Bryan accepts Chicago special letter from W. J. Bryan
The letter of W. J. Bryan accepting the Democratic presidential nomination is released from Lincoln Nebraska on September 17. Bryan defends party platform on tariff money, trusts and silver, Monroe doctrine, canal, and home rule while pledging to run with a focus on the people rather than personal gain.
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Hanna says Bryan would pull down flag in Philippines speech
M A Hanna urged Chicago business leaders to study Bryan's acceptance letter linking trusts and free silver to Democratic strategy. He claimed Bryan would haul down the American flag in the Philippines, install Aguinaldo, and invite foreign intervention, contrasting Republican law with Bryan's planned moves.
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Bryan
United States
Mak
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Cuba
Seven Die in Cincinnati Salvation Army Nursery Fire
Seven people perished in a Cincinnati fire at a Salvation Army nursery in a three story brick tenement Monday night. Fire began on the first floor a meeting hall with upper floors a nursery. Rescue efforts failed as flames spread quickly trapping inmates. James Harkins died trying to save his two children after leaping from a skylight. A father killed his children in the process of rescue, according to reports.
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Cincinnati
Salvation Army
Erickson
James Harkins
Vision Prompted Man to Amputate Finger in Trance
Maj L Hoffman of Pharsalia relates a vision in which he believed he must sacrifice a finger. He severed a finger on his right hand while in a trance and, upon awakening in a delirious state, summoned a surgeon who completed the amputation.
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Maj. L. Hoffman
Pharsalia
German Circular Demands China Extradite Leaders Before Peace Talks
Berlin reports that Germany will only resume diplomatic negotiations with China after delivering up the main instigators of the Pekin outrages. The note, signed by Von Buelow, calls for leading Chinese figures to face punishment while acknowledging widespread complicity among instruments. Embassies in Washington London Paris St Petersburg Rome Vienna and Tokio were notified.
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Paris
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Vienna
Tokio
Boers Threaten Railways As British Fight Near Komatipoort
London dispatch from Lourenco Marques reports a pitched battle between Kamp Muiden and Hectorspruit with Boer losses. Boers threaten to destroy railway cogwheels between Watervalboven and Watervalander, have blocked six miles of Crocodile Poort line, and burned Komatipoort. British forces hold Komatipoort as fighting continues and invasion fears grow toward Portuguese territory. Losses, rail damage, and potential supply cuts loom amid tense frontier actions.
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Daily Telegraph
Lourenzo Marques
Kamp Muiden
Hectorspruit
Komatipoort
Steyn
Transvaal
Pretoria
Captain Allen Accepts Democratic Nomination in District 9
Capt. D. F. Allen, serving in the Philippines, accepts the Democratic nomination for Congress in District 9. He pledges loyalty to the Kansas City platform, supports Bryan for president, and argues the war in the islands continues despite proclamations. He believes leaving his post would condemn him in voters' eyes.
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D. F. Allen
Philippines
Kansas City
United States
Democratic Party
William J. Bryan
Aftermath in Galveston Describes Death Toll and Fire
Rescue work by 8,000 men continues as bodies are found daily and 2 500 victims are believed buried under ruins. Monday 120 bodies cremated. Estimates suggest 15,000 victims based on four per family across wards. Ward 12 worst hit with most houses destroyed. Fever and insanity strain physicians as Judge John J Teagan mourns his lost family and endures brief episodes of laughter.
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Galveston
John J. Teagan
Boers Still Fight as British Report Fire Near Nelspruit
An official Machadodorp dispatch dated Sept 17 reports firing near Nelspruit with Gen Cleary skirmishing at Export Sunday resulting in one dead one wounded and one missing. Gen French’s cavalry from Barberton reached Avoca and captured 50 locomotives. Boers destroyed bridges east of Godman.
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Lydenberg
Machadodorp
Nelspruit
Cleary
Export
French
Barberton
Avoca
Godmaan
Train Collision Near Redkey Kills Two, Injures One
A night east bound L E & W passenger train struck an open switch and collided with a gravel train engine. Fireman William McClellan and Engineer Barney Montague of the passenger train died. Passengers escaped serious harm. Fred Limefield and Clarence Thompson of Alexandria were fatally injured. Montague was taken to his Lima, Ohio home.
