Democratic State Ticket Heads the 1904 Ballot
List of statewide Democratic nominees including Governor Claude Matthews and Morton Nye for lieutenant governor along with secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general and supreme court and appellate judges. Also notes on Homestead labor violence and political convention clashes and public comments.
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Tichet
Claude Matthews
Vermillion County
Mortimer Nye
Wm. R. Myers
Anderson
John Oscar Henderson
Kokomo
Albert Gall
Homestead strike echo and political spillover in 1890s debates
The piece surveys Labor conflict at Homestead and Prohibition debates tied to Carnegie’s wealth, tariff protection, and party campaigning. It notes the Homestead mill massacre context, mentions a major Lutheran assembly in Ohio, and hints at candidates and religious affiliations while urging calm in church disputes.
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Berrarieaux
Carnegie
Christian Endeavor Convention Arrivals Overwhelm New York
Delegates pour into New York for the Christian Endeavor convention as railroads face blockages and traffic delays. Four hundred reception volunteers assist at stations while Grand Central swarms with guides. Over ten thousand delegates landed in a single hour. more than a day’s total arrival reaches into the thousands.
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New York
Daly
Christian Endeavor Society
Grand Central
Madison Square Garden
Edwin F. Lee
Young Men's Christian Association
Fourth Avenue
George C. Stebbins
Ira D. Sankey
Francis E. Clark
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Montreal
New York State
Charles Deems
Church of the Strangers
Brooklyn
A. C. Dixon
Merrill T. Gates
Amherst College
Labor Conflicts and Immigrant Tides in Indiana News
The report recounts labor strife at Homestead and broader labor sentiment, notes claims of company gains and workers' wage reductions, and discusses immigrant arrivals in the U S with Germany and Britain leading. It mentions Indiana laws, Pinkerton prohibitions, and political commentary tied to 1892 campaigns. It also covers a Fort Wayne convention and a large Y M C A gathering in New York with detailed venue descriptions.
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Parksoxy
Carnegie
Pinkerton
Pattison
Death of Judge Jeptha D. New in Vernon
Saturday’s Sextiven reported the death by suicide of Judge Jeptha D. New of Vernon. An appellate judge and former Democratic candidate for supreme court from the second district, he was nearly 63, survived by a wife and three children. Funeral services were held this afternoon with burial in Vernon cemetery.
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Vernon
Judge New
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Second District
Vernon Cemetery
Mrs Harrison Improves Briefly During Lake Rest
Mrs President Harrison shows improved spirits at Loox Lake via Saranac Lake after a slow demanding Washington trip. She arrived pale and tired but recovered after reaching her cottage and a restful night. She appreciated the cool mountain air and the president plans to return to Washington on Monday.
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Loox Lake
Saranac Lake
Harrison
Washington
House Committee Fails to Agree on Silver Bill in Morning Session
In Wasuixetoy the house committee on coinage weighs and measures spent an hour and a half without consensus on the silver bill. Members Kilgore and McKeigan of Nebraska were absent as the panel adjourned to reconvene at 6 30 pm. Earlier the House passed the tin plate bill by 207 to 56. A separate vote by the same committee ordered a favorable report on the Stewart free coinage bill by 8 to 4.
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Wasuixetoy
House
Kilgore and
McKeigan
Nebraska
Yeas
House Committee On Weights and Measures
President weighs Gresham for Bradley vacancy
A Chicago report claims the president may appoint Judge Gresham to the Bradley vacancy as a reward for refusing to permit his name at the Omaha convention. Gresham told the Chicago Herald there is no basis for the report and that he would not accept the office if offered.
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Cleveland
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Justice Bradley
Supreme
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Chicago Herald
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Allcock
Young Lovers Tie Quiet Knot Amid Family Blessings
Lucins FL Alexander, a clever bookkeeper for TH. W. Bond on East Columbia street, and Lucile Schiefer of Spy Run avenue, announced as mutual love wedding plans. Despite a nineteen and eighteen year age gap, relatives say they left the city and will return as Mr. and Mrs. Alexander. Friends extend congratulations.
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Lucins
Alexander
TH. W. Bond
Columbia Street
Lucile
Fanny Sehefer
W. D. Schiefer
Spy Run Avenue
Elise
Much Wheat Harvesting How Been Done Corn Doing Well
Indiana weather bulletin reports a favorable week for crops with light rainfall. Wheat in the south is shocked and will be thrashing next week while central areas have much cut and in shock. northern heads not fully filling though overall crop is good. Corn grows fast and stands well across the state despite cool temps. Clover and hay are good in south and central, but rain damaged some northern and central areas.
