Chicago Water Theft Scandal Hits Packing Firms
Police uncover a water theft plot in Chicago linked to Anglo-American packing and other firms at the stock yards. Foreman William Mitchell and assistant foreman John Wayes are arrested for stealing city water via hoses from hydrants and hidden pipes to company plants. J T Thompson and Jacob Jowell, foremen of two firms, are detained.
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Chicago
William Mitchell
John Wayes
Anglo-American Packing and Provision Company
Mitchell
Chicago Bristle and Hair Company
International Yacking Company
Jacob Jowell
Indiana Doubtful in Payne’s GOP Electoral Forecast
Payne of the Republican National Committee projects McKinley at 239 electoral votes and Bryan at 145. He marks Indiana as doubtful and lists several states as fighting ground including Delaware Kentucky Maryland Nebraska West Virginia and Indiana. Committeeman New disputes Payne asserting Indiana will swing to McKinley.
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Chicago
Payne
Republican National Committee
McKinley
Bryan
Washington
Wyoming
Kansas
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Colorado
Nebraska
Indiana
Delaware
Kentucky
Maryland
West Virginia
Illinois
Minnesota
Michigan
Vermont
New
Bryan Works Crowd as Mil ler Delivers Shore Up Letter
In Zanesville Ohio on September 7 W T Miller boarded a Cambridge train and handed Col Bryan a signed statement pledging that Erastus Ford and seven sons who voted for McKinley in 1896 will vote for Bryan this year. Bryan greeted a large crowd and shook hands with supporters.
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Zanesville, O
W. T. Miller
Cambridge
Col
Bryan
Erastus Ford
McKinley
Zanesville
Taylor Charged With Salary Debt In Kentucky Case
Auditor Coulter accuses WS Taylor now a refugee in Indiana of owing 541.66, equal to a month's pay. Records show a February governor’s salary warrant issued to Taylor while Goebel ruled first three days and Beckham the last 25 days.
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Frankfort
Coulter
WS. Taylor
Linfiana
Taylor
Wm. Goebel
J. C. W. Beckham
Why Not Give It Away War Bond Notes Probe
Chicago report notes ongoing war efforts and price talk. A possible ten cent cut on 3 090 feet may occur before Sunday. Ogden Co may use proceeds from a recent bond issue to fund operations. It is rumored a new company, People's, plans to raise capital to 5 000 200 dollars.
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Ogden Company
The
People’s
General W H Jackson Reconstructed For McKinlay
In Chicago on Sept 7 the vice chairman of a committee received a telegram noting that General W H Jackson of Belle Meade stock farm Tennessee once called the great unreconstructed rebel has finally come out for McKinlay.
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Chicago
Payne
Republican National Committee
W. H. Jackson
Belle Meade Stock Farm
Tennessee
McKinlay
Chief Illiowahe Death Sparks Yakima Indian Outcry
Chief Illiowahe, 80, leader of the Yakima tribe and renowned medicine man, was stoned by a tribe member named John after failing to cure a sick child. The incident occurred at Chief Seattle on September 7.
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Seattle
Wash
Illiowahe
John
Census figures show York Pa jump in population
Washington reports census bureau returns listing York Pennsylvania at 33 654 inhabitants up 12 861 or 61 8 percent Racine Wisconsin at 29 102 up 8 088 reflecting large city growth across states
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Washington
York
Racine
Wis
Agoncillo Claims Filipino Gains in Luzon
Paris dispatch reports Senor Agoncillo of the Philippine Republic stating that Filipino forces have captured eight villages in the northern Luzon region.
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Paris
Senor Agoncillo
Philippine Republic
Luzon
Board of Works approves city improvement projects
The Board of Works on Friday overruled remonstrances and took final action authorizing improvements along Illinois Street from Union to South, cement sidewalks, Oriental Street and Washington Street to 597 feet south, with cement walks to be laid.
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Board of Works
Illinois-st
Oriental-st
Washington
Remedy tablets promise cure for old ailments
An advertisement-like fragment cites aes ite tablets as a cure for an old ailment. The terse notice mentions a person seeking relief without providing concrete details, leaving the exact condition and claims unclear.
Cleveland Denies He Will Support Bryan
Ex president Cleveland wired the Times-Star denying any authority for reports that he would back William Jennings Bryan. He stated there is no basis for the claim in response to the inquiry from Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Bryan
Cleveland
Times-Star
A Metamorphosis Nominee Eckhart Becomes Orator
Prohibition governor hopeful Charles Eckhart of Auburn Indiana shifts from brief business talks to nightly speeches lasting over an hour. He travels district 2 with a singer, drawing large crowds to a once hard district for his cause. He says his own turnaround astonishes him as well.
