Taggart and Silver Democrats Sweep Indianapolis Race
Indianapolis results show Mayor Taggart Democrat expected to win by about 5,000, with the rest of the ticket also swinging Democratic by 3,000 to 4,000. Harrison precinct reports large gains for Democrats. ward councilmen likely to favor Republicans on up to four of fifteen seats. Columbus report notes Joseph Horton captured after fatally shooting Albert Dunn near Amity. Horton in custody after bloodhound trail and railroad location details.
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Indianapolis
Taggart
Harrison
Columbus
Ind
Joseph Horton
Albert Dunn
Amity
Cox
St. Louis Crossing
Improvement of the Ohio River Dam at Indiana Chute
Government completed the damming of the Ohio River at Jeffersonville Indiana raising water above the Indiana chute by two inches. The river bed on the Indiana side is dry with blasting operations under way near Carrollton sixty miles above. Dynamite charges explode nightly causing loud detonations shaking the earth and shattering nearby windows as crowds watch from both shores.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Ohio River
Indiana
Carrollton
Goldie Carter Elopement Sparks Pursuit Across States
Mrs Goldie Carter wife of Constable Charles Carter eloped with H D Crane lumber dealer two weeks earlier. She claims in a letter she is having a good time while Crane is arrested in Bloomington Ills and taken back to Indiana. Police pursue the elopement of the prominent Chesterfield couple with the whereabouts of Mrs Carter still unknown.
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Chesterfield
Ind
Goldie Carter
Charles Carter
H. D. Crane
Carters
Crane
Indiana
Narrow Escape in Brazil Feud Firefight Ends with Wounds
In Brazil Indiana on October 13, a feud between the George Church and Lewis Gummers families produced a violent encounter at Church's home near Asherville. Gummers fired at an apparent assailant inside the house, wounding Mrs Church with two bullets. Church then shot Gumm into the back as he retreated.
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Brazil
Ind
George Church
Lewis Gummers
Church
Asherville
Gumm Ts
Gumm
Farmers test seed viability amid drought in Frankfort
In Frankfort Indiana this October a practical farmer demonstrates a simple seed viability test as drought fears seed wheat ruin. The method aims to determine if stored seed remains viable before planting.
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Frankfort
Ind
Suit Filed by Hans Lohse & Co. Against St. Clare Monastery
Evansville Ind Oct 13 The firm Hans Lohse Co sues St. Clare monastery over a $104 mechanic s lien for work on the building nine nuns who manage the new cloister named as defendants. It is believed to be the first such suit against a monastery in the nation.
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Evansville
Ind
Hans Lohse & Co
St. Clare
Relatives Find Trace of Edith Wutter in Indiana Elopement
After two days of uncertainty Edith Wutter's relatives learn a trace of her from the Gale Indiana postmaster who read of the elopement in The News. He says the couple boarded a Big Four train at Gale bound for Terre Haute and described them precisely. Miss Nutter has not written to her mother who is near collapse.
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Martinsville
Ind
Edith Wutter
Gale
Hendricks County
H. H. Nutter
Terre Haute
Miss Nutter
Judge rules treasurer takes seat immediately
Washington Indiana October 13 Judge Herron ruled for the treasurer elect in the controversy over the start date for new county treasurers he found the law fixing January 1 unconstitutional and the treasurer will take the seat at once in the county office.
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Washington
Ind
Central Deanery Convocation Opens In Indianapolis
The annual convocation of the Central Deanery of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Indiana begins in Indianapolis. The first session focuses on the women’s auxiliary with Bishop John Hazen White delivering a missionary address.
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Indianapolis
Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of
Indiana
John Hazen White
Mob Threat Forces Sheriff to Move Murder Suspect
Salem Ind Oct 13 James Coryell who killed Mrs Banks near Seymour with a shotgun was brought to Salem jail for safe keeping amid threats of mob interference.
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Salem
Ind
James Coryell
Banks
Seymour
Indiana Presbyterian Synod Opens in Terre Haute
The Indiana synod of the Presbyterian church began its annual meeting in Terre Haute Indiana with W H Beyers of Laporte elected moderator.
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Indiana Presbyterian Synod
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Synod of the Presbyterian Church
W. W. Beyers
Laporte
Yellow fever bulletin lists new cases by city
Surgeon General Wyman reports yesterday new yellow fever cases in Mobile three Biloxi twelve Edwards ten Clinton Mississippi one. McHenry Mississippi totals eleven. Galveston Texas has no new cases or deaths. New Orleans records thirty three new cases and two deaths.
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Washington
Wyman
Mobile
Biloxi
Edwards
Clinton
Miss
McHenry
Galveston
Tex
New Orleans
Thugs Sentenced to Thirty Years for Train Robbery
George Jackson and Charles Williams were sentenced by Judge Sears to thirty years in the penitentiary for the hold up of an O. R. and N. passenger train seven miles from Portland Oregon two weeks earlier on a Saturday night.
