South Side News Highlights Local Socials and Committee Action
The South Side notes births and guests visiting local residents, including twins born to Mr and Mrs John Malloy and visitors from Decatur Kendallville Cleveland and Chicago. It reports the judiciary committee favors reporting adversely on South Wayne disannexation and recounts various social events and minor mishaps around South Calhoun East Creighton and West Butler streets.
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John Malloy
West
Butler Street
John Zimmerman
Decatur
van Buskirk
Emma J. Wehmeyer
Kendallville
C. Bohne
West Creighton Avenue
Council
Judicary
South Wayne
O. H. Larwell
Creighton Avenue
Arbutus Club
Grace Glenn
Bloomingdale School
Chicago
Jacob Follinger
John Is. Ross
South Side
Ross
Oliver E. Brown
Septa J. Halland
Lola Loche
Ole Bitnoir
Elsie Cromwell
Gertrude Swayne
EH. V. Cameron
Cleveland
Edith Burns
Washington
LD. C
S. F. Bowser
East Creighton Avenue
Seidel
Bowser
First Baptist Sunday School
Fusion Probable at St Louis As Silver Debate Rages
A New York era dispatch reports the silver conference in Washington debating monetary policy as Hatch of Missouri challenges Populists in Kentucky over Blackburn. The resolutions press restoring gold and silver coinage, opposing a single gold standard, and urging united action to curb the money power. The measure favors a bi metal system with 16 to 1 ratio and government coinage control.
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Washington
Friends of Silver
Hatch
Missouri
Kentucky
Blackburn
United States
Senate
General Field
Virginia
Turner
Lansing
Mich
Stewart
Nevada
Committee On Resolutions
Jones
Hamilton
Jefferson
Morroe
Jackson
Lincoln
Treasury
Populist Convention Report Sets St Louis Meet
A St Louis gathering endorsed a July 22 1896 delegates convention for qualified voters pledging support to the party principles and nominees. Dr J J Mott of North Carolina named national chairman with delegates allocated by state territory and silver strength metrics from the American Bimetallic union.
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St. Louis
Senator Jones
Jones
Committee On Organization
United States
City of
A. D
United States Congress
J.J. Mott
North Carolina
Iowa
Amos Steckle
Sinois
George M. Emerick
Michigan
J.G. Ramsdell
Wisconsin
Indiana
Finance
Keogh dies from fire injuries at Sturgeon Bay
James Keogh wealthy Sturgeon Bay banker dies from burns suffered when his residence burned two weeks earlier. Six family members injured in the blaze recover. Keogh was a prominent figure in business and politics in Wisconsin.
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James Keogh
Green Bay
Wis
Sturgeon Bay
Keogh
Family hate blocks president's marriage to Mrs. Dimmick
Indianapolis dispatch reports Benjamin Harrison's children and Mrs. McKee oppose his planned marriage to Mary Dimmick. It details family tension dating to the 1888 campaign, Dimmick's rising White House influence, and alleged disrespect to the memory of Mrs. Harrison. The article stresses the split may distance Harrison from his children.
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Indianapolis
Benjamin Harrison
Dimmick
Harrison
New York
McKee
Russell Harri 500
Mary Dimmick
Scott-Lord
Washington
Eight Woman Sues to Protect Dower in Husband's Property
In Scottsburg a suit questions whether Ida M. Mace may have her one third of her husband Oliver Mace’s real estate sold to satisfy creditors. Her attorneys seek to set aside the deed of assignment and quiet title, arguing the wife's interest cannot be sold to satisfy his debts. Related notes from Andeer, Fower, and Portland report libel threat, mob action over a murder, and a receiver appointment for Montpelier Tin Plate Works with concerns over capitalization, assets, and officer salaries.
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Scottsburg
Mace Brothers
Supreme Court
Oliver M. Mace
Ida M. Mace
Tin Plate Works
Portland
Susan_ Mosler
Montpelier Sheet and Tin Plate Works
Notable Local Trials and Odd Deaths Reported
In Shelbyville a quiet station reception preceded remarks that the grand jury may pursue detectives in a continuing law and order campaign. A Covington death reports a 47 year old peddler found wedged in a buggy with no valuables taken. Jeffersonville marriage chaos ends with the groom fleeing and the bride returning home. Creacatur Amish indictments partially quashed as court allows per-charge trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Lewis Weirtick
Thomas J. Simpson
Marshal Sparks
Covington
W. M. Kirk
Attica
Kirk
Justice Too Slow in Illinois
Judge Oliver A. Harker warned at the Illinois State Bar association meeting that judicial delay denies justice. He urged curbing appeals, centralizing the supreme court, and allowing non unanimous verdicts. The issue sparked call for a Democratic executive committee meeting in Chicago on February 3.
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Springfield
Illinois State Bar Association
Supreme Court
Oliver A. Harker
Carbondale
Hinrichsen
Theodore Nelson
Illinois Democratic State Executive Committee
Chicago
Markets News From New York Chicago and Kansas City
The report covers money market rates in New York with bankers bills demand at around 4.885 to 4.895, and government bonds steady. Chicago grain quotes list wheat corn oats and rye with openings and closings, plus produce and live stock prices at the Union Stock Yards for hogs cattle and sheep with daily receipts and price ranges.
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Wew York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Chicago
Board of Trade
Union Stock Yards
Times Advocates Flexible Venezuela Settlement Over Schomburgk Line
The London Times editorial says Britain may drop the Schomburgk line as a limit and focus on excluding settled districts. It notes the government’s willingness to negotiate, a counter proposition opening since Salisbury’s dispatch, and readiness to consider fair, frank suggestions from Venezuela or the United States.
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London Times
Venezuela
London
the Times
Schomburgk
United States
Lord Salisbury
Olney
Omaha Schoolboy Flew To Duty Drum Hero
A three story Dodge Street school in Omaha faced a minor fire that caused a panic as 500 pupils panicked. Fourteen year old Offie Downs, tasked with beating the drum in emergencies, sprinted to the principal’s office, grabbed his drum and steadied students as they marched to safety. He kept the line with a steady drumbeat, averting disaster.
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Omaha
Dodge Street
Offle Downs
Mantil
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