fall
Minn
Great Northern
Cnty
Hore
Barnes
Speed and Reciprocity Clauses Stir Tariff Law Debate
A fragmentary note references proclamations on trade reciprocity and tariff law. It mentions the need for a proclamation and the impact on trade policy, with emphasis on reciprocal terms and recent legislative developments. The readable text highlights pronouncements on duties and trade agreements.
Texas Launched as First Steel Armored Battleship
The U S Navy launches the steamship Texas the first of new battleships. It is a steel armored vessel of 8850 tons normal displacement with 200 foot length and 64 foot 1 inch beam. It carries two 16 inch guns in twin turrets, a large secondary battery, six torpedo tubes and extensive armor. The ship will serve as a flagship with a crew of about 804 officers and men.
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Vadre
United States
Washington
Texas
Lenin
En Echiulon
Rainbow
Pacific Northwest Delegates Gather for People's Party Convention
June 20 Omawa reports the first Pacific Northwest delegates arriving for the People's Party convention. Oregon and Washington contingents are among the early arrivals. The Stewart boom gains momentum as Judge Gresham and Georgia Congressman Watson refuse to have their names presented. Blue and Gray reunion planned for Saturday. Memorial services for Colonel Polle and Rev. Dr. Lammuter slated for Sunday. Women’s suffrage leaders including Susan B. Anthony and Anna Shaw to be represented. a plank of their views will be offered.
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Patitte Northwest Virat
Omawa
Pacific Northwest
Kond
Peoples Party
Oregon
Waslinngton
Stewart
Gresham
Watson
Georgia
Weaver
Polle
Laimuter
Mize
Susan B. Anthony
Clara
B. Colby
Anna Shaw
Leave
St. John
Kausia
Confederate veterans to form new state organization
A state convention of Confederate veterans is called to meet in ia on July 19 to organize a group akin to the Grand Army of the Republic. Ex Senator Wade Hampton will preside. Mrs Boutelle, wife of Congressman Boutelle, died suddenly during the night in Bannor Mo from a heart affection.
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Wade Hampton
Chaslestown
Confederate Veterans In
Grand Army of the Republic
Fens
Boutelle
Dona
Bannor
Grover
Buzzakos Bay
Mans
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Robbery at Magnolia House Baffles Local Community
A Prohibition candidate for Missouri governor, John Soboeski, was among victims in a Magnolia village robbery. Five masked men looted over $1,200, tied guests, and escaped after a gunfight in a ravine where Soboeski fell but survived. He proceeded to report to authorities and catch a train to Cincinnati for the Prohibition convention.
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Magnolia
Vilage
Magnolia House
John Soboeski
Miatonri
Soboeski
Waqualla
Jett
Cincinnati
Disappearance of Volney Ashford Dominates Hawaii Case
The Australia left Honolulu with Volney V. Ashford aboard and vanished. Ashford and five others were discharged on treason charges while Wilcox and six others faced Hawaii Supreme Court. Deputy AG Creighton vowed rearrest on conspiracy. Ashford, aided by his brother, sailed on the steamer Hawaiian, later boarding the ship at Mahulona and heading to San Francisco amid local accusations of government complicity. Ashford, known in Hawaii as Colonel Volney Y. Ashford, had led royal household troops and allied with the Liberal party to oppose the government.
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C. W. Ashfort
Hawaiian
Mahulona
D. Spreckels
Ashford
San Francisco
Australia
Hawaii
Volney Y. Ashford
Wilcox
Liberal Party
Liberata
Man Slashes Self in Great Northern Train Coach
Gilbert Johnson, about 35, single, slashed his abdomen and wrists with a razor in a passenger coach of a Great Northern train near Barnesville. He boarded at Rothsay and was found by the conductor with blood on the seat. He was taken to a hospital in Minneapolis, with no hopes for recovery.
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Johnson
Sluwnes Aumnelt
Great Northern
Clown
Minn
Jung
Gilbert Johnson
Comanittud
du Clovkam
Rothsay
Barnesville
Tolinson
Minneapolis
Tust
Uta
Southwestern Minnesota Editorial Association meets for annual convention
The Southwestern Minnesota Editorial Association held its annual convention with welcome by A Tenz and response by Senator Day of Fairmount Sentinel. J A Johnson of St Peter Herald gave principal address. Officers elected: President E E Huntington Windom, VP J A Maxwell Fulda, Sec S J Lynch St James, Treas F N Van Duzen Luverne. The next meeting is set for St James.
Republican clubs meet at Rochester New York convention
The New York League of Republican clubs opened in Rochester with Mayor Curran welcoming delegates after prayer. President McAlpin spoke as letters from Governor McKinley and Hon. T. Platt were read, and President Harrison sent regrets. He urged action on tariff protection for American workers. Committees were appointed and a recess set for 4 p.m.
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New York League
Tochester
Rocheston
League of Republican Clubs
Curran
McAlpin
McKinley
T. ©. Platt
Harrison
Chicago
Comittees
Meant to Murder Greenwood Shootout Sparks Grudge
Thomas Eabey was shot by John Nichols Jr after Fahey challenged a retraction at an exhibition in Greenwood Wisconsin. Fahey, larger and stronger, struck Nichols, who drew and shot Fahey through the neck wounding a jugular vein slightly. Nichols fled as pursuers closed in. In Jackson County a farmer T Tyndale was duped by strangers who invited a game, won twice, then robbed him of $500 at gunpoint before escaping.
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Greenwood
Wis
Thomas Eabey
Joln Nichols, Jr
Fahey
Nichols
Win
Buncoers
Wacksonvills
T. ‘Tyndale
Tyndale
Fastest Ever Known Bulkhead Fears in City Flood
In Black River Wis on June 29 the river rose to twenty four feet five, threatening the bulkhead at the electric light works and plunging the city into darkness. Lower town areas flooded, streets cut away, rear of buildings undermined, forcing families from homes as waters encroached.
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Black River
Wis
Nami
Niagara
Pension bills dominate House as Senate debates tariff and budgets
In Washington June 20 the House devoted the day to pension legislation with a committee of the whole. A bill granting monthly pensions to totally disabled veterans was discussed, while other measures included transportation pay for troops and railroad concerns. The Senate discussed Hale’s tariff prosperity claim and debated agricultural and judicial appropriations, with amendments on marshals and clerk hires. adjournment followed.
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House
United States
Pereson
Outhwaite
Ohio
Carthy House
Senate
Hale
Vent
Campbell
Republican Committee
Whitney
Dubois
Warren
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
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Bottineau
Gavur Sru, Mame, Mich
Fred Greuser
Canadian Pacific
Gri
Eclut
Pacific North‘west
Peet Og
the People's Party
Missouri
Volney Vet
Nend
National Democratic Committee
W. C. Whitney
William F. Barrity
Pouuay Lyaning
George F. Parker
Mickey Sliney
Bob Lyons
Cherry Street
Wms
Ingraham
Sing Sing
Sliney
Appaal
Black River Falls
Congressional
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