Chicago Auditorium to Shine at Republican Convention
Chicago witnesses the national Republican convention get a grand interior as 2700 Edison lights illuminate arches stars and portraits including Lincoln and Grant. Delegation leaders from Ohio Maine and New England arrive while Alger supporters plan drives to back Sherman. Hill praises tariff reform and blasts the Democrats.
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Chicago Auditorium
Lincoln
Grant
George Washington
Mulvaney
Logan
Atlanta
Milward Adams
Col. Hecker
Detroit
Peninsular Car Company
Gen. Alger
Alger
Chicago
New England
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
Michigan
A. L. Conger
Ohio
Sherman
Buckeye
Blaine
John Sherman
W. 8
Capellar
Hanna
Cleveland Leader
Prince Roland Bonaparte
New York
J. S. Clarkson
Roche
Warren Avenue
Tammany Waves the Bandana at City Rally
The Tammany hall ratification meeting at the Academy of Music drew a large crowd with red bandanas and the national flag as decor. Speakers included Gen. John Cochrane who presided, Governor Hill, and ex-Governor Abbott of New Jersey. A series of resolutions based on the St. Louis platform was adopted. Governor Hill criticized Ingalls in his remarks.
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Gails
Prestint
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Hill
St. Louis
Republican Party
Thurman
Dix
New York
Lemuel Adams
Massachusetts
John Marshall
John Quincy Adams
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Simon Cameron
von Moltke
Gladstone
Ingalls
Tammany Hall
Academy of Music
John Cochrane
Abbott
New Jersey
Burleigh Nominated for Governor by Maine Republicans
The Maine Republican state convention met in Portland and nominated Burleigh for governor on the first ballot with 775 votes. The platform opposes British free trade and supports limited revenue cuts, veterans funding, and national defense. It denounces Cleveland on civil service reform and praises Blaine, and sends greetings to Oregon Republicans.
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Portland
A. P. Wiswell
J. W. Symonds
Henry B. Cleaves
Burleigh
R. D. Powers
George D. Bishop
Marble
J. H. Drummond
Cleaves
Cleveland
Oregon
Blaine
Prohibitionists Nominate State, Congressional Officers at Montpelier
Fifty nine delegates met in Capitol hall for the Vermont Prohibition state convention. Clinton Smith presided as it nominated Henry Seeley for governor, George Crowell for lieutenant governor, Archibald Ferguson for secretary of state, C. S. Parker for auditor, A. B. Bixby for treasurer, with Peter Daken and C. W. Wyman named for Congress. Resolutions denounce the GOP on temperance, seek constitutional prohibition, favor women suffrage, abolish internal revenue, and condemn the Republican party. Samuel Dickie of Michigan addressed the gathering.
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Montpelier
Capitol Hall
Clinton Smith
W.L. Pearl
St. Johnsbury
Henry M. Seeley
Middlebury
George E. Crowell
Brattleboro
Archibald O. Ferguson
Burlington
C. S. Parker
Elmore
A. B. Bixby
Poultney
Peter Daken
C. W. Wyman
Internal Revenue System
Republican Party
Samuel Dickie
Michigan
National Committee
Union Labor Organizes in Maine Convention
The Union Labor convention met in Waterville with F. A. Howard presiding and A. F. Wooster as secretary. Resolutions favored greenbacks postal banks government telegraph railroads secret ballot and homestead laws while denouncing unjust laws labor importation and fusion with other parties. W. H. Simmons nominated for governor and C. E. Holliday G. W. Gillett J. M. Cummings A. W. Smith named electors as the group formed a state committee and organized.
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Maine
Waterville
Union
F. A. Howard
Belfast
A. F. Wooster
Rockland
W. H. Simmons
C. E. Holliday
G. W. Gillett
J. M. Cummings
A. W. Smith
Governor Foraker Denies Presidential Ticket Claim
Governor Foraker said he is not a candidate and will not be a candidate. He acknowledged talk linking him with a plan by Whitelaw Reid to nominate Blaine for president with Foraker as second man, but stressed he cannot prevent such talk.
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Foraker
ColumeBus
United Press
Whitelaw Reid
Blaine
Veterans for Gen Alger backed by New Hampshire Republicans
A veterans circular signed by thirty six Republicans with honorable war records was sent to New Hampshire's delegation to the Chicago convention. It urges Gen Russell A Alger of Michigan as a candidate on the national ticket.
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Alger
Coxcorn
N. H
New Hampshire
Chicago
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Congress Debates Interstate Commerce Law Amendments
Cullom urged three days notice of rate cuts and harsher penalties for discrimination. He cited railroad collusion with Standard Oil and urged breaking up under billing and rebates. Stewart and Gorman clashed over referral as Atkins resignations and capital notes frame the scene in Wasmacton City.
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Congress
Stewart
Atkins
Capital City Notes
Wasmacton City
Cullum
Senate
George Rice
Standard Oil Company
Cullom
Standard Oil Trust
Congressional Record In Brief From June 13
The Senate received a treasury request for 220000 for Philadelphia mint repairs and debated amendments to the silver coinage bill. Chandler urged investigating Senator Gibson of Louisiana’s credentials. A pension veto was noted for lack of army wounds. The House rejected postmaster information and settled Missouri and California election cases. Tariff debate touched flax and hemp substitutes.
