Biggest Flurry in Chicago Wheat Pit Since the War
Chicago brokers rushed to buy December wheat as prices neared 80 cents, the wildest pit action since the war. Liverpool cables sparked a six cent rise, with a rush to cover and strong demand from Europe. Estimates show a tight world crop and limited U.S. export available, lifting optimism in the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Brosseau
Trego-Smith
America
United States
Board of Trade Today
St. Louis
Market Opens Wild as Wheat Prices Fluctuate Dramatically
Speculators dominated the scene at the market open with heavy wheat for sale. Prices surged to 79 1/2c then slipped to 77 1/2c as buyers entered and left. World visible supply rose, India shipped 48,000 bushels to Europe, Europe’s weekly needs seen at seven million. Northwest receipts dipped. Minneapolis and Duluth reported 1,642 cars versus 1,709 last week. Corn and oats followed wheat trends with mixed outcomes. January and other grain futures closed near session lows.
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India
Europe
California
Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Flour Market Shaped by Unprecedented Wheat Rise
Buffalo millers report flour prices moved sharply as wheat prices spiked 25 cents, with best patent flour quoted around 44 dollars per barrel, illustrating a broad market impact from the wheat surge.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Unseasonable Wheat Rally Surges to New Heights
In New York and Chicago markets wheat prices jump sharply with December bids at 8 6 4 4 c and Chicago at 79 5 c. The rise tops last year’s peak as extraordinary foreign demand and European gains spark rapid speculative interest.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Chicago
Europe
Liverpool
San Francisco Wheat Market Recovers With Higher Opening
The San Francisco wheat market opened stronger on October 19 as news from abroad supported prices. May option rose to 68 at 9 15 and settled near 156 cents per cental, while December opened at 156 cents. Total sales reached 103 000 centals as dealers remained calm despite gains.
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San Francisco
Rise of Wheat in America Sends Markets Into Panic
London reports a Times financial article on American wheat prices causing exchange panic. California wheat sold at 86 shillings a quarter as maize and barley see brisk demand. Traders fear Indian demand and speculate that a six shilling weekly rise reflects this effect.
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London
The
Times
America
California
India
State House Improvement Commission Hears Architects
Governor Bushnell and state officials met the State House Improvement Commission in Columbus to review plans from ten selected architects. Judge Spear arranged hearings with daily sessions and a final hearing set for October 28 with all architects present.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Bushnell
A. W. Jones
H. A. Axline
D. L. Sleeper
W. T. Spear
State House Improvement Commission
Caldwell Wedding Unites Miss Caldwell with Marquis Monstriers
Paris report says Miss Mary Gwendolin Caldwell founder of the Divinity School at Catholic University Washington married Marquis Des Monstriers Merenville at St Josephs Church Avenue Hoche. Bishop Spading of Peoria assisted with Father Cooke administering Miss Caldwell estate as guardian.
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Paris
Mary Gwendolin Caldwell
Divinity School
Catholic University At
Child Dies After Fall From Chair in Huntington
Special Dispatch reports in Huntington Indiana that a one year old child of Michael Becker fell from a chair at home, suffering fatal injuries before dying at the hospital. The incident occurred while the family was at Saxon Street, details remain unclear as investigators review the scene.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntington
Ind
Michael Becker
Flags and Festoons Adorn The Tabernacle
The Tabernacle was lined with blossoms and garlands as a festive display for a community ceremony. Flags hung overhead framing the entrance while local volunteers arranged heraldic decor and floral arrangements for the event.
Canton Rally Highlights McKinley Campaign Visit
Major McKinley tours Canton and eastern Ohio with General Howard Alger Marden and others. Col John Hay and Lafayette Williams attend as crowds fill the Tabernacle for speeches on party loyalty and war debt policy.
Brownsville men fight over politics ends in stabbing
In Brownsville county, D. B. Litterell and Jeff McKane argued at a local Baptist church after a political discussion. McKane stabbed Litterell in the neck. doctors say Litterell will die. The incident occurred Sunday five miles from Brownsville.
