Cyclone and Flood Ravage Kokomo Area Indiana
A powerful storm and heavy rain flooded Kokomo streets and basements while wind damaged centers south of town. Telegraph lines failed and property losses were reported in Jefferson and nearby. Earnest Sanderson was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to life, linked to the Dartford City case. another defendant, William Cook, also received a life term.
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Indiana
Kokomo
Ind
Centers
Jefferson
Vicinity
Sanderson
Earnest Sanderson
Bluffton
Preston Sanderson
Dartford City
William Cook
Otto Coole Ig
Church Panic Injures Several During Shoals Meeting
A floor collapse at a Christian church meeting in Shoals Indiana caused a panic and several serious injuries as attendees fled through doors and windows.
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Christian Clarch
Shoals
Ind
Hey
Holt
State Anti-Saloon League
Falls 105 Feet Unhurt After Irondale Elevator Fall
John Dorsey of South Chicas fell 105 feet from the Irondale elevator into the Calumet river but escaped serious injury besides a netting. Earlier a chimney painting mishap left him unhurt after a 50 foot fall.
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John Dorsey
South Chicas
Irondale
Calumet
Dorsey
Tile Workers Strike at American Encaustic Tile Plant
About two hundred of the 1,200 workers at the American Encaustic Tile Company in Zanesville Ohio walk out demanding a one dollar weekly wage increase. The strike followed wage dispute among tile workers at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Encaustic Tang Company
Zanesville
Ohio
Pallot
Rs. Austin
Colt .Kok Ind
Convict James M. Brown Confesses in Suicide Letter
James M. Brown, prisoner at Southern Illinois penitentiary, writes from Menard to Pittsburgh police superintendent Alexander Wallace admitting murders linked to Chonina Kahney and others. He names accomplices Jack and Ed Biddle and Walter Dorman, plus involvement of Kate Soffel and incidents in Butler County. Brown also claims more killings and arson, with police puzzled by the letter.
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Niinois
Suicids
Alexander Wallace
Walter Dorman
Middles
Mia
Kate Soffel
Warren
Butler County
Rahney Brown
Peter Neidermeier
Chicago
James Martin
Kaliney
Flo
Neidermeier
Martin
Imall
Biddles
Walter Dor- Wan
Woman Carrying Husband Up Mountain After Shooting
Mrs. B. Wilson, wife of the local station agent at Monument Colorado, shot her husband while hunting. She carried him a quarter mile to a railroad track on foot, then signaled the Denver and Rio Grande freight engineer to stop. She barely weighed 115 pounds while her husband weighed 155 pounds and was brought aboard the train before she fainted.
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B. Wilson
Denver and Rio Grande
Bank vault theft solved by janitor confession
Elijah Bowsher, janitor at the American National Bank in Lina Ohio, admits stealing eighteen thousand dollars seven years after the crime. He claims to have planned the heist solo using a pipe wrench to force the vault doors and slip the cash into his possession after bankers left. N. L. Wadenes, vice president, had been indicted in connection with the case.
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American National Bank
Lina
Ohio
N. L. Michael Wadenes
Elijah Bowsher
Bowsher
Cleveland Bank Closed After Attorney General Suit
Indemnity Savings and Loan Company incapacitated after quo warranto action by Attorney General Elis accusing violation of state banking law. Body of 85 year old Charles McMullen found in vacant building cellar near Zimmerman’s cemetery. Robbery suspected as motive. Five men linked to the incident were arrested.
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Superior Street
Cleveland
Mandar
Indemnity Savings and Loan Company
Elis
Tawa
Charles McMullen
Zimmerman’s Cemetery
Carrickborough
Vittaburg
South Side Hospital
McMullen
Portland Exposition Closes After Destruction
The Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland Oregon ends after Sunday as workers begin wrecking the immense exhibit palaces and state buildings. In coming months only memories of the fair will remain.
