California Republicans Back Harriman Policy and Labor Stance
The California Republican State Convention in Stockton endorsed Harriman's administration, opposed free Gingge, opposed eight hour labor enforcement, and restricted immigration. Weather woes delay cotton planting in the hill lands and Mississippi high water hampers transport. Connecticut House resumes after months, considering plurality vs majority in Article 3. Adjournment set for September 27 after a sharp vote. A Shanghai rebel linked chief is executed by slow slicing. Boston journeymen plumbers strike for $4 per day. Chicago World's Fair ironworkers demand 85c hourly. Stony Creek quarrymen strike for nine hours. Snowstorm hits Ashland Wisconsin. four inches fall, navigation hindered. Notable deaths: A. S. Neafie and Charles Henry Harris. Agriculture bulletin warns widespread food adulteration, costing consumers billions.
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Stockton
Harrigan
House
Committee On
Shanghai
Tien Jen
Boston
Chicago
Stony Creek
Conn
Ashland
Wis
Neafie
New York
Scherles Henry Harris
Carl Pretzel
aiBior
The
National Weekly
Multiple Disasters Hit Railways and Fires Across Nations
A series of fatal accidents and blazes reported include nitro glycerine explosions at Fall River Granite Lodge in Freetown Massachusetts killing Frank Cain and Joseph McNelly, a runaway teams collision near Ft Scott Kansas with death, a Pennsylvanian wreck injuring Fireman Harry Martin and Engineer Harry Schultz, a Sioux City fatal run away, and fires destroying stores, warehouses, and stock in Hudson Michigan Chase Michigan Browning Missouri and Lexington Kentucky. Other notes describe inspections, strikes, and industry shifts in coal, steel, and shipping sectors along with political news from Washington and local calamities.
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Fall River Granite Company
Freetown
Mass
Frank Cain
Joseph McNelly
James Maburan
Ft. Scott
Kaw
Pennsylvania
Coatesville
Harry Martin
Harry Schultz
Woman suffrage defeat shocks British Commons vote
The British House of Commons rejected woman suffrage by a narrow 23 vote margin, surprising observers who expected a two to one defeat. The report also notes a Vienna panorama fire destroying a colossal Crucifixion painting and several fire-related injuries and deaths from Philadelphia to Brooke County, with other regional incidents and a noted horse theft capture.
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House of Commons
Vienna
Florence Ethel Osborne
London
Hargreaves
Capt. Osborne
Congressional session full of routine votes and debates
The report summarizes a series of Senate and House actions across a few days. It notes opposition to a payment to the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, discussions on Chinese exclusion, arbitration treaties, and tariff-related measures. The House passes a free binding twine measure and approves funding tied to treaties with Britain. Debates highlight concerns over habeas corpus and anti trust inquiries into the Sugar Trust.
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House
United States
Internal Revenue Bureau
Seeasury Department
China
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Trenspax
Anson
William Jones
Arkansas
Bailey
Texas
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Blount
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Palmer
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Pacific Coast
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Oates
Alabama
Chipman
Michigan
Hooker
Mississippi
Inter-Continental Railway Commission
Yeas
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Ohio
Geary
California
Hitt
Missouri
Baker ballot law upheld by state supreme court
The State Supreme Court affirmed the constitutionality of the Baker ballot law in appeals from Prohibition party cases. Chief Justice Paxon wrote that the act regulates nominations while preserving every citizen’s right to vote. The decision notes potential need for future revisions as tested by experience.
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Partaperruta
Supreme Court
Baker
Prohibition Party
Paxon
Tooley Street
People of Land
World’s Fair Sunday petitions top census counts
Petition drive to close the World's Fair on Sundays backfires as Michigan and Ohio entries exceed their state census figures by hundreds of thousands. Michigan shows 800000 more names than census records while Ohio mirrors the anomaly amid the chaotic submissions. In Eniz a fire destroys John Long Jr. residence with Mrs. Long saving the eldest child.
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Brooxlon
N. Y
Broadway
Catcaco
Michigan
Ohio
United States
Eniz
John Long,Jr
Fearful Foreign Disasters From Tokios Fire To Pirate Attacks
San Francisco reports a vast Tokyo fire killing 17 to 45 and destroying 5000 homes. Other losses include the Raiden Mara sunk with 40 drowned, nine bodies washed ashore, and 13 saved from 50 aboard another ship. An explosion at Horonai colliery killed and wounded many. Earthquakes shook Gifu and Ogaki. Smallpox claims 900+ in Yokohama. Pirates attack three Chinese junks, killing officers and looting vessels.
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Belgic
Tokio
Japan
Kushiro
Wenchow
Political conventions across states endorse Harrison or Cleveland
Reports from Republican and Democratic state conventions across Milwaukee Muskegon Nashville Nashville Augment districts elected delegates at large for national races. Platforms praise tariff reform oppose free coinage, advocate for Harrison or Cleveland nominations, and urge united voting to secure party goals and labor reform.
