Political developments and prohibition party gains across states
In June reports from Wasumetox New York Kansas City and Detroit detail Barnum meeting with the President to form the Democratic Campaign Committee while The Sun warns that Indiana Connecticut and New York are pivotal in the 1880 race. Michigan and New York Prohibitionists hold strong state conventions naming candidates and electors as Blaine, Logan and Harrison are discussed. Kansas City reports women driving a local option victory with temperance banners and Mormon votes. Prohibitionists in Michigan nominate Cheney for governor and name a full ticket and electors. New York Republicans plan a Blaine welcome with a large celebratory fleet. Syracuse and other cities report state nominations for governor and congressional races.
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Barnum
Grover
Associated Press
TEE Sun
New York
the Sun
Blaine
Logan
Indiana
Harrison
Merton
Connecticut
Issa
Republcan
Teg 8 Sun
Morten
Cleveland
Thurman
Repubicans
Isis
Garfield
Ohio
Buckeye
Morton
Arthur
Kansas City
Sourh
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Missouri
Ayner
J. B. Gong
Europe
Michigan
Detroit
Mich
A. B. Cheney
Sparta
John Russell
Macomb
Cheney
Russel
Stewart B. Williams
Saginax
Peter M. Hugel
Alfred Wise
Lemuel Clute
D. A. Waterman
Latte
Wagner
Charles
M. 8
Haseau
Syracuse
N. Y
W. Martin Jones
Rochester
Loxdon
Loxpox
Pity Telegraph
St. Louis
Chicago
President Cleveland Addresses University of Virginia Commencement
President Cleveland attended the University of Virginia commencement on June 20 with Secretaries Bayard and Vilas, and Senator Barbour and Congressman O'Ferrell. He awarded MA and PhD degrees, greeted 2,000 to 3,000 at handshakes, then joined alumni for a luncheon where he spoke on politics and ambition. The party visited Monticello before departing for Washington.
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United States
Studz
Salities
Rex
Bayard
Vilnus
Lee
Virginia
Senator Voorhees
Congress of the United
Fire destroys Isabella furnace complexes in Reaping
Fire Tuesday night at Isabella furnace in Isabella station wiped out the screen coal ore houses and other departments. Loss placed at about 0 000 dollars, with valuable machinery ruined. Fire follows rapid spread through connected structures.
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Pennsylvania
Reaping
Isabella Furnace
Isabella Station
Record of record-breaking rain and flood damage across towns
The report details unprecedented rainfall across multiple locales on June 29, flooding rivers, sinking crops, and washing away infrastructure. It notes drowned farm workers, drowned crops, waterlogged ground, and widespread agricultural losses from Illinois to Alabama.
End of Pleasure Excursion Sleek Enid Sinks After Collision
The Enid steam pleasure yacht was struck by the James W. Baldwin 2 miles north of here at 9 30 Wednesday night. Eight aboard, two drowned Miss Anna Miller and Mrs Odell wife of a Republican state committeeman in the Fifteenth district. The others were saved by the Baldwin and three are delirious but expected to recover. The disaster causes citywide sensation among prominent social figures.
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Newsource
N. Y
Enid
James W. Baldwin
Here
Anna Miller
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr
Miss Miller
David Miller
New York
Odell
Fifteenth
Workmen Die In Dynamite Accident At New Park
Dynamite cartridges prematurely exploded while workers cleared trees at New Park Wellsville New York killing Thomas Prentice and Patrick Rooney and wounding Henry Miliback. A picnic nearby escaped harm.
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Bravrorn
New Park
Wellsville
N. Y
Thomas Prentice
Patrick Rooney
Henry Miliback
Farmer Theo Castor Defends Self in Kingston Attack
In Traver City Michigan on June 29 Theo dore Castor a farmer was attacked by three Drost brothers as he returned from Kingston. He shot and killed one assailant fatally wounding a second. He believes he struck the third, who fled.
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Traver
E City
Mich
Theodore Castor
Kingston
Drost
Official Canvass Completes Oregon State Vote
Portiaxp Ore June 29 The official canvass of the state vote has been completed by the Secretary of State.
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Oregon
Portiaxp
Ore
Congressman 18 Vote Tally and Local Tragedies
In DeLentson Nebraska on June 29 two farmers Foster and Startzman were killed by a lightning strike during a storm. In New York on June 24 Mrs John Crawford in a drunken state leaped from a third story window, likely fatal injuries.
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Delbentson
Neb
Foster
Startzman
Startzmar
Mount Morris
New York
John Crawford
Kentucky Grand Jury Fails to Indict State Treasurer Tate
Franklin circuit court indictments charge James W. Tate with embezzlement totaling 404 055 83 dollars dating 187? to 1856 and exclude 1886 onward. Forgery claim denied. embezzlement not extraditable. bail set at 100 dollars as Tate remains a fugitive and civil actions against bonds await October term.
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Louisville
Franklin Circuit Court
James W. Tate
Tate
Commonwealth
Louisvile
Frankfort
Riot at Mormon Meeting Leaves Several Hurt in West Virginia
A riot among a Mormon congregation on Bowman ridge near Glenn Easton leaves Aaron Harris dead and two others fatally hurt. Joe Waite and Jasper Wait are among those stabbed, Leroy Waite and Ab Courtwright clash, with Ab Courtwright fatally wounding Aaron Harris before dying allies.
