Last Touches on Notifying Bryan Stevenson in Indianapolis
Final arrangements are complete for the Democratic notification meeting for William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson. The events include a two hour park program at Military Park starting 2:30, a 60‑tab press setup, a two‑mile march, and a Tomlinson Hall address with overflow at the monument.
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Indianapolis
William Jennings Bryan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Democratic Party
Military Park
Park
Mr. Richardson
Tennessee
Gov. Thomas
Colorado
Bryan
Stevenson
Grand Hotel
Lafayette
Union Station
Cincinnati
Chicago
Louisville
St. Louis
Tomlinson Hall
Carter Harrison
Parks W. Martin
Democratic State Committee
Clarrison
W. J. Bryan
Bryan Webster Davis
Extreme heat in Chicago leaves nine dead and many prostrated
Chicago reports a scorching 93 degree day with nine fatalities and a high number of prostrations. Victims include Seben Bland and Mrs Kate Rector among others, as heat continues and officials warn it may persist indefinitely. Also notes a large meat requisition for U S forces in the Orient and a separate Hamburg bubonic plague case.
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Chicago
Seben Bland
W. Bryant
John Kowoski
Kate Rector
Kate Kennon
Anna Nelson
G. F. Donovan
W. A. Reid
Mercury
Indiana Round-Ups Dead or Trance? Miss Ellis in Witness Visit
Miss Jennie Ellis of Portland Oregon stayed overnight with Mrs Mary Willetts in Indianapolis. She appeared dead next morning but church members claim she is in a trance receiving revelations. The coroner and doctor agree death. burial was began thrice in another case cited by believers. Ellis, 39, planned to preach in Montana this week after watermelon snack.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jennie Ellis
Portland
Ore
Mary Willetts
Blake Street
Willis
Ohio
Miss Ellis
Get Well For Henry Overmire After Self Inflicted Wounds
In Muncie Indiana Henry Overmire 64 of Yorktown shot himself in a creek bed with five bullets in his head during a personal crisis over business troubles Doctors removed two bullets and said two were flattened against the skull Overmire rejoined his family at the table and is expected to recover though doctors warn his mind may be weak at times
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Muncie
Ind
Henry Overmire
Yorktown
Overmire
Passenger Train Wreck Kills Fireman Near Lafayette
The Monon southbound No. 3 collided with a light engine at South Raub ten miles south of Lafayette Ind. Fireman James Hudsow was killed instantly. Engineer Louis Raub and his fireman are believed trapped. Passenger engineer Henry Whitesel likely fatally scalded. Freight brakeman Eugene McCool badly crushed and may die. Conductor C GL Callahan seriously injured.
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Lafayette
Ind
Monon
South Raub
James Hudsow
Louis Raub
Henry Whitesel
Eugene McCool
C. GL. Callahan
Dillsboero Man Ed Wilson Resorts to Violence After Feud
Ed Wilson and Rolla Frazer of Dillsboero Indiana had a long running feud. Wilson struck Frazer with a rock breaking his jaw and then threatened the crowd with a revolver. He armed himself with a shotgun and shot Deputy Marshal Henry Licking in the leg during an arrest attempt. He escaped and was previously trouble in the past.
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Dillsboero
Ind
Ed. Wilson
Rolla Frazer
Wilson
Frazer
Ed. Huffman
Louis Ruhlman
Fred Stadtlander
Henry Licking
Licking
Infant dead as child slips from bed in Rushville home
In Rushville Indiana on August 7 Mr and Mrs Earl Churchill left their infant asleep on an upper room bed. They returned in 15 minutes to find the child suspended by the chin from the foot of the iron bed. Life was extinct.
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Rushville
Ind
Earl Churchill
Ohio Falls Iron Co to Resume Under Wage Pact
The Ohio Falls Iron Co in New Albany Indiana signed a wage scale with the Amalgamated Association workers ensuring a 300 employe mill reopen on Wednesday. The firm remains independent of any trust. In LaPorte Hazel Brown a Michigan City girl aged 13 is treated for lockjaw after stepping on a nail. In Redkey two Farrers, workmen at a gas pumping station, were injured by a steam pipe explosion.
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New Albany
Ind
Ohio Falls Iron Co
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Laporte
Hazel Brown
Michigan City
Relief of Peking Advance Report and Minister Escort
London reports the allied advance toward Peking began August 4 with escort for Chinese ministers leaving Peking August 3. Dispatches note clashes near Tien-Tsin, ministers safe as of July 31, and Li Hung Chang denying further cession of territory while blaming Peking rulers for the crisis.
