South Carolina Senate Campaign Fires Up In Sumter
In Sumter a heated campaign meeting for McLaurin and Irby drew about 500 people. The two rivals traded sharp charges and accusations, with Irby labeling McLaurin as dishonest and aligned with a conspiracy, while McLaurin challenged the insults and defended his record and supporters. The clash ended amid jeers and renewed pledges from other candidates.
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South Carolina
Earle
Sumter
Mond
John L. M
John L. M. Irby
McLaurin
Onty
Sumaty
Aurin
Muche
Irby
N. G. Gon
Les
Ellerbe Hy
Gonzales
Opulists Open National Convention in Nashville
The national convention of the People met in Nashville at the state capitol with about a thousand delegates present. Milton Parks of Texas called the conference to order. Sits to support Populist principles separate from fusion. Bradley of Texas chosen temporary chairman.
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Nashville
the Peoy
House of Represent
State Capitol
Milton Parks
Texas
Omaha
St. Louis
Bradley
Southern Trains to Reach Montgomery on M. and O. Tracks
Arrangements reported to allow the Southern to run trains into Montgomery over the Mobile and Ohio lines from the M. T. and M. route. Trains will depart from the Tennessee Virginia and Georgia tracks, crossing at Bibb where Montgomery Tuscaloosa and Meridian lines intersect.
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Southern Y
Montgomla
Monty
Tuscaloosa
Meridian di
Mobile
Ohio
Great Southern
Southern
Tennessee
Virginia
Georgia
Ontgomery
Metracks
Bibb
Beer Trust Forming in Detroit Breweries Syndicate
Six Detroit breweries plan to sell out to a syndicate of English capital. The move consolidates ownership and is expected to raise beer prices by about five to six dollars per barrel. Proponents describe the deal as a trust forming to control local beer supply.
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Detroit
Miners Begin Great Wage Struggle Across Pittsburg District
The great wage dispute launches with mass meetings across Pittsburgh district mining settlements. United Mine Workers executives plan a general suspension with spring demand and lake trade appetite improving chances for victory.
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Pittsburg
United Mine Workers
Chicago
Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio
M. A. Hanna & Co
New York and
Cleveland
Turtle Creek
Plum Creek
Sandy Creek
Dolan
Altgeld Charges Nation in Distress at Brooklyn Meeting
Ex Governor John P Altgeld addressed about 2000 listeners in the Academy of Music Brooklyn under the democratic league of Kings County He urged retroaction of the bimetallic system and condemned concentration of capital he called corruption and war debt burden a sign of faulty finance and urged reform.
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John P. Altgeld
Illinois
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
N. Y
Democratic League of
Kings County
Altgeld
Europe
Burned Mormon Church in South Carolina
A conference of eleven Mormon elders met Sunday in Fairfield county’s sole state church. Sixteen Catawba converts attended. At midnight arsonists set the church ablaze in several spots, destroying the building. The Mormons reconvened Monday in a bush arbor.
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Fairfield County
S. C
Senate Passes Tariff Bill Amid Close Vote
The Senate approved the tariff bill 88 to 28 with McEnery of Louisiana the lone Democrat voting yes. Debate stretched through amendments and anti trust talk as Reed and Dingley watched from the rear galleries. A conference is now sought with the House as the six week debate closes.
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McEnery
Louisiana
Senate
Reed
Dingley
House of Representatives
Yeas
Allison
Baker
Burrows
Carter
Clark
Cullum
Davis
Deboe
Elkins
Fairbanks
Foraker
Gallinger
Hale
Hanna
Hawley
Jones
Nevada
Lodge
McBride
McMillan
Mantle
Mason
Morrill
Nelson
Penrose
Perkins
Platt
Connecticut
Platt of
New York
Pritchard
Proctor
Quay
Sewell
Shoup
Spooner
Ppa
Wellington
Wetmore
Wilson
Nays
Bacon
Bate
Berry
Caffery
Cannon
Chilton
Clay
Cockrell
Faulkner
Gray
Harris
Kansas
Arkansas
Kenney
Lindsay
Mallory
Martin
Mills
Mitchell
Morgan
Pasco
Pettus
Rawlins
Roach
Turner
Turpie
West
Walthall
White
Bill
Aldrich
Murphy
Chandler
McLaurin
Frye
Gorman
Gear
Smith
Hansbrough
Daniel
Hoar
Tennessee
Thurston
Tillman
Wolcott
George
Cans
Allen
Butler
Heitfeld
Kyle
Stewart
Teller
Pettigrew
House
Finance Committee
Cyclone Kills Fourteen Across Minnesota State
A cyclone near Glenwood and cloud bursts in Minnesota Wednesday left at least fourteen dead including Toleff Lavan Samuel Morrow and Winnie Morrow. Railroads suffered wrecks and washouts with crew fatalities. crops and livestock were destroyed. total damage likely exceeds 1 million dollars.
