Duel of Swords Ends in Wounds for Henri and Turin
Paris reports a private duel in the Bois de Marechaux Vacresson at 5 am between Prince Henri of Orleans and the Count of Turin. Five exchanges, two close quarters. Henri wounded in right shoulder and abdomen, Turin in the right hand. Both walked to carriages after shaking hands, doctors say Henri’s condition stable, rest needed. Turin leaves Paris for Italy. Rome greets outcome with enthusiasm. crowds cheer, papers publish details. Seconds named for both sides.
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Turin
Prince Henri of Orleans
Figaro
Prince Henri
France
Prince Henri of
Orleans
Henri
Major Leontieff
Leontieff
M. Mourichon
Monseigneur
Paris
Italy
Rome
Henri of Orleans
M. de Leontieff
Equatorial
Abyssinia
M. Raoul Mourthhon
Count de Quinto
Carlo di Ginon
McKinley to Speak at Army of the Potomac Reunion
In Troy New York on August 15 28th annual Army of the Potomac reunion will draw about 3000 veterans plus President McKinley Vice President Hobart and Governor Frank Black. The public exercises at Music Hall begin Friday at 8 pm with welcomes by Gov Black and Mayor Moller and remarks from General William Henry society president. Major C A Woodruff will deliver an oration with McKinley among the speakers.
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Troy
N. Y
Army of the Potomac
McKinley
Hobart
Frank
Black
Bluff Point
Music Hall
Governor Black
Moller
Society
William Henry
C. A. Woodruff
Storm Causes $10,000 in Hicksville Damage
A severe afternoon storm in Hicksville Ohio at 3 pm brought high winds rain and hail. Roofs of several buildings were blown off large plate glass windows shattered crops and fruit trees were ruined. Damage estimated at $10 000.
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Commercial Tribune
Hicksville
Bloodiest Arkansas race riot leaves three dead
At Palarm, thirty miles from Little Rock, a late night riot followed a deputy sheriff attempting to arrest Harrison Kerr. Kerr and accomplices opened fire. Charles Peters and J. T. Clarke were killed, D. R. Owens fatally wounded, and Harrison Kerr found dead. Lynching threats spread as posse pursuit continues.
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Commercial Tribune
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Palarm
J. T. Clarke, Jr
D. R. Owens, White
Perry County
Owens
Harrison Kerr
Kerr
Andry
Clarke
Peters
Bicycle Corps Report Sets Mission for Army Ride
St Louis August 15 Lieutenant James Moss and the bicycle corps of the Twenty-fifth Regiment U S S A will depart Jefferson Barracks tomorrow and ride by rail to Ft Missoula Montana. On arrival Moss will prepare a detailed trip report to be sent to the War Department.
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ST. Louis
James Moss
Bicycle Corps
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Jefferson Barracks
Ft. Missoula
Mont
Moss
War Department
Buried Beside His Wife Senator George Lies in State
Jackson, Aug. 15. The late Senator James Z. George lay in state in the Capitol rotunda with a military guard after arriving from Mississippi City. Pallbearers included Gov. A. J. McLaurin and state officials. Remains to be buried in Carrollton beside his wife who died weeks earlier.
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Jackson
Miss
James Z. George
Mississippi City
Capitol
A. J. McLaurin
W. D Holder
J. M. Simonton
A. J. Russell
J. M. Stone
W. N. Nash
Jesse McLain
Wharton
Walthall
Two Bathers Drown in Atlantic City Surf Tragedy
Two bathers drowned in the Atlantic City surf today. Identified victim is Thomas C. Laswell, 21, of Princeton Indiana. The second man is unnamed, believed to be an excursionist from Philadelphia. Laswell arrived earlier in the day with companions.
