Weaver Nominated by People's Party in Omaha Convention
The People's Party Convention named General James B. Weaver of Iowa for president, a longtime Greenback and labor movement figure. While Weaver may rally Greenback remnants and some farmers, the article argues the 1890s alignment repeats past failures and will not trigger a major party shift toward a new third party.
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People’s Party
James B. Weaver
Iowa
Omaha
Weaver
Greenback Party
Union-Labor Party
Henry George
Labor Movement
Greenback Guard
Simpson, Polk
Evie
Congress
Obs Blue Greenbackers
Sewe Oh
Vice President Morton Absent as Harris Presided in Senate
The article notes Morton was absent when the free coinage bill moved, with Harris of Tennessee chairing. A prior session saw the same arrangement. a tie vote nearly delayed the measure. The piece argues the Vice President should preside to cast decisive votes in national matters.
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Senate
Morton
Harris
Tennessee
Morien
New York
Pennsylvania
Spread of Cholera Warns Nations to Tighten Quarantine
The article notes cholera in Caspian Russia, Brundu sium port, and near Paris, urging strict quarantine and sanitation. It questions Suez Channel regulations that may ease contagion flow and warns the United States to prepare for possible inbound cases this fall or next year.
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Caspian
Russia
Brundusium
Paris
Suez Canal
United States
Treasury balance disputed claims delay charges
The Treasury asserts a year end balance of 126,692,000 proves expenditures were 23,000,000 less than the prior year. Critics claimed the government postponed payments to inflate the balance, but officials say no legitimate debt was deferred and expenditures declined.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Administration economy questioned in fiscal report contrasts receipts and outlays
A fiscal review cites 1891 receipts of 401 976 000 and expenditures of 389 327 000 leaving a 12 649 000 surplus. In the following year receipts fell to 356 933 000 versus 361 348 000 expenditures a shortfall near 5 000 000. The report notes total appropriations 525 018 000 but expenditures 961 348 000 and argues an 163 670 000 saving, with 77 000 000 linked to postal totals and 86 000 000 requiring further detail. It contends the administration may have reduced congressionally set outlays by 85 000 000 to 290 000 000 and calls for accountability.
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Congress
Postal Department
Fourth of July at Schenley Park Draws Massive Crowd
The celebration at Schenley Park enjoyed ideal weather and wide public praise for park improvements and transit access. While crowds savored the new pleasure ground, strains in transport showed needs for expanded street lines and rail connections to handle growing holiday crowds.
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Schenley Park
Southern wages and labor politics in the Civil War era
The Buffalo Courier argues against low Southern wages being blamed on protection, noting wages at Chickamauga and comparing Northern pay. It calls out pro slavery and ultra freest labor theories shaping subjection, while acknowledging factors beyond protective duties, including legal and violent subordination of labor.
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Tre Dirsratcu
Chickamauga
Buffalo Courier
Isbor
South
North
Dispatch
Courier
Decoration Day Observances Highlight Political and Patriotism Themes
The report notes one or two demonstrations marking the national holiday, with Tammany Hall and leading Democrats sending speeches and letters, including Senator Hill, while Cabinet members rally for protection and reciprocity. Stevenson’s Illinois address dominates Democratic messaging amid calls for unity. Proresurance, a patriotic city, is celebrated as its ball team wins two games on Decoration Day.
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Tammany Hall
Hill
New York
Woodstock
Stevenson
Ilinois
Proresurance
Two more yesterday show troubles for Baltimore team
The writing critic notes a serious issue with Baltimore teams after defeats. A contrast is drawn between the steamer City of Chicago and the city Chicago as firm versus marsh foundations. Public enthusiasm for the People's party platform is mocked as long crowd cheering in midsummer heat.
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Baltimore
Chicago
People’s Party
Independence Day Celebration and Varied Reactions
Patr iotism and youth triumphed over nervousness at the Independence Day events while Brand hopes the President vetoes the free coinage bill if it reaches him. Schenley Park offered opportunities for solitude amid the busy crowd yesterday.
