Morgan interview predicts silver as key 1900s campaign issue
A Washington Times special correspondent in Anm, Ala, quotes Senator Morgan asserting the Democratic platform shall guide any nominee without amendments. He argues silver will dominate the next campaign if Republicans pass currency reform, and that McKinley Bryan stances join to support suppression of Aguinaldo’s rebellion. He praises Secretary Root and predicts bipartisan unity on prosecuting the Philippines war despite opposing views from some Democrats.
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Washington Times
Morgan
Annm
Ala
Democratic Party
Chicago
Bryan
United States
Aguinaldo
Asia
Roote
cKinley
J. Bryan
Philippines
Printers Increase Dues at Typographical Union Meeting
Delegates vote to raise monthly dues by ten cents per capito to fund a defense fund with new constitutional amendment. Ratification by general membership required. Also reports say Transvaal government reply to British agent at Pretoria sent to Sir Alfred Milner with conflicting details and potential delay due to Portugal ammo transport issues.
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Typographical Union
Adda
International Typographical Union Convention
Rablan Jat
Detroit
Pretoria
Cape Town
South Africa
Transvaal
Sir Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
Portugal
Bubonic Plague Origin Traced to Oporto Tune 4th
Advices from Oporto Portugal confirm bubonic plague began there on Tune 4th last with thirty nine cases and thirteen deaths. Explosion causes costly blaze in Chicago destroys five story brick building at Twenty seventh and Dearborn streets. Loss about 300000 dollars partially insured.
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Oporto
Portugal
Chicago
Twenty-seventh
Dearbon Streets
Jiminez Arrested After Havana Confusion
Havana dispatch reports General Juan Isidro Jiminez, Santo Domingo presidential aspirant, arrested by Captain Stamper near Cienfuegos as he attempted to board the Menedez steamer. Mayor Frias opposed the move. Jiminez yielded under police escort and was taken to Union hotel for custody. Public unrest grows over the arrest of an unarmed citizen.
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Havana
Banallan
Secret Police
Juan Isidro Jiminez
Santo Domingo
Quenfuegos
Capt
Stamper
Cnostoms
Jiminez
Menedez
Jemines
Senor Frias
Quaptain Stamper
Union Hotel
Coinfuegos
Santiago de Cuba
San Domingo
Dreyfus Case: Piequart Evidence Supports Innocence Claim
Rennes reports say Colonel Piequart resumed testimony in the Dreyfus court martial list. He argues the secret dossier was the key to condemnation and presents documents tied to letters marked A and 8B. Generals Zurlinden Billot and Mornard attended as Demange's counsel assisted the defense.
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Plequart
Rennes
Dreyfus
Pio
Intelligence Department
War Office
Piequart
Zurlinden
Billot
Maitre Mornard
Court of Cassation
M. Demange
No Office At Lake City Amid Post Office Controversy
The Lake City post office dispute remains undecided with reports of reestablishment and a white woman postmistress possible but not settled. An inspector’s adverse report shifts discussion among President McKinley and Postmaster General Smith. In Winston, North Carolina, about 100 tobacco stemmers from W F Smith & Co. struck Friday seeking higher wages not granted.
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South Carolina
Lake City
D. C
Champlain
McKinley
Smith
W. F. Smith & Co
Winston
N. C
Date Named For Dewey Parade In New York
A September 29 parade in New York is set by Admiral Dewey as confirmed by a cable from Leonard. The message to General Butterfield states Dewey will reach the lower bay Friday and be ready for a parade Saturday morning September 29.
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Dewey
New York
Committee
Butterfield
Admiral Dewey
Washington
Leanory
General Butterfield
Lower Bay
Dewny
Laborer in Rennes Wounded Lawyer Fails to Improve
Correspondent from Rennes reports Attorney Labori remains ill at Prof Basch's residence on the outskirts of Rennes. A slight fever has returned and his condition is worsening as he battles injuries and fatigue after the incident.
