Secret silver party seeks governor race candidate
In Indianapolis July 3 a Maxinkuckee silver committe e headed for free coinage leaders plans to organize a Democratic Independent Coinage League. They expect Senator Turpie to lead and will stage silver versus gold speeches by Edward Bynum to influence next year’s congressional delegates and the national convention. A quiet Republican meeting favored George W. Steele of Marion for governor with Will Cumback and Lew Wallace supporters noted.
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Bynum
Spencer
Will Cumback
Lew Wallace
George W. Steele
Marion
Steele
Wabash Rejects St Louis Coal Pact Stand
The Wabash coalition collapses after Clover Leaf Toledo St Louis and Kansas City refuse to join the St Louis coal traffic agreement. Vice President and General Manager Hayes reports that competing rail interests must unite on rate maintenance or no deal. Vandalia reportedly mirrors the stance. A new executive meeting is needed to set a temporary rate accord.
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St. Louis
Coal Lines
Hayes
Wabash
New York
Trunk Lines
Central Traffic Lines
Clover Leaf
Toledo
Kansas City
Senator Turpie Talks On State Silver League Meeting
Turpie said a committee member from the Maxinkuckee gathering had contacted him about a meeting in the near future to discuss forming a state silver league. He declined to commit beyond noting steps toward a city meeting.
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Piano Prouis
Turpie
Mrs Leland Stanford to Sell Jewels for Stanford University
San Francisco on July 3 a prominent report says Mrs Leland Stanford will travel to Europe to auction her jewelry. Proceeds would support Stanford University as it seeks funds. The collection valued at about a million is described as the world’s finest not owned by royalty.
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Leland Stanford
San Francisco
Europe
Stanford University
Romance Reunites Lovers in Iowa City Wedding
In Iowa City on July 3 Rev Clar ence L Davenport wed Dr Clara B Lawrence. The pair, once engaged years earlier in an eastern state, reunited after Davenport’s missionary years in Africa and a prior marriage. A chance train stop led to a surprise engagement and wedding as Lawrence fainted into Davenport’s arms at the manager’s door.
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Miss Lawrence
On the Track Major Centlivre Earns Third in Race
St Joseph Missouri July 3 three events on the program yesterday provided high class sport. In the 2:35 trot Red Nutling favored won the event while Dan McCabe and Tom Lee clashed in the 8:00 pace the second heat of which was unfinished.
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St. Joseph
Red Nutling
Kansas
Dan McCabe
Tom Lee
Bicycle and Pacing Races at Comstock Draw Large Crowd
A combined harness and bicycle meeting drew about 3,000 spectators at Comstock yesterday. Johnson won most events despite Sanger’s late finishes, with tight finishes and pace records set in subsequent trials. The horses in pacing classes showed mixed results with strong showings from Theodore Shelton and Major Centlivre, while Claus Almont and Ron Bar fought in the 2:21 trot.
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Comstock
Johnson
Sanger
Theodore Shelton
John R. Gentry
Major Centlivre
Spy Run Stock Farm
Fort Wayne
Jo-He
Claus Almont
Ron Bar
Nidia
Toledo Exposition Track Meet Opens With World Record
At the Toledo Exposition track during a July meet Angie D. won the first heat in 2 1 04 for a 2 12 pace, setting a world mark on a half mile track. Time splits were 28 2, 1 03 4, 1 36, 2 10. The mare is owned and driven by G A Goodrich of Shelbyville Ind.
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ToLedo
Toledo Exposition
Angie D
G. A. Goodrich
Shelbyville
Ind
Robert J Wins Free-for-All Pace Amid Stiff Field
Robert J the great pacer took part in a regular race yesterday at the racetrack and won the free-for-all pace despite a good field. He showed no concern about the outcome and led to a clear victory.
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Robert J
Minnearois
New 8 E Barney Driving Park Opens At $75,000
Bvquant Indiana July 3 The 8 E Barney driving park cost 75000 and opens successfully with 5000 attendees. The track is praised as excellent. Enclosed stamp offers agents of Nickel Plate road an illustrated art souvenir titled Summer Outings valid August 2 to August 31.
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Bvquant
Ind
8. E. Barney
Nickel Plate Road
Public Nuisance Case Seeks Shutdown of Dowie Hospitals
A Chicago court seeks an injunction to restrain Dr Alexander Dowie from operating hospitals and his divine healing tabernacle, labeling them a public nuisance. Complainants Leo J Maguire and Mary C Thomas, residents near Dowie’s properties, allege improprieties amid a nighttime coffin transfer linked to a Dowie institution. Altered death details prompt coroner inquiry into the body identified as Magdaline Bunke of Berlin Canada.
