Rhode Island votes to repeal prohibition and license sales
In Rhode Island a 28 449 to 9 853 vote ends the three year prohibition era. Governor Ladd backs repeal as prominent citizens campaign. women support but are overwhelmed by the license result. Article V of the constitution is annulled, ending the prohibition on intoxicating liquor sales.
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Rhode Island
Chace Dees
Brnmeston
To Treasury
Ladd
Provipeter
R. L
General Assembly
Goodwin
Commonwealth
Ethode Island
Issy
Jonathan A
Prohibitionists clash at polls as ballot chaos erupts
Chaos near the Third ward polls as a mishandled ballot leads to accusations of double voting and a protracted quarrel. Prohibition workers report stolen hats and scattered reject ballots while crowds threaten action against alleged ballot staffers. The voting outcome signals strong support for repealing the amendment.
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Little Rhody
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Jealous lover murders teen sweetheart in Mystic
New York dispatch reports Alvin Parks, a 40 year old widower and cook, killed his 14 year old girlfriend Miss Littlefield after a jealous rage sparked by her attending a circus with another man. The mob urged lynching as Parks was jailed awaiting trial.
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New York
Alvin Parks
Mystic
Parks
Miss Littlefield
Slow progress in Indian legislation at Pine Ridge
Governor Foster and Major Warner met Red Cloud and three half breeds, their trusted advisers, for two hours with no clear result. Desertions by individual Indians may weaken Red Cloud’s faction, while General Crook plans talks with about 100 old scouts who have signed or will sign, influencing bands across the agency.
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Piste Ripnce AcGeExcy
Can
Foster
Major Warner
Commission
Red Cloud
Rosebud
Crook
Buying Up Canada The Boston Syndicate Plans Island Purchase
Two Boston men, traveling via Pictou, represent an American capitalists syndicate aiming to buy the Magdalene Islands from Captain Coffin and establish a second Gloucester. The offer price is about £500,000, with large fishing works, cannery establishments, and a transshipment port to connect with the Magdalene trade.
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Hawifax
Boston
Pictou
Magdalene Islands
Gloucester
Captain Coffin
Admiral Coffin
Magdanes
Angered lover’s revenge: doctor poisoned coffee near La Tour
Dr W M Richardson narrowly escaped poisoning at breakfast when a chemical in his coffee was detected. Maggie Brown, a colored cook, confessed acting under orders from Abe Johnson, her lover, who had been barred from the doctor’s visits. They are jailed.
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Helena
Are
W. M. Richardson
la Tour
J. H. Winyard
Maggie Brown
Abe Johnson
Jamestown
Dr. Richardson
Fire Devastates Lachan City in Sichuan Province
A major blaze in Lachan, Sichuan, China, destroyed about half the city over four days. About 1,200 people were killed, many crushed while attempting to flee the narrow streets, and 10,000 were left homeless. A relief fund has been started to aid the sufferers.
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Shanghai
Lachan
Szechuen
P H Root elected President of National Traveler's Protective Association
The Read Drummer reports Mr. P. H. Root of Fort Wayne Indiana was elected president of the National Traveler's Protective Association at a meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey on June 20.
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Atlantic City
N. J
P. H. Root
Fort Wayne
Ind
National Traveler's Protective Association
General Simon Cameron Lying Dying in Pennsylvania Home
Philadelphia reports General Simon Cameron is near death after a series of illnesses and a stroke. The veteran statesman, once powerful in Pennsylvania politics, remains by his bedside as the legislature convened to honor his nearing birthday and his long public career is recalled.
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Syritken
Long Ag
Wis Dupator
Philadelphia
Simon Cameron
Donegal
Pennsylvania
Senate
House
Wayne McVeagh
Haldeman
Camron
Lunatics Cannot Vote In Statewide Crackdown
Hiram W. Miller former Marion county treasurer and Charles Williams county poor asylum superintendent pleaded guilty to voting idiotic and insane inmates in the last election. Miller fined 250 dollars and Williams 50 dollars. Prosecution aims to end voting by inmates in county asylums statewide.
