Hinrichsen Praises Democratic State Convention Outcomes
Springfield June 7 W H Hinrichsen secretary of state and Democratic state central committee chairman applauds the convention as a great success. He says the state committee will push national work, seek a Democratic national convention, and unite the party on the money issue with strong silver support.
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Springfield
W. H. Hinrichsen
Democratic State Central Committee
State Central Committee
National Committee
Illinois
United States
Dangerous to the Republicans Silver movement quoted
The piece accuses Chicago newspapers of lying to belittle the silver movement in Illinois. It claims 30 percent of Republicans favor free silver, mocks the Democratic stance, and argues the party has long supported 16 to 1 coinage, warning of rising agitation as Congress failed to act.
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Chicago
Ihs
Illinois
Democratic Congress
Congress
Free Thinkers Lecture Challenges Faith in God
In Daas Vox June 7 report, John R. Chalesworth argues there is no proof of God and traces doubt from ancient history to present. Mrs Sweeney leads a demand for public admission of unbelief within three months, pledging to pray for him if he recants.
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Daas
Vox
John R. Chalesworth
Sweeney
Dillas Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Patet
Hree Thinkers’ Society
Republican Convention in Kentucky Ends After Long Session
Louisville reports the Republican convention adjourned after two days of intense voting and speeches. Key candidates for Senator Blackburn’s seat included J. W. Yerkes A. E Wilson John W. Lewis George Denny and Walter Evans. The party backs a strong sound money platform while Democrats debate free silver led by Governor Brown Buckner and McCreary.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Blackburn
Uckner
McCreary
Brown
Coronel Bradley
Republcans
Repub
Alao
Buckner
McPeary
Australian convention marks national emblem shift
Fragmentary text notes a change in the national emblem during a convention, mentioning Daniel Boone and a log cabin as symbols or devices replacing the eagle. The garbled OCR suggests an emblem debate tied to party identifiers and historic iconography.
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Daniel Boone
Bishop Donne Answers Woman Suffrage Debate
Albany June 7 Bishop Donne closed St Agnes school exercises with a stern defense of traditional gender roles. He warned against universal woman suffrage as a danger, arguing calamity and potential anarchy unless governance remains by men with education and Americanist interests.
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Albany
Donne
St. Agnes’ School
Vision of Grandmother Prompts Death Watch Turned Farce
In Devouhi a 19 year old Mary Cloud believed a vision told her three months from then she would die. A nine week revival led by the Free Methodists inspired mass fervor. On the foretold day she prepared grave clothes and invited guests to witness her death, but the summons failed to arrive and she remained alive.
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Devouhi
James Clow
Mary Cloud
Cloud
Free Methodists
Celestial Army
Miss Cloud
Free Silver Democrats meet in conference
Town Free Silver Democrats met here on June 7 with Ex Lieutenant Governor S. J. Bestow presiding. A working committee, with a state chairman and one vice president from each congressional district, was formed. Resolutions affirm gold and silver as constitutional money and call for free coinage at a 16 to 1 ratio as a cardinal Democratic principle. The committee aims to influence the upcoming state convention with free silver Democrats.
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DeEs McIngs
S. J. Bestow
Chariton
Bankers Oppose Free Coinage In 16 To 1 Ratio Debate
The Illinois Bankers' Association adjourned sine die after pledging support for expanded silver use while backing gold and silver money under parity regulations. They oppose unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1 under current conditions.
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Rock Island, Lls
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Mixed 19th Century Notices From Several Cities
A patchwork of brief reports details inquiries into a possible murder or suicide of Miss Ligate, Pickerell's life insurance, and money raised to oppose a Nicholson law. Other items: coal miners’ wage cut in Ohio, Dr Dougan Clark’s priestly disqualification, Mt Vernon ax assault on a wife, and crushed glass placed in water pumps at Jeffersonville.
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SuesOay
Ligate Saira
Police 8 E
Pickerell
New York
Three-Thumbed Baby Born at Flat Rock
A child born June 7 to Wilson Cochran and wife at Flat Rock has three thumbs on one hand. Doctors describe the extra digit as a natural variation and not a medical complication.
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Hopg
Wilson Cochran
W.fs
Flat Rock
Mayor Holt Orders Citywide Gambling House Closures
War on Brazil gamblers spreads to Madison with Mayor A T Holt issuing orders to police to close all gambling houses in the city. Also reports on Odd Fellows adjournment and officers installed in Green Bay and Kilbourn, and Wisconsin legislative actions amid June 7 updates.
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Brazil
A. T. Holt
Madison
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Green Bay
J. W. Watson
Fon du Lac
S. Curning
Kilbourn
Smith
Sparta
Grand Lodge
Wisconsin
White minister told to leave Tuskegee area after protest
About twenty leading citizens confronted Rev. Mr. Keiley of Ohio in Tuskegee, informing him through spokesman D. W. J. Gaul-tier that his presence was objectionable to white residents of Macon County. They ordered him to depart on the first train to Chonaw at 1 am, or face consequences. Keiley, claiming to be called to preach to Negroes, has been holding a ten day meeting in the Negro church and mingling with Black residents. He is accused of teaching social equality.