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West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
Bowman Ridge
Glenn Easton
Aaron Harris
Ab Courtwright
Joe Waite
Waite
Desperate clash with moonshiners leaves marshal dead
A revenue officers posse attacked moonshiners near Black Springs Montgomery County Arkansas. In the ensuing battle United States Marshal Trammel was killed and Internal Revenue Collector Fry telegraphed for reinforcements from Fort Smith after destroying three distilleries and rallying the moonshiners' camp.
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St. Louis
Little Rock
Ark
Post-Dispatch
Black Springs
Montgomery County
Internal Revenue
Fry
United States
Trammel
Fort Smith
Pope Leo Endorses Liberty Not Enemy of Democracy
The encyclical states the church is not hostile to honest liberty or democracy, but opposes license and false liberalism that deny a supreme law. It argues for moral order and rejects the idea that force should drive society, affirming openness to various governments.
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Rome
Robert Hale Dead After Elevator Fall in Minnesota
Minneavouis Minnesota June 29 Robert Hale secretary of the Minneavouis Board of Trade died suddenly after a fall down the Nicollet House elevator shaft. Hale once led the Chicago and Alton railroad during its 1864 crisis and later headed the Missouri Pacific. He was born in Boscawen New Hampshire in 185?
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Minneavouis
Minn
Hobert Hale
Minneavouis Board of Trade
Nicollet Huse
Boscawen
N. H
Brodie’s Great Swim Ends With Fainting Finish
Steve Brodie, attempting to beat Paul Boynton’s Hudson river rubber suit record, arrived in Newcume after six hours in water from Poughkeepsie. He was badly used up with a nearly useless left arm and fainting fit at quitting point. He planned to resume the journey that night, covering about twelve miles per tide.
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Brodie
Newcume
N. Y
Steve Brodie
Paul Boynton
Hudson River
Poughkeepsie
Auction of Commodore Kittson trotting stock
Horsemen from Tennessee Illinois Iowa and Dakota attended the sale at St Paul Minnesota on June 29. Forty two horses sold for 4000 pounds. The famous mare So-So was purchased by F D Stout of Dubuque Iowa for 8500 pounds the highest price ever paid for a brood mare in America.
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St. Paul
Tariff Debate Resumes in Congress Amiddocs and D?lays
In Washington the tariff discussion continues as the House debates a temporary government expenditure bill and tariff amendments. Senators consider river and harbor appropriations with changes to several harbors and bays including Ashland, Ocanto, Oakland, Yaquina, and Great Kanawha, while political maneuvering and heat delay adjournment toward August.
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Wasurxctox
Mills
Tex
Biount
Carlisle
Mir. Springer
Baker
N. Y
Brewer
Mich
Michigan
Ontario
Canada
T. H.R. Browns
United States
Farquhar
Committee On Ways and Means
Mille
Washington
Congress
Senate
Davis
Eim
Pension Committee
Mr. Morgan
Great Kanawha River
West Virginia
Seven Annual Convention of Christian Endeavor at Chicago
Workers for the Lord report the seventh annual convention of the Societies of Christian Endeavor to be held in Battery Armory Chicago from Thursday through Sunday with 4000 to 5000 delegates expected. Special trains will serve from New York St Louis Kansas City and other points. Eminent clerical and lay speakers to address three sessions daily.
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Societies of Christian Endeavor
Chicago
Curiaco
Special items from multiple cities scorch headlines
Various brief notices report crimes, trials, and disasters across several states. Sentences include Anthony Seibert given seven years for burglary in Valparaiso Indiana, a Wisconsin jail escape, a hanging in Albion New York, and unrest over express rates in New Jersey.
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Anthony Seibert
Valparaiso
Ind
Superior
Wis
George Wilson
Albion
N. Y
Adams
United States Express
New Jersey
Wallace Mitchell
Syracuse
Kan
Oscar Johnson
New York
New ‘Soo Read
St. Paul
Fort Apache
A. W
Harvard and Yale Honor Obscure Figures in Graduations
Harvard College conferred honorary degrees on Edward Burgess the yacht designer and others including Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild and Joseph Choate. Yale College granted doctorates to President Patton and Judge Matthews and William Whitney and Mark Twain. a tragic domestic shooting occurred in Freeport Illinois where Charles Deckler killed his wife and attempted suicide.
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Boston
Harvard College
Edward Burgess
Secretary of the Treasury
Fairchild
Joesph A. Choate
New York
William Endicott
Harvard Alumni Association
William C. Endicott
Robert T. Lincoln
Chicago
New Haven
Conn
Yale College
Patton
Princeton
United States
Stanley Matthews
William C. Whitney
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Hartford
Train with engineers reaches city after swift run
A Michigan Central train carrying civil engineers arrived in the city after a 112 mile stretch between Niagara Falls and Detroit in 1091 minutes including stops.
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CurcaGco
Michigan Central Railroad
New York
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Three Workmen Killed In City Building Collapse
In Kansas City on June 29 a scaffold on the ten story New York Life Insurance Co building at Ninth and Wall collapsed. Bricklayers Gus Clifford and Wiliam Tremlin died instantly, while Dick Thorn died fifteen minutes later.
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New York Life Insurance Company
Ninth and
Wall Streets
Gus Clifford
Wiliam Tremlin
Dick Thorn
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