Johnston Carries Alabama by a Decisive Majority
Dispatch reports Capt. Joseph F. Johnston and the Democratic ticket winning Alabama's governor and state offices by about 40 000 votes. Populists and Republicans warn of fraud while counting continues and McKinley Hobart are favored for national victory. Leaders tout fair elections while merchants shift to McKinley support.
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Commercial Tribune
Birmingham
Ala
Joseph F. Johnston
Reuben F. Kolb
John B. Knox
Democratic Campaign Committee
South
Alan
North
Alabama
Peyton G. Bowman
Goodwyn
McKinley
Hobart
Johnston
Royals entertained in Edinburgh by city officials
The U.S. cruiser Minneapolis crew, led by Captain George H. Wadleigh, dined with Edinburgh's city corporation. Bailee Steel, standing in for the Provost, praised Anglo-American ties and recalled Grant's 1877 visit. Wadleigh responded, expressing Scotland’s enduring warmth and toasted the Provost and corporation.
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Edinburgh
U. S
Minneapolis
Corporation For the City of
Bailee Steel
Grant
George H. Wadleigh
Thomas ©. Selfridge
Ballee Steel
Scotland
Provost
Corporation
Typhoid Epidemic Strikes Berea Area With Fatalities
Richmond Kentucky dispatch reports an outbreak of typhoid fever in Berea with more than forty cases and several deaths. Families suffer multiple cases per household while three local physicians treat the ill. No college cases reported. bad water and extreme heat blamed for the outbreak.
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Richmond
Berea
Paducah Hires Gap in Police Leadership After Marshal's Death
Paducah Ky August 3 The City Council deferred electing a new City Marshal to replace James Geary who died Saturday for two weeks. With no elected head authorities cannot take criminal bonds or receive fines. The lock-up keeper refuses to jail or accept bonds, risking suits against bondsmen. Complications loom.
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Commercial Tribune
Paducah
James Geary
Prison Garb Change Considered for New Inmates
Columbus Aug 3 prison officials may adopt gray uniforms for new arrivals as a reward for good behavior while current inmates wear black and white stripes. The proposal aims to replace striped outfits with gray or blue suits for improved conduct incentives.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ing’ & T
Son of Rules
Eee
Tarvin claims Cochran paid to back McKinley in U S
In Richmond Kentucky Judge J P Tarvin alleges Bourke Cochran the New York orator received 250000 dollars to campaign for sound money and influence the nation for McKinley. Both Republicans and sound money supporters express strong indignation over the claim.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
J. P. Tarvin
Bourke Cochran
New York
McKinley
Sound
New York Theatrical Managers Form United Association
Leading managers of New York Boston Philadelphia and Chicago join to form the United Association of Managers for mutual protection. Frank McKee chosen temporary chairman with A J Spencer as secretary and A A McCormick as treasurer. Henry Abbey and Charles Frohman among twenty five leaders planned to create a permanent body.
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New York
Hoyt
United Association of Managers
Frank McKee
A. J. Spencer
A. A. McCormick
Jack Hirsh
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Henry Abbey
Charles Frohman
Minister Henry Lewis Shot Near Coon Creek
Rev Henry Lewis a well known Letcher County minister was ambushed while riding along a road near the mouth of Coon Creek Saturday as unknown shooters concealed in bushes fired. The ball hit him in the abdomen and bowels and doctors fear he cannot survive.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Henry Lewis
Letcher County
Coon Creek
Feud Case Prolonged as Judge Brafford Questioned
The Fields Adkins murder case in Barboursville Kentucky was continued amid affidavits challenging Special Judge Brafford's involvement. Prosecution ready for trial but defense sought disqualification claiming Brafford previously worked for the prosecution. Hundreds of witnesses from back counties were paid for six days of travel. The court scheduled a rule to try the case at the next term.
