Decision of the General Assembly on alliance dispute
In Banaroas May 23 a near four to one vote by the General Assembly affirmed a plan to place control over the alliance with the Beath Discusned. Dr Defield of New York and Rev Markland of Baltimore spoke on reunification efforts. The session debated church unity, debts, and foreign work costs while other items included tariff discussions and state nominations.
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Banaroas
Defield
New York
Markland
Baltimore
Preachy- Review Alliance
Beathern Presbyterian Church
Geol. Purvis
Princeton
O. J
Board of Foreign
Hooragel Ong
Teller
Hill
Irby
Kyle
Talles
Old officers may hold over after failure to qualify
Lawyers advise that the beaten officers will serve the full term since not qualifying is treated as refusal to serve, citing statute requirements for certificates and bonds. The outcome hinges on whether the old administration retains power until new officers meet the legal conditions.
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Beat
Man claims release of innocent man from Michigan prison
John Crow, a man calling himself Crow, arrived in Maxam Indiana claiming to free an innocent man serving life in Michigan for a murder Crow says he did not commit. He recounts traveling from Van Wert Ohio in 1885 to Michigan lumber camps then west, and asserts Van Nimman was wrongly convicted of the 11 year old murder.
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Maxcm
Ind
John Crow
Hoe
van Wert
Michigan State Prison
Crow
van Nimman
Ohio
Michigan
John van Nimman
Big Rapids
Mich
Iown
John
Minnesota
George Winfield
Walter Rice
West
Chicago and West Michigan
Jaws
Mecoste County
Miners Clash in Stickle Hollow Tragedy at Coal Plant
At Stickle Hollow near Uniortows on May 24 a deadly clash erupted as 2000 striking miners faced deputies guarding the Washington Coal and Coke plant. Gunfire killed at least three, with multiple wounded, as deputies fired on the road where workers were halted. Reports vary on total casualties. Tensions rose as camps formed, fires lit, and threats to attack homes surged.
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Uniortows
Strcker Hollow
Washington Coal and Coke Company
Stickel Hollow
Lucyville
Fayette City
Freeport
Allenport
Monongahela River
Atrikera
Stickle Mines
Richards
Wilhelm
Fair Chance
Fair Chance Furnace Company
Hill Farm Tines
Hill
Natives Rise in Corean War Uprising Attacks Officials
Report from Vancouver May 23 via Empress of India describes Corean insurgents seizing the governor’s palace at Sing-La-Too, killing 40 officials with brutal mutilation, and marching on Seoul before 600 Chinese troops arrived. Arrests and arms seizures spread to King-Ki-To as rebels plan prison breaks and further uprisings. Yokohama reports claimed Coreans subdued with 500 deaths, unverified.
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Vancouver
B. C
Empress
India
Corea
Sing-La-Too
Seoul
King-Ki-Too
Yokohama
Dominick O Malla Case Sees Possible Continuance
Sensational developments in the Dominick O Malla case as juror Thomas J Stearns faces misconduct charges. Seven citizens testified he was drinking and conversing in a saloon, raising the likelihood of juror discharge and a possible scheduling of the case to the midsummer term.
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Crown Post
Ind
Dominick O'Malla
Thomas J. Stearns
Sven
Very Sick Lady Mary Lease Lies in Critical Condition
Mary E Lease, a noted public figure, lies in a critical state at Onatue Kas after a travel bruise led to infection. Doctors from Topeka and Kansas City conduct a consult, with her son Charles by her side. She suffers sciatic rheumatism in the left leg and inflammatory rheumatism in the right hand, whose fingers are swollen and drawn.
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Onatue
Kas
Mary E. Lease
Robi
Topeka
Kansas City
Charles
Chicago postoffice plans ten story lakefront building
May 24 Chicago house committee on public buildings votes to erect a new post office on the lake front site abandoned the present location. The plan calls for a ten story building covering the entire square with completion in three years and $4,000,000 appropriated as favored by members while the post office will occupy rented quarters in the meantime. Also from Prav Indiana Hon Charles G Cox dies at sixty seven. He served as joint representative of Miami and Cass counties. The populist secretary of state nominee C A Robinson once lived in this city and edited Poultry and Pets. He supported Farmer's Alliance activities and lectured at meetings.
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Kimball
Hill Farm
Centratia
Duquoin
St. John's
Ilinois Central
Big Four
Pottenger & Davia
Charles Stewart
Helms
Salem
Odin
Here
Sheriffa
House Committee On Public Buildings
Chicago
Lake Front
O'Rourke
Prav
Ind
Charles G. Cox
Miami
Cass Counties
C. A. Robinson
Poultry and Pets
Daily News
Farmer's Alliance
Novel trip down Maumee river ends in Defiance journey
Attorney Samuel F. Swayne and his wife and eight month old baby completed a 110 mile voyage in an open skift on the Maumee river. The high swift waters made navigation hazardous yet the trip took a day and a half. The party shipped the craft to Defiance and returned home by train. The tale amused locals and may spark more trips. Commodore the lion, Col Daniel Boone's tame feline, appeared with boxing gloves and faced Sandow in a staged match. Sandow won after ten minutes of exposure.
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Baby
Swayne
Defiance
Ohio
Maumee
Col
Daniel FE
Boone
Commodore
Sandow
Borgman Chosen Police Captain Over Major Miller
Five men were examined as the board of public safety chose Sergeant William F. Borgman as police captain. Despite Major J E Miller’s militia backing and other supporters, Borgman’s efficiency and record won the post. Borgman, 27, German Lutheran, has a clean service record and strong regard among peers. He is a Democrat and Fort Wayne born, rising from parish schools to the force.
