Tour of the Vets Draws Big Crowds in Indiana
A three day Indiana tour of veteran speakers drew large crowds in Fortville Anderson Marion Muncie Hartford City New Castle and Richmond. Generals Alger Howard Marden Sickles and supporters addressed thousands with parades and speeches as political activity intensified including a Populist telegram from Chicago.
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Richmond
Indiana
Indianapolis
Capital
Fortville
Marden
Howard
Anderson
Walker
Marion
National Soldiers’ and Sailors
Alger
Muncie
Hartford City
New Castle
Major Burst
H. A. Johnson
Congress
Sickles
Corporal Tanner
G. A. RB
Westcott Hotel
Johnson
C. B. ‘Binckley
W. C. ‘Starr
Canton Celebrates McKinley Visit With Delegations
Generals Alger Howard Sickles and others are due in Canton Monday at 7 30 pm with a reception at the Tabernacle. Delegations including 200 Cumberland miners and 7 car loads of Cleveland Street Railway workers arrive. Mrs McKinley greets visitors from the McKinley home as crowds applaud and plans for Saturday grow with colleges from Columbus and parties from Louisville and central Kentucky.
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Canton
Russell A. Alger
O. O. Howard
Daniel E. Sickles
Corporal Tanner
Tabernacle
Sandusky
McHimsey
Early Settlers’ Association of
Cuyahoga County
Mother McKinley
H. M. Addison
Cleveland City Street Railway Company
Thomas Martin
Cumberland
McKinley
Thomas Snyder
Allegheny County
Colleges of Columbus
Louiseville
Central Skentucky
Kansas
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Rule on Silver party ticket stirs Missouri voters
Jefferson City October 15. The secretary of state, seeking re election on the Democratic ticket, refused to file the Silver party ticket. The ticket would fuse Democratic and Populist electors with the Republican state ticket, possibly misleading voters. If the Supreme Court upholds the secretary, only one legal ticket may exist.
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Jefferson City
Gold Standard
Brace
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Speake for Candidate Watson in Atlanta Rally
In Atlanta Georgia on October 15 a spokesman declared support for Candidate Watson. The event drew attendees from local communities and political organizations as organizers highlighted Watson's platform and campaign promises.
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Watson
Atlanta, Ga
Generals Palmer and Buckner Visit Columbia Tennessee
Generals Palmer and Buckner arrived in Columbia on October 15 and were met by a committee at the station. They addressed a large Opera House audience with Mrs. Palmer present. Earlier in Pulaski a crowded Opera House welcomed them before they left for Birmingham.
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Palmer
Buckner
Tennessee
Columbia
Tenn
Mra Palmer
Mra. Buckner
Opera House
Pulaski
Breckinridge Nominated by Republicans
Frankfort October 15 The Seventh district Republican committee met and formed a convention to nominate W. C. P. Breckinridge for congress The move mirrors the National Democrats nomination of Colonel Breckinridge and will appear on the ballot under the Republican device.
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Breckinridge
Frankfort
Jay
Seventh District
Republican Committee
W. C. P. Breckinridge
Republican Rally Draws About Eight Thousand in Vandalia
In Vandalia Illinois on October 15 8 000 people attended a Republican rally at the court house park. Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania and John R Tanner arrived on a special train and addressed the crowd. Large parades moved through the afternoon and evening.
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Tanner
Vandalia
Hastings
Pennsylvania
John R. Tanner
Court House Park
Populist Candidate Withdrawn in South Bend
Populist congress hopeful John Bender withdrew on October 15 in South Bend in favor of Democratic nominee Charles Kellison.
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South Bend
Ind
John
Bender
Congress
Charles Kellison
Receiver named for Ithaca Bank in Michigan
George Keel of Mount Pleasant Michigan has been appointed receiver of the First National Bank of Ithaca Michigan in Washington on October 15.
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Ithaca Bank
Washington
George Keel
Mount Pleasant
Mich
First National Bank of
Ithaca
Paris Population Census Shows 2,500,000 in City
The Paris census puts the city population at 2,500,000, with density highest in the Temple arrondissement at 800 per acre. New York’s Tenth ward holds 70,168 in 110 acres, 687 per acre, while the Seventh ward sits at 875 per acre on 200 acres. Greater New York now estimates 2,700,000 and growing faster than Paris.
