Flower's Fat Bar and Flower for President in 1900
Roswell Pettibone Flower is named as a candidate for the Democratic National Convention. Senator Hill endorses Flower, while Gorman and Palmer play roles in the NY- Pennsylvania-Missouri maneuvering. Hill may withdraw to back harmony, Cleveland aims to block Flower, and NY Democrats confront factional splits over Flower versus Hill or Cleveland.
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Washington
Roswell Pettibone Flower
Senator Hill
New York
Governor Flower
Flower
Hill
Gorman
Maryland
Murphy
Sheehan
Palmer
Ilinois
Cleveland
New York Democracy
Chicago
Mr. Cleveland
Harmony
West
Missouri
Clarkson Letters and Republican Banquet Invite
James P Thurke, president of the University Republican club in Ann Arbor, received a letter from J S Clarkson of the National Republican Committee. Clarkson, ill, cannot attend May 17 banquet but commends student leaders and notes the National Republican League's growing membership to 2 million by campaign end. J Sloat Fassett of New York sent acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axl Arnon
Mick
James P. Thurke
University Republican Club
Clarkson
National Republican Comittee
Republican National League
J. Sloat Fassett
New York
Portland Republican Convention Endorses 1890 Tariff
At the First district Republican Convention resolutions were adopted praising the 1890 tariff law and cheering the administrations of Blaine and Reed.
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Portland
MaySr
Blaine
Heed
Braddock Borough Claim Sparks Bipartisan Contest
Braddock borough status is claimed by both Republicans and Democrats with expectations it will lean Democratic. In Springfield Senator Cullom, recently active, may nominate Harrison as the party’s candidate.
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Brappocr
Braddock
Illinois Senator To Present Harrison Nomination At Minneapolis
The Illinois delegation to Minneapolis expects the Senator from Illinois to present President Harrison's name or second his nomination. Friends say the honor of offering the nomination on behalf of Illinois will rest with the distinguished Illinois Senator.
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Illinois
Minneapolis
Harrison
Prairie State
Gorman Predicted as Next Democratic Standard Bearer
Maryland Congressman Rusk expresses strong confidence that Senator Gorman will be the party’s nominee if Cleveland cannot be chosen. He notes Maryland and New York delegations differ sharply in sentiment toward Gorman and Cleveland and predicts a spontaneous push for Gorman from various directions. Compton also signals he will not seek renomination to Congress to pursue the Senate.
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Bautimore
Rusk
Gorman
Maryland
Mr. Cleveland
New York
Senator Gorman
Cleveland
Congressman Compton
Senate
White House
Shortest Republican convention elects Quay delegates
In New Castle on May 5 a brief convention assembled at 1 40 PM and adjourned at 1 48 PM. Ex congressman Charles C Townsend chaired the meeting which named Hon M S Quay and David W Pearson national delegates and Ed E Abrams and James J Davidson alternates from Butler Beaver Lawrence and Mercer counties.
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New Castlo
Minneapolis
Butler
Beaver
Mercer
Lawrence
White Hall
Charles C. Townsend
Beaver County
Smith Curtis
Albert Atkinso
J. N. Moore
Gilbert
J. N. Farlis
New Castle
Ed E. Abrams
James J. Davidson
Exodus to Salem Ahead of Eighteenth District Convention
Tonight voters from the Eighteenth Congressional district head to Salem for the convention set for tomorrow. Morgan remains confident of the nomination. Judge King of Youngstown is sure it will be his. Billingeley’s supporters quietly wager he may be the dark horse. Cards circulating claim John Peake of East Liverpool is a candidate, though backing is unclear.
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Caxton
Eighteenth Congressional District
Salem
Morgan
Judge King
Youngstown
Billingeley
John Peake
East Liverpool
Watres Declines State Republican Chairmanship
A close political ally of Lieutenant Governor Watres says he never agreed to lead the Republican State Committee at the recent convention and would not accept the chair this year. He cites his business interests requiring his undivided attention.
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Scrantos
May
Watres
Republican State Committee
Party Nominations and Conventions Across States
The report lists several party actions: John Peirrot nominated in Illinois Eighteenth District, Democratic delegates urged for Boles, Nathan Cole and F. G. Niedri haus named as Missouri delegates to Minneapolis, Florida Republicans call Ocala state convention for June 1 with Al Hance winning, Ohio Sixth District nominates G. W. Halick to Congress, Newark hosts Seventeenth District for June 7 convention, Minnesota Seventh District endorses Harrison with no delegation instructions, Second Missouri District selects Hale and Holley for Minneapolis with administration endorsement.
