Cherokee Convention Adopts Union Party Platform in Delaware District
Indian Territory Cherokee politics run hot as the Union party of Delaware district outlines a platform. It calls for government of the people, honest economy, removal of intruders and boomers, opposition to Philips as Washington agent, removal of John L Tufts, fair soil rights backed by US patents, against selling lands west of the 96th meridian at 47 cents, seeks revocation or higher valuation, and opposes leasing to cattle syndicates advancing permit law protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Union Party
Delaware
Philips
Washington
United States
John L. Tufts
96Th Meridian
Austrian Labor Riot in Bruny Causes Disturbance
A labor riot in Bruny on June 17 erupted from hours dispute between workers and factory owners. Rioters attacked factories with stones, windows and gates damaged, military deployed to disperse crowds. Two officers and six soldiers wounded, many rioters hurt, order restored by midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruny
English Cabinet Hailed by German Press
Kalvische Zietung reports cordial reception in political circles for the new English cabinet. It notes Marquis of Salisbury as a longtime German and Austrian friend, contrasting him with Mr Gladstone, and suggests unsettled England Germany questions will be amicably arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CoLoene
Kalvische Zietung
Ameer Masses Forces and Russian Risk in Afghan Turkistan
Dispatch from St. Petersburg reports the Ameer of Cabul has massed nearly all his troops in Afghan Turkistan under his command. A detachment brings 3,000 breech loading rifles and 15 field guns from India, threatening Russian communications and advancing outposts toward the Oxus. Coroner Nipever of St. Louis changes the inquest verdict on George Reynolds to accidental death at the Southern Hotel.
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Ameer
St. Petersburg
Mavosti
Cabul
Afghan Turkistan
Oxus River
Nipever
St. Louis
George M. Reynolds
United States Treasury Department
Southern Hotel
Salisbury Accepts Office Amid Liberal Concessions
The Marquis of Salisbury has accepted the queen’s request to form a government after Gladstone’s pledge to curb liberal opposition. Sir Charles Dilke notes decentralization aims for Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, with plans to visit Ireland to study parliamentary to regional development. The new cabinet list includes Salisbury, Northcote, Hicks Beach, and Balfour, with others named. Parliament adjourns for re-election as talks continue on Welsh, Irish, and Scottish bills.
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Loxpoy
Marquis of Salisbury
Gladstone
Charles Dilke
Ireland
Welch
Dublin Castle
Lord Salisbury
Daily News
Treasury
Stafford Northcotte
Exchequer
Michael Hicks Beach
Harding Gifford
Council
Viscount Cranbeck
Earl of Harrowly
Home Department
Richard Ashton Cross
Colonial Department
Frederick Stanley
William Henry Smith
India
Lord Randolph Churchill
Admiralty
Lord George Hamilton
Local Government Board
Arthur James Balfour
Board of Trade
Duke of Richmond and Gordon
Edward Stanhope
Earl of Carnavan
Edward Gibson
Lord John Manners
Monroe
Jam of 14 Million Logs Breaks After Powder Blast
Fairfield Maine reports a massive log jam on the East Branch of the Kennebec. Logs two miles below Indian Pond Dam formed a bend jam containing about 14,000,000 logs, with a ten foot head of water. Powder exploded to free the jam. logs surged out, piled twenty feet high and roaring as current rushed at sixteen miles an hour toward the forks.
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Fairfield
Kennebec
Indian Pond Dam
School contracts bar teachers from skating rink attendance
The Board on School Trustees in Opry Illinois signed contracts with teachers for the coming winter that prohibit attendance at the skating rink during the school term. Despite objections, the agreements were duly executed.
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Opry, Illl
Board On School Trustees
Five Negroes Hanged After Elkhart Texas Lynching
A mob in Elkhart Anderson County lynched five black residents on the night of June 19 after the murder of Mrs. Hazell. The victims Lizzie Jackson, Andy Jackson, Frank Hayes, Will Rogers, and Joseph Norman were seized from guards and hanged from a single tree. A second inquest found the deaths caused by unknown parties with a rope.
