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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
1
The group labeled as Middle Roaders strongly opposed fusion and announced separate ticketing plans. Regular supporters and named organizers were identified, with opposition framed as a clear alternative stance.
Kansas City May address to Populists issued by the People's party national organization committee and Reform Press Association. Wharton Barker and Ignatius Donnelly were not endorsed for president and vice president. The plan favors firm middle of the road unity while warning against fusion with other parties.
Delegates gather in Minneapolis for the 111th Presbyterian general assembly with strong activity around selecting a moderator. Early frontrunners include Dr. Robert I Sample of New York and Dr. M A Haines of Indianapolis, with several other candidates listed in the field.
The 83rd annual encampment of the Wisconsin department G A R formally opened in Milwaukee with Department Commander G H Russell delivering the address. He urged honoring war heroes on Memorial day and paid tribute to the Woman's Relief Corps. The adjutant general reported 10 878 members and the quartermaster general showed cash on hand of 1 456. A parade of veterans highlighted the afternoon as the Woman's Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans met on routine business.
May 18 dispatch reports a cyclone striking Montpelier and West Unity causing at least four child deaths. The wrecked schoolhouses housed 24 people with all injured or dead. Also noted are the death of Mexican War hero John Clavit in Lac, Wisconsin, and a postponed Venezuelan arbitration meeting due to czar peace conference attendance.
The May session extended to midnight where Mr Morrissey and other officers were re elected, with the editor GloB6 ene and teabpointae in Millwaukees noted as the wheeting place.
The report claims China will resist German expansion as northern provinces see orders for mobilization and arming. German expeditions are said to punish natives and burn villages while aiming to seize the province and install a German king with Prince Henry, per dispatches and the Kobe Herald.
In Chicago on May 18 a police officer named John Buginski says he was attacked by about six Italians and fired his revolver. He killed one man and seriously wounded two others as he was hemmed in and forced to defend himself. The dead and injured friends claim there was no provocation.
Four persons are dead and many injured as a cyclone swept northern Manchester County Iowa. Details describe extensive damage to life and property from the storm’s path near Manchester. Separate dispatch notes Major General Henry U S V former Porto Rico governor arriving at New York on the McPherson with Mrs Henry.
The readable fragment mentions change and moderation with a call for calm reflection before action. No clear person, place, or event is identifiable from the text.
Havana May 18 Cuban emotion shifts toward moderation as political groups and Havana papers urge calm. National league meetings are orderly and speakers caution restraint to avoid violent incidents. General Carlos Roloff says wild youth rhetoric won’t yield serious results against Americans and urges serious consideration of American promises.
The tornado path devastated L Snyder area north of Greely and Colesburg. Four people died and three others fatally injured, with many injured including George Sharkey Tony Shepherd 15 and Walter Shepherds. Homes and public buildings were destroyed. church and schoolhouses wrecked amid uprooted trees and collapsed structures.
All delegates to the international peace conference have arrived. May 18. The day featured general visits. The conference president is M. de Stanlasian, ambassador to Great Britain, leading the Russian delegation.
The Grand Lodge of North Dakota reports completion of its labors and adjournment. Details are obscured by damaged text but indicate the session has concluded with the usual formalities.
An OCR fragment provides limited readable facts about a local notice. Names, dates, places, and actions are unclear, with only hints of official tone and possible public sale or proclamation.
Representatives of and Norwegian societies share in the programme. Among the speakers was Colonel William Jennings Bryan.
On May 18 the Marine Firemen's Benevolent Association in Buffalo voted to quit work in 12 hours unless the strike is settled. About 1,000 members exist in Buffalo and over 800 in Cleveland. Bishop Quigley urged striking freight handlers to form a committee to confer with lake line managers and urged agreement to abolish saloon payment and Sunday work.
Telegram from the War Department arrived at Hart Springs Virginia reporting General Otis’s dispatch on San Isidro. President McKinley sent congratulations to General Lawton and his command for the successful operations last month that led to the capture. Cuban advices were received indicating a more reassuring situation and a satisfactory outcome.
William H. Young who served as chief of scouts in General Lawton's division has died. He was noted for efficiency and was among the scouts with General Howard during the Nez Perces campaign in Idaho and Montana years ago.
Humphrey Taylor a negro suspected in the Lowenstein murder at Slidell Md shot and killed Police Sergeant Fritz Passau wounded Policeman Gone and held a posse at bay for nearly two hours. The fugitive surrendered when the house was to be burned and a mob threatened to lynch him. Police kept order despite crowd pressure.
A large crowd gathered as Iowa’s new historical building cornerstone was laid in the capitol rotunda. Governor Shaw presided with silver trowel, flanked by Senators Allison and Gear, much of the Iowa delegation, ex-Gov Drake and Jackson, ex-Senator James Harlan, John A. Kasson, T. S. Parvin, and other state figures. Speeches followed by Curator Aldrich and others.
London May 18 The Pekin correspondent of The Times says M de Giers Russian minister to China declines to accept the Chinese government's refusal to grant the railway concession connecting Pekin with Russia's Manchurian system. He will insist. China may yield unless resisted by another power as calamities from Italy France and Germany press on her and England is bound by the Anglo Russian pact.
Northern Pacific crop report notes a backward season with seeding nearly finished. Connecticut Senate votes 12 to 9 to reject a woman suffrage measure. Sir Claude Macdonald, British ambassador in Shanghai, is very ill. General Wheeler to deliver memorial address in Boston. Actress Mary Timberman dies in Sturtevant House New York. Bhoé, native of Keokuk Ta. Ex-President Harrison sails to England as chief counsel for Venezuela in boundary arbitration.
League tabulations show Western League results with Kansas City Milwaukee games and Indianapolis Detroit Pawtucket Minneapolis totals. National League standings list St Louis Brooklyn Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Philadelphia Boston Baltimore New York.
A Denver Cor story recounts two dramatic 1870s gunfights on the frontier. Deputy U S Marshal Will Anderson and Charley Colling faced each other. both were killed in Pembina after a rapid draw. In New Mexico Clay Allison killed Chunk during a dinner table confrontation at Red River Crossing, a moment later than Chunk. The piece frames these as lessons on quick trigger discipline and frontier justice.
A psychologist argues that broader claims about mental health crises lack scientific basis and dismisses widely accepted therapies as unfounded. The piece analyzes skepticism toward modern psychology and calls for evidence over hype.
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