Death of Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite of the United States Supreme Court died at 6:10 this morning at his Washington residence after a period of illness marked by malaria bronchitis and pneumonia. He was aged seventy-one and left Toledo Ohio as a lifelong landmark of the nation’s judiciary. Funeral arrangements and official mourning actions followed with adjournments in the Senate and House and a national order of flags half mast.
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Big Floods Hit Rail Bridges and Low Lying Areas
At Fort Hunter New York a section of the West Shore railroad bridge over the Schoharie creek was swept away and another bridge at the Oobelskill crossing was carried out by ice and flood. The Mohawk river bridge remains feared for a general break up. West Shore trains run on Central tracks for now. In North Dakota settlers along the upper Missouri valley flee low lands amid rising flood threats.
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Bragg Honored With Banquet by Mexican and American Leaders
In Orrr Mexico on March 22 a banquet honored General Bragg, newly appointed United States minister to Mexico. American residents and Mexican officials attended as Bragg urged non expansion and support for liberal government in Mexico, signaling U S sympathy with the liberal regime and opposition to monarchist designs. The address drew wide attention to U S stance on Mexican affairs and the risk posed by reactionary forces.
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Golden Jubilee Of Hugh McCulloch And Wife Observed
Hon and Mrs Hugh McCulloch celebrate fifty five years of marriage with a golden wedding at Washington. The couple married in 1838 at Plattsburgh New York after meeting in Fort Wayne during frontier days. Their children and grandchildren attended a breakfast and reception reflecting a long shared life.
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Labor party delegates plan unified ticket at Cincinnati
Pressure reports union labor and united labor factions aim to join on one platform at a Cincinnati convention. Three conventions occur the same day with delegates from greenbackers and possibly grangers. A single general convention may be formed to unite multiple parties.
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Rt Rev Bishop Dwengers Grave Yard Case Set for Settlement
The Lafayette Courier reports on Rt Rev Bishop Dwenger seeking control of Catholic cemeteries. In superior court yesterday the case Joseph J Dwenger and Edwin P Waltera versus John Geary William Folckemer and John Evans was re docketed after a supreme court reversal of prior lower court rulings.
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Williamsport
Six Weeks of Tariff Talk in the House
Widespread tariff debate dominates the House from now until mid May. The bill is expected to be reported this weekend with a brief majority report urging adoption. The Republicans plan a rival measure as a substitute to the Democrats bill and may present it after the debate concludes.
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Bergh Will Filed Estate Leaves 92 Warren Street to SPCA
The will of Henry Bergh filed in New York on March 22 bequeaths land and building at 92 Warren Street to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a Russian painting to Elbridge T Gerry, and legacies to nephew Henry Bergh and brothers’ children. Two codicils are void for single-signature.
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Warren Street
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Edwin
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Man From Vienna Crossroads Takes Strychnine in Despair
John Sayers of Vienna Crossroads came to Springfield to work and married Sadie Shane after a brief courtship. Brooding over perceived wrongs he sought poison at a drug store, received strychnine, and swallowed it. He convulsed and was hospitalized in critical condition with doctors holding out hope for recovery.
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John Sayers
Vienna
Sadie Shane
Young Sayers
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Manhunt Reported In Willis Serial Killings
A report from Pomeroy Ohio claims Henson Willis killed George Carter on a Letert Ohio shanty boat and Tharton at Mudsock West Virginia after an attempted arrest, allegedly making Willis a fourth victim. Willis allegedly boasted of previous slayings and remains at large as the community fears retribution.
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Henson Willis
George Carter
Letert
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Tharton
Mudsock
W. Va
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Point Pleasant
Democratic Convention Plan Takes Shape in St Louis
John G. Priest reports a national committee sub committee will visit St Louis to coordinate with local bodies for a Democratic National Convention in early June. The panel includes Barnum Prince Prather Gorman Ransom Wallace Kelly Sulloway, with Barnum due to arrive this week.
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North Carolina
W. A. Wallace
Pennsylvania
P. H. Kelly
Minnesota
O. W. Sulloway
New Hampshire
Mayor Hewitt Defends Flag Ban on St Patrick's Day
New York mayor Hewitt sent a communication to the board of aldermen defending his refusal to permit the Irish flag to be raised at City Hall on St Patrick's Day. He states that only the American flag may fly from public buildings anywhere, arguing Americans should rule America, while denying any anti Irish sentiment despite the gesture.
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Trains Collide Near Wampum Injuries and Fatality Reported
Two passenger trains on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad collided near Wampum Pennsylvania about 7 am. Baggage master P. Gray was killed. Injured include fireman Wm Harkness engineer George Orr and conductor Charles Bowman with four passengers hurt. Victims were taken to Beaver Falls.
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Beaver Falls
Kentucky Treasurer Defalcation Sparks Impeachment Drive
March reports from Louisville and Frankfort detail a growing $250000 shortage in the state treasury. A Democratic caucus orders a full investigative push across all offices, while calls for expert accounting review and potential impeachment of Auditor Hewitt intensify. Thorugh probes extend to Tate's missing funds and Buckner’s stance on Hewitt. In Louisviug, a separate bonus session suspends rules to push immediate investigation. A sawmill accident leaves Christ Baade with a crushed foot. recovery time uncertain.
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Bell in City Discusses Democratic Candidates Abroad
Indianapolis News reports Hon. R. C. Bell of Fort Wayne visiting the city to discuss the state race. He contemplates entering the Twelfth district congressional race and notes factional tensions, with Lowry White dynamics and potential support for Colonel Matson or Captain Myers. Other aspirants include Eli Brown, Hugh Dougherty, and Gerard Reiter, with Munsey's withdrawal shaping the field.
