McKinley Favored By Sherman In Presidential Talk
Senator Sherman, in a bold interview, rejects Tom Platt as a traitor and declares McKinley the likely Republican nominee. He blames Platt for New York’s 1888 vote, asserts Harrison dealt with Platt, and forecasts Foraker for the Senate while stressing McKinley as the ultimate Republican choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
Dmdatt
New York
Harrison
the Treasury
T Harrison
Plath
Indiana
Tam
Treasury
Tom Platt
Morton
Republic
Foster
Garfield
Reed
Ohio
William McKinley
Foraker
Senate
Child beaten to death in Spencer County
Inpranaronts Indiana October 24 a 12 year old Sallie Davis lived with her uncle Martin Taylor. A physician found bruises cuts and a broken spirit. After an assault with a broom handle two days before a doctor was called and she died days later. The coroner's verdict charges Taylor with murder though arrest was delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Taylor
Taylor
Indiana Democrats see wide slate of gubernatorial hopefuls
The Logansport Journal reports Republican and Democrat talk of numerous gubernatorial hopefuls led by Allen Zollars and Shanklin. Nye and Shively are cited among likely Democratic contenders with Bynum Cooper and Niblack also mentioned. Party leaders call the outlook encouraging with many nominations expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inpranavoras
Indiana
William J. Owen
Logansport
Wls. Wright
Owen
Indianapolis
Mortimer Nye
Laporte
Nye
John CG. Shanklin
Evansville
Shanklin
Allen Zollars
Fort Wayne
State Committee
F. Shively
South Bend
William JD. Bynum
Bynum
George W. Cooper
Columbus
Congress
Mason J. Niblack
Vincennes
House of Representatives
Groom Declines in Public Wedding Seeks Absurd Exit
In Lowron Indiana Charles A Larson of Hebron refused to marry Laura Bates of the same city just before the ceremony. Larson previously duped four women in similar fashion prompting public anger and talk of tar and feathers. Bates is well regarded and mournful. An accompanying note mentions a Young Men's Christian Association meeting in Terre Haute and Lake Erie and Western railroad ticket sales for November 7 and 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larson
Shelbyville
Ind
Momence
Bates
Young Men’s Christian Association
Terre Haute
Lake Erie & Western
Y P S C G E Indiana Holds Eighth Convention in Greensburg
Greensburg Indiana October 24 extensive preparations for the eighth annual convention of the Y P S C G E of Indiana are ready Delegates and visitors arrive and a week of activities begins E O Excell of Chicago will conduct a 500 voice chorus Rev Dr Sims will give the consecration sermon Dr Carlos Martyn will speak on Christian Citizenship President Burroughs will lead Bible readings Dr Francis E Clark will present two addresses Sunday afternoon and evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Ind
Indiana
E.O. Excell
Chicago
Dr. Sims
Carlos Martyn
Surprised Their Friends Marry in Chicago
Yesterday in Chicago, Mr. Charles Rossington and Miss Louise Racquet wed in a quiet ceremony that surprised many friends here. The couple kept the engagement public only to a few intimate acquaintances. Rossington, a popular Randall hotel night clerk, and Racquet, a West Fifth street resident, will keep their return time private. Commencing Sept 15 1895, Lake Erie & Western will sell tickets to Atlanta for the International.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Rossington
Louise Racquet
Rossington
Randall Hotel
West Fifth Street
Lake Erie & Western
Atlanta, Ga
International
City Board Hikes Sanitary Force to Stamp Out Diphtheria
Fort Wayne council approved a $500 appropriation for two additional sanitary officers after a board of health report showing 93 diphtheria cases this year and 26 so far in October. bacteriologist Dr. L. B. Drayer’s salary was raised to 100 dollars monthly as immunity against outbreaks is pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Health
Messrs
George BR. Stemen
van Baskirk
Board of Health
Stemen
Fort Wayne
A. P. Buchman
C. B. Stemen
M. . Porter
Medical Society
L. B. Drayer
Drayer
van Kuskirk
Mysteriously Missing Child In Steuben Township
Josie Richter, 12, living with her parents in Steuben township, vanished while on an errand from her home in Lacon. A wide area search by Sparland residents and locals yielded no trace as night’s cold and damp conditions raise fears of exposure. Parents are frantic. authorities fear abduction or worse if not found soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacon
Josie Richter
Steuben
Sparland
Regard for Corean legation in Washington fades
Washington October 24 Officials express regret over the recent upheaval in Corea and the chance it may end the Corean legation in Washington. The legation has received no new advices, but Seoul authorities are viewed as clinging to isolationist ideas and opposition to foreign intercourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Corea
Corean Legation
Legation
Seoul
Ohio Oil Town Burning
Gibsonburg, an oil town twenty miles south of here, faced a blaze in the oil field causing extensive damage and disruption as firefighters battled the stubborn flames through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Epo
Gibsonburg
Here
ELOPING PREACHER WEDS IN UNUSUAL MARRYING THE SAGAS
In Jeffersonville Indiana Oct 24 Reverend William Walstrap a Baptist minister eloped with Myrtle Hamacher from Grayson County Kentucky and was married by a magistrate who accepted $2 as payment. Later Thomas Turner and Mollie Hutsler eloped from New Albany and wed the same magistrate followed by couples from Louisville and Henry County Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Gretna Green