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Portland
Ore
Ity Brueckss
Burbank Divorce Granted To Filipino Wife Amid Court-Martial
The case of Conception Vazquez against Lt. Sidney S. Burbank of the Sixth Infantry ends with a divorce ruling in favor of Mrs. Burbank. Custody of their daughter is awarded to Mrs. Burbank and alimony is provided. The War Department supported the deserted wife as Burbank faces court-martial charges in Hola after his engagement to a Leavenworth woman was announced.
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Firat
Sidney S. Burbank
Ling
Burbank
Ward
Fort Leavenworth
Bates
Hipilo
PL 1
United States
Leavenworth
War Department
Hola
Murderous Passion Ends in Tragic Oregon Fatality
In Matvahield Oregon J A Armitage fatally shoots Mrs J O Stoops after breaking into her home. The couple were married with families. Armitage, driven by infatuation, shoots her as she confronts him and then dies of his own wounds after reaching his residence.
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Oregon
Matvahield
Ore
J. O. Stoops
J. A. Armitage
Armitage
Man shoots self after triple murder in Prakerville town
In a jealousy driven tragedy, Tharry Me ilasson killed his wife and daughter then fatally wounded his sister in law before shooting himself. He died hours later. Reports say two stepsons were targeted but escaped. Dedtoiney is paid to have been the cause of the dead. Teachers in Brooklyn win $2,000,000 in a New York Supreme Court suit against the Board of Education over back salaries under the Petrizil schedule. Approximate total involved is $2,000,000.
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Matthias Mitchell
New Albany
Ind
Earsley Faure
Faure
Tharry Me €Ilasson
Prakerville
Nowy Oskylloosa
Dedtoiney
Gaynor
Supreme Court of New York
Brooklyn
Board of Education Sunt
New York City
Petrizil
Revised Exposition Attendance Figures Announced
The department of widmissions reports 2 551 780 visitors to the Lewis and Clark Exposition with 60 1608 paying entrants and the remainder free. Other items note city guards with penitentiary records in Philadelphia and a Missouri Pacific wreck near Sugar City injuring seventeen.
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Department of Widmissions
Alow
Sugar City
Pueblo
Colo
Ohio Minister Undertakes Global Tour From Canton
Van Kirk of Youngstown, Ohio, plans a world tour starting from New York City to speak in major cities on a path to San Francisco and later to the southern republics and continental Europe. He says a divine impression to tour came to him June 22, 1889 in Canton, endured over sixteen years despite schooling at Boston University and Harvard and health trials. He is hosted by Dr. Bartholow at the First Methodist Church.
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van Kirk
Youngstown
Mount Vernon
Bartholow
van Kijk
Canton
Boston University
Harvard
New York City
San Francisco
Europe
First Wireless Wreck Report From Campania Off Nantucket
A wireless message from the Campania off Nantucket reports ten average passengers seriously injured and eighteen with painful hurts after a violent sea inrush. Cunard agent Vernon J. Brown arranged immediate medical aid upon arrival in quarantine. Captain Pritchard described a gale off the Grand Banks when a tinge struck from the port side, engulfing the forward steerage deck.
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Fan
New York
Mrnday
Nantucket
Vernon J. Brown
Cunard Line
Quarsotine
Pritchard
Grand Banks
Strike at Markle Company Drags 8000 Into Walkout
A drivers strike at the Jeddo mines in Pennsylvania spreads to 80000 employees of G B Markle & Co as workers quit over wages. Company officials refused to hear grievances noting improper filing per strike rules.
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Markle Company
Jeddo
T'u
G. B. Markle &Co
Markle
Hancock Kin Arrested for Murder in Hyattsville
The boy Winfield Scott Hancock, four, nephew of General Winfield Scott Hancock, is held in Hyattsville on murder charges after Emma Stallwood, a domestic in the Hancock household, dies following an operation. The case hinges on competing claims of his innocence and the circumstances of the woman’s death.
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Winfield Scott Hancock
Hyattsville
Emma Stallwood
Hancock
Tancnck
Unclear OCR text hints at trade show and market pressures
A garbled OCR fragment mentions clothing wares silk prices and high costs. It references orders, reorders and a growing market show, with failed reports and complaints about trade conditions and a possible concerted effort affecting commerce.
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Dan
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