The Strange East Seventh Street Spiritualist Wedding
A Birmingham merchant, Charles Thorp, aged sixty five, allegedly married his deceased fiancée in a spirits guided ceremony at a March East Seventh Street residence. The officiant was claimed to be Dr Rush, former dean of the Medical University of Pennsylvania, with witnesses including Dr H M Slosson and his wife. The event lacked a county license and featured materialized specters and a ghostly bride.
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East Seventh Street
Charles Thorp
Birmingham
England
H. M. Slosson
No. 15
Fairchild
Mr. Thorp
Omaha
Thorp
Chicago
Dr. Rush
Medical University of
Convicted by a Cork Brother Slays Brother in Insurance Scheme
Special Dispatch from Monticello Georgia reports the murder of William Campbell by ambush while plowing. James Campbell and Adaline Murray were convicted on circumstantial evidence tied to life insurance policies in mutual favor. Jury urged mercy after verdict late at night.
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Commercial Tribune
Monticello
James Campbell
William
Adaline Murray
Georgia
Campbell Brothers
Conside
William Campbell
Two Women Attacked After Theatre Outing
At about 11 tonight Mrs. Kate Brown and her daughter, both of 1123 Elm Street, were insulted and assaulted by two young men near Twelfth and Elm. One assailant struck Mrs. Brown and kicked her. officers arrived as one suspect fled. The arrested man, Harry Rensack of 190 Everett Street, was locked up on assault and battery.
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Kate Brown
Elm Street
Twelfth
Elm Streets
Central Station
Harry Rensack
Everett Street
Murder Was Intended in Covington Ward Cold Night Shootout
Detective Charles Rottenhoeffer of the C and O Railroad in Covington survived an attempted assassination last night in the Covington yards. A shadowy assailant fired twice, with two bullets missing the detective, who returned fire. The incident likely stems from a gang of freight car thieves Rottenhoeffer has been pursuing.
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Charles Rottenhoeffer
C. & O. Railroad
Covington
Rottenhoeffer
Corton
Republican Gains Forecast In Midwest And Dakotas
Special Dispatch reports McKinley leads in Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Minnesota Michigan Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota with doubles and near 50 000 margins. Ohio and Missouri show strong GOP polls while Bryan struggles in Nebraska and Kentucky polls predict McKinley victory.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
McKinley
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Minnesota
Michigan
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Cook County
Hobart
Socialist Labor challenger urges Bryan debate in Cincinnati
Prof Daniel De Leon leads the Socialist Labor Party challenge to William Jennings Bryan to a joint currency debate in Cincinnati on October 10. If Bryan accepts, Music Hall would host a large audience. De Leon denounces free coinage of silver and campaigns in Chicago and Cincinnati.
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William Jennings Bryan
Socialist Labor Party
Daniel de Leon
New York
The
People
de Leon
Chicago
Cincinnati
Bryan
Music Hall
de Leonis
Paris
France
Feeteeaie
the Commercial Tribune
Illinois Central
Memphis
Daniel DeLeon
DeLeon
G. A. R. Hall
Sixth Street
Labor Lyceum
Vine Street
Riot at Seance Ends in Crowd Riot in Dayton
Prof Eddy of Boston advertised to present spiritual manifestations in Dayton on October 4. Several hundred paid 25 cents to attend. when he asked for help from the audience, skeptics were struck, sparking a riot. The professor’s manager escaped with the receipts and the crowd surged toward the stage. peace arrived to save him. The incident leaves him unlikely to resume séances soon.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Eddy
Boston
Women Seek Voting Rights for School Board
In Lexington Kentucky a heated dispute surrounds women’s right to vote for School Board members under the second class city charter. Officials claim separate voting arrangements are needed for women with separate registration not specified. A local judge argues voting must occur in the same booth as men, and a prominent figure urges women to register and vote alongside male relatives.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Fayette County
Mam
Eugenia i
Rareceh
Mo Uge
Farmer
Kenton County
Covington
Newport
Brothers duel to death near Cushing in Indian country
In Oklahoma's Indian country near Cushing, brothers Sam and Wash Shoffstone fought over a girl. Wash drew a gun while Sam used a bowie knife. Sam stabbed Wash six times, then Wash shot Sam dead. Wash was wounded by his brother earlier, but survived.
