Populist Indiana Convention Names State Ticket
Populists of Indiana at Tadchinapolis nominate a full slate led by A. G. Burkhart for governor and C. M. Walters for lieutenant governor with W. L. Kunz treasurer and G. T. Boger attorney general. The platform calls for government ownership, direct vote for public officers, free coinage at 16 to 1, and creation of full legal tender paper money.
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Indiana
Tadchinapolis
A. G. Burkhart
Tipton
C. M. Walters
Andignapoulix
W. T. Carwichael
Columbus
John W. Wales
Hancock County
W. LI. Kunz
Logansport
G. T. Boger
Shelby County
Supreme Court
Charles H. Wulfman
Clay County
William P. Beasly
Knox County
A. L. Grindle
Starke County
Samuel Walker
A. H. Rowley
N. H. Motsinger
Portland
Thomas
Mundigon County
S. M
State Board Names Fair Department Superintendents
At the State Board of Agriculture meeting President Jones announced appointments for fair department superintendents. Appointees include FE Robinson Roellane grand stand. James McDonald Lignier spee. W T Beauchamp Yerre Haute horses. Mortimer Levering Lafayette beef cattle. M S Clayncol Muncie dairy cattle. Watt Barnett Logansport swine. Mason Niblack Vincennes sheep. John Thompson Gas City poultry. Sid Conger Flat Rock art. John L Davis Crawfordsville horticulture. Knode Porter Hagerstown agriculture. John Haines Snake mechanical. W W Stevens Salem privileges. H L Noth Lawrenceburg. Executive committee named: Stevens Salem. Beauchamp Terre Haute. Robison Roooklane. Thompson Gas City.
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State Board of Agriculture
Jones
State Fair Admissions
FE. A. Robinson
Roellane
Grand Stand
James &. McDonald
Ligenier
Speec
W. T. Beauchasp
Vincennes
John
Thompson
Gas City
Sid Conger
Flat Rock
John L. Davis
Crawfordsville
Knode Porter
Hagerstown
Haines
Snake
W. W. Stevens
Salem
H. L. Nowth
Lawrenceburg
Fones 250
W. W W. Stevens
W. 8. Beauchamp
Terre Waute
I. A. Robison
Rooklane
J. J. Thompson
Gas Cit
Dr Kane Installed as Wa pash College President
The Rev William P Kane was inducted as president of Wabash College in Crawfordsville with a ceremony attended by 1900 guests including 500 visiting alumni and former students. Dr S L I Hines of Indianapolis presided, and former president Joseph Farrand Tuttle offered remarks before Kane delivered his inaugural address.
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Dr. Kane
William P. Kane
Wapash College
Crawfordsville
SL. 1. Hines
Indianapolis
Joseph Farrand Tuttle
Ohio College
John T., Mamphell
Freaity
D. PL Valuam
Princeton
Minny
AL. Tinsham
Mrs. George F. Piel Dies at Railway Station
Mrs. George F. Piel traveling from Donaldson Arkansas to Plainfield Vermont dies at a railway station with small children nearby. Her husband, a man named Wield, died in Arkansas a week earlier, and two children also died. The Wosenport daughter took charge and began arrangements to return to the old home in Vermont.
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George F. Piel
Donaldson
Aiik
Waven
Cinion
Boundaries and developments swirl through Indiana towns
Within Gur Borders Sullivan will incorporate. Grpsses around Clayton. Thicks are plentiful on the Kankakee. Muncie goes into park building. Vincennes seeks a 200000 government building. South Bend to be redistricted with a new ward. Greensburg schools struggle with lockey incidents. Herman Schroeder named postmaster at Smithson. An attempt to liquefy the sanitarium at Cartersburg Springs. Seventeen year old daughter of EL S Daniels disappears from Union City. Johnson County hens show spring behavior. Death of Clarence Betts 29 from spinal meningitis stirs Russiaville. Verlion closes schools and revival ends due to scarlet fever. Verre Haute Council funds smallpox fight. Electric line work from Muncie to Hartford City to start in spring. Mooresville celebrates 75th anniversary led by Jack Shashberger. Goshen pension granted to a Lake Shore Railway victim with back pay. Owensville fire damages many business houses. loss 157,700 with 1,100 insurance. William R. insane over politics resists jail with weapon. Jeffersonville Light and Water Co secures contract mortgaging plant for 58,000. Western Glass Factory at Maton starts up with 36 blowers. Peter Alwince, 12, Goshen, charged with stealing 26. Auditor of State war claim inquiry shows US Senate favoring passage by 735,497.31 more than due. total claim exceeds 500,000.
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Vincennes
South Bend
Greensurg
Herman Schroeder
Smithson
Cartersburg Springs
EL. S. Daniels
Union City
Johnson County
Clarence Betts
Russiaville
Verlion
Verre Haute Council
Board of
Stealth
Muncie
Hartford City
Mooresville
Jack Shashberger
Goshen
Lake Shore
Bus Peep
Owensville
William Ruflington
Jeffersonville Light and Water Company
West Under Snow Cover Delays Business and Traffic
The vast snowstorm blankets the West and Northwest from Omaha to Toledo and Milwaukee to the Gulf of Mexico delaying trains, closing schools, and causing wire damage. Illinois Indiana Missouri report depths to fifteen inches while Michigan towns see ten to eighteen inches and Texas experiences rain hail and snow. Freight wrecks and coal fears hint at widespread disruption.
