Cleveland Shelved in New York Political Rumor
A New York telegram claims machine Democrats aim to shelve ex president Cleveland in 1892 and back William C Whitney for the presidency with Colonel Brice as chairman and a path to the Senate. The report notes Ohio leaders’ push for Brice and Payne’s successor, and Mahone’s Virginia faction maneuvers.
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New York
Cleveland
Whitney
Brice
Payne
Rusk
Harrison
Quay
Washington
Mahone
WHY HORR IS MAD
Wastinoros July 16 Ex Congress man Konwell G Morr of Michigan recently appointed Consul to Valparaiso flings the honor back in the face of the administration and says it is an insult offer him such a paltry place It is understood that Mr Horr has written a letter to the President explaining why he cannot accept a banishment at 3000 per year This letter has not yet reached Washington but is expected to reach The entire Republican party of Michigan seems to have taken up the chap of Mr Horr and resenting his treatment The Democrats think he was very generous in getting anything at Horr first aspired to be Minister to Mexico
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Wastinoros
Konwell G. Morr
Michigan
Valparaiso
Horr
Washington
Republican Party
Mexico
Ohio Republicans Hear Mixed Rallies In Jackson Dem Tone
A Chicago telegram from Washington dated July 16 reports a Republican meeting in Ohio to ratify the state convention. Sixth Auditor Coulter spoke praising Harrison mildly, while Milton M. Holland attacked Mugwumps and urged Foraker’s election. Attendees noted the absence of Butterworth, Thompson, and other officials.
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Wasnixeton
Ohio Republican Association
Ohio State Republican Convention
Butterworth
Thompson
Coulter
Rannels
Harrison
Mahone's Ambition to Run for Governor in Virginia
General Mahone and Virginia followers plan to meet with Senator Quay and National Committee members in Washington to discuss his bid for governor. He aims to vindicate himself and is reorganizing his faction after recent conferences at Petersburg.
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Linke
Petersburg
Malone
Quay & Co
Secretary Rusk denies 1892 presidential bid
In a telegram from Wassmer to The Dispatch dated July 16 Secretary Rusk says he is a candidate for nothing and never thought of the presidency. He predicts Harrison will be the candidate and a popular president, while Sawyer and Spooner are likely to continue in office. He praises Harrison as level headed and effective.
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Dispatch
WassmerTor
Rusk
Senator Sawyer
Sawyer
Spooner
Harrison
Senator Quay Seeks House During Keystone Visit
Senator Quay arrived in the city and plans to secure a house for the Congressional session. He will travel from Philadelphia to Harrisburg and then Beaver, with a possible meeting with the President if he returns from Deer Park. A Treasury Department appointment for Solomon Kittanning as chief of a division is anticipated.
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Wasuixetox
Senator Quay
City
Arlington Hotel
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Ue Evou
Beaver
Deer Park
Quay
Sor. Kittanning
Chicago
Treasury Department
FIGHT AGAINST TANNER CONTINUES WITH OFFICIAL TENSIONS
Washington July 16. Corporal Tanner faces ongoing chastisement from Secretary Noble and Assistant Secretary Bussey who oppose him. Three medical examiners were removed by Noble for being too liberal in pension ratings. Tanner attempted to defend his men but made no comment on resignation after the defeat.
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Washinorton
Tanner
Noble
Bussey
Fibel
Salisbury Warns Ireland Question Remains for Generations
Lord Salisbury told Mile End listeners that colonies would not federation as the United States. He hoped common agreement would ease present difficulties. He warned that future generations may still discuss the Irish problem with little new to say.
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Lord Salisbury
Ireland
Lowpox
Mile End
United States
Iriah
K of L Meet in Chicago Lays Ground for Atlanta Assembly
The General Executive Board of the Knights of Labor met in Chicago at the Sherman House to set the time and place for the next General Assembly in Atlanta Georgia on the second Tuesday of November. Powderly and leaders discussed eight hour work limits and the Bearer of the United Brotherhood issue while denying Westward power moves and urging district assemblies to handle appeals. The session continued into the evening as members debated policy and membership concerns.