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Commercial Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Cushing
Sam
Wash Shoffstone
Wash
Knights Templars of Ohio Hold Grand Conclave in Dayton
The fifty fourth annual Grand Commandery of Knights Templars of Ohio meets in Dayton October 14 and 15 at the Masonic Temple. Reed Commandery marks its fiftieth anniversary. Mt Vernon Commandery to present an exhibition drill. Headquarters at 4 and 26 East Third Street with information and telegraph offices for visitors.
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Dayton
Grand Commandery
Knights Templars of
Ohio
Masonic Temple
Reed Commandery
Grand Opera-house
No. 6
Mt. Vernon Commandery
K. T
Fourth Street
Main
Ludlow Streets
Stephen P. Sands
East Third Street
Li Hung Chang Returns to Pekin for Emperor Audience
Li Hung Chang arrived at Tien Tsin yesterday with his complete suite. He will proceed to Pekin for an audience with the Emperor and to report on his world journey. The envoy, who served as special commissioner at Russia's czar coronation, is reported in good health.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Tien Tsin
China
Li Hung Chang
America
Pekin
Russia
Asia
Europe
Good Fighting Chance in Florida and Georgia
Dispatch reports Florida will go Democratic on Tuesday with a reduced majority, about 12,090, while November may still favor McKinley if fusion fails. Gold Democrats and sound money factions may alter electors. Florida’s Democratic majority is projected around 20,000. Georgia predicts a 40,000 victory for governor and state officers, with three fourths of the Legislature.
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Bryan
Commercial Tribune
Caco
Jean E. Stilimah
Jacksonville
Fla
Republican State Committee of
Florida
Tribune
Republican Executive Committee
McKinley
Democratic State Committee
Sound Money Democratic Committee
Atlanta
Clay
Georgia Democratic State Committee
Pierce Coleman Company Property Seized Over 90000 in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio on October 4 deputy sheriffs levied on all Pierce and Coleman Company assets to satisfy executions totaling about 73990.35 from Miami County Common Pleas Court. The firm known for planing mills and lumber yards faced financial strain amid three years of hard times.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Mehlberth and Watson
Pierce and Coleman Company
Miami County Common Pleas Court
Joseph C. Pierce
Samuel W. Davies
Henry Coleman
Ramat Street
W. Avenue
Tynan Still in Prison Denies Release Report
Paris area prison officials deny a New York cable report that P. J. P. Tynan had been released. They confirm Tynan remains jailed in Boulogne sur Mer and note two separate orders to secure his release were sent to local authorities.
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Boulogne-Sur-Mer
New York
P. J. P. Tynan
Tynan
Police refuse to reveal fate of Kearney and Haines
Rotterdam police provide no information on whether Kearney and Haines, detained on suspicion of dynamite plot involvement, remain in custody. They were sent toward frontiers and kept in secrecy as to their whereabouts and status.
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Rotterdam
Kearne
Haines
Eeepare
Orde Oo
Harvard President Eliot Urges sound currency policy
Boston October 4. A signed statement by President Eliot of Harvard argues against a depreciated currency. He says borrowers have a stronger stake in a sound currency and notes the paradox of borrowing regions supporting depreciation, likening the situation to sawing off the limb one sits on.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Eliot
Harvard
United States
Rev Lorimer for Gold Declares Vote for McKinley
In Tremont Temple Boston Dr George C Lorimer urged a gold standard policy noting world interest in gold. He said he would vote for McKinley and gold, without urging Bryan or McKinley but stating his own choice.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Mass
Tremont Temple
Go. C. Lorimer
McKinley
Bryan
Gold
THINK DUMONTHIER LIVES Murderer Sought After Sheldon Death
In Houghton Michigan Sheriff Dunn shifts from Portage Lake to land searches for Felix Dumonthier the man accused of murdering George Sheldon The funeral of Sheldon drew the largest crowd in the city His ante mortem statement accuses Dumonthier of the crime and keeps officers seeking a living suspect.
