Abandon Prohibition Drove Kansas Political Shifts
A Kansas context notes reformers and farmers' alliance shifting stance on prohibition. It describes Republicans losing ground to the alliance and possible third party action led by ministers and St John, with resubmission debates and changing voter loyalties impacting the state’s political balance.
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People’s Party
Jerry Simpson
Lease
Peffer
Wall Street
Charles Tichinson
Usmiers
Farmers’ Alliance
Kaness
St. John
Republican Party
Banes
Prohibition
Republicun
St John
Good Name and Credit
Alliance Party
Democrats Likely to Back the Order Amid Debts Repudiation
The statement notes thousands of Democrats would probably support the measure as repudiation of honest indebtedness is discussed, signaling broad political backing.
Anti Campbecll Democrat Predicts McKinley Victory
Columbus dispatch reports crowds flocking to the Ohio Republican convention. Sherman arrives amid reception at Lincoln League Club while Foraker and Campbell factions mobilize. Talks focus on lieutenant governor candidates with Griffin Morris and Campbell contending for the post. Sherman says he will not seek a Senate endorsement.
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McKinley
Columaus
Ohio
Senator Sherman
Mansfield
Lincoln League Club
Foraker
Foster
Cleveland
Julius Whiting, Jr
Canton
Major MecKinoley
Stark County
Mansfeld
Major McKinle
Orrville
Tippecanoe Club
Cuyahoga County
Griffin
Lucas
Morris
Prebic
Simon
Fllon Barrett
Highland
Berger
Campbell
Jefferson
Onaboga
Bam
Asa S. Bushnell
Springfield
Sherman
Euinae
Fer
Cerberus
Bushnell
Chatrman
Beatty
Mac
Seadhipen
Provident
Committee On Permanent Organization
Senate
Committee On Resolutions
People's party aims outlined by chairman Tan Beneck
National Committee leader Tan Beneck visited the city to discuss the party's next campaign plans. He hinted at new methods and a different approach from rival parties and suggested upcoming political moves without detailing the plan.
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Sramerreno
Tanbeneck
National Committee of
The
People's Party
Laws Walt
Tauben
Colonel King on the Stand in Denials-Filled Trial
The H. Clay King trial resumed in Criminal Court this morning with most testimony centered on denials and explanations. Judge Dubose barred press representatives from the courtroom, making proceedings harder to observe.
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Colonel King
Mexrats
H. Clay King
Criminal Court
Dubose
Preas
Colonel King Denies Threats in Pillow Case Conspiracy
In testimony Colonel King asserts he believed Mrs Pillow and her son-in-law Shields of Birmingham plotted to defraud him and ruin his reputation. He recalls no threat to the Memphis Avalanche author but sues the paper for libel. He denies sending a message to T P Chambers promising to kill him if charges in the cross bill are not withdrawn.
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Sad
T. P. Chambers
King of Robbers Arrest and Desert Ordeal Revealed
Henry B. Miller, Arizona stage robber, was jailed in San Francisco after a dramatic escape and recapture. He coerced victims including Dr. Hurley to aid a hold up, fled across the desert after biting his own flesh for water, and survived until recaptured by Sheriff Paul.
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Spaciat
San Francisco
Henry B. Miller
Arizona
Paul
Miller
Florence
Cass Grind
Hurley
Wun
Suix
Dr. Hurley
Ands Posse
Rabbis the Express Company
Yuma Yoo
Econ
United States
Los Angeles
Conrae
Ontin
Record Heat Wave Sweeps New York City in June
The mercury soars to 93.9 degrees on June 15 amid a nationwide warm spell. Heat prostrations rise as crowds seek shade and soda water relief. notable victims include Matthew Darcey, 70, and George Schroeder, 46, in Manhattan.
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New York
Equitable Building
Broadway
Cee
Hudnut
Dunn
Matthew Darcey
Hudson Street
Marion and
Spring Streets
George Schroeder
Weat Sixty-seventh Street
Copper mines sale rumor denied amid railroad dispute
A report in Butte City claimed the Anaconda mines owned by Mr. J B Haggin were sold to a foreign Rothschild syndicate, but this was denied. The dispute with the Montana Union Railroad affects mine operations and a new line toward a transcontinental junction is being surveyed for potential construction.
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Dispatcs
New York
Anaconda
J.B. Haggin
Rothschilds
Butte City
Montana
Montana Union Railroad Company
Union Pacific
Ific
Mrr
Waggin
Riifroad
Montana Union Railroad
Providence Heat Record Tops New England Warmth
Heat advices across New England show sultry weather with Providence reporting a high around 100 degrees. Massachusetts records a low near 92, while Hartford hits 91 in the shade and drought dries up vegetation and pastures across the region.
