Anti imperialists plan Bryan drop silver conference
Chicago hosts a conference starting October 17 to urge W J Bryan to drop free silver and place anti imperialism first in the 1900 Democratic platform. Leaders may include Carl Schurz Bourke Cockran and Cochran backing a united anti imperialist Democratic stance against imperialism.
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W. J. Bryan
United States
Bryan
Chicago
League
W. Bourke Cockrar
Carl Schurg
Schurz
Cochran
Gold Democrats
Democratic
Fires Trounce City Ranks with Five Alarms Saturday
Five alarms answered from 8:30 to 11:00 a m. reports of fires at 828 S Illinois, 1825 Prospect, an outhouse at 1468 S Noblest, the Tanner Sullivan building in the wholesale district, and grass on N Alabama st. Losses listed at 200 and small amounts with suspected incendiary causes noted in some cases.
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S. Illinois Sr
Gumbinsky
M. Greenberg
C. Hl. Littner
Kate Henshaw
Tanner & Sullivan
N. Alabama St
Mitchell Sends Funds to Aid Purcell in Miner Strike
The Indian agent presumes peaceful miner actions and reports a successful telegram to Secretary Hitchcock. Mitchell confirms a $300 aid package to G. W. Purcell, Terre Haute, after Purcell’s London, Kentucky arrest on a warrant by operators. The case aims to unionize the district amid ongoing disputes and threats to strike.
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Hartshorn
Mitchell
Hitchcock
Interior
Strubble
Indian Territory
Bousfield
National Board of the
London
Purcell
Local Fund Donors Reach Two Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Five
The fund now totals 2265 with several officers yet to hear from. Citizens are urged to mail checks or subscriptions to Mrs Taylor. Sudden death reported for Fannie Taylor aged, 1414 Samoa, due to hemorrhage Friday.
Taggart seeks ward 9 support at Riley's saloon meeting
Democrats of ward 9 gathered in Riley's hall to hear Tom Taggart and supporters. The meeting featured J H Mahoney presiding, sharp questions from the crowd, praise for Daly and Geckler, and a late showing of a beer keg as the crowd dispersed.
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Ward 9
Riley
Jim Reilly
Pine and
E. Georgia Sts
J. H. Mahoney
Taggart
Tom
Chairman Fanning
Mahoney
Shamrock
Hop Syndicate
Joe Fanning
Condemned Clark's Hill School Sparks Health Board Tug
Secretary Harry of the State board of health cites Clark's Hill in Tippecanoe as a long running school dispute. A two story frame building remains usable but the brick structure is condemned for sagging sills and holes in the floor.
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Harry
State Board of Health
J. W. Littell
Tippecanoe County
Clark’s Hill
Sit the child on the bar scandal prompts divorce filings
Nellie Linnaman files for divorce from A Linnaman after alleging he exposed their child on a saloon bar. Judge Leathers notes the case as fairly substantial. Harry E Weikert seeks divorce from Pearl claiming clothes were torn from him.
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Nellie Linnaman
A. Linnaman
Leathers
Linnaman
Harry E. Weikert
Pearl
Alfred Pinkerton
Jennie
Carl Rutledge
Ida
Fireman Sues for 20000 Dollars Over Wreck Injuries
Martin Gavin, off duty at the time of the 1. D. and W. wreck near Guyon about a year ago, claims $20000 in damages for injuries from the train crash while returning from Tuscola to Indianapolis. Tras sought $10000 from the company.
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Martin Gavin
Guyon
Tuscola
Indianapolis
Tras
Iron cloth first made in America in Worcester
The Worcester mass report notes iron cloth produced in the city on Friday marking the first manufacture in America. The article mentions large prior imports used as overcoat and ulster linings and includes a brief reference to the Chickering piano and Wuischner and Son of Indianapolis.
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Worcester
Mass
America
Kruger Refuses British Proposals as War Threat Looms
Telegraph reports Kruger’s reply to Britain’s last offer is a firm refusal with hints of alternatives. Diplomacy declines as troops and war correspondents head to the Cape, markets sag, and fear of open conflict grows with a possible clash by October.
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Chamberlain
Transvaal
England
Southampton
South Africa
London Times
Mail
Post
Hanna Smiles Through A Rheumatic Campaign Stop
Senator Mark A Hanna of Ohio, arriving from Southampton with Miss Ruth Hanna, says he will stump Ohio this fall if health allows. He notes his rheumatism improves with Aix les Bains treatments and plans to campaign while keeping expectations modest about vice presidential possibilities. He reads a London dispatch with Democratic platform ideas and plans to visit Cleveland next week. Seth Low and Weyne McVeagh are noted among other passengers.
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New York
Mark A. Hanna
Ohio
St. Louis
Southampton
Ruth
Hanna
Aix Les Bains
France
McLean
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hobart
Jones
Democratic National Committee
Mrr
Hanne
Saratoga
Bryan
Waldorf-Astoria
Cleveland
Seth Low
Columbia
Weyne McVeagsh
O. M. Carter
Republicans Use Silent Campaign Amid Rent Pledges and Racial Tension
Report notes scarce Republican access at Democratic headquarters and a rent payment strategy to secure votes. It claims Democrats neglect Black voters on the South Side while Irish and colored communities are contrasted. A new Bookwalter button and socialist rally are also mentioned as part of a tense election scene.
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Democratic Committee
Democratic City Committee
Republic
Armies Readied Across South Africa as War Looms
Sept in Cape Town reports darkened peace hopes as the Orange Free State pledges to stand with the Boers. Dutch forces nationwide arm for independence under Kruger's uncompromising reply to England. Kruger's seven sons and fifty grandsons reportedly join the Boer army.
