Hanna Speaks at Montpelier Ohio Fusion Meeting
Senator Hanna addressed 2000 residents in Montpelier Williams County praising the McKinley administration and Republican platform. He noted fusion dynamics with Populists and Bryan a year ago and urged re election of Governor Bushnell and a Republican Legislature.
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Commercial Tribune
Montpelier
Hanna
Hayes
Garfield
H. M. Daugherty
William McKinley
Williams County
Bryan
Bushnell
Williams
McKinley
Watson
C. A. Seiders
Paulding
Fair Grounds
J. D. Hill
Fayette
Messrs. Watson
Daugherty
Royal Arch Masons Elect Officers for Three Years
The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons elected officers for a three year term including Reuben C. Lemmon as General Grand High Priest and Frederick W. Craig as General Grand Master of the Second Veil. The next triennial meeting will be in Cincinnati in September 1900 followed by a day of oyster roast and banquet.
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Baltimore
Royal Arch Masons
Reuben C. Lemmon
Toledo
James W. Taylor
Luthersville
Arthur G. Pollard
Lowell
Mass
Joseph Edgas
Paris
Ill
Daniel Striker
Hastings
Mich
Christopher G
General Grand Chapter
Cincinnati
Three Killed in Wreck Near Ottawa and Stittsville
A Canadian Pacific Railway collision occurred at Ottawa at 6 am with a freight train at Stittsville at 5 am. Engineer Rondeau and Brakeman Hastey died, mail clerk R Peden died, and a tramp rider was killed. Engineer McQuaig of the freight had a broken leg, and the crash was blamed on operator carelessness at Stittsville.
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Ottawa
Ont
Toronto Express
Canadian Pacific Railway
Stittsville
Rondeau
R. Peden
Hastey
McQuaig
Cuyahoga County Democrats pledge to oppose millionaire for Senate
In Cleveland on October 14 the leading Cuyahoga County Democratic candidates for the Legislature publicly declared they will not vote for a millionaire or monopolist as United States Senator. The pledge, signed by a committee of Fifteen and key figures, targets John R. McLean and similar candidates.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
United States
John R. McLean
William Allen
Chas
P. Smith
W. J. Hart
H. J. Huntington
WM. Pate
Jos
A. Hackman
A. J. Howey
Geo. Mathews
J. J. Adams
Edward G. Vail LL
H. Cook
A. Fitzpatrick
J. F. Herrick
Burial of Infidel Author John Logan in Nicholasville
Col John L Logan, famed for free thought writings, was buried in Nicholasville at 4 p m. Mrs Josephine Henry led the service delivering a funeral oration praising nature and condemning religion as source of misery and wars.
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Josephine Henry
Commercial Tribune
Nicholasville
John L.logan
John Logan
Racial clash alarms Jeffersonville youths in a city war
In Jeffersonville Indiana Charlestown youth fight sparks a race war with white and colored boys clashing on the B&O W railroad line. Clyde Manser and Bud Downs both under 15 fought with ax handle and a bolt leaving them bloodied before police halted further violence. Both groups threaten retaliation amid rising tension.
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ind
Charlestown
Here
Clyde Manser
Bud Downs
Downs
Brotherhood of St. Andrew Convened in Buffalo
The convention opened at St. Pauls with about 2000 attendees. Bishop William D. Walker of Western New York delivered the opening charge praising laymen led organization and its benefits.
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Buffalo
N. Y
the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
St. Paul’s
Brotherhood
William D. Walker
Western New York
New York Man Henry George Jr to Wed Miss Hitch in Chicago
Chicago reports a Thanksgiving week wedding of Miss Mary Hitch daughter of Captain W Hitch to Henry George Jr of New York son of Henry George the gondldate for Mayor of Greater New York. The announcement notes the Chicago venue and family details.
