Francis Appointed Secretary of Interior by President Cleveland
Announcement from Gray Gables confirms Davis R. Francis former Missouri governor as secretary of the interior to succeed Hoke Smith who resigns over his financial views. Francis likely assumes duties September 1 with Secretary Smith offering congratulations and transfer plans.
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Smith
Washington
Chicago
Cleveland
Smaiath
Middle West
South
Missouri
Indiana
Illinois
Francis
Bynum
Sprith
Indianapolis Judge Allows Sidewalk Debate on Financial Question
For ten days a large crowd gathered at the post office corner in Indianapolis to discuss the current campaign finance issue. Judge Cox discharged the defendants, ruling free speech on street corners is a constitutional right and police cannot stop it. He criticized police use of sidewalk obstruction laws and warned further arrests would be pointless as debates continue.
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Indianapolis
Postoffice
Cox
Yacht Race Declared Off in Light Wind
The international yacht race between Canada and Venador was halted after the first leg and part of the second leg as wind failed to improve. Canada led at the start, with Vencedor 27 minutes behind after the first stake boat. About 100 pleasure craft were lined up along the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tormpo
Aung
Canada
Vencedor
Bryan Works On His Letter of Acceptance
April Rep Hoor New York reports Mr Bryan has spent days drafting his letter of Acceptance. It will be shorter than his Madison Square Garden speech and not released to the public until Dickinley’s acceptance is published.
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Ryan
Hoor
N. Y
Bryan
Madison Square Garden
Dickinley
Hobart
McKinley
Canton
Garrett A. Hobart
Pennsylvania
H. Kohlsaar
Chicago Times-Herald
Major McKinley
Ribot Sails For America
Havre dispatch says former French premier M Ribot has sailed for America on August 25. Notable political figure travels abroad amid ongoing Franco American talks and shifts in European diplomacy.
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Ribot
America
Lescox
Havre
M. Ribot
Expremiér
France
Amer
Knights of Pythias Meet in Cleveland Biennial Session
Hundreds of Knights of Pythias gathered in Cleveland for the 18th biennial supreme lodge session and national encampment. Brigadier regiments and visitors filled the forenoon with a dedicatory program, camp Perry Payne was presented, and Major General Carnahan accepted the camp. The evening featured a band concert and a special assembly of the supreme council. Reports showed strong growth and development of the order.
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Supreme Lodge
Cleveland
Knights of Pythias
Wilson M. Day
Perry Payne
McKisson
Carnahan
Supreme Council of the Uniform Rank
Grand Lodge
Young Christians in Session in Omaha Convention Attendees Reach Four Thousand
The Young People's Christian Union of North American United Presbyterian Churches gathers in Omaha with about 4000 delegates. Officers named include President John G. Quay Denver and Treasurer W. J. Stewart Parnassus Pa. A notable address on The Practice of the Presence of God was given by Dr. W. W. White of Chicago before departure for India. Governor Holcomb and Mayor Broatch addressed overflow crowds.
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Omaha
Young People’s Christian Union of the
United Presbyterian Churches of North America
John G. Quay
Denver
Mary Porter Kyle
Southfield
Mich
W. J. Stewart
Parnassus
Edgar McDill
W. W. White
D. D
Chicago
Moody Institute
India
Calcutta
The
Orient
Creighton
Holcomb
Broatch
A. J. Turkle
W.T. Wiley
Spring Wheat Crop Report and Track Records Noted
The spring wheat crop forecast for Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota totals about 108 million bushels with 9.5 million acres. Frost concerns may affect maturity in northern areas as frost risk looms. The Kansas City triplet team set a one third mile track mark of 37 2 5 seconds while Reddy Maxwell clocked 38 8 5. John Lawson ran a mile in 2 minutes flat. Next state meet is at Wichita on August 28.
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WW. V. Jones
Minneapolia Journal
Small Yiela
Minniavonis
H. V. Jones
Minneapolis Journal
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
S&t
Zanzibar Sultan Hamid bin Said dies at about forty
The sultan of Zanzibar Hamid Ben Thwain Bin Said has died at about age 40. He was nephew to the late sultan Ali Khalifa Burugash and had ruled since March 16 1893 after being chosen by the British government under their protectorate.
