Morgan at Troy Predicts McKinley Victory for President
In Troy New York Senator Morgan urged support for Bryan and Sewall citing Democratic records on coinage tariff and unity. He argued Democrats favored free silver and warned against Cleveland era mistakes while Palmer in Washington predicted McKinley would win Maryland Illinois and the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
N. Y
Morgan
Bryan
Sewall
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Congress
John Sherman
House
Senate
Democratic Party
Seymour
Tilden
Hancock
Cleveland
Horace Greeley
Wolferts
Fountain of Light
Buzzard’s Bay
Diogenes
Gresham
Republican Party
Liluokalant
Rothschilds Syndicate
Talleyrand
Napoleon
France
Washington
John M. Palmer
Illinois
National Democratic Party
Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Illinois
Ottawa
National Committee
National Party
Party
Democratic
Hill
Morrison
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Maryland
Bryan Attacks Gold Standard During Providence Stop
Boston bound campaign train arrives with a large crowd in Providence. Bryan and Sewall address the crowd from a stand before City Hall, arguing for independent bimetallism and criticizing the gold standard, banks, and trusts while urging voters to back a policy serving American needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
KR. 1
Boston
John Conney
Democratic Committee
Messrs. Bryan
Sewall
Mansfield
Mass
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
E. Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
Andrews
South
Northwestern system appoints new officers after resignations
Official notice announces transfers and appointments on the Northwestern system after W. S. Newman resigns as third vice president. H. G. Burt will become third VP and ex-Omaha line GM takes over. W. A. Scott and James Clark receive new posts as general manager and freight passenger traffic head. Changes take effect October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Northwestern
W. S. Newman
Freight wrecks disrupt Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania lines
An extra freight train bound for Washington on the Baltimore & Ohio main line near Riverdale Park wrecked eight miles from the city. Nine boxcars were smashed and 12 damaged. brakeman W. J. Morgue of Ballimore is missing. A separate Pennsylvania road derailment near Sovereign derailed five cars with no reported casualties but delayed traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Washington
Riverdale Park
W. J. Morgue
Ballimore
Pennsylvania Road
Baltimore
Washinon
Sovereign
Yale Graduate Awaiting ExTradition For Forged Draft
Yale graduate W. C. Wallace, alias multiple names, is in Port Worth city jail awaiting extradition to Fort Worth Texas for uttering a forged twenty thousand dollar draft on the First National Bank. Det. Seymour and Whitaker captured him two weeks earlier as he came from breakfast at the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Wii
Port Worth
San Francisco
W. C. Wallace
Fort Worth
Texas
First National Bank
Seymour and
Whitaker
Palace Hotel
Dock Men Strike For Higher Unloading Rate
About 5 dock laborers on grain ships struck in Tamburg demanding 50 instead of 4% per ton for unloading. The stoppage affects loading operations at the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamburg
Kings of Servia Roumania and Francis Joseph Attend Canal Opening
Kings of Servia and Roumania arrived in Orsova to attend the Iron Gate canal opening ceremony with Emperor Francis Joseph and foreign representatives in attendance. The monarchs boarded a steamer, salutes rang out, flower-laden cords were snapped to mark the formal opening, then moved to Keerkulsbad for a banquet before departing.
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Orsova
Servia
Roumania
Iron Gate Canal
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Count Glouchowski
Austro-Hungary
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
France
Russia
Keerkulsbad
Ecusalon
Cincinnati Photographer Claims Welsh Peerage For Brother
John Lee Spohn, a Cincinnati photographer, claims to be heir to the Ludlow title and estate in Shropshire Wales. His wealthy brother W H Spohn of Hamilton Canada has sought English lawyers and a family tree manuscript to prove lineal descent and restore the extinct earldom. the estate is valued at a substantial sum.
