Wood County election fight starts mandamus action
Mandamus will be filed to compel the Wood County Board of Elections to certify tally sheets as law requires. Republican O P Norris would lose if the disputed precinct vote is excluded, prompting further legal challenges and a defense of election procedures.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Wood County Board of Elections
T. E. Burton
Cleveland
Troup
Bowling Green
O. P. Norris
Toledo
Wood County
Center Township
Norris
Kinney
Ohio
Urbana
Mechanicsburg
Champaign County
Canton Township
Stark County
Canton
Supreme Court
Tanzy
U. S
Ellen Peck Sentenced for Five Years in Prison
New York November 5 Ellen Peck longtime queen of confidence women was sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Colwing. At 75 she was convicted of larceny of 1200 dollars in jewelry from Christopher Geni. Her past includes swindling nearly a million from Babbitt and duping forger Julius Columbian.
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New York
Ellen Peck
Colwing
Babbitt
Julius Columbian
Fires at Irvine Flag Incident Shock Estill County Republicans
In Irvine Kentucky during October the American flag atop the Courthouse was torched from a wire to reach the Republican headquarters across the street. Bystanders observed four persons carry a torch and flee. searches found no suspects. Republicans won Estill County with a large majority.
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Commercial Tribune
Irvine
Estill County
Poison in Their Coffee Causes Death and Suffering
In Rochester New York on Wednesday Mrs Eve Kunder died after an autopsy found irritant poison in her system. The Kunder family remains ill from the poisoning as investigators probe how the coffee was tainted and who was responsible.
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Rochester
N. Y
Eve Kunder
Kunder
Bride Wrested From Reform School In Wisconsin
Vesta Simpson, a former ward of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls, married Louis Schoenbaum while on parole. An officer forced her to return to the institution at gunpoint, and the matron says the marriage violated parole. Schoenbaum's lawyer will seek the girl's release.
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Wisconsin
Reform School
Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Industrial School For
Vesta Simpson
Emma Coleman
Vesta
Louis Schoenbaum
Schoolmaster Killed by Pupils in Missouri
James Allen, a Wheatland Hickory County schoolmaster, was beaten to death by students returning after punishment. After keeping boys after hours for mis conduct, the youths allegedly waylaid him as he walked home, pelting him with stones and clubs. He died from a crushed skull. The arrested suspects face charges.
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Sedalia
James Allen
Wheatland
Hickory County
Allen
Suspected of Wife Murder Arrest for Widow’s Death
In Atlanta Georgia on November 5 a retired man, Zion Bridwell, was arrested after his wife was found dead by hanging. Neighbors noted his strange conduct and he claimed she died by suicide. Bridwell, once wealthy, had six wives and allegedly used a pension alias scheme to procure her mother’s pension.
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Commercial Tribune
Atlanta
Zion Bridwell
Bridwell
Secreta Blaine
Sabiers
War orders push rapid completion of new gunboats Foote and Iowa
Brooklyn navy yard accelerates work on two new vessels torpedo boat Foote and battleship Iowa as military orders demand fast final trials. Officials deny direct link to Spain's actions. The rush comes amid heightened tension and a tense expectation from Navy Department.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Department
Spain
Board of Inspection
Foote
Iowa
Competitor Trial to Begin at Havana Naval Court Martial
The crew of the schooner Competitor faces a naval court martial whose Madrid approval is required. Defense will be led by Senor Masa Dominguez. A palace reception drew autonomists among the attendees including military and civil officials. General Lagoaga, the Intendente, plans to return to Spain soon, and Senor Fontaneles is appointed Intendent ad interim.
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Havana
Madrid
Senor Masa Dominguez
General Lagoaga
Spain
Senor Fontaneles
Weyler to be court-martialed over Havana speech
The Spanish Government will try General Weyler by court martial wherever he lands if reports of his Havana remarks prove accurate. Port authorities have been instructed to demand the exact terms of his speech as soon as contact is established.
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Madrid
General Weyler
Cuba
Weyler
Havana
Spain
Spanish reply to U S note to shape McKinley address
The Spanish reply to the Woodford note has reached the State Department and will inform President McKinley’s forthcoming Congress message. Weyler’s court martial is discussed as a government response, while ex diplomat Hannis Taylor faces public remonstrance. Weyler faces military discipline. Taylor’s actions are not government controlled.
