Justice cannot be obtained by the Irish ODonnell libel ruling
The Times libel case at London's O'Donnell-Times court saw Lord Chief Justice Coleridge abruptly halt the case, claiming no case to go to the jury. The crowd roared, liberals cried foul, and observers saw the move as a bench disgrace. A later note reported the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Also a circular from Magistrate Cullen, under Lord Balfour, warned landlords against harsh eviction.
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Woleridge
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O’donnell-Times
O’donnell
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O'Donnell
Times
England
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O’donnel
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Coleridge
Dovenm
Cullen
Lord Balfour
Horrible discovery at Circle House ends in suicide
Adolph Kann found Emten Enten dead at the Circle house from throat-cut wounds. Coroner Wagner ordered removal to Kregelow's morgue. Enten, a wealthy New York retiree, had lived there with his son and daughter awaiting his daughter's return from New York. He was 42.
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Adolph Kann
New York
Circle House
Mr. Ackelow
David J. Enten
Ackelow
Emten
Ackelaw
Wagner
Kregelo
Bmton
Kaho
Tino
Married a Chinaman Ant Went to Visit Mor Husband's Relatives
Yang Wing, a Chinese liquor merchant, took his German American wife and three children to visit relatives in China. The wife reports curiosity about foreigners and polite reception after learning she is her husband’s legal first wife. Unmarried girls followed her and attempted to drag her away when men appeared.
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Ant
New York
Yang Wing
China
Died Amid Wealth Fates of Miser and Wife
Elizabethtown July 6 Herman Marbold an aged miser was found dead in his chair with his pipe in his mouth. His wife lay unconscious nearby from disease and hunger. The couple, thought eccentric, may have starved themselves. more than $1000 was hidden in the house.
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Witte
Telegraph Operators Face Wage Cuts Strain At Western Union
Western Union officers deny knowledge of a general strike planned by all operators while the workers insist wage reductions are intolerable. The disagreement centers on pay cuts amid ongoing labor tension in New York on July 5.
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U. Telegraph
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Scab Shot by Striking Burlington Engineer
July 5 reports a discharged Burlington engineer fatally wounding Thos. Gregory, a Reading engineer who took a striker’s post on the Q road Thursday morning. No arrest yet. Also noted Washington immigration debate with Senator Quay presenting a petition from 23 councils of the junior order urging immigration restriction.
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Ourcaco
Burlington
Gregory
Reading
Q” Road
Washington
Quay
Pennsylvania
Order
U. C. ML
Charities and Corrections Conference Opens in Burrago
The national conference of charities and corrections began its session Thursday morning in Burrago. Emily Hunt’s son, founder of the kindergarten movement in this country, and Dr. Fishes of the famed Tewksbury alms house are among those present. A squelched anarchist report from Curacao notes Conrad Ahiar hoisted a red flag Wednesday. he was given five minutes to haul it down and did so in under two.
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Charities and Corrections
Burrago
National Conference of Cevities and Corrections
Emily Hunt
Sacism
Fishes
Tewksbury
Curiaco
Conrad Ahiar
Veterans greet Gen Harrison at Tippecanoe club visit
In Indianapolis a gathering of 740 Grey Patriots marks a cordial reception for Gen William Henry Harrison’s family and old veterans. Gen Manning and Capt Meredith attend as Marion county Tippecanoe club members. anecdotes recount past campaigns, Whig loyalty, and a lighthearted tour ending with lemonade refreshments.
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Harrison
Gen. Manning
Tennessee
Meredith
Buffalo Bill
Eastee
Peach Tree Creek
Tippecanoe Club
Marion County
Wakveton
Dakota
Harrison J. Crocker
Mr. Lynch
Harrison County
Das
Hubbard
Chill
Indianapolis
Black Hawk
Chicago
Gen. Harrison
Morris Marchestee
Tippecanoe
Flag Raised At Trinity Church On Independence Day
Rev. T. Walpole, English clergyman at Trinity Church, sailed for England a fort night ago. Before leaving, he requested the stars and stripes be flown from the church. For the first time in its history Trinity displayed the flag this Wednesday, honoring July 4.
