McCorkle Wins Battle for West VirginiaGubernatorial Bid
West Virginia Democratic State Convention in Parkersburg swirls in factional fights led by McCorkle Eastham and Bennett. McCorkle leads but falls shy of a nominating majority. ballots shift as Wayne County factions battle. The day ends with McCorkle nominated after chaotic sessions and a powerfully lit convention hall.
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J Parkerssvne
W. Va
W. A. McCorkle
Charleston
P. ©. Eastham
Mason Country
George Bennet
Lewis County
McCorkle
Eastham
Bennet
West Virginia
Wayne County
Eeily
Fleming
Payton
United States
J. Faulkner
Cal Peyton
Bennett
Goff
Bennett-Eastham
Wayne
Arbuckle
Greenbrier County
John M. Sodenstricker
Flournoy
Kanawha
G. H. Chidester
Geo M. Bennett
Martin
Presley C. Eastham
Mason County
Srdenstricker
Weaver Opens Campaign With Enthusiastic People's Party Rally
General James B. Weaver, People's Party presidential candidate, opened his campaign in Desven on July 27. Crowds packed Coliseum Hall and overflow meetings outdoors. Mrs. M. E. Lease spoke to both audiences. Wheeler presented a silver pen promising Weaver would sign the free coinage bill if elected. Applause followed Weaver's remarks and he thanked the示 presenter. The note mentions the American College League of Republican Clubs in New York.
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Weaver
Republican Colece League
New York
American College League of Republican Clubs
Campaign committee opens at Fifth Avenue HQ
James F. Burke of the Republican National Committee heads a campaign office at 292 Fifth Avenue. League clerks will disseminate campaign literature through the colleges, shaping outreach across institutions.
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Fifth Avenue
James F. Burke
Republican National Committee
League
Leages
Colorado's People's Party Convention Nominating List Read
At Coliseum Hall the People's Party State Convention opened with strong turnout from Silver Convention veterans and pro silver Republicans. The committee proposed a slate of presidential electors and state officers including Higley Berry Wyatt Hanchett Thompson Waite Wilson McAleese M Goonh Durene Elwood Nance Engly Croxton. Debate followed over voting on the list with some members urging adjournment to review dual recommendations and ensure nominees align with party principles. An adjournment was voted for until tomorrow.
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Denter
Cox
Coliseum Hall
People's Party
People’s Party
Conference Committee
J. G. Higley
Weld County
J. G. Berry
Montrose
Hugh Wyatt
Lake
Silas Hanchett
Clear Creek
Julius Thompson
Dolores County
H. H. Waite
Perkin County
D.H. Nichols
Boulder
Chris Wilson
Puebla
C. O. McAleese
H. H. M. ‘Goonhounts
Montezuma
Alfred Durene
Segee
H. Elwood
Pre Summit
Rt Nance
Arapahoe
Atorney
Eugene Engly
la Platte
John Croxton
Childs
el Paso County
Herbert George
Arapahoe County
Ex Governor Carroll Sees Cleveland Victory Hint
From Repropr, Pa July 27 Special Ex Governor Carroll of Maryland says Democrats started well with Harrity as Chairman He predicts New York will back Cleveland and Tammany will stay loyal He names New York Indiana as battlegrounds and notes tariff as main campaign issue regarding the Monongahela incident potentially aiding Republicans or Socrats depending on framing.
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Reprorp
Carroll
Maryland
Harrity
West Virginia
Begg
Satablican
Carroll Reia
Empire State
New York
Cleveland
Tammany
Burke Cochran
Indiana
S Krge
Monongahela
Still Casting Their Ballots in Fifteenth District Nomination
Zanesville Ohio July 27 Special The Republican Convention balloting for the Fifteenth district continued with little change. Noble county shifted its support from Dalzell to Taylor, while Guernsey county backed Taylor. Muskingum gave Van Voorhis 61 votes, Washington 48 for Daws, and Morgan split among Van Voorhis Daws and its own Stanberry. A rumor claimed Guernsey pressured Washington to back Taylor in exchange for future favors. Washington managers denied any such proposal.
