Democrats Endorse Free Coinage in Ohio State Convention
In Columbus Ohio on September 20 the state Democratic convention reversed prior stances and endorsed free coinage of silver. The delegates also supported Brice's tariff reform stance while nominating Milton Turner for secretary of state James Ermstone for supreme judge James Leech for state school commissioner and Henry Keffer for the board of public works. The platform criticized the McKinley administration and praised President Cleveland as efficient honest and economical.
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Coumins
Democrats
Ohio
Calvin
Brice
United States
Milton Turner
Guernsey
James D. Ermstone
Hamilton
James A. Leech
Franklin
Board of Public Works
Henry, B. Keffer
Tuscarora
McKinley
Cleveland
Call Issued for Another Anti-Tillman Democratic Convention
In Columbia South Carolina on September 20 the anti-Tillman Democratic executive committee issued a call for a second convention. Two members of the previous Democratic convention were urged to assemble in Columbia on Tuesday night next at eight o clock to revisit resolutions and declarations. Chairman J L Carson signed the notice.
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Columbia
S. C
anti-Tillman Executive Committee
City of
Mass Meeting Accuses Democrats of Fraud in Augusta
In Augusta Georgia September 20 populists rally at the courthouse alleging fraudulent voter registration by Democrats. J L Cartledge presides and charges that heelers at the tax collector's office register negro boys under twenty one years multiple times and that residences cannot be located. A committee will seek investigation from County Solicitor Cohen to halt daily frauds.
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Augusta
J. L. Cartledge
Cohen
Government Building Size for Atlanta Exposition
Representative Livingston traveled to Atlanta to determine the dimensions of the government building. Secretary Carlisle and chief architect O Rourke could not state proportions. Kemper, treasury member, said the building would be around 35 000 square feet with later plans possibly reaching 50 000 square feet.
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Washington
Livingston
Atlanta
Carlisle
O'Rourke
Kemper
The
Treasury
Chinese warship Chen Yuen not sunk in latest engagement
Report says the Chinese warship Chen Yuen was not sunk off the mouth of the Yula river though badly damaged. Other Chinese ships cited were said to have gone to the bottom as claimed in previous dispatches.
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Suaneuar
Yula River
Bankhead Renominated in Alabama at district primary
In Montoomerry Alabama the state executive committee led to the withdrawal of T L Lang leaving Bankhead to be renominated with no opposition at the sixth district primaries Saturday. The Illinois Central will transport free exhibits for the Interstate Fair opening October 6 at Sioux City. Mrs Catherine Rainman of Ireland dies aged 103 at Amrre City Louisiana.
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Montoomerry
Ala
Bankhead
T. L. Lang
Ilinois Central
Oxford
Miss
Illinois Central Railroad
Sioux City
Amrre Crry
Catherine Rainan
Ireland
Mandamus Sought Against Carlisle Over Sugar Plant
Miles Planting and Manufacturing of Louisiana filed in the D C Supreme Court for a writ to compel Senator Carlisle and Internal Revenue Miller to inspect their sugar works. They operate in Amite Homer Monroe St James and New Hope under five licenses issued July 2 1894 with $250 000 bonds. They contest a Treasury rule requiring such inspection and warn that noninspection harms property valued though tariffs are said not repealed. A rule to show cause is set for October 4.
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Washington
Miles Planting and Manufacturing Company
Louisiana
Supreme Court of
The
District of Columbia
Carlisle
Commissioner of
Internal Revenue
Miller
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Amite
Homer
Monroe
St. James
New Hope
Treasury Department
Unprovoked Murder Near Americus Plantation
Near Americus Georgia on September 20 Ed Westbrook shot and killed fellow Negro Nixon who was unarmed while squirrel hunting with J. M. Johnson’s plantation in the woods. Westbrook was arrested and jailed after threatening the other hunter.
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Americus
J. M. Johnson
Ed Westbrook
Will Nixon
Westbrook
Nixon
Wesbrook
Jose
New Policy in Treasury Appointments Targets Women
Reported policy shift in the treasury department leads to widespread layoff of female clerks, especially those in high-salaried grades. Supposedly, discharged women will be replaced by men, signaling a move to appoint men to higher Treasury ranks.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Brotherhood Re Elects Grand Master and Three Vice Leaders
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen re elected Grand Master Frank P. Sargent by acclamation in Harrisburg on September 19. Three vice grand masters were chosen: John J. Hanrahan En glewood Illinois Charles A. Wilson Phillipsburg N J and Charles W Maier Parsons Kansas. The constitution changes the beneficiary department insurance to a $500 class with pro rata option to $1 000 and $1 500 classes.
