Various World and Local Developments Sweep the News
Unveiling of Cincinnati statue of General William Henry Harrison. Northern Pacific ponders surrender of St Paul terminals lease. inter-collegiate games set several world records in New York. Japan’s Count Munemitsu resigns due to ill health. Minnesota 10 mile road race mark. London census shows 4,411,271. US judge opposes locking juries. Pretoria reform prisoners’ fines paid. Crete’s governor Abdallah Pasha relieves Vamos garrison.
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Matsu Munemitsu
Japan
Robert H. McCleary
St. Paul
Minnesota
Duluth
London
Iowa
Barney Barnato
Pretoria
Abdallah Pasha
Crete
Vamos
Otto C. Mocklett
Kiefer
Chamber of Deputies
Island
Henry M. Stanley
Madrid
L. B. Stateler
Montana
Methodist Episcopal Church
Willow Creek
Lamoreux
General Land Office
Surveyors General
Judge Hanford
Seattle
Bay State Trust Company
Washington River
Prohibition nominating fight over silver issue at Pittsburgh
The Prohibition national convention backed Joshua P. Levering for president with Hale Johnson for vice president, rejecting the free silver plank and endorsing a narrow prohibition platform. Broad gauge supporters then met in a rump convention, nominating Charles E. Bentley for president and J. H. Southgate for vice president. Levering, Baltimore coffee merchant, led the Prohibition ticket and opposed free silver.
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Pittsburg
Joshua P. Levering
Maryland
Hale Johnson
Illinois
Helen M. Gougar
Indiana
L. A. Poole
New York
Charles E. Bentley
Nebraska
National Party
Charles E. Bently
J. H. Southgate
North Carolina
Baltimore
Young Men’s Christian Association
Prohibition
Levering
Iowa Bankers Elect Officers at Annual Convention
The Iowa Bankers association adjourned its annual convention in Marshalltown. Elected officers: President J. K. Deming of Dubuque, Vice President C. R. Hannan of Council Bluffs, Secretary J. M. Dinwiddie of Cedar Falls, Treasurer Charles H. Martin of Des Moines. Next convention likely in Mason City.
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Iowa Bankers
Marshalltown
Iowa Bankers’ Association
J. K. Deming
Dubuque
C. R. Hannan
Council Bluffs
J. M. Dinwiddie
Cedar Falls
Charles H. Martin
Des Moines
Mason City
Sufferers Seek Help as East St. Louis Area Hit Hard
In a May 30 report from Springfield Illinois authorities say East St. Louis vicinity is stricken and New Minden Washington county with 400 residents reports every house razed. They plead for state guard tents to shelter the night.
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Springfield
Ills
East St. Louis
New Minden
Washington County
State Guard
Chicago Census Figure Shows Population 1.76 Million
Chicago Post Office census records a city population of 1.76 million, up 200000 from last year. The count, conducted in early March by 933 regular letter carriers, reflects the metropolis's growth.
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Chicago
Cucasco
Chicago Post Office
Appeal for Aid for Storm-Homeless in East St Louis
The East St. Louis relief committee issues an appeal for aid for 600 families made homeless by a recent storm. Paul W. Abbott is appointed to receive contributions and coordinate relief efforts in St Louis.
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St. Louis
East
Demoralizing Freight Rates Shake Lake Michigan Lines
June 2 report from Car Ferry era notes a freight rate war among Lake Michigan and Superior Transit and Lake Michigan Car Ferry Transportation. Rival carriers dispute Chicago to St Paul differentials as Chicago Great Western and others threaten to join. Colorado? No. (Note: text preserved as given)
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Caricaco
Lake Michigan Car Ferry
West
Lake Michigan and Superior Transit Company
Lake Michigan Car Ferry Transportation Company
Chicago
St. Paul
Chicago Great Western Road
Great Western
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Wisconsin Central
Rock Island and Pacific
Burlington and Quincy
Dubuque Priest Raised to Monsignor Title
Very Rev. Roger Ryan vicar general of the Catholic diocese of Dubuque was Sunday invested with the purple robes of a domestic prelate and the title monsignor. Archbishop Hennessy conducted the ceremony assisted by 50 priests from across the archdiocese.
