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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1892
Page
3
At the Peoples party national convention in Omaha on July 4 1904 General Weaver and General James G Field led the ticket after a dramatic earlier vote over leadership. Gresham declined to run and L C Manning Alabama nominated Weaver while Field won the second ballot over Terrell and Van Wyck amid a lengthy session ending at 3 am.
The reunion of the Blue and the Gray at a convention Saturday night drew about 4 000 attendees. John G Maneheimer of South Bend Ind was elected chairman and invited ex Union and ex Confederate soldiers to the platform, with about 500 coming forward for handshakes. Speakers included Wimperly Floyd Powers Norton and others. Mary Lease 8 daughter recited and spoke for woman suffrage after praising the new party.
At the national People's party convention in Omaha Gen Weaver was nominated for president by unanimous vote at 12:55 a.m. and Gen Field of Virginia was named as vice president after roll call. Leaders aimed to conclude before July 4 but speeches extended the session past midnight.
A telegram from Wisconsin GOP leader H C Payne to J S Clarkson states that Campbell will decline the chairmanship of the national committee. Payne notes the message should stay private and says Washington friends will be informed to seek the wisest action. The telegram's leakage stirred discussion in Republican circles.
Colonel Henry M. Duffield obtained a writ of error to move William McPherson et al v secretary of state to the United States Supreme Court. The case questions the constitutionality of the Miner law as Michigan Republicans vow to contest the measure to the end.
The cholera gains hold in Saratov on the Volga, a key trade hub with Central and Asiatic Russia. Concerns rise that the outbreak may reach Moscow and other cities due to extensive trade links.
The 43 state Prohibition convention met in Cincinnati at 10:26 a m with John P St John as temporary chair. Colonel Ritter of Indianapolis was named permanent chair and delegates debated voting rules and planks including a free silver plank from the North Denver league. The gathering adjourned after speeches and a lively night session.
Rain drenches Cincinnati as Prohibitionists approve platform changes and nominate candidates. Debates on tariff and currency yield a gold silver and paper plank. J. B. Cranfill wins vice presidential nomination after two ballots as George W Bain and Joshua Levering trail.
In Baltimore on July 5 four youths Ed Smith 16 George Smith 18 William Harrison 17 and Dave Toley 20 drowned when a rowing yaw capsized in Spring Gardens Patapsco River during a party of fifteen. Eleven others reached shore.
Cyrus W Field lies unconscious at his Ardsley Tower home awaited death as misfortunes struck in the past nine months. Dogs Ferry observes a dramatic alert as the financier’s condition deteriorates.
Washington reports detail Senate and House actions from June 20 to July 4. Senators debated general appropriation bills, passed the agricultural and invalid pension measures, and considered post office funding and Dakota land relief. House hearings on war veterans pensions progress, with battles over tin plate and district appropriation items. The silver bill's fate and conference reports on labor, District of Columbia, and river and harbor bills shaped the sessions.
Madison July 2 Republicans say the special session adjourned after passing two distinct apportionment bills. They allege the house version lacked committee corrections while the senate version included them. Democrats deny the claim, saying both bills were in proper form. Court challenges are anticipated.
In Topeka the Kansas Republican state convention selected A. W. Smith as governor on the fifth ballot and Robert R. Moore of Butler for lieutenant governor after three ballots. Additional nominations included W. H. Edwards for secretary of state, 4. K. Bruce for auditor, I. Bruce Lynch for treasurer, and I. F. Gurner as attorney general.
In Washington the nomination of Colonel J W Foster as secretary of state moved from nomination to oath in two hours and forty five minutes. The sequence saw Senate confirmation at 2 03 p m and the oath administered at 4 15 p m before Lewellon Brown.
A weekly digest notes the Sliver Iron and Steel wage deal, a Leven River bridge collapse with several drownings, cholera spread near Baku, and political shifts in Hawaii. It covers crimes, deaths, storms, rail accidents, and social notes from Chicago, New York, and western states.
A bull escaped in Columbus Ohio stamping a shop and frightening the owner but causing no major damage. Chicago records nearly eleven inches of rain, surpassing August 1855. Adlai Stevenson to travel to New York for Democratic vice presidential nomination notice. Illinois Woman’s Exposition board elects a new president. A Toledo tobacconist uses a snap shot camera to catch thieves. Three men convicted in New York for a $57,000 robbery receive prison terms. Texas drought drives migration. British ship Fred B Taylor sinks in mid ocean with all aboard rescued in Liverpool. linked to Vega collision rumors.
A prominent figure, Hon. Wm. C. Whitney, rejects any offer to lead the national Democratic committee. The text notes political maneuvering and party dynamics without further developments.
The Diamond sawmill in Minneapolis burned down with $75 000 insured and $50 000 in other losses. Kate Jencken aged 52, once linked to the Fox sisters, is dead. Arrests for counterfeiting include William May, Charles Oliver, and William Gowan in Brazil Indiana. May and Oliver plead guilty.
Thirteen Conservatives and Unionists and four Gladstonians were elected to the British parliament yesterday without opposition. Robert Nellis of Chicago sat down on
Five men died in a Wabash railroad wreck near Keller’s station thirty five miles west of Fort Wayne Indiana after a wind and rain storm washed out an embankment at 2 30 yesterday morning. The dead include Engineer G W Shorrey Master of Bridges Harvey Dunlap Dan Moore fireman C F Wilcox trainmaster and Lineman Charles Helm all from nearby towns. The New York express narrowly missed the washout thirty minutes later. Trainmaster Wilcox was a noted politician who recently backed Governor Chase at the state Republican convention.
The New York Tribune is described as practically a union office amid labor tensions. Typographical Union No. 6 meeting discussed Kinney's Minneapolis trip and assurances of Tribune unionization if Reid backs White law Reid. The committee declared Tribune would be a full union office within a month by a large margin.
A disastrous blaze swept through San Jose last evening starting at a firecracker stand near Second and San Fernando streets. Affected buildings included the Lick house California theatre packing plant Fair general store Smith jewelry South Methodist church and many homes. Loss surged to about 900000 with 400000 insured. Fire held until 1030.
Joe Huddleston and Bert Shears narrowly escaped serious harm when a crate of blue vitriol broke at the paper mill in Otsego Michigan. The broken jars spilled the chemical on the men, they jumped into a tank of liquid to dilute the spill, and were badly burned but not fatally. Their clothing shredded and shoes ruined in the incident.
An explosion at Westfork near Indianapolis on Friday night wrecked Wyandotte Hall where fire works valued at 300 dollars were stored. The blast caused an estimated 3500 to 4000 dollars in damage and horribly injured two boys named Jones and Quiser.
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