McKinley Users Illinois Delegations at Canton Day
Major McKinley greets Illinois visitors in Canton Ohio where 3500 Garfield followers and the East End McKinley Regiment joined massed crowds. He extols Illinois crops and legacy of Lincoln Grant Logan and Oglesby urging support for sound money and protection in the upcoming election.
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Garfield
McKinley
Illinois
Green Springs
Beirne
East End
McKinley Regiment
Cleveland
F. G. Hogan
McKinley Arching Club
Massillon
McKane Boss to Be Freed Early from Sing Sing
Albany Oct 21 John Y McKane Gravesend political boss is expected to be released from Sing Sing before Governor Morton term ends possibly within a few days He was sentenced to six years for aiding and abetting election fraud in 1893 With good behavior deduction he would have one year seven months remaining Morton reportedly believes McKane has been sufficiently punished.
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Albayy
N. Y
John Y. Mc Kane
Gravesend
Sing Sing
Morton
McKane
United States
Tate
Chicago
Akron Fire Kills Two at Whitmore Robins Co Works
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune Akron Ohio October 21 Two men dead and one missing after a blaze consumes the Whitmore Robinson & Co storeware works. A tramp found suffocated in a kiln and Doc Tanner believed burned to death. Loss around 200000 with 50000 insured.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
Whitmore, Robinson & Co
Doc Tanner
Banner of Princeton University showcased at Alumni Day
Princeton University celebrated Alumni and Students Day with a torchlight procession from Marquand Chapel to Alexander Hall. Charles E. Green announced a banner presented by Princeton ladies titled The Banner of Princeton University and hoped it would become a historic gift.
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Princeton
N. J
Marquand Chapel
Alexander Hall
Charles E. Green
Europe
Princeton University
Green
Harri gan Revives Silver Battle in Indianapolis Speech
Gen Harrian arrives home in Indianapolis after eleven speeches from New Albany to attack Bryan and his push for free coinage of silver. He defends the current bimetallic system with gold and silver and paper money, arguing a true standard must be a fixed measure.
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Indianapolis
Harrigan
New Albany
Salem
Bryan
Cochran
Coéchran
Stark
Salvation Army Rival New Episcopal Association Aims and Uniforms
The United States Church Army, a new evangelical movement within the Episcopal Church, has operated four months. The Parochial Missions Society endorsed the scheme. Old Glory becomes a flag with a white cross on blue, and uniforms mimic U S Army ranks. Staff officers wear black frock coats with gold bands and epaulets. privates wear similar style to U S soldiers in dark green and gold or light blue. Bicycle brigades wear dark green. a training school for officer evangelists opens at headquarters next month.
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New York
United States Church Army
New Evangelical Movement
Episcopal Church
Parochial Missions’ Society
United States
Chariot Corps
Constable Fires in Self Defense Near Irvine Stillhouse
Irvine Ky Oct 21 Clayborn Tharp a county constable shot and killed Brutus Finney a Negro near Clay Rice stillhouse after Finney allegedly drew a knife and threatened to kill Tharp Tharp a son of ex Judge A J Tharp said Finney was drunk and had refused to leave the area no weapon was found beside Finney the shooting occurred without a body present.
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Commercial Tribune
Irvine
Clayborn Tharp
Brutus Finney
Clay Rice
Tharp
Finney
A. J. Tharp
They Form a Society for Self-Protection in an Oil Boom Town
In Sistersville the Society for the Protection of Married Women organized by wives aims to curb husbands dissipating in the oil boom. A full slate of officers was chosen and a committee to draft a constitution was appointed. The meeting was reportedly lively.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Society For the Protection of Married Women
Sistersville
Princeton Honors Cleveland with Torchlight Parade and Lecture
A Princeton centennial celebration featured a torchlight parade through Nassau Hall lights with orange Japanese lanterns as President Cleveland visits with Mrs. Cleveland and officials. The event included humorous campus banners and a public discussion on monetary value and the dollar’s parity with gold, criticizing silver policy and government minting.
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Princeton
Nassau Hall
Cleveland
Thurber
Pennsylvania Railroad
Patton
Guv. Griggs
Clin Green
Board of Trustees
Philadelphia
Mr. Cleveland
Foster Heading to Honolulu for Health and Hawaii Mission
Ex Secretary of State John W. Foster, traveling via San Francisco, will arrive tomorrow en route to the Hawaiian Islands. He sails under the pretense of health reasons, though reports suggest other motives may be involved.
