Charges Filed Against Urbana Officials in Rioting Case
Attorney General Monnett filed in the Ohio Supreme Court a petition seeking removal of Urbana Sheriff McLain and accusing Mayor Ganson of failing to disperse a 300 strong mob during rioting on June 3 and 4 1897. The petition alleges no effort to arrest rioters or call in troops.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Monnett
Supreme Court
Sheriff McLain
Ganson
Urbana
Cailed
Guardian Appointed in 1893 Murder Case of Lou Klein
Probate Court names Anton Keller guardian for two Klein children aged 12 and 6 after their father William Klein was killed in his Brightwood home in 1893. The scene included alleged motive over life insurance, an all-day murder, and the mother Lou Klein’s troubling movements with the children, who were finally placed with their uncle Keller.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Anton Keller
Belle
William Klein
Brightwood
Big Four
Lou Klein
Klein
Massachusetts Avenue
Keller
Empire Block
Ellerton
Mr. Keller
Eucharistic Congress to gather 400 clergy at Notre Dame
South Bend Ind August 3 The great American Eucharistic Congress meets at Notre Dame University August 17 to 19 under Bishop Maes Covington Ky. It will bring about 400 prelates and priests from across the country to the annual convention Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati and fourteen other notable church dignitaries have signified they will attend including Bishops Watterson Hoerstman Rademacher Jaensens Spaulding and Maes.
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Commercial Tribune
South Bend
Ind
Washington, D. C
Notre Dame University
Maes
Covington
Elder
Cincinnati
Watterson
Columbus
Hoerstman
Cleveland
Rademacher
Wayne
Richter
Grand Rapids
Jaensens
Belleville
Spaulding
Peoria
Coyington
Florist Husband Linked to New Jersey Woman’s Death
Lizzie Schurman was found dead with a bullet in her head at their cottage near Secaucus New Jersey. Frederick Schurman, a Secaucus florist, waited until noon to notify Hoboken police claiming he slept in another room and heard no shot. His wife had earlier caused a disturbance at Union Hill accusing him of infidelity.
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New York
Lizzie Schurman
Secaucus
N. J
Frederick Schurman
Hoboken
Schurman
Union Hill
Hebron Indiana Named Healthiest Spot in U.S.
Hebron Indiana population 700 boasts two years with no deaths inside town limits. The Valparaiso dispatch notes forty five residents over age seven remain alive, highlighting the town’s health record and small community vitality.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Hebron
United States
British tramp Forter crew saved after lifeboat ordeal
The Forter, a steel steamer built at Stocim in 1889 formerly named the L, was abandoned in a sinking condition July 27 after a leak and gale. The crew of twenty one were rescued by the British steamer Sagamore near lat 50 50 north long 3W and brought to Boston.
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Boston
Liverpool
Forter
Furtor
J. D. Jenkins
West Bay
N. S
Barry
Wales
St. John's
Sagamore
Stocim
Klondike interests rise as capital backs Yukon digs
In Tacoma Washington on August 3 reports note capitalists showing interest in Yukon placers and plans to deploy mining machinery. Labor shortages in the Northwest push workers to seek fortunes elsewhere while miners hold to pay thresholds as year round digging expands even ground previously unpaying.
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Tacoma
Wash
Klondike
Yukon
Northwest
Northern Pacific Company
North
Alaska
Shot Through a Boy's Hand Three Fatal Accidents at Steubenville
In Steubenville Ohio on August 3 Robert Nolan aged 11 playing with a 22 caliber revolver discharged it the bullet pierced his hand and struck John Maley aged 11 in the chest killing him. Earlier at Dinsmore Tunnel east of town Robert Taylor was killed while attempting to jump from a Panhandle freight. Last night Thomas Welsh returning from a berrying trip was killed instantly when he jumped from an east bound freight in front of a westbound passenger train near the station.
