Prominent Democrat Michael D. Harter Found Dead in Ohio
Ohio newspaper reports Hon. Michael D. Harter, a leading Democrat and former congressman, was found dead in a friend’s house in Fostoria after a self-inflicted gunshot. He had suffered insomnia and recent head pain, with letters to associates and his wife found in the room. His body was later moved to Mansfield for funeral arrangements.
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Fostoria
Michael D. Harter
Knapp
Interstate Grain Stature Co
Starter
Isaac Harter Co
Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Michael S.harter
Tie
Zoorgress
Mansfield
Sherman
Canton
Miss Brown
Massillon
Aultman, Miller & Co
Houston
Tex
Joan Priest
Million-Dollar Lake County Land Deal Shocks Indiana Markets
Crown Point Indiana February 24 a 2 million dollar Lake County real estate transaction covers more than 2000 acres in Calumet township adjoining the old stockyards and Lake Michigan shore. George T Cline formerly owned the tract and sold to Theo Schintz an attorney. observers say Schintz may represent the Chicago Lake Shore and Eastern railroad for possible switching yards and coke storage for Illinois Steel Co. F A Eggers Whiting deeded additional hundred or more acres nearby for right of way.
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Indiana
Crown Point
Ind
Lake County
Calasment Township
Old Stockyards
Lake Michigan
George T. Cline
Chicago
Theo. Schintz
Schintz
Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Railroad
Mtllinois Steel Co
Illinois Steel Co
F. A. Eggers
Whitinge
Fateful Dance Fights End in Murder as Suspect Flees
In west Indianapolis a quarrel at a colored dance led to a man’s shooting. William English was struck in the back and died Sunday afternoon after resisting the claim of an unknown woman. Woodburn Manson fired at least a dozen shots, then fled to the city and remains at large. English, about 30, was described as of good reputation.
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Shey
Indianapolis
William English
Wenn
English
Woodburn Manson
Engglish
Manson
Nicholson liquor law cases set for March 11
In Ricum Mono Indiana the Nicholson liquor law cases before the supreme court are scheduled for March 11. The dispute pits the states liquor interests against the temperance element and is viewed as a major test of liquor regulation. The outcome is watched closely. Also in Columbus Indiana on February 24 officials formed the Southern Fair Circuit with events planned from Osgood July 28 through Shelbyville, naming M F T Crump as president and Fred A Near secretary.
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Nicholson
Ricum Mono
Ind
Supreme Court
Columnus
North Vernon
Osgood
Madison
Columbus
Franklin
Shelbyville
M. F. T. Crump
Fred al. Near
Young Girl Assaulted in Ellettsville Incident
In Broomington Indiana on February 24 James Mackinfield age 21 was jailed on a charge of criminal assault after allegedly attacking 15 year old Miss Mattie Martin in the nearby village of Ellettsville.
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Broomington
Ind
Ellettsville
James Mackinfield
Mattie Martin
Fight in the College Chapel at Wabash College
In Crawfordsville Ind on February 24 a disturbance broke out in the Wabash College chapel when two pigeons wearing the freshman colors were released. The free for all involved instructors and students with several people rough handled and expulsions expected.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Wabash College
Indiana bottle workers meet at AnpEERSON March 8
Arrangements completed for the Indiana bottle workers meeting in AnpEERSON on March 8 with delegates from all Indiana plants and an expected six to seven hundred visitors. The event is described as a major regional gathering.
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Anpeerson
Ind
Indiana
Cuban resolutions dominate senate week and adjournment talk
The Cuban resolutions loom as unfinished business in the senate with Morgan White and Gray set to speak. The public lands committee aims to extend suit and patent deadlines while the army and agricultural bills await action. Early adjournment is forecast for the House as six of thirteen appropriation bills have passed.
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Washincton
Senate
Morgan
White
California
Gray
Committee On Public Lands
Congress
House
Carter
Montana
Morrill
Tellers and Mantle
Appropriations Committee
District of Columbia
Ex President Harrison wedding plans to be announced soon
New York reports General Harrison at the Fifth Avenue hotel for about ten days with limited visitors. Private secretary Tibbetts says Harrison will reveal marriage plans once arranged, avoiding publicity until then. Canary Island floods cause $350000 in damage and misery.
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New York
Gen. Harrison
Fifth Avenue
Dimmick
East 38Th Street
E. F. Tibbetts
Carlisle
Secretary of the Treasury
John G. Carlisle
City
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Tragic Fire Claims Widow and Child Among Victims
In the blaze the bodies of Mrs Marion Camblin and her three year old child were found above the site. Also discovered was Harold Manuel aged 50, a New York broker with Turner and Manuel of 45 Wall Street, who had arrived only last Thursday.
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Marion Camblin
Armiger
Jane
Harold Manuel
New York
Turner & Manuel
Wall Street
Funeral for Amelia Waite Held at 1615 Rhode Island Ave
The funeral of Amelia CG Waite widow of Chief Justice Waite took place at 1615 Rhode Island Avenue with Episcopal rites led by Rev. Walbridge and Rev. Hilliker. Supreme Court justices served as pallbearers. interment slated in Toledo alongside her husband. Miss Reed and Henry Waite accompanied the body on the Baltimore & Ohio. Miss Waite remains ill and did not travel.
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Wasatheron
Amelia CG Waite
United States
Rhode Island Avenue
Walbridge
Toledo
Hilliker
Epiphany Church
Mc- Kim
Epiphany
Griffiths
Sullivan
Supreme Court
Baltimore & Ohio
Passenger A Laddenburg Missing After Niagara Sails
The Ward Line steamer Niagara reports banker A Laddenburg, 37, missing from the ship on February 20 after arriving from Cuba via Nassau. He was from Nassau and a partner at Laddenburg Thalman & Co. of New York. He had left for St. Augustine, Florida five weeks earlier due to ill health and had recently advised his wife of sailing.
