Harrison Eyes renomination amid Blaine intrigue
A dispatch from Washington on April 5 describes Mr. Harrison subtly courting prominent party figures while signaling reluctance for renomination. The piece notes ministers being recalled to aid Harrison, with Whitelaw Reid, Emery Smith, William Walter Phelps, and Pat Egan returning to back him, and hints at Blaine’s potential influence being softened through these moves.
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Blaine
Mr. Harrison
Harrison
Sevral
Whitelaw Reid
Emery Smith
Ructin
Willam Walter Phelps
Gerany
Pat Egan
Chile
Uethe
Reid
Egan
Conetta
Elkins
New York
Ian
Sip
Ark
Smith
Pennsyvia
Phelps
New Jersey
Weh
Maine
Religion versus politics marks Michigan municipal elections
Michigan municipal elections yielded Republican gains in major cities such as Grand Rapids Saginaw Port Huron and West Bay City while Democrats won in several smaller towns Strong anti Catholic sentiment influenced results in many locales with religion mixing into local races Detroit held no election Leading Democratic strongholds included Ann Arbor St Clair Mount Clemens and Wyandotte with several others list ed among prominent Democratic victories
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Michigan
Demarr
Yesterov
Ickets
Saginaw
Grand Rapids
Port U Nron
West Bay City
Clement
Earwl
Grind Rapids
Aginaw
Lansing
Mort Huron
Muskegon
Atile Creek
Kainmazon
Ypstland
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Stonace
St. Clair
Pontine
Manistee
Big Rayds
Mount Clemens
Aspens
Coliwater
Drian
Aloion
Niles
Negaunee
Kay City
Wasso
Wyandotte
Cleveland Carries Kansas in Spite of Set-Up for Delegates
A Special report from April 5 notes 20 counties selected delegates for the Democratic State Convention at Salina on April 20. Cleveland men carried the lead in most counties with four unreported, while some chose for visas. Large Eastern counties have not elected delegates, diminishing Cleveland opposition. Aldermen and School Board elections in class one cities concluded with low turnout and minimal interest, especially among women voters, estimated under 500 votes.
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Torreira
Kay
Salina
Cleveland
Compromise
sond-Cleveland
Httle
Mercer
J. Griffith
Parcensmore
Tree Venango County
A. A. Plumer
J. H. Payne
J. &. Young
Gates
McGarry
Jefferson
Aiight
Nebraska
Omaha
Jourvois
Moxioo
J. Heston
Pattison
Dalzell No Show in Erie County Election Results
Senator Quay led with 3677 votes in Erie county to Dalzell's 236 across three reporting districts. Wellington Downing carried Erie City by 1500, while Dr Flood narrowed Dowling’s Erie County majority to about 90. McCreary expected to be renominated over Flickinger. Batterfield and Wheeler prominent for Assembly and Raymond for North East. Reed and Carter named district delegates. Davenport and Wath ers chosen for state convention.
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Eater
Quay
Erie County
Dalzell
Wellington Downing
Erie
Erie City
Flood
McCreary
W. B. Flickingeor
Batterfield
Assembly
C. M. Wheeler
Leboreut
J. Ross Raymond
North East
C M. Reed
J.J. Carter
Titusville
Samuel A. Davenport
Jacob F. Watthers
Cleveland Neighbors Protest Hill's Convention at Music Hall
About a thousand marchers carried banners and escorted ex Secretary Charlies Fairchild ex Mayor William Grace and Hon Frank M Thome to Music Hall where two thousand attendees heard speeches protesting the state convention. Women Republicans and Hill Democrats joined a unified audience voicing revolt against the alleged bossist control.
Quay's Crawford Majority 3 500 in Meadville April 5
Thirty one districts of Crawford county including Meadville and Titusville report Quay with a 2003 to 3500 margin in the early returns as reported in Meadvillie. The tally reflects strong support across the region with the main action centered in Crawford county confirming Quay's lead.
