Democratic Ticket Nominated at Ohio State Convention
Ohio Democratic convention at Zanesville nominated John R. McLean for governor after a day of dramatic political maneuvers. Patrick won lieutenant governor, Badger supreme judge, Dore attorney general, Sigafoos auditor, Gorman treasurer, Malin board of public works, with party officials reorganized for the Columbus meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewitt C. Badger
Madison
W. H. Dore
Seneca
George W. Sigafool
Darke
James I. Gorman
Lawrence
Board of Public Works
Flether D. Malin
Lake
Zanesville
McLean
Mes
Ohio
Patrick
Kilbourne
Edward Kibler
Newark
James H. Day
Celina
Allen W. Smalley
Upper Sandusky
D. C
Badger
Grant
Jacob C. Ridenour
Allen
H. A. Mykrantz
Larain
Rockwell
Portage
A. R. Bolin
Pickaway
Charles A. Caldwell
Hardin
Dore
Mykrantz
George W. Sigafoos
P. White Brown
Ross
Brown
Sigafoos
W. J. Dahl
Fayette
W. M. Miller
Licking
Democratic State Central Committee
W. S. Thomas
Springfield
Lew Reemelin
Cincinnati
Columbus
James Seward
Mansfield
Ohio League of Democratic Clubs
St. Louis
John R. McLean
Ways and Means
Democratic National Committee
W. J. Stone
Chicago
Declaration of the Ohio Democracy on the Issues of the Day
The Ohio Democracy reaffirms the 1896 Chicago platform, calls for free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, backs Bryan for 1900, opposes imperialism and entangling alliances, lauds American war aims in Spain while criticizing foreign entanglements, supports Cuban and Filipino independence, and denounces Republican policies serving British shipping interests.
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Fianna Payne
Republic
United States
New Jersey
Ohio
Republican Party
Chicago
William J. Bryan
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Grant
Fir
United States of America
Congress
Spain
Bunker Hill
Workingmen Benefit From 1890s Wages vs Fabric Prices
An authority on cotton fabrics, R E Sheldon of Bancroft Sheldon & Co in Columbus, testifies that wages rose faster than fabric prices from 1896 to 1899. He cites standard 4 yard sheetings and ginghams showing wage gains outpacing price declines, despite a large 1897 cotton crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft, Sheldon and Company of
Columbus
Ohio
R. E. Sheldon
Cocheco
Lancaster
Prices and wages compare in 1899 with 1864 and 1891
The speaker argues that wages in New England cotton mills rose back after recent cuts, while fabric prices rise slightly. He notes increased business in 1899, with Ohio and Columbus showing strong gains, and asserts that sound money and a gold standard improve purchasing power compared with 1864.
Funston's Views on Philippine War and Troop Departures
General Funston discussed troop ship assignments for US forces returning home. He said he would not mind staying in Luzon to help end the war, and proposed that defeating insurgents requires persistent pursuit causing bands to scatter and surrender over time. He predicted small armed groups could roam Luzon a year hence.
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Manilla
United States
Kansas
Tartar
Washington Regiment
Pennsylvania
Nevada Cavalry
Ohio
Funston
Luzon
Dreyfus Trial Report Hints at Tactics Shift in Case
Rennes Sept 1 Dreyfus endured a painful day as witnesses and accounts raised questions about a possible go between with Esterhazy and Weil. A potential Dreyfus Weil Esterhazy link could shift blame from the accused to the forger, signaling a strategic change by the prosecution as the cassation proceedings continue.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
Lebrun Renault
Forzenetti
du Paty de Clam
Court of Cassation
Casimir Perier
Canaille
the Elysee
Weil
Esterhazy
Rioting on Central Avenue Ends with Police Clampdown
A torpedo exploded under a Central avenue car as a crowd of foreign workers gathered. Police charged the mob and clubbed them, making ten arrests. Car crews fired revolvers, and most prisoners were foreigners with limited English.
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Cleveland
Central Avenue
State Department acts to protect Americans in Transvaal
Secretary Hay directs Consul Charles E. MacCrum at Pretoria to vigilantly monitor the Britain Boer war situation and safeguard American citizens and interests, ready to provide protection if conflict endangers them.
