Hohenlohe to Remain as War Minister Schellendorf Retired
Berlin bulletin reports Gen. Bronsart Von Schellendorf relieved as War Minister and to be succeeded by Gen. Von Gossler. Prince Hohenlohe urges resignation over military trial reform. he remains chancellor. Schellendorf cites health and desire to retire. Czar visit slated to influence European peace and German war readiness. emigration bill and colonial concerns noted.
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Berlin
Bronsart von Schellendorf
Gen. von Gossler
Gen. von Schellendorf
Gen. von Hahnke
Hohenlohe
Emperor William
Prince Hohenlohe
von Haberling
Prince von Hohenlohe
Russia
Bresiak
Goelitz
France
Vossische Zeitung
Germany
von Puttkamer
Cameroons
Stettin
Old Trick on a Train Swindles Missouri Man in Kentucky
Lawrenceburg Kentucky August 15 Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune Missourian E Liggert traveling from Somerset to Stanbury Mo was approached by a five person party including a woman asking to change a large bill He handed over a fifty dollar note and received two twenties and some ones and twos The swindler departed at Lawrenceburg and Liggert later found only one twenty folded among the others and counted as two
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
E. Liggert
Somerset
Stanbury
Liggert
Missouri
Columbus, CO
Wm. McKinley
A. H. Sawyer
Canal Commission
Ohio
Bryan
Ajor William McKinley
Sherman
Foraker
Republican Party
South
Unique water craft likens bicycle motive power
Earl Funk and Chas Pursell of Portsmouth Ohio completed a novel water craft. Twenty five feet long with two narrow hulls three feet apart and a deck over it features a central boiler stem wheel and Seba Wheel at the stern. The craft reportedly moves by two wheel mechanisms and achieved six miles downstream in tests.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Earl Funk
Chas. Pursell
Local Brief Fragments Describe August Dispatch
A partial, unclear dispatch from Paintville Kentucky in August reports two ten year olds and a farmer named Loo among scattered details. The fragmentary text lacks full context or confirmation of event.
Lord Russell to Address American Bar Association in New York
Lord Russell of Killowen arrives in New York aboard the Umbria with Lady Russell and daughters, joined by Sir Frank Lockwood and Lady Lockwood. He speaks on International Law before the American Bar Association on August 20, hosted by Henry Villard at Thorwood in Dobbs Ferry with Chief Justice Fuller and Governor Morton among attendees.
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New York
Lord Russell
Killowen
Great Britain
Cunard Line
Umbria
Queenstown
Russell
Frank Lockwood
Lady Lockwood
United States
American Bar Association
Henry Villard
Thorwood
Dobbs Ferry
Melvile W. Fuller
U.S. Supreme Court
L. P. Morton
Sinking of Oceanica and Chisholm in Lake St. Clair collision
Late Aug 15 report states the steamer Oceanica and the propeller William Chisholm collided in the new Lake St. Clair channel. Both ships sank with no crew drownings as men took to rigging. Oceanica valued at 80 000 and Chisholm at 125 000. Water depth about 17 feet. Accident blamed on signal or light confusion.
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Detroit
Mich
Oceanica
Lehigh Valley Transportation Co
William Chisholm
Lake St. Clair
Buffalo
Chicago
Chisholm
Mariette
Ohio
Democrats Decide Chicago as Party Headquarters
Democratic leaders clash over national base with Senators Jones and Gorman arguing for the East while Bryan presses for Chicago. The plan shifts as Bryan’s routinized campaign choices are tempered by party strategy and logistical concerns.
A Farm Owner Sees Seven Acres Recovered After Floods
Ex County Recorder C B F Clark visited his farm near Kokomo Indiana and found seven acres of boggy soil lost in a past fire had been refilled by recent floods. The land, though some corn was destroyed, now worth as much as before the bog fire with neighbors unable to recover lost soil.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
C. B. F. Clark
Carroll County
Republicans Cite Omaha World Herald on Free Coinage
The Omaha World Herald editorial from July 31, 1893 defends free silver at 16 to 1 and argues only silver mine owners and currency contract profiters oppose free coinage at around 1 to 2. It claims Nebraska has no silver mines and calls for free unlimited coinage at near fair value.
