Three Cent Fare Law Valid and Snake News Across Scott County
In Indiana the Supreme Court sustains a three cent streetcar fare limit in Indianapolis, with a Federal case pending. Scott County reports multiple venomous snakes, mainly moccasins, near creeks and bottoms, plus ratleds and other wildlife notes from local counties.
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Scott County
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
Indianapoli
Monks
United States Circuit Court
Federal
State Supreme Court
John M. Navin
Old City
The
Street Railroad Company
Navin
Indiana items reveal accidents and shortages across counties
Monroe county endures worm damage to crops while Jefferson Davis Anderson dies after a buggy run. Bluffton paves 35 squares as mayor Stevens resigns. Five men face fines after a dynamite incident near Hagerstown. A mare valued at 1350 is stolen near Goshen. A Terre Haute escapee roams near town threatening others. Excursion trains draw 2000 visitors to Petersburg gas well fire. Milk from farmers in Leake and Porter counties goes to a failing South Chicago firm. Delilah Robinson dies following sorrow over her husband’s suicide.
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Scottsburg
Stucker Bottoms
Indiana
Stucker
Kimberlain
Scott County
Scott
Monroe County
Jefferson Davis
Anderson
Bluffton
Stevens
Hagerstown
Hiram Davis
Posey County
Sweeney
Harry Butterfield
Goshen
Geo. Hollingshead
Central Insane Hospital
Petersburg
Leake
Porter Counties
Chicago
Delilah Robinson
Peataster
Homer
Debs unveils Social Democracy of America plan in Chicago
Eugene V. Debs leads a secret Chicago session laying the preamble to a new organization to succeed the American Railway Union. The Social Democracy of America would recruit citizens to abolish capitalism and establish a cooperative commonwealth with a focus on public power and land reform.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Deb
American Railway Union
Uhlich’e Hall
A. BR. U
Debs
Social Democracy of
America
Universal Brotherhood of Man
National Co-Operative Commonwealth
Relic Hunters Drag Skulls From San Nicholas Island
A Long Beach party returning from San Nicholas Island carried eighty seven skulls and ancient artifacts. They unearthed a twenty foot square excavation with nine crouching skeletons, buried alive. Remains suggest multiple races once inhabited the island and a race with large jawbones.
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Long Beach
Cal
San Nicholas
Condensed Dispatches From Diverse Locales
The Francee arrives in New York with yellow fever cases and deaths. passengers and crew quarantined. California lawyer A S Austin deemed insane and sent to asylum. E B Kenyon commits suicide in New Orleans. Albany, NY linked. Kidder Peabody and Lazard Freres withdraw gold to cover shipments. Claudius Peters named receiver of Dime Building and Loan in Chicago after mismanagement claim. Hamilton Kenwood Bicycle Co mortgage list led by Charles S Sligh. Morgan Wright top creditor. Breeders’ law enforces licenses for bookmaking in St Louis with penalties. Amalgamated Association set June 8 talks with manufacturers over puddling rate. conflict expected.
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New York
A. S. Austin
California
Theodore Durrant
New Orleans
E. B. Kenyon
Mexico
Kenyon
Albanny
N.Y
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Lazard Freres
Horton
Claudius Peters
Dime National Building and Loan Association of Chicago
William F. Brock
Great Earthquakes Across Mexico and California
Severe shocks struck multiple points in Mexico and California on Saturday and Sunday causing great property damage. Indians in Mexico were frightened. In Salinas California chimneys fell windows smashed and many buildings were wrecked.
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Mexico
California
Salinas
Cal
Ohio Republican State Convention Names Ticket
The Ohio Republican State Convention met in Toledo Tuesday and Wednesday to decide the ticket. Major Dick was chosen as chairman amid friction over the State Committee contest. The old ticket was nominated with Asa S. Bushnell for Governor and Marcus H. Hanna backed. platform favors sound money, Cuban sympathy, Hawaiian annexation, and revision of civil service orders.
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Ohio
Hanna
Asa S. Bushnell
A. W. Jones
Jacob F. Burkett
Frank Monnett
Samuel Campbell
L. D. Bonebrake
Board of Public Works
C. A. Goddard
Cuba
Cleveland
National Board of Arbitration
Bushnell
Marcus H. Hanna
Royal Jubilee Procession Honors Colonies and Troops
London crowds cheered a seven mile procession marking Victoria’s jubilee. Delegations from Canada East India Australia led the vast pageant with colonial troops, naval contingents, and nearly 42 thousand militia, amid flags, bunting, and imperial toasts across London streets.