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Washington
State Department
Transvaal
Great Britain
Boer Republic
Hay
Charles E. MacCrum
Pretoria
Attempt to Feed Guerin
Two Paris beauties Mlle Liane de Pougy and Mlle Blanche d Arvilly tried to smuggle leg of mutton and other food under flowers in a landau to visit the Grand Occident fortress. Police grew suspicious. the ruse failed.
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Guerin
Paris
Mlle
Liane de Pougy
Blanche d’Arvilly
Alger declines Detroit mayoral bid in reply to inquiry
Detroit reacting to General R A Alger former secretary of war states he would be honored to serve but could not consider accepting the Republican nomination for mayor this fall. He declines while acknowledging the honor of leading Detroit.
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Detroit
Mich
R. A. Alger
Bearing With Directness on the Famous Dreyfus Trial
Atlanta reports the Jewish Sentiment prints a direct story on the Dreyfus case with named informants. It asserts new light on document transfer from the French war office via England to Germany and identifies the veiled lady.
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Dreyfus
Atlanta
War Office
England
Germany
Ger
Dreyfus Affair Tangle Reaches German Secret Service
A World War veteran testifies about German espionage in the Dreyfus case. He claims German spies bought French military secrets in Paris from 1890 to 1894, and that Esterhazy met with Baroness Delden who is linked to the so called veiled lady. He alleges documents moved via England and Sonnenberg to Berlin.
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United States
Spain
Twe
Denver
Colorado
Dreyfus
Secret Service Bureau
Paris
Hans Heinrich Pless
Count Esterhazy
Delden
Esterhazy
England
Sonnenberg
Berlin
Boiler Blast Hits Copemish Factory in Michigan
The Chapman and Sargent bowl factory in Copemish, Michigan, exploded injuring seven workers and killing three. Fireman Charles Handy was found with fatal injuries as debris scattered eighty rods. the plant sustained about 5000 dollars in losses.
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Manistee
Mich
Chapman and Sargent’s
Copemish
Here
Charles Handy
Perry Melafont
George Estabrook
Oliver Sanders
Robert Peterson
Chas. Taylor
Howard Ketcham
Handy
Treasury Statement Shows Cash Balance and Gold Reserve
Washington Sept 2 condition of the treasury reports available cash balance 279 352 872 and gold reserve 248 757 971.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Massachusetts Populists Skip State Convention
Essences of news note that Massachusetts Populists will hold no state convention this year. The item lists other brief updates including President McKinley leaving Canton for Washington and diverse tragic incidents such as a drowning in Black Rock Connecticut and a slate-fall death in Jackson Ohio.
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Massachusetts
McKinley
Canton
Washington
Black Rock
Conn
Cramps
Kiaou Chou
North Sea Canal
Holland
Jackson
Thomas
Richard Brown
Joseph Martin
Coffeyville
Kas
Admiral Sampson
North Atlantic
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Ohio Democracy
John R. M'Lean
Hawilton
A. W. Patrick
Tuscarawas
John R. M’lean
Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga
Judge Mooney
Cogan
Congressman Norton
Conation
Dge Mooney
Bryan
Curtis W. Harris
Athens
John L. Beatty
Steubenville
New Philadelphia
Harris
Beatty
Lewis G. Bernard
Hamilton County
Toledo
New State Central Committee
Clarendon
Will. Thomas
Hamilton
Louis Reemelin
Joseph H Dowling
Montgomery
John Kinner
Mercer
J. P. Shannon Defiance
W. C. Whippey
Spriggs
Monroe
Isaac R. Hill
E. S. Raff. Stark
H. D. Cook
Ashtabula
Charles W. Gagen
W. R. Ryan
John Roll McLean
Harvard College
Harvard
Cincinnati Enquirer
National Democratic Committee
of the
Burdick
America
Smyth
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Inc
Ill
New England
Alger
Coco Cola
Rnc
Batimore Browns
G. W. Huffman
Citizens Opera House
Clinton St
Henry
Robert Newbegin
Law Defiance
C. O.D
Han
Otky Mountains
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