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Tuskogee
Keiley
Ohio
D. W. J. Gaultier
Macon County
Tuskozes
Chonaw
Kelly
South
Thomas Harris
Scatterfield Gang Hunted by Bloodhounds in Lynch Threats
June 7 report notes bloodhounds tracking the Scatterfield whitecap gang after depredations at night. About 500 residents joined the chase, with a lynching party ready to act. The gang has attacked Sanders Gilmore and others, poisoning and mutilating cattle and tying horses to railway ties. A banner warning from “She Twenty-six” circulates among opponents.
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Sanders
Gilmore
New York Doctor Faces Grand Jury in Obscene Case
The case of Dr Alexander Louner of West Fifty-eighth Street was presented to the grand jury. Initially accused of exposing obscene pictures, new charges allege orgies at his home attended by many visitors, mostly young men, described as a luxurious Oriental decor setting. Anthony Comstock prosecutes, claiming a full confession by Mr Tanner.
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New York
Alexander ‘Louner
West Fifty-eighth Street
Cleveland Street
London
Anthony Comstock
Wr. Tanner
Comstock
Gun-wounding and assault mar two rural incidents
A masked intruder wounded a man during a home invasion near Shelbyville after a night of breaking windows. Officers traced blood to a Big Four railroad area where youths reported a two-man box car assist. Separately, Harry McCain and Mollie Favor were attacked after a Marietta marriage, their buggy wrecked and injuries sustained.
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Big
Uur
Coburn
Powell
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Harry McCain
Mollie Favor
Marietta
McCuato
Pension rulings tie 1865 enlistment to war service, not regular army
Assistant Secretary Reynolds holds pension rights hinge on whether 1865 66 enlistments were for the Civil War or for the regular army. Volunteer enlistments after hostilities cannot be said to be for the rebellion. Final war enlistment dates vary by region with June 1 1865 in some areas and July 1 1865 for navy enlistments.
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Washington
Reynolds
Supreme Court
Territories
District of Columbia
Navy
Kolatona Invigorating Non Alcoholic Beverage Endorsed
United States Health Reports touts Kolatona as a non alcoholic mineral beverage derived from kola nut and celery. It promotes revitalization, improved circulation, and energy without irritation, with Dr G H McLain as sole proprietor and George W Holmes as local agent in Avline.
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United States Health Reports
Armstrong
United States Health
G. HH. McLin
G. H. Mclain
Huntington
Ind
George W. Holmes
East Main Street
Holmes
Aveline
Spain Eyes Cuban Expeditions and U S Policy Shift
U S dispatches report Spanish officials tracking suspected Cuban expeditions from the United States with ships named George Childs and Bridgeport tied to raids near Dauphin and Cat Islands. The piece notes funds from Venezuela and Paris aiding Cuban causes, and a London telegram about Spain seeking U S help to pay suppression costs.
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Washington
United States
Philadelphia
George Childs
Bridgeport
Dauphin
Cat Islands
Mississippi
General Quesada
Venezuela
Paris
London
Cuba
Spain
England
Markets Report From New York and Chicago Trading Floors
The Markets section notes call money at nominal rates and mercantile paper around 2633/4 to 2634 percent. It records government bonds steady, foreign exchange levels, and grain futures with wheat and corn prices fluctuating. It also lists livestock markets with hogs, cattle, and sheep price ranges and daily receipts, alongside produce and fruit prices from Chicago exchanges.
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Prime Mercantile
Exchange Stonger
United States
Pacific
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Hebronus
Peerless
Michigan
Caieaco
Jane G
Heifara
Texas
Stuers
Wales
Chicago Canal Trustees Pick Fixed Bridges Over Swing Variants
President Eckhardt of the Chicago drainage canal explains the trustees will install fixed bridges at railroad and other crossings, arguing the project only gains value if the Desplaines and Illinois rivers are made navigable from Lockport to the Mississippi. He says current funding should focus on speed drainage and water needs for the Chicago district.
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Chicago
Eckhardt
Lightning strikes Meier barn. Kate Meier rescues seven horses
Jeffersonville reports a barn west of town burned by a lightning strike. Miss Kate Meier home alone risked her life to save seven horses from the blaze. In Indianapolis the Episcopal diocese renames Knickerbocker Hall and plans a diocesan paper, electing William Mack as chancellor and Ray Willis D. Eagle as secretary. A Terre Haute patrol finds Chauncey F. Pickerell shot dead in a field across the river.
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Jeffersonville
Charles Meier
Here
Kate Meier
Indianapolis
Terre Ha Vas
Ray
Willis D. Eagie
Italy Earthquake Shocks Panic Florence Nighttime Alarm
In Florence at 1:35 a m a strong earthquake rattled the city sending residents into frightful panic. Police mobilized immediately as families clutched valuables and hotels reined in guests who remained mostly calm amid aftershocks and rising concern for structural damage.
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Florence
Italy
Nickel Plate to Boston Excursion for Y P S C E in 1895
The Society of Christian Endeavor of Central and Northern Indiana chooses Nickel Plate road for a July special train to Boston to attend the Y P S C E annual meeting. The trip includes optional layovers at Niagara Falls and Saratoga Springs with no extra charge. Passengers can join at other stations by prior arrangement via local ticket agents or M G C Baker.
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Society of Christian Endeavor
Central and
Indiana
Fort Waye
Ind
Nickel Plate Road
Niagara Falls
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
C. HE
Masonic Knights Templar
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