Graves Cave Up Dead In Great Flood Races and Fallout
Elkhorn West Virginia June 25 professional newspaper man notes the Galveston scale flood in the coal region. Casualties believed under thirty mostly African American workers. railroads and operators to compensate damaged properties. Describes flooded canyon communities, shifting rails, and largely calm recovery with few dwellings destroyed.
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Julian Hawthorne
Commercial Tribune
Elkhorn
W. Va
Line
Keystone
Galveston
Johnstown
Ennis
Maii
Pennsylvania
Seventh National Bank Rescue Halts Wall Street Panic
Amid rumors of collapse, New York banks and the Clearing House rushed funds to the Seventh National Bank, Perry Heath’s institution, preventing failure at the Post Office depository. President Kimball noted a heavy Clearing House debit but said the bank was solvent and the emergency resolved.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Anothe
Seventh National Bank
Clearing House
Sherrer
Clearing House Association
Wall Street
Seventh National
Perry Heath
Fletcher Heath
Kimball
Frank B. Poor
Post Office Depository
North American Trust Company
Wiliam H. Kimball
E. R. Thomas
Samuel Thomas
General Thomas
Nash and Nippert Named to Lead Ohio Republican Victory
Senator Hanna praises campaign keynotes by Senator Foraker and expresses satisfaction with the convention. The only contests decided were Supreme Court Judge and Clerk won by Judge Price and Laws on Emerson. Governor Nash improves steadily and denies withdrawal from the ticket.
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Nash and Nippert
Republicans
Ohio
Hanna
Senator Foraker
Supreme Court
Judge Price
Lawson Emerson
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Switch Clash Sparks City Fire
In North Baltimore Ohio, the Baltimore and Ohio Railway began laying a street crossing despite an injunction. Citizens blocked the work, firemen intervened with water hoses, and a plan to bring 200 colored workers by rail was proposed. A truce was later agreed and the dispute paused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Baltimore
Street clashes mar Poblejo jubilee procession
In Pampiluna Spain on June 25 during a second jubilee procession soldiers refused to uncover and civilians attacked them causing serious street fighting.
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Pampeluna
Spain
Hanna Urges Loyal Republicans to Vote the Ticket
From Senator Hanna's speech at the Republican State Convention, he argues that national prosperity rests on Republican principles. He calls for duty over victory, urging confidence in the party to sustain future growth, labor, and capital expansion.
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Foraker
United States
Hanna
Zimmerman Predicts Nomination On First Ballot
Springfield Ohio June 25 John J Zimmerman says he will win the nomination after tallying Ohio counties 36 remaining with 409 delegates 22 counties conceding to Kilbourne. He claims 331 unpledged from existing conventions and hopes for strong German support amid Kilbourne opposition over Cincinnati prize fight incident.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
John J. Zimmerman
Kilbourne
Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Columbus Citizen
Columbus
Nash
Ellen Lee Weds Lt James C Rhea in Church of Transfiguration
Miss Ellen Lee daughter of Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee married First Lieutenant James Cooper Rhea of the Seventh Cavalry United States Army today in the Church of the Transfiguration New York.
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New York
Ellen Lee
Fitzhugh Lee
James Cooper Rhea
Seventh Cavalry
United States Army
Church of the Transfiguration
Bliss Confesses to Killing Father in Accidental Fatality
Homer Bliss, arrested on suspicion of murdering his father whose badly decomposed body was found on a Mt. Clemens farm, confessed this afternoon claiming the killing was accidental.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Homer Bliss
Nippert Satisfies Temperance Men
Columbus reports Superintendent Baker of the Antisaloon League says Nippert must align with temperance goals. He notes Nippert voted against the Clark bill and urges fair treatment to avoid saloon interference in the Lt Governor race.
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Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Baker
Antisaloon League
Miss Knight Secures Leading Barrister in Suit
Portia Knight's breach of promise suit against the Duke of Manchester gains momentum as Sir Edward Clark agrees to act as her chief counsel. The Globe reports Clark, a top English barrister, would not take the case without prospects of success. Settlement talks are believed possible.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Portia Knight
Duke of Manchester
Globe
Sir Edward Clark
Miss Knight
The
Colonel Knight
Sir Edward
England
Caldwell Withdraws From Race In Columbus Voluntarily
Judge Caldwell says his renomination refusal was wholly voluntary and desired to be out of the fight. He notes leaders did not want the withdrawal but accepted the move after discussion. Lieutenant Governor plans to seek a Hamilton County judgeship and faces no opposition in the next Republican County Convention.
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Columbus
Commercial Ee
Hanna
Sonia
Caldwell
Hamilton County
Commercial Tribune
Mark Hanna
Nash
Gambier
Kenyon College
Flora Indiana Ghost Haunts Abandoned Walnut Grove School
Trustee Jesse Martin seeks sealed bids to build a new school on the Margaret Kuettle farm to replace the Walnut Grove schoolhouse abandoned after Amer Green’s ghost sightings. Green, hanged years ago for a murder, was linked to repeated hauntings that drove attendance down to two. The new building will stand off the old site.
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Commercial Tribune
Flora
Ind
Jesse Martin
Jackson Township
Margaret Kuettle
Walnut Grove
Amer Green
Green
Luella Mabbitt
Bubonic Plague Reports Surge in PeNGKONG Week
During the week ending June 22 PeNGKONG reports 155 new cases of bubonic plague and 162 deaths. The health authorities monitor the outbreak and urge caution and reporting.
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Pengkong
Ohio Republicans Indorse Foraker and Nash at Columbus
In Columbus on June 25 1896 the Republican state convention endorsed Senator Joseph B Foraker for a second term and nominated George K Nash for governor. The crowd applauded Hanna and Grosvenor while Henry C Taylor moved Nashs nomination. The platform stressed morality support for personal liberty and home rule in liquor regulation and endorsed statewide effort to counter Southern disfranchisement.
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Asahel W. Jones
Committee On Rules
Charles Henry Grosvenor
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Hanna
Republican Party
Nis
McKinley
Ohio
Political Ticket Listings for Ohio State Offices
The slate shows Governor George K. Nash from Franklin and Lieutenant Governor Carl L. Nippert of Hamilton. Supreme Court candidates include James L. Price, Allen. Attorney General John M. Sheets, Ottawa. Clerk James L. Emerson, Belmont. State Treasurer J. B. Cameron, Columbiana. and State Board of Public Works member W. G. Johnson, Summit.
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George K. Nash
Franklin
Carl L. Nippert
Hamilton
Supreme Court
James L. Price
Allen
John M. Sheets
Ottawa
Lawson E. Emerson
Belmont
J. B. Cameron
Columbiana
Board of Public Works
W. G. Johnson
Summit
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Heath
Foy
Ce Lenco
George
Isaac B. Cameron
VY. G. Johnson
Limmerman
Gen. Lee
Nippert
Mr. Baker
Columbus Burea
Commercial
H. H. Barbour
First Baptist Church
West Virginia
Committee On
Fred Bader
Daugherty
Fayette
Marchant
Walter D. Meals
Cleveland
Committee On Permanent Organization
Jones
Henry C. Taylor
W. B. Shattuc
Charles
Allen E. Beach
Joseph Benson Foraker
United States Senate
General Assembly
Carl Nippert
South
Congress
Union
State Central Committee
Charles Dick
John R. Malloy
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