Prominent Knox Lawyer Faces Disbarment Proceedings
Knox Ind March 26 Suit filed in circuit court to disbar Henry R Robbins a leading attorney. Twelve counts allege forgery perjury faithlessness to clients deception of the court and bad character. Ex parte action with eighty signatories and witnesses including Judge Beeman and much of the bar.
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Plymouth
Steis
Winamac
Beeman
Robbins
Yellow River
Kankakee
Luckey Sues McKean for 15000 Damages in Alienation Case
In Wabash Indiana on March 26 a circuit court suit seeks 15000 from George McKean Adams county surveyor by J T Luckey Decatur merchant for alienating the affections of Mrs Luckey mother of four. McKean denies the charge calling it blackmail.
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Wabash
Ind
Circuit Court
J. T. Luckey
Decatur
George McKean
Adams County
Luckey
McKean
Mrs Kern's Kleptomania Sparks Indictment
Mrs Isaac Kern of Cowan Indiana was arrested in Muncie for shoplifting and released on 500 dollar bond. She admitted for years fighting a habit of taking items not hers and says about 50 dollars worth of goods were taken in the last three weeks. Her eleven year old son was committed to the state reformatory six weeks ago for a similar propensity.
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Muncie
Ind
Isaac Kern
Cowan
Kern
State Reformatory
Dickens Illness Shocks Wabash County Elders
Dr James L Dicken of Lafontaine Wa bash county is critically ill at eighty. A Civil War surgeon in the Forty seventh Indiana regiment he later led surgical work for the Thirteenth army corps and served as chief surgeon in the Louisiana department. He practiced medicine in the county for decades before moving to Lafontaine.
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Wabash
Ind
James L. Dicken
Lafontaine
Wabash County
Forty-seventh
Indiana Regiment
Thirteenth Army Corps
Department of
Negro found under bed, suspect escapes in Indiana town
Logartsport Indiana March 26 Mrs Wandrie wife of L Wandrie of the Celumian hotel discovered a negro under her bed. She raised an alarm but the fellow escaped. Surrounding towns were notified and a suspect was killed hours later at Winamacs.
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Logartsport
Ind
Prostrated Mrs Wandrie Endures Long Illness
Mrs Wandrie remains an invalid after years of illness. She was bound and gagged in her apartments by three masked men who looted the house a few months ago.
Child burned to death in Rivare play with matches
In Decatur Indiana on March 26 a three year old child of Mr and Mrs Edward Hillyard of Rivare burned to death when its clothing caught fire after the parents left the room. The other children were playing with matches at the time.
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Decatur, Ind
Edward Hillyard
Rivare
Indiana to establish state supervised village for epileptics
The Indiana board of state charities plans a legislature recommended program to create a village under state supervision for epileptics. They note epileptics in four insane hospitals and in the school for feeble minded should be housed away from patients, with over 2000 in private care and 765 in institutions. A land tract would provide housing and employment while keeping them from the general population.
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Wabash
Ind
Indiana Board of State Charities
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Malachi
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Northern Indiana Notes From Various Localities
Dr. E A Rogers of Laporte dies in a store. Norman Ayres of Warsaw killed by a pay car after sitting near Big Four tracks. Grant Mitchener of Valparaiso wins an electric railway franchise linking with Michigan City. James W Thayer of Plymouth faces bankruptcy with liabilities of 94522.84. Miss Ella Conn of Elkhart and Karl Nast of Chicago plan a college of music and art in Elkhart. About 200 Howard county farmers bought ten carloads of groceries, saving 10 to 15 percent. Bids due April 24 at Decatur for Adams county infirmary costing about 25000. Bonds to be sold April 3 for building and gravel road works.
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E. A. Rogers
Laporte
Norman Ayres
Warsaw
Grant Mitchener
Valparaiso
Michigan City
James W. Thayer
Plymouth
Ella Conn
Conn
Elkhart
Karl Nast
Chicago
Howard County
Decatur
Adams County Infirmary
Contest for Democratic County Chairmanship Opens
A. E. Melching H C Berghoff and Dr Morse Harrod contend for chair. secretary candidates include Herman Michael Charles Eckart and H C Berghoff. The newly elected committee meets at city hall next Saturday at 1 PM to elect chair and secretary amid spirited campaigning.
