Corrigan Aide Resigns Amid Diocesan Tensions
In a tense Catholic church conflict, Arch Bishop Corrigan faces pressure from Watchman editorials and Catholic papers urging resignation. Four deans are appointed to oversee spiritual welfare in outlying districts as the New York diocese watches for Rome's action. Bishop Mullin marks the 25th episcopal anniversary in Earl, Pa., with Cardinal Gibbons. anticipation grows for more U.S. archbishop appointments including Mullin and Detroit’s Bishop Foley.
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Sentiganivens
Spoedgatoe
Rey
Outé
Corrigan
Watchman
Arch
Mer
Satelli Jd
New York
Rome
I Earl
Allin
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Mullin
United States
Foley
Detroit
World’s Fair officers fined for Sunday gate closure
Judge Stein ruled that directors Gage Hutchinson Henrotin McNally and Kerfoot violated the injunction by closing the exposition gates on July 23 and are guilty of contempt. Gage Hutchinson Henrotin McNally Kerfoot fined 1000 each and jailed until paid. Lawson spared. Davis fined 250. other officials referenced in mitigation and legal action.
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Cariaco
Stein
Superior Court
Clingmar
Gage
Hutchinson
Henrotin
McNally
Kerfoot
Victor F. Lawson
George R. Davis
Mesars
Massey
Forbes
St. Clair
Nathan
Atontey Eddy
Fake burning details spark Adams county uproar denied
A report alleging an effigy burning of Secretary Smith at a Marple is debunked. Joseph Reed, a local grocer and farmer, denies claiming the act and says he seeks no pension unless earned. A sworn denial has been mailed to the secretary.
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Dee Hoke
Smith
Marple
Joseph 1
Reed
Adams County
Rome
Green Township
Reed, Occupying In Most Positive Terms That Secretary Smith
Iire
Sam
Secretary Smith
United Workmen Bars Retail Liquor Dealers
Members of the Ancient Order of United Workmen who operate saloons must quit the liquor business or leave the organization. The supreme lodge decision from Toronto requires this by yesterday. Refusers will be expelled at the next lodge meeting and future applications from retail liquor dealers will be denied.
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New York
Order of United Workmen
Supreme Lodge
Toronto
Disputed Titles Over 2.5 Million Acres In Virginia Area
A bill filed in the chancery court seeks to annul deeds by Countess Caroline Von Rouques and her daughter Mrs Florence Maybrick in a land dispute over 2.5 million acres across Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky. The case names David W Armstrong of Louisville and others as involved parties. The report also mentions an old settlers reunion planned for Simonton s Lake on the 7th and notes Lieutenant Governor Nye will be involved.
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Ricasono
Caroline von Rouques
Rouen
France
David W. Armstrong
Louisville
Chancery Court
Virginia
West Virgina
Kentucky
von Rouques
Florence E Maybrick
Indiana
Michigan
Simonton’s Lake
Nye
Silver convention debates bi metallic reform and funding
At the Silver Congress in Cuyahoga Aug 2 delegates including J S Dougherty and ex Senator Hill argued for restoring bi metallic conditions to pre 1873. Speeches attacked Wall Street influence and defended free coinage at 16 to 1 amid calls for resolutions and funding concerns.
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Curiaco
Thurman
J. S. Dougherty
Texea
Congress
General Warner
Knights of Labor of
Hill
Colorado
Europe
Wall Street
Senaor Hill
Pearse
Colorado Springs
Francis Newlands
Nevada
Senator Allen
Denver
England
Senate
C. S. Thomas
Ex Secretary Replies to Foster Failure Criticism in Ohio
In Fostoria Ohio August 3 intense discussion centers on Foster's alleged mismanagement of funds. He reportedly overdrawn his bank by more than 136000 dollars while claiming investments in local ventures required the cash. Foster says his past statements hold and he was deceived, with 100000 of his personal securities pledged as collateral for indorsements.
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Ter & Co
Cincinnati
Foster
Fostoria
Ohio
Cuyarins Foster
Fostonta
East Chicago moves to annex Whiting Roby and Sheffield
East Chicago is set to annex Whiting Roby and Sheffield over saloon licensing disputes. Fifteen Whiting saloonists were arrested as raids loom. courts may be used to settle the quarrel while the Roby prize fights draw legal attention from Judge Gillette, Governor Matthews, and Attorney General Smith.
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Waittnc
Ind
Whiting
Roby
Sheffield
Chicago
East Chicago
Ispranarutts
Gill
Van Loon to be hanged for 1891 bank robbery
The governor refused to intervene as Frank Van Loon, age about 21, faces execution between noon and 2 pm for the August 8 1891 Columbus Grove Ohio bank robbery in which he wounded the cashier and stole 1200 dollars and killed farmer Vandermark at the doorway. His Galena relatives are mentioned. He is described as over six feet tall and weighing 225 pounds, now weakened and feared to be carried to the scaffold.