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London
Tien- Tsin
Peking
Shanghai
Daily Mail
Adm
Remey
Taussig
Peitsang
House of Commons
Tien-Tsin
Chih Chen Lo Feng Luh
Lord Salisbury
Tsung- Li-Yamen
Yamen
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Li Hung Chang
China
Earl Li
Prince Tuan
St. Petersburg
Russia
United States
Gen. MacArthur
Standard
Lu Tai
Tsung Li Yamen
Sheng
Grand Council
Yung Lu
Train to Rome to bear late king’s remains departs Monza
The funeral train leaves Monza Wednesday at 4 17 p m escorted by the Duke of Aosta and the Count of Turin. It stops two minutes at Milan five at Genoa and ten at Pisa before arriving in Rome Thursday at twenty minutes past seven in the morning.
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Monza
Aosta
Turin
Milan
Genoa
New Ecclesiastical Marriage Law Issued
Havana reports a newly issued ecclesiastical marriage law revoking previous regulations. No further details provided on scope or effective date.
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Havana
Logan Returns From China With Refugees Aboard
The transport Logan reached San Francisco on August 7 after quarantine. Its decks carried many bluejackets, Marines, ex-soldiers, and refugees from Taku and Tien-Tsin. Notable passengers included Dr. Diffendorfer, C. McIntosh, Earl Ragsdale, and Miss Effie Ragsdale. Many refugees disembarked at Yokohama to sail to Europe or America.
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San Francisco
United States
Logan
Taku
Japan
Tien-Tsin
Dr. Diffendorfer
C. McIntosh
Earl Ragsdale
Effie Ragsdale
Yokohama
Europe
America
Switch Failure Triggers Fatal Railroad Collision
A switch on the St. Louis Southwestern Belt railroad at Aurich, Arkansas, failed Aug 7 causing a head on collision with passenger No 3. Five men were killed and two injured, including C A Gainey Jonesboro and Frank Sample Pine Bluff. The passenger crew suffered serious injuries.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
St. Louis
S. Ellis
Alabama election yields Democratic landslide in state race
Birmingham August 7 elects a Democratic ticket led by Wm J Samford to governorship and gains to the General Assembly. Republicans Populists and Prohibitionists contested seats. early returns show Democrats with a sweeping majority and the Populists plus Republicans possibly win about 12 of 133 seats, a sharp loss for them.
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Birmingham
Ala
General Assembly
Alabama
Wm. J. Samford
Lee County
Count Rozwadowski Seeks Police Protection In Chicago
Chicago reports Count Enrica Rozwadowski asks for special police protection for her husband the Italian consul amid threats by anarchists tied to his government role. Chief Ripley pledges ample protection as the consul is said to be connected with Italy's royal family.
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Chicago
Enrica Rozwadowski
Count Rozwadowski
Italy
Ripley
Oklahoma cattleman J. S. Scott arraigned in Kansas City
J S Scott charged by the Bankers and Cattlemen association with complicity with E L Swazey in fraudulent cattle mortgages was arraigned and bound over to the grand jury. Bond set at 1000 dollars. He faced two mortgage accusations totaling 23000 on a herd said to be 1200 head but alleged to include only 415 head.
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Kansas City
J. S. Scott
Oklahoma
Bankers’ and Cattlemens’ Association
E. L. Swazey
Scott
Baltimore Stevedores Strike Over Non-Union Labor
About 2,500 union stevedores in Baltimore walked off the job after steamship agents refused to hire any more non union workers. The strike began several days ago and halted loading operations at the port.
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Baltimore
Richardson departs to notify Bryan of nomination
Representative Richardson, head of the committee chosen by the Democratic National Committee, has left for Indianapolis to inform William Jennings Bryan of his presidential nomination.
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Washington
Richardson
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Indianapolis
Guardian appointment of Charles J Hoyt in Sullivan court
Judge Tenney in Sullivan County probate court appointed Hon. James Lyford of Concord as guardian of Charles J Hoyt the playwright. The action was announced from Claremont New Hampshire with August date framing.
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Claremont
N.H
James‘. Lyford
Concord
Charles
J. ‘Hoyt
China War Watch: Li Hung Chang Faces Foreign Backlash
Washington reports heavy fighting beyond Tien-Tsin as the international column presses toward Peking. Gen. MacArthur ships Gatling guns and siege trains to Taku for the campaign while Minister Wu travels to Cape May amid desolate Chinese legation mood and inquiries about Li Ping Hung.
