Senate Adopts War Resolution on Cuba After Heated Debate
The Senate approved the Morgan resolution recognizing a state of war in Cuba by 41 to 14 and sent it to the House as President McKinley prepares to declare his position. Speakers urged bold action to support Cuban patriots while critics warned against rushing into war with Spain.
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Senator Morgan Comments on Resolution's Effect
Senator Morgan says the Senate resolution will reassure the American people that their rights are protected. He notes he cannot detail the impact but emphasizes trust in the Senate to defend rights.
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John T. Morgan
Ruiz Commission organizes in Havana to probe doctor’s death
The Ruiz Commission, informally formed this morning in Havana, will travel to Guanabacoa to investigate the death in jail of Dr. Ricardo Ruiz, a naturalized American. Enrique Roig was accepted as counsel by Consul General Lee and Mr. Calhoun after introduction by Dr. Congosta, the Spanish Consul in Philadelphia.
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Unanimous House Passes Cuban Relief Bill in May Debate
In Washington on May 20 the House approved a $50,000 relief for American citizens without dissent. Democrats pressed for Morgan resolution on belligerent recognition. Republicans argued not to hinder negotiations led by President McKinley. Speaker Reed ruled Batley out of order amid party lines.
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Seth Brown
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Senators Debate Cuba Resolution As Galleries Packed
Three Republicans Cooper Wis consin Colson Kentucky and Robbins Pennsylvania voted to consider the Senate resolution. The galleries were packed and displayed sympathy for Cuba. Speeches were made by Dalzell Bailey Hitt Grosvenor Williams Livingston Wheeler Adams Clayton McMillin Bell Simpson Hull Brown. Robbins described Cuba from a personal visit.
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Bushnell Calls for U S Stop to Cuban Slaughter
Governor Bushnell, speaking at the Republican County Convention in Springfield Ohio, urges the U S to pressure Spain to end the Cuban slaughter while avoiding war. He warns Democrats cannot manage public affairs and urges Republicans to unite. In Madrid, General Azcarraga proposes expanding Spain’s army to 100000 men.
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Inmate Claims Durrant Innocent in Lamont Murder
William T. Bryant a Soldiers' Home inmate sworn statement accuses Rev J George Gibson of murdering Blanche Lamont in Emanuel Church San Francisco. Bryant says he saw Gibson carrying a woman in the church at the time and heard him say This kills that evidence.
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Theodore Durrant
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Jennie Judd awarded $18,000 against railroad in manslaughter suit
In Catlettsburg Kentucky on May 2 a jury ruled for Jennie Judd widow of Thomas Judd and awarded $18,000 against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in a lawsuit over the death of her husband on the Big Sandy Division. The case had previously yielded $10,000 on first trial and the railroad appealed.
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Jennie Judd
Thomas Judd
Co. & O. Railroad
Big Sandy
Man Hunt Planned By Grove City Bloodhounds
A Grove City owner Mr Darnell plans a public man hunt using his two young bloodhound puppies. The letter from Fleet Foot Fred of Kentucky offers to be the human subject, with Cross Country Club poised to join the hunt in Columbus area.
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Darnell
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Daniel
Ohio
Freadie Myers
Not a Spirit Band Exposed as Hindoo Hypnotist in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana Aja Joboe a man posing as an Indian Hindoo hypnotist and magician arrived with manager Mr McMullen and two women The group claimed spiritual powers A private seance ended when a light revealed music came from instruments held by Manager McMullen The impostors were driven away by local spiritualist groups
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Muncie
Ind
Aja Joboe
India
McMullen
Hindoo
Counterfeiter Amanda Kash Arrested in Maysville
Amanda Kash colored, arrested in Maysville Kentucky on counterfeiting charges for gilding pennies with quicksilver to pass as dimes. She passed one coin to Wheeler Rasp who noticed the silver rubbed off. An old looking glass and traces of the metal were found at her home.
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Maysville
Amanda Kash
Wheeler Rasp
Senator Earle Dies. Ellerbe to Name Successor Soon
Senator Joseph H. Earle died at his Greenville home after Bright's disease. Governor Ellerbe likely to fill the vacancy within ten days with McLaurin and Barber as leading contenders. McLaurin viewed as best bet to win the Legislature in January.
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Joseph H. Earle
Greenville
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The Cuban Resolution Declares Neutrality Policy
The resolution states that a state of public war exists between Spain and Cuban rebels and declares the United States will maintain strict neutrality, honoring belligerent rights and U.S. ports and territory while the conflict continues.