Filled tUt blank orders in West Virginia
In Parkerburg West Virginia deputies seized Frank W Coombs property over a $500 claim but he paid with forged school warrants. He confessed and pleaded for time to raise $616, and questions arise if Bush signed blank forms used for paying claims under $3 each. Meanwhile two drownings occurred at the sea shore as Laswell and friend Parrott attempted to help. Laswell’s body washed ashore.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Frank W. Coombs
Walker
Combs
Combs Brothers
President Bush
Pleasant Hill
Bush
Bigamy charge follows mistaken court letter in Ohio
Alvah H. Hines, after a weeklong honeymoon, is jailed in Zanesville for bigamy. Formerly of Barnesville, he separated from his first wife who sought divorce and alimony. A clerk’s mistaken letter claiming a divorce led him to wed Olivia Laishley, but the clerk later admitted only alimony was granted.
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Commercial Tribune
Zanesville
Alvah H. Hines
Barnesville
Ewing
St. Clairsville
Olivia Laishley
Dromios Fight a Duel in Hicksville Barber Tragedy
Dep Ackley and his twin Gil, both barbers in Hicksville Ohio, fought after mistaken identity over a salary. Gil shot and cut Dep then Dep beat Gil with a whisky bottle. a mob pursued them as Gil lay critically injured.
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Keatie
Hicksville
Ford May Go Free Today as Witness Visits Deerwester
Benjamin Detrick, son of murdered farmers, visited the County Jail and spoke with suspect Deerwester, while Ford received no greeting. Police, couriers, and investigators face criticism for delays and security lapses as hundreds gather at the scene. Coroner McCracken plans a secret inquiry resuming tomorrow, with legal actions possible to gain access for reporters. Another arrest is promised as the case evolves.
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Detrick
Ford
Deerwester
Det-ricks
McCracken
Mandamus
Bellefontaine
McKinley at Bluff Point Church Amid Storm and Arrest News
President McKinley and party attended Trinity Episcopal Church in Bluff Point New York with Vice President Hobart and Mrs Hobart. A lightning strike shattered a pine on Bluff Point grounds as a fierce electrical storm rolled through the Champlain Valley. The president observed the parade preparations for the First Infantry while plans for a military ball were announced. Separately Ford remains under four day custody on suspicion in the Detrick murder, with defense and legal maneuvers pending as authorities assess new evidence and potential arrests.
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Bluff Point
N. Y
McKinley
Hobart
Alger
Trinity Episcopal Church
Hotel Champlain
Champlain Vallley
First Infantry
Garret A. Hobart, Jr
Ford
Detrick
Shaw
Six-Hour Night Break-In At Wooded Parkersburg Home
Dr Thomas Nutter of Grassland repelled four masked intruders who attacked his lonely Parkersburg residence for six hours from evening until morning. He and his family hid in the second story while the burglars robbed the first floor and tried a skylight entry. Mrs Nutter alerted him, and shots fired from inside drove the gang away. The assailants lingered after the doctor showed a roll of money the day before.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Thomas Nutter
Grassland
Nutter
Modern Dick Turpin Breaks Manacles in Arkansas Jail Break
Special in Little Rock reports Jim Carey, acquitted of Warren bank robbery and cashier murder, made a daring escape attempt in Pine Bluff jail. He broke leg manacles and a door lock, felled the jailer, and climbed toward the yard before recapture. Carey, 28, famed for evading restraints, shaved using a sharpened shoe spring and now awaits Texas officers in a straight jacket.
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Commercial Tribune
Little Rock
Ark
Jim Carey
Warren
Vam Zandt
Tex
Carey
Louisiana
Shreveport
Pine Bluff
United Staes
Texas
Laswell Dies While Bathing in Atlantic City
Princeton Indiana mourns Tom C. Laswell timekeeper for the Louisville Evansville and St. Louis line drowned at Atlantic City New Jersey while bathing during a pleasure trip he was known in Indiana and Kentucky as a racing wheel man and member of the Knights of Pythias.
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Commercial Tribune
Princeton
Ind
Tom C. Laswell
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis
Atlantic City
N. J
Paul Parrott Sues Fisher for Damages in Defamation Case
Lexington Kentucky August 15 Paul Parrott files suit seeking 5000 damages against D T Fisher for defamation alleging Fisher accused him of perjury.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Lexington, Ky
Paul Parrott
D. T. Fisher
Fisher
Blessed New Chimes Bless Cathedral in New York
Thousands witnessed the blessing of St. Patrick’s Cathedral chimes by Archbishop Corrigan in New York. Nineteen bells from Savoy weighed 300 to 7000 pounds, housed in a temporary booth, with flags and a large American banner. The $50,000 chimes are touted as the finest in the United States.