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People's Party
Ilinois
John Peirrot
Freeburg
Tur Lee County
Iowa
Boles
Bervaticans
Missouri
Nathan Cole
F. G. Niedri Haus
Minneapolis
Tue People’s Party Executive Committee
Florida
Ocala
Tamps
al Hance
Ohio
Xennison
G. W. Halick
Clermont County
Congress
Erskine Carson
G. W. Stanley
Tax Congressional
Newark
New Philadelphia
Minnesota
G. Comstock
M. A. Wallan
Harrison
John B. Hale
John F. Holley
Uison
Falling Cable Destroys Train Car and Hurts Man at Bath Beach
A Brooklyn Bath and West End train crossing the Bath Beach line was struck by a collapsing derrick cable. The locomotive cab and smokestack were demolished and an adjacent worker was badly injured. Passengers panicked, with several women fainting and two jumping from the train.
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Bath Beach
WN. Y
Brooklyn, Bath and
West End
City Line
Terminal Road
Exploits of a Bad Husband
Reading May 1 Charles Hunt confronted his wife Miss Gicker of Philadelphia who had left him for alleged cruelty in Cleveland. In a quarrel over money he tried to shoot her, was stopped by her uncle, then shot himself twice. He survived with a cheek wound while his wife inherited $50,000, much of which Hunt reportedly spent.
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Reading
Charles Hunt
Cleveland
Hunt
Miss Gicker
Philadelphia
Tragedy Strikes As Trestle Collapses In Missouri Storm
A westbound Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe express plunged from a weakened Fox River trestle near Revere Medill Missouri after heavy rains. Seven died and twenty six injured as5 the wrecked five cars and bridge fell into the rushing water. Rescue efforts followed as engineers and survivors battled the flood amid a night of violent storm.
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Fort Mapison
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Revere
Medill
Missouri
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Mexico
Kansas City
Denver Limited
Fox River
Niagara
Freman
William Hynes
Ukinhoma Iti
C. T. Lan Markele
Or Marke
Repeating Entertainment Promised for Southside Hospital Benefit
The Board of Southside Hospital directed the Birmingham School to repeat its charity entertainment next Monday night. Turner Hall is donated for free and the event aims to raise funds after a successful two night run earlier this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside Hospital
Birmingham School
Southside
Turner Hall
Over-Weighted Floor Collapse Kills Two Men in New York
In the Havemeyer building site a temporary first floor floor broke under about 20 tons of mortar. Five hodcarriers were trapped in the basement. two were killed instantly. Albert Zimmer and Charles Desolar died. Three others survived, including J. Hurley who was severely injured but not believed to be fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New
Crushed to Death In His Cab at Bell's Tunnel
A cave-in at Bell's tunnel on the Chartiers Valley Panhandle line trapped and killed Fireman Albert Johns in the engineer's cab during the night. Debris was cleared by yesterday morning.
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Chartiers Valley
Panhandle
Bell’s Tunnel
Albert Johns
Patriot Mrs Kraemer Defies Agents From New York to Poland
Mrs Theophila Kraemer a Warsaw born Polish exile residing at Steinway Avenue New York says Russian agents block her trip to Russia while she pursues Polish welfare aims She keeps a revolver in her room and her home features Polish emblems and an ornate altar She plans to sail for Europe this Saturday and insists she is not a Socialist but a patriotic Polish woman.
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Wihin
America
New York
Theophila Kraemer
Washington
Russia
Red Cross Society
Empire
St. Petersburg
Steinway, L. L
Kraemer
Poland
Mra. Kraemer
Warsaw
England
Siberia
Dr. Kowalski
Smith
Cincinnati
Dea
Raczkiewicz
Claims Out of Reason Alleged by Seal Poachers
Victorian report on British Columbia seal poachers alleging inflated losses from American war vessels. Investigators Gleadon and Ross find most of 51 sealing schooners warned away from Bering Sea yet claims reaching 500000 dollars. Claims inflate schooner costs and catches, with fraud risk shown by one canoe and hunter filing 15000 dollar demand.
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British Columbia
Victoria
B. C
Gleadon and
Ross
Bering Sea
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Sued by a Match Maker for $100 in Wedding Deal
In St Louis on May 6 a civil suit alleges Meier Temenbaum acted as business agent to arrange a marriage between Michael Goldwasser and Miss Goffier. Temenbaum claims he made 400 trips and secured the engagement, presenting a bill for $100. Goldwasser and Goffier deny the claims.
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St. Louis
Meier Temenbaum
Julius Goldwasser
Mr. Temenbaum
Goldwasser
Michael Goldwasser
Gosler
Tlan
Miss Goffier
Candy Match Prank Sparks Health Board Inquiry
A New York box resembling parlor matches was sent to Sanitary Superintendent Edson by F B Thurber. The sugar starch candies tipped with chocolate were meant as a joke and priced at 10 cents per box to keep them away from children. Dr Edward W Martin reports German-made candy matches pose health concerns if children handle real matches.
