Local notes on visits and events in Huntington area
Mrs. 5. B. Smith of Huntington visits relatives. Capt Allen H. Dougall entertains sister Mrs M L Williamson of Joliet. Miss Nettie Powell returns from Decatur. Miss Clara Zollars home from Decatur. Mrs Julia Myers and Miss Emily guest with Adam Beck. Hamilton family back from Mackinac. Frank Enslen to Frida Ohio for sister’s typhoid illness. Will Cumback to lecture at Wayne Street church. centennial address hoped. Cremin crematory tests and city works contracts. Elks lodge rooms near completion for Nov 15 dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5. B. Smith
Huntington
Allen H. Dougall
M. L. Williamson
Joliet
Nettie Powell
Clara Zollars
Decatur
Julia Myers
Emily
Adam Beck
Montgomery Hamilton
Norah
Madge
Mackinac
Frank Enslen
Frida
Will Cumback
Wayne Street
M. E
Mr. Cumback
A. F. Schoch
West Main St
Squire
Drayer
Fort Wayne
Greensburg
Kendallville
J. J. Bickford
George Hollinger
Twenty-third
Indiana Battery
Allen
Hollinger
Whitley County
Columbia City
Lewis and
Lafayette
Charles Jones
Louise Smith
Oakley
Reed
Mansfield, O
J. W. Bell
C. B. Woodworth
R. T. McDonald
Pennsylvania Lines to Begin Annual Inspection Oct 14
The Pennsylvania lines between New York and Chicago will start their regular annual inspection on October 14 with President Roberts and the board of directors departing from Philadelphia. West of Pittsburgh the service has improved, prompting talk of planned long delayed upgrades. In Chicago the wholesale hardware firm Edwin Hunts & Sons at 180 Lake Street has failed, a long established business founded seven years ago by Edwin Hunt.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Chicago
Roberts
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Edwin Hunt's
Lake Street
Edin ‘Hunt
Eiglah
Washington
Sickles
Butterfield
Beckwith
New York Chickamauga Battlefield Commission
War Department
Lamont
Lookout Mountain
National Commission
South America
Andes
Peru
Amazon
Henry Abiggs
Michael Grace
Graze
Newark
Springfield
Mas
Republican
Political union forms to oppose Tammany Hall in New York
In New York on October 4 anti-Tammany groups from Democrats Republicans and Independents met to push a fusion ticket against Tammany Hall. A fifty-member committee will direct the campaign while reformers urge businesslike city government. Tammany and Platt faction leaders debated fusion with little consensus on party endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tammany Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Tammany
Carl Schurz
Cornelius N. Bliss
James W. Pryor
Horace Porter
Simon Sterne
Charles C. Beaman
Abram S. Hewitt
Committee of Fifty
Republican County Committee
Platt
Strong
Committee On
Badeno ch primaries reform claim by Chicago police chief
Chicago on October 4 reports quote Police Chief Badenoch asserting the police acted within general orders during the primary election amid disorder. He says the city has not seen such heated primaries in 30 years and that inadequate laws hinder police powers. He promises investigations into possible violations. The piece notes county factions dominating results and Democratic primaries upcoming, with the WCTU observing a day of prayer praising Texas prize fight bans and rows at the primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Badenoch
van Buren Street
Swift
Supreme Court
Farlin Q. Ball
Henry M. Shepard
J. P. Mallette
Joseph C. Braden
Z. BR. Carter
B. A. Eckhardt
William Boldenweck
Texas
Monterey
Samuel Varnes
Old
Virginia
Cook chosen Republican candidate for Congress in Illinois district
In the Eighteenth Illinois district convention held in Litchfield on October 4, Judge Cyrus L. Cook of Madison County was unanimously chosen to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Frederick C. Remann after the seventeenth ballot. The platform reaffirmed protection and reciprocity, supported bimetallism with gold silver and paper of equal value, and urged a sound stable currency to aid labor and business.
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Litchfield
Cyrus L. Cook
Madison
William M. Folger
Fayette
H. J. Hamlin
Shelby
Committee On Resolutions
Republican Party
Madison County
Congress
Frederick C. Remann
Proscription of the Negro and interracial marriage ban
In Augusta and surrounding counties three prominent men were killed amid petty disputes. Watson charged unfair elections and Black resigned to test the issue. The South Carolina constitutional convention adopted a clause forbidding white union with anyone bearing negro blood, coupled with a suffrage clause to disfranchise mulattoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Watson
Black
Columbia
8. C
Offers For The Big Prize Fight In Mexico
Three Mexican states Chihuahua Coahuila and Tamaulipas grant concessions for a general athletic and bullfighting exhibition on Oct 31 in venues like Juarez Laredo and Diaz with seats for 18000 to 20000 and guaranteed non interference. Diaz forbids the Corbett Fitzsimmons prize bout on Mexican soil per governor telegraph and President Diaz. Dan Stuart reports progress from Dallas with a location likely within a day.
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San Anntonio
Tex
Charles Campbell
Dan Stuart
Mexico
Stuart
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Tamaulipas
Juarez
el Paso
Laredo
Diaz
City of Mexico
Associated Press
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Chicago
Florida Athletic Club
Dallas
Frantic Sister of Diamond Joe Reynolds Seeks Death
In Middletown N Y on October 4 1900 Frantic Diamond Joe Reynolds sister Mrs David Divine of Hurleyville Sullivan County is near death after three suicide attempts following a 75000 settlement from his widow Details include hangs uses a sash knife cuts and a stove lid incident and fear of losing fortune and illness also noted are separate 1900 10 04 items about New York Giants fights roster and a Decorah centenarian.
