Bryan addresses crowd in Milwaukee on silver and gold standard
In Milwaukee on September 5 at National Park the crowd swelled to 6000 10000 as William Jennings Bryan spoke from a platform. He urged voters to study the money question and defended silver against the gold standard while denouncing the financiers and stressing workers' interests.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Mr. Bryan
Waukegan
Bryan
McKinley
National Park
Republican Pl
America
Buffalo
Republican Party
Indianapolis
Mysterious Death Near Helena Attributed to Unknown Shooter
Hawkins Eggen a fourteen year old boy was found slain one mile north of East Helena while hunting with Joseph Shoemaker. Shoemaker reported a stranger seized the gun, fired and fled into the hills. The body showed bird shot in the head and no suspect was found amid suspicions about Shoemaker’s possible involvement.
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Fastfrlena
Eggen
Hawkins Eggens
East Helena
Joseph Shoemaker
Joseph
John Shay
Fergus County
John Mooney
Shay
Mr. Mooney
Moody
Excursion Train Wreck Injures Numerous St Louis Passengers
An excursion train from St Louis wrecked at Taswelli Indiana due to a worn rail or rail spread. Fatally injured are John Gibson and William A Kane, both of St Louis. Serious injuries include J C Connopgy Chris Hendricks Mrs F B Jordan Thomas Murray Jacob Miller John L Tassie and W J White. A farmer on horseback was also tossed and may die. Kane later died at home, unconscious.
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Ind
St. Louis
Taswelli
John Gibson
William A. Kane
J. C. Connogpy
Chris Hendricks
F. B. Jordan
East St
German Socialists Barred from Addressing Voters on French Soil
Paris dispatch reports Herr Bebel and Buebb, members of the Reichstag for Strasburg and Mulhausen, were refused permission to speak to electors on German soil. The French government intercepted the plan and expelled the deputies at the frontier, preventing their Wasibneax meeting over the French border.
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Times
Paris
Bebel
Buebb
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Strasburg
Mulhausen
Wassembax
Child Carpenters Death From Laudanum Overdose
Seattle September 5 Edward Poppen a five year old carpenter died at Providence hospital from an overdose of laudanum presumed to be self inflicted.
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Seattle
Edward Poppen
Providence Hospital
Salt Lake Chosen For Next Year Eisteddfod
Denver Sept 5 Salt Lake was chosen as the site of the next Eisteddfod. The festival receipts totaled about $16 000 and expenses the same.
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Salt Lake
Denver
McKinley Praises Beaver County Delegation and Tariff Policy
Canton Ohio Sept 5 The Beaver County Pennsylvania delegation 200 strong arrives by train to visit the McKinley residence Major Little of Beaver Falls leads the group The speaker extols Republican tariffs and national prosperity praising Pennsylvania's manufacturing mining and patriotic allegiance He notes Quay and Hastings ties and urges unity and defense of free institutions with strong fervor.
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Ohio
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
McKinley
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Beaver Falls
E. A. Frethey
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Republican Party
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Commonwealth
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Quay
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Senat
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America
Jefferson
Global Dock Strike Plan Aims to Unite Labor
London reports delegates at the Trades Union Congress discuss a world wide dock laborers strike federation. The plan unites crews, port workers, and warehouse staff across the United Kingdom United States Canada Germany France Holland Belgium and Australia under a common badge and strict obedience. The strategy targets the piece work system and seeks to prevent local port transfers by a coordinated global stoppage.
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London
Trades Union Congress
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Germany
France
Holland
Belgium
Australia
Great Britain
British consular attaches alarm U S trade rivals
Washington reports Thomas Ewing Moore notes Britain has added commercial attaches in Berlin and Madrid to push goods into foreign markets. Germany and Britain fear U S consular reports aiding American producers, while calls grow for better trained consuls or assistants.
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Washington
Thomas Ewing Moore
United States
Weimar
Department of State
Gerlin
Germany
Netherlands
Scandinavia
Madrid
Spain
Portugal
England
Movore
Great Britain
Escaped Judge Says Four Negroes Robbed Homestead
Pittsburg Sept 6 prompt police action prevented a lynching after four negroes broke into William Marsh Homestead residence to rob his family. One suspect Isaac Mills jumped from a second story window and was badly injured. others arrested and jailed. Crowd planned mob violence.
