Second Monetary Convention Meets in Indianapolis
The second monetary convention representing commercial and industrial interests gathered in Indianapolis at the Grand Opera House to hear the commission report and discuss the currency reform plan. Speakers urged establishing a gold standard, retiring United States notes, and building a sufficient gold reserve with broad public support.
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Indianpolis
H. H. Hanna
Grand Opera House
Mount
Phere
Petor
Alana
Gree Et
Erik
Son Otter Mboweth
Patterson
Philadelphia
Civ
United States
Treasury
Business Men’s
Congress
Tie
McKinley
Committee On Resolutions
Meitary Commission
New York
The
Sean
Cope
Polboumere
Wooll Dedee
Marof Indianapoba
Rufus Dwullock
Antas Judge Crawfurd
Texas
Protoehner
Louisville
Robert S. Tayeor
Port Wavie
Ind
John Harseep Rhades
Mr. Rhodes
Local notes mix mishaps and obituaries across Indiana
A fragmented midwestern page reports a series of events including arrestees and hospital notes, a death recall in Morris Town Pythian lodge, and storm losses on the Ohio river near Jeffersonville. It lists postmasters, patents issued to Indiana residents, and various local incidents.
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Thornton K. Graham
Pythian Lodge
Morristown
Obhio
Jeffersonville
John H. Heffman
James T. Duffy
Indiana Overrun by Tramps and Murder in Rail Crossings
An Indianapolis dispatch describes widespread tramp activity across Indiana with daily assaults, including a kitchen closet beating near Hillsboro and a near-fatal attack on farmer Samuel Meng in Daviess County. Rail workers report refused rides amid attacks, while a Vincennes note mentions White River's Thomas Johnson who keeps forty two deer in a ten foot fenced park and shares some with charity.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Indiana
Enoch Thompson
Hillsboro
Daviess County
Samuel Meng
Dhe
Waterloo
Vincennes
White River
Decker
Thomas Johnson
Johnson
Colonel Kimball’s Promotion Tied to Ongoing Occasion
The passage notes Colonel Kimball’s promotion to brigadier general was significantly influenced by the events surrounding that occasion. It highlights the link between the promotion and the notable actions or recognition at that moment.
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Kimball
Evansville Pair Wed After Daring Elopement
J M Gibson and Delma Bumpus of Tilden Kentucky wed in Evansville after eloping Tuesday. They drove 25 miles in rain, crossed a swollen river, and were pursued by Delma's father who halted at the ford. The bride is fourteen and the groom sixteen.
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Evansville
J. M. Gibson
Delma Bumpus
Tilden
Kky
Elopers
Strikers seize train on Chi cago and Southeastern line
Lebanon dispatch reports strikers of the Chicago and Southeastern railroad seized and sidetracked a west bound express train, disrupting service and prompting possible action by authorities.
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Lebanon
Chicago & Southeastern Railroad
Train Strikes Halt Service At Lebanon Yards
Forty passengers remain stranded after a strike seizes the Lebanon railway yards. Workers demand back pay, with thirty eight months owed to most, while public sentiment supports the strikers and only one freight train ran forty miles away.
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Lebanon
Farmers Called to Arms Against Wanderers in Indiana
The Indiana Farmer urges farmers to arm themselves and protect homes and neighbors from robbers and wanderers. It recommends ready double barreled shotguns or revolvers and stresses not letting the subject fade from readers' minds.
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Indiana
Indiana Civil War Hero Nathan Kimball Dies in Utah
Nathan Kimball a native of Fredericksburg Indiana and veteran of the Fourteenth Indiana Volunteers died in Ogden Utah. Kimball who rose from physician to colonel then major general served with distinction in the war and later held posts as Indiana State Treasurer Utah surveyor general and Ogden postmaster. He met Stonewall Jackson early in the war and earned a famed victory near Winchester Virginia.