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Quay
Crawford
Meapville
Crawford County
Meadville
Titusville
Dalxell 4 District Forecast Shapes Quay Victory
The remaining precincts tip the county to Quay by a 3 to 4 ratio, while the district for Congress carries by about 2000 votes. W H Andrews is projected to win the Legislature nomination by a strong margin, with the ticket listing Andrews Compton and Bolard.
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Dalxell
Quay
Congress
W.H. Andrews
Andrews
Compton
Bolard
Republicans Load Harrisburg for State Convention
Harrisburg hosts the State Republican Convention with Senator Quay and Chairman Watres establishing Lochiel Hotel headquarters. Leading candidates for Supreme Judge and Congress at Large, plus numerous delegates and notable officials, will also quarter there, signaling a large turnout and crowded hotels.
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Hansissone
Senator Quay
Rosas
Lochiel Hotel
Watres
State Republican Committee
Lochiel
Major McDowell
Sharon
Quay
Austin L. Taggart
Montgomery
J. B. Showalter
Earnhardt Mills
Clayton
Delaware
Sadler
Cumberland
Archibald
Lackawanna
Dean
Blair
Supreme Judge
Lemon
Jack” Robinson
Captain Hubbel
Chester
Boies Penrose
Aldelphia
Alex. F. Thompson
Lykens
William R. Leeds
F. C. Hitchcock
James B. Lambert
Somers Leads City Vote With 2005 Majority In Wis
At midnight tally from 53 precincts shows Somers Democratic candidate for mayor leading by 2005, with returns ranging 1200 to 2000. Democratic Chairman Kililea calls Wisconsin a doubtful state for the next fall election.
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Mivwackes
Somers
Kililea
Wisconsin
Democrats sweep towns and cities in wide election show
Reports from multiple states recounts of municipal and county wins. Democrats claim key mayoral and council seats in Ohio Illinois and Wisconsin while Republicans capture several city offices in others. Universal Australian ballot praised in Minnesota and Ohio.
Reading Railroad Veto Shows Consolidation Concerns
Trenton April 5 The bill to legalize the Reading Railroad combine was vetoed by Governor Abbett on constitutional grounds. He argues there was no authority for price control and notes dissolution of the political timeline would not affect the leases or the consolidated lines. Attorney General Stockton to sue to annul charters for violating 1885 consolidation law.
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Trenton
Reading Railroad
Abbett
Philadelphia
McLeod
Reading Railroad Company
New Jersey
New Jersey Central Railroad
Port Reading
Jersey Central
Wade
Reading Recordiessa
Abbott
Stockton
New Jersey Central
Soctorary
Puttapetruta
William K. Hart & Co
Lehigh Iron Company
Mnacon Ga forms a new $90 million corporation
A condensed review notes Mnacon Ga, a newly formed $90,000,000 corporation. South Dakota Supreme Court allows private parties to engage in banking without incorporation. Tur Cordage Trust declares a regular quarterly dividend at 24 percent on common stock and 2 percent on preferred. Provisions cover multiple firms, subsidiaries, and stock actions.
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Thar
South Dakota Supreme Court
Tur Cordage Trust
Nashville
Patsterson, Gibson & Co
South American Steamship Company
E. A. Stockwett
Mutual Banking Surety Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Philadelphia
Krumbhaar
Cunard Steamship Company
Greensburg Fire Brick Company
Capital
Brownsville Pinte Glass Company
Pittsburg
James A. Swearer
Brownsville
Edward
Huge railroad coalition aims to end passenger commissions
A secret alliance links Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania lines with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy group to stop paying commissions to agents. West coast lines and eastern routes are to be practically boycotted, with Pittsburg and New York meetings suspected. Expected outcomes include a fierce rate war or abandonment of the plan.
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Catcaco
Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chicago and Northwestern
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Partiaipation
Pittsburg
New York
Rock Island
Chicago, St. Paul and
Kansases
Chicago and Alton
Grand Trunk
Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Prosperous Pittsburg Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Meeting
The annual stockholders meeting in Greenville shows Board of Directors elected led by Samuel B. Dick as President with A. Huidekoper Vice President and J. Bish as General Manager. Earnings rose 50 percent on freight and passenger revenue. terminal expansion in Erie expected by June. Conneaut branch graded for May completion, opening new harbor for ore and coal shipment.
