Sound-money Democrats seek independent ticket at state convention
The Columbus convention opens as sound-money Democrats aim to nominate a full state ticket while resisting Bushnell and Chapman. Many plan to vote Republican to defeat free silver, with an estimated 50,000 supporters ready to back independent or party-aligned nominees and motions favoring independent Senate and House candidates.
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Bushnell
Chapman
Chicago
Democracy
Sound-Money Democracy
National Democrats
S. H. Holding
Cleveland
National “Democratic State’ Committee
Cuyahoga County
Holding
Columbus Sound Money Democrats
Bushnell and Jones Club organized in Jeffersonville
A Bushnell and Jones Club was organized in Jeffersonville on Saturday night with a large membership. Elected officers include Hon. Chas. W. Gray as President, Capt. G. M. Eichelberger as Vice President, Harry Jones as Secretary, and John A. Patton as Treasurer. Plans are set for extensive preparations to attend the Republican Campaign opening in Washington D. C. next Saturday.
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Fribune
Jeffersonville
Bushnell and Jones Club
Chas. W. Gray
G. M. Eichelberger
Harry Jones
John A. Patton
Washington D. H
Prohibition County Convention Nominates Ticket
Special Dispatch from Marietta Ohio reports the Prohibition County Convention held with fourteen in attendance. The ticket includes Representative Joseph E. Greene Treasurer Daniel Canfield Prosecuting Attorney Jasper Lisk Commissioner Wm C Arnold Infirmary Director E D Johnson and Coroner Joseph C McIlhenny.
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Marietta
Joseph BE. W. Greene
Daniel Canfield
Jasper Lisk
Wm. C. Arnold
E. D. Johnson
Joseph C. Mcllihenny
Democratic County Convention Nominates Slate in Delaware
Delaware O Sept 6 The Democratic County Convention nominated a full slate including a representative Sohn Lease a commissioner Straiward Furniss an inkhiter nas non agdox and prosecuting Cone Resolutions called for tax cuts and a strengthened platform were adopted in the pasternary superior section.
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Delaware
Democratic County
Sentative
Sohn Lease
Commission- Straiward Furniss
Inkhiternas
Non
Agdox
Cone
Adop
Prohibition Nominates Wardwell for Mayor of Greater New York
New York sep 6 The Prohibition City Convention nominated William T Wardwell for mayor of the Greater New York with Alfred H pilesyller and Thomas Cranfaft named to the council The funds and political machinery of the organization are cited but the record lacks full coherence and exact roles.
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New York
Prohibition
Wm. T. Wardwell
Greater
Alfred H. Pilesyller
Thomas Cranfaft
Urer
Woman assaulted in Millington near New Salem
Miss Helen Mayo, a school teacher, was attacked in a Millington home eight miles from Orange on Sunday. A well dressed man robbed the house and fled. Mayo remained unconscious for hours, then gave a partial description. Villagers vow lynching if he is caught.
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Commercial Tribune
Orange
Mass
Helen Mayo
Millington
New Salem
Miss Mayo
Albert Ballard
Ballard
Second Bank Scandal Suicide After Looting Fallout
Harry Clabaugh, once a clerk at the Second National Bank of Altoona, killed himself the day after lingering remorse from the bank lootings. The loser in the scandal, he had been briefly jailed for altering figures and later worked at the Pennsylvania Railroad Juniata shops. This marks the second suicide tied to the bank's collapse as Bank Examiner Miller previously shot himself amid the faulting fallout.
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Altoona
Harry Clabaugh
Second National Bank
Gardner
Pennsylvania Railroad
Juniata Shops
Miller
Boy Kills His Father in Baltimore Tragedy
In Baltimore on September 6 Edward B Bishop 19 shot his father Edward A Bishop at their home 2022 Boyd Street. The elder Bishop tried to force entry from the rear and was shot as he broke through the kitchen door. He said it was his fault before losing consciousness. Young Bishop is in custody.