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Indianapolis
Ixpd
Hiram W. Miller
Marion County
Charles Williams
Woods
Miller
Williams
Partisan Kick Over Canal Postmaster Appointment
Canal Republicans protest A. D. Brown’s postmaster appointment arguing he is a Democrat who voted for Cleveland. They petition President Harrison to withhold his commission, while noting Brown’s otherwise good character. The dispute centers on partisan eligibility in a GOP stronghold.
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Harrison Haus
Distaton
Frankli
Canal
A. D. Brown
Harrison
Brown
Cleveland
No Color Line Drawn at White House Servants Increase
June 20 report misstates dismissals of colored staff at the White House. One transfer and a couple of changes occurred, but positions have been filled by others and overall employment there has risen from previous levels.
Cornell Commencement Exercises Reported
New York June 20 Cornell held its commencement with degrees conferred across arts philosophy science letters civil engineering and mechanical engineering totals include arts 11 philosophy 16 science 26 letters 19 civil engineering 90 mechanical engineering 2 and other categories.
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New York
Cornell
Venezuelan people overthrow Guzman Blanco end a bloodless revolution
Caracas celebrates the end of Guzman Blanco's military autocracy as Venezuela's first peaceful revolution in decades frees the press and restores political life. General Blanco’s control collapses, Dr. Rojas Paul briefly serves, and nationwide demonstrations spread demands to sustain the new order.
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Guzman Blanto
Caracas
Venezuela
NA York
Republic
Guzman Blanco
Guzman
Paris
Géneral
Blanco
Congress
Casa Amarilla
Yellow House
Carness
Plaza
Washington
Paul
Guzman-Blanco
Rojns- Paul
Pittsburgh Man Named Consul at Geneva Switzerland
A Pittsburg man, Roland J. Hemmick, is appointed Consul at Geneva, Switzerland. Indorsed by Senator Quay and backed by Thomas M. Bayne, the quiet, high‑profile appointment is praised as a masterful political win.
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Pitsburg
Quay
Bayne
Ohio
Roland J. Hemmick
Pittsburg
Geneva
Switzerland
Hemmmick
Thomas M. Bayne
Hemmick
London
Paris
William Monaghan
New Lisbon
Tor Canada
Expelled from Exeter Academy Over Sunday Visits
The Phillips Exeter Academy expels Stuart M. Brice son of Calvin Brice after he days in Cambridge and return visits during term. His conduct during Sundays and holidays drew faculty warnings and a recent ball game with Andover is cited as a temptation leading to the expulsion.
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Exeterr
N. H
Phillips Exeter Academy
Stuart M. Brice
Calvin
Brice
Cambridge
Harvard
Exeter
Andover
Aindoms
Bull Fights in the South Amusement for South Carolina
A telegraph report notes cock fighting is banned in South Carolina and reports an advertized bull fight in Florence slated for late July. The event is described as a festival to honor Florence's new county status with about fifteen participants from North Carolina and a similar number from the state ready to fight and kill in the spectacle.
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South Carolina
Dispatch
Florence
North Carolina
Opposition to Edmunds and Stewart in Vermont politics
Burlington June 20 opposition to Senator Edmunds return to the Senate and ex Governor Stewart to the House grows. An organized movement appears in the air though its origins are unclear and leaders refuse public comment.
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Burlington, Vt
Edmunds
Senate
Stewart
House
Vermont
A Lovers Revenge near Elgin Ends in Tragedy
Mrs. Pomeroy Clark is killed by Nick Foley who had courted her sister Miss Riggs and was rejected. Foley wounded Mr. Clark, entered through a bedroom window, fired at Mrs. Clark and Miss Riggs, then fled on a stolen horse as a posse pursues.