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Dubuque
Roger Ryan
Hennessy
Discoverer Finds Ancient Theater at Corinth Site
Dr Richardson of the American School of Archaeology reports the discovery of an ancient theater at Corinth and a key to the topography of the older Corinth, along with Eretria relics and other important discoveries.
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Greece
Corinth
Richardson
American School of Archaelogy
Eretria
Turtle Mountain Indians Seek Relief Bill Support
A Washington hearing on June 1 heard the Turtle Mountain delegation urge passage of the relief bill carried by the house sub committee on Indian affairs. The Indians testified in favor of the measure as the committee reviews the proposal.
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Washington
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Sheriff Seizes Stock of Jenner & Co Millinery Firm
Milwaukee creditors weigh in after the sheriff attaches the stock of J E Jenner & Co wholesale millinery. Liabilities and assets are listed at 1500,009 each, with Milwaukee business houses identified as the heaviest creditors.
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Milwaukee
J E Jenner & Co
Milwaukee Business Houses
Do Not Be Induced To Buy Other Medicines
Do not be persuaded to choose alternatives if you have decided to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. Remember Hood's Sarsaparilla cures when other medicines fail. Do not despair because prior remedies have failed. Take Hood's Sarsaparilla faithfully and you may reasonably expect a cure.
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Hood
Hood's Pills Purely Vegetable Remedy
Purely vegetable Hood's Pills are carefully prepared from the best ingredients and offered at a price of 25 cents.
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Hood’s
Aid to insurgents in Cuba linked to fever and desertions
Private news from Cuba reports yellow fever raging among Spanish troops. A Matanzas to Havana train carried 60 fever cases in one battalion. Desertions and food shortages weaken Spanish forces as Madras battalion soldiers join Maceo over ration scarcity. Insurgent activity grows near Havana with arrivals near Manzanillo and railway explosions at Mantanzas. Weyler is burned in effigy.
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Matanzas
Havana
Madras
Vuelta Abajo
Maceo
Marari
Manzanillo
Caprillo Zayas
Rodrigues
Mantanzas
Weyler
Weyler Obeys Orders Denial of Resignation Rumor
From Maprio June 2 the premier Senor Canovas del Castillo denies Weyler has resigned and states Weyler cables he conforms to government instructions in Cuba. In Philadelphia the Bermuda arrives from Jacksonville with fruit and no disclosure on its expedition results.
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Senor Canovas del Castillo
Weyler
Cuba
Bermuda
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
Fla
Kruger Denies Secret Pact Amid Influenza Illness
President Kruger, ill with influenza in Pretoria, receives reformers freed from prison. He dismisses Seymour Fort's article in Nineteenth Century as untruthful and denies any secret understanding with Germany threatening imperial and Afrikander interests in South Africa.
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Pretoria
Kruger
Johannesburg
Seymour Fort
Henry Bougham Loch
Cape Colony
Transvaal
Germany
South Africa
Bloody fighting shifts in Crete as siege ends
Dispatch from Athens reports Ab dullah the Crete governor driving insurgents from Tsivara and lifting the Vamos siege. Desperate, bloody fighting follows with panics at Canea and Christian murders at Petimo. Consuls request warships as Mohammedan threats prompt an English ship to sail from Canea to Heraklion.
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Loxpon
the Times
Athens
Abdullah
Crete
Tsivara
Seige
Vamos
Canea
Petimo
Heraldton
All But Four Released In Johannesburg Reform Case
British agent dispatches report that four leaders in the Johannesburg reform movement remain imprisoned while the rest are freed. Fines and punishment in lieu of payment stay in effect and a banishment remains, but suspended if prisoners pledge not to interfere with republican politics.
