McLean Comedy Takes New Turn in Ohio Campaign
General A. J. Warner announces candidacy for Senator as McLean shifts tactics to block opposition. The Columbus dispatch notes concessions to Chapman and Warner, with Allen W. Thurman defending McLean's persistence and casting doubt on his declared neutrality.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
A. J. Warner
American Bimetallic League
Bynum
Ulric Sloan
Allen Thurman
McLean
Warner
Thurman
Myers
Towne and
Tafeney
Chapman
James Ross
Allen O. Myers
bycLean
Allen W.thurman
Ohio
Ohio Falls Must Go From River Landmarks to Aid Navigation
Jeffersonville Ind September 30. Under Chief Engineer William Shaw blasting of dangerous rocks will begin to remove the Ohio falls. The Indiana channel will be uniform in width and depth with a cross canal to Kentucky, enabling safer navigation for coal ships and steamboats. Large workforce and explosives planned, bills approved by Congress, future visitors will find landmarks gone. The project aims to reduce delays and break coal barges into the canal.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
The
Ohio
William Shaw
Indiana Channel
Indiana
Portland Canal
Kentucky
Congress
Thirteen Delegates Meet and Adjourn in Cleveland
A small gathering of American Party delegates met in Army and Navy Hall in Cleveland and adjourned sine die after delaying business to await more attendance. By noon more delegates were expected, but they did not materialize. The session ended with a declaration of principles.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
American Party
Army and Navy Hall
Carnegie Buys Control Of Norrie Mine
Carnegie closes a deal to control the Norrie iron ore mine owned by the Metropolitan Iron and Land Company of Milwaukee. The purchase price is to be paid tomorrow. The mine is valued at about $2,000,000 and can produce up to 1,000,000 tons of ore annually.
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Cleveland, O
Carnegie
Big Norrie
Metropolitan Iron and Land Company
Milwaukee
Marquis Lansdowne presents Miles ship to New York
The Marquis of Lansdowne Secretary of State for War met General Nelson A Miles U.S. troops commander and saw him off for New York aboard a ship sailing Saturday. The exchange included a bee field Steaks garbineas and British saddle.
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London
Marquis of Lansdowne
Nelson
Miles U. Gh
New York
Wake turns tragedy as Ann Stanton dies at service
At a wake for a deceased friend in Mrs Dugan's home Ann Stanton arrived as a mourner only to collapse and die. Witnesses reported she appeared well earlier, and medical verdict concluded there was no hope as mourners resumed their sobs after the sudden death.
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Porn
Ann Stanton
Mrs. Stanton
Versailles Mob Echo Taken to Lawrenceburg
Sheriff Busch ing of Ripley County escorted Sam Wainscott to Lawrenceburg Jail after arrest near Rushville for robbing a Baltimore and Ohio freight car. Mob fears of Ripley County members seeking vigilante action accompany the transfer as Mrs. Missouri Rittenhouse is appointed administratrix of Lyle Levi's estate.
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Lawrenceburg
Mrs. Rittenhouse
Lyle Levi
Commercial Tribune
Aurora
Ind
Busching
Ripley County
Sam Wainscott
Rushville
Versailles
Lynch
Missouri Rittenhouse
Lyle 8. Levi
Ex Congressman's Secret Appointive Assignment in Ripley Lynch
Indianapolis Sept 30 The Attorney General has hired Jason B Brown ex member of Congress from the Third District to head the Ripley County lynching investigation He is one of southern Indiana's top criminal lawyers now practicing at Seymour Brown has likely recruited one or two agents in Ripley County to gather testimony for the grand jury and inform distant observers.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Jason B. Brown
Congress
Third
Ripley County
Brown
Seymour
Diphtheria Strikes Hobart Prompting School Closures
Fleeing from an outbreak in Hobart Lake County four deaths reported since last night. Town schools closed and Town Board bans all gatherings while families flee hoping to escape the disease. No quarantine imposed.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Ind
Hobart
Lake County
Luetgert Trial Witness Claims Bone Is Artificial
Chicago September 30 Luetgert trial witness Dr W H Allport disputed the defense bone claim as the femur of a woman and said the bone is artificial composition. The state pressed to cross examine and highlight contradictions while Luetgert laughed and the state faced dismay.