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Droyfin
Rennes
Associated Press
M. Labori
Prof. Basch
Indictments in Hall County Lynching Case Reach Six
Hamilton Taylor’s grand jury confession ties six men to the Si Smith lynching in Gainesville jail. Indicted are Oliver Bell, Mark Bell, Tom Bryson, Charles Tanner, Henry Towry, and Taylor Hamilton. Bell brothers and Towry fled the country. Sheriff Monday faces questions over alleged complicity as Tanner and Bryson are moved to Atlanta for safekeeping. Governor Candler’s reward and conviction pressure fuel a tense county mood.
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Taylor Hamilton
Hall County
Hamilton
Si Smith
Gainesville
Maysville
Oliver Bell
Greshon Bros. & Rosenfeld
Atlanta
Mark Bell
Cleveland
White County
Tom Bryson
Charles Tanner
R. R
Henry Towry
Bell Boys
Tanner
Bryson
Geinsville
Judge Estes
Hall Superior Court
Sheriff Monday
Land Jury
Monday
Smith
Inez
Candler
State House
Dreyfus Courtmartial Witnesses Testify At Rennes
Three French Army officers Major Cuignet General De Boisedeffre and General Gonz testified as witnesses before the Rennes court martial. They repeated earlier accusations against Dreyfus while the prisoner remained composed and indignantly responded briefly. Audiences and reporters struggled to hear due to poor acoustics.
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Dreyfus
Rennes
France
Cuignet
de Boisedeffre
Gonz
Bryan Sway Angers NY Democrats as Croker Shifts Support
A Washington special reports Tammany boss Croker backs Bryan amid questions of silver policy and Saratoga talks. Croker’s sudden anti imperialist turn and Bryan praise confuse New York Democrats, with observers links to Tammany power and looming convention concerns. Bryan supporters see a realignment to the Chicago platform.
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Washington
Croker
Mr. Bryan
New York
Whitney
Congress
Saratoga
Bryan
Bryanitea
Tammany
National Party
W. J. Bryan
England
Tom Reed
Chicago
Dreyfus Wept In Court At Rennes Trial Continues
The second court martial of Captain Alfred Dreyfus of the French artillery continued at Rennes. Major Carriere refused adjournment after the Labouri attack. The day focused on Dreyfus prison sufferings on Devil’s Island and he wept when the prison details were read.
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Dreyfus
Rennes
France
Carriere
M. Demange
Maitre Labori
Daya
Deyil
French Guiana
Think Neil Underestimates Cotton Crop Shake Augusta
A Georgia cotton market scene centers on Neil’s twelve million bale crop estimate. Augusta cotton men doubt the forecast, believing actual figures are far higher. A $3,000 bet in New York to prove the overestimate drew no takers after news reached the local cotton exchange.
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Augusta
Neil
Cotton Exchange
New York
Watermelon weighs 152 pounds sent to Florida official
Dispatch reports one of the largest watermelons ever grown weighing 152 pounds was received by Florida Commissioner Lucius B. Wombwell. It was grown and shipped by W. M. Girardeau of Monticello Florida. In Australia, Western Australia legislative council passes a bill enfranchising women.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Lucius B. Wombwell
W. M. Girardeau
Monticello
Australia
Perth
West Australia
Legislative Council of
Western Australia
Rebels on the Run in Calulet Engagement
Muaila dispatch reports Twelfth Infantry advancing along the rail line from Calulet at sunrise. Evans and Wood battalions held the flanks while artillery covered the track. Filipinos entrenched 1500 yards out, fired heavy volleys, then retreated north through town as ammunition arrived late. Heat caused misery for American troops.
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Muaila
Calulet
Evans
Wood
Calu- Tet
Smith
New Industries Grow Across Southern States This Week
Trades man notes the week brings numerous projects including a $50,000 steam bakery in Middle Tennessee, a 100 ton pipe foundry in Alabama, coal mines in Arkansas and West Virginia, a $250,000 cordage factory in Louisiana, cotton mills in Alabama and North Carolina, a cotton seed oil mill in Mississippi, and electric, fertilizer, lime, and textile ventures across the region with factories, mills, and mines expanding state economies.
