Porter Reports on Japan Visit and Industrial Strength
Spobert T Porter, longtime U S census head, returns from Japan after March 4 tour of over 200 mills and factories. He says Japan is fully awake to modern needs and a strong global competitor with textile exports rising from 551 40 to 22177626 in a decade and total textile value near 100 million this year.
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Honored Her Heroes Pennsylvania unveils Meade and Hancock statues
A large crowd gathered at Gettysburg Gettys ward to witness Pennsylvania statues of Generals George G. Meade and Winfield S. Hancock. Meade’s statue was unveiled at 10 30 am by George Gordon Meade Jr and Hancock’s at 2 pm. General Henry H. Bingham delivered the oration.
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Kruger’s Simile Mirrors Boer Sentiment In Reform Reply
Cape Town dispatch quotes President Kruger replying to reformers with a characteristic simile about little dogs and big dogs, signaling Boer feeling on Cecil Rhodes and reforms. In New York a steamship sets a Southampton to New York record in six days five hours eight two minutes, surpassing a prior six days seven hours fourteen minutes.
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Speak For McKinley Delayed by Wall Street Coup Talk
St Louis reports no convention leaders have arrived as Marcus Hanna and Thomas Platt are expected. Heath asserts McKinley will trust the convention on tariffs and currency, with four states backing gold and about a half dozen favoring 16 to 1. Platt allegedly plans a coup to influence the roll call and preliminary votes.
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Kentucky Democrats Name Blackburn for President at Chicago
Louisville district shows gold standard influence limited as state convention leans to Senator Blackburn for president. General P Wat Hardin, former governor candidate, favored for senate successor amid Kentucky delegation dynamics.
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Ohiois for Silver Democratic State Convention Held
Democratic primaries in Hamilton county yield 66 silver and 2% gold delegates for the Columbus state convention. Reports from other counties total silver 807 gold 14 uninstructed 28. Reed will not take the vice presidential nomination.
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North Dakota Democrats Push Free Silver and Roach for Chicago
Jamestown N D June 5 The Democratic state convention named delegates to the Chicago convention and urged a 16 to 1 free coinage plank with Roach of Grand Forks and others from James Holt Burleigh H R Hartman Cass J B Eaton Ramsey F A Wilson and J G Williams as supporters They back Wilson bill tax reform income taxes constitutional direct Senate election and anti trust protections The party endorses Senator Roach currency views. Virginia Platform also backs 16 to 1 free coinage gold and silver and restored bimetallic system with paper redeemable in silver or gold.
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Mr Kent Must Hang Supreme Court Upholds Death
The North Dakota case reaches a conclusion as the state supreme court affirms Myron R Kent’s death sentence for the murder of Julia Kent. Swidensky had confessed to acting for Kent, who disappeared after the killing and was later captured in Colorado. The Mandan trial found Kent guilty, a Fargo retrial confirmed the verdict, and he has awaited the high court’s ruling.
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Dervishes Defeated in First Nile Campaign Battle
Khalifa's forces routed by Egyptian troops at Firket Egypt on Sunday morning. Egyptian losses reported at 20 killed and 80 wounded with hundreds of dervishes captured. Emir Hammuda among the killed. The engagement marks the Nile campaign and boosts British satisfaction with Egyptian performance. Also notes Corbett Sharkey boxing bout signed for June 24 in San Francisco under Queensberry rules with 5-ounce gloves and revenue splits.
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Tramp Question Dominates Charity Conference Discussion
National corrections and charities conference in Grand Rapids Michigan discusses tramp issue with no new theories. Fifty delegates visit the Lansing industrial school in the afternoon as part of the sessions.
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Flat-Footed Response to Negro Delegates at St Louis Convention
The national committee and Business Men's league face a crisis as hotels and cafes refuse to host African American delegates and alternates seeking lodging and meals. Proposals include funding a hall with cots and a corps of cooks, while Mississippi’s James M. Hill demands housing for his delegation amid ongoing discrimination.
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Twin City printers walk out as strike hits seven papers
Twin City publishers and the Typographical union fail to agree on a wage scale. All printers on the seven dailies in St Paul and Minneapolis walk out while reporters and clerks help keep papers printing. Job offices remain unaffected. Also, United States Minister to Spain Mr Taylor sails to Madrid returning worried about an investigation into his books.
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