Bourse CocKEAN Faces Tumult Over Party Ties
The article notes Bourse CocKEAN's strong oratorical skill but warns he must distance himself from Tam many machine corruption to win national trust. It complains of empty cracker cases and predicts medical cases from explosions. It criticizes the People's party for poor versatility and the Democratic party for conflicting free coinage stands.
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Bourse Cockean
Tammany
Notable Briefs from Washington and Abroad
Mundane meteors and editor Horace Scupper resume duties. Rev William Kane declines Wa bash College presidency. Ernesto Rossi seeks Italian Chamber seat in Leghorn. Archbishop Ireland praised in Paris after French address. Brew Trusett, reader of Ruskin and Carlyle, debates Old Testament theology. Archbishop of Canterbury enjoys horse riding to combat corpulence. Mrs General Newberry gravely ill and elusive husband. Congressman Bruswamin Casuz praised. Kate Field says keep an eye on him. Anna Hewitt to visit Blenheim Castle with the Marlboroughs. Hewitt wed former mayor of New York.
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William P. Kane
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
Ernesto Rossi
Leghorn
Archbishop Ireland
France
Paris
Brew Trusett
Ruskin
Carlyle
Newman
General Newberry
Congressman Newberry
East
Brnswamin F. Casuz
Blaine
Chicago
Kate Field
Aneax
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
Blenbeig Castle
Hamersley
Gould Has Bronchitis
New York reports Jay Gould is believed gravely ill in Pueblo with a bronchial illness. Dispatches say he is recovering but many doubt the cheerful notices. George and Mrs George Gould reportedly joined him in Pueblo, and Mrs Gould is reported ill and unable to travel far.
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New York
Pueblo
Jay Gould
Gould
J. P. Munn
Mr. Gould
George Gould
George Gold
Priest on the Warpath Targets City Officials Over Liquor Laws
The Rev Father Gessner denounces Mayor Rankin at St Patrick's Church for not closing saloons on Sundays and says a lawyer told him the mayor could be indicted by the grand jury. He aims to present the issue to the next grand jury and criticizes politicians who fail to curb liquor traffic.
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le Aula
Ram
Attac
Father Gessner
Prissbow
Ex-Secretary Biaine Sends Cordial Acknowledgment
Wasuisoton July 4 ex secretary Biaine sent the President a cordial acknowledgment of the receipt of his telegram of sympathy at the time of the President elect’s funeral. Mr Biaine died but was not received by him until his return to Bar Harbor after the Chicago funeral.
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Wasuisoton
Biaine
Presi
Euhateen Tenn
Ieee
Bar Harbor
Chicago
Lewelling Named Governor Candidate in Wichita Directory
The Wichita City Directory lists Lorenzo D. Lewelling as the People's party candidate for Governor of Kansas, living at 1614 Hillside Avenue and described as a capitalist. The Buffalo Express notes the Democratic and Republican lines urging voters to judge by promises or past records.
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Minneapolis Tribune
People’s Party
Kansas
Wichita
Lorenzo D. Lewelling
Hillside Avenue
Buffalo Express
Democratic Party
Republican Party
A Look Around Sparks on Fourth of July Noise
A column contrasts changing Fourth of July celebrations from simple spinners to loud rockets and big noise makers, notes advances in color photography by Dr. Lippmann, recalls Langley’s dark photography lectures, mentions a new central city apartment plan and a Scranton land boom, and records local gossip about a lawyer’s firm move and transit-led growth.
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Oakland
Brooklyn Elopers Checkmated In Brooklyn Home
Thomas Bogart Jr 24 elopes with Lizzie Field wife of Francis Field from Brooklyn home taking $40 and checks cashed by two boarders. They moved to Bridgeport then New Haven where detectives traced them. Both returned to Brooklyn with the two children and held at Fifth Avenue station. Bogart’s father repaid the funds and larceny charge may be dropped.
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New York
Thomas Bogart, Jr
Brooklyn
Lizzie Field
Francis Field
Field
Bogart
Margaret Lonergan
Mary O'Neil
South Brooklyn Building Association
Fifth Avenue
Shama
Ghost or a Jag: New Castle Teens Report Haunted House
In New Castle area near New Caslin post office, a year old haunted house tale widens to a sighting. Two youths describe a ten foot tall figure with three inch eyes that moved on the roof and approached them, causing one to fall ill with nervous prostration as more locals report eerie sightings.
