Unconscious Woman Found After Abduction Near Fire Brick
Anna Canter of Diamond Ohio was found unconscious along a road near Fire Brick Kentucky after accepting a ride from a man in a buggy who drugged her with strychnine. She revived gradually and described the assailant, a Fire Brick resident, as the prime suspect awaiting arrest as her condition worsens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
Fire Brick
Asa Ditty
Robert Barber
Kentucky Fire Brick Company
Earnest Sellards
Fire Brick, Ky
Anna Canter
Diamond
Ohio
Jackson
Frank
Ernest Sellards
the Commercial Tribune
Anna
Ninth and
North Waller Streets
Jack Grinly
Miss Canter
Grinley
Firebrick
Combs Killed in Buckhorn Creek Shootout
John Combs age 29 was shot to death near Buckhorn Creek Knott County by Goodloe Hutson and John Elliott Fugate in a crime tied to a blind tiger. Authorities arrested the two men after the killing leaving Combs’ widow and three children in destitute circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Mayking
John Combs
Buckhorn Creek
Here
Knott County
Goodloe Hutson
John Elliott Fugate
Combs
Huteon
Fugate
Hutson
Napper
Queen Alexandra Honors 770 Victoria Nurses at Marlborough House
Queen Alexandra with the King and Princesses Louise and Beatrice distributed decorations to 770 Victoria jubilee nurses at Marlborough House. Nurses, many fresh from South Africa, have aided outdoor relief work. Her Majesty praised the noble calling and invoked God's blessing on their labor of love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Queen Alexandra
Louise
Beatrice
Marlborough House
South Africa
Queen Victoria
Nash affidavit on Garfield law declares no spending for nomination
Governor Nash sworn under the Garfield law asserts he spent nothing to secure a second nomination. Senator Carl L. Nippert counters that his nomination involved no cash expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Nash
Carl L. Nippert
Asse Tts
Insanity Trust Probe Expands Beyond Indianapolis
Prosecutor Ruckelhaus presses grand jury on alleged insanity trust operations. Subpoenas target dispensary physicians and two Justices of the Peace. Testimony expected from John Ross Lillian Parks and Dr Edenharter. Letters from inmates and illegal inquest rulings shape ongoing investigations and possible expulsions by the Marion County Medical Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ruckelhaus
Insanity Trust
John Ross
Lillian Parks
Edenharter
Central Hospital For the
Taylor
Trust
Marion County
Attorney General's Office
Jackson
Dr. Fletcher
Loretta E. Butler
Arcadia
Ilegal
Parks and Ross
Fix
Marion County Medical Association
Metamora A Village Noted For Longevity In Indiana
Special Despatch from Dublin Indiana notes Metamora south of Dublin as an ideal place to live long. With a population near 450, more than one tenth are over 80 years old. The list of aged residents includes Charlotte Hammond 86 Jonathan Banes 81 Mary Cassell 83 Theodore Thorpe 81 Peter Pelser 80 Matilda Raymond 80 and Margaret Williams 83. Hammond widow of War of 1812 veteran John Hammond.
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Dublin
Ind
Metamora
Charlotte Hammond
Jonathan Banes
Mariah Banes
Theodore Thorpe
Mary Cassell
Peter Pelser
Matilda Raymond
Margaret Willams
John Hammond
Indictments Lost Campbell Freed In Chicago
An 1892 court order and 1896 grand jury indictments for forgery led Judge Tuley to discharge Walter Grier Campbell from custody in Cincinnati. The bail bond of 6000 was released, and no charges remain in the Criminal Court. Loss of files would not have invalidated the indictments, but records were not kept under the 1892 order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Criminal Court
Walter Grier Campbell
Cincinnati
Tuley
Campbell
Bugs Block Traffic on Dayton Bridge After Insect Plague
Thousands of dead electric light bugs clogged the Fifth Street River Bridge in Dayton Ohio last night halting traffic for a time. The insect nuisance on the bridge prompted crews to clear a small load of the bugs from the span and adjacent areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Fifth Street River
Three Men Hold Up Train For $83,000 In Montana
A Great Northern Transcontinental train was robbed at Wagner Montana by three masked men. They dynamited the express car, shot several passengers and escaped with about $83,000 in specie drafts and valuables. Pursuit is unlikely due to hours head start and rugged terrain.
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St. Paul
Wagner
Mont
Great Falls
Hinsdale
Warner
Douglas
Little Rockies
Milk River
Reward of Five Thousand Dollars for Robbers
Reports of a robbery reach St Paul as the coast system posts a 5000 gold reward for the robbers. News was wired to principal points and police and detectives along the northwestern line are alerted. Passengers injuries remain unconfirmed and Great Northern officials withhold details.