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Harrisburg
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Frank P. Sargent
John J. Hanrahan
Englewood
Illinois
Charles A. Wilson
Phillipsburg
N. J
Charles W. Maier
Parsons
Kansas
Detroit to sail for Gibraltar by October first
Secretary Herbert orders rapid preparations for the Detroit at Norfolk to depart for Gibraltar with a first stop there on October 1. The ship has entered dry dock for a new paint job and will take about ten days to stock for the long voyage to China.
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Wshington
Detroit
Norfolk
China
Herbert
Gibraltar
Cholera cases rise across several European districts
Beauty reports a week ending September 17 with East Prussia recording 26 new cholera cases and nine deaths. The Elbe district notes one new case and one case announced in Hesse Nassau. Rhine district reports two new cases and two deaths, while Silesia records 54 new cases and 23 deaths amid rising Asiatic cholera in European cities.
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East Prussia
Elbe
Hesse-Nassau
Rhine
Silesia
Miners duel with police at Logan Pit using catapults
A clash near Logan Pit, Motherwell, sees about 5 000 miners' picket clash with roughly 100 police constables. Officers repel the crowd with bitons as casualties mount on the picket side. In a separate note, treasury official O Rourke resigns and Secretary Carlisse accepts.
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Epixsuren
Logan Pit
Motherwell
Ocala Platform Endorsed by South Carolina Democrats
Corembra South Carolina September 20 The state democratic convention opened with over 300 delegates represented by all counties mostly Tillmanites. A new party constitution created direct primaries from coroner upward and backed the Ocala and Chicago platforms with free silver 16 to 1 and support for the dispensary law. The Charleston delegation failed to force a denouncement of Cleveland, and the ticket was nominated with John Cary Evans for governor W H Timmerman lieutenant governor W T C Bates treasurer O W Buchanan attorney general and others including D H Tompkins James Norton John Gary Watts W D Mayfield W D Evans H R Thomas J C Wilborne as railroad commissioners.
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Corembra
S. C
Irby
Tillmanites
Charleston
Ocala
Chicago
Cleveland
Congress
John Cary Evans
W. H. Timmerman
Lient
W. T. C. Bates
O. W. Buchanan
D. H. ‘Tompkins
Tillman
James Norton
John Gary Watts
W. D. Mayfield
W. D. Evans
H. R. Thomas
J. C. Wilborne
Senator Walsh Speaks in Savannah Crowd Hears Pro-Wallet Policy
Senator Patrick Walsh spoke to a crowded Savannah theater of about eight hundred, introduced by F. G. Dubignon. He endorsed free coinage of silver, urged an independent U.S. financial policy, and cited the 16 to 1 ratio. Walsh was cheered and thanked the audience before leaving for Atlanta.
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Savannah
Patrick Walsh
F. G. Dubignon
Democratic Executive Committee
Chatham County
Walsh
Atlanta
Treasury Solicitor Rules New Tariff Effective August 28
In Washington on September 20 Solicitor Reeves of the Treasury Department says the new tariff act took effect from August 28 despite the enacting clause naming August 1. Treasury officials support the ruling and have acted under it since August 28. Appeals from that date have been filed with the New York collector and may go to the courts for final decision.
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Washington
Solicitor Reeves
Treasury Department
Receiver Appointed For R K Reaves In Athens Georgia
In Athens Georgia a prominent business man R K Reaves and the Reaves Warehouse company are placed under receiver. Liabilities exceed 300000 with assets around 200000. Attorney Robert S Howard named receiver and bond posted. Further action expected at the October court term to determine permanent receivership.
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Athens
R. K. Reaves
Reaves Warehouse Company
Robert S. Howard
Duel to the death in Georgia woods leaves two dead
In Dusky Georgia on September 20 two Dublin youths, Robert Clemens and James Pullen, fought a knife duel in the woods near Blackville. They were found at midnight by a farmer, each stabbed twenty to thirty times and beyond recovery. No reason is known for the fight.