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Washington
Adm
Remey
Taussig
Tien-Tsin
Navy Department
Peking
War Department
Seat of War
Peitsang
Li Ping Hung
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Prince Tuan
China
Tuan Li
Gen
MacArthur
Taku
Manila
Unnaffee
Cape May
Legation
Monday's News in Brief Highlights Abroad and Domestic Events
The brief notes the Spar Ye faction regaining influence in Peking, Andrew D. White arriving in New York as ambassador to Germany, and DeWet's nearing surrender as rebels block escape routes. Li Hung Chang reports ministers left Peking August 3 under escort. a Sunday clash near Tien-Lsin with 16 000 allied troops left about 1200 dead or wounded. Captain Frederick Jerome, famed for saving over a thousand lives, dies in San Francisco. Calob Powers trial enters its fifth week with defense testimony near finish and prosecution rebuttal to follow.
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Peking
Andrew D. White
Germany
New-York
DeWet
Li Hung Chang
Frederick Jerome
San Francisco
Pietsang
Tien-Lsin
Thiele
Montgomery
Ala
Caleb Powers
Goebel
The National Game First Game- Inng's
The National Game reports multiple baseball games with line scores for teams including Boston Cincinnati Pittsburg Philadelphia Louis New York Chicago and Brooklyn. Batteries and umpires are listed for each matchup with final tallies and innings highlights.
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Boston
Pittsburg
Chicago
St. Louis
Inng’s
RAE, Cin’ti
Phillips and
Peitz
Dineen and
Clark
Swartwood
Rhe
Cincinnati
Newton and
Lewis and Sullivan
Rae
Philad’a
Chesbro
O'Connor
Donohue
Douglass
O'Day
Ree
Louis
New York
Powell and
Criger
Hawley
Bowerman
Emslie
R.A.B
Brooklyn
Cunningham
Chance
Kennedy
Farrell
Hurst
Philadelphia
Greek fruit dealer arrested for Huntington partner murder
George A. Paulitz of Huntington, a Greek fruit dealer, was arrested in Charleston for the murder of his partner Peter Staunton. Staunton vanished six weeks earlier after selling out to Paulitz. his body was found in a cellar bearing evidence of foul play.
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Charleston
W. Va
George A. Paulitz
Huntington
Peter Staunton
Staunton
Paulitz
Oklahoma preacher Jester takes residence in Okla City
The report notes that the recently acquitted preacher Gilbert W. Gates has moved to Oklahoma City and established residence there. Details on motive or next steps remain unclear as officials confirm the change in location.
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Oklahoma ‘City
Gilbert W. Gates
Okla
The Markets: Grain and Livestock Prices Across Cities
Cincinnati and Chicago report mixed grain prices with wheat mostly around 75 to 78 cents for No. 2 red and No. 2 hard winter near 71 to 73 cents. Corn No. 2 around 38 to 41 cents, oats No. 2 about 21 to 22 cents. Livestock sees hogs from 5.30 to 5.45, cattle 3.65 to 5.40, and lambs 4.75 to 6.15, with veal calves varying by size and grade. East Buffalo notes best prices for finished goods.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
East Buffalo
Youngest prisoner in Philadelphia jail cited
A nine year old boy is noted as the youngest inmate ever in Philadelphia city jail. The piece surveys world birth rates and extreme weather systems from cyclones to tornadoes, and ends with a London pawnshop exhibit of an aerolite pledged by a sailor from Arctic regions.
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Philadelphia
Stin
France
Austria
Belland
Scotland
Russia
London
Arctic
Royalty Headlines From The Court And Palaces Across Europe
A London correspondent notes royal popularity with the duke of Connaught near the queen and compares it to Bord Roberts. Queen Wilhelmina paints from life with guards as models at her palace. The German emperor promises sea paintings for Victoria’s yacht, while czarina sets up embroidery work for church and court attire. A Laeken palace pedestal holds miniature busts of the Prince and Princess of Wales as Belgian King recalls their first meeting.
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Connaught
Bord ‘Roberts
Wilhelmina
Russia
Czarina
London
Laeken
Wales
World and Local Facts Tangle in Brief Column
A miscellany notes vast army and forage needs, prison fines, Adirondack peaks, Windsor Castle carpet, Chinese consulate fees, Shanghai and Chefoo sums, notarial charges, and a salt pepper storage handle patent. The items span geography, infrastructure, and curiosities with concise figures.
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Easton
Jasper Beeman
Adirondack
Windsor Castle
Shanghai
Chefoo
Hong Kong
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the United Estates
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Hamburg
Indiana
Li Humg Chang
Tien-Trin
Eacort
Kemaiza
Democratic
Chas. H. Hoyt
WIM
Burgre
Waies
Thia
Victoria
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