Largest German Lutheran synod to convene in city
The triennial synod of the German Lutheran congregations of the United States and Canada will meet at St. Pauls Lutheran Church on Barr Street starting May 29 for ten days. About 500 delegates from the U S and Canada are expected to attend with 700 visitors housed. Rev H C Schwan of Cleveland will preside. Prominent divines will assist as the Lutheran church of America and Canada governs its 45 000 voting members and over 200 000 total members.
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United States
Canada
Lutheran Church of
Triennical Synod of the Lutheran Church
East Wayne Street
G. W. Brown
Third Presbyterian Church
J. M. Boggs
Westminster Church
C. E
Calvary U. B
Lewis and Harmer Streets
A. W. Ballinger
Grace Reformed Church
Paul
Felix
A. K. Zartman
W.G. Baxter
Campbell for presidency urged by Ohio and Cummings
Cincinnati dispatch notes The Commercial Gazette prints Font Wilkins and Amos J. Cummings backing James E. Campbell for Democratic presidential nomination. They praise Campbell as a strong campaigner with loyal friends, proven under adverse odds, and urge Ohio delegates to support him for a vigorous national campaign.
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Cincinnati
The
Commercial Gazette
Bbtiah Wilkins
Wahtton Post
Si E. Campbell
Chicago
Ohio
Cleveland
Campbell
Amos J. Cummings
James E. Campbell
Bimetallism and McKinley Platform Adopted by Oregon Republicans
The Oregon Republican state convention endorses a gold and silver policy with value protections and instructs delegates to support McKinley at the national convention. A silver free coinage plank failed 129 to 108, while McKinley was unanimously endorsed for president. Delegates named to the St Louis convention include ER A Booth, Charles Hilton, R H Dodd, and J W Meldrum.
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Portland
McKinley
Minneapolis
United States
William McKinley
St. Louis
ER. A. Booth
Charles Hilton
R H. Dodd
J. W. Meldrum
Tariff Convention at Detroit Aims Non Political Call
Detroit meeting advances plan for a May 26 tariff convention to depoliticize tariff questions. Organizers include two national labor bodies, one national agricultural group, and fifteen commercial associations. Topics cover consular service, foreign trade, and a possible cabinet department of commerce, manufactures and labor.
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Detroit
B.archer
National Tariff Commission League
Local
Convention League
National Agricultural Organization
Archer
Central
South American
Congress
Department of Commerce, Manufactures and Labor
Rhode Island Republicans Confront Finance Plank
The Rhode Island Republican convention met in Providence on April 11 and urged unity for the national convention without binding instructions. The platform included a plank endorsed by the Providence Board of Trade stressing the importance of business, producers, and wage earners.
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Rhode Island
Providence
Democratic Central Committee Sets Date for State Convention
Springfield April 11 Chairman W H Hinrichsen of the Democratic state central committee issues a call for a meeting in Chicago April 20 to fix the time and place for the state convention amid factional tensions over currency and gold advocates.
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Clinots
Springfield
W. H. ‘Hinrichsen
Democratic State Central Committee
Chicago
Encouraging Features noted by Bradstreet in 1896
Bradstreet's reports no general business rise but notes gains in prices for flour wheat corn oats pork sugar steel and tin plates. Wheat prices gain amid crop worries and speculative revival. 108 staple prices show 28 up 58 down 18 unchanged. US failures 231 this week. Canada 30.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
Argentine
Australia
Europe
Bradstreet
United States
Dominion of Canada
Von Kotze In Duel Kills Baron Schrader Near Potsdam
In Potsdam woods a duel ends with the fatal abdomen wound of Baron von Schrader. Count von Kotze, tied to anonymous letters, is the shooter after prior duels left him wounded in two conflicts. He trained by shooting a screen figure, then proved deadly in the field. Schrader mortally wounded. Iowa Legislature Nearly Done reports follow.
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Potsdam
Baron von Schrader
Count von Kotze
von Kotze
Schrader
Iowa
Des Moines
House
Senate
Soldiers’ Home
Omaha Exposition
Lover Fatally Shoots Girl Then Is Captured by Posse
In St Louis Blanche Simpson 19 breaks with George Proutman 22. He shoots her through the heart and fires at Mrs Robinson who escapes. After a county chase Proutman is captured by a citizen posse.
