Fusion Delegates From Van Wert Charged as Paid Operatives
The Daily Bulletin reports Democrats paid two Van Wert County men Henry Havens and Isaac Collins fifteen dollars each to attend the Populist State Convention as fusion delegates. Investigators say delegates acted without a Populist caucus or committee and marked the move as McLean tactic. Republicans hold proof as incontrovertible and report oversight near the county courthouse.
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Commercial Tribune
van Wprt
Daily Bulletin
W. W. Wilson
Democratic State Central
van Wert
Havens
Collins
Wilson
Collins and
Columbus
Fusion
McLean
Senate
Fusion Plot in Ohio Populist Convention Drift
Columbus reporters debunk claims that Probate Judge W. W. Wilson sent two delegates to the Populist State convention to aid fusion with Democrats and were paid 15 dollars each. The piece portrays McLean’s plan as a failed tragedy and details blame among Myers, Hough, and McConville as they hunt for a scapegoat amid party disarray.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
van Wert Daily Bulletin
W. W. Wilson
Democratic State Central Committee
Fifth District
Henry Havens
Isaac Collins
van Wert
McLean
Havens
Collins
Democratic
Grand Southern
Allen O. Myers
Myers
Hough
McConville
Daniel
Eupho
Girl Saves Companion From Rattler Then Faints
Miss Alice Branham fifteen battles a five foot four inch rattlesnake with sixteen rattles after her friend Mary Tumbleson steps on it. Branham breaks the snake’s back with a heavy stick, drags it toward the house, and faints when help arrives.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Alice Branham
Little Bear Creek
Mary Tumbleson
Tumbleson
Miss Branham
Fate pursues a family. Two killed and one driven crazy by runaway accidents
In Portsmouth Colorado Philip Thomson a butcher died after a runaway. A horse kicked him in the head fracturing his skull and breaking six ribs a right arm and left leg. Thomson's grandfather died in a similar accident and an uncle Richard Thomson is an incurable maniac from injuries.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth, CO
Philip Thomson
Thomson
Richard Thomson
Three Men Drown After Niagara Boat Capsize At Falls
Frank Weber 40 of Buffalo Charles Glassner 29 of Chicago and Warren Buck 21 of Chicago were swept over Horseshoe Falls at 6 pm while fishing near Lasalle with six others. A Maid of the Mist crew found an oar marked M. & P Lasalle. Weber left wife and two children. Glassner supported an invalid mother. Buck is single.
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Commercial Tribune
Niagara Falia
N. Y
Frank Weber
Buffalo
Charles Glassner
United States Express
Chicago
Warren Buck
Horseshoe Falls
Lasalle
Webber
Buck
Glassner
Mang & Perry
Prospect Park
Maid of the Mist
M. & P., Lasalle
Murder at a reunion in Salt Lick shocks Kentucky veterans
At a Bath County Grand Army reunion Robert Cummings of Breathitt County and Harlan Sexton of Menefee County exchanged words and fired. Cummings was shot thrice and barely alive while Sexton fled after being shot several times. Laura Trumbo, daughter of an old soldier from Rowan County, was killed by Sexton. It is the first tragedy at a Kentucky veterans reunion.
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Lexington
Salt Lick
Bath County
Robert Cummings
Breathitt County
Harlan Sexton
Menefee County
Cummings
Sexton Is
Laura Trumbo
Rowan County
Sexton
Kentucky
STOP CHILDREN'S PLAY ARRESTS IN CLARKSBURG
Clarksburg officials pass a street activity ban prohibiting hoops ball shinny bandy and other sports in streets and alleys. Four youths were arrested in the past week under the ordinance.
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Clarksburg
Snow white albino opossum captured near Rushtown
Portmouth Ohio reports the first albino opossum in the county, found Saturday by Marion Martin near Rushtown. The old animal is smaller than a common opossum, snow white with pink eyes, and it does not feign fear but attacks men and dogs when approached.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Marion Martin
Rushtown
Mob Hangs Prisoner From Cumberland River Bridge in Kentucky
A mob of about fifty men entered the Williamsburg jail at 1 am and hanged Caneyay Sullivan, convicted of assaulting his sister in law Sarah Lawson and sentenced to twenty years. The crowd guarded the bridge for two hours, then the coroner’s inquest blamed unknown parties. The incident follows a separate killing in Whitley County and stirs fear of further mob action in Corbin and nearby towns.