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Storm Ravages Kokomo City Lights Fail In Blow
A May 20 storm struck Kokomo Indiana after 6 PM causing heavy damage. The electric light plant stopped and stores went dark while streetcars halted and phones burned out. Lightning struck the City Building tearing a roof hole. Mayor Kirkpatrick and officials suffered shocks but no fatalities. Heavy rain flooded streets.
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Kirkpatrick
Gale Rips Circus Tent Injuring Three in Indianapolis
A May 2 storm in Indianapolis toppled tents at Illinois and Pratt streets where a circus showed. Winds hit 60 mph at 2 45 pm. Two women were seriously hurt a child broke an arm and others suffered minor bruises. Roofs chimneys and shade trees were also toppled.
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Indianapolis
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Pratt
Park Commissioners Delegates Represent $200 Million in Property
Delegates from major U.S. cities met at the Galt House for the National Convention of Park Commissioners Architects and Landscape Gardeners. General John B. Castleman presided as meeting opened. delegates represent nearly $200 million in park properties. A permanent organization committee was named to report tomorrow. Banquet hosted with Colonel Andrew Cowan as toastmaster. Sunday adjourned session set for Nashville Centennial Exposition grounds.
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National Convention of Park Commissioners
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John B. Castleman
Louisville Board of Park Commissioners
United States
Andrew Cowan
Nashville Centennial. Exposition Grounds
Miss Effie Hudson Tries Morphine After Parental Rebuke
Miss Effie Hudson of Anderson aged 22 attempted suicide by swallowing fifteen grains of morphine after being rebuked by her parents. Her life was saved.
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Commercial Tribune
Anderson, Ind
Effie Hudson
Anderson
Foraker on Cuban Belligerency Recognition
Editor defines recognition of belligerency as a step toward neutral handling of Cuban combatants as prisoners of war. He argues it condemns illegitimate warfare, supports right of search, and frames Spain as bankrupt while calling belligerency the start of ending tyrannical war.
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J. B. Foraker
Romance and scandal as Peter Hayden Jr seeks divorce
Peter Hayden Jr files a statutory grounds divorce against wife Mary Ayres Hayden with Raymond E. Jones named as co respondent. The couple wed in 1891 amid society fame. Hayden, son of W. B. Hayden and grandson of a large South High street landowner, rose from wealth to work in a machine shop and engine yard.
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Peter Hayden, Jr
Raymond E. Jones
Younge Pete Hayden
Mary Ayres
W. B. Hayden
Peter Hayden
South High Stageet
Supreme Court Expected To Rule On Torrens Law
The Columbus report says the Supreme Court is expected to declare its verdict on the Torrens land law case next Tuesday. Judge B. H. Fitch, chief defense counsel from Jefferson, filed his brief today, and with the argument heard weeks ago there is nothing delaying an early decision.
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Fire Devastates Hoboken Block and Docks
A large fire ripped through Hoboken New Jersey destroying a whole block turning buildings to ashes. The blaze left 140 families homeless and a major factory destroyed. Later the Seventeenth Street bay docks also burned.
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Missing Darnell Threatens Church Finances Probe
Columbus trustees at Russell Street Baptist meet to review the church treasurer Samuel Darnell books amid his disappearance. His wife, an invalid, suspects he might be in England. A $500 fund and a $65 board bill are noted as unsettled. Darnell, a former sailor, last seen yesterday morning.
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Russell Street Baptist Church
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T. W. Booth
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Eighteen Anderson property owners oppose foreclosure suit
Eighteen Anderson property owners form organization to fight foreclosures brought by the receiver of the American Building and Loan Company of Chicago. The group acts against loans from the company as the foreclosure case proceeds in Anderson, Indiana.
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Commercial Tribune
Anderson
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Anderson Property
American Building and Loan Company
Chicago
Tariff Fight Fosters Ohio Backers for District Charity Post
General Grosvenor names wool sugar tea and hides as tariff targets while Bob Fitzsimmons meets Secretary Sherman. Ohioan William M. Hahn is touted for the District Charities Superintendency after General Tracey’s death, with Mrs. McKinley’s ally also viewed as a candidate.
