Bluffton Race Meet Shows Mixed Fortunes For Next Season
The piece notes Bluffton will hold better races next year but not in October. Poor weather cut attendance. Wells county entries drew 1600 on Saturday. Ben Adhem won tough mile races, with Retta Boy and Locomotive Jr. also drawing strong interest from local owners. The summary lists Thursday results for multiple heats and times, highlighting Red Elgin and Madge W among top finishers.
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Bluffton
Wells County
Retta Boy
Brickley Stock Farm
Ben Adhem
Crosbie & Deam
Locomotive Jr
Harriet & Stevens
Bluffton Bay
Crosbie & Johnson
Napoleon
Jay Cook
Marion
Arrest of pacer driver for larceny at Sherman House
George Stevenson a colored driver of William Penn pacer was arrested Friday morning on larceny charges. Silverware and wearing apparel stolen from the Sherman House were recovered in a water closet near the hotel, where he had been seen minutes before his arrest. Mayor Stevens bound Stevenson over to court in the sum of $150.
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George Stevenson
William Penn
Sherman House
Stevenson
Stevens
Bluffton duo fined for drunken driving on city streets
A pair of Bluffton men chased a fast pace with a horse on Sunday. The marshal detained them before Squire Thurber, fined $2 each plus costs, and they left the rig as security. They returned Monday, paid the fine, and retrieved the horse.
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Bluffton
Squire Thurber
Ossian Nevins
McKinley law to be re established if Steele elected
Peru Sentinel warns that if George W. Steele wins a congressional seat he will vote to re enact the McKinley tariff and oppose income tax repeal and oppose federal election law restoration. The paper argues no Democrat supports such outrages on the popular law.
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George W. Steele
Congress
Peru
Pioneer Henry Prough Dies at 78 in Jefferson Township
Henry Prough longtime Jefferson township resident and county pioneer died Sunday at age 78 years 11 months and 26 days after a long illness. His funeral was held Tuesday at St John Lutheran church with Rev Lake officiating. He leaves a wife and six children.
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Henry Prough
Jefferson Township
St. John Juutheran
Lake
United Brethren Church
Prough
Martin Campaign Visits County For Congress Bid
Hon A N Martin lectured across Somerset LaFontaine Lincolnville Lagro Roann Laketon North Manchester and nearby Roann areas to large enthusiastic crowds. Republicans praised his handling of questions and he plans a final address in the county on October 30 before moving to Miami.
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A. N. Martin
Congress
Somerset
LaFontaine
Lincolnville
Lagro
Martin
Miami
Wabash Times
Wool Market Figures Questioned by Local Press
The Wheeling Register reports a Cadiz Ohio letter about B Baxter of Hopedale holding 3000 pounds of wool. Before tariffs were repealed the top offer was 18 cents, since then 22 cents offered, with Baxter awaiting higher bids. The piece challenges the Register’s wool figures and invites verification from Baxter.
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Wheeling Register
Ohio
The
Register
Cadiz
B. Baxter
Hopedale
Public Sale At Bluffton Residence By W E Harvey
W E Harvey to offer for sale at his Bluffton area residence one half mile west on Wednesday October 17. Items include three horses ten cows most fresh six broad sows with pigs twenty head shoats five dozen Leghorn chickens four thousand pounds flour five hundred sacks of corn fourteen stand bees binder mower drills plows harrows roller hay tedder two seated carriage and other articles too numerous to mention.
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W. E. Harvey
Bluffton
Second Grand Sale of Poland China Swine
J R Davis and Sons announce their second annual sale of Poland China swine at their Bluffton area farm on Saturday October 27 1894. The lineup features sixty pedigreed registered hogs including Wild Eyes and other noted sires and dams. Sale starts at noon with nine month credit on sums over ten dollars and cash discounts.
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Poland
J. R. Davis & Sons
Bluffton
Wild Eyes
Tariff Reform
de Ef Jr
Black Nell
Cora B
Daisy D
Graceful
May Shawhan
Nellie Hinchman
Mona
Grace W
Train wreck near Bristol causes three fires and many injuries
Southern railway train No 5 from New York jumped the track three miles south of Bristol Tennessee. The engine and eight cars burned except the last, several passengers and crew injured. A bolt placed on the rail caused the crash. rescue work saved many lives.