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Minnesota
Glenwood
Toleff Lavan
Samuel Morrow
Winnie Morrow
Oswald McGowan
Great Northern
St. Cloud
Charles Washburn
W. H. Pepper
Chicago, Milwaukee and St.Paul
Faribault
Transfer of Monongahela Navigation to U S Government
The Monongahela Navigation Company transfers its property to the United States government in Pittsburg. Assistant Secretary of War Micklejohn received the treasury warrant for 3 601 615 56 dollars to Navigation Company President Donnell. River freed for commerce saving coal operators 225 000 annually and releasing nearly 10 000 000 bushels of coal held to save lockage tolls.
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Monongahela Navigation Company
United States
Pittsburg
Monongahela River
Micklejohn
United States Treasury
Donnell
The
Navigation Company
Thorne Confessed to Murder in Guldensuppe Case
New York dispatch reports positive ID of the man arrested Tuesday night as Martin Thorne the alleged confederate in the murder and dismemberment of William Guldensuppe. Acting Inspector OBrien says he has a full confession from Thorne admitting the crime and detailing the acts. Mrs Augusta Nack held on murder charges with strong circumstantial evidence linking her to the crime. Detectives anticipate convictions for both Thorne and Nack.
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New York
Martin Thorne
William Guldensuppe
O’brien
Thorne
Guldensuppe
Augusta Nack
Vanderbilt to Build Mammoth Hospital in Asheville
The hospital, to be erected in Asheville by George W. Vanderbilt, will treat all diseases with emphasis on tuberculosis and contagious illnesses. A corps of expert physicians will run it, offering full patient comforts. Outlay starts at $100,000.
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Asheville
N. C
Biltmore
George W. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Senator Harris Ill Fails Removal to Mountain Resort
Reported health crisis around Senator Harris described as precarious during Wednesday heat with fears he would not rally. By night the atmosphere cooled and he partially recovered. removal to the Tennessee mountains was dismissed.
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Tennessee
Washington
Harris
Skiff Upended on Arkansas River Drowns Five
A skiff overturned on the Arkansas River at Little Rock on Monday night, drowning five people including Miss Josie Sanders eighteen Miss Mary Arber nineteen and two men Jake Dant and Joe Dant. Miss Arber daughter of Dr. Arber was noted in local Jewish social circles.
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Little Rock
Josie Sanders
Mary Arber
Jake Dant
Joe Dant
Miss Arber
8. C. Arber
Beresford official seeks arrest of Sidney Lascelles
Sidney Lascelles, once a prominent financier in Fitzgerald Georgia, is again the subject of warrants for cheating and swindling. Telegrams were sent to Savannah asking his arrest and return to Fitzgerald, but he could not be located after detectives searched the city. He had left Fitzgerald for Savannah days earlier, and warrants await his capture to face charges in his absence.
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Sidney Lascelles
Fitzgerald
Savannah
Lascelles
Russian harvests worsen under rain soaked Russia
The London Daily Mail correspondent reports Central and South Russia face worsening harvest prospects as continual rains ruin hay crops and a poor beet crop in Podolien nearly destroys the sugar industry. Baltic provinces also suffer heavy crop damage and censorship on news about the crisis signals severity.
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London Daily Mail
St. Petersburg
South
Russia
Podolien
Baltic
Senate Agrees on Stamp Tax Amendment to Tariff Bill
The finance committee amendment proposing a stamp tax on bonds debentures and stock certificates was approved in the senate Monday without a formal vote. The house, voting along party lines, recessed until Wednesday to be ready for tariff bill action if the senate completes it.