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Zanesville
Fifteenth
Noble County
J. M. Dalzell
J. D. Taylor
Guernsey County
Guernsey
Taylor
Noble
H. C. van Voorhis
Muskingum
KR. R. Daws
Washington
Morgan County
van Voorhis
Daws
E. M.stanberry
Washington County
Mentees
Reid to Attend Illinois Convention of Clubs
Whitelaw Reid has accepted the invitation of the Illinois Republican State Central Committee to attend the Convention of Clubs in Springfield on August 18. The event gathers party members to discuss organization and campaign strategy. Reid's participation adds prominence to the gathering and signals ongoing party coordination ahead of the autumn political season.
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Carcaco
Int
Whitelaw Reid
Illinois
Republican State Central Committee
Springfield
In Defense of Sparrows. The Small English Birds
Harrisburg Independent reports that English sparrows, once blamed for fruit and vineyard losses, are not crop destroyers or native-bird exterminators. The article notes sparrow numbers rose then declined, and they should be seen as ordinary birds among their peers.
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Harrisburg
John Bardsley
Pennsylvania
Boy defends mother in fatal hatchet attack in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on July 27 Winchester Comfort a 52 year old carpenter threatened to beat his wife during a drinking spell. His 16 year old son struck him on the head with a hatchet fracturing the skull. Comfort fell unconscious. The boy surrendered at the station house and confessed. He was taken to a hospital as officers began inquiry.
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Philadelphia
Winchester Comfort
Comfort
Elements At Play Yesterday's Strangest Weather Extremes
Yesterday broke weather records with extreme heat and rapid cooling, a heavy storm delivering hail and near inch rain, and a strong 32 mph southwesterly wind. The heat caused several sunstrokes and deaths, while damage spread across the South Side and Mt. Washington, with telegraph and street disruptions reported.
Old Sol Breaths Death In Chicago Heat Wave
In Chicago and Philadelphia the sun’s deadly heat continues to claim lives. By July 27 fifty deaths and extensive prostrations overwhelm hospitals. Officials report a record death toll surpassed only by today’s brutal heat, with 838 degrees? at noon in the Auditorium.
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Philadelphia
Washington
State, War, Navy
Treasury Departments
Interior Department
Anderson
Ind
Hilton
Robinson
Appellate Court of
Indiana
Chicago
Chicago Heat: Sixteen Dead From Sunstroke, 88 Hospitalized
Chicago records a brutal heat day with sixteen sunstroke deaths and 88 people prostrated, some likely to die. Officials report 84 to 92 degree temperatures, water shortages on the North and West sides, and lingering swelter as the city faces another 36 hours of heat.
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Rairie
Aurnace
Chicago
Storm Rips Aberdeen with Lightning Kills Two Horses
A fierce rain and lightning storm swept Aberdeen last night. Total precipitation reached one and a quarter inches as strikes occurred in multiple spots. Two horses were killed and grain crops were badly lodged though many may recover.
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Aberdeen
8. D
Milk Shortage and Heat Claim in St Louis
In St Louis on July 27 the heat peaked with a reported 939. Prostrations reached 30 and deaths stood at three. The extreme weather has caused a partial milk famine as a result of the heat.
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St. Louis
Heat Halts Work as Thermometer Hits Hundred
On July 27 the thermometer climbed to 100 degrees provoking multiple prostrations and forcing several hundred iron workers to stop work. The sweltering day disrupted outdoor labor and highlighted extreme heat conditions in the area.
Curious thief Harry Palmer tied to Penn Avenue thefts
Police report a string of burglaries linked to Harry Palmer colored, once jailed for assault, and an associate Gordon. Palmer, after five years in prison, targeted shop windows by throwing stones to steal goods, destroying over $1,000 in glass. An arrest at his Penn Avenue room uncovered about $2,000 of stolen items including electrical gear, bric a brac, a typewriter, and clothing. Remaining items to be cataloged at Central station.