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Bristol
Tenn
New York
Southern Railway
Samuel Smith
Will Holmes
W. W. Rogers
Tucker
Co. N. Markworth
W. H. Simpson
Mossy Creek
Thomas McDermott
Michael Coleman
John Coleman
Ireland
Bell
Streetcar Crash Kills NP Agent in Tacoma
In Tacoma Washington on October 8 a streetcar returning from the interstate fair grounds derailed after the front axle broke. George C. Chandler, general agent of the Northern Pacific, was crushed beneath the car and died. Seven passengers were injured including James O'Brien and three women.
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Tacoma
Wash
George C. Chandler
Northern Pacific
Interstate Fair Grounds
Chandler
North Second Street
James O’brien
Train Tumbles From Trestle Near West Point Injures Seven
A passenger train from Atlanta to West Point left the city yesterday morning and plunged from a trestle over Osanappa creek a few miles beyond West Point. Seven people were badly hurt, with no immediate fatalities but potential deaths among the injured as the track remained blocked until late last night.
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Atlanta
Atlanta and
West Point
Osanappa Creek
Ohio Man Escapes Lynching After Arson Accusation
At Dalton Ohio a mob tried to lynch Weimer after he confessed that his wife and daughter attempted to burn the Dalton pottery and house of Edward Houghton. Houghton had fired Weimer and villagers accuse Weimer of starting the town fire that left 40 families homeless. He will be held for trial with threats of lynching if convicted.
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MassiLtox
Dalton
Here
Weimer
Edward Houghton
Dalton Pottery
Houghton
Giants win Temple Cup game in decisive 16 to 3 rout
New York dispatch reports the Giants captured the Temple Cup fourth straight game against Baltimore with a 16 to 3 victory. Gleason allowed 20 hits while Meekin was touched for five. Total receipts for four games near 25 000 with Giants set to net 16 000 and players share about 1 000 each. Attendance 12 000. Also notes a 2500 appropriation for a Benjamin Harrison portrait in the White House gallery and a call for the ex-president to select an artist.
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Giants
New York
Baltimore
Gleason
Meekin
Baltimores
Harrison
White House
Wasuixeaton
Benjamin Harrison
Wilson
Congress
New Distillery Starts Yeast Making at Prontia
The Atlas distillery in Prontia Illinois began yeast making this morning and will start smashing corn on Thursday. It is the new 8000 bushel distillery recently erected by the Woolners.
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Prontia
Ill
Atlas
Woolners
Six Die in Detroit Water Fire at Keenan Furniture
Des Plaines, Oct. 6. Six men killed and 10 injured as Keenan and Sons five story furniture house burned in Detroit. Fire department crew listed among the injured with multiple head wounds, scalp lacerations, and internal injuries. Property loss placed at about 80000 dollars.
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Detroit
Derriort
Keenan “Ahns
Desa
Catastrophe Blasts Military Barracks in Nicaragua
Dispatch from Grenada Nicaragua reports a terrible explosion destroying a military barracks and damaging a large city quarter. About 200 people are dead and many more wounded, figures not yet exact.
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Nicaragua
Panama
Star and Herald
Grenada
Nica
Ragua
Death by Electrocution Of a Lamp Trimmer in Boston
On Congress street, Charles E. Day, lamp trimmer for the Boston Electric Light company, was electrocuted while cleaning a lamp. Day hooked to the top of a pole, cried out, and shortly after lost consciousness. A bystander and A. J. Mames attempted to assist, both suffering injuries as Day fell 30 feet, fracturing his skull. He died soon after, and his body was taken to the morgue.
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Boston
Congress Street
Charles E. Day
Boston Electric Light Company
Day
A. J. Mames
Bourke Cockran Retires From Nomination Bid
The World reports Congressman Bourke Cochran will not seek renomination. He tells Mayor Gilroy that private affairs have suffered and he declines a nomination to focus on aiding David B. Hill’s election and party preservation in New York. No successor candidate has been named.
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New York
Bourke Cochran
Gilroy
David B. Hill
Cockran
Bank Burglary in Bloomfield Nets 4700 Cash
The Bloomfield bank was robbed using dynamite and about 6000 in losses were tallied. A trio of burglars, one identified as Charles Rivers of Indianapolis, were pursued from Switz City where a posse engaged the culprits. Rivers carried 1100 while the others fled.