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Commercial Tribune
Brownsville
D. B. Litterell
Jeff McKane
Litterell
McCane
Local Man Takes Own Life During Typhoid Delirium
Charles Risler, 27, of Nottingham, Bluffs on, died Sunday morning after, while delirious from typhoid fever, he secured a revolver and shot himself. His wife and the doctor failed to prevent the tragedy in Bluffton Indiana.
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Commercial Tribune
Bluffton
Ind
Charles Risser
Nottingham
Local Youth Law Student Found Dead in Ann Arbor
Williard Sellers an 18 year old law student at Ann Arbor University in Ann Arbor was found dead on the bathroom floor from a heart disease. He was a resident of Kokomo Indiana and died Sunday.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Williard Sellers
Ann Arbor University
Ann Arbor
Margaret Hobart to wed Harry C. Blaney in theater union
Miss Margaret Hobart niece of Vice Presidential candidate Garrett Hobart will marry Harry C. Blaney formerly of Columbus Ohio. Both perform with the theatrical company A Boy Wanted. Blaney debuted in The Limited Mail and is noted as a YMCA member and acrobat.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Margaret Hobart
Harry C. Blaney
Blaney
Oung Blaney
Circleville
Miss Hobart
Washington
Harry. Clay
Cincinnati
National Convention Opens in Springfield for American Missions
The forty eighth annual National Convention of the American Christian Missionary Society convened at the State Capitol in Springfield with 800 delegates. Divisions include Church Extension in Kansas City, Negro Evangelization in Louisville, Education in Chicago, and Ministerial Relief in Indianapolis. Rev. George T. Smith led a prayer service closing the first session.
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The
American Christian Missionary Society
State Capitol
Board of Church Extension
Kansas City
Board of Negro Evanelization and Education
Uisville
Board of Education
Chicago
Board of Ministerial Relief
Indianapolis
George T. Smith
Cincinnati
Manitoba school question settled by Laurier Liberal administration
Toronto reports Ottawa confirms the Manitoba school dispute ended with a Liberal settlement. The plan establishes national undenominational schools in Manitoba and allows visiting clergy from recognized Christian churches to provide after school religious instruction with parental approval.
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Toronto
Ottawa
Manitoba
Charles Tupper
Laurier
Armenian Massacre Reported at Van Armenia
Paris dispatch to the Daily News says an Armenian correspondent reports a terrible massacre at Van in Armenia on October 2 with no further details available.
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London
Paris
Daily News
Van
Armenia
Died a Hero at Carnival Ammunition Wagon Blast
John Braden, 74, a stage driver, died after staying at his post to halt the runaway horses as the ammunition wagon exploded during Albuquerque carnival. He perished in flames delaying the charge and will be honored at his funeral at the opera house with city officials urging merchants to close for the procession.
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Albuquerque
N. M
John Braden
Opera House
Braden
Hith
Baldridge
Constitution Must Stand Says Ex Senator Henderson
Ex Senator John B. Henderson of Missouri denounced the Chicago platform and its Democratic allies saying they would seize railroads and telegraphs and reorganize government. He warned that if attempted, 4 to 5 million soldiers would resist, invoking 1861 as precedent to defend the Constitution.
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Wilmington
Del
John B. Henderson
Missouri
Chicago
Bryan
Peculiar Peanut Roll Bet in Lexington Election
In Lexington Kentucky on October 19 photographer Van Hous bet a peanut roll from his shop up Main Street to Wilson and Co if McKinley wins. If Bryan wins, Thomas Murphy a clerk at Wilson and Co must roll the peanut to Van Hous gallery.
