Funeral scenes for Chief Justice Waite in Washington
The remains were moved to the capitol with a large procession of relatives, justices, officers and mourners. The House and Senate held services, with Bishop Paret leading the Episcopal rite and a nation observing a day of mourning. Lively tributes followed in Cincinnati and Toledo, and governors and law officials joined the nationwide observance.
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Washington
Nareh
Capitol
Supreme Court
Senate
Waite
Episcopal Church
Paret
Federal Party
Cincinnati
United States Court Room
Alphonso Taft
Bar
Chamber of Commerce
Fa Dar
Tempo
Pennsylvania
House
Miller
Har‘an
Blatchford
Gray and
Toledo Cadeta
Faot
Summit
Locust Street
Richard Waite
Mine Disaster at Keith and Perry No 6 Mine
A deadly gas explosion at Keith and Perry Co no 6 mine near Rich Hill Missouri killed and entombed many workers. Rescue efforts continued amid fire and gas with five found dead and fifteen alive by dawn while fifteen more remain inside as officials assess damage. Frank Carr foreman escaped injury.
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Rich Hull
Keith & Perry
Rich Hill
Bates County
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Kansas Orry
Richhill
Frank Carr
West End
R. Keith
Keith & Perry Co
State Inspector of Mines
Chicago Blaze Destroys Factory Row and Adjacent Cottage
A fire in a five story block at Lake and Peoria streets in Chicago early today killed one man believed burned in a nearby cottage. Firefighters suffered serious injuries including an explosion that knocked down Marshal Murphy and thirteen men. Losses total about 330000. Principal losers include Davis Rankin Zimmerman Refrigerator Linn Weaver Goss Printing. Insurance listed as email.
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Cutpaco
Lake
Peoria
Marshal Murphy
Davis & Rankin
Zimmerman Refrigerator Co
Linn, Weaver & Co
Goss Printing Press Co
Memrais
Tenn
Coldwater
Miss
Peru
Ind
Wm. Rogers
Dougherty and Glessner At Grand Hotel In Indianapolis
At the Grand hotel in Indianapolis Hugh Dougherty of Bluffton announces his bid for the Democratic nomination for auditor of state and reports solid northern party support. Judge O J Glessner of Shelbyville also at the hotel canvassing for attorney general believes Democrats are united and hopeful for victory in November.
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India Ana Polis
Hugh Dougherty
Bluffton
Indiana
Grand Hotel
Dougherty
Myers and Matson
O. J. Glessner
Shelbyville
Woman Murdered and Suspected Family Tragedy
Krakow shot and killed his wife at 642 Milwaukee Avenue then died by suicide. Police found Mrs. Krakow in a chair with two bullet wounds. the husband lay dead in a rear lounge. Locals spoke of a large, doomed family, with rumors alleging poisonings of children and broader deadly acts.
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Cmiaco
Krakow
Milwaukee Avenue
Mr. Krakow
Anid
Garfield and Mason wedding tied to Garfield mansion growth
Mentor March 29 Harry Garfield and Miss Belle Mason of Cleveland have agreed to marry alongside Mollie Garfield and J Stanley Brown. To honor the double event the Garfield mansion is enlarged at a cost of 30000. After the wedding Harry Garfield and brother James will practice law in Cincinnati.
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Harry Garfield
Belle Mason
Cleveland
Misa Mollie Garfield
J. Stanley Brown
Garfield
James
Cincinnati
A General Tie-Up Over Rail Strike Subsides
The Chicago area rail yard turmoil erupts as switchmen and enginemen strike against Burlington. Anarchic violence sues, Pinkerton guards are overpowered, and one man is jailed. Freight traffic stalls while passenger service limps along.
Hopkins' Choice Sentences Bank Official to Long Term
Benj E Hopkins former assistant cashier of Fidelity National bank was sentenced in Crxcrgnati Ohio to seven years and ten months in the penitentiary after two months in jail awaiting sentence for violating the national bank law. He appeared ill and did not show strong emotion at sentencing. The judge noted illness and recommended Columbus for care, to avoid jail extra charges, which Hopkins said the jailor had stopped.