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Baltimore
Edward B. Bishop
Edward A. Bishop
Boyd Street
Bishop
Dashed Down Incline In Labor Day Tragedy At Zanesville
Labor Day crowds in Zanesville Ohio witnessed multiple train accidents. A six car electric train derailed on the Y bridge colliding with an approaching train killing two and injuring several, including Just McGrath District Organizer of the Federation of Labor. A second incident left Mrs Charles Rodgers and Ivy Brigham fatally injured. William O Berne, badly injured after being thrown under a train, died en route to hunting trip. About 15 000 visitors were in the city.
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Zanesville
Miss Holmes
Newark
Yoder
Canton
Rathbun
Charles Rodgers
Ivy Brigham
Heston
William O. Berne
Man in coma after weeklong sleep at Camden County Prison
Lawrence Ledwett, who fell asleep Thursday night in Camden County Prison, remained in a coma at Cooper Hospital. Physicians, including County Physician Jones, called uraemic coma likely. Temperature rose with sluggish heart action. doctors watched him overnight as he slept deeply for about 144 hours, still possibly recover.
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Philadelphia
Lawrence Ledwiett
Camden County
Cooper Hospital
Jones
Ledwett
Jealousy Tragedy Ends in Double Fatal at Toledo
In Toledo Ohio this afternoon 8 R Ashwell fatally shot his wife then wounded himself in a jealous rage. The couple recently separated and the wife resided with her sister. Ashwell, from Tuscola Illinois, had a history of threats and jealousy.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
R. Ashwell
S. Ashwell
Tuscola
Ill
Dead trunk at Erie Depot ignites alarm in Youngstown
A plain looking trunk at Erie Depot caused consternation as health authorities investigated a strong odor. Officials learned it contained a dead body addressed to Undertaker J. A. Mermen of Allegheny, Pa. The trunk was sent on the next train to Allegheny after delays.
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Youngstown
Erie Depot
Cleveland
J. A. Mermen
Allegheny
Quiet Labor Day No Disorder Reported
Labor Day celebrations ran orderly across major cities led by parades and speeches. In Chicago 9,000 union members marched through the business district to River Grove where Congressman Foss delivered the main address on postal savings and banks.
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Chicago
River Grove
Foss
Congressman Foss
Blue Island
South Side
Pullman
Kensington
Lincoln Bicycle Club
J. B. Ritchie
Altgeld Urges Municipal Control and End to Injunctions
Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld told about a thousand at Washington Park on Labor Day that government should own railways, telephones, and telegraphs. He argued courts shield corporate power, urged rescue from corruption, and condemned government by injunction as a threat to future generations.
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Philadelphia
John P. Altgeld
Illinois
Washington Park
Delaware River
United Labor League
Ernest Kreft
Altgeld
America
Bryan Defends Labor Rights Against Government by Injunction
In St Louis on Labor Day Hon. W. J. Bryan addressed Concordia Park before a 15,000 strong labor crowd. He praised labor unions for stabilizing wages, urged arbitration between large employers, and criticized injunctions as undermining jury trials seen as protection against plutocracy and royal power.
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ST. Louis
W. J. Bryan
Concordia Park
Bryan
Hollywood Inn Opens In Yonkers For Workingmen
Hollywood Inn a new social clubhouse for workingmen at Yonkers opened to the public today by founder William F. Cochran. The corner stone was laid Labor Day 1896 in Getty's square. The lot cost 30000 and the edifice 120000. An additional 10000 was given for books for a free circulating library to be housed in the building. The club includes a reading room, smoking room, lunchroom, gymnasium, auditorium for 500, plunge baths, bowling alleys, billiard tables, and bicycle tracks. Boys will have billiard tables and bags. Continued on Second Page.
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New York
Hollywood Inn
Yonkers
William F. Cochran
Getty’s Square
Hollywood Club
Fossil Collection Sold to Pay Debts
Major Wm. J. Davis, secretary of the Louisville School Board, disclosed in court that he sold his fossil collection to the University of California for 15000 to cover debts of 353 owed to the Farmers and Drovers Bank. He said he will deliver the collection once funds are received and the attachment was dismissed.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Wm. J. Davis
University of California
Davis
Collée
Farmers’ and Drovers’ Bank
Major Davis
Colleges Will Not Lose Defalcation Claims Protect Board
The Presbyterian Board of Aid for Colleges and Academies reports that upon suspicion of Treasurer Charnley they acted to shield no one and protect all, with losses estimated around 50000 dollars. The board holds a 25000 dollar bond from American Security Company and expects members and friends to cover the remainder.