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Commercial Tribune
Williamsburg
John Brummett
Caneyay
Sarah Lawson
Sullivan
Cumberland River
Whitley
Elias Lawson
Rose
Clark
Commonwealth
Ramsey
James Reedy
Walter Bird
Whitley County
Corbin
John Corley
Dan Curry
Curry
Reedy
Miners Hear Speakers at Barnum Mine Meeting
About a thousand miners gathered at the Barnum mine in Ishpeming to hear President Mudge and Secretary Wassey of the Miners' Union. Wassey urged the union's strength and hinted at possible strike action after a secret evening meeting to decide on a morning strike.
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Commercial Tribune
Ishpeming
Mich
Barnum Mine
Mudge
Wassey
Miners’ Union
Defense in Baby Burial Case at Terre Haute Jail
In Terre Haute Indiana today a veiled woman visiting George Cottom at the jail sparked fresh questions in the baby burial case. The defense plans to prove Mrs Mary B Thompson was insane and that George Cottom was not involved.
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Commercial Tribune
Terre Haute
Ind
George Cottom
George
Cottom
Riley
Alex Rodgers
Henry Cottom
Rodgers
Mary B. Thompson
Henry
Farmer Shot After Going to Suspect Toll-Gate Raider Home
Lawrenceburg Kentucky August 22 James Travis a Union soldier about 50 was killed at Buckner McKee s farm west of town Travis went to renew a quarrel from last week McKee held a pistol and fired a fatal shot Travis had been linked to the 1898 Morgan murder case and Howard trial McKee s own toll gate raid case is pending trial
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
James Travis
Buckner McKee
McKee
Travis
Howard
Morgan
Springfield Tragedy Aims To Reconcile Ends In Suicide
Mrs. Anna Byer a about sixty year old color woman hanged herself early this morning in the back yard of H W Burleigh s residence on South Limestone street Springfield CO She quarreled with her daughter in Indianapolis who wished to visit and make up the quarrel The daughter s message I hate the sight of you and never want to see you again driven the woman to take her life She had saved enough to cover funeral expenses.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Anna Byer
H. W. Burleigh
South Limestone Street
Indianapolis
National Spiritualists Convene Camp Meeting at Woolley Park
Delaware county reports the National Association of Spiritualists holding a camp meeting at Woolley Park Ashley north of the city. The event gathers Spiritualist delegates and adherents from the region for services and activities.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware, CO
National Association of Spiritualists
Woolley Park
Ashley
New Klondike Luck Brings Miner 18000 From Own Mine
A Vancouver broker reports a young miner from Peace River who, with a partner, hauled out 18000 in three months using only pans and 12 foot sluices. The pair left a third partner at the site and planned winter supplies from Edmonton. Peace River mines show rising profits attracting more miners and crude methods.
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Commercial Tribune
Tacoma
Wash
Peace River
Northwest Territory
A. D. Kitchen
British Columbia
Vancouver
Johnson
Vancouver Bank
Edmonton
Hudson Bay Company
Kitchen
Calgary
Miners for the Klondike Danube sails for Skaguay Bay
The steamer Danube begins voyage to Skaguay Bay carrying a large miner expedition and freight for Klondike. On return the ship will carry materials and men for Yukon steamer construction by the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company. Sergeant Raven accompanied provisions and equipment for a Tagish Lake post office.
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Victoria
B. C
Danube
Skaguay Bay
Klondike
St. Michael
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
Sergeant Raven
Northwest Mounted Police
Raven
Tagish Lake
Banished Prospector Demands Toll For Crossing Creek
Reports from Skaguay and Dyea say a prospector who tried to collect 50 cents per person for crossing a felled tree toll in a creek was banished for twelve hours. The trio notes five men arrived with 40,000 dollars in gold dust as the steamer departed.
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Victoria
B. C
Coquitan
Dyea
Skaguay
Lover beaten to death in Parkersburg case
Henry Moore of Big Isaac Doddridge County was waylaid by three men Friday night returning from seeing his fiancée Miss Mathey and fatally beaten. A $100 reward is offered for the attackers, with jealousy suspected as the motive.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Henry Moore
Big Isaac
Doddridge County
Miss Mathey
Tramps fatally beat man near Baltimore & Ohio water station
John Boyles aged long observer of the water station near Clarksburg was attacked by a gang of tramps at midnight and died from his injuries after nearly forty years on the beat.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
John Boyles
Baltimore & Ohio Water Station
Clarksburg
Colored Troops Reunion In Circleville Ohio
Ohio's two colored regiments the Fifth and Twenty-seventh U S C T will hold their sixth reunion in Circleville September 15 and 16. Officers including General G W Shurtliff Colonel Downing Captain David Way Captain G W Fannon and Major A L Marvin will attend along with Julius Hunter who will display paintings of Petersburg New Market Heights and Ft Gilmore battles in which the troops served.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio Colored
Circleville
Ohio
G. W. Shurtliff
Downing
David Way
G. W. Fahnon
A. L. Marvin
Julius Hunter
Petersburg
New Market Heights
Ft. Gilmore
Judge Shot at His Door in Vermont Court Case
Thomas C. Seaver Windsor County Judge of Probate was shot on his porch by William W. Lawrence. The bullet hit his right lung and lodged beneath the shoulder blade. he is resting quietly and expected to recover. Lawrence surrendered to the Sheriff and is jailed after previously being barred from seeing his seven year old daughter by an injunction Seaver issued.
