Washington News Highlights Tariff, Diplomacy and Navy Details
The page reports on a 10 percent dividend for Marmors' Waridnal bank creditors, targeted financial scrutiny of national banks, and a family outing by Mrs Carlisle and children aboard the lighthouse tender Violet. It notes Colt automatic gun trials at the Washington navy yard, a Peary dispatch from Sydney, and a potential vast artifact found on a Polar expedition. Petroleum production totals, government double payments in the navy department, bond inquiry progress, and plans to boost silver dollar coinage are covered. Diplomatic communications reveal limited progress toward a general arbitration treaty with Britain while Venezuela boundary tensions remain unresolved.
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Dhe
Marmors’ Waridnal Bank
Porthsmouth
Beoratary
Mra
Carlisle
William JK
Jane
Gata
John G. Cariinte
Washington
Violet
Cheripeake Bay
Navy Yard
Department
Tieutenant BR. B
Peary
Churaday
Navy Department
Bydney
Capa Braton Island
Hoon
Sixpool
Patroleum
Joseph Ty Weeks
West Virginia
New York
Titusville
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Deksto
Blonville
New York and New Orleana Steamship Company
Treasury Department
State Department
Cleveland
Couptons
Associated Press
Evanta
United States
Venezuela
Bryan Nomination Sparks Letters From Lincoln to T. C.
A Lincoln speck from Nebraska notes Mr or Mrs Bryan resuming home life after ten days of bustle and preparing for a campaign pause. The piece highlights a flood of 6,000 letters and telegraphs to Democratic nominees while publishing a July 16 1896 message from Senator H M Tannen of Daven Col. praising Bryan and outlining hopes to unite free coinage supporters, warn of opposition from moneyed interests, and offer aid from western states and the national committee.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Senator Toller
Daven
Col
W. d. Bryan
Nob
Chicago
Talal
Jaatiog i
Jaatioa
Republican Party
H, M. Tannen
Mistook the Signal in Athens Fire Sparks Street Panic tale
Dispatch from Athens reports a Sunday panic in the Plantza quarter after a fire mistaken for carnage. British Captain Drury landed armed sailors while Austrian and Russian ships sent men ashore. Gunfire killed and wounded hundreds as Abdullah Pacha dispersed Turks. shops closed, streets unsafe, dead and injured littered the scene.
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New York Herald
Athens
Greece
Onnea
Plantza
Drury
Oanea
Haloppa
Anow
Abdullah Pacha
Whole Town in Ashes Malvern Arkansas Fire Raged
Malvern Arkansas was devastated by a major fire early Saturday destroying depots two hotels the bank and most principal businesses. Estimated losses reach 250000 with little insurance. Authorities allege a plot to burn the town and arrested three suspects by noon.
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Malvern
Ark
Incen
Alarios
Welcome to Me Nebraska crowds greet Bryan in panicked parade
Delirious crowds mobbed the arrival at the And about the railway station in Cinsoli Nebraska as Mr and Mrs Bryan stepped from the train. The Lincoln contingent and Mayor Graham led a noisy welcome to their home at 1625 D street Then a parade to the state capitol with police marshal legions of guards and civic groups amid rain and fireworks. Thousands packed the mud outside the state house and cheered with tin horns and roaring crowds.
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Clinsoli
Nebraska
Bryan
Lincoln
Mre
Graham
D Street
Lincoln Hotel
State Capitol
Statehouse
F. A. Miller
Army
National Guard
Second Regiment
Lincoln Light Infantry
Nebraska National Guard
Oity
Bryan Home Guards
Bryan and Bland Meet in Friendly St Louis Reception
William J. Bryan arrived in St. Louis from Salem Illinois with about 3000 people cheering at the station. He halted to eat with his wife and children before addressing the crowd later in the day. Richard P. Bland arrived from Lebanon to join Bryan in a cordial meeting that signaled unity between rival leaders.
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William J. Bryan
St. Louis
Salem
Ill
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Miles
Bland
Jefferson City
Death report on Macéo denied by Cuban club reception
A Key West dispatch says Benjamin Guerra and Gongalo Quesada arrived by the Concho from New York and were received by the Cuban club. Mascotte passengers deny Jose Macéo was assassinated, deeming the report unfounded.
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Maceo
Key West
Fla
Benjamin Guerra
Gongalo Quesada
Concho
New York
Mascotte
Jose Macéo
Industrial progress across the South shows cautious renewal
Southern Progress reports a mixed week with discouraged naval and dull summer tones offset by signs of revival. New investments appear in various states from Arkansas to Virginia, including mills, elevators, electric plants, and factories. Notable projects include a $60,000 Spring Mountain Improvement Co. and a $200,000 Pocahontas Electric Co. with additional plants planned in Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas.