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Chicago
Presbyterian Board of Aid For Colleges and Academies
Charnley
American Security Company
Friends of the Cause
Thomas R. Morgan Dies at 63 in Alliance
Thomas R. Morgan, president of the Morgan Engineering Company in Alliance, prominent Republican and lifelong McKinley associate, died today at noon from heart failure at age 63. The President sent a message to Morgan’s family expressing deep sorrow and condolences.
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Alliance, O
Thomas R. Morgan
The
Morgan Engineering Company
McKinley
Canton
S. J. Williams
Alliance
Morgan
Jealous man uses gun in Huntingburg tragedy
In Huntingburg Indiana Ed Statesman was fatally shot by William Solomon at Hoffmans store after a dispute over Solomon's wife. Solomon surrendered to the Sheriff in Jasper. Statesman and the woman had eloped last year and were previously jailed for infidelity.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntingburg
Ind
Ed Statesman
William Solomon
Solomon
Statesman
Peter Lemond
Hoffman
Jasper
Petersburg
Grotty to Testify in Luetgert Murder Case
Chicago reports an important conference between State's attorneys and experts on the Luetgert murder. The key issue is corpus delicti and whether bones and ashes prove a human body’s remains. A. W. C. Grotty of New York will testify for the defense to argue the wife was alive after the alleged crime.
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Chicago
Luetgert
Frank Odorfsky
A. W. C. Grotty
New York
Adolph L. Luetgert
Cincinnati Firm Bid Secures Part of State Paper Contract
Secretary Kinney opened bids for the states paper supply. Ten bidders appeared. Deim & Wing of Cincinnati won the contract for seven thousand five hundred reams of double super royal printing paper. Central Ohio Paper Company of Columbus received two hundred reams double flat cap. Chatfield & Woods of Cincinnati secured forty reams double medium. Mead Paper Company offered one and a half percent archival cover and miscellaneous items.
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Columbus
Kinney
Deim & Wing
Cincinnati
Central Ohio Paper Company
Chatfield & Woods
Mead Paper Company
Huge reptile mauls man. killer nearly twelve feet long
Hicksville Indiana Sept 6. While clearing underbrush John Rumsky near Metz approaches a huge reptile that coils around his left leg. It crushes his limb and bites him in several places. Helpers arrive and kill the creature reported at eleven feet seven inches long.
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Hicksville, CO
John Rumsky
Metz
Ind
Somers
de San
Adventist mail carrier suspended for refusal to work Saturday
Charles Cross a Seventh Day Adventist in Huntsville Alabama refused Saturday work during a fire time saying the date is set apart for rest. When substitutes were assigned he could not find coverage and told Postmaster McGhee he would quit rather than work. He was suspended for thirty days pending departmental review.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntsville
Ala
Charles (Cross
Cross
McGhee
Officer Fires On Thief In Brooklyn Wagon Robbery
New York dispatch reports Abe D Dorfman of New York killed by Roundsman Gaughran in Brooklyn after four thieves in a clothing-store robbery fled in a wagon loaded with goods. The surrendering group scattered as a gun was fired, Dorfman shot through the head and died instantly.
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New York
Abe D. Dorfman
Roundsman
Gaughran
Brooklyn
Dorfman
Bis N
Jealous schoolteacher fatally wounds sister-in-law
Bluffton Indiana September six Berkley Walker, a school teacher whose wife left him a year ago, fatally shot his sixteen year old sister in law at the Dougherty residence and injured himself while attempting suicide. He stalked the home for a year, was captured after a two mile pursuit, and cried upon learning the girl would die.
