Farmers Congress in Indianapolis Debates Third Party Split
At the Farmers Congress in Indianapolis delegates from Alliance and Mutual Benefit Association clash over the third party issue and financial reform. Tillman and Weaver condemn the billion dollar Congress while demanding currency expansion and government issued money. Protests target sub treasury plans as anti Alliance factions threaten action nationwide.
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Indianapolis
Kansas
Alliance
Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association
Sullivan
J. F. Fuirman
Polk
Congress
U & Senators
President Harrison Fails To Bag Ducks At Bexcres
President Harrison spent nearly eight hours in the blind at Bexcres waiting for ducks. A canvasback briefly attracted a shot but no other birds came. He and General Sewell waited until five o clock with no success, then sought a goose hunt but returned to the club house at dusk.
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Bexcres
Harrison
Sewell
Speakership Contest Shapes Up In Washington D C
A Washington dispatch details the looming House speakership race as December opening nears. Mills Springer and Crisp lead in a field with Indiana Missouri and Tennessee figures, while local talks hinge on ballots promises factions and posturing.
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Mr. Springer
New York
Springer Boutoniere
Sangamon
Springer
Congress
Illinois
Aonalint
Feces
McMillan
Tennessee
Bynum
Indiana
Hateh
Missouri
Ways and Means
Reed
House
Mills
MacMillan
Texas
Hatch
Committee On Agriculture
Washington
Oosterdom
Tom Bayne
Pittsburg
Crisp
Judge Crisp
New York State
Georgia
Ohio
Grover Cleveland
Pittsburgh Reads Bid To Host National Convention
A Special dispatch from Washington reports the Republican National Committee will vote November 23 on the next year’s convention site. Pittsburgh vies with San Francisco Omaha Minneapolis Cincinnati and New York, with central location and rail access praised for Pittsburgh and telegraph costs considered a plus. Chicago is not actively bidding as it hosts the World's Fair.
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Republican National Committee
Pittsburg
Peceenees
Nationalittee
Chicago
San Francisco
Omaha
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
New York
United States
Don Francisco
Pacific Coast
Sherman the Favorite for Senate Backed by Judge Burke
Judge Stevenson Burke states four fifths of Ohio voters favor Senator Sherman’s reelection. He predicts the Legislature will align with Republican sentiment and support Sherman, while endorsing ex Governor Foraker as a strong rival who should wait his turn. He denies any bitterness in the canvass.
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Mills
New York
Hemphill
South Carolina
Crisp
District of Columbia
Chapas
Washington Post
Tammany Organization
New York City
Fitch
Messrs. Croker
Martin
Tammfany
Thomas A. Coaklay
Tammany
Teeman” Turner
Ohio
Sherman
Senate
Stevenson Burke
Fifth Avenue
Foraker
Grant
Miners Back Foraker for U S Senator in Ohio
Columbus reports John Nugent Vice President of the Ohio Miners says Ohio miners favor Foraker for United States Senator. Perry county figures, including Dr Axline pledged to vote Foraker after miners pressed him. Leaders John P. Jones and John B. Rae also declared for Foraker, with Perry county ready to mobilize lawmakers if needed.
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Columbus
John Nugent
Ohio Miners
Foraker
United States
Nugent
Perry County
Axtine
Foraer
Axline
Sherman
Powderly Indorsed Morocco Free List Demanded
Indirect blow at the dime museum business as Powderly supports putting Morocco on the free list to be debated next year at Hot Springs. The 10-cent amusements have grown large in 12 years, and the closing of four in this city will leave nearly 300 unemployed with no work.
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Iowa
Kansas
Morocco
Hot Springs
America
General Assembly
Rochester
St. Louis
Powderly
Order
Turner
the Proletaire
Assembly Ends After Long Session of K of L Delegates
Delegates to the K of L General Assembly finish a lengthy session. The Executive Board will stay three days to complete business including enforcement of laws risking forfeiture of the New York Central Railroad charter. Resolutions urge a boycott of Armstrong Brothers corks and condemn certain labor practices.
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ToLepo
K. of L. General Assembly
Executive Board
Committee On
General Executive Board
New York Gentral Railroad
Morocco
General Assembly
Congress
Armstrong Brothers & Co
Pittsburg
Howe Scale Company
Rutland, VI
Woman in Shelbyville Tests Dog Flesh Diet for Recovery
Miss Maggie Donnagher, a popular Shelbyville resident, claims daily portions of boiled and brothy dog meat improve her consumption recovery. She swore off moral debate as she consumes meat from two freshly killed Newfoundland dogs, with doctors split on whether her gains are real or temporary.
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Shelbyville, Inc
Maggie Donnagher
Bocey
Maggie
New York Museums Closed Over License Lapses
In New York on November 17 authorities shut four major museums after licenses expired November 1 and were not renewed. The Gerry Society had secured ten warrants for arrest of owners accused of admitting minors without guardians. Precinct captains report no other complaints beyond minor admission. An expert labeled the closures as a drastic measure.
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New York
Murray
Gerry Society
Justice Kelly
Jefferson Market
Farm Thieves Arrested In Wheat Theft Ring Near St Marys
Special report from St Marys dated November 17 details the arrest of Hiram Baker Peter Table and Thomas Doty on wheat theft charges. A leader, Mike Bodkin, fled abroad. several other farmers are implicated. Authorities say over 400 dollars of wheat was stolen, with wagons transporting grain to nearby mills. Baker Table and Doty were bound over to the court in sums of 2000 2000 and 500 respectively.
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St. Marys
Hiram Baker
Peter Table
Thomas Doty
Mike Bodkin
Baker, Table and Doty
Squire Fritsch
Doty
Ex Mayor William B. Smith Faces Court Martial
The court martial for William B. Smith, ex mayor of Philadelphia and colonel of the Third Regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, convened in Philadelphia on November 17 to try charges of misappropriating regiment funds. Examination of witnesses began and the trial is expected to take several days.
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Philadelphia
William B. Smith
National Guard of
Pennsylvania
International flare in Hungarian boarding house raids case
The article reports claims that Mayor Wyman of Allegheny City ordered police raids on Hungarian boarding houses to extort witness fees. Austria-Hungary's Consul Max Schamberg voices concern that innocent foreigners were fined or jailed without defense, urging accountability and noting fines sometimes remitted in limited cases.
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Wyman
Max Schamberg
Austria-Hungary
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Schamberg
Europe
Ohio
Austria
Legation
Washington
Boe
East
Ohio Street
Costa
Allegheny County
J. G. Wyman
Allegheny City
Sena
Mike Gowrxla
Joe Creislick
Steve Anies
Micuant Rasier
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