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Commercial Tribune
Omaha
Neb
World-Herald
Bryan
Nebraska
Ashland Democrats Adopt Platform At County Convention
In Ashland Kentucky on August 15 delegates to the State Convention in Louisville were chosen. The county sound money Democrats adopted resolutions denouncing free coinage as disastrous to the nation and workers, condemning the Chicago Convention as Populistic subterfuge, and endorsing Cleveland and Carlisle for their actions during the Chicago riots.
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Commercial Tribune
Ashland
Cliffside Park
Louisville
Chicago
Cleveland
Carlisle
Convention of Gold Standard Democrats in Franklin County
In Frankfort Kentucky on August 15 more than a hundred party leaders attended the convention. James A violotta was named chairman and the Louisville delegation included Judge Thomas H. Hines Larry Hannen Dean Oran Z T Thomasson Walter Lewis and others. Resolutions endorsed Bryan and Sewall and backed the National sound money Democrats call for a third ticket.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Gold Standard Democrats
Jamies A. Violetta
Louisville
Thomas H. Hines
Larry Hannen
Dean Oran
Z. T. Thomasson
Walter Lewis
Bryan
Sewall
Fatal Wreck Near Torch Claims Three Lives
In Marietta Ohio a morning crash on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern near Torch Station killed three men: William H. Johnson and Fred Rumpf, both engineers, and Fred Hoffman, a fireman. Two others were fatally or seriously hurt when the flyer and freight trains collided after an order dispute about taking a siding.
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Torch Station
Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
William H. Johnson
Chillicothe
O. Fred Hoffman
Athens
Fred Rumpf
Belpre
Hoffman
Rumpf
Johnson
Wille
Neer W. H. Johnson
No. 1
Potters to Arbitrate Wage Differences in Washington
An arbitration board is to be formed jointly by the Brotherhood of Operative Potters and the United States Manufacturing Potters' Association with full powers to settle all differences and grievances. The first meeting will be in Washington in January to fix next year's wages and consider child labor and workshop sanitation.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Brotherhood of Operative Potters
United States Manufacturing Potters’ Association
Washington
Two Haas sisters sue Pontius for 1000 damages
Florence M. Haas and Sarah Haas filed separate $1000 suits against Wilson H. Pontius alleging assault and cursing that shocked them and kept them bedbound. The families are well connected and report the dispute began over a trivial matter.
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Commercial Tribune
Circleville
Florence M. Haas
Sarah Haas
Wilson H. Pontius
Seventy Three Attend Lancaster Gold Standard Convention
In Lancaster Kentucky on August 15 a gold standard Democratic Convention drew seventy three attendees. Resolutions praised Cleveland and Carlisle and named delegates to the State Convention.
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Commercia’ ‘Tribune
Lancaster
Cleveland
Carlisle
National Democrats Choose Six Delegates in Lawrenceburg
Six delegates were selected at a Lawrenceburg mass convention to attend the State Convention in Louisville next Thursday. No instructions were given regarding Presidential candidates.
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
Louisville
Heavy rains wash out Big Four culvert at Jonesboro
A flood in Liberty and Lagro Townships caused a twenty foot culvert washout on the Big Four Railroad at Jonesboro. Traffic was delayed for hours as streams overflowed after a morning rainstorm in Wabash County Indiana.
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Jonesboro
Ind
Commercial Tribune
Wabash
Liberty
Lagro Townships
Big Four Railroad
McKinley Party Heads to Cleveland Amid Campaign Inertia
Major and Mrs. McKinley depart Canton for Cleveland to visit Mark Hanna and meet Republican workers, while signals show McKinley declining a Milwaukee speaking date and avoiding a strictly political meeting. Local figures Hannan Club telegrams praise the McKinley camp, as campaign politics shift with Chicago preferred for headquarters and Populist party maneuvers underway.
