Happenings That Are Making History This Week
Prince Nicholas of Montenegro becomes king and reclaims Zeta. Florence Nightingale dies at ninety in London. Olaf Hanson of Seattle leads the world deaf congress. F R Carpenter of Chicago elected VP. Tennessee politics see Gordon renominated. Major Gaynor’s health permits Adirondack care. Scotland estate worth 5.999 million. Kearny butcher plans 1.09 million cut-rate shop. Mrs. Hare and infant drown in Minnesota river. Lloyd Bingham and actor Connor dispute at Cleveland theater. Emperor Francis Joseph marks eightieth birthday amid Habsburg gathering. Black Hand threat targets union leader T L Lewis. a I linois letter. Armour & Co. counsel Urlen cleared in notebook burning case. Col Isaac L Ellwood improving at Kalb home.
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Prince Nicholas
Montenegro
Zeta
Florence Nightingale
the Angel
Crimea
London
Olaf Hanson
Seattle
Congress of the Deaf
Colorado Springs
F. R. Carpenter
Chicago
George W. Gordon
Memphis
Congress
T. & Looney
Tenth Congressional District
Tennessee
Major Gaynor
Adirondacks
Scotland
James V. Shand
Kearny
SL. C
Rasmus Hare
Warren
Minn
Lioyd Bingham
Amelia Bingham
John Lane Connor
Holden Stock Company
Euclid
Notable deaths and disasters flood brief general news
Alfred Villa arrives in Tucson Artz thirty miles carrying his brother’s body killed by lightning. Robert Treat Paine longtime peace advocate dies in Waltham Massachusetts. An excursion train collision near Saujon France kills thirty two and injures one hundred. Rioting resumes in Columbus Ohio with one fatality and multiple injuries. Mooney confesses to murder in Kansas City Kansas. A Chicago & Erie train strikes a car near Rochester Indiana. four dead three injured. Blakely Georgia mayor shot in bed, severely wounded.
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Alfred Villa
Tucson
Artz
Robert Treat Paine
American Peace Society
Waltham
Mass
Hordeaux
Saujon
France
Columbus
Thomas Mooney
Kansas City
Kan
Mooney
Chicago & Erie Railroad
Rochester
Ind
M. T. Chipstead
Blakely
Nearby graveside grief shocks town and more deaths
A long list of scattered brief items: grief-stricken widow Mrs Evelyn Roumens Horneyer fainted at her lifelong friend’s graveside and died three hours later. A fatal head on collision near Niagara Falls injured eleven. Suspicions arise around James J Gallagher, the would be assassin of Mayor Gaynor, with a possible accomplice. Dynamite in Wallace Idaho sparked rains after fires. Tariff trusts and money supply blamed for high living costs by Sen Johnston Clarke and Smith. The British Bank of Commerce in London closes after starting in 1868. Labor federation discord in New Jersey over nonunion hotel. A graft case in Pittsburg involves Dr G Leonard Levan. Roosevelt suffers defeat in New York GOP committee. Boxing hopes fail to perform at Fairmont. Fairfax Harrison named Monon president. High tariffs and trusts blamed for rising costs. Dam collapse kills Italian workers in Massena. John B Moissant sails the English Channel with a passenger. Browne bribery trial jurors excused for prior approaches. A hospital storekeeper Daniel Cummings is fatally shot. A society girl Miss Columbia Cheek elopes and is married in Atlanta. Chinaman Yee Hong ordered deported from El Paso. Colorado coal fields miners seek military protection.
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Evelyn Roumens Horneyer
St. Louie
Niagara Falls
N. Y
New York
James J. Gallagher
Gaynor
Gallagher
Wallace
Idaho
United States
Johnston
Alabama
Clarke
Arkansas
Smith
California
Senate
Congress
British Bank of Commerce
London
New Jersey
New Jersey State Federation of Labor
Council
Pittsburg
G. Leonard Levan
North Side
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican State Committee
Saratoza
Sherman
Bi Lang
Australia
al Kaufman
Fairmont A. C
New York City
Mitchell
Fairfax Harrison
Southern Railroad Company
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
Monon) Railway
Ira G. Rawn
South Carolina
United States Senate
T. A. Gillespie Company
Massena
John B. Moissant
Chicago
English Channel
Calais
Tilmans
Daniel Cummings
Thomas J. Bent
Cummings
Bent
Columbia Cheek
Atlanta
Guy H. Buchanan
Miss Cheek
Yee Hong
el Paso
Tex
Hong
China
Colorado
Shafroth
Model City Promoter Missing As Ohio River Project Fails
Evansville reports promoter J A Brown of the Model City project on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River has disappeared. Creditors press to locate him as fifty thousand dollars is spent and claims amount to about twice that. Work on the administration building and other structures is suspended amid fears the town may be forgotten. Brown allegedly left for Cincinnati to buy a sand digger. partners include J A Crawford and John Carrol of Terre Haute. Kate Hawley, a wealthy New York widow, was named as financier. Lot sales faltered and purchasers struggle to locate their property.