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Commercial Tribune
Barboursville
Fields-Adkins
Brafford
Perry County
Madman Murders Family in Kentucky Farmhouse
In Providence Kentucky near Clay eight miles west Tom Brown a thirty year old farmer killed his wife mother in law and baby with an axe last midnight His mother in law Mrs Cash was beaten with the axe handle The wife was cut with the blade The baby was beaten in the face and head He then asked neighbor Mr Muir to shoot him saying he wished to die The victims were not saved and Brown a feeble minded man is in custody a pitiful wreck unable to comprehend his crime
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Providence
Clay
Tom Brown
Cash
Brown
World’s Fair Diamond Thief Brought to Justice
Mrs. Julia Houston was arrested in Chicago for the larceny of diamonds valued at about 4000 pounds from Banker Mackey of London. The case, unresolved for three years, climaxes with Houston’s indictment and capias, as Mackey plans to return to prosecute.
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Chicago
Julia Houston
Mackey
London
Principality of
Monaco
Estate of Eugene Field Filed in Probate Court
An inventory of the late Eugene Field estate filed in Chicago Probate Court shows uncertain value due to copyright royalties. The estate lists $1,000 equity in a Buena Park house and $11,500 lot value, with $100 cash, $6,503 in goods and furniture, $3,808 in royalties, and household items including a Gladstone axe and a Jefferson Davis chair.
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Chicago
Eugene Field
Buena Park
Gladstone
Jefferson Davis
Chillicothe Man Claims Philadelphia City Hall Site
William Folks of Chillicothe Ohio says he owns a stake in Philadelphia's City Hall site. He has placed a legal unit to recover the ground, claiming his great grandfather leased the land for 99 years to the city and that the lease is valid. Folks is one of thirty five heirs and intends to pursue the property.
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Chillicothe
Philadelphia
Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe, CO
William Folks
Big Hatchery at London to Grow Fish Center
Senator Geo Falloon of Athens and A H Reuttinger of Chillicothe visited Columbus on the way to London where eleven acres were bought for ponds and hatcheries. The fish program includes bass and perch breeding efforts at nearby stations and will establish a large hatchery complex in the London area.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Geo. Falloon
Athens
State Fish and Game Commission
A. H. Reuttinger
Chillicottie
London
Waverly
Coen Falls
Cupid's Victory: Vanderbilt and Miss Wilson Wed
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. and Miss Wilson were married in a ceremony reported by the paper. The couple tied the knot in a formal wedding event with family and friends in attendance.
Vanderbilt and Grace Wilson wedding private ceremony
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr and Grace Wilson wed at the Wilson residence in a simple private ceremony conducted by Rev. William H. Pott. Attendees included the brides parents and relatives. Vanderbilt family did not attend. couple left for Saratoga for their honeymoon amid best wishes from notable figures.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Grace Wilson
Wilson Residence
William H. Pott
St. Thomas Church
R. T. Wilson
Marshall Orme Wilson
Robert Goelet, Jr
R. T. Wilson, Jr
Grace Vanderbiltmarriage to Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
The notice reports Grace Vanderbilt marrying Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr at 611 Fifth Avenue on Monday August 3 1896. The ceremony included a carriage and a kiss goodbye from Grace to her father observed from a parlor window. The couple planned part of their honeymoon in Saratoga with tickets arranged by Vanderbilt’s valet.
Thomas M Kinley Killed on Evansville and Indianapolis Line
Thomas B McKinley a veteran roadmaster on the Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad was killed four miles south of Washington Indiana while supervising a waterway under the track. A bank collapsed pinning him against a post and crushing his head. He was fifty eight and resided in Terre Haute. He was a member of the thirty third degree Masons in Indiana.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ind
McKinley
Evansville
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Indiana
General Miles Reviews Troops at Camp Cleaveland
Gen. Nelson Miles Commander of the Army reviews Troop A of the Third U S Cavalry Light Battery E of the First U S Artillery and the Seventeenth Regiment U S Infantry at Camp Moses Cleaveland with aides Capt. Francis Michler and Capt. B L Teneyck present.