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New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Corrigan
Savoy
United States
Savage fight may end in death for Jack Murphy
Hamilton, Aug 15 About 7 o'clock this evening Michael Conlin and Jack Murphy second cousins quarreled at their home on Third and Sycamore. In the fight Murphy was cut in the abdomen by Conlin. Murphy was taken to Mercy Hospital. Conlin was arrested and held without bond due to the seriousness of the wound.
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Savage
Jack Murphy
Hamilton
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Michael Conlin
Third and
Sycamore
Jack
Conlin
Mercy Hospital
Murder Over a Woman Sparks Racial Pursuit
At Faywood Kentucky last night Joseph Jones a colored man killed Will Rankin a colored man with a shotgun over Rankins wife A posse of about fifty negroes captured Jones this afternoon and brought him to Versailles Jail.
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Commercial Tribune
Whasaillds
Faywood
Joseph Jones
Will Rankin
Rankin
Jones
Versailles
Mob Threat Forces Trial For Phillips Assault
Will Phillips, accused of assaulting Miss Sallie Jones near Chattanooga, is moved to a Georgia jail after mob threats. Posses pursue an alleged assailant of Mrs Heathcock, with Chickamauga Park guarded and a large reward offered. Armed men vow swift action if caught.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Will Phillips
Sallie Jones
Georgia
Arkansas
Lafayette
Walker County
Phillips
Miss Jones
Colorado bonds sold at par amid repudiation concerns
Chicago reports Colorado issued 225 bonds of $1,000 each at par bearing 4 percent interest. State officials anticipated a 6 to 10 percent premium but faced a large discount, about $26,000, due to Colorado's reputation as a leader among repudiation states.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Colorado
Free silver meeting fades in Clarke County amid low funds
In Springfield Colorado on August 15 the Democratic free silver camp waned with little enthusiasm despite plans to host William Jennings Bryan as chief speaker. A $1500 fund fell short, with $750 raised locally and the rest from McLean, Chapman, and other Democratic leaders. Farmers sell wheat for over eighty cents to local dealers as silver declines and interest wanes.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield, CO
Fair Grounds
William Jennings Bryan
McLean, Chapman
Clarke County
Chicago
Gompers Ready To Go Adopted By Labor League
The United Labor League in Pittsburg paused on strike actions and honored Samuel Gompers and other leaders with addresses thanking workers for their interest. The league pledged cooperation with the New York Garment Cutters Association to place union labels on garments and shoes for sale in the city. Gompers will head to the Fairmont coal field tomorrow morning, with other national leaders staying a few days longer.
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Pittsburg
United Labor League
Samuel Gompers
New York Garment Cutters’ Association
Gompers
Fairmont
W. Va
Convicts Escape From Jail in Harrisville Case
Police learned that last night the Crull murderer Erwin Brown, Mrs. Deckhard and her son the poisoners Husted and the forger, among others, escaped from the Ritchie County Jail in Harrisville as officers went to transfer them to Parkersburg. No details yet.
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Erwin Brown
Eckhard
Harrisville
Burglar Standoff Ends With Shot in Ohio Farm House
William Berry, a farmer near Leonardsburg, fought a burglar who entered his home last night. Berry fired, the intruder fired back, grazing Berry. The burglar escaped and bloodstains were later found outside the residence.
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Commercial Tribune
Delawiarh
Wm. Berry
Leonardsburg
Berry
Death of Bristol girl under suspicious circumstances
Dora E Cushman fifteen daughter of Dr A L Cushman of Lincoln was found dead in a pasture near her father’s house at daybreak after a night search. She had gone blackberrying yesterday afternoon and did not return prompting a searching party. Suspicious circumstances surround the death.