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Cleveland
Ch'cato
Vilas
Brage
J. H. Knight
E.C. Wall
Muskecox
Mica
Muskegon
Daniel J. Campau
Grover Cleveland
Harrison
Blaine
Graxp Forks
N. C
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Frederick
Maryland
McKinsey
Maryian
Democratic State Committee
Baltimore
Birwincham
Ann
Brotherhood of the National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Brotherhood
North
Great Northwest
Republican nominations overpower Illinois districts in hot convention roundup
The Fifth Illinois district GOP nominated A J Hopkins, while Thomas J Henderson was renominated in Seventh. E H Funston and Joseph G Cannon were renominated in Kansas and Fifteenth Illinois respectively. W H Murphy was named by Eleventh Illinois Republicans. Guinn was chosen in Seventeenth Illinois, Hitt was renominated in the district, Geo Willitts named for at large, Norman Ross selected for Nineteenth Illinois, Ingalls declined at large, and Alabama delegates boosted Governor Jones to 246, short of nomination.
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Ilinois
JB. Cramer
Congress
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Wash
Hunt
Rommey
Kent County
England
Lew Market
Buena Vists
Angelus
Curie
Island City
Montreal
Canada
Sean
Thircon
France
Scranton
American Federation of Labor
A. J. Hopkins
Republican
Illinois
Thomas J. Henderson
Kansas
E. H. Funston
Joseph G. Cannon
W. H. Murphy
Pulaski
Seventeenth Ilinois
James N. Guinn
Robert R. Hitt
Freeport
Cook County
Til
Geo
Willitts
Norman H. Ross
Ingalls
Alabama
Jones
Thousands Lose Homes in Illinois River Floods
May 5 report from Three Rivers indicates cresting floods on the Illinois, Fox, and Kankakee rivers. Waters stood 18 feet above low water at 7 pm, with Marseilles facing the worst danger as property damage runs into millions. Local authorities scrambled to protect towns and lives amid unprecedented high water.
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Ottawa
Int
Illinois
Fox
Kankakee
Marseilles
Condition of Business Surpasses All Previous Records
B G Dun and Co Weekly Review notes better weather and general improvement in business last week. Trade volume tops prior records with over 10 percent rise in the West, modest gains in the East, and some decline on the Pacific slope. Money supply ample, demand not active. Southern trade still uneven though Savannah brighter and Nashville collections strong. Wheat prices up, corn up 14 cents, oats down, pork products lower. cotton receipts and exports lag last year. Oil down 2 cents, coffee unchanged. seeding fast in the West. Railroad earnings large, stocks dull. US business failures 186, Canada 25, total 211 versus prior weeks.
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B.G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Pacific
South
Savannah
Nashville
New Orleans
United States
Canada
May Day in Europe Sees Limited Uprising and Bomb Attacks
May Day across Europe largely passed without major disruption as authorities imposed tight security. In Italy a cafe bomb exploded near Forli and a dynamite blast in Rome aimed at Prince Massimo’s palace damaged the vestibule. several anarchist arrests followed amid a day of quiet processions and speeches.
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Italy
Loxnox
May
Rome
Rossina
Forli
Bologna
Prince Massimo
Tornado Sweeps Kansas and Oklahoma Killing Many
A Kansas City report says a day long and night storm devastated parts of Kansas and Oklahoma. In Shawnee county a farmer James Mitchell died and three Heil family members were wounded, one fatally. Mission Creek area lost three miles of homes. Auburn Pleasant Valley Cedar Junction Lenape saw major wreckage. In western Shawnee county John Paxton was killed as homes collapsed. In Oklahoma the storm destroyed every house along its path. F A Bidwell and son George were killed, with widespread stock losses and expected additional deaths as communications return.
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Kansas
Oklahom
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Shawnee County
James Mitchell
Joseph Heil
Mission Creek
John Paxton
Auburn
Pleasant Valley
Cedar Junction
Lenape
F. A. Bidwell
George
Public debt statement for April 1892 shows declines and cash shifts
The monthly report notes aggregate interest and non-interest debt of 970,245,152 with a decrease of 778,375. Certificates and treasury nets offset by cash of 629,922,571 and an increase of 1,824,522. Total debt 1,600,170,723. Cash in treasury includes a 100,000,000 gold reserve and net cash balance 31,518,160, totaling 131,581,160. March 31 balance was 132,898,884 and April 30 balance 151,518,160, a month decline of 1,580,724.
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Treasury
An Italian Family in Uruguay Massacred for $1000
A remarkable tragedy in Guadeloupe Uruguay on the seventh inst. An Italian named Traversi his wife and three children were murdered for the sake of $1000 in the house. The eldest daughter 15 offered resistance and suffered 22 dagger wounds.
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Uruguay
San Francisco
Guadeloupe
Traversi
Burlington Train Wreck Near Crers Nebraska Kills Three
An eastbound Burlington passenger train struck a washout three miles west of Crers Nebraska on Sunday. Three men were killed H. P. Shriner fireman Lincoln Frederick Baker a tramp Morris HL and an unknown tramp. Six others were injured including Engineer Ford F L Killer Frank Sherman F H Cole B V Holt and FP A Holt.
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Burlington
Crers
Nes
H. P. Shriner
Lincoln
Frederick Baker
Morris
Ford
F. L. Killer
Frank Sherman
F. H
Deed Found From 185 Years Past by Carpenter and Logan
A deed dating 185 years back by Samuel Carpenter and James Logan of Norristown has been discovered. The public school accounts book for Earl County is 102 years old and has long served that sole purpose.
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Samuel Carpenter
James Logan
Norristown
Earl
Bucs
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