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Chcaco
Superior Court
John Alexander Dowie
Divine Healing” Institution
Edgerton Avenue
Dowie
Bennett
Lake Avenue
Rolston
Hyde Park
Lawlin
Sergeant Mullen
Rolston’s
Speicher
Hunt
Mullen
McHale
Magdaline Bunke
Berlin
Canada
Department of Health
Bankhead Heads South For July Silver Question Ovation
Congressman Bankhead of Alabama departs Washington for the south where he will attend a fourth of July event on the silver issue. He notes extensive talk of silver conventions by democrats and populists and questions why joint sound money gatherings by Democrats and Republicans are not similarly recognized. He cites the Memphis convention as evidence of cross party sentiment.
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Washipton
Bankhead
Alabama
South
Memphis
Nickel Plate Lines Sell Round Trip Tickets Within 200 Miles
On July 8 and 4 the Nickel Plate road will sell round trip tickets between points on its lines within a radius of 200 miles from starting point for single fare good returning to and including July 5.
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Nickel Plate Road
Wwedwé&s-Jy4
Wealthy Miner Returns to Marry Divorced Wife at Falls
Edward L. Doyle a Colorado miner and Raquia Pomedion renewed their marriage in Niagara Falls. Doyle had left to seek fortune after a prior divorce from Mrs. Doyle who lived in Buffalo with their daughter. He returned with wealth and sought a fresh start with his wife, aided by Rev. R C Brownlee at the Methodist parsonage. They plan to move to Fredonia, the bride’s former home.
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Niagara Fallls
N. Y
Jay
Edward L. Doyle
Colorado
Doyle
Falls
R. C. Brownlee
Fredonia
Tragic Deathbed Wedding Pact In St Louis
Miss Mary L. Unger of East St. Louis died after typhoid struck on the eve of her wedding to T. W. Kelly son of a Malleable Iron Works foreman. Doctors said hopeless. Kelly pleaded for marriage in death’s shadow as Father O Halloran performed the rite with relatives nearby.
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St. Louis
Trousseau
Mary L. Unger
East St. Louis
T. W. Kelly
Kelly
Father O'Halloran
St. Patrick's Church
Miss Unger
Russia's Scheme Casts Shadow Over Japan in Far East
From Victoria, B C dated July 3 reporting Tokio advises Japan to decide quickly on its stance toward Russia's peninsula plans. Russian warships captured from China have been repaired at Port Arthur and moved to Japanese docks. Formosa's northwest remains quiet though threats loom at the former western capital as foreign residents flee to harbor ships. A recovered safe from the US ship Oneida sunk at Yokohama 25 years ago contained $3,500.
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Victoria
B. C
Tokio
Japan
Russia
Port Arthur
Formosa
United States
Oneida
Yokohama
Billy Waters Named Formosa War Minister and VP
Victoria B C July 3 The Empress of China arrived with news that Billy Waters a San Francisco pugilist is now minister of war and vice-president of the republic of Formosa Ex Secretary of State John W Foster who was the China envoy in the peace treaty with Japan also arrived and went to Washington Immediately.
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Victoria
B. C
Empress of
Yachts Lead Mud Hook Regatta In Clyde Race
In the Mud Hook yacht club regatta at Huwrenr's Quay on July 3, Britanna won the Muir challenge cup race, with Ailsa second and Valkyrie III third in the Clyde harbor course.
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Huwrenr
The Fair Will Again In Probate Challenge
San Francisco July 3. Attorneys for the trustees and heirs under the late Senator Fair seek to test the validity of the trust clause in the initial will presented for probate.
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San Francisco
Senator Fair
Prince Bismarck Improves and Expected Recovery
From Friedriechsruhe reports say Prince Bismarck is much better this morning and not in danger. He can take nourishment and hopes to return to normal health soon. He may travel to Gastein for recuperation.
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Friedrichsruhe
Bismarck
Gastein
Government to settle Mora claim for Cuban planter Mora
Mora Claim. Maparip July 3. The Spanish government named a committee to consider paying the United States demanded compensation for the Cuban planter Mora.
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Mora
Maparip
United States
Fort Wayne Observes Quiet Independence Day Plans
Fort Wayne will mark the nineteenth anniversary with a quiet Fourth. Balloons and parachute demonstrations are planned at Centlivre Park, free to the public, while many residents will picnic or travel to nearby towns. Churches and lodges organize picnics in groves, with a citywide shipper-ship social emphasis and minimal public revelry.
State education board postpones histories vote to October
Inpranapolis July 3 state board of education delays final action on history changes in state schools until Oct 29. Members will study G A R protest and publishers replies before the October meeting decides on any changes. The group also met as the state library board and approved a new system for purchasing state library books.
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State Library
Poisoned bread sickens thirteen in Indiana town
In Washrleton Indiana thirteen people from the Inglehart family and nearby sawmill workers were poisoned after eating bread containing arsenic. Three may die. Authorities ordered the arrest of Jacob Yeager, husband of Inglehart’s daughter, who had been warned away and visited the house during an absence. The flour used is suspected to be contaminated.
