Populist Party in Indiana Nearing Disbandment
Indiana readers report the populist organization likely to dissolve within a month as key officers resign and county groups fade. Mentions of Taubeneck and Perkins highlight internal splits while labor wing shifts and fear of a weak state ticket prepare the party for a minimal role in 1896. Some expect Democrats to gain from the collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
HE. B Cummings
State Committee
Butts
E. B. Taubeneck
Taubeneck
Indiana
Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association of
State
Mutual Benefit Association
Hoosier Shoe Store Ad Cites Low Prices
Local shoe shop at 52 Calhoun Street promotes good footwear at prices as low as competing stores. Proprietor O B Fitch urges customers to compare value and seek shoddy goods elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier Shoe Store
Calhoun Street
O. B. Fitch
Hinshaw in Prison He Expects New Trial Soon
Jeffersonville Ind Nov 8 Rev William Hinshaw convicted in Hendricks circuit court of murdering his wife and given life imprisonment arrived at the penitentiary under Sheriff Bell He appeared broken and said he could not endure it He weighed 190 pounds and expected to be assigned to the shoe shop and prison school principal He told reporters he would conform to prison rules but did not expect to stay long hoping for a new trial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
William Hinshaw
Hendricks
Bell
Chaplain Wood
Lauer Freed in Habeas Corpus Case at Logansport
Peter Lauer, a Porter county landowner, was released from the northern insane hospital after a habeas corpus hearing in Logansport. Judge Larry ruled Lauer sane, clearing him of three years confinement alleged to be for spousal and child control of his property. Lauer plans divorce proceedings and once lived near Kouts, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
South Bend
Northern Insane Hospital
Peter Lauer
Porter County
Lauer
Larry
Kouts
Robber duo changes plan in Indiana highway robbery
In Union City Indiana Ora Turner and a hired man were robbed by two gunmen while driving toward Bartonia eight miles south. The assailants fled after taking valuables, a search party formed but failed to locate them. In Munroe Indiana a burglar with prior prison terms confessed after falling from a freight train and surrendering to Sheriff Sherry saying he did not want to die fleeing arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Ind
Ora Turner
Bartonia
Muncrr
Jacob Hobbs
Sherry
Cuba Demands Absolute Independence Over Autonomy
From New York to Lima and Rio de Janeiro reports outline Cuba’s stance on independence under Senor Palma who rejects any autonomy including Canadian style limits. Other items note Panama Canal scandal reopenings in Paris, the Copernicus steamer possibly lost, and a Brazilian monarchist forecast of upheaval amid a fatal Minas Gerais railway crash.
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Yor
Senor Palma
Cuba
Canada
Panama
Paris
Lima
Peru
South Africa
Rio Pr
Janemo
Republic of Brazil
Minas
Bargain Pattern Sale Tomorrow With Free Linings
A newspaper ad promises deep discounts on dress patterns and related goods for tomorrow. Silks, velvets, and linings shown with cross category markdowns on ladies and children's wear, gloves, hose, underwear, nightgowns, waists, corsets, skirts, curtains, carpets, shades, and geese feathers. Prices emphasize steep savings and multiple item specials.
