Frank Miller Dies in Chair in Ohio Penitentiary
Special Dispatch reports Frank Muller was electrocuted at 12 17 pm in the penitentiary annex near Columbus Ohio for the murder of his wife Saluda Miller. He endured five and a half minutes of torture before death at 12 23 pm. The execution is described as a successful though brutal act.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Frank Muller
Penitentiary Annex
Father Kelly
Miller
O'Brien
Bowman
Electric chair execution described with crowd and delays
The report recounts Miller's execution by electric chair, including lengthy delays, crowding in the death chamber, and the bungled mask placement. Father Kelley attended, the husband of the condemned woman witnessed part of the proceedings, and Miller offered no final statement before death.
Jump from Brooklyn Bridge Leaves Man in Critical Condition
William Orten leapt from the Brooklyn Bridge while aboard a nearby truck and landed in the East River. He was rescued by the tug Gratitude and was reported in critical condition at the Marine Hospital, muttering after the fall that he had done it.
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New York
William Orten
Brooklyn
Marine Hospital
Orten
Gratitude
Fighting Marsh Fires Threaten Union Township Homes
A dispatch from Laporth Indiana reports large marsh fires in Union Township burning extensive land. Several hundred men battle flames while fields are plowed to halt spread. Kankakee marshes burn tinder like. hay stores in the valley face loss.
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Laporth
Ind
Union Township
Kankakee
Loves Her Husband Divorce Sparks Dramatic Police Station Scene
Mrs. 8 G Wellman, from Fredonia New York, confronted her husband at Central Police Station in Cleveland. He declared he is divorced from his first wife and remarried in Cleveland, saying the other wife lives there. She fainted and was carried out.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
G.wellman
Fredonia
N. Y
Central
Wellman
Desperate Deed of Sixteen Year Old Girl at Milton
In Milton West Virginia Cable County Miss Goodie Parish sixteen daughter of Hon J B Parish committed suicide by shooting herself in the head with her father's Winchester rifle after a visit to Huntington and her father humiliated her by ending the stay for her attentions to a young man She left a note upbraiding her father.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Milton
Cable County
Goodie Parish
J. B. Parish
Huntington
Love Finds a Way Elopement Aids from Girl Friends
Miss Rose Fling of Cairo, against her mother's wishes, was kept in a second story room. With help from several girls a ladder was placed and she escaped to marry Draper House. The couple traveled to Marietta for the ceremony and then returned to Cairo to live with the groom's father.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Rose Fling
Cairo
Draper House
Marietta
Mrs. House
Exports rise in July with total at $69,725,770
United States export totals for July reach 69.7 million dollars, up about 4.3 million from a year earlier. First seven months show 59.94 million against 500.57 million last year, with agricultural exports dipping slightly and manufactured goods rising. Gold exports for July total 5.46 million, while silver exports for the first seven months total 32.86 million.
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Washington
United States
Three in jail on hog theft charge in Washington
Washington Indiana September 2 Tom Tewell Jim Johnson and IAge Johnson are jailed on charges they stole a hog from a farmer, hauled it to the barn killed and dressed it and sold the meat on the way home.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ind
Tom Tewell
Jim Johnson
Iage Johnson
Mine Workers Board Splits on Pittsburg Strike Terms
The National Executive Board of the United Mine Workers adjourned in Columbus after a stormy session with deep divisions over the Pittsburg operators proposal. Miners seek 69 cents a ton with a nine cent regional differential, while arbitration could only yield about 65 cents. The board cannot act for miners, may issue recommendations, and may call a convention, keeping talks secret as they seek a settlement or further action today.
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Columbus
National Executive Board
United Mine Workers
Pittsburg
Ohio
Miners
Read meets miners as strike talks hinge on rate
Colonel W P Read met about a thousand miners and families at McDonald Pennsylvania to discuss the Columbus conference terms. He urged arbitration and warned of only temporary gains from a forced settlement. He said sixty four cents may be needed and a joint Western Pennsylvania meeting could set terms. miners planned another gathering and possible return to work.
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Pittsburg
W. P. Read
McDonald
Rendi
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Expected to Reject Offer by Pittsburg Miners
Pittsburg miners wired Secretary Warner and urged a sixty-nine cents rate or nothing as the United Mine Workers contemplate rejecting operators’ offer to resume work at sixty-four cents while arbitration proceeds. Local leaders press for decisive continuation of the fight, convinced victory is near and opposed to compromise.
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Pittsburg
Ratchford
United Mine Workers
Warner
Hanna
Beating a Labor Boss at Newcastle Wire Nail Works
The Newcastle Wire Nail Works strike escalated as 500 strikers gathered before the mill. Labor boss Patrick McLaughlin, overseeing Black workers from Braddock, faced danger when he walked to the front door amid the tense scene as the mill, employing up to 1,200 when running full, was in operation with about 20 workers present.