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Miapville
Pittsburg, Shenango and Lake Erie Railroad Company
Greenville
Samuel B. Dick
John Dick
John E. Reynolds
Allen M. Cox
Dumont Clarke
Henry M. Dechert
A. F. Henlin
Thomas H. Wells
A. ©. Huidekoper
J. T
Erie
Conneaut
Lake Erie
Order to Sell Rolling Stock Granted
A decree by Judge Lacombe grants William C. Lane the Permanent Receiver authority to sell the Rolling Stock Company assets. The sale covers cars and locomotives used by Lake Erie and Western Railroad and other lines, with property spread across Illinois, New York, Alabama, and Ohio. Minimum asking price is 100000.
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Henry D. Laughlin
William H. Fenner
Thomas A. Griffin
United States Rolling Stock Company
Judes Lacombe
William C. Lane
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Pennsylvania
East Tennessee
Virginia
Georgia
Illinois
Newark
Alabama
Ohio
Iron Stock Exchange opens in Duoluth today
The new Iron Stock Exchange at Duoluth begins business today as Steubentille merchant tailors sign the union sease after a two day strike and Tex Lumberman's Exchange is named.
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New Iron Stock Exchange
Duoluth
Steubentille Merchant Tailors
Union Sease
Tex Lumberman’s Exchange
Trembling fate looms for Western TremMo Association after April 1915
Reports indicate the Western TremMo Association is in a precarious position post April 1915 with alleged interference by Jay Gould preventing quorums. The Chicago and Assiniboia Railroad is set up in Iowa with $80 million capital, routing Chicago to Big Stone Line near the Minnesota-Dakota boundary, about 420 miles. Major railroads including Atchison, Illinois Central, Wabash, and Chicago and Alton coordinate to address ticket demoralization on Pittsburg and Western routes to St Louis via Chicago. Panama Railroad Company yearly results show gross earnings near $2 million with a surplus rise to about $1.58 million.
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Western TremMo Association
Jay Gould
Tuk
Chicago and Assiniboia Railroad
Iowa
Chiccago
Big Stone Lyne
Minnesota- Dakota
Atchigan
Illinois Central
Wabash
Chicago and Alton Roads
Iia
Destructive fires across towns prompt multi-insurer losses
A string of fires from Houma Louisiana to New Orleans caused extensive damage. Losses range from five thousand to over one hundred fifty thousand dollars with many properties insured. Insurance lists include Scottish Union National and Imperial Company among dozens of firms. Creary store, post office, and others saved. several houses destroyed, mill and factory operations disrupted. Widespread impact on residents, businesses, and employment reported.
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New Orleans
Scottish Vasion National
North British
Royal Company
London
Queen
London and Lancashire
Manchester
Liverpool
London and Globe
United Board of Underwriters
Phenix
Northern
Mark's
Pesend’s
Wood's
Cammines & Vaughan
E. A. Palfrey
American Company
New York
Commercial Union Company
London Assurance
Inter-State Company
Imperial Company
Home, of
Lancashire Company
Hartford
Springfield Insurance Company
Georgia Home Company
Hartford Orient Insurance Company
London, of
Limited
Atlanta
Checking the Sooners New Lands Opened for Settlement
The report from Ex Reno Oklahoma Territory notes troops at Cheyenne and Arapahoe Reservations deter, ning sooners and stirring interest in the opening. Land is rich with grass streams and timber, game and springs abundant. County C to have many negro residents. two carloads of ‘n 4 Ts’ to found a town. Cheyenne country expected to settle with 60,000 on opening day. trains feed the influx of home-seekers.
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Reno
C. T
Cheyenne
Arapahoe
United States
Kingfisher
Global unrest and incidents ripple through early 20th century Europe
Reports describe Tripoli caravan trade disruptions amid tribal conflicts, anarchists arrested in Barcelona, theft of dynamite cartridges from Liege collieries, and a controversial French novel titling a French work. Cadet suicides, harsh Granada prison mob scenes, a fatal St Petersburg gun cotton explosion, and a Netherlands American ship captain appealing a manslaughter conviction add to a tense scene with authorities probing anarchist plots.
