Notable Crimes and Tragedies Striking Early 1900s Notes
A杂riage day suicide in Missouri as Joseph Anderson, 22, shoots himself before his wedding to Bertha Cloud. In Virginia a son murders his mother with a hoe after disapproving marriage plans. Michigan reports Rev John Kester jailed for alleged alienation of affection. Court in Providence convicts Jerome Sweet of murdering his wife by kerosene and fire. Public unrest follows Lint case as Mrs Lint seeks damages amid a church scandal.
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Commonu Pleas Court
Jerome Sweet
Hontaxo
Mich
John Kester
Grand Rapids
John Lint
Mother withholds burial for Helen Zettey in trance claim
Helen Zettey’s body remains at her mother's home as she refuses interment amid belief she is in a trance. The Mt. Vernon dispatch says she previously faced arrest for a prior offense, then took poison, with death attributed to arsenic self poisoning and no autopsy planned.
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NewsHoruano
Helen Zettey
Helen
Shce
Lancaster
Reading
Philadelphia
Mt. Vernon
Cleveland
Cail
Window Glass Trust Formed by Midwest Factories
Chicago October 22 The window glass manufacturers will finalize their organization today forming the American Glass company with a 600000 capital stock subscription. Indiana Ohio and Pittsburgh plants join except Dunkirk C P Cole. The United Glass company may be absorbed and some firms decline to join the expense pool.
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Chicaco
American Glace Company
Pittsburg
Ohio
Indiana
C. P. Cole
Dunkirk
United Glass Company
David Sheehy M P Removed to Clonmel Under Guard
Hon David Sheehy M P for Galway southern division and a defendant in the conspiracy case was moved to Clonmel with a strong Irish constabulary escort amid fears of nationalist rescue attempts. He will be held for one week following a magistrates court decision citing contempt for remarks in the courtroom.
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Clonmel
David Sheehy
Galway
Sheehy
Tipperary
Sheeh
Typhoid Fever Epidemic Grips Benton Township Ohio
At Payne Ohio on October 22 1890 news reports an outbreak of typhoid fever in Benton township three miles southwest of Payne. The Boyer family bears the initial cases with the matriarch and two sons dead and eighteen Boyer kin ill. Many neighbors also fall ill as anxious residents await help from county commissioners who have dispatched Fort Wayne nurses to supervise care.
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Payne
Ohio
Benton Township
Boyer
Fort Wayne
Murderous attack over water at farmer's home
Port Huron Oct 22 a man named Pellett asked for water at James O Hara’s house then stabbed O Hara while he turned away and brutally beat and stabbed Mrs O Hara. The couple, believed near death, were attacked in a robbery attempt as officers pursue Pellett.
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Port Huron
Mich
Pellett
James O’ Hara
O’hara
Cleveland not dead rumor debunked in Washington
The rumor that Grover Cleveland died in Washington was unfounded. He arrived from New York, stayed at the Arlington hotel with Senator Hiscock, and said he feels better than ever. He planned to remain in Washington through tomorrow afternoon. Civil Service League report on removals and resignations of presidential postmasters faults post office business methods despite praise for the Patent Office.
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Washmaton
Grover Cleveland
Washington
Cleveland
Civil Service League
The
W. D. Foulke
Chas. J. Bonaparte
R. A. Dina
Wayne MacVeagh
Rogers
Patent Office
Civil Service
Post Office Department
Millionaires Wedding Unites Huck and Field in Chicago
Miss Albertina Huck and Marshal Field Jr marry at the Field mansion on Prairie avenue with Archbishop Feehan officiating. The ceremony draws few guests as family and close friends attend. After breakfast Dec. the couple sails to New York for a year abroad in Europe. The bride is nearly seventeen, with a sister married to a Baroness Von Eunoski.
