Postmaster General Dickinson Endorses McKinley Over Bryan
Washington dispatch dated October 22 quotes Don M. Dickinson former postmaster general denouncing William Jennings Bryan as a Boxer and urging Democrats to vote for McKinley. Dickinson criticizes Bryanism for sectarianism, tax on creditors, and agitation, and appeals to patriotic, law–and–order democracy.
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Washington
Don M. Dickinson
Cleveland
Kansas City
Bryan
Jefferson
Chicago
Treacherous Boers Shot In Two Cape Fronts
London reports from Pretoria dated October 26 recounts heavy British losses in Barton’s column against De Wet on October 25. Additional dispatches note Kitchener Methuen actions, a 50 cavalry ambush near the Orange River colony, and a Boer force of about 15,000 men, with 300-strong commandoes, capable of large operations.
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War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Barton
Dewet
Kitchener
Methuen
Springfontein
Philippolis
Orange River Colony
de Wet
Frederickstad
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Cape
Hoopstad
Economic contrasts under two tariffs cited in historic report
The document compares exports and imports under the Dingley Republican and Wilson Democratic tariffs, showing a large balance in favor of the Republican tariff for the period and noting debt, deposits, idle workers, and wage expectations attributed to McKinley and prior administrations.
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United States
Estes
McKinley
Judge
Bryan in Croker’s Grip as Election Threat Looms
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle argues that Bryan has surrendered to the powerful Tammany Hall figure Croker, facing relentless demands if he wins. The piece warns the country would suffer more than Bryan, suggesting little chance of alarming consequences, while noting no immediate alarm for readers.
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United States
Great Britain
Congress
Supreme Court of the
Washington
George Til
Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
Madison
Senate
Bryan
Webster
Northwest
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
Croker
Shylock
New York
Mr. Croker
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Patriotism under fire in Wellington rally remark
The Kansas City Journal quotes a populist speaker in Wellington denouncing the flag in McKinley’s hands as an emblem of skull and crossbones and urging it to be torn down and trampled. The remark highlights intense partisan rhetoric surrounding national symbols.
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Florida
Webster
St. Jefferson
Congress
Cuba
Kansas City
Wellington
McKinley
Kansas City Journal
Eating Up the Profits Fireworks Costs
Experts estimate Croker’s display honoring Bryan cost a sum equal to a week’s profits of the ice trust. The piece appears in the Mail and Express.
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Croker
Bryan
Ice Trust
Mail and Express
Floods Cause Widespread Damage Across Wisconsin Towns
Reports from LaCrosse Wisconsin dated October 29 describe extensive flood damage from heavy rains. Railroads including the Milwaukee road suffer severe losses, with Hokah Minnesota seeing washouts and stock losses at Webber Milling. Basements flood in LaCrosse business districts and stock losses loom in wholesale districts as communications fail and trains halt.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Hokah
Minn
Lake Como
Webber Milling Company
Dresbach
Fire and Explosion Raze Manhattan Block and Injure Dozens
A massive fire and two blasts in lower Manhattan, centered at Tarrant & Co. on Greenwich and Warren streets, hurled a seven story building into the air, set fires across two blocks, and sent rescuers digging through debris. Firemen, police, and bystanders aided in evacuations as roofs collapsed and streets filled with bricks. One death reported in a hospital and no firefighters missing.
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Manhattan
Tarrant & Co
Greenwich
Warren Streets
Chambers Street
Tarrant
Devanney
Greenweih Street
Warren Street
Commission
Washington Street
Ninth Avenue
Irving National Bank
Irving Bank
Mecklem Bros
McCluskey
Detective Bureau
Four Stark Children Drowned In Sandusky Bay Boat Accident
In Port Clinton Ohio on Sunday a small boat with William Stark and his four children capsized after becoming entangled in a fish pound net. Aged 3,5,8,13 the Stark children died. Mr Stark had moved from Toledo three weeks earlier amid a history of recent child deaths in the family.
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Port Clinton
Plaster Bed
Sandusky Bay
Here
Douglass Stark
George Stark
Alfred Stark
Henry Stark
William Stark
Mr. Stark
Toledo
Harvey
Sad Fate of an Aged Lady in Anoka Bull Attack
Anoka Minnesota October 29 Mrs C Kohler aged 72 was killed crossing a yard by an angry dehorned bull the animal struck with its hoofs crushing her face breaking jaws and causing internal injuries she died before help could arrive.
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Anoka
Minn
C. Kohler
Democratic Candidate Dies After Dana Speech
George W. Blake, Democratic candidate for Congress in Illinois Eleventh District, collapsed and died after giving an address to a large Democratic gathering in Dana, Woodford County, Saturday night.
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Peoria
Ill
George W. Blake
Eleventh
Dana
Woodford County
Waitress Becomes Heiress Over $80000 Estate in India
Mary Voelker a waitress at the Manhattan hotel in Wichita Kansas has fallen heir to a property valued at $80000. She is descended from the Bakker family of Holland and the estate is in India.
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Wichita
Kan
Mary Voelker
Manhattan
Bakkers
Holland
India
Former Port Clerk Guilty Of Cuban Army Colonel Murder
Octavio Mena, once a clerk in the captain of the port office, was found guilty of murdering Colonel Pavon of the Cuban army in a drunken row. The jury found no provocation. A 17 year term and a $2000 restitution to the family are anticipated. A mob attempted lynching as Mena left jail for the court.
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Santiago de Cuba
Octavio Mena
Col. Pavon
Mena
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