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Commercial Tribune
Steubenville
Robert Nolan
John Maley
Dinsmore Tunnel
Here
Robert Taylor
Thomas Welsh
Judge Jackson Celebrates Long Service Anniversary
Special Dispatch from Parkersburg West Virginia notes Judge John J. Jackson the longest serving United States District Judge in the nation marks thirty six years on the bench. Appointed by President Lincoln on August 3 1861 he receives congratulations from all sections.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John J. Jackson
United States
Lincoln
Three August 1 Birthdays In One Family
Parkersburg West Virginia reports William C Ferrel of this city welcomed a girl baby born Sunday and is now father to three children all born on August 1 in different years.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
William C. Ferrel
Large Ross family reunion in Blanchester
In Blanchester Ohio on August 3 a large reunion of the descendants of George and Nancy Ross was held at the home of the oldest son Jack. The mother, age 82, attended with nearly 100 descendants present.
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Commercial Tribune
Blanchester
George
Nancy Ross
Jack
President McKinley Reviews Infantry at Plattsburg Parade
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley watched the U.S. infantry review from the Hotel Champlain balcony as about 1,000 townspeople observed the parade. The regimental bicycle corps drew applause before the Twenty-first Band's concert. Governor Grout and Senator Proctor plan to join for Isle La Motte events via steamer Maquan on August 6 near Fisk's home for a Game League meeting.
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McKinley
Fisk
Vermont
John W. Titcomb
Vermont Fish and Game League
Game League
Isle la Motte
Grout
Proctor
Lath
Maquan
Easy Route to Klondike via Copper River Proposal
Civil engineer J G C Lewis of Salem Oregon claims a short low cost route to the Klondike from the Copper River mouth. He suggests navigation by small steamers upstream to Chillyna River then a highway or railroad through Low Pass to the White River valley and into the Yukon toward the Klondike gold fields.
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Washington
Klondike
Interior Department
J. G. C. Lewis
Salem
Ore
Copper River
Miles Glacier
Prince Williams Sound
Chillyna River
Chillyna
Lewis
Scoldi Pass
White River
Yukon
Travelers' Insurance Bars Klondike Risk in Chicago
The Chicago agent for Travelers' Insurance Company reports instructions from Hartford not to insure anyone traveling to the Klondike region. The firm cites extreme hazard and the impracticality of settling claims due to difficult death investigations.
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Chicago
Travelers’ Insurance Company
Hartford, Conn
Klondike
Miners Fight Turns Fatal in West Virginia Strike
In Corinth Ohio Valley Italian miner Joseph Giovanni died from brutal beating by Hungarian strikers at Oakland Coal and Coke mine. Five Italians attempted to work, were assaulted by about fifty Hungarians. four escaped with injuries. Sheriff reports Hungarians crossed into Maryland threatening more violence.
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Commercial Tribune
Corinth
W. Va
Joseph Giovanni
Oakland Coal & Coke Company
William McLaughlin
Wilson
Hne
Maryland
Major James F. Gregory Buried at Arlington
The body of Major James F. Gregory of the Corps of Engineers will arrive in Washington at 6:47 a.m. from Cincinnati and be buried at Arlington beside General Sheridan. A cavalry troop and the Sixth Cavalry Band from Ft. Meyer will escort the funeral from the Virginia end of the aqueduct bridge. Honorary pallbearers include Colonels Mackenzie Allen and Bingham and Captains Goethals Mills and Burr.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
James F. Gregory
Corps of Engineers
Cincinnati
Arlington
Sheridan
Sixth Cavalry
Ft. Meyer
Virginia
Aqueduct Bridge
Engineer Corps
Alexander Mackenzie
Chas. V. Allen
Theodore A. Bingham
George W. Goethals
John Mills
Edward Burr
Alleged Confession in Prevost Poisoning Case
A Tonawanda report claims Edward H Prevost was poisoned for a life policy worth 7000 dollars. A man and woman testified before officials that they heard a confession by one of three suspects. They allege an autopsy was faked as doctors removed the victim’s intestines and replaced them with cotton sheets and pillowcases before sewing.