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Cincinnati
John Lee Spohn
Chefhirl of
Ludlow
Preston
Adriatia
Ireland
Baron Ludlow
United Kingdom
Stryopshire
Wales
W. H. Spohn
Hamilton
Canada
Shropshire
Robber Kills Paymaster After Rail Line Hold-Up
In Charlestown West Virginia on September 27 Joe Thompson boarded a Short Line train between Sewall and Clifftop. He held up the engine crew at gunpoint taking $200 from paymaster W L Wilson. Thompson fired. Wilson died of his wounds and Thompson escaped amid a posses pursuit with a lynching predicted.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Short Line
Sewall
Clifftop
Joe Thompson
W. L. Wilson
Longdale Company
Wilson
Thompson
Militia and rioters clash at Leadville waterworks attack
Leadville Colorado reports an attack on the Carbonate Hill reservoir of the Leadville Water Works Company. Militia and rioters exchange shots near the Bohn and Bonair mines as gunfire continues. A picket reports four shots fired at 9 45 p m and a corporal leads a pursuing squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville Col
General Brooks
Herald-Democrat
Carbonate Hill
Leadville Water Works Company
Bohn
Leadville
Verdeckberg
Bonair
Diamond Hill Mine Sold to Glasgow, Cash Plan Set
Helena Montana September report says the Diamond Hill mine sold to Glasgow Scotland for 2 million with 1 million paid in cash and stock to follow. A 60 ton mill costing about 200 thousand will be built soon in the St Louis mining district 40 miles east of Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Diamond Hill
Glasgow
Secotland
St. Louis
Bryan and Sewall rally crowds with political showcase
A campaign stop featured William Jennings Bryan addressing supporters while Charles Sewall received cheers and declined a speech. George Fred Williams joined Bryan recounting a warm welcome for the presidential hopeful, noting Yale College was hissed amid the crowd in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bryan
Mr Sewall
Geogre Fred Williams
Bryan
Massachusetts
New Haven
Yale College
Bryan's Eastern Tour Ends with Two Large Paterson Newark Rallies
William J. Bryan returned to New York from a New England swing and traveled to Paterson where a large crowd gathered at Colt's Hill for a hilltop address. An electric outage paused the speech briefly before he urged voters to study issues and vote their judgment. He then moved to Newark for a second talk at Caledonia Hall, a two mile procession through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William J. Bryan
New England
Bartholdi
New Jersey
Bartheldi
Jersey City
Paterson
N. J
Bryan
Colt's Bill
Millioa
Waltare
Caledonia Hall
Beery Nook
Mr. Bryan
Tammany Hall
West Virginia
Tacoma Wins Supreme Court Suit Over Safe Deposit Funds
The Washington Supreme Court affirms the Tacoma city case against German-American Safe Deposit and Savings Bank over about 86 000 dollars deposited by the former city treasurer. The decision notes warrants paid by the city treasurer and the bank's credit for funds claimed. The court also reverses several related appeals and rules Tacoma’s Sunday barber ordinance as unconstitutional special legislation.
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Olympia
Supreme Court
City of
Tacoma
Respondent
Henry Krech
Essie Atwood
Willie Atwood
Walla Walla
Hartman Not Nominated by Populists in Helena Meeting
In Helena on September 0 a meeting of silver wing and regular Republican state committees merged funds for the state ticket and left McKinley out. O F Goddard remains the regular congress candidate. Populists declined to nominate Hartman, deferring to the Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
McKinley
Congress
O. F. Goddard
State Central Committee
Charles 8. Hartman
D Omocrats
Hartman
Unitarian Minister H L Buzzell Fares Farewell Sermon
Rev H L Buzzell preached his farewell sermon at the Unitarian church in Fairhaven Mass today before leaving the pulpit to stump the New England states for Bryan and Sewall in the presidential race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stump
New Bedford
Mass
H. L. Buzzell
Unitarian
Fairhaven
New England
Bryan and
Sewal
McKinley Addresses Tin Plate Workers and African Methodists
In Canton Ohio Major McKinley tells Lisbon tin-plate mill workers that factories boost farmer markets and general business. He also hosts African Methodist Episcopal delegates visiting his home, praising the race’s progress, education, and church growth over 230 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
Major McKinley
Lisbon
Columbiana County
J. W. Taylor
McKinley
Congress
Congreesman Taylor
Wales
African Methodist Episcopal Conference
Cleveland
Middle of the Readers Hold Nebraska Convention in Lincoln
Report from Lincoln about a splinter party gathering to form a populist convention. Clark and De Bryant attended with a small delegation while hundred free silver democrats opposed proceedings. Goddell chaired as Clark denounced fusion with democracy and the group endorsed a fusion ticket before adjourning.