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Canton
Major
W. G. Beck
D. B. Steuer
Cleveland
Tippecanoe Club
McKinley
Major McKinley
Milwaukee
National Ubban League
Powill
Salisbury Installed as Lord Warden of Cinque Ports
The Marquis of Salisbury was formally installed at Dover as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. He arrived in a four horse carriage and the ceremony was conducted by the Barons of the Ports in the banqueting hall. A St Mary's Church service followed along with a grand procession and the saluting guns.
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London
Marquis of Salisbury
Dover
Cinque Ports
Walmer
St. Mary's Church
Loraarden
Shepway
Salisbury
Lord Dufferin
Bunting, &c
Ten Robberies in a Week Reported in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Indiana three masked men robbed traveling salesmen J H Mount and Charles Billman as they rode through a covered way two miles west of town. They were held at gunpoint and forced to surrender money and valuables during the ambush after returning from the country.
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Commercial Tribune
Crawfordsville
Ind
J. H. Mount
Charles Billman
Logansport
Mount
Billman
Commodore Steams Out of Charleston with Arms for Cuba
The filibustering steamer Commodore departed East Battery at noon with ninety bundles of rifles and 201 cases of ammunition, followed by the revenue cutter Colfax. No men could embark due to the Colfax’s close watch after a conference with Paul Rojo, agent of the Cuban Junta.
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Charleston
Hoopeston Canning Works Shuts Down After Two Weeks
Hoopes ton Illinois Canning Works closes after two weeks, leaving over 200 workers unemployed. The plant usually operates eight weeks, canning corn by train, but this season the corn in the field will not be gathered and will instead be left to ripen for cattle feed.
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Danville
Ill
Breckinridge Leads Revolt as Kentucky Democrats Split
Ex Congressman W C P Breckinridge renounces the Chicago platform at Fayette County Democratic Convention in Lexington and calls for a third ticket. He chairs the resolutions that denounce free silver and oppose fusion with Populists, pledging National Democrats to uphold the Constitution and Supreme Court. He plans to speak at the state convention next Thursday.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Bolt
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Chicago
Fayette County
Louisville
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
National Democratic Party
Republican Arty
Col Lucas Broderick's Speech Stirs Versailles Meeting
Versaille Ky Aug 15 Col Lucas Broderick manager of Woodburn Farm a wealthy lifelong Democrat urged delegates to oppose Bryan and Sewall in the state convention saying the issue is patriotism not spiritualism and he would vote for McKinley.
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Commercial Tribune
Versailles
Louisville
Lucas Broderick
Woodburn Farm
Bryan
Sewall
McKinley
Delegates Named at Williamsburg
Sound money supporters of Williamsburg County selected E. T. Halsey D. F. Myers and R. P. Gayle as delegates to attend the Louisville Convention in Williamsburg Kentucky on August 16.
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Commercial Tribune
Williamsburg
County
E. T. Halsey
D. F. Myers
R. P. Gayle
Louisville
Unsuccessful Efforts to Break Up Sound Money Meeting
About 250 sound money Democrats met at the Winchester Courthouse and elected 100 delegates to the Louisville Convention. The meeting drew prominent county figures including Judge Rodney Haggard and Poe Bas, and a riot attempt arose when a City Council member was urged to join the crowd during the gathering.
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Commercial Tribune
Winchester
Louisville
Rodney Haggard
Poe
Open Letter From Massachusetts Club Urges Debs Coxey Altgeld Tillman Talks
The Bryan Sewall Williams Club of Massachusetts invites Debs Coxey Altgeld and Tillman to address meetings in Boston Fall River Lowell and Lawrence with Republican support for expenses. The move aims to offer a fair hearing and compare views with Hanna Armour Payne and the Whitneys.
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Bryan Sewall-Williams
Boston
Mass
Wm. E. Barrett
Messrs. Debs
Coxey
Altgeld
Tillman
Republican State Committee
Bryan-Sewall-Williams Club
Massachusetts
Hanna
Cleveland
Armour
Chicago
Payne
Milwaukee
Whitneys
New York
Fall River
Lowell
Lawrence
Republicantate Committee
H. T. Schaefer
Joseph A. Dennison
Farmer files warrants over melon theft by Sunday school picnickers
Nate Sullivan, a Crawfordsville farmer, obtained arrest warrants for several young men he says stole water melons during a picnic last Thursday. He alleges the youths, from a Sunday school class, helped themselves to melons and used the leftovers to play football.
