Wreck on the Vandalia injures conductor and passengers
Vandalia express No 7 wrecked two miles east of Teare Havre Ind at 12 50 am. Conductor Sabin suffers a fractured arm and several passengers are bruised after a head end collision with a switch engine. Cars and a dozen freight cars on the siding burned. injured include J D Early of Terre Haute and a male actor from the True Irish Hearts company who refused to identify himself.
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Gers
Nanny
Teare
True Irish Hearts” Company
Mob attack threat as council session ends in city hall
A crowd attempted to ring the fire bell to start an attack on city hall during a council session. Strong persuasion kept citizens calm while aldermen faced alleged threats. The council plans a mass meeting at the opera house to defend actions, with special police protection for aldermen amid possible trouble.
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Siming Valley
Beodia
Opera House
Man Wanted for Forgery at Holton Is Arrested
Archosson March 15 report notes Louis Tofte, with a prior trouble record, was taken to Holton by Jackson County Sheriff Naylor to answer forgery charges. He allegedly forged the name of C M Benton of Effingham to several checks and cashed them in Holton along with Bill Davis.
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Arcussox
Louis Tofte
Holton
Naylor
Jackson County
C M. Benton
Effingham
Bill Davis
City news and notices from Arkansas City and nearby
A mass meeting of women citizens is called for this afternoon in the M E church to discuss city interests. In Gilwell N locality a man was shot by the McReady brothers under Guffey and Galey supervision after a nitroglycerin blast. Cornelius Archer, sheriff of Concorpia county, dies of Bright's disease at home. his political standing noted as a Republican success two years prior.
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Goodae
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Witle
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Raw
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India
Arkansas City
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Galey
Cornelius Archer
Concorpia
Bright
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Rival Mayoral Candidates Dine Sing and Dance in Chicago
At Louis Sala’s 25th ward Humboldt club anniversary in Chicago, Republican George Swift and Democrat Frank Wenter shared a meal, drinks, and cigars. Swift spoke in English while Wenter sang in German, cheering and dancing together in a lively scene with about 300 guests. They even joined in a quadrille with Swift partner, amid a festive, nonpartisan mood.
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Carcaco
George B. Swift
Frank Wenter
Chicago
Mr. Swift
Wenter
Swift
Mr. Wenter
George BK
Frank
Louis Sala
Seventh Ward
Toy Deaser
Humboldt Club
Fourtesuth
Union Streets
Mr. Sula
Fr. Wenter
Roosters
Troops keep river guards as cotton ships load in New Orleans
March 15 report from New Orleans says soldiers remain on the levee to protect workers and property. Cotton loading resumes as 300 black laborers fear to work without protection, while white workers wait alongside the Engineer and other steamers. Governor Foster vows to keep troops until danger passes.
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Foster
Associated Press
China Faces Hard Secur ing Large Loan Negotiations
London financial circles debate the peace indemnity from China to Japan and the difficulty of arranging a large loan. The prior Chinese loan failed on London and continental markets despite customs duty guarantees at treaty ports. No indemnity loan proposal has been received, and if China must pay a great sum, securing it will be tough, potentially eased if Japan occupies Peking.
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New Yoas
London
Japan
Rothschilds
Peking
Two Fights At St Paul In Minnesota Mine Event
Oscar Gardner the Omaha Kid and Jack Cummins of St Paul met in a six round welterweight bout at 135 pounds with Gardner winning a close decision. The main event featured Eddy Schoenberg of Minneapolis at 120 pounds versus Jimmy Murphy of Kansas City at 128 pounds, with Murphy scoring a knockout in the 3 3rd round.
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Mine
Oscar Gardner
Jack Cummins
St Paul
Gardner
Eddy Schoenberg
Minneapolis
Jimmy Murphy
Kansasity
Murphy
Trial for Once One Negro Assaulter in West Virginia
The trial of Thornton Parker, a Black man charged with assaulting Mia Melton, proceeds quietly in Wixchester West Virginia as militia are called due to threats of lynching. Authorities fear possible violence amid intense community agitation.
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West Virginia
Wixchester
W. Va
Thornton Parker
Mia Melton
Silver Goes Up Prices on Sove Time Market
Silver certificates worth 5000 dollars sold on the stock exchange at two and two thirds, the highest price in a long time. In Concunus Ga March 15 the river subsides and some tenements use boats to reach homes while nearby areas report washed away but no major damage. New York Central announces a quarterly dividend of one and a half per cent.