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New York
TE. ‘Walpole
Trinity Church
England
Trinity
Older Oxes Ask the Same and the Grief of a Nomination
Secretary Griffin says a six year old girl asked about a nomination for Ger Harrison. She wondered why telling him mattered if he already knows. Alexander arrived at Michigan City for a fourth of duty and was found scrubbing cells in prison garb, murmuring that he wished Johnson had shot him.
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Griffin
Ger. Harrison
Mamma
Alexander
Michigan City
Langenberg
Johnson
Indiana Gov Gray backs Cleveland mugwumps
In Cincinnati on July 6, Special Gov Gray of Indiana said mugwumps will support Cleveland. He praised Cleveland's administration as strong and honest and free of folderol. An umbrella thief operated near Illinois Street, North, stealing seven umbrellas in a single afternoon.
Enormous Crop Damage From Kentucky Cloudburst
Evansville Indiana reports a disastrous cloudburst in southwestern Kentucky causing severe crop losses. Crops including wheat and tobacco sustained heavy damage over about five square miles near Richland and Newstead. Telecommunication wires were down and widespread disruption followed. New York reports a fierce wind and rain storm across the east damaging crops and crippling telegraph lines.
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Evansville
Ind
Kentucky
Richland
Newstead
New York
East
May Yohe fainted during Silver Slipper performance
Curiaco July 5. A large Grand Opera House audience saw May Yohe the leading actress who eloped with E. B. Shaw Monday. After telegraphed messages urged their return, Yohe fainted while entering the stage as Prince Prettiwitz in Silver Slipper. She was carried off and later sang her part.
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Curiaco
Grand Opera-House
May Yohe
E. B. Shaw
Miss Yohe
Prince Prettiwitz
Florists Plan November Chrysanthemum Show
A state florists association committee met at Anthony Weigand’s home to arrange a chrysanthemum show to run the week before the Flower Mission fair. They plan to invite the mission ladies to assist with decorations, which would then be used for the fair. The day focused on revising the pre age list.
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Blozvists
Crysanthemuns
State Florists’ Association
Anthony Weigand
Case of Wallace A Tubbs Rape Charge in Court
Wallace A Tubbs faced a rape charge in criminal court on Thursday morning. He filed a special plea claiming jeopardy due to a prior indictment, seeking to void a trial. The prosecutor’s demurrer was sustained by Judge Irvin, with the defense noting an exception. Tubbs allegedly attempted a criminal assault on Joseph C Johnson's young daughter. he also held the treasurer post for an Iron Hall lodge in the city.
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Marning
Irvin
Tubbs
Joseph C. Johnson
Iron Hall
Freight Rates Fall Across East Bound Lines
East bound freight rates, destabilized last week by differential allowances for the Canadian lines, face further declines. Current basis sits at 12 cents per 100 pounds for cattle from Chicago to New York and 14.34 cents to Boston.
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Chicago
New York
Boston
State Pax Equalizers Meet At State House
The state board of equalization met in the auditor's office at the state house. Sessions will run a week to ten days as hearings are held on state ments from the reroads. All members were present except Gov Gray who is absent in Cincinnati.
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Auditor’s
State House
Gov. Gray
Cincinncii
Robertson
Col. R. 8. Robertson
Fort Wayne
Gresham
Morton
Pennsylvania
Eithe
Nenison House
John C. Dougherty
Nat Asoul
Indianapolis
Rhineback
Estee
Chicago
Clishee
Michigan
Esten
German YMCA official seeks delegates for Toledo conference
The German W. WW. CG. A. Claus Qlandt Jr the international German secretary of the YMCA will be in the city Saturday. He desires 10 secure delegates from among German young men to the district conference of German sections to be held at Toledo July 2 to 16.
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W. WW. CG. A
Claus Qlandt, Jr
Toledo
Garfield park tenants clash with dispossession plan
Garfield park commissioners move to eject a longtime occupant who has refused to leave. City attorney advises immediate removal, with likely execution of the eviction. Maurice Perkins of the New York Evening Sun collapsed from heat at Gen. Harrison’s residence during notification ceremonies and received care before recovering. A Cincinnati rumor notes a push to back ex-Gov. Charles Foster for the U.S. Senate to replace Payne.
