Canal treaty stands, Colombia warned to accept terms
Washington cables Mr Beaupre reiterating that the United States will not amend the canal treaty. Colombia must accept the rejected terms or lose the canal. Rumors of a Panama company deal with Colombia are unconfirmed. Dr Herran to be questioned about alleged criticism of Beaupre. State Department wary of Herran remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sept
Beaupre
Bogota
United States
Colombia
Central American
Panama Canal Company
France
Herran
State Department
Three Alleged to Have Slain Babe in Shelbyville Case
In Shelbyville Indiana on September 8 ex state fish commissioner William Sanders and Mrs Hattie Talbert widow were arrested for murdering Eva Cochran a 17 year old girl s newborn. Talbert confesses naming Sanders and two others not yet arrested. Eva Cochran says Marvin Hill fathered the child but parents objected to marriage. Hill released for lack of evidence. Infant killed in premeditated act as Talbert Sanders and Cochran planned the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
William Sanders
Hattie Talbert
Marvin Hill
Eva Cochran
Sanders
Hill
Corpse Found in Box Car Across New Mexico Freight Train
Police found a decomposed body in a through freight car in Raton New Mexico on September 8. The victim, likely from Illinois, was shot three times in the right side. A letter from Harvey, Nebraska, addressed to J O Palmer of Fort Madison Iowa and Wells Fargo receipts tied to a Chicago valise were found. The car had originated in Fort Madison Iowa via Burlington and Santa Fe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. O. Palmer
Harvey
Wells-Fargo
Chicago
Fort Madison
Santa Fe Company
Burlington
Brunning Ends Life by Jumping in Front of Train
New York report says Charles Brunning, 42, leaped before a heavily loaded Third Avenue electric train at Fifty ninth Street, fracturing his body. He had earlier attempted suicide by stabbing himself five times with an ice pick while awaiting arraignment, and reportedly overpowered a policeman during custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Brunning
Third Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Brunning
City Treasurer’s Special Notice to Delinquent Tax Payers
City Treasurer Howard A Campbell announces that all persons owing the city taxes on real estate personal property or poll taxes sewer and street assessments and cemetery notes must call at the treasurer’s office on East Franklin Street to settle accounts. Bring receipts if payments were already made to adjust balances and save further expense. 3w-8-20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Franklin Street
Howard A. Campbell
Cider Mill Opens for Fresh Cider in Jamestown
Cider lovers can have their drink made at Jamestown on Tuesdays through Fridays. The notice lists H. P. Dodge as the contact or maker associated with the cider mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
H. P. Dodge
Deahl and Deahl File Divorce Suit for Mrs Martin
Deahl and Deahl, attorneys for Mrs Wilmine A Martin, have brought suit for divorce from her husband Charles E Martin. The parties live in Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deahl& Deahl
Wilmine A. Martin
Charles E. Martin
Bristol
GooD HOUSEKEEPERS Buy Russ Bleaching Blue at 10c
Local grocers urge customers to choose Russ Bleaching Blue with the tag line the best cleaning aid. The advertisement promotes a ten cent price and highlights product quality for household use.
Notice of Trustee Qualification and Asset Transfer
Trustee named in an indenture by David H. Rohrer doing business as D H Rohrer & Company has qualified as trustee and taken possession of all property rights credits and assets of the assignor for administration for the benefit of all his heirs and estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Rohrer
Station Platform Fights End in Brunning’s Death
Bystanders rescue an officer on the station platform as Brunning throws himself under the wheels. The platform brawl and Brunning’s self-inflicted death provoke a panic among hundreds of waiting passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ficer
Brunning
Murderer Harris and two others escape from Schoharie jail
Schoharie county jail inmates Harris Edward Caine and James Kelly escaped after digging out. Harris, a famed criminal, had testified against four men earlier executed for the two year old Cobleskill murder of Night Watchman Matthew Wilson. Harris faced an October trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoharie
N. Y
Sheeny” Harris
Night
Matthew Wilson
Cobleskill
Edward Caine
James Kelly
Schoharie County
Harris
Whitey” Sullivan
William O’connor
Canada
Blackie
Dublin
Ned” Jackson
Danville Tax Case Faces Circuit Court This Week
Danville Illinois reports up to 2.5 million dollars in tax disputes to be argued in circuit court. A mandamus suit on behalf of the people by Lincoln Payne targets the board of review. An investigator found about 200 residents, including wealthy ones, owing taxes. The probe extends to 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ill
Circuit
Lincoln Payne
Board of Review
Bolden Slain in Springfield Labor Day Street Shootout