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San Francisco
John W. Foster
Hawaiian Islands
Mr. Foster
Portanaas
Sensational Lancaster Marriage Secrets Revealed
Miss Myrtle May Willis wed WJ Smith on September 13 and kept it secret for romantic reasons. Holman Glass and Eliza Ison disclosed they have been married for a year despite parental objections, making a private union public in Lancaster Kentucky.
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Specie
Commercial Tribune
Lancaster
Myrtle May Willis
Henry Willis
WJ. B. Smith
George Farris
Democratic County Committee
Holman Glass
Eliza Ison
Illinois Day draws crowds as McKinley visit continues
Illinois Day at Canton brought thousands to meet Major McKinley. Hon Bourke Cochran spoke at Music Hall to a vast audience. Secretary Carlisle addressed Odd Fellows Hall in Covington tonight. President Harrison closed the second Indiana tour day with General Lew Wallace to follow.
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Commercial Tribune
Anton, O
Canton
Garfield
Cleveland
East End
McKinley Regiment
Massillon
McKinley
Illinois
Easant
Major McKinley
John McNulta
City of
Chicago
W. J. Calhoun
State of
Robert C. Givens
P. J. Minter
Ohio
Rat
Assars
Bourke Cochran
Music Hall
Secretary of the Treasury
John G. Carlisle
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Covington
Harrison
Indiana
Lew Wallace
Debates on Silverites and Repudiation in 1896 Campaign
In Bloomington and Greencastle General Harrison argued against the Silverites plan to devalue bonds by issuing 60 cent dollars. He defended honoring public obligations and praised Civil War veterans who supported the nation’s financial integrity amid Bryan’s criticisms. He spoke to college towns about national power and the government’s debt policy.
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Rastor
Fiat Money Times
United States
Bryan
Union
General Howard
Sickles
Corporal Tanner
Ggve
Nebraska
College
Bloomington
Greencastle
Harrison
Mr. Bryan
Apple
Wien
Paris
Harvest Day for Cupid in Lexington Four Weddings Held
Four weddings took place in Lexington Kentucky on October 21. Miss Katie Garland wed Patrick O Neil at St Pauls Church. Miss Johnson Green and George Varden were married at the bride s home on North Broadway. Miss Catherine Coons and Everett E Woods wed at the bride s home. Miss Katherine Shelby and Campbell Scott married at the Second Presbyterian Church with the Shelby family link to Thomas H Shelby.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
St. Paul’s Church
Katie Garland
Patrick O'Neil
James P. Barry
North Broadway
Mi Johnson Green
Jororge Varden
Paris
C. L. Stackouse
Catherine Coons
Everet E. Woods
Katherine Shelby
Campbell Scott
Second Presbyterian Church
Thomas H. Shelby
Internal Revenue
Making Political Capital Republicans Accused of Bribery
Franklin Ind Oct 21 Mort Moran Thomas Acton and Edward Actor were arrested on bribery charges. They allegedly paid staff on Lonsberg Wright and James Wright to move to Shelby County to sway votes. Civil action sought for 400 dollars. criminal case to follow. Accusers are Republicans who deny the charges claiming political manipulation.
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Commercial Tribune
Franklin
Ind
Mort Moran
Thomas Acton
Edward Actor
Staffon Lonsberg
Thomas Wright
James Wright
Shelby Couny
Bat Ftoe
Ppm
Norman
Reblicans
Trafalgar Victory Marked by Trafalgar Square Ceremony
Lord Nelsons triumph over the French and Spanish fleets on October 21 1805 was celebrated in London Trafalgar Square. The Nelson monument was wreathed from base to summit as observers noted the significance in thwarting Napoleons invasion plan. Canada sent two wreaths, one inscribed from the daughters Meguee son of a midshipman aboard the Neptune.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Napoleon
England
France
Czar
Nicholas
Paris
Nelson
Meguee
Nept
Trafalgar
Canada
Morrison Bolts Nomination Declares Against Free Silver
Chicago Oct 21 Hon William R Morison chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission and former congressman announces to National Democratic headquarters his opposition to Altgeld Bryan platform and cites Altgeld as preventing his vice presidential candidacy while casting doubt on his own loyalty to the ticket.
