Forming Ranks for the Fray Republicans Rally in Ohio
A Columbus dispatch details growing Republican optimism as Northern and Central Ohio firms, labor groups, and business leaders align behind the party. It highlights the rise of Business Men Republican Leagues, prospects in Montgomery and Clark counties, and a surge in new corporations since McKinley took office.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Cuyahoga Couny
Franklin
House of Representatives
Hanna
Hopes for a respite for Albert Frantz in Columbus Annex
Special Dispatch reports Albert J Frantz in the annex at New Lisbon awaiting electrocution with books as companions. He remains hopeful a Board of Pardons may grant a respite to allow more time for his case while Zachariah Robinson faces a new trial.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Zachariah Robinson
Lisbon
Albert J. Frantz
Annex
Board of Pardons
Missionary’s tale of Klondike trek and missing Bibles
Rev. H. S. Hall Young, sent to the Klondike as a Presbyterian missionary, reports a perilous journey along the Skaguay Trail and White Pass. He notes supplies cost 42 cents a pound to Lake Bennett and that a thief stole his hymn books and Bibles, mistaking them for food.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster, O
Hall Young
Wooster
Klondike
Lake Bennett
Skaguay Trail
Chilkoot and
Measles at Penitentiary Raises Epidemic Fear
An epidemic is feared at the Ohio penitentiary as warden Coffin's grandson Seth Hayward contracts measles. Measles recur about every two years with a prior outbreak of 300 cases two years ago. Authorities monitor the spread and prepare containment measures.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Seth Hayward
Coffin
Shot Her At The Door Near Seymour Indiana
In Seymour Indiana on October 9 Mrs Ellen Banks 32 was shot at her door by Frank Coryell with a double barreled shotgun. She died next morning after lingering from the wound. Coryell used a gun at the scene and was arraigned for murder that night in jail before being moved to Brownstown for safety.
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Commercial Tribune
Seymour
Ind
Ellen Banks
Frank Coryell
Coryell
Banks
Sam Coryell
Arthur Beadle
Dollie Belknap
Garland Brought Home After Broken Ankle Complications
Ex Attorney General A H Garland arrived by ambulance from his Homing Hill country home to Little Rock on October 9 and is under Dr J A Dibrell care. He has been steadily failing since breaking his ankle two months earlier and suffered a bungled initial operation. He is very sick, fatigued from travel, with fever but resting.
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Commercial Tribune
Little Rock
Ark
A. H. Garland
Homing Hill
J. A. Dibrell
Garland
World Mutual Benefit Society Charter Revoked and Funds Vanish
Charleston W Va Oct 9 The World Mutual Benefit Society charter was revoked on October. Officers fled August 31 with all records and funds leaving new management. Liabilities unknown, fraud order blocks Mall in Wheeling, and federal authorities seek the missing officers.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
The
World Mutual Benefit Society
Wheeling
Post Office Department
Wabash Plants Open Long Hours Amid Steel Boom
In Wabash Indiana on October 9 reports show the Big Four Railroad shop operating nine hours daily six days a week while the Wabash Church and School Furniture Factory runs twelve hours daily. The Bridge and Iron Works expects steady winter work with over 100 workers, and Underwood Manufacturing and Pioneer Hatworks each employ about 200 people ten hours daily. Local manufacturers declare the strongest business since before five years, marking a flourishing period for the city.
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Commercial Tribune
Wabash
Ind
Wabash Church
Wabash Bridge and Ironworks
Underwood Manufacturing Company
Pioneer Hatworks
President to Attend Cincinnati Dinner and Canton Vote
President plans a trip to Ohio for election day duties and may attend the Cincinnati Commercial Club dinner on the eve of election. The report notes his likely route via Canton and Pittsburg if time allows, and mentions a surprise appointment of D N Comingore as Collector of Internal Revenue at Covington Kentucky.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio
Carnegie Library
Pittsburg
Cincinnati Commercial Club
Cincinnati
Commercial Club
Canton
D. N. Comingore
Internal Revenue
Covington
Deboe
John J. Purinton
Joseph G. Lee
W. N. Bailey
Robert Hall
William Erlanger
Citizens’ National Bank
Fast
Liverpool
President McKinley to Visit Pettis Sugar Plant
Colonel Henry D. Shelton of Hughesville Pettis County reports a letter from President McKinley approving a visit to Pettis County next month. The sugar making industry plans a $500,000 capital plant at Hughesville after farmers were urged to plant cane and samples were praised by H. M. Wiley, Chief of the Agriculture Bureau in Washington.