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Commercial Tribune
Houghton
Mich
Dunn
Portage Lake
Felix Dumonthier
George Sheldon
Dumonthier
Sheldon
Mr. Sheldon
Valparaiso Forms First Voters Club For McKinley Era Republicans
In Valparaiso Indiana a McKinley Club called the Valparaiso First Voters Club forms under Grant Mitchener Indiana Republican League organizer. It will include Republicans who voted for the first Republican candidate James C Fremont and have supported every Republican nominee since. The oldest member Charley Decker aged ninety nine first voted in 1820. A life long Democrat Uncle Simeon Pierce will be an honorary member after sixty years of non Republican voting. A meeting to organize is set for next Saturday.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Ind
McKinley
Grant Mitchener
Indiana Republican League
Jensen - Ewer
Deimo
New Crat
Charley ‘Decker
Simeon ‘Pierce
Hobart
Brothers rival nominees in Indiana county race
The Wadsworth family of Daviess County fields three candidates in local elections. Rev Thomas Wadsworth runs as the Populist candidate for Governor. Peter R Wadsworth seeks re-election as executor of Daviess and Martin counties as Republican. John Wadsworth is the fusion Democratic and Populist candidate for county treasurer.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ind
Wadsworth
Daviess County
Be Tier
Thomas Wadsworth
Peter R. Wadsworth
Daviess
Martin
John Wadsworth
Mass Meeting Shapes Fight Against Saloon Power
In Bellefontaine Ohio an editor and a city Alderman clashed on the street over saloon opposition. A massive crowd—about 3,000—packed the M E Church auditorium for a temperance rally with clergy from Catholic and Protestant ranks condemning saloon influence. The council plans a vote Monday, but temperance supporters will abstain.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellefontaine, CO
M. E. Church
J. M. Mills
E. D. Whitlock
Charles A. Doherty
Catholic Church
George W. Hamilton
Wm. Lawrence
Doherty
Oun
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Temperance
Pushing Watson Revolt Criticizes Senator Allen in Lincoln Speech
Paul Vandervoort leads Watson revolt by denouncing Bryan and Sewall, accusing Senator Allen of fraudulently securing delegates and suppressing Bryan telegrams. He calls for the gold cure over silver panacea to cure national ills.
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Commercial Tribune
Omaha
Neb
Paul Vandervoort
Watson
Lincoln
Bryan Pops
Sewall
Senator Allen
Czar Reed
Bryan
Wall
Allen
Incloss Andervoort
Missing trustee prompts warrants after funds shortage
Nashville Tenn Oct 4. N H Harrison trustee of Monroe County is missing. An examination of his books shows a shortage of 2.00 to 10000 dollars. Warrants for arrest have been issued.
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Nashville, Tenn
N. H.harrison
Monroe County
Seven Die As Santa Fe Wreck Near Osage City
A Santa Fe east bound passenger train exploded its locomotive boiler two miles north of Osage City Kansas at 5 am causing seven deaths and multiple injuries. The engineer and fireman perished and a passenger, William Beckler of Los Angeles, killed himself amid chaos. Injured include Emma Maxwell of Colorado Springs and several baggage car riders. the wreck triggered mass confusion with train cars piled and rescue slow until dawn.
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Osage City
Kas
Santa Fe Road
New Mexico
William Beckler
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago
Beckler
Los Antes
Strump
Topeka
Harry Hollister
William McAdams
Tramp
Chillithe
Emma Maxwell
Evening Telegram
Colorado Springs
Col
Wilford Burns
Coleman
Doctor Downey Foils Train Disaster at Sarahsville
Dr R Downey president of the Caldwell Keeley Institute escaped instant death when he leapt from a moving Bellaire Zanesville and Cincinnati train at Sarahsville. Thrown between a car and a platform he avoided the wheels by diving clear and landing on the ground.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Caldwell, C
R. Downey
Caldwell Keeley Institute
Bellaire
Zanesville
Cincinnati
Sarahsville
Lillian Russell’s Dinner Mixup at Columbus Yard
Lillian Russell enjoyed a Columbus engagement last Thursday. A chef bought $42 worth of groceries for her private car and had them delivered to Sam T. Jack’s troupe, misdelivering the order to the wrong car in the Big Four yards. The mixup left Russell hungry for about two hours before the error was noticed and corrected.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Lillian Russell
Lillian
High Street
the *m
Miss. Russell
Sam T. Jack
Variety Company
Sam
Four Choctaw Boys Die in School Fire at Spencer Academy
A fire at Spencer Academy ten miles west of Antlers Oklahoma last night killed four Choctaw boys John Smith Daniel James Thomas Kunforubbie and William Wilson. Injured are Alfred Bryan Harris Fisher Colton Bacon Edward Clark and others. The institution, built by the Choctaw Nation, had no insurance and suffered total loss.