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Middle Tennessee
Alabama
Arkansas
West Virgin
Louisiana
North Carolina
Mississippi
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
Virginia
Florida
Kentucky
Chattanooga, Tenn
Indebtedness Schedule Tied to Boone Black Diamond Railroad
Creditors of the Boone Black Mamond Railroad assemble a claim list totaling about 125000 sought from funds expected from England. Claims cover directors salaries four years office expenses and a 50000 Knox county item. Local East Tennessee directors retain a lien on rights of way until these debts are settled.
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Boone-Black Mamond
Knoxville
Boone-Black Diamond Railroad
England
Knox County
Boone
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad
East Tennessee
Nile drought threatens Egyptian cotton crop in Cairo report
Advices from Cairo warn that the Nile's extreme low water level endangers the cotton harvest. Natives are advised to sow early as Upper Egypt faces hardship and revenue declines loom due to reduced harvests.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nile
Canal Bills Defeated in Prussian Diet and Strikers Refuse Offer
The Prussian diet rejected the Dortmund Rhine canal bill by 212 to 209 and the Dortmund Ems canal project, while the central canal bill failed 228 to 126. In Middlesboro Kentucky, striking coal miners refused the operators’ 10 percent raise, demanding 124.
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William
Dortmund-Rhine Canal
Dortmund- Ems
Middlesboro
Hamilton to Peach Hall County Man Tells Grand Jury
Taylor Hamilton, who allegedly confessed implicating himself and others in the lynching of Si Smith at Hall county jail, was taken from Atlanta to Gainesville to appear before the Hall county grand jury and repeat his statement.
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Hall County
Grand Jury
Si Smith
Taylor Hamilton
Gainesville
Atlanta
Hall County Grand Jury
Great Storm Devastates Red Bay Island After Hurricane
An eye witness estimates 600 lives lost in a tropical hurricane that swept Red Bay on Andros Island. Captain Dillon of the Cocoa reports 90 mph winds at Nassau with gusts to 105 mph and corpses scattered among wrecked houses at Ted Bay.
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Miami
Jacksonville Times-Union
Dillon
Cocoa
Red Bay
Andros
Nasaan
Ted Bay
Dillion Saps
Nassau
Mass Meeting in Greenwood Reports No Arrests Yet
A Greenwood mass meeting reviewed reports on outrages against Black residents. The committee found no sufficient evidence to arrest anyone though several white men, including Joe Jones, Jesse Canley, William Wilson, and Robert McCanlan, were named. Sheriff to issue warrants. additional suspects warned.
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Greenwood
Richardson
Joe Jones
Jesse Canley
William Wilson
Robert McCanlan
Thompson Sells Out The Augusta And West Florida Railroad
Augusta Georgia dispatch reports Jesse Thompson confirms an option on selling the Augusta and West Florida Railroad. $600 has been paid on the option by T J Jones. Prospective buyers plan to operate Wadley to Keynville on the Tennille division or, failing that, to Augusta. Original projection planned a route via Eastman into Florida.
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Augusta
West Florida
Jesse Thompson
T. J. Jones
Wadley
Keynville
Tennille
Southern
Eastman
Florida
Van Wyck declines presidential nomination bid
New Yorker Van Wyck says he will not be a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. A New York dispatch notes Augustua Van Wyck and followers leaving Saratoga for quarters at the Hoffman House to hold a conference later in the week. Judge Van Wyck has not spoken for publication and conveyed through a friend that he will not permit his name to be used in any section of the country as a candidate.
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New Yorker
New York
Augustua van Wyck
Saratoga
Hoffman House
New York City
Swell Crap Shooters Raided at Lookout Inn
Chattanooga dispatch reports stable K. P. Miller raided a swell crap game late Thursday night at Lookout Inn a premier summer resort in the south. Pistols were drawn sparking fear of officer trouble while hotel clerks kept the scene under control. The incident caused a major sensation.
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Chattanooga
K. P. Miller
Lookout Inn
South
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