Democratic Convention Delights Leaders and McDowell Nomination
The April press dispatch reports Allegheny County lawmakers praising the state convention. Dalzell lauds Judge Dean and McDowell, noting the rare split where McDowell gains a seat at large while Phillips represents the district. Pennsylvania Republicans and the White House express satisfaction with the convention's endorsement of the administration and Harrison.
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Wasmerox
D.C
Allegheny County
Stone
Dalzell
Dean
Alexander McDowell
Mercer County
McDowell
Thomas W. Phillips
Gillespie
Phillips
Beaver
Lawrence County
Townsend
Beaver County
John Allen
Mississippi
John O'Neil
Missouri
Pennesylvania
Pennsylvania
Senator Quay
Schuyleill
White House
Harrison
Harrison and Morton Seen as Likeliest GOP Ticket Yet
Debates on free coinage and silver plank shape party strategy. Harrisburg convention signals pro silver stance. Teller notes potential Democratic shifts if free coinage not addressed. House election contest over Rockwell vs Noyes dominates sessions as Gillespie argues for seating Rockwell amid marked ballots and bribery claims.
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McDowell
Harrison
Biland
Pennsylvania
Noyes- Rockwell
Morton
Cleveland
Gray
Senator Hill
Arizona
House
Senate
Harrisburg
Teller
Pennsvania
Bland
Congress
Committee On Elections
Noyes
Cobb
Alabama
Gillespie
Rock
Rockwell
Twenty
New York
Elmira
Oyes
Totten Returns to Rank as Yale Military Instructor
New Haven April 21 Special Lieutenant Charles A L Totten has been appointed by Secretary Elkins as military instructor at Yale. Captain Pettit will assume the post July 18 with orders to join his command the Fourth Artillery. Totten has served four years as instructor in the Sheffield scientific department.
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New Haven, Donn
Charles A. L. Totten
Elkins
James 8. Pettit
Yale
Tit
Sheffield Scientific Department
Englishman Delmard Arrested in Paris Anarchist Case Fallout
In Paris an English agent Delmard of a projectile company was seized by police and jailed after a disputed arrest that drew diplomatic tension with Britain. He faced harsh confinement with Ravachol and Anarchists in Mazzi prison before a judge found grounds for espionage, later pardoned on April 14 with apology.
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Loxpor
Paris
Purdie
Auteuil
England
France
Purdies
Delmard
Nordenfeldt
Madame Rougeron
Vienna
Goron
Follo
Mazzi
Anastay
Baroness Dellard
Ansstay
Ravachol
London
Half Million Defalcation Hits Hong Kong Banker
New York reports detail a major defalcation in Hong Kong traced to the bank's comprador a trusted Chinese official. The loss ranges from 350000 to 600000 dollars with loans tied to native banks and depreciated silver prices. the borrower disappeared and no trace of the defaulter exists as loans collapse and securities prove inadequate.
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Hong Kong
New York
San Francisco
A. M. Townsend
China
Com Ory
Townsend
Hongkong Bank
Harrison's Revenge and New York Opposition to Harrison
In New York April 21 a clash between President Harrison loyalists and State leaders opposed to renomination escalates. Secretary Foster removes Murray’s post as immigration attorney while Milholland Bliss forces gain delegates. The purge signals open conflict with Platt and reform factions in New York.
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New York
Harrison
Minneapolis
Foster
John E. Milholland
DN. Bliss
Mr. Bliss
Milholland
H. O. Armour
Carlos H. Murray
John D. Lawson
Immigration Bureau
United States Attorney
Mitchell
W. R. Crager
Washi
Milholland-Bliss Eleventh District
Mr. Murray
Bernard Biglin
Secre Foster
Ohio
Buckeye
Murray
Platt
Tiffanys Robbed by Palmer Father’s Old Firm Ties Alleged
New York April 2 James A Palmer of this city was arrested charged with stealing about 50000 from Tiffany Co over five years The prisoner was captured at his West Seventeenth street warerooms He reportedly sobered on learning of the raid and exclaimed I wish I had shot myself Officials say the elder Palmer and Charles Tiffany were boyhood friends and audits were lax after his death
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Tiffanys
New York
New Yor
James A. Palmer
Tiffany & Co
Palmer
West Seventeenth Street
Inspector Steers
Charles L. Tiffany
James F. Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Palmers
Oe & Co
Daa
Charles Tiffany
T. C. Cook
Cook
Canadian View on Future Ties with Britain and U S
Hon. K. F. Burns, visiting Boston, argues Canada will not join the United States. He foresees a distant friendly separation from Great Britain, keeping Canada independent without a commercial union that discriminates against Britain. He praises England’s maritime power and argues Canada benefits from English protection and self governorship.