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New York
Edson
F. B. Thurber
Thurber
Eason
Edward W. Martin
The
Health Board
Miley
Moore
Neeley
Philadelphia
Chicago
Methodist Church
Laymen clash over bishop appointed committees at conference
At Omana on May 6 Bishop Waldron chaired the Methodist Episcopal Conference session. Debates centered on appointing a committee for superannuated ministers and reforming how judiciary appeals panels are chosen. The laymen pressed for lay involvement, but the motion failed. a special committee and representation rules were discussed with further resolutions and adjournment by 1 PM.
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Omana
Waldron
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Neely
Philadelphia
McDowell
Moore
Cincinnati
Conference
Court of Appeals
Evening with the Stars at Allegheny Observatory
Last night Professor James E. Keeler hosted a public reception at the Allegheny Observatory. Visitors registered then toured the transit room and dome, viewing Venus and the moon, with Keeler explaining the sensitive transit instrument and Langley’s yet unnamed spectral bolometer among photographs and drawings of planets.
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Keeler
Allegheny Observatory
James E. Keeler
Langley
Santa Fe closes small stations amid wage shift
State Board of Railroad Commissioners in TorEka receives letters from citizens along the Santa Fe line protesting the closing of small stations and the discharge of telegraph operators. At least 11 operators have been dismissed in 30 days as part of retrenchment after the advanced wage schedule. The railroad has yet to explain its actions and complaints have been referred to the company for reply.
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Toreka
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Telegraph Department
Knight Arrives in San Francisco After Year at Sea
The British ship Knight reached port in San Francisco after 454 days at sea sailing from Antwerp. A year of gales and repairs followed a mutiny in June last year, with the captain detaining the ringleader and sending mutineers to a chain gang. The captain later secured a new crew in Montevideo, paying 200 blood money per man.
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San Francisco
Knight
Antwerp
Frisco
Falkland Islands
Port Stanley
Montevideo
Floods and floods ruin crops and towns across the Midwest
Storms flood Ottawa Marseilles LaSalle and Peru as Illinois River systems create a vast lake. The glass works and several factories shut down, rail washouts disrupt trains, Tiskilwa dams and bridges are swept away, and cattle losses loom in Rapid City.
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Ottawa
Int
Illinois
Fox
Marseilles
la Salle
Peru
Glass Works
Tiskilwa
Chicago
Rock Island
Pacifica
Spoon River
Galesburg
Braidwood
Topeka
Kan
Antery
Rapid City
Fava Still Dean of Diplomatic Corps in Washington
Baron Fava will resume his role as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps on return to Washington in official capacity as Italy's minister. Despite gossip of recall or diminished standing, no State Department record shows a removal, and he will continue to head the corps at public and state events until he ceases to be Italy's representative.
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Washington
Baron Fava
Italy
Blaine
FRESH FISH FROM ABOVE IN RAIN STORM
In a heavy rain near Forest City travelers reported fishes raining from the sky. Citizens gathered 3 to 4 inch devil-fish or stonewallers from a pool, with four fishes found on a roof. editors and merchants investigated to verify their origin.
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Scranton
Forest City
J. C. Bell
John M. Brown
The
Vews
T. J. Pentecost
Typhoid Fever Strikes 19 Year Old Ralph Johnston
Ralph Johnston, 19, of Steubenville, is hospitalized at Southside Hospital with typhoid fever. He boarded a train in Steubenville, became ill en route, and collapsed on the Panhandle Southside station platform. A No. 7 patrol wagon transported him to the hospital where doctors diagnosed the illness.
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Ralph Johnston
Southside Hospital
Johnston
Steubenville
Southside
Panhandle
Embezzlement arrest shakes Sullivan show at Bijou
Frank Moran treasurer of John L. Sullivan’s theater company is jailed on embezzlement charges after a dispute with Duncan Harrison. A warrant for Harrison’s arrest on false arrest and defamation followed. The Bijou patched a temporary truce as talks of pay disputes and ongoing audits unfold.
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Frank Moran
John L. Sullivan
Harrison and Sullivan
Bijon
Duncan E. Harerison
Moran
Alderman McMasters
Alderman Gripp
Duncan B. Harrison
Harrison
Duquesne Hotel
Messia
Sullivan
Aeepee
National Federation hears Sullivan on home rule strife
At a regular National Federation meeting in this city on May 5, Timothy D. Sullivan declared that every village faces strife. He blamed the Parnellites for drying national resources, disheartening home rule supporters, reviving land grabbing, and prolonging litigation.
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Oveir
National Federation
Timothy D. Sullivan
Parnellites
Friends of Home Rule
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