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Edward Prevost
Hopkins
Ryan
Albert R. Smith
Shot In His Field Near Maysville
In Maysville Kentucky this morning E H Robinson shot and mortally wounded John Jones as Jones attacked with a rifle. Jones had threatened Robinson after a prior arrest over detaining the farmer’s wife. Robinson surrendered after the fatal shooting.
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Commercial Tribune
Maysville
E. H. Robinson
John Jones
Jones
Robinson
Gas burns a thrasher on broken main farm name local
Gas escaping from a broken surface main on Taylor Hogg’s farm near Kokomo exploded when the thrashing engine discharged the fire. Engineer Myron Kelly was badly burned. Frank Brown and Jerome Malosh were injured. The thrashing machine and fuel fire were consumed.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Taylor Hogg
Myron Kelly
Frank Brown
Jerome Malosh
Biggest Fountain at Soldiers' Monument Floats 7,000 GPM
Indianapolis August 3 The largest fountain in the world was turned on at 2 PM for a one hour test. Two cascades under construction at the base of the soldiers' monument are designed for 7,000 gallons per minute each, far surpassing Versailles 80,000 gallons per hour.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Soldiers’ Monument
Versailles
Fought Assault VictimGoes Blank Minds Near Parkersburg
William Fought, beaten months ago while with a young woman near Davisville, arrived in Parkersburg with a memory loss and impaired sight. He cannot recall the past, though his health remains sound. Bert Hickman and Steve Weekley, named suspects, still await trial.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
William Fought
Davisville
Bert Hickman
Steve Weekley
Buried in molten lava five hundred killed at Mayon
Five hundred reported killed by July 1 in the Mayon eruption on Luzon in the Philippines. Ashes and lava surged June 24 with flames towering over 100 feet. By July 8, dispatches warned the death toll could reach thousands as lava streams and ash engulf Bacacay Liboy and Malipot and many hinterland towns.
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Tacoma
Wash
Mayon
Luzon
Hong Kong
Bacacay
Malipot
Liboy
Immigrant Armand detained as U S decides landing fate
August Armand, a Belgian who arrived on the Maasdam, is held by immigration authorities while the Secretary of the Treasury weighs whether he may land. His wife accuses him of bad character and urging immorality for support. Armand was once a Catholic missionary, later left the church and married. She claims he sold their Kansas City baby and threatened violence to keep her supporting him.
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New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Armand
Maasdam
Africa
Egypt
France
Dubois
Galveston
Tex
Kansas City
Antitoxin Success Reported For Tetanus Patient
At Emergency Hospital doctors tested tetanus antitoxin on Richard Curtis who stepped on a nail and developed lockjaw symptoms. After injection into the side the man remained quiet and spasms began to ease, with improving prospects.
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Washington
Richard Curtis
State Sunday School Convention Opens in Parkersburg
PARKERSBURG W Va Aug 3 The State Sunday School Convention will begin its annual sessions here on Wednesday and continue until Friday The indications are that the attendance will be very large and as it is interdenominational all sects will doubtless be represented.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Drowning of Three Boys in River Bathing Incident
In St. Louis on August 3, Louis Alleman Willie Schuen and Eddie Johnson aged 9 to 15 drowned while bathing in the river last night.
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ST. Louis
Brothers fight to decide burial after father’s death
In Columbia South Carolina on August 3 Wicker Smith of Newberry County died yesterday. His two sons Walter and Howard argued over the burial place and clashed with blows and knives. Walter was stabbed seven times and Howard severely shot. both were at the point of death.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbia
8. C
Wicker Smith
Newberry County
Walter
Howard
Birth of Craven heir in England linked to Cornelia Martin
News from Newport reports the birth of a son and heir to the Earl and Countess of Craven in England. The Countess is Cornelia Martin formerly Miss Cornelia Martin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bradley Martin.
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Newport
R. I
England
Earl
Countess of Craven
Cornelia Martin
Bradley Martin
Oil price cut lowers Lima barrels to 41 43 cents
The Standard Oil Company reduced Lima oil prices today by one cent per barrel. North Lima now 41 cents, South Lima and Indiana district 43 cents per barrel.