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Crxcrgnati
Benj. E. Hopkins
Fidelity National Bank
United States
Burnett
Columbus
Daxton Duck Hunt Fatality Reported In Ohio
Daxton Ohio March 30 Ed Collins began a duck hunt with a dog by the river. Half an hour later he was found dead on the pike face downward, suffocated in a puddle. The dog remained on the body until neighbors arrived.
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Daxton
Ohio
Collins
Key West
Fla
Cuba
Esperanza
Calimete
Admiration for Waite Revealed in Personal Anecdote
The letter recounts A P Edgerton meeting Kent Waite at Defiance and Hicksville, sharing a rainy weekend visit, and Waite’s playful stocking advice that sparked Edgerton’s growing esteem for the future chief justice. The tale underscores a personal bond formed during a modest residence and travel mishap.
High Waters Ravage Rail Lines and Cities Across Many States
Reports from Montgomery to Detroit describe record floods with trestles downed over Rocky and Panther creeks, vast waterway overflow along the Mussel Shoals canal, and rail delays as roads from Louisville and Nashville to Ohio and New Zealand suffer washouts. Bridges are swept away and thousands evacuated or stranded. Drowned totals and crop losses mount as rivers rise.
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Montgomery
Ala
New Orleans
Rocky
Louisville
Nashville
Alabama
Coona
Warrior
Tennessee River
Mussel Shoa'a
Florence
Drs Mores
Sioux City
Missouri
Cottonwood Hill
Jackson
D. T
London
New Zealand
Brewinguam
Als
Atlanta
Great Southern
Birmingham
Columbus
Miss
Evergreen
Mobile
Louisville and
Herald
Detroit
Crisis in France as Chamber Demands Constitutional Revision
Paris reports the chamber of deputies voted 68 to 237 for an urgency motion demanding a constitutional revision despite government opposition. The ministry resigned, Carnot accepted the cabinet’s resignation, and M. Flouquet is expected to form a new ministry amid a protracted crisis. General Boulanger supporters plan campaigns in Nord with Lille as a key event.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Elysee Palase
Laguerre
Department of Nord
Senate
M. Flouquet
Married in Swift Pizzez Dak Indian Lover Weds
Miss Fellows married Ohaska at Swift Bird's camp on March 28 with Rev Handforth officiating. She gave him a gold ring engraved Cora to Chaska and the couple, new partners, planned a midnight dance before moving to their home. The bride intends to continue teaching.
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Pizzez
Dak
Miss Fellows
Ohaska
Swift Bird’s Camp
Handforth
Africa
Chaska
Cora
Endless Roll of Deaths Grimly Reported to Undertakers
A city undertaker list details deaths since last Saturday. Names include Emma Mayhew 25 consumption Wm Perkins 2 measles Mrs R B Faren 55 convulsions Percy Conover 19 consumption James White 8 months croup L Maton 37 typhoid pneumonia Sarah Oliver 3 consumption Margaret Kaiser 66 paralysis Margaret Flettege Jespars paralysis Julia Keyser 29 measles Wm Swank 45 accident George Ott 34 paralysis Mrs Alex Stewart 32 consumption Louisa Mirtens 1 measles Ellen Donovan 58 congestion of the lungs Chas Pantlind 18 consumption.
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Emma Mayhew
Wm. Perkins
Julia Keyser
Wm. Swank
George Ott
Mra
Alex Stewart
Louisa Mirtens
Ellen Donovan
Chas
Pantlind
No Tidings of Stanley From Congo Dispatches
Congo reports dated January 27 provide no word on Henry Stanley’s fate or location. Authorities in Europe anticipate first news via Zanzibar. Anxiety grows as no rumors reach England or the continent, with fears he perished from climate or hostile tribes.
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London
Congo
Stanley
Europe
Zanzibar
England
Ohio doctor indicted for bigamy gets two years hard labor
Dr H Chaplin of Fixplay Ohio was indicted by a special grand jury after his arrest on a bigamy charge. He pleaded guilty and received a two year penitentiary sentence at hard labor. Reports say Chaplin had ten marriages and several wives remain alive. Protests arise over the light sentence.
