Dead Lock In Republican Nomination Sees Smart Gain
In Ovarux Kana on May 1 the Republican convention adjourned after a long deadlock with 504 ballots. Smart from Ottawa gained 59 votes as Funston, Parker, Buchan, and Howard shuffled, one more round required to reach a nomination. The convention reconvened to resume balloting and discuss the financial plank.
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Ovarux
Kana
Linn County
Buchan
Smart
Funston
Ace Mupact
Parker
Uehan
Wes
Kant
Wallat
Howard
Andereon County
Punston
Bachan
Smast
Gaius Hapidty
At & O Clock
Towsday
Lawrence
Frost and Freezing Weather Across States Hit Crops
Weather reports from Michigan Iowa Kansas Nebraska and Minnesota describe frost and freezing temperatures causing damage to crops vegetables and fruit. Areas report bitter cold and three inches of snow in Michigan while Kansas and Nebraska suffer extensive crop harm and late frosts.
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Michigan
Auresa
Mich
Illinois
Towa
Dee Moraes
Knox County
Span Ravine
Northweer
Minekaroim
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Kansas Kansas City
Star
Cherokee Strip
County Convention Assembles At Courthouse At Three
The Republican county convention met at the courthouse this afternoon to elect delegates to the state convention. Major Hud son presided. J. M. Wilkerson led Byron Wingett as temporary sergeant at arms. Major J. K. Hudson was chosen permanent chairman. Frank Stevens named temporary secretary. Committees on resolutions and on delegates were formed. a lively dispute erupted over delegate selection and ballot methods.
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Maj. Hudses
Court House
A B. Jetmore
County Central Committee
D. Watson
Jetmore
John M. Wilkerson
Byron Wingett
J. B. McAfee
J. K. Hudson
Conttntion
J. Marple
Mejor Hudson
Frank Stevens
C. A. Fellows
Major Hudson
Coxeyjam
Popsham
Isms
Falladea
T. J. Anderson
Sweetee
B. Bradford
A.W. Dana
Pat Coney
C P. Bolmar
Coney
Mr. Bolmar
Kolmar
Mr. Cuney
A. W. Dana
BK Bradford
John W. Day
J. W. Hampshire
A. S. Johnson
P. H. Caney
J. B Hibten
A. B. Quinton
L. Ferry
RK. M. Fulton
Jno. Hovenden
Frank Sue
J. W. Stout
J. H. Marple
F. B. Dawes
J. C. Caldwell
Shawnee County
Mr. Davis
General Caldwell
M. H. Case
Eva Harding
Committee On
George L. Douglass
Sixty Miles an Hour as Armed Bands Seize Trains
Dispatched reports from St Paul indicate two freight trains captured by industrial bands in western Montana and Coeur d Alene division. Leaders include Bill Blair calling himself commander in chief, with 150 plus men taking charge of a 12 car train and forcing officers off. Army patrols from Fort Missoula mobilized to pursue and regain possession, while the railway seeks safety measures and court contempt actions against the noted ringleader an ex convict from Colorado.
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Milxs Earois
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Huron
Jont
Thompson's Falls
Bill Blair
Coeur d'Alene
Montana
Thompson Falls
Gener
Kendrick
Army Department
St Paul
Fort Misaoula
Fort Missoula
Rete
Colorado
Miners to March to West Virginia Fields
Martins Ferry Ohio May 19 miners in Ohio organize to march west to West Virginia to force a strike. About two thousand miners expected at an open air meeting next Wednesday. Also notes Woche gold shipments and domestic trade, Corbett tour from Paris to Edinburgh, and weather frost with 37 degree low.
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West Virginia
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Unemployed Mass Meeting Demands City Jobs in Minneapolis
A large crowd estimated at around 2,000 gathered in Haymarket Minneapolis to press for work. They resolved to urge the mayor and council to provide as much labor as possible on improvements and to form ward unemployed clubs to influence aldermen. General Ilgime plans to move 400 unemployed out of town this afternoon as a Coxey contingent.
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Mussearouns
Haymarket
Avis
Toawaker
Ilgime
Thea
Address to Cleveland by Coxey chief on unemployed
F I Hegner, commander in chief of the Coxey home reserve, writes to President Cleveland urging immediate congression al action to provide work for the unemployed and restore the right to earn an honest living for millions of men out of work and hundreds of thousands of starving women and children.
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Denver
F. I. Hegner
Coxey Home Reserve
Cleveland
Congress
Transportation Eastward Denver May 18 Demands for Work
Two hundred and fifty industrials led by Brigadier General Morris waited before the county board seeking jobs. J Cook Jr a noted Populist urged transport to Kansas City for 1500 Commonwealers. Coal mine troubles loom near Trinidad as 63 deputies guard Colorado Fuel and Iron property amid unpaid January wages.
