Local Fire Crews Quell 72 Barthold Street Blaze Quickly
Ed and Grant Sharp with sister Cora Rover have returned to Coesse. A frame house at 72 Barthold Street, owned by Mrs. Dierker, burned after a defective flue triggered an alarm from box 13 but was quickly controlled by the fire department.
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Grant Sharp
Cora Rover
Welsheimer
Oliver Street
Coesse
Barthold Street
Mamie McBennett
Agnes Manning
Clara de Wald
Agnes Rohan
Gertrude
Laura Greene
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Harmonia Singing Society
Professor Earnhardt
John Suelzer
Frank Deck
Did Not Kill Ross Bat Shea Faces Rescue by Confessing Ally
Albany Jan 6 An astonishing confession changes a Troy murder case as fellow thug John McGough admits shooting Robert Ross, saving Bartholomew Shea from the electric chair. McGough writes his statement to Warden Thayer and Governor Morton grants a respite to Feb 4 while Shea gets a new trial. The event ties into 1894 polling ward violence and public anger over ballot fraud in Troy.
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Albany
Bartholomew Shea
Shea
Dannemora
John McGough
Troy
William Ross
Robert Ross
McGough
Thayer
Morton
McCough
Ross
Ross Brothers
William
Robert
Robert Lay
Ward
Court of Appeals
Two Fatal Wrecks In Ohio Reported At Schooley’s Station
Five persons killed in a pair of freight train wrecks near Schooley's Station, seven miles east of Chillicothe, as two trains stood on a switch late at night. One train pulled away causing a collision with the other, details incomplete, but fatalities confirmed in both incidents.
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Tom Michaels
Leon Mathers
Fitzsimmons
George Addis
J. H. Cox
Jesse King
J. E. Edginton
Loveland
J. D. Murphy
Greenfield
Tom Brown
Express
Hendershot
Roxabell
William Purdew
Dora Scott
James Ryan
John Erwin
Charles McCord
Matt Ryan
Daniel Clifford
Chillicothe
Schooley’s Station
Manufacturers to Gather for National Association Convention
Between 800 and 900 leaders from major U S industries will attend the first annual convention of the National Association of Manufacturers of the United States in Chicago Central Music Hall January 21, 22 and 28. The group represents about 600 million in annual product and aims to strengthen domestic production while expanding foreign trade within policy limits.
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Chicaggo
United States
National Association of Manufacturers of the
Central Music Hall
Cincinnati
Nine miners trapped in Colorado cave-in at Anna Lee mine
January 6 report from Victor details nine miners entombed by a cave-in at the Anna Lee shaft of the Portland company on Battle Mountain. Superintendent W E Loan, Thomas H Sheldon, and Harnan were in the cage between third and fourth levels when the shaft caved in. Rescue efforts proceed. recovery could take a week or ten days given the 900 foot depth and extensive debris. Other named workers include Jim Hancock Pat Mee Jack Mallory Joe Dinsmore Mike McGuirk and an unnamed man. Authorities fear loss of guiding timber and passageways hinder rescue.
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Victor
Anna Lee
Portland Company
Battle Mountain
Lee Shaft
W.E. Loan
Thomas H. Sheldon
Jim Hancock
Pat Mee
Jack Mallory
Joe Dinsmore
Mike McGuirk
Thomas Harnan
Loan
Sheldon
Harnan
Anna Sea
Lee
Harmonious Democratic mass meetings across Indiana counties
Reports from Democrats in 92 counties say mass conventions were unusually harmonious with minimal contests. Most current district committeemen likely to be re elected as silver sentiment dominates and abeyance governs disputes. Chairmanship chatter mentions Holt Henderson Layden but no formal candidates, and an unnamed candidate may emerge.
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Indianapolis
Taggart
Captain Allen
North Carolina
Sterling R. Holt
John C. Henderson
Layden
New Albany
Young Man Releases His Sweetheart to Another Lover
Arthur Matthews, a Fulton county farmer, left his wedding eve, sparking community indignation. Miss Gertie Reed preferred another suitor, and Matthews chose to step aside to honor her parents and allow her to wed the man she loves.
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Indianapolis
Fulton County
Arthur Matthews
Gertie Reed
Matthews
Miss Reed
Man Found Burned in Cabin After Counterfeit Probe
In Rushville on January 6, William Thomas and Charles Carson, brothers under pressure from officials over counterfeiting, burned their cabin seven miles south of town and vanished. Harry Jordan found a charred man in a cellar wearing handcuffs, suggesting a detective captured during the pursuit and killed as the house burned. The sheriff and Detective Thorn investigated, but the face was too charred to identify the victim.