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Chicago
New York
Mary Hitch
W. Hitch
East Ontario Street
Henry George, Jr
Henry George
Greater New Or
Forged passport helped escape rescue in Havana tale
Carl Decker recounts aiding Evangelina Cisneros escape from Casa de Recojidas Havana. He bribery attempts failed at 16 000 dollars. Decker forged a sealless passport and used a Pan ama voyage to New York. Cisneros faced crowding Obispo street and a safe harbor at last. Prominent visitors greeted Cisneros at the Waldorf.
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New York
Carl Decker
Evangelina Coiso Y Cisneros
Casa de Recojidas
Havana
Panama
Cuba
Senorita Cosso Y Cisneros
Recojidas
United States
Obispo Street
Senorita Cisneros
Astir
Boy Murderer In Jail In Kentucky Ambush Killing
A quarrel between 16 year old Sam Wilson and 15 year old Ed Crump ends with Wilson dead at his Carlisle Kentucky home. Crump is held in the county jail on murder charges after lying in wait at a spring and firing a pistol shot that struck Wilson in the abdomen and proved fatal at 5 PM.
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Carlisle
Sam Wilson
Ed Crump
Crump
Wilson
Nighttime double shooting shocks Baltimore grocer family
Matthew Rogers a grocer of 136 West Randall Street and his wife Ida Wright were found dead in Rogers home this morning with both shot. Police treat as possible suicide but relatives claim a former admirer of Wright was involved. Her husband is alive and believed to be in West Virginia.
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Baltimore
Matthew Rogers
West Randall Street
Ida Wright
Rogers
West Virginia
Eight Prisoners Escape From Brunswick County Jail
Eight prisoners escaped from the Brunswick County Jail around midnight. They removed the lock from their cages and forced their way out, leaving guards and bloodhounds on the trail as they fled through a large opening.
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Brunswick
Mystery of George Case Death Linked to Arizona Miner Property
A special dispatch reports George Case of Akron who enlisted in 1864 and died in a Tennessee hospital. His body was buried there despite doubts by his mother and father. Now a letter from Big Bug Arizona queries whether the Arizona death belongs to the Akron man who left a large mining property. Orlando Case believes the Arizona man may be his brother.
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N Ial Tribune
Akron
George Case
Ohio Battery
Tennessee
Case
Big Bug
Araz
Orlando Case
Arizona
Body of Ten-Year-Dead Man to be Exhumed for View
In Campton Kentucky Rees Davis died ten years ago and was buried. The body was later exhumed and found petrified with features as fresh as on burial day. Funeral services are planned next Sunday and relatives intend to display the body during the service.
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Commercial Tribune
Campton
Rees Davis
Luetgert Trial Nears Verdict As Defense Seeks Doubt
In Chicago on October 14 the Luetgert case nears closing as ex Judge Vincent argues for acquittal or a complete verdict. He questions Mrs Luetgert’s death proof and accuses police of perjury while praising defense witnesses and disputing prosecutions. Adolph Luetgert weeps as his sons are kept away.
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Vincent
Chicago
Luetgert
Phalen
Schaack
North Side
Murderer Henry Clay Escapes Jail Plan Foiled
In St Louis on October 14 Henry Clay a one legged murderer awaiting the death sentence for the murder of William Amend near November 18 tried to escape the jail dungeon. He dug with a wooden leg using steel from a bucket rim and a torn iron sheet into a void beneath asphalt and loose stones, planning to reach the boiler room and freedom before discovery by a guard.
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ST. Louis
Henry Clay
Clay
William Amend
Governor Atkinson Returns From Trial of Wife In West Virginia
Gov Atkinson arrives in Parkersburg en route to Glenville where his wife is on trial He asserts he possesses evidence proving the prosecution is the work of an enemy of Mrs Atkinson and denounces the charges as a villainous outrage He plans to reveal the truth at the proper time and leaves for Nashville Exposition with his wife.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Atkinson
Charleston
Glenville
Clarksburg
Nashville Exposition
Pearson May Confess in Embezzlement Case
William Pearson, accused of embezzling funds, appeared before Squire McGreery in Hamilton. He pleaded not guilty, posted 2000 bail but remained jailed. His wife planned talks to secure his confession before Friday night per National Surety Company, with odds favoring a confession.
