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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1897
Page
1
A conflicted narrator and Mr. Jones discuss a young woman Miss Peabody whom many deem innocent yet a suspected master schemer. The man admits following her, noting secret meetings, a veiled arrival, a carriage, and discarded letters while insisting he still loves her. The detective vows to solve the mystery.
The Cincinnati Times Star reports that Jackson and Walling face execution together on a single scaffold pattern dubbed the Mud Dauber. Sheriff Plummer plans a second scaffold to hang both men on the same day, with the men to be told all they know before the March deadline.
M A Hanna stated he will remain in Ohio and campaign for a full U S Senate term in the next legislature. He ruled out joining McKinley’s Cabinet and said McKinley will not visit Cleveland this week, plans a March 2 Washington start, and will rest with few visitors.
Former Chicago Board of Trade figure George W. Adams died today from a self inflicted gunshot in a personal safety case. Once famed for a historic corner in 1874 he fell from wealth to a bookkeeper role after losing his fortune and work three months ago. He left a final note reading I die hungry.
Detroit baseball officials plan a farm team in the Inter-state league as about thirty trainees train at Hot Springs. Charlie Irwin expected from San Francisco around March 1. Joe Ludgen’s wife ill in Philadelphia. Arthur Twineham sold to Grand Rapids for 1200. Gus Weyhing seeks Milwaukee job. Frank Killen improving health in Cumberland. Louisville reportedly bids 2000 for Chicago second baseman Conner.
The Knights of Pythias celebrated their 33rd anniversary at city hall last night with a full audience. The program featured Welcome address by Hon. Geo W Cooper, piano by Miss Bertha Lay, pantomime Coming Through the Rye, recitations by Miss Lilla Wells and Carson George, vocal performances by Mr Will Moore and a duet by Miss Harrel and Miss Schowe, Michigan Fiddler by Mr E L Williams, a Saucy Maiden duet by Nell Burnett and master Joe Bruce, piano by Miss Nettie Levi, Presbyterian Quartette, and a Juvenile Orchestra.
In New York on February 18 a Letter Carrier 1626 entered Police Commissioner Roosevelt's office with a special delivery for him. The carrier kept his hat on. a clerk urged him to remove it and Roosevelt admonished him to do so. The incident drew attention to protocol in the Police Board room.
The Junior Epworth League will celebrate Washingtons birthday with a nice program in the M E church auditorium tomorrow afternoon. Refreshments will be served in the church parlors afterward. Come and have a pleasant time with the children.
Rev. Fenwick Frazier will deliver the sermon at the Methodist Church tomorrow replacing Dr Curtiss who is on vacation. All are invited to attend.
W. T. Stott was in Indianapolis yesterday. Dick Shea rode as an Indianapolis passenger yesterday. Gus Remy of Elizabethtown visited the city yesterday. Mrs. Minnie Wallace is the guest of Indianapolis friends. Cavey Lewlen made a business trip to Indianapolis yesterday. John S. Crump and R. F. Gottschalk traveled to Cincinnati yesterday morning on business. Mrs. George Mitchell, of Indianapolis, came down from Indianapolis Thursday to visit her parents. Rev. Percy Kendall returned from Indianapolis where he attended a Bethany Park directors meeting. Rev. Geo Sweeney and wife left yesterday evening for Louisville to visit relatives in Kentucky.
The Orinoco Literary Society attends a Washington birthday program at Miss Daisy Linson's school and calls the entertainment very fine. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell host card party at 613 Franklin Street with a sizable guest list. Mr. and Mrs. Trutt celebrate his 33rd birthday with about fifty friends. Mr. and Mrs. Kitzinger host twenty couples for games dancing and late refreshments.
Lincoln J. Carter's new play The Tornado features a dissecting-room scene praised for its refined intensity. The crowd's warm applause at curtain fall signals the scene's triumph, easing fears of gruesome tone among Carter's admirers.
Reverend George Boldan of Bowling Green Kentucky traveled through here yesterday morning on his way home from Indianapolis where he assisted in holding a large Protestant meeting.
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