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Dusky
Robert Clemens
James Pullen
Blackville
Deadlock in Mississippi Seventh Returns After Ballots
Canton Mississippi September 20 the seventh district convention adjourned after ninety ballots with Hooker 14 80-100 Williamson 1308-10 and Spencer 712-109. New York September 20 the Sun reports cotton advanced three to four points then lost and rallied to close three to four points lower.
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Canton
Miss
Hooker
Williamson
Spencer
New York
the Sun
Cotton
Jute Mills Plan Wage Cuts Amid Bagging Duty Drop
The American Manufacturing Company in Greenpoint informs 700 workers that imported bagging may be cheaper after duty removal. Wages in India Germany and Scotland are cited to justify possible reductions. Management will decide by November 1 whether the mill can operate and at what pay, with current wages kept until then.
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New York
American Manufacturing Company
Greenpoint
United States
India
Germany
Scotland
The Lynching at Valdosta Confession Sparks Mob Action
In Va Sposta Georgia on September 20 a man named Goosby confessed details of a brutal crime. After the confession a mob attacked the jail, dragged Goosby out, and hanged him as troops were directed to protect the prisoner. The incident followed a train bringing in a small party of men from Thomasville.
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Va Sposta
Goosby
Thomasville
Valdosta
Northen
Tammany Hall Contractors Win Big Street Paving Contracts
Commissioner Daly awarded about 340000 dollars in paving deals to Tammany contractor James Pollock and associates James Pollock William Biard John Smith and H H McCullagh. Pollock secured the largest share, overseeing paving and granite block regulation on twenty one streets totaling around two hundred thousand dollars.
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New York
Tammany Hall Contractors
Public Works
Daly
Tammany Hall
James Pollock
William F. Biard
John G Smith
H. H. McCullagh
Pollock
Gilroy Installed as Chief Adviser on Tammany Executive
Mayor Gilroy took a seat in the Tammany executive committee as a member during a sudden meeting. His addition, seen as a strategic political move, angered some Tammany men who opposed Crocker’s replacement.
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New York
Gilroy
Tammany Executive Committee
Tammany
Crocker
Swinton Not Ill. Accident Prevented Speaking at Kossuth Meeting
John Swinton of the New York Sun says he was not ill and was kept from speaking at Arlington hall by an accident that required his presence elsewhere. In New Haven the annual school election showed strong A P A turnout and the election of Walter J. Conner, with 2000 women voting for the first time under the new law.
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New York
John Swinton
The
New York Sun
Kossuth Monument Association
Arlington Hall
St. Mark’s Place
New Haven
Conn
Walter J. Conner
Spain and United States discuss reciprocity trade terms
London dispatches report Spain negotiating a commercial arrangement with the United States. Spanish minister in Washington, Senor Muruaga, is instructed that the guiding principle of the new accord is strict reciprocity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Madrid
United States
Washington
Senor Muruaga
Ships Bring Wounded After Nalu River Battle
A Central News dispatch from Shanghai reports that after naval fighting on the Nalu river several officers arrived at Port Arthur with half a dozen warships badly damaged and filled with wounded men.
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Lonxpox
Central News
Shanghai
Nalu River
Port Arthur
Myers Yet at Large After Atlanta Murder Conspiracy
Atlanta reports the murder of 27 year old Forrest Crowley, manager of the Roswell Wollen mill. Circumstantial evidence ties 19 year old Will Myers to the crime amid a two week conspiracy to rob Crowley of 700 dollars. Charles Jones, a nephew of evangelist Sam P Jones, was arrested on suspicion as Myers fled toward Cincinnati.
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Atlanta
Forrest Crowley
West View Cemetery
Crowley
Roswell Wollen
Will Myers
Myers
Roswell
Richmond
Danville
Crawley
Roswell Manufacturing Company
Union Depot
Cason
Cincinnati
Pinkerton
Gate City Guard
Charles Jones
Sam P. Jones
Jones
Session of Railroad Men in Atlanta to Adjust Cotton Rates
Traffic managers and freight agents of southern railroads convene in Atlanta to fix cotton rate apportionment for the coming season. Delegates from Pennsylvania and Alabama pig iron manufacturers protest against iron pipe rate hikes by Pennsylvania and Reading lines. An effort aims to align steam and domestic coal rates, correcting the prior twenty five cent per ton premium on domestic coal.
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Atlanta
Montgomery
Rome
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Reading Lines
Pleasures of the Odd Fellows Convention End With Gala Ball
In Cuattanooga Tennessee the Odd Fellows week concluded with a grand ball at Lookout Inn attended by prominent members and Southern belles. A previous business meeting heard and disposed of appeals, signaling a productive session beyond social events.