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Paris
New York
Trench
London
Arrondissement of the Temple
Board of Health
Chicago
Berlin
Vienna
Twentyfourth
Fourteenth Ward
Twenty-fourth
Twenty-fourth Ward
New York City
Fourteenth Street
New York Sun
Meeker Bank Robbery Ends in Triple Homicide
A Meeker Colorado bank robbery on Tuesday afternoon led by three men ended with two robbers killed by local citizens, a third wounded and identified as George Harris who died hours later. Four bystanders were injured as pursuers spread toward Ogden, while the coroner ruled the killings justifiable and authorities scoured rugged terrain for the fugitives.
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Leadvile
Colo
Démocrat
Meeker
Bank of Meeker
J. W. Huguas & Co
Charles Jones
William Smith
George Harris
W. H. Clark
Victor Dikeman
CG. Ca. Booth
W. F. Herrick
Thomas McCarthy
Telluride
Delta
Meekers
Rifle
Denver and Rio Grande
Tragic gunfight in Georgia leaves three dead
Columbus report details a fatal barroom confrontation. J A White and his son murdered two police officers, wounded others, then White died in a volley of shots after a siege. Sheriff and officers pursued Henry White as he fled toward the Alabama line.
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Columbus
J. A. White
White
Richard M. Adams
William Jackson
Adams
Mayfield
Winchester
Jackson
Roberts
Pickett
Henry
Alabama
Two Young Thugs Named in Sherburne Bank Robbery
The Sherburne bank robbery case is solved. Louis Kellihan, 18, was killed east of Icmore after shooting Marshal Gallien. J Hans Kellihan, 28, is jailed in Rock Rapids Iowa, under guard of Company D, Third Minnesota Infantry. The brothers, from Iowa, had planned the crimes after a period of bad luck.
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Fairmont
Minn
Sherburne
Louis
J. Vans Kellihan
I¢more
Marshal Gallien
Third Minnesota Infantry
Rock Rapids
J. Hans Kellihan
Huron Lake
St. James
Iowa
Lowa
Union Pacific Mail Train Robbery Near Ogden Utah
Union Pacific fast mail was held up near Ogden by three masked armed men. They climbed to the engine tender and forced the engineer to stop. An attempt to blow the express car safe with dynamite failed.
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Plode
Ogden
Omaha
Union Pacifice
Utah
Fifty Men After Six Brigands in Two States
A posse of fifty men pursues six robbers who rode into Puryear Tennessee and robbed the Broughton Bros store of several hundred dollars then set fire to the store and to other robbed buildings.
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Paducush
Puryear
Tenn
Broughton Bros
Bancroft Dardanelles Episode Sparks Washington Debate
Washington discusses a metropolitan short story claiming the Bancroft gunboat would pass Ottoman forts into the Dardanelles with Minister Terrell aboard. Officials dismiss the tale as silly and fake, noting no U S request for admission and a policy against entangling in European affairs.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Bancroft
Dardanelles
Terrell
Constantinople
Great Britain
Three Men Roasted to Death in Train Wreck
In Columbia, Oct 15 a north south collision on the Florida Central and Peninsula railroad near Swansea killed three men. Baggage and Express Messenger W. D. Lines and Mail Agent L. A. Thomas were trapped, a fire engulfed the wreck, and rescuers could not save them. Flagman Ulmer is believed burned to death. Engineers and firemen escaped uninjured.
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Columbia
S. C
Florida Central and Peninsula
Swansea
W. D. Lines
L. A. Thomas
Ulmer
International boundary claim denial spat sparks caution
Washington Oct 15 Secretary Malet Prevost of the Venezuela boundary commission said reports of a Venezuela favored decision are premature The commission awaits Professor Burrs return from Europe expected late this month with new historical data to review before any judgment Annie Weir ex slave wins 1650 in pay suit after 24 years with her former master paid lodging clothing and food only until his second marriage Military Order of the Loyal Legion holds annual meeting in Philadelphia Bancroft Gherardi elected commander in chief Patsy Tebeau mocks a newspaper man in Cleveland incident Dugald Crawford faces election law charges in St Louis warrant issued and bail posted
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Washington
Malet Prevost
Venezuela Boundary Commission
Venezuela
Greatritain
Burr
Europe
Louisville
Annie Weir
William Weir
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Philadelphia
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
The
Pennsylvania Historical Society
Bancroft Gherardi
U.S. N
John Gibbons
Crawford
St. Louis
Dugald Crawford
Prosecuting Attorney's
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Missouri
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Doe
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South Carolina
Venezuela Commission
Tebeau
Cleveland
Patsy’’ Tebeau
Elmerik
Pasco
Bellevue Hospital
Scott Medical
Star Clothing
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Scott
Harlow Business College
Harlow
Business College
Stephenson Street
North Carolina
J. W. Miller
Northwestern
Freeport, Ill
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