Indecision and upheaval as Canovas assassination shocks Spain
In Madrid the Liberal Sagasta says politics should not depend on an assassin while Conservatives may stay in power under Campos Pidal and Elduayen. The Canovas funeral is set for Thursday with remains in state. Repression laws may extend nationwide and Azcarraga gains prestige amid doubts over Conservative unity.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Marshal Campos
Senor Pidal
Senor Elduayen
Senor Canovas
Barcelona
Canovas
Azcarraga
Cuban Junta reacts to Canovas assassination in Madrid
At Cuban Junta HQ Delegate Estrada Palma weighs Canovas murder as a political act and notes Cubans condemn the deed while saying it may aid their cause. He predicts Palavieja or Weyler successors and insists Cubans seek absolute independence despite the tragedy. The roomfully expressed condemnation of the Italian anarchist.
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New York
Junta Today
Estrada Palma
Canovas
Cuba
Weyler
Silvala
Palma
Cuban Junta member comments after Canovas assassination
Fidel G. Pierra of the Cuban Junta says he does not favor assassination and expresses sympathy for Canovas del Castillo’s family. He warns the act could spark further chaos, predicts Don Carlos may seize the throne, and doubts Spain’s new government will concede independence to Cuba without pressure.
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New York
Fidel G. Pierra
Canovas
Canovas d el Castillo
Don Carlos
Spain
Martinez Campos
Weyler
Cuban insurgents gain from anticipated Spain crisis
Senor Betanco, a Cuban insurgent representative, says Spain's political situation will become critical, benefiting Cuban insurgents. A Grenoble gathering of Spanish refugees featured a speaker predicting that anarchists would soon...
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Paris
Senor Betanco
Spain
Grenoble
Capial
Department of Isere
Anarchists Arrests Heighten Tension After Threats
Police watch anarchist hideouts after threats of avenging a debt with blood. Three arrests made today with more expected as authorities intensify the crackdown on the group.
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Senor Canovas
Assassination of Spain's Prime Minister by Italian anarchist
Madrid reports the killing of Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo by Michele Angine Gelli, an Italian anarchist. Gelli, 25, born near Naples, waited for a clear shot at Santa Agueda baths, confessed to acting under orders from an anarchist network, and killed the statesman after mass with his revolver.
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Madrid
Spain
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Michele Angine Gelli
Santa Agueda
Galli
Rinaldi
Michele Angine Golli
Boggia
Naples
Italy
Barcelona
France
Belgium
Golli
Lucerne
Marseilles
News of Canovas Death Provokes Sympathy Efforts
The Canovas assassination shocks Spain and Britain as exiled anarchists seek sympathy subscriptions. Queen Victoria sends condolences to the Queen Regent and Lord Salisbury relays the royal expression of sorrow. The Foreign Office notes a Spanish debt near 1.765 billion and Cuba liabilities add 19 million in interest.
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London
Canovas
Spain
Lord Salisbury
Henry Drummond Wolff
Foreign Office
Cuba
US envoys extend condolences after Spanish premier’s assassination
The United States Ambassador John Hay and Minister Stewart L. Woodford called at the Spanish Embassy in London to offer condolences. Woodford will speed his Spain departure by a week, arriving in Madrid August 21, and will later present a message of sympathy from the U.S. government to the Queen Regent. Hay hosted a dinner for Woodford and his staff.
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Court of St. James
John Hay
United States
Spain
Stewart L. Woodford
Canovas del Castillo
Woodford
Madrid
Hay
Appointment Restores Confidence After Canovas Assassination
News from Havana reports the Canovas assassination sparked consternation as authorities and politicians rushed to the Captain General's palace. Stock prices fell then revived when it became known that General Azcartiaga had assumed office, with Weyler still in the field. Consul General Fitzhugh Lee expressed sympathy.
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Havana
Senor Canovas
Stock Exchange
Fitzhugh Lee
Weyler
Canovas
Azcartiaga
Assassination of Canovas Del Castillo Prompts Caution
Ex President Cleveland learned of the assassination of Senor Canovas del Castillo this morning and said he deplores the shocking death. He warned that the event should make the world’s civilization contemplate the terrible act with gloomy apprehension.