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Cuattanooga
Tenn
Odd Fellows
Lookout Inn
Order
Committee On Appeals
Thurman to chair Ohio Democrats campaign committee
Allen W. Thurman son of the old Roman will head the newly formed Democratic state executive committee and lead the campaign. He was chosen by the state central committee last night and is noted for driving the free coinage of silver resolution. He is not aligned with the Brice faction.
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Columbus
Allen W. Thurman
New Democratic State Executive Committee
Brice
New State Central Committee
Spinners Convene as Delegates Gather from Textile Cities
Delegates from Boston area textile hubs and New England states attend the National Spinners union semi annual meeting at Puritan hall. The strike in New Bedford and Fall River is the main topic with delegates optimistic about its outcome.
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Boston
Mass
Puritan Hall
National Spinners’ Union
Fall River
New Bedford
Lowell
Lawrence
Holyoke
Taunton
Waltham
Blackstone
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
Riverpond
Pawtucket Valley
Westerly
Manchester
N. H
Dover
Salmon Falls
Lewiston
Biddeford
Augusta
Brunswick
Waterville
Taftville
Distinguished Italian Visitor to Rome Mayor Plans US Visit
The Italian colony in this city awaits news on Don Emanuel du Principi Ruspoli, mayor of Rome, New York. Cable reports say he will visit the United States and Canada with his Boston-born wife, but exact travel times are unknown. Until arrival is confirmed, no demonstrations are planned by Italian representatives.
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New York
Don Emanuel du Principi Ruspoli
Rome
Prince Ruspoli
United States
Canada
Boston
Southport Quarantine Site Board Named for Station
Surgeon General Wyman appointed Passed Assistant Surgeon J A White Lieutenant Robertson and Dr G G Thomas to select a quarantine and marine hospital site near Southport North Carolina. Congress appropriated 25000 for the station and building work will start once the site is chosen.
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Washington
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
J. A. White
Robertson
Revenue Cutter Service
G. G. Thomas
Wilmington
N. C
Southport
N.C
Congress
Nelson Morris Resigns From Whisky Trust Directorship
New York report says Nelson Morris, Chicago packer, resigned as a director of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding company. Morris previously declined to endorse whisky trust notes in a $6,000,000 loan attempt before the tariff. Board will act on the resignation at next week’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall Street
Nelson Morris
Chicago
Mr. Morris
Whisky Trust
Banker Arrested for Embezzling 50000 at Philadelphia Bank
Charles E. Phillips, a banker and broker at 40 Wall Street, arrested by New York and Philadelphia detectives on a charge of embezzling 50,000 from a Philadelphia bank where he served as president in 1887. Edwin Gould denied rumors of sister Anna Gould’s engagement to Prince Francis of Battenberg. The United Typothetae of America opened its eighth annual convention in Philadelphia with about 150 delegates. Workmen prepared the battleship Maine for its engine trial, delaying today’s planned start.
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New York
Charles 8. Phillips
Wall Street
Nugent
Police Headquarters
Gentner
Philadelphia
Frank
Edwin Gould
Anna Gould
Paris
Prince Francis of Battenberg
Miss Gould
Mr. Gould
United Typothetae of America
Maine
United Garment Workers Union Sets Nine Hour Strike Ultimatum
The United Garment Workers Union in Boston resolved to present contractors with a nine hour strike ultimatum and shift to weekly work instead of by the piece. The forecast calls for fair weather with northwest winds in the region. Also reports the death of American Consul General Alexander L. Pollock in San Salvador from yellow fever.
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Boston
United Garment Workers Union
Washington
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
la Lipertap
Salvador
Alexander L. Pollock
San Salvador
Boston Artillery Club to Tour London in 1896
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery company of Boston voted last night to organize an excursion to London in 1896. An English syndicate is negotiating to buy all street car manufacturers in St. Louis Missouri. Fred Elser a traveling inspector for Edison in Philadelphia jumped from a seventh story at the Cosmopolitan hotel in New Orleans. Judge Putnam in Boston ordered $54842 held by American Loan and Trust company turned over to Receiver Sullivan of American Building Loan and Trust company.
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Boston
London
St. Louis
Missouri
Fred Elser
Philadelphia
Edison Electric Light Company
New Orleans
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