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Alt
Cozen
Board of Public Safety
William F. Bergman
J. E. Miller
Borgman
Fort Wayne
Henry C. Paul
Centlivre Street Railway Granted Double Track Franchise
The board granted Centlivre Street Railway a double track franchise on Spy Run avenue from the bridge to the brewery with single tracks to Centlivre park and nearby facilities. Tracks to be electric powered and pavement costs estimated at 15,000 pounds. The county engineer must approve all work and roads must stay in first class condition.
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Board of Commissioners
Centlivre Street Railway Company
Spy Run Avenue
Centlivre Park
Messrs. Centlivre
Democratic Split Hit Indiana Leaders at Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne ind May 2 Henry Berghoff a Fort Wayne Democrat and brewer said he would quit the national Democratic party saying Washington has done nothing the country demanded and the Republican party is the business backbone of the country A B Trentman and A Diamond also signaled departure from the Democrats both men prominent Fort Wayne figures with Hartford City mills and paper interests Berghoff denied a public announcement but said he might vote Republican Heralding a local political shift reported by The Sentinel.
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Fort Wayne
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Henry Berghoff
Washington
Berghoff
Indiana
Berghoft Brewing Company
Berghoft
Hartford City
A. Diamond
A. B. Trentman
Tue Sextinen
Sentinel
Hunting for money and poison accusation rocks Rosixyon
A sensational case reports a nephew accused of poisoning his uncle and stealing $40,000 left by Dr. David Wilson. Warrants target relatives as detectives probe homes and seek exhumation for chemical analysis. The doctor’s death months ago triggers a dramatic search that has destabilized the death scene.
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Rosixyon
Uil
David Wilson
Young cook accused of attempted murder in Montpelier case
Nellie Weaver a sixteen year old cook in the Walmer household at Montpelier faced a preliminary examination in Hartford City for attempted murder after confessing she poisoned meat eaten by D A Walmer his wife and two children. She said her aim was to kill Mrs Walmer who had scolded her. She is jailed awaiting circuit court trial. Mrs Walmer is a Metts daughter from Ossian and well known in Fort Wayne formerly at the M E college.
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Nellie Weaver
Hartford City
D. A. Walmer
Montpelier
Walmer
Dr. Metts
Ossian
Fort Wayne
M. E. College
Half Interest in Colorado Mine Sold to New York Investor
In Orbiz Creek Colorado a half interest in a local silver mine was sold to Willard Ward Dixon and Dr. Ward of New York City. Dr. Ward is said to be a personal friend of Grover Cleveland and represented the president in the transaction. Separately, Pauline Reiter wed William Wefel at Emanuel Lutheran church with six bridesmaids and two groomsmen in attendance. A damage suit against the Pennsylvania Company at Richmond over a fatality case was compromised for $3,000.
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Orbiz Creek
Col
Colorado
Willard Ward
S. 2
Dixon
Dr. Ward
New York City
Grover Cleveland
Pauline Reiter
William Wefel
Anel Lutheran Church
Gross
Sophia Rippe
Anna Wefel
Louise Kleinsorge
Emma Grotejan
Sophia Hitzeman
Sophia Wefel
F. Rump
F. Reiter
Pennsylvania Company
Richmond
John Ganz
Ambitious executioner and the Dalton bank raid at Coffeyville
The narrator tours Fort Smith jail in spring 1594 remarks on inmates including murderers like Starr and discusses the gallows, the jail’s operations, and the bondage of crime. He then visits Coffeyville for the Dalton bank raid reenactment, detailing the eight-man gallows, bank holds, and the vivid street scene with names like Dalton, Isham, and Kloehr.
Dalton Gang's Coffeyville Shootout Ends with Four Dead
An 1880s Coffeyville confrontation details Grat Dalton, Bob Dalton, Emmett Dalton, and Bill Powers slain by townsfolk led by Kloehr. The battle lasts minutes leaving four dead, three wounded, and the Daltons captured or killed near Isham's store and the city jail.
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Mr. Kloehr
Grat Dalton
Bill Powers
Powers
Dick Broadwell
Condon Bank
Bob Dalton
Isham
Kloehr
Bob
Graf Dalton
Emmett Dalton
An Old Tims Hero and a Skyrocket Quarryman Tale
A collage of humorous excerpts features Mrs Von Wangler praising Colonel OQuilter's lineage while his great grandfather died unmarried. The piece recalls a Chicago Tribune quip about patience during tooth extraction, a New York World ribbon color joke, and a La Creme quarryman nicknamed the human skyrocket who survived a near-fatal blast by clinging to a bar. A surgeon saved him after the fall, and he quipped that letting go would fling the bar to Minnesota.
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Tims
la Creme
Hoe
Mississippi
Mark Twain
Minnesota
His Hardest Feat Involves Pawn Broker Request
A stranded athlete calls a pawn broker aside and declares in sobbing tones his intention to post his biggest bet or "dub bells" as a pivotal, self sacrificial moment. The Chicago Tribune framing emphasizes drama and personal struggle.
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Chicago Tribune
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Lasugea
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Mary Lease
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S F. Swayne
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Major Miller
Centlivre’s
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President Cleveland
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Edgar W. Nye
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Bnot
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Jayley
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