Populists Clash Over Democratic Bills in Congressional Record
A political pamphlet accuses Josiah Wheeler of misrepresenting Populist bills and contrasts Populist currency reforms with vast Democratic and Republican spending across the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses. It alleges Wheeler distorted figures, cites loans, greenbacks, and silver proposals, and claims lawmakers pushed multi‑billion dollar measures to burden taxpayers.
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Wheeler
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Joseph Wheeler
Alabama
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Senate
Watauga County People's party delegates chosen in 1894
Correspondence reports a September 22 1894 meeting in Boone to appoint delegates to a Senatorial Convention at Ashe County on October 5 1894. W H Farthing chosen to chair and as state senator candidate. Delegates include S L Linger T C Norris T N Hardin E J Norris M P Edmisten B F Teaster Joseph Brown T F Cook Tom Elrod W J Critcher W D Cook.
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People’s Party
Watauga County
Boone
L. N. Perkins
Ovine
Ashe County
N. C
W. H. Farthing
Robbins
L. Linger
T. C. Norris
T. N. Hardin
E. J. Norris
M. P. Edmisten
B. F. Teaster
Joseph Brown
T. F. Cook
Tom Elrod
W. J. Critcher
W. D. Cook
J. P. Rogsrys
Sec
Destructive cyclone leaves dozens dead across Midwest towns
A powerful Friday night cyclone sweeping Emmettsburg to Wisconsin caused extensive loss of life and property. Estimates suggest about seventy five deaths, with many more injured or fatally hurt, and total property damage near one million dollars across towns including Spring Valley Leroy Osage Mason City Lowther Britt Wesley and Algona.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Emmettsburg
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Spring Valley
Leroy
Osage
Lowther
Chicago
Great Western
Mason City
Britt
Wesley
Kossuth County
J. Bingham
M Castle
J. W. Dingman
Tweed
Thomas Tweed
Mine
Mob lynching of three Black men in McGhee Arkansas
A mob of 300 in McGhee Arkansas hanged Luke Washington Richard Washington and Henry Croson after they fatally attacked H C Patton. Bodies dangled from telegraph poles near the crime scene. The men were captured in Pine Bluff and confessed at coroner's inquest. Local Black residents allegedly pledged vigilante retribution while white residents pressed for swift action.
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McGhee
Arkansas
Luke Washington
Richard Washington
Henry Crobson
H. C. Patton
Pine Bluff
Desha County
Patton
Mobs Lynch Prisoners in Arkansas City Killing
A mob of about 300 whites and colored seized the prisoners in Arkansas City, overpowering officers. They strung up the prisoners and leveled hundreds of guns at the bodies, avenging the murder of H. C. Patton.
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Arkansas City
H. C. Patton
Protestant Bishop of Madrid Consecrates First Madrid Bishop
The Most Rev Lord Plunkett assisted by Irish bishops consecrated Rev Senor Cabrera as Madrid's first Protestant bishop in a private ceremony. The rite included the sacrament administered to 120 Spanish converts. Plunkett and colleagues arrived yesterday and departed this evening. In Paris Le Soir reports Panama Canal loan subscriptions at 40,000 shares in Paris and similar in provinces, with 300,000 shares offered at 100 pounds each.
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Czar's Condition Improves After Apoplectic Fit
Vienna reports say the Czar suffered a severe apoplectic episode while en route to Spain and was carried from the train in weakness. An official dispatch in St Petersburg indicates he has grown stronger and may depart for the Crimea soon. Earlier in Vienna a death rumor caused brief market panic, later dismissed as false.
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Irish political prisoners urged amnesty at Phoenix Park
Dus.in Sept. 23. The Lord Mayor presided over a 15 000 strong Irish nationwide meeting in Phoenix Park calling on the government to release all Irishmen now in English prisons for political offenses. John E Redmond M P supported the resolution asserting no final settlement without amnesty. He urged open agitation and praised James Daly for Limerick. Timothy Harrington Jos E Kenny and Wm Field spoke similarly.
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Timothy Harrington
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Wm. Field
Bluejackets Write From China On War News
Letters from crew aboard the New York describe dispatches from Chemulpo dated January 24 detailing an expedition to Seoul by Baltimore sailors. The report notes Japanese ships visiting the harbor with camouflage and bottle green paint to evade night detection, and compares several ships to American warships in appearance.
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Train collision near Valencia injures dozens
Condensed cable items from Barcelona report a railway collision at Moncada seven miles east of Valencia. A passenger train carrying many festivalgoers was wrecked. forty people were injured, some severely.
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Chamber of Deputies
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M. Bachimont
M. Robert
Sofia
M. Stoiloff
M. Zankoff
Hameure
Hamburg American Steamship Company
Japanese Elated as 80,000 Troops Ordered to Front
Washington and London reports detail Japan's plan to deploy 80 000 troops immediately as war effort intensifies before winter. Japanese losses in the Yalu battle are listed, while foreign recruitment is rejected. British subjects in Yokohama warned, and Chinese forces move toward Seoul to reinforce defenses. Three Portsmouth Chinese men return home to join the army.
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Shanghai
Seoul
Ese
Mystery surrounds William D. Stevens near death in Boston
William D. Stevens, a 50 year old man with one amputated sleeve, was found unconscious in a hotel room at Allen Street, gas jet open, amid rumors of a romance with a young Everett woman. Neighbors note wealth and mystery as he lies between life and death in Massachusetts General Hospital.
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T House
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