Republican Convention Adopts Platform in Saratoga
Saratoga N Y September 18 the state Republican convention closed with a ticket named for November and a platform urging enforcement of the Sunday liquor law a balanced currency and tariff restraint Governor Morton named for president and Senator Peffer predicts both parties will oppose free silver amid party tensions and seating controversy involving the Mahany delegation.
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Morton
United States
Peffer Fells
Memphis
Saratoga
N. Y
John Palmer
Albany
James E. Roberts
Erie
A. B. Colvin
Warren
C. W. Adams
Oneida
F. E. Hancock
Ononflaga
Court of Appeals
Delora E. Martin
Broome
Western Hemisphere
Democratic Congress
Congress
Democratic Party
New York
Mahany
George Urban, Jr
Erie County
Roberts
Wheeler
Utica
Gotham
Warner Miller
Peffer
Sunday amendment passes unanimously at convention
Warner Miller led the Sunday amendment debate urging enforcement of Sunday laws in service of morality and labor. The measure was adopted without opposition, with Lauterbach backing it as Republican support grew. The convention praised the stance, predicting a local option fight next week and a clear party split. Senator Peffer traveled through Memphis en route to the Chickamauga celebration amid plans to push a new issue in the next senate session.
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New York City
Warner Miller
Democratic Party
New York
Lauterbach
Depew
Miller
Memphis
Peffer
Chickamauga
Senate
Five Crack Horses Face Regular Stake At Gravesend
At Gravesend New York on September 18 the fall season opened with the five handicap stars Domino Henry of Navarre Sir Walter Clifford and Ray of Santa Anita racing in the Regular Stake. Domino balked at the start but Sir Walter led early before Navarre surged to win in 2 09 Clifford placed second and Sir Walter third amid a slow attendance.
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New Yorks
Gravesend
Bes
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Henry of
Navarre
Ray
Santa Anita
Domino
Clifford
Sir Walter
Reyel
Taral
Politics and Crime debate shocks Prison Congress
In Denver on September 18 a paper by Amos G. Warner of Stanford sparked heated discussion at the Prison Congress. The talk argued that state authority may itself be corrupt and questioned reform by those in power, drawing protests from Warden W E Hale of San Quentin who defended California officials. The paper was dismissed as unfounded by some delegates and later formally acknowledged by the group. Railway truce reaches full agreement as Chicago and Alton plus Toledo, Peoria and Western finalize track use from Washington to Pekin with Alton rights Pekin to Peoria and terminal facilities at Peoria.
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Denver
Prison Congress
Amos G. Warner
Leland Stanford University of California
John N. Dryden
Kearney
Neb
W. E. Hale
San Quentin
Cal
Alameda County
California
Hale
Warner
Ori
CuicaGo
Chicago and Alton
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railways
Washington, Ill
Pekin
Alton
Peoria
Miss Susan B Anthony Faints in Rochester Photo Gallery
Miss Susan B Anthony fainted in a Rochester photograph gallery while about to sit for a portrait. Medical staff aided her. she recovered and returned home. In Washington the Treasury reports gold withdrawals and deposits offset so the New York sub treasury reserve stands at 95,382,528. In London the foreign office denies the Armenian reform plan accepted by the Berlin treaty powers.
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Rocne Ester
Susan B. Anthony
Miss Anthony
Washington
Treasury Department
Sub-Treasury
New York
Rochester
Hope
Lonpoy
Foreign Office
Porte
Armenia
Peru forbids Cuban insurgent recruitment
A Colon Panama dispatch reports Peru prohibits recruiting Cuban insurgents and has sent Senor Orbegoza, vice president of the senate, to Europe on a secret mission tied to the decision. A separate Constantinople note says the British minister's yacht has been under steam awaiting fleet dispatches.
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Peru
Cuba
New York
Colon
Panama
Senor Orbegoza
Senate
Europe
London
Chronicle
Constantinople
Noted Forger Receives Light Sentence in Milwaukee
Richard Lennox, a prominent forger, pleaded guilty to uttering and passing a forged paper and was sentenced to two years in the Milwaukee house of correction.
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Milwaukee
Richard Lennox
House of Correction
Fatal collapse at Sawangel bull fight injures crowd
In Sawangel, a suburb and rainy season resort for the aristocracy, a bull fight floor collapsed. Two men were killed and five people were injured in the incident.