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Treporisa
Tanda
Birmingham
Spring Mountain Improvement Company
Little Rock
Ark
Capital
Pocahontas Hleotric Company
Huntersville
Wy Va
Direct Navigation Company
Houston
Tex
Greenville
Ala
Roanoke
Tompkingville
Oisco (Tex
Abbeville
8. C
Franklin and DaFayette
New Martinsville
W. Va
Valdorta
Newton
N. C
Watauga Valley
Tenn
Floyd, Va
Ginas
Fairmont
W, Va
McHenry
Vicksburg
Mills
Chattanooga
Newport
Atlanta
Harper's Ferry
Madisonville
Fulton
Franklin
Bryan Campaign Speech Sparks City Cheers at State House
A long parade of cheers accompanied William Jennings Bryan as he spoke from a temporary platform in the state house rotunda. He thanked neighbors across parties, praised his wife, and promised to return to his home state after serving as president. The scene drew a large crowd and many prominent citizens assisted in the reception.
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Hallet & Davis
Chicago
Hallet & Davis Company
George Aldrich
Hallett & Davis Piano Company
Chicago Company
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Arma
Missouri River
State House
Twenty Sixth Victim Dead From Dogan Meet Injuries
Miss Eva Neilson of Omaha Nebraska a school teacher died Friday morning from injuries received in the Dogan meet making the twenty sixth victim in the incident.
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Eva Neilson
Omaha, Neb
Dogan
Fatal Lightning Kills Tillman Daughter in North Carolina
Miss Tillman, eldest daughter of Senator Ben Tillman, dies alongside Rev. Peat A. Lee and Misa Addie Tillman near Brevard North Carolina as a tree shelters them during a thunderstorm. The incident shocks Columbia officials and triggers funeral arrangements in Trenton and Yorkville.
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Robert Tee
Misa Addie Tillman
Broyard
N. C
Misa Tillman
Ben Tillman
Columbia
Tillman
Evane
Sunator Tillman
Duncan
Earle
Brevard
North Carolina
Miss Tillman
Trenton
Governor Evans
High View
Peat A. Lee
Glore of the Good Shepherd
Yorkville
Brekine College
Theological Seminary
Sewanee, Tenn
Due West
Hpispal Cemetery
Women Honor McKinley On Special Cleveland Visit
Hundreds of Cleveland women on a dedicated train with their own band called on Major McKinley in Canton to congratulate him on his nomination. The female led effort was unique in political history with Mrs. Elroy Avery giving remarks and Miss Birdelle Switzer presenting flowers as the band played. McKinley greeted the visitors with repeated handshakes for about three quarters of an hour.
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Cleveland
Canton
Major McKinley
Elroy Avery
Daughters of the Revolution
Avory
Birdelle Switzer
Railroads Offer One Fare for Populist Convention
Sergeant-at-Arms J H McDowell reports from St Louis that the Trunk Line Association led by railways including the Baltimore and Ohio Central Railroad of New Jersey Chesapeake and Ohio Lackawanna Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley New York Central Ontario and Western Pennsylvania Philadelphia and Reading West Slane will grant one fare for the round trip to the Populist convention on July 22. Tickets may start July 20 and return by July 26.
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St. Louis
J. H. McDowell
People's Party
Trunk Line Association
Baltimore and Ohio
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Chesapeake and Ohio
Lackawanna
Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley
New York Central
Ontario and Western
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Reading
West Slane
Entombed Miners Given Up In Abandoned Rescue
Efforts to recover the entombed miners at the Twin shaft are to be abandoned. Mine Inspector Stern says the rescue is hopeless and likely to stop within days as rescuers struggle to breach solid rock. The view is shared by many veteran miners in the Wilkesbarre area.
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Wilkesbarre
Stern
Unexplored Realms Highlighted at London Geographical Congress
Mr. Logan Loblay presented a paper noting vast unknown tracts remain on Earth. He cites 29,000,000 square miles unexplored, including 5,000,000 in Africa, 2,000,000 in Australia, 2,000,000 in America, 2,000,000 in Asia, and 400,000 in Pacific islands. Additional uncharted Arctic and Antarctic regions total 15,300,000 square miles, though largely uninhabitable and of scientific interest.
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North Pole
Africa
Australis
Ent
Weet
Logan Loblay
Australia
America
Asia
Pacific
Artic
Antartic
Philadelphia Inquirer
Travel with a Friend for Protection and Health
An ad extols a travel aid promising protection from enemies and ailments through rocking on the wave. It proclaims potent stomach and nerve benefits, notes the perils of gossip at hotel verandas, and offers a free poster-filled booklet from Worcester, bound in cloth, until August 1st.
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Hose Tetter
Lindelphia
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Bonnter Harris
Senate
Téeagh Bond Jamous
Harriaga
Treasury
Minta
Mazar
Great Britain
Teller
Southern Progress
Music House
Miss Tildman
McKinley
Ho Stinme Hotel Veranda
Territyr Llinvean
Ain
Uhas
Shuptrin
Bavamint
Dig Ruive
Trentise
Dr. Rijne
Ait Winslow
Pico
Mrs. W. Fienen
van Sloot Hn Blake
Aves
Brooklyn
Ng Yu
Idicso
Hood
Fiood
Forestry Comminsi
Lydia
Pinkham
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