Indiana Democrats Nominate Matthews in Split Convention
In Indianapolis on April 22, Claude Matthews won the governorship nomination with Mortimer Nye as lieutenant governor and Captain W R Myers for secretary of state. The convention, dominated by the old Democratic war horse faction, saw Gray aligned with Cleveland and a tense, factional balloting process concluding with unanimity for Dean as supreme judge and McDowell and Lilly as congressmen-at-large.
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Gray
Shanklin
Matthews
Indianapolis
Claude Matthews
Mortimer Nye
W.R. Myers
Hoosier
Cleveland
War Horse
Indiana
Democratic War Horse
J. G. Henderson
Thomas Ewing
R. W. Archibald
W. F. Sadler
Harry White
John Dean
T. J. Clayton
Dean
Alexander McDowell
William Lilly
B. F. Jones
William Wood
J. F. Dunlap
W. L. Elkins
Hamilton Disston
Frank Reeder
H. W. Oliver
William Flynn
One Ballot and a Stampede to Claude Matthews
The convention finally nominated Claude Matthews after a long roll call and withdrawals. George G. Ross and John G. Shanklin battled for the appellate judgeship, with Matthews secured by acclamation after Allen county shifted its votes. Lieutenant governor went to Nye over McDonald on the second ballot. other officers were renominated by acclamation as the gathering closed with a rooster emblem suggestion and a rousing rendition of Auld Lang Syne.
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George G. Ross
Logansport
John G. Shanklin
J. M. Mahoney
I J. Niblack
Sam H. Taylor
Matthews
Niblack
Nye
Samuel W. Axtell
Green County
P. McDonald
Whitley County
Ween Nye
McDonald
W. R. Myers
Anderson
Congress
Godlove
Orth
Albert Gall
J. O. Henderson
Green Smith
William A. Peele
Harvey D. Voiies
Sidney Moon
Smith
Keystone State Republicans Nominate Officers and Endorse National Leaders
In Harrisburg on April 21 the Republican convention filled posts for Supreme judge, congressmen-at-large, electors-at-large and delegates-at-large. E K Martin of Lancaster presided as permanent chairman. The platform praised Senator Quay, endorsed President Harrison and Secretary Blaine, upheld protection and opposed free silver, called for treasury notes backed by American silver, and urged strict immigration laws. The nomination process required ten ballots.
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Harrisburg
Minneapolis
Opera House
E. K. Martin
Lancaster
Quay
Chris Magee
Blaine
Congress
Treasury
Republican Convention Delegates and Platform Endorsements
The Massachusetts Republican convention at Tremont Temple selected W W Crapp ex Governor Brackett W Murray Crane and Wilson Cogswell as delegates at large to Minneapolis. The platform denounces free silver supports protection endorses Harrison Blaine and criticizes Democratic piecemeal McKinley bill repeal ideas.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
William C. Lovering
Minneapolis
W. W. Crapp
Brackett
W. Murray Crane
Wilson Cogswell
Bland
Silver
Anson Defeated Again as Teams Split League Games
Baseball totals from April shows Anson losing both games with Chicago and later further setbacks across the circuit. Scores include Chicago at Cincinnati 2 5 and 0 3, plus Louisville 7 over Chicago 2 in Louisville. Rain affected many Western league contests with several games postponed or forfeited.
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Chicago
Anson
Cincinnati
Louisville
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Brooklyn
Baltimore
New York
St. Louis
CubcaGco
Gothamites
CuricaGo
Pfeffer
Cleveland
Curiago
Fred Pfeffer
Colts
Adrian
They May Have to Go Back to Johnson County for Trial
Governor Barber ordered the captive cattlemen turned over to civil authorities in Buffalo. Prosecutors believe a Johnson county venue change is required, though an escort of soldiers is uncertain. Rustler allies vow retaliation against the regulators.
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Johnson County
Cheyenne
Wyo
Barber
Buffalo
Louisiana election returns show Foster leads in parish totals
Official returns from all parishes tally Foster 79 270, McEnery 46 730, Leonard 28 834, Breaux 11 301, Tannehill 8 562. Foster Democrat gains 18 of 36 senate seats and 49 of 98 house seats, resulting in a tie in both chambers.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Foster
McEnery
Leonard
Breaux
Custom House
Tannehill
People’s Party
Foster Democrats
Senate
House
Montauk Club Hosts Depew Banquet in Brooklyn
The Montauk club of Brooklyn held a banquet for Hon. Chauncey M. Depew on Saturday night to celebrate his 50th birthday. Depew delivered a very felicitous speech.