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Finance Committee
Senate
House
Senator Isham G. Harris Dies in Washington
Tennessee statesman Isham G. Harris died at his Washington home shortly before 5 p.m. after a period of illness. Born February 10 1818 near Tullahoma he rose from a country store clerk to lawyer legislator governor and U S senator. He served as Confederate staffer and later returned to Memphis to practice law before his senate terms from 1877 to 1888. He was renowned for intellect and debate influence in Tennessee politics.
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Isham G. Harris
Tennessee
Washington
Sham Green Harris
Tullahoma
Tenn
Tippah County
Mississippi
Congress
Memphis
A. 8. Johnston
United States Senate
Cleveland letter from Grover Cleveland read at Iowa convention
Rock Island dispatch reports ex President Grover Cleveland’s letter to Paul Kersch, Illinois national Democratic chairman. In the missive Cleveland urges adherence to the party’s principles guiding it above partisan aims and asks Illinois Democrats to lead by example for the nation.
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Rock Island
Paul Kersch
Illinois National Democrats
Cleveland
Iowa
National Democratic Party
National Democrats
Illinois
Grover Cleveland
Ruiz Claim Against Spain Pushed for Indemnity
Washington officials complete the Ruiz case ready for presentation in Madrid. After presidential approval the case will go to Minister Woodford before he sails from New York on the 28th. Calhoun led the preparation with state department lawyers backing the facts and a claim of 150000 dollars.
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Spain
State Department
Washington
Ruiz
Woodford
Madrid
Queen Pardons Cubans Deported to Penal Islands
The queen regent pardons 108 Cuban detainees exiled to Ceuta Ferdinando and Chaffrine penal settlements. They will be allowed to return to Cuba and resume home life.
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Ceuta
Ferdinando
Chaffrine Islands
Cuba
Senate resolution seeks indemnity from Spain for 1895 Cuban arrests
Senate Foreign Relations Committee through Senator Lodge reports a resolution authorizing the president to obtain indemnity from the Spanish government for the wrongful arrest of August Bolton and Gustav Richelieu in Santiago de Cuba in 1895. It empowers the president to use necessary means to secure compensation.
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Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Lodge
Messares
August Bolton
Gustav Richelieu
Santiago de Cuba
Senate Bill Creates Cabinet Public Health Department
A Washington dispatch reports a bill to create a department of public health with a cabinet level head introduced in the senate by Senator Mallory on Wednesday.
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Department of Public Health
Washington Dispatch
Senate
Mallory
Sentence Reduced for Cuban Patriot Dr Joseph J Luis
The United States Judge Morris in Baltimore reduced the sentence of Dr Joseph J Luis from eighteen months to one year in jail, affecting the Cuban patriot.
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Luis
Joseph J. Luis
United States
Morris
Baltimore
The Loafing Time for Me Poem by Emma C Dowd
Poem excerpt from Emma C Dowd describing the loafing time during summer mornings. A narrator notes enjoying to sit by the river and chat with Hannah while neighbors and chores await. The piece contrasts restlessness with the lure of work and summer scents.
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Emma C. Dowd
Ladies’ Home Journal
Humorous Panel of Early 20th Century Jokes and Quips
A collage of jokes and witticisms from editorials and periodicals. It features quick exchanges on manners, love, debt, poetry, furniture, pipes, and social quirks with familiar punchlines and newspaper voice. Notable lines touch on court, marriage, and thrift.
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Irby Rose Eers
Montgomery
Beer Trust
Saga
Mrs.Nack
Bick
Senator Harris
Beresford
Gold Central Committee of
Senator Lodge
Hannah
Pel
Avi
London
Bonnet
Puck. Parke
Lane
Wheeler
Puck
Standard
Humoristische Blaetter
Hicks
Jackson
Dix
Somerville Journal
Grimshaw
Borrowby
Atchison Globe
Sarah
Cyrus
Teddy
Walker Farr
South Africa
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Boston
Wickwire
Timmins
Mud
Cincinnati Enquirer
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