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Corunsus
Frank van Loon
van Loon
Columbus Grove
Ohio
Putnam County
Farmer Vandermark
Galena
Rhea Married The Actress Weds Leading Man
Crncixxali Ohio August 3 News that Mme Rhea the actress has married her leading man W E Hart just after the company arrived in Paris Hart is about twenty six years younger and relatively new to the stage He was with Mme Rhea's company for around a year and previously with Robert Downing
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Crncixxali
Ohio
Mme. Rhea
W. E. Hart
Paris
Ground to Pieces on Train Near Mexico Missouri
A prisoner named Will Johnson of Louisville Kentucky, a sixteen year old black youth, leaped from a closet on a moving train near Mexico Missouri and was ground to pieces under the wheels. Earlier in Chicago a carpenter, Joseph G. Mintosh, was shot by two unknown robbers on Sixty third Street near South Park Avenue near the world’s fair grounds and died shortly after.
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Mexico
Will Johnson
Louisville
Cmiaco
Joseph G. McIntosh
Sixty-third Street
South Park Avenue
Pension checks delayed as banks withhold cash
Pensioners face seven to ten days delay in receiving monthly payments due to national banks refusing to cash checks. Banks demand storage of bonds or collection only, while funds still drawn on sub-treasuries in New York Philadelphia St Louis and other cities. Acting Secretary Curtis proposed bond deposits in exchange for currency to speed payments, but banks reject the plan citing inconvenience and risk.
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Wasixeroy
Treasury Department
Sub-Treasury
New York
Curtis
United States
Indianapolis
Knoxville
Tenn
Louisville
Philadelphia
Topeka
Kas
St. Louis
Revolt Surges in Santa Fe Province Vying for City Control
Aug 2 report from Buenos Ayres says Cafferta’s government loses towns as a European colonial force advances on Santa Fe city. Rosario falls to rebels, 160 reported dead or wounded. Bahia BlancaBay seized, rail line disrupted. Santa Catarina seizes Fortuna, Argentine consul protests seizure.
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Buenos Ayres
Santa Fe
Cafferta
Europe
Cafferata
Rosario
Bahia Blana
Bahia Blanca Bay
Revolutionista
Great Southern
Buenos Ayres City
Bahia Blanca
Herald
Rio Janeiro
Santa Catherina
Aylesworth Declines Prohibition Nominating Offer
Des Moines reports President Barton Aylesworth declines the prohibition nomination for governor citing Drake University leadership duties after Chancellor Carpenter death and Dean Hobbs illness. The move unsettles populist plans to endorse him, potentially reshaping the race.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Barton
Aylesworth
Carpenter
Dean Hobbs
Drake University
Tramps Seize Eastbound Freight Train
About sixty tramps boarded an east bound freight at Tolleston and forced the conductor and two brakemen into the caboose. In Valparaiso police pursued, seven tramps were captured, one was shot by a fellow tramp at Wheeler on the way to the city.
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Valraraiso
Ind
Tollenton
Tolleston
Wheeler
Charles Phillips Ends Life in Chicago Office
Chicago August 3 Charles C Phillips a fire insurance broker committed suicide in his LaSalle Street office last night or early morning. Clerks found the room filled with gas from two jets as the body lay where he had placed himself. Phillips was a well known figure.
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Chicago
Charles C. Phillips
LaSalle Street
Phillipa
Harrison Campaign Begins for 1896 Nomination
Sueneyville Indiana reports L T Michener leading Harrison’s bid for the 1896 GOP nomination. Secret clubs form across the state to bolster Harrison, highlighting pension suspensions and veteran appeal. Circulated rooster posters mock Democrats with dire economic imagery as organizing intensifies.
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Sueneyville
Ind
L. T. Michener
Harrison
Washington
Democratic Party
Harrison Club
State Central Committee
Suit for Damages Against Soldiers Home
Francin Xavier Cummerle, an eighty year old veteran, sues the Leavenworks soldiers home for 386226.33 dollars alleging imposition fraud extortion arrogance robbery oppression expulsion libel and slander He seeks 19430 damages for alleged misdeeds and 300000 for defacement of personal property tied to manuscripts of three Natural Philosophy books plus 66796.33 for abduction attempt as total claim The suit covers fifty eight pages and Cummerle acts as his own attorney.
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Leavenworks
Kas
Francin Xavier Cummerle
Soldiers’ Home
Cummerle
Costa
Suspected theft plagues Indianapolis street railway
Citizens' Street Railway of Indianapolis says management believes fifty to seventy five conductors conspired to steal fares. Police have watched ten days, an investigation proposed. One man admitted guilt and was fired. Brotherhood denies irregularities and may respond with trouble if wholesale discharges occur.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Brotherhood
They Meet M and Sanger at East Brought Together
Two figures meet at East location as M and Sanger come together in a notable conjunction. The brief encounter signals a developing connection between the individuals amid surrounding activity.