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New York
Ward Line
Niagara
Cuba
Nassau
A. Laddenburg
Dynamite Bomb Explodes in Havana Factory Reported
Private advices from Havana reported a dynamite blast near the Henry Clay cigar factory, believed the work of Cuban revolutionary committees. Reports claim Weyler era murders of Cuban sympathizers in capacities at the Cabnas Morro fortifications, with threats to blow up the city.
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Kry West
Fla
Whitney
Henry Clay
Havana
Cuban Revolutionary Committee
Cabanas
Morro Castle
Weyler
Revolutionary Committees
Seven Dead in Fire at North Charles Street Residence
A Feb fire in a fashionable Baltimore district killed seven residents of 1800 North Charles Street, including the Armiger family and guests. Lou Whiting, a servant, alerted others. firemen rescued several, but others perished from jump and smoke. Armiger died from smoke as rescue efforts continued. Virginia Armiger and Eleanor Armiger escaped via improvised rope and mattress.
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Bartimont
North East
North Charles Street
Das. R. Armiger
Lou Whiting
Armiger
McAfee
Mrs. Armiger
Terra Firma
Harold Manuel
New York
Richard Riley
Mr. Armiger
Alice J. Williams
Washington's Birthday Holiday Noted in Pittsburgh
Washington's birthday was broadly observed as a holiday in Pittsburgh with business nearly suspended. The report notes a general quiet across the city as residents marked the occasion.
Police identify grave robbers and escapees in Midwest report
Omana Nebraska police report a Des Moines telegram confirming William Clay Colm led a grave robbing gang including William Glasco constable Smith and Brown. Glasco captured. others at large. Separate dispatch from Massowah notes 600 Dervishes clash with Italian outposts near Kassala. 80 killed, Italians 10. Forecasts predict fair weather for Kentucky Indiana Ohio.
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Omana
Neb
Des Moines
Wm. Clay Colm
Wm. Glasco
Smith
Brown
Glasco
Italiens
Roma
Massowahi
Kassala
the Tigre
Markets Report From Cincinnati and Nearby Cities
Market prices for cattle hogs and sheep across Cincinnati Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Buffalo show varying grades. Prices range from fair to good for butchers and shippers with calves veal and lambs listed and regional movements noted.
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Pittsburgh
B& Carrie
Tramp Life Tale of Karl Becca Walking from St Louis to New York
The article recounts Karl Becca’s 51 day trek on foot from St Louis to New York with five cents, relying on singing for meals and shelter. He describes hospitable yet poor Illinois towns, passing Vandalia towns, and Pennsylvania stops, facing ridicule over an umbrella and recording his miles and hardships. The text also notes a separate item on North Dakota divorce industry and profits for hotelmen and lawyers.
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St. Louis
New York
Karl Becca
Becca
Mississippi River
Ilinois
Vandalia
Ieron
Smithboro
Altemont
Montrose
Casey
Jeannette
Galitzen
Pennsylvania
Carnegie
Pittsburgh
Blairsville
Altoona
Petersburg
McVeytown
Patterson
Newport
Harrisburg
Elizabethtown
Lancaster
Coatesville
Wayne
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Phi Delphia
Jersey City
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Lill” Nye
Asnrevilne
N.C
Edgar W. Nye
Buck Shoals
Asneguinia
Edgar Wilson Nye
Episcopal Church
Fletchers
Asheville
Raleley
N. C
Weldon
Matthew Dodd
Sea Board Air Line
Dodd
Cheyenne
Wyo
Laramie
Bill Nye
William
Toronto
Ont
James Scott
Rosedale Ravine
Senator Voorhees
Washington
Voorhees
Michael TH Warter
Indiana News
Munch
Ira McNett
Nixon Paper
Ricumonno
Nixon Paper Co
J. S. Ostrander
Jeffersonville
Charles G. Scannell
Dyer
Oscoon
John Muir
Here
Army
Harrison
Canary Island
Maprid
Las Palmas
Grand Canary
Care Tonn
Cape Colony
Wiedendorp
Transvaal
John Waldron
Paul Allen
Ohio River
Bellevue Hospital
William R. Lytes
Tougha
Jas. Farmer
Peters Cash Company
Doughs
Waite
NEW York Banker
George Davis
Winmington
Geo. Davis
North Carolina
Maceo
Mapnio
Antonio Maceo
Caminito
Wilkesbarre
Pettebone
Delaware, Lackawana & Western Railroad Co
Lucy Renshaw
Ausbany
N. Y
Alfred B. Renshaw
Commodore Cicero Price
Troy
Duchess of Marlborough
Hammersley
Lillian Price
Matthews
Lipanon
Boone County
Gov. Matthews
Taggart
N. Jasnogrodsky
J. M. Hanham
Baltimore
Tacoma
Wash
James W. McCauley
Frank Slavin
Bob Fitzsimmons
Corbett
St. Petersburg
Russia
Corea
J. B. Hubbell
American Red Cross Society
Ernest Mason
Clara Barton
Marquis Yamagata
Japan
Moscow
David W. Mani
Wilmington
Del
Second Army Corps
J. F. McCool
Kosciusko
Masonic Grand Lodge
J. L. Power
London Daily News
Constantinople
Red Cross
Zeituun
Johannesburg Standard
Kruger
England
Chamberlain
Confederate Museum
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Moses D. Hoge
Bradley Johnson
Simon Burns
Window Glass Workers Association
Daniel Winters
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Ohio
Buffalo
Cartle
Hocs
Benevally Ign Do
North Dakota Indus
North Kota
Colony
Becca ON
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