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Newspaper
Columbus Star
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1897
Page
1
Indicted Ex-Representative Conn on Criminal Libel
Washington Jan 5 The grand jury indicted ex Congressman Charles G Conn of Indiana for criminal libel alleging District Commissioner L r u esdell used office for private gain and sought to aid property holders over public needs. Conn in Indiana plans to return and post bond to answer the charge. Queen Victoria Abdi cation Rumor Gains Prominence London Jan 5 Westminster Gazette highlights a report Victoria will abdicate in favor of the Prince of Wales. Three Children Die in Fire Basck Wisconsin Jan 6 Ole Della farmer near Basck reports house fire killing three children aged up to five.
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Washington
Charles G. Conn
Indiana
Washington Times
L[ruesdell
Conn
London
Westminister Gazette
Victoria
Prince of Wales
Bascock
Wis
Ole Della
Nebraska Legislature Opens After Fusion Caucus
The twenty fifth session of the Nebraska Legislature opened at noon. Fusion caucus results give Populists control of the House while Democrats and Free Silver Republicans hold the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lixcotn
Nes
Nebraska
House
Senate
Congress Opens With Short Session and March Break
Washington January fifth Congress begins with a brief session expected to last until mid August. An intermission during the first two weeks of March will shift from the Fifty fourth to the Fifty fifth Congress. The current session is viewed as a prelude to the next session starting March twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Congress
Fifty-fourth
Traveler crosses world by wheel for four thousand dollars
George F. Carl of San Francisco arrives in New York after covering eleven thousand miles in a twelve month contest to win four thousand dollars. He started May 20 with no money and plans to sail from New York to West Indies, visiting Jamaica Barbadoes Trinidad Guadeloupe Martinique and other points before riding through South America and up the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific coast and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George F. Carl
San Franciso
Carl
West India Islands
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Trinidad
Guadeloupe
Martinique
South America
Panama
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Innocent Farmer Encounters Iron Nerve Job Offer
A Cumberland area farmer is lured by Omer Smith of 196 and 198 KE Washington St into an eerie planned graveyard prank. Smith hires a driver to steal a coffin body for a mock setup at Crown Hill around 1:30 am, paying $3 and gaining the driver’s wary friendship. The prank unsettles the driver and the farmer, leaving questions about Smith’s intentions and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omer Smith
Washington St
Smith
Cumberland
Poe
Crown Hill
Graveyard caper ends in comic chase and farmer’s fright
A string of Indiana items details a grim joke turning into farce as a farmer, a clerk, and a man posing as a body snatcher head for Crown Hill cemetery at 1 30. A hack ride, a muddy return, and the farmer’s realization that he was the joke’s victim are recounted alongside other regional notes on politics, arrests, and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowa Hill
Smith
Fall Creek
Hess
Crown. Hill Cemetery
Attempt on Perry County man ends in death of nephew
In Mippiessoro Kentucky on January 6 a man named L C Combs resisted an assault by a crowd and fired, killing his nephew John Hensley and wounding another. This marks a second known attempt to kill Combs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mippiessoro, Ky
L.C. Combs
Perry County
John Hensley
Combs
Man Accidental Shooting Wounds Daughter Near Wabash
Near Wabash Martin Englemen reportedly intended to adopt a rabbit but accidentally shot his eleven year old daughter who is dangerously wounded. Attorney Samuel Brown suffered a fall down a stairway at New Cuatle and is seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Englemen
Samuel Brown
New
Cuatle
Eight Populists Refuse Democratic Caucus Stand
The Eight Populists, eight members with one in the Senate and seven in the House, refuse to join the Democratic caucus. They plan to vote for a senator of their own color, likely A. E. Burkhardt of Tipton, with Morton C. Rankin also mentioned. The Indianapolis Journal notes Columbus factories Reeves Palley and Columbus Handle Factory provide steady wages and employment.
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House
Voorhees
Tipton
Morton C. Rankin
Terre Haute
Burkhardt
Indianapolis Journal
The
Herald
Columbus
Reeves, Palley. Company
Alwage Tonie
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