Political Planks Debated Ahead of Indianapolis City Convention
Wisest Republicans in Indianapolis meet to shape platform terms for the upcoming city convention. Elevating tracks and Jeup’s plan are criticized as unsafe. Three plank-makers are to submit options while talks touch on city levies and conservatism in spending amid Democratic activity at Bookwalter’s prospects. Grant Hornaday and Bookwalter figure in local intrigue.
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Republican Party
Indianapolis
Jeup
Big City
Democratic City Committee
Albert Sahm
Grant Hornaday
Tageart
Indianapolis Woman Wins Bay View Spelling Bee Prize
Mrs W B Streeter of Indianapolis won first prize of 5 in gold at a Bay View Michigan spelling bee. Miss Belle O Hair, also of Indianapolis, took second and earned a season ticket. O Hair faltered on maize meaning Indian corn. Indiana faced Michigan and led other states in the contest. Streeter is the state orphan agent’s wife and O Hair teaches in city schools.
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Bay View
Mich
W. B. Streetr
Indianapolis
Belle O'Hair
Bay View Assembly
Michigan
Indiana
Brutal Robbery at Plymouth Farmhouse in Mansfield
Four masked men forced entry to John Miller's Plymouth home Sunday night and tortured him and his wife from midnight until 4 AM. The robbers escaped with $2 and two gold watches after Miller's daughter Amy, 23, struck a robber with a carpet sweeper and was fired at. Miller reportedly identified two gang members as vagrants aided by Mrs Miller the prior evening.
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Mansfield
John Miller
Plymouth
Miller
Amy
Not the Murderer
Sheriff Langford received a telegram from Louisville Kentucky stating the Dunham suspect in California is not the killer but C. F. Netterfeld of Warren Ohio is identified as the murderer.
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San Jose
Cal
Langford
Louisville
Dunham
California
C. F. Netterfeld
Warren
Council committee visits Chicago to inspect elevated railroads
City engineer Jeup accompanied the railroad committee to Chicago on Monday to study elevated railways. Frederick J. Humann, 28, of Irvington, was dragged for a distance after attempting to crow between two cars in a drain that blocked New Jersey Street. he was rescued.
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Council Railroad Committee
Jeup
Chicago
Frederick J. Humann
Commercial Ave
Irvington
New Jersey
Multiple Homicides and Disturbances Reported Across Cities
Reported Monday in Chicago Thomas Howalahan killed his wife before shooting himself. In Reading Pennsylvania Selomon Quinter killed his wife and her paramour Ed Kitzmilter. Denver officers faced a disturbance with three soldiers. two were arrested and the third W C Llewellyn shot and killed Officer Griffith before escaping. Kentucky events include Aaron Philips stabbed amid a drunken row and Rae Jonee stabbed to death when Nich fled after his father intervened.
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Thomas Howalahan
Chicago
Selomon Quinter
Reading
Ed ‘Kitzmilter
Denver
Col
W. C. Llewellyn
Tom Clifford
Griffith
Llewellyn,s
Kentucky
Aaron’ Philips
Middleboro
Sun- Rae Jonee
East Bernstadt
Panied
Nich
By. Young
Incomplete OCR Fragment Prompts Unclear News Item
Fragmentary text mentions hemorrhoids and names unclear from rough OCR. Content is unreadable for coherent summary or factual item.
San Domingo unrest rumors dismissed by navy report
Capt Longnecker aboard the New Orleans denies reports of a looming San Domingo revolution. A cable from Santo Domingo says conditions are quiet as the Machias and New Orleans move to San Juan Puerto Rico for coal with possible mail at Jacmel Haiti.
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Long- Becker
New Orleans
Navy
United States
Jiminez
Havana
San Domingo
Longnecker
Haiti
Machias
Santo Domingo
West Indies
St. Thomas
San Juan
Atlas Line
Jacmel
Navy Department
Porto Rico
Jacmél
Berea Fire Ravages Town as Blaze Engulfs Business District
A major blaze at 3 p.m. destroyed the entire Berea business portion south of Cleveland Ohio. Buildings were blown up with dynamite to halt flames as authorities appealed for assistance from Cleveland and nearby towns.
