24 Aug 1894
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Newspaper
Fresno Republican Weekly
Location
Fresno, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1894
Page
1
The California Democratic Convention nominated leaders for major posts including governor and supreme court seat. Del Valle of Los Angeles and Patton of Los Angeles delivered key speeches. committee actions on platform and hall relocation were debated.候选人与州组织领袖被提名，讨论平台与候选人名单。
The Modesto station district board awarded a contract to the San Francisco Bridge Company for 69000 dollars to build headgates flumes and waste sites on the Modesto canal.
A fragmentary historic call for immediate return to constitutional money and full legal tender. It condemns a national debt in tim e of peace and denounces bonds and silver demonetization while demanding 1 to 1 coinage and restoration of a gold standard under a union of nations.
Proclamation orders relief for 6000 starving families amid food shortages. Governor urges employers to provide support unless famine worsens, noting pressure on workers who asked to cut hours to save money. Public appeal to fund relief efforts follows.
Harry Moore and George Moore, brothers and clerks at Piatic Mutual Insurance in Beit Sheshu, quarreled with their father Henry Moore. In the ensuing confrontation Harry threatened to strike, George warned, and a shot was fired wounding the father’s chin. The shooter, 91, was restrained by Dr Moore.
Knox Compton Wallin and Haith, members of the TaLdration Committee of the Sauramento American Railway Union, were held to answer for trial on murder charges after ditching a tram on July 11 resulting in the death of Logincer Clart and his son, United States soldier. Bail set at $100,000 each.
The United Railroad Company Limited, capital five million, forms to build a Stockton to Bakersfield railway. It proposes extending from Stockton through San Joaquin and Merced to Kern counties, with depots and lines to serve towns and carry passengers, freight, and mail. Directors include Banford, Dulafel, Hartzell, and others. Ingford serves as president in Stockton while Santa Rosa hosts the treasurer. A political campaign mention notes opposition to free trade proposals affecting localists and referendum context.
Workers in the park deny reports they seek more than one dollar a day and state many are ready to accept the existing wage. Large wagonloads of men were taken out yesterday and others at a lower rate, with a few noting the men in the park lingering during the day. Four new diphtheria cases are reported in Belmont.
The Democratic state convention entered a second day with heated debates on platform and resolutions. Committees wrestled with gubernatorial and supreme court nominations, while party leaders jockeyed for influence and strategy ahead of the next ballots.
Fragmented OCR shows a planned railroad with a $1000 deposit rule and foreign capital financing, alongside Nebraskan Republican conventions denouncing corrupt rail ties and appointing governors. Reports also note governors inspecting prisons, possible Congress adjournment, labor unrest, Zeigler’s track record, Holman re nomination, miners quitting, and Cleveland departing for Washington.
Amid stalemates and power plays at the California Democratic state convention delegates clash over gubernatorial and congressional nominations. Budd Spencer Maguire Murphy and Otis governance are contending as party factions push for short and long term candidates while plat form debates highlight land reform currency and railroad debt relief. The convention adjourns after nominating several judges and preparing for roll call votes.
The committee finds charges of fraud against Carnegie company proven and urges criminal penalties. witnesses link Appleman to a train wreck accusation while testimony cites injuries and murder charges. A separate shooting incident in Marysville ends with W Watson's arrest. Utah sports notes record Otto Zeigler’s flying start and a track record. Deportation of anarchists gains house committee support.
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