Democratic State Silver Convention Opens in Springfield
Springf ield prepares for a large Democratic gathering to decide the silver question. Delegates caucus at 10 and select two national money convention delegates. The event plans an immense platform and two day sessions with free coinage support prevailing among nine tenths of delegates.
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Springfield
Jane
Hinrichson
Democratic State Central Committee
Warcome
Hinrichsen
Governor Altgeld Letter Provokes Chicago Figures
A Chicago discussion reacts to Governor Altgeld's sharp letter with mixed views from Judge Woods, President Hutchinson, and Clarence Darrow. Woods doubts the claimed danger of injunctions, while Darrow defends trial by jury and laments erosion of civil rights amid populist and corporate tensions.
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Chicaneo
Altgald
Chicago
Woods
United States Circuit Court
Altgeld
Debs
American Railway Union
Idon
Yous
United States
Frank Walker
Clarence& Darrow
Coudert on the Silver Question in a National Trade Debate
Frederic R K Coudert, the U S representative for France, argues the United States leads in silver policy and warns that if Europe rejects bimetallism a financial revolution may occur, with Europe facing ruin and the U S doing business on a silver basis. The Menard county Democratic convention in Petersburg selects delegates and calls for free coinage of silver.
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F. R. Coudert
New York
Frederic R K. Coudert
France
Europe
United States
Coudert
England
Continent
Bushnell Backs McKinley for President in 1895
General Bushnell told an Associated Press correspondent last night he supports McKinley for president in 1895 if Ohio’s candidate is chosen and he will stand by him. This statement came during a Springfield Ohio briefing.
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Springfield
Bushnell
Associated Press
McKinley
Ohblo
Family of seven held on insanity charges in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 4 an entire Buchold family of seven was taken into custody for insanity. Father Henry, mother Charlotte, two grown daughters Eva and Imma, and three young children were confined at 3 Beaver Street for over a week amid spiritualistic seances. One daughter hallucinates being a spirit and another longs for the spirit’s death. sheriffs prevented any dangerous act.
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Cleveland
Henry Buchold
Charlotte Buchold
Eva
Imma
Beaver Street
Lre
Hadder
Perdition
Rochester
Junius B. Streeter
Syracuse
End of Civil War Question Reopens Pension Case
Washington June 4 Assistant Secretary Reynolds raised the end of the civil war in a pension decision involving John Barle Young, who enlisted April 19 186. He claimed pension under the three months service act and argued war ended Aug 20 1865 when Johnson proclaimed peace. The supreme court later held war ended Aug 6 1866, suggesting Barle Young’s case may be reopened due to the precedent and many affected.
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Washington
Reynolds
Interior Department
John Barle Young
Johnson
Barle Young
Supreme Court
Philadelphia Philanthropist Leaves $500000 for University Hospital Ward
The will of Edward A. W. Hunter, who died May 23, leaves about $500,000 to establish and maintain a hospital ward at the University of Pennsylvania for free treatment of surgical cases. The bequest becomes effective upon probate after the deaths of his wife and daughter.
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Philadelphia
Edward A. W. Hunter
Mills reopen as workers largely stay away at Olneyville
On June 4 Providencr reports Olneyville mills opened at the regular hour for returning operatives but only a small portion of the regular staff entered. The manufacturers plan to leave vacancies for strikers for a short period and will hire available workers if former employees do not return.
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Providencr
Olneyville
Public work to surge in summer across big cities
Indianapolis report shows city engineers in towns over 10,000 project a record level of public works this summer. Expenditures for paving sewerage water works and bridges total about 200 million dollars, versus less than a quarter that amount last year.
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Indianapolis
Rioters Destroy Mission Property in Ching Tao China
Intelligence reports from SUNANGHAL indicate between May 29 and 31 rioters destroyed French Catholic and English and American missionary property in Ching Tao the capital of Sazechuen western China. Missionaries are safe in officials' yamens. Szechuen province called the Toxuas of China.
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Sunanghal
Ching Tao
Sazechuen
China
Yamens
Szechuen
Drowning Death of Miss Regin Gobel In Atlantic City
The body of Miss Regin Gobel of Philadelphia washed ashore near the scene of a Sunday drowning. A coroner's jury ruled accidental death by drowning. Charles Crawford, the man who accompanied her, was released.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Regin Gobel
Philadelphia
Charles Crawford
Miss Gobel
Harman Secures Rail Contract For Grand Army Parade
Mr C E K Harman of the Western and Atlantic railroad says he has secured a contract to haul 26 000 G A R members from Chattanooga to Atlanta on September 20, adding to other crowds expected for the event.
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Atlanta
C. EK. Harman
The
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Exposition Company
Chatsinooga
Louis Burgdorf Buried. Long Service to Presidents
Louis Burgdorf of this city was buried Sunday at age 63. He began as a page for President Polk, then served Presidents Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan and Lincoln from 1843 to 1865 and worked in the United States treasurer's office from 1864 to shortly before his death.