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Cleveland, O
Berea
Cleveland
Meat Prices Rise in Chicago Retail Market
Chicago reports indicate meals of all kinds cost more with dressed beef up two cents per pound over six weeks and pork loins rising from 53 to 60 cents a pound in two weeks. Ham and mutton gain three to four cents, reflecting stronger demand at home and abroad, notably from England. The market is described as stronger than since 1883.
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Chicago
England
Recruiting Push Eases as Four Regiments Fill
The local recruiting station reports a directive to guard deserter Silas Wasson to Fort Sheridan if fit for service. Recruiting will stop for the Twenty-ninth to Thirty-fifth regiments by Tuesday as they near completion. Enlistments continue for the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh for Philippine service and for regular infantry.
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Arsenal
Silas Wasson
Fort Sheridan
Doings in the Klondike and Murder by Wholesale
Mrs James Hal a New York woman with husband in the Yukon valley for 14 years arrived in Seattle from Skagway with 15000 in spending money for the month she plans to remain until Hall can sail out She says the Yukon valley feels like home and expects to return next year The steam schooner Townsend carried news from Cape Nome Alaska that Kotzebue natives had been committing murder by wholesale with T W Mart of California and the Pickering brothers of Kentucky among those supposed to be victims
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Wash
James Hal
New York
Yukon Valley
Skagway
Hall
Townsend
Cape Nome
Alaska
Kotzebue
T. W. Mart
California
Pickering Brothers
Kentucky
Yellow Fever Abates In Newport News
Most yellow fever patients at the general hospital of the soldiers home were moved to the convalescent hospital Monday for a five day detention before discharge as cured. Thousands visited Newport News and Old Point Comfort on Sunday as excursions resumed by steamers and trains since July 20.
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Newport News
Soldiers’ Home
Convalescent
Old Point Comfort
Anticipated Anthracite Price Rise for Chicago Consumers
Chicago coal dealers warn that private buyers may pay 6.50 to 6.75 per ton this winter with a possible 7 dollar level. Higher freight rates are cited as the main cause of the expected increase for consumers.
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Chicago
Local Crime Roundup Amid Robbery and Frauds
A series of incidents spans burglary at a garden home, a suspected crossdresser case linked to a resort theft, assaults on a preacher, a barroom skirmish ending in fines, and arrests for unlawful relations, assault, and bicycle theft. plus a knife wound from a political argument.
Boston Prepares for the L A W Annual Wheel Meet
Wheelmen flock to Boston for the twentieth annual L A W gathering. Delegations arrive from Philadelphia Denver Chicago and Ohio leaders set up at the Brunswick as themeet opens with a golden pin bar souvenir and a banner Boston emblem.
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Denver Wheel Club
N. H. van Sickle
Canada
Brown
Ohio
Pioneers of the League
Brunswick
Fred Gerlach
Racing Board
Keenan
Montreal
Town Talk items catch wide civic notes
Labor Commissioner McCormack travels to Cicero on Tuesday to handle a glass factory strike. A railroad worker from Elkhart seeks bankruptcy with liabilities totaling $629 and assets $35. Broad Ripple hosts a gathering of old settlers Wednesday with contests and prizes. Epworth league wheelers head to Millersville Monday night from Central Ave church at 7 30. Charles Sutman aged 9 fell from a tree at 415 Downey Street Monday, breaking his arm. Dr. Todd treated him. Receiver E O Hopkins reports for July showing receipts 593560 55 disbursements 603618 88 and balance 23574. John Flodder bartender at A Kneipe saloon on Virginia Ave. fired a revolver at William Lawson. the bullet wounded the boy’s hand but no serious injury.
