Cleveland Mayor backs municipal ownership amid anti boycott rally
Five hundred Cleveland business leaders convened to fund anti boycott efforts and demand a US army post. Mayor Jones of Toledo urged peace while praising boycotts as war and proposing municipal ownership as remedy. He delegates Cleveland campaign end to street railway strikers.
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Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce
J. G. W. Cowles
James H. Hoyt
Farley
United States Army
Scenic Park
S. H. Jones
Toledo
Jones
American House
Ohio
Bath device explodes injuring minister in Hartford City
Rev. G. W. Martin, pastor of Grant Street M E Church, Hartford City, was badly burned when a patent vapor bath device exploded early today. The rubber covering burned his body after turpentine and vinegar were added to the solution. He was released only after assistance arrived.
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Commercial Tribune
Hartford City
Ind
G. W. Martin
Grant Street
M. E
Evans Shot Himself Farmhand From Ripley Commits Suicide
Enos Evans a 31 year old farmhand on Newton Cook in the northeast part of the county died last evening from a self inflicted gunshot wound to the heart. He came from Ripley Ohio about a year ago and married Cook's daughter after a brief period on the home farm. The failure to find other work is listed as the only known motive.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Enos Evans
Newton Cook
Evans
Ripley
Healer Promises Cure Before Toledo Post Office
Sam T. Fisk, a prominent cripple on crutches, will submit to a faith cure professed to remove his crutches and make him walk within fifteen minutes tomorrow evening. The healer seeks an audience of 20 000 spectators in front of the Post Office.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Sam. T. Fisk
Postmaster T. N. Edwards Resigns in Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg Kentucky August 9 1900 Post master T N Edwards offers his resignation due to bad health George W Hutcheson applies for the vacancy.
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
T. N. Edwards
George W. Hutcheson
Arrest Islanded as Rumors Prompt Jail Guarding
Lawrenceburg Kentucky report says Clarence Red, charged with criminal assault, was removed from jail by officials due to mob rumors and placed under guard last night.
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
Clarence Red
Insane Professor From Local Institute
ASHTABULA Ohio August 9 A local teacher M L Hutcard former principal and elocution instructor at New Lyme Institute reportedly became violently insane after securing a post at Hiram College He traveled there to move his family but believed enemies had prejudiced trustees He was taken to a hospital in Youngstown and to the State Hospital at Newburg on sheriff orders
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Commercial Tribune
Ashtabula
M. L. Hutcard
Commercial Department of
New Lyme Institute
This County
Hiram College
Hiram
Youngstown
Parker
Mr. Hubbard
Newburg
Louisville unions seek halt on Indiana parolee labor
Louisville labor groups petition Governor Bradley to stop importation of Indiana convicts on parole, saying released workers flood Louisville and compete with free state labor. Bradley is examining options but has not found a remedy yet.
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Louisville
Bradley
Indiana
Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Abduction Suspect Clyde Jones Moved for Safety
Sheriff Dunn secretly moved Clyde Jones, charged with Nellie Berger’s kidnapping, from Peru to Kokomo then to Bunker Hill for safety as a mob of about 300 feared to lynch him. Governor Mount promised troops, then held in reserve after the transfer.
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Kokomo
Commercial Tribune
Peru
Ind
Clyde Jones
Nellie Berger
Mount
Baby Starving Mother Hears Dying Child From Jail
In Belleville jail, Mrs Jushaeese awaits grand jury action on larceny charges. Her nine month old child, reportedly dying, was carried nearby so the mother could nourish it, but the jail barred entry for infants. Sheriff Barnickel refused to admit the baby inside.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
J. Jushaesse
Belleville
Barnickel
Dewey Arches Move Stalled at New York Aldermen
At a special Albany meeting the Board of Aldermen failed to pass a funding resolution for the Dewey arches. The arches remain under the control of the artist team volunteering services. Tammany officials seek influence over the project and spokesman John DeWitt Warner warned city funds cannot cover a timely build. if consent isn’t secured, the committee will seek public subscriptions.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Board of Aldermen
Tammany
John DeWitt Warner
Warner
Monument to Ingersoll Memorial Association Formed
The Ingersoll Memorial Association formed in Peoria seeks subscriptions to erect a monument to the agnostic thinker. Officers elected include Frank O. Cunningham as Secretary and Rudolph Pfeffer as Treasurer. An address will solicit support from admirers across the United States.
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Peoria
Ill
Ingersoll Memorial Association
Frank O. Cunningham
Rudolph Pfeffer
United States
Tidal Wave Hits Valparaiso Bay Causing Million-Dollar Loss
A tidal wave surged into Valparaiso bay last night tearing down the embankment and sweeping away cars locomotives and large amounts of merchandise. The total damage is estimated at one million dollars.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Ohio Officials Visit Parliament and Witness Prorogation
John Addison Porter and John K. Richards visited the United States Embassy in London and were presented to Speaker Gully. They witnessed the prorogation of Parliament during their August 9 stop in the British capital.