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Buzzards Bay
Mass
Cleveland
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Cabinet appoints Azcarraga as Premier ad interim
The Cabinet sat until 2 o'clock this morning and decided to publish in the Official Gazette the appointment of Lieutenant General Don Marcelo de Azcarraga as Premier ad interim. Senor Sagasta has postponed his planned visit to Madrid.
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Madrid
Don Marcelo de Azcarraga
Senor Sagasta
Boy Eight Kills Playmate in Dayton House Over Family Turmoil
Morris Epler, eight, shot Rudolph Faigle, five, in Dayton, Ohio, after his father bought a revolver to kill a man who took Mrs. Epler away. The boy told police a false tale naming a Stone, then admitted no such person was present. He dragged the body outside, wiped blood, and went to bed. The Faigle parents are German immigrants.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton, O
Morris Epler
Rudolph Faigle
Martin Epler
Dayton View
Morris
Epler
Stone
Little Rudolph
Tectives McBride
Faigles
Jackson charged with aiding Riggs escape in Springfield
Springfield Ohio August 9 George Jackson a colored cab driver for Walling and Jackson is charged by county jail officials with aiding Hoy Riggs a colored boy who robbed Dr M Sabin a dentist of 300 and escaped July 5 Riggs was recaptured in Cincinnati and brought back here He admits Jackson aided his escape but Jackson denies involvement
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield. O
George Jackson
Walling and
Jackson
Hoy Riggs
M. Sabin
Riggs
Bishop Fink Bans Sunday Picnic Attendance
Bishop Fink of the Leavenworth Kansas City diocese orders Catholics to avoid the Irish American picnic planned in Kansas City Kansas next Sunday citing Sunday as a holy day. Edmond Lynch, head of United Irish societies, says the event will go ahead.
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Kansas City
Fink
Leavenworth
Kan
Edmond Lynch
United Irish Societies
Wilson's Creek reunion opens with flag controversy parade
Springfield Missouri August 9 The Wilson Creek reunion of the Blue and Gray began today with a large street parade. Despite a committee ruling no Confederate flag would appear in the procession a Confederate banner was carried beside a Union flag and met with cheers along the route. The event marks the thirty sixth anniversary of the historic battle at Wilson's Creek.
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Springfield
Wilson Creek
Wilson’s Creek
Landowner Fences Rail Line. Sheriff Blocks Tracks
In Leavenworth Kansas the sheriff, under a judge’s ouster order, fenced part of the Leavenworth Topeka and Southwestern Railway track to deny trains passage on a land roadbed. Thirty railroad workers tore down the fence before a train ran, and Agent Chaplain later swore out a warrant against Jas. Stone for obstructing the mails.
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Commercial Tribune
Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth County
Meyers
Leavenworth, Topeka
Stone
Fence dispute between Greenfield city and railroad escalates
Greenfield. The B. and O. 8 W. railroad workers building a fence along the tracks faced arrest as attorney Heiskel charged trespass and obstruction in the Waddel and Heiskel addition. The men bonded out and await a hearing tomorrow morning.
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Commercial Tribune
Greenfield, CO
Heiskel
Waddel and Heiskel Addition
He Gave Himself Up After Bleeding Town Shootout
Sanford Collins, who shot his wife last week and wounded friend Albert Raymon, walked into the Kingwood jail last night to claim a reward offered for his arrest. Two posses fired on each other near Collins home, each mistakenly believing the other had found him. no injuries were reported. Collins says jealousy sparked the violence and expects to be cleared.
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Commercial Tribune
Kingwood
W. Va
Sanford Collins
Albert Raymon
Collins
Dragged to Death After Runaway Horse Collision
In Butler Indiana Mrs J C Smith and her young son were fatally injured when a passing train frightened their horse which bolted dragging them hundreds of feet beneath their buggy. The tragedy occurred last evening as they were driving, according to a special dispatch.
