McLean Nominated On First Ballot At Ohio Democratic State Conv
After a long session at Zanesville, John R McLean led the Ohio Democratic ticket with a first ballot win. The convention endorsed the 1896 Chicago platform, denounced trusts and imperialism, and pledged unity with Bryan. Kilbourne and Seward backed McLean while Budzer Dore Sigafoos Gorman Malin were named for statewide roles.
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Cincinnati
Ile
Zanesville
A. J. Warner
Col
James Kilbourne
Columbus
Judge Baker
Defiance
Charles N. Haskell
J. A. Norton
Tulin
John R. McLean
Dr. Wright
Toledo
Isaac R. Sherwood
E. McBride
J. E. Seward
McLean
Cuyahoga County
Col. Kilbourne
Seward
Hasket
Rice
Sherwood
Lentz
Berkelher
Mevean
Messrs. Kilbourne
W. Patrice
New Philadelphia
DeWitt C. Budzer
Madison
Supreme Court
W. H. Dore
Tifin
McLean Delegation Battle At Cleveland Convention
At the Convention Hall permanent chair W T Mooney of St Marys spoke as the platform reaffirmed the Chicago 1896 plank. The credentials vote seating Varley from Cuyahoga backed McLean, while the minority report favored Wilson. John Adams of Coshocton backed Canton mayor James A. Lice's nomination.
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W. T. Mooney
St. Marys
Mooney
Chicago
Bryan
McLean
Varley
Cuyahoga County
Wilson
John Adams
Coshocton County
James A. Lice
Canton
Ruskin Colony To Move From Tennessee To Virginia
Ruskin cooperative members about 200 strong will relocate to near Suffolk Virginia to restart life. The Tennessee village near Tennessee City hosted a cave with a spring and fruit storage, a dollin club, orchestra, brass band, mill grist and steam laundry, and a printing office. The community included Germans Russians Jews Italians and English with Allen Fields as president and a member from the University of Chicago. Isaac Broome, a landscape painter, was sent by the U S Government as a commissioner to the Paris exposition.
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Tennessee
Virginia
Ruskin
Ruskin Commonwealth
Suffolk
Old Ruskin Co-operative Association
Ruskinites
Tennessee City
University of Chicago
Isaac Broome
United States
Adjust Zinc Ore Prices In Major Miners Fight
The Missouri Kansas Zinc Miners Association announced a six month price schedule for all zinc ore grades, ending a weekly price system. Since organization, ore prices have nearly doubled, setting $46 per ton for 63 percent metal and reducing $1 per ton for each percentage point drop in metal content.
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Miners’ Association
Missouri-Kansas Zinc Miners’ Association
Immense oyster crop noted and 1000-year-old mummy found
A vast oyster crop is reported with a 1000 year old mummy found in a cave in Alaska and sent to New York. Eighteen Mormon elders are now in Ohio with about fifty more to be sent. George Green, a negro wife murderer who escaped from Jeffersonville jail, was captured in Elizabethtown Kentucky. Packages to Labori in Rennes contained only remedies from admirers. A Chicago grip report shows 549 deaths Jan 1 to Apr 30. Private J H Brookman at Fort Sheridan tried to escape and was shot. Gov Bushnell of Ohio to present gunboat Marietta with a silver service from Marietta citizens. Cincinnati police search for Peter McFarlane. his sister fears foul play. Jules Luquiens, Yale professor, dies in Salem Ohio. Mrs A K Taylor jumps to death in Baltimore. Hall Caine begins work by 5 am. Home of Will Woods burned with 20 month old child perishing. Michael and John Fitzhenry die and are injured by a 40-foot fall. John Hubbard, drunk, wounds his brother Bradley who is killed. Antwerp graves nearly 4000 horses slaughtered for food. Belgian ports have over thirty shops in horseflesh trade.