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Commercial Tribune
Sedalia
Henry D. Shelton
Hughesville
Pettis County
McKinley
Missouri
Shelton
H. M. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Warrants for a Judge in Kentucky Feud
Elijah P Harrison Jr sworn out two warrants against County Judge Frank A Bullock charging concealed weapons and assault with a pistol An overnight encounter in Lexington follows Editor Sam J Roberts fusion party ties with W C P Breckinridge Roberts had criticized Bullock and the judge allegedly sought Breckinridge while accusing election officers of ineligibility The dispute marks Bullock s second attack on Roberts
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Lexington
Elijah P. Harrison, Jr
Frank A. Bullock
Sam J. Roberts
National Democrats
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Bullock
Roberts
Breckinridge
Railroad restores wage cut after Palmyra strike settlement
Alliance Ohio October 9 General Manager Scranton of the Alliance and Northern Railroad orders restoration of the 10 percent wage reduction once made. All employees recently laid off are to report for duty at once following the Palmyra District settlement.
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Commercial Tribune
Alliance
Palmyra
Scranton
Alliance & Northern Railroad
Botkin Man in New York En Route to Washington
M Pietro Botkin, agent of the Russian government at the seal conference, is in New York on his way from Europe to Washington for the upcoming talks.
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New York
Pierre Botkine
Washington
Europe
Man killed by falling gravel before wedding
Alva Wilkinson died at his New Castle area home near Blountsville while hauling gravel when a bank wall collapsed. He and a horse and wagon were buried. a ten year old witness said the bank gave way as Wilkinson warned the boy to stay back. Wilkinson was due to marry the next day.
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Commercial Tribune
New Castle
Ind
Alva Wilkinson
Blountsville
Wilkinson
Marsh Fire Reignites in Kankakee Valley
Strong winds rekindle a large hay fire east of Valparaiso Indiana. Farmers and local women mobilize to battle flames as work train crews from the Fort Wayne line assist through the night. The blaze remains burning with extensive damage reported.
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Commercial Tribune
Valparaiso
Ind
Kankakee Valley
Ft. Wayne
Convict James Benson Escapes Train Near Ohio State Prison
James Benson, being transported from Cincinnati to the Ohio Penitentiary by Deputy U S Marshal Heher, sprang from a B and O car window near Broad Street crossing and fled into darkness. Benson, a three year robber of the Sabina Post Office, prompted a $100 reward from Marshal Devanney of Cincinnati after the escape near the State Prison.
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Sabina
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
James Benson
Ohio Penitentiary
Cincinnati
United States
Heher
Broad Street
State Prison
Marshal Heher
Heber
Benson
Marshal Devanney
Hanna on the Outlook in Ohio Legislature Fight
Senator Hanna, guest of the Marquette Club in Chicago, says Ohio politics look favorable but the legislature remains unsettled. He notes gains in Hamilton County depend on next week's convention and cites a stronger GOP labor base and farmer support amid a hard urban campaign.
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Hamilton County
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Mark Hanna
Marquette Club
Hanna
Ohio
Repub- Means
Death by Own Action Stuns Pittsburg Traveler
Milo Hath away Lockwood, son of C. B. Lockwood of Cleveland, a Lockwood-Taylor Hardware member, killed himself at the Economy Hotel in Economy Ohio by a bullet. Despondency from sciatica cited as the only known cause. He had lumber interests in David, West Virginia.
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Pittsburg
Milo Hathaway Lockwood
C. B. Lockwoood
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
Lockwood-Taylor Hardware Company
Economy
Lockwood
David
W. Va
Boo Gang member sentenced for life in police murder
John Ferriter found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing Policeman Charles Ware during an arrest in Martinsville. Four jurors wanted the death penalty, but a life sentence was imposed on the ninth ballot. Ferriter, a member of the Boo gang in Indianapolis, was tried on change of venue.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Ferriter
Martinsville
Charles Ware
Ferriter
Ware
Death of Rear Admiral John Mellen Brady Clitz
The Navy Department reports the death of Rear Admiral John Mellen Brady Clitz at St Elizabeth Asylum this morning He was placed on the retired list in 1883.
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Washington
Navy Department
St. Elizabeth Asylum
John Mellen Brady Clitz
Luetgert Denounces Police and Dorsey in Cell
Adolph Luetgert, in a fiery statement from his Chicago jail, blasts police and osteologist George Dorsey as he previews a new stage work inspired by the case. He denounces key witnesses, defends his conduct, and predicts his innocence while others prepare arguments for next week's jury. The Luetgert trial spurs a Milwaukee avenue theater production titled The Sausage Maker of Lakeview.