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Newcastle
Braddock
Patrick McLaughlin
Striker Clash Leaves Man Beaten as City Police Ringed In
A man defending union supporters was struck by a crowd after declaring loyalty to back them. He was knocked down in a brutal assault as mill workers hid and offered no aid. Police imposed a nightlong guard while strikers anticipated arriving nonunion workers.
Chillicothe Eyes Two Major Plants In Local Growth Drive
The Board of Trade held an enthusiastic meeting in Chillicothe to push a sugar beet factory planned for spring and to attract the National Wagon Works from Marion. The West Virginia Sugar Refining Company seeks ten acres of land and $10,000, with an additional $5,000 needed to land the wagon works project.
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Commercial Tribune
Chillicothe
Board of Trade
National Wagon Works
Marion
West Virginia Sugar Refining Company
Girl chained to floor rescued by police in Washington
Fourteen year old daughter of Jerry Sturgeon ran away Tuesday and returned home to find the father had chained her to the floor with a log chain. Police freed her after she remained confined until late last night. The mother had died a week earlier and the child reports ongoing cruelty.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ind
Jerry Sturgeon
Battle With Wildcat Ends in Shelby’s Fatal Fight
In Arkersburg West Virginia Jacob Shelby fought a wildcat for over an hour on a Lucelle farm. Armed with a pickfork he stabbed the beast fifty times before killing it. Shelby barely escaped with his life as his clothing was torn.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Arkersburg
W. Va
Lucelle
Wirt County
Jacob Shelby
Shelby
United States Peru Talks On McCord Case Shrink Ultimatum Claim
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Sherman and Peru's Senor Eguiguren held talks at the State Department over the Victor McCord dispute. No ultimatum was delivered though a firm note urged speedy resolution. Peru's position contends McCord acted as railroad superintendent, not a U.S. consul, and that his fine and imprisonment arose from 1885 events.
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Washington
Sherman
Peru
Senor Eguiguren
State Department
Victor McCord
United States
McCord
National Railway of
Mollendo
Arequipa
Thorndike
Dog Attack by Husband Leads to Severe Wounding
Jeremiah Carey of Brighton was arrested after he set a bulldog on his wife during a quarrel and urged the dog to attack. The dog bit her wrist arm and shoulder causing serious injuries. an ambulance took her to City Hospital with the possibility of death reported by physicians.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Jeremiah Carey
Brighton
Carey
Adopted son charged in fatal Florida family killing
Edward Register, a young farmer near Jacksonville, was shot by his fourteen year old adopted son Robert. A man named Henry M. Tyre aided the plot and assisted by Mrs. Register. The boy confessed to the murder after arrest. Tyre and Mrs. Register had clandestinely met and allegedly offered the boy money to kill. After supper the son shot Register with birdshot and Tyre finished him with an ax. All three jailed pending a hearing.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Edward Register
Robert
Henry M. Tyre
Tyre
Register
Trolley Car Held Up Near Indianapolis Suburb
Robbery on a Broad Ripple trolley car near Indianapolis occurred at 10:30 PM as two masked men boarded, held motorman Jesse Ringer and conductor Jesse Daly at gunpoint, and stole $30 plus a watch from Ringer and $40 from Daly. Two female passengers, the Misses Quick, were not harmed.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Jesse Ringer
Jesse Daly
Ringer
Daly
Misses Quick
Mint in Mountains. U S Authorities Capture Dies and Arrest Farmer
United States authorities arrested Andy Glover in Kingwood, West Virginia, as part of a counterfeiters gang active in the county. Officers found a mountain retreat with a complete coin imitating outfit. Up to twelve people may be implicated. one arrested individual is a prosperous farmer.
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Commercial Tribune
Kingwood
W. Va
United States
Andy Glover
Murder Her Business Woman Charged With Killing Infants
Herman Nack, husband of Augusta Nack, claims his wife and Martin Thorn killed William Guldensuppe and that she had murdered infants for years. He alleges physicians and undertakers aided the alleged illegal business and that several bodies were preserved in spirits. Nack’s statement was obtained by Assistant District Attorney Mitchell.