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Bluffton
Ind
Berkley Walker
Walker
Frank Dougherty
Dougherty
Luella
Keondike Boat Sinking Strands Passengers in BC
The Vancouver dispatch reports the steamer Capilano returning from Dyea as the Yukon rush continues. The Eugene in tow of the Bristol was sinking near Alert Bay with 200 to 300 passengers seeking landing. Americans aboard the Eugene were unable to secure passage aboard the Capilano which already carries Vancouver passengers.
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Vancouver
B. C
Capilano
Dyea
Yukon
Eugene
Bristol
St. Michaels
Alert Bay
British Columbia
Klondike
Struck Another Well in Findlay Oil Fields
Cincinnati investors in the Santa Myer Oil Company drill a well on the Alfred Russell farm west of the Snyder farm Mott 7 Oil Well. Pay was struck and oil flowed 900 feet to a tank. completion expected tomorrow. Prices for leases remain high, but most territory is taken and in the hands of operators ready to develop.
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Commercial Tribune
Findlay, CO
Cincinnati
Big Lick
Marion Township
Santa Myer Oil Company
Charles W. Baker
Queen City
Alfred Russell
Snyder
Mott 7 Oil Company
Tiny Ford Released on Parole in Detrick Case
Tiny Ford, the other suspect in the Detrick double murder mystery, was released on parole after a twenty day confinement. Ford’s arrest here and bloodstained clothes, now with experts, leave Lewis Deerwester as the sole remaining suspect. No new clues emerged as investigators reassess the case.
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Special Dispatch Commercial Tribune
Bellefontaine
Tiny Ford
Detrick
Acre
Ford
Lewis Deerwester
Pianos factory burned in Mendelssohn Park blaze
A large piano factory complex at Mendelssohn Park near McKeesport Pennsylvania was burned to the ground early today. The Mendelssohn Piano Works Parckhoff Organ Works and Dickinson Wood Brickworks buildings were destroyed in a fire causing an estimated loss of 65000 dollars. The origin is cited as incendiary.
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Pittsburg
Mendelssohn Park
McKeesport
Mendelssohn Piano Works
Parckhoff Organ Works
Dickson & Wood Brickw
President McKinley's Canton Labor Day Home Visit
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley arrive in Canton on a Pennsylvania special to escape formalities and enjoy a quiet Labor Day. They wave to crowds, visit Westlawn Cemetery, lunch with Mrs. Maria Saxton, and recall last year’s home as townsfolk seek political favors alongside personal greetings. The day blends rest with fond memories and familiar Cantonians.
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Canton
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Mother McKinley
Abner
Somerset
Old Boys In Blue
Comrades In Arms
Carton Grand Army Post
William McKinley
Tata
Mrs. McKinley
Maria Saxton
White House
Washington
North Market Street
Mr. McKinley
Girl Coasted To Death In Brookline Hill Accident
Boston, Sept. 6. Mabel Morrill, 25, stenographer for a Boston furniture firm, rode Saturday with George Morgan, a supervisor from the same company. They coasted down a private estate hill in Brookline, lost control, and were hurled headfirst into a sewer excavation. Morgan suffered serious cuts while Morrill’s skull was fractured. she died en route to a physician.
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Boston
Mabel Morrill
George Morgan
Brookline
Morgan
Miss Morrill
Tramps Burn Jail Fire Kills Three in Fargo
City Marshal captures three robbers from Conway, Western Welsh County. Jail fire releases inmates. one burned alive and two others die from severe burns, authorities say the blaze spread beyond control as inmates attempted escape.
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Fargo, WN. D
Conway
Welsh County
Tragedy in Edenton Well Claims 28-Year-Old Digger
Jas. Hume, 28, died from inhaling foul air while digging in an old well at Edenton near Richmond Kentucky. Neighbors attempted rescue but he passed away before help arrived. The accident occurred September 6 amid local efforts to recover remains.
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Jas. Hume
Edenton
Theater Fire Sparks Panic at Orpheum Variety
A fire broke out at the Orpheum Variety Theater in San Francisco just before the show ended last night causing panic. Casualties were limited to minor injuries to a few patrons. no deaths reported.
