McKinley Nominated by Republicans in Canton
William McKinley received formal notification of his second Republican presidential nomination in Canton as crowds gathered and Senator Lodge delivered the speech praising the party and outlining the campaign issues including currency protection tariffs and imperial policy.
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Canton
the Republic
William McNinley
Republican Party
Senator Lodge
Cleveland
McQuinley
Tippecanoe Club
McKinley
Henry Cabot Lodge
All Foreign Powers News From Peking In Deadly Siege
Shanghai Daily Mail reports Chinese officials describe the July 6 assault on the British and Russian legations in Peking. Prince Tuan led the center with Tsai Yin and Yin Lin on the flanks as artillery fire raged to dawn. Legations fell and foreigners died amid major street casualties. Ching and Wang Wen Shao moved troops to assist.
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London
Shanghai
The
Daily Mail
Peking
Prince Tuan
Prince Tsai Yin
Yin Lin
Prince Tsin Yu
Prince Ching
Wang Wen Shao
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Pretoria
Africander Republica
Tuan
British Defeat at Nitral's Nek Reported by Roberts
Lord Roberts reports from Pretoria that British forces lost Nitral's Nek to a Boer attack after dawn reinforcement delays. The garrison of Scots Greys, two Royal Artillery guns, and five Lincolnshire companies were overrun with heavy casualties feared. Simultaneously the seventh dragoons repelled outpost assaults near Duredpoort.
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London
Lord Roberts
War Office
Pretoria
Nitral’s
Nek
Scots Grays
Royal Artillery
Lincolnshire Regiment
Weitral’s
Crocodile River
Rustenburg
Godfrey
Grays
Lincoln Regiment
Duredpoort
Seventh Dragoons
Lie
Low
Worst Is Feared In Peking As News Goes Dark
London reports a silence around Peking with fears of disaster. Li Hung Chang telegrams are denied by the Chinese representative in Berlin. Shanghai rumors accuse Europeans of directing Chinese forces and a plot to aid Gen Chang’s escape.
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Li Hung Chang
Berlin
Che-Foo
London
Peking
Shanghai
The
Express
Bailey
H. M. S. Aurora
Tien- Tsin
Col. von Hanneken
Chang
Tien-Tsin
Boer Actions and Surrenders Near Krugersdorp Pardekraal and Heidelberg
Smith-Dorrien engaged the enemy near Krugersdorp inflicting heavy loss. Buller says Boers destroying a railway line near Pardekraal were driven off after a short action. Hart notes continued surrender of Boer arms and ammunition in the Heidelberg district.
Train Robber Confesses In Illinois Central Heist
Cairo newspaper report says Mike Conley alias Doyle confessed to Chief Mahoney that he and two drunk accomplices robbed the Illinois Central train Wednesday morning. He watched as the trio divided about $300 after a failed plan. he swam to shore, reached Missouri, and was captured in Charleston. Detectives pursue the other two robbers.
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Cairo
Mike Conley
Doyle
Mahoney
Mllnoijs
Central
Conley
Mississippi
Missouri
Charleston
St. Louis
Wickliffe
Charles Pink
C.E., Murray
Illinois Central
Two Train Robbers Captured, Reported in Ky
A Fulton Ky report says two alleged Illinois Central railroad robbers have been captured following the rail crime near Memphis Tennessee on July 13.
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Memphia
Tenn
Fulton, Ky
Illinois
Central
Hanna to Visit Indiana for Campaign Work
Senator Mark Hanna, chairman of the Republican National Committee, will visit Indianapolis late September or early October to assist the state committee. He will base his headquarters in the city and may speak two or three times, though no dates will be set in advance.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Mark Hanna
Republican National Committee
Hanna
State Committee
Bryan and Stevenson Nominations Notified in Indianapolis
It is announced that Bryan and Stevenson will be officially notified at Indianapolis on August 8 of their nominations. Tomlinson hall is booked and special trains will be run. W H O'Brien of Lawrenceburg is on the committee to notify Bryan and M M Hathaway of Winamac is on the committee to notify Stevenson. Pitchfork Injury Fatal to Boy in North Manchester Farm incident details a 10 year old pierced temple and brain injury after a pitchfork discharge. doctors say survival unlikely.
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Auburn
Ind
Syracuse Cement Works
Indianapolis
Bryan and Stevenson
Tomlinson Hall
W. H. O’brien
Lawrenceburg
Bryan
M. M. Hathaway
Winamac
Stevenson
North
Manchester
Frank Pinney
Pinney
Two Suspects Charged in Fatal Jealous Stabbing
In Rockport Indiana on July 13 Leslie Clay a Black man was fatally stabbed by Arlie Went and Preston Hornbach both white. Clay was passing when they attacked him inflicting multiple cuts about the head. They claim the stabbing was accidental and are now at large.
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Rockport
Ind
Leslie Clay
Arlie Went
Preston Hornbach
Clay
Tragic Indiana Day Includes Cardboarded Death and Lightning Strike
In Lafayette Harry Braithwaite a carpenter fired a heart shot on a main street near his home dying instantly. He was a Mason and Central Labor union member. In Noblesville a Lincoln park building housing Lennon and Queer families was struck by lightning wrecking a supper table and injuring four people including two men, their wives, and a child.
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Lafayette
Ind
Harry Braithwaite
Central Labor Union
Noblesville
Lincoln Park
Clint Lennon
John Queer
Old Soldier Fatally Assaulted in Vincernines
J M Candless an elderly veteran practicing magnetic healing in Vincernines Indiana was found unconscious in the street and died shortly after from a fractured skull believed caused by an unknown assailant. No arrests have been made.