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L. E
Wiliam McClellan
Barney Montague
Fred Limefield
Clarence Thompson
Alexandria
Montague
Lima
Indicted for Murder in Bedford Near Lentz Farm
Oliver Thomasson and John Gaines have been indicted for first degree murder in the July 3 incident that killed Frank Lentz near Bedford. Deputy J. M. Stone's investigation led to their arrest and a later confession at the Indiana reformatory in Jeffersonville.
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Oliver Thomasson
John Gaines
Frank Lentz
Bedford
Lentz
Thomasson
Gaines
J. M. Stone
Indiana Reformatory
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Stone
Death of Moron man found with skull fractures near buggy
Will Luse, 28, married and living at Moron, was found dead Monday afternoon two miles from town with three skull fractures. His livery rig had carried his mother to Monticello the previous evening and, after returning, his body lay across the roadway. No signs of struggle or outward injury were seen. Two strangers in separate rigs were seen near the scene and speculated on avoiding a meeting with Luse in town. Authorities note doubt about foul play and consider possible accidental death from a fall while asleep.
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Monticello
Charles
Luse
Oscar Luse
Monster Seen Near Gull Lake Stirs Elkhart Guests
Report from Allendale camp recounts John Kemper and Miss Carrie Wirchler sighting an enormous reptilian creature in Gull Lake last Sunday. They describe a hissing head, flashing tail, hairy forehead growth, scaly body, and glowing water as the boat was capsized and rescues arrived.
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Elkhart
Gull Lake
Allendale
John Kemper
Carrie Wirchler
Kemper
Mr. Kemper
Indiana August deaths rise with child toll in 1930s figures
Indiana records show 3,231 total deaths in August, an August rise of 30 from July and 906 above June. The increase is largely in children, reflecting a higher annual death rate of 48 per 1 000 of population.
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Indianapolis
Rising Sun
Indiana
A Noy Brutally Beaten Near Shelbyville
Shelbyville report states Joseph Ford, 17, son of James Ford, was assaulted two miles south of town on Tuesday night. Three men in a buggy stopped his wagon, beat him unconscious, stripped him, and left him tied in the wagon. He remained unconscious about three hours and the trio fled. officers hunt the suspects.
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Shelbyville
Joseph Ford
James Ford
Bausback Fertilizer Works
Ford
County Board Cuts Officials Estimates In Lebanon Special
County Council slashed per diems and supply funds for officials in Lebanon. The surveyor’s $936 per diem dropped to 200, deputy’s per diem removed, transit funds denied, and supplies budgets slashed for the surveyor and clerk. Auditor, sheriff, recorder, treasurer faces sweeping cuts amid protests.
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Lebanon
Marion Citizens Clash With Health Board Over Vaccination
Marion residents oppose state and county health orders requiring vaccination for public school admission. The city council funded city vaccination work with higher pay for the health officer. An anti vaccination group formed and met in the Circuit Court room led by Dr. William Clark of Indianapolis.
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Marion
State
County Board of Health
Board of Health
Circuit Court Room
William Clark
Indianapolis
A Valuable Dog Guards Jail In Jeffersonville
A large dog owned by Sheriff Herman Rave prevented prisoner Clarence Berry from escaping and saved Jailer Lon Howes from a severe beating on Tuesday afternoon. Berry had been jailed for assaulting former magistrate George Hall and used a sheriff office letter-writing request to lure Howes, but the dog bit and held him until help arrived.
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Jeffersonville
Herman Rave
Lon Howes
Clarence Berry
George Hall
Howes
Smallpox at Comer Maintains Unchanged Case Count
The Comer smallpox situation remains unchanged with eleven cases, eight children and three adults. Dr. English of the Jasper county Board of Health and Dr. H. C. Johnson visited the scene and confirmed the disease type. Neighbors are being vaccinated and the Conn family is under quarantine.
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Comer
English
Jasper County Board of Health
8. C. Johnson
Conn
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