Bristow Leads the Insurgents in Tariff Battle
Washington August. Debate on the conference report drags seven hours as senators press for careful passage of the tariff bill. Bristow denounces tariff plans as breaking Republican pledges and pledges to vote against the measure. Senator Daniel opens the bout charging Aldrich with unfair conduct amid maneuvers over the leather schedule and Philippine tariff provisions.
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Washington
Aug
Senate
Daniel
Enance Committee
Tie
Aldrich
Pristow
Bacon
Vitor
Magic City of Steel Turns Over New Leaf
Gary Indiana embarks on a crusade to close saloons immoral resorts and gambling houses after Governor Marshall prompts action. Police chief Jose Mardin and Mayor Knotts authorize raids deputize four officers and order closures including penny slot machines. Officials refuse any voluntary compromise while bribe attempts surface amid ongoing investigations.
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Gary
Ind
Jose Mardin
Magic City of Steel
Thomas Knotts
Marehall
Martin
Knotts
Charles Greenwald
W. F. Hodges
Muevor
Gary Blind Tigers
Mrr. Knotts
Hoders
Frank Chambers
Quarantine on Kentucky Sheep Amid Sheep Epidemic
News briefs report a quarantine planned in Kentucky due to a sheep epidemic and a study of animal disease controls. Other items mention German railway mismanagement, dismissals, Jack Johnson posting bond in Chicago for a boxing match, and Maryville Texas destroyed by fire.
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Maryville
Texas
National game canceled for President Pulliam funeral
Games were not played in major leagues and several minor leagues including Louisville versus Minneapolis in the American Association as towns paused to honor President Pulliam. The Blue Grass League and New York State League also likely observed the funeral tribute.
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Pulliam
Louisville
Minneapolis
American Association
Kentucky
Battery lineups across three cities noted in report
In Indianapolis Kansas City and Columbus St Paul and Toledo games, batter ies Swann Sullivan Slagle Graham Howley Geyer James Ryan Le Roy Carisch Owen Abbott McGlynn Warner are listed with team abbreviations and score-like numbers, indicating player lineups and match references.
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Indianapolis
R.H.E
Kansas City
Swann
Sullivan
Slagle
Graham, Howley
Columbus
R.H.B
St. Paul
Geyer
James
Ryan
Leroy
Carisch
Kidnappers Seize Two Children in Italian Community
In St Louis an abduction of Grace Viviano aged five and Thomas Viviano aged three led to a $25,000 ransom demand. Police arrested five men on Buspleton but found no trace of the children and seek an employee last seen with them amid a feud in a wealthy Italian colony.
Judge S. H. Bethea Dies in Chicago at 74
United States judge S H Bethea of the Northern District of Illinois died early today in Chicago after several months of illness from heart paralysis.
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Chicago
S. H. Bethea
United States
Hiiness
First Train Out of Catalonia As Spain Sees Tense Calm
Paris reports a tentative halt to a general Madrid strike while Barcelona emerges from isolation. A train reached the French frontier from Barcelona, signaling insurrection coverage and uncertain conditions in Catalonia. Troops move to suppress unrest as debates over exile leader Alejandro Leroux unfold.
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Paris
Madrid
Barcelona
Spain
Catalonia
South America
Alejandro Leroux
Republicans
Chamber of Deputies
San Felice
Palamas
Cassa de la Salva
Temerario
Internal Revenue reports shrinkage in whisky receipts during prohibition wave
Washington notes a 5 290 775 drop in whisky tax receipts for the year ending July 30 as part of a broader decline in alcoholic taxes. Beer and other fermented liquors fell 2 371 205, while tobacco taxes rose 2 024 423. Total internal revenue reached 246 212 719 with Illinois leading at 43 441 771.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ilinois
Kentucky
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
Reprieve Granted to Youth in Grandfather Murder Case
Walter Zeller, condemned to die in the electric chair in Trenton, N J, was reprieved for thirty days by Governor Fort. The governor offered no reason, but reports say the youth's mother pressed for clemency and influenced the decision.
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Trenton
N. J
Walter Zeller
Lynching of George Johnson Stuns Platte City Sheriff
Platte City Missouri August 3 George Johnson a white man who killed farmer John W Moore on June 20 was lynched by a mob. Two men seized a third and posed as his jailors, overpowering the sheriff when the cell door opened. Fifty more men then arrived and hanged Johnson at a tree opposite the jail.
