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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1895
Page
1
Woodford Republicans Back Single Gold Standard in 1890s Style Debate
In Lexington and Chicago reports, Woodford County Republicans led by Senator Blackburn's home area adopt a radical gold standard resolution, repudiating silver straddle and urging single gold currency. The move is seen as a strike against Blackburn and free silver. Only one protester favored bi met al l ism at the Versailles convention as momentum grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodford County
Blackburn
Grand Army
Lexington
Morton
National soldiers reunion calls stir veteran letters
Caldwell O April 24 The national committee calls for a June 11 reunion and urges veterans to form principles and present demands. An avalanche of letters from across the country divides opinions as some oppose politicizing ex soldiers while others support the call. States are asked to hold conventions on May 30 to select delegates with two votes per state to ensure equal weight in 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
National Committee
Judge Hunter Letter to Chairman Hinrichsen Urges Party Harmony
Judge Andrew J. Hunter of Paris Ish. writes Chairman Hinrichsen urging harmony at the state convention. He criticizes party division over the Chicago platform and calls for obedience to the will of the people to redeem the state and protect the party. In Kentucky, Lexington chamber seeks a joint Carlisle Blackburn currency debate with Blackburn likely to agree to a question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J. Hunter
Hinrichsen
Springfield
Democratic State Central Committee
Andruw J. Hunter
Paris
Flunter
Senate
House
Garry c Cicago
Gration Ag
Lexington
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle
Blackburn
Trial of Theo Durrant Second Day Sees Little New Testimony
San Francisco April 24 crowds fill Judge Conlons court as second day of Durrant preliminary proceedings yields few new details. A female crank claimed Durrant is not the man, saying she is a gypsy queen. Lucille Turner testified Durrant pressed for a private medical examination and sent questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Durrant
Lucille Turner
Chicago Men Pass Resolutions On Beef Price Flap
The Chicago Live Stock Exchange adopted resolutions urging the public to withhold judgment until the agriculture department fully investigates the recent dressed beef price advance. It denounces press claims of a dealer conspiracy as unjust and injurious, says the industry is low in spirits, and invites the press to study the controversy and publish findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CuHicago
Chicago Live Stock Exchange
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court rules life imprisonment acts as absolute divorce
Madison Wis April 24 The supreme court holds that a life sentence operates as an absolute divorce making a second marriage valid when the wife remarried after the husband was jailed. The first conviction’s effect ends legal ties and permits remarriage without further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabdison
Wis
Supreme Court
Jewelry peddler attacked on Lincoln County road
J A Weedy, a Cleveland area jewelry peddler, was stopped near Huntington and tied to a bush by three men from Lincoln county. He was severely whipped with hickory switches and remains in grave condition with little hope of recovery. In East St. Louis, Attorney General Moloney announces forfeiture of Eads Bridge, Merchants' Bridge, and Wiggins Ferry franchises after an investigation found a traffic earnings pool across the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
J. A. Weedy
Cleveland
Ihlinchman Bend
Brumfield
Lincoln County
Moloney
East St. Louis
Illa
Moloney Will
Eads Bridge Company
Merchants’ Bridge Company
Wiggins Ferry Company
Senate
Mississippi
Did the Ox Swallow the Man in Polkton Township
In Ottawa County Michigan forty years ago a miserly farmer vanished along with an ox owned by the Dop brothers. A farmer clearing swampy ground near the Dop shanties unearthed the ox skeleton and the complete frame of a man inside the ox remains.
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Grand Haven
Miah
Polkton Township
Ottawa County
Dop Brothers
Rumor of Jim Hill Seizing Northern Pacific Control
Tacoma April 24. Report says Jim Hill of the Great Northern has secured control of the Northern Pacific railroad. Officials cannot confirm the rumor though they doubt it, noting recent shakeups at the latter road.
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Jim Hill
The
Northern Pacific
Tacoma, Wagh
Jim’? Hill
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railroad
Populist State Committee Sets June Convention in Des Moines
Des Moines April 24 The Populist party state committee met with broad district representation and selected June for the state convention in Des Moines Charles A Lloyd of Muscatine named temporary chairman He is a straight Populist advocate of free silver report on the Anti Catholic Bill also noted Springfield Ill April 24 the education committee favors Merriam anti Catholic DHL though about 200 bills remain ahead on the calendar
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Des Moines
Charles A. Lloyd
Muscatine
Lloyd
Springfield
Ills
House Committee On Education
Merriam
Indiana Politics and a Quiet Campaign in 1890s
Governor Matthews hints Harrison as the likely Republican presidential nominee amid bimetallist debates. Democratic and Republican factions both face splits over silver, while demand for currency literature soars. A jail escape at the South Penitentiary involves a convict using a dummy in bed to visit a fiancée in Jeffersonville. Ex-auditor J O Henderson 800 dismisses rumors of buying the Indianapolis Sentinel as largely speculative.
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Matthews
Harrison
la Junta
Colo
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Nye
Smith
Cleveland
Indianapolis
J. O. Hender
State
Indianapolis Sentinel
Missing Boy Frenzy Grips Elizabethtown Area Inquest and Family Turmoil
In Jennings county near Elizabethtown residents search woods and ponds for missing 16 year old boy as authorities report a family dispute with John Long accused of abusing his wife after he was jailed for wife whipping. The case triggers a heated, hopeful manhunt amid a tense neighborhood. Meanwhile in Jeffersonville two convicts in Indiana state prison fight. one dies violence follows as another inmate is injured. In Rushville Dr Spurrier recovers from severe nasal hemorrhages after repeated morning attacks and a specialist’s treatment shows promise.