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Cicero
Hierman Grazer
Elkhart
Broad Ripple
Epworth League Wheeling Company
Millersville
Central Ave
Charles Sutman
Downey St
Dr. Todd
Dispensary
E. O. Hopkins
John Flodder
Kneipe
Virginia-ave
William Lawson
Doctor leaps from ferry in playful wager
NEW WORK Aug 14 Dr Phillip Stahl arrived from Germany and jumped overboard on Sunday to beat the boat to the dock. The ferry stopped, he was rescued as he made headway. Shaw's Body Found identifes Frank H Shaw 28 son of late Capt R G Shaw of Brooklyn. Police suspect murder. Crowe dives 90 feet after being teased by a girl he favors, a rival suitor, at Big Four bridge in Louisville.
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Madam Sherman
Union Station
Gregoire
Phillip Stahl
Germany
Stahl
Shaw
Narragansett Pier
R. I
Scarborough Beach
Frank H. Shaw
R. G. Shaw
Brooklyn
Louisville
Wm. Crowe
Gertrude Moore
Thomas Heavey
Crowe
National colored women’s clubs meet in Chicago
The National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs opens in Chicago with delegates from nearly every state. Noted leaders including Mrs. Fannie Barrier Williams Mrs. B K Bruce and Mary Church Terrell attend. The three day convention will focus on home work and prison reform with focus on southern prisons.
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Chicago
National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs
Union
Fannie Barrer Willams
B. K. Bruce
Washington, D. C
Mary Church
Terrell
Department of Home Work
Committee On
South
Bruce Is Dead A Plainfield Kennel Dog Victim of Jump
Fernwood Bruce Jr., a 49 607 year old St Bernard owned by Will Wilkin, died after he broke his neck jumping a partition at the Plainfield kennel. He had won a single show. A man named Vance Breedlove, who died by his own hand, was sheltered at Calvin Newlin’s home. Newlin seeks 100 for sheltering Breedlove until death. The administrator plans to contest the claim.
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Plainfield
Ind
Fernwood Bruce, Jr
Will Wilkin
Vance Breedlove
Calvin Newlin
Newlin
Breedlove
No Jeffries Mitchell Fight Likely Says Sporting Life
London August 14 Sporting Life reports no heavyweight bout between Jim Jeffries and Charley Mitchell is probable due to the difficulty in securing a suitable venue for the event.
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London
Sporting Life
Jim Jeffries
Charley Mitchell
Steamer Resolute Sunk by British Liner Scindia
The surveying steamer Resolute was struck and sunk on Monday near Calcutta by the British India liner Scindia. Several lives were lost in the collision, with crews and passengers affected by the disaster.
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Calcutta
Resolute
McKinley Embarks on Yacht Ride from Hotel Champlain
President William McKinley and Mrs. McKinley sailed from Hotel Champlain on the yacht Elfrida at 11 a.m. to spend most of the day at sea. Secretary Hay is due to arrive Tuesday as the president plans a Tuesday morning visit to the Catholic summer school grounds at Cliff Haven.
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Champlain
N. Y
Elfrida
Hay
Cliff Haven
German Veterans Reunion in Chicago Convention
German veterans in Chicago convene at Schoenhofen's hall for Kriegerland sessions. A Monday reception is planned and on Wednesday Chicago breweries will host the visitors during the gathering of ex-soldiers from across the Fartherland.
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Chicago
Schoenhofen
Beig
Convention of the Kriegerland
National Association of Ex-Soldiers of
Fartherland
Chicago Breweries
Anti Goebel Democrats Nominate Delegates in 97 Counties
Capt. Jas. B. Clay said 97 counties held mass conventions Saturday and chose delegates to the state convention to oppose Goebel. The anti Goebel gathering is set to meet in Lexington on Wednesday.