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Chicago
Luetgert
W. H. Allport
Allport
Dorsey
Dr. Allport
Suit Brought Over Coal Screening Law
Captain Samuel B Brown of W H Brown Sons Coal Co faces a suit by miner John Haddon in Cincinnati asserting violation of the July 15 1997 act requiring operators to weigh and pay for coal before screening. It is the first case under the new law.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Samuel 8. Brown
W. H. Brown & Sons Coal Company
Cincinnati
John Haddon
Assembly
Miss Horn Fends Off Burglar in New Buffalo Home
In Benton Harbor Michigan Miss Ellen Horn confronts a burglar at her father’s home near New Buffalo. The intruder wearing a mask and long whiskers threatened with a sandbag and a dark lantern. Miss Horn wrestles him to seize the whiskers and the sandbag, causing him to flee. The incident recalls a similar defense a year earlier.
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Commercial Tribune
Benton Harbor
Mich
Ellen Horn
Berrien County
New Buffalo
Miss Horn
Murder claims Killbuck ticket agent in Holmes County
Frederick Penderwood, 30, C. A. C. ticket agent at Killbuck, was shot to death near his depot and home by a liquor-affected man described as a tramp. Suspect fled. Judge Lynch expected to preside if captured. Penderwood left a wife and child.
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Commercial Tribune
Millersburg
Holmes County
Killbuck
Here
Frederick Penderwood
Pittsburg Enshrouded by Local Stygian Fog
Pittsburg, Ra. Sep 30. A dense darkness covered Pittsburg all day as smoke hung low, not fog. Forecaster Frank Ridgway attributed the gloom to smoke from chimneys rather than fog, while neighboring towns reported sunshine. All electric lights stayed on from morning to night.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Frank Ridgway
Street Cars Come Together In Toledo Collision
In Toledo Ohio two cars on the Toledo and Bowling Green electric road collided this evening seriously injuring about six people. Miss Mary Waite daughter of the late Chief Justice Waite is among the injured and may die. Mrs T J Marlow and Mrs James J Whalen and Nellie Whalen of Toledo are among those shaken up.
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Toledo
Bowling Green
Mary Waite
Waite
T. J. Marlow
James J. Whalen
Nellie Whalen
Frantz Case Postponed as Supreme Court Motion Delays
In Columbus on September 9, the motion to admit Albert Frantz on error to the Supreme Court was passed over for a week due to his attorney Colonel Negin's absence. The delay may require another stay of execution, as Frantz is scheduled for electrocution on October 15 for the murder of Bessie Little.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Bessie Little
Albert Frantz
Supreme Court
R M. Negin
Dayton
Frantz
James T. Drummond Dies Wealth to Four Heirs
James T. Drummond a St. Louis tobacco magnate dies aged from kidney complications. He led a major tobacco plant and wealth estimated at 3,000,000 dollars passes to his sons Harrison, James, Charles, daughter Rachel, and wife.
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ST. Louis
James T. Drummond
Tobacco Company
Drummond
Alton
Harrison
James
Charles
Rachel
Gold Flows Into New York as Large Imports Arrive
The Saale brought $1,000,000 in gold to New York for National City Bank, the first large import in months. A $50,000 consignment to the same bank sails from Genoa, while Hanover National Bank ships $1,000,000 from Havre. The National City Bank expands ties with Berlin and Paris banks, boasting a >6 million balance boosted by Standard Oil.
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Commerse Tribune
New York
Saale
North Germ Lloyd
National City Bank
Genoa
Italy
Hanover National Bank
Havre
de Bank
Berlin
Credit Lyonniuse
Paris
Standard Oil Company
City Bank
Rockefeller Trust
Standard
Strike Imminent After Chicago City Railway Meeting
Mayor Harrison failed to avert a walkout as Chicago City Railway Company workers prepare to strike after midnight. President Wheeler refused talks with the Street Car Men's Union, citing peacetime disruptions. Police protection and new hires were threatened if a strike begins. The union committee expressed disappointment but vowed to prevent a strike if possible.
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Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
Harrison
Wheeler
Bowen
Street Car Men’s Union
Springfield crowds welcome Governor Bushnell in Clark County
In Springfield Ohio on September 30 a 1,200 strong audience filled City Hall to hear Governor Bushnell at the Clark County Republican campaign opening. Delegates from nearby towns attended. Warden Coffin and guards joined. Weaver chaired as Bushnell praised prosperity and pension aid for veterans. He urged wage increases for coal miners and criticized Cuban policy, urging a Republican vote.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Bushnell
Clark County
Keifer
South Charleston
Coffin
Columbus
Senator Foraker
Wm. L. Weaver
Mr. Weaver
Cuba
United States Senate
Slayer of Parker Captured After Fierce Posse Fight
Shelton Dampier, an outlaw who killed Samuel Evans Parker at Hahira, Ga, was brought to Valdosta wounded after a four hour gun battle with a posse. He lasted four bullets, ate nothing for three days, and a possible lynching was avoided by his condition.