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Lexington
van Hous
Main Street
Wilson & Co
McKinley
Bryan
Thomas Murphy
Tragic Tent Fire Roasts Child in Urbana Family Camp
At Lakeridge near Bellefontaine Ohio on October 19 a four year old girl, left asleep in a straw bed under a tent, was killed when fire started in the straw and the canvas collapsed as the ropes burned away. The child is identified as the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Kemp of Urbana.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellefontaine, CO
Lakeridge
Wm. Kemp
Urbana
Insane convict Thomas Cloyd confined in Kentucky prison
Thomas Cloyd a Monroe County convict was locked in the prison hospital after it was learned he had become violently insane. The silver crank claimed he had an assignment from the Bryant National Committee to deliver speeches in Louisiana.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Thomas Cloyd
Monroe County
Cloyd
Bryant National Committee
Louisiana
Doctor Rein Hart Arrested in Ironton Incident
Dr. F W Reinhart, a physician in Ironton Ohio, was arrested on a charge related to failing to notify health authorities about a patient under his care. The arrest occurred today and stems from health compliance concerns in the area.
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Commercial Tribune
Ironton
F. W. Reinhart
Henderson Held for Court in Lodge Embezzlement Case
Richmond Ind Oct 19 Attorney J W Henderson was brought to court today charged with embezzling funds of the Odd Fellows Lodge. The case details a suspected misappropriation from the lodge treasury and will proceed to trial.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
J. W. Henderson
Cone
Cart
Od Fellows’ Lodge
General Morton C. Hunter Nearing Death
Special Dispatch Bloomington Ind Oct 19 General Morton C Hunter aged 71 chairman of the Indiana Soldiers Commission was stricken with paralysis today and is at the point of death He formerly was colonel of the Eighty second Indiana and represented the district in Congress for four years.
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Gamemercial Tribune
Bloomington
Ind
Morton C. Hunter
Indiana Soldiers’ Commission
Eighty-second
Indiana
Congress
Wagner Overture Found by Zurich Scholar in Berlin
Dr Hagar of Zurich reports discovery of an unwritten Wagner concert overture in Berlin. The find links Wagner to a missing composition and expands late Romantic catalog.
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Berlin
Hagar
Zurich
Wagner
Elijah Looker Struck by Train Near Columbus Ohio
Elijah Looker aged 70 of Summit was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio engine east of Columbia Ohio this morning. A heavy forward toss sent him about 120 feet, breaking multiple bones.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbia 8. O
Elijah Looker
Summit
Reed Speech Cuts Short in Chicago Republican Rally
In Chicago on October 19 Thomas B. Reed spoke at a large Republican tent on Fifty-fifth and Peoria Streets. He could only address the crowd briefly as throat trouble hampered his delivery, leaving listeners disappointed by the truncated remarks.
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Chicago
Thomas B. Reed
Fifty-fifth
Peoria
Wealthy New Yorker Buries Wealth for Afterlife
John D. Little of Trenton New Jersey plans to bury his wealth in an iron casket for use in heaven. He believes coins will circulate at face value in the heavenly regions and expects the end of the world on November 1. Little travels to Philadelphia seeking to persuade residents to join his bid.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
John D. Little
Trenton
N. J
Little
Ittle
Philadelphia
Fire at 1903 South Broadway destroys property and wagon
A sudden blaze gutted a half block near 1903 South Broadway in St. Louis early today. Frank Schwab, owner of the saloon there, is held on suspicion. Three unconscious girls were rescued by Officer Nugent and two firemen, and Frank Dietze was carried from a sick bed. Flames caused floors to collapse within minutes. Eight horses and General Grant’s wagon formerly used in St. Louis County were burned.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
South Broadway
Frank Schwab
Nugent
Frank Dietzeroma
Elopers Ride All Night to Save a Nuptial Exit
Thomas Allen and Miss Pearl Scott eluded pursuers in a Kentucky chase from Winchester to Frankfort by buggy then L and N train. They married in Louisville at the Strauss Hotel by a magistrate after a late flight from disapproving parents.
