Stevenson Arrives in Lincoln for Democratic Conference
Adlai Stevenson reaches Lincoln to meet Democratic leaders with William J. Bryan and Senator Jones greeting him. The visit includes speeches by Towne and other leaders, plus a secret session to map the 1900 campaign, including committees, headquarters, and fusion plans with Silver Republicans and Populists.
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Lincoln
Neb
Adlai E. Stevenson
William J. Bryan
Senator Jones
Mr. Stevenson
Mr. Bryan
Charles A. Towne
Campau
Michigan
Johnson
Kansas
Stone
Missouri
Daniels
North Carolina
John I. Martin
Gov. Poynter
Lincoln Hotel
Bryan
Republican Party
Stevenson
Democratic Conference Committee
Ghoc
Nebraska
Illinois
Towne
Mr. Towne
Gov. Stone
George Fred Williams
Massachusetts
Cyclone” Davis
Texas
Lowne
Jones
W. J. Bryan
Adlai FE. Stevenson
J. K. Jones
Chicago
National Committee
Ways and Means
L. Norris
New Hampshire
Alex. Troup
Norman E. Mack
Frank Campbell
Roosevelt plans meeting with notification committee
At Oyster Bay Governor Roosevelt refused to see callers without appointments while arranging a Thursday visit of the notification committee of the national Republican convention. He will travel to Albany the next day to confer with Attorney General Davies on the charges against him.
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New York
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
L. L
Albany
Davies
City leaders to attend notification meeting. governor heads to St Paul
Mayor Van Wyck District Attorney Gardiner and Comptroller Coler will return from Albany Wednesday night to receive the notification committee the next day at noon. The governor will depart Sunday for St Paul Minnesota to attend the National League of Republican Clubs on July 17 and 18.
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van Wyck
Gardiner
Coler
Albany
St. Paul Minn
National League of Republican Clubs
Cotton mill voters weigh disfranchisement in North Carolina
In Charlotte on July 9, 15000 mill workers form a key bloc in a constitutional amendment fight. Many are illiterate and distrustful though officials claim no white man will be disfranchised. Democrats press in mills as August elections approach. locals favor disfranchising blacks while nationally supporting McKinley.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
McKinley
Brewers Get Discounts Under Dingley Act Change
Washington July 9 Brewers who bought stamps for fermented liquor before the Dingley act took effect faced the loss of a 7 percent discount. Some paid the full tax on grace purchases, claiming advance buys to save the discount. Courts ruled stamps at face value were the brewer's property, prompting the commissioner to refund protest claims from July 24 1897 to the same date in 1899. Exact refund size unavailable.
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Washington
Dingley
Tose
Seventy Warships Under Construction for U S Navy
Washington July 8 Rear Admiral Hichborn reports seventy warships in construction or in design for the United States Navy. The list includes twelve battleships, six armored cruisers, nine protected cruisers, four monitors, one gunboat, sixteen torpedo destroyers, fifteen torpedo boats and seven submarines. The Texas will join the battleship fleet bringing total to eighteen. armored cruisers total eight. We are getting a respectable navy now.
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Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Hichborn
Kentucky
Illinois
Alabama
Wisconsin
Maine
Missouri
Ohio
Great Lakes
Great Britain
Richmond
Texas
United States
New York
Brooklyn
Horse and mule shipments for Philippine Cavalry
The War Department plans to send about 4900 horses and mules from the United States to the Philippines for cavalry use. Transportation across the Pacific is challenging due to limited transports, and at least six more animal transports will be needed, with each vessel likely making two trips to Manila.
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Washington
War Department
Philippines
Pacific
Manila
U S Troops in Cuba to Return Home Under Plan
Transport Salgwick will depart New York for Matanzas to move the Tenth Infantry battalion to Cienfuegos and take two Second Infantry battalions to New York. Crook and McClellan will lift freight to Havana and bring back Eighth Infantry battalions to Fort Snelling. McPherson will carry Cuban teachers to Boston then sail to Santiago for the Fifth Infantry battery to be landed in New York.
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Washington
Salgwick
New York
Matanzas
Tenth Infantry
Connfuegos
Second Infantry
Crook
McClellan
Havana
Eighth Infantry
Fort Snelling
Minn
McPherson
Boston
Santiago
Fifth Infantry
Governor Allen Arrives in Washington With Mrs Allen
Governor Charles Allen of Porto Rico arrived in Washington from New York on an official visit, accompanied by his wife Mrs Allen. The arrival occurred late last night as part of a U S trip.
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Washington
New York
Chas. Allen
Porto Rico
United
Allen
Cardinal Gibbons Not Visiting Europe Until Spring 1901
Cardinal Gibbons plans no overseas trip before spring 1901, despite earlier belief he would go abroad. He expects to travel to Europe in 1901, remaining in Washington until then.
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Europe
Washington
Cardinal Gibbons
Stock Market Gains Reflect Broad Strength Across Sectors
The market showed broad upward movement with small gains and dull trading. Sugar led rises from 1,16% to 1,18% while Brooklyn Rapids Transit opened at 50 4% and touched 5 44% by noon. Railroads advanced with Atchison C B Q St Paul and Northern Pacific higher at noon. Atchison ex dividend of 2.50.