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Cape Town
Bensison
Transvaal
Orange Free State
South Africa
London
The
Standard and Diggers News
Kruger
England
Liner in the Sun Ad Draws Tin and Iron Workers
Occupants of the Lemeke building study the Sun liner column as an ad invites tin and iron workers to room 701. The vacant room attracts a flood of applicants and reports of missing tenants spread through the floor. Dr. John A. Lambert is released after settlement of alleged unpaid rent with Mrs. Nancy J. Sellers who claimed 278.51. He faced arrest on a warrant and was held while trying to depart with his sick wife for Colorado.
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Charley Stuckmeyer
Stuekmeyer
John Geckler
W. C. Daly
Jim Reilly
Jerry Collins
Daly
Geckler
Burns
Chicago
Rea” Donahue
Lemeke
SUN
Lemecke Building
Dr. Lambert
John A. Lambert
Nancy J. Sellers
Leathers
Colorado
Traugott
Sellers
Indianapolis Forecast for 36 Hours Ahead
Weather outlook for Indianapolis and vicinity through 8 p m Sunday. Fair on Saturday night with cooler temperatures and increasing clouds and possible showers. Sunday shows morning low near 68 f and rising to about 88 f by afternoon with varied cloudiness.
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Indianapolis
Hayward and Hayward in Kronsmiler Success at Kissel's
Garden packed nightly as J. Muray Smith, baritone vocalist and comedian, and Chas W. Minor, piano virtuoso, headline in a grand afternoon and evening show. Feed your Horse Janes Dustless hats at Seaton’s. Grand Hotel Cafe offers meals for 35 cents.
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Kissel
Hayward
Kronsmiler
J. Muray Smith
Chas
W. Minor
Belmont Raises 25000 For Bryan Campaign Fund
New York September 16 Oliver H P Belmont gave 25000 dollars to the campaign fund to aid the effort to elect William J Bryan president Belmont recently joined the Bryan camp and the gift is viewed as a pledge of his sincerity Richard S Slater of Missouri is in New York as collector for the democratic national committee and reportedly obtained the check at the Hoffman house on Sunday afternoon
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New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Wm. J. Bryan
United States
Belmont
Bryan
Richard S. Slater
Missouri
New York City
Democratic National Committee
Hoffman House
Goas
Police Gazette
New York Standard
Li O
Simday
Buckwaste
Technos
Levy of 50 Cents Raises School Tax This Year
The school board set the levy at 40 cents, six cents higher than last year, due to short city taxables, higher supply costs, and a new borrowing law. Finance head Baker noted the city tax base fell $3,000,000, reducing expected revenue by $50,000. The board plans $7,000 more for supplies and a $60 increase for the cooking school. Also approved is a nine month fuel contract with Consumers' Gas Trust totaling $9,760. Dr. Wynn will travel to Philadelphia at the board’s expense to seek library book exchanges for duplicates.
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Messrs
Scott, Maxwell and
Collins
Finance Committee
Baker
Consumers’ Gas Trust Company
Frank B. Wynn
Philadelphia
County Council Slashes Jail Budget Amid Budget Battle
The county council rebuked the county commissioners Saturday morning over workhouse supplies. The orphanage estimate of 38422 was kept intact while jail supplies were cut from 14570 to 13320. Attorney Lawson M Harvey urged restoring inquest fees for justices of the peace. A decision on four new bridges remains pending.
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Orphans’ Home
Lawson M. Harvey
Justices of the Peace
Sign Over Sidewalk Advertising Bicycle Race Sparks Complaint
A complaint cites a two foot low overhead sign near Huder's drug store on Pennsylvania St. advertising a bicycle race. The city ordinance bans hanging signs over streets and sidewalks for advertising businesses or amusements. Police Superintendent Quigley said he will investigate.
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Pennsylvania-st
Huder
Quigley
Train Caller Ellis MacQuown Celebrates 12 Years at Union Station
Ellis MacQuown marked his twelfth anniversary as train caller at Union Station on Saturday. Jennie Looney, living at 490 Downey Street, slipped from a trunk while reaching for matches and broke her foot Friday night. Rev. M. M. Steere of Washington D.C. will preach at Allen colored M.E. chapel on Broadway Sunday morning, with Rev. A. J. McCallen of the Zion conference at night.
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Ellis MacQuown
Union Station
Jennie Looney
Downey Sr
M. M. Steere
Washington, D. C
Allen, Colored
M.E. Chapel
Breadway
A. J. McCallen
Bight
Bookwalter Taggart Question Civil Enforcements Debate
Candidates Taggart and Bookwalter respond to a Christian Endeavor society on Sunday law enforcement and saloon rules. Newlin reads both replies. McWhirter pledges strict law enforcement while Bookwalter hints at practical limits. The controversy centers on enforcing Sunday bans and related ordinances in Indianapolis.
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Taggart
Indianapolis
Wild scene on Doctors' Row ends in misdiagnosis
A man with a broken face and skin eruption wandered into a doctor’s shop on Doctors Row Ohio Street Saturday morning. The Board of Health was alerted and Dr C E Ferguson of the board examined him and declared the ailment a skin disease not small pox.
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Ohio St
Board of Health
C. E. Ferguson
Indiana Shorts Reporting Mixed Local Incidents And Budgets
Knightstown reports Wilijah Applegate injured by an edging saw losing two thumbs and three fingers on Saturday. Muncie farmer David Gear loses an affected limb after his feet are dragged into a corn shredder. Greenfield and Hancock County discuss bridge estimates totaling 1 915 000 with public approval. County council proposes 1000 for hunting dogs to track depredators and bridge funding remains, with no tax reduction.
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Knightstown
Wilijah Applegate
Greenfield
Hancock County
Muncie
David Gear
L Ray
Liberty
County Councilautour
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