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Garfield Park
Vue
BCU
Maurice Perkins
New York Evening Sun
Harrison
Leing
Indiana fuel gas company of Tipton incorporation filed
Articles of incorporation for the Indiana fuel gas company of Tipton were filed on Thursday with capital stock of $100,000. Guests of Capt. John Kensler at 126 East New York street include Mrs. W. F. Griffith of Davenport Iowa and Miss Clara Gennest of Dayton Ohio. H Tutewiler Sr suffers a congestive chill and remains in a precarious condition. Thomas Henderson found guilty of stealing $14 from a colored man named Overman. sentence: 50 days in the workhouse. Citizens seek plainer streetcar lettering amid concerns about speed of mules. A boy near the post office fired firecrackers causing loud yells and pistol-like sounds.
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Indiana Fuel Gas Company
Tipton
Capital
W. F. Griffith
Davenport
Clara Gennest
Dayton
John Kensler
New York
H. Tutewiler
Thomas Henderson
Overman
Criminal Court
Lull in the Political Excitement Over Indiana Nomination News
A lengthy Indiana political update notes a temporary slowdown after a convention and a formal notification process for a candidate. Col Robertson presses for governor, Brooks campaigns for vice president, and Morton is slated for nomination notification with a mobile party entourage departing quietly from Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Four Quarters
Republic
Huston
Comunittes
Levi P. Morton
Harrison
Cleveland
Thurman
Campaign speakers sought for Indiana drive by committee
J N Huston and IO3es McLain joined the committee to secure speakers for the Indiana campaign. Huston claimed no specific men were chosen. Chisbee of Cossopolis Mich, once Chicago convention secretary, left for home after claiming ex officio status, a point Secretary Dougherty disputed.
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J. N. Huston
Sun
Dourkerty
Clisbee
Dougherty
New York
Journey of Death in Niagara Whirlpool Tragedy
The race through Niagara whirlpool rapids between Robert W. Flack of Syracuse and Charles A. Percy never happened. Flack built his own boat the Phantom and died after the craft capsized and submerged several times. He was 39, born in England, and had lived in Syracuse four years.
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Niagara Whirlpool
Niagara Falls
Robert W. Flack
Syracuse
Chas
A. Percey
Jack
Flack
New York Central
Canada
Webb
England
Fire devastates Chapman Green works in South Chicago
South Chicago fire destroys Chapman Green chemical works with losses around $50,000 as police attend the blaze. While absorbing the flames thieves loot the police station funds and watches, then set fire to the police station, burning it to the ground. Other items report a family estrangement leading to suicide, a boy's accidental explosion, and local market updates on grain and cement plans.
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Chicago
Chapman Green Chemical Works
Market quotes and grain prices from Chicago and New York
Telegraph markets report wheat corn pork lard and oats futures from Chicago and New York with bid and ask quotes for July August September and December contracts. Prices shown include wheat around 821ke and 8340 for corn, pork and lard figures, and notes on short ribs and various contracts.
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Telegraph Warkeia
Chicago
Jay
New York
Indianapolis Wins Dimly in Morning and Afternoon Baseball Pair
The Indianapolis team defeated the Boston club 11 to 4 in the morning game with strong hitting and solid defense, then lost the afternoon contest amid costly Indianapolis errors and Boston’s disciplined play. Umpire Tate praised by Boston players. Seery hit a first inning homer and Glasscock led with three hits.
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Hoosiers
Tate
Sanders
O. A. FE
R.B.O
Seery
Hornung
Denny
Johnston
Hines
Brown
Glasscock
Nash
Bassett
Wise
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Klusson
Geach’y
Morrill
O'Rourke
Healy
Souders
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Gat—Brown
Bouble
Basseth
Gould Tate
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Cleveland
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Cincinnati
Athletics
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New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
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Washington
Political notes weigh risks in county ticket race
Republicans estimate the idea as Harri son’s nomination would yield 605 zoies to the county ticket. Some candidates grow cheerful amid doubts. A citizen claims Porter does not seek governor or senate but minister to England in recognition of sacrifices for the upcoming campaign.
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Porter
Senate
England
Recs
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