Goebel Secures Kentucky Governor Nomination on Twenty Sixth Ballot
William Goebel of Covington won the Democratic nomination for Kentucky governor at the Louisville convention after a prolonged battle, defeating Hardin and Stone amid repeated ballots and party tensions. The platform backed Bryan for president and Blackburn for senator, while pledging reforms and anti monopoly measures. Covington celebrated wildly as the news spread.
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Louisville
William Goebel
Goebel
Stone
Hardin
Ben L. Hardin
State Central Committee
W. J. Stone
P. Wat Hardin
Democratic Party
Redwine
Stone-Hardin
William J. Bryan
J.C. S.blackburn
United States
Covington
Kentucky
General Strike Called by Brussels Labor Federation
Brussels June 28. The Federation of Labor party committee met to declare a general strike of Brussels workmen in protest of the government's electoral bill. The strike will start July 5, the day debate opens in the chamber of deputies.
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Brussels
The
Federation of Labor Party
Chamber of Deputies
On an Ugly Charge in Ashtabula Ohio
Nelson Dingman Harry Mullen and Bly Clark were bound over to the grand jury for criminally assaulting Nellie Owler sixteen who was taken from the children's home and adopted by Mullens father.
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Ashtabula
Nelson Dingman
Harry Mullen
Bly Clark
Nellie Owler
Mullen
Storms Ravage Kearney Area Causing Wrecks and Hail
A devastating June storm hit Kearney Nebraska with the worst wind and hail in memory. The canning factory west of town was wrecked and several buildings lost their roofs. A railroad bridge west of Conto was carried away and about 60 sections of land in Wood River valley were devastated by hail and wind.
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Kearney
Neb
Conto
Wood River Valley
Democratic state convention date moved to August 29 30
The Democratic state central committee met in Springfield C and agreed to advance the state convention to August 29 and 30 at Zanesville’s request for an earlier gathering.
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Springfield
Democratic State Central Committee
Zanesville
New Turkish Consul General Named in Washington
Dr Hermann Schoenfelt of the Colombian university will be Turkish consul general and resident in Washington. The Turkish minister asked the state department to issue an exequatur. He aims to foster closer trade relations between the United States and Turkey.
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Washington
Hermann Schoenfelt
Columbian University
State Department
Schoenfelt
United States
Turkey
Wisconsin tragedy when buggy brace breaks near Howard
On June 28 in Howard Wisconsin Miss Alice Willian died after being thrown from a buggy when its pole brace broke. Mrs. Neil Morrison died from internal injuries. Four children were along and sustained minor injuries from the accident.
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Howard, Wis
Alice Willian
Neil Morrison
Elmer
Willian
Rail washouts hit Missouri Pacific and Rock Island lines
Heavy rain swelled a creek near Springfield Nebraska causing major damage to farm and town property. Principal losses fall on the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island railroads with 900 and 1200 feet of track destroyed respectively.
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Omaha
Springfield
Neb
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
On the Diamond. Pigskin Contests Across Cities
Baseball scores and battery pairings from games in Pittsburg St Louis and Cleveland. Team names include Pittsburg St Louis Philadelphia New York and Cleveland with runs per inning and batter pairings listed for each matchup.
Western League Scores Reported For Milwaukee Columbus Indianapolis
Baseball results show Kansas City def Milwaukee 7 to 5 at Milwaukee. Buffalo defeated Columbus 5 to 4. Detroit beat Indianapolis 13 to 6 in Indianapolis.
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Milwaukee
Kansas City
Columbus
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Detroit
Interstate League Scores From Toledo Wheeling Dayton
In Toledo Grand Rapids defeated Toledo six to one. At Wheeling Youngstown won two to seven. At Dayton Fort Wayne triumphed over Dayton six to eight in a three game set, with each result listed for the league standings.