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Eckhart
Charles Eckhart
Auburn
Ind
Butchered by Women in a Kentucky Church Fight
A report from London Kentucky details a desperate church fight near Bygen last Sunday where Mrs. W. H. Peace was stabbed four times and is expected to die. Allegations involve her husband and two sisters, Allie and Julie Morgan, who confronted Mrs. Peace with knives and butchered her.
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Bygen
W. H. Peace
Miss Morgan
Two Killed Under a Tree at Broom County Fair
A severe thunderstorm at the Broom county fair grounds on Thursday afternoon caused a tree to topple onto several carriages. Mrs. George Ketchum and Gladys Abbott were killed, Geo. Sliter was badly injured.
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Whitney
Man Pleads Guilty to Passing Counterfeit Coin
William H. McKinney was arrested at Greenbelt on Thursday for passing counterfeit money. He pleaded guilty before Commissioner Herod on Friday and was bound over to the federal grand jury with a $500 bond. About $4 in bad coin was traced to him.
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William H. McKinney
Greenbelad
Herod
Federal Grand Jury
Fall army maneuvers and other world items
Fall maneuvers of the French army began Friday. A rat disrupts southern Illinois apples. Transports Warren and Aztec reach Nagasaki. A fire in Manito burns a block. The 2-years-old son of Joseph Fahn was stolen in St. Joseph. Akron riot arrests reach 28. Winton challenges Vanderbilt in auto race. California fruit trust faces New York dealers. Ex Secretary Sherman plans Washington winter. Missouri youth Swissman arrested in Chicago. Chicago mob seeks lynching over a fatal beating. A boy dragged to death by a rope and horse horns in Chicago. Liberty hotel fire kills one, five horses perish. Gen Woodford engagement announced. Chicago public votes on traction franchise grants. Joel Chandler Harris resigns from Atlanta Constitution. Lincoln amphitheater collapse injures several. French ambassador to Spain sails for Havre. Kentucky primary elections bill proposed. Miss Fanchon Thompson to tour US in late year. Priscilla Higgins swims eight miles in New York Bay. Kauffmann caught smuggling diamonds. Browning kills Japanese worker then blows up powder-house. Postoffice fraud order targets American teachers agency.
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Illinois
Warren
Nagasaki
Heckman
Manito
Joseph Fahn
St. Joseph
Akron
John Sherman
Mansfield
Washington
Benj Swissman
Missouri
Chicago
James Booker
Joseph Naddler
Cew
Liberty
Stewart L. Woodford
Spain
Isabel Hansel
Williamstown
Mass
Joel Chandler Harris
Ancele Remus
Story Book and Magazine
Atlanta Constitution
Lincoln
Neb
Manila
M. Paternotte
M. Jules Cambon
Havre
Trover
Skentucky House
Fanchon Thompson
Europe
New York
Priscilla Higgins
New York Bay
Fort Hamilton
St. George
Staten Island
Isaac Kauffmann
United States Customs
Frank Browning
Centreville
Cal
Postoffice. Department
American Teachers’agency
American Civil Service College
de LD
Bass
Boers Threaten Johannesburg After Batemans Clash
A Johannesburg dispatch reports Boer forces killed two British scouts, wounded three, and left two missing at Batemans. With 700 men, the Boers threaten Johannesburg as a British reinforcement column departs to drive them back.
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Cape Town
Johannesburg
Batemans
Mafeking Hero Baden Powell Welcomed in Cape Town
Gen. Baden Powell, celebrated for Mafeking, arrived in Cape Town on Friday and received a wild demonstration. Crowds carried him on shoulders from the station to the government house, over half a mile, in a jubilant reception.
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Cape Town
Births Deaths and Marriages Alert Across City
A compressed notice lists many entries of births including W A and Kate Carson with a son and others such as John and Anna Philip with a daughter. Deaths include several elderly residents and conditions like tuberculosis typhoid fever aneurysm and aortic stenosis. The fragment also names marriages and addresses along with hospital.
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Austin Cole
Wilie Smith
Missouri St
John Davidson
Davidson St
Millikan
Meridian-st
Marion Phillips
City Hospital
Sarah G. Williamson
Valley Mills
Elizabeth A. Sexton
Centralave
Mollie Moore
Swift St
Whit e Caps Brutally Dealt With Two Martinsville Negroes
In Martinsville Indiana a mob dragged Pat Crockett and his son in law Douglas Ferrand from their home early Friday and beat them severely. Ferrand had married Crockett’s daughter, a colored woman, and refused support for his children by a first wife.
