Democratic Headquarters Move to Chicago Location
Senator Innes arrives in Washington and indicates the national headquarters will be based in Chicago with a Washington branch. He notes the Western campaign focus and awaits further decisions on the executive committee and specific leadership appointments. The plan mirrors Republican strength in Chicago as campaign fighting shifts westward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Nied
Washington
Ly Byesemt
Wallamoroy
Ines
Washingston
Executive Committee
Chicago
Bryan
Tones
Xogaris
Frightful Crash on Single Track Trains Collide
A collision on a single track near Cheri Orgon at 3:30 PM injured a fireman and killed one rail worker. Engineers misjudged the yardage, the freight head engine escaped, but the passenger cars sustained less damage while the postal car was badly damaged.
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Cite
Obie
Aig
al Cheri
Orgon
Toreh Hill
Gtd
Postal Ear
Adame Express Workers Strike in Jersey City
Employees of the Adame Express Company in Jersey City strike, led by concerns over management and delays. They accuse President Wier of mismanagement and cite inefficient routes and disrupted service affecting Philadelphia and other ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Xone
Adame Express Company
Thie
Jersey City
Sitika
Wier
Sinka
Érnay City
Phi Delphia
Narrow Escape on Goat Island Bridge
Edwin Bushton of this city had a remarkable escape yesterday when his bicycle veered on a steep incline near the Goat Island bridge. He toppled over the low iron fence into the rapids but struck a rock and was saved by an assisting passerby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magné Patra
N.Y
Edwin Bushton
Goat Island
Bushion
Spi
Horrible Find: Body of Woman Discovered Near Road
A gruesome discovery on August 15 revealed a dead body with severe injuries. Police report a missing woman case under investigation as investigators search for clues and identify the victim.
Fire Near Lima Sparks Oil Field Conflagration
Lia Ohio Aug 15 At 1 oclock this morning lightning struck 36 000 barrel of oil on the Kemper farm three miles south of here owned by Standard Oil Co It set ablaze a group of tanks and the fire spread to three others Standard Oil has 300 men constructing embankments and they are shooting tanks to release oil The smoke darkens the sun and the loss is placed at 75000 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lia
Ohio
Kemper Farn
Here
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Pleas
Jealousy Sparks Fatal Shooting a Cincinnati Home
A man wounded his wife in a Cincinnati house in a jealous fit, firing two bullets into her chest and another at their three year old daughter, who survived with a minor wound. The suspect Nelson was arrested minutes later. The report also covers a separate knife wound incident in Cleveland and a long-winded religious meeting in Winona with lectures by Prof. White and Dr Chapman.
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Guicaco
Charles Nelson
North Western Avenue
Breas
Geughter
Neleon
Crromvaer
Cleveland
Ohio
A. Rothacker
Jhai
Mount Auburn
Charles Lundy
Lundy
Bothy
Charles Rathacker
New, York
Alec
Sker
Rothacker
Wes
Bryan party at boat landing in Newburg draws cheers
William J. Bryan and party including Mrs Bryan and Bir Sewall leave Irvington for Yonkers and take the Albany boat to Poughkeepsie. Two thousand people gather at Barry town to see Bryan as the boat Albany lands. He bows to the crowd and acknowledges the compliments.
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Yonkers
N. Y
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Bir. Sewall
John Briathen Walker
Irvington
Mr. Walker
Walker
Outright
Brryan
Albany
Poughkeepsie
Yonker
Acros
Barrytown
Upper Red Hook
Nansvres
Nebragkan
Gaugray
Prevident
Striking East Side Tailors Seek Aid in Settlements
New York August 17 A four week tailors strike on the east side has cost about 6000 in Sheriffs Fund while 5000 men 4700 women in 315 shops return to work. Seven cooperative shops employ 500 men and 100 women as fights with garment workers subside. 1200 strikers seek support from affiliated groups while 2000 men and 1000 women remain idle. Settlement applications pour in and are checked for surety solvency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Side
Bhodd
Aévénty
Co-Operative
Ehopé
Wnion
Hon-iiniog Garment Workers
Ani
I Ia
Murder Mystery Sparks Indiana Town After Bridge Discovery
In August a man and woman were last seen riding toward the river near a covered bridge south west of the city. The buggy was found at the bridge entrance with the horse hitched to a tree and the buggy torn cushions and a broken hole in the bridge. The town debates murder or suicide as theories emerge amid the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suptamarans
Antiins
Tan
Thia ‘City
Indianapolis
Vincennes
Bigneuf
Murdered man Wilbur F Hyster a Lincoln business leader
Wilbur F Hyster a prominent Franklin County businessman and former foundry operator was found murdered in an alleyway in Lincoln Nebraska. He served as director of the Baltimore and Cumberland Valley railroad and was a son of Judge Jacob Hyster owning considerable local property. His body will be brought back for burial by the Masonic fraternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cramsenescno
Wilbur F, Byster
Lincoln
Neb
Ecessas
Franklin County
Baltimore and Cumberland Valley Railroad
Hoe
Jacob Hyster
Masonic Fraternity
Death of Josiah E. Kelley at First National Bank
Josiah E. Kelley, assistant cashier of the First National Bank, died by suicide yesterday afternoon in the basement of his residence behind the bank. He left letters confessing a cash shortage of over 2400 dollars and fear of exposure by the National Bank Examiner Vatco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovrn Bey
Ind
Josiah E. Kelley
First National Bank
National Bank
Vatco
Kelley
Two Ships Sunk After Lake St Clair Collision
Dereorr Michigan August 16. The stunner Ovesnica of the Lichigh Valley Transportation company fleet collided with the propeller William Chisholm in a new channel of Lake St. Clair. Both vessels sank but all crews survived, taking to the rigging until aid arrived. Oceanica valued at 230000, Chisholm at 125000, water flooding seventeen feet. Accident suspected to stem from signal or light confusion.
