German Colonial Scandal Expands to Von Puttkamer
Berlin reports accuse Governor Von Puttkamer of inhumanity and brutal excesses in the Cameroons and of shady financial dealings. Affidavits and witness accounts are ready for publication and may trigger an official inquiry. The Agrarian party faces internal strife over Margarine bill and salary increases for officials.
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Berlin
Herr von Puttkamer
German Cameroons
Whelan
Leist
von Puttkamer
von Stettin
Goezebrecht
Cameroons
Reichstag
Town at Stake in Coalton Ejection Suit
A major land dispute in Coalton returns with 35 prominent residents named as defendants in an ejectment case filed by Wm L Darling and heirs. The plaintiffs claim ownership of land bequeathed by Timothy Darling to Henderson Darling and heirs, contending the land remains theirs despite transfers in 1838.
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Coalton
Darling
Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Wm. L. Darling
Henry Carling
Charles J. Darling
Peter B. Darling
Joseph R. Darling
Virginia C. Martin
Melinda
Eubanks
Frances Springs
Timothy Dar
Henderson Darling
Timothy Darling
Local pauper died hiding wealth in home stash
Crawfordsville Indiana report says Jacob Denmann who was deemed poor died after starving himself. Police found over 5000 dollars in the Bible under the carpet and in a tin can. He had attempted to disclose a hidden 6000 dollars in gold before dying, leaving treasure whereabouts unknown.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Jacob Denmann
Denmann
Young prisoner sent to asylum after mental collapse
Dan'l E. Shepard, jailed for horse stealing in Circleville Ohio, suddenly went crazy yesterday and was sent to an asylum today. He had been in jail for three months, initially strong but weakened by confinement, becoming nearly skeletal and ill most of the time.
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Commercial Tribune
Circleville
Dan’l E. Shepard
General Harrison plans summer in Adirondacks hunting lodge
Indianapolis July 18 Next Tuesday evening General and Mrs Harrison will depart for their Adirondack summer home where a hunting lodge is under yearlong construction. R B F Peirce offers his private car the Clover Leaf for the journey and it has been accepted awaiting their pleasure.
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Perce
Pierce
Mrs. Harrison
Tragic Train Accident Claims Eight-Year-Old Life
John Wyatt ten years old was hit by a freight train at Scioto Street crossing in Circleville Ohio. He was jumping on and off the train when the accident occurred and lost both legs and an arm before dying at the scene.
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Commercial Tribune
Cicleville
John Wyatt
Scioto Street
Desperate Gang Caught in Detroit After Chicago Terror
In Detroit on July 18 John Ormey alias Hass Casey Richards and James Dempsey alias Smith were captured along with Michael Monghan. A fourth member is believed at large. The gang is accused of a reign of terror in Chicago with daylight robberies and fatal resistance, causing deaths and injuries to officers and citizens.
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Detroit
Mich
John Ormey
Hass
Casey
Richards
James Dempsey
Smith
Chicago
Michael Monghan
Windy City
Sergt. Sauer
Militia Guard Brown Hoisting Works Amid Labor Unrest
Cleveland mayor orders the Grays and militia to the Brown Hoisting Works to quell a strike surge. Five militia companies guard the site with police reinforcement. Non union workers escorted out without major incident while protesters chant scab. Police arrest several demonstrators as tensions rise.
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Cleveland
McKisson
Cleveland Grays
Creck
Brown
Henry Irving to revive Cymbelline at Lyceum next September
London reports Sir Henry Irving will revive Cymbelline at the Lyceum Theatre in September with Forbes Robinson’s tenancy ending July 25. M Sardou has a commission from Irving to adapt a French Revolution play centered on Robespierre for the Lyceum.
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Sir Henry Irving
London
Lyceum Theater
Lyceum
Forbes Robinson
Eric McKay
M. Sardou
Robespierre
A. F. Henderson
de Reszke Brothers
Jean de Reszke
Matador
Warsaw
Sergius
Bayreuth
Helen Mar
Queen’s Hall
Missing Lang Man Sparks Kentucky Probe
Ashland Kentucky July 18 John Lang son of a Cincinnati commission merchant has been mysteriously missing since leaving Louisa several days ago. Local authorities and family seek clues to his whereabouts amid questions surrounding his sudden departure.
