Palmer's Glorious Illinois Senate Victory Ends Long Ballot Fight
The Great Dead Lock ends with Gen John M Palmer elected U S senator on the 154th ballot after a seven day battle. Palmer led 103 to 100 over Lindley with Streeter 1. Taubeneck shifted to Streeter causing dramatic floor scenes. Palmer's victory triggers jubilation in the house as supporters celebrate with horns, drums, and handkerchiefs.
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Strinerizzo
Palmer
Cockerell
Lindley
Streeter
Taubsaneck
Sprinerewp
Taubeneck
Illinois
John M. Palmer
Cockerill
Moore
Vaubeneck
Cicero J. Lindley
Chamber of the
Joint Assembly
Mr. Evans
Tarbereck
House
United States
Falmer
Ship Dryad wreck off Start Point with all hands lost
London reports the British ship Dryad from Shields bound for Valparaiso wrecked off Start Point. Twenty four people aboard, including passengers, have drowned. In Hlattton Rev. J. H. Green is invited to lead the Baptist church, noted as a strong church in the state.
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London
Dryad
Shields
Valparaiso
Start Point
Burrrton
J. H. Green
Baptist Church
Roy
Widow Claims Two Thirds of Jans Estate in Martinsville
Mrs. William Northern of Morgan County argues a Trinity church land claim based on Quackenbush deed history. She asserts direct lineage to Quackenbush and seeks two thirds of the property, arguing the Jans heirs would receive one third. The claimant, about fifty, is widowed with several children.
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Martinsville
Ind
Auneke Jans
William Northern
Trinity Church
Annelie Janus
Quakenbush
Quackenbush
Northern Sys
Anneke Jans
Jans
Northern
Supreme Court Sets Argument Dates on Electrocution Law
The U S Supreme Court advanced cases on New York electrocution law and McKinley tariff validity. Jagiro and Wound are slated for argument on the first Monday in April with Jugiro directed to appear. Boyd, Sutton & Co. and Steinbach & Co. versus New York customs and Marshal Field & Co. versus Chicago also set for October and April briefs allowed.
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Wasuixeron
Supreme Court of the United States
Jagiro
Wound
New York
Ino Jugiro
Jugiro
Boyd, Sutton & Co
Steinbach & Co
Treasury Dwarf Tommy Hall Secured Washington Post
Tommy Hall of Columbus Indiana died in Washington city at age sixty two. He weighed sixty five pounds and stood forty two inches high, earning the title small man of the United States treasury. He joined the department at Lincoln's first administration after meeting Salmon P. Chase on a train. His death followed a broken leg suffered three weeks earlier on treasury steps. the same leg had been broken thirteen times before. His family was large.
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Palmer
Illinois
Chicago
Sheridan
Grosvenor
General Sheridan
United States
Grant
Republican Party
Democracy
Springfield
Fifer
Harrison
United States Senate
Farwell
Columbus
Ind
Tommy Hall
Washington City
United States Treasury
Lincoln
Salmon P. Chase
Treasury Building
The Verdict Dont Sult Murderer Lopez Gets Off Easy
In Kas Vicarra on March 16 the Camelio Lopez murder trial returned a second degree verdict after a late afternoon jury deliberation. The crime occurred last January when Lopez allegedly assaulted a colored woman, then killed and wounded Dobbs and two women in a bed refuge. Threats of lynching by the local Black community followed the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbs
Lopez
Steal or Starve Alternative Seen by Rendville Miners
In Rendville Ohio coal mines have been idle for weeks leaving families destitute. About fifty miners looted McCoy Williams store taking thirty barrels flour and several hundred pounds meat saying they must steal or starve. Authorities move to assess needs and aid victims.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Rendville
McCoy & Williams
Five thousand for a wife in a Denver real estate case
Colorado man Herbert Worcester sues real estate agent K B Maple for damages of 59000 claiming alienation of his wife. Worcester found his runaway wife with Maple at the Andrews hotel in Kansas City. Maple, 52, jailed. Worcester's wife is 24.