In Springfield on Labor Day a colored man known as Lucky Bolden was killed in the street near the fair grounds after a quarrel with Marshall Edwards a negro. Edwards left a saloon opposite the entrance and fired killing Bolden then tried to shoot the arresting officer but was overpowered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Lucky” Bolden
Fair Grounds
Marshall Edwards
Bolden
Edwards
Constable Prevents Murder at Government House
A on duty constable at the government house in Melbourne on September 8 arrested an armed lunatic who said he wished to interview Lord Tennyson the governor general. The constable disarmed him of a loaded revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Government House
Lord Tennyson
Resignation of Illinois Naval Reserve Lt Crossman
Adjt Gen announces the resignation of E. V. Crossman as lieutenant in the Illinois naval reserves of Alton. An election to fill the vacancy is set for Alton on Sept 15 1903. Crossman was commended for patrol work on the river and city of East St. Louis during last spring floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Adjt
Scott
E. V. Crossman
Illinois Naval Reserves
Alton
Lieut
Crossman
Secretary of War
St. Louis
Illinois Rifle Team Named for Washburn Trophy Defense
Assistant Adjutant General Reece selected the Illinois team to defend the Washburn trophy in the interstate militia rifle shoot in Minnesota this month. The squad must report to Captain Benjamin Eick at Camp Lincoln next Tuesday for eleven days of target practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llinois
Springfield
Ill
Reece
Illinois
Washburn
Minnesota
Benjamin Eick
Camp Lincoln
Maryland Prohibition Ticket Nominated in Hagerstown
The Maryland Prohibitionists in convention nominated the state ticket for governor William Gisrel of Baltimore city for attorney general Frank Higgins of Rockville Montgomery County for comptroller Daniel W. Miles of Somerset County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Hagerstown
Prohibitionists
William Gisrel
Baltimore
Frank Higgins
Rockville
Montgomery
Daniel W. Miles
Somerset County
Senator Cullom in San Francisco Visit to Recuperating Brother
San Francisco Sept 4 United States Senator Shelby McCullom of Illinois is visiting his brother who is recovering from a recent accident and enjoying some recreation. Mrs Cullom joins the friends in the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullom
San Francisco
Cal
United States
Shelby Mc Cullom
MlMinois -Is
Two Noble Sons Compare Soldier and Writer
The poem tells of two brothers raised in nobility one choosing war and conquest while the other pursues literature and humane storytelling. The warrior gains fame through battles while the writer crafts stories of home love and virtue. Ultimately love crowns the quieter, spirit of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Open Air Concert Sparks curbside chaos and playful mayhem
A described open air free band concert on a vacant lot erupts into a chaotic street scene with curbstone seating, lemonade vendors, chugging wagons, shouting crowds, and startled animals as the band plays and onlookers react with excitement and confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland
Roosevelt Increases Guards After Weilbrenner Incident
President Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay, receives many congratulations on his escape from Henry Weilbrenner the insane farmer. Guards at Sagamore Hill are increased to twelve and the grounds patrolled day and night. Roosevelt expresses sympathy for Weilbrenner and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Henry Weilbrenner
Weilbrenner
Sagamore Hill
Hawaiian Japs Plan A Union
The 7000 Japanese in the Hawaiian islands organize into a single body with Consul Salo as president. The group aims to improve conditions and settle labor disputes involving Japanese workers, establish hospitals and schools, and counteract idle and ignorant living among some segments of the population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Salo
Ask Fund for Old Preachers in Missouri
Rev Dr. Watkins reports the Endowment Fund aims to raise 5 million dollars for aged and infirm Methodist preachers in the United States. He notes Texas conference donated 14 thousand dollars and Mississippi 13 thousand dollars, with more than 3,500 collected at the Missouri conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Watkins
Missouri
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Endowment Fund Association
United States
Texas
Mississippi
Doan's Ointment Promises Fast Skin Relief
Terrible plague of itching skin diseases urged readers to seek relief. Advertisement claims Doan's Ointment cures at any drugstore and ends misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Exonerates Teacher at Lafayette Washington School
At a meeting of the school trustees in Lafayette Indiana on September 9 the charges of immorality against Prof. J L Glasscock were not sustained and he was retained as principal of the Washington school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
J. L. Glasscock
Washington School
Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry Promises Summer Relief
Slogan style notice touts Dr Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry as a preventive against cholera infantum dysentery diarrhoea and other summer complaints urging readers to keep it in the medicine chest for quick relief in hot weather.