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The
K. of U
Chicago
Powderly
General Assembly
Sellanta
Knights of Labor
Sherman House
Workman Powderly
John W. Hayes
Philadelphia
J.J. Holland
Jacksonville
Fla
A. W Wright
Toronto
John Devlin
Detroit
Pittsburg
Atlanta
J. R. Sovereign
Dubuque
Northwestern
West
K. of L
Fire destroys Schuylkill Paper Mill at Manayunk
Fire at the Schuylkill Paper Mill in Manayunk, Philadelphia, destroyed the mill owned by Frank McDonald. The blaze consumed the building, stock, and machinery, with insurers naming a value on the damaged property.
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Philadelphia
Schuylkill
Manayunk
Frank McDonald
Governor Cannot Detail Johnstown Relief Expenditures
Haraispune July 16. Governor Beaver cannot furnish a detailed statement of flood relief expenditures in Conemaugh Valley due to drafts by General Hastings lacking purpose specifics. The nearly 1.15 million dollar relief fund comes from nearly every state and foreign sources, while the sanitary fund funds abatement of nuisances. Some say mixing funds angers the governor and prompts quick distribution to benefit timely profits. Johnstown faces complaints. Williamsport and other flood areas report satisfaction.
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Johnstown
DixPaTon
Beaver
Conemauch Valley
Relief Commission
Hastings
Tse
Union
Delaware
England
Germany
Williamsport
Lock Haven
Railroads pledge grain tariff restoration next week
General Freight Agent Joyce of the Pennsylvania Railroad says reductions by Lake Shore and Michigan Central to 20 cents for New York are not permanent and that major lines will restore rates next Monday with other roads following later in the week. He notes trunk lines met in New York and left decisions to each road.
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Philadelphia
Joyce
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
New York
Virginia Suit Over Telegraph Pole Privilege Drags On
The Postal Telegraph Cable Company sues the Norfolk and Western Railroad in Prince County circuit court over the right to erect telegraph poles along the railroad line. The Western Union Undersea Company holds a competing privilege under contract with the railroad. Judge Rives has ruled for the plaintiff in Prince George, with defendants lodging bills of exceptions for appeal.
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Petersburg
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
Norfolk
Prince County
Western Union Seerace Company
Prince George
A Terrible Deed by Rutherford County Father
News from Chartorre North Carolina reports Amos Gregory, a Rutherford County father, beat his four children with hickory switches after drunkenness. The children, two boys and two girls, fled, were chased, and injured. their mother aided them as neighbors intervened. Three children may die. The couple were also injured. Indignation runs high among local African Americans, with rape possibly involved.
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Chartorre
N.C
Rutherford County
Amos Gregory
Gregory
Banquet Touts Kendall's American Tour Ambition
Loxpor hosts a banquet for Mr and Mrs Kendall before their American tour with Joseph Chamberlain presiding. Lords, duchesses, baronets, and leading London artists attend as the host and guests toast the couple and anticipate high artistic merit from the Beattie stage venture.
Three Girls Drowned Bathing in River Near Poona Kan
Three girls Addie Gordon Kate Gordon and Myrtle Cranby aged 11 to 14 were drowned while bathing in a river near Poona Kansas today. Authorities investigated the incident and reported the drowning occurred in swift water.
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Poona
Kan
Addie
Kate Gordon
Myrtle Cranby
Detective Furlong Eyed for Government Post Amid Labor Backlash
Rumors allege Detective Tom Furlong may be appointed to the Treasury Department’s Secret Service chief role, a move seen as railroad influence over unions. Knights of Labor protest, citing Furlong’s alleged role in derailing the Gould system strike and discrediting Martin Irons. Salary cited at $5,500 per year.
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Furlong
Knights of Labor
Tom” Furlong
Bell
Bureau
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Republican Party
Gould
Martin Irons
Irons
Youthful elopers thwarted in early attempt to wed
Edith May Kentley fourteen, stepdaughter of A C Kentley, and John Throop about seventeen tried to elope from a Westside boarding house. Throop obtained twenty dollars to fund the plan. Police arrested the pair as they prepared to leave town. A hearing before a justice is set for morning.
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Curiaco
Edith May Kentley
A. C. Kentley
John Throop
Edith
Throop
Kansas City
Ple
A Romance of the Stage Ends in Baltimore Wedding
Eugene Bisbee of Baltimore wed Evelyn Mathews, a chorus girl with the Thompson Opera Company, in a ceremony at St. John’s Church. The couple became acquainted in Baltimore nine months prior while Mathews traveled with the Casino Company, leading to a formal engagement and marriage.
