Populists Name Lewelling Ticket at Jamestown Meeting
North Dakota Populists hold state convention in Jamestown with 299 delegates and visitors. William Barry of Grand Forks county named temporary chairman. Nomination process will be deliberate as radicals and conservatives clash over candidate selection for Lewelling's head ticket. Delegates traveled up to 75 miles by wagon, four days' journey.
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Jamestown
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William Barry
Grand Forks County
Cnaonan
Populist Ticket Nomination at Topeka Convention
The Kansas Populist convention in Topeka nominated L. D. Lewelling for governor by acclamation with D. G. Furnbeck as lieutenant governor J. W. Amiss as secretary of state W. H. Biddle as treasurer John T. Little as attorney general Van B. Prather as auditor W. A. Harris as congressman at large and George W. Clark as associate justice of the supreme court The platform supports woman suffrage.
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Lewelling
L. D.lewelling
D. G. Furnbeck
J. W. Amiss
W. H.biddle
John T. Little
van B. Prather
W. A. Harris
George W. Clark
Wisconsin Federation of Labor backs populist convention delegates
The Wisconsin State Federation of Labor, meeting at Oshkosh, approved a unanimous resolution to elect delegates to the Populist state convention in Milwaukee on July 4. It also urged cooperation with Socialist societies and called for employment at not less than two dollars per day for those out of work. The federation, claiming 20,000 voters, aims to influence the upcoming election.
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Wisconsin Federation of Labor
Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Milwaukee
Minnesota Democrats Plan State Convention in St Paul
The Democratic state central committee called the state convention for Sept. 5 in St. Paul with about 750 delegates based on one per 150 votes cast for Lower and two at large from each county. A separate note from St. Louis reports a court of arbitration to decide wage reductions for Mobile and Ohio train staff on the St. Louis to Cairo route.
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St. Paul
Democratic State Central Committee
Tate
Court of Arbitration
St. Louis
Joseph H. Gill
Illinois
William G. Boyd
First National Bank of Barnesville Cleared to Open
The comptroller of the currency has authorized the First National Bank of Barnesville to begin business in Barnesville Washington. The bank receives a cash capital of 50,000 dollars.
Fifty Drowned Off Armagh Head in Westport Disaster
A passenger boat carrying 80 harvesters capsized near Achilles Island while returning from Westport Quay to Scotland. Early reports put fatalities at 34, later updates claim about 50 drowned. Eighteen bodies have been recovered. number of survivors unknown.
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Castlebar Island
Irc
Westport Quay
Scotland
Achilles Island
Westport
Armagh Head
Parlor Car Found in Johnstown Flood Debris
Johnstown Pennsylvania June 15 workmen digging a trench in a cellar from the 1889 flood unearth a parlor car lost from the ill fated day express at Conemaugh. Authorities believe further digging may reveal additional bodies of victims from the train. Poison in a Well in Clarksville Tennessee poisons an entire family near the Kentucky line. The Trugher family may all die from tainted well water.
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Johnstown
Conemaugh
Clarksville
Tenn
Felix Trugher
Kentucky Line
Reorganizing the Force in Omaha Police
Omaha authorities dismissed about twenty four officers from the American Protective Association and Catholic factions after an all night session. The fire and police commission warned it will remove all Catholic or A P A members if harmony is not achieved, signaling a complete overhaul of the department amid constant factional clashes.
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Omaha
Omana
Neb
American Protective Association
Fire and Police Commission
Formed an Alliance American Railway Union Joins Knights of Labor
At a June 15 convention in Curiaco the American Railway Union voted to affiliate with the Knights of Labor. General Master Workman Sovereign spoke on the union and its operations, drawing applause. Debs and Howard greeted the delegation in a closing address. Also in Sr. Pavut a Grand Lodge session elected officers including Dr. Howard Lankester grand master and J. C. Belden deputy grand master.
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American Railway Union
Knights of Labor
Curiaco
Sovereign
Debs
Howard
Odd Fellows
Sr. Pavut
Grand Lodge
Howard Lankester
Fisher
J. C. Belden
Austin
H. A. Rider
Little Falls
A. M. Bolton
C. M. Sprague
Wells
Sovereign Grand Lodge
A Small Cyclone Rips Howard Town
A small cyclone struck Howard on June 15. One child was fatally injured by falling timbers.
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Guyariz
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Howard
Miners from Cripple Creek in a oncoming train siege
Expect a fight as heavily armed miners from Cripple Creek reportedly resist capture. Deputy marshals with two revolvers and a Winchester, plus ammunition belts, head toward Julesburg to confront Coxeyites who derailed a train and fled eastward. Reports say the raiders have been terrorizing farms while starving and seeking safe passage.
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Cripple Creek
Union Pacific
Coxeyites
Militias Targeted Near Beach City in Double Attacks
June 15 report from Beach City Ohio describes two incidents. Miners fired on Barclay Dobbs pickets of Logan Rifles second platoon near the city, with return fire and a patrol under Lieutenant Perkins failing to capture anyone. A separate attack hit Company A of the Fourteenth Regiment at the second bridge below town. An attempted railroad-bridge destruction failed due to vigilant pickets. no militia injuries or hits were reported.
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Beach City
Barclay Dobbs
Logan Rifles
Perkins
Fourteenth Regiment
Second Bridge
Want McBride Removed
At a gathering of 2,000 miners in Washington Indiana on June 15 resolutions were adopted not to return to work under the McBride order. Delegates were chosen for a state meeting in Terre Haute next Tuesday and instructed to pursue McBride removal. Several locals passed resolutions to burn charters and suspend the union until the issue is settled.
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McBride
Washington
Ind
White Oak
Terre Haute
North Dakota Tax Case Decided Against Northern Pacific
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Northern Pacific in the Clark case over tax liability. The issue was whether the railroad could be excused from paying taxes on lands by accepting the gross earnings tax.
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North Dakota
Washington
Supreme Court
Northern Pacific
Clark
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