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Washington
United States
Woodford
State Department
Congress
Weyler
Hannis Taylor
Taylor
Lee Leaves Washington for Havana on Cuba Mission
United States Consul General Lee returns to Washington and visits the State Department and White House before departing for Havana as soon as possible. The trip follows calls with Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secretary Day and signals confidence in the nearing termination of negotiations with Spain.
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Washington
United States
Lee
State Department
White House
Department
Sherman
Day
Canton
Havana
Cuba
Spain
Blanco to abolish cattle import duties for two months
Captain General Blanco in Havana announces a forthcoming decree to suspend import duties on cattle for two months, aiming to ease meat supply for Spaniards. The measure affects trade and pricing as authorities anticipate cattle flows.
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Havana
Blanco
Shipment of Cattle Arrives in Havana
About two thousand head of cattle arrived in Havana today from the United States, marking a sizable livestock shipment for the era. The arrival underscores ongoing agricultural trade between the two nations and supports local markets.
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Havana
United States
Cuban autonomy party reorganizing says Spanish dispatch
A cable from Marshal Blanco reports the autonomous party in Cuba is reorganizing and several families who had emigrated are returning to the island.
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Madrid
Marshal Blanco
Cuba
Amelia Stewart, 101, Found Dead in Martinsville Home
Amelia Stewart age 101 was found dead at her Martinsville Indiana home last night. She had been downtown yesterday to file pension papers and appeared well at that time.
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Commercial Tribune
Martinsville
Ind
Amelia Stewart
Freight wreck tears up track in Portsmouth city
A Baltimore and Ohio 8, Whyte extra freight jumped the track on Tenth street in Portsmouth this morning. Before the crew found it, the train tore up about three quarters of a mile of track and wrecked three cars on a transfer track. The M and W passenger platform at the C P and W junction was demolished.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Tenth Street
Sugar Refining Chief Henry O Have Meyers Recovery Update
Henry O Have meyer president of the American Sugar Refining Company is rapidly recovering from an appendectomy performed at his country home in North Greenwich Connecticut. Reports received at his office today confirm the progress.
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New York
Henry O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Greenwich
Conn
Wilimantic Linen Co. resumes full workforce
In Willimantic Connecticut on November 5 the Wilimantic Linen Company announced that starting Monday all departments will return to full-time operations for a sixty hour work week.
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Willimantic, Conn
Willimantic Linen Company
Fatal Trip Ends Brakeman's Last Run
J C Sweeny a Louisville and St Louis brakeman living in Princeton Indiana was killed near Phoenixville Illinois while making his final Air Line trip to earn money to pay a board bill that exceeded his earnings.
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Commercial Tribune
Princeton
Ind
Novi
J. C. Sweeny
Louisville & St. Louis
Phocenixville
Air Line
Pierced by white hot wire at mill
Dominick Fleming a roller at Union Iron and Steel Company mills was killed when a half inch rod heated to white heat pierced his right breast and exited under the left shoulder. The incident occurred today at Youngstown Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Youngstown, O
Union Iron and Steel
Dominick Fleming
Woman Dies on Ohio Train Return Trip
Mrs James Martin of Indiana died on a Wheeling and Lake Erie passenger train between Crestline and Lodi in Ohio while returning from an excursion with her husband Four weeks earlier she had joined the trip at Wakarusa and Nappanee. Her body was removed at Lodi and her husband notified by telegraph.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster, O
James Martin
Wakarusa
Nappanee
Ind
Wayne
Stark Counties
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Crestline
Lodi
Anger Fades as Guarded Trial Looms in Indiana Shooting
Loganport Ind November 5 The grand jury begins for the killing of Frank Pottmeyer by John McIntosh with a speedy trial assured. Public feeling remains bitter but lynching talk has faded. McIntosh claims self defense. other victims Will and Miss L Pottmeyer will recover.
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Commercial Tribune
Logansport
Ind
Frank Pottmeyer
John McIntosh
McIntosh
Pottmeyer
Will
Edward
Miss L Pottmeyer
Mein
Four McNuly Children Murdered Near Montcalm Mills
In St Julienne Quebec four children of Michael McNuly were brutally killed yesterday. The three daughters aged 18, 16, and 14 and a 10 year old boy were found dead with throats cut in and around their home. A neighbor named Morrin discovered the ghastly scene. Posses are searching the vicinity for the unknown assailant who may have attacked the girls.