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Bostrox
New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Providence
Turtford
Connecticut
Still Hotter Today In Philadelphia Lumi Segments
Still hotter today as reported by the Philadelphia Signal Service. Clerk Hensel said tomorrow will be even hotter. Thermometer readings from 11 am to 3:30 pm showed rising mercury across downtown including 5 at Continental Hotel and 4 at Eighth and Chestnut.
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Panaverrain
Hensel
Ofice
Beaver Falls Lawyer Faces Disbarment Proceedings
A Beaver County Bar committee seeks disbarment of W. A. Martin, citing dishonesty and fraud in professional conduct. Judge Wickham ordered a rule returnable June 26 to show cause why he should not be expelled from the bar.
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Treaven Fallis
The
Law Association
W. A. Martin
Beaver Falls
Beaver County Bar
W. E. Martin
Renee
Wickham
Severe flood disrupts Hilton area and rail lines in Illinois
A major rainstorm drenched Tazewell county for nearly three hours, flooding cellars and wells, wrecking gardens, washing out five bridges and sections of the Lake Erie and Western and Peoria and Pekin railroads. Travel is limited as roads remain submerged and a link to Hilton is cut off.
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Proua
Tazewell County
Hilton
Farm Creek
Lake Erie and Western
Peoria
Pekin
Soldiers Orphans Schools Inspection Tour Begins
A commission led by Colonel Stewart and Captain Boyer departs to inspect the Uniontown Soldiers Orphans School. They will visit Loyberry County, Harford, Uehanna County, and Chester Springs, with Messrs. Davis Lemon and Sample joining, completing the commission's work.
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Hanmanuree
Stewart
Boyer
Grand Army of the Republic
Frank Magee
Eighth Regiment
Soldiers’ Orphan Commission
Uniontown Soldiers Orphans’ School
Messrs
Davis
Philadelphia
Lemon
Harford
Uehanna County
Chester Springs
Northwest Heavy Rain With Lightning Fatality at Atwater School
A heavy afternoon rain drenched Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota with wide extent and minor damage. In Atwater Minnesota lightning struck a new schoolhouse killing Solomon Peterson and injuring several others.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Atwater
Minn
Solomon Peterson
Heatwave Rekindles Prostration Fears In Town And Minersville
Special telegram reports extreme heat with the shade thermometer at 9 degrees in the town at 3 P.M. One prostration in town and six in Minersville among coal bank workers. Two may prove fatal.
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Haze
Toy
Minersville
Jake Sharp's boodle storm at Morris Park meeting
A stormy meeting between John Keenan and ex Alderman Michael Duffy, Harlem’s boodle board member, erupted over a Broadway Railroad bribe split. Promoters sued Keenan for keeping three fourths of the money, Duffy claiming he received only 10000, as a crowd gathered and tempers flared.
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Morris
Conspirator Surrenders as Real Estate Promoter Held
Henry M Yard, tied to a $200000 city and state funds misuse case with ex City Treasurer Bardsley, surrendered in Trenton and posted 16000 bail for a hearing. Examiner Drew defends reports on Keystone Bank and discusses a conference with Controller Lacey. depositors at Spring Garden National Bank back legal action against the United States to recover losses.
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Drew
Lacy
Puapetram
Henry M. Yard
Trenton
John Bardsley
New Jersey
Lacey
Keystone Bank
Drew Penason
Association of Depositors
Spring Garden National Bank
United States
Secre
Harrison
Owen Takes His Office New Immigration Superintendent
Washtnatox June 15 Hon. J. D. Owen the new Superintendent of Immigration qualified at the Treasury Department this morning and entered on his duties at once. He will have charge of all details of the immigration service working with Spring Secretary Otleton who has been assigned that branch.
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J. D. Owen
Treasury Department
Hewis
Treasury Bull I
Immigration Service
Ys Pring Secreottleton
Prince of Wales Faces Fallout in Baccarat Scandal
Paris rumors claim the Prince may renounce the throne and resign his army commission after Parliament debates the baccarat affair. Sir William Gordon-Cumming’s guilt is cited, with Stanhope stating others were urged to report improper conduct. No official confirmation of the royal action is provided.
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Edward Stanhope
William Summers
Gladstone Liberal
William Gordon Cumming
Owen Williams
Prince of Wales
Berkely Levett
Wales
Sir William Gordon- Cumming
Mr. Stanhope
William Gordon-Cumming
Herkely Levett
Coleridge
William
Adama
Eourtine Coleridge
Adams
Wiliam Gordon-Cumming
New York
Garner
Miss Garner
Sir William
Gordon-Cumming
Henry Peyton Cobb
Rugby
Warwickshire
Wolis
Owen Willams
William Gordon-Cummin
Stanhope
Paris
Figaro and
Gaulois
London
Berlin
Man Swallows Snake Believed in Stomach Illness
Benjamin Gilbert a 46 year old hod carrier on a mountain construction site in Garnersville reportedly swallowed a reptile while drinking from a brook. He claims the creature is slithering in his stomach causing pain and rapid flesh loss though he delayed medical help. Local friends refuse to take the event seriously.