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Commercial
Tribune
Butler
Ind
J. C. Smith
Triple Michmerheisen weddings mark family festival
The Mich merheisen family held a festival in Overisel Allegan County celebrating three weddings on one day Hendrik G Michmerheisen fifty years after his marriage in Zeeland His son Hendrik Jan wed twenty five years ago and today Jennie Michmerheisen wed Edward Baldhouse A large picnic gathered descendants from Holland Vriesland and Zeeland with grandparents leading a wedding dance
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Commercial Tribune
Holland, Mich
Michmerheisen
Overisel
Allegan County
Hendrik G. Michmerheisen
Zeeland
Hendrik Jan
Jennie Michmerheisen
Edward Baldhouse
Hendrik
Holland
Vriesland
Grandma Michmerheisen
Mother Michmerheisen
Women drawn as jurors in Fort Scott case
Three municipal wives, Mrs. E. Ross Mrs. A. M. Douglass and Mrs. A. E. Kaufmans, were selected for the September district court jury. Their names appeared on tax rolls, and Mayor Hesser added them to the eligible jurors list filed with the County Clerk. The law requires qualified electors, and as they are electors in city government they may be required to serve.
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Commercial Tribune
FT. Scott
Kan
E. Ross
A. M. Douglass
A. E. Kaufmans
District Court
Hesser
Nine Killed as Towboat Fritz Explodes Near Cairo
A towboat named Fritz owned by Captain Bradley burst a flue ten miles below Cairo Illinois killing nine lumber laborers and one deck hand all of whom were black except one. Four others were injured and brought to Cairo by the steamer Ora Lee. Ten missing men are all colored rousabouts and deck hands. their names could not be obtained.
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Cairo
Ill
Fritz
Bradley
Water ban leaves horses without drinkable water in Parkersburg
The Water Works Commission ordered shut off of water to all public fountains and watering troughs in Parkersburg. Notices posted warning teamsters against watering horses with a $5 fine. Officials said there is no water shortage.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Water Works Commission
Fatal Blast Kills Quarry Superintendent at Somerset
In Somerset Kentucky on August 9 Thomas Williams superintendent of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad rock quarry was killed when a dynamite charge failed to discharge. He rammed the cartridge into rock and was blown about forty feet into the air then crushed on the rocks.
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Commercial Tribune
Somerset
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Thomas Williams
Victim Improves as Search for Preacher Walstein Continues
Washington Indiana August 9 The victim of Preacher Walstein the pistol user is improving slowly Walstein remains unfound and relatives in Illinois know nothing about his whereabouts
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ind
Preacher Walstein
Walstein
Illinois
Local Miner Dies as Jonah of Cornwallis Claims Fifth Victim
Parkersburg reports Jas Hineman, fifth victim in the Cornwallis well disaster, died last night. Two more men who worked on the same well are reported to be dying tonight.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Jas. Hineman
Jonah
Cornwallis
Dugan murder defense ends as jail guards remain on duty
Barbourville Kentucky August 9 guards kept watch all night and will stay on duty until the case ends. The defense finished its testimony and the prosecution continued rebuttal claiming good character for witness Bill Miller, who was shown to have bad character by all witnesses.
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Commercial Tribune
Barbourville
Dugan
Bill Miller
Death by Own Action With Gas in New York Firm Official
Carl S. Neuberg er, 53, partner in Emden Gerstle & Co., committed death by own action by inhaling gas last night. A rubber tube end was in his mouth connected to a gas jet while other jets were on. A three year old clipping recounting a similar death was found in his pocket.
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New York
Carl S. Neuberger
Emden, Gerstle & Co
McKinley Visits Burlington for Sealing Talks
President McKinley visits Burlington for the second time in a week, dining with ex Governor Woodbury and other dignitaries aboard the Washita. He met for two hours with John W. Foster to discuss the sealing question before Foster returned to Washington.
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Burlington
McKinley
Urban A. Woodbury
Bluff Point
Washita
Woodbury
Lake Champlain Yacht Club
Hobart
Alger
Whitelaw Reid
Porter
Edmunds
Fisk
J. W. Stewart
Z. M. Mansur
le Grand B. Cannon
L. G. Childs
Olin Merrill
G. B. Benedict
Edward D. Wells
Putnam
Plattsburg
John W. Foster
Foster
Washington
Urbana Inquiry Opens as Witnesses Fear Testimony
Attorney General Monnett departs for Urbana to take depositions in oyster suits against Sheriff McLain and Mayor Ganson. Citizens warn witnesses may refuse to testify on the stand, fearing violence, while some offer new tips including a claim that Byron Hawley demanded and received jail keys from the Sheriff.