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Commercial Tribune
Lima, O
Standard Oil Company
Lima Oil
North Lima
South Lima
Indiana District
Record Wheat Flood Sets Kansas City Transport Mark
Flood of wheat moved through Kansas City on August 2 with exactly 832 cars, a city record. Railroads report a shortage of available cars as shipments surge.
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Kansas City
Turkish Fleet Sails for Crete Amid Crete Crisis
A Turkish naval division of seven warships led by Hari Pasha sails toward Crete. Foreign admirals plan to oppose landing Turkish reinforcements in Crete, prompting fears of clash in Cretan waters. Ismail Bey, the Turkish governor, rejects the foreign decision to halt reinforcement efforts.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Hari Pasha
Crete
Cretan
Ismael Bey
Porte
Tribesmen Prepared to Scale Fort Chakdara Walls
Dispatch from Simla reports that the Chitral garrison and relieving force under General Blood suffered limited casualties. Lt Rattray was wounded, seven native British soldiers killed, and thirty-five wounded. Six thousand tribesmen with ladders were routed by Colonel Merklejohn’s column.
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Bombay
Simla
Ft. Chakdara
Chitral
Rattray
Merklejohn
Bechuanaland Uprising Collapses
In Bechuanaland the native uprising has collapsed. Chiefs Toto and Lukajaujos with thousands of followers have surrendered to British authorities in Cape Town reporting.
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Cape Town
Bechuanaland
Toto
Lukajaujos
Riot in Tetuan Wounds Several in Private Dispute
Disturbances erupted yesterday at Tetuan near Madrid as rioters opened fire during a private dispute. Several persons were wounded in the unrest.
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Madrid
Tetuan
Murder trials put off for fall in West Virginia
Parkersburg dispatch reports Erwin Brown awaiting murder trial for Emanuel Cruil. case continued to October term at Harrisville. Leah Eckhardt and son Frank Eckhardt charged with poisoning Abraham Eckhardt. proceedings likewise continued to fall term.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Erwin Brown
Emanuel Cruil
Harrisville
Leah Eckhardt
Frank
Abraham Eckhardt
Fire destroys Canton hardware store in blaze
Fire today leveled the hardware store once owned by C C Snyder now in receivership after O W Meyers lamp in oil cellar exploded. Meyers escaped with minor injuries as firemen fought five hours to limit the fire to the store. Several firefighters were hurt by glass and a volunteer named William Merriman broke his leg. Loss around 50000 dollars, fully insured.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
O. W. Meyers
Meyers
William Merriman
Wage Agreement Reached in Youngstown Pact Ends By July 1898
The wage conference signed a one year scale by President Garland for the Amalgamated Association and Secretary Nutt for the manufacturers. Puddlers get $4 per ton with 10 percent cuts for finishers except muck rollers who keep 1896-97 pay. Roughers accept a 7 1/2 percent reduction. Mills will restart Monday.
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Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
Garland
Amalgamated Association
Nutt
man sues railroad for damages after prairie schooner collision
John Thomas Warner files suit in Blackford Circuit Court seeking 1900 damages from L. E. and W. Railroad after a passenger train struck his prairie schooner killing his team and injuring him while traveling from Galveston to Heilkhart County. He says he lost his wife in a similar crash in St Louis recently.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Lawford City
Ind
John Thomas Warner
Blackford
L., E. & W. Railroad Company
Warner
Prairie Schooner
Galveston
Tex
Heilkhart County
St. Louis
Akron 13 Year Old Hangs Self With Hose to Die
George Young a thirteen year old son of a respected Akron family committed death by his own action this morning by hanging himself with a rubber hose. He stretched the hose to tighten the noose and pulled up his feet to strangulate slowly. No apparent cause for the act was found.