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Commercial Tribune
Middletown
William Pearson
Squire’ McGreery
Hamilton
National Surety Company
Pearson
Logan in Conflict Over Wine at City Horse Show
John A. Logan Jr managing the Chicago horse show faces a clash with the Hyde Park Protective Association over plans to sell wine at the Coliseum. Logan accuses George W. Riggs of seeking cheap notoriety, while Riggs vows a fight to a finish and warns arrests for violating prohibition laws.
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Chicago
John A. Logan, Jr
Hyde Park Protective Association
Coliseum
Logan
George W. Riggs
Riggs
Hyde Park
Widow killed by train at Grand avenue crossing in Marion
Mrs. Alice Dwyer 35 widow and mother of a 10 year old son was instantly killed by a west bound Big Four passenger train at the Grand avenue crossing as she watched a moving freight enter a side track. Her husband died in a similar manner a few months earlier.
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Marion, O
Alice Dwyer
Big Four
Grand Avenue
Political murder deeper in Kentucky town
It is reported that Robert Wilcox killed Joseph Gibson from a bush in Middleesboro Kentucky last night The incident is believed political in motive Gibson is a brother in law of Gil Colson and a relative of Congressman D G Colson Political tensions are high and more bloodshed is expected to follow
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Middleesboro
Robert Wilcox
Joseph Gibson
Gibson
Indaw
Gil Colson
D. G. Colson
Ex-President Ezeta Arrested On Rent Judgment Suit
General Carlos Ezeta ex-President of San Salvador was arrested in Oakland after failing to respond to a summons for examination on his ability to satisfy a $35 judgment for house rent. He was detained for several hours by an officer following the bench warrant issued by Judge Clift.
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Oakland
Cal
Carlos Ezeta
San Salvador
Clift
Ezeta
Rvice
Retirements and Trial Highlight Ohio News
Miss Helen Underwood Johnson daughter of Congressman Henry A Johnson retires from the stage due to ill health after two years as an understudy for Ada Behan in Richmond Indiana. In Richmond Kentucky Rufus Todd sits for examination in the killing of Dan Little with Judge Burnam sending him to the grand jury under a $500 bond. Little’s widow and nine children attend the hearing with sympathy.
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Richmond
Ind
Helen Underwood Johnson
Henry A. Johnson
Ada Behan
Rufus Todd
Dan Little
Burnam
Toda
Little
Daugherty Dies After Fall From Poorhouse Window
Columbus IN Oct 14 Thomas Daugherty an inmate at Bartholomew Poorhouse leaped from a third story window today suffering internal injuries that caused his death He was eighty and had been there two weeks after prior escape attempts and recent insanity declaration
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ind
Thomas Daugherty
Bartholomew Poorhouse
Daugherty
Shot tenant and wife ends rent dispute in West Virginia
John A. Vance a Logan County farmer shot and killed James Thompson a tenant on his Island Creek farm. Thompson fell and Vance's Winchester wounded Thompson's wife breaking her arm and may be fatal. The feud involved rent disputes. Vance is jailed awaiting grand jury action.
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Huntington
W. Va
John A. Vance
Island Creek
Logan County
James Thompson
Vance
Thompson
Winchester
Anse Hatfield
Hatfields
Harding Fatally Shoots Rosenbaum in Jeffersonville Quarrel
Lizzie Harding shot Mary Rosenbaum in Jeffersonville Indiana during a quarrel over a trifling matter. The wounded Rosenbaum, daughter of Isaac Rosenbaum, died soon after from a stomach wound. Webb arrested Harding and she was jailed on Chestnut Street.