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Garrrnson
Benjamin Gilbert
Gilbert
William Osborn
Tean Gilbert
Hfe
Diepmea
Ben
Excelsior Hosiery Company Assigns For Creditors
Philadelphia June 15 The Excelsior Hosiery Company made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The firm had been doing fair business but the Keystone Bank closure and a March dye-house fire at Roxbury reduced profits and pushed the company into liquidation. The assignee will prepare a statement of liabilities and assets in a few days.
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Excelsior Hosiery Company
Philadelphia
Keystone Bank
Roxbury
Wealthy Woman Robbed as House Lapses into Decay
Newark June 15 Detective Cosgrove and Health Inspector Green investigated a robbery at Miss Elizabeth Petty 97 Commerce Street. The three story frame house was dilapidated with decaying timbers and broken windows. They found money, coins and banknotes amid piles of refuse and dead animals. Miss Petty, 55 years old, lives alone after years as a Newark schoolteacher. She reported two men assaulted her, but she refused police aid and paid no heed to police involvement. The Board of Health will compel cleanup.
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Arouna
New Yoas
Elizabeth Petty
Commerce Street
Newark
Cosgrove
Green
Miss Petty
Mrs. Stroebel
Hiv Tinkents
Board of Health
Brooklyn
Blaine's Condition Linked to Nervous Prostration
A relative says Blaine’s New York examination by Dr. Janewsy found no organic illness and attributes his poor health to nervous prostration from his son Walker’s death and overwork during his Boston stay.
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Bostrox
Blaine
Boston
New York
Janewsy
Walker
Secretary Rusk Seeks German French Pork Imports
Secretary Rusk arriving with Dr Salmon and Casson will begin microscopical examination of hog products in an effort to secure admission of American pork into Germany and France. He will attach a disease free certificate to exports and visit inspection houses this week, aiming to return to Washington in about ten days.
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Gram
Carcano
Rusk
D. &. Salmon
Bureau of Animal Industry
Casson
Washington
Germany
France
Rance
Governor Pattison Returns From Fishing Trip
Governor Pattison resumes duties after a fishing excursion as he hosts callers urging action on appropriation bills. Advocates include Prof Atherton of Pennsylvania State College and representatives from Pittsburgh and Ashlandia Hospital seeking timely approvals and funding.
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Harnissune
Pattison
Atherton
Pennsylvania State College
x-Senatory
Setray Lili County
Ashland
Pittsburg
Ian Ene
George N. Reilly
Nat Tube
Orks
Belligerent Priest Arrest Headlines Telegram War
Special telegram reports Arch bishop Corrigan sent Rev. Joseph A O Dwyer to All Saints parish two months ago. He proved popular but was arrested by Rev Terence Early who feared for his life and the safety of Rev David O Keefe. O Dwyer allegedly fired a revolver after a picnic with heavy drinking.
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Archbishop Corrigan
Joseph A. O'Dwyer
Church of All Saints
Jose Peter's Church
New Brighton
Terence J. Early
Father Early
David O'Keefe
Father O'Dwyer
Three Hundred Chinamen Host Sunday School Picnic
Three hundred Chinamen and their American women teachers boarded the row steamboat Sirius for a picnic at Laurel Grove in Cold Stream harbor. They acted as hosts for the English instruction and religious gathering, and the group included Mr Ah Foon and others who were well pleased with the outing.
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JHE Dispatch
New York
Laurel Grove
Cold Stream Harbor
Ah Foon
Basle Bridge Disaster Toll Reaches 190 Victims
A Basel railroad bridge collapse killed 190 with hundreds injured as troops aided rescue efforts. Scenes matched Johnstown as survivors pulled from the swift river while fires burned and families gathered the dead, witnesses described haunting, warlike relief efforts and mass casualties.
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Bens
Basle
Severa
Adil Ag
Cara
Johnstown
United States
Two Skirmishes with Pirates Near Batoem
A boat with five Russian soldiers faced a 12 pirate craft. The pirates fired, killing four soldiers, who fled to shore and alerted a four-man pursuit. In a second volley, two more Russians were killed and two wounded. pursued pirates escaped. A Russian gunboat is chasing the pirates.
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T.roe
Rumor of Prince of Wales Linked Divorce Case Surfaces
A tonight rumor claims Lord Brooke filed for divorce citing intimacy with the Prince of Wales. The alleged affair between the Prince and Lady Brooke has long circulated as common knowledge but is described here as unconfirmed and likely platonic.
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Lespes
Lord Brooke
Prince of Wales
Lady Brooke
Prussian Diet Restores Catholic Diocesan Funds
The Upper House of the Prussian Diet passed a bill restoring to Roman Catholic dioceses the funds seized during the Kulturkampf.