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West
Union
Omaha
Toledo
Milwaukee
Gulf of Mexico
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lower Lake Region
New York
Moline
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Port Byron
Mattoon
Jacksonville
Waukegan
Bloomington
Trndiana
Michigan
Lansing
Three Rivers
Saginaw
Benton Harbor
Kalamazoo
Niles
Kenosha
Wis
Burlington
Towa
Dennison
Texas
Indian Territory
Porto Rico tariff bill passes House by eleven vote
The House adopted a tariff measure for Porto Rico by 172 to 161 after amending it to a 15 percent tariff and making it temporary. Six Republicans voted against. Warner was absent and paired. Democratic support split with four Yes votes and four abstentions.
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House
McCall
Massachusetts
Littlefield
Maine
Crumpucker
Indiana
Lorimer
Ilinois
Heatwole
Fletcher
Minnesota
Warner
Repubicans
Davey and Meyer
Louisiana
Devries
California
Sibley
Pennsylvania
Stallings
Alabama
Bmall
North Carolina
Smith
Kentuccky
Fleming
Rights of a Husband Defined by a St Louis Judge
A St Louis judge ruled in the Richard Mactzard case that a husband with rent and owned furniture may force entry to his home if his access is blocked, stating he may use an ax to gain admission to his residence. The decision centers on domestic lockout rights and homestead protections.
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St. Louis
Richard Mactzard
Sidener
Majuba Hill Battle Ends British Defeat in 1881
The account recalls General Sir George Colley’s death at Majuba Hill during the 1881 battle and notes the later capture of General Cronin by Gen. Joubert at Modder. It contrasts the peacetime British victory after Roberts’s ascent with the earlier fatal British loss.
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Sir George Colley
Sjoubert
Majuba Hill
Lord Roberts
Cronjn
Colley
George Colley
Mount Prospect
Laing
Nek
Joubert
Cronje Surrenders After Boer Sufferings in Camp
Gen Cronje capitulated to Lord Roberts as Boer supplies collapsed. The laager lay strewn with dead, wounded, and panicked women and children. British troops moved to aid the wounded, bury the dead, and care for captives, with about 3,000 combatants and 1,000-plus noncombatants in the surrender.
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Cronje
Lord Roberts
Red Cross Relief Corps
Dewey Awarded $9 570 Bounty for Manila Battle
The United States Court of Claims awarded Admiral George Dewey a bounty of 9570 for Manila Bay actions. The ruling found Spanish forces weaker than American forces, granting 100 per enemy man instead of 200. Had the Spanish been stronger, Dewey would have received 19001.40.
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Court of Claims
Manila
United States Court of Claims
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Admiral Dewey
Congressmen Send Cablegram to General Cronje
About fifty congressmen signed a cablegram from Washington to Gen. Cronje praising his and his soldiers for courage and heroism in the fight for human rights.
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Cronje
Washington
Gen. Cronje
Pronunciation guide for Cronje accuracy noted
Correction shows General Cronje’s name pronounced Cronyn a with the a as in ate. Guards sworn in at Williamsburg Kentucky to protect property from striker activity.
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Cronje
Cronyn
Williamsburg
Hammond backs British side in Boer War debate
John Hays Hammond told a Chicago dinner that England conducts a just war and the Boers are to blame. He argued English capital and American ingenuity spurred Transvaal mining, criticized Dom Paul for oppression of Outlanders, and urged taxation with representation as key. He claimed Kruger failed to curb Boer conspiracies and warned Dom Paul sought independence by provoking a rupture with Britain.
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John Hays Hammond
Dom Paul
Johannesburg
America
Don Paul
Mr Hammond
Chicago
Transvaal
England
Hammond
Mr. Hammond
Kruger
Great Britain
South Africa
Side Lights on the Boer War
Health of horses in South Africa troubles British officers as disease cripples mounts during the campaign. Donkeys immune. natives act as telegraph runners, delivering unaltered messages across long lines. Cavalry marches, front-line battles, and stories of heroism mark a war scene with brutal conditions and personal sacrifices.
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South Africa
Peruna touted as cure and prevention for catarrh
Hon George Kersten of Chicago proclaims catarrh is widespread and says Peruna is the sole safeguard. He argues colds trigger catarrh and that Peruna both cures and prevents it. He urges families to obtain Dr Hartman’s free booklet Winter Catarrh from Columbus Ohio.
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Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Million Dollar Potato and Other Seeds From Salzer Catalog
Read about the Million Dollar Potato and other money makers for farmers in John A. Salzer Seed Co. catalog from La Crosse Wisconsin. Send 10c postage for the catalog and 10 rare seed samples. Largest Vegetable Seed Growers in the United States.
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John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
United States
Cnnuu
Salzer
Fisnion Levher
E.troy
J. Breider
H. Lovejoy
Red Wing
Mina
Snizer
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Wabash College
Gur Borders
Sullivan
Clayton
Kankakee
Pieter Arnoldus Cronje
Paardeberg
London
Orange Free State
Jameson
Porto Rico
Dewey
Britain
Jouum Bays Dammond
Glencoe
Cape Town
Free State
Harrismith
Dunn
Royal Dublin Fusileers
Tugela
Brabant
Capt
Ladysmith
Shropshire Light Infantry
Orange River
Peruna
George Kersten
Geo. Kersten
Canada
Land of
Plenty
Department of Interior
Ottawa
F. Pedley
E.T. Holmes
Ind
D. L. Caven
M. V. McInnes
Merrill Block
Detroit
Mich
Gov’t of Canada
Craig
Madison
U.S
JO Dhna
GLA Cro Rossewis
Atlanta
The
Lamb Eifc. Co
Draggtete
Rocky Mountains
M, Smyth CO
W. Madison St
Ill
Rich
Reen
Ake
Speltz
W. L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas CO
Brockton, Mass
OUN
M, Smyth Company
Cmlcagy
City Garden Best
Earl'st
Stampa
Earth
C.n
Halzer Seed CO
LA Croshe
Gregory
H. Gregory
Marblehead
Arter
Densio
John W.morris
Washington, D.C
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