Salt Lake preacher Hermans linked to fourteen Sweden murders
A Swedish-born minister Shown in Salt Lake City photographs is suspected of posing as Rev Irnais Hermans and possibly committing fourteen Swedish homicides. A Swedish woman Anna Lundstrom, now in Chicago, identified a minister resembling Hermans in old photos and provided letters to John M. Ianson fueling an investigation. Authorities corroborate a 1869 wine poisoning with fourteen deaths in a church, and Lundstrom’s photo may prove a match.
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Salt Lake City
Iranais Hermans
Nolmes
Hermans
Sweden
John M. Ianson
North Central States
Chicago
Anna G Lundstrom
Lundstrom
Salt Lake
Sanson
Sermana
Hanson
Mia Lundstrom
Pracher
Jtermans
Polkon
Mattye
Dk Tan
Ceauty
Mro Lundstrom
Herman
Miss Clausen
Thin Hermans
England
Republican Party Rally Endorses St Louis Platform
The Iowa Des Moines Republican State Convention remained harmonious and endorsed the St Louis platform. Temporary chair Rallin J Wilson fainted from heat. Congressman Hepburn spoke well. Smith McChearton was elected permanent chairman. George E. Roberts drafted a debated platform endorsement.
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St Louis
Treasury silver dollar reserves shrink amid note redemptions
Washington outlines shrinking standard silver dollar stock in the treasury as redemptions rise. Mint coinage will jump from 150.6 million to 300 million starting August, with prior profits and signiorage shaping the redemption funds.
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Waashington
Treasury
Crete Turmoil Reported by Elpdistler Mission
Dr Du vnstler reports from Crete after a mission for Emperor William. He notes Turkish atrocities against Christian women and children, calls for European intervention to prevent a renewal of Bucovina violence, and says insurgents will fight with ample arms as chaos spreads. The Cretan committee boosts munitions support.
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New York
Herald
Athens
Duvnstler
Crete
William
Feland
Europe
Editorial stance against nomine e election in 余 Chattanooga
The Chattanooga Daily Times editorial declares it will not stultify its record by endorsing nominees. It denounces Altgeld and similar figures as undemocratic and pledges cooperation with true Democrats to uphold Jefferson Jackson and Cleveland era principals.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Daily Limes
Ite
Altgeld
Jeffereson
Jackson
Grover Cluvedand
Butte Rally Draws 2000 Voters For McKinley Support
In Butte Montana on July ig a large crowd including many prominent Republicans heard speeches by Mayor Thompson and Attorney Mole Wines urging support for McKinley. The event drew over two thousand voters and featured remarks from notable populists and Democrats in the mix.
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Butte
Mont
Bryan Sewall
Misread Messages at Brooklyn Office Exchange
A fragment shows a tense business exchange in Brooklyn where a delay and improving business are discussed. The speakers reference Mr Mashman and hope for continued growth as the scene hints at a meeting or visit disrupted by current workload.
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Mashman
Brooklyn
Woman Steals Watch In Town Watch Run Down
A local report describes a woman who took a watch from a resident, after which the timepiece stopped working. The incident occurred in town and drew attention from neighbors and police.
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Washington Post
Sound Money Democrats Call for New National Convention
The Chicago executive committee of Illinois gold standard Democrats urges a second national convention to nominate a presidential ticket and adopt sound money principles. They condemn the recent convention for excluding a democratic presiding officer, repudiating sound currency, and nominating a non democrat, calling for organized action and a new convention with clear separation from populism.
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Chicago
Gold Standard
Democrate of
Illinois
Democratic Party
Sinole
McKinley
Republcann
Bryan Party
Charles A Ewing
Palmer House
Floods and Storms Wreak Havoc Across Utah Towns
Reports describe extensive flood damage in Fairview Utah including washed out rail lines, submerged buildings, and destroyed property. The storm also battered nearby areas with water, debris, and mud, while rail crews cleared tracks and measured heavy losses to hay, lumber, and machinery.
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Beldgea
Crook
Sappington
Fairview
Utah
Rio Grande
Upper
Thistle Valley
Cottonwood Canyon
Peterson
Gundlon
Salina
Richfield
Bland Declines Missouri Governor Run, Returns to Congress
Missouri Democrats urge Bland to enter the gubernatorial race after his presidential nomination defeat. Bland remains firm, saying he has long decided against being governor and will pursue re election to Congress to continue the fight for free silver in the House.
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Wiiver Dilek
Lebanon
Bland
Missouri
Te Haa
Congress
Lohlacht
Kiin
Ife
Otliver
Howse
Panic in Spanish Army From Yellow Fever Surge
Advices from Cuba report a yellow fever outbreak causing widespread panic in the Spanish army. Mortality runs high with about 80 percent fatal. Santiago de Cuba reports 4500 hospital cases and many officers including Major General Linarce Stricken. Weyler orders a new hospital along the trocha and dispatches physicians from Spain.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Santiago de Cuba
Linarce
Ifele
Physiciane
Nurece
Trocha
Arelaw
Weyler
Spain
Unclear outbreak reports from Cuba amid rising deaths
Fragmentary text notes fever and violence across eastern Cuba with escalating mortality. Havana hospitals hold about 6000 patients as deaths and burials strain urban centers while 450 soldiers arrive near Del Rio province.
