Miners in Council Vindicate State Officials at Indiana Meet
The Indiana Miners convention in Terre Haute debated charges against State President Purcell and Secretary Kennedy. Officials were exonerated after resignations offered, Star City locals may withdraw. Settlement of Pennsylvania prices to 60 cents per ton steadies Indiana mining terms.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Purcell
Kennedy
Star City
Clinton
Grape Creek
Liss
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Operators’ Association
Opinion of Temperance People That It Will Not Be Confired
Indianapolis Aug 3. Judge Tayor of the Vigo circuit court ruled parts of the Nicholson temperance law invalid. Temperance advocates in Indianapolis expect the ruling not to be sustained by the state’s highest court. The decision requires charging all provisions of a section for a conviction. If a dealer breaks only some provisions, no conviction may be secured. The state appeals to the supreme court.
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Indianapolis
Tayor
Vige
Supreme Court
Mrs Cora Stapleton's Victim Likely to Die in Shootings
Harmony, Brazil. Doctors fear for William Johnson after being shot by his sister Mrs Cora Stapleton. She, aged 16, recently wed, said her husband bewitched her causing agony and led to the cut. Stapleton remains jailed awaiting outcome of the injury.
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Brazil
Harmony
William Johnson
Cora Stapleton
Scapleton
Sanitary board probes Texas fever source in local herds
In Greencastle on August 3 the sanitary board investigates how Texas fever entered Putnam and Hendricks counties. Disease appears in native cattle after infected stock from Tennessee arrived. Fifteen cattle died, all within native herds. Exposed animals are quarantined and more logs are expected.
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Greencastle
Sanitary Board
Putnam
Hendriks
Tennessee
Chicago Day Opens Baptist Congress Guests From City
Laporte Aug 3 Chicago day at the Baptist congress brought three carloads of Chicagoans over on an early morning train. Welcome words were given by J L Polk Greenwood Mrs Hubbard Evansville Professor L I Rowan Englewood Lis Rev G E Parr Iowa and Rev A Parker Laporte. The topic was what young Baptists should accomplish.
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Laporte
Chicago
Baptist Congress
Bedford City Faces Damages After Fall Injures Girl and Property
In Bedford a seven year old girl Guidy Parker injured by a sidewalk collapse sues the city through her father Samuel H. Parker for 20000 dollars. The father also sues for 10000 dollars. The accident left her with permanent eye damage and the incident involved damage to molasses and vinegar barrels and damaged property.
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Bepforp
Guidy Parker
Bedford
Samuel H. Parker
Robber Strips Smoky Row Church Cornerstone
The cornerstone of Smoky Row church west of Bluffton was robbed when vandals cut through six inches of stone to reach a hollow compartment. Money and papers deposited at dedication years ago were taken while a Bible and a Testament were left untouched.
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Bluffron
Smoky Row
Did Not Hear the Train Kills Geneva Man
August 8. Frank Bitman of Geneva was fatally injured after being struck by a passenger train on the Toledo St. Louis and Kansas City line in the yard. Bitman was slightly deaf and did not hear the approaching train.
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Magion
Frank Bitman
Geneva
Toledo, St. Louis and
Kansas City
Biman
M Gann Idea Knocked Out In Rail Case
Judge Tuley rules Chicago General Railway cannot block City Railway cars over defendant tracks. McGann argued rails in streets become public property. court declares city owns easement and rails are property visits, ruling against McGann on all points.
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Curiaco
Tuley
McGann
Trade gains across the nation as orders rise this week
Bradstreet reports a larger weekly trade volume across many lines and points, with steel and iron orders driving activity. Western and northwestern merchants show revived confidence as corn and spring wheat prospects improve, notably in Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, and St Paul. Southern trade remains moderate, with Nashville and Lewiston showing gains, while sugar bounty delays hurt Louisiana. Pacific coast activity is moderate to fair with Tacoma and Seattle noting higher demand and Portland and San Francisco stable.
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New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
South
Nashville
Lewiston
Louisiana
Pacific Coast
Tacoma
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
No Indians in sight at Jackson Hole alert
NO INDIANS IN SIGHT. MARKET LAKE Ida Aug 4 Cavalry reached Jackson's Hole. Infantry likely stopped en route and not go into the Hole as no Indians are visible. Threats against Agent Teter and chief clerk Ravanel McBeth failed to deter them from warning settlers and collecting names of those involved in what Teter calls the massacre of the Indians.