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Antlers
I. T
Spencer Academy
John Smith
Daniel James
Thomas Kunforubbie
William Wilson
Alfred Bryan
Harris Fisher
Colton Bacon
Edward Clark
Church Dedication in Galion Ohio
The new M. B. Church in Galion Ohio was dedicated this morning. Rev David H Moore D D of Cincinnati delivered the sermon. Assisting clergy included Rev O dgely Rev Elvero Parsons Presiding Elder of Mansfield District S Geo Mather Presiding Elder of Ooster District and Rev M J Keys of Bucyrus.
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Commercial Tribune
Galion
M. B
David H. Moore
D.D
Cincinnati
O. Dgely
Elvero Parsons
Mansfield
S. Geo. Mather
Ooster
M. J. Keys
Bucyrus
Train brakeman killed in Barnesville accident
Newark Ohio Oct 4 Clayton Clyde a Baltimore and Ohio brakeman on Train No 89 was knocked from the train at Barnesville this afternoon and killed The incident occurred during an attempt to alight or during a late dance event at Utlen Ox points unclear from the fragment
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Commercial Tribune
Newark
Clayton Clyde
Baltimore Arid Ohio
Barnesville
Utlen
Rev Driver Denounces Saloon Bosses as Threats Rise
In Wabash Indiana Rev Join Mertitte Driver of the First Methodist Church of Marion denounces county commissioners for liquor licenses. After a fiery sermon two parishioners left and the minister has since received threatening letters with skulls crossbones guns and warnings to quit the pulpit. He vows to stay and fight on his chosen line.
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Wabash, Ind
Join Mertitte Driver
First Methodist Church
Marion
Driver
Og Tribune
Spider Bite Proves Fatal for Indiana Farmer
Seymour Indiana report says Frank Hazzard died Oct 4 from convulsions after a black spider bite. He awoke with a bite on the left ankle, killed the spider, sought medical help in Azalia, and later collapsed in convulsions at home. He leaves a wife and child.
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Commercial Tribune
Seymour
Ind
Frank Hazzard
Azalia
Stolen bedstead case shocks Lexington court
In Lexington on October 4 a peculiar police court case arose when Ed Hughes a Black man stole Susier Dancer's bedstead. He laid the sleeping occupant on the floor while dismantling the bed and carried the pieces away.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Ed Hughes
Susier Dancer
Center of One of the Bonanza Silvers Mines
The fragment identifies the center area of a Bonanza era silver mine. It notes location within a mine system and references mining activity, veins encountered, and probable ore yield context.
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Bonanza
Preached Against Bryan Denounces Class Haters
Rev E R Rexford of the Universalist Church in Columbus Ohio urged in a sermon that North South divisions from the Civil War remain unresolved and urged class harmony. He warned against agitators who inflame passions and threaten national unity calling for federal action if needed.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Rexford
Universalist Church
Aged Widow Catherine Young Kills Herself in Hay Mow
Mrs. Catharine Young, 76, a respected German-born widow, hanged herself at her son Michael’s home near Lewisville, Woodsfield, Ohio, yesterday afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock. No prior signs of insanity or known troubles were reported.
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Woodsfield
Catharine Young
Michael
Lewisville
Germany
Drought Strains San Luis Potosi Water Supply in Mexico
Drought plagues Mexico with scarce rainfall for six years around San Luis Potosi. Artesian wells and a large dam are under construction to secure 80 million gallons daily for a year, costing about 2500000 in gold labor. pumping continues to support the city’s water needs. San Luis Potosi is described as not being very old.
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Commercial Tribune
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Republic
Compania Metalurgica Mexicana
Aguas Calientes
Alameda
Rev J N Buchanan Resigns After Forty Six Years
Special dispatch from Valparaiso Ind reports Rev J N Buchanan pastor of Hebron and Le Roy Presbyterian Churches resigns effective year end. He is seventy three and has served the two congregations continuously for forty six years.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Ind
J. N. Buchanan
Hebron
Leroy Presbyterian
Nipper Refuses Lexington Mayor Appointment
Lexington set to fill mayoral vacancy as Council member Nipper declines to accept the position offered to Mayor Simrall. Further talks with interests stall any immediate action.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
W. Nipper
Simrall
Hele
San Luis Potosi City Roots in Silver Bonanza History
The city grew from a major silver mining camp once among the world’s great bonanzas. Its streets sit atop slag from famous mines, shaping a Spanish Moorish built town. Names like San Luis Potosi nines of Peru and Consolidated Virginia of Nevada mark the era of wealth and drought.
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San Luis Potosi
Peru
Valencia
Guanajuato
Veta Grande
Zacatecas
Guadalupe
San Luis
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