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Platte City
George Johnson
John W. Moore
Johnson
Tipton Bank Losses Reported in National Examiner Findings
National Bank Examiner Miller Wetr says First National Bank of Tipton can likely raise enough cash to reopen. No receiver expected as several applicants vie, with total losses due to Noah Marker approximately 145000 dollars.
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Washington
National Bank
Miller Wetr
First National Bank of Tipton
Noah Marker
Thaws Evidence From Matteawan Trial Described In Court
White Plains N Y Aug 3 Harry K Thaws conduct at the Matteawan asylum for criminal insane was described by Dr Amos Baker first assistant physician as part of his bid for release The testimony comes as a two foot stack of court records labeled The People vs Harry K Thaw was shown The district attorney pressed for insanity evidence including Thaws wifes prior statements to save his life
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Asylum For
Amos BR. Baker
Jerome
Thaw
Baker
The
People
Charles Marschause
Mars Coples
Lateristody
Bloodshed at Winona Park shocks Indiana crowd
Austin Miller of Gainesville Florida wounded night watchman Lon Howe at Winona Lake near Kosciuszko lodge after Howe allegedly accused Miller’s mother of false statements. Miller fired four shots and fled toward Chicago, later claiming self defense and intent to thrash. Police seek him on a Pennsylvania-bound train.
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Warsaw
Ind
Austin Miller
Gainesville
Fla
Jon Howe
Winona Lake
Chicago
Howe
Kosciusko Lodge
Miller
Tariff Bill Battles and Alaska Vegetable Trials
Washington reports strain over tariff conference items as lawmakers chase delays caused by free raw materials. Alaska experiments prove hardy vegetables can grow near the Arctic, while Roosevelt era animal gifts boost the D C zoo and highway bureau plans gain traction with Representative Campbell. Depew’s extended European travels reflect longer-than-expected adjournment.
Emperor Nicholas Visits England on Royal Yacht Standart
At Cowes a grand naval pageant marked the first official visit of Emperor Nicholas I to England. King Edward and the royal family greeted the Standart, reviewed 150 ships, and a 21 gun salute echoed over the harbor as the Russian emperor, guarded as a prisoner of state, remained aboard amid patrols and formalities with the British fleet in attendance.
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Cowes
Nicholas
England
King Edward
Victoria and Albert
Standart
Spit Head
Emperor Nicholas
Twearly
Polar Star
Makahoroff
Rurik
Russia
Cowss
Constantis
Scotland Yard
Hae i
Emperor
Cowes Naval School
Foreman F M Kelly Faces Perjury Trial In Memphis
Mt Carmel Aug 3 Foreman F M Kelly of the Big Four black smith shop has gone to Memphis Tennessee to stand trial for perjury connected with a divorce obtained there earlier He married a Louisville woman months ago while Mrs Kelly No 1 from Cleveland Ohio appeared later alleging bigamy The trial questions whether he swore falsely in the Memphis divorce filing Mrs Kelly No 2 remains in Mt Carmel awaiting the outcome
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Mt. Carmel
F. M. Kelly
Big Four Blacksmith Shop
Memphis
Tenn
Kelly
Louisville
Kelly No. 2
Saratoga Handicap Won by Affliction at Opening
The Affliction, ridden to 8 to 1, defeated rivals to win the Saratoga handicap as the meeting opened. In Chicago, wheat prices sagged on ideal northwest crop conditions. Government July receipts reached 57 477 081 with 70 681 000 disbursements, excluding postal. Serious floods in Manchuria reportedly killed about a thousand, including the destruction of a renowned Buddhist temple. Henry C. Swords elected NYSE treasurer to fill Gilley term. An aged French scientist cited a blood method for longevity. Electric Bitters touted as life prolonging and blood-purifying. Testimonials from W M Shermas of Cushing, Me. offer. 500 bottles at Obes D Knopfel’s.