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Cuicaso
Albertina Huck
Marshal Field, Jr
Chicago
Field Mansion
Prairie Avenue
Catholic Church
Arch
Feehan
Brealer
Field
Music Hall
New York
Europe
Peter McCartney Dead The Ming of the Counterfeiters
Pete McCartney known as the king of the counterfeiters died yesterday in Columbus Ohio penitentiary of consumption at sixty one. He had been sentenced in 1888 for ten years after earlier serving time in Michigan City Indiana. Major Carter of the Indiana secret service called him the most extraordinary criminal he ever knew and said his talents could have aided society if directed properly.
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Pete McCartney
United States
Columbus
Ohio
Michigan City
Ind
Major Carter
Indiana
Secret Service
McCartney
Smallpox Epidemic Rises in Madrid Amid Vaccination Orders
Maprio reports Madrid faces a growing smallpox outbreak with thousands affected. The government orders universal vaccination for servants and soldiers and imposes penalties for evasion to curb the spread.
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Maprio
Madrid
Jerked Sly High Hunting Dog Carried Off by Eagle
A hunter near Enixpurc, Oct 27, reported a large gray eagle seized a valued hunting dog during quail hunting training. The owner paid $100 for the dog and fired multiple shots at the eagle, which carried the dog away.
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Enixpurc
Inxv
Dillon and O'Brien Honored in Paris Reception
In Paris on October 23 a reception was given by M Reafilavitch, father-in-law of Wm O'Brien, in honor of Messrs Dillon and O'Brien. A distinguished company attended including Joseph Ernest Rennan and Hector Henri Malot, noted French authors, who paid respects to the Irish patriots.
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Paris
M. Reafilavitch
Wm. O’brien
Messrs. Dillon
O’brien
Joseph Ernest Rennan
Hector Henri Malot
Hoosier family converts to Mormonism and moves to Utah
Martinsville Indiana October 23 Jacob Ashcroft and his family left ardent Methodist roots for Mormonism and sold their property to relocate to Utah surprising neighbors. Farmers' Review October 22 estimates corn yields across states with totals of marketable corn at 825,985,253 bushels after deductions for unmerchantable crop.
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Martinsville
Ind
Jacob Ashcroft
Utah
Farmers’ Review
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
Michigan
Town
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakota
Blaney found guilty of first degree murder in Md case
William Blaney was convicted of first degree murder in Baltimore on the killing of his grandmother and aunt. A new trial motion was filed by his counsel. Authorities suspect an accomplice but Blaney refuses to name anyone involved.
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Hoffman
Revolver Threat Follows Rift At Republican Meeting
At a Wassiveton Oisc event on 24, Republican delegates debated nominating against Frank Hume, an independent running in Virginia's eighth district. A clash arose over Hume cigars as J H Green removed a box, editor Whiting of the Alexandria Progress and N C Bond argued, a box split, Whiting drew his revolver but delegates halted the dispute and continued the conference.
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Wassiveton
Oost
Frank Hume
Congress
Virginia
Alexandria
Hume
Lee
Hume Cigars
J. H. Green
Whiting
N. C. Bond
T 9
Bond
Senator Blackburn Injured In Kentucky Runaway
Senator J C Blackburn was thrown from a buggy near Versailles Kentucky after his horse started, suffering a broken collarbone, crushed shoulder, and possible internal injuries. He was carried home and receiving medical care with reports cautious about his condition.
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Louisvinor
Versailes
J. C
Blackburn
Rattlesnake and Rat Fight in Barber Shop
In Commsus Indiana William Weeder bought a rattlesnake and placed a large wharf rat in its glass box. Over three days the pair fought violently with the rat tearing fur and the snake losing tail and rattles before both animals were found dead in the box.
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Ind
William Weeder
Brown County
Sugar Refinery Shutdown Hits 450 Brooklyn Workers
The Brooklyn sugar refinery closes, leaving about 2,000 workers affected as most local refineries shut down except Haaremyer's. A director says plants stay idle until April 1 when raw sugar becomes free. A mass meeting may pledge opposition to the Republican tariff measures.
