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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1864
Page
2
The report details a Democratic State Convention with heated debates over representation and party leadership. It notes factions, proposed candidates, the role of national alignment, and disputes about presidential administration and party discipline influencing the state’s political course.
The Beaufort convention on the May date selected delegates with race based voting, naming four American descent members and three others among the colored delegates. Leaders, including Berg and Dudley, are noted, while the event sparks debate over national party representation and racial policy ahead of Baltimore.
Five dromedaries faced off in a street camel race in Cleveland amid delays and unclear results. Old Tulú led the pack while Attari and other names appear in scattered notes. Spectators observed a chaotic event with one camel finishing ahead as timing fell short of precise records.
A New Orleans Picayune sketch recounts the surrender of Rejon of Nuevo Leon to Mexican authorities, his alleged betrayal and murder, and the broader clash over asylum and Texan territory. It notes Cortinas and allies, U S forces under Stoneman, and indictments for treason and murder in both U S and Mexican courts.
The report notes shipowners in Liverpool presenting a memorial to the House of Commons urging British and U S action to prevent belligerent seizures of neutral vessels and the Alabama issue. It also mentions a proposed fast steamship to be built on the Channel for Winns, targeting mid August launch and speed near 26 knots.
The United States Consul General in Canada, Joshow Reed Gideings, died last night in the billiard room of the St. Lawrence Hotel at quarter to ten. He appeared in good spirits during a game when an abrupt collapse, likely due to an arterial disease affecting the heart, struck him. Attendants attempted resuscitation with water. he expired about eight minutes after the first attack. Medical aide De Sutherland was summoned but Gideings had already died. Reports recall prior attacks and past collapses in May 1836 and January 1858, with a prior near-fatal incident in Congress.
Aged citizen Forsyth was bitten by a dog after a tackle for food. The wound healed but after a day of strange symptoms a water aversion convulsion known as hystrophobia appeared. Despite remedies, Forsyth died Wednesday afternoon from hydrophobia contracted from the dog.
James Wier of Owensboro Kentucky says he cannot serve as delegate to Baltimore or as a candidate on the Line coli electoral ticket. He questions the use of his name and states he does not know what they want by this action. The article notes a connection to President Lincoln’s bid for a second term and mentions the Kentucky Lingala convention.
A late 19th century account describes the funeral of Tai wook, a prominent Chinese merchant, in Lone Mountains town. The ceremony mixed Chinese rites with Western elements, featuring large food spreads, candles, and bowed mourners, while onlookers noted the contrast with Christian missionary efforts and questioned conversion outcomes.
A respected resident on Vin Barenstreet suspects his wife’s fidelity. A young man once in business with him is blamed for galas with the wife. The husband forged the rival’s signature to summon his wife to meet him, then beat her when she arrived. A physician was summoned at night. names are withheld for reasons.
Reports in the National Intelligencer recount a Civil War era incident where about two hundred mechanics, contracted by the U.S. government for three months at $2.60 daily, were ordered to report for pay after their contracts ended. Upon cashing each man’s account, they were arrested and sent north of the Ohio River, without explanation. The pope’s health and other brief items follow, including a quip about Heaven’s keys and a Bishop of Adelaide in London Times letters.
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