Silver Democrats Outnumbered at Kentucky Convention
The Kentucky Democratic convention favored sound money with administration support. Silverites were beaten in district meetings two to one and faced a conservative committee lineup. Judge Beckner’s appointments split the factions, while Senator Blackburn lost influence in the Seventh district reshuffle. Berry was elected permanent chairman amid lengthy disputes over credentials and resolutions, with adjournment delays signaling intense infighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Smitz
Carlisle
Silé Verites
P Ort
William Beckner
Beckner
Stone
Judge Beckner
General Hardin
Hardin
J. C. S. Blackburn
Arthur Yeager
Blackburn
Cleveland
W. T. Ellis
Berry
Committee On Permanent Organization
A. S. Berry
Committee On Credentials
Committee On Resolutions
Louisville
Newport
Lindsay
Hardin and Clay
Committee On
Clay
Explosion Fatality in Hastisas Minn
Joseph Berres of Lakeville was instantly killed three miles east of Prior lake when a threshing machine boiler exploded. The accident occurred in hastily assembled conditions causing a sudden blast that ended his life. Local authorities investigated the scene and mourners gathered at the nearby farm.
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Hastisas
Minn
Joseph Berres
Lakeville
Prior Lake
Won the Detroit Derby at International derby results
Detroit news reports Lissak won the International derby with Maurice second and Diggs third in 2:3537. The article also notes a forthcoming executive session of the International Waterway Association in Chicago to discuss a deep waterway project for Great Lakes navigation, stemming from the Toronto Convention.
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Detroit
Lissak
Maurice
Diggs
International Association In Lessies
Chicago
Dange
International Waterway Association
Sanitary District
Deistmoc
Boston
Winnipeg
Great Lakes
July Temperature in St Paul Forecasts Wide Range
Weather summary for St Paul notes July 1895 likely not snowy with average temps between 65 and 76 degrees and an average of 72. Past Julys show extreme swings from 100 to 46 degrees with rainfall varying from 9.32 inches to 0.13 inches. Mention of 5.67 inches during July 1892 storm and winds ranging SE to NW with speeds up to 56 mph.
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St. Pau
St. Paul
Scheme of Hawaiian Filibusterers Outlined by Seattle Dispatch
Seattle dispatch reports a plan to load 575000 feet of lumber on the schooner G W Watson for Honolulu then off Cape Flattery take on arms and ammo. Small vessels would move contraband cargo south of Everett and Whatcom before the lumber is dumped and the ship heads to a Hawaiian island to land arms. Government sources hint at a larger plot aided by San Francisco shippers and a Honolulu heiress. A Seattle man known for fighting was offered command at 850 monthly with a royal appointment if successful.
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Seattle Dispatch
Seattle
Wash
G. W. Watson
Honolulu
Cape Flattery
Sound
Everett
Whatcom
Watson
San Francisco
Liliuokalani
Wisconsin Storm Spreads Damage Across Counties
Lightning and high winds cause fires in homes, wash away railroad roadbed, and hail heavy enough to strip roofs in Marshfield. A teamster Louis Howe was killed by a lightning strike in Marmvetts while two women and a man were knocked unconscious. Priscilla reports yellow fever rages in Santos and Rio, with men dying in streets and on ships.
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Milwaukee
Menominee Valley
Chicago, Milwaukie and St. Paul
Marmvetts
Lonuis Howe
Marshfield
Bantiore
Priscilla
Rio
Santos
Yaaséls
Acquitted in Conspiracy Case at Seattle Hotel Scene
Page of his city was acquitted after a week of crisis in Seattle where defense evidence alleged a conspiracy by Frame2 and others to drug and rob Page. Harry L. Frazier, a bartender at the Hotel Northern, had been central to the case.
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Miteszit
Jane
Page
Crisi
Seattle
Harry L. Frazier
Northern
Frame2
Salisbury Forms New Cabinet After Rosebery Resigns
On June 26 in Loypoy the Marquis of Salisbury met with Balfour Chamberlain and others then presented a list of proposed ministers to Queen Victoria at Windsor. The new cabinet includes Salisbury as premier and foreign secretary, Devonshire as president of the council, Balfour as chancellor of the exchequer, Chamberlain as colonies secretary, Hicks-Beach as finance chief, and Goschen as first lord of the admiralty. It is believed assurances were given for outgoing ministers to aid passage of the budget to enable dissolution by City 10.