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New Yor
Brooklyn
Haaremyer
Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company
Masked Men Attack Houck Husband in Sevurvan
In Sevurvan Indiana on October 27 four masked men abducted El Houck from his home after he abused his ill wife. They beat him severely with a hatchet causing fatal head injuries. Houck survived the assault but was not expected to live. No suspects identified. authorities pursue clues.
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Sevurvan
Ind
Houck
Does Not Know Whether He Will Come Home to Vote
President Harrison has not decided if he will go to Indiana to vote due to heavy duties at the executive mansion and several engagements. Indiana supporters think his presence could sway votes, but the visit depends on his ability to manage official duties.
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Washington
Oat
Harrison
Indiana
Mill Fire Leaves Large Loss And Uncertain Rebuild
The blaze caused about £20,000 in damage with insurance contributing part of the amount. About forty workers are reported out of work. The mill burned five years ago and was rebuilt, but another mill is unlikely to be erected.
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Ces
Wort
Storm wrecks and flooding hit New Jersey coast towns
A fierce storm causes widespread flooding from Elizabeth to East Rahway and Bay Way washouts. Long Branch and Newark branches submerge. waves crest over Newark Bay. Asbury Park reports flooded meadows, destroyed shooting boxes, and life saving crews overwhelmed. A large steamship ashore near Long Beach and property losses total about $5,000.
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Burzantia
N. J
Elizabeth
Long Branch
East Rahway
Bay Way
Newark
Jersey Central
Longbridge
Newark Bay
Bengen
Elizabethport
Asbury Pars
Bargnet Bay
New York
Philadelphia
Islands
Barguet Bay
Me Tarien Is A Tax Not Only On Some Things To Eat
A Providence Rhode Island girl saves wages for false teeth but finds dentist prices up 334 percent due to porcelain stock and pins tariffs. Other items note the Ohio House passage of the Senorant bill, religious travel notes, and a McKinley era cost-raising tariff comparison by B Nugent & Bro in St Louis.
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R. I
Columbus
Ohio
House
B. Nugent & Bro
St. Louis
Joyee Jordan
Indianapolis Sentinel
Well Known Farmer Ends Life Near Pierceton
Bert Foster reports the death of Nelson Norris a well to do farmer from five miles from Pierceton Indiana. Norris a sober industrious man aged fifty years was found by his wife in an old house near his residence with a bullet wound in his temple and a revolver on the floor. No other cause is known. He leaves a wife and several children.
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New York
Edward Emmons
Kate Owens
Staten Island
Bert Foster
Pierceton
Ind
Nelson Norris
Inswinby
Norris
Salem Reformed Church Calls Rev Wm F Gander Pastor
Rev Wm F Gander of Youngstown Ohio preached a trial sermon at Salem Reformed Church Sunday and received a unanimous call to be permanent pastor. He accepted and will move his family to the Clinton Street parsonage.
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Salem Reformed Church
Wm. F. Gander
Youngstown
Ohio
Kriete
Louisville
Zander
Clinton Street
Farmers Alliance Warn Hunters Keep Off Premises
Official notice signed by J. B. Thompson, secretary, warns hunters to avoid Alliance lands. It cites past trespassing incidents, urges lawful pursuit only with permission, and notes broad farmer support for enforcement. Rome report notes Cardinal Simeoni bans American bishops from endorsing Irish nationalist campaign activities.
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Farmers’ Alliance
J. 8. Thompson
The
Farmers’ Alliances
Alliance
Allen County
Rome
Simeoni
America
Mesera
Dillon
O’brien
Tariff Debate Draws 400 Wage Workers in City
W E McDer mut spoke Thursday at the circuit court room on the tariff, addressing over 400 wage workers. He argued against protectionist tariffs, showing how they raise living costs and mainly benefit capitalists, urging votes for anti tariff candidates and pledges against further tariff increases.