Lyons Returns to Victoria Miners After Prison
Robert J. Lyons, a 1894 strike leader jailed for inciting the Strong mine shaft house riot, is welcomed by 2,500 miners with a brass band in Victoria Colorado. A pardon is granted and Mayor Doyle gives a welcome speech as miners burn Fort Dean on Bull hill in a display of goodwill.
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Victoria
Colo
Robert J. Lyons
Doyle
Fort Dean
Bull Hill
Tram car derails on Second Avenue. 17 aboard hurt
A car on the Second avenue traction line jumped the track and overturned in a ditch twelve feet deep. Seventeen passengers were aboard with injuries ranging from slight to serious, two reportedly seriously hurt and the fate of others a wonder.
General Jones in Serious Illness at 91
General George W. Jones Iowa's first senator and now 92 years old is seriously ill after taking a cold in Chicago last Thursday.
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Dusugvr
George W. Jones
Iowa
Chicago
Mixed tribunal to rule on Egyptian debt commission powers
A Cairo dispatch reports the mixed tribunal will back the French claim requiring unanimous consent for debt surplus spending. The ruling, open secret and to be delivered Monday, would bar Egypt from waging war against the khalifa or resisting invaders without unanimous vote of the debt commission.
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Cairo
The
Times
Debt Commission
Egyptian Debt Commission
Potential spread of street railway strike to other cities
Milwaukee leaders warn a fast-moving strike may spread to Indianapolis Philadelphia Brooklyn St Paul Minneapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Columbus and Cleveland if not settled soon. W D Mahon of the Amalgamated Association and Samuel Gompers of the AFL reportedly consider a general strike across all lines.
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Street
W. D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Columbus
Cleveland
Oxford Will Honor Bayard and Two Others
London May 29 Oxford university will confer honorary D. C. L. degrees on United States ambassador Thomas F Bayard and on John Morley and Joseph Chamberlain as part of its honors list.
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Oxford
Bayard
London
Oxford University
United States
Thomas F. Bayard
John Morley
Joseph Chamberlain
Wisconsin Republican Convention Date Set
MILWAUKEE May 29 At the meeting of the Republican state central committee August 5 was named as the date for the state convention.
Let Us Cross Over the River and Rest in Shade
A historical voice references Stonewall Jackson and the idea of crossing the river. The text pivots to lament daily annoyances and extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for women, citing Mrs. S. E. Bongey of Red Oak, Illinois, and a neighbor who recovered strength during menopause.
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Stonewall Jackson
Dr. Pierce
S E Bongey
Red Oak
Stephenson County
Ill
Harper's Weekly outlines 1896 coverage and features
The article previews Harper's Weekly plans for 1896 including foreign travels by Julian Ralph, Davis Caribbean trip, Navy evolutions, Remington Army frontier studies, Kiel Canal opening, and new departments by Howells and Whitney. It promises political independence, strong fiction, a 1896 presidential election focus, and continued illustrated journalism leadership.
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Harper’s Weekly
Julian Ralph
China
Japan
West
Richard Harding Davis
Rufus F. Zograum
Frederick Remington
Poultney Bigelow
Kiel Canal
W D. Howells
Life and Letters
Martin
Caspar W. Whitney
Department of Amateur Slort
W. D. Howells
S. R. Crockett
Harper & Brothers Ad Instructions for January Volumes
The weekly volumes start with January’s first number each year and subscriptions begin with the current number if no time is stated. Neapers must not copy this advertisement without Harper & Brothers order.
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Harper & Brothers
Harper's Periodicals Subscription Rates
Harper's Magazine Harper's Weekly Harper's Bazar and Harper's Round Table listed per year with postage free to United States Canada and Mexico. Address Harper & Brothers P.O. Box 959 New York City.
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Harper's Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Round Table
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Canada
Mexico
Harper & Brothers
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New York City
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