Campaign Opens With Evans and Pope Speaking to Large Crowd
Nearly a thousand citizens gathered in Agpevitly on March 9 to hear gubernatorial candidates John Gary Evans and Sampson Pope. Evans urged reform and Ocala platform alignment, praising the Farmers Alliance and critiquing Northern financial policy, while discussing state schools, taxation, and railroads as key issues.
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John Gary Evans
Sampson Pope
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Evans
Calhoun
McDuffie
Alwaye
Old
Abbeville
South Carolina
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander the Great
Russia
Ben Tillman
Congress
New York City
Chicago
Jay Gould
New York
Grover Cleveland
Y Harrison
Latimer
Democratic Party
South
Desires No Third Term Stirring Abbeville Meeting
Letters to a reform committee in Abbeville County reveal leaders opposing a governor nomination and a third term. J E Tindal urges unity, warns against violent rings, and supports a Colleton plan convention to secure primary reform. Timmerman Evans and Ellerse decline invitations. W D Evans notes scheduling conflicts.
Open letter questions Voorhees on tariff and senate reform
William I. Higgins writes from Indianapolis that Senator Voorhees should act quickly on tariff revision and criticizes the Senate as a hindrance to reform. Higgins argues the depression stems from overproduction of senatorial courtesy and attacks Voorhees personally for past positions. He says Democrats are dwindling and urges decisive Senate action.
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Voorhees
Indianapolis
Senator Voorhees
William I. Higgins
Higgins
Senate
Mr. Higgins
Nero
Voodees
Atlanta
Young Democracy
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Divorce Petition Links Artist to Channing Romance
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins-Stetson has filed for divorce in Oakland from Charles Walter Stetson, amid reports of a romance involving poet Grace Millory Channing. The trio’s ties trace to Pasadena and Providence with public roles for Stetson and Mrs. Stetson, a Providence judge-ordered separation and a connection to Henry Ward Beecher.
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San Francisco
Charlotte Perkins-Stetson
Oakland
Charles Walter Stetson
Stetson
L’rovidence
Ht. I
Facile Coast Women’s
L’ress Association
The
Impress
Miss Channing
Providence
St. I
Europe
Mr. Stetson
Ilenry Ward Leecher
Bridgeport Matrimonial Agency Scam Exposed
In Bridgeport an agency advertised for letters from singles and charged $1 for correspondence and 35 to secure a partner. Victims were left unpaid after sending money. Miss Cora Crawford set a trap by sending a registered letter, leading to charges against Frank Stanton of Iranistan Avenue. West master Stewart holds many names of dupes claiming no bonafide home list was sent. George Wil-800 describes losses and emotional wear. In New York a woman named Bridget King accused Volkemar Lynch of drunk and disorderly conduct after a staged kiss incident at Mulberry Street station.
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Bripaeport
Conn
Bridgeport Matrimonial Agency
P.O
Cora Crawford
Frank Stanton
Iranistan Avenue
Miss Crawford
Stanton
Ile
Plumb Hardware Company
Westmaster Stewart
United States
George Wil- 800
Ceathy
New York
Bridget King
Justice Taintor
Brothers in Crim eplot Unfold in Minnesota Court
John Ryan was convicted of highway robbery and sentenced to ten years in state prison. On Saturday Jerry Ryan appeared in court claiming to be the real culprit and offered to plead guilty to clear his brother. The plan to set up an innocent brother failed as John remained convicted.
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Baved Illa
St. Paul
John Ryan
Jerry van
John
Duel Fatal in Kosciusko Leaves Four Children Fatherless
In Kosciusko Mississippi a duel between Samuel A. Jackson and W P Ratliffe with pistols killed Jackson and wounded Samuel Utigel and Will Sanders. Ratliffe captured after a brief pursuit and Jackson’s death leaves a wife and four children. Both men were prominent locals, Jackson a merchant and legislator, Ratliffe editor of the Allance Vindicator.
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New Orleans
The
Picayune
Kosciusko
Miss
Samuel A. Jackson
W. PL. Tatliffe
Samuel Ituagel
Will Sanders
Ratliffe
Jackson
R Ratliffe
Statliffe
Court House
Wallace
Ratlife
Sheriff Love
Iatlife
Latlils
Satliffe
John Russell
Sanders
Allance Vindicator
Non. J.8. Williams
KX Kosciusko
Senator Signers Stand Against Wilson Bill
A New York senator, unnamed by request, confirms that ten Democratic senators have formed an agreement to oppose the Wilson tariff bill if any member is dissatisfied or if changes fail to satisfy all ten. Such a condition could doom the bill unless key items like coal iron sugar wool collars and culls are returned to a protective tariff basis.
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West
Cleveland
Jhon Sherman
South
Carlisle
Wall Street
United States
Treasury
New York
Wall Arrest
United States Senate
South Carolina
Congress
Cleveland Democrats
Democratic Party
Ocala
Chicago
Ceal
Sub-Treasury
North
Farmers Alliance
C. Calhoun
Allin
Farmers Movement
Agricultural College
Reform Party
Republican Party
New England
Voorhees
Senate
Assault on railroad agent in Monraomeny Alabama
Special to the Advertiser reports railroad agent A. D. Corey of Suspen sion Alabama was attacked at around 7 am with a hatchet and then burned in his office fire. He remains unconscious and likely not to recover. Corey, a respected elder bachelor, is described as nonthreatening. A suspect, a Black man, has been arrested.
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Monraomeny
Ala
Advertiser
A. D. Corey
Ile
Corey
Terrific Explosion at Repuano Chemical Plant
A blast in the waste separating building at Repuano Chemical Co. in Gibbatown New Jersey this morning leveled the structure and damaged nearby facilities. Only worker Levi Ivins was present and killed by the shock, with the explosion felt fifteen miles away.
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Pira Apreniita
Repuano Chemical Company
Gibbatown
N. J
Levi Ivins
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