Populist National Convention Opens in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls South Dakota May 9 The national convention of the People's Party opened with notable arrivals including U S Senators Butler Allen Heitfeld Pettigrew and Governor Lee as delegates carried tin horns amid decorum The opening featured prayers by Bishop O Gorman and a speech by temporary chair Ringdale urging independence and a stand against Wall Street influence while pledging to restore voters rights and nominate trusted leaders. Delegates from Maine New Hampshire Vermont Connecticut Rhode Island and Iowa debated credentials and resolutions with a late night adjournment until morning.
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Butler
National Committee
Edgerton
Colorado
Geo. F. Washburn
Massachusetts
Puiler
O'Gorman
O 'Gorman
Gov. Lee
South Jaxicota
South Dakota
Cincinnati
Mark Hanna
P. M. Ringdale
Minnesota
Ringdale
United States
Republican Party
Wall Street
U. K
Washington
Maine
E. D. Morcom
Mauss
G. F. Washburn
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Iowa
Gen. Tarsay
Missouri
Philippine Islands
Thomas Patterson
Committee On
Committee On Credentials
Madden
War on the forest worm by Central New York school children
Central New York schoolchildren tour villages to destroy forest worm egg rings on twig ends. Marquee efforts reward students for the most worm rings killed, with Herkimer high school alone reporting over two million worms eliminated in two days as contests mount amid a quiet theater scene note.
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New York
Board of Education
Herkimer
High Grehool
Deadlock broken as PEI legislature resumes after resignation dispute
The Prince Edward Island Legislature ended a deadlock when Pineau arrived from Paris to take his seat for Prince, while the government refused Wise's seating, claiming a resignation. the opposition contested the acceptance. The House resumed at 4 pm and a government motion to expel Wise passed.
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Mr. Wise
Wise
Seargeart
Pineau
Government
Charlottetown
P. E. IL
Prince Edward Island
Paris
New York
Boston
Prince
Boys Cause a Lad's Death by Pneumatic Pump
The coroner investigates a brutal Philadelphia homicide at the Cramps shipyard after Christopher Danagan died from extreme abdominal distension caused by a pneumatic pump. He named shipyard boys as attackers, who fled after inflicting the injury. Doctors note it as a first such case.
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Philadelphia
Christopher Danagan
Episcopal Hospital
Figuring the Odds
A terse cartoon caption shows President Steyn and President Kruger debating Britain’s reinforcements and a possible sixteens to one movement, with Kruger sighing and Steyn remarking on the odds.
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Steyn
Kruger
Puck
Middle of the Road Populists Meet in Cincinnati
National Chairman D C Beaver opened the Middle the Road Populists convention in Cincinnati with 470 delegates and 75 in the galleries. Matt Deaver outlined party aims while M H Howard of Alabama was named temporary chairman. Ignatius Donnelly urged unity and denounced Fusionists as delegates prepared evening sessions.
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Cincinnati
D. Clem Beaver
Middle the Road
Tafel
J. A. Boyse
Nebraska City
Neb
Deaver
Opera House
Boyse
Joe Parker
National Committee
Nebraska
People’s Party
M. H. Howard
Alabama
Howard
Local Agent James W W McCloskey Ends Life in Storehouse
James W W McCloskey, a ten year local agent for Merchants and Miners Transportation company in Providence Rhode Island, committed death by own action by hanging himself from a rafter in an empty storehouse on the company's dock after 4 PM. Factors cited include sickness overwork and recent bereavements.
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Providence
B. I
James W W. McCloskey
Merchants and Miners Transportation Company
4000'S PILLS Cure Liver Ills and Indigestion
A historic health ad claims 4000's Pills cure liver ills biliousness indigestion and headaches. The brief notice promotes these pills with a single price of 25 cents and lists no further medical details or endorsements.
Tramp Lover Romance Ends With Police Call
In Chambersburg Pennsylvania Rosa Dunkel advertised for a sweetheart. William C Miller answered claiming to be an engineer and sent a photo. The couple exchanged letters then he arrived in town. Miss Dunkel ordered him out but he resisted and fled as police arrived.
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Chambersburg
Rosa Dunkel
William C.miller
Sam
Miller
Miss Dunkel
Dusty Rhodes
Sprague Murder Officials Seek New Evidence for Hearing
In South Berwick Maine May 9 officials pursue new evidence for the adjourned coroner inquest session Saturday morning. They hope fresh clues will illuminate the Sprague murder and aid the arrest of the killer. Investigators are not fixed to a single crew and are interviewing acquaintances of Mrs Sprague while continuing to offer the reward to spur cooperation.
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South Berwick
Sprague
Thait
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Oxfords
Bryan
Warmy
Pop
Sioux Falls
Senator Pettigrew
S. D
The
U. S
Allen
Heitfeld
Pettigrew
Philippines
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Baltimore American
Requilor Corset Company
Worcester
Mass
P. EB. I. Legislature
Lowell’ Daily Courier
Democratic Party
Ignatius Donnelly
Minn
Donnelly
People's Party
Thomas G. Watson
Republic
Man
Abe Lincoln
Wilson Barker
Pennsylvania
Merrimack Street
Washington Mills
Mecca
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