Julius Dexter Heads Ticket in Ohio Democratic Split
Columbus dispatch reports the National Democrats of Ohio nominating Julius Dexter for Governor, with a full ticket led by Joseph J. Outhwaite for U S Senator and Henry Watterson and John G. Carlisle sending greetings. The convention affirmed a sound money platform and indorsed Outhwaite amid a tense split from the Chicago wing.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Joseph J. Outhwaite
United States
National Democrats
Chnos
John H. Clark
T. P. Linn
Committee On
Chicago
John G. Carlisle
Henry Watterson
Grover Cleveland
Iowa
Cleveland
W. D. Bynum
Order of Hoo-Hoo Meets In Detroit Session
The Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo opened its annual meeting in Detroit led by Grand Shark of the Universe H Hemenway of Tomahawk Wisconsin. The lumber dealers society reports about 7000 members with over 500 delegates present and many from the Southern states. The week’s agenda emphasizes pleasure over business.
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Detroit
Mich
Grand Shark of the Universe
H. H. Hemenway
Tomahawk
Wis
Society of Hoo-Hoo
Nashville
Prominent Broker Found Dead in Hotel Tub
James R. Hamlin a grain broker on the Merchants Exchange was found dead in a bath tub at the Terminal Hotel. The coroner ruled heart disease as the cause. He had represented Schwartz Dupee Co of Chicago for six years and was a well known figure among brokers in St Louis.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
James R. Hamlin
Merchants’ Exchange
Terminal Hotel
Schwartz, Dupee & Co
Chicago
Mrs Charles Howard Dies in Oakland Survivor of Key
Lexington Ky September 9 telegram says Mrs Charles Howard mother of Mrs C H Morgan of Lexington died at her home in Oakland Maryland She was the only surviving child of Francis Scott Key composer of the Star Spangled Banner and was ninety one years old.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Charles Howard
C. H. Morgan
Oakland
Francis Scott Key
Will Stand For Spain Press Reports European Backing
Comte Henri de Penaloza says Spain has assurances from England and France not to allow U S intervention in Cuba. He cites Canovas Del Castillo and Azcarraga receiving diplomats and renewed support from Paris and London for a limited response to insurrection.
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ST. Louis
Comte Henri de Penaloza
Spain
Cuba
de Penaloza
United States
Senor Canovas del Castillo
Madrid
Paris
Azcarraga
Bushnell Leads Parade as West Virginia Society Honors Atkinson
The Society of the Army of West Virginia held a hot day parade in Columbus with Governor Bushnell and West Virginia Governor Atkinson in carriages at the head. Officers were elected. memorial services honored General B. F. Kelly and Colonel C. F. Starr. An upcoming reunion was set for Wheeling.
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Columbus
Society of the Army of West Virginia
Poland
Seventeenth
United States Infantry
United States Army
Bushnell
Atkinson
West Virginia
Grand Army
Hilliards
Alton
United States
Cochran
B. F. Kelly
C. F. Starr
Wheeling
J. B. Warwick
Ohio
R. L. Curtis
J. C. Bishop
J. L. Bottsford
W. S. Wilson
E. S. Wilson
T. H. McKee
Washington City
J. M. Burns
Seventeenth U. S. S
Thayer Melvin
West Msee
Warner says he may seek Senate if Ohio Democrats win
General A. J. Warner indicated in Marietta that he would run for the U S Senate if the next Ohio General Assembly elects a Democratic majority He condemned McLean wing methods at the Democratic convention and urged electing lawmakers not to be bought He noted rifts with McLean supporters and discussed two campaign funds and party leadership tensions in Columbus and Marietta.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
A. J. Warner
United States Senate
Marietta
Thats
Warner
John R. McLean
General Warner
McLean
Ohio
Dan McConville
Democratic State Committee
Lentz
Chapman
Stabbing at Saluda Office Ends in Escape
Henry Q. Cogburn stabbed Sumpter Gilliam from behind at Magistrate Still's Saluda office. Gilliam, wounded in the throat and abdomen, fired at Cogburn before collapsing. Cogburn fled. Julian Cogburn was wounded as Gilliam died.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbia
8. C
Henry Q. Cogburn
Sumpter Gilliam
Magistrate Still
Saluda
Gilliam
Cogburn
Lato
Julian
Funeral of Hon. Thomas R. Morgan Sr. in Alliance
The funeral for Hon. Thomas R. Morgan Sr. was held at his residence with Rev. Benjamin Harris of Palmyra officiating. The public viewed the casket at 2:30 PM as numerous groups including Company K O N G Yellow Cross, K of P units, Mt. Union College students, and local business leaders joined the procession. President McKinley sent a floral tribute as businesses closed for the day.