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New York
Olcott
Herman ‘Nack
Augusta Nack
Martin Thorn
William Guldensuppe
Nack
Mitchell
Prospectors Find Gold In Brown County and Lease 3000 Acres
Jeffersonville Ind Sept 2 Richard Mackison an old prospector yesterday entered Henryville and showed a large gold nugget saying he found it on the Knobs He will not reveal the spot to prospect further W S Richards Brown County miller has washed gold locally confirming panouts up to 27 The news also leaks that Everett of Ft Wayne has leased 3000 acres in Brown County to put down shafts and develop the land under lease
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Commercial Tribune
Jeffersonville
Ing
Richard Mackison
Henryville
Richards
Brown County
Bear
Bean Blossom
Mr. Everett
Ft. Wayne
Mrs Belle Woodruff declares sane after lunacy trial
Mrs Belle Woodruff of Lexington was tried for lunacy before County Judge Frank A Bullock and pronounced sane. She arrived from Cincinnati on a drunkenness charge and says she returned home to care for her ailing parents. She claims past work on stage and as a mining speculator in Idaho and Montana and made sensational charges against arresting officers.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Belle Woodruff
Cincinnati
Frank A. Bullock
Jane Cox
Asylum
Woodruff
Idaho
Montana
Widower Finds Wife and Fortune on Return Home
Pittsburg widower Atkesson, traveling with two children, returned to Mt. Union where farmer Sarber arranged a meeting with widow Mrs. Hecht. After a short talk they married the next day. Mrs. Hecht sold her farm and drew several hundred dollars from the bank before joining her second husband back to his former home.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Pittsburg
Atkesson
Jackson County
Mt. Union
Sarber
Negro Hanged for Wife Murder in Jacksonville
Jacksonville dispatch reports Seth Henry a colored man was hanged today for the February 1896 murder of his wife. Enoch Doyle, slated for assault execution, was granted a ten day respite.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Seth Henry
Enoch Doyle
Ada man dies by his own hand after fight
Kenton Ohio September 2 Chris Ash of Ada left a wife after a quarrel last Saturday leading to death by self inflicted tears arsenic. The brief notice records a fatal incident with family left behind.
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Commercial Tribune
Kenton, O
Chris Ash
Ada
Hanna a veteran was second lieutenant mustered out with his company
Washington reports Senator Hanna served in the 150th Ohio during 1864, briefly holding second lieutenant rank in Company C of Fort Bunker Hill defense near Washington. The unit’s records show Hanna enlisted May 22, 1864 for 10 days and mustered out August 23, 1864, with one accidental private casualty in the company.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senator Hanna
Buffalo
Hanna
Forts
War Department
150Th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Cleveland
O.C
Maryland
District of Columbia
Lindip
Saratoga
Thayer
Bunker Hill
Slocum
Totten
Stevens
150Th Ohio
Early
Louis G. de Forest
Marcus A. Hanna
Doane Declines As Conger Witness In Ohio Row
Columbus Ohio September 2 John M Doane former secretary of the Republican State Executive Committee 1889 says he does not recall campaign details cited by Colonel Conger and cannot support his side He praises Han Na for leading a restoration of protection prosperity and a sound currency and says Ohio voters are forward looking and not revisiting 1889 issues
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Columbus
John M. Doane
Republican State Executive Committee
A. L. Conger
Conger
Doane
Hanna
Ohio
Fusion seals Nebraska ticket after party discord
Lincoln Sept 2 report that Democratic Populist and Silver Republican leaders fused to back John J. Sullivan for Supreme Judge and E Von Forell and George F Kenower for university and state positions. Early departures and internal sparring over a straight ticket challenged harmony before Neville urged Sullivan’s endorsement and the fusion was announced at noon.
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Supreme Judge
John J. Sullivan
Columbus
State University Regents
E. von Forell
Kearney
George F. Kenower
Wisner
Neville
Mr. Sullivan
Lincoln
Pennsylvania Gold Democrats Deplore Convention Actions
The Jeffersonian or gold Democrats in Pennsylvania voted 17 to 10 against nominating any candidates for State Treasurer and Auditor General after a statewide conference urged a ticket. They deplored the recent Democratic State Convention for aligning with Populism, cheap money and repudiation, adopting resolutions by a viva voce vote.