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Colorado
Kansas City
Herbert
Worcester
Pueblo
Col
Andrews Hotel
K. B. Maple
Seattle
Wash
Maple
Sage
Double murder near Rochester robs farmer after robbery attempt
Michael Overmeyer, 40s, a Richland township farmer, was found dead after a robbery attempt on West Pearl street. A revolver lay beside him and investigators believe two assailants killed him during a struggle for his wallet. a reward was offered. The case followed an inquest by coroner Shields as the town faced unrest after the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocararen
Ind
Marsh
West Pearl Street
Michael Overmeyer
Richland Township
Overmeyer
Shields
Hantington
Rochester
Elijah Miller
Miller
Mammoth mine disaster widows seek husbands for Coke strikers fund
District Master Workman Peter Wise of the United Mine Workers has received dozens of marriage requests following the Mammoth mine disaster that killed 110 men two months ago. Women from across the country seek husbands, including Florence Parrington of Farmount West Virginia and Annie Boyd of Mineral Point Pennsylvania. One veteran, 50 year old Peter Delphin of Lincoln, hopes for a wife and a small farm with a $12 monthly pension. Wise contemplates a matrimonial agency to aid the coke strikers' fund.
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Scorrpans
Peter Wise
United Mine Workers
Washington
David Brewer
Madison, Neb
Florence Parrington
Farmount
W. Va
Mia
Annie Boyd
Mineral Point
Peter Delphin
Lincoln
Wise
Coke Strikers’ Fund
Bridegroom at Wedding Supper Charged With Bigamy
Fred W. Hall of Cleveland and Kate Warren of Ottawa were wed on Saturday. At the wedding supper Hall was accused of having a wife and family in England. He admitted prior marriage but claimed divorce. Hall vanished after the ring was returned and is believed to have left for Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Fred W. Hall
Cleveland
Ohio
Kate Warren
Halli
Hall
Svas
England
A Heroine Auri Saves Family From Fire in Cuevetano
At 2 a.m. March 16 a frame dwelling and Rosenwasser’s dry goods store and adjacent houses burned in Cuevetano Ohio. Eight year old Lillie Rod erick living opposite woke, ran across the street in snow in night attire and with cries and knocking awakened the Rosenwasser family of four, likely saving their lives.
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Cuevetano
Ohio
Rosenwasser
Lillie Roderick
Rosenwaaser
Scandinavian mob seeks lynching of fellow countryman
Eight ring leaders of a Scandinavian mob, including Peter Lorenzen, are under arrest in Stoex City for an attempted lynching of Laxi Christianson late Saturday night. The incident occurred amid rising tensions as authorities investigate the assault plan and motive.
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Stoex City
Peter Lorenzen
Laxi Christianson
Gladstone Departs for Hastings Amid Massive Ovation
Lonvoy March 17 A vast crowd gathers at Charing Cree station to see Mr Gladstone depart for Hastings. Enthusiastic cheers and waving hats accompany his arrival, while an ex-radical association delivers a hopeful liberal address. Train crowds surge, injuring two. several others suffer cuts and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonvoy
Charing Cree
Mr. Gladstone
Hastings
Liberal Party
Gladstone
Ex-Radigal Association
Heidelberg University Reception Ends In Riot At Depot
In Tirin Ohio on March 17 Rev J A Peters arrived to take Heidelberg University posts. Seniors and underclassmen clashed at the depot as a brass band and cab were prepared for Peters. Police intervened to halt attempts to derail the escorted ceremony amid pandemonium.
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Peters
Tirin
Ohio
J. A. Peters
Danville
Heidelberg University
Oabs
Tiffin
Official Report of the Battle Wherein Col Robles Perished
The Times reports from Santiago de Chile an official account of the battle. Colonel Robles led 1200 infantry and 25 cavalry against 2500 revolutionists. Rebels used a decoy truce and fired on government quarters. Robles was twice wounded and killed after an ambulance capture. About 300 rebels died and 400 were wounded. President Balmaceda says 30,000 troops remain with ample funds.
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London
The
Times
Satiago de Chili
Chili
Robles
Mount Sebastopoul
Clogs
Magsadre
Balmaceds
Escape by Prayer Service: Young Inmate Flees Atlanta Jail
A promising prisoner named Henschel Harris vanished after a Young Men’s Christian Association service at Atlanta jail. Sheriff Morrow blames the YMC A for the escape as Harris slipped from his cell during the prayers and left with his coat, hat, and bag. No further traces have been found.
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Atlanta
Morrow
Chen
Sud
Pierce urged to take Japanese mission over editorship
Ex senator Pierce faces a choice between a formal offer to head the Japanese mission and a lucrative Minneapolis Tribune stake plus editorship. Friends favor the Tribune deal while allies stress the prestige of a foreign appointment. A final conference with the president is expected around March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismanox
N. D
Marc
Pierce
Minneapolis Tribune
Riots in New Orleans Over Hennessy Killing Stir Mass Acquittals
A New Orleans riot follows a not guilty verdict in the murder case of Chief David Hennessey. Eleven prisoners in custody are killed by a mob, five Sicilian suspects reportedly shot or hanged, and the parish prison is stormed as citizens demand swift justice. International protests and editorials reflect on American law, while officials prepare further inquiries.