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Omaha
Lincoln
C. M. Clark
de Bryant
Norfolk
Clark
Bryan
Watson
Goddell
Nebraska
Allen
Holcomb
J. C. MelInerney
Lill Dech
Paul Vandervoort
Strike of Knights of the Key on Canadian Pacific Telegraph
Telegraph operators and train dispatchers on the Canadian Pacific railroad walk out after a Montreal ordered strike set for nine p m Officials report a few workers joined the action at Windsor street station with Toronto unions noting minor impact but ongoing grievances over pay and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Can
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Thomas Tull
Strke
Windsor Street
T Am
Hkewise
Pierson
Telegraphers’ Union
Toronto
Ont
Elephant Destroys Hotel Fire at Coney Island
A large wooden elephant structure once built as a hotel at Coney Island was consumed by a fire on the night of September 27. Fire crews fought the blaze as onlookers watched the iconic figure burn, with reports noting the building’s collapse and the loss of the wooden guest facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coney Island
Idaho silver Republican county convention nominates mixed ticket
The Idaho county convention completed nominating the county and legislative ticket with roughly equal Democrats and silver Republicans. The state senate nomination was deferred to the county committee, while Ballentine is likely to be endorsed by the committee for the same seat amid his push for recognition of Senator Dubois and allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joise
Idaho
John Bledsoe
Robert L. Ford
D. D. Williams
Ie VY. Drury
Ballentine
Dubois
Patrie
State Committee
James i Hawley
Ralph Bledsoe
Boise
I DL, Haight
Oakley
John M. Burke
Coeur d'Alene
W. C. Connaughton
Else County
W. B. Krutz
Weiser
John EB. Stearns
Nampa
A. O. Ingalls
Murray
L. R. Walters
Pearl
Frank W. Beane
Backfoot
Hopson
Pocatelo
I. C. Hattabaugh
Moscow
Ed. Moffat
Wallace
Z. Donnelly
Kootenal
Buick
Butler
Seanor Dubois
Hie
People’s Party
People's Party
Miners Urged to Hold Out as Militia Tensions Rise
In Leadville a militia scout halted by a picket was wounded, leading to amputation of the left leg. In Readville the Miners Union discussed peace while Ed Boyce of the Western Federation urged miners to stand firm, denouncing militia actions and advising restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville
Colo
Emmett
Hamilton
Gripple Creek
Bouvee
Readville
Miners’ Union
Milia
Galaxy of Old Soldiers Speak in Dubuque Parade
Generals Alger Howard Sickels and Siegel along with Cor oral Tanner spoke in Washington Park for McKinley in Dubuque Iowa drawing about 10 000 spectators. Senator Allison and Governor Drake delivered welcome remarks as crowds cheered two hours of political remarks before a special train carried the group west.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Aler
Howard
Sickels
Siegel
Cororal Tanner
West
Washington Park
McKinley
Allison
Drake
New York
Bryan
Alger
Stewart
Pennsylvania
Deponent Questions Mrs Craven Deeds In Suit
Mrs Herman Oelrichs testified in the Craven versus Fair ejectment case in San Francisco on Sept 28. She denied knowledge of her father's acquaintance with Mrs Craven and said her father never remarried. She questioned the legitimacy of deeds transferring valuable property to Mrs Craven, claiming he never made gifts of value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Craven Vs. Fair Today
Herman Oelrichs
Craven
Farr
Rebellion spreads across Thibet as revolt grows
A Shang hai special reports Thibet-wide rebellion against the government. In response, authorities dispatch troops to reinforce garrisons amid growing unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thibet
London
Shanghai
Dr Parkhurst Addresses Political Ties and Economic Foundation
Rev. Dr. Charles Parkhurst returned to Madison Square Gloriam church and preached on the political situation. He critiqued materialism, warned that the nation rests on a shaky edifice of stocks and bonds, and urged a foundation rooted in enduring principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charlesshurst
Madison Square
John
Parkhurst
Ross
National Des
Milwaukee Road Race Crowns Anton Stoltze Champion
Edward J. Bach of Milwaukee won the 20 mile Pewaukee to Milwaukee road race with a 50 1 time. Anton Stoltze of Milwaukee finished first with 48 30 time. Herman Lock of Lyons started from scratch and placed second, crossing two seconds after Stoltze amid a large crowd.
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Milwaukee
Edward J. Bach
Isconsin
Pewaukee
Anton Stoltze
Herman Lock
Lyons
Wis
Stoltze
Populists Endorse Democratic Ticket for City and Senate
In St Louis on Sept 27 the populist convention endorsed the entire democratic city and senatorial ticket. Six populist legislative candidates were nominated to the union ticket along with nine legislative delegates to be named by Democrats tomorrow. Fusion won 221 to 18 as Sheridan Webster led a bolting minority planning a middle of the road campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Union
Sheridan Webster
McKinleys Quiet Sunday With Visiting Delegations in Canton
Major McKinley and Mrs McKinley dined with A C Barber family sister to Mrs McKinley. Cold rain kept them indoors after a crowded weekend. Next week shows about double last week's appointments with over twenty delegations planned and dates set through October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
McKinley
A. C. Barber
Barber
London and Northwestern officials visit Seattle for pleasure
A distinguished party of railroad men led by Frederik Harrison general manager of the London and Northwestern railroad arrives in Seattle. Robert Turnbul general superintendent and C A Baratorn New York agent accompany him. They tour the Seattle and International line and plan a ride via the Canadian Pacific to New York before leaving.
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Seattle
Sept
Frederik Harrison
London & Northwestern Railroad
Robert Turnbul
C. A. Baratornt
New York
Seatle
Yellowstone Park
Harrison
Turnbul
Seattle & International
Canadian Pacific
Three Bad Men Break Jail Recaptured Man Held
Three notorious Pacific coast criminals Frank McCarty William Harrison and N Creelman escaped from the county jail via a tunnel under the wall connecting the yard to the courthouse side yard. McCarty was recaptured while Harrison and Creelman remained at large.
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Jall
Frank McCarty
William Harrison
N. Creelman
Pacific Coast
McCarty
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Leadville Waterworks
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Freeetive Bloc
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Newark
German American Bank
Goodpard
Congressman Hartman
Knights OF the Key
Canadian Pacific Telegraph
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Militia
Hosce
MHS
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DR. Parkhurst
Wheeling
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