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Democratic County Committee
A. E. Melching
Henry C. Berghoff
Morse Harrod
Queen Victoria Oversees Royal Chapel Prayers
The Queen strictly supervises the order and form of prayers in the royal chapel during weekday services for her household and Sunday gatherings. Extempore prayers are forbidden and any written prayers must be approved by Her Majesty. Her favorite prayer is "Before a Fight at Sea" and has been recited on special occasions for fifty years.
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Victoria
Royal Chapel
Ndisnapolis
Beattitudes Teach Happiness From Jesus Sermon
Sunday School notes discuss Jesus middle ministry and the Sermon on the Mount at the Mount of Beatitudes. Beattitudes unfold blessedness through poverty of spirit, mourning comfort, meekness, hunger for righteousness, mercy, purity, peacemaking, and persecution.
South American Giants
Dr. Frederick A. Cook surveys the Fuegian Onas and Sans in Tierra del Fuego, noting three distinct tribes with unique languages and customs. He describes Onas as tall, superb runners yet mentally uneven, with warfare internal to clans and a united front against encroachment by sheep farmers and gold diggers.
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Frederick A. Cook
Tierra del Fuego
Onas
Ona
American
Deserted Villages Plague Britain and Continent
Pearsons Weekly notes villages with no inhabitants from Congleton to Donegal, blamed on hauntings by banshee origins wolves in Auvergnes France and drainage faults in Wales and Scotland. Desolation stems from superstition epidemics and poor sanitation driving residents away to safer areas.
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Great Britain
Pearson
England
Congleton
Macclesfield High Road
County
Donegal
Ireland
Scotland
Auvergnes
France
Wales
World’s Most Valued Stamp Unearthed In Post Office Issue
The London market saw the one penny post office Mauritius stamp fetch 1000 pounds recently. Earlier prices included 85 pounds paid by A Tapling in 1882 and 200 pounds offered for a two penny stamp in 1890. A pair of unused stamps brought 680 pounds in 1893 and 49000 francs paid by Jules Bernichon for a pair in Paris in 1897.
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London
W. H. Beckitt
British Museum
Stanley Gibbons
Jules Bernichon
France
Paris
New York Herald
Wallpaper Store Opens by Louis K Seabeld at Fairfield Ave
Louis K. Seabeld formerly with Siemon & Bro opens a wallpaper shop at 7140 Fairfield Avenue. The move marks his entry into retail, offering wall coverings to local customers.
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Louis K. Seabeld
Siemon & Bro
Fairfield Avenue
Emigration From Italy Reaches Thousands Each Week
The New York Sun notes nearly 5,000 Italian immigrants arriving in the first week of the month, making Italians a large share of European westward movement. It contrasts Italian emigration with the United Kingdom and German departures, and cites Italy’s official figures of about 2,000,000 former subjects now abroad as permanent or temporary migrants.
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United Kingdom
Italy
Venezuela
Europe
United States
Argentina
German Empire
New York Sun
Tom Thunder crowns himself Winnebago chief in rival to White Buffalo
Black River Falls Wisconsin March 24 Tom Thunder son of John Thunder the Winnebago big medicine man proclaims himself chief dating his ascension to the chieftainship Jan 1 1900 He says White Buffalo a Chicago Irishman named by the former leader is only a show chief and vows to enforce respect in his office He will not tolerate White Buffalo should he pursue his coronation during dandelion bloom and threatens to settle the dispute by tribal custom and an appeal to the tomahawk Now let White Buffalo put up or shut up.
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Hassiner
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Christ
Galilee
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Hattin
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Mark iii
Black River Falls
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Tom Thunder
John Thunder
Wisconsin
White Buffalo
Simon
Change in straw hats signals brighter fashions in Cuba
Dealers report a brighter straw hat trend for the Cuban and Porto Rican trade this season. Hats will feature bright or striking colors, a shift from two years ago when Cuban women mostly wore black in mourning or to express sorrow over Spanish rule, indicating improving conditions in the island.
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Cuba
Indianapolis News
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