Silver Metropolis Deliberates at Crescent Park
Rhode Island Democrats wrap up the first day of the New England Bimetallic League session amid rain and crowds. Judge Tarvin and Rep. Lentz spoke while ex Governor Altgeld urged silver remonetization. Tillman pledged his pitchfork support and Croker and Harrison remarks drew attention. The Berks County GOP named Jonathan G. Leinbach as the first McKinley delegate.
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Lentz
Ohio
Aguinaldo
Altgeld
Tillman
Illinois
Croker
Harrison—Palmer
Providence
R. L
Rhode Island Democrats
New England Bimetallic League
Crescent Park
Great Britain
Ireland
France
Cuba
James P. Tarvin
Kentucky
Columbus
McKinley
New York
Richard Croker
Chicago
Bryan
Democratic Party
Palmer proposes unity plan for Democrats in 1892 platform
General John M. Palmer urges Democrats to readopt the 1892 platform, favor equal value for gold silver and paper, nominate a conservative president candidate like Gor man or Vilas, prosecute the Philippine war, denounce trusts, and insist on Cuba Puerto Rico and Philippines independence. He calls for reform in revenue collection and broad country appeal.
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New York
John M. Palmer
Gorman
Justice van Wyck
Vilas
Wisconsin
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Notable Meeting of Party Managers and Leaders at Chicago
Governor Stone called a Democratic national committee sub committee meeting for Sept 17 and 18 at the Auditorium hotel in Chicago. The executive ways and means and press committees will convene with eleven seven and five members respectively to discuss party work and draw notable Democrats to Chicago.
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St. Louis
Stone
Democratic National Committee
Auditorium Hotel
Chicago
Ways and Means
Beveridge Welcomed Home in Indianapolis After Far East Trip
Senator Albert J. Beveridge returned to Indianapolis after a six months visit to the Philippines and the Far East. A 350 strong Marion club procession greeted him at Union Station, and a grand reception for Beveridge and Mrs. Beveridge followed at the club. He declined to discuss his Philippine experiences.
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Indianapolis
Albert J. Beveridge
Philippines
Far East
Union Station
Marion Club
Senator
Senator Beveridge
Dreyfus Bordereau Tearing Undermines 1894 Conviction
Rennes reports that the bordereau used to convict Captain Dreyfus at the 1894 court martial was ripped apart by Saturday testimony. Major Hartman argued no artillery officer could have written it due to errors, while Ernest Huvit showed its language matched Esterhazy.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
Hartman
Ernest Huvit
Institute
Esterhazy
M. de Fond Lamotin
Grand Army Meet Opens in Philadelphia With Sampson Visit
The thirty third annual Grand Army encampment opens in Philadelphia as veterans arrive. Admiral Sampson and his fleet reached the city yesterday to greet the gathering amid public interest and support.
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Philadelphia
Grand Army of the Republic
Sampson
Great Parade Sparks City Wide G A R Encampment
Philadelphia welcomes thousands as the G A R encampment begins. Electric light displays on Broad Street create a grand Avenue of Fame with columns, bunting, and illuminated city hall fronts. Veterans discuss commander election while patriotic women gather for nurse and ladies groups events.
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Philadelphia
Avenue of Fame
Walnut
Cherry Street
City Hall
Broad Street
Penn
Strike in Anderson tin plate mills sparks brief walkout
The tin plate mills in Anderson and Middletown saw a short strike after a telegram from Amalgamated Association District President Evans prompted workers to walk out. They were ordered back by a telegram from Pittsburgh-based President Shaffer. The unrest arises from Evans’s discharge at the Elwood plant for rule violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
Evans
Amalgamated Association
Middletown
Shaffer
Pittsburg
Elwood
Angeline Freighter Launches From Detroit Shipyard
The Angeline, a large steel freighter for Presque Isle Transportation, was launched Saturday at the Detroit Shipbuilding Wyandotte yard. The vessel measures 435 feet in length, 50 feet beam, 28 feet deep and is designed to carry about 7,000 tons of iron at 12 miles per hour.