Paris Explodes Wounding Dozens After Ravachol Arrest
A massive dynamite blast at M Very’s wine shop on Boulevard Magenta injures ten guests and mortally wounds the proprietor. Six others suffer broken bones as the building and adjacent structures are wrecked. Police arrest three suspects, while troops guard the area amid panic and renewed fears of further attacks.
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Paris
M. Very
Boulevard Magenta
Ravachol
Very
Sainte Lois
Kuhe
Open sessions reveal debates on silver and Chinese bills
The Senate and House conduct multiple sessions with focus on the silver standard and Chinese exclusion. Amendments strike out gold clause in a funding bill. debates on Noyes Rockwell contest. pension bills pass. Behring Sea accord ratified. broader political clashes outlined between Republicans and Democrats.
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Congres
Washington
Senate
Arizona
United States
Hill
New York
House
Civil Service Committee
Baltimore
Noyes
Rockwell
Twenty
Teller
Colorado
Montana
Nevada
Idaho
Sanders
Sherman
Crop Bulletin Reports Mixed U S Weather in April
The weekly weather bureau bulletin notes Illinois under cool, below normal temps and mixed rainfall with oats and wheat affected. Michigan reports below average highs with good wheat and sowing oats. Wisconsin sees freezing nights hurting winter grains. Iowa records below average temperature with heavy snow and standstill farm work but faster seeding and corn plowing upcoming.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Miller Case Execution Draws Petitions And Elation
Denver observers split over Governor Barber's decision to execute Miller, who hanged after a crime at age 15. He faced the scaffold calmly, singing a self composed song as two men he killed in a box car slept.
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Denver
Barber
Miller
Duel on Belgian Coast Involves Edward Fox and Hallett Borrowe
A Saturday duel at Nieuport near Os tend on the Belgian coast saw Edward Fox and Hallett Alsop Borrowe exchange two rounds. Borrowe's bullet grazed Fox's trousers just below the vest amid a dispute tied to a New York social scandal involving Mrs. Drayton of the city’s 400.
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Brussels
Edward Fox
Hallett Alsop Borrowe
Nieuportains
Ostend
Borrowe
Cox
Drayton
New York
Not a single fight at Cheyenne and Arapaho land opening
Couriers report from all county seats and entry points to the Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation state that no fights occurred since the land opening. No one was wounded or killed.
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Gurningz
O. T
Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Reservation
Longshore Strike Halts Cargo Unloading at Port
Shipping interests suffer from a prolonged longshoremen strike with six steamers in port for two days unable to unload cargoes. Daily clashes between strikers and non union men continue despite police. A fierce fight occurred yesterday at Western Transit Company's dock with six injured on both sides.
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CucaGco
Western Transit Company
Notable Americans and Europeans Named in Expatriate List
A roster of prominent figures presented at various international postings includes Colonel George Gray in New York Baron Schaeffer in Vienna Colonel H. M. Milward in Lexington Henry W. Dersy in Columbus General Albert G. Edwards in St. Louis William Henry Dixon in St. Paul General Ewan P. Gookin in Boston Major General Sir Lewis Pel ly in London Grand Duchess Frederica Wilhelmina in Berlin Eugene H. Cowles in El Paso Reverend J. Howland Dixon in St. Louis James H. Mandeville in Washington Colonel J. M. Reip in Keokuk Professor Franz Leitz in Munich Henry Beadman Bryant in Chicago Thomas Turnbull in Whitby Charles Reed in Baltimore Louis Wahl in Chicago William Bradford in New York.
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George Gray
New York
Baron Schaeffer
Washington
Vienna
H. M. Milward
Lexington
Henry W. Dersy
Cincinnati Enquirer
Columbus
Albert G. Edwards
St. Louis
William Heenry Dixon
St. Paul
Evwin P. Goopricu
Boston
Sir Lewis Pelly
London
Frederica Wilhelmina
William II
Berlin
Eugene H. Cow Les
Edwin Cowles
Cleveland Leader
el Paso
Tex
J. Howanp Dixon
D. D
J. M. Reip
Keokuk
Franz Leitz
Munich
Henry Beadman Bryant
Bryant & Stratton’s Business College
Chicago
Thomas ‘Turnbull
Whitby
England
Charles Reed
Giuieau
Baltimore
Louis Wahl
William Bradford
Arctic
History of a Week Chronicle Burns and Blood in 19th Century Lands
A wide array of incidents is reported including a yarn mill fire at Oriskany Falls New York cattlemen conflicts in Wyoming deadly clashes in Arkansas and Mississippi flood damage in Indiana and California a murder suicide in Des Moines and St Louis remains found in a reservoir trains hit by hail in Indian Territory and a suffrage letter to Gladstone.