Prominent Carthage Man Wounded in Saloon Dispute
Jacob G. Wolf, leading citizen, lies between life and death from a bullet wound believed fired by John McCarty, a saloonkeeper whom Wolf helped defeat for a license. McCarty captured after fleeing, jailed at Rushville, and the saloon was set ablaze but soon put out. Antisaloon sentiment runs high and the outcome may bar McCarty from trial if Wolf dies.
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Carthage
Cartunas
Ind
Jacob G. Wolf
John McCarty
Wolf
McCarty
Rushville
Double Tragedy. Noerr Fatally Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself
In Indianapolis on October 5, saloonkeeper George Noerr shot his wife Louise after a quarrel over domestic troubles. Believing her dead, he left his home, then shot himself on the back porch as his son Fred heard the second pistol report. Louise did not survive.
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Inpianapolis
George Noerr
Louise
Noerr
Fred
War Governor Dead in Bellefonte and Holmes Dies in Boston
Ex Governor Andrew G Curtin died at 5 o clock Sunday morning after weeks of frail health. He passed peacefully with his family at his bedside. Oliver Wendell Holmes died at his Beacon Street residence after a long illness and recent exhausting trip.
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Bellefonte
Andrew G. Curtin
Mr. Curtin
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston
Beacon Street
Dr. Holmes
Beverly Farms
Series of Accidents Reported in Casualties
Four people seriously injured in horse and cow accidents at Fr Wayne. A carriage runaway throws William Brenaman and his wife. Brenaman suffers broken ribs and internal injuries while his wife faces hopeless recovery. Charles Kelker is head-kicked by a horse with a fractured skull and certain death. Henry Niemeyer Sr a German elder, tangled with a cow rope and hurled over a railroad. his legs are broken and internal injuries endangering his life.
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Wayne
William Brenaman
Berne
Brenaman
Charles Kelker
Henry Niemeyer
Greenwood's Saloonist In Jail on Larceny Charge
Greenwood Indiana October 9 Peter Conway a saloonist known for trouble is jailed in Franklin on a larceny charge. He was arrested for carrying concealed weapons when a search found a watch chain and diamond pin stolen from Grafton Peek's home days earlier.
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Greenwood
Ind
Peter Conway
Franklin
Grafton Peek
Farmer and wife killed in wagon accident near Lebanon
A farmer, William King, and his wife were riding a wagon when the team bolted, the wife jumped free and died within an hour from injuries. King was thrown from the carriage and suffering internal injuries that proved fatal.
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Lebanon
Ind
William King
Thieves Plunder At Huntington Democratic Barbecue
In Huntington Indiana during a Democratic barbecue over $500 was stolen from several attendees. Patrolman Brown arrested one thief who was struck by a companion with a stone. both suspects escaped custody.
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Huntington
Ind
Brown
Professor David Swing Dies After Illness
Professor David Swing, eminent divine, died in Chicago at 8 10 pm from blood poisoning leading to jaundice. Born in Cincinnati on August 23 1830, he had been under dramatized care as physicians warned his death was imminent.
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David Swing
ChcaGco
Swing
Cincinnati
Carver and Elliott Set Final Shooting Series
The last of three shooting matches between Dr. Carver and J. A. R. Elliott will be held at Exposition ballpark on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Dr. Carver
J. A. R. Elliott
Exposition Ballpark
Horrible Death of a Boy in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on Oct 1 August Martin an eleven year old boy died after a dynamite cartridge he found exploded while he played with it. He was alone when the accident occurred.
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Philadelphia
Martin
Gladstone May Re Enter Politics
Intimate friends of Mr. Gladstone say his restored vigor may justify a return to political life as headlines hint at a comeback, noting the veteran statesman’s influence and possible re entry into public affairs from Loxpox.
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Gladstone
Multiple Local Incidents Highlight 19th Century Indiana Scene
Elwood secures a new furniture factory and the Madison woolen mill, valued at 100000 dollars, sells at a forced sale for 20000 dollars and will restart. Miss Ollie Lane of Crawfordsville attempts suicide after a love affair, but poison fails. Brakeman William McManns is knocked from a train near Michigan by an overhead bridge. ten cars pass over him. Bedford sees fires in two saloons an old woolen mill a laundry office and a shoe shop with losses under 5000 dollars. Three masked robbers force William Ferris near Metamora to surrender cash after binding him. An attempt to assassinate Dr J H Pucket as he leaves his office in Muncie ends with a dangerous near miss. Dennard Shockley a Portland saloonist is found dead in woods two miles from town. death remains a mystery. Charles Rivers the Bloomfield bank robber is thought to be the same man sent from Martinsville to prison in 1892 for burglary.