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Washington City
Senate
Treasury
Philadelphia
Stewart
Nevada
Chandler
Gibson
Louisiana
Cullom
House
Missouri
California
Glover
Vandever
Manila
Stewart's Apprehensions in Senate Over Bond Offers
In Washington on June 13 the senate debated Stewart's resolution demanding a treasury report of bond offers and purchases since April 1888 with seller details. Stewart accused hidden bidders and challenged Cockrell to reveal misconduct. Cockrell fought the measure, denouncing it as pro trust, while Stewart claimed faith was shaken by vehemence over the issue.
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Washington City
Senate
Stewart
Secretary of the Treasury
Cockrell
Georga
Nevada
Missouri
Kelley Silenced by Scott in Mills Bill Debate
In Hindon City June 13 Kelley of Pennsylvania moved to strike jute butts from the free list in the Mills bill, then sought more time with an amendment. Scott objected to delaying motions, Reed of Maise backed quick action, and Kelley accused Scott of dictatorial silencing as if the Klein gag law were in effect.
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Kelley
Pennsyvania
Scott
Reed
Maise
Pennsylvania
National Republican Suspended Publication in Washington
The National Republican ended nearly twenty eight years of publication and merged with The Washington Post. The Post now prints as an independent journal under retained management by Stilson Hutchins and editor Walter S. Hutchins, with existing oversight unchanged for the moment.
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Washington City
Nationa Republican
Washington Post
Post
Stilson Hutchins
Walter S. Hutchins
Indian Commissioner Atkins Resigns to Seek Senate Seat
Indian Commissioner Atkins resigned to the president and will canvass the people for a Senate seat to succeed Senator Harris. He left for Tennessee this afternoon to begin campaigning.
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Atkins
Washington City
Tennessee
People
Senator Harris
Millers Confront New Threat at National Convention
Burrato N Y June 13 The twelfth annual Millers National association convened in Music hall with about 20 delegates. Acting President Seybt praised past wins against patent pirates and warned of a new enemy from steamship monopolies controlled by English capitalists. Delays in flour delivery abroad create losses as prices fall before invoices arrive.
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Burrato
N. Y
The
Millers’ National Association
Music Hall
Seybt
Highland
Ill
Bercker
Robbers Stop Santa Fe Train Near Dorsey Station
Eight masked men seized a Santa Fe passenger train near Dorsey Station New Mexico. They boarded the baggage car and two crawled over the coal tender forcing the engineer to halt. The fireman alerted the second section with troops. the robbers fled toward the mountains.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
Dorsey Station
United States
Irish National League Execs Meet in Cleveland
About twenty five members of the Irish National League executive committee gathered in Cleveland for a luncheon hosted by Maj. William J. Gleason. They then returned to Hollanden headquarters and held an executive session chaired by President Fitzgerald to discuss the papal rescript and campaign plans.
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Cleveland
Irish National League
William J. Gleason
Hollanden
Fitzgerald
Burgess Cutter Pappoose Beats Banshee in Regatta
In the Atlantic Yacht Club annual spring regatta the Burgess cutter Pappoose defeated the A. Cary Smith sloop Banshee by six minutes and fifty seven seconds. Nerw York, June 13.
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Nerw
York
Atlantic Yacht Club
A. Cary Smith
Emperor Wilhelm II Nearing Final Phase of Illness
Bericht from Berne June 13 notes doctors deem the case almost hopeless as the emperor weakens rapidly. Feeding by tube replaces swallowing, epiglottis cartilage deteriorates, and the crown prince is summoned while the empress remains at his side.
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Berur
Bardeleben
MacKenzie
Prince of Wales
Berlin
National Zeitung
Vienna Tagblatt Drops Cancer Theory On Emperor Illness
The Vienna Tagblatt says there is now reason to believe the emperor’s disease is not cancer, reversing its former support for the cancer theory and noting a shift in interpretation as of June 13.
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Vienna Tagblatt
Sheridan's condition improves amid guarded hopes
Washington June 23 Col Mike Sheridan says his brother Gen Sheridan has never been so ill as believed and shows welcome signs of progress. Doctors warn recovery is unlikely but small gains in liquid intake may help. Heart trouble remains a concern and physicians did not issue a late bulletin.
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Washington City
Mike Sheridan
Col. Sheridan
Gen. Sheridan
Veterans Arrive at Gettysburgh for Shaler Brigade Reunion
The One Hundred Twenty-second New York arrived from Syracuse joining 300 veterans from the Twenty-third and Eighty-second Pennsylvania and Sixty-fifth New York. They toured Culp's Hill monuments and attended a grand camp-fire in the court-house as evening events.
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Gettysourne
Shaler
New York
Syracuse
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York City
Culp’s Hill
Races Report From Jerome Park and Kansas City Meet
New York dispatch notes winners at Jerome Park with several race times and distances including Ransom in the five mile event and Cyclone Colt in the 1400 yards. Kansas City results list Egmont I winning the eight mile show and Macbeth taking the Derby at 12 1 2 miles with other victors Bonnie King Middlemarch Persimmons and Firefly.
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New York
Ransom
Jerome Park
Brown Duke
Belvidere
Cyclone Colt
Firefly
Willie Palmer
Kansas City
Egmont i
Bonnie King
Middlemarch
Macbeth
Persimmons
Poisoned doctors in Jasper tragedy claim another life
On June 18 in Jasper Indiana Dr Case of Velpen Ind died from convulsions after being poisoned by a needle during a post mortem exam a week earlier. Dr Hatfield who helped in the examination survived thanks to cauterizing the wound.
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Jasper, Ind
Case
Velpen
Ind
Hatfield
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