No German Crisis Denial on Hohenlohe Resignation
Berlin reports deny Prince Hohenlohe's resignation as Imperial Chancellor. The piece notes his Ilhemshohe visit aimed to report East affairs while discussing German measures curbing Russian imports, and cites Russian and Austrian retaliations, with broader tensions over Nihilist activity and a looming family of political shifts in Europe.
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Berlin
Neuste Nachrichten
Munich
Hohenlohe
Ilhelmshohe
William
Russia
Novoe Vvremya
Killed Beside a Train Near Robbins Tennessee
Special Dispatch reports Charley Allen age 22 and Edward Alexander age 24, both Black, were shot and killed near the caboose of Cincinnati Southern train No 31 at Robbins Tennessee about 6 pm. Conductor Woody and the end crew are under arrest charged with murder and to have a hearing Monday before Squire Lew Alen. The shooter is said to have escaped. Both victims died of heart shots and were reportedly intoxicated. no witness can explain the tragedy.
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Commercial Tribune
Chattanooga
Tenn
Charley Allen
Edward Alexander
Robbins
Cincinnati Southern
Woody
Squire Lew Alen
Nepay Ytee
Evangelist Geo Barnes to Lead Daviess County Baptists
The Mountain Evangelist out of Princeton Ky notes Rev Geo Barnes the evangelist will conduct activities in the region. Daviess County Baptist Association, possibly the largest in the world, convenes next week at a church in McLean County.
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Princeton
Geo
Barnes
Gelist
Accom Iyer
Europe
Daviess County Association
Baptist Association
McLean County
Young couple elopes from Danville to Jeffersonville
John Yeager aged eighteen son of William W Yeager and Mary Erwin aged sixteen daughter of Mrs Mary Erwin eloped to Jeffersonville Indiana this morning returned home tonight and were forgiven. The only exception to their marriage was their
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Commercial Tribune
Danville
John Yeager
William W. Yeager
Mary Erwin
Jeffersonville
Ind
Captured in Cincinnati David Worthington Turned Over
David Worthington, who tried to kill John McGarvey with a pocket knife in Wellston Ohio two years ago, was captured in Cincinnati where he worked in a cracker factory. Edward Summers, the marshal, brought him to Jackson County Sheriff for the October term to face an indictment for intent to kill. Worthington confessed after identification, and his wife and two children live at 234 Court Street Cincinnati.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamden
David Worthington
John McGarvey
Wellston
Cincinnati
Edward Summers
Thigh City
Jackson County
McGarvey
Worthington
Court Street
Highwayman Attack In Brown Township Leaves Man Scarred
DeWitt Lott of Brown Township Delaware Ohio was attacked Friday night near 8 by a highwayman who struck with a club. Lott repelled the assault with his arm then fatally struck at the robber with his pocketknife. The attacker fled and Lott found his arm smeared with blood but no visible wound. He believed he had wounded the assailant.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware, O
DeWitt Lott
Brown Township
Lott
Famous Patrones ses at Richmond Baby Show
Prizes at the Richmond Indiana fair baby show will be named for Mrs. Grover Cleveland Mrs. William McKinley and Mrs. W J Bryan A letter from Mrs Bryan dated August 1 1896 in Lincoln Nebraska grants permission for her name but declines involvement in judging The note expresses understanding of the intense feeling around such events.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
W. J. Bryan
Derby farmer dies twice in 24 hours at Caney Creek
West Liberty Kentucky reports 65 year old farmer John Day revived from a five hour trance after burial clothes and a casket were prepared. He later died again at 4 a m the following day and was buried despite initial signs of life.
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Commercial Tribune
West Liberty
John Day
Caney Creek
resigning secretary smith faces asks and crowd in chicago
Special Dispatch reports Hoke Smith’s resignation is with President Cleveland and may be accepted before the campaign. A Chicago audience greeted the Nebraska Kid at 7:45 p m with a large Bryan demonstration and crowd scenes near the Rock Island depot.