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Omana
Pomeroy Clark
Elgin
Nick Foley
Pittsburg man and Jeffersonville duo held after assault
Louisville reporter says Tom Mitchell and Harry Ardell were arrested near Shepherdsville Kentucky for shooting and attempting to rob Joseph Lavin a Louisville peddler. Lavin was wounded but alive and Ardell and Mitchell confessed with Ardell claiming Pittsburg home and Mitchell living in Jeffersonville.
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Louisville
Tom Mitchell
Harry Ardell
Shepherdsville
Joseph Lavin
Lavin
Ardell
Pittsburg
Mitchell
Jeffersonville
A Munificent Testimonial for Congo Railway Subscriptions
June 20 dispatch from Brussels reports Mr OC P Huntington subscribes 500000 for the proposed Congo Railway Hallway and says his aim is to honor King Leopold and aid the suppression of slavery by ending profits from employing negro carriers. A second item from St Paul notes the Inter-State Commerce Commission directing U S District Attorney Baxter to pursue criminal rings over discriminatory rates by the Minneapolis Salt St Marie and Atlantic Railroad.
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OC. P
Huntington
Congo
Leopold
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
United States District
Batxter
Minneapolis, Salt Ste. Marie and Atlantic Railroad
Prince and Peasant ties via cross royal alliance
June 20 reports Lieutenant Joseph eet poeta of Prince Alex across Hungary about to marry Louise Kopek daughter of the keeper of the Dagnaisks forest. The match would ally the English royal family with the forest keeper in a union across regions.
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Viesna
Joseph Eet Poeta
Prince Alexa
Meee
Louise Kopek
Dagnaisks Forest
Hungary
Pope's Brother II. Eom illness report
June 20 Cardinal Peroi, brother of the pope, is seriously ill. He is reported to be gravely ill and under medical care.
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II. Eom
Not Quite a Strike as Hundreds Quit Work
Report from Johnstown dated June 20 describes mass discontent among debris-clearance workers. Men complain of insufficient food and low wages seeking 150 dollars per day plus board, while General Hastings threatens to feed them himself. Contractors deny full blame and plan adjustments to keep labor flowing through July.
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Hastings
Dart
JoussTows
McKnight
Riggs
General Hastings
Joseph Bennett
Braddock
Ae Fars
Plans for TenFoot Sea Wall and Promenade at JonesTownN
A McKnight subcontractor reports proposals to build a ten foot granite sea wall opposite the Pennsyl vania Railroad station on both sides of the Conemaugh. The project includes deepening the stream by dredging, constructing a broad asphalt promenade, leveling the new grade to Kernville, and cutting streets perpendicular to the promenade to manage future flood thrusts. The wall would curve to the stone viaduct to direct water downstream in case of another Isaak event.
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Jonestownn
McKnight
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conemaugh
Kernville
Stony Creek
Sixteen More Bodies Found in Jonyxstows
Sixteen bodies were found today and many were promptly buried due to advanced decomposition. The stench grew increasingly unbearable and a diphtheria case emerged, with the victim hospitalized at the Red Cross Hospital. No other serious cases reported.
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Jonyxstows
Red Cross
Monument Fund Campaign For Unknown Dead Opens
Dr. Foster launched a subscription drive to fund a monument for the unknown dead. He proposes erecting the memorial at a prominent site near Prospect and intends to collect donations from the community.
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Jonas Tews
Jane
Foster
All Idle Men Ordered Out as Tension Grows in Jouxstows
June 20 reports a clash in Jouxstows with Joseph of Lawrenceville attacked by Tom Colliers of Philadelphia. Militia mobilizes as crowds of idle laborers drift in and authorities warn all idlers to leave by morning to avert further violence.
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Jouxstows
Joesph
Lawrenceville
Tom Colliers
Philadelphia
Commissary General Defends Food Supply Amid Reports
Colonel Spangler, Commissary General, denies claims of a failing food system. He asserts ample bread and crackers, says distribution stations are widespread, and condemns false reports. He notes efforts to keep provisions sufficient and accessible for the public.
