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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1887
Page
2
Centre County Democrats set August delegate elections with rules for ballot voting and instructions. The Bellefonte meeting picks delegates for the county convention and appoints district boards under supervision of the county committee.
A long list of township precinct chairs and chairmen including names such as George B Crawford J C Ross man Israel Rachau J C Stover W E Keen G W Kister Clinton Whyte Calvin Weaver Thomas Weaver Haines, etc. The document shows numerous townships including Miram Grove Gregg Liberty Miles Patton Potter Rush Snow Shoe Spring Taylor Walker Worth and others with their respective chairs and secretaries.
Former Virginia senator and prominent citizen R M Hunter died at his home Fount Hill on Monday July 18. Funeral arrangements were not immediately announced.
Ou1o0's convention met in Cleveland on Tuesday to nominate candidates for governor and other state offices. The governor candidate is likely from three congressmen Thos. G. Powell, M. A. Foran, or J. G. Campbell, with Foran in the lead.
Prominent Washington citizen Josefh C. P. Kennedy, 75, was fatally stabbed on Pennsylvania Avenue by John Daly, a former workhouse inmate described as demented. Daly struck with a case knife while Kennedy posted a letter, causing death within minutes. Officials condemn armed maniacs at large.
InELAND reflects a gloomier future after the coercion bill with evictions arrests of Irish leaders and outrages as suppression grows. The writer says the jubilee year of Queen Victoria is a mockery and predicts possible uprisings as the Tory government appears serene while public opinion watches for crisis.
Twe Sons of Veterans of this state are now consolidated into one division with Col. E. J. Smith of Harrisburg in command. Pennsylvania becomes the banner division with 175 camps and 4,309 members. A surplus arms bill to the Sons of Veterans tightens military character. National encampment set for Des Moines Iowa August 17 18 and 19.
The Tuer Constitutional Centennial will be held in Philadelphia this fall to mark the 100th anniversary of the U S Constitution. The program includes an oration and poem, a grand military display with participation by states territories and the general government, and an industrial procession highlighting a century of constitutional government.
Chairman Mc Clain responds to Murray Rush Esq outlining radical views on a uniform plan for Sen atorial Congressional and Judicial nominations in multi county districts. Dated Bellefonte June 25 1887, the letter discusses submitting the committee’s recommendations to the State Convention and then to the people.
Letter from Jas A McClain, chairman, urges single district delegates elected by 500 vote blocks, county committees certify results, districts apportioned by last presidential vote, no ward or precinct split. County committee resolutions endorse a uniform plan and urge Allentown convention action to curb conferee frictions.
The Washington Letter from July 11 1887 credits exposure of Bacon and Harvey graft as helping push reform. It notes higher diligence across bureaus and a fear of investigations led by the President. It highlights Treasury disbursements, pension bill approvals under Cleveland, and Democratic gains in pension figures compared with Republicans.
Miscellaneous notices report a rise in postal revenue, a house fire at Ward House in Millerstown destroying a hotel, extreme heat and drought across central Illinois, hotel closings in Huntingdon temporarily reversed, oil can fatalities near Apollo and McDonalds, Peterson's Magazine August preview, a Cumberland Valley railroad officer shot dead, inter state rail rebates controversy and storm damage in Baltimore, Philadelphia heat records with sunstroke deaths, and local political nominations in Clearfield County.
A fire in the Standard mines at Mt Pleasant Pennsylvania began in a driver’s loop and burned nearly one hundred thousand dollars worth of property before being extinguished.
A severe wind and hail storm near Canute Oklahoma causes extensive damage to the Indian training school and county almshouse with hundreds of window panes broken and roofing ripped away. Town buildings suffer unroofing and a lightning strike. no lives reported. A separate account notes an accident to the president's train near Urica and Alder Creek, resulting in the engineer's death.
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