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Chicago
Adolph L. Luetgert
George Dorsey
Luetgert
Frank Odorofsky
Frank Lewandowski
Pollocks
Lars
Siam Expresses Regret Over Con sul Issue
United States Minister Barrett reports success in securing Siamese reparations for the mistreatment of Vice Consul Kellett and his servant in Chiangmai. The viceroy was cautioned, and the Siamese government expressed regret for the incident.
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Washington
United States
Barrett
Bangkok
State Department
Kellett
Chiangmai
Inquest Finds Murder Over Woman Shot by Coryell
Seymour Indiana coroner Jas H Green declared murder after an inquest into Ellen Banks who was fatally shot last night by Frank Coryell. Coryell was arrested at his home and jailed by Sheriff Thicksten later the same evening.
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Commercial Tribune
Seymour
Ind
Jas. H. Green
Ellen Banks
Frank Coryell
Coryell
Marshall Thicksten
Mrs Craven Will Claim Share of James G Fair Estate
Still seeking millions Mrs Nettie Craven plans new suits to claim a share of the Fair estate basing her contention on the 1892 marriage contract produced in court It follows a recent unfavorable ruling by Judge Stack and will be pursued after findings are filed and the appeal is perfected The contract identifies Nettie R Craven as Fair's wife and James G Fair as her husband in San Francisco May 23 1892
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Luetgert
Johanna Leeban
Fred Miller
Diedrich Bicknese
Dorsey
Deneen
McEwen
Vincent
Phalen
Tuthill
Nashville
San Francisco
Nettie Craven
Stack
James G. Fair
Slack
William
Reichstag
Germany
England
Miners End Strike as Ohio Coal Firms Concede Wage Differential
Secretary Bishop of the State Board of Arbitration returns from Palmyra Ohio noting a successful settlement of the miners strike. The workers adhered to the differential they have received for years and the coal companies have agreed to the demand.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Bishop
State Board of Arbitration
Palmyra
Elkhart County Treasurer Faces Grand Jury Shortage Probe
In LaPorte Indiana on October 9 the Elkhart County grand jury ordered a rigid audit of County Treasurer Holderman's books amid an alleged shortage ranging from 20000 to 50000 dollars. Experts have been hired to examine the accounts and public upheaval follows.
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Commercial Tribune
Laporte
Ind
Elkhart County
Holderman
Refusal of Pardons Highlight Atkinson Trial Testimony
In Glenville West Virginia on October 9 the defense called C W Lynch as the first witness to discuss Mrs Atkinson's authority as widow of Judge Camden to transact business. Lynch vouched for Camden signatures and the validity of receipts signed by Mrs Camden. Other witnesses corroborated that Mrs Atkinson acted under Camden's approval. Mrs Atkinson declared she would not accept a gubernatorial pardon if convicted.
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Commercial Tribune
Glenville
W. Va
C. W. Lynch
Clarksburg
Atkinson
Aton
Camden
G. D. Camden
Wm. Ratcliffe
Weyler Recall Triggers Cuban Governance Shakeup
Madrid reports Cabinet four hours confirms recall of Captain General Weyler from Cuba. Weyler pledges loyalty to orders and denies causing disturbances while Sagasta says Spain will appoint Weyler as Acting Governor of Cuba and introduce a model administration to pacify Cuba and aid peace in the Philippines.
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Madrid
Cuba
Weyler
el Heraldo
Porto Rico
Marshal Blanco
Sagasta
Philippine Islands
American diplomat sees Spain ready to buy off insurgents
An arriving American diplomat from Madrid reports Spain is bankrupt and ready to buy off insurgent leaders in Cuba. He says the government is so short of money it may sell lands and bail any who can be spared while pension lists fall behind.
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London
Madrid
Spain
Cuba
Turkey Sends More Troops Food for Wrangling
Turkey increases troop deployments amid ongoing crises as reports note intensified bombardments around Crete and speculation of further shelling before spring. The situation raises regional tensions and prompts international concern.
Germany Nears Political Clash Amid Turmoil and Unrest
London dispatch reports mounting German internal strife as Bavaria denounces William and the Reichstag faces a new political fracture. A looming seven year naval grant showdown, social democratic shifts, and cautious European diplomacy shadow Berlin’s autumn.
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Ohle
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Eotsate
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Quest of Commercial Club
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David Wunderlin
Kinderhook
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C. T. Wallace
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J. A. Gotschall
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Odorofsky
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Inspector Schaak
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Siam
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Turkey
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