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Jonas TowNygre
Spangler
Pittsburg
Othe Eois
Jonel Spangler
Israel
Floated to Steubenville Body of Johnstown Unknown Found
A floater was found in Steubenville identified as a Johnstown unknown, about 21 years old with a smooth face and dark hair. He wore a white gauze underwear set, blue cheviot shirt, brown vest, seer sucker coat, striped pants, and con fis shoes. The body was buried after items on him were searched.
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Johnstown
Steubenville
Canada moves to enforce Weldon extradition bill
Special Telegram to the Dispatch from Ottawa reports Canada’s government deciding to put the Weldon extradition bill into operation after ratification by Britain. A missing word in the text makes the act retroactive, potentially bringing John C. Eno and many others under its reach. The bill passed both houses with the error unnoticed.
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OrTaWa
Dominion
Weldon
Ste
Minister of Justice
John C. Eno
A Workman's Great Pluce Rockport Diver Injured
A Rockport diver under 15 feet of water attempted to hoist a 12 ton boulder. When the chain slipped the rock fell, crushing his foot and tearing it from his leg. He continued working on a secured chain and had his leg amputated below the knee.
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Rockport
Mass
Ohio Democratic Convention Date Change Debate Ends
The Ohio Democratic Committee met in session and rejected a move to shift the state convention date to August 20 and 27. Michael D. Harter of Manefield was chosen to preside, with Lewis Mahler listed among officers. Delegates to be chosen from Cleveland and other areas were noted.
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Darton
Ohio Democratic Committee
Michael D. Harter
Manefield
Lewis Mahler
Cleveland
Lost schooner Maggie Avery reported missing near Charlevoix
Lost on the lakes near Charlevoix June 30 the schooner Maggie Avery left Traverse City with brick for this port and has not been heard from. Captain H. G. Edwards and mate John Tooly of Traverse City were aboard. a search suggests she sank in Saturday night’s gale with all on board.
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Charlevoix
Maggie Avery
Traverse City
H. G. Edwards
John Tooly
Ex Governors Hartranft named to Cherokee commission
Was in a June 20 appointment ex governor Hartranft of Pennsylvania named to the Cherokee commission. The move fills the commission and assigns him a role related to the introoffices.
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Wasninetos
Hartranft
Pennsylvania
Cherokee Commission
Beere
Patterson Leaves for the West to Inspect Post Office
Government Building Inspector W. J. Patterson, who has surveyed the new post office in Sabula for a month, departed last night aboard the Push He. He announced he would speak further to discuss findings with the department and report back soon.
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Patterson
W. J. Patterson
Piush
Scittine
Sablugte
Unidentified German Woman Seeks Relative on Carson Street
A young German woman who arrived from Germany inquired in the city about her relative at M West Carson Street. The relative had moved from that address and the woman, named Sonia, was taken into custody for questioning today to determine the whereabouts of her nearest kin.
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Germany
Zoel
M West Carson Street
Sonia
Siar
Johnstown Relief Committee Forms Aid Subcommittees
The Johnstown Relief Committee of the Ladies of the G A R B appointed subcommittees to collect and distribute clothing stockings and other articles for the relief effort. The meeting last night set tasks and responsibilities to assist the needy.
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Johnstown Relief Committee
Ladies of the
G. A. RB
Counting the Cost The Cold Water Campaign Will Cost Counties a Million
The piece analyzes the recent constitutional amendment election costs, estimating over 1 million dollars spent by counties and debating who should reimburse these expenses. It cites County Commissioner George McKee and Allegheny officials, noting the potential push for State reimbursement and the political fight likely to follow. County and state costs breakdown shows election officers, polling place rents, and related expenses totaling about 20,000 in Allegheny with wide variation across 66 counties.
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George ¥. McKee
Alleegheny County
Garsha
Robert E. Mercer
Commissioners’ Office
Court House
Pittsburg
Asburg
Allegheny
Philadelphia
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