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City of Mexico
Sawangel
No Anti Prize Fight Law in Texas Declared
Daas reports the Corbett Fitzsimmons match will proceed in the city. Judge Hurt of the Court of Criminal Appeals ruled Texas has no law banning prize fights. Berlin dispatch notes rumor of a North German Lloyd steamship sinking with 160 passengers is unfounded.
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Texas
Daas
Hurt
Court of Criminal Appeals
Berlin
Indiana state fair opens with record space demand
The forty third Indiana state fair begins in Indianapolis with unprecedented exhibit space, a bustling Midway Plaisance, and strong displays in machinery and the women’s building as schools dismiss for Old Settlers’ and Children’s Day. Senator J E McDonald notes the horticultural exhibit is unmatched in state history.
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Indianapolis
The
State Agricultural Society
State Board of Agriculture
J. E. McDonald
Horticultural Department
Great Fire at Alexandria Destroys World Leading Plate Glass Plant
Alexandria reports a catastrophic blaze at the American Plate Glass works starting at 8 pm, consuming the 600 foot main building by 10 pm due to a gas pipe fire. The plant, rebuilt a month ago with 1 million dollars capital, employed up to 500 workers. no furnaces or grinding rooms were damaged and rebuilding will begin immediately. Major C. T. Doxey of Anderson arrived with firehoses to help control the flames. Loss estimates are not yet available.
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Alexandria
American Plate Glass Works
DePauws
New Albany
C. T. Doxey
Anderson
Major Doxey
Glass Works Company
Doxey
Graveyard Robbery Foiled by Diggers at Williamson Grave
A pair of men attempted to rob a grave in the Baptist graveyard but fled when warned off. They left some digging tools behind. The doomed grave belonged to Ivan Williamson who died two days earlier from multiple diseases. Republican Headquarters to Open in Indianapolis with Oct 1 reopening. Methodists examine orders and debate women’s role at conference in Indianapolis. In Munette, Morris Fauncellor loses 150 dollars hidden under a carpet after twenty years’ savings vanish.
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Ivan Williamson
Morris Fauncellor
Morris
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Boy Severely Injured Swinging at Park
Greensburg report of 14 year old Steve Richardson hurt while swinging. He fell to the ground breaking both arms and sustaining serious head injury.
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Greensburg
Steve Richardson
Alleged Legislative Boodling Revealed Before Grand Jury
Springfield Sept 18 editor Kohlsaar and Chicago Times Herald reporter Gannon testified to Sangamon county grand jury about boodling by legislators. W Wilson Elgin secretary of the National Dairy Men's association and Rep Jonathan Merriam Pekin also appeared. Sensational arrests expected from the evidence before the jury.
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Springfield
Kohlsaar
Tom Gannon
Chicago Times-Herald
Sangamon County Grand Jury
W. Wilson
Elgin
National Dairy Men’s Association
Jonathan Merriam
Pekin
Atlanta Exposition Opens In Georgia With Ceremony
The Cotton States Exposition at Atlanta opened for a 126 day run with a formal inaugural ceremony. Prominent speakers addressed a large crowd in the Auditorium as wires connected Gray Gables to the Machinery building initiating the engines and pumps.
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Atlanta
Buzzard’s Bay
Gray Gables
Cleveland
Frick
Supreme Court Validates Omaha Fire and Police Board
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds the new Omaha fire and police commissioners board finding the act constitutional. It rules Broatc Vandervoort and Foster as the valid board and says Governor Holcome’s absence at a meeting does not jeopardize state interests. The new board immediately assumes control and begins law enforcement reform.
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Lincoln
Supreme Court
Omaha Fire and Police Commission
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Holcome
Churchill and Russell
Broatc
Vandervoort
Foster
Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of
Omaha
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Witnesses Seen To Aid Waller In Court Martial Saga
Langston and Bray announce letters from ex Consul Waller showing improving health. Paris court martial record due by Sept 22 at earliest. F G Woodford, American engineer, to testify in the U S to counter claims of hopelessness and document Waller’s innocence and mistreatment.
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Washington
Langston
Waller
Paul Bray
Paris
United States
London
F. G. Woodford
Madagascar
Woodford
Olney
Remarkable sheriff defies mob at Lozington jail
A 200 strong mob attempted to break into the Lozington Tennessee jail just after midnight to lynch Harrison Fuller and Frank Simpson, accused of rape. In the ensuing fight four mob members were shot, one named Crook fatally, the deputy sheriff injured, and excitement runs high.
