State Fair Opens With Notable Women's Display At Indianapolis
The forty third Indiana state fair opened amid high demand for space with tents covering twenty acres. The women’s building shines as a major feature while Midway Plaisance amusements expand. The machine exhibits occupy several acres and public schools contribute 15,000 children on Old Settlers and Children's day. Horse races run despite rain and notable times are recorded. In Anderson a mob seizes an excursion train home from Louisville injuring several. James Mason faces near fatal wounds amid glass workers violence.
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Sant
The
State Agricultural Society
State Board of Agriculture
Fine Arts
J. E. McDonald
Horticultural Department
Anderson
Louisville
James Mason
Alexandria
Great Fire at the American Plate Glass Works in Alexandria
A fire at the American Plate Glass works in Alexandria destroyed the main building after a gas ignition in the casting room. The plant, reorganized a month earlier with Major C. T. Doxey as president, employed up to 500 workers with rebuilding planned immediately though the total loss amount was not yet known.
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Alexandria
American Plate Glass Works
DePauws
New Albany
C. T. Doxey
Anderson
Major Doxey
Glass Works Company
Doxey
Murder of Dunfee postmaster tied to repeated robberies
G M Singer the Dunfee Indiana postmaster on the Nickel Plate line was found murdered at daybreak his body mutilated. The post office and a grocery store were looted in the raid marking the third robbery this year. He was a widower and veteran who lived alone and had recently faced threats from local troublemakers.
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Chicago
Charles L. Kahler
Des Moines
Towa
Chamberlain
Mr. Kahter
E. T. Scott
Fort Wayne
G. M. Singer
Dunfee
Ind
Here
Singer
National Camp Opens for Sons of America in Indianapolis
The biennial national camp of the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America convenes in Indianapolis with fifty two delegates from thirty three states. Officers report strong growth and a total membership of 158000. The Patriotic Order Daughters of America holds its fourth biennial convention in the same city with eighteen delegates.
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Indianapolis
the Patriotic Order of the Sons of America
the Patriotic Order Daughters of America
Pardon Petition Circulates for Caldwell in Frankfort
A rapidly growing petition in Frankfort asks Governor Matthews to pardon D. I. Caldwell, a lumber merchant imprisoned for alleged counterfeiting linked to Buck Harlan. In Portland, seven of William Metzger’s family near town are ill with typhoid fever, with two deaths reported.
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Frankfort
Matthews
D. I. Caldwell
Buck" Harlan
Portland
William Metzger
Hornly
Hudson and Carter Testify Before Grand Jury
Anderson Sept 18 Miss Hudson and Miss Mary Carter testified before the grand jury despite threats to their lives and shared what they know about the case.
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Miseus Hudson
Carter
Anderson
Miss Hudson
Mary Carter
Bi cycle Races Set For Greensburg With $800 In Prizes
Greensburg announces ten bicycle races on Thursday September 26 with total prizes over 800 dollars. First and second prizes are diamonds worth 630 dollars in aggregate. A 10 o clock grand parade will feature about 600 riders including around 100 women in festive attire. The Shelbyville military band will play.
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Greensburg
Shelbyville
Grave Robbery Foiled by Returning Travelers near Greensburg
James Hirto and William Zwingleider, returning from Napoleon, spotted two men attempting to rob a grave in the Baptist cemetery. The diggers fled after a whistle, leaving some tools behind. The marked grave belonged to Ivan Williamson, who died two days earlier from complications of disease.
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Greensburg
James Hirto
William Zwingleider
Napoleon
Baptist Graveyard
Ivan Williamson
Republican Headquarters to Open October Meeting Planned
Indianapolis dispatch reports the Republican state committee will not meet this week. Chairman Gowdy says the headquarters are closed until October 1 and will reopen that day with all committee members invited to a general consultation around October 10 on the party’s best interests.
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Indianapolis
Republican State Committee
Gowdy
Methodist conference considers women’s role and delegates
At Indianapolis meeting twelve applicants for church orders were examined. The admission of women to church councils receives wide attention and will be decided by the conference. Delegates to the 1896 general conference in Cleveland are being carefully canvassed.
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Methodist Conference
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Man Loses 150 Dollars Hidden Under Carpet
In Muncie on September 18 Morris Fauncollor discovered 150 dollars hidden under a carpet in his bedroom. The money had lain untouched for twenty years and was found when the home was empty. Fauncollor says the sum represents 150 weeks of saw mill labor earnings.
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Muncie
Morris Fauncollor
Morris
Boy Injured Falling From Swing In Greensburg
Fourteen year old Steve Richardson sustained severe injuries after falling from a swing in Greensburg. He broke both arms and suffered a serious head injury and was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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White
Greensburg
Steve Richardson
Alleged Legislative Boodling Reported By Witnesses
Springfield reporters Kohlsaat and Gannon testified before Sangamon county grand jury on boodling by lawmakers. W Wilson of Elgin and Rep Jonathan Merriam of Pekin also appeared, with sensational arrests anticipated. DoncE Nebraska reports nearly all of Donce wiped out by fire, forty business houses destroyed and over 100000 dollars in damage.