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ST. Julienne
Quebec
Michael McNuly
Montcalm Mills
Morrin
Cost of Luetgert Trial in Chicago
State's Attorney Deneen filed bills for Luetgert case expenses with Deputy Controller Monaghan. Actual expenses total $5,735, with $5,000 appropriated by the County Board. Major items include $2,395 for expert testimony and $1,830 for Inspector Schaack expenses. Total trial costs reach $8,808 including juror salaries and meals.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Deneen
Monaghan
Luetgert
Kenosha
Beet Sugar Plant Proposed Near New Castle
A Buffalo manufacturer of beet sugar machinery seeks to form a company to build a factory at New Castle Indiana. Farmers in several counties are engaged in experiments with beets and many have seen good results within fifty to sixty miles of New Castle. Shares will be $50 each payable in one to four years and farmers in the region will be invited to subscribe.
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Commercial Tribune
Hagerstown
Ind
Buffalo
N. Y
New Castle
Indiana
Ohio
Croker Not Dead Rumor Circulates Nationwide
New York reports a false rumor that Richard Croker is dead. He has only a slight cold and stomach trouble and is expected to recover soon. The Tammany leader was said to be recovering at Murray Hill as inquiries crossed the country from San Francisco to Virginia.
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New York
Richard Croker
San Francisco
Virginia
Murray Hill
Croker
Mexican War Veteran Accused of Long Crime Ring in Oak Harbor
George Mominee a 75 year old Mexican War veteran and $45 monthly pensioner is jailed in Ottawa County after his wife’s confession led to a search that uncovered stolen items. Authorities allege he burglarized saloons and homes and started fires over two decades in Oak Harbor. His wife and two children supported the charges.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
George Mominee
Oak Harbor
Mominee
Duff
Common Pleas Court
Ottawa County
Port Clinton
Slaughter House
Sealing Brothers
Supreme Court Invalidates Indianapolis Park Board
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled the Indianapolis Board of Park Commissioners was created un constitutional and its members are not public officers. The board has operated two years, received 374000 in city funds, spent 10000, and planned to buy 800 acres for parks. City officials say bonds remain valid and funds will pass to the Board of Public Works to continue the system.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Court
New York
Board of Public Works
Hanna blamed for coal shipment delay in Pittsburgh telegram
Colonel W. P. Read of Chicago received a telegram from Daniel Hanna of M A Hanna Co Cleveland urging faster coal shipments. Read replied that Daniel Hanna’s father is responsible for the delay due to supporting Major McKinley’s election and the ensuing car shortages.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
W. P. Read
Chicago
Ohio
Daniel Hanna
M. A. Hanna & Co
Cleveland
Read
Dan Hanna
McKinley
Heavy Snow Hits Dakota Ranges Disrupting Cattle Runs
A heavy snowstorm in the northern hills of Lead South Dakota November 5 damages cattle movement. Reports from Northwest ranges indicate cattle suffer. shipments toward Belle Fourche will be hit hardest as storms blanket the region.
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Lead
S. D
Belle Fourche
Body Found in River Believed to Be Wreck Victim
In Poughkeepsie New York on November 5 the body of a man was recovered from the river opposite Iona Island. Authorities believe the corpse is Stenographer McKay, a casualty of the Garrigans wreck on October 24.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Iona Island
McKay
Couple Buried Together in Double Coffin in Indiana
Angelina Mendenhall and her husband Dr Elijah Mendenhall died within 45 hours of each other in Indianapolis. They were buried side by side in Crown Hill Cemetery, after a 56 year marriage. Their son Rev J W Mendenhall, editor of the Methodist Review, was among four sons.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Angelina Mendenhall
West Twelfth Street
Elijah Mendenhall
Crown Hill Cemetery
Dr. Mendenhall
Mendenhall
Cincinnati
J. W. Mendenhall
The
Methodist Review
New York
Boats for Klondike Yukon River steamers planned
Captain P C Richardson of Seattle visited Jeffersonville to arrange construction of three steamers and three barges for Yukon River service from St Michael to Dawson City and potentially to Lake Linderman. He will return to finalize plans. The builder favors a small Ohio Mississippi tributary style hull for Yukon navigation.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
P. C. Richardson
Seattle
Wash
Yukon River
St. Michael’s
Yukon
Dawson City
Lake Linderman
Inquest Clears Feud Yet Fears Renewed Tensions
Frankfort Kentucky November 5 The coroner's inquest into Tuesday's street battle yields a noncommittal verdict EGbERT and Deakins killed each other Glore shot by unknown parties The post mortem indicates a thirty eight caliber bullet for Glore and Egbert fired a forty four Warrant statuses and bonds set for several suspects Mrs Deakins death story debunked though she remains gravely ill Fear shifts from mob violence to factional clashes in Bald Khob neighborhood.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Egbert
Deakins
Glore
Nevill Garrett
Chas. Graham
Ben Marshall
Graham
Reidiguel
Williams
Goins
Stephens
Robinson
Hannen
Morris
Scearce
Evans
Moore
Dean
Conway
Bald Khob
Prefers Death to Prison in Indiana Escape Case
Frank Hayden of Gaston escaped from jail by hiding under his sister's dress and was found in Remington Jasper County. Cornered at William Hammond's home he fired a pistol, fatally wounding himself with a left lung shot. Hayden was a farmer recently jailed for sheep stealing and planned to move to Tennessee with his wife and two children.