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Commercial
Washington
Hoke Smith
Cleveland
Smith
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
The
Platte
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Road
Bryan
Rock Island
Church Services and Railroad Journey Noted
The notice states services Sunday morning at a city church with the party present. Afterward the group will travel quietly by the Pennsylvania Railroad to Pittsburg at 11:30 p.m. The day aside from this will be spent without demonstration.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Bryan to Pass Editorship of World Herald
Omaha editor C. M. Hitchcock notes that after six years of advocating silver coinage and political change, W. J. Bryan will leave the World Herald to take a higher national role in New York. R. L. Metcalfe will assume the editor’s duties.
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Omaha
Neb
W. J. Bryan
World Herald
Chicago
Bryan
New York
R. L. Metcalfe
Iapocine ‘Oar
Orld Herald
C. M. Hitchcock
Bryan reception planned for Fort Wayne Depot
In Valparaiso Indiana on August 8 Democrats Populists and free silverites plan a reception for Hon William Jennings Bryan at the Ft Wayne Depot at a.m. a committee traveled to Chicago to persuade him to speak.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Ind
W. Z. Bryan
Ft. Wayne
A.m
Chicago
Ohio State Museum unearthed bone and relics near Brush Creek
The Ohio State University Museum party reports rich archaeological finds in eastern Brush Creek country. More than thirty complete skeletons and numerous ornaments weapons and utensils were uncovered across earthworks including fortified villages animal effigy mounds and burial grounds. The short head race linked to Serpent Mound appears to have inhabited villages in Bratton Township. The survey will continue to expand the collection and data on these aboriginal Ghioans.
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Commercial Tribune
Pehables
Ohio State University Museum
Putnam
Bratton Township
Brush Creek
Tin Plate Workmen Refuse 15 Percent Cut at Elwood
Workers reject a fifteen per cent wage cut and demand a signed scale at Elwood Indiana. The Amalgamated Association vows to support the strike and says non union operations will start within ten days, with the Indianapolis steel plate mill also moving to non union.
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Elwood
Commercial Tribune
Ind
Garland
Amalgamated Association
Mill Committee
American Tin Plate Company
Indianapolis
Breckinridge for Senator and Congressional Race Talk
Ex Representative Thomas W. Field of Woodford County says Col Breckinridge likely will not run for Congress this year noting his strained finances. The piece discusses potential senatorial prospects and how Breckinridge could win Democratic support if he stays out of Lindsay’s seat race.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Thomas W. Field
Woodford County
Col. Breckinridge
Congress
Kentucky
Blackburn
Lindsay
Weeeridge
Murderers Sentenced in Sandusky Court Hangs Frank Tierney
In Sandusky Ohio Frank Tierney, age twenty one, was sentenced by Judge Kelly to be hanged on November twenty seven for the murder of Frank Hupman. Bernard Daly pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a life sentence. Joseph Harris and another burglar were each condemned to five years in the state penitentiary.
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Commercial Tribune
Sandusky, C
Common Pleas Court
Kelly
Frank Tierney
Frank Hupman
Bernard Daly
Conesa Ee
Joeenyan Chet Harris
Reverend Brown Denies Paying Woman to Leave City
Chicago August 8 Rev. C. C. Brown formerly of San Francisco denies the claim by Mrs. Tunnel that he gave money to force her departure to stack the odds in his recent trial over alleged immoral conduct.
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Rev. C. C. Brown
Mrs. Tunnel
San Francisco
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
C. C. Brown
Accused Murderer Henderson Jones Crowded by Mob in Kentucky
Henderson Jones was arrested in Clay County and brought to Lancaster jail after allegedly shooting farmer William Cumley during a cattle dispute. As word spread, a mob gathered and lynching threats arose, prompting authorities to plan a morning transfer to Richmond for safety.
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Lancaster
Taylor Sanders
Henry Whitehead
Henderson Jones
Clay County
Jones
Wm. Cumley
Richmond
Letter From James W Bradbury Backs Sound Money Stand
Indianapolis dispatch reports a letter from Maine Senator James W Bradbury aged ninety two urging support for the sound money ticket at the Maine Democratic convention. The letter criticizes the Chicago platform and silver policy while urging preservation of a core Democratic faction.
