Harrison Career Reflections and Personal Ties
Ex president James A. Harrison reflects on his speaking tours draining his strength yet shaping Republican literature in Indiana. The piece notes his marriage to Mary Dimmick, their daughter Elizabeth, and his close confidant Dan Ransdall. It covers his Venezuelan arbitration role, rumored fees, and his cautious 1890s campaign posture and social life in Indianapolis.
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Indiana
Harrison
Mary Dimmick
New York
Indianapols
White House
Elizabeth
M. L. Haines
Washington
Venezuela
England
Paris
Arbitration
General Harrison
Indianapolis
McKinley
WeKinley
Harrisons
Adirondacks
Old Forge
Kankakee
Wounded Banker Shot During Bank Robbery in Halifax
In Harrisburg dated March 14 two robbers stormed the National Bank at Halifax, Pa. Cashier Charles W. Ryan was shot in the chest and seriously wounded. A clerk Isaac Leiter fired, wounding one robber. The desperadoes, named Henry Rowe and Weston Keiter, were captured by a posse and to be taken to Harrisburg for jail. The robbers had seized a team at Elizabethville and drove to Halifax, where they demanded cash but Ryan refused.
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Harrisburg
Charles W. Ryan
National Bank
Halifax
Isaac Leiter
Henry Rowe
Weston Keiter
Lykens
Elizabethville
Ryan
Carnegie Gifts 5 Million for Employees Endowment
Pittsburg Fla March 14 Two communications from Andrew Carnegie announce his retirement from active business life and a donation of 5 000 000 to endow a fund for superannuated and disabled Carnegie company employees. The gift surpasses all previous benefactions and threatens no change to the savings fund, which has nearly 2 000 000 on deposit with a 6 percent company loan program for workers to build homes.
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Pittsburg
Fla
Andrew Carnegic
Steel King
Carnegie Company
Carnegie
Doctor debunks Gar Creek smallpox scare report
Dr. J. A. Lomas returned from Gar Creek where he investigated a supposed smallpox case after an anonymous letter to officials claimed a local clerk had the disease. Lomas says the report was untrue and likely maliciously written.
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J. A. Lomas
Gar Creek
Proegler
How to Cure a Cold Says 24 Hour Cure
An advertorial note promotes Krause's Cold Cure capsules claiming a cure in 24 hours without side effects. Sold by Drelor & Bro at the Calhoun and Columbia streets corner. The piece also notes the improving condition of John Spice after weeks of illness.
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Krause
Drelor & Bro
Calhoun and
Columbia Streets
Cloverport Fire Destroys Town Leaving 1000 Homeless
Cloverport Kentucky woke to a early morning blaze that wiped out every business house and left about 1000 residents homeless. Losses top half a million dollars as flames spread from a gas-fed kitchen to massive tobacco warehouses owned by the American Tobacco Company. Louisville and Henderson sent aid, bringing trains of bread and clothing, while Adjutant General Murray loaded 500 tents from Frankfort to aid displaced families.
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Cloverport
Louisville
Henderson
American Tobacco Company
Tobacco Company
Murray
Frankfort
Three Lives Lost In Brooklyn Fire At 270 Atlantic Avenue
Fire at the five story tenement at 270 Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn killed Mary Madden sixty seven, George Rantio twelve, and Mrs Rantio forty five. Three others were injured including Mary Deherer and motorman Farrell Murray who saved a woman and child. Fireman McCue suffered cuts from falling glass.
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New York
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Farrell Murray
Mary Deherer
Mary Madden
George Rantio
Rantio
McCue
Brooklyn Water Tower
War transports sail for Manila from San Francisco
The transport Indiana will sail today for Manila carrying one battalion of the Twenty-eighth and one company of the Tenth Infantry. Tomorrow the Meade sails with headquarters and two squadrons plus two troops of the Fifteenth Cavalry. On Monday the Pennsylvania is expected to depart with seven companies of the Tenth Infantry.
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San Francisco
Indiana
Manila
Twenty-eighth
Tenth Infantry
Meade
Fifteenth Cavalry
Pennsylvania
McKinleys Reach Canton on Southern Trip Stop
President and Mrs McKinley and their party arrive in Canton Ohio marking a cross country journey. Transportation, reception plans, and local officials await guidance as the presidential party continues its travel schedule through the region.
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Canton, O
T and Mrs. McKinley
McKinley Welcomed Home With Small Station Greeting
President McKinley and Mrs McKinley arrived late after a delayed train. They were met by old friends including M C Barber and John C Dewber. At the Barver residence Mrs McKinley planned to stay until returning to Washington as Cortelyou and Dr Rixey joined the group.
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Ed Canton
M.C. Barber
Hawaii's First Cadet Appointed from Islands
Berkeley Cal March 15 John Enoch Pond a Berkeley high school student has been named the first naval cadet from the Hawaiian Islands The appointment was secured by Delegate Wilcox Pond is the son of Lieutenant Commander Charles F Pond commander of the U S steamship Troquois now at Honolulu
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Berkeley
Cal
John Enoch Pond
Berkeley High School
Hawaiian Islands
Wilcox
Young Pond
Charles F. Pond
United States Steamship
Troquois
Honolulu
Johnson linked to McKinley cabinet post
Philadelphia March 16 A circulating report says John G Johnson a leading Philadelphia attorney has been offered the position of attorney general in President McKinley’s cabinet to replace Griggs. Johnson declined to confirm or deny the offer while noting he is a staunch Republican who has not taken active part in politics.