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San Francisco
Orpheum
Murderer Burton Identified by Measurements in Indianapolis
Indiana report says James Burton, alias Hennessy, confessed to Redmond murder after tying parole from Ohio Penitentiary to police. He earlier fled to Nashville, committed a daylight robbery with two accomplices, was jailed six years, and was later paroled to Indianapolis authorities after a circular matched his petrilion measurements. Detective Tim Splann accompanied him to custody.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
James Burton
Frank Redmond
Tim Splann
Ohio Penitentiary
Burton
Cincinnati
Redmond
Nashville
Emessy
Columbus
Hennessy
Taylor
Young Farmer Indicted After Fleeing Under Warrant
Kingwood W Virginia Sept. 6 John Mc Peck a young farmer near here has fled and his whereabouts are unknown. A warrant for his arrest has been issued after his sister Pessey McPeek testified that he assaulted her and the grand jury returned an indictment. The girl is described as a handsome sixteen year old with good reputation.
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Commercial Tribune
Kingwood
W. Vi
John McPeck
Pessey McPeek
Spaniards Believed Him Dead. He Returns Alive in Nashville
Edward Cabal, once a Tampa resident, vanished two years ago while prospecting in Honduras with Spaniards aware of his Tampa property. The ruse led his wife to mourn him as dead and fund funeral costs. A Spaniard shot at Cabal’s daughter in Indianapolis, but Cabal survived and reappeared in Nashville to reunite with his family after learning of their whereabouts.
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Nashville
Indianapolis
Tampa
Laura
Cabal
Honduras
Boner Confesses to Burglary in Rowlesburg Theft
Elgin Boner also known as Rastus Boner was arraigned before Judge Holt in Kingwood West Virginia on burglary and larceny charges and confessed. The judge sentenced him to three years in the penitentiary. He is the ninth man from the county to be sent to prison for robbing store owner W. W. Schoch at Rowlesburg, with Boner described as the last of Schoch’s captured thieves.
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Commercial Tribune
Kingwood
Wy Va
Elgin Boner
Rastus Boner
Holt
W. W. Schoch
Rowlesburg
Boner
Schoch
Narrow escape as horse runs onto track in Harrodsburg
Mrs Thomas Cunningham of Buena Vista Garrard County narrowly escaped death when a frightened horse pulling a buggy ran onto a railroad crossing in Harrodsburg Kentucky. The buggy overturned against a telegraph pole, Mrs Cunningham suffered a concussion and two young women Maggie and Bertie Mays were injured. Mrs Cunningham revived within thirty minutes.
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Commercial Tribune
Harrodsburg
Thomas Cunningham
Buena Vista
Garrard County
Maggie
Bertie Mays
Louisville
Lexington
Mania to Buy Horses Hits Columbus Clerk
George Werner, clerk of Bartholomew County Indiana, was taken to City Hospital in Indianapolis suffering mental aberration. A respected Columbus figure, his relatives earlier sent him for a rest at West Baden after noticing odd behavior. He wandered the city under watch, alarming drivers and buying horses on the spot.
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al Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
George Werner
Bartholomew County
Columbus
West Baden
Werner
Warrants Issued for Seven Physicians in Marietta
In Marietta Ohio on September 6 a major development emerged as warrants were announced to be issued tomorrow against seven local physicians for practicing without licenses. The doctors have long-established practices in the city and are well known to residents.
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Commercial Tribune
Marietta, O
Washington County
Yellow Fever Spreading Despite Initial Doubts In New Orleans
A New Orleans report confirms yellow fever spreading from Ocean Springs with quarantines on Gulf coast points. Raoul Gelpi, 14, dies, others treated as dengue with no panic in the city. Health officials vow rapid action, strict quarantine, and constant updates to physicians and the public.
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New Orleans
Ocean Springs
Louisiana State Board of Health
Bilox
J. H. Bemiss
Raoul Gelpi
Board of Health
North Rampart Street
Gelpi
Gulf Coast
Biloxi
Western Union
Mississippi Board of Health
Dr. Walmsley
Ollipant
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