Third Ticket Quits Ex-Governor Brown Faces Full State Ticket
The anti Goebel State convention in Lexington issued a full Democratic slate for State offices led by ex Governor John Young Brown. It aims to defeat Goebel and the Louisville ticket, claiming the largest attendance yet and pledging campaign energy. Three special trains from Louisville arrived as delegates gathered.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Goebel
Louisville
John Young Brown
Kentucky
Convention Elects Greene and Vows to Defeat Goebelism
A large Democratic gathering in Woodland Park heard Judge John W. Greene named temporary chairman as the anti Goebel faction pledged to defeat Goebelism. The convention endorsed loyalty to the party’s emblem and aimed to back John Young Brown for governor, while denouncing fraud and bossism.
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Woodland Park
Phil. B. Thompson, Sr
Harrodsburg
I. B. Grubbs
Lexington
W. H. Sweeney
Marion County
Judi John W. Greene
Owenton
Louisville
Judge Greene
Carnegie Men Strike At Lake Superior Mine
Houghton Michigan August 16 Two hundred fifty workers at Section 21 of the Lake Superior Iron Company mine demand a wage increase of 15 to 25 cents per day seeking the same pay as at the Norrie Mine Iron Works. The Norrie workers are on ten hour shifts while the Lake Superior mine uses an eight hour day. Local miners seek the full eight hour day and scale. The strike threatens to spread to other Chicago area mines employing about 3 000 men.
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Commercial Tribune
Houghton, Mich
Lake Superior Iron Company
Carnegie Corporation
Norrie Mine
Iron Works
Norrie
Wholesalers urge whisky tax cuts and bond changes
The National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association meeting in Milwaukee passes resolutions opposing the 110 dollar per gallon whisky tax as excessive and promoting reduction of bonding periods. They call for Congress to ease surveillance costs and pursue tax reduction with accompanying steps, and Philadelphia is chosen as next convention site.
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Milwaukee
Wis
National Wholesale Liquor Dealers’ Association
Congress
Philadelphia
Dayton Murderer Kirves Dies After Faulty Electric Chair
Bruno Kirves, condemned for killing his daughter, died in Columbus after a second shock followed a faulty first application of 1,750 volts. Reports say the cap misaligned, burning his forehead and eyes, with witnesses noting melted eyeballs and a hissing odor. Kirves had sought death, complaining of wife and family troubles, and spoke with his sister before the sentence.
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Kirves
Wells
S. M. Griffith
Warden Coffin
Wagenhals
Sanor
Carpenter
State Hospital
Bether
Electrician
Green
Electric
Tillman condemns whitecapping in South Carolina speech
Senator Ben Tillman denounced whitecapers terrorizing a Greenwood County area urging action against Tolberts and Republican leaders. He warned Yankees watch the race issue and urged stopping the violence while denouncing the Boston born “vigger” Postmaster family and praising restraint.
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Tolberts
South
Tillman
Congress
Jewett
Vigger
Boston
Dowry for Miss Grant and Newport Wedding Plan
Mrs Potter Palmer to give Miss Julia Dent Grant a reported dowry of 500000 dollars for her wedding to Prince Michel Cantacuzene set for September 15 at All Saints Chapel Newport. Bishop Henry C Potter will perform the ceremony with Potter Palmer acting as the bride’s escort in absence of General Frederick Dent Grant.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Julia Dent Grant
Prince Michel Cantacuzene
All Saints Chapel
Newport
Bishopenry C. Potter
Frederick Dent Grant
Potter Palmer
Chicago
Miss Grant
Paris
Morton
Levi P. Morton
Mr . Cantacuzene
Rome
Italy
Delegates Married In Lexington State Convention Affair
J Richard Quessenberry of Ford wed Miss Lucy Prather of Valley View in Lexington today. Quessenberry attended the Kentucky State Convention as a delegate and was greeted by his sweetheart. The bride is daughter of Rev J W Prather of Richmond and niece of ex Councilman J Hull Prather of this city.
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Commercia
Lexington
J. Richard Quessenberry
Ford
Lucy Prather
Valley View
Rev. W. H. Coston Not Present at Meeting
Springfield Ohio August 16 The Commercial Tribune carried Rev W H Coston name in resolutions denouncing President McKinley for not using national authority on Southern outrages The minister was not present at the meeting and took no part in it.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
W. H. Coston
McKinley
Mr. Coston
Married His Nurse Wedding of Dr Marlott and Miss Dwyer
MUNCIE IN Aug 16 The marriage of Dr C L Marlott of Indianapolis and Miss Margaret Dwyer occurred tonight as a major social event. Rev Father Schmidt officiated with about two hundred invited guests. The bride is a professional nurse who met the doctor while caring for him.