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Washrleton
Ind
Inglehart
Jacob Yeager
Yeager
Ingiehart
Lick Observatory Protests President Over Chief's Removal
Astronomers at Lick Observatory telegram President Cleveland protesting the removal of Prof. George Gray, chief of the coast survey, and urging his reinstatement.
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San Jose
Cal
Lick Observatory
Cleveland
George Gray
The
Coast Survey
New Bridges and Road Awards by County Commissioners
The county board this morning allowed bills and set 2 pm for bridge stonework awards. The South Calhoun street bridge award was deferred while a new concrete bridge may be built if pricing is right. Appraisers Lawrence and Goshorn reported Maumee avenue value at 6104 dollars with five year income of 538 dollars per year. Also noted July 8 to 13 wheelmen meeting and Nickel Plate rate on certificate plan.
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Little River Turnpike Company
Calhoun Street
George B. Lawrence
William J. Lawrence
Goshorn
Maumee Avenue
Maysville
League of American Wheelmen
Asbury Park
N. J
Nickel Plate Road
Early test of Nicholson law shows few violations
Police report the first night of the Nicholson law passed with general obedience. Some saloonkeepers misunderstood new provisions leading to nominal breaches attributed to ignorance. No arrests were planned for new violations. officers will report and warn, aiming for full operation in days ahead.
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Ligget
Plasterer Dies After Nickel Plate Train Collision
Didymus Averley 44, a plasterer from 13 Custer Street, was killed when he was struck near the Muncie crossing by Nickel Plate train No 4 while walking to town to collect wages. Coroner Harrod reported a broken neck with no other injuries. a daughter and the crossing watchman witnessed the fall. Averley leaves a wife and four children.
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Didymus Averley
Muncie Crossing
Custer Street
Averley
Muncie
Harrod
Man Hurt After Cherry Tree Fall At Home
Julian Parrant of 335 East Creighton avenue tumbled from a cherry tree while picking fruit this forenoon. He struck his head, was unconscious briefly, and Dr Kesler attended. Though neck injury was feared, he regained consciousness with no fractures. serious harm not expected.
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Julian Parrant
Creighton Avenue
Kesler
Grand Balloon Ascension At Centlivre's Park July Fourth
A grand balloon ascension with a double parachute leap is planned at Centlivre's Park on July 4 at 6:00 PM led by Prof. Chas. A. Cline and Lady Florence, famed Kansas City Aeronauts. The event promises a five year safety record and free admission for spectators.
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Centlivre’s Park
Chas. A. Cline
Lady Florence
Kansas City
Dark disgrace spirited away to secret life in Warsaw
A report notes that a woman described as a dark disgrace has been covertly relocated and now lives in hiding in Warsaw, with authorities offering no public updates on her status or whereabouts.
Wife Learns Truth Sparks City Scandal Tale
A barber and his wife's sister ignite a domestic scandal in the southeast, with the sister living in the brother in law's home. The barber took the woman to Warsaw after the affair was revealed, the wife confronts the betrayal, and both spouses have left the city amid talk of legal action.
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Holton Avenue
Creighton Avenue
Warsaw
Maud Bowman Rooms Raid Leads to Arrests in Maud
Constable John arrested Mollie Gerhardt and a man during a raid on Maud Bowman's East Main Street rooms. The man paid a fine to Squire Buhen. the woman posted bond for appearance. Maud's case sent to Squire MacDaniels for venue change. Gerhardt trial set for Saturday at 2 p.m. Maud to be tried Monday.
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John
Maud Bowman
East Main Street
Mollie Gerhardt
Squire Buhen
H.W. Dickman
Wilmer Leonard
Maud
Squire MacDaniels
Washington Township
Favor Cremation Advocated by Allen County Medical Society
At a society meeting Dr. CC L Greenawalt urged cremation for sanitary reasons. He cited epidemics arising from old cemeteries and urged adoption. Discussion showed unanimous support among members including Dr. Gilbert of New Haven.
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Allen County Medical Society
CC. L. Greenawalt
Gilbert
New Haven
Death of Harvey George Traced to the Smokers
Harvey George, pitcher for the Marion team, collapsed during a game last Sunday and is said to have died from cigarette smoke. Reportedly, he carried two cigarettes and joked about new nails in his coffin before his collapse, framing the death as linked to smoking.
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Harvey George
Anderson
Marion
George
Wire workers strike for 10 percent wage increase
In Cleveland on July 3, after days of bickering and consultation, the wire drawers at American Wire Works went on strike seeking a 10 percent raise. About three hundred men quit work today, ratifying the stoppage.
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Cleveland, O
American Wire Works
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