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Church of St. John
Eugene Bisbee
Baltimore
Evelyn Mathews
Thompson Opera Company
National Theater
Isbee
Casino
Atlantic Steamers to Bailt-Eight Boats and $10,000,000 Claim
Austin Corbin of the Reading road buys 3,200 acres at Montauk Point for a landing and docks for a new eight-ship line to Milford Haven Wales. The Rapid Transit Steamship Company plans eight steamers costing about $10,000,000 to run from Fort Pond Bay to Milford Haven, with grand docks and a new Montauk Custom House.
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England
Disratch
New Yorks
Austin Corbin
Reading Road
Thaa
Montauk
L. L
Rapid Transit Steamship Company
Corbin
Fort Pond Bay
Milford Haven
Wales
Maritime Exchange
Compan Meneere Oeeers
Eeqernes
Mescey
Coabavet Eee
Dalidens
Sctnaeanlp
Cig
Montauk Point
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Europe
New York
Reading Railroad
Jr American Mechanics Grow With 9000 New Members This Year
About 3,000 Junior American Mechanics gathered in the city with Dr. Harris Stites as Chief Marshal. Stephen Collins led the third division and will be elected State Vice Councillor. Allegheny and Pittsburgh councils numbered 65 and 500 members respectively. An excursion to Gettysburg is planned, and an American Comedy Company performance will aid council room repairs. The order gained about 9,000 accessions last year with eighty councils chartered and $9,552.67 in treasury.
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Hargeisburg
Harris Stites
C. P. Lang
Allegheny
Sta
Stephen Collins
Pittsburg
Jose Morris
H. ©. Young
Harry Kalkoff
E. Gordon, Jr
C. E. Sucroff
G. B. Snyder
Horace R. Mentzes
T. Ww
J. Fix
James Kirkwood
A. Bickford
G. M. Murphy
Allegheny Council
James T
P Ross House
Gettysh
American Comedy Company
Order
Johnstown
Opera House
Order of Junior American Mechanics
Robbed of Love and Lucre Postpones a Jersey Bride
Rose Behrns, a Jersey City restaurant worker, reported to New York police that $460 was stolen from her hand satchel on a Third Avenue streetcar. She had traveled to New York for her wedding and drew savings from Bowery Bank before the theft. A young man who saw her money followed her onto the car and grabbed the satchel as she rode away. Miss Behrns could not identify the thief. two detectives were assigned. Her wedding was postponed.
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Stelen
Dispatch
New York
Rose Behrns
Monticello Street
Jersey City
Third Avenue
Bowery Bank
Sergeant Bird
Sixteen Men Missing From Fishing Schooner Edith Emery
Boston July 16 The fishing schooner Edith Emery arrives with only three of nineteen crew after sixteen men disappear at sea during thick fog off Highland Light. Captain Sullivan suspects passing vessels may have picked them up. search efforts continued with foghorns and noise but no sign. All but two of the missing are married with large families.
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Boston
Edith Emery
Patrick Sullivan
Emery
Highland Light
The New Sisters Conven tion Meeting Notes
The convention at Bismarck opens with debate on railroad taxation. Proposals seek a state board to assess railroads with per mile rates between 3000 and 7000 dollars. Agreement exists on protecting funds for schools. North and South Dakota committees begin joint debt division talks. The North Dakota rally advances suffrage goals while South Dakota devotes time to idle district sessions.
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Bismarck
North
South Dakota
Unprecedented Delegates Clash Inside Window Glass Workers Convention
The Window Glass Workers Association meeting in Pittsburgh defies prior practice as delegates, led by factions over decentralization and secret talks, contest President James Campbell's chair and push for broader electivity including the secretary by popular vote. He resigns midweek and joins delegates, while disputes over power and reform continue with a history of secrecy and tension.
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Campbell
Window Glass Workers’ Association
Council
Ind
Na Hein
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Palmer
Spain
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Langston
Charlotte County
Henry Cox
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Democratic Party
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Biaine
Fornker
Milton M. Holland
Columbus
Sixth Auditor
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Jolland
General Harrison
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Texas
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Lunds
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Whitfield
F G. Rathbone
Department of Justice
K. OF L. Questions
Mr. Powderly
G. A
Atlante
United Brotherhood
Eathe A
Franklin
Federation of Labor
Macvayuck Paper
Judge Lyncoh
North Carolina
Mrs. Kendall
America
Mammoth Railroad Systems
Howee
Knights
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Moe Wt
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Eeesa
Frank Erskine
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Window Glass Workers’ Association of America
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