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Alaska
New York
Ohio
George Green
Jeffersonville
Ind
Elizabethtown
Labori
Rennes
France
Chicago
J. H. Brookman
Fort Sheridan
Marietta
Cincinnati
Peter McFarlane
Trenton
N. J
Jules Luquiens
Yale
W. H. Clark
Salem
A. K. Taylor
Baltimore
Hall Caine
Will Woods
Deboe
Woods
Michael Fitzhenry
Pittsburg
John
John Hubbard
Hammond
Bradley
Welcome Home to Adm. Dewey Hero of Manila Bay
New York prepares an immense celebration to honor Admiral Dewey for his Manila Bay victory. The city expects lavish decorations and daylong festivities with millions spent on illuminations and decor. Draped homes, flag production, and widespread orders mark a grand national tribute, likened to a modern triumph.
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New York
Admiral Dewey
Far East
Manila Bay
Fire on Mormons in Tennessee Ends in Woman’s Death
A mob of over 100 attacked a Pine Bluff meeting of six Mormon elders in a school house. Bullets and stones shattered windows as May Harden attempted to intervene. she was killed. A farmer, Bariu Spson, was accused by brothers of firing the shot. Vinson confessed to killing the girl but claimed an accident. he then killed himself as bloodhounds closed in.
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Tennessee
Pine Bluff
Stewart County
Tenn
Hiram Olson
H. C. Petty
Ambulh
Bariu Spson
Vinson
Fever at New Orleans Quarantine Declared by State Health Dept
The Texas State health department reported one Yellow Fever death in New Orleans and ordered an indefinite rigid quarantine on passenger and freight traffic. All border stations were notified to refuse admission and enforce the measure to curb spread of the disease.
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Texas State Health Department
New Orleans
Blunt
Yellow Feve
Mobile City
Mobile County
Key West
Navy Department
Naval Station
Fort McPherson
Indiana State Board of Health
Knox County
Cuba
Dewey Day sparks vast New York celebrations and supply boom
The city gears up for a grand Dewey Day, with toy stores flooded by demand for Dewey crackers and memorabilia. Lithographers print thousands of admiral portraits, arches and decorations hire thousands of workers, and hotels expect a massive influx of visitors.
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Dewey
Young America
George Dewey
World Wheat Shortfall Report From Hungarian Ministry
The Hungarian ministry of agriculture releases annual harvest estimates showing a global wheat shortfall. Deficits include a 110,000,000 hectoliter drop in wheat production and about 4,000,000 short of world demand. Rye barley and oats all show sizable declines, with total cereal deficiency around 97,000,000 hectoliters.
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Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture
Merriam Makes Report on Idaho Miners Riots
Brig. Gen. H. C. Merriam, commander of the department of Colorado, details the Idaho miners riots. He says prisoners suffered from lack of fuel and bedding but had enough to eat, shifts responsibility to the Governor, notes about 700 arrests with 528 detained after initial inquiry, and records three deaths six deaths? two disease and one self-inflicted.
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H. C. Merriam
Department of Colorado
U.S. A
Idaho
Forecast of record cotton crop by Henry M. Neill in New Orleans
Henry M. Neill, noted New Orleans cotton expert who predicted several large crops, now forecasts a maturing crop that could surpass those years and reach as high as 12,000,000 bales, urging readers to patronize advertisers.
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Henry M. Neill
New Orleans
My Sweetheart Is My Son Frank of Two Years
A Colorado Springs Gazette poem reveals a mother praising her two year old son Frank as the man she loves. She notes his golden hair blue eyes and cheerful nature and declares him the idol of her heart. The verse humorously ends with the twist that her beloved is her own child with overalls and slim purse.
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Tam
Frank
Colorado Springs Gazette
The Christening of Rattles
Hen Whistler, a rough rider type cowboy, battles a giant rattlesnake on a sunbaked beach during a midsummer cattle run. After failing with a pistol, he uses a makeshift remedy from a sheep herder and foils the snake attack, earning the nickname Rattles.
Quilp’s Grief Over Wife’s Sudden Death Explored
The Town Topic excerpts Quilp expressing deep sorrow after his wife’s sudden death. He recalls twenty years together and notes he never had a chance to tell her how she made him a better man. The fragment centers on personal loss and enduring sorrow.
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Quilp—Ile
Philp
Quilp
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Springfield
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L. E. Kearney
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S. S. Cox
Thomas A. Hendricks
Lewis Cass
Michigan
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Antwerp
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Chris Rechtenwald
John Hickey
Louisville, Ky
World Short OF Wheat
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