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Market Lake
Ida
Jackson’s Hole
Agent Teter
Ravanel McBeth
Jackson's
Hote
Miss Flagler in Garden Shooting Case Clears Of Murder
Washington August 3 Miss Flagler daughter of General Flagler chief of ordnance USA shot and killed Ernest Green a boy stealing fruit in her father's garden. She testified she fired to scare the boys not aiming at anyone but at random. Coroner's verdict says the shot was fired carelessly and probably without murderous intent. she is released.
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Washington
Miss Flagler
General Flagler
Ordnance
Ernest Green
Fred
Watermelon theft shocks camp meeting near Cincinnati
A colored camp meeting near Cincinnati nearly dissolved into disorder after the provision tent was robbed of watermelons. The incident disrupted the gathering and sparked tension among attendees in the tense moment.
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Menon
Cincinnati
Valente Aragon
Paso
Tex
Bertin
Heinrich von Sybel
Orange
George H. Hopper
Wisa Claire
Wis
LaPorte
Ind
Rachel van Pelt
Grand Rapids
Mich
Harriet Gould Burton
Washington
Daniel G. Hatch
Chicago
Northwestern
Louise V. Kissam
W. H. Vanderbilt
Louis
Kerr
Wall Street
Monmouth Beach
N. J
New York
Jersey Central
Keneely Bell Company
Troy
Minneapolis
Illinois Legislature Ends Session Amid Bribery Claims
Illinois adjourns sine die after passing a labor arbitration bill and increasing the tax levy by 1 million for two years. The senate rejects a libel law repeal and confirms governor appointments to the arbitration commission. The Chicago Times-Herald charges several representatives with soliciting bribes over cheese butter and racing bills, prompting denials and political fallout across both chambers. The labor board’s features and authority are outlined as it gains power to seek county assistance when needed.
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Governors Action
Chicago Times- Herald
Representatives
Labor Arbitration Board
Springfield
Ills
Illinois
Senate
House
Labor Arbitration Commission
Anthony Thornton
Shelbyville
William P. Read
Chicago
Charles J. Riffler
Chicago Times-Herald
Kohlsaat
Labor arbitration act creates three member board
The late extra session enacted a labor arbitration law establishing a three member board to settle employer labor disputes by arbitration. Appointments include Thornton of Shelbyville, Read a large employer, and Rffler a labor group member, with one to three year terms. The board may hire a $1200 a year stenographer, take sworn testimony, and keep public records. A minimum of 25 workers is required to trigger board involvement, and rulings bind both sides for at least six months. The board can act on its own initiative in some cases.
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Mr.Thornton
Shelbyville
William P. Read
Rffler
Pather
Board of Arbitration
Concession Ends Strike as Miners Win Broad Wage Pact
Miners and operators reached a major agreement ending the strike. Wages rise across Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois with a new 60 cent rate by Oct 1 and a 5 cent differential for operators without company stores. A further advance to 79 cents is planned for Jan 1. W. P. Dearmitt loses leverage, and a joint convention will set yearly mining rates each October.
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PitTsBure
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Pittsburg
Isis
W. P. Dearmitt
Illinois
Law on prize fighting debated by ex judge in Dallas
Ex Circuit Judge Charles F. Ticker says Texas law treats prize fighting under a new criminal code as a misdemeanor with fines from 510 to 1060 dollars and up to thirty days in jail. A civil license system takes effect Sept 1, ahead of the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout, and supreme court interpretation is awaited.
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Dallas
Charles F. Ticker
Corbet -Fitzsimmons
Supreme Court
Market Report: Money Rates and Commodities Across Cities
New York and Chicago batch reports show money easy at 1 percent, mercantile paper at 3 4 percent. Sterling demand, bond prices steady, grains and livestock futures mixed as corn oats lard butter apples and berries list notable quotes. Chicago live stock prices edged higher with hogs and cattle varying by grade and day.
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New York
Ma Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
IUA
United States
Chicago
Wicano
Aus
Trajie
Sige
Decemust
Corm
Sptember
Lois
Rouse
Blackvertia
Michigan
California
Texas
The Escape Knight and Lady Gwendo Lines Love Flight
A romantic tale follows the Knight of the Silver Shield and Lady Gwendo line as they defy her father, the old duke, by fleeing in fear and secrecy. They outwit pursuit, marry in the end, as the New York Sun notes.
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Gwendoline
Glen
Silver Shield
Papa
New York Sun
Corn binding fasteners from elm stave cuttings
A New York farmer shares a quick method to bind corn shocks using cut elm stave pieces as fasteners. He describes preparing 4 to 5 inch slats, shaping notches, loading a half bushel basket with fasteners, twine, and a knife, then wrapping and tightening to secure shocks. He notes ease of reuse and the time saved compared with stalk-based binding.