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Evansville
J. A. Brown
Kentucky
Ohio River
Brown
Cincinnati
J. A. Crawford
John Carrol
Terre Haute
Kate Hawley
New York
Saved Mother's Life After Gasoline Explosion
Maneie Mrs. Daniel Steinhauer and her daughter Mrs. lL. L. Emistion were seriously burned when a gasoline stove exploded at the Steinhauer home. The daughter, while rescuing her mother, inhaled flames and was badly injured. She managed to smother the fire with a large rug. she lies unconscious but is expected to recover.
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Maneie
Daniel Steinhauer
Ll. L. Emistion
Pear Trees Destroyed by Fire at Spiceland Farm
Mercer Brown, a Spiceland nurseryman, mourns the loss of 425 bearing pear trees on his farm near Spiceland. Fire in dry grass spread and destroyed the trees, which were about fifteen years old. He had hoped to harvest at least 3,000 Washels of pears this fall.
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Newcastle
Mercer Brown
Spiceland
Brown
First Prosecution Under New Law in New Albany
Grover Neff was fined 8.85 by Magistrate Mix after a key return violation complaint by Edmund Cage. Neff paid the fine and will not appeal the case, marking the city’s first prosecution under the new law requiring tenants to return keys within twenty four hours after vacating premises.
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New Albany
Grover Neff
Mix
Edmund Cage
Neff
Smallpox Scare on Eastbound Train at Frankfort
Passengers were exposed to smallpox on an east bound train when a sick woman aboard was treated by doctors. The car was sealed and detached at Frankfort with passengers moving to windows for air. The patient was taken to Sims where she lives.
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Frankfort
Sims
Baby Drowned in Jar near Lafayette
A fourteen month old son of Orth Martin and his wife was found drowned in an eight gallon jar northwest of the city. The child, just learning to walk, had feet hanging over the jar top beneath a pump when his mother discovered him.
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Lafayette
Orth Martin and Wife
Intense Heat Kills Decorator In Evansville Home
Evansville man Lawrence Lawrence, 48, a house decorator, was found dead at his home. Coroner Edward Laval ruled death due to intense heat after he had spent the day fishing and complained of a head ache. He is survived by a widow.
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Evansville
Valentine Lawrence
Edward Laval
Lawrence
Fourth Time Suicide Attempt by Paroled Convict Traced
Evansville authorities report Fledy Maultney, a parolee, attempted suicide to avoid arrest after annoying a girl who called police. This marks his fourth such action.
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Evansville
Maultney
June birth rate edges up. city deaths rise in July
State board of health reports a one-tenth difference in birth rates year over year with June at 18.4 and 4,267 births. Union County leads births at 26.6 while Crawford is lowest at 5.2. July death rate is 12.5 with 2,947 deaths. city rate 14 vs country districts 11. Principal cities show Terre Haute at 21.1 and Indianapolis 15.8 among others.
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State Board of Health
Union County
Crawford County
Indianapolis
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
South Bend
Ends Her Life With Razor in Clarkshill
Mrs. W. A. Stultz, wife of former hotel man W. A. Stultz, killed herself with a razor after returning from tuberculosis treatment. Her mind was said to be unbalanced and she persuaded her daughter to fetch the razor, then killed herself by cutting from ear to ear.
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Clarkshill
W. A. Stulla
W. A. Stultz
Worman
Bride Dies on Honeymoon Trip in Texas
Mrs. Charles Hostes of Logansport dies in El Paso Texas during her honeymoon. Formerly Miss Jewell Dean, she moved to El Paso two years ago for health. Her mother’s death last spring preceded the trip. She wed Charles Estes a mining engineer at St Vincent de Paul parish.
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Logansport
Charles Hostes
el Pawo
Tex
Jewell Dean
Rescuer Dies Saving Companion on Wabash River
Princeton Ohio reports the death of Crawford, a 24 year old mussel fisher, who drowned in the Wabash while attempting to save Elmer Jones who waded into deep water. Jones was saved by a boat but Crawford sank. The body was recovered after a brief search.
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Princeton
Crawford
Jfimtown
Wabash River
Elmer Jones
Jones
Despondent Wife Swallows Poison in City
Mrs. Banks attempted to end her life by swallowing bug poison after her husband John Banks carried out his threat to go fishing. A physician saved her life. Banks faces indictment for tanning a blind tiger and the couple, who had been living together again, recently separated in a divorce suit.