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New Castle
New Caslin
English Love for Fair Play Questioned in America
The piece questions Mrs. Henry M. Stanley’s potential to campaign or run for office in the United States if she brings her husband to the country. It implies a comparison with Victoria Woodhall and suggests that an English sense of fair play is lacking in current politics.
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Chicago Tribune
Henry M. Stanley
England
United States
Lancaster County
Run
New York
Frankfurter S
Ceylon
Treasury Department
Washington
Bellows
Breese
Boston Courier
Bishop Whitehead Support for Sunday Opening of World Fair
Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead of the Pittsburgh diocese argues for opening the art department and other non mechanical fair sections on Sunday to provide constructive recreation. He says Chicago has a continental Sunday and prefers useful public access over driving people to saloons. He notes a possible compromise to avoid antagonizing both sides and emphasizes practical adjustments over strict doctrinal enforcement.
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Portland
Bishop Whitehead
Fourth at Chautauqua Celebrates Independence Day
July 4 at Crautargvua N Y featured a quiet day with speakers Colonel Francis W Parker Rev Dr Hurlburt and Dr Flood addressing patriotism and suffrage Miss Margaret Goetz sang the Star Spangled Banner and America Sarah Teal lectured on pilgrim mothers Prof Gilmore opened lectures on American try and William Cullen Bryant Warren Clark spoke on Moorish architecture followed by a fireworks display closing the day.
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Flood
Hurlburt
America
Europe
William Cullenant
Warren Clark
Senator Hill Criticized Over Silver Inflation Vote
The New York World reports both major parties reject the Senate silver inflation plan despite a party stance on bi metallism. It argues the bill amounts to cheap money and a single silver standard, accusing Senator Hill of misrepresenting his party’s platform in supporting the bill.
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New York World
Senate
People's Party
Hill
The Nation's Day of Joy and Fourth of July Themes
A collage of excerpts from Northern and Midwestern papers praising the Fourth of July as a day of patriotism, citizenship lessons, and national unity. The selections urge orderly behavior, celebrate liberty, and stress the holiday as a school of statecraft and shared heritage.
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Hvgean
Ohio State Journal
Baltimore Herald
Indianapolis Journal
New York Press
Bufalo Courier
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Wuerses
Philadelphia Ledger
Washington Post
Swedish cabinet resigns in busy European politics
The Swedish Cabinet has resigned, signaling a rare political shakeup amid busy European times. The move appears to be a strategic step to keep the government before the public and manage mounting pressures.
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Baltimore
Deaths of Major Falls and Mrs Stotz Across Cities
Major Richard J. Falls a Mexican and Civil War veteran who led a famous Cedar Creek charge dies in San Francisco at home. Born in New York, he served in the Second California Cavalry and First Pennsylvania Cavalry before a police career in San Francisco. Mrs. John H. Stotz dies in Bellevue after a long illness. Obituary notes include Knights of the Mystic Chain Journal editor W. Schaule.
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Richard J. Falls
Mexico
Cedar Creek
Debliuty
San Francisco
Major Falls
Hortimer County
N. Y
California
Abellion
Second California Cavalry
Pennsylvaniia Cavalry
Profa Battallion
Cedar Mountain
George D. Bayar
W. U. Schaule
Knights of the Mystic Chain
Mys- Order
People’s Party Platform Lines Out Proposals and Critique
The document details the People’s Party National Convention platform with calls for free silver coinage, government expansion, monetary reform, railroad and land plans, and anti-bondholder rhetoric. It argues for direct currency issued by government, postal savings banks, and government ownership of railroads and telegraphs to serve the plain people.
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St. Louis
Ouana
New
People’s Party
People's Party of America
Congress
Republic
Brotherhood of Freeman
United States
Farmers’ Alliance
2. E Telegraph
Curious Condensations Spoiled Facts and Oddities Listed
A miscellany of trivia notes old and new covers sports, geography, inventions, and curiosities. It cites Solomon as a sportsman, Tower of London, ostrich eggs, and a range of odd claims about animals, rail gauges, and coin counters in Washington.
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