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Windsor
Marquis of Salisbury
Lord Rosebery
London
Duke of Devonshire
A. J. Balfour
Treasury
Joseph Chamberlain
Michael Hicks-Beach
George J. Goschen
Admiralty
City
Isries Sketch of Members of the Salisbury Cabinet
Loxton June 26 highlighted Gascoigne-Cecil as new prime minister born 1830 educated Oxford chancellor. served twice as secretary for India and foreign affairs. notes Balfour as nephew, outlines his career from 1885 to 1892. Chamberlain described as Unionist leader and colonies secretary with Birmingham mayor background. mentions education and marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis of Salisbury
Eton
Cambridge
Local Government Board
Scotland
Ireland
Michael Hicks-Beach
William H. Smith
the Treasury
House of Commons
Salisbury
Disagreeable Experience at Milwaukee Picnic Storm
Thousands of pleasure seekers faced chaos at a Wauwatosa Ninth ward school picnic as hail and thunder drove 5,000 toward a small pavilion. Trees toppled, roads flooded, and women with infants trudged knee-deep through water to seek safety and reach the city. In Cleveland, Johnston Steel announced a 15 percent wage increase for about 200 workers in converting, dry house, and machine shops, with volunteers expanding across all departments due to heavy orders.
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Milwwaukeee
Ninth Ward
Wauwatesa
Cleveland
Lorain
Johnston Steel Company
Water Plant Seizure in Wasxatey Under Bondholder Action
Wasxatey Wisconsin June 26. W G Maxey acting for bondholders has taken possession of the water plant following financial default. Details indicate secured creditors asserting control while management awaits further orders. The move marks a turnover in local utility operations amid ongoing negotiations.
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Wasxatey, Wis
W. G. Maxey
Waterworks dispute over missed payment in Washburn case
The Washburn Waterworks company seeks solid payment from this city for the first installment of the purchase price after an April due date of $12,000. The prior administration halted payment, arguing that the bond issue was illegal, prompting the current administration to contest the obligation.
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Washburn Waterworks Company
Lass
Vigilance Committee Forces Tramps Out Of Sacramento
At 11 pm a vigilante group of armed citizens drove a large number of disreputable tramps from Sacramento. The sheriffs declined to appoint deputies, so locals took the matter into their own hands and acted independently.
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Sacramento
Cal
Dos Migos Eureka Mines Sold to English Syndicate
The Dos Migos and Eureka mines in the Morros district Chihuahua, reputed among Mexico’s largest gold mines, were sold by S S E Harvar and Captain Fred Williams to an English syndicate for about 250000 dollars. A 50 stamp milling plant will be erected and the property developed.
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San Francisco
Dosmigos
Eureka
Morros
Chihuahua
Mexico
S&s
Alpine tunnel reopened after five years snowbound
The Alpine tunnel on the South Park road, claimed as the world’s highest railroad tunnel, has been reopened after being snowed up for five years. Located at 11,660 feet in altitude, the tunnel runs 1,776 feet and was bored nine years ago at a cost of $260,000.
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Denver
South Park Road
Captain Blanche Cox jailed for street preaching in Colorado Springs
Captain Blanche Cox of the Salvation Army, described as intelligent and refined, was jailed for 30 days in Colorado Springs after refusing to pay a street preaching fine or letting friends pay it. The incident highlights enforcement actions against religious street preachers.
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CoLoRaDo Springs
Blanche Cox
Salvation Army
Peralta Claim in Arizona Declared Fraudulent by Court
In the United States land court at Santa Fe on June 26 the Peralta claim for 12,000,000 acres in Arizona was pronounced a fraud and rejected. James A. Peralta Reavis, the claimant, was immediately placed under arrest.
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Santa Fe
N. M
United States Land Court
Peralta
Arizona
James A. Peralta Reavis
In Howgate's Behalf
In Washington June 26 counsel for Captain Henry W Howygate convicted last Friday of forgery and falsification of accounts filed a motion in arrest of judgment alleging errors in the indictment.
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Washinetox
Henry W. Howygate
Sanger Johnson and Tyler to race for $1000 gold purse
Walt Ham Massachusetts announces a July 4 match at the Waltham bicycle track featuring Sanger Johnson and Tyler entering professional ranks. A separate Central railroad wreck near Milledgeville, Macon, Georgia, leaves three dead and several injured. Omaha treasurer Henry Bolin resigns with a $27,000 shortage. bondsmen to cover shortfall.
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Walt Ham
Mass
Waltham Bicycle Track
Sanger, Johnson and
Tyler
Waltham Track
Macon
Central Railroad
Milledgeville
Tom Allen
Bob Smith
Bob Jesse
Omawa
Henry Bolin
Omaha
Camphor of commerce and frost influence noted
The camphor of commerce comes from several tropical Asian tree varieties growing wild in India and Ceylon. Trees are evergreen and emit odor from all parts. Ebermayer’s work on frost shows earth protection by snow with air above snow at minus 6 and underground at plus 33 degrees.
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India
Ceylon
Tropical
Asia
Ebermayer
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