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Washington
Louis Burgdorf
Polk
Taylor
Gilmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
United States Treasurer
Rain Ends Drought as Thunderstorm Hits City
A heavy rain and wind storm broke the long drought, with a government thermometer reading 103 in the shade just before the storm. Local observers report unusually high temperatures prior to the downpour, bringing relief to the area.
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Para, Ls
Springfield Law Debate Ends With Pharmacy Bill Passage
The legislature spent most of the session advancing bills and concluded with a spirited debate on the senate bill amending the pharmacy law. The bill was finally passed to second reading.
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Springfield
House
Senate
Publisher consolidates Knoxville papers under one office
Janet J. B. Pound, owner of the Chattanooga Evening News and Knoxville Evening Sentinel, has bought the Morning Tribune. Both papers will be printed from the same Knoxville office.
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Knoxville, Ionn
Janet
J. B. Pound
Chattanooga Lvening News
Knoxville Evening Sentinel
Mornin Tribune
Gail Hamitisen Slips into Gradual Decline
Miss Mary A. Dodge remarks that Gail Hamilton is not well and gradually deteriorating. Representative Hitt continues to improve and is reported to be doing very well.
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Gail Hamitisen
Wasakington
Jane
Mary A. Dodge
Gail Hamilton
Representative Hitt
Papal Delegate Satolli avoids Archbishop Kenrick deposition talk
Washington June 4 Mgr Satolli the papal ablegate declined to be interviewed on Archbishop Kenrick's deposition. He refused to confirm or deny the report and offered no comment on the subject.
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Washington
Mgr
Satolli
Kentrick
Twelve Sen Drowned near Bocsin Hungary
A Danube ferry capsized near Bocsin Hungary resulting in twelve workers drowned. Rescue attempts were unsuccessful as the vessel overturned in heavy currents during a June incident on the river.
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Negvsatz
Hungary
Danube
Bocsin
Purdue and Earlham news and a rain plea across Indiana
Indianapolis water needs rain to aid crops as crowds attend Purdue commencement with Rev D J Ellison delivering the baccalaureate sermon at Lafayette. Butler college hosts three speakers on spoils system reform led by Professor Hugh T Miller. Richmond acquires mastodon fossils for its museum as a new exhibit is prepared.
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Indianapolis
Butler College
Hugh Th. Miller
Platt
Voorhees
Quay
Gorman
Rome
America
Washington
Hamilton
Jefferson
Lincoln
Lafayryte
Purdue University
D. J. Ellison
First Baptist Church of
Baptist Church
Wilcox
RichMond
Earthoom College
Randolph County
Water scares ease as rain appears in Indiana towns
Indianapolis reports no rain yet but warns water famine danger abated by city water works. Temperatures reach 100 degrees. officials note recent heat is record setting. In Anderson and other counties, drought bites farmers with scarce wheat and burning ground as mobs threaten in Voedersburg.
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Indianapolis
Ufiver
Anderson
Delaware County
Freight train robbed on Lake Shore road near Mishawaka
June 4 SouTh BEND Indiana reports a gang held up Freight train No. 11 between here and Mishawaka, robbing wagons of goods. Detective Brobst captured five attackers. he followed wagons into a swamp to an old log house and says about twenty gang members are at large. Goods recovered.
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SouTh Bend
Lake Shore Road
Here
Mishawaka
Brobst
The Counterfeit Clerk and a Western Dream
A New York clerk recalls a voyage to Chicago St Paul and Omaha as a house代理s agent. In Rochester he is jailed for embezzlement misidentification, but a cousin reveals the true culprit and he wins forgiveness and a wife, Alice Gordon. The piece blends whimsy with a moral about mistaken identity and clever matchmaking.
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Chicago
St Paul
Omaha
Kendricks
New York
Wrisk
Conduetor
Breht
Alaska
Rochester
Tavex
Self Judged Authors On Their Best Works Across Histories
The passage surveys famous authors and their claimed or reputed favorites among their writings. It cites Cooper Browning Hume Emerson Stowe and others, noting how each valued specific works like Uncle Tom's Cabin Poor Richards Almanac and History of the United States as their best or most significant.
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Cooper
Elizabeth Browning
Aurora Leigh
Whittier
Smollett
Roderick Random
Hume
England
Emerson
Franklin
Richard
United States
Washington Irving
Salmagundi
Hallam
Europe
Motley
Dutch Republic
Snakes Demand Sparks and Showman Quips
A plump eighteen year old asks to see snakes at a show but the handler insists there are none. A swarthy man scolds the crowd as a performer mocks the desire of women for snakes and hints at the moral judgments of spectators.
Great Minds Read Across Eras and Interests
Walter Scott favored border tales and fragment patches from reading. Gerome studied Roman antiquities and costume. Henry IV praised Caesar and the Ten Thousand. Coleridge extolled Shakespeare as unmatched. Napoleon valued legal and military works for practical gain. Jurke prepared speeches by broad reading. Dryden loved Latin classics, Hazlitt chose Shakespeare and Hamlet, seeing changing views as progress.
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Walter Scott
Gerome
Tie
Henry IV
France
Caesar
Coleridge
Shakspeare
Napoleon
Jurke
Dryden
Hazlitt
Hamlet
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