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Boston
K. F. Burns
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Storm Brings Floods and Fatal Lightning Incidents
A 24 hour rainstorm devastates Minan Tennessee area with washed out fences houses and bridges. Dr Bryant and two Black men reportedly drown as crews search submerged areas. Lightning strikes in New Orleans Abbeville and other locations kill individuals and injure several others. Four inches of rain falls mainly from 7 to 9 am flooding city streets.
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Minan
Tenn
Bryant
Louisville and
Nashville
New Orleans
Jeannette Pernadet
Abbeville
Mr. Leblanche
Aristotle Nglingan
Divorced Wife Reunites, Marries Former Rejection
Laura W. Leavitt, once married to a New York wine merchant, wed Demau riac a year after their estrangement. Demauriac, a New York banker valued at over a million, was the man who had previously rejected her. Leavitt’s late father was Judge White of New York. she had earlier married at 17 in Martinsville, N Y, switching fortunes with time.
Recurrent California Earthquake Wrecks Towns and Notable Buildings
Central California quake rattled cities from San Francisco to Reno with renewed force. Winters Dixon Vacaville Davisville Woodland and Sacramento suffered frail structures toppled chimneys cracked walls and damaged landmarks. Governor offers tents for Winters and reports indicate widespread fear and ongoing aftershocks with several injuries reported.
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San Francisco
Reno
Red Bluff
San Joaquin Valley
Winters
Woodland
Dixon
Vacaville
Sacramento
State Capitol
Davisville
Vaca
Markham
Masonic Hall
Chadwick
Bertholet
Humprey Brothers
Capital Hotel
Christian Church
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Express Office
Ieee
W. H. Shults
Levy & Schwab
Barnes’ Hotel
J. R. Davison
Carson
Nev
Shocks Linked to Earth Crust Shrinkage and Sierra Lava Flows
Prof. George Davidson of the U S Geodetic Survey argues earthquakes arise from continual Earth surface shrinkage and heat loss. He cites seismic lines along the Sierra Nevada Cascade ranges and lava overflows in the Sierra and northern Cascade regions, with volcanic forces contributing to seismic activity.
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Davidson
Sierras
San Francisco
George Davidson
United States Geodetic Survey
Pacific Ocean
Sierra Nevada
Cascade Ranges
Cascade Range
Aleutian Islands
Coal laden whaleback sinks near Lime Kiln crossing
Whaleback barge No. 101, coal laden, sank last night while towed by the steamer Tokima near Lime Kiln crossing. Built at West Superior in 1888, the 412 ton vessel was valued at $40,000 and is expected to be raised soon.
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Derform
Tokima
West Superior
Ex-Congressman Yardley Marries Mrs. Rebe James
Former congressman Yardley wed at the bride’s home to Mrs. Rebe James daughter of ex sheriff Purdy on April 21 in an elopement style ceremony with close family in attendance.
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Yardley
Doy Lestons
Rebe James
Purdy
Renewed volcanic activity linked to crust rupture
The article notes renewed activity in living volcanoes and claims oma may stem from contraction and rupture of the planet's surface caused by slow cooling.
Petition to the President Calls for Justice in Wyoming Rustler Crisis
Citizens of Buffalo Wyoming send a telegram to the President asking for justice not vengeance amid a cattlemen’s conflict. They accuse wealthy rustlers of terror, murder, arson, and defying laws, and seek a committee to explain the county’s true condition. The note accompanies a delayed habeas hearing in Cheyenne and reports of a Little Powder river clash where rustlers were repulsed by cowboys.