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W. EE. McDermut
Circuit Court Room
George R. Hench
Congress
United States
Staten
Deaths reported by city undertakers for week ending Oct 25
The city undertakers list the week’s deaths: Julia A. Duryee thirteen, consumption. Mary Johnson forty seven, consumption. Georgia Anna six months, blood poison. Henry Ruch thirty five, lock jaw. Rose Allen fifty nine, dropsy. Nickerson one month, spasms. Leo F. Braun one year, brain trouble. Flora Kroemer two months, brain fever. Robert H. Miller sixty five, diabetes. Archie Milner six years, membranous croup.
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Julia A. Duryee
Mary Johnson
Georgia Anna
Henry Ruch
Rose Allen
Nickerson
Leo F. Braun
Flora Kroemer
Robert H. Miller
Archie Milner
What Blaine Won’t Do
A humorous mock political item by Frank J. Gruber. It suggests Jim Blaine might quit the cabinet, refuse to work for budle, skip the hand organ, and avoid political speeches in Indiana, even joking about selling peanuts or bananas on the street.
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Jim Blake
Budle
Indiana
Varied Politician Nominated for Congress in Fort Wayne District
Jaynes Norman Babcock, a Lagrange County farmer and former teacher, is nominated by the Republicans to fill the Twelfth district vacancy after Orlando Kimmel declines. Once a Republican, he supported Hancock in 1880, has since acted as an independent voter, and is active in the farmers movement and revenue reform, prompting questions about a second-hand nomination in a district with a 2,500 Democratic majority.
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South Bend
Jaynes Norman Babcock
Lagrange County
Fort Wayne
Orlando Kimmel
Babcock
Hancock
Ligonier
Gcettysburg
Brutai Assailants Captured in Omaha to Face Trial
Mrs. Charlotta Hass of Lafayette and Leith streets was attacked by three men during a robbery attempt. Ed McDowell faces bond on alleged complicity. Otlie Smith and Harry Gardner are linked suspects located by Sheriff Viberg in Omaha. A hat tied to the case was found in Hass’s home.
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Charlotta Hass
Lafayette
Leith Streets
Ed McDowell
Otlie Smith
East Yards
Harry Gardner
Grand Rapids
Indiana
Sherif Viberg
Omahs
Neb
Smith
Protection not for labor in McKinley tariff attack
Mr McDermut told workers at the courthouse that tariff is a simple issue of right and wrong and warned the McKinley bill will erode protection for labor by raising prices without raising wages, predicting no party will claim protection benefits for workers.
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W. E. McDermut
Court House
Protectionist fallacies blamed for rising prices in tariff debates
A critique of protectionist arguments citing a Gazette price table from 1860 to today. The piece notes tariffs raise home prices, can ruin business, and contradicts claims that protection lowers costs for farmers and consumers. It argues tariffs aim to boost domestic earnings and ignores broader price trends.
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Oval
Local youths arrested after Hood Street party disturbance
Last Saturday at Christopher Lindenberg’s Hood street home a surprise party ended in violence as Wm Zimmerman Andrew Bailey and Thomas Hilgeman aged 16 to 20 assaulted Lindenberg, tore vines and caused noise. Officer Kennelly arrested them and Mayor Har ing fined each 17.50 or eighteen days in jail. Hilgeman’s docket was staged by his uncle, a councilman.
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Christopher Lindenberg
Hood Street
Wm. Zimmerman
Andrew Basiley
Thomas Hilgeman
Haring
Hilgeman
Dr. King's New Discovery and Electric Bitters Endorsement
Burlington Ohio youth Frank Hoffman tests Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and recovers quickly, while Electric Bitters touted as a universal cure with free trial and money-back guarantee. Dreier & Bro. advertise both remedies and Bucklen's Amica Salve for skin ailments with similar guarantees.
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Frank Hoffman
Burlington
Ohio
Dr. King
Dreier & Bro
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