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London
McKinley
John Addison Porter
John K. Richards
United States
Gully
Republicans to Open Campaign August in London Kentucky
Rally organizers announce campaign kick off in London Kentucky on August 22 with Gen Taylor slated to speak. Samuel S Shepard chosen as secretary of the campaign committee.
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Gen. Taylor
Samuel S. Shepard
Campaign reporters map Kentucky GOP drive with London rally
Kentucky Republicans meet at the Galt House to organize the statewide campaign. Samuel Shepard named Secretary. R C McClure named Assistant Secretary. London barbecue August 22 to launch campaigning with Taylor, Marshall and Sweeney as lead speakers. Multiple dates set for Taylor and Marshall tours across towns including Grayson Louisa Paintsville Salyersville Prestonsburg Pikeville with ongoing headquarters operation and literature distribution.
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Patch
Commercial Tribune
Louille
Republican Campaign Committee
Executive Committee
Galt House
Samuel 8. Shepard
Georgetown
C. C. Reynolds
State Register of Lands
R. C
Taylor
Marshall
Sterling
Grayson
Louisa
Paintsville
Salyersvie
Prestonsburg
Pikeville
Long
London
Altgeld Urges Kentucky Voters to Oppose Fraud and Plunder
Ex governor Altgeld writes to a Louisville newspaper warning that fraud and crime threaten Democratic institutions if Kentucky voters permit corrupt elements to triumph. He says outsiders may help if Kentuckians show resolve to purge rotten politics and hints a new Democratic ticket could save Senator Blackburn.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Altgeld
Kentucky
Union
John P. Altgeld
P. S
Blackburn
Anti-Goebel Action Splits Blackburn Endorsement
In Frankfort Kentucky on August 9 anti Goebel forces debate indorsing Blackburn at the Lexington convention August 16. Opponents led by ex Governor Brown and others fear Blackburn since he backed Goebel and aided his gubernatorial bid. The split signals a tense factional fight within the anti Goebel camp over the party’s platform.
Political leaders plan securing majority in legislature
Republicans and anti Goebel Democrats aim for a legislative majority. Senator Goebel and Senator Blackburn arrive tomorrow to discuss the situation with leaders, then depart Friday for Mayfield where they will fire the opening gun Saturday.
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Goebel
Blackburn
Mayfield
Anti Goebel backers warn Bryan could lose Kentucky
Lexington Aug 9 Captain George Ewing Bath County ex Confederate anti Goebel leader says Bryan will not be endorsed by the state convention on August 16 and that stumping for Goebel will cost Kentucky next year in the national convention and the fall election Colonel W H Polk secretary of the anti Goebel state conference says Bryan cannot carry the state if he runs for Goebel Colonel Jack Kinn who supports Goebel doubts Altgeld will aid the anti Goebel cause and others agree Bryan would lose Kentucky if opposed by anti Goebel forces
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
George Ewing
Bath County
Bryan
Goebel
Kentucky
W. H. Polk
Polk
Jack @Kinn
Altgeld
Delcasse Leaves France for Paris Return
In St Petersburg on August 9, French Foreign Minister Delcasse met with the Dowager Empress. The Czar awarded Delcasse's secretary the Order of St Anne as the ministerial party prepared to return to Paris, with Count Muravieff bidding them farewell.
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ST. Petersburg
M. Delcasse
Paris
Count Muravieff
President Goes Aboard Yacht Elfrida For Lake Sail
President McKinley and Mrs McKinley join Vice President Hobart and party for a sail on the Elfrida at Valcour where they toured up to Congress Bay but did not dock. Secretary Root’s Philippine campaign remarks drew no reply from the President who praised new volunteer regiments.
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Plattsburg, WN
McKinley
Root
Philippines
Hobart
Elfrida
Congress
Sibley
Valcour
General Hutton
Ottawa
Beating Her Child by a Cruel Mother in Indianapolis
Ada Bennett was found abusing her 7 year old daughter on Muskingan street. The child endured daily blows from the butt end of a buggy whip, was tied to a chair, and wrists reddened by a tight rope. Blood and bruises marked her face and body as police investigated.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ada Bennett
Muskingan Street
Frantic Wife Kills Husband and Child Then Ends Own Life
Canton, Aug 9 A jealous wife, Mrs Edward Eckinger, killed her 2% year old daughter and husband with a shotgun at their country home near Canton, then died by suicide. A letter to her parents pleads forgiveness and explains her motive. the couple had been preparing to separate after days of disposing belongings and quarrels. Eckinger, 23, a coal miner and farm laborer, and his wife, 23, are the victims.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
Edward Eckinger
Darling
Angel
Mama
Eckinger
Dreyfus Court Martial Battles Backlog of Papers
Crowds near Rennes Lycee disrupt transfer procedures as Dreyfus case moves through the courtroom. Prisoner, though frail, aided in translating some German documents despite physical discomfort. Special cables report tight security and stiff orders on transfer day.