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Toledo
Grand Rapids
Wheeling
Youngstown
Dayton
Fort Wayne
Turf Winners
In Chicago Huronia Seattle Little finger The Devil George H Ketchum and Mary Kinsella top turf lists. At Sheepshead Bay Gold One Little Saint Missionary Knight of the Garter Premier Ben Hadad dominate the fields.
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Chicago
Huronia
Seattle
Little Finger
the Devil
George H. Ketchum
Mary Kinsella
Sheepshead Bay
Gold One
Little Saint
Knight of the Garter
Ben Hadad
Boundary of Alaska talks fade without compromise
Washington reports the last phase of Alaska boundary negotiations shows a Canadian counter proposal that rejects the American line and would transfer mining claims. Officials fear unless demands abate, a modus vivendi and the joint high commission’s reassembly seem unlikely.
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Washington
Choate
Lord Salisbury
Dalton Trail
Joint High Commission
Lincoln High Board Resigns Over Laborer Class Motto
In Lincoln Nebraska the school board resigns after the high school graduating class appears in overalls for commencement to protest humiliations. Students adopt "Work" as their class motto and demand diplomas amid a crowded, spirited scene that the board views as endorsement of the students' course.
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Lincoln
Neb
Columbia Sloop Earns Sparse Time In Jamestown Skirmish
Newport R I June 28 The yacht Menewho watched the clash between the new sloop Columbia and Defender the 1895 champion report tempered enthusiasm after a short Sunday forenoon race off Jamestown. With a good breeze the Columbia gained only 14 minutes in 144 hours of steady sailing. Owners of the Columbia appear discouraged by the result.
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Newport
R. J
Menewho
Columbia
Defender
Jamestown
Officers Sought for Philippine Service
The War Department reviews army officer lists to identify those eligible for service in the Philippines. Nearly every transport bound for Manila will carry officers to replace those incapacitated by illness or wounds from combat.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Manilla
International Good Templars Conference Opens in Toronto
The independent Order of Good Templars held its international supreme lodge in Toronto on June 28 with about 500 delegates. Attendees include representatives from England Ireland Scotland Sweden Denmark and India. Opening session focused on credential reception.
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Toronto
Ont
International
Supreme Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars
England
Ireland
Scotland
Sweden
Denmark
India
Rioters Shot by Troops in Bochum Mines
Berlin reports serious strike riots at Bochum coal mines. Troops protecting nonstrikers were attacked and fired back with sidearms and rifles. Many injured as strikers shot at miners houses and gendarmes returned fire.
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Berlin
Bochum
Nelson goes to New York to seek Tammany accord
Theodore Nelson of the Democratic state committee travels to New York to confer with Tammany leaders about a possible 1900 convention. The aim is to secure harmony between New York and Chicago factions.
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Tammany
Chicago
Theodore Nelson
Democratic State Committee
New York
Express train hits carriage. child dead in Indianapolis
An express train struck a street crossing carriage in Indianapolis killing Ella Sheffer, 7, and seriously injuring Samuel Stevens, his wife and daughter Bessie.
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Indianapolis
Ella Sheffer
Samuel Stevens
Bessie
Weather Outlook for Kentucky West Virginia and Ohio Indiana
The forecast suggests fair conditions for Kentucky and West Virginia with variable winds. Ohio and Indiana face threats from lake effects with variable winds and possible strong gusts.
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Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Lakes
Fifty machinists join Maywood strike at Norton Brothers
About 2 228 workers have quit, as fifty machinists join the Maywood strike at Norton Brothers canning plant. The walkout adds to ongoing labor unrest in the Chicago area this spring.
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Chicago
Norton Brothers’ Canning Establishment
Maywood
Duel on the Street Ends in Bloodshed in Galveston
A street duel at a crowded Galveston intersection left four men shot. James Johnson died en route to hospital while William Boyd survived gunshot wounds to left leg and right arm. George Lovick and W H Gordman were struck by stray bullets with Lovick fatally wounded. The combatants, Johnson and Boyd, reportedly had a dispute days earlier.