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Commercial Tribune
Alliance
Thomas R. Morgan
Benjamin Harris
Palmyra
Company K
Eighth Regiment
Yellow Cross
K. of P
Massillon
Lone Rock Lodge
Alliance Lodge
Mt. Union College
McKinley
Consolidation Planned for Louisville Tobacco Warehouses
A plan is on foot to consolidate four of Louisville's largest tobacco warehouses the Eagle Enterprise Owen and Green River. The move aims to cut costs as the current short tobacco crop makes the business less profitable than in good years.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Eagle
Enterprise
Owen
Green River
Navy inspection: Roosevelt hailss a fit American fleet
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt led a thorough inspection of the North Atlantic Squadron at sea from the Dolphin near Hampton Roads. He praised the crew for excellent signaling, accurate gun practice, night search lights, and effective target sinking, marking the navy as capable to uphold American interests and compare favorably with other powers.
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FT. Monroe
Hampton Roads
Roosevelt
North Atlantic
New Cuban Tariff Lowers American Duties
Madrid confirms the Official Gazette publishes Cuba city tariffs with reduced duties on most American goods. The measure bans entry of arms munitions dynamite gunpowder and several restricted items including sugars tobacco and coins, with Spanish sugar exempt.
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Madrid
Cuba
Miners Debate Compromise Rate Across States
The National Miners' Convention spent another day without a vote on ratification of the Ohio Pennsylvania compromise. Indiana Illinois and West Virginia oppose any agreement unless their states get the 65 cent rate, with Ohio and Pennsylvania votes leaning against the proposal. outcome uncertain as talks continue.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
National Miners’ Convention
Miners’ Executive Board
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
West Virginia
Ratchford
Pearce
Dolan
Pittsburg
Beavers
Indian Sorcery Trial Sparks U S Troop Action in New Mexico
Major Nordstrom reports an 78 year old Pueblo woman accused of sorcery was tortured by leading Priests of the Bow after failed remedies were blamed for harming a tribal member. Army troops will arrest the ringleaders when they reach the Zuni scene next Wednesday.
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Commercial Tribune
Santa. FE
N. M
Nordstrom
United States Army
New Mexico
Zuni Indian
The
Bow
Plunged Through a Bridge Two Men Die Tramps Missing
At Albany, eighteen miles west of Portland Indiana, a Lake Erie and Western through freight plunged through a bridge at 10 AM. Charles Manness was killed and Orlando Collins fatally injured. Thirteen cars went into the river with two tramps trapped beneath. Manness and Collins were locals bound for Muncie for work. each left a widow and children. Manness to be buried in Portland tomorrow.
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Commercial Tribune
Portland
Ind
Erie & Western
Albany
Charles Manness
Orlando Collins
Boundary survey may shift Chattanooga into Georgia
In Atlanta on September 9, Colonel W A Wimbish, Special Commissioner for the Western & Atlantic Railroad, argued a corrected boundary survey could place Chattanooga within Georgia. The claim, if proven, may trigger a legislative move to order a resurvey of the Tennessee Georgia line.
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Atlanta
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Georgia
W. A. Wimbish
Western & Atlantic Railroad
Ohio Knights Templar elects leaders at Toledo conclave
The Grand Commandery of Ohio Knights Templar held its annual conclave at Toledo with seven ballots needed to choose Grand Warder Frank W Wyant of Canton won the final ballot over Clarence Armstrong of Toledo. Stephen P Sands named Deputy Grand Commander. meeting set for Springfield on September 7 with a report noting the Masonic Home in Springfield is prospering.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Grand Commandery
The
Ohio Knights Templar
Clarence ‘Eb. Armstrong
F. J. Wyant
Canton
Robert V. Hampson
Salem
Stephen P. Sands
Cincinnati
Horace Ll. Bradbury
Gallipolis
Arthur B. Foster
Cleveland
J.S. Montgomery
W. L. Bates
Dayton
William T. McLean
Sidney
B. Parsons
John N. Bell
Thomas Kite
C. F. Clapp
Warren
Frank W. Wyant
Springfield
Controversy at Sinking Fund Board over Caufield Removal
In Frankfort a heated session of the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners ended with C S Caufield, Eddyville Penitentiary clerk, ousted by Attorney General Taylor Secretary of State Finley and Auditor Stone while Governor Bradley and Treasurer Long opposed. Legal action followed as Caufield sued for three months salary.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners
C. S. Caufield
Eddyville Penitentiary
Caufiel
Caufield
Taylor
Finley
Stone
Bradley
Long
Franklin
Death by Own Action Ends Jealous Tragedy at St James Hotel
William Matthews, 30, an actor with Zoe in a vaudeville company, shot himself at the St James Hotel in St Louis at 2 15 am after multiple suicide attempts by poison razor and revolver. He stood before his wife's door and blew out his brains while she wept hysterically. He was from Mattoon Illinois and has a brother with a New York dramatic agency.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
William Matthews
Zoe
St. James Hotel
Mattoon, Ill
New York
Michigan man admitted to naval cadets after exam
Annapolis Md Sept 9 Albert L Neuman of Michigan has passed his examination and was admitted today making forty six to enter naval cadets The examination is over except for alternates.