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St. Louis
Blanche Simpson
George Proutman
Pardoning of editor Barnum amid Wisconsin cyclone damage
Mark H Barnum, editor at Wocussu convicted of poisoning Ella Malley, received a pardon from Governor Upham. Barnum had been serving six months at Richland Center jail. Meanwhile a cyclone near Panty caused demolished houses and no serious damage reported.
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Minew
Auebe
Wisconsin
Sys
Mark H. Barnum
Wocussu
Ella. Malley
Righland
Center
Wis
Rose.Zolidoske
Upham
Barnum
Rich- Rand ‘Center
Dean
Panty
McKinley Luck and Taney Bankrupt Fight in Congress
Washington April 11 The piece celebrates William McKinley’s unlikely rise and the forces shaping his tariff policies while highlighting Judge Taney’s persistent push for a national bankruptcy act. It notes political twists, the Wilson Gorman tariff, and Cuba policy debates with Mills and Morgan in the Senate.
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Washineton
William McKinley, Jr
Canton
America
White House
Tom Reed
Committee On
Reed
Burrows
Joe Cannon
Dave Henderson
McKinley
Senate
Cleveland
Ohio
Congress
Jay L. Taney
St. Louis
House of Representatives
Taney
Mills
Texas
Cuba
Morgan
Mike
Iard
Hini
Horas
Don
Spaniard Performs Astonishing Exhibition in Heated Oven
A Spaniard named Martines performed a startling stunt entering a very hot oven after hours of heating. He dressed in flamnel trousers and shirt with a large cloak and felt-enveloping robe as part of the display, creating an extraordinary record for spectators.
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Martines
Contestant Coupons List For International Business College
The Evexme Post announces it will publish names of contestants and their coupon counts for the International Business College scholarship in its Tuesday April issue. The paper notes many coupons received and will display votes for each participant in each issue until the contest ends. Wolf and Dessauer advertise their new Fort Wayne store at 70 and 72 Calhoun Street offering a complete dry goods line and invitation to await their grand opening. College students are urged to inquire with Nickel Plate Road agents or B F Horner for Easter travel rate information.
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Evexme Post
International Business College
Nickel Plate Road
B. F. Horner
Cleveland
Calhoun St
Samuel Fisher
Max
Fisher
Sommer’s
Wabash Time Card Changes Include Fast Through Trains
The Wabash Railroad announces new schedules effective March 22 with faster through service from Fort Wayne to St. Louis on the Westward route and improved eastbound connections to New York via Toledo. Notable changes include the Limited Fast Mail from Fort Wayne at 6 30 pm and a through sleeper to New York City. Engineer Titus notes personnel shifts as Denny McCarthy sits out.
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Fort Wayne
St. Louis
Kansas City
Hot Springs
Kansas City Union Depot
Toledo
Cleveland
Buffalo
New York City
New York
Bedroom Suit Prices Draw Exposition Room Crowds
Readers flock to our rooms showing Mahogany and Hungarian imported wood bedroom suites. The Mahogany set in the green Exposition Room is priced at 139 dollars, while the Hungarian imported wood suite in the gold Room is marked at 85 dollars.
Money to Build Homes in Lakeside Lots
Lakeside lots offer a solid residence investment with fast price gains. The Land Company provides loans of 100 to 200 dollars down, enabling buyers to pay back at one dollar per month per hundred borrowed. Start now to become your own landlord and secure a home.
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Lakeside
Land Company
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South Wayne Avenue
Christian Church
Young Men’s League
P. J. Rice
St. Paul M. E
Walton Aville
Cooper
Clasa Éeting
Epworth
Fulton Streets
Seabressé
Washington
Democracy
S. Meni
Ofer
Oregon
Bimetallism
M’kinley
Ron OF
Ohio Statesman
State Capital
Indianapolis
Wabash Railroad CO
Engineer Co. Titus
Denny McCarthy
Vienna
S. Bash & Co
Mayflower Mills
Geo. H. Seabold
Pearl Street
Foster Furniture Co
G. Klug’s
Hanna ST
Fisher Brothers
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