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Akron
George Young
Craze Over Electric Shock Forces Man Into Asylum
Judson D Ellett of Alliance Ohio struck by a loose trolley live wire while aiding a fallen horse. The shock left him unconscious and weeks later he went insane, violent and unmanageable. Authorities plan to admit him to Toledo asylum with his wife and child nearby.
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Commercial Tribune
Alliance, CO
Judson D. Elle
Vine Street
Alliance Street Railway Company
Ellett
Toledo
Heart Pierced as Gaspar Lived 24 Hours After Stabbing
Bethleem Pa August 8 The post mortem on Stephen Gaspar the Hungarian murdered by Andrew Smaydo showed Gaspar lived over twenty four hours with a wound in the heart caused by Smaydo s knife. A three eighths inch wound pierced a rib and a three pound blood clot filled the left lung cavity.
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Commercial Tribune
Bethleem
Stephen Gaspari
Andrew Smaydo
Gaspar
Smaydo
Kentucky Distillers Oppose Bottling Bill Date
Kentucky distillers filed objections to a bond and bottling bill with Internal Revenue Collector Johnson. They argue whisky cannot be bottled within a calendar day and require a two day window for resting and settling, plus concerns that branding each bottle with the distiller’s name is impractical for preserving brands.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Kentucky
Cochran
Kentucky Distillers’ Association
Corner in Cotton Holds 9000 Bales at Allen-West Firm
The St Louis market shows 9682 bales in store with over 9000 held by Allen West Commission. Middling cottons sit around 71 to 76 cents with buyers scarce as the year-end season ends. James Allen denies a corner, noting scarce spot cotton from New Orleans to St Louis and aged, well seasoned stock.
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Special Dispatch Tog Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Allen-West Commission Company
Cotton Exchange
James Allen
New Orleans
Man sobs in court as life term for wife murder stays
Wilmington Delaware August 3 The stay of execution for James Harvey was overruled and he remains sentenced to life in the penitentiary for the murder of his wife Ida. He sobbed in court as the sentence was reaffirmed and will be moved to the penitentiary tomorrow to consult on appeals in November.
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Commercial Tribune
Wilmington
James Harvey
Ida
Harvey
Attornneys
Stresm
Peisoner
Freight wreck on Eris road leaves conductor fatally injured
In Wooster Ohio on August 3 a freight train broke at Burbank and two sections collided wrecking two cars. Conductor Sholis in the caboose suffered a fatal skull fracture. A brakeman also sustained two broken ribs marking his fifth wreck survived by Sholis.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster, O
Eris Road
Burbank
Sholis
Caboose
Troops Deployed as Riots Threat Looms in Mines
Soldiers prepared to intervene as striking miners maintain peaceful posture. Authorities urge calm while workers press for concessions. The tense standoff centers on a mining region with potential for renewed unrest among crews and management.
Public Sympathy Grows as Mine Strikers Add Recruits
In Pittsburgh the strike gains energy as workers from the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company join the pickets. Camps at Turtle Creek Plum Creek and Sandy Creek near 2000 strikers, with plans for a large Thursday night rally led by Eugene V. Dobbs and Mary G. Jones. Officers say peace and order, with potential state troop involvement unlikely.
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Pittsburg
New York and Cleveland Company
Sandy Creek
Turtle Creek
Plum Creek
Camp Determination
New York
Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Plum
de Armitt
Eugene V. Dobbs
Mary G. Jones
Ford
Sheriff Lowry
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Bushnell
Mayor Ganson
Throop
State of
Ohio
Archbishop Elder
Steuben
Ville, O
Judge Jackson
Champlain
Isle la
Motte
Miner
Gregory
Tonawanda, N. Y
E. H. Prevost
Farmer
Volcano Mayon
Phillipine Islands
Earl of Craven
Turkey
the Eckhardts
Judson Ellett
Stephen Gaspar
Mound City
Collector Ohliger Ml
Wooster
L. P. Ohliger
Internal Revenue
Seventeenth
Dolan
West Virginia
W. J. Brennen
Justice Semmens
Sol Schoyer
Homestead
John A. Wiley
New York and Cleveland Gas and Coal Company
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