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Columbus
Monnett
Urbana
McLain
Ganson
Lovell Sues for Divorce Over Residence in Milwaukees
A. T. Lovell, a Milwaukee street railway worker, files for divorce from Eva Lovell of Lagran ge Indiana in Superior Court. He asserts the husband may fix the family residence and says she agreed to move for his Milwaukee job but has since refused to come.
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Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Wis
A. T. Lovell
Eva Lovell
Lagrange
Ind
The
Street Railway Company
West Virginia governor backs remit for jail turnkeys shooter
W. B. Atkinson remits the $100 fine and costs levied on W. B. Kimes who shot Ben Hall, the jail turnkey, after Hall allegedly wooed Kimes’ wife. The governor defends Kimes’s actions, calls Hall a villain, and urges Hall’s arrest for contempt of duty. Hall remains at large while Kimes works in Wheeling and visits his children.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Kimes
Ben Hall
Hall
Jackson
Atkinson
Wood County
Wheeling
Hera
Evangelist Mills Hurt In Bike Accident
Rev. B Fay Mills and his son Thorn ton traveled by bicycle from Sabina to Columbus. In Grove City Mills fell from his bicycle and sustained a serious hip injury that will stop him from walking for some time.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
B. Fay Mills
Thornton
Sabina
Grove City
Kansas City Wheat Receipts Hit New Record
Kansas City wheat receipts reached 831 cars, 8 more than last week and 251 more than Chicago Minneapolis Duluth and St Louis combined. The three week total tops 6 097 cars about 4 000 000 bushels. Elevators are overflowing as grain movement to Europe continues and rail lines fill with grain cars.
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Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
St. Louis
Europe
Gulf Ports
Great Grain District
Cadiz Man Drowns at Fenton Lake
Detroit reports Roy Grimes, 23, of Cadiz Ohio, drowned at Long Lake this afternoon while bathing with companions. He wandered from his group into deep water and disappeared. body not recovered.
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Commercial Tribune
Detroit
Fenton Lake
Roy Grimes
Cadiz
Long Lake
Jealous Machinist Fatally Stabs Wife’s Visitor
Springfield August 9 A machinist George Lawrence fatally stabbed Chick Connell with a sickle after returning home and finding Connell alone with his wife. A policeman heard the disturbance and Connell was taken to hospital where Lawrence was arrested.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Chick Connell
George Lawrence
Lawrence
Connell
Telegraphing From Trains Using a Third Rail Method
Reverend Clarence D. Royce of Crawfordsville demonstrated a simple telegraphing method to move trains using a third rail along the track. The system allows sending and receiving signals to and from moving trains at the Industrial Training School in Indianapolis.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Clarence D. Royce
Crawfordsville
Industrial Training School
Read Jr. of Read Parsons & Co. Dies by Self Destruction
William G. Read Jr., 38, a NYSE member with Read Parsons & Co., shot himself in his Edison Building office. He was seen earlier on the floor, retired to a toilet room where blood under the door alerted coworkers. He left a wife and three children and was well known in Wall Street circles.
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New York
William G. Read, Jr
New York Stock Exchange
Read, Parsons & Co
Edison
Exchange
Conductor Killed as Train Transferred After Wreck Near Celina
A Cincinnati Northern transfer south west of Celina ended in a fatal wreck. Conductor George Greenawalt of Van Wert piloted the engine. the engineer J R Anderson of Fort Wayne and two passengers were injured. Four coaches derailed, track torn up sixty rods.
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Commercial Tribune
Celina
Cincinnati Northern
Geneva
Ind
Decatur
Portland
Cinnati Northern
George Greenawalt
van Wert
Ohio City
Greenawalt
J. R. Anderson
Ft. Wayne
President McKinley's Mother Visits Lorain and Sabina Camp Meeting Ends
Mrs William McKinley Sr and Miss Helen McKinley arrive in Lorain to visit editor S L Bowman and Mrs Bowman while Mrs McKinley is the President's grandmother. In Sabina the camp meeting closes after a 5 000 turnout as B Fay Mills delivers three sermons with his son riding a tandem in costume. Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church opens with Rev M M Campbell DD as President and Rev J F Hinkle as Secretary.