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Philadelphia
John G. Johnson
McKinley
Griggs
Associated Press
Johnson
Bullings
Dukes Sues For Specific Performance Of Canal Right Of Way
Aaron N. Dukes elevates his appeal in the superior court against Bush Paul McCulloch Townsend Reed & Co and the Fort Wayne and Southwestern traction company. He seeks to compel conveyance of the Roanoke to Fort Wayne canal right of way under a contract. A lis pendens notice exists in Allen and Huntington counties. An injunction suit to restrain conveyance was dismissed after serving its purpose.
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Huntington Herald
Aaron N. Dukes
Bush
Paul
Dukes
Bush, Paw and McCulloch
Townsend, Reed & Co
Fort Wayne and Southwestern Traction Company
Allen
Huntington
Contract Awarded for Bishop Alerding Residence
Liebman and Kendrrick won the bid for the Clinton and Lewis street house with excavation and masonry workers named by higher bids. Ground will be broken immediately to finish by October 1, replacing the old stable behind Library Hall with a new structure moved back on the lot.
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Liebman
W. H. Kendrick
Fred, Wehrenberg
F. H. Miller
Max Trmscher
H.C. Kamsing
Library Hall
Sugar Prices Dip as Refining Firm Leads Decline
New York March 15 The American Sugar Refining Company pushed No 1 refined sugar down five points to 1.00 a pound as trading activity reflected lower prices across the market.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Rae
Cancers Promised Cure Without Knife by Dr Zimmermann
An advertisement promises a universal cancer cure using a non surgical method by Dr Zimmermann. It claims to treat eye nose lip ear neck breast womb and all internal and external organs, with guaranteed results and a call to come for diagnosis and treatment.
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Duncombe
Rimmermat
China Crisis Speech Reveals Diplomatic Shifts In Berlin
In the Reichstag Count Von Buelow acknowledged divergences among powers over China but urged steady progress toward a peace program. He cited indemnity disputes, Chinese obligations, and the Anglo German agreement aimed at protecting China’s integrity and German trade, while noting no secret provisions.
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Berlin
Maych
Count von Buelow
Reichstag
China
Fleciiredt
Prince Chun
China Hi
Ghina
Manchuria
Anglo Russian Dispute Nearing Clash Over Rail Property
In Tien-Tsin British and Russian guards on the cusp of a clash over railway property limits in the Russian concession, with British reinforcements expected as Russians retreat. Also, a Friday deal sold the old Catholic cemetery along the Fitzhborp tracks near St Marys River for $19,000 to Louis F Curdes through Rochell and Lennart agencies, ground to be platted into lots and sold.
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Tien-Tsin
Bishop Alerding
Louis F. Curdes
Fitlsborp
St. Mary's River
Dea
Rochell
Lennart & Zurbaugh
Marauding Deserters Report From Pekin March
Eight Australian volunteers join railway service for six months amid reports of a large band of military deserters causing depredations between Pekin and Tien-Tsin. A German squad encountered the bandits and was compelled to retire before British forces.
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Pekin
Tien-Tsin
Three Illinois Central Locomotives Crash Kills Three
In a head end collision on the Illinois Central Railway at Clay Switch Kentucky three men were killed instantly and three fatally injured. The dead are Engineer Dickey of Paducah Fireman Newman of Newbern Tennessee and Samlett of Tulton Ry Injured are Engineers Bornschien of Paducah Hazelton and Brakeman Roberts colored. A orders mix up is blamed for the wreck as both trains were moving at full speed and crews aboard were killed or injured.
Train wreck near St Polycarps junction injures engineer
A Canadian Pacific passenger train from Chicago collided at an open switch at St Polycarps junction in Montreal. Engineer Lamsden sustained injuries and passengers were transferred after a four hour delay.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Chicago
St. Polycarps Junction
Lamsden
Harrison's Home Tribute and Quarantine Lifting
A mourning piece honors a respected figure described as a soldier statesman and neighbor. The article expresses collective sorrow, pride, and reverence at half mast with the nation paying tribute. The notice also reports that quarantine is lifted at Henry Schnelker's Maumee Avenue residence.
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Nya
Ana
Henry Schnelker
Maumee Avenue
Polygamist Bill Vetoed in Utah Legislature
Governor Heleen M. Wells vetoed a recently passed bill restricting prosecutions for unlawful plural marriage. He warned the measure could trigger a national constitutional amendment and harm state unity. He cited past distress during statehood and urged mothers to use Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething children.
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Sub Sidte
Utah
Heleen M. Wells
Wharonaie
Moses
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Republican State Committee
MR. Carnegie
John Spice
Cloverport, KY
M'Kinleys
Canton
Hawaii
J. G Johnson
Philadel
Phia
2 Zimmerman
Han
Zluamerman
Maxenge
Lucal Gad
Bo Tlahay Rad Ustad
Miere
Sanitarium
Chas. A. Zimmerman
West Wayne St
Fort Wayne, Ind
Curdes Buys Cemetery
Gether
Tally
Columbia
James Whitcomb Riley
Wells
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