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Martinsville
Ind
Pat
Crockett
Relored
Douglas Ferrand
Ferrand
Real estate listing of frame houses and additions with prices
A list of property owners and locations with tiny frame houses, cottages, stables, sheds and an addition plus dollar values. Entries include Albert Lentz 130 High street frame house 1500. Charles W. Lauer Ash and Twenty third streets frame house 2000. Lawrence May 1204 Fletcher avenue shoestring typo unearthed 25. etc. Also rail company freight house at Georgia Pennsylvania and Delaware streets 40000 and several barns, coal sheds, and additions priced up to 460.
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Albert Lentz
High-st
Charles W. Lauer
Lawrence May
Fletcher Ave
B. Haverkamp
Lincoln-st
J. W. McGrew
Harding-st
P. Cc. Co
St. L. Railway Company
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Anna M. Brown
Talbot Ave
Raymond Boehm
Cuincy St
Panhandle
A. R. Harold
N. Hlinois St
C. G. Duvall
Hoyt-ave
Fr. W. Craig
Fourteenth
Missouri-sts
F. W. Craig
Missouri and
Fourteenth-sts
A. EB
A. Hishel
Mayor Otis Rescues Man From 60 Feet Up Wires
In Union Hill New Jersey on a Thursday night Mayor Otis climbed a pole to repair live wires. He found unconscious William Waldherr entangled on a bed of wires sixty feet high. Otis lowered him, reaching Waldherr with one hand and bringing him to the ground. Waldherr is expected to recover.
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Union Hill
N. J
Otis
Wm. Waldherr
Waldherr
Quality Beers At The Standard Tea And Grocery Co
The Standard Tea and Grocery Co located at the northwest corner of New Jersey and Washington, near Jil N Delaware, 79 Massachusetts avenue near Noble Street offers quality beers. The notice lists shop locations and nearby streets for customer reference.
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N. W. Cor
New Jersey
Washington
Jil N. Delaware
Ohio
Massachusetts Ave
Noble St
Interstate Live Stock Market Report Sept 7
Interstate Stock Yards reports cattle receipts at 500 and hogs 1,400. Good to prime export steers 1,350 to 1,300 lbs average bring 540 to 580, fair to medium export 325 to 550, good to prime butcher 480 to 53, light stockers 3 40, heavy heifers 4 50, prime to fancy export cows 4 40, canners 3 66, veals 3 50 to 4 30, fat bulls 3 42, bulls 2 3 56. Hogs receipts 1,400 with lights 685 to 50, fair to good lights 540 545, mixed heavy 4 87 14, sheep 170 none shipped. lambs 4 50 5, yearlings 3 3, sheep 3 37, cows and calves 3 50 to 5 00, pigs 5 10 to 5 40, bucks 2 00 to 3.
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Interstate
Soseeesaee
Paeseee Veveeseseses
Ccscee
Union Stock Yards Market Report September 7
Cattle receipts reach 906 with Fridays shipments about 400. Prices cover good to prime steers over 1350 pounds at 35.50 to 39.9. fair to medium 1350 pounds up. cows, veal calves, and bulls shown with varied bids. Hogs receipts 256, sheep 730 with heavy weights and lambs listed. quotes include good to choice lighteweights at 5.35 to 5.45 and lambs at 2.30 to 5.25 per 100 pounds.
Canadians Repel Boer Assault at Wonderfontein
London Sept 7 Gen Roberts reports a post near Wonderfontein held by 125 Canadian rifles was attacked by Boers using two guns. A pom pom skillfully operated by the Canadians repelled the assault. Two men were killed.
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London
Roberts
Canadian Rifles
Wonderfontein
Wabash WCTU censures Mary Balch for political prayer chain
The Wabash county Women’s Christian Temperance Union passes a resolution censuring Mrs. Mary Balch of Indianapolis secretary of the state union for attempting to drag the society into politics with her prayer chain for the defeat of McKinley Martinsville and Bloomington also refused to endorse her action.
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Wabash County Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Mary Balch
Indianapolis
State Union
McKinley
Martinsville
Bloomington
Chattanooga Woman Credits Postum Over Coffee for Health
Mrs. Robt. Harris of Chattanooga Tennessee reports long lasting health gains after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee. She says indigestion and nervous spells vanished, weight rose about twenty pounds, and her husband and son also gained weight and energy after adopting Postum.
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Chattanooga
Acrobat and clown Charles Russell dies in poverty
Charles Russell, a former Barnum and Bailey acrobat and clown, died in St. Louis aged years. He pioneered a double backward somersault from one man to another, and his famed feat involved being shot from a crossbow to a trapeze 40 feet away.