Germany Troubled With Samoa Chief Justice Faces Threats
Berlin dispatch reports Samoan affairs tense as Chief Justice von Cederkrantz fears for his life amid conspiracies after King Malietoa’s death. Germany weighs whether to retain influence as a steamship line pursues arrears and traffic declines.
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Bern
von Cederkrantz
Malietoa
Samosa
Pilgrims to Visit Reno For Holy Coat Exhibition
A Reno correspondent reports that up to half a million pilgrims are expected in September and October to view the holy coat of St. Joseph. Citizens are rushing to house, furnish, and staff the influx with barracks, hotels, beds, and provisions. New Moselle rail lines will serve pilgrims, signaling extensive preparations.
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Reno
Treves
Moselle
Fugitive Hebrews quarantined by German medical authorities
The Charlottenburg Hebrew Committee reports Jews arriving from Russia are being quarantined in Hamburg and Bremen due to sanitary concerns. Arrivals face strict containment and contact restrictions upon embarkation and transit.
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Hamburg
Bremen
Brutil
Charlottenburg I Hebrew Committee
Irish Land Bill Advances to Third Reading
Toxpow June 1 report: the Irish Land bill moves toward the third reading in the House of Commons this evening by a vote of 259 to ? per parliamentary coverage. The result signals continued progress on land reform policy discussed in the session.
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House of Commons
Grosvenor’s Status Hangs on Immigration Commission
Dispatch reports in Washington that ex-Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio may lose his role as chairman of the immigration study commission. Officials have sent credentials to the other members, while Grosvenor’s appointment remains unsettled and Foster seeks his voluntary withdrawal during a trip to Ohio.
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Wasninotos
D.C
Europe
Grosvenor
Ohio
Foster
United Stew
Obio
Commission
Manufacturers Move to End Huntington Strike
In Huntington Indiana four week old quarry strike involving about 200 men threatens city lime production. Local manufacturers formed an association and demand that workers report Thursday morning to operate lime kilns or every fire in Huntington will shut down until the dispute ends. Quarrymen seek a raise and higher daily wages.
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Inn
Hime
Huntington
Smuntington
Man Accused Stepfather Pleads Not Guilty to Murder
In Manos Stock Brown is arrested for premeditated murder after admits whipping his stepson who died within thirty minutes. He claims the boy suffered an epileptic fit during the beating and died from that rather than the beating itself.
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Manos
Svp
Stock Brown
Brown
Postmasters Salaries Increase Across Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio see postmaster salary rises as a re-rating initiative by the Post Office Department adjusts pay scales. Cities such as Altoona Beaver Falls Bellefonte Braddock Butler Corry Franklin Johnstown McKeesport Meadville New Castle Oil City Titusville Pittsburgh area include plans for carrier additions and further adjustments. James McKean lobbied for Pittsburg readjustments and extra carriers. approval anticipated.
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Wassixotes
Pennsylvania
Post Office Department
Altoona
Beaver Pills
Bellefonte
Braddock
Butler
Corry
Prenklin
Johnstown
McKeesport
Meadville
New Castle
Oil City
Titusville
Pintontown
Warren
Washington
Ottawa Cabinet Rumors Hint Tupper Could Succeed Abbott
Ottawa reports indicate Premier Abbott may be replaced after meetings with the Governor General and late ministry officials. Chapleau undecided. negotiations progress quietly. Parliament expected to hear announcements soon as possible cabinet reshuffles loom.
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Ottawa
Abbott
Privy Council
Chapleau
Chicago
Abbottime
Tha Tasgevin
Ae Caronil
Sir Ee Tupper
Sin Abbott
Navy coal fund strained by Chilean steamer arrival
A staff correspondent reports the Naval Coal Fund may be depleted if the Chilean insurgent vessel is brought into U S waters. Captain Detrey warns the fund could fall short by several thousand dollars as plans to escort the ship homeward unfold and a full month is needed for its return.
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United States
Naval Coal Fund
United States Navy
Air Nation
Detrey
Iquique
Chile
Navy
San Diego
Depositors sue over bank funds in federal action
Debtors including Ciscrygati June W David W Irwin Charles G Irwin and August W Greene file a petition in U S Courts against E L Harper and Barman over funds tied to a late national bank. The suit targets the Bank President and Eugene Zimmer related to the bank era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Irwin
Charles G. Irwin
August W. Greene
United States
E. L. Harper and Barman
Hehett
Bank Tt
Ae Bank
Ubio Peuiaa Pei
Eugene Zimmermat
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Noeran
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Iink
King OF
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Bardsley
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Bank
Prince
Sir Gordon-Cumming
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Catholic Fonds Restored
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Secretary of the Treasury
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Topper
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