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Homguino
Cuba
Havana
Contempt of Court Found in Cheyenne Train Shooting Case
Ira Smith and John Kelly of Rock Creek were found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to six months in jail after firing three shots into a Union Pacific passenger train on July a. Judge Riner ruled Union Pacific property is under receivers appointed by the United States, making interference with its operation contempt of court.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
United States
Ira Smith
John Kelly
Rock Creek
Union Pacific
Riner
Iowa Silver Men organize for state campaign and fusion efforts
Des Moines July 14 The Eree silver men held a union meeting with about thirty delegates and many visitors. Bashor presided and Herbert Farrall acted as secretary. The group aims to field a congressional candidate in each district and fuse with the Democrats. A delegation led by C. C Cole and H Basher was chosen for the St Louis convention. A mass meeting followed in the evening.
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Iowa
Des Maines
Eree
Bashor
Waterloo
Herbert Farrall
Iowa City
St. Louis
C. C Cole
Dea Moines
H. Basher
Déora
Ely the Train Robber Captured by Lawton Mo
A message from Lawton Mo reports the capture of Ely the train robber sought by Burlington secret service and Pinkertons for a year and a half. Ely and Frank Bateman robbed passenger train No 6 near Ottumwa on February 26 1895 taking 5000 cash. Bateman was captured at Moberly and sentenced to five years. Ely fled to Mexico and this is the first news of his fate.
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Ely
Ottumwa
Lawcon
Burlington Secret Service
Pinkertons
Frank Bateman
Bateman
Moberly
Mexico
Gold Standard Democrats Move toward Missouri Convention
Prominent city gold standard democrats repudiate the Lickeland platform and call for a Missouri convention to decide on a possible third ticket and strategy. Col. James Broadhead presides as a nine member committee is named to issue the call and circulate circulars to gold standard leaders nationwide.
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Grepley
Chicago
Gold Standard Democracy
Missouri
McKinley
James Broadhead
Switzerland
Cleveland
Neven
Broadhead
Raining crickets surprises Bellevue residents
Pa. residents report a rain of live crickets at night over Bellevue near Davie Island dam though the sky stayed clear. Crickets fell near electric lights and onto pedestrians, drawing crowds who gathered and used them for fishing bait. Frank and Ben Straight led captures as fishermen flocked to the dam all day.
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Bellevue
Hellevue
Ben Straight
Uat Place
Davie Island
Frank Straight
Philadelphia
Goethe on life as a quarry shaping character
A quoted aphorism compares life to a quarry where a person chisels his own character while others may hasten the shaping process for their own interests. The fragment reflects a belief in personal effort and external influence on moral development.
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Goethe
Doomed Ferry Disaster Near Cleveland Docks
July 16 report from Cleveland notes a ferry disaster on the old river bed near the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad ore docks. The crowded boat capsized after being pushed across the stream, causing many drownings and a long recovery effort by life savers.
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BNR
Cleveland
Cleveland and Pitaburg Railroad Company
Ife
Richard Maston
Bessemer
Bernard Patton
Math Corrigan
William Buelow
Massrale
Minnesota Silver Men rally for Bryan nomination at state convention
In Minneapolis Minnesota the alate national committee member James W Griffith leads a silver party gathering naming 30 delegates to the St Louis convention. Republicans predominate among attendees but support from populists is hoped as free silver leaders push John Lind for governor and aim to defeat Republican David Clough. Some 60 delegates attend from across the state as plans for a vigorous campaign to move Minnesota into the Bryan camp are formed.
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Winnensota
Minneappolia
Minn
Alate Mass
Alate
James W. Griffith
American Silver Organizations
Thrirty
St. Louis
Dhta
Bryan
John Lind
Minnesota
Gernor Lind
David Clough
Ollver
Minnessota
Origin of Gallery Gada at Drury Ganettheatre
The Drury Ganettheatre in London long ago featured a ceiling painted as a blue sky with clouds and cupids flying in all directions. The ceiling extended over the gallery, making occupants in the upper seats said to be among the gods.
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Gada
Drury Ganettheatre
London
Turkish advances in Crete widening military line
Dispatch from Crete reports Turkish forces extending their position daily as Turkish troops commit many excesses. A party of Christians near the military zone was killed by the Turks.
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Athens
Crete
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Alexander Kent
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Coxey Movement
William J Bryan
Nebraska
Alimes
Sewall
Towa Republicagny
Renga Teglal
George Gould
Jay Gould
Harry
Butt
Whitehall
Mtation Criv
Rome
General Ricoul
Signor Perazzi
Margaie di Radini
Felloux
Signor
Columbo
Pelloux
Don Chisciotte Della Mancha
DL Rudini
Mora la Briano
Wellow
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