Sanger Wins Open Mile as Detroit Meet Records Fall
Zimmerman and Sanger opened the Detroit event with a brisk race that ended in Sanger’s victory. W C Sanger of Milwaukee won the One Mile Open in 2 20 45 while T W Cooper of Detroit took the Half mile State Championship in 1 08. C L Berthel of Detroit won the Two Mile Handicap in 2 27 and A A Zimmerman clocked 1 19 2 5 in the Half Mile Open. W Steuber of Detroit won the Two Mile State Championship in 5 14 and G L Gary of Chelsea Mass ran a 33 3 5 quarter mile open. W C Sanger also ran the One Mile International in 2 18.
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Detroit
Zimmerman
Sanger
W. C. Sanger
Milwaukee
T.W. Cooper
C. L. Berthel
A. A. Zimmerman
W. Steuber
Acrotch
G. L. Gary
Chelsea
Mass
The Grabbage Man Ballads and Gossip Bits
A quirky column mixes a humorous folk poem about the grabbage man warning people in rhymed couplets to watch their belongings, with a gossip brief listing Fort Wayne area personal news. Items mention Miss Ethel Moorman, Miss Gertrude Ayres, Henry Lopshire, Celia Lonergan, and several Fort Wayne visitors and residents enjoying social calls and local events.
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Fort Wayne
Richmond Palladium
Ethel Moorman
South Tenth Street
Huntington Herald
Gertrude Ayres
G. E. Fulton
Ossian News
Henry Lopshire
William
Lima
Ohio
Democrat
Celia Lonergan
Glover & Winter
Warsaw Daily Times
G. A. Rabus
W. W. Reed
Hays
Sandusky
W. D. Lepper
Clara
Flora
Tiffin
Eva Albright
Charles Lepper
Walker Street
Columbia City
Eugene Wisemen
Phil Ryan
Auburn
Billy Myers
Huntington Democrat
Ben Rothschild
Leopold Levy
Charles Brantmyer
Daniel Schepper
R. R. Buell
Daiy
W. H. Souder
Heidelberg
Fred Woendler
J.B. Runyan
Edgar Green
Green
Indiana Crops Suffer Drought Despite Brief Rain
The Indiana weather service with Purdue University reports widespread crop distress from a dry week. Excessive temperatures and sun hinder growth, though rains on the 28th helped some corn and late potatoes in spots, with severity greatest outside southern Indiana.
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Indiana Weather Service
Purdue University
Indiana
Weather Dry in North Drops Crops in Many Areas
The northern portions report oats nearly a failure while wheat is nearing completion and fall plowing begins. Grain quality remains good but yields are below expectations. Pastures are very short and stock has been fed like winter. Late potatoes damaged by drought and bugs. melons large and fine. pears better. grapes lightly hurt by dry weather.
Gas Belt Railroad and Missing Lovers Tale
A fragment from a 19th century issue recounts Mrs. Mahl and James Artis eloping, with no trace since, while Ben Nieman helps a destitute Israelite Adam Nonkoffskey who vanished after being given bananas to sell. It also notes Pennington’s gas belt electric rail project and poet Peter Rudolph Pickel visiting Fort Wayne after the world’s fair, plus temperance foes resisting a new liquor license.
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Ben Nieman
Israel
Adam Nonkoffskey
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Adam
Mr. Nieman
Nonkoffskey
Nieman
Peter Rudolph Pickel
New York
City
William Dunlap
Lafayette Street
Pickel
Mr. Pickel
Allen County
New York City
Metropolitan Papers
Brilliant Nuptials at St Pauls Catholic Church
The wedding of Carl J. Weber to Anna V. Alter took place Wednesday at 9 am at St Paul’s Catholic Church in Indianapolis. Crowded church, ushers, bridesmaids, and groomsmen attended with music by a large choir. Afterward the couple planned residence at 167 Clinton Street. Senator Turpie remains ill in Indianapolis with unknown recovery prospects.
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St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Carl J. Weber
Anna V. Alter
W. Benaman
Messrs
F. J. Bott
J. E. Duffey
F. A Manuel
M. A. Gruber
Enelf
Weber-Alter
St. Paul's Catholic
T Brossard
Amelia Miller
John Alter
O’connel
Hauck
Zangie
Witte
Grace Heuck Ead
Schulte
Noll
Cathedral
P. J. Weber
Causin
Piburg
Chicago
Jacob A. Alter
Sossenheimer
Clinton Street
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Charles Phillips
Citizens’ Street Railway of
M and
East
Owensworo
Felix Poole
Ohio County
Miss York
Poole
Frank Treep
Theresa Feller
Jayhawker
Wren
Tas Sextrist
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Maz
Pennington
Mt. Carmel
Ian
Indianapolis Sun
Gas Belt Electric Line
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Mr. Etna
Temperance
Mr. Pauls
Turpie
Supianapolis
Aqe
Frean
Indien
Lincoln
L. H. Girton
Elkhart
Frank Baker
John Sybo
Whitleyen
Crown Point
J. M. Ry
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Ualista
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Colby
Patriotic America
Columbus
Ed Samuel
Symmes
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