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Dreyfus
Commercial Tribune
Rennes
Lycee
Avenue de la Care
M. Demange
Dreyfus Appears as Rennes Trial Moves Ahead
Dreyfus arrived at the Lycee at 6 10 o clock in a firm bearing despite weak appearance. Chamoin did not complete his explanation of the military secret dossier, Paleologue will continue tomorrow, with a public session set for Saturday. The dossier contains about 400 documents, including 50 disposed of yesterday, some in German. Dreyfus, a German scholar, translated and explained as needed. The Interior Ministry denied a German ambassador’s demand for a guarantee against disclosures at Rennes.
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Dreyfus
Lycee
M. Chamoin
M. Paleologue
Foreign Office
Cloudburst Causes Damage in Du Bois and Warrick Indiana
Dispatch from Evansville reports a cloudburst in Du Bois and Warrick Counties that flooded five square miles. Rail line damage slowed trains between Ferdinand and Huntingburg, while farmers suffered crop and stock losses in the inundation.
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Commercial Tribune
Evansv&lle
Ind
Dubois
Warrick
Air Line Railroad
Louisville
Ferdinand
Huntingburg
Train Kill in West Toledo Crash claims two lives
Ira J. Palmer of Erie Street was struck and killed instantly by a Michigan Central passenger train at a street crossing in West Toledo around 9 30 p m. His wife was fatally injured and the buggy and horse were destroyed in the wreck.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Ira J. Palmer
Erie Street
Michigan Central
Drowned Captain Falls From Steamer Park City
Evansville Ind Aug 9 Captain Joeseph Allison a contracting steamboat carpenter standing on the wheel of the steamer Park City lost his balance fell into the river and was drowned He was about 60 years old resided at Bowling Green Ky and leaves a family.
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Commercial Tribune
Evansville
Ind
Joeseph Allison
Park City
Bowling Green
Officer Dalton Fatally Wounded in Dayton Pursuit
Mounted Officer William Dalton died after colliding with an ice wagon and a buggy while pursuing a pedlar who violated a city ordinance at Washington and Baxter streets. Dalton suffered a skull fracture and died from the injuries. He leaves a wife and daughter on Hawthorne street and had served about three years on the police force.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
William Dalton
Washington and
Baxter Streets
Hawthorne Street
Dalton
Dewey's Chaplain to Wed After Manila Leave
Chap lain J B Frazier of the Olympia arrives in Chattanooga on thirty day leave from Manila via San Francisco He will marry Miss Elsie Cook of South Pittsburg Tenn on August 22 in a ceremony set for the near future.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. B. Frazier
Admiral Dewey
Olympia
Manila
San Francisco
Elsie Cook
South Pittsburg
Plague Advances Westward with Alexandria at Focus
State Department reports by Robert C. Skinner warn of the plague’s steady westward march toward European ports from Alexandria Egypt. Quarantine stiffened. two franc reward offered for rat heads and plague cases. city sanitation crews act with vigor.
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Washington
Alexandria
Egypt
Robert C. Skinner
Marseilles
Europe
Elevator Trust Under Investigation In Chicago Session
National Industrial Commission subcommittee probed alleged elevator combine amid farmer claims of railroads offering better rates to elevators. John Hill Jr. testified behind closed doors with contracts and agreements, then open sessions heard additional witnesses on grain disposition.
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Chicago
National Industrial Commission
Northwest
John Hill, Jr
Chicago Board of Trade
Finns To Leave Russia Investigate Newfoundland Settlement
A deputation of Finlanders visits St Johns Newfoundland to assess settling thousands of Finns fleeing Russian tyranny. Joseph Chamberlain asked Governor Sir Hugh McCallum to aid their immigration efforts and the group begins a tour of the island to inspect suitable areas.
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ST. Johns
N. F
Joseph Chamberlain
Newfoundland
Hugh McCallum
Lightning destroys Clifton barn. two sons killed
At Clifton six miles from Camp Douglas Wisconsin lightning struck the Jersly barn. Engelbert Jersly and his two sons Vincent 16 and Engelbert 22 were killed. Mrs Jersly was seriously injured.
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Camp Douglas
Wis
Clifton
Here
Engelbert Jersly
Vincent
Engelbert
Two Civilians Die of Yellow Fever in Santiago
The Adjutant General received General Brooke's cable from Havana reporting two civilian deaths from yellow fever at Santiago on August 7.
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Washington
Adjutant General
Brooke
Havana
Santiago
Miners Victims of New Retroactive Law
Aliens barred. Claims for millions submitted to the State Department. Regiments nearly full as the administration, assured of a full quota, begins weeding out.
Miners Seek Arbitration Over Canadian Claim Suspicions
Special Dispatch notes American miners claim $10 million to $25 million in property seized by Canada after a retroactive law barred aliens from mining. Col J Hamilton Lewis to press State Department for arbitration. Other items report army recruitment progress, MacArthur actions against insurgents, and political chatter around Senator Jones and Foraker.
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Washington
Aus
J. Hamilton Lewis
State Department
Colorado
British Columbia
Atlin
Lewis
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