Circles the Globe and Crime Across the Nation
A Philadelphia policeman, Charles B Cullen of the Fifth District, robs a man of diamonds then is arrested in uniform as he reports to duty. The victim, George O Smith of Brooklyn, killed himself after the theft. The piece also reports large fires in Pierceton Indiana and a spate of crimes including Lon Rooker murdering his wife and slashing another before attempting suicide.
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Charles B. Cullen
Fifth
Philadelphia
Penn
George O. Smith
Brooklyn
Smith
Ken Smith
Cat
Lon Rooker
Indianapolis
Emma Peel
Rhode Island Street
Booker
Boy Horse Thief in Jail In Jackson Mich
Sheriff Peck holds Eddie Thayer a seven year old after a night ride with a stolen horse and buggy owned by W Curtis of Tomkins. The boy has prior arrests and authorities debate the appropriate placement as he is too young for reform school. The theft was attributed to the horses quality until capture.
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Jackson
Mich
Sheriff Peck
Eddie Thayer
W. Curtis
Tomkins
Coldwater School
Reform School
Physicians Publish Public Price Manifesto in Grove City
Seven Grove City physicians have formed a combine and issued a public manifesto detailing prices for all surgical operations and consultations. The move comes amid slack business as doctors seek work, with the notice to be signed by all local doctors and posted publicly. William B. Palmer, traveling manager of Palmer and Jarret's Trilby company, shot himself in a Southern hotel room, ending his life. he was brother to A M Palmer and had run the act since the road show began.
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Grove City
William Palmer
Louis Special
Wm. B. Palmer
Palmer & Jarret
Trilby” Company
Palmer
A. M. Palmer
Crippled Peddler Killed In Lafayette Fall
Joseph Bennett a one armed peddler fell from a third story window at the Lake Erie House in Lafayette Indiana. His skull was crushed on the brick paved court below after a night of drinking. He was a stranger to the city.
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Joseph Bennett
Lake Erie House
Lafayette
Ind
Germany restricts meat and live stock imports
The U S Department of Agriculture reports GermanyImport data for the first half of 1895 shows United States supplying 80 percent of cotton 15 percent of wheat 56 percent of maize 16 percent of seed 59 percent of dressed beef 33 percent of oat cake and 93 percent of lanolin pork must have a government inspection certificate cattle sheep horses and other stock face landing place observation and German prohibitions apply Russia bans cattle sheep hogs goats and all fresh beef mutton and goat meat imports for consumption or transit
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Department of Agriculture
Berlin
Germany
German Empire
United States
Russia
Standing of the Clubs in the National League
The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League. The report lists teams, positions, and points, reflecting the latest results and league rankings for the season.
Cattle men demand live stock board reorganization
Telegraphic protest from Kansas City commission men seeks overhaul of the Live Stock Sanitary Board. They cite two members publishing Texas fever reports to justify 2 cent per head inspection fees on cattle moving from Texas New Mexico and Arizona through Kansas to market. Also includes brief items on Ku Cheng riots and U S planned independent investigation in China, a Milwaukee elopement, and capital punishment debate.
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Kansas
Street railways blamed for rising Chicago accident toll
An article notes suppressed accident data and rising casualties on Chicago street railways with overhead trolley expansion. Police records show four deaths and 43 injuries in late June to July, plus three deaths and 137 injuries from July to September, totaling 187 victims in about three months.
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Chicago
Doctors Denounce Bloomers in Notable Medical Meeting
Prominent physicians of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association meeting in Detroit denounced bifurcated attire as outrageous and unworthy, with Dr. I N Love calling bloomers a sight that angels would weep at, and Vice President Charles B Parker urging police to arrest women in such dress amid broader fashion outrage.
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Mississippi Valley Medical Association
Detroit
Mich
Bloomers
I. N. Love
St. Lomas
Charles B. Parker
Cincinnati
Public debt rises in August Treasury figures show uptick
The Treasury’s August public debt statement shows total debt at 942,924,328 after cash in the treasury is subtracted, up 2,816,438 for the month. Interest bearing debt stands at 747,360,610 with other segments totaling 1,126,963,478, while cash in the treasury totals 826,060,343 and the deficit liabilities reach 642,921,189 leaving 184,039,156 cash. Decrease in cash for the month is 3,110,374 and notes outstanding cancel against cash.
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Treasury
Treasury Department
Rama Railway project linked to Nicaran gua revenues
Work has begun on a 110 mile Rama to San Uvaldo railroad in Nicaragua. Revenues from Cape Gracias a Dios and Rio Grande de Matagalpa townships, about 60000 dollars annually, will fund construction. The line follows Bluefields River to Lake Nicaragua.
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Sensul Law Mas Geen
Bluefields River
San Uvaldo
Nicaragua
Cape Gracias-a- Dios
Rio Grande de Matagalpa
Chinandega
el Viego
Zelaya
Hoosier Happenings and Accidents in Indiana
FRANK Myers an Anderson fireman fell from a ladder and was seriously injured. A farmer near Goshen sold ninety fine watermelons for $2. The Thirty sixth Indiana Regiment will hold its annual reunion at Cambridge City on Sept 25 and 26. William Toomey was fatally hurt at Columbus. drowned man Ramuel Norman, 25, near Morgantown. Joan Graham sued 80 Burlington citizens for $1,000 each for destroying his saloon with dynamite. Twins Joan and Richard McGriff celebrated their 21st birthday at Geneva. An ice making plant at Elwood plans 150 skilled workers. 800 when a steel mill is added. Numerous accidents and firings across Logansport, Anderson, Elwood, and Union City reported with several deaths. Patents granted to Indiana inventors include burglar alarms, door-knobs, and other devices.
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Indiana
Thirty-sixth
Cambridge City
William Toomey
Columbus
Ramuel Norman
Morgantown
Joan Graham
Burlington
C Joan
Richard McGriff
United States
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Frank Myers
J.C. Beatty
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Beatty
Antutt Sapp
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Works
Joan Davis
A. W. Huron
Plainsfield
Lon Crone
Crone
Illiam Worley
Wabash River
Worley
Neal Sloan
New Albany
Sloan
Marengo
Union City
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