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Indiana Weather
Eighth Annual Labor Convention Call Issued at Logansport
Thomas M. Gruelle, president of the State Federation of Labor, issues the call for the eighth annual convention to be held July 26 and 27 in Logansport. Invitations go to every trade and labor organization in the state as the gathering aims to unite organized labor and push legislative measures for workers' betterment.
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Thomas M. Gruelle
State Federation of Labor
Logansport
Younge
Bright’s
Medical and Surgical Institute
Fifteen Souls Reckoned in City Deaths Week Ending July 9
The city undertakers report deaths for the week ending Saturday July 9. Names include Hulda Fredericks 14, Hanna Blessing 64, Anna Lepper 22, Margaret Weibler 51, John Shephard 6, Elsie Williams, Ralph Beverforden 16 days, Mary Salge 69, Martha Bruick 62, George W Shorey 60, Julie Ann Slagle 65, Bridget Curran 17, Birdie Lamb, Carl Tromsher 5, Charles Telford 40. Causes include diphtheria, accident, cancer, liver complaint, heart failure, dropsy, brain trouble, and other causes with counts and ages. May provide overview totals by age and cause. SAMUEL Mercaur M.D. Health Officer.
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Hulda Fredericks
Hanna Blessing
Anna Lepper
Margaret Weibler
John Shephard
Elsie R. Williams
Ralph Beverforden
Mary Salge
Martha Bruick
Geo. W. Shorey
Julie Ann Slagle
Bridget Curran
Samuel » Mercaur, M.D
Giant powder works explosion rocks San Francisco area
San Francisco reports a massive blast at the Highlands powder works near Berkeley at 5 AM. The city trembled as windows shattered and fires broke out in buildings. Authorities say there is great loss of life.
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Homestead
Carnegie Steel and Iron Works
Pinkerton
Carnegie
Caryecie
Carnégie
San Francisco
Cal
Highlands
Berkeley
Judge New Dead At Vernon Home
Jeptha D. New a judge of the appellate court died at his Vernon home this morning at age sixty two. The obituary notes his longtime service and role in Indiana law. Verbal tribute details follow in local notices, with short biographical mentions.
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Ixmasavoits
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Jeptha D. New
Appelate Court
Vernon
Legislature adjourns after 500 bills and no senator
New Orleans session adjourned last night with about 500 bills introduced and only a fraction enacted. The anti trust bill passed, circuit judges elected, glove contests shelved, levee funds approved, World’s Fair funds set, lotteries banned after December 1898, and artificial limbs provided for Confederate veterans. The U S Senate seat election was deferred to the next session.
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Louisiana
Confederate States
United States
Quarrel Between Farmers Over Gate Leads to Shooting
In Greveswood on July 9 David Foster and Michael Surfice, near Greenwood, clashed over a road crossing Surfice land. Foster’s men attempted to pull down a locked gate when Surfice fired a double barrel shotgun, wounding Foster with seventy five pellets to the arm chest and neck. Foster hospitalized in critical condition. Surfice surrendered, waived examination, and was bound over to court.
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David Foster
Michael Surfice
Greenwood
Surfice
Foster
Lighthouse keepers’ daughter cured by new discovery
Mr and Mrs Loren Trescott of Sand Beach Michigan are blessed with a daughter. After measles and a severe cough left her a mere bones, Dr King’s New Discovery cured her after two and a half bottles. Also advertised: Electric Bitters for liver stomach and kidneys, a salve for skin ailments, and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething. An Utah book and rail route notes conclude the section.
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Government
Sand Beach
Mich
Detroit
Dr. King
Dreier & Bros. Strength and Health
Drier Bros. Drug Store
General Slocum Injured in Carriage Accident
Gen Henry W Slocum of 465 Clinton avenue Brooklyn was thrown from a carriage while driving Thursday evening by a spirited team. He sustained bruises over the left eye and cheek. The family physician believes he will be all right in a few days.
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New York
Henry W. Slocum
Clinton Avenue
Brooklin
Young man maims hand in hay unloading accident
Arthur Slough, twenty, sustained severe injuries when a hayfork rope caught his hand. He was carried up forty feet to the mow before falling, tearing half his hand off. He lies in critical condition with uncertain recovery. News from Ixpraxaponts, Indiana, July 7.
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Borrsox
Ind
Jay
Arthur Slough
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