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Fixplay
Ohio
H. Chaplin
Chaplin
Civil Service Reforms Urged by President in Classification Rules
The president focuses on civil service reforms with a letter to the civil service commission. He calls attention to defects in the classification system and urges revision and extension for all departments in the government.
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Washrington
Commission
President Cleveland backs Gray on ticket and McDonald bench bid
Washington reports President Cleveland favors Governor Gray as a Democratic running mate. The price of reconciliation with McDonald and others is appointing ex-Senator McDonald to a Supreme Court vacancy after Chief Justice Waite's death. The president, while holding McDonald in high regard, deems him too old for the Chief Justice post.
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Waite
Washington
Ontreet
New Yor
Federal
William G. Choate
Wallace, Lacombe
Benedict
Brown
Lawrence
United States District Attorney
Walker
Hixaton
Supreme Court
Edmunds
Cleveland
Gray
McDonald
Dick Bright
Supreme Bench
Ex-Senator Harrison Delivers Tariff Speech at Temple
A large audience of ladies and gentlemen fills the Temple opera house on Thursday as ex Senator Harrison laments his loss of the presidency and urges tariff reform. The Morton club hosts the event with Judge Chapin presiding and Huntington Glee club providing music amid political jabs and sharpTownship trustee endorsements.
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Harrison
Temple Opera House
Chapin
Firsr
Huntington Glee Club
Morton Club
Will Wilson
Cy Fike
Tapestry Chambers
Brackenridgs
Colonel Robertson
United States Senate
Tarpis
Aehind
Frank Alderman
Porter
Qcleveland
Elesion College
Tinien
South
Fort Wayne Rifles and Zollinger Battery Fair Planned
About forty city ladies met in the Robinson house to organize committees for a coming fair in Foster block. The event, a military kirmis, aims to raise funds for a new armory at Harrison and Columbia streets, with ten days of booths representing nations and hosted by ladies to entertain visitors.
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Robinson House
Fort Wayne Rifles
Zollinger Battery
Foster Block
Pixley & Co
Harrison and
Columbia Streets
Youthful would be burglar before mayor
Eighteen year old Robert Geberding of Barr street faced the mayor on a charge of attempted burglary at Rose grocery on East Wayne street. The case was continued for a week as police note a rise in juvenile thefts after Rose reported cash missing and a door found ajar. Geberding allegedly threatened storekeeper with a revolver in the grain room before recapture by officers.
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Robert Geberding
Barr Street
Rose
East Wayne Street
Mr. Rose
Geberding
Rascal
Illness of Charley MuL doon Shocks Sporting Circles
Charley MuL doon, a young local sports figure, was hospitalized at St. Joe after a deterioration in health. Reports say his mind shows signs of decay with delusions of immense wealth and a stable of prized horses, though there are hopes he may recover to his former self.
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Charley MuLdoon
St. Joe Hospital
Bones Found in Piqua House in Murder Mystery
Workmen remodeling the old stone dwelling at Piqua unearthed the bones of four children aged about nine to twelve. The case appears to be a murder mystery tied to a local fortune, with the children long missing from the house.
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Darren
Piqua
Untold Dangers of Ignorance and a Patent Remedy
An editorial fragment discusses responsibility for known facts and the dangers of ignorance. It then promotes Warner's Log Cabin Sarsaparilla as a preventive and curative tonic, citing testimonials from Lexington Kentucky Philadelphia and Topton for various ailments and urging readers to buy from druggists.
Serious wreck near Burnsides on Michigan Central Train
Curiaco March 28 The last night express on the Michigan Central collided with a Toledo Wabash and Western freight at a Burnsides crossing. The sleeper was derailed and demolished. Eight passengers were wounded but no deaths confirmed. Names of some injured include O C Hogle and George A Mago on Muskegon. Freight train swift, gates failed. engine struck mid coach. Simultaneous boiler explosion on a New York and New England locomotive at North Manchester killed engineer and fireman.