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Commercial Tribune
Crawfordsville
Ind
Nate Sullivan
Sullivan
Youn
Crawford Sues for Divorce After Dance Refusal
Elwood Crawford files for divorce from Elsie Crawford in Delaware Ohio court alleging extreme cruelty and neglect after taking her to a dance where she refused to partner him. He states they wed on July 4 and has since endured said conduct.
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Commercial Tribune
Delawarre, CO
Elwood Crawford
Elsie Crawford
Standard Of heading factory closes after thirty years
KOKOMO Ind Aug 15 The Standard Of heading factory of this city an industry that has enjoyed operation for thirty years without a stop closed down this week with no indication when it will reopen The plant employed 160 men there is talk of moving the works to a place where timber is more plentiful.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Enim
Oe Place
Train wreckers target express in Ravensworth Virginia
A Chesapeake and Ohio F F V express bound to Cincinnati derailed near Ravensworth Virginia after tampered switches. Baggagemaster H E Coffman injured slightly by a chair ejection. Unknown wreckers fled as a bullet whizzed past the flagman. A large money shipment was aboard the express.
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Washington
Chesapeake and Ohio
F. F. V. Express
Cincinnati
Ravensworth
HE. S. Coffman
Fowler
Southern Railroad
Painter assaulted by tramps on box car
William Ferrell a Huntington West Virginia painter was found with a cracked skull in an O M box car in Portsmouth Ohio. He said he was beat while riding home from Columbus and a gang of tramps boarded the car at Piketon robbing him of his watch and some money.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
William Ferrell
Huntington
W. Va
Columbus
Piketon
Scorching Heat Hits Western Missouri and Kansas
Kansas City reports another scorching day with temperatures reaching 100 in the city at 2 PM and hitting the 100-degree mark in many Western Missouri and Kansas locations. The forecast warned of continued heat with cooling relief expected tomorrow.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Mrs Johnston May Sue over Damages in Kentucky Letter
In Lexington on August 15 1911 Mrs J Fletcher Johnston of Lexington plans a $10000 damages suit against Mrs James Cantrill of Georgetown. The misread signature on a letter to Gov Bradley said to have praised delegates to the Tennessee Centennial led to a confrontation and a suspected author now identified by handwriting experts. The case will go before the courts with a prominent regional figure named as the author.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
J. Fletcher Johnston
James
BE. Cantrill
Georgetown
Words From Abroad Open Wilmington Yearly Meeting
Wilmington Ohio hosts the Yearly Meeting of Friends with devotions at 8 AM led by Alfred Brown. Letters and epistles from London Dublin New York Baltimore Canada and several states praise the meeting and support Wilmington College. The auditorium cost to date totals 3616.56 dollars. A noon sermon on Sins of the Present Day is noted followed by an evening address on Peace by the Peace Committees.
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Commercial Tribune
Wilmington
Wilmington Yearly Meeting of Friends
Alfred Brown
Spiceland
Ind
All Yearly Meetings
London
New End
New York
Baltimore
Canada
Iowa
Kansas
Oregon
California
Indiana
Kittrell
Tennessee
Wilmington College
Generous farm owners refund rents for flood damages
Portsmouth Ohio August 15. Hon Dan McFarland Charlie Wertz and John Dice principal owners in the Bedioto bottoms have refunded rents to all tenants whose crops were destroyed by the late floods. Other land owners will follow in a few days. Rentals ranged from 18 to 20 dollars per acre.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Dan McFarland
Charlies Wertz
John Dice
Bedioto Bottoms
Blaine Captivates 30,000 at Polo Grounds Speech in 1888
The Polo Grounds crowd of 30,000 could barely move as Blaine spoke on protective tariff history. Foraker and Sherman followed, with Sherman delivering a plain but masterful history of sound money that kept the audience rapt in the heat.
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Blaine
Polo Grounds
New York
Foraker
Ohio
United States
Columbus
John Sherman
Sherman
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