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Sullivan
John Banks
Forty St Angelus novices join Holy Cross vows
Forty young women at St Angelus church St Marys academy joined the Order of the Holy Cross. Rt Rev Hermano J Alerding bishop of Fort Wayne presided as the novices who completed five years of residence took final vows and received their black veils and habits.
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Order of Holy Cross
South Bend
Order of the Holy Cross
St. Angelus Church
St. Mary's Academy
Hermano J. Alerding
Fort Wayne
Pensions for Indiana Residents Granted
Washington grants Indiana pensions to a list of recipients with varied monthly amounts. Names include James F. Buckley, Emerine T. Catterson, Marinda Coker, Fanny Depow, Mary J. Fleming, Rebecca Howe, Christien Klein, Alice C. McDaniel, George W. Maddox, Henry O. Morgan, Charlotte T. Parrott, Austin M. Sanderson, Louisa B. Thompson, Matilda Whittinghill and others with quarterly or monthly stipends ranging from $8 to $20.
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Washington
Indiana
James F. Buckley
Emerine T. Catterson
Marinda Coker
Fanny Depew
Mary J. Fleming
Rebecca
Louisa B. Thompson
Matilda Whittinghill
Bride in Hotel Suicide Pact Tragedy at Carleton
Mrs. William Crawford, 23, wife of three months, lured her husband into a room at the Carleton hotel and drank carbolic acid after urging him to poison himself. She died within an hour as Crawford failed to summon medical help.
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Hammond
William Crawford
Carleton Hotel
Crawford
Fourteen New Bridges Planned in Wells County
Wells County commissioners lack estimates for fourteen proposed bridges to be built next year. The bridges are dispersed across the county and the total projected cost is 6800 dollars.
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Bluffton
Board of County Commissioners
Wells County
Kings cholera fears grip Italy as ruler aids people
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena display anxiety over southern cholera outbreaks. The king orders constant updates on infected regions and pledges to visit the dying if needed, following his father's Naples visit during past epidemics. The pope urges bishops to aid containment as Bari and Apulia report rising deaths with bans on fairs and gatherings.
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Turin
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Naples
Montenegro
Messina
Avellino
Bari
Neues Puglie
Trant
Suffering and relief efforts in Tokyo amid famine
Describes extreme destitution in Tokyo affecting over half a million, with local funds strained and foreigners aiding relief. Ambassador O'Brien remains in Tokyo directing assistance while visitors at summer resorts are reported safe.
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Japan
Tokio
Ambassador O'Brien
Gun 200 Years Old In Minot Family Rifle History
James L. Hyatt of Minot has received a rifle from his family dating to 1776. The barrel was made in Jamestown Virginia about two centuries ago, and the gun began as a full stock flintlock. It was purchase by James Wyatt's great great grandfather during the Revolutionary War.
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Minot
N. D
James L. Hyatt
Jamestown
James Wyatt
Farmer Poisoned After Mistaking Gasoline for Cider
Five something years old farmer near Mt Carmel Illinois identified as Harry Milburn, drunk from a jug he believed contained cider, found unconscious. He was dying from gasoline ingestion with little hope of recovery.
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Princeton
Harry Milburn
Mt. Carmel
Oldest Odd Fellow Dies in Cincinnati at Ninety Six
Edwin Vickers aged ninety six, said to be the oldest Odd Fellow in the United States, died in Cincinnati. He joined White Water lodge at Richmond Indiana in 1847. During the Civil War he served with distinction with the Seventh Indiana volunteers. About twenty three years after the war he was connected with the Indianapolis post office.
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Cincinnati
Edwin Vickers
United States
White Waterlodge
Richmond
Ind
Indiana Volunteers
Indianapolis
Lightning Ignites Forest Fires Near Battle Creek Reserve
Lightning is believed to have started a string of forest fires east of Battle Falls in Crater reserve. The fires were serious enough that the forestry service requested 100 soldiers as firefighters. Two companies were sent to the scene.
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Portland
Ore
Battle Falls
Forestry Service
New York Woman Robbed of Jewelry in Switzerland
Mrs. Daniel Bacony of New York traveling with her sister Lady Gilbert Parker and Parker’s husband was robbed in Switzerland of jewelry valued at about 45 900 dollars. The incident occurred during their tour, with details of the theft not fully disclosed.
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Moritz
Switzerland
Daniel Bacony
New York
Gilbert Parker
Leavenworth Man Fatally Wounds Wife In Jealous Rage
In Leavenworth Kansas Tony Alagna shot his wife in a jealous rage and likely killed her, then died beside her. The incident is described as a fatal domestic shooting with authorities investigating the scene for motive and details.
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Leavenworth, Kan
Tony Alagna
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