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James Ware Bradbury
Maine
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Sound Money
United States
U.S. Senate
Daniel Webster
Hannibal Hamlin
Train Ride Theft Attempt Ends With Conductor Fired Upon
In Vanceburg Kentucky two local men William Slater and Perry Morgan boarded a freight to ride to Greenup. Conductor Miller ordered them off at Quincy. Slater fired a revolver at the conductor. Both suspects waived examination and were jailed.
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Commercial Tribune
Vanceburg
William Slater
Perry Morgan
Greenup
Quincy
Miller
Slater
Civic Federation Uncovers Major Swindling Ring in Chicago
The Civic Federation with postal inspectors says a large swindle netted about 750000 in the past year. The gang ran a stock and grain commission business and boasted fictitious mining stocks under changing firm names. Members W H McClure James F McClure Dr Jas Craig Wm A Thomas John I Tolman are in custody or sought. calls to arrest others are pending.
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Chicago
Civic Federation
John Hill, Jr
Board of Trade
W. H. McClure
James F. McClure
II & Co
Pattison & Ae Te Ae & Co
Jo I. Tolerican & Com
Bryan's Suit Against City Council Appeals to Supreme Court
W J Bryan's suit to stop $247 500 in gold refunding bonds was appealed to the state Supreme Court from Lincoln Nebraska The bonds were sold to Elmer Stephenson The restraining order was made permanent by Judge E P Holmes Stephenson now chairs the Republican County Committee and appeals the case.
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Commercial Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Supreme Court
Elmer Stephenson
Bryan
E. P. Holmes
Stephenson
Republican County Committee
Bryan Keeps Busy Addressing Curious Crowds
The Democratic Populist presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan spoke to large crowds at Des Moines Newton Grinnell Iowa City Davenport and towns along the route in Illinois as his train stopped. He addressed listeners from dawn until the train moved on in a non stop whistle stop tour.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Platte
Des Moinés
Newton
Grinnell
Iowa City
Davenport
Illinois
McKinley Deluged By Callers As September Acceptance Looms
Gov. McKinley remains overwhelmed by visitors and delays issuing his acceptance letter. He rested briefly after a drive with his wife and dinner with his mother at the McKinley home with family and James Boyle. Notables arriving in Canton include Joseph P. Smith, Major Charles Dick, James D. Bowen, Guy V. Henry, and Dawes, who head to Chicago for campaign events.
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Canton
Charles Dick
Ohio State Republican Committee
Chicago
Cantona
McKinley
Chica Coedent
Hanna
Chical Commission
James D. Bowen
House of Representatives
Iowa
Guy V. Henry
United States Army
Republicans Hold Lively Meeting in Winchester Bank Opera House
Republicans in Winchester Ohio held a large enthusiastic gathering at the Bank Opera House. Congressman Lucien J. Fenton Captain T C Downey and Dr A Noble spoke. A McKinley and Hobart Club was organized with Dr Arthur Noble named president.
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Winchester
Bank Opera House
Lucien J. Fenton
T. C. Downey
A. Noble
McKinley and
Hobart
Arthur Noble
McKinley Club Organizes 70 Members in Kokomo
In Kokomo Indiana the McKinley Club organized with George E Hopkins as president and plans to grow to 1200 members at tonight’s meeting. In Greentown a county club formed with 350 members amid a local glass factory context.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
McKinley Club
George E. Hopkins
Greentown
Greentown Glass Factory
Clw
Zanesville Youths Reported To Marry In Newport
Zanesville Ohio August reports say Wade Kennedy son of the late Pension Examiner Dr J K Kennedy and Miss Blanche Bainter daughter of ex Sheriff Charles N Bainter were married in Newport after a license was taken out Sheriff Bainter doubts the marriage and seeks confirmation The couple are both nineteen years old and were among Zanesville excursionists to Cincinnati.
