Indiana Voting Law Details From Party Committee Report
A committee of three lawyers from Indiana’s Republican and Democratic parties reports on the new election law. It outlines ballot order, voter instructions, prohibited acts, penalties, sample ballots, and poll procedures, including chute layout, identification initials, challenges, and election-officer duties.
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Indiana
James B. Black
Addison C. Harris
Roscoe C. Hawkins
William E. Niblock
James McCabe
Jacob P. Dunn, Jr
Supreme Court
Fifth District
Clark
Congress
State Board of Election Commissioners
County Board of Election Commissioners
Election Board
Marion Superior
Bina
Election Ballot Counting Rules and Ballot Handling Instructions
The text outlines procedures for voting, counting, and handling ballots from opening to final tally. It covers counting order state then local ballots, handling unvoted ballots by burning, and rules for stamping marks, mixed tickets, and invalid ballots. It also details protest preservation, memorandum recording, and the final packaging of affidavits and disputed ballots for county clerks.
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Election Board
Superior Court
Justices of the Peace
How to Vote in the Election Office Chute and Booth Rules
Public guidance explains the polling process from entrance to ballot stamping and folding. It lists required voter eligibility, prohibited actions, and severe penalties for wrongdoing during the election.
Explosion Terrifies Family on Candor Farm
A nitro glycerine bottle mistaken for carbon oil caused a blast as Mrs. Ladshaw poured its contents into a kitchen stove. The blast wrecked the house. Mr. Ladshaw was fatally injured with both legs mangled and a hand torn away, while Mrs. Ladshaw suffered severe facial injuries and a boy was burned. A six week old baby survived unhurt.
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Washington
Candor
Latter Day Saints Endorse Manifesto Banning Polygamy
At the Utah General Conference President W Woodruff read the manifesto forbidding any law violation and the near T00000 member gathering unanimously recognized its authority. George Q Cannon endorsed the manifesto and support for laws deemed constitutional by the U S Supreme Court. The conference reaffirmed the articles of faith confirming obedience to rulers and law. This action settles the polygamy issue in Utah for now.
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General Conference
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
W. Woodruff
George Q. Cannon
Supreme Court of the United States
Utah
Spain and the American Tariff Reciprocation Debate
The Madrid correspondent reports Spain urges a reciprocity treaty with the United States to ease relations with the Spanish West Indies in 1892. Spain’s minister in Washington is told to protest the McKinley tariff and its impact on Indies trade. Public opinion in Spain favors reprisals.
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Spain
London Standard
Madrid
Washington
America
Spanish West Indies
Indies
Mrs. Jefferson Davis Tours New York for Book Work
Mrs. Jefferson Davis leaves Beauvoir for New York to oversee her book publication while Miss Winnie Davis stays at Beauvoir. Reports say the engagement with Mr. Wilkinson has ended with gossip suggesting his financial misfortunes as a cause.
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Jefferson Davis
Beauvoir
New York
Winnie Davis
Mr. Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Prairie Fires Devastate Lawrence Township Farms
Prairie fires rage through most of Lawrence Township in Grand County Minnesota destroying crops homes farm buildings and machinery. Dozens of farmers face ruin with losses estimated around 60 000 to 76 000 dollars and the blaze traced to engine drivers dumping on the road.
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Lawrence Township
Grand County
Minn
Ex-Emperor Dom Pedro Arrives in Cologne in Poor Health
The ex-Emperor of Brazil Dom Pedro has reached Cologne looking unhappy and broken down. He is constantly accompanied by an attendant due to his enfeebled condition and is heard muttering Brazil oh dear Brazil, with fears his mind is weakened by his misfortunes.
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Dom Pedro
Brazil
Cologne
Chicago Tin Plate Industry to Start in 18 Months
The Chicago Daily News reports an interview with O. W. Potter president of the Illinois Steel Company confirming plans to begin tin plate manufacture in Chicago on an extensive scale. Potter says the enterprise will be in operation within eighteen months.
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Chicago
Chicago Daily News
O. W. Potter
Ilinois Steel Company
Governor Campbell Calls Ohio Legislature to Extra Session
Governor Campbell of the 6th district issues a proclamation summoning the Ohio Legislature to meet in extra session on the 14th to deliver his message. It is believed he will urge abolishing the Cincinnati Board of Public Improvements and the Decennial Board of Equalization.
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Campbell
Ohio
Solons
Board of Public’ Improvements
Cincinnati
Board of Equalization
Yair Changes? Closed Sinnays Keeps Resolutions
Unclear fragment hints at a discussion about Yair, Sinaays, and Monday resolutions with mention of keeping plans. No verifiable actions, dates, or entities clearly readable.
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Sinaays
Rube Burrows Captured in Marengo County Alabama
The outlaw Rube Burrows was captured near Myrtleville Marengo County by John McDuffie and deputies with two colored men aiding. Burrows resisted until help arrived, was tied and taken to Linden jail. He has admitted his identity and the capture ends a longtime pursuit linked to prior train robberies and murders. The case involves a $3500 reward and marks the arrest of Burrows and his former gang members.
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Santa Marengo
Ala
John McDuffie
Southern Express Company
Rube Burrows
Lamar County
Marengo
McDuffie
Rube
Myrtlaville
Marengo County
Linden
Mazeppa
Burrows
Agee
Demopolis
Aln
J. G. Carter
Illinois Centras
Duck Hill
Miss
Postmaster Gardner
Jewel
Mobile & Ohio
Buckatunna
Rube Smith
Nashville
Flomaton
Thirteen Lives Lost in Dupont Powder Works Blast
A deadly explosion at the Dupont Powder Mills on the Brandywine in Delaware caused at least thirteen deaths and many injuries. Multiple magazine and mill blasts shattered nearby homes and rattled Wilmington as workers faced the catastrophe and missing colleagues.
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Dupont
Delaware
Wilmington
Del
Brandywine
Brandy Wine
Gran
United States
First Session of City-first Congress Adourned
Oct 1 in Washington marks the first session ending at 6pm with the tariff bill signed and sent to the President. Resolutions praise Vice President Morton and Senator Inugalis for fair presiding, House and Senate note China and Mexico talks, members prepare to depart as adjournment follows pro forma.
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Washington
Congress
House
United States
Harrig
Senate
Morton
Ransom
Inugalis
Great Britain
Mexico
McKinley
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