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Redissell Mill dispute favored mortgagee title given
Supreme Court affirms circuit court decree granting George P. Bissell mortgagee John Bass and the O Q Simons estate title to the Rudisill homestead thirteen acres on Run avenue near Centlivre brewery in Indiana. The case has a long history in court.
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A Chapter of Casualties Details On Two Local Injuries
Tuesday Joseph Hood a prominent farmer of Eel River township broke his leg after losing balance on a narrow foot bridge while en route to attend a neighbor's funeral. Hood a Civil War veteran aged about fifty four was taken home for medical care. Frank Minnick a Pittsburg shop boiler maker nearly severed the index finger of his left hand while using a chisel at work.
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Local Item Summary of Various Indiana News
Lafayette to build a new high school at cost of 25000 dollars. Seymour German Lutheran church to erect a 12000 dollar edifice this season. Jacob Keiser retires as editor of the Michigan City News and will reside in Missouri. Media Mills of Hartford City may die by rat poison this Sunday. A flock of wild ducks noted near Montpelier en route west. Prosecutors to try James Archer John Stone John G Jones and William Stanfield for 1864 murder of Jackson Ballard at Shoals on May 21. Mrs Hensley daughter of ex Sheriff Gillaspie swam drown near Trafalgar. Phenis Lake a Fayette county farmer dies. estate valued at 75000 with about 900 acres. Wabash Mattress Factory Vincennes destroyed by fire. loss 1700. rebuilding planned. Fred Frels of Logansport pleads to grand larceny. sentenced to three years. James Balloz wheat thief sentenced to one year. Kokomo files new glass factory employing 150. fifth large factory there since January 1.
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Fred Frels
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James Balloz
Tent Campaign Underway for Indiana Prohibitionists
A telegraph dispatched from Indianapolis reports Indiana prohibitionists planning a statewide tent campaign. The convention praised as the party's best, with many new converts and a strong delegation of youths. John Studebaker of Bluffton will oversee arrangements with Woman's Christian Temperance Union auxiliaries supervising the women's department. Meetings will open with song and prayer.
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Heart-Broken Gypsy the Elephant Dies in Winter Quarters
Gypsy a thirteen year old female elephant owned by showman W H Harris died yesterday at 23 Robey Street after her elk companion died last week. The pair had stayed together for two years and Gypsy was born in India before being purchased by Carl Hagenbsch in 1883.
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City to oust Standard Oil from Riceworp by end of term
The Riceworp city council instructed city attorney A. O. Lindemuth to begin proceedings to remove Standard Oil from the city limits. He is authorized to secure necessary legal talent. The company was warned to move but instead sunk oil tanks underground, amid safety concerns and anticipated opposition.
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A. O. Lindemuth
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Local items recount deaths and political moves in Wayne area
Local items note the death of Mr. R. B. Farrand of Huntertown and the infant death of Mr. Anthony Bopp's child. County commissioners adjourned. Divorce suit of Elizabeth Nick vs Josiah Nick with J. E. K. France for the claimant. Democratic candidates urged for Wayne township treasurer. Various civic notices include gas company formation in Kalamazoo, sheriff candidacy rumors, and court actions in Fort Wayne and Chicago.
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Geo. Brackenridge
Trestee
Wayne Township
Anthony Bopp
Marion Township
Bopp
Nine Mile House
Inmates at Insane Hospital Report Deaths and Care
The 1887 trustees report to the governor shows a balance of 2 285 and an average daily inmate count of 1 568. It claims patient care is as good as possible, but notes a bath scalding death attributed to general paresis, with five other deaths from the same disease, prompting questions about the term’s true meaning and possible abuse.
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Leased Gas Fields North of Fort Wayne Elan
Fort Wayne plans natural gas lines, with People's Natural Gas company leasing 5000 acres in Perry and DeKalb counties for ten years at ten cents per acre. The Auburn belt wells aim to pipe gas to Fort Wayne, ten to fifteen miles away, after earlier success near Auburn. The company seeks a street franchise to move the gas through city streets.
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Train Collisions Injure Several in Two Routes
Prrrasuna March 21 a coke train on the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston railroad ran into a rock near Green Spring ten miles from a abet at one this morning the train was thrown over an embankment into the river fifteen feet engineer scalded but to recover others escaped injury. Mining Ont March 31 an emigrant train west on the Grand Trunk road collided with the Petrolia train one mile east of this place eight or ten passengers with broken limbs no one killed. The baggage master of Petrolia had both legs broken.
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Unknown man’s grave marked at last resting place
Coroner records show the unknown man killed on the Pittsburgh road last week was buried after a private ceremony near Linden. No relatives could be found and only two medicine bottles and a Chicago druggist label were found on the body, with no clear evidence to determine the cause beyond fatal contact with the Ketbare ash engine.
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Fire Threatens Muncie Depot Building
A late night blaze at the north side Muncie depot damaged one room as a conductor arrived to find flames bursting from a doorway. Firefighters reported fast spreading fire near the floor before containment.
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Warner’s Sarsaparilus Endorsed as Health Cure
A historical advertisement extols Warner’s Sarsapararius as the strongest blood tonic. It claims it cures ailments, prevents illness, and saves money, urging households to rely on this oldest tested remedy sold in bottles with 120 doses.
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