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Louisville
Thomas Allen
Pearl Scott
Bloomdale
Winchester
Frankfort
Scott
Midway
Fran
Jeffersonville
Strauss Hotel
Paid for in rabbits in Kentucky bargain draw from hunter
Asbury Pollitt a farmer from eastern nun County started for Maysville when he met hunter Ed Silvey. Pollitt offered to sell his house and Silvey bought it with a dozen and a half rabbits killed that morning. The line marked the lowest price on record for a Kentucky horse.
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Commercial Tribune
Maysville
Asbury Pollitt
Nun County
Ed Silvey
Pollitt
Silvey
Kentucky
Brokers Fight On The Floor Of St Louis Exchange
A heated clash broke out on the floor as Frank T Con cannon of Bartlett and Concannon and Thos Griffin exchanged blows during a dispute over the sale of eight pork carload options. The fracas halted trading and left activity subdued amid the ruckus and confusion.
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St. Louis
Commercial Tribune
Frank T
Concannon
Bartlett & Concannon
Thos, Griffin
Flock x
Protest Meeting Denounces Armenian Massacres in London
About 2 000 attendees at St James Hall, with 7 000 applying for admission, hear a Gladstone letter urging end to massacres. Prominent peers bishops and ministers attend. meeting pledges support for Britain's government and Salisbury to curb the violence.
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St. James Hall
Rochester
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Earl of Meath
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Oxenbridge
Earl of Stamford
Winchester
Herford
Aberdeen
James Bryce
Harry R. Drew
Drew
Gladstone
Canon Wilberforce
Canon Maccoll
Lewis Morris
John Clifford
John Guinness Rogers
Miners Reject 4 Cent Rate After Referendum in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on October 19 the coal miners officials announced the referendum result on accepting a four cent rate. The tally shows 521 for reduction and 4308 against. With most miners out, the strike will continue though 300 Wheeling Creek miners will return to work at forty five cents.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Wheeling Creek
Earl Whittaker escapes City Prison during cleaning
The boy charged with robbing the Laubley saloon, Earl Whit taker, escaped from the City Prison when the turnkey was busy supervising the cleaning of the jail.
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Earl Whittaker
Laubley
Watson Letter in Question Stirring Populists and Bryan
Washington reports a heated dispute over Tom Watson's acceptance letter to Senator Butler. Butler says the letter never reached him, fueling rumors of suppression or tampering as Watson threatens to publish it himself. Polls show Kansas tensions and shifting partisan gains in the Sixth District.
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Washington
Watson
Senator Butler
National Committee
Butler
Bryan
Tom Watson
Dunning Presses Fusion Fallout in Populist Rift
N A Dunning former editor of the National Watchman speaks in Indianapolis describing a letter accepting Watson’s nomination and fusion stance. He accuses the National Committee, led by Senator Butler, of suppressing the letter to harm Watson and split Populists from Democrats.
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Butler
Watson
National Committee
Democratic Party
Daring Postal Robber Nabbed in Kansas City
C. H. Hamilton alias Wallace, dressed as a railway mail agent, robbed a push of mail sacks at Union Depot. He was arrested at his hotel after officers cornered him in his room. He admits similar robberies in St. Louis on October 10 and Chicago on October 3.
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C. H. Hamilton
Wallace
Hamilton
Union Depot
Lny
Hamittho
St. Louis
Chicago
Their marriage a failure and divorce suit filed
Jacob N. Gunst sues Elizabeth H. Sheridan Gunst for absolute divorce on statutory grounds in New York. Mrs. Gunst, a niece of General Phil Sheridan, previously charged cruelty and abduction of their two daughters in an April action. John Sheridan, manager of the New York and Brooklyn Brewing Company, is her brother.
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New York
Jacob N. Gunst
Guit
Elizabeth H. Sheridan Gunst
Barbers wager political fate over Bryan McKinley
Barbers John Harcha and Ellis K. McCall of Buena Vista Ohio make a novelty bet on the 1900 election. If Bryan is elected Harcha will wear a straw hat all winter and shave and trim McCall free for a year. If McKinley wins, McCall will return the favor.
