Meeting of Bimetallists in Louisville Aims for 1900
The Ohio Valley League of Bimetallic Clubs held its third annual convention in Mc Cauley's Theater Louisville with about 1000 attendees. President Tarvin introduced speakers including Judge J P Tarvin Indiana Congressman James M Robinson and Governor J P Altgeld. William Jennings Bryan attended a banquet at the Galt House and addressed the guests praising the Democratic Party and the Chicago platform while urging unity and the return of exiled members.
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Ohio Valley League
Louisville
Ohio Valley League of
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Kentucky
McCauley
William J. Bryan
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Tarvin
Bimetallic League
Semonin
Weaver
Bryan
J. P. Tarvin
Covington
Bimetalic League
Chicago
James M. Robinson
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
Flavined
van Vorhis
Indianapolis
Prin
Republic
J. P. Altgeld
Illinois
Illinois Statesman
Altgeld
Galt House
Young Men's Democratic Club of
James Tarvin
Young Men's Democratic Club
Honest Uncle Joe Cannon as Speakership Candidate
Information from Washington indicates Illinois Republicans may drop Hopkins and nominate Honest Uncle Joe Cannon for the speakership. Henderson’s unexpected strength in Wisconsin dampens Hopkins boosters as national considerations drive the candidacy.
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Joe
Washington
Illinois
Mr. Hopkins
Cannon
Henderson
Wisconsin
Hopkins
Reception to Wheeler at Union Club Boston Prominent Guests
In Boston on a Wednesday General Joseph Wheeler was honored with an informal luncheon at the Union Club by Governor Wolcott. Attendees included John D. Long secretary of the navy. Richard Olney former secretary of state. Josiah Quincy of Boston.
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Union Club
Boston
Joseph Wheeler
Wolcott
John D. Long
Navy
Richard Olney
Josiah Quiney
State capital move bill defeated in Florida House
The Florida House rejected Clark's bill to move the state capital from Tallahassee by a 26 to 39 vote. The constitutional amendment on the same aim failed earlier. With the removal agitation ended, the legislature now plans to spend $50,000 to improve the present state house.
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Florida
House of Clark
Tallahassee
Wealth in tin can found during demolition at Multer estate
Workmen tearing down the former Philip Multer meat shop in Portsmouth discovered a tin can containing $20,000 in gold. The find occurred as the estate owner’s heirs planned a new block on the site. The money’s origin and rightful ownership were not specified.
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Portsmouth
Philip Multer
Savannah banks plan capital stock cuts to save taxes
In Savannah Georgia several banks announce plans to reduce capital stock from 350000 to about 200000 to save on heavy city and state taxes. The Savannah Bank and Trust will seek a charter amendment, while Southern Bank and National Bank of Savannah have already cut, Merchants' National Bank may follow. A bank official notes one local house paid nearly as much in taxes as its entire salary list in 1899, urging tax relief.
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Savannah
Savannah Bank and Trust Company
Secretary of State
Southern Bank
National Bank of Savannah
National Bank
Reward Offered For Information On Missing John Benedict
Greenville report details ceaseless search for John Benedict with no crew found. A 200 dollar reward is posted for information leading to his fate dead or alive. Placards are posted along Greenville Greer's Station route and distributed to Spartanburg and beyond.
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John A. Menediet
Greenville
D. C
John Benedict
Benedict
Dr. White
Southern Railway
Greer
Bob Gantt
Greers
Spartanburg
Columbia
Southern Controls Mobile and Birmingham Road Lease
The Mobile and Birmingham railroad from Selma to Mobile, 165 miles, passes into Southern Railway ownership under a ninety nine year lease. It joins the Anniston division with Selma as headquarters. Key personnel include Frank Browder as division freight agent and J A Maryman transferred to Mobile, with J W Hunter succeeding at Selma. The acquisition secures a short link from Birmingham to the Gulf and is expected to boost business.
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Mobile and Birmingham
Selma
Mobile
Southern Railway
Anniston
Frank Browder
Mobile and
Birmingham
Southern
Rome
Meridian
Akron
J. A. Maryman
J. W. Hunter
Green
Maryman
Gulf
Negro Bride Jailed After White Husband Hides From Officers
A colored bride Melissa Love and the preacher who married her to Geo Hamilton, a white man and Fourth New Jersey regiment member, were arrested in Greenville. Hamilton hid. Melissa Love is jailed and Rev. Thomas Minus has given bond for trial.
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Columbia
Geo. Hamilton
Greenville
Hamilton
Fourth New Jersey Regiment
Marion Love
Melissa Love
South Carolina
Rev
Thomas Minus
Memorial Day at Manila Honors Battle Dead Troops
A Manila dispatch reports Memorial Day observed at Battery Knoll where Scott's guns faced Filipino trenches in the first day of fighting. Nearly 800 soldiers are buried there as troops from the trenches brought flowers to the graves, placing a silk flag above each mound.
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Manila
Battery Knoll
Scott
Germany Defends Spanish Coaling Stations in Telands
A Madrid special reports Germany paid 25 million pesetas for the Caroline Palos and Marianne islands. Spain retains three coaling stations one in each group and Germany will defend them if war breaks out. Germany grants Spain most favored nation treatment in Germany and the colonial islands.
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Madrid
Germany
Caroline
Palos
Marianne
Spain
World travel record to be cut to thirty three days
Prince Hilloff, Russian Minister of Communication, says the Siberian railway upon completion will enable a world tour in thirty three days, halving the current sixty six day limit. He estimates rail speed at about forty eight kilometers per hour and foresees further reductions to thirty days with faster sea and land links.
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Prince Hilloff
Siberian
Prince Hilkoff
Philippine tribes completely classified in Harper's map
A survey based on Harper's Weekly ethnographic map outlines the archipelago tribes The Moros in Mindanao and Palawan number 200000 to 300000 Visayans total about 2500000 plus cognate groups Northern Luzon hosts many tribes Tagalos and Igorots are noted Negritos Aetas dwindling to 10000 20000 and Indos and other non Malay groups spread across Luzon Viscount Deerhurst birth noted Virginia Bonynge story follows unrelated Bridgeport Ohio bonds report.
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Philippine Archipelago
Harper's Weekly
Mindanao
Palawan
Sulu
Nouveau Dictionnaire de Geograpraphie Universelle
M. Vivien de Saint-Martin
Mindoro
Calamianes Telands
Aguinaldo
British Isles
Luzon
Panay
Negros
Otio
Saint-Martin
Ilocanos
Pampangos
Zambales
Cebu
Malay Peninsula
Borneo
Visayas
Dictionnaire de Geographie Universelle
Archipelago
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C. W. Bonynge
California
Virginia Bonynge
Princess Christian
Virginia
Rockies
Pacific
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Bonynge
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London
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Viscount Deerhurst
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