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Galveston
James Johnson
William Boyd
Rowe
Jahnson
Boyd
George Lovick
W. H. Gordman
Lovick
Gordman
Johnson
Nippon Maru Quarantined After Bubonic Plague Deaths
The Nippon Maru arrived from Hong Kong via Yokohama and Honolulu and was detained at Honolulu for plague deaths on the voyage. On arrival in San Francisco the yellow flag flew and the ship was sent to quarantine at Angel Island. All passengers were landed. no officials boarded. The vessel faces detention for several weeks.
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San Francisco
Hongkong
Yokohama
Honolulu
Angel Island
Philippine ports reopen to trade under Otis order
Major General Otis orders the opening to trade of many closed ports including San Fernando Luzon. Ship owners rush to obtain clearance as a cargo race begins. Delegations from southern islands report suffering from the business halt and gunboats will guard shipping in some ports while others rely on merchant protection against insurgents.
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Philippine
Manilla
Otis
San Fernando
Luzon
Lapiner Kidnaping Trial Moves Ahead in Chicago
Jury completed in the Lapiner kidnaping case as evidence began. Witness Margaret McCauley, 13, identified a woman as Mrs Ingersoll taking the Lapiner boy by the hand and leaving with him. The remaining evidence aims to place Mrs Ingersoll in the city at the time.
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Lapiner
Chicago
Margaret McCauley
Mrs. Ingersoll
Railroads Open Rate War For Saengerfest Travel
In Cleveland on June 28 a fierce rate war for Cincinnati traffic began. The Erie launched a round trip fare of five dollars to lure passengers for the Saengerfest. The Big Four and the Pennsylvania quickly matched with a four dollar round trip, and the Erie subsequently adopted that rate.
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Cleveland
Cincinnati
Erie
Pennsylvania
Extensive Skin Grafting Performed in Waterloo
In Waterloo on June 28 doctors carried out one of the most extensive skin graftings to cover a three square foot burn on 21 year old Will Barrett. Fibrous tissue was donated by 11 friends to aid the graft.
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Waterloo
Will Barrett
Fremont Elks seek option on Hayes home for aged
The Fremont Elks plan to obtain an option on the home of the late ex president Hayes as the site for the Grand lodge funded aged and infirm home. The Grand lodge at St Louis has appropriated twenty thousand dollars for the project.
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Fremont, O
Fremont Elks
Elks
Grand Lodge
St. Louis
Hayes
Up Island Seized in Delagoa Bay Rumor
Johannesburg wires raise persistent rumor that Great Britain has acquired possession of Inyak island at the mouth of Delagoa bay.
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Johannesburg
Great Britain
Inyak Island
Delagoa Bay
Earthquakes in Italy and a String of Tragic Events
Severe earthquakes shake Italy as strikes and fires ripple across the country. An American in Honduras is murdered and a Boston ax murder occurs. A Columbus factory burns with $20000 loss, and three are injured in a Big Four wreck near Danville.
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Italy
Cleveland
George Harris
Amherst College
Chicago
Patton
Columbus
Honduras
Frank Pears
Benjamin Lang
Clara
Boston
Peters
Cincinnati
Pawnee
Carolinas
John R. O'Connor
Scotland
Harry Douglass
California
Liberia
Peoria
Danville
Lls
Riot at Cardiff Mines Ends in Bloodshed Near Birmingham
A clash between white and negro miners at Cardiff ore mines in Jefferson county begins over the attempt to arrest a black man accused of assaulting a woman. Three black men die Ed Ellis Jim Dill Samuel Adams and four are wounded, with authorities rushing in a posse to restore order as tensions remain high.