McKinley Honors General Gomez at White House Dinner
President McKinley hosted a dinner at the White House in honor of General Maximo Gomez. The event, intended as a courtesy to the Cuban leader, included Cabinet members, military officials, and a select few guests. White flowers and ferns adorned the table. the marine band played during the evening.
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Washington
McKinley
White House
Maximo Gomez
Army
Navy
Marine
Spurn Offer By Lentz To Present Kilbourne Nomination
Columbus dispatch notes ex-Congressman Lentz seeks Kilbourne nominating speech but Kilbourne camp dismisses the move as unhelpful. It lists Democratic convention hopefuls for Ohio offices including Kilbourne for Governor Zimmerman for Governor and other statewide posts with their counties and cities. The piece cites Myers and debates over chairmanship and a deaf mute speech proposal as a satirical twist on the political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Colonel Kilbourne
Lentz
Kilbourne
Allen O. Myers
James L. Kilbourne
John L. Zimmerman
Springfield
W. G. Brorein
Auglaize County
Anthony Howells
Massillon
C. E. Peoples
Pomeroy
William den
Bucyrus
M. B. McCarthy
Toledo
M. C. Burns
Haamilton
P. Page Aleshire
Gallipolis
J. H. Morris
Youngstown
Supreme Court
Justus D. Smoots
Knox County
Franklin P. Edson
van Wert
David Fisher
Sandusky
State Board of Public Works
James Holman
Brown County
Fred Leete
Ironton
T. Dwight Paul
Akron
Freight handlers strike halts East St. Louis railwork
About 1 750 workers from twelve East St. Louis railroads walk out over wage demands. Freight handlers drivers and clerks join in, with 1 155 freight handlers and 350 drivers and 300 clerks among strikers. Marshals guard Vandalia property as yards idle and congestion threatens St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
East St. Louis
Crerk
United States
Springfield
Ill
Vandalia Railroad Company
Chicago & Alton
Big Four
Illinois Central
Cairo
Mounds
Hauss
East Ride
Cowboy Preacher Brocker Dies By Own Hand In Kearney
Rev L G Brocker known as the Cowboy Preacher shot himself at his home in Kearney Nebraska around 10 this morning. He was about 45 years old and left a widow and six children.
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Kearney
Neb
L. G. ‘Brocker
Hy M
Vangelical Church
Brocker
Cole convicted life sentence sought by jury in river case
Sidney Cole was found guilty of shooting William Terry, the steamer pilot on the Keystone State, through the heart in April. A jury recommended a life term after about an hour and a half deliberation. Cole's motive and insanity history were discussed. a motion for a new trial followed.
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Comercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W.va
Sidney Cole
Carpenter
William Terry
Keystone
Stapleton
Cole
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Terry
Confirms Combination to Bar Out Our Goods
D K Goss a former Indiana educator now leading a school in Strasburg Germany visits Indiana and confirms Vanderlip reports of an attempted combination to bar American products from Europe. German Austrian agrarian interests push the move to raise breadstuff prices for consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
D. K. Goss
Strasburg
Germany
Indiana
Vanderlip
Europe
Austria
Directors Plan to Reorganize Wrecked Seventh National Bank
Secret meeting of directors adopts a plan to reorganize the Seventh National Bank with about 5 million dollars in cash. The plan calls for buying the Marquand claim and settling all depositor obligations dollar for dollar, with funds from directors and new investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquand
Commercial Tribune
New York
Seventh National Bank
Heaths
Alexander McDonald
Cincinnati
Standard Oil Co
Edwin Gould
E. R. Thomas
Cromwell & Sullivan
Board of Directors
Perry Heath
Fletcher
I. B. Brooks
General Burnett
United States
Captain Ball
Kalish
Brooks
Thomas
Ball
Raynor
Burnett
Goshen
N. Y
Carrie Nation To Address Crawfordsville Elks
Carrie Nation arrives in Crawfordsville Indiana and will speak at the Elks Fourth of July celebration claiming God has called her to help the order and save a few Elks from perdition as a boisterous crowd observes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Nation
Commercial Tribune
Crawfordsville
Ind
Carrie Nation
the Elks
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Alexandra
Pogse
Paul, Minn
Pioneer Press
Great Northern
Gomez
Taft
J of Cincinnati
Islands
Philippines
Jawn Jay
Flood
Carpenter Terry
Seventh National
M'Donald
Train
Arthur C. Train
Forrest Raynor
Henry Marquand
Frank B. Poor
Henry Marquand & Co
Frank Sullivan Smith
Philbin
Vanderbilts
New York Security and Trust Company
Marquand & Co
Perdition
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