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Col
Rissi
Whecan
Jeffersonville
Jackson
Tuller
Indiana
Peyton
Rushville
Spurrier
Indianapolis
Obstraperous Well Anchored near Ekin
EKIN April 24. A gas well near Ekin spouted water after drilling and threatened a flood. The well has been safely anchored and is under control now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ekin
Sheridan
Convict Rope Report Falters at Jeffersonville Jail
In Jeffersonville on Saturday night a reported rope incident at the jail failed to indicate a hanging. The event, described as a near suicide attempt, drew attention to security concerns at the penitentiary.
National Provident union to celebrate Washington anniversary
The 108th anniversary of Washingtons inauguration will be celebrated by the National Provident union at Lenox Lyceum New York on April 30 Addresses will be delivered by General Roger A Pryor and Corporal Tanner Obituaries note several deaths including Dr George L Blanchard in Mendota Ill Professor Edward A Spath in Rondout NY Captain I R West in Des Moines IA Joseph Klein 683 Guilford Is A B New baker 64 Princeton IA Dr J M Price Brazil Ind Feliciano Marlavos and Mauricio Rivera executed in Guadalajara Mex mentions Colombia taxing coffee and import duties rising 15 percent.
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George Washington
National Provident Union
Lenox Lyceum
New York
Roger.a. Pryor
Corporal Tanner
Mendota
Ill
George L. Blanchasrd
Rondout
N. Y
Edward A. Spath
Des Moines
I. R. West
Gelena
Joseph Klein
Guilford
Princeton
A. B. Newbaker
Brazil
Ind
J. M. Price
Feliciano Marlavos
Mauricio Rivera
Jaliscan
Guadalajara
Mex
Colombia
John Nurietta
R. W. Randolph
Nogales
A. T
Alice T. Blair
George H. Blair
Woodland
Cal
Albert Anderson
San Jose
Isaac la Forge
Pine Bush
Civil Service
Roosevelt
New York City
Florida House of Representatives
Buchanan
Morton
National Fish Commission
Great Lakes
Chicamaugsa
Nyack
Salt Lake Herald
Gonpers
Sovereign
Professor Ely
St. Mary’s River
Mrs Parnell in Critical Condition After Convulsions
Bordentown New Jersey April 24 Mrs Parnell remains in critical condition after five convulsions since morning. She has grown weaker rapidly and is not expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnell
Bordentown
N. J
Weather outlook by region from 8 p.m. yesterday
Weather indications for 24 hours from 8 p.m. yesterday show Illinois fair weather with showers in the far north and warmer in central areas and brisk southerly to westerly winds. Indiana shows fair weather with showers in the far north and warmer southerly winds. Lower Michigan expects showers and warmer conditions with brisk southerly winds. Upper Michigan: showers warming in the east and cooler in the west with winds shifting from southerly to northerly. Wisconsin predicts showers and cooler conditions except near the eastern edge with easterly winds. Iowa remains generally fair but cooler in central and western portions with westerly winds.
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Washington
Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Upper
Wisconsin
Iowa
Market Prices and Livestock Report From New Yeaux
The Market section lists currencies and rates, with bonds and silver certificates, then a Chicago live stock summary. It reports Egg Board activity, produce prices for butter, eggs, poultry, potatoes, fruit, honey, and cranberries, followed by a Chicago Union Stock Yards summary with cattle, hogs, and sheep quotations and receipts for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EUS
Egg Board of Re Wer
Mayo
Esas
Burbanks
Hebrons
Peerless
Cranharriss
Jursuys
California
Vchicago
Cuicano
Union
Texas
Portrait Photographer Sparks Public Dispute in New York
Mr Jilkins visits a photo studio with friend Munner and clashes with a domineering photographer over posing. The artist refuses suggestions, insists on control, and finally prints two images that fail to meet Jilkins’s needs for a right profile to prove a courtroom injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jilkins
Manner
Sam
Moay
Eighteenth Street
New York Herald
Fortune Teller Warns of Wealth and Waste
A playful New York Weekly fortune tale where a young person learns wealth comes from saving, not luck. The fortune teller notes the error in spending one dollar on the reading, and the exchange highlights a gift for foreseeability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mai
Amy
New York Weekly
Neighbor seeks future plans in proposed engagement
In a dialog from the New York World, Neighbob probes Jack Ash about prospects before his daughter is betrothed. Ash hints at a promising scheme and a short engagement, aiming to become wealthy if the plan succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neighbob
Jack Ash
New York World
Circassian beauty invites armless man on sleigh ride
A scatty exchange in a Detroit Free Press fragment depicts a fat woman taunting and a Circassian beauty accepting an invitation to ride with an armless man, suggesting plans for a holiday outing and a supposed good time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hla
Detroit Free Press
Accidental Beauty in a Trampressionist Critic Note
A fragmentary review notes the i Qb’s lovely effect and a SS TAS palette. Calla mentions sending a girl to cooking school and hopes she becomes a good cook as she breaks many fishes in a fleeting Inter Ocean context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calla
Callur
Chicaya Inter Ocean
Apprentices to butchers and shopkeeper exchange terse remark
Fragmentary dialogue from a Chicago Tribune clipping shows a butcher apprentice asked for a “threepenny worth” of bam s h et d and a customer at a clothing store demanding the heaviest overcoat before heading south for a few weeks. The text records a brisk urban scene with terse dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Alee Is She Pretty
Ned praises a woman via Tomm while Alice notes Tomm is engaged to her in a Somerville Journal item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alee
Ned
Tomm
Alice
Tom
Somerville Journal
I Hear You Lady But I Have A Prior Engagement
Quote from Chicago Record shows a dialogue where a suitor asks for time to speak but the woman declines citing an upcoming engagement two hours away.
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Chicago
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