Fort Wayne Doctor to Appear Before Pension Examiner
Dr. A J Boswell, a leading Fort Wayne physician, was summoned by Judge Baker to appear before Special Pension Examiner Jeremiah Pittman to answer charges tied to a pension case. The widow of Samuel Miller seeks a pension for three years prior to Miller's November 1891 death, with Boswell as attending physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Boswell
Fort Wayne
Baker
United States District Court
Jeremiah Pittman
Boswell
Samuel Miller
Mr. Miller
Pittman
Paul Wolf Proposes Annexing land to Maumee River region
Councilman Paul Wolf pushes an ordinance to annex land between the Nickel Plate railway and the Maumee River from Clay Street to Glasgow Avenue. He notes irregular city limits since Lakeside annexation and urges a Walton Avenue bridge to connect Lakeside with the Eighth and Tenth wards. The Lakeside company would fund northern bridge approaches. southern approaches depend on annexation. The plan seeks county backing to build the bridge and improve east side access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf
Lakeside
Nickel Plate Railway
Maumee
Clay Street
Glasgow Avenue
Harmer Street
Walton Avenue
Lakeside Company
Maumee River
Columbia Street
Wells Street
van Buren Street
Main Street
Riethmiller’s
New Haven
East End
Maumee Road
Washington Street
Eighth
Theosophist Lecturer Expounds On Theosophy
E F Hargrove English theosophist spoke at the Ninde block rooms to a fair audience on the scope and purpose of Theosophy. He urged unity of all religions as ancient divine wisdom and noted social justice themes. Free lectures continue with topics on Theosophy and the Theosophical Society and Path to Happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. F. Hargrove
Ninde Block
Hargrove
Universal Brotherhood of Humanity
Theosophists
Mr. Hargrove
Buddha
Mr. Whargrove
Theosophy
Theosophical Society
Inings free. Farmers Along the Kankakee Feel That Their Homes Are Safe
Crown Port Ind Nov 8 A soaking rain began last night and continues today across Porter Laporte and Lake counties helping to check forest fires along the Kankakee river and prairie blazes. Farmers slept safely for the first time in fifteen days as the region ends a twelve week dry spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Port
Ind
Kankakee River
Porter
Laporte
Lake Counties
Friend's Enterprise Dissolved as Harry Friend Plans Chicago Move
Announcement states the Fort Wayne mercantile firm A. I. and H. Friend dissolves effective Jan 1. Harry Friend will retire from Fort Wayne to join Morris Woolen in Chicago while A. J. Friend assumes sole management of the enterprise, leaving a respected path in local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Harry Friend
A. I
H. Friend
Chicago
Morris Woolen Company
Friends
A. J. Friend
Mercantile Guild
Oil Tank Explosion Injures Yardmaster at Nickel Plate Yard
Andrew Lelay, night yard master for the Nickel Plate railway, was severely burned when a torch he used to gauge oil in a tank ignited. He was thrown several feet but is not believed to be fatally injured. He was treated at home on St Marys avenue after being transported by patrol wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickel Plate
Andrew Lelay
Nickel Plate Railway
Mr. DeLay
Dinnen
St. Mary’s Avenue
Bee Hive downtown sale offers bargains on ladies wear and more
A downtown sale at the Bee Hive markets clothing and household items at deep discounts. Highlights include ladies chinchilla jackets at 5 dollars, beaver capes, children's shirts, ladies gloves, ribbed underwear, handkerchiefs, soaps, hoods, shawls, umbrellas, hosiery, sterling silver novelties, and towels with substantial markdowns for a limited time.
McKinley Bradley Slate Urged By Kentucky Leader
The Leader, Lexington Kentucky’s leading Republican paper, endorses William McKinley for president and William Bradley for vice president. It cites Ohio victory under McKinley Foraker Bushnell and Bradley’s Kentucky governor win as momentum for their national ticket. It emphasizes protection for industry and honest money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Leader
Kentucky
McKinley
Bradley
Ohio
Foraker
Bushnell
William McKinley
William
Hardin
Mason and Dixon
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Matthews
Edgar A. Perkins
Democratic Party
Lafayette
New Albany
Richmond
Muncie
Harrison
Inpianapolis
John C. New
New
Morton
Ms Kinley
Atlanta
Lehman’s
A. O. Aurentz
Berry Street
Wolf & Co
Louis Wolf & CO
Council
Paul Wolf
Nickel Plate and
Eighth Ward
Theosophist
Fred
Kankakee
Sane Hoosle
Andrew DeLay
Tu,th
A. C. Aurenti
West Berry Street
The
Kentuckian
M’kinley
Kentucky Goldite
Malloy’s
Arcade
Cleary
Harrison Near
Washington St
Coop
Globe Mills
Any Other
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