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Cleveland, C
U. S. Cavalry
U.S. Artillery
U. S. Infantry
Camp Moses Cleaveland
Nelson Miles
Francis Michler
B. L. Teneyck
Marching Thro Georgia Willowy Steep and Alberto Travel
The article follows T Willowy Steep and his dog Alberto as they tramp through Lafayette and Trion Georgia on August 3. They seek water and rest amid hot weather. Steep plans to pass the Trion cotton mill the next morning.
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Commercial Tribune
Lafayette
Willowy Steep
Alberto
Trion; Ga
T. Willowy Steep
Crawfish Springs
Steep
Capt. Hill
Trion
Lightning Kills Seventeen Horses Near Franklin
A severe storm in Franklin Indiana struck James Bradley's stock farm six miles south of the city killing seventeen horses instantly. Horses crowded for shelter and many were injured or scattered. Martin Cutsinger lost two horses and stock across the area suffered damage.
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Commercial Tribune
Franklin
Ind
James Bradley
Martin Cutsinger
Sympathetic strike at Brown Hoisting escalates violence fears
In Cleveland on August 8 a mass of non union workers reported to Brown Hoisting Works guarded by four company militia and police amid a sympathetic strike. Eighty seven workers from Van Wagoner and Williams walked out. Leaders threaten arming non unionists if Mayor Michisson refuses. Police deploy militia and arrest several for sidewalk violations while unions pledge to monitor the conflict.
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Cleveland
Brown
Brown Company
van Wagoner and Williams Company
van Wagoner
Michisson
Abbott
Brown’s
Fiv
Hamilton
Belden
Thompson
Central Labor Union
James O'Connell
Brown Com Y
Poe
Grocer’s Home Wrecked After Refusing Credit to Strikers
At 1 am residents heard a blast that partially wrecked the home of Charles A. Seibert in Berba Ohio. Seibert, a grocer, refused credit to striking quarry workers. No injuries reported. Authorities suspect strikers or sympathizers planted dynamite.
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Berba
Charles A. Seibert
Eibert
Six Hundred Men Thrown Out At Rhodes Mills
Rhodes Bros. textile mills on Chester Creek near Philadelphia closed today pending further notice. Over 600 workers affected as demand declines weighs on the textile trade.
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Philadelphia
Rhodes & Bros
Chester Creek
Catse
Mills Resume at Niles. 2000 Men to Return to Work
All rolling mills in Niles Ohio will restart immediately, restoring employment for about two thousand men as of August 3.
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Niles, O
Santa Fe Passenger Trains Collide Near Dean Lake
A Santa Fe No. 1 passenger train collided with east-bound Local No. 18 near Dean Lake Missouri. One person was killed and eight injured as crews rushed to Topeka for treatment. Names include engineer Headly and several passengers with varying injuries. The incident occurred as train No. 1 was delayed awaiting the local, and the wreck happened halfway between Bosworth and Dean Lake.
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Santa Fe
Topeka
Kan
Déan Lake
Rer
John McConnell
Bosworth Mo
John W. Mudec
Rodgers
Smith
Oklahoma
W. I. Morgan
Emporie
Budway
Wells-Fargo Messenger
Ea Barber
Pullman Porter
Chicago
James Hickey
San Jose
Cal
John
Marce
Dean Lake
Bosworth
Death Rather Than Hunger In Columbus Household
On August 3 191? in Columbus Ohio a husband John Beaton reportedly said his family must starve if others do. He was found hanging by a rope from a stable rafters in the same house after his wife Marie Beaton warned of a hard winter. The incident suggests a tragic death linked to poverty and hunger.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Marie Beaton
John
Beaton
Trattner Body Found on Saale in Germany
The shattered fragment reports the body of aeeh Trattner of Germany found on the Saale with unclear details. The notice lacks complete names and dates due to damaged text.