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Incardoni Matranga
Marohesi
Manuel Polits
Pietro Monastero
Antonio Scaffedi
Joseph Macheca
Antonio A. Marohesi
Antonio Bagnetto
London
Rome
Italy
America
Chicago
Palermo
Sicily
France
Londox
St. James
New Orleans
Hennessey
United States
Baron de Fava
Washington
Baron de Ava
Marquis de Rudini
Blaine
Acta
Popolo Romano
Mississippi
Fracas
Don Oloviseiotte Dela Mancia
Atlantic
Europe
Signor Coste
Roma
Legation
Signor Conte
Parkerson
Denver
Colo
Republican
Elsino
Rocky Mountain News
Colorado
Graphic
Times
Marsh
Count Hirschel
San Francisco
Cal
Hennessy
Canal Street
Man Shoots Son in Card Game Dispute
In Onauxsville Arkansas yesterday Harris Gilbert, a farmer near Startman, shot and killed his son aged about twenty after an argument with a black man over a card game. Gilbert returned with a shotgun and fired when his son intervened to stop the shooting, then fled the scene.
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Onauxsville
Ark
Herris Gilbert
Startman
Gilbert
Silvert
Grand Army of the Republic to Celebrate Twenty Fifth Anni
Phileman Dickinson received orders from Adjutant General Goulding for the Grand Army of the Republic twenty fifth anniversary observance on April 6. Fort Wayne G A R posts will hold a public commemorative meeting with invitations to Sons of Veterans and others. A meeting at Bion 8 Bass hall Friday will coordinate a united grand commemorative entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phileman Dickinson
J. H. Goulding
Grand Army of the Republic
Fort Wayne
Seach
Sons of Veterans
Women’s Relief Corps
Grand Army
Decatur, Ill
Bion
Bass Hall
Blake Defends Feeble Minded Institute Leader
The Daily News lauds John G. Blake, superintendent of the Fort Wayne Institute for Feeble Minded Children, condemning a partisan bid to remove him. It praises his fitness, duty over profit, and the legislature’s failure to back the “mendacious plot” to oust him, warning of a corrupt faction if they had succeeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Page
John G. Blake
Fort Wayne
Blake
Mr. Blake
Institute
Indiana- Michigan league may replace state base ball plan
Reports say the Indiana League is dead and a Michigan Indiana league could form with Grand Rapids Bay City Saginaw Jackson Fort Wayne Evansville Anderson and Elkhart or South Bend. Negotiations started and a meeting for organization is planned amid manager Meyer’s displeasure at slow support. Evansville shown as a strong candidate despite mileage concerns.
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Michigan
Indiana
Grand Rapids
Bay City
Saginaw
Jackson
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Anderson
Elkhart
South Bend
Meyer
Sentinel
Family Fire In Edinalley House Wreaks Tragedy
A blaze at Wasser row tenement houses in Edinalley Lawrenceville last night left Mia Rachael Kupperman fatally burned and Simon Kupperman 17 and an infant four weeks old in critical condition with David Kupperman 47 and Mia Rachael's fate grim. Firemen saved five occupants after a infant’s cry alerted them. Solomon Goldenburg and Frank Smith fleeing the blaze were badly bruised. Damage estimated at 600 dollars. Kupperman is a Polish Jew and tailor.
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Solomon Goldenburg
Frank Smith
Kuppermen
Mr. Kupperman
Fort Wayne praise for Supt Blake and school funding drive
A letter from Inpranaranis Indiana dated March 10 1891 lauds Superintendent J G Blake for securing 3100000 in appropriations for the Indiana school for the feeble minded and the proposed industrial and school buildings. The writer credits Blake with boosting Fort Wayne’s standing and urges continued support across politics.
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Inpranaranis
Ind
Tae Sentinel
Supt
J. G. Blake
Forté Wayne
Blake
Barrett
Robert Bell
Oppenheim
Hench
Fort Wayne
Indiana School For
Sleepless Contest Between Two Detroiters
Detroit men Wi Bowerman and Andrew J Hunt sign up for a 168 hour wakefulness contest with a $75 side purse and gate percentage. Referees include physicians and the match begins at midnight March 30 with no second needed to assist.