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Zanzibar
Hamid Ben Thwain bin Said
Ali Khalifa
Burugash
Sultan Ali
Aultanate
Corn and Pork Hit New Low Prices as Wheat Falls
In Chicago on August 26 prices for corn and pork reached new lows with corn at 2 18 tail and pork at 5 5 7. Wheat declined amid liquidation, oats moved lower, and various futures prices were published for September and January contracts across corn wheat oats pork and lard.
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Sumner
South Omaha Live Stock Market Prices August Report
Livestock receipts at South Omaha include cattle and hogs with varied prices. Cattle show native beef and western steers at around 2.00 to 2.75 per pound, cows and heifers near 2.00, stockers 3.50, and canners around 1.25 to 2.00. Hogs rise to about 2.50 to 3.10 for various classes, while sheep and lambs fetch near 2.00 for lambs and 2.00 for common sheep.
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Bouth Owana
Texas
D.w
Happenings From Home and Abroad One Page Summary
A wide range of brief items from Aug 20 cover politics, crime, and society. Notable items include Gall Hamilton burial in Hamilton Mass, McKinley addressing Afro-Americans in Canton, and Charles Fantelle named quartermaster general. Other notices report Bryan’s Buffalo tour, liquor license fund disputes, Toronto Sunday streetcar crusade, Li Hung Chang’s Atlantic voyage, multiple local crimes, suicides, and a boxing match bid by the Corbett Sharkey mill.
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Bryan
Gall Hamilton
Hamilton
Mass
Milwaukee Millers
Millers
Western Mills
Canton
Major MckKinley
Delaware
Toronto
Fleming
Li Hung Chang
Southhampton
New York
St. Louis
World and Local News Digest From Diverse Reports
A collection of brief items notes the Young People’s Christian Union session in Omaha with delegates, Bulgaria’s threats to Turkey and frontier moves, a New York prohibitionists platform, Missouri political shakeups, a fatal mine accident near Butte, release of a life prisoner, Dr Nansen’s Arctic expedition reports, an injury from a naval artillery blast, a citizenship denial in Washington DC, Bank of Argentina concerns, Wyandotte County debt actions, the funeral of Sir John Millais, and Baron von Zedwitz’s death rites along with other regional notices and incidents.
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Omaha
Spain
Madrid
United States
Key West
Igmirliam
Tripoli
London Chronicle
England
Bulgaria
Turkey
New York
Syracise
Wardwell
Standard Oil Company
S. I. Goodman
Congress
Missouri
Portland
London
Nansen
Pram
Romsae
William
Toss
Parsons
Ian
Cole
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Baron von Zedwitz
Woman's Veteran Relief Union
Hortense White
Remount, O
Frank Niser
Waldon
Wis
Unclear crimes and deaths fill scattered updates
A collage of crime notes and obituaries from early news items reports an attempted bank theft in Kansas City Kansas a prominent stock operator shot by burglars at New York and a series of deaths. It also notes labor strife in Chicago union veterans backing the gold standard and political maneuvering around Morrill Bryan and Ingalls. A court case in Virginia and a murder conviction with a planned later execution are mentioned along with juror coercion claims.
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American National Bank
Kansas City
Kan
A_ dispatch
Athens
Union of
Crete
Greere
Walker B. Adams
New York
Union
Chicago
Charles Rane
David M. Shoyen
Stoughton
Wis
Madison
Gavhar
Mobile
Ala
Binghamton
M. K. Ingalls
Biz Four
Kansas
Order
The
Mysic Brotherhood
Morrill
Bryan
Receiver Young
Cordage Trust
Dallas Bruce
Carroll County
Virginia
Richmond
Joige McConnell
Fargo
Myron T. Kent
William Wiley Pancoast
Newnan
Kent
Chicago man dies after fall from 98 North Clark roof
Harry Hartman fell from the roof of a building at 98 North Clark street Chicago and was instantly killed. Mrs Barbara Bircham 77 years old was involved in the accident.