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Kohlsaat
Tom Gannon
Chicago Times-Herald
Sangamon County Grand Jury
W. Wilson
Elgin
National Dairy Men’s Association
Jonathan Merriam
Pekin
Donce
Neb
Markets Report NYC and Chicago Sept 17
Money on call was easy at 2 percent with no loans. Sterling exchange dull with bankers' bills at 49.944 for demand and 48.84 for sixty days. Chicago Board of Trade quotes show wheat mixed, corn steady to firm, oats uneven, and pork bellies nominal. Live stock at Chicago markets shows hogs selling around 3.90 to 4.55, cattle varied from 2.80 to 5.75, with sheep at 1.75 to 8.65 per hundredweight.
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Royal Medicine CO
River
Chicago
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific
Board of Trade
Union
Texas
Republicans Name State Ticket and Launch Morton for President
The Saratoga convention adopts a platform enforcing the Sunday liquor law, endorses Morton for president, and condemns Democratic policy on tariffs and currency. The ticket includes Palmer, Roberts, Colvin, Adams, Hancock, and Martin. A seating dispute over the Mahany delegation nearly toppled the slate, but a single vote averted crisis. Senator Peffer in Memphis calls for repudiation of added bonds under Cleveland and predicts parties oppose free silver.
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N. Y
John Palmer
Albany
James KE. Roberts
Erie
A. B. Colvin
Warren
C. W. Adams
Oneida
F. E. Hancock
Onondaga
Court of Appeals
Celora KE. Martin
Broome
Morton
Democratic Congress
Congress
Democratic Party
New York
Mahany
George Urban, Jr
Erie County
Roberts
Wheeler
Utica
Gotham
Warner Miller
State Committee
Mempins
Peffer
Chickamauga
Senate
Cleveland
Senatour Peffer
Elo
Sunday law plank adopted at convention defies local option
Warner Miller led a unanimous vote to maintain Sunday laws citing morality and labor interests. The convention applauded Lauterbach and praised the result, foreseeing a Democratic push for local option and a clear party line split. Depow and Miller hailed the outcome as a strategic move.
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New York City
Warner Miller
Democratic Party
New York
Lauterbach
Depow
Millur
Greatest Race of the Year at Gravesend Five-Horse Regular Stake
Five top handicap horses including Sir Walter Rey of Santa Anita Domino Clifford and Henry of Navarre contested Gravesend. Navarre surged late to win by a length over Clifford with Sir Walter fading to third as Domino failed to break and Clifford chased.
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Gravesend
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Henry of Navarre
Ray el Santa Anita
Domino
Clifford
Sir
Taral
Clifforc
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Navarre
Politics and Crime Debate at Prison Congress
In Denver a lecture titled Politics and Crime by Amos G. Warner of Stanford sparked heated discussion at the Prison Congress. Warden W K Hale of San Quentin challenged the broad charges of corruption while delegates pressed for textual backing, and the paper was filed with thanks to the professor.
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Congress
Amos G. Warner
Leland Stanford University of California
John N. Dryden
Kearney
Neb
W. K. Hale
San Quentin
Cal
AlJameia
California
Hale
Warner
Trial of Theodore Durrant enters new link witness
In San Francisco on September 18 the Theodore Durrant trial introduced attorney Martin Quinlan who testified he saw Durrant and a young woman walking toward Emanuel church on Bartlett street around 1 10 p m in April. David Clarke corroborated Quinlan’s movements. Mrs Caroline Leake testified she saw Durrant and a young woman enter the church on April 3.
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Theodore Durrant
San Francisco
Martin Quinlan
Durrant
Bartlett Street
Emanuel Church
David Clarke
Quinlan
Caroline Leake
Nailway Track Deal Completed
Chicago agencies report that negotiations between the Chicago and Alton and Toledo, Peoria and Western railways for using the latter's tracks from Washington to Pekin have concluded successfully. The Alton gains right to use the Peoria and Pekin Union tracks from Pekin to Peoria plus terminal facilities at Peoria.
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Chicago and Alton
Toledo, Peorlz
Western Railways
Washington, Ills
Pekin
Alton
Peoria
Susan B Anthony Faints in Photo Gallery Incident
Miss Susan B Anthony suffered a fainting spell in a photograph gallery as she prepared to sit for a portrait. Medical help arrived promptly, restoratives revived her, and she was escorted home under observation.
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Susan BR. Anthony
Rockbestter
Miss Anthony
Gold Reserve Steady as Withdrawals Offset by Deposits
Reports to the treasury show 2,230,000 in gold withdrawn yesterday from the New York sub-treasury for export and 250,000 deposited by a Rochester bank. The net effect leaves the reserve at the close of business at 95,382,528 dollars.
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Treasury Department
Sub-Treasury
New York
Rochester Bank
Armenian reform plan denied by foreign office
The report from London dated September 18 claims the Porte accepted a reform plan for Armenia under a treaty signatory to Berlin. The foreign office denies such acceptance stating no agreement has been reached.
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Lonnon
Foreign Office
Porte
Armenia
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