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Commercial Tribune
Ashland
John Lang
Cincinnati Commission
Louisa
Teller for Bryan Hopes to Consolidate the Friends of Silver
Lincoln Neb July 18 1896 Senator Teller of Colorado writes to William J Bryan pledging support in his race for President He says he will consolidate the friends of Silver and that the country is to be congratulated on the Chicago nomination Bryan greatly pleased with Teller's stand amidst a flood of letters from supporters
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Henry M. Teller
Colorado
Bryan
Senator Teller
Denver
Col
W. J. Bryan
Chicago
Kurtz Home to Open Campaign Headquarters in Columbus
Republican leaders announce Kurtz will return to Columbus on Monday as campaign HQ opens. Letters from across Ohio express support for moving money issue to center stage with speaking tours planned around Sept. 1 and a projected two hundred thousand GOP backing in gold sentiment, per Monnett.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Kurtz
Republican State Executive Committee
Hill Seeks Senate Theme Narrowed to State Issues
New York July 18 The article reports Senator Hill plans to back the Chicago nominees and pursue a state focused campaign to win the Senate, opposing incomes tax and the Baines law, while saloon regulation similar to Ohio’s law becomes a key plank. Merchants in town say Ohio and other markets will hold back unless McKinley wins.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Hill
Chicago
Senate
Ohio
Arenes
McKinley
Engines of Death
Warden will visit Chicago to buy a dynamo for electrocution. Ohio prison officials face the same issue as Auburn authorities in obtaining a device to execute criminals. manufacturers nationwide balk at supplying equipment to prisons and have not responded to letters.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Chicago
Ohio
Auburn
N. Y
Ratification Meeting in Indianapolis Touts Patriots over Gold Democrats
About 2,000 gathered in Indianapolis as Gov. Matthews presided and lauded the Democrats for unity. He labeled Chicago Convention supporters as patriots defending liberty, while blasting gold faction leaders and noting plans to back Matthews for the Senate. Ratifications were also held in Valparaiso, Huntington, and other towns.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Democrats
Gov
Matthews
Chicago
Holt
State Committee
Turple
W. R. Myers
Senate
Nerh
Oorhees
Valparaiso
Huntington
Mormon Elders to Meet in Kentucky Conference
Special Dispatch reports the West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky Mormon conference will convene in Vanceburg from July 31 to August 3. Forty elders are expected. Elias Kim of the Western Mission will preside. The church has gained greater toleration here than elsewhere in the territory. Several churches in this and nearby counties will organize immediately after the conference.
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Commercial Tribune
Vanceburg
Elias Kim
Hethern
Vancebun
Becae
King Land Case Reopened In State Court
Beebe West Virginia July 18 The King land case was reopened in the State Court of Appeals as the plaintiff filed a 20000 bond and petitions for appeal and assignment of error in suits against J C Williamson H S White Bruce McDonald and A McClintock involving title to 200000 acres The petitions aim to bring the cases to the Supreme Court of Appeals The King Panther Lumber Company suit is being argued and today's petitions indicate a complete rehearing after prior judges decisions.
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Commercial Tribune
W. Va
King Land
Gase
J. C. Williamson
H. 8. White
Bruce McDonald
A. McClintock
Supreme Court of Appeals
King
Panther Lumber Company
Goff and Jackson
Parson and Girl Caught in Iowa Hotel Affair
Rev. G B E Scott a forty five year old Methodist pastor from Waterloo Ta arrested in Logansport Indiana while leaving the Barnett Hotel with fifteen year old Daisy Dorlan daughter of P S Dorlan a Waterloo citizen. They eloped July seventh and were tracked by a Commercial Tribune correspondence and sheriff. both kept in separate rooms at Murdock Hotel under guard. Scott pleaded for the girl and admitted marriage with no children.
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Commercial Tribune
Logansport
Ind
G. BE. Scott
M. E. Church
Waterloo
Barnett Hotel
Daisy Dorlan
P.S. Dorlan
Rev. Scott
H. Henry
Des Moines
The
Murdock Hotel
Scott
Iowa
Fearful man seeks Pasteur Institute treatment for hydrophobia
Nelson Creech of near Stevens in Elliott County was bitten by a mad dog and killed it. He has been nearly insane with fear of hydrophobia and his relatives plan to fund his treatment at Pasteur Institute in New York.
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Thbune
Ashland
Nelson Creech
Stevens
Elliott County
Creech
Pasteur
New York Institute
Reward Offered for Solving Crime in Ashland Area
In Ashland Kentucky on December 18 authorities offer a reward for solving a case tied to a Cincinnati peddler’s thefts. The motive centers on the Blaine Creek region of Lawrence County where farmers report losses and seek clues to the culprit or culprits involved.
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Commercial Tribune
Ashland
De 18
Lawren County
Cincinnati
Jonathan Cooksey
Blaine Creek
Lawrence County
Denial Club Backs Free Coinage of Paving Brick
The Denial Club of Portsmouth Ohio votes to petition Candidate on to declare for free coinage of paving brick. The group argues brick bricks are as durable as silver and could be made legal tender with brick certificates, aiding Scioto County shale miners and Colorado silver miners through legislation.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Denial Club
Scioto County
Colorado
Tin Plate Plant to Resume Work in Anderson
The National Tin Plate Company's Anderson plant will restart Monday with two mills and others to begin soon. The old scale stays in force but workers may produce more tin plate per turn. Three hundred locked out men will be rehired.
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Commercial Tribune
Anderson
Ind
National Tin Plate Company
Uniform Rules Sought For Plumbing Regulation
Dr. O. Probst of the State Board of Health issued circulars to Ohio local Boards urging uniform plumbing regulations. He cites existing law as a basis for standard rules to be adopted statewide.