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Detroit
The Stilletto's Work In Guivaco Minois Man Fatally Injured
Frank T. Haddon of 62 Campbell avenue was found with stilletto wounds on the head and arm near Polk and State Streets at 2 30 am He says three Italians followed him from a saloon and attacked after praising a New Orleans mob The injury was not serious and police doubt Mafia involvement noting the victim is a pianist and likely involved in a prior altercation
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Guivaco
Frank T. Haddon
Campbell Avenue
Polk and
State Streets
New Orleans
Schumacher
Harrison Street
Marsh
Henry Brown Dies in Columbus Prison
Sheriff Viberg received a telegram from Columbus Ohio prison stating Henry Brown a prisoner is dead. Relatives in this city, including his brother David Brown, request disposition of the remains to be buried there. Brown formerly lived here and was jailed for mule theft, turned over to Ohio authorities, found guilty, and died while serving sentence after death released him.
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Viberg
Columbus
Ohio
Henry Brown
David Brown
A Wedding Pair Wed In This City
W C Lane and Miss Mary E Frane were married by Stephen A Northrop in the bride's home on Lafayette street. The couple left for Fatton Iowa shortly after the ceremony to begin their life together. Frane is popular and Lane is a railroad man and brother of Mrs Frank Pearse of Hotel Pearse.
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Fatton
Iowa
W. C. Lane
May E. Frane
Stephen A. Northrop
Prosper Frane
Lafayette Street
Misa May E. Frane
Mr. Liane
West
Frank Pearse
Hotel Pearse
Bloomingdale Trustees Plan New School Building
The Bloomingdale public school is overcrowded and a northern ward building on the Nebraska Miner street plan will be erected soon to relieve crowded conditions. A separate item notes a $40,000 wreck on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern line near Seven Bend involving two freight trains with engines and cars damaged. Perry county reports no prisoners and no county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingdale
Nebraska
Miner Street
Mouth Bend
Seven Bend
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Crooked Package Prompts City Court Proceedings
A Cedar Creek resident paid $330 for a box alleged to contain six gold watches sent from New York to Fort Wayne. The box held only waste paper and a bottle of Warner's Safe Cure, triggering a replevin suit against the American Express company and the consignors. Court notes follow with judgments and pending cases in Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Amatatz
Cedar Creek Township
American Express
J. O. Amstutz
Fort Wayne
Ind
O. D
J. Minden
Care O, Pyke
East Thirteenth Street
New York
Mary A. Sullivan
Cassius Druley
Fred Bradtmiller
Wm. D. Bishop
Robert Lowry
Purcell Reindolf
Fort Wayne Medical and Surgical Sanitarium
Cooper
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Bell & Morris
Lowry
M. W. B. Spencer
Isabella Diffenderfer
Executrix
Almira Scott
Supreme Court
Worden & Morris
Fort Wayne Sailor Writes From China Mission on Monocacy
Fort Wayne lad Albert F Schmueckle, ship’s barber aboard the U S S Monocacy on the Asiatic Station, recounts life at sea and in distant ports. He corrects a rumor he served on the Vandalis and notes duties of shaving drills and selling toilet articles aboard. He mentions Pokin, Hong Kong, Japan, and a visit to Korea, China, and Bogota. The Monocacy now sails 410 miles up the Yanksee River and he plans another letter. Frank Lawrence of Hope, Indiana, arrested for counterfeit money and sent to Indianapolis. Hood's Sarsaparilla promoted as blood purifier and health aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert F. Schmueckle
United States Navy
U. 8
Monocacy
Schmueckle
Ching-Kiang
Obins
Fort Wayne
Mgr. Schmueckle
Pokin
Cbina
Bogota
Hong Kong
China
Japan
Yanksee River
Futura
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Nketeh
Seetcoh
Green
Dillon Street Methodist Protestant Church
Indianapolis
Hlattton
Henley Bell
the Treasury Dwarf
Hocking County
Witmundon
Del
Charles O’connor
Pacific Coast
Flynn
St. Mary’s Church
Sweetheart
Caluxas
Tex
Delia Close
Vinton
Geo. Martin
Martin
Trinity River
Auladinga
Lorenzen
Christian Leon
J. O. Smith
Auri
Chile
Col. Robles
Hetting
the Chronicle
Onugass
Athlette
Chazed
Order
Daily News
Indiana League
Stilletto
Mary E. Frane
Perry County
Coun
J.C. Amstatz
Courts
Dierstein
Gottleib Mousenest
Michael Wickliffe
Malinda Green
Sophia Reilling
Thomas Dillon
U. S. Navy
Colunusus
Frank Lawrence
Hope
Lawrence
Hartzell
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