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Harry Hartman
North Clark Street
Chicago
Barbara Bircham
Turbulent August News Briefs From Across America
A sweep of incidents includes Bryan and party heading toward Lincoln after Red Hook travel, Andree’s Arctic balloon attempt, jail escape by Mollie Garlick and Iva McLain, a Valencia wreck injuring twenty, Knights of Pythias session in Cleveland, and mass misadventures from thefts to funerals. Reports note political shifts, fires, drownings, and violent acts across multiple states.
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Bryan
Red Hook
Lincoln
Andree
Tromsoe
Dane
Bard the Virgo
Arctic
Mollie Garlick
Iva McLain
Omaha
Tifteen
Pittsburg Snd Western
Valencia
Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Cleveland
Francis of
Missouri
Hoke Smith
Guthrie
O.H
Milton Ache
Morristown
Bloomgton
John Kinsula
Cameron
Himelf
Enes Bloom
Millport
United States
Trench
St. Joseph
Eugene Smith
St. Louis
Cabos
Ark
Lucy P. Hubbard
Chicago
Chicago Heights
Frank Iarrington
Thomas Roberts
Brenham
W. J. Kerr
Mexia
Tex
Armstrong
Martha McCullough
Calvert
Vex
Milton Davis
Louisiana
van Buren
Win Clark
Minsie Willaims
Clark
Wanderers
Canada
Fom Watson
West
Oldest Man in Iowa Solom Leeper Dies at 104
Mount Divas Iowa August 26 Solomon Leeper the oldest man in Iowa died in his 104th year at his home in Mount Divas. He survived by several grandchildren and a long, storied life on the plains and farms of the state.
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Mount Divas
St, Ia
Absolom Leeper
Iowa
Bryan Dines With Hitt and Albany Crowd in 1944
The report recounts William J. Bryan’s August 26 1944 sweep through Red Hook Kingston Albany Schenectady Amsterdam Utica and nearby towns. It notes massive crowds 7 000 to 10 000 in Albany and 8 000 in Schenectady plus a Utica accident on the hotel platform. Hobart visits Canton and GOP ticket news follows in Chicago and Indianapolis delegates.
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Albany
N. Y
William J. Bryan
Red Hook
Kingston
City Hall
State House
Mrs. Bryan
Senator Hill
Woltert
Mr. Bryan
Messrs
Chase and
Pratt
Matthews
Woods
John P. Masterson
Bryan
Utica
Schenectady
Amsterdam
Onda
Little Falls
Herkimer Station
Western Grain Freight Rates War Between Chicago Roads and Gulf Lines
Western freight rates for grain to Missouri and seaboard gateways have fallen but remain hard on the western roads. Gulf lines gain as Chicago routes concede cuts of about one half to Missouri and a third to the coast while New Orleans and Galveston traffic persists. Western roads seek relief from eastern connections, which have already reduced rates by one third, leaving the western carriers to weather the struggle.
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Chicago
Gulf Lines
Transmissouri
Missouri River
Seaboard
New Orleans
Galveston
Freight rate war begins as railroads cut lard and meat rates
Kansas City reports the Wabash and Santa Fe have set an 8 cent rate per 100 pounds on lard tallow oleo oil grease and canned meats from Kansas City to the Mississippi via the Alton. Santa Fe matches part of this pace on oleo oil lard steerings and tallow for export with 13 cent rates on other packing house products. This appears to be aimed at Atlantic versus Gulf port shippers and signals the start of another freight rate dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Wabash and
Santa Fe
Mississippi
Alton
Iowa Packers Cut Shipping Rates to Protect Export Buyers
Iowa road authorities reduced packing house product rates for export to the Mississippi river. Rates now run 4 cents from Cedar Rapids to Ottumwa, 5 cents from Marshalltown, and 7 cents from Des Moines. The move aims to shield packing house customers amid recent Galf lines actions.
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Iowsn Packers
Chcaco
Iowa
Mississippi River
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Marshalltown
Es Meims
Galf
Miles Restorative Nervine Promises Cure for Nervous Prostration
An advertisement asserts R. Miles Restorative Nervine cures nervous prostration scientifically by removing disease germs and supplying nerve nourishment. It cites a Delta Iowa case of Mrs. M. B. Reed after a lightning strike, claiming prolonged treatment restored sleep and reduced throbbing, with ongoing symptoms described.
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R. Miles
M. B. Reed
Delta
Iowa
Miles
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