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Lizzie Harding
Mary Rosenbaum
Jeffersonville
Ind
Commercial Tribune
Isaac Rosenbaum
Rosenbaum
Chestnut Street
Chef Webb
Miss Harding
State Federation of Labor Adjourns At Marion
The State Federation of Labor adjourned sine die in Marion Indiana at noon. Officials called the meeting the largest and most profitable in the organization’s history with reports of improved conditions across trades especially mills and factories. Delegates offered thanks to Governor Mount for his appointments to Factory Inspector and State Labor Commission.
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Marion
Ind
State Federation of Labor
Governor Mount
State Fire Insurance Commissioner Names Disreputable Firms
In Lansing on October 14, the State Insurance Fire Commissioner Milo D. Campbell issued a circular declaring numerous insurance companies unreliable for not paying fire losses. He calls the public defrauded and cites over $20,000 in Detroit opera house fire losses.
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Lansing
Mich
Milo D. Campbell
Michigan
General Fire
Paris
Atlas Insurance
Columbia
D. C
Union Mutual Fire
New Jersey
South American Union
New York
Massachusetts Firey
New York City
Atlantic Mutual
American Trust and Insurance
Chicago
Mt. Vernon Fire
Alexandria
Queen City Fire
Buffalo Mutual Fire
Buffalo
Aurora Fire Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Long Island Mutual
United Fire
Providence
R. I
Protective
Mutual Lloyds
Merchants’ National
Mece City
Buffalo and Niagara
Knickerbocker
Lloyds
Neerk
Bat ‘Lloyds and
Opera House
Detroit
Seabrooke Elopes With Jeannette Lowrie to London
New York report says Jeannette Lowrie known as Mrs Alf Hampton eloped with Thomas Q Seabrooke. They sailed on the St Louis to England posing as Mr and Mrs G W Miller. The elopement surprises Alf Hampton and Elvia Croix amid alimony debt.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Jeannette Lowrie
Alf Hampton
Thomas Q. Seabrooke
Isle of Champagne
St. Louis
England
G. W. Miller
Elvia Croix
Brutal Fire Attempt Shocks Mayfield Community
A black woman attacked Mrs. Brents McKelvy in the McKelvy home in Mayfield attempting to steal jewelry and money. She threw Mrs. McKelvy on a red hot stove, causing likely fatal burns before fleeing. authorities promise severe punishment if captured.
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Mayfield
Ian
Brents McKelvy
McKelvy
Fire Captain Mauled by Mad Cat in Delaware
Special Dispatch reports Captain Charles Kruck of the Fire Department was bitten by a mad cat, inflicting a serious leg wound. The cat chased two bystanders, Charles Ryder and Arthur Swank, from the scene before being captured and killed. Kruck treated the wound with acid at a drug store to neutralize poison traces.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware
Charles Kruck
Charles Ryder
Arthur Swank
Kruck
Justice Field Retires After Long Judicial Career
Justice Stephen Field, appointed during President Lincoln's term, retires after a lengthy career on the bench. His service spanned decades, shaping federal judiciary in the post Civil War era.
Retirement of Justice Field Acknowledged by President McKinley
Washington Oct 14 1897 news of Justice Stephen Field resigning from the Supreme Court to take effect December 1 1897 with a letter from President McKinley expressing deep regret and praising his thirty four years and seven months of service. The article recalls Field career from California to the United States Supreme Court and notes his Lincoln appointed tenure, wartime court work and Reconstruction era decisions.
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Washington
Justice Field
Supreme Court of the United States
Stephen J. Field
Washington, D. C
Sir
Fuller
Justice Brewer
Abraham Lincoln
William M'Kinley
Supreme Court of California
Lincoln
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Canadian Pacific
Declaration of Democratic Legislative Candidates
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Worthy
Senorita Cosio Y Cisneros
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Senor Carraval
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John A. Logan
Johnson
Indiana Federation of Labor
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