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Woodstock
Thomas C. Seaver
Windsor County
William W. Lawrence
Lawrence
Seaver
Lawless Negro Camp Revolvers and Razors Claim Several Victims
A riot at Unity camp of black railroad workers near Pittsburg leaves one man fatally shot and many wounded. Guns and razors used in fights among rioters. John Kelly fatally wounded, others hurt in clashes involving ten shooters and multiple assaults.
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Pittsburg
Unity
Pittsburg, Bessemer & Lake Erie
Tom Cash
Powder and Ball
John Kelly
Cash
Kelly
George Walker
Emanuel Lindsay
Walker
William Matthews
George Smith
Matthews
Smith
Rags
Funeral mixup ends as missing soldier returns home
In Columbus Ohio Mrs Williams spent 300 dollars on a funeral for James Williams believed dead. The return letter from the National Soldiers Home says he will be home Monday, prompting plans to exhume the coffin and seek a refund.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
James Williams
National Soldiers’ Home
Washington
Greenlawn
Indians Make Threats Over Cherokee Commission Talks
In Chelsea Oklahoma on August 22 reports say the Keetoowa Society a Cherokee full blood organization has threatened personal harm to Cherokee Commission members if they strike any agreement with the Dawes Commission to abolish tribal government. The society of about 500 members wields political influence and fears rise of armed resistance.
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Chelsea
I. T
Keetoowa Society
Cherokee Commission
Dawes Commission
Keetoowa
Washington
Congress
Mexico
Typhoid scare at Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum eases
In Lexington August 22 the typhoid fever scare at the Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum has subsided. Dr. Porter Prather the second assistant physician is mending rapidly and will be out soon. One patient attacked and moved to St Josephs Hospital is very low and may not recover. others are doing well.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Eastern Kentucky Lunatic Asylum
Porter Prather
St. Joseph's
Europe Seeks Amerigan Grain Amid Export Strain
Europe seeks American grain supplies as Russia limits exports this year, impacting small crops in the czarist domain. The move highlights global grain tensions and potential price effects across markets.
Russian export wheat ban rumor boosts Atlantic grain trade
Word of a possible Russian decree prohibiting wheat exports unsettles markets and signals rising demand for tonnage. Analysts in Philadelphia expect grain exports to exceed prior records with shipments to Adriatic ports and Egypt. Chartered ships Pictou and Raysdall are listed with grain cargoes and price terms.
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Philadelphia
Russia
Black Sea
Europe
United States
New York
Baltimore
Adriatic Sea
St. Louis du Rhone
Marseilles
Alexandria
Egypt
Mediterranean
Pictou
Cork
Raysdall
Adriatic
Wheat Hits Dollar Mark in Lexington Trade
In Lexington on August 22 1 600 bushels sold for 1600 American gold standard dollars worth 3840 free silver Mexican dollars. A farmer rejected an offer of 1000 dollars for his crop while a miller predicts wheat may reach 105 dollars per bushel by next Saturday.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Armour on the Outlook Europe forced to buy despite wishes
P D Armour returns to Chicago after Europe trip and says Germany will not boycott American goods. He predicts America will regain French and German markets within a year as Europe needs American wheat and corn. He calls the Dingley tariff a new era and expects European investment to return.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
P. D. Armour
Europe
Germany
America
Wheat prices hit new high as 1891 figures loom
In New York on August 22 cash wheat rose to 118 and futures to the highest since 1891. An expert from the Produce Exchange told the Commercial Tribune that wheat at 107 signals a value rise over 1896 of 152 million to 248 million dollars, with corn value up over 220 thousand. The 1897 wheat crop is estimated at 30 to 52 million bushels. last year’s crop value was 310 million dollars. Continued on second page.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Produce Exchange
The
Arthorn Ons
Ees Speits Aeaetis
New_York
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M’conville
Ross
Jimmy Ross
Niagara
Noah
Genesis
Caney Sullivan
Williamsburg, Ky
Sullivan’s
Farmer McKee
Farmer
Latter
Mrs. Byer
National Spiritualists
Canada
Alaska
Colored Troops’ Reunion
Judge
Jas. Williams
Amerigan Grain
U. S
Armour
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