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New York
New Yorker
Tale Two Tale Two Nations in a Popular Edition
A short notice promotes Tale Two Tale Two Nations by W. H. Hirvey a 302 page love story that traces de monetization and its claimed threat to American prosperity. It highlights the novel’s entertaining beginning to end with a popular edition priced at 25 cents and higher formats up to one dollar.
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W. H. Hirvey
Seven by W. H. Harvey illustrated 192 pages
An illustrated edition presents an exposure of the 1873 crime and the Harvey Laughlin joint debate. Described as one of the most instructive books in the series. Popular edition priced at 25 cents, sent on receipt of price. Fort Wayne listing FIMES-POSI.
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W. H. Harvey
Harvey-Laughlin
Fort Wayne
Coin’s Financial School
W. H Harvey
Con's Financial School
Corn
Chicago
Coin's Financial ScHool
United States
Corn’s Financial Scuhool
Times-Post
Great Lakes Travel Excursions From Wabash Office
Tickets for complete round trip and single trips via Toledo and Detroit to Great Lakes ports including Buffalo Erie Cleveland Mackinac Island Chicago Duluth offered by Wabash. Modern steamers with no signals on fresh water promise speed and safety. Related travel book Mid-Summer Voyages available. state room reservations and tickets through the Vermillion office. Nickel Plate excursions advertised.
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Wabash
Toledo
Detroit
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Erie
Cleveland
Mackinac Island
Chicago
Duluth
R. G. T Hoxwupson
Corn's Financial School and Its Continuation Ad
A 19th century advertisement for W H Harvey financial primers coin and corn books. It touts Coin's Financial School and its continued work as essential voter reading with multiple editions priced from 25 cents to 1 dollar and notices Fort Wayne Times-Post circulation.
Niagara Falls Excursions by Lake Erie & Western R R
Excursion trains to Cleveland Chautauqua Lake Buffalo and Niagara Falls offered August 8 1895 with rail and side trip options to Lewiston on the Lake and Thousand Islands. Special Sunday stays and reduced admissions near Niagara Falls plus free Brockton Junction to Chautauqua Lake rides. Tickets valid return through August 18 1895 with early chair car and sleeper accommodations available contact F Daly Indianapolis Ind.
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Lake Erie & Western R. R
Cleveland
Chautauqua Lake
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Lewiston-on-the-Lake
Lake Ontario
Toronto
Lewiston
Thousand Islands
Falls
Brockton Junction
Chautauquta Lake
Whirlpool Rapids
Garfield
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
New York Palace
New York Vestibule Limited
Pacific Limited Express
Kansas City
Cannon Hall
R. G. Thompson
Ind
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Patnam
Hendricoks Counnties
Nicholson Law
Texas Fever
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Ug. 3
Will EH English
Venezuela
William Sipples
Joseph Revelee
Milton
Sipples
Revelee
Wright
MiNerz
Will Wright
Moundy
Elizabeth Divis
Colorado
CorypDox
M'Gann
Bradstreet
Jackson's Hole
Hawkey
Fabric
Hawley
Times-Herald Thunderbolt
Littler
General Assembly
Lyman
Siedia
Illinois Arbitration Law
Extra Serson
Beaver Island
McClelland
Centralia
John A. McClelland
Wesley ‘Tabor
Alexander
Oscar McClelland
Baltimore
Brooklyn
Louisville
Boston
Philadelphia
New York Financial
TALE
the Great Lakes
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Vermillion, O
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F. Daly
Gen. Pass
Peoria
Bloomington
Connersvill
Lafayette
Rushville
Michigan City
New Castle
Cambridge City
Tipton Tree
Fremont Pene
Lima
Sendusky
Wort Wayne
Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania Station
Wayne, Ind
West Bound
A. mi
N. Y
Cleveland Mail
Eastern Express
WEST
Aingo Express
A. W. Johnston
B. F. Horner
O. M. A. Baker
Ft. Wayne
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Connersville
Canada
Philley
St. W
Lailroad
F Daly
H C Parker
New York and
Boston Limited
Coledo Express
Tlantic Express
Pacific Express
Kansas City Express
Lafayette Accom’n
St. Louis Limited
Indiianapolis
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
North
Rome City
Richmond
Rhichmond
Rams
Sanday
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
Hamilton National Bank
Charles McCulloch
John Mohr, JR
Canhiar
Emery
Cass and
Wells Streets
Broadway
Washington Boulevard
Geller
W. F. Geller
White National Bank
Fort Wayne, Ind
Mctinnie
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