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Rushville
William Thomas
Charles Carson
Harry Jordan
Thorn
Carsons
Madman attacks family and kills officer in Kokomo
Jan 6 dispatches report Joseph Calkins, mentally unbalanced, trying to slaughter his wife and children with an ax. officers and neighbors capture him after a barricade. Officer Sims is killed and several injured. Calkins jailed in Kokomo. Separate items note Powell death and suit against Maccabees. Elwood collision injures worker Chris Hines. regulators to hold reunion in Noble county with old 1852 organization members.
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Kokomo
Indianapolis
Thomas H. Powell
Supreme Tent Knights of Maccabees
Noble County
Noble
Elkhart
Stexhen
Kosciusko
Earnal
Ligo
Wreck on Big Four causes fatal injury to engineer
A wreck on the Big Four railroad east of Whites Town near Lebanon left engineer Brooks dead and the crew with minor injuries as a through freight collided with a freight train on a siding in the early hours. Separately, Indiana coal operators consider closing mines to curb output, with miners set to meet for talks ahead of scale changes in March. A cradle incident in West Fork reports a infant bitten by rats during feeding, leaving severe facial wounds to the child of Thomas and Flora Priest.
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Lebanon
Jan
Whitestown
Brooks
Terre Haute
Indiana
Pittsburg
Ohio
West Fork
Thomas
Flora
Boiler explosion demolishes pumping station in Decatur
In Decatur on January 6 a boiler in the Chicago and Erie railroad pumping station exploded destroying the building. Employee Thomas Mylott was hurled several feet and seriously injured.
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Decatur
Chicago and Erie Railroad
Thomas Mylott
Edward Barnes Dies From Falling-Tree Injuries
In Lagrange on January 6, Edward Barnes died from injuries after a tree toppled onto him ten days earlier. The prior day he had taken out life insurance for five thousand dollars.
Havana Braced as Rebel Forces Close on City
Havana nervously watched reports of rebel bands under Nunez and Bermudez approaching Managua, twelve miles from the capital, after claims of a major government defeat at Colon. Other items note Santa Fe receivership costs totaling $260,000, Illinois pardons and commutations figures, Louisiana Republicans naming a ticket, a canteen ruling at Soldiers' Home, and a fire destroying Altoona's Central Hotel with two firefighters injured and $160,000 loss.
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Havana
United States
Colon
Nunez and
Bermudez
Managua
Kansas City
Journal
Topeka
Kas
Altoona
B. F. Hlansom
William Wareham
Venezuelans thank Cleveland over boundary dispute letter
Venezuelans in New York adopted a letter praising President Cleveland for his stance on the boundary dispute and thanking the American people. The document was given to a committee to deliver to Washington. Forties military officers dined in Illinois marking Adjutant-General Hilton’s appointment. Republican caucuses named Sleeper speaker and Bealer pro tem in the lower house while Huteapinilier and Caine were chosen for Senate posts.
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New York
Cleveland
Washington
Carcaco
National Guard
Officers Association
C. C0
Hilton
Illinois National Guard
Uhic
Columnis
David L. Sleeper
Athena
Charles Bealer
Montgomery
John R. Malloy
Franklin
Senate
J. GC. Huteiapilier
Gallia
A.C. Caine
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Koenig
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George Meyers
Hanna, Force
John and
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Taber St
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Lafayette Street
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Ethel
Jack
Brooklyn
Bat Shea
Bat
Chicago
Colorado
Bwindler
District Attorney’s Office
Jacques Ochs
Ochs
Newark
Philadelphia
Maso
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Madman
Maccabees
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Elwood
Lake Erie and Western
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Chris Hines
American Tin Plate Company
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Springfield
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J. B. Donnelly
Lucius F. Suthon
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Justice Taft
Wheeler
General Winkler
Seaman
Altoona Hotel
Undertaker
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Clifton House
Monroe Street
Wabash Ave
Palmer
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A. Hattersley & Sons
E. Main ST
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Washington Boulevard
Albert E. Bulson, Jr
Fort Wayne
Hamilton National Bank
Depen Ribere
McCulloch
John Mohr, JR
Wayne
Ind
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H. G. Sommers
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Fort Wayne, Ind
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Horner
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Lake Erie & Western Railroads
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New Castle
Rugbville
Canada
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Nefal
Jet —Patoue No
S. Philley
Ft. W., C. and L. Railroad
F Daly
Peiast
HC Parker
Indianspots
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids
North
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Richmond
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Kansas City Express
St. Louis Limited
Indianapoli Ly
Ndianapolia
Idianapolis
New York Palace
New York and St. Louis
R. G. Thompson
Frank LestiFy
Frank Leslie
Sopular Monthly
America
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Frank Lestie
Pully Illustrated
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Frank Festie
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