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Commercial Tribune
Zanesvillee
Zanesville
Cincinnati
Wade Kennedy
Pension Examiner
J. K. Kennedy
Blanche Bainter
Charles N. Bainter
Bainter
Kennedy
Newport
Commer Tribune
Dispatch
May Lock Up Stock Plan to Pull Diamond Biscuit Out
In Chicago on August 8 a plan emerges to place Diamond and Biscuit stock in trust, likely with Northern Trust Company, for one year. The arrangement aims to support loans and stabilize control as Moore failure developments move toward a defined outcome.
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Diamond Match and Biscuit Companies
Chicago
Moore
Corp
Northern Trust Company
Has the President Fled The Lake City Bank Failure
The Lake Corn Bank of East Chicago Indiana failed and its Press fled with assets running into thousands. A receiver has been appointed to the institution. Losses are not expected to be large.
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CHP Ags
Lake Corn Bank
East Chicago
Ind
Press
Politician Seeks Democratic Nomination Satirized Over Free Silver
In Indianapolis on August 8 a Democratic Congressional hopeful mocked free silver policy while a rival argued wheat prices fell due to a 1873 crime. The exchange centered on gold bugs and the repeal of supply and demand laws once in power.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Bryan s Own Precinct McKinley Victory Prediction
Lincoln Republicans estimate McKinley will carry Lancaster County and Bryan will lose in his own precinct and ward. The committee cites past margins, notes strong McKinley support in South Pass and University areas, and uses careful poll methods to map Bryan strength.
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Commercial Tribune
Lincoln
Neb
Lancaster County Central Committee
Bryan
Caster County
Majors
Mas. McKinley
South Pass
McKinley
Bentley
Ina University
Prohibitionist
Race War in Arkansas Claims Black Laborers
In Polk County Arkansas a deadly clash erupts on the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf Railway grading site near Horatio. White laborers backed by townspeople raid a camp of black workers, killing three and wounding eight. Many black laborers flee the county as leaders are arrested and fear of further violence grows.
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Texarekana
Ark
Polk County
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf
Horati Ark
Eer
St. Louis Endures Severe Heat Wave With Prostrations
Chicago to St Louis report a blistering heat wave peaking at 100 degrees with 46 percent humidity. Dozens collapsed daily with several deaths. morgue capacity strained and horses dying from heat. Nighttime suffering grows as families shelter on sidewalks and in doorways while public ice supplies arrive from northern warehouses.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Charles Franke
Louis Fink
John BA
Mary Hecker
D. CA
Eliza
Martin Wall
John Winn
Webster
Evansville Sizzles as Heat Wave Hits Three Days
Evansville Indiana endures a three day heat wave with temperatures above 102 degrees in the shade. Officials report health strains including heat related incidents and two deaths linked to the heat as the torrid spell sweeps through the region.
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EvansVille
Ind
Hottest Day of the Year Strikes New York City
New York reports its hottest day of the year with temperatures from 8 to 102 and hundreds of prostrations. The East Side suffers many deaths among the poor while over 30 horses have collapsed in harness since morning.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
East Side
South Bend Hit by Extreme Heat Wave of August
South Bend endured 97 degrees at 11 o clock rising to 102 and then 14 in the shade as heat persisted. Four horses suffered sunstroke downtown and the South Bend Chill en Plow Works paused operations with other shops closing due to the unbearable heat. Recent rains offered little relief and officials warned residents to guard against heat illness.
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Commercial Tribune
South Bend
Ind
Heat Wave Claims One Life and Four Prostrations in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on August 8 a heat wave caused one death and four prostrations within 24 hours. Theodore Haase, former Allegheny alderman, collapsed at home and died within minutes. A man from New York Province and another unnamed resident suffered severe heat distress amid oppressive humidity.
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Pittsburg
Theodore Haase
Allegheny
Mamed Ee
New York
Nicholas
Aed
Mighland Park
Bat
Heat Wave Records Bakes Kansas City Region
Kansas City Missouri and surrounding area endured a brutal heat wave with temperatures reported between 103 and 108 degrees. Officials noted the hottest day Kansas City has experienced, with several cases of heat-related distress and unusual conditions reported citywide.
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Kansas City
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