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Birmingham
Ala
Cardiff
Jefferson County
Ed Ellis
Jim Dill
Samuel Adams
Rudolph Williams
George Thomas
Glasgow Hollow
Colt
John Shepherd
Monro Jones
Corona
O’brien
Delegates Prepare Record as Peace Talks Focus
The Hague June 28 The special drafting committee will be the sole peace conference participants for several days as they compile a record of accomplished work. Monday will bring discussion of a permanent arbitration board and Germany’s relation to it, with German delegates said to have instructions to accept the principle of a permanent tribunal per Anglo American plans.
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the Hague
Special Drafting Committee
Germany
French vessel Nouvelle Ecosse seized off Newfoundland coast
The French fishing ship Nouvelle Ecosse arrived off Newfoundland seeking herring bait and was seized by customs for violating fishery laws. An officer was captured by the crew who took the ship to sea and dumped him from a boat. Serious complications are expected.
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St. Johns
N. F
Nouvelle Ecosse
Newfoundland
Re-enlisting Volunteers in Skeleton Regiments
Washington June 28 It is not known at the war department how General Otis has succeeded in forming three skeleton regiments from volunteers who wish to re enlist. An impression prevails that many volunteers may re enlist if they can visit friends and relatives in the United States.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
United States
Thurston Declines Vice Presidential Candidacy
Senator Thurston of Nebraska states he is not seeking the vice presidency and will retire to his profession at the end of his current term. He dismisses western press suggestions and affirms his sole ambition to return to private life after his term.
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Thurston
Washington
Nebraska
Lynching of Henry Stewart Sparks News in Fulton
At Fulton Kentucky on June 28 Henry Stewart a black man who robbed and shot Gail Hamilton and robbed M Choate a section foreman was lynched by a mixed mob at midnight. The mob action followed rising tension among local black residents. In Springfield Missouri on June 27 jail escapees Jennings Hennessy and Charles Wilchert nearly gained liberty after breaking a jail with a chisel hole.
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Fulton, Ky
Henry Stewart
Gail Hamilton
M. Choate
Springfield
Bill” Jennings
Jim Hennessy
Charles Wilchert
Jennings
Archbishop Ireland Addresses Catholic Nobility of London
The Duke of Norfolk presided at a Catholic Union society meeting in London to hear Archbishop Ireland. A cardinal’s letter hoped English Catholicism would ally more closely with American Catholics as Ireland praised liberty for Roman Catholicism and urged friendship with the United States.
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London
Duke of Norfolk
Catholic Union Society of Great Britain
Ireland
Herbert Vaughan
Westminster
England
United States
Church of Rome
Great Britain
Letter From Major Ingram Reports Nome Gold Field Discoveries
Seattle writer Major B S Ingram, leader of a 14 man expedition funded by Prince Luigi of Italy and local businessmen, sends a February 2 1899 letter from Cape Nome Alaska detailing hardships en route from Kotzebue sound to the newly found gold fields. The party endured extreme conditions with scarce food, sometimes only two pancakes daily, as they pressed toward gold discoveries.
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Seattle
Wash
Cape Nome
Alaska
Ingram
Major Ingram
Prince Luigi
Italy
Kotzebue Sound
Aluminum alloy Shamrock deck a lighter hull claim
London dispatch reports the Shamrock’s hull and deck are said to be built of an alloy of three parts aluminum to one part nickel. The deck sheets are three sixteenths of an inch thick, saving about two tenths in weight and stiffening the hull more than wood could.
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London
President learns of Philippine situation after Otis report
Washington June 28 The president, back in the capital, was briefed on General Otis' statement. He conferred with Secretary Alger on how to maintain an effective fighting force of at least 30,000 men in the Philippines through the rainy season.
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Washington
Philippines
Otis
Alger
Kountze Seeks Line Extension to Sabine Pass
Luther Kountze of Kountze Bros New York bankers visits Kansas City to press Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf railroad receivers to extend the line to Sabine Pass. A successful move would end the longtime feud between the Kountzes and former railroad president A E Stillwell.