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Penn Avenue
Harry Palmer
Calvin Gray
Gordon
R. J. Dalzell & Bro
Allegheny
Palmer
Dr. Buchanan
Gimbert & McKelvey
Messrs
Gimbert
McKelvey
Frank Diebold
Western Pennsylvania Phonograph Company
Central Station
Filth and Cruelty Case Heads Southside Arrest
Police and Anti Cruelty agents raided the home of Mrs. Annie Layden at 148 Twenty third street and found a filthy, vermin filled dwelling. Layden, intoxicated, was arrested for cruelty and neglect as her four children had previously been sent to Tannehill Orphan Asylum with two deaths reported. A crowd followed the wagon amid a weeks long drinking spree.
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Penticost
McDonald
Annie Layden
Twenty-third Street
Twenty-eighth Ward
Tannehill Orphan Asylum
Man Killed in Stock Office as Gambler Shoots Self
Philadelphia July 27 Charles H Page a young ablest broker shot dead in the back room of E D Page & Brother on South Fourth street by Ronald H Kennedy a 58 year old eccentric gambler who then killed himself Kennedy died with a bullet in the brain Page died within minutes after the shooting Kennedy entered the office and fired two shots before turning the gun on himself. Page Hall family from Cape May and Philadelphia broker circles grieved as the tragedy drew a crowd from surrounding exchanges. Kennedy previously lost money in stocks and had recently fallen on hard times. The Page family prepared to notify Mrs Page and her child as local offices closed awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Dispatch
Philadelphia
Charles Henry Page
Fourth Street
Ronald H Kennedy
Page
E. D. Page & Brother
South Fourth Street
Charles H. Page
Cape May
Kennedy
The
Stock Exchange
Forsythe
Rachel Austin
North Eleventh Street
Aaa
E. D. 8 & Brother
New Orleans
Page & Brother
Atchison Securities
Drexel & Co
Sailer & Stevenson
Dick Brothers
Keen & Co
Robert
Homestead
Edward D. Page
New York
Joseph F. Page
Switzerland
Locust Street
Mra Page
Grossholtz
Brynmawr
Cape
Midnight Launch of Pacific Steamship Pen ú
The Pacific mail steamship Penú was launched at midnight at Union Iron Works in San Francisco, described as the largest ship yet launched on the Pacific coast. The event drew electric lights, torches, hammering sounds, and crowds as about 600 workers contributed to the 45 by 45 by 29 foot vessel with 8,900 gross tons.
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Glass House
Carson and
Tenth
Mt. Washington
Castle Shannon
Pacific
Philadelphia Record
California
Pacific Mail
Penu
Union Tron Works
San Francisco
Peru
Pacific Coast
Largest German dock project at Bremerhaven
The Bremen city plans the Kaiser Dock at Bremerhaven, a 606 by 82 by 34 foot harbor expansion. It will cost about 4.5 million dollars with 4 million paid by Bremen and the rest by the national government. Foundations require driving to 22 to 25 feet below the dock floor.
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Philadelphia
North Sea
Baltic
Bremen
Bremerhaven
Germany
Big Mike Defeated in Waukesha By Consumptive Stranger
A Chicago Tribune report recalls the notorious Big Mike, a six foot six Wisconsin bully. In a Waukesha saloon, a thin consumptive man confronted him and offered a fight, then warned he would “send you home to your amile.” Mike withdrew and never returned. the stranger died two weeks later of consumption.
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Big Mike
Wisconsin
Patrick O'Farrell
Lindell
Janesville
Beloit
Waukesha
Arkansaw
Mark Twain
Mike
Amile
Waukeshaly
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William McNally
West Penn Hospital
McNally
Mulberry Alley
Thirty-third
Smallman Streets
America
Thirty-third Street
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Siemen
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