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Denver
Morris
Coxey Home Reserve
Board of County Commissioners
J. Cook, Jr
Kansas City
Reed
5Sopris
Trinidad
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Italiana
Reed Saya
Sre
Cantwell Leads Tacoma Coxeyites Toward Great Falls
A Spokane dispatch notes Jumbo Cantwell, commander of the Tacoma Coxeyites, ordering his contingent to rendezvous at Great Falls Montana. The group is departing in small squads, with some members riding freight lines as they travel. In Washington, reports place 60 0wealers in Wallace Barracks and care in Wardner, while crowds press for progress amid ongoing unrest. The broader scene includes senatorial bribery probes opening behind closed doors and a separate paddle of drowning news from Michigan and delays in sentencing Coxey and associates.
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Jumbo Cantwell
Spokane
Wash
Jumbo” Cantwell
Tacoma Coxeyites
Great Falls
Mont
Kelly
Keokuk
Beroxvux
Iowa
Missouri
Quincy
Discharge Likely for Sanders Case
Judge Williams cannot hear the Sanders case due to other duties. J G Waters reports District Attorney Perry saying Williams at Wichita is unavailable, making dismissal likely. Prosecution may transfer to Judge Caldwell in Little Rock. Fitzgerald Released on Bail as New England industrial army leader heads to join delegates in Baltimore.
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Fitzgerald
Puinapehatia
Michael Fitzgerald
New England Industrial Army
Baltimore
George Stevens
Burglars Rampant In All Parts of the City Last Night
Burglars carried out a widespread spree across the city last night. Police reported numerous break ins with several burglaries concentrated in residential neighborhoods and commercial districts. No arrests were immediately announced. Officers urged residents to secure homes and report suspicious activity.
Three Young Men Arrested in Topeka Robberies
In Topeka last night burglars struck four sites on Parkdale and Kansas Avenue including Hur Hart's cigar store and Last's grocery. The suspects Lee Curtis Sidney Pickens and Lew Webb face charges as police describe entry by skeleton keys and thefts totaling around sixteen dollars and change plus minor cash from other homes. A separate break in at four Parkdale houses around 2 am yielded small sums. one robber escaped after a confrontation with a resident who followed him outside and saw a white man in a slouched hat and downturned coat. Police hold Curtis Pickens and Webb as main suspects with transfer to county jail expected Monday.
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Change
Topeka
Bideke
Pyrkdale
Hurhart’s
Kansas Avenue
Last’s
Tenth Street
Young Web
Lirelars
Lee Curtis
Cay Curtis
Sidney Pickens
Pickens
Lew Webb
George Burghart
SU Kunaids
Sowe Cigaré
Wbacey
EL Lux
Tenth
Theough
Hollars Inn Ranch
Parkdale
Dr. W. Taylor
Georges Porter
Lime Streets
Frank Mott Lollarnddt
East Sixth Street
J.B. Devin
East Sixth
Frank McClelland
Mattie Bower
Aeons
Mer
MillCledtanedo
Walio
Smith & Wee
McCleden
Vie
Taylor
Ceville
Vie Stalr
Fnally
James Hullo
Chen
Porter
de Taylor
Purtheath Mngineer
City Electric
Pelcan Central Committee
J. B. Davidson
Curtis
Pickeps
Webb
Webl
Nave
Dr .Taylor
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St. Jox
Nebraska
Grand Island
Omans
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Sarpy
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Coute
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Down
le Mans
Laws
Democratic County Central Committee
Committee On Resolutions
Conventive
Republican Party
Repubican Party
Repetiican
W. F. Guthrie
Atchison
Weneral
W. E Sterne
Geo. M. Eagle
Peter Heil
Geo. Hendarson
W. H. Fox
W. Padgett
Wm. Higgins
T. F. Doran
W. H. Gibso
J. JH. Marple
B. Quin
D. W. Mulvane
P. H. Cones
W. H. Wilson
A . M. Fulton
J. G. Robertson
Donnis
G. W. Barge
R. B. McMaster
A. Sheatz
J. B. Hibbes
A. J. Kane
J. Bear
Dr. W
Lindsay
Bo Bradford
S. W. Parker
H. Foster
P. L. Bonebrake
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H. Miles
D Groff
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Chas. Smith
Elder Woolford
England
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New York
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Paris
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Edinburgh
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Lespos
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Thia
The
Daily Stars Journal
Minneapolis
Denver Industrials
Missesrours
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Heron
Idaho Line
Ramsey
Mar
Coeur d’Alene
Wallace
Ida
Weaters
Gen. Schofield
Idaho
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Cur d'Alene
Florence
Col
Rouse
Walsenberg
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
Sroxasz
Associated Press
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Senate
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Hunton
Kyle
Honton
Palvot
C. W. Baitz
Sugar Trust
Ponteron
C.D. Thompson
D. Lynn
Wa. Lewis
Carr
Hexxy Lirrex
Capt
Nelson Little
Bangky
Axious Kine
Coxey
Miller
Wasninetos
Browne
Jones
Capitol
L. E. Auxiliary
St. Paul, Minn
the Engineers
Mesdames Dearnell
Orr
Insurance Department
Sanders
McCasey
State House
Dr. McCasey
van Prather
Asylum
Auditors
GA. BR
Kia
Bute
Grand Army
Bert
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