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Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Frank Hayden
Gaston
Remington
Jasper County
William Hammond
Hayden
Starr
Rennselaer
Tennessee
Steamer Southwark Returns After Fire in Hold
The Red Star Line steamer Southwark, bound for Antwerp, reported fire in the hold while 220 miles east of Sandy Hook. Fire boats and tugs assisted as she returned to New York with forty two passengers aboard. passengers stayed ashore while crew fought the blaze and officials assess damage.
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New York
Red Star Line
Southwark
Antwerp
Fire Island
Upper Bay
Patrol
New Yorker
Pulver
R. A. Barrett
Wright
Sandy Hook
Bence
A Cincinnatian's Rise
IRONTON OH November 5 James J Walsh of Cincinnati has taken charge of the Ironton Electric Light and Railway Company street railway lines and now manages the steamship electric light plant succeeding Colonel J R Cook who will fight Comes of the Hillsboro Company plant.
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Commercial Tribune
Ironton, O
James J. Walsh
Cincinnati
Ironton Electric Light and Railway Company
T. T. Johnson
Seame Ifs Electric Light
J. R. Cook
Hillsboroe
Ripley Murderer Morgan Found Guilty in First Degree
John F. Morgan of Ripley Jackson County was convicted of first degree murder without mercy after a five hour trial in Parkersburg West Virginia. The defendant claimed self defense and testified briefly while witnesses described the axe based killings of Matilda Prost Mrs Green and a boy. The verdict drew cheers and a sentencing date was set for the next day.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
Altice Prost
John F. Morgan
Ripley
Jackson County
Alice Pfost
Matilda
Grief Drives Woman to Mental Breakdown in Indiana
In Jeffersonville Indiana Mrs Hannah Martin widow of the late Clay Martin a shoemaker who died ten days ago was declared insane today. Following her husband’s death she showed growing insanity and yesterday became violent prompting Captain Webb to detain her. She repeatedly calls for her husband and will be sent to the Central Insane Asylum in Indianapolis by Sheriff Hawes within days.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
Hannah’ Martin
Clay Martin
Webb
Central Insane Asylum
Indianapolis
Hawes
Robber shoots sleeping Detroit shoemaker
John Nieding, a Detroit shoemaker, was fatally wounded by a burglar who entered his Antoine Street home while he slept. Mrs Nieding woke to a lit match and a robber who fired at the bed, escaping as Nieding was gravely injured with a bullet wound likely to prove fatal.
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Detroit
John Nieding
Antoine Street
Diphtheria Epidemic Closes Star City Schools Quarantined
In Star City Indiana an outbreak of diphtheria has led to school closures and a strict town quarantine. Guards patrol streets and houses with a death penalty for unauthorized movement. Dozens of cases have proven fatal in recent days.
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Commercial Tribune
Winamac
Ind
Star City
Here
Georgia Senate defeats bid to make state a prohibition state
The Georgia Senate votes 18 to 23 against a long-pending measure that would have declared Georgia a prohibition state. It was extensively argued and scholars expect a larger majority against the bill if the House had taken it up.
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Atlanta
Georgia Senate
Georgia
House
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