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Middletown
N. X
Diamond Joe” Reynolds
Arkansas
David Divine
Divine
Hurleyville
Sullivan County
New York
Baltimore Champions Again Beaten by Cleveland
Cleveland overwhelmed Baltimore 7 to 2 as the Temple cup game unfolded before about 8,000 spectators in ideal fall weather. The locals started strong in the first inning and maintained the lead throughout the contest.
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Baltimore
Cleveland
Clevelands
Pleuro in Australian Cattle Shocks London Trade
Washington reports six undoubted pleuro-pneumonia cases found among cattle shipped from Australia to London. The discovery is expected to affect competition with American meats and bears on future trade considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agricultural Department
London
Australia
Diaz’s Father-in-Law Manuel Romero Dies at 68
El Paso reports Manuel Romero minister of the interior and father-in-law to President Diaz has died after surgery for a cancerous tumor. He was 68 and considered a friend to Americans.
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EL Paso
Tex
Manuel Romero
Diaz
Record 100 Mile Erie Buffalo Course Broken by Steimal
William L Steimal set a new 100 mile mark on the Erie Buffalo bicycle course finishing in 5 hours 28 minutes surpassing Jake Linnemanns 5 hours 37 minutes. The feat occurred in Buffalo with details carried by the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
William L. Steimal
Erie-Buffalo
Jake Linnemann
Trials and Contempt in Durrant Case and Fort Sheridan Shootings
In San Francisco Theodore Durrant trial, Henry J. McCoy is fined 250 for contempt and reporter Carrie Cunningham jailed for court refusals to answer. Other witnesses, roll calls and notes gather for prosecution while eight students deny seeing Durrant at the April 3 lecture. Separately in Springfield, Illinois William C Henry kills his wife in a spree ending with his escape, and at Fort Sheridan Lieutenant Payne shoots at Colonel Crofton amid questions of his mental state.
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San Francisco
Theodore Durrant
Henry J. McCoy
Young Men’s Christian Association
Truman
Durrant
Cooper Medical College
Cheney
Carrie Cunningham
Leake
Miss Cunningham
Miss Lamont
Emanuel Church
Gibson
Duprey
Robert N. Lynch
J. George Gibson
Lynch
F. A. Ross
Blanche Lamont
Golden Gate
Ross
Springfield
Lisl
William C. Henry
Louise
Henry
Leavenworth
Kas
Danville
Ill
Chicago
R. EB. A. Crofton
Fifteenth Infantry
Fort Sheridan
S. S. Pagne
Payne
Crofton
Crefton
Tramp Printer Suspected Behind Ashland Break-In
The Ashland Critic office was broken into through a window. All type and forms were scattered on the floor. Authorities suspect a tramp printer. warrants are issued and the Typographical Union plans a reward. In London, the St James Gazette mocks the Monroe Doctrine discussion sparked by a Washington telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Typographical Union
Lonbon
Washington
St. _James Gazette
United States
Great Britain
Judge Dilatush Dies After Boston Conclave Salute
Lebanon Ohio reports Judge Walter S. Dilatush age 40 dead after leaving a Knight Templars conclave in Boston. A harbor salute fired as he departed caused a concussion that felled him.
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Lebanon
Walter
Dilatush
Knight Templars
Boston
Old Time New Yorker George Wells Dies in New York
George Wells, famed society figure and leading man in old New York circles, died recently in New York City at age 03. He and cousin Babcock, a wealthy grocer, were celebrated hosts at Pettit and Crook’s Water Street restaurant, shaping fashion and gossip in the metropolis for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wells
Metro-Plis
New York
Babcock
Beau Brummell
Bath
George
Wall Street
Muncie Route Event Notes in Washington Indiana
A brief item from Washington Indiana dated October 6 to 10 mentions the Muncie Route and a devo counit tip associated with the B Y P group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ind
B.Y. P
Devo
Market Prices for Daily Commodities and Hides
Corrected daily by bushes and company. Wheat 65 to 67 cents, oats 28 to 30, corn 45 to 48 cents, rye 48 cents, barley 45 cents, butter 14 to 15 cents, eggs 10 cents, beeswax 25 cents per pound, oil meal 1.25 dollars per cwt, potatoes 50 cents per bushel, feathers live geese dic, rags 50 cents per cwt, hides green and cured 8 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush & Co
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Trades and Labor Council
Indiana Federation of Trades and Labor Unions
Saengerbund Hall
P. H. Penna
United Mine Workers of America
A. M. Burns
South Bend
Grandmother Ferry
Allen County
Decatur Press
Tammany O
Movement For A Fusion
Illinois
Ilsinois
Tom Watson
Atlanta
J. C. C.black
Thomas E. FY Allon
Diz
Diamond Joe
St. Louis
Joseph H. Tiernan
Security Building and Loan Association No. 2
George W. Curry
John P. Meyer
Harry Wright
Atlantic City
Iowa
Decorah
Jared Ferguson
Bolton
Conn
Diaz’ Father
Hanford
Oakes
Seattle
Bob
Theo. Durrant
Fair Reporter
Y. M
Thomas A. Edison
Morgan
Ohio
Man
City Hospital
Judge Waxem's Proverts
Messidge
Ogha
France
Muncie
Temple Theatre
Miller
Calhoun ST
Miss J. Haverly
West Main Street
Phillips
Broadway
Washington Boulevard
Geller
Telephone
W. F. Geller
Romy & Hebilya
D.J. Spencer Cor AM
Calhoun
Ss Es Res Superiog
MARE
Wmn. Meyer & Bro
South Calhoun Street
J. O. Caswell
Hotel Rieh
Freese
Ranke
Calhoun Street
Irigut
Daty Timms ~ Post
South Side Wall Paper Store
S. Calhou
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