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Salt Lake
Nathan Kimball
Indiana
Ogden
Utah
Priday
Fredericksburg
Washington County
Fourteenth
Indiana Volunteers
Knights of the Golden Circle
Grant
Morton
Salem
Livonia
Loogcotee
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Stonewall Jackson
Winchester
Monticello Cleared of Legal Controversy After 25 Years
State notes report Monticello ends 25-year legal controversy. Edwards couple of Peru touring southern Europe. Holdeman bondsmen repaid about 6 dollars to Elkhart county treasury. Masie Coal shovelers in Princeton strike over 1 cent per car cut. Fayette county Republicans nominate Francis T Roots for Joint Representative with Wayne. Ceanersville Daughters of Veterans surrender charter. Society funds lost in Huston lank failures.
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Monticello
BR. A. Edwards
Peru
Europe
W. H. Holdeman
Elkhart County
Masie Coal Company
Princeton
Fayette County
Francis T. Roots
Fayette
Wayne Counties
The
Daughters of Veterans At
Ceanersville
Huston
McKinley Speaks as Republicans Back Sound Money and Reform
The New York Waldorf banquet honors currency reform and fiscal unity. President McKinley, welcomed by merchants, pledges unwavering Republican support for sound money, stable currency, and national credit, urging rapid settlement of the currency issue and a duty to voters nationwide.
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New York
National Association of Manufacturers of the
Moore
Dia
Warner
Nateral Association of
United States
St. Louis
Rae Pate
Amd
Ib Wurmi
Coontra
Knives Wielded in Luverne Political Clash
Luverne Alabama saw a clash between Robert Laird Populist leader and H Y Brooke editor of the Luverne Journal. Laird wounded Brooke in the thigh while Brooke countered with several knife thrusts to Laird in the neck and shoulders. No women were harmed. Brooke’s supporters call it part of a Populist plot. A New York shipment report mentions the steamer La Bretagne carrying $100000 in gold to Cuba.
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Luverne
Ala
Robert Laird
Crenshaw
H. Y. Brooke
Luverne Journal
Brooke
Laird
New York
France
Cuba
House rejects silver bond payoff plan 182 to 182
The House voted 182 to 182 against a Teller resolution to pay United States bonds in silver. Republicans largely opposed with two North Carolina defections and a present vote by one Black member. Speaker Reed voted against the measure after five hours of debate.
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House
United States
Linney
North Carolina
White
McAleer
Pennsylvania
Eliott
South Carolina
Reed
Dingley
Incem
McWinley
Congress
Alr
Bailey
Republican State Committee Appoints New District Leaders
A Republican state committee meeting in Indianapolis on February 8 selected district leaders to serve until 189. The slate endorsed the gold standard and St Louis platform. Appointees include George A. Cunningham Evansville in First District and Myron L. Case Jasper? (text garbled) in the Eighth or Ninth District with others listed across Indiana counties.
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Vtutesdiaigy
Evansville
Albany
Greensburg
Whoo
Muncie
Estesville
Larkayuette
Wabash
Ft. Wayne
Plymouth
Indianapolis
Pold Standard
St. Louis
George A. Cunningham
Evaneville
James R. Henley
Bloomington
Bird
George W. Self
Corydma
Thomias McNutt
Jefferson County
Nicholas Filbeck
Terre Hiaute
Sixinnersville
Harry S. New
Indi- Sane Bight
Myron L. Case
Jaysssettet
Frederick Sims
Frank Pistriet
Miles W. Moffett
Con
Indiana Society of St. Louis Forms for Hoosiers in City
Former residents of Indiana in St. Louis organized the Indiana Society of St. Louis at Planters Hotel with about seventy five Hoosiers present. Officers include T B Glazebrook president and Judge Fisher first vice president. The first annual banquet is planned for April on Indiana’s statehood anniversary with James Whitcomb Riley as guest.
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St. Louis
Indiana Society of St. Louis
Planters
T. B. Glazebrook
Wv. D. Fisher
W. A. Rannells
Joseph Flory
G. H. Sallee
Charles M. Reeves
Charles J. Veatch
Judge Fisher
Lafe Sturdevant
W. H. Cotton
W. M. Dunn
Morris G. Levison
Will E. Parrott
Indiana
James Whitcomb Riley
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