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Curiaco
Michigan Central Railroad
Burnsides
Toledo
Wabash and Westen
Michigan Central
Wabash and Western
O. C. Hogle
Twenty-first Street
George A. Magoon
Muskegon
Burnside
Grosvenor
Hartrorp
Conn
New York and New England
North Manchester
Contested Hoosier Democrats Rally For State Noms
Transport dispatch notes Hugh Dougherty of Wells reasserting his bid for state auditor as Munson reconsiders and returns to the race. The piece outlines a crowded Indiana Democratic field with Mortimer Nye of LaPorte and others vying for governor and lieutenant governor, hinting at a possible “dark horse” outcome and potential moves involving Bob Myers.
One Year Prison North for Pickering Theft
Nickel Plate brakeman Frank Pickering pleaded guilty after snatching a $10 bill from Willie Brathwaite son of Engineer Brathwaite. Judge O Rourke sentenced him to one year in the prison north. Pickering cited whisky as the cause and his young wife sobbed outside the jail, drawing pity.
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Frank Pickering
Nickel Plate
Willie Brathwaite
Engineer Brathwaite
Nickel Plate Road
O'Rourke
North
Pickering
Death at Pennington works in Cohambia street
Wm Swank a Pennington works artisan on Cohambia street was instantly killed last Wednesday at his lathe while smoothing a wooden pall. A bursting pellet of wood tore through his skull and end, the fatal accident occurred as pulleys on fast revolving shafts operated. Swank, a widower with two children, died at Dawson street after being taken there by patrol wagon.
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Wm. Swank
Pennington Works
Cohambia Street
Sws
Mr. Swank
Dawson Street
Reunion of Potomac and Confederate Armies Planned at Gettysburg
In New York on March 30, plans advance for a reunion of Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia survivors. Oration by Hor George William Curtis. Welcome by George Parsons Lathrop and Bishop Horatio Potter. Some Confederate figures will reply. Event set for July 1–3 with a grand banquet.
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New York
Army of the Potomac
Northern Virginia
George Wiliam Onurtis
George Parsons Lathrop
Horatio Potter
Gettysburg
Fire at East Fortys Ninth Street Claims One Child
A fire at 336 East Fortyninth Street in New York during the morning burned one child to death and imperiled another life. Mrs Nicholas Fagan and family resided there. authorities believe the children, while the mother was away, found matches and started the blaze. Maggie aged one died. Ania aged three was critically burned and may not survive.
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New York
Eeat
Ninth Street
Nicholas Fagan
Maggie
Annia
A Republican Compliment
Since Charley Munson has withdrawn from the candidacy for auditor of state there is unity in favor of Hugh Dougherty of Bluffton as the proper man for that position The party could not find a better man in the state or one who would poll a larger vote and fill the office with more credit to himself or the state The only drawback is that he will persist in being on the wrong side of the fence Peculiar in medicinal merit and wonderful cures Hood's Sarsaparilla Now is the time to take it for now it will do the most good
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Saraaparila
Maggie Kerchwal
Lexington
Warner’sa
Mia
Aares Smith, Topton
Erks Co
Editoriay
Enquirer
Hugh Dougherty
Wells
Chiisies Munson
Fort Wayne
Munson
Dougherty
Cois
Mortimer Nye
Laporte
Judge Niblack
Supreme Bench
Zollars
Carroll
Blackford
Blackford. There Are But Two Candidates For the Diment of Public Instruction
French
Lafayette
Achoola
Clinton County
Evansville
Bob Myers
Madison
Matson
Bynum
Dark Horse
Myers
Congress
Bluffton Chronicle
Charley Munson
Bluffton
Hugh
Hood
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Roy McCulloch
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Koscinsko County
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Tiven
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Richmond
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Albion
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Rosa Rieck
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White Lime Company
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J. F. Bennett
A. S. Coverdale
J. B. Merrillott
T. P. Vorsler
Charley
Muldoon
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