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Huntington Fair
Indiana
Black Bird
Elwood
Madison
Ollie Lane
Crawfordsville
William McManns
Michigan
Bedford
William Ferris
Metamora
Muncie
J. H. Pucket
Dennard Shockley
Portland
Charles Rivers
Bloomfield
Martinsville
Whitelaw Reed’s Pager Faces New Printer Trouble
New York Tribune compositors from union No. 6 struck last night over labor rules. E Millholland handled inquiries while Ken cited two years of operation under LT. U. Online STPNg styping and Knights of Labor laws as grounds. The Tribune refused to dismiss the workers to avoid antagonizing a union branch.
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Whitelaw Reed
Anies
New York
New York Tribune
Knights of Labor
Organized Labor
Chicago man sets New York to Chicago wheel record
George W. Wolf of Chicago rode a bicycle to New York in 6 days 8 hours 30 minutes after leaving Monday at 5 am. He traveled about 1038 miles and broke the prior record by 1 hour 18 minutes, arriving at city hall in New York yesterday.
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New York
George W. Wolf
Chicago
City Hall
Wolf
Boy at risk of tetanus after mule shoe prank
Willie Brown thirteen of Thirteenth street was pinned by peers who nailed a mule shoe to his foot during a pretend blacksmith act. One nail passed through the foot and two others penetrated the flesh. He fainted and is in critical condition.
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Willie Brown
Thirteenth Street
Willie
From Printer to Millionaire Assertion of Heirship Proved
Cincinnati with the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railway aids Samuel Benjamin a Russian printer in securing $1,500 to travel to Australia and back with family to claim a $3,000,000 estate from an uncle. The Third Street bank provided funds after Australia executors confirmed the bequest.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Third Street Bank
Samuel Benjamin
Australia
Benjamin
Russia
Lost wife and money elopement shocks San Francisco
Mrs Stelling elopes with streetcar conductor Alexander McNeil taking $5000 in cash deeds worth $90000 and all pocketable bonds papers from the Stelling home. Charles Stelling describes himself as eccentric and had stored a bag of gold for emergencies.
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San Francisco
Charles Stelling
Stelling
Alexander McNeil
Kentuckians Fight Duel Ends in Death and Injury
Henderson Kentucky October 9 Two farmers Raymond Martin and Robert Rye quarreled over a woman at Bardsville fourteen miles from Henderson. Martin armed with axes handed one to Rye and proposed a duel. They fought until Rye lost both arms and died. Martin suffered severe head and chest wounds and is dying.
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Henderson
Raymond Martin
Robert Rye
Bardsville
Here
Martin
Rye
Deadly Duel Over a Woman Ends in Two Arkansas Deaths
In Marked Tree Arkansas William Underhill and James Carter mill hands fought over a cyprian. Carter fired a shotgun at Underhill. Underhill wounded Carter with a Winchester. Both men died from their injuries. Republican Gain In Connecticut shows 23 towns flip to GOP in 164 towns reporting. Governor race may be settled without legislative action.
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Little Rock
William Underhil
James Carter
Connecticut
Hartrorp
Democratic convention backs Wilson bill and free list
In Boston on October 8 the Democratic state convention passed resolutions endorsing the Wilson bill and favoring free listing of all raw materials. Hon. John R. Russell will be nominated for governor.
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Boston
John R. Russell
Movable derrick collapses at East Tennessee works
A movable derrick at East Tennessee stone and marble works collapsed yesterday afternoon in Knoxville. Mark Hall was instantly killed and Lee Pierce severely injured. Local authorities investigated the incident.
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Knoxville
East Tennessee Stone and Marble Works
Mark Hall
Lee Pierce
Fisherman killed in Germantown well collapse
John King died after a well wall collapsed during cleaning near Germantown yesterday evening. Dispatches from St. Petersburg and Berlin claim reports on the czar’s condition are exaggerated.
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Memphis
John King
Germantown
King
St. Petersburg
Berlin
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