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Burrato
Wyo
Buffalo T
Dour County
Ple
Charles B. Penrose
Cheyenne
Deadwood
Little Powder River
Too Young For A Freak Refugee
A nine year old Austrian refugee, Samuel Kaufman, arrived in New York six months ago with Russians who posed as his family. He worked for Schachlman on Rivington Street, was sent to North Brothers Island for typhus, discharged cured, and then homeless. He sought aid but was denied, wandered to police HQ, then to Jefferson Market Court where his extra toes and fingers drew attention. A Bowery dime museum offer was discussed but deemed too young. Justice Grady refers him to the Commissioners of Immigration.
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New York
Samuel Kaufman
Austria
Kaufman
Schachlman
Rivington Street
North Brothers Island
Hebrew Charities Society
Jefferson Market Court
Bowery
Grady
Commissioners of Immigration
Johnson
Minerva Howell
May
Mt. Union
Jenkins
Indiana
Scuber
Seebeeeli
Sueh
Curious citizenship claim against Senator McMillin
Washington reports a rumor that Michigan Senator McMillin sits in the Senate as an alien, not naturalized. He replies he was born in New Brunswick and naturalized in 1864, with documents available for proof to any inquirer, amid Michigan political fights and Mayor Pingree's gubernatorial bid.
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Washsdton
Senator McMillin
Michigan
Senate
Pingree
Detroit
McMillin
New Brunswick
Fishermen Found Suffocated by Coal Gas at Hope Creek
Three fishermen were found in their Hope Creek cabin this morning and died from coal gas suffocation. The victims were Edward Turner and William Grosscup, both residents of Hancock's Bridge, six miles from the scene.
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Lane
N. J
Hope Creek
Edward Edward Turner
William Grosscup
Hancock's Bridge
Doctor Gable Ends Life In Dayton Opium Habit Sorrows
In Dayton on April 21 Dr Albert HL Gable a physician and opium addict killed himself by shooting. He was unmarried and a protege of the late Mrs Thomas Ster sister of General George Crook.
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Dayton
Albert HL Gable
Mra
Thomas Ster
George Crook
California Towns Shake Up to Morning News Fragments
A garbled bundle of headlines notes events from California towns and national capital gossip, including a Pittsburg count, Allegheny county realty, a funeral entombed miners note, and a New York wedding. Names and specifics are unclear due to damaged text.
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California
Ohio
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
National Capital
Kennedy
Allegheny Council
Indiana
Cleveland
Hetherington
France
Dahomey
New York
News of the Business World
May Howell Found The Lost Girl Reunited In New York City
May Howell 18, of Alliance Ohio ran away with 12 year old Charley Vosper. Police traced the pair to Grand Central Station New York where she was found wandering in tears. Authorities plan to return her to Alliance for reform school.
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New York
May Howell
Alliance
May
Charley Vosper
Spicer
House of Correction
Charley
McFarland
Reform School
Grand Central Station
Ge Society
Robert Johnson
Brooklyn
Jenkins
Mt. Union
Johnson
McKinley Denies Congressional Candidacy Rumors
In Colum-bus Ohio April 21 special report Governor McKinley dismisses claims of seeking his old U S House seat representing Stark Columbiana Mahoning. He says he is not a candidate and has not considered the idea. The piece notes the dispute over delegates to the Republican National Convention and the rival factional battle in Ohio.
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Columses
McKinley
Congress
Stark- Columbiana-Mahoning
MacKinley
Harrison
Lar
Cleveland
Sherman
International monetary conference urged by Harrison in the United States
Washington reports confirm President Harrison invited nations to a monetary conference to be held in the United States. Private Secretary Halford confirms arrangements completed. Treasury officials say responses will come within a fortnight. England and France backed the proposal with concessions requested by Chancellor Goschen.
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Wasnisctos
Harrison
Halford
The
Treasury
United States
England
France
Goschen
Foster
Pretty Nebraska Girl Refuses Will After Lover's Death
Sixco uts Nes April 2L. Mary Van Hove, neighbor's daughter, declined to file the will proving Arend Arends's farm and assets worth about 10 000 after he hanged himself over her. She tore the document in court before relatives, supporting his mother in Reynolds county Missouri.
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Nebraska
Sixcouts
Nes
Arend Arends
Pretty Mary van Hove
Arends
Mary
Arend
Reynolds County
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