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James R. Keene
Manchuria
Henry C. Swords
Fulton Trust Company
New York Stock Exchange
Franklin W. Gilley
Monthe
W. M. Shermas
Fort Yates Tablet Dedication in Springfield
In a ceremony in Springfield Illinois a tablet marking the Fort Yates site was dedicated with many citizens and Civil War veterans present General Grant led his Twenty first Illinois Infantry in 1861 addresses by Governor DeGeen and others
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Springfield
Ill
Aug. J
Fort Yates
Grant
Twenty-first
Illnois Infantry
Degeen
Jewelry Found in Home Tied to Stolen Goods Case
Detroit August 3 police found jewelry valued at 3500 in the home of Frank Rosbach a former salesman for W A Sturgeon Co who was arrested in Cleveland last week for stealing 700 worth of jewelry from the same firm Rosbach had been employed as a salesman for the firm and the items link to the earlier theft investigation
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Detroit
Mich
Frank Rosbach
Cleveland
W. A. Sturgeon & Co
Rosbach
Man Kills Wife and Self After Rejected Love
In Danville Virginia on August 3 a farmer about fifty named Ben Russell shot and killed Annie Tankersly thirty in the presence of two of her children then killed himself by firing the remaining shotgun cartridges.
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Danville
Ben Russell
Annie Tankersly
Fire Destroys Hulman & Co Warehouse in Evanaville
Fire at Hulman & Co wholesale grocers in Evanaville destroys a four story warehouse and distributing depot. Loss is estimated above 100000. No further details on cause or casualties are available.
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Evanaville
Ind
Hulman & Co
Death By Drowning Dramatic Suicide in Princeton
Thomas Bump aged sixty discarded his clothing tied a rope to his neck and to a heavy stone then leaped into the Wa bash river and drowned authorities report in Princeton Indiana on August 3. The tragedy appears self inflicted with no known witnesses and the body was recovered later.
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Princeton
Ind
Thomas Bump
Wabash River
Water Claims Another Boy In Terre Haute Prank Test
Terre Haute Ind August 3 Robert Farber aged fourteen drowned while playing pranks in a pond east of the city.
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Terre Hacite
Ind
Robert Far
Supreme Court Hears Transport Fare Case Appeal
The supreme court grants an appeal in the Kanawha circuit fare case. Judge Burdette issued an injunction blocking enforcement of the law while declaring it unconstitutional. The public debt statement shows 997 million dollars and change, after cash in treasury, and Parill, Alabama, faces lingering race tensions after two days of violence.
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Supreme Court
Cowl and Coke Railway
Burdette
Kanawha Circuit Court
Burdett
Soldier Balke Death Plot and Cure Claim
J A Stone of Kemp Texas believed a plot between lung trouble and death aimed at him. He details a stubborn cold and cough, losing weight to 130 pounds until using Dr King’s New Discovery which restored his health and led to a weight gain to 175 pounds. Trial bottle free with guarantee by Obas D Knoefel.
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J A. Stone
Kemp, Tex
King
Obas
D. Knoefel
Jefferson Lodge to Pause August Meetings
The Jefferson Lodge No 104 FP and AM suspends all August meetings. The next stated meeting is Thursday September 9 with work planned in the Fellowcraft degree. Two locals, John Taylor of Louisville and Henry Doyle of this city, were involved in a altercation last night on West Fires and Main streets resulting in non serious but visible injuries. Doyle resides past Seventh Street near Main. Indianapolis board of works approved a street improvements contract under a new law. Marion County Construction Company won the bid at 675 per front foot, notably lower than asphalt contracts which have cost nearly twice that amount.
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Jefferson Lodge
A. M
John Taylor
Louisville
Heary Doyle
Taylor
Doyle
Pear Main Street
Indianapolie Board of Works
Les Ite
Marion County Construction Company
Post Office Letter Remains List for New Albany 1900
The advertisement item lists remaining letters at the New Albany post office dated August 1900. Names include Howleg, Nel Day, Adelaide Fleeniken, William sth and Spring, Kievn S Hoffman, Nettie Marsh, Lillies, Rupert, LaFay Zimmermann, and others with street numbers and note to say advertised when calling.
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Postoolice
New Albany
Mendae
Howleg
Seranl
Church in Turmoil Over Unpaid Salary Judgment
In Williamson County Illinois Rev Matthew McNeil won a judgment against Unies Grove church for unpaid one year salary. Members withhold contributions while the church negotiates options and court actions unfold.
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Carmi, Hi
Unies Grove Church
Williamson County
Matthew McNeil
Mr McNeil
Market Quotations From Multiple Cities
Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York and East Buffalo grain and livestock prices listed for wheat corn cattle hogs sheep and lambs. Prices include No 2 red wheat ranged from 1.04 to 1.10 with variations by city, and cattle hogs and sheep values reported with several daily figures. Also a medical note promotes Foley's Urine Laxative for indigestion and constipation.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
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Foley
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