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Nashville
Lozington
Tenn
Harrison Fuller
Frank Simpson
Crook
State Delegations Dedicating Monuments at Chickamauga
Chattanooga dispatch reports Governors Altgeld McKinley and other dignitaries arriving to lead ceremonies as state monuments are dedicated at Chickamauga battlefield. Ohio Illinois Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin Indiana Massachusetts Missouri participate with Mayors generals and G A R officials present. Local crowds fill hotels and streets as public tribute continues.
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Altgeld
McKinley
Sons of Veterans
Knoxville
Tenn
Chattanooga
General Boynton
Sherman Heights
Chickamauga
Chattanooga Battlefield
Ohio
Southern Road
Ohio Commission
Toledo Cadets
Fourteenth Regiment
Ohio National Guard
H. Clay Evans
Illinois
Orendorf
Illinois Commission
Chicago
Matthews
I. N. Walker
Stevenson
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Lookout Inn
Nashville Battery
Tennessee National Guard
Morton
Elaborate Knoxville Parade Honors Sons of Veterans
Fifteen thousand people viewed a grand parade in Knoxville for the encampment of the Sons of Veterans. Governor McKinley Upham Woodbury and staff attended with Knights of Pythias, G A R veterans, Tennessee University cadets, Knoxville Legion, Marble City guards, and city fire crews. Governors were hosted with afternoon receptions before departing to Chattanooga for Chickamauga park dedication.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Sons of Veterans
William Rule
The
Journal
Alexander Allison
William McKinley
Ohio
Upham
Wisconsin
Woodbury
Vermont
Lawler
Knights of Pythias
Union
G. A. R. Veterans
University of Tennessee
Knoxville Legion
Marble City Guards
Chattanooga
Chickamaugea Park
Markets in New York and Chicago Reflect Mixed Trading
New York money on call eased to 1 2 percent while mercantile paper held at 4 5 percent. Sterling dull with bankers' bills around 4894. U.S. government bonds steady. Chicago grain and produce show Wheat futures mixed with September at 56 57 percent and May near 61 64 percent, corn and oats also quoted. Live stock in Chicago at the Union Stock Yards posted varied hogs, cattle, and sheep prices with receipts about 16 000 hogs and 6 000 cattle noted.
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Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific
Chicago
Board of Trade
CuicaGo
Union
Texas
Races Schedule The Races Program On Fourth Page
The newspaper note announces a races schedule running from September 23 to 28 and references a detailed program found on the paper’s fourth page.
Corn's Financial School and Coin Aero Date Ad
W H Harvey promotes Corn's Financial School with 150 pages and 64 illustrations in paper 50 cents cloth 1.00 Up to Date edition spans 200 pages and 50 illustrations and coins history urging readers to buy both volumes in one cloth bound set for 1.00 from Times-Post Fort Wayne.
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Corn’s Financial ScHool
W. H. Harvey
Corn's Financial School
Coin
Chicago
Con's Financial School
United States
Times-Post
Fort Wayne
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Great American Plate Glass Works
Scatterfield
the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America
the Patriotic Order Daughters of America
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Frankfort
D. J. Caldwell
Buck” Harlan
Portland
William Metzger
Hudson
Carter
Miss Hudson
Mary Carter
Scatterfield Gang
Bill
Stinson
Norris Stephenson
Sam Clark
William Davis
Sly Fox
Louisville
Dirks
James Mason
Shelbyville
James Hirto
William
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Republican
Republican State Committee
Gowdy
Methodist
Methodist Conference
Davee
Atlanta Exposition
Nebraska
Maddie
New York Financial
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Klee
Park Place OR
Hurch ST
Gaia
Scheel
Hamilton
Hamilton Nations Bank
Charles McCulloch
John Mor. JR
White National Bank
McKinnie
Propietar
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Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania Station
Wayne, Ind
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N.Y
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Cleveland Mail
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Chicago Express
Chicago Mail
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Geeral
B. F. Horner
Ft. Wayne
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Connersville
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Rushville
Canada
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Philley
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L. Railroad
F Daly
HG Parker
Ind
New York and Boston Limited
Aledo Express
Atlantic Express
Socal Freight
Lafayette Accom‘'n
Sund
Acitic Express
Ansas City Express
Lafayette Accom’n
St. Louis Limited
New York Palace
New York Destibute Limited
N Pacific Limited Express
Kansas City
Cannon Ball
Rk. G. Thompson
Rand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Goomea North
Grand Rapids
North
Rome City
Richmond
Goina South
Redmond
J.C. Peltier
Undertaker
Embalmer
West Wayne St
Telephone
Atale
Harvey-Laughlin
Price Nimes-Post
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