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Dereorr
Mich
Stunner Ovesnica
Lichigh Velley ¢ Transportation Com
Mpany
William Chisholm
Lake St. Clair
Oceanica
Buffalo
Chicago
Chisholm Wes
Marquette
Bio Ports
Wyoming Woman Elector Nominated by Republicans
Wyoming Republicans nominate Mrs. Sarah Malloy for state presidential elector. Malloy, born in Ohio and living in Culveni Wyoming, is a forty-year-old mother of four who has long voted against her husband’s positions but would vote for McKinley and Hobart if elected.
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Sarah Malloy
Culveni
Wyo
Wyoming
LRB
Malloy
Hiss
Hiss A Fain of Four Childran, the Eldest Éigtdén
McHinley
Hobart
Union Pacific Rilroad
Cheyenne
Ogden
Michigan
Lassiva
Miah
Fish
Upper Peninsula
United States
China
Cleveland
Nansen’s Arctic Drift Theory Jolts Explorers Return
Reports from Norway claim explorer Nansen has safely returned on a voyage likened to the Jeannette expedition. Commodore Melville argues the drift theory is misapplied and cites parallels with Wyplash and Payer’s Tegathoff voyage, while Jackson and Nansen are said to have met near Franz Josef Land.
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Nansen
Wyprecht
Payer
Tegethoff
Nova Sembdla
Sibera
Éxet
Wyltzee Feland
Francia Joseph Land
Cape Nassau
Nova Sembla Nansen
Coommodore Mellville
Polar
Greenland
Ais
Nova Sembia
Nanaen
Arctic
Tenions
New Siberian Islands
Jeanette
Nan Gen
Nova Sémbra
Hin
Vanna
Jackson
Nangén
Cape Flora
Franz Josef Land
Torney
Thames
Jack Rot
Dr. Nangen
Vardo
Dr. Nansen
Franz Jovef Land
Varn
Norway
Fire Sweeps Baptist Church Killing Nine In Elliott County
A fire wrecked a Baptist association gathering in an old frame church at Sandy Hook. Nine people were killed and forty to fifty injured as the upper floor collapsed and panicked crowd surged for exits. Names were not yet received.
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Sixtxoron
Sandy Hock
Elliott County
Baptists
Governor Matthews Stricken With Congestive Chill
Aug 17 report from Tamanaronis states Governor Matthews is seriously ill from a congestive chill likely caused by exposure during an outdoor speech in Brookville on Saturday night. He endured a cold spell on the way to visit a street in Indiana yesterday.
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Tamanaronis
Matthews
Mande
Brookville
Deaths and Funerals Mark Week in Lake Township Area
Emanuel Prill, a prominent Lake township farmer, dies suddenly at near seventy. Dozens more, including Christian Diem, Ferdinand Horn, John Kelley, and August Ostmann, pass away or are buried in Fort Wayne area. Syrians in the colony grow to over 100 as new arrivals continue. The week closes with multiple services at local churches and cemeteries.
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Emanuel Prill
Lake Township
Allen County
Prill
Benjamin
Pennsylvani
MM. B
Arcola
Eel River Cemetery
Cispsattle
From the Hospital and Court Docket Report
A wife testifies against Bernard Murphy in a circuit court after injuries from an alleged drunken assault at their Wayne Lafayette home. Murphy, jailed on $500 bond, is accused of beating her and threatening to kill. she was treated at Hope Hospital and remains recovering. A separate case notes a watch theft by Avery Besmaes chased from West Main Street to Nickel Plate tracks. A humane officer investigates abuse in New Haven involving Joseph Stuck.
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Christian Diem
Hope Hospital
Mr. Diem
Charles Diem
H. W. J. Aiking
Adam Horn
South Hanna Street
Christin
Tokn
St. Vincent's
Saylum
Ferdinand Horn
South
Hanna Street
Zion's Lutheran Church
Decessed
Prussia
Lindenwood Cemetery
Scheemann & Elsebn
Sophia
Briah Charles Axt
East Lewis Street
Lange
Gideon Burgesa
Richmond
Kan
Burgess
New Haven
South Harrison
John Kelley
Pennsylvania Company
W. S. Gruber
Wabash
South Whitley
T Saat Place
Robert Fisher
Weat DaWald Street
Eel River
Katherine Moore
Madison Park Lodge
Chicago
Kate Garner
Patrick Murphy
Mehtastraat
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Maria Wolford
Dennis A. Wolford
Pennsylvania
Miner Street
Archibald
Lee
Maris Rosa
Austin Finney
Grand Rapide
Fort Wayne
Abdo David
Haad Privet
Abdo
Young Myas Strroke
Houch
Bernard Murphy
Murphy
Wayne
Lafayette
Simus
Fred Koenig
West Main Street
Mr. Koenig
Chage
Coverdale
Avery Besmaes
Schlaudrof
Joseph Stuck
Mr. Schisudroff
Brooks W. Brooks Wits Escapate-Hopp Day at Paulding County
Unclear text references a certificate related to a Paulding County event with the name Brooks W and a $700 figure. Details about location Weber hotel and a superintendent are incomplete.
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George Brooks
Hopp
Paulding County
Frank Se
Weber Hotel
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