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Bristol
Dora E. Cushman
A.L. Cushman
Lincoln
Oldest Lexington House at 41 West High Tearing Down
Lexington report states the oldest house in the city, a frame structure at 41 West High street, is being torn down. It was built 110 years ago by Andrew Caldwell.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
West High Street
Andrew Caldwell
Through Two Wars Unwounded
HLWoOOOD Indiana August 15 Henry Wilson aged 68 a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars died last night He served through both wars and was in many battles without a wound He was buried at Delphi.
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Commercial Tribune
Hlwooood
Ind
Henry Wilson
Delphi
A Human Torch Woman Sets Herself Afire in Ohio
Mrs. Christina Jones died after spilling lamp oil on her clothing in the dark and igniting it when she struck a match. She ran through the street with blazing clothes and died after being taken to a hospital. She left five dependents.
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Commercial Tribune
Kenton, O
Christina Jones
Lexington Dog Shelter Retains Public Support
Lexington, August 15. The dog shelter founded by Grace G. Davide reports $98 collected in dog tax and says nearly four hundred western cars have been killed by dogs, highlighting ongoing public concern and shelter impact.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
New York
Grace G. Davide
Bullet Ends His Woes as Divorced Threat Looms
Edwin Allen of Troy Ohio killed himself at Piqua after his wife refused to leave Troy and discuss divorce. He had returned from Chicago to take his family with him but faced insistence on staying. a note cited domestic unhappiness and asked that his body be given to a medical college.
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Commercial Tribune
Troy
Edwin Allen
Piqua
Allen
Chicago
Muncie Officials Decline Crusade Against Sunday Open Shops
Muncie Ind Aug 15 Hardin Roads banker Joseph A Goddard wholesale grocer and W R Snyder Superintendent of Public Schools named to enforce the Sunday law will not take part in any crusade to seek Governor Mount removal of local police. Drugs ice cream parlors soda fountains and candy stores were open as usual with no prosecutions indicated.
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Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Hardin Roads
Joseph A. Goddard
W. R. Snyder
Governor Mount
New Injunctions Issued As Strike Leaders Face Court
Judge Jackson opened six injunction hearings against Fred Dilcher and other Fayette County strike leaders. Plaintiffs Harvey Coal and Coke, Dunn Loup Coal and Coke, Colyers Collier, McDonald Colliery, Star Coal, and Sugar Creek Coal and Coke seek permanent orders. Prohibition includes trespass and interference with property or workers. A permanent injunction hearing set for Charleston on November 10, with a dissolution motion on September 7 if chosen.
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Sloan
Evictions Begin as Miners Face Sheriff at Plum Creek
Pittsburg Aug 15 A leaden sky and showers weigh on Turtle and Plum Creek camps as evictions from company houses begin. The mood is grim yet unarmed, with mass meeting at Plum Creek and a march into Westmoreland County planned after court injunction. One family has already been evicted and their goods lie roadside near Center.
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Pittsburg
Turtle
Plum Creeks
Westmoreland County
Plum Creek
Ratchford
Samuel James R. Sovereign
Miners Try mass meeting at church but doors locked
In Flemington District miners planned a mass meeting at Baileytown Church with Rea Ratchford and Carney on the agenda. Trustees then barred use of the church and locked doors. They moved to the schoolhouse, heard Rea and Carney, and formed a new union amid tensions with Superintendent Henry of Tyrconnel Mines.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Flemington
Baileytown
Rea
Ratchford
Carney
Henry
Tyrconnel Mines
Springfield and Panamen Miners March For Mass Meeting In Decatur
In Decatur on August 15 Mayor Taybhor allowed about 400 Springfield and Panamen workers to enter the city for a mass meeting in support of a strike. They marched quietly to Miners Hall where pacific speeches were made and no disturbance occurred.
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Decatur
Taybhor
Springfield
Panamen
Pacific
Ancient American Family Reunion Near Richmond Ind
The Manlove family oldest in the county plans its 339th anniversary and reunion at Manlove Park in Wayne County near Richmond Indiana on Saturday September 4. Rev Horace E Hayden of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania will complete the family genealogy he has pursued for many years.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
Manlove
Manlove Park
Wayne) County
Horace E. Hayden
Wilkesbarre
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