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Pittsburg
Homestead
William Marsh
Azisas
Annie Marsh
Isaac Mills
Coming Week Brings Large Delegations to Canton
Canton Ohio reports two major events next week with a thousand visitors from the Democratic Sound Money Club of Chicago and a September 24 call by Carnegie Homestead workers. Governor Bushnell and staff will also visit. News says a large delegation is en route from northern Indiana.
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Canton
Ohio
Democratic Sound Money Club
Chicago
Carnegie Homestead Iron and Steel Mills
Bushnell
Indiana
Explosion Rumors Stir Coastal Spain
In Muros Corunna area a night explosion was heard and wreckage found along the coast fueling speculation that two vessels collided and foundered. Authorities expect a disaster confirmation as debris washes ashore.
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Madrid
Muros
Corunna
John Sullivan's Common Law Wife Annie Livingston Dies
Annie Livingston longtime common law partner of boxing champion John I Sullivan died of heart failure at Bellevue Hospital aged 39. An actress who had lived with Sullivan in Europe and on stage in burlesque she previously married a Boston candy maker but left him twelve years ago. Sullivan has been notified and friends expect a formal obituary.
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New York
Annie Livingston
Bellevue Hospital
Boston
Sullivan
Europe
Li Hung Chang Tours Niagara Falls in Rain
Li Hung Chang arrived by special train at Niagara Falls and visited the Cataract House. He toured the falls, saw the Niagara Power Company and electric switchboard, questioned railroad officials about wages, and stated he could not raise $10,000,000 for American rail stocks. He planned to continue to Toronto and then Yokohama aboard the Empress of China.
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Li Hung Chang
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Niagara Falls Power Company
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Earl Li
George W. Boyd
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Rochester
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Great Falls
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Ere
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Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
Yokohama
Shanghai
Montana Troubles Face Courts and Rivers of Woe
Eighty responded to roll call at Helena teachers institute. The Casino of Butte closed by sheriff. In Whitehall a fatal saloon shooting. Missoula bans tying stock to shade trees. Great Northern cattle shipments rise. Anaconda man drops dead from heart failure. A Frenchtown drowning follows hog selling and drinking. A Great Falls arrest for alleged assault on a neighbor’s daughter. Montana mineral wealth eyed in the northwestern drainage by Kootenai river. Helena’s First National Bank shuts with deposits to be paid. Constable Coombs nearly beaten in Butte. Pioneer Society limits eligibility to pre 1865 arrivals. Anaconda Standard defends business stake. Great Falls man killed by lightning. A dramatic rifle incident ends with coin tosses and jail for a Populist delegate.
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Teachers’ Institute
Helena
Butte
Great Northern
James Whalen
Anaconda
Isane Pauline
Frenchtown
Missoula
William McMillan
Great Falls
Montana
Idaho News Roundup From Moscow To Lewiston
Idaho notes show women favored for Moscow school trustees and the Lewiston teachers’ institute adjourning. Pierce city’s mining revival and Nez Perce agency industries signal growth while southern Idaho endures unprecedented storms. Dry creek fish killed by a cloud burst prompts comparisons to Kentuckians. Camas Prairie sheep losses arise from saltpeter poisoning to deter flocks. Hattabaugh ex county treasurer case dismissed with bondsmen paying $850 and court costs.
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Moscow
Lewiston
Fih
Pierce City
Nez Perce Indian Agency
Idaho
Dry Creek
Hattabaugh
Latah County
Stage wreck on Idaho mountain injures two others
In Folse Idaho on Sept 7 a stage accident injured McNab and two other passengers. William Burke of American Falls broke his leg and W C Thompson of Butte fractured two ribs, while the wheel brake shoe came off and the coach overturned. McNab’s gold coat and revolver were later found in the road.
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Idaho
Shoupane
A. J. Wiscomb
Salmon City
McNab
William Burke
American Falls
W. C. Thompson
Butte
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Assatal
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Joseph. Mitchell
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South Butte
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Camas Prairie
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Sprue
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Gen Ag Helena
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Center Broadway
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Townsend, Mont
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Attorney AT Law
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