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Portland, Or
George Jackson
Charles Williams
Sears
Weather Indications By Region For Twenty Four Hours
Washington reports twenty four hour weather outlooks: Indiana and Illinois fair with winds shifting to easterly and southerly. Lower Michigan fair with light variable winds. Upper Michigan light showers with west to south winds. Wisconsin fair and slightly warmer with light west winds shifting to southerly. Iowa fair then increasing cloudiness this evening with southerly winds.
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Washington
Indiana
Minois
Lower
Michigan
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin—Fair
Iowa
Chicago Board of Trade quotations and hogs cattle prices
Chicago quotes show Wheat and Corn in fractional declines and gains across months. Park butter eggs poultry and potatoes listed with prices. Hogs receipts at 14,000 and ranges for pigs light rough packing and mixed. cattle receipts and offer ranges for shipping steers and good do.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Femal
Northwstern
Jersey
Sherman astonished thought he had it fixed
Secretary Sherman replied to Lord Salisbury on Behring Sea conference participation, expressing astonishment Britain would not join with Russia and Japan. The full reply and cable to Britain describe prior negotiations, with plans for a U S Canada Britain experts conference, while Japan and Russia delegates travel to Washington. Through travel on the Southern railway remains uninterrupted by quarantine rules.
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Washington
Sherman
Lord Salisbury
Great Britain
Russia
Japan
United States
Sam
Hay
Foreign Office
John
State Department
Canada
London
San Francisco
Chicago
Botkine
Routkowsky
Grebnitsky
The
Southern Railway
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Montgomery
Mobile
New Orleans
Railways Seek Time Extension for Auto couplers and Brakes
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hear petitions from the Chicago and Alton and other railroads on December 1 regarding extending the deadline for equipping cars with automatic couplers and train brakes. Railroads must file affidavits and publish notices, detailing car counts and progress since the 1893 act. The commission may grant extensions to some roads while denying others based on good faith efforts and safety concerns.
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Washington
Chicago and Alton
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Attorney General of the United States Appears in Court
A federal attorney general appears in court as part of ongoing proceedings. The case remains unsettled, with no final settlement reached and authorities asserting their legal authority. Proceedings continue with motions and potential rulings anticipated.
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United ‘States
Exports of Domestic Products Rise in September
The monthly treasury statement shows U S exports of breadstuffs at 34 629 946 dollars for September, up over 100 percent from September 1896 and about 800 percent from September 1895. Inheritance Tax Law Cases Inheritance tax cases from Illinois were advanced for consideration by the United States Supreme Court, with the court taking the matter under advisement.
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Washington
Treasury
United States
United States Supreme Court
Ilinois
President to Attend Cincinnati Commercial Club Dinner
The president will attend the Commercial club dinner in Cincinnati on October 30. It will be a non partisan event and McKinley does not plan to give a speech.
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Washington
Commercial Club
Cincinnati
McKinley
Albany Introduces Meridian Line in City Hall District
Albany New York establishes a formal meridian line across the sidewalk at the city hall's southwest corner and installs a bronze tablet noting the city’s longitude and latitude. Mayor Thacher inspired the project after seeing a Milan cathedral brass strip and urged Council to fund the plan for consistent surveying reference.
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Albany
N. Y
Thacher
Common Council
Mayer Thacher
Milan
Italy
Orthand
Maynar
Andrews
Supposed Rascal Captured at New York Libeled
Emmet C. Gibson a promoter and vice president of several New York concerns was arrested for passing a 640 dollar counterfeit check. He was discharged after the complainant testified he did not believe intentional fraud occurred. Gibson presented letters from business leaders attesting to his good character at the proceeding.
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Rascal
New York
Emmet C. Gibson
Akron Street Railway and
IH Numinating Company
Samuel Thomas
J. P. Clews
R. B. Stimson
Hotel Netherland and Imperial
Hedges
Lovejoy Monument Dedication Set For November 7
Alton Illinois reports active preparations for the Lovejoy Monument formal dedication on November 7, marking the Elijah Lovejoy murder anniversary from 1837. The article denies claims of a riot over school segregation and notes only a few Black children entered white schools.
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Alton
Ills
Lovejoy Monument Association
Elijah P. Lovejoy
Missing Iowa Auditor Bondsmen Report
Crest on Iowa October 13. Bondsmen of Auditor Davis of Adair county report he has been missing for some time. Speer ree hay.
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Creston
Davis
Adair ‘County
Speer Ree Hay
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LA Porte Directory
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Goldie
Indiana Episcopal Convocation
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