William Walstrip
Myrtle Hamacher
Grayson County
Kentucky
Magistrate House
New Albany
Patrick Clark
Jessie Pearl
Louisville
Noble Bryant
Mary N. Halley
Henry County
Antitoxin Proves Successful in Diphtheria Fight
The city bacteriologist received word that part of an antitoxine order from New York has been shipped. Twenty bottles of No 8 serum are en route, to be provided free to the poor upon proof of inability to pay. Diphtheria treatment has reduced contagion, and the city council appropriations will fund the health board, restoring the sanitary police to three members. No new diphtheria cases were reported this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Derayer
New York Board of Health
Fort Wayne
Board of Health of
New York City
Board of Health
Sanitary
Miller and
Brokaw
Messrs
Miller
Fort Wayne's Centennial Impresses Visitors
Mr W. Miner lauds Fort Wayne centennial for grand crowds welcoming banners and splendid decorations. The city dazzled with electrical bulbs arches and Chinese lanterns, presenting a hospitable, proud display of black and yellow colors and red white and blue. Hunter's rates to Michigan and Wisconsin offered by Nickel Plate agents through November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Miner
Garrett Herald
Fort Wayne
Hunter’s
Michigan
Wisconsin
Conference on Charities Deliberates Child Saving Work
The Indiana state conference of charities debates penal reform and child protection. Delegates including Miss Claire Walker and Mrs. Goodhart discuss crime prevention, dependent children, Catholic orphanages, and reform school progress. officers are elected as the meeting closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Patton
Indiana
J. W. French
United States
Leavenworth
Kas
Indiana Prison North
State Conference of Charities
W. C. Ball
Terre Haute
Indiana Reform School For Boys
Ball
Laura Ream
Indianapolis
State Reform School For Girls
Fort Wayne
J. H. Guendling
M. T. Dykeman
Logansport
The
Orphan's Home Society
Cass County
St. Joseph’s Orphan Asylum
Lafayette
Johnson
Bamberger
Meroha Anapolis
Claire Walker
Miss Roach
Indianapolis Reform School For Girls
Charlton
Reform School For Boys
Plainfield
Graham
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home
Knightstown
Glasscock
Indianapolis School For the Blind
Julia H. Goodhart
Marion County Board of Guardians
I. P. Bicknell
Indiana Board of State Charities
Margaret I. Reile
Mary A. Shink
State Board of Charities
Francis H. Gavish
H. H. Hart
Minneapolis Board of Charities
W. C. Smallwood
C. O.S
Timothy Nicholson
Richmond
W. Co. Ball
Terre Hauve
Claire A. Walker
Alexander Johnson
J. W. Tingle
John Howard
Winchester
J. R. Quinlan
E. P. Bicknell
Case dismissed in Diebold Westminster case sensational ending
In circuit court this morning and this afternoon the Diebold v Westminster seminary case ended when plaintiffs Wells and Sharp were dismissed. Attorneys were Colerick Robinson for plaintiff and Judge Zollars for defendants. A possible new suit against Westminster Seminary association was hinted. Also court notes report various minor actions including McDonald Watt v Bender for 800 dollars and other local matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diebold
Westminster Seminary
Wells
Miss Sharp
Westminster Seminary Association
Henry Colerick
James M. Robinson
Allen Zollars
McDonald & Watt
George Bender
Breen & Morris
Dawson
Sustich
William Meyers
Lafayette Street
Charles Lindrum
Justice
Meyers
Justice Hays
M. K. Seralian
Charles Troxall
Annie Monroe
Fatal wreck on Pennsylvania Railroad this morning
A mail and baggage train of the Southwestern express on the Pennsylvania railroad near Huntingdon struck a cow at 2 a.m. and was wrecked. Engineer Johnson and the fireman were killed, with two mail clerks reported dead as the wreck caught fire. The incident wiped out most of the mail, and no grapes remain at discount baskets as fruit prices are listed by the Fruit House in New York State and nearby markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Huntingdon
Johnson
Youthful Murderer in Lincoln Avenue Tragedy
Walter Robbins aged 18 residing with his mother at 90 North Lincoln avenue shot Joseph Miller also known as Martin through the heart this morning after Miller struck Robbins' mother with an iron poker Robbins fled and left a note offering a $100 one half interest in a business paying 80 percent and promising money in two weeks with instructions to address Dr. H. at 152 Calhoun street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Walter Robbins
Lincoln Avenue
Joseph Miller
Martin
Miller
Robbins
Calhoun Street
Bold Fort Wayne robberies nets valuables at two homes
Two professional burglars struck near daybreak in Fort Wayne last evening. At FE C Rurode’s 76 West Berry street residence the dining room crowd distracted the family while an unseen partner rifled the front portion for diamonds and jewelry possibly valued between 300 and 1700 dollars. In a second robbery at Dr William G Ferguson’s West Washington street home a lady’s gold watch a diamond pin and $25 were stolen as police pursue a developing clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
FE. C. Rurode
West Berry Street
Au Man
Rurode
William G. Ferguson
West Washington Street
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John Sherman
NEW Yorker
Redhot
Charlie Foster
John
McKinley
Mansfield
Sherman
MehKinley
Judge Zollars
Charles A. Larson
Christian Endeavor Society of Indiana
Squire House
Sanittary
West Main Street
New York State
Cape Cod
Jamaica
Jersey
E. C. Burode
W. G. Ferguson
Cleary
RABUS
Coop
Globe. Mills
Any Other
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