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Buena Vista
John Harcha
Ellis K. McCall
Bryan
Harcha
McCall
McCa
McKinley
Doctor Hatfield Likely to Get Unconditional Pardon
Convicted doctor I M Hatfield of Warren Ohio may receive an unconditional pardon at the next Board of Pardons session on November 26. He was imprisoned for a criminal operation on Belle Taylor and paroled three months ago, but lost his medical certificate and cannot practice while on parole.
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Columbus
I. M. Hatfield
Warren
Hatfield
Belle ‘Taylor
Board of Managers
State Medical Board
Hateld
Pardon Board
Poisoned by X rays halt George L. Newcombe experiments
Salem Massachusetts October 19 George L Newcombe halted X ray experiments after suffering poisoning on his right hand The skin turned purplish brown a burning sensation followed by skin loss hair shedding and fingernails loosening He blamed diffuse light through an aluminum window reflected by a platinum disk for projection of tiny particles onto flesh.
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Salem
Mass
George L. Newcombe
Italy’s Gift of Historic Volumes to the President
Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador, delivered to the White House a fourteen‑volume set of papers on the discovery of America and early Italian explorers, printed by the Italian Government, as a testimonial of esteem from the King of Italy.
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Washington
New Missouri committee to back McKinley campaign
A new Missouri campaign committee will be formed in St Louis to win electors for McKinley and Hobart. R. C. Kerens arranged for at least ten speakers to tour Missouri, citing heavy registration in Kansas City and St Louis and a projected 30 000 plurality for McKinley in St Louis with Democrat opposition in the north. George W Coept and J Green of Ohio were among the named organizers.
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McKinley
Hobart
St. Lois
R. C. Kerens
Col. Hahn
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Bryan
Warner Miller
Issau
Yen
George W. CoEpet
J Green
Ohio
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E Tingowe
Preacher Raimey Charged With Larceny Faces Requisition Request
Rev Benjamin Raimey an evangelist with Atlanta Colored Baptist Conference vows to challenge Chief Deitsch over a Cincinnati grand larceny warrant. He continues preaching in Kentucky jails, insisting God will deliver him.
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Vanceburg
Benjamin Raimey
Deitsch
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Raimey
Atlanta Colored Baptist Conference
Bryan on the Back A Louisville Man Presses for Inquiry
Lewis N. Dembitz of Louisville sent a September 17 letter to Presidential candidate Bryan asking how he would have acted on the Chicago riot in 1894 and whether Cleveland acted properly. W. J. Bryan’s campaign aide Wm. F. Schind replied that Bryan has not been in Lincoln since receipt and will not be available until after November 1, delaying any reply until the campaign ends.
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Liverpool
Senator Butler
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Bryan
Lewis N. Dembitz
United States
Chicago
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Senate
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Wm. F. Schind
Dembitz
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Mr. Schind
Arsenal
Akron Prepares for Bryan Visit with McKinley Day
In Akron Ohio on October 19 Republicans plan a McKinley day honoring William Jennings Bryan’s upcoming visit. Businesses homes and workshops display McKinley flags and pictures. Yellow campaign badges were distributed with 6 000 made and quickly exhausted.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
Wm. Bryan
Indiana Romance Links Union City Pair at Parkersburg
Miss Nellig Long of Union City Indiana married C. C. Shepp of Marion Indiana at a Parkersburg depot ceremony led by a minister after their arrival last night.
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W. Va
Nellig Long
Union City
Ind
C. C. Shepp
Marion
Major McKinley Generals Tour Draws Big Crowds in Ohio
In Canton and across Ohio the Union Generals held vast rallies as Major McKinley traveled by train. Crowds in Canton, New Philadelphia, Dennison, Mingo Junction, Wellsville, East Liverpool, and Youngstown heard speeches urging patriotism, protection for industry, and support for McKinley’s White House bid.
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