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Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
C. L. Marlott
Indianapolis
Margaret Dwyer
Father Schmidt
Bridegroom Dies Before Wedding in Lexington Case
Fred Hamilton, a Bible College graduate, died Monday at his Johnsville home. He was to marry Miss Maud Hill of Lexington next week and had already secured and furnished their future home here.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Fred Hamilton
The
Bible College
Johnsville
Maud Hill
Temperance Union calls mass convention in Chicago
The Chicago Young People's Christian Temperance Union urges a mass convention in Chicago on September 27 and 28, 1899. The event aims to organize energetic warfare against the legalized liquor traffic nationwide.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Chicago Young People’s Christian Temperance Union
Ryan to Direct Northwestern Exposition in Toledo Century Show
Former Secretary of State Daniel J. Ryan will be Director General of the Toledo Centennial known as the Northwestern Exposition. He will assume January 1900 to manage a project requiring at least 4 million dollars with substantial support from Toledo and the five Northwest Territory states.
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Secretary
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Daniel J. Ryan
Ryan
Jackson Park
Nashville
Omaha
Toledo
Congress
Northwest Territory
Ohio
L. P. Harris
Perot Abduction Case Settled Out of Court
In London on August 16 the case of Mrs. William Y. Perot over the alleged abduction of her daughter Gladys from Baltimore ended with a settlement. The child was handed to the custody of her grandfather William Y. Perot by mutual agreement, with the mother given access to the girl.
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London
William Y. Perot
Gladys
Baltimore
A Fatal Whisky Cure in Salem Indiana
In Salem Indiana today John Bush a farmer about 50 died after being told to take whisky to ease a sting from a bee. He drank four half pints of whisky within thirty minutes and died three hours later in the saloon of Thomas Oliver. He was an uncle of County Superintendent Bush and not addicted to drinking.
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Commercial Tribune
Salem
Ind
William Butterfield
John Bush
Court Park
Thomas Oliver
Bush
MacNeal Receives Medal for Gallantry
The Navy Department awarded the Medal of Honor to Corporal MacNeal of the Marine Corps for bravery aboard the Brooklyn during the fight with Cervera's fleet. He climbed to a six pounder gun under the forecastle and cleared a jammed shell as others failed, during the peak of the action.
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Washington
Navy Department
Corporal MacNeal
Marine Corps
Brooklyn
Cervera
MacNeal
Britain Ready to Send 30 000 in Africa War Readiness
General Walker sails for the Cape to assume command of British forces in South Africa amid stalled Boer replies on franchise reform. The war office has prepared an emergency force of 30 000 to deploy within a week, with Grenadier Guards and Twenty first Lancers possibly joining other already ordered regiments.
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London
Transvaal
Great Britain
War Office
Grenadier Guards
Gibraltar
Twenty-first Lancers
Egypt
South Africa
Frederick Walker
William Francis Butler
Cape
Cape Town Arms Move Provokes Cape Ministry Critique
Cape Town Daily Mail correspondent condemns the Cape Ministry for not opposing arming the Orange Free State. He notes the cabinet allowed 1,000,000 cartridges moved from Cape to Bloemfontein and the Standard Bank sent 100,000 sovereigns to Pretoria in response to an urgent demand.
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London
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Cape
Orange Free State
Bloemfontein
Standard Bank
Pretoria
Dynamite Monopoly Question Ignored in Report
Pretoria reports the dynamite commission’s finding as a victory for President Kruger. It recommends price reductions but largely avoids addressing the cancellation of the monopoly.
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Pretoria
Dynamite Commission
Kruger
Widow Loses Diamonds As Tramp Is Seen
Mrs Savina Corn widow of a Cuban planter loses diamonds valued at 1145 dollars near the Muncie depot. A tramp was observed picking up what appeared to be the small sack containing the jewels, which were pinned under her waist with a hairpin.
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Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Sailor Rescue Report From Gull Shoal Wreck
Cape Henry Virginia August 16 Keeper Pugh reports the schooner Aaron Repard wrecked three miles south of Gull Shoal Life Saving Station North Carolina. The crew of eight included three saved and five lost in the incident.
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Cape Henry
Pugh
Gull Shoal
N. C
Aaron Reppard
Nile drought risks cotton crops in Egypt
Cairo reports extreme Nile low water threatens cotton yields. Natives warned to sow early as upper highlands face the greatest losses and potential revenue impact.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nile
Tragedy in New Philadelphia Wife Aked and Self Hit
Albert Myers shot his wife at their home in New Philadelphia after a year of marriage and divorce filing. He then shot Miss Cordrey, aunt to the dead woman, and killed himself with a pistol blast to the temple as onlookers arrived. Mrs Myers died from a heart wound. Cordrey survived.
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Commercial Tribune
NEW
Philadelphia
Albert Myers
Cordrey
West Front
South Eighth Streets
Myers
Kittie Gannon
Bailey & Douthitt
Miss Cordrey
Preacher W L Reese Celebrates 1200 Marriages Reunion
AUBURN Ind Aug 16 More than 1000 couples married by Rev W L Reese gather for a reunion. The minister records 1200 marriages in his life with unknown excess. County residents and descendants attend, with the first couple George Swineford and his wife and the last Mr and Mrs George Deal present.