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Prom
Concunus
Central
New Youk
New York Central Railroad
Osis
Fim
Armour
May Park
Hoss
Carriz
Cuban Rebels Organize and Provisional Government Formed
Provisional government created by Cuban rebels with General Maximus Gomez as commander in chief and Jose Marti named envoy to win foreign recognition. Five hundred Spaniards reportedly killed in battles at Venginti as 5000 infantry and 8000 cavalry prepare, while Spanish gunboat patrols monitor coast for filibuster expedition.
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Fla
Olivette
L Ss
Cubs
Gomez
Provisional Army
Key Weet
Isabell
Cuba
Misplaced Pathos Suit Over Erroneous Prize Book
In Beekman Superior Court, Nathan D Thompson sues Albina Goodspeed for 1122 dollars for a campaign book on Blaine Logan and Garfield. The defendant alleges the work is defective and erroneous with mispelled words and irrelevant contents including a plate of Blaine as a ragged boy by his dying mother and an eight page proem on Logan.
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Beekman
Nathan Dd.thompson
Albina Goodspeed
James G. Blaine
John A. Logan
Blaine
Logan
Garfield
Tesla's Great Loss
Nicola Tesla, whose work room and apparatus were destroyed by fire, was back at work drawing plans for a new invention. He cited Edison offering use of his workshop but planned to seek other quarters in the city to continue experiments.
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New York
Nicola Tesla
New Party A Fizzle in Small Delegation Meeting
Less than twenty delegates gathered in PrrrsnanG for the conference to outline the new national party led by J D Woods. Addresses on temperance were given and ropes touching on silver or political questions were avoided. A second conference is set for March on the second Tuesday, 1896, to plan a June convention and launch a presidential ticket.
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New National Party
Prrrsnang
J D. Woods
Gratz will verdict favors Mrs Clay in long lawsuit
Lexigeros Ky March 15 The jury in the Gratz will case sustains the will granting Mrs Thomas H Clay the largest share of her mother Mrs Bernard Gratz estate The contested suit lasted eighteen days with Gen Joseph O Shelby U S marshal of Missouri and Crosby children appealing results noted by local observers
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Lexigeros
Mra
Thomas H. Clay
Bernard Gratz
Joseph O. Shelby
U.S
Missouri
Admiral Pierce Crosby
Gen. Shelby
Crosby
Sixteen District Court Divorces Continued and Granted
The district court did not proceed with trial as no litigants were ready. Margaret Coleman received a divorce on abandonment. Jamison, Watson, and Switzer divorces were dismissed for want of prosecution. Mrs Dick Brookins sought divorce amid alleged abuse. hot water was poured on her head. Lillie Burrin was granted a divorce from Fred Burris, a Salina telegraph operator. Sophia Coke divorced Henry Coke, a Santa Fe shop man. The text notes they are Russians and cannot speak English. Miss Sarah Mc Lean Hardy of Chicago, from the University of Chicago, was elected instructor in political economy at Wellsley College. Capt J. T. Wintrode seeks constable at tomorrow's primaries. he was defeated two years ago due to illness. The Brats Journa l’s Want and Miscellaneous columns reach working readers daily, more than twice any Topeka paper, as claimed.
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Hazen
Margaret Coleman
Jamison
Watson
Lillie Burrin
Fred Burris
Salina
Sophia Coke
Henry Coke
Santa Fe
Wheat leads futures rally as reports buoy grain market
Chicago and Kansas City trading floors show strong wheat prices with May futures up sharply amid bullish notes. Cattle and hogs follow firmer trends boosted by demand from Armour and improving cash markets.
Italian View on Lynching in Colorado
The Giornale comments on the Walsenburg killings in Colorado, noting Italians were wrong to kill the saloon keeper Hixon but condemning the summary lynching of six Speer. It urges firm U.S. legal action to punish the guilty and satisfy Italy. Judge D. M. Mitchell supporters push his Justice of the Peace bid, citing high character and fitness. Subscribe for the Journan.
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Speer
United States
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D. M. Mitchell
Justice of the Peace
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