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Detroit
Lakes
Detroit Shipbuilding Company
Wyandotte
Presque Isle Transportation Company
Forger Gets Five Year Prison Term In Iowa Case
Eldora Iowa September 4 Fred Hass a Harden county farmer forger pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the penitentiary for five years Hass forged wealthy farmers names on notes and disposed of them to money lenders When arrested he fled but was shot down by the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Fred Hass
Harden County
Hass
Woman Saved Man Then Died Rescuing Horse
In Springfield Illinois on September 4 Miss Viola Van Kirk rode with Harry Driskell when their buggy was struck by a Peoria and Northern engine. Van Kirk dragged Driskell from danger but he returned to save the horse and lost his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Viola van Kirk
Harry Driskell
Notable Iowa district convention ends with Bachman nomination
Sioux City article notes the Forty seventh Iowa district Republican convention at Emmetsburg nominated Dr. F. W. Bachman of West Bend Palo Alto county for state senator on the 4948th ballot, marking a historic contest in northwestern Iowa politics.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Emmetsburg
F. W. Bachman
West Bend
Palo Alto County
Fatal shooting during serenade in Odon injures Kinman
In Odon Floyd Kinman was fatally shot during a serenade for John W. Cannady and his bride Miss Lettie Boyd. A gunman in the party fired a revolver after the music drew cheers and noise from drums and tin pans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
John W. Cannady
Lettie Boyd
Odon
Floyd Kinman
Harbor workers win iron ore trimmen's wage rise
In Marquette on September 4 the lower harbor trimmers secured a raise of percent per ton to 3 cents, while upper harbor non union men did not demand increases. A comparable raise has also been granted at Escanaba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette, Mich
Upper Harbor
Escanaba
Pioneer citizen William B. Tredway dies in Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa September 4 William B Tredway one of the citys pioneer citizens is dead He joined Sioux City in 1856 and helped shape its early history He is father of Ralph Tredway famed Yale crew captain
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Sioux City
William B. ‘Tredway
Ralph Tredway
Yale
Grand Army encampment parade at Camp Sexton
Camp Sexton near Belmont in Fairmount Park hosts 1600 tents sheltering 10000 veterans for a large parade tomorrow in twelve divisions. Post No 1 Rockford Island leads the line. President McKinley and Secretaries Root and Gage will review as 42000 march past City Hall. Boyd's Girl cadets from Topeka gain notable attention.
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Root
Gage
Smith
Boyd
Topeka
Kas
Daughters of Veterans
H. N
Yellow Fever In Indiana Sparks Burial Controversy
Henry Waggoner, a Sanborn soldier who died of yellow fever, was not buried on Saturday prompting the state health board to order immediate burial and strict quarantine. Exposure widespread as citizens seek enforcement amid anxiety and officials in New Orleans and Key West report cases and deaths related to the outbreak.
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Vincennes
Ind
Henry Waggoner
Sanborn
State Board of Health
Lyman M. Reckes
Board of Health
Constable Russell
Oneea
Waggoner
New Orleans
Louehon
Louisiana Board of Health
Blunt
Texas
Jacksonville
Fla
Key West
W. D. Pate
Governor objects to Senator Cullom remarks on Illinois commissions
Governor Tanner challenges Senator Shelby M. Cullom’s claim about commissions in new Illinois volunteer regiments. He denies Illinois was fairly treated in promotions, saying the state’s population and troops do not support higher commission numbers.
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Springfield
Ills
Tanner
Shelby M. Cullom
Cullom
Mlinois
Jilingis
German officials tour Calumet copper district
Wilhelm Ulrich Arbenz of the German engineering and Kaiser Wilhelm geological departments visits the copper country in Calumet Michigan with three other prominent officials. They tour mines, plan to meet in San Francisco and then travel to Japan for further investigations. Arbenz commends Michigan’s rapid development.
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Calumet, Mich
Wilhelm Ulrich Arbenz
Engineering
Geological Department
Kaiser Wilhelm
Arbenz
Germany
United States
San Francisco
Japan
Michigan
Pocahontas Poised to Get New Railway Line
Pocahontas Iowa will gain a railroad after a survey by the Gowrie and Northwestern to connect Gowrie to Sibley. The town donates station grounds and ten miles of right of way, grade stakes are being set, and grading should finish before snow. The line will cross the Illinois Central at Manson and the Northwestern at Lautens, with completion expected next spring.