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Commercial Tribune
O. Probst
State Board of Health
Boards of Health
Ohio
Man Rescued After Night Spent in Tree Beside Bull
Charles Ball, a Liberty Township farmer, escaped an enraged short horned bull after climbing a tree following the animal’s charge. The bull remained beneath the tree for hours until a red handkerchief signal from a nearby barn drew it away, letting Ball descend.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Charles Ball
Liberty Township
Ball
Mr. Ball
Mr. Balee
Heads on Track in Kentucky Tragedy
Lawrenceburg Kentucky July 18 a man and a woman about two years old were found dead on the Southern Railway near Salvisa and Van Arsdall with heads severed and the man’s left foot cut off. The coroner's inquest returned death by unknown persons. Names link to Joseph Hopper of London Kentucky and a baptist church member. Mystery surrounds the incident with murder theories but no weapons found.
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Commercial Tribune
Lawrenceburg
Burgin
Southern Railway
Salvisa
van Arsdall
Sen
Joseph Hopper
London
L. & N. Knox- Wille Branch
Cincinnati Southern
United Baptist Church
Laurel River
Josepher
McAfee
Miners No Support For Debs Amid Ohio Campaign Tour
In Canton Ohio on July 18 President M D Ratchford of the Ohio Mine Workers said coal miners will not back Eugene V Debs for president. A Columbus meeting previously voted down a Debs endorsement and third party movement, with miners favoring honest money and sound business.
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Ratchford
Ohio
Eugene Debs
M. D. Ratchford
Ohio Mine Workers
Eugene V. Debs
National Mine Workers’ Association
Columbus
Debs
Knight calls miners out in Indiana strike action
Shelburn Indiana July 18 President Knight of the Mine Workers Union was brought to Jackson Hill for urgent business. He announced a State Convention will be held in Terre Haute next Wednesday to organize a coal miners strike when many work without a standard scale. He said operators’ varied settlements create a drawn out struggle and hinder victory.
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Shelburn
Ind
Knight
Mine Workers’ Union
Jackson Hill
Terre Haute
Populists Split on Endorsing Bryan in St Louis Interview
Taube neck, head of the Populist National Committee, says the party will not endorse Bryan Sewall at the Chicago ticket. He favors nominating a presidential ticket and uniting on electors to defeat McKinley, with a large stay-at-home vote likely and no endorsement of the Chicago Democrats.
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Chicago
Bryan
Sewall
People’s Party Organization
People’s Party
United States
McKinley
National Committee Plans To Sell Convention Tickets
The National Executive Committee of the People’s party met in St Louis to set ticket distribution for the National Convention. Each committeeman gets five tickets and each delegate or alternate receives one or more based on distance, not exceeding three. Tickets resold at $1 to fund campaign activities.
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ST. Louis
The
People’s Party
Taubeneck
J. H. Turner
Washington, D. C
George E. Washburn
Boston
J. H. Davis
Texas
George F. Gaither
Alabama
W. O. Strickler
Nebraska
Business Men’s League
McDowell
Democratic Governor candidate addresses 500 Hoosiers in Anderson
Ex-Congressman Shively spoke to about 500 people in Anderson Indiana delivering a ram pant free silver speech. He argued that American institutions hang in the balance and criticized the law affecting silver prices comparing it to imagined consequences if coal or cotton were legislated against.
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Commercial Tribune
Anderson
Ind
Shively
Democratic Split Aids Republicans In Kentucky County
Richmond Kentucky July 18 a prominent politician says he can count over a hundred influential Democrats in the city who will not support the Chicago nominees. Named are Dr L H Blanton Col J L Shackelford banker John B Greenleaf ex Senator John D Harris and Hon Jerry A Sullivan. The latter repudiates the platform and ticket. The split will likely give Republicans a walk over in November.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Chicago
L. H. Blanton
Central University
J. L. Shackelford
Revenue Office
John B. Greenleaf
John D. Harris
Jerry A. Sullivan
Courier-Journal
Repulicans
Jones Heads to St Louis as Campaign Tours Begin
Senator Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, left Washington for Arkansas with a likely stop in St Louis en route and will return in about ten days. Democratic headquarters in Washington report active club work under Lawrence Gardner for the Congressional Campaign Committee and National Association of Democratic Clubs as the campaign heats up. The Bryan Free Silver League in New York is said to start with 100 members as party lines firm up across the nation. Forty delegates to the American Silver Convention meet at Herndon Virginia.
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Gene Monnett
Pu Bay
State Bar Association
Ohio
J. W. Sharp
Mansfield
Nationa Party
Sharp
New Oe
Prohibition Party
Washington
Jones
Arkansas
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
Lawrence Gardner
Congressional Campaign Committee
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Tam
Oy Henay
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Diet
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Dusseldorf
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Teller
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Silver States
Behind Him
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Broadway
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Gov. Matthews
Gold Democrats
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Supreme Court
Parson
Indiana
Inter-Mountain
National Committee
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Mr. Teller
J. Bryan
Washburn
T. M. Patterson
Rocky Mountain News
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Oregon
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William M. Hahn
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