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Fred Groch
Horatio King Dies After Long Public Service
Washington May 2 General Horatio King longtime postal official died in this city at 8 20 am He was 86 or 87 and had served as First Assistant Postmaster General in 1854 and Postmaster General under President Buchanan He retired in 1875 His son General Horatio C King and daughter Miss Ethel King are mentioned in relation to the family facts
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Oratio King
Paris
Holt
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Horatio C. King
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Loyal Legion
Ethel King
Brooklyn
Cleveland-area Democrat to seek Lieutenant Governor post
Dan Bobst Jr of Crestline Crawford County a free silverite who switched to the Democratic ticket last fall announces his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor on the Democratic ticket.
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Dan Bobst, Jr
Crestline
Crawford County
Those Shoplifters At Toledo Linked To McAlpin Store
George W. McAlpin & Co of Cincinnati suspects Mrs Jay C. Smith Mrs Charles Leizler and Miss Maggie Daw the Castalia shoplifters arrested in Sandusky may be the same women who visited their store weeks earlier and stole valenciennes lace worth 20 a yard. They asked local police to compare recovered goods with items from their inventory. Merchants statewide inquired during the past year about the case.
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Sandusky, CO
George W. McAlpin & Co
Cincinnati
Jay C. Smith
Charles Leizler
Maggie Daw
Castalia
Ballard Case Continues as Coroner Opens Witnesses
Coroner Arm strong will begin examining witnesses in the Ballard case in Lebanon Indiana tomorrow. Ballard, a wealthy farmer, died January 28 after a brief illness and his body was exhumed last month for a chemical analysis of the stomach by Prof Geis of Indianapolis. The report is not yet public, but the continued investigation suggests a startling disclosure.
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Armstrong
Ballard
Joseph B. Ballard
Geis
Indianapolis
Appeal to pardon bank wrecker Haughey by McKinley
An appeal will be made to President McKinley for the pardon of Theodore Haughey, the Indianapolis bank wrecker, serving eight years in the Northern Indiana Prison. He is 74 years old and reportedly agreed to endure penal servitude to save his son Schuyler Haughey.
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Theodore Haughey
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House Under the Earth in Story Mound Excavation
A log house was found this afternoon in the Story Mound excavation led by Dr. Clarence Loveberry of the Ohio Archeological and Historical Society. The circular hut consists of upright tree trunks six inches in diameter set three to four inches apart, enclosing about ten by twelve feet with poles driven five feet into the ground.
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Kentucky Legislature Faces Adjournment Amid Mob Law Bill Fears
In Frankfort on May 2 the Kentucky Legislature prepared to adjourn sine die as eight bills have won Governor signatures while a mob violence bill unsettles supporters. The Senate has not yet voted on adjournment though expected tomorrow, with several measures pending approval and others already enacted into law.
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Feud Ends with Kentucky Deputy Charged in Hignite Killing
In Leslie County near Hyden, Elihu Hignite was slain as Deputy Sheriff R H Wooton, who had been transporting him for trial, allegedly ordered him to plead for mercy before firing. Wooton, said to back Bentleys, has not been arrested. The Hignite feud cycle includes earlier killings of Joel and Moses and a retaliatory death of Bige Hignite.
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Unveiling of Stephen Girard Statue in Philadelphia
The Stephen Girard statue was unveiled at City Hall west plaza this afternoon to mark the 147th birth anniversary and 50 years of Girard College. Ceremonies featured addresses by General Louis Wagner and Governor Hastings, with Hon. James M. Beck delivering the oration. Mayor Warwick accepted the statue for the city. The gray granite pedestal and bronze statue stand nine feet three inches tall on an eighteen foot four inch monument.
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Louis Wagner
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James M. Beck
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Narrowly Averted Lynching Near Indianapolis
In Indianapolis suburb Tuxedo Park a mob pursued and captured 18 year old Charles Stone after an attempted assault on 6 year old Ada Bryant. He was found asleep and a lynching was proposed until the father urged restraint and police intervened.
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Ind
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Charles Stone
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Ex-County Clerk Hobson Audit Finds 23 464 Dollar Shortage
A state commission report to Judge Wright details the mismanagement in Hobson's office, listing a shortages total of 21 207 77 with 2 256 25 in forged vouchers. It describes $30 000 moved to Hobson's personal accounts within a day of taking office and calls for grand jury action. The report also questions notary S. B. Hayman's role in sworn vouchers and notes biweekly pay with blank quarterly vouchers.
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William Lusby
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Clerk of the Courts Accounts Review Report 1897
Cincinnati May 20 1897 report to the Court of Common Pleas Hamilton County Ohio from a commission examining the County Clerk and Recorder office books. They find proper entries and true balances up to April 26 1897 with discrepancies totaling seventy dollars due to undeposited funds.
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