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Commercial Tribune
Valdosta
Shelton Dampier
Samuel Evans Parker
Hahira
Desperado
Dampier
Foraker 10 Speak Again In Columbus Address
Senator Foraker could not speak in Springfield due to a sudden summons to New York for important legal business. He will return to fulfill his engagement to speak at Wilmington on Saturday.
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Wilmington
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Senator Foraker
Springfield
New York
Revenue Cutter Brings News of Minook Creek Strike
The revenue cutter Richard Rush arrives with reports of a large strike at Minook Creek. From St Michaels and the Yukon, vessels Bertha and C H Hamilton relay updates as 300 people gather, orders hold, and provisions are left for the expedition toward Dawson City.
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San Francisco
Richard Rush
Alaska
St. Michaels
Yukon
Unalaska
A. C. Company
Bertha
C. H. Hamilton
Chicago Corporation
Ft. Yukon
Alaska Commercial Company
Margaret
Alice
Dawson City
Bear
Hamilton
Minook Creek
Norwegian Seaman Held on Charge of Arson
Karl A Karlsoen a young Norwegian ship carpenter aboard the Favonius was held for trial on arson on a fire aboard the vessel eighteen miles offshore near Pensacola Florida. Evidence was circumstantial and he faces possible extradition to England after remand to jail.
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Pensacola
Fla
United States
Tunison
Karl A. Karlsoen
Favonius
Rio Janeiro
England
Dramatic suicide ends in Chicago police court scene
Joseph Young, once discharged after a dispute at George Summerfield's saloon, took poison in Desplaines Street Court after a peace bond was issued. He cried for release from his agony, collapsed, and died at County Hospital before arrival. He and Summerfield had recent legal friction over a $2.80 debt.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Joseph Young
Justice
Desplaines Street
Young
George Summerfield
South Clinton Street
Summerfield
Doyle
Fire Threatens Lagrange Farms as Swamps Burn
Fire in a tamarack swamp in southeastern Lagrange County Indiana endangers hundreds of farms. About 4000 acres burn with muck fire ten feet deep destroying wood, sheep, corn, and potatoes. Farmers plow land around homes and pray for rain as more woods ignite.
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Commercial Tribune
Lagrange
Ind
Lagrange County
Baker heirs form national group as massive fortunes traced
The Baker heirs elect officers at Carey Ohio forming a national organization. Fortunes of 150,000,000 marks in Germany and 300,000,000 dollars in Philadelphia are noted. Also reported, Robert Williams died in Jeffersonville Indiana after serving time for stealing a Bible.
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Commercial Tribune
Upper Sandusky
Baker
Germany
Philadelphia
Carey
Stephen J. Hart
J. F. Gottschall
Gettysburg
David Baker
Wharton, O
A. C. Graham
Jeffersonville
Ind
Robert Williams
Floyd County
Reformatory
Fatal shooting in family quarrel shocks Carrollton
In Perry Township Carrollton man Chull Gotschall was fatally shot in the back by his brother John following a domestic argument. The shooting occurred in Carrollton and the assailant is identified as the brother. Authorities investigated the incident as a family dispute turned deadly.
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Commercial Tribune
Carrollton
Chull Gotschall
Perry Township
John
Sagasta Leads The Race In Spain Crisis Rumors
Washington reports indicate a Spanish cabinet crisis with Sagasta favored to become premier. Diplomatic circles expect a Liberal shift or transitional ministry as Weyler resigns with Havana anxious and U.S.-Spain policy paused until a new government forms.
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Washington
Woodford
State Department
Madrid
Cuba
White House
Sherman
Day
Queen Regent accepts resignations as Conservatives fail to unite
Madrid Sept 30 The Queen Regent has accepted the resignations of the Conservative ministers after interviews with General Azcarraga and General Polavieja. It is believed Senor Sagasta may succeed Azcarraga as head of a Liberal government amid ongoing state consultations and political maneuvering.
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du Bosc
State Department
Madrid
Cuba
Azcarraga
Sagasta
Senor Moret
United States
Spain
Polavieja
Senor Sagasta
Turday
Marshal Campos
Senor Pidal
Senor Montero
General Rios
Duke of Tetaun
Senor Cos-Gayon
Senor Ejduayer
Form a New Cabinet in Cuba Gears Up
Havana September 30 The city buzzes with anxiety in political and commercial circles over the expected cabinet changes. Continued on second page.
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Gen. Warner
Dodge
Ohio Falls
Louisville
FROST
Miles
Michigan
America
Chicago Street Railway
Gov. Bushnell
Woodmansee
Bushn
India
Wall Street
William Howard Neff
Samuel Parker
Foraker
Weyler
Havana
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