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New York
Aeeh Trattner
Germany
National Chairman Hanna Faces Rival Platt in New York
In New York on Aug 3 1900 key Republican figures gather at headquarters as Hanna meets Platt Hackett and Lauterbach. A conference with Clayton Scott and Gibbs centers factional Virginia tensions while Perkins confirms Hanna will stay through week’s end.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
T. C. Platt
Oriental Hotel
Manhattan Beach
Platt
Hanna
Hackett
Lauterbach
Mr. Platt
Mr. Hackett
State Committee
New Jersey
the Waldorf
Rourke Cochran
McKinley
Messrs
Clayton
Scott and Gibbs
National Executive Committee
National Republican
Virginia
Bowden
Lamb
Assi
Perkins
Striker Drives Talk as Indiana Mines Readied for Trouble
In Sullivan Indiana on August 3 the mining situation remained tense as strikers at Star City and nearby Currysville urged a stoppage. Committees visited workers to push action but failed. Wild threats arose as mine owners prepared for possible trouble amid union pressure.
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Commercial Tribune
Sullivan
Ind
Star City
Currysville
Eere
Burglary Suspect Hangs Self in Kentucky Jail
George Weigel, arrested hours earlier for burglary, hanged himself with a three inch rope in Louisville county jail. He admitted guilt in a store theft and pleaded to be released to avoid imprisonment, saying he wanted money to return to his wife and children in Germany. He was found dead at 5 a.m. after being taken into custody at 3 a.m.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
George Weigel
Germany
Shooting in Huntertown Burglary Spreads to Regimental Hunt
In Huntertown Indiana 17 year old Howard Hall and his father Thomas were shot while pursuing a thief who stole clothes. The suspect fired twice wounding the youth in the right leg and the father in the leg. The Halls returned fire and the thief hid then fled toward a swamp. McAlster’s bloodhounds aided a search as officers from Allen and DeKalb Counties watched closely for the suspected armed man. Neither Hall is believed fatally wounded.
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Commercial Tribune
FT. Wayne
Ind
Huntertown
Howard Hall
Thomas Hall
Young Hall
Hall
Allet
McAlster
Allen
DeKalb
Tarantulas Hatched by Sun in Banana Nest Displayed
About fifty young tarantulas are shown in a Circleville glass case. The spiders hatched in sunlight from eggs found in a banana nest two weeks earlier. The mother tarantula guarded the nest and stung a man named Mack with nearly fatal results while unpacking the fruit.
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Commercial Tribune
Circleville, O
Mack
Fight over a girl ends in deadly shooting in Findlay
Amos Decker aged eighteen shot and killed George Miles aged nineteen during a West Park quarrel over a girl. A pursuing crowd and reinforced police closed in, as the arson suspect’s father and two brothers were brought to town amid tense town-wide pursuit and anger.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay
West Park
Amos Decker
George Miles
Decker
West Rk
Acre
Hese
Cockran Urges Democratic Unity and McKinley Opposition
Bourke Cockran favored a possible third Democratic ticket but urged a united front against Bryan. He argued for a substantial opposition in Congress and a new organization to defend Democratic principles, while stressing a representative Democratic convention could decide the best path.
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New York
Bourke Cockran
Chicago
Bryan
Congress
McKinley
Atrest
Democratic Party
Bogus Money in His House
Ex convict Geo Johnson was arrested at Coalton by Cincinnati Detective William Black on counterfeiting charges. Johnson offered to join in making counterfeit money and showed three quarters as samples. A search of his cabin revealed coins hidden in a powder can under ashes. he was jailed and likely to plead guilty.
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Geo. Johnson
Coalton
Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Wm. Black
George Johnson
Black
Johnson
Johinson
John
Dan McCloud
W . Ee Een
Moore Brothers Fail as Diamond Match Speculation Ends
Chicago marks the Moore Brothers failure ending a dramatic run in Diamond Match and New York Biscuit stocks. The Chicago Stock Exchange adjourned for an indefinite period after margin calls could not be met, aiming to limit further losses and restore confidence amid the largest local speculative surge.
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Chicago
New York
Moore Brothers
Chicago Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange Governing Committee
J. H. Moore
Stock Exchange
The
the Exchange
Diamond Match Company
Exchange
James H. Moore
William H. Moore
Bears
Moores
Sharp
Loweok
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