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Philadelphia
Jeffersonian
Gold Democrats
Democrats Open Campaign in Columbus with Mixed Speakers
Columbus selects the city for the principal opening meeting of the Democratic campaign on September 23. The event features a mixed speaker lineup and is coordinated through McLean's notice, with details continuing on the second page.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
McLean
Vickers Holds the Keys to School Office
Dr. Thomas Vickers remains in possession of the superintendent's office as Prof. Hudson, the acting superintendent, formalizes a demand for keys, records, and property. Vickers refuses, teachers report to Hudson for instruction, and the board may take the case to court before schools reopen.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Thos
Vickers
Hudson
Dr. Vickers
Mrs. Taylor Set Free in West Jefferson Killing Case
In Columbus Ohio on September 2, Mrs. David Taylor was released by Judge Galloway after a Probate Court inquiry into the death of Maude Whipple near West Jefferson two weeks earlier. A key witness, Ross Dennison, testified about being at the house with the girl, and it is now believed the boy may have accidental shot the girl.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
David Taylor
Maude Whipple
West Jefferson
Galloway
Ross Dennison
Schrader Not to Wed in Richmond Healer Denies Rumor
Richmond Ind Sept 2 August Schrader the Divine Healer has returned to this city and says he is still healing the sick and wearing his long hair and flowing robe. He says he is not now attended by an agent. A dispatch from Sioux City Iowa claiming Nellie Roberts is en route to Newcastle Ind to marry Schrader is denied by the healer.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
Schrader
Sioux City
Nellie Roberts
Newastle
Bushnell Coming Home Health Improves
Springfield Colorado September 2 Governor Bushnell and Mrs Bushnell will return to their home next Saturday September 4 after weeks in the White Mountains. The governor says rest and mountain air have greatly aided his health which had been troubled by indigestion from hard work in the spring.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
J. Frank McGrew
Bushnell
Ohio Governor Bushnell Sees Support in Boston Visit
Governor Bushnell of Ohio and Mrs. Bushnell visited the State House in Boston and were entertained by Lieutenant Governor W. Murray Crane. After introductions they spoke with the Executive Council and the governor expressed confidence in securing another term amid party divisions over gold and silver issues.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Bushnell
Ohio
State House
W. Murray Crane
Crane
Executive Council
WRECK ON A BRIDGE NEAR CAIRO
PARKERSBURG W Va Sept 2 The second section of west bound fast freight 699 of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad rear collided with the west bound way freight on a bridge near Cairo tearing down the bridge and sending the engine and five cars into the river The caboose and four cars of the way freight were wrecked Several trainmen were slightly injured Detours were made via Wheeling while a replacement bridge is placed likely due to loss of control by the fast freight engineer.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Cairo
Wheeling
Bundy Examined for Naval Academy Inclusion
The Colored Candidate From Cincinnati Undergoes English Tests at Annapolis on September 2. R C Bundy, among eighty four applicants, answered written questions in English studies and will face mathematics tomorrow. Smith, the other colored cadet from Chicago, has not arrived and may miss the September session.
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Cincinnati
Naval Academy
Commercial Tribune
Annapolis
R. C. Bundy
Smith
Chicago
Heirs of Ball estate dispute Harrison status
In Springfield Ohio on September 2 the Ball estate heirs in Philadelphia claim ex-President Benjamin Harrison is an heir and acts as attorney for the heirs. Harrison's secretary says he is neither an heir nor attorney for the heirs.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Ball
Philadelphia
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Crabb Held to Answer in Whisky Sale Irregularities
Eminence Kentucky September 2 Colonel W L Crabb principal partner in the distilling firm Fible Crabb linked to a recent failure has been held to answer under a two thousand five hundred dollar bond in two cases alleging irregular practices in whisky sales.
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Commercial Tribune
Eminence
W. L. Crabb
Fible & Crabb
McKinley attends 23rd Ohio reunion parade at Fremont
President McKinley joins 30,000 attendees for Hayes reunion exercises in Fremont Ohio. The parade features the Twenty-third Regiment survivors, local and visiting dignitaries, and a reception at the Hayes mansion. McKinley plans to visit Canton next, with details about parade order and afternoon events.
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Commercial Tribune
Fremont
Hayes
McKinley
Twenty-third Regiment
Webb Hayes
B. A. Hayes
Grand Street
Public Square
Judge Buckland
Sixteenth Regiment
Buckland Guards
Eugene Rawson Post
Manville Moore Rae
A. R
Young American
Tiffin
Tiffin Post
Canfield Post
Gibsonburg
Jackson
Toledo
Myer Gelerd
Knights of Pythias
Sandusky
Croghan
Father Matthew
C. K. of
Spiegel Grove
Alger
R. P. Kennedy
Hammond
Tennessee
L. KE. Holden
Cleveland
Charlies Foster
Fostoria
M. A. Hanna
John 8. Kouitz
Grand Army
Lyon
Newark
Father Hannin
Manchester
Canton
America
McPherson Park
Hayes Mansion
Hanna
Columbus
General Buckland
Shiloh
N. B. Mason
Morris Reese
Nathan Cochran
Buckland
Judge Hammond
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Wm. McKinley
Antietam
Rutherford B. Hayes
Todd
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REND
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Indiana
Mrs. Woodruff Lane
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Mrs. Taylor
Iowa
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Bundy
Crabb
M’kinley
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