Death of Ex Gov Russell in Canadian Camp
Massachusetts politician William Eustis Russell, three-time governor, died suddenly of heart failure at a fishing camp near Little Pabos, Quebec. He had just returned from Chicago after a week there and was found in his tent overnight. Russell, born 1857 in Cambridge, rose from mayor of Boston to governor, was once a leading Democratic presidential hopeful, and campaigned vigorously for honest money before his death.
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Chicago
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Gov. Russell
Henry E. Russell
Col
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Boston
Henry Russell
Col. Peabody
William E. Russell
Peabody
Bay of Chateaur
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Ames
Russell
Gov. Jackett
Trvice
New England
Jefferson
Monticello
Hill
Whitney
New
Financial Future Uncertain Weighs on Rail and Trust Stocks
Dun and Co weekly review notes 26 US failures this week versus 258 last year and 35 in Canada versus 39. Market sentiment cites uncertainty about the financial future. rail and trust stock averages fall while wheat remains well supported. Cotton dips as traders cover. wool and pig iron output show weakness amid slowing orders. boot and shoe manufacture weakens with few new orders.
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R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Chicago
Atlantic
Loston
John Cameron Simonds Dies At Ward's Island Asylum
John Cameron Simonds, once of Chicago and a leading Illinois lawyer, died at Ward's Island asylum for the insane. A noted authority on criminal law and prison reform, he was 48. His business interests spanned the west, with mining and railway work in California, and extensive travels in Europe to study reform. He declined a diplomatic post to pursue business.
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John Cameron ‘Simonds
Chicago
Ward’s Island Asylum
West
California
Simonds
Europe
Broad
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Third Annual Meeting of New York State Bankers Association
The New York State Bankers Association opened its third annual convention at the International hotel in Niagara Falls New York with President James G. Cannon delivering the annual address. He defended the gold standard, urged bankers to explain loan refusals, diversify customer advice, and stressed honesty and confidence between bankers and borrowers amid debates on free silver.
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Watterson on Democratic Crisis from Geneva Retreat
Geneva dispatch quotes Henry Watterson criticizing the Chicago ticket and its platform as monstrous. He urges a new Democratic convention with another ticket to unite disenchanted Democrats and prevent civil strife, warning of party disintegration and revolutionary risks.
Bryan Family Ties in Culverren County History
A Culverren Virginia notice debunks a Portland claim that the Democratic nominee’s name was originally O’Bryan and changed when he began law practice in Lincoln. It outlines ancestry from William Bryan the elder to William Jennings Bryan, noting deeds, a Bryan meeting house, family intermarriages, and several long-standing family ties in the county.
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J. Harvey O’brien
Portland
Ore
O'Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
William Bryan
Bryan
Bryan Meeting
John T. Bryan
Illinois
Silas Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic Sound Money Club Denounces Chicago Convention
The Democratic Sound Money Club of Knoxville held a meeting Thursday night and denounced the Chicago convention for favoring free silver. Resolutions were passed offering to cooperate with the Sound Money Democrats of Illinois to place an independent Sound Money Democratic ticket in the field.
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Money Tennesseyans
Knoxville
Tenn
Chicago
Illinois
Bryan Delirious Welcome in Lincoln After Nominating Speech
Lincoln crowds greet Bryan and wife with overwhelming enthusiasm in rain as they arrive from the train. A city parade forms to the state house where Bryan thanks Republicans Democrats and others, pledges to return home, and praises the reception. Gov Holcomb attends the rally.
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Missouri River
Prohibition Party
Republican
Nebraska
Maguire Sees Acceptable Candidates Despite Platform
Boston July 18 Hon Patrick M Maguire a Chicago convention delegate who urged a gold plank reports in The Republic that the Chicago platform may not be perfect but there is no objection to the candidates He predicts Bryan and Sewall will win the votes of the great masses of the democratic party.
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Boston
Patrick M. Maguire
Chicago
the Republic
Bryan
Sewall
Presby Rev Hemp hill on Old Testament and Jesus
The speaker argues the Old Testament cannot be deprived by scientists or scholars. He asserts that the world will never abandon Jesus Christ, calling Him the first and last of all.
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C. R. Hemphill
Presbyterian
Louisville
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