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Kansas City
Luther Kountze
Kountze
New Geyser Reported in Yellowstone Park
Dispatches from Yellowstone Park note a new geyser eruption Monday from 9 20 to 10 25 a m about 50 feet north of Fountain Geyser. The crater opening matches Fountain in size and eruptions reach 200 to 250 feet high.
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Yellowstone Park
St. Paul
Minn
Chinese frontier restaurant plundered in anti French riot
On June 22 a band of armed Chinese plundered and burned the Meng-Ting restaurant on the Yun Nan frontier. The Chinese customs house and the French consul were attacked but the commissioner and several named individuals escaped. The incident is regarded as anti French in motive.
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Hongkong
Meng-Ting
Yun-Nan
Shinney
Oldham
Mailke
Miller
M. DeLa Batie
Brother of the Poet Arthur Tennyson Dies in London
London reports the death of Arthur Tennyson, younger brother of the late poet Alfred Tennyson. The obituary notes his kinship to the famed writer and records of his passing on a June day.
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London
Arthur Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson
Pennsylvania Wins Intercollegiate Four Mile Race
Pennsylvania won the intercollegiate four mile cross country race at Poughkeepsie New York on June 28 securing the lead. Cornell finished third behind Pennsylvania and another unnamed team.
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Pennsylvania
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Cornell
Rumor Claims Aguinaldo Assassinated in Manila
Rumor circulates in Manila that Filipino leader Emilio Aguinaldo was assassinated after a confrontation with Pio del Pilar on June nineteen. Aguinaldo denies responsibility and grieves General Luna's death, while officials say the tale is without credence.
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Manilla
Aguinaldo
Pio del Ainar
Luna
Pio del Rinar
Amalgamated Lodges Fail to Agree on Tin-Plate Wage Scale
Secretary Williams notifies all lodges of the failure to agree on the tin-plate wage scale and asks meetings to reconsider. He does not expect replies before next week and says special meetings may be needed to decide on action.
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Pittsburg
Williams
Amalgamated Association
Riots in Saragossa Ends with Killings and Closures
In Saragossa on June 28 protests against the budget continued with shops shut. Troops fired on the crowd, killing one and wounding two seriously.
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Saragossa
Spain
Market Reports Hogs Yorkers Sheep and Cattle Prices
Hogs Yorkers mediums and pigs at 3 90. Sheep and lambs ranges for market quality from fair to choice with values from 4 00 to 5 50. Cattle prices list good to best dry fed steers at 4 55 to 5 10 and prime 5 35 to 5 40, various grades included. Calves tops 7 00, calves 6 25 to 6 75. Continuous ranges for heifers bulls and fresh cows shown. Overall market with multiple classes and price points provided.
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep and Grains
Cattle prices listed for bulls cows and heifers Western steers and Texans with calves hogs pigs and culls shown with varying dollars per hundredweight or head. Sheep and lambs alongside best culls yearlings clipped and spring lambs priced. Grains No 2 Wheat at 73 4 cents Corn No 2 at 34 percent Oats 26 cents.
Cattle and Hog Prices From Market Report
A market summary lists prices for cattle and hog categories. Cattle include cows and heifers at various per hundredweight ranges, stockers and feeders, calves, with hogs showing pigs, mediums, and heavies. Sheep and lambs prices cover spring lambs, fair to good, mixed sheep, culls, and prime sheep values.
Market Prices for Cattle Hogs and Grains
Listing shows cattle categories with prices for fat oxen bulls cows and calves. Hogs priced at 4 24d 35. Wheat corn and oats priced No 2 with various slash codes and decimals.
Market Prices Report for Wheat Corn Oats and More
Wheat No 2 at 78 cents per bushel in Toledo. Corn No 2 mixed at 35 1/2 cents. Oats No 2 mixed at 28 cents. Rye 6 cents. Hog and cattle quotes listed. wool and dairy prices shown for Ohio and Baltimore markets. Butter 19 20 cents. Eggs at 14 cents per dozen.
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Toledo
Baltimore
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