A Cough Conundrum and Scott's Emulsion Mention
A newspaper card notes a cough that lingers beyond a cold and mentions Scott's Emulsion as a cure. The passage frames a cough as something more than a simple cold and suggests remedies beyond common cough syrups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Absence of presiding judge triggers clerk and sheriff action
The Goshen News-Times reports that with the presiding judge absent and no appointment after three days the county clerk sheriff and auditor must appoint a acting judge for the term. If Judge Biggs cannot serve for nine months Governor Durbin may appoint a replacement. Also note banker Henry W Hixon showed a 1801 ten dollar gold piece valued at about 600 to 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram’ S. Biggs
Chandier
Graham
Smith
Biggs
Durbin
Goshen
Continental
Elkhart County History Project Planned by Lewis Publishing
M. T. Matthews of Chicago representing Lewis Publishing plans a county history for Elkhart. He has consulted longtime residents and will publish special articles on local historical topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Matthews
Chicago
Lewis Publishing Company
Elkhart County
Mr. Matthews
Mrs Kinnison Dies at Home in Ligonier
An octogenarian mother of George W. Kinnison of the Goshen News-Times died at her home in Ligonier at 2 o clock Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinnison
George W. Kinnison
The
Goshen
Bucklen Amica Salve Cures Leg Sore in Five Days
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a frightful running sore on his leg and was cured in five days by Bucklen's Amica Salve. It claims to heal ulcers wounds and piles with a guaranteed cure for 25 cents sold by Houseworth Bros. druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Bucklen
Houseworth Bros
Horses frighten runaway during hog loading incident
F P Curtis and his son Carl were loading a hog when frightened horses bolted at Brings Rinehart’s home. No injuries or damage reported. Mrs Loriie Bostwick and Mrs Nellie Winey with Ruth visited Mrs John Hilbish on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Curtis
Carl
Brings Rinehart
Loriie Bostwick
Nellie Winey
Ruth of
Elkhart
John Hilbish
Elkhart Visitors and Moves Highlight Local Notes
Mr and Mrs Ward Case and daughter Alice of Elkhart visited friends near Heaton Lake Tuesday. Mr and Mrs L H Welter plan to move to their new home on West Crawford Street Thursday. Miss Jessie Bickel is spending a few weeks in Elkhart visiting her sister Mrs L H Welter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Case
Alice
Elkhart
Heaton Lake
L. H. Welter
West Crawford Street
Jessie Bickel
Longs Visit Brother in Marcellus Michigan
Mr and Mrs Ben Long of Zion traveled Saturday to Marcellus Michigan to visit his brother Melvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Long
Zion
Marcellus, Mich
Melvin
Ice Cream Social Held At Jonathan Roush’s Home
Mrs. Ed. Riggie of Goshen visited with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Curtis last week. An ice cream social was held at Jonathan Roush’s home Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Riggie of
Goshen
Frank Curtis
Jonathan Roush
Dr King’s New Discovery saves boy from pneumonia
Mrs. W. Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio reports that after a severe cough and pneumonia a regimen of Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption cured the boy. The ad claims it is the only sure cure for coughs colds and all lung diseases with trial bottles free and prices 50 cents and 1.00 backed by Houseworth Bros. Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houseworth. Bros
Druses Rebel Uprising Reported Near Lebanon District
News from Syria reports an imminent revolt by Druses, a fanatic tribe, in the Lebanon district threatening a reign of terror. The dispatch notes potential trouble in Paris dated Sept 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Syria
Lebanon
Beiruts Rioting Prompts US Readiness To Protect Citizens
Rioting and killings erupt in Beirut with competing casualty tallies from Leishman and Cotton. The US weighs landing Marines to safeguard Americans and property as investigations continue under Lt. Hussey and Consul Ravadal. Officials doubt Porte assurances and issue new protective instructions.
Electric Bitters Promoted as All Around Cure
A promotional snippet extols Electric Bitters as a remedy for overwork insomnia nervous tension and liver and kidney disorders. It claims the tonic treats nervousness rheumatism neuralgia malaria germs and run down systems with a 50 cent price and Housework Bros. guarantee.
Marriage Licenses Issued in Indiana Cities
Verne Farmwald of Nappanee wed 22 year old Des sie Good of Nappanee. W Sidney Williams of Elkhart married 29 year old Irva D Clark of Elkhart 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne Farmwald
Nappanee
Dessie Good
W. Sidney Williams
Elkhart
Irva D. Clark
Doan's Kidney Pills Promoted by Local Woman
In Elkhart a resident Mrs A Neff of 322 Washington St endorses Doan's Kidney Pills for back pains and kidney complaints. She says two years of attacks left her unable to work, finding relief after using the remedy sold at House Worth Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
A. Neff
Washington, St
Doan’s
Houseworth Bros
United State
Doan
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P. W
Perfection Biscuit. Company
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Babe
Ilinois
Danville, Il
Naval Reserve
Byron Williams
Lemmo
Teedeum
Bill
Tee-dee
Willie
Tige
Nero
ASK Fund
Southern Methodists
Osolo
Admiral Cotton
Beirut
Naval
Leishman
State
Navy
Constantinople
Berlin
Porte
Ottoman Empire
Cotton
Navy Department
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