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Commercial Tribune
Annapolis
Albert L. Neuman
Michigan
Hanna to Go to Burton As Ohio Campaign Opens
Senator Hanna receives advance proofs of lithos showing his bust portrait and autograph, to be used on posters for the Ohio campaign. Visitors include I. F. Chapman and J. M. Allen. Hanna plans to go to Burton for the campaign opening on Saturday.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Hanna
Ohio
I. F. Chapman
J. M. Allen
Gallia
Athens
Burton
Fortune Buried in Kettles in Wisconsin Town
Conrad May, a former wealthy Grant County farmer now in Dubuque, Wisconsin, refused divorce alimony payments. He admitted hiding $50,000 in two kettles in Grant County and was ordered to reveal the exact location or allow court seizure of the funds.
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Commercial Tribune
Dubuque
Conrad May
Grant County
Wis
Experts Testify In Luetgert Trial Deliberations Continue
Chicago reporters note the Luetgert murder trial proceeds with expert testimony on whether caustic potash could dissolve a body and if bone hair and flesh scraps prove Mrs Luetgert was killed. Dr Gibson and Prof Delafontaine testified, with cross examination by the defense underway.
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Chicago
Adolph Luetgert
Luetgert
Charles B. Gibson
Mack Delafontaine
Gibson
Delafontaine
McEwen
Pabst to Wed Hulda Lemp in London
Milwaukee dispatch reports Gustav Pabst son of Frederick Pabst and former husband of Margaret Mather will wed Hulda Lemp daughter of the St Louis brewer in London next Monday. The engagement surprised friends outside immediate families as the couple traveled to Europe this summer after his sister’s marriage to Rudolph Nunnemacher.
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Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Wis
Gustav Pabst
Frederick Pabst
King
Margaret Mather
Hulda Lemp
St. Louis
London
Pabst
Europe
Rudolph Nunnemacher
Lemp
Yellow fever cases prompt border line inspection boost
Washington reports three suspected cases at Biloxi with two confirmed yellow fever. A new case diagnosed raises total sick list to forty as dengue epidemic persists. Measures strengthen border line inspection and camps prepared near Ocean Springs and Grand Bay along state lines.
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Washington
John Guiteras
Wyman
Ocean Springs
Miss
Norman
New Orleans
Oliphant
Louisiana Board of Health
St. Claude Street
Board of Health
Lemounier
Courarteé
Peckham
Pettit
Parhams
Guiteras
Waynesville
Murray
White
Alabama
Louisana
Glennan
Grand Bay
Louisville & Nashville
Mississippi- Louisana State Line
Mississippi
Perkinston
Scranton
Sullivan
Louisana State
Wasdin
Disinfectants Scattered Amid Yellow Fever Alarm
New Orleans reports no new fever cases by nightfall but confirms three yellow fever cases in Biloxi. Officials isolate patients, deny earlier inflated reports, and mobilize disinfectants. Dr. Gulley travels to Perkins ton to enforce quarantine as Dr Seely and Dr Haralson assess other towns.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Olliphant
Biloxi
Ocean Springs
Murray
Gant
Pheodore Sanchez
Haralson
Salamson
Kelly
Mogs Point
Seely
Perkinston
Miss
H. 8. Gulley
Meridian
Father Kidnaps Daughters in Marion to Germany
Constantine Umschild of Fairmount abducted his two daughters Minnie nine and Astena seven on their way to school. He left a note claiming he would take them to his sister in Germany. The mother had custody in a pending divorce and learned of the theft after the girls did not return home.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
Ind
Constantine Umschild
Fairmount
Minnie
Astena
Germany
Umschild
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National Democratic
Cincin
Albert E. Merrill
Sandusky
Erie County
Daniel Wilson
Samuel Stevens
Wm. H
Johnson
Gradville
Licking County
Meee Public Works
Henry D. Coffinberry
Joseph H. Oathwaite
S. H. Holding
Thos. H H. Beer
Bucyrus
Max May
James Mercer
Order OF Hoo-Hoo
Uncle Sam
Army of West Virginia
M’lean
Great Southern
Bob Hough
Williams
Karb
Free Silver
J. Warren Keifer
Nash
Thos. Morgan
NAVY
Thomas Brackett Reed
National
House of Representatives
William Jennings Bryan
Manness
Collins
Muncie
Georgia City
Kentucky
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Farmer
Halda Lemp
Border Line Inspection Service
Fairmount,Ind
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