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Tripoli
Barcelona
Liege
L’ Avenicatye
Bowmanian
Montagu
Curtain Bakern
Obdam
New York
Rotterdam
Bold Abduction Sparks Mexican Sensation in Sabinas
A Mexican Second Lieutenant intercepted Major Leopold Avarez in a buggy near Sabinas and forced him to drive eastward, firing shots over the passengers. Vicenti Flores Aleresz commanded the Major to be taken to the mountains for ransom, with authorities in Piedras Negras and Monterey alerted to pursue.
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Vicente Flores Aleresz
Alejandro Flores
Vincents Flores
Peat
Nicanor Valdez
Piedras Negras
Australian Murderer Identified Under 15 Aliases
Deeming, identified by 52 men who knew him under 13 aliases, was placed with 20 other prisoners in a jail courtyard where he attacked guards and was overpowered. Arrest records reveal he planned marriage to Miss Rounseville while employed at Vrazer's gold mine.
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Melbourne
Deeming
Southern Cross
New South Wales
Storms and upheavals sweep multiple states
Reports from across the Midwest describe heavy snow in Minnesota with eight-foot drifts and railroad blockades in Miller and C. Nebraska cattle chilled to death as rain and hail flood Blue Springs. A tornado damages Plattesville Wisconsin and Searcy Arkansas, injuring none. In San Francisco, Mrs. Rankin fails to win alimony as Judge Garber notes Rankin’s low theater salary. Captain Hall arrives at Guturrm with cavalry to eject boomers from the Cherokee Strip, placing 6,000,000 acres under military patrol.
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St. Paul
Miller, & C
Redfield
Red Falls
Minn
Nebraska
Blue Springs
Plattesville
Wis
Searcy
Ark
Mrs. McKee Bank
San Francisco
Garber
Guturrm
Okla
Captain Hall
Cherokee Strip
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Reign
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Harson
Mr. Blaine
Winson
Kansas
Arnot
Harrisburg
Caxtox Democrats
Bridgeport
Conn
Caicaco
Gallipolis
Board of Education
Minnesota
St. Josefn
Madison
W. H. Rovers
E.G. Junior
Lawrence County
Qray
Schuylkill County
CN. Brum
Minersville
Venango
Harrity
F. Clark
South Oil City
William Watpo Hypz
Henry C. Dwight
Dwight
Youngstown
Harry Robinson
LA Justice
Cunttorp
F. B. Hoyt
John Swartz
William McEnaney
Osio
Monany
Lima
Upper Sandusky
Fostoria
Circleville
Ardbani
Bucyrus
Marietta
Waverley
Mansfield
Galton
Chillicothe
Wallston
Springfield
Haineis
Sparta
Antigo
Appleton
Chilton
Manitowoc
Kewanee
Neenah
Menasha
Marmee
Viregna
Lancaster
Medford
Brack River
Hexpreps
Marshal
M. B. Excell
Mt. Union College
Chapman
McFarland
Normandie
York
Capua
Vigilancia
France
Sme
Cece
Allegheny Branch
Sunday Dispatch
Pr. x
the Business World
Shenango
Mnacon
Pittsburg, Shenango and
West Virginia
Efesume
Cuartestox
W.va
Sperial
Kanawha Valley
Supreme Court
Houma
Pigna
Cronkill & Co
Milton, Als
Creary
Rebecca Street
Boreland Alley
Allegheny
Neran Marietta
John Athey
Av West
D. 8. Growery
Ed Oulks
Sooners
Mexico
Kansa
Knights
Germania
John J. Freund
Seventeenth and
Carson Sts
Geo. E. Lorch
Carson St
A. Franz, Sr
Fine Shoes
E. C. Sperber
Chas. H. Goettler
W. C. Bernardi
Thirteenth and
Hemingway & McCormick
Southside Furniture Co
Great Morris Clothing House
H. Miller & Bro
Milo Miller
Wall Paper
N. K
Sohn
Staies Pon Ira
Attcock
Allcock’s
Allcock
Allcocks
High Glass Millinery
Market Street
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