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Elkhart
Anderson County
Texas
Hazell
Andy Jackson
Frank Hayes
Will Rogers
Joseph Norman
Lizzie Jackson
Palestine
Inundation in Illinois Floods Hit Farms and Bridges
Reports from Illinois describe flooding along Richland creek and Cantion creek affecting farms and crops. Livestock drowned, bridges swept away near Bellville, and damage extended to Collinsville, Indian Lake area, and along the Okaw river with losses at tile works, flour mill, gas works, keg factory, and lumber yards.
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St. Louis
Richland Creek
Illinois
Collinsville
Bluffs
American Bottom
Indian Lake
Okaw River
Bellville
St. Clair County
Stocky & Goodings Tile Works
Surtzer
Man sells wife and infant in Logan to Chicago man
Henry Sauerbier of Logan sold his wife and baby to McFarland in Cleveland led by a burly Irishman. The price was 100 dollars. Sauerbier protested but the bid stood. The trio returned to Logan that night while Sauerbier headed for Chicago after the deal, witnessed by the Empire hotel landlord and a written agreement.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Henry Sauerbier
Logan
Empire House
Sauerbier
McFarland
Chicago
Women’s political candidacy spreads in Britain and Ireland
The Times-Democrat reports Miss Helen Taylor plans to contest a borough as a Radical candidate, inspiring an Irish woman to run in an Irish borough and an English conservative woman to announce in a Midland county. The trend shows rising female political engagement across Britain and Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Times-Democrat
Helen Taylor
England
Colored teachers gather in Austin to form state association
Statewide convention set for July 1 to 3 in Austin invites all colored teachers. Committee lists regional members, daily paper talks, and evening church programs. Also notes on judges’ terms, mysterious man killed by lightning near Collin county, Laredo robberies, and a sharp rise in Texas wool receipts projected this year.
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Colored Teachers of
Austin
F. H. Madison
Galveston
L. C. Anderson
Hempstead
S. H. Smothers
Dallas
A. J. Moore
Waco
S. M. Coles
Corpus Christi
H.T. Kealing
M. M. Brown
San Antonio
E. J. Green
Brenham
N. T. Johnson
D. Abner
Marshall
Laredo
Mateo Escobedo
Charcon
Francisco Valdez
Valdez
Mateo
L. Lewis
Lewis
Bob Perkins
Dallas Hackman
Perkins
del Rio
Impending Indian Troubles and Troop Movements at Reno
Washington reports June 20 dispatches from Fort Reno Indian Territory describing a threatened Cheyenne outbreak known as the Southern Cheyennes. Troops, now ten companies of the Fifth Cavalry, are ordered to the scene with three more ready. A commission is urged to find causes, as tensions rise and armed action looms amid terrain favorable to quick skirmishes.
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Washington
War Department
Fort Reno
Indian Territory
Auger
Fifth Cavalry
Reno
Kansas
Kansas Pacific
Lone Wolf
Georgia
Terrific Newfoundland Storm Devastates Coast and Vessels
Halifax special reports a terrible Newfoundland coastal storm destroying Old Pelican fish stages and water-side property. Over seventy five ships wrecked or driven ashore at Bona Vista and surrounding shores, with dozens more smashed yards from one to twelve vessels per report. The storm, the worst in forty years, threatens three bait ships missing after leaving Holy Rood the day before.
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Halifax
Newfoundland
Old Pelican
Bona
Vista
Holy Rood
Letter from El Mahdi to Gordon on Abbess voyage
The diary of Gen. Gordon includes a letter from El Mahdi describing the destruction of the steamer Abbess and the deaths of Stewart and others who traveled with him on the doomed voyage.
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Gordon
el Mahdi
Gen. Gordon
Stewart
Bible revisers present copy to the Empress of Germany
The revisers of the Bible sent a copy to the German Empress and she replied with a gracious letter thanking them for the gift.
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Germany
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House of Lords
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House of Commons
Windsor Castle
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State News
Commission of Appeals
Watts
Virginia
Walker
Delaney
Columbus
Wiley Manning
Collin County
Frank Inez
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