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E. B. Woolworth
Oriskany Falls
N. Y
Wyoming
T. A. Ranch
California
Munoz
Joseph McCullough
Pittsburg
Grand Avenue Reservoir
St. Louis
Antlers
I.T
Gladstone
Lim
Richview
Nashville
Little Blue River
Stock
Mississippi
Willie Harding
St. Joseph
James Cockersham
Des Moines
Notable Obituary and Political Moves Across Nations
Baron Schaffer dies after serving as Austrian minister at Washington. John R. Tanner from Illinois confirmed as assistant treasurer of Chicago. James Evans fatally shoots P. W. Painter in Monongahela City. Robt. Kilgore heads to Canada for beaver farming. Frank Boettinger dies after a 10 foot fall in St. Louis. Rothschilds bank loses 1,000,000 marks via absconding cashier. Georgia supreme court upholds railroads tax liability. Bullet fired at British Consul Captain Chipperton narrowly misses. Mrs. Catharina Biewer found murdered by ax. husband implicated. Russians flee to Germany amid frontier guards. AFL and Knights of Labor poised for clash per Pittsburg press. Illinois Miners Union elects Crawford president and Geher secretary. Tierney secures $20 000 verdict vs Standard Oil. El Reno stampede starts early. boomers briefly vanish before troops intervene.
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Baron Schaffer
Washington
John R. Tanner
Lollinois
Chicago
Senate
James Evans
Monongahela City
P. W. Painter
Robt. Kilgore
Bascom
Canada
Frank Boettinger
St. Louis
Rothschilds
Frankfort
Georgia Supreme Court
Captain Chipperton
Philadelphia
Catharina Biewer
Buffalo
Pittsburg
American Federation of Labor
Knights of Labor
State Miners Union of Illinois
Springfield
J. A. Crawford
Bryant
John L. Geher
Edwards Station
M. J. Tierney
Louisville
Standard Oil Company
el Reno
Convention Hall Nears Completion in Minneapolis
Reports say the new hall in Minneapolis where the Republican national convention will be held is finished. News items note a Texas postmaster's assassination, a St Petersburg tenement fire with nine dead and many missing, Madrid preparing for Columbus anniversary, quarrymen threatening strike in Connecticut, a 150 foot Cloquet scaffold collapse with no injuries, Georgine Wolters winning 26000 in a breach of promise suit, and Camden man arrested for insurance policy fraud under a false alias.
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Minneapolis
Eugene Kauffman
Reisel
Tex
St. Petersburg
Madrid
America
Columbus
Stony Creek
Conn
Striking Chicago Painters Win and Return to Work
Reports say the Chicago painters have won their strike on every point and have resumed work. The batch of items notes a deadly shooting in Fort Worth, a sold farm near Detroit, and various political and social happenings across the nation.
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California
Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
Robert Stafford
Palmer
Detroit
Illinois Palmer
Alabama
New Orleans
Mobile
Africa
Medill
Chicago Tribune
Los Angeles
Cal
K.T. Oliver
Springfield
Ill
Salem, CO
K. D. Holton
Milwaukee
Mr. Holton
Hoyt Ludlow
Amos Wilkins
Groton
N. Y
Ludlow
Wilkins
James A. Palmer
New York
Tiffany & Co
Columbus
McKinley
Hahn
Hanna
Foraker
Minneapolis
Conemaugh Ships 3000 Tons of Food for Russia Leaves Philadelphia
The steamship Conemaugh departed Philadelphia carrying 3000 tons of food for Russia. President Harrison plans a New York visit to lay the cornerstone of General Givant tomb. Ohio legislator Storer proposes an international monetary conference with the Latin Union. Chilean reports name a 10 year old Jose Gonzales and 104 year old son Hendoza.
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Philadelphia
Harrison
New York
General Givant
Storer
Ohio
Jose Gonzales
Colina
Republic
Hendoza
When a Candidate Is Out of Politics
The editorial laments how a respected man and his family can be praised for years and then vilified in a single week over a perceived slight. It notes that backing a rival yields no thanks when the candidate exits politics, and that the enduring foe remembers the opposition.
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Ndiana
Democrats
Grover Cleveland
David Turpte
Keystone State Politics
Massachusetts
James G. Blaine
National League
Depew
Avengers
THE
National Legislature
Foreign Relations Committee
Geary House
Rockwell-Noyes
Bailey
Texas
Washington Post
Committee On Printing
Walker
Hoar
Williams
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Jefferson County
Maple and Raney Grocery
A. B. Scott & Son
Sisseton Reservation
Roswell Smith
Century Publishing Company
Bright
Arkansas
San Antonio
John Clark, Jr
Brazil
Ind
John C. Ralston
Caledonia
Ills
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