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Sioux City
Pocahontas
Iowa
Gowrie and Northwestern
Rock Island
Gowrie
Sibley
Illinois Central
Manson
Northwestern
Lautens
Mining Strike Breaks as Ishpeming Miners Return to Work
In Ishpeming Michigan the backbone of the Lake Superior Carnegie mines strike is broken with most miners returning to the old schedule. Union leaders failed to organize a general strike across the Ishpeming district and wage increases will be voluntary by year end. In Peoria Illinois officials deny a train robbery near Lincoln involving the Peoria Decatur and Evansville line and conductor Richmond says nothing happened.
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Ishpeming, Mich
Lake Superior
Carnegie
Ishpeming
Peoria, Ill
Peoria
Decatur
Evansville
Lincoln
Richmond
Annual of the Vets and Grizzled Patriots Parade
Reports from Mexico City describe clerical press excitement over a possible visit of President Diaz to Chicago this autumn. El Tiempo mocks U S plans and accuses McKinley of seeking to control Mexico’s succession. The White House reportedly plans Diaz’s trip to the United States to attend a Chicago cornerstone ceremony.
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Mim
Mexico
McKinley
City of Mexico
Ding
Chicago
Chicago Committee
el Tiempo
Celerteal
Diaz
Blaine
White House
United States
Liberal editors deride article suspects Mexican politics
A Liberal press salvo lambastes the piece accusing Washington of courting Mexico’s Diaz. Rumors of a warship off the Pacific coast and a filibuster vessel named the Czar are debunked after Mexican gunboat units search La Paz for contraband cargo.
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Schonaer
New Orleans
Atlanta
Chicago
Diaz
McKinley
Mexico
Pacific
Guayamas
Czar
San Francisco
Port Atlanta
la Paz
California
Spirits price cut boosts Peoria daily revenue
In Peoria Illinois the price cut on spirits spurred a surge in liquor purchases with daily revenue averaging fifty thousand dollars and Saturday totaling one hundred four thousand nine hundred thirty seven dollars, more than doubling typical sales. A distiller calls it a normal response but the current rush is unusually strong.
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Peoria
Ills
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Mr. Gorman
Reading
Jonathan G. Leinbach
General Palmer
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Bordereau
Republic of Diaz
G. A. Rh
Col. W. C. Johnson
Cincinnati
Charles Miller
Venango
National Association of Army Nurses
Pioneer Lowan
Rockford Post
Indiana
Royal Baking Powder CO
the Vets
Quaker City
President Diaz
St. Joseph's
Richard Scannell
Omaha
John Ireland
St. Paul
John J. Kain
Milwaukee
D. J. Brothers
Kankauna
A. J. Smith
Beaver Dam
Waupaca Soldiers’ Home
Monroe, Mich
Charles Custer
General Custer
John Russell
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Citizens’ Savings Bank
Washington, Iowa
Joseph Kehok
Frank Stewart
Chash
Keck
Casini
O. M. Keck
Casey Bros
Hotel Allen
G. H. Pratt
Optician
University At
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Washington
RE. M. McConaughy
Ormco
Kietn's Clothing Store
Ormcon
Southeast Corner Square
Columbia Corner
Washinton, LA
Washington Nat'l Bank
East Matin Eireeh
P. W. McElwain
WaAshington Lowa
Marsh W. Bailey
Downstatia
C.J. Wilson
Attorney At Law
Bear Alberson's Grocery
Temple Building
W. E. Anderson, M.D
Cyerice
Klein's Clothing
Penne
Ida Bailey
Geo. W. Hay
Graham Opera House
East Washington Street
Kemble
Kemble Flower Co
Oskaloosa
Frank Rogers
Mall Boc
TA Mudical CO
Jackson & Clinton Sts
B. C. Garris & Co
Washington,Iowa
Schneider
R. A, Riley
Corrine
Delong's
T. T. Keeley
W. Washington Street
H. Sanford
NBL
Aelephone
T. J. Dempsey
Side Square
National Bank
Ours
W. Ye. Frey
Badragon Gash
T .T. Anderon
Washington County
Capital
Wings Bank
Don General
Jon. Kron
A. Watts
D. H. Knox
V. P
M. Knox
Ase
First National Bank
Wm. Blair
A. H. Wallace
Joseph Keck
O. H. Keck
L. D. Robinson
J. J. Henderson
W. H. Butterfield
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