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Piccadilly
London
Soudon
Lord Wolseley
Duke of Cambridge
Prince of Wales
Duke of Connaught
Channel Squadron
Wildfire
Vernon Torpedo School
Naval Reserve
Royal Hospital School
Greenwich
Women march on Jamestown saloon in Cloud county uproar
In Jamestown Cloud county Kansas a group of women armed with hatchets hammers and axes marched to Miller's saloon Friday night and smashed the building and furniture. Two months earlier they elected a women’s ticket pledging to rid the town of rambling and to drive out the saloon run by F J Miller.
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Topeka
Kas
Jamestown
Cloud County
F. J. Miller
Enumeration by Counties Showing Number of School Aged Children
A historical report lists counts of school age children by county. The paper notes Weyle entries and other local data as part of a broader demographic survey.
Barney Barnato Buried in London Jewis h Cemetery
The interment of Barney Barnato the South African diamond king occurred this afternoon at the Willesden Jewish cemetery. A vast London crowd attended with many financial leaders present including Lord Marcus Beresford Sir Edgar Vincent governor of the Imperial Ottoman Bank and Sir Elis Ashmead Bartlett.
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London
Barney Barnato
Willisden
East End
Marcus Beresford
Edgar Vincent
Imperial Ottoman Bank
Elis Ashmead-Bartlett
Spalding Acquitted in Embezzlement Case
Chicago report notes Charles W. Spalding former Globe Savings Bank president and ex university treasurer was acquitted on embezzlement charges. Verdict surprised many as court instructions favored conviction. Spalding exclaimed this is a surprise and twenty seven indictments remain.
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Chicago
Charles W. Spalding
Globe Savings Bank
The
State University
Spalding
Wes
Hyena Jim Dead From Lead Poisoning Near Lincoln Park
Local report states Jim the hyena escaped Tuesday and roamed cemeteries at night. He was shot near the Old People's Home in Hariem about fifteen miles southwest of Lincoln Park after gnawing a bull dog and injuring a leg.
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Chicago
Jim
Lincoln Park
Hariem
President McKinley Letter to Queen Victoria on Her Jubilee
The United States President William McKinley sends a personal felicitations letter to Queen Victoria on her sixtieth anniversary of accession. Special envoy Whitelaw Reid delivered the message praising friendship for the United States and peace, with wishes for prosperity, liberty, and enduring governance. The letter, dated May 8 1897 in Washington, closes with signature from McKinley and Secretary of State John Sherman.
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McKinley
Queen Victoria
Whitelaw Reid
Victoria
Great Britain
Ireland
India
United States
Washington
A. D
William M'Kinley
John Sherman
Sec
National Republican League Convention in Detroit July 13
The National Republican League Convention will be held in Detroit on July 13 and 14. Railroads in Indiana offer a one fare rate, and Indiana Republican editors will attend from Mackinac on July 11. Detroit prepares to host with excursions and lake rides as delegates from all states gather amid a likely lively contest for the presidency.
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National Republican League
Detroit
Indiana
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Mackinac
League
Wooamahees
Ohio
E. H. R. Green
Texas
Marcus Pollasky
Chicago
Col. Stone
Tennessee
Becoming Civilized Monument to Wounded Knee Warriors
Sioux demand a monument to warriors from the Wounded Knee battle but the request has not been transmitted to Washington. Veterans see it as a fair tribute given the fight's provocation and extenuating circumstances. Authorities recall no similar case and note prior battlefield markers for leaders. The move signals perceived progress in Indian civilization.
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Wounded Knee
Rapid City
S. C
Washington
Indian Service
Queen Liliuokalani Objects to Hawaii Annexation
Ex Queen Liliuokalani files a formal protest with Secretary Sherman against annexation. She asks President McKinley to withdraw the measure from Senate consideration and decries it as a wrong to natives, an invasion of ruling chiefs rights and a violation of international law.
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Liliuokalani
Sherman
Hawaii
United States
McWinley
Senate
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