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Commercial Tribune
Auburn
Ind
W. L. Reese
George Swineford
George Deal
Winona Bible Conference Opens in Warsaw Today
Winona Bible Conference opens in Warsaw Indiana with thousands of ministers arriving. Two meetings held including a song service led by H. G. Smith and the opening sermon by Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman. Speakers include Rev. George T. Parves, D D LL D, Rev. W. G. Morehead, D D, Rev. Cornelius Woelfkin, D D, Rev. R. A. Torrey, Miss Annie Sherton, and Rev. Alexander Patterson.
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Commercial Tribune
Warsaw
Ind
H. G. Smith
J. Wilbur Chapman
George T. Parves
D.D
Ll.d
W. G. Morehead
Cornelius Woelfkin
R. A. Torrey
Annie Sherton
Alexander Patterson
Brazil Argentina and Chile Agree to Refer Disputes to Arbitration
The Times London reports from Rio de Janeiro that Brazil Argentina and Chile will sign a treaty to submit all conflicts to arbitration and to reduce military and naval expenditures. General Bionysio E De Castro Cerqueira is cited as announcing the accord.
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London
Buenos Ayres
The
Times
el Diario
Rio Janeiro
Bionysio E de Castro Cerqueira
Brazil
Argentine
Chile
Blow to faith healers shocks Dowie following trial
In Chicago on August 16 Justice Everett found Mrs. Blatsch guilty of violating the medical practice act for administering faith healing to Anneta Flanders who died after Dowie’s divine healing. A $100 fine plus costs was imposed.
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Chicago
Everett
Henrika “Latsch
Alexander Dowie
Anneta Flanders
Dowie
Blatsch
Two Dead Men Found In Hot Springs
Two men were found dead on a hillside in Hot Springs Arkansas this morning. One is identified as Jim Mitchell a colored coachman who died from a pistol wound to the brain. The other body is that of an unknown white man. The cause of deaths remains a mystery.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Jim Mitchell
Terrific gales and floods drown fifty in Chile crash
Terrific gales and heavy floods hit Chile with a train crashing into a river near Santiago de Chile, killing fifty. A house swept away at Valparaiso drowned its nine occupants.
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Valparaiso
Santiago de Chile
American Exporter Made Knight of Legion of Honor
Paris reports Alfred Behrend, an American exporter, has been created a Knight of the Legion of Honor by the French government. The award recognizes his contributions to Franco American trade and cultural exchange.
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Paris
Alfred Behrend
Legion of Honor
Mercial Tribune
Peary Expedition Steamer Diana Passes Domino Run
The Labordor mail steamer reports the Peary expedition ship Diana passed Domino Run, Norther Labrador at 2 p.m. July 4. All on board were well. The Diana hoped to reach Disco Greenland by July 29.
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Peary Expedition
ST. Johns
N. F
Labrador Mail
Diana
Domino Run
Norther Labrador
Disco
Greenland
Dreyfus Court Martial Tensions Spark Jerusalem Style
Dramatic scenes unfold at Rennes court martial with threats of mob violence. Police and military officials brace for clashes near the St Bartholomew anniversary as insults test the prisoner’s resolve and the court.
Dreyfus Trial Testimony Details in Rennes Reports
The Rennes dispatch summarizes witness Guerin and General Mercier testimony from the Dreyfus trial. Guerin repeats prior evidence noting missing documents and Mercier’s conviction that Dreyfus authored the bordereau and controlled the papers, based on handwriting and Dreyfus’ departmental roles. Continued on Fourth Page.
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Guerin
Court of Cassation
Jouaust
M. Guerin
General Mercier
Dreyfus
Mercier
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Bryan
Goebelism
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McCreary
J. D. Macquat
McCracken County
Charles J. Cronan
Committee On
Harry H. Hardin
John ‘Walsh
Tion
Greene
G. M. Adams
Knox
Jas. B. Elvy
Fayette County
C. H. Brink
Madison County
H. B. Kinsolving
Montgomery
McKenzie Moss
Warren County
M. R. Lockhart
Sia
Theodore Hallam
Hallam
Carnegie
Lake Superior Mining Company
Philadeliphia
Bruno Kirves
Allen E. Beach
Columbus, O
den Coffin
Bruno
Dayton
Johnson
Augusta
Gussie
Yankees
Atlanta
Greenwood
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Farmers’ Institute
B. R. Tillman
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Dr. Marlott
Miss Dwyer Muncie
Chicago Young People’s Temperance Union
M. Georges Clemenceau
Imum
Mr. Ryan
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Perot
Warded
Walker
Africa
Blame Cape
Tramp
Chad
New Philadelphia
Mr. Reese
Anderson, Ind
Winona
Santiago
Rennes
Martial
St. Bartholomew
Iety
Pris
M. Lebon
Mme
Henry
Roget
Lebon
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