Allen With A Whoop At Marion County Convention
A raucous Marion County convention in Tomlinson hall featured heated rule fights over nomination order, a fist fight, and chaotic scenes as Allen and Stubbs vied for circuit judge. Ballots showed Allen narrowing the gap, with Dailey solidifying support. Mother of the tumultuous day included Harrison and McKinley cheers and a lunch break amid sweeping order and disarray.
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Tomlinson Hall
Tapis
Mwinley
Mgr. Bookwalter
McKinley
Gen. Harrison
Committee On
A. PF. Denny
G. W. Gancaster
August Boyd
A. ©. Ramey
Jos. L. Fisher
Whd
George W. Spahr
Hezekiah Dailey
W. T. Grown
Henry Clay Alien
Chas. Dwyver
John Berryhill
Thomas Hanna
Geo
Stubbs
Knefler
Allen
Dailey
Berryhill
Auluit
Erryhill
Charles Dryer
Joseph Kealing
Mr. Dawley
Joel L. Griffiths
Garrison
Moarkinley
Harrison
Grant Stator Unveiled At Brooklyn Statue Reveal
The Union League Club of Brooklyn unveiled a heroic 15 foot bronze statue of General Ulysses S. Grant, sculpted by William Ordway Partridge. The unveiling in Brooklyn featured a military parade, speeches by Gov. Altgeld, Mayor Strong, Gen. Horace Porter, and Col. Fred Grant, with Bishop Newman and others attending. The piece stands on Bedford Street near Pean Street, bearing inscriptions and a gift note from the Union League Club of Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
al Simpson Grant
Union League Club of
Ulysses Grant
Fred Qent Grant
New
William Ordway Partridge
Bedford
Union Feasur E
Laboratise
Union Ne Club
Brookmyin
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Grant Post
Ssadire
Gov Alerton
Maj Zen
Thomas Is
Bishopohn P. Newman
Horace Porter
Gen. Grant
MelWonnel
Cot. Grant
Grant
Philadelphia
Novel Sign New York salutes Salvation army chiefs
April 25 report from New York notes Col. B ward Higgins arriving on the Britannic to assume work as chief secretary for Commander Booth Tucker, delivering Gen Booth’s messages. Higgins denies bringing any note for Ballington Booth. he will be sworn in under the American flag at Fourteenth Street HQ Sunday night. Commissioner Booth-Tucker begins farewell tours and sails for England next week for instruction before Canadian command. He tours slum posts and mission houses in Albany and Cherry streets, while a large sign at Fourlesnilist HQ draws attention with a bold message about not looking at its other side. Capetown dispatch reports Kruger declining to visit London, citing duties at home with the volksraad. Local ads mention Lilly furniture and oats products.
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New York
U. P
Col
Baward Higgins
Col. Wadie
Booth Tucker
Salvation Army
United States
Booth
Higgins
Ballington
Ballington Gooth
Fourteenth-st
Ja Booth
England
Booth-Tucker
Metropolis
Albany-st
Cherry-st
Wood on the Rack in Pearl Bryan Murder Trial
Newport dispatch reports Will Wood, a Greencastle youth and key prosecution witness, testifying about his links to Scott Jackson and Pearl Bryan case. Crossexamination probes Wood’s involvement, Jackson’s letters, and possible attempts to implicate Wood while defense seeks three missing letters.
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Newport
Scott Jackson
Will Wood
Wood
Greencastle
Scan Jackson
Pearl Bryan
Methodist Church
Binch
Col Crawford
Youn
Jackson
Creencastle
ISG
Pearl Gryan
Attorney Klays
Miss Bryan
Pearl
Bryan Homestead
Cincinnati
William J. Grooms
Hunt
Indiana
Pearl Ryan
Indianapolis
Trvin
Herman’ Newhouse
A Ripping Storm Kills Two in Salem Virginia
Washington reports from Salem Virginia describe a Friday blast of a dense funnel cloud with hail and severe lightning. Two houses collapsed, eight colored residents and five children were inside one home. Jane Harris and her five year old son died, four others injured, one fatally, as barns and outbuildings were wrecked.
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Washington
U. P
Salem
Jane Harris
Oscar Wilde health report ends remission refusal
Oscar Wilde's supporters urged the home secretary to send Home Office doctors who found his condition good with light labor. The home secretary refused any remission in Wilde's sentence. Also noted are oblique notices about Susanna Howells Jordan's death and local business notices from Los Angeles and Washington notes.
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London
U. P
Oscar Wilde
Matthew White Ridley
Home Secretary
Home Office
Wilde
Los Angeles
Susanna Howells Joragn
Pacific Coast
Jordan
William Hooper Howells
Newark
N. J
Evening News
William Dean Howells
Rockville Tragedy: Peter Egbert Kills Five in Indiana
A grisly Rockville incident unfolds as Peter Egbert fatally shoots Mrs Haschke and her two children, then kills Sheriff Mull and Deputy Sween before wounding others and killing himself. The town reels with horror as details reveal prior insanity and a typhoid-stricken sister dying from shock.
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Peter Egbert
Haschke
Sheriff Mall
Sweem
Higbert
Awdnal
SUN
Rockville
Webert
Hay
Egbert
Hebert
Florence
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Marion County
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Anyboly
Tshers
S.3
Young
Liort
Pandemontum
Wm. Bosson
Bosson
Hasselman
Big Hat Bosson
Hawkins
J. P. Hornady
Big Joe Kealing
Charles Bookwalter
Bookwalter
Sturrs
Cratvin
Berrywhill
Ain
Woosh Indianapolis
Imigis
Dalley
Galvin
Ballow Stubbs
Berevinil
Stubs
Prerinci
Shyleked
Ima
W. Stubbs
Ion
Wiltsig
Fred. Kaefler
Chas. Wiltsie
Theo. F. Smithers
Michael Steinhauer
Albert Izer
F. W. Hamilton
Wm H. Pritchard
J. S. Dunlap
M. C. Staley
Jno. McGregor
H. H.beville
Center Township
McGregor
Dunlap
Beville
Izer
Smithers
Steinhauer
Pritchard
Hamilton
Staley
Jiasson
Delaware Moses
Ot Ward II
Robt. “Aaring
Grant Stator
Union League
Iva. Booth
Parewell
Kruger
Cape Town
Hercules Robinson
Cape Colony
Colonial Office
Mr. Chamberlain
Transvaal
South African Republic
Volksraad
Jno. M, Lilly
Badger Furniture Co
Igna-ave
Case
HE Denense
Vandalia
South Bend
Ind
Pecamé
Bill
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Hayes
Billi
Bert
Chicago
Smith
Lafayette
Altourney Hays
Sim
Jover
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Virginia Ave
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Sween
National Bank
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