Local Truths and Political Theater at the Convention
The Blaine faction at the Republican National Convention delays proceedings to weaken Harrison while courting deserters. Harrison forces push for a direct vote but fail. Other items include pension grants, a Tammany dinner en route to the Democratic convention, local court cases, fires, marriages, and social events across Elkhart and surrounding areas.
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Minneapolis
Blaine
Harrison
Committee On Credentials
Enos F. Pettit
Elijah N. Coleburn
First Christian Church
J. C. Fetterhoff
Burglary Fight Rocks Elkhart Safe Offices and Mills
A dawn clash on Main and East High streets ends with explosions and shattered safes at A. M. Smith’s office and Newman Bros planing mill. Offenders flee. tools traced to Big Four railway property as local authorities investigate possible multiple site raids. Federal Suffrage Convention planned for June in Broderick’s opera house with speakers including Rev. Olympia Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Shively
Shively
Hubbard & Co
South Maln Street
Mr. Hubbard
Self
Laporte Herald
Lizzie
Wile
Dimondale
Mich
John Vankerbeck
Lake Shore
G. A.R
Vanderbeck
Greeley Harper
Theis Court
Sanford
Touba
Harper
Greist
Fred Shaw
South Main Street
Main
East High Streets
Martin
Carlin
Dwight
Silvers
Winnedge’s Dry Good
Calaborse
East High Street
Borneman & Doll
Franklin and
Beckley
A. M. Smith
Mr. Smith
Big Four
Newman Bros
Cincinnati Safe and Lock Company
Smith’sa
Newman’s
Smith
Big Four Railway
Eberhart Mill
Mishawaka
Sibley & Ware
South Bend
Thirteenth
Congression District
Indiana
Broderick’s
Opera House
Olympia Brown
Racine
Wis
U. S.A
Friends of Liberty
Carper
M. A. Porter
Sarah M. Perkins
National Society
H. S. Carper
Thirteenth Congressional District
Grand Temple
Patriarchal Circle
Odd Fellows Hall
New York
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Grand Worthy
Globe
Odd Fellows Order
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows
Richmond
Michigan City
Elkhart
Main Street
Hotel Stucklen
Globe Dining Hall
Mr. Sloane
Isaac Nadel
Martin Krueger
Newell Daniels
Milwaukee
Capt. Putnam
Grand Rapids
M. E. Orcutt
Defiance
Nadel
J. I. Hale
Oracle
George J. Ergenzinger
J. W. Titus
Leonard Musterdyke
Joseph P. Babcock
S. B. Carpenter
J. W. Fox
W. J. Dean
George Brully
E. K. Boyer
F. C. Sweitzer
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B. A. Jenkins
Matie Wines
Rufus C. Leedy
Mary E. Luke
Sylvester Johnson
Clara A. Shell
John A. Mathias
Floy Ganger
Express
Porter Turner
Chicago
A. L. Wilson
Hague
Florida
Richard Turnock
Phillip Bullion
Supreme Court
Goshen News
Bullion
Wilson, Davis & Wilson
Hiram Bishop
John Krider
Carpenter
Enos Myers
Clarence Gemberling
Bishop
Nusbaum
Bucklen
Otis
Harrington
Newton Cochrane
Cochrane
Marshal Dunbar
Baldwin Street
Calaboose
Dunbar
James Smarr
West Franklin Street
Smurr
West Point
Uncle Sam
Jim
East
United States Army
Miriam Miller
Richard Blackburn
Allie Philips
Waterloo
Will Hall
St. Joe Street
Chas Strong
Denver
J. B. Davidson
Riverside
Lydia Norris
Miami County
Chas. Maloon
Laporte
Goshen
Loretta Ellison
Franc Pawling
Matta Ellison
Middlebury Street
Wabash
General Conference
Adam Luke
State Street
Mary
Fulmer
Toledo
Detroit
Leedy
Hawks Dry Gooks
West
Washington Street
Eli Jenkins
Miss Mate Wines
Mr. Fulmer
Jenkins
Compton & Jenkins
Wm. E. Siemen
Bertha Sullivan
Bristol
C. B. Stemen
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, Assisted By Revs. Moffitt and Cain
R. N. Hewlett
Kansas City
Warsaw
Ft. Wayne
J. O. Banks
Albion
Dr. Stemen
Mamie
Hattie
Ella Cripe
Bertha Lutz
Dr. Hover
Gosnen
Andrew Stephens
Henry Stephens
Kyte
Oliver
Thomas Goods
John Deere
Barlow
J. M. Minnich
Philip C. Kantz
Ind
Blanche Norton
Geneva
Mrs
William Norton
Grand Temple of Patriarchal Circle