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Lexington
Jas. B. Clay
Adams Dewey arrives at Leghorn as other headlines flow
Admiral Dewey reaches Leghorn Italy on Sunday amid other brief items. Mrs Stonewall Jackson ill in Richmond. Lightning kills two youths in Baltimore. A Felicity Ohio baseball game ends in a fatal bat blow. Prins Wilhelm Fifth wreck reported off Demerara coast. Mrs C W McClain named Lake City postmistress after Baker’s death. Diaz invited to Chicago festival. Stokes hurled from horse, leg amputated. Beer train wreck at Bienne Ark. racial clash ensues. Montana touts whitecapping. Paradise Valley men assault refuser. suspect flees country.
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Italy
Stonewall’ Jackson
Richmond
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Tony Rixes
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Clay Larkin
Charles Schock
Prins Wilhelm
Demerara
Sluiter
C. W. McClain
Lake City
U S. C
Baker
President Diaz
Mexico
Chicago
Anson Phelps Stokes
Lenox
Mass
Bienne
Ark
Montana
Paradise Valley
George Hengon
Enormous dress goods sale of remnant silks and coverings
The store offers an unusually large remnant stock in two yard lengths and assorted fabrics including blacks and colors in Henriettas Serges Poplin Prunellas Vigoreaux Covers Mousse Granites Jacquards and Crepons. Prices are extremely low to clear the stock in four months not old rejects but first quality. Center counter main floor. First comers secure best selection, ideal for school children outfits.
Narrow escape on Illinois street car ends safely
Deputy recorder Ben Franklin and his infant grandson George Dewey Conner were riding a street car when the motorman started suddenly. Franklin toppled onto his right side but Dewey remained on his left as both escaped injury. Franklin reported a ropelike sensation but remained unhurt.
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Mr. Franklin
George Dewey Conner
Illinois St
George Dewey
Non-Union Carpenters Face Membership Inquiries
William Kattan and Son contractors building on Court Street between Delaware and Pennsylvania avenues were visited by Walking Delegate Decker of the carpenters union. Three non-union men were found working, and that night three membership applications were filed at union headquarters. Since the detailed strikes began, daily applications for membership are reported.
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William Kattan & Son
Court St
Delaware
Children Seek Chorus Places for State Fair
Over 206 children gathered in room 12 at the state house on Monday afternoon to beg for spots in the chorus. Miss Alice Evans will oversee the group as Sousa's band plans two nights of performances at the state fair.
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State House
Sousa
Alice Evans
A Hoosier Killed in Texas
Dallas reports police officer A. P. Brawlin once of Martinsville Indiana and C. A. Daniels died after a Sunday revolver duel. Several shots were fired. Authorities say both men died from the confrontation.
Snatches From Hoosierdom
In Gwynneville Wilbur and Wayne Morris ages 5 and 3 killed a black snake six feet five inches long and dragged it home. In Logansport John Johnson tends a two acre truck patch for 35 years with hand implements raising 2600 heads of cabbage and 10000 punches of celery yearly and has saved enough to buy a home. In Mancie Mrs. Lewis Stout 22 seeks divorce from her husband married last September. Her former fiancé Morton Justice left a hotel to get clothes and a shave and returned to find she had run off with Stout.
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Gwynneville
Wilbur
Wayne Morris
Logansport
John Johnson
Mancie
Lewis Stout
Morton Justice
Justice
Stout
Anti-trust Live Stock Market Report from Indianapolis
B R Shiel & Co reports irregular market conditions with hog prices varying by weight and type. Light bacon hogs command premiums due to quicker market readiness, while heavies lag. Cattle market remains steady to strong, driven by export demand and feeding cattle activity with prices around 4.70 to 4.75 for heavies and a 1,290 to 1,500 export range noted.
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B. R. Shiel & Co
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Stock Market Cattle Receipts Report
Indiana city cattle receipts show light arrivals on Monday with no shipments. Market remains active and prices unchanged.
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Indianaspolis
Indianapolis
Grain and hay prices mixed in Monday markets
Wheat and corn quotes show no. 3 red wheat at 68 1 2 cents and firmer markets. Prices are listed for oats and hay with ranges for timothy hay and various white and mixed corn and wheat grades.
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Hay
Timothy
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