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Commercial Tribune
Lorain, O
William McKinley, Sr
Helen McKinley
Canton
L. Bowman
McKinley
A. J. Duncan
Bowman
Sabina
B. Fay Mills
Ohio
Methodist Protestant Church
M. M. Campbell
D.D
J. F. Hinkle
Governor Bushnell Returns to Desk in Columbus
Governor Bushnell sits at his Columbus desk recovering from a recent illness. His private secretary Col J Linn Rodgers has returned from a Vancouver trip and will resume duty. The governor plans a rest trip to The Rocks in the White Mountains near Littleton N H and aims to resume speaking campaign by mid September.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Bushnell
Springfield
Ohio
J. Linn Rodgers
Vancouver
J. J. Glessner
Chicago
White Mountains
Littleton
N. H
Freight Train Plunges From Bridge in Indiana Crash
At noon today a Grand Rapids and Indiana freight train plunged through a bridge over the Wabash River at Ceylon Station, 40 miles south of Fort Wayne. Engineer Barney Reidt, fireman William Gallagher, and head brakeman Jas Clifford fell with the engine and four cars. Gallagher and Clifford were only slightly injured. Reidt may die.
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Commercial Tribune
FT. Wayne
Ind
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Wabash River
Ceylon Station
Here
Barney Reidt
William Gallagher
Jas
Clifford
Gallagher
Reidt
Mrs Atkinsons Forgery Trial Set For September Term
Clarksburg W Va Aug 9 The trial of Mrs Myra Camden wife of Governor Atkinson on forgery indictments in Gilmer County is scheduled for the September criminal term Owens the farmer co indicted is expected to be tried first and may influence Mrs Atkinson case. Prosecutors say a letter from Owens three years after payments shows he cannot buy the property and offers to move off. They allege receipts and a thirteen year later letter were written on the same paper torn from the blank sheet matching jagged edges.
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Commercial Tribune
Clarksburg
W. Val
Atkinson
Myra Camden
Gilmer County
Criminal Court
Owens
Oldest Man in Ohio Passes at 107
Philip Hines age 107 the oldest Ohio resident died yesterday near Delaware surrounded by relatives and friends His wife of almost 70 years is 98. The couple were the state's oldest married pair.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware
Philip Hines
Ohio
Governor grants five days parole to Noah Baney
Governor Mount releases Noah Baney from prison for a five day parole in Indianapolis after Baney confessed implicating himself and two others in the murder of Mrs. Hinshaw. The case involves the Prison North investigation and related suspects.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Appeal Postponed Over Durrant Execution Date
The California Supreme Court, on motion by Eugene F. Duprey for Theodore Durrant, postponed the argument on the appeal from Judge Bakers order fixing June 9 as the execution date until the United States Supreme Court decides the related matter now before it.
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San Francisco
Eugene F. Duprey
Theodore Durrant
Supreme Court
Bakers
Supreme Court of the United
Fusion Fight Likely as Ohio Populists Clash
A Columbus dispatch reports Democratic State fusion forces struggle to control Ohio party convention ballots and prevent middle-of-the-road Populists from seizing the Credentials Committee. Leaders forecast possible independent ticket plans and a vote on McLean's Senate campaign amid looming party schism.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Credentials Committee
Thos. G. Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Cuyahoga County
A. J. Orr
Cleveland
P. J. Fishback
Robert McCammon
Sulphur Springs
Nashville
Ohio
Orr
Fusion
Democracy
McLean
W. F. Morgan
National Reorganization Committee
Wyandot County Adopts Separate Parties No Fusion
Wyandot County will not pursue a fusion ticket for the upcoming elections as Demmies and Popocrats in Upper Sandusky decide to run separately. The decision was noted in the Aug. 9 report with continuing coverage expected on the sixth page.
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Commercial Tribune
Upper Sandusky, O
Wyandot County
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