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Louis
Charles Russell
P. T. Barnum
Oldest Methodist Preacher Dies in Williams Station
Rev. Lorenzo Wages, 92, the world’s oldest Methodist minister, collapsed and died at Williams railway station on Thursday night, according to San Francisco dispatches. The veteran preacher was well known across the denomination and had long served in various ministries.
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San Francisco
Lorenzo Wages
Williams
County officials head to Julietta insane hospital with horn blast
The county council and commissioners hired a tallyho drawn by two tailed horses and a big horn. On Friday they hiked out to the Julietta insane hospital with John Mc Gregor blowing the horn to beat the band.
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County Council
Julietta Insane Hospital
John McGregor
Chicago grain and livestock prices steady on Septembers
Chicago markets closed higher with September wheat at 2.73 to 2.75 and October futures showing gains. Corn for September around 0.39 to 0.40, oats about 0.21 to 0.22, livestock futures including October pork at 10.85 to 11.07 and ribs 7.07 to 7.20. Butter and cheese prices listed with varied grades. poultry prices for hens, springs, ducks, and turkeys shown, reflecting district dairy and meat trades.
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Chicago
Limburger
Town Talk highlights and court notes in early Indianapolis
The Connectional council of the A M E church closed on Thursday. James W seeks divorce from Ella J Moore alleging ill temper. Fred Ritter sat on the criminal court bench as Judge Alford attended his ill father in law. Henry Hitchcock longtime Indianapolis locomotive engineer died at 416 North Alabama Street. Body to be taken to Boston. he served as an engineer on the B and W for 22 years.
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A. M
James W
Ella J. Moore
Fred Ritter
Criminal Court
Alford
Henry Hitchcock
Indianapolis
Alabama
Boston
Stops the Cough and Works of the Cold Tablets
Laxative-Bromo-Quining tablets advertise a cure for cough and cold symptoms claiming rapid relief. Aimed at readers seeking quick treatment, the product lists a price of two cents and promotes itself as effective against a common cold in one day.
City Grain Market Wheat and Corn Quiet with Mixed Prices
Wheat shows quiet trading with No 2 red around 7 cents for track and 73 cents for milling grade. No 3 red at 69 to 71 cents. September 73 cents. Corn dull with No 1 white 42 to 42 1/2 cents, No 2 white 42 1/2 to 43 cents, No 3 white 42 to 42 1/2 cents, No 4 white 33 to 41 1/2 cents, mixed lots 4 to 4 1/2 cents, No 2 yellow about 41 cents, No 3 yellow 42 cents, No 4 yellow 38 1/2 to 40 1/2 cents. No 2 mixed 41 cents, No 4 mixed 8 1/4 cents per bushel. Oats dull with No 2 white 21 cents, No 3 white 23 1/2 cents, No 2 mixed 21 43 cents, No 3 mixed 20 1/4 cents. Hay steady with No 1 at 12.00 to 12.50, No 2 timothy 11.00 to 11.50.
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Timothy
Everybody Should Read The Sun Liners Seventh Page
The prompt requests using the Sun's liners on the seventh page. It urges readers to consult the section for guidance and information and to apply it in daily use.
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Police
Windy City
Gen. Jackson
York, Pa
Agoncillo
Haswt
Mrs. Peace
London, Ky
Alex Winton
W. Ik. Vanderbilt, Jr
X -Bonlin
Aiein
Grocerins
Abe
Kingan
York State
W. A
Kate Carson
Ruth St
Anna Philip
Tremontave
Hdward
Lizzie Raffert
Martin
Lydia ‘Ihis
Shelby-st
William and
Mary Withem
Cornell Ave
Frank
Minnie Alexander
E. Seventeeth-st
W. H
Mary Thompson
Mulberry-st
Thomas and
Nora O'Connell
Missouri-st
Cees Coneeeranlen
Gail Borden
Jersey
East Washington St
Martin Linch
Zila Magus
Logan Montgomery
Jennie Hargraves
Amos W. Pedigo
Gussie Shepard
W. Washington-st. Tel
Virginia-ave
Myslin
HILL
Tetlow’ S
Reese
Cee
Ag Oleh Et Agueste
Kirk
Battenburg
WM. H. Block
Litt
Reliable Progress
the Standard Tea and Grocery CO
Shelby St
Fountain Square
W. Washington
West
Indiana Ave
Senate
L. A. Jackson, Proprietor
Union Stock Yards
Sun
City Grain Market
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