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Chicago
William R. Morison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
National Demorce
Altape
Nepal
Hich
Cruel Filipino Reprisals Against Spaniards Reported
Report from San Francisco describes Spanish captors disemboweling two prisoners and hanging them at a gate in the Philippines. Rebels reportedly seized a Spanish lieutenant, his wife, and his twelve year old daughter, then skinned and crucified the officer before the family.
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San Francisco
Phillipine Islands
Manila
Political impostor claims saved Lincoln and maligned McKinley
Chicago reports Robert T. Lincoln denounces Col. Sillowaye as a fraud claiming to possess a letter from 1890 allegedly showing McKinley opposing veterans. Lincoln cites records showing no danger to the President in May 1863. Mark Hanna calls the letter a forgery with a nonmatching signature and tone.
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McKinley
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Col. Sillowaye
Robert T. Lincoln
Maj. McKinney
Gen. Welles
Lincoln
Sillowaye
Lincavin
Brooks
Potomac
Gen. Hooker
White House
Washington
Mark Hanna
Gen
Welles
Hanna
Mr. McKinley
Old Bachelors Club Member Punished in Odd Rite
In Elwood Indiana on October 21 members of the Old Bachelors Club confronted Herman Marx after he violated club rules and married. They blacked his face with charcoal and placed him in a wooden crate before hauling him in a hay wagon through town in a series of punishment performances.
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Commercial Tribune
Elwood
Ind
Old Bachelors’ Club
Herman Marx
Marree
Cash for Lost Love Suit Filed in Saaford
Fremond Dell of this piece sues Addison Zinn for $1,000 damages alleging alienation of his wife's affections. Zinn, a railway engineer, resides at Columbus and was formerly connected with Hall.
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Commercial Tribune
Saadford
Fremon Dall
Addison Zinn
Zinn
How
Columbus
Hall
Witnesses Named in Frantz Little Murder Case
Dayton October reports reveal two witnesses in the Frantz Little murder case. W C Teeter a collector and former Sunday school teacher, and Rev Isaac Frantz a relative of the accused, testified before the grand jury. Both refused to talk outside the jury. The accused, indicted for first degree murder, remains calm and focused on reading religious books.
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Dayton
Publi
Frantz-Little
Kreitzer
Bessie’ Little
Miami
Teeter
Rev
Isaac Frantz
Rev. Frantz
Pleasant Hill
Miami County
Skeleton finally identified as missing husband in Ohio case
In Chillicothe Ohio, Mrs. Wm. Lee identified the box and boots found with a skeleton near Charlotte New York as her husband who had been missing six years. He appeared in 1890 with $500 on him and is believed murdered after being lured to a lonely spot by ruffians while visiting a friend.
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Commercial Tribune
Batavia
Fred Lester
A. W. Ashburn
East Liberty
F. W. Gerstle
Cincinnati
Hamilton House
Lester
Gerstle
W. W. Wood
Wood
Chillicothe
Charlotte
N. Y
Wm. Lee
Tragedy in Police Court Involving Senator's Son
In Sacramento this morning James Lowe fatally shot Addie Schilling in the Police Court lobby and then killed himself. The woman, a witness in a vagrancy case, held threatening letters from Lowe. Lowe was the son of a California State Senator from San Jose.
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Sacramento
Cal
James Lowe
Addie Schilling
Lowe
San Jose
Wheat Market Murmurs Amid North West Car Famine
Chicago dispatch reports a cautious surge to cash profits by bulls amid a car famine piling grain, with December wheat fluctuating from 79 to 77 cents. Banks struggle to finance storage as eastern mills slow. buyers remain optimistic prices may hit 85 cents.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Northwest
Minneapolis
Meeting Endure Red Flag Appeal at Grand Hotel
A large audience gathered at the Grand Hotel for a political dinner hosting Mr. Storer and speaker Julius Dexter. Storer warned against repudiation and urged national unity while Cochran’s introduction sparked loud cheers from the crowd.
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Mr. Cochran
Bellamy Storer
Julius Dexter
Mr. Storer
Storer
Cochran
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