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Brooklyn Rapids Transit
Atchison Preferred
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Atchison
Rolston & Bass
Atch. Pfd
Trust
New York
Sugar Ref. Co
Am Tobacco
Brooklyn
S& Re
Co. i. & Iron
Federal Steel
Manhattan
Etropolitan
No. Pacific
Pacific
People’s Gas
Lilia
Third Ave
Yenn. C
CCHIT
Dom Coal
Boston Land
Leo
N. E. Tel
Fasseevee BS
Olbeeeee Senee
Erveeeve
Dry Goods Market Slump Persists in Cotton Fabrics
The Boston Herald reports a troubling Dry Goods Market with cotton cloths and printed goods in weak demand. Raw cotton rose to 10% cents while buyers and exporters hesitate. Mills consider curtailment and shutdowns to stabilize prices, with widespread reductions on printed fabrics and indigo prints.
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China
Windsor
Sea Island
Ito
White Star Cretonnes
Merrimack Street
Boston And New York Markets Reported By Bright Sears Co
The Boston and New York markets are summarized by Bright Sears and Company noting notable price movements and trading activity. Key stocks and indices show modest gains amid steady volumes as merchants eye upcoming sessions and economic indicators.
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Boston
New York
Bright, Sears & Co
Chickasaw Nation Taxes Spark Non citizen Protest
Fort Worth July 9 Non citizens of the Chickasaw nation deny refusing to pay tribute taxes demanded by Chickasaw authority and claim lawful right under the Atola agreement and Curtis act to reside in the nation. They argue federal troops are unnecessary to enforce tax collection.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Hitchcock
Curtis
United States Collier Caesar Sails for Manila with Coal Cargo
Norfolk date line reports the United States collier Caesar departing after a several day anchorage. She carries 40,000 tons of Pocahontas coal and is bound for Manila. From Gibraltar she will receive orders to deliver the coal to American ships in Chinese waters.
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Norfolk
United States
Caesar
Capes
Manila
Gibraltar
Drowning of 11 Year Old Salus Duval at Souhegan River
In Greenville New Hampshire on July 9 Salus Duval 11, son of Mrs and Dammas Duval of Highbridge, fell from a rock while playing with companions and disappeared beneath the Souhegan river. His body was recovered soon after.
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Greenville
N. H
Salus Duval
Dammas Duval
Highbridge
Souhegan River
Here
Duval
Kentucky Republicans invite anti-Goebel Democrats to affiliate
Republican leaders from across Kentucky and several anti Goebel Democrats met in Louisville to formalize an invitation for anti Goebel Democrats to affiliate with the Republican Party. The notice ends with a local reminder to advertisers to mention seeing ads in the Courier.
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Louisville
Kentucky
New England Unitarians Enjoy Isles of Shoals Meeting
On Isles of Shoals New England Unitarians hold second day of summer meetings at Oceanic N H. July 10. Many members arrive after delays and take excursions to nearby islands. Afternoon paper by Rev. Samuel McChord Crothers of Cambridge on The Gentle Reader is well received. Evening reception at Oceanic house organized by Miss Florence Everett of Boston and Miss Emma C Lew of Brooklyn with a committee of arrangements and notable Unitarian figures.
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Isles of Shoals
N. H
New England Unitarian
Oceanic
Samuel McChord Crothers
Cambridge
Oceanic House
Florence Everett
Boston
Emma C. Lew
Brooklyn
N. Y
T. H. Elliott
Mr. St. John
American Unitarian Associaition
J. P. Forbes
Austin C. Garver
Worcester
Emily A. Fifield
Emma C. Low
Fannie Field
National Alliance of Unitarian Women
Edward Downes a Priest in New Haven Return
Edward Downes once city clerk of New Haven and consul to Amsterdam returned home as a Catholic priest after eight years away. He studied four years in Rome and was ordained on June 12, resuming preaching the gospel to former Democratic supporters.
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New Haven
Hdward Downes
Amsterdam
Holland
Cleveland
Downes
New England
Rome
Connecticut i
Golfers Enjoy Saturday Round Questionably Sunlit
Readers recall Saturday golf players who would have let out an awful beller if asked to toil in the sun, highlighting the contrast between leisure and heat.
Unitarian lawn party for Knowltons before departure
In Middlesex County a social lawn party hosted by the Unitarian entertainment committee for Mr and Mrs Geo H Knowlton takes place on parish grounds near the vestry. The event honors their upcoming move as district school superintendent and features music and greetings from friends.
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Geo. H. Knowlton
Unitarian Society
Billings Family Enjoys Month at Bellingham
Mr and Mrs H M Billings and daughter Gretchen are spending the month at Bellingham. Crops suffer from extreme dry weather on sandy lands at the town center and east. Mrs Thomas Carley’s pocketbook was stolen during a visit to Lakeview last Friday. Assessors finished the town wide general valuation.
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H. M. Billings
Gretchen
Bellingham
Thomas Carley
Lakeview
The Rose Reclaims Light In Rain's Release
Poem fragment by William Hamilton Hayne from Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly July. A rose droops in dust and longing for rain. Clouds stir, thunder booms, lightning flashes, and rain unlocks the garden gates as the rose rises renewed, a queen crowned again.
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Broom
William Hamilton Hayne
Frank Leslie
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