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Vincernines
Ind
J. M. Candless
Boyce and Beckwith Injured on Monon Train Tracks
In New Albany Indiana on July 13 two 15 year old Indianapolis youths John Beckwith and John Boyce were struck while asleep on railroad tracks by a Monon train. Beckwith lost his left leg at the knee and Boyce suffered a crushed foot with potential critical condition.
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New Albany
Ind
John Boyce
John Beckwith
Indianapolis
Beckwith
Boyce
Death of Kosciusko County Pioneer Found Dead
The body of William Davis a German settler living six miles south of Warsaw Ind was found in a field. A bottle once containing carbolic acid was found in his hand marking a possible suicide. Davis was among the oldest Kosciusko county settlers.
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Warsaw
Ind
Wm. Davis
Here
Kosciusko County
Hod carrier Isaac Smith falls 30 feet at county plant
In Indianapolis on July 13 Isaac Smith a colored hod carrier working on the county power house missed his footing and fell thirty feet landing on his head. He suffered only a scalp wound and no other injuries were reported.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thos. Grinley
Grinley
Isaac Smith
New County
Train collision injures four near Milit
In Indianapolis on July 13 a street car backed into a freight train causing four railroad workers to suffer injuries and others to be slightly hurt. Investigators note the mishap stemmed from the street car backing into the freight train.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Abandoned Maxwell Fire Report and assorted items
Six Maxwell stores burned. Venezuela unrest denied. U S Consul Hay to return home. Italy and United States commercial treaty approved. Caraway Hartridge, Georgia journalist, dies in New York at 40. Merker and Dallman drowned on Sangamon River near Petersburg. Joe Gans defeats Lester at the Eureka Club in Baltimore. George Co. of Buffalo assigns, assets not stated. Land Office head says surveying funds do not cover Puerto Rico lands. McKinley and Mrs. McKinley to visit Senator Hanna at Elberon for ten days starting July 21.
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Maxwell
N. Y
Venezuela
United States
Adelbert S. Hay
Pretoria
Caraway Hartridge
Georgia
New York
Louis Merker
Springfield
Ill
Wm. Dallman
Petersburg
Sangamon
Joe Gans
Whiley Lester
Eureka Athletic Club
Baltimore
Hermann
General Land Office
Porto Rico
McKinley
Hanna
Elberon
N. J
German general to command in China amid Far East turmoil
Gen von Lessel will lead German forces in China with lieutenant general rank as Port Arthur outskirts are pillaged and Manchuria experiences upheaval. Dr Mumm von Schwarzenstein named to succeed Von Ketteler as minister to China as U S pressure grows on Peking.
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China
Port Arthur
Manchuria
Mumm von Schwarzenstein
von Ketteler
Tien-Tsin
Roosevelt
Republican Notification Committee
Chicago
New York
Washington
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Columbus
Baseball Innings Scores From Three Matchups
Cincinnati and Philadelphia battled in a low scoring game with Hahn Peitz and McFarland on the batteries while Bern and McFarland pitched hard for Philadelphia Baseball totals show Cincinnati 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. Pittsburgh lost to Brooklyn as Tannehill Zimmer Kitson Kennedy and McGuire supported Swartwood on the mound Brooklyn 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 - 6 Pittsburgh 2 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 - 9. St Louis edged Boston with Rowell Criger and Lewis Sullivan in battery for St Louis while Ewanslie umpired.
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RHE
Cincinnati
Philad
Hahn
Peitz
Bernhard
McFarland
Terry
RAE Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Tannehill
Zimmer
Kitson
Kennedy
McGuire
Swartwood
R.H.E. St. Louis
Boston
Rowell and Criger
Lewis and Sullivan
Ewmslie
Pittsburgh
Chicago
S.eecessees
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Market Reports Highlight Grain Livestock Prices Across Cities
The Cincinnati report lists flour and grain prices with range figures for springs and patents, with No 2 red wheat around 1 82 and corn around 46 to 47 cents on track. Livestock prices show hogs from 4.75 to 5.45 and cattle and sheep in mid ranges, plus lambs and veal calf quotes. Chicago data mirrors wheat and corn quotes, with No 2 red around 82 1/4 cents and No 2 white corn near 44 1/4 to 44 1/2 cents on track.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Willis D Oldham Emerges as A Nebraskas Rising Orator
Willis D Oldham the Missouri born lawyer who settled in Kearney Neb will play a leading role in the coming political year after winning early notice at an Omaha democratic conference. A former reporter turned attorney he drew attention by championing free silver alongside William Jennings Bryan. Born in West Virginia and raised in Missouri he studied law there before moving to Kearney where he remains active in politics and law.
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Willis D. Oldham
William Jennings. Bryan
Nebraska
Omaha
Oldham
Missouri
Kearney
Mr. Bryan
Congress
Lincoln
Dick Bland
Democrats
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Oldham
West Virginia
Adair County
State Normal School
Kirksville
Pueblo
Col
Neb
China Crisis Prompts Debate On U S Military Aid
Wu Ting Fang urged Secretary Hay to halt further U S warships and troops in China, arguing that foreign powers should not intervene. Hay replied that no definite news from Beijing existed and that troops were badly needed to protect lives and property amid the outbreak.
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United States
China
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Hay
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Indiana State News
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Anderson
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