Desertion tied to San Juan hill veteran in 1900s
Rev J Hi Lablonde of New Lexington Ohio identified a man killed by a train at Selma April 8 as William Love alias Howard Love. The deserter from Battery C Seventh Artillery reportedly fought at San Juan hill and deserted his Kansas post to avoid the Philippines, with theories he died by his own hand to avoid capture.
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San Juan Hill
Philippines
Muncidp
Ind
Rev. J. Hi
Lablonde
New Lexington
Muncie
Mran Kiled
Selma
William Love
Howard Love
Love
Seventh Artillery
Kansas
Anderson
Jonas Harris
Kokomo
Joseph Fowler
Harris
Columbus High Schol
Richmond
Miners and Operators Clash Over Pay Terms
In Brazil on Monday evening miners and operators reached a tentative concession allowing miners to buy powder on the open market. The agreement requires semi monthly pay in the regular contract until the supreme court rules on weekly pay. Miners accept semi monthly pay but oppose its written inclusion. The matter is sent to local unions for action.
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Brazil
Spl
Supreme Court
Drake's Divorce Claims Stir Brazil Court Case
Howard Drake, jailed in Terre Haute and held in Brazil, denies false swearing to obtain a divorce. He says he left his wife after she confessed trouble and a former sweetheart was involved, and asserts her relatives are in good circumstances. He was to wed a local young woman.
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Brazil
Ind
Howard Drake
Terre Haute
Elizabethtown Bank Cashier Lifts Self in Barn Tragedy
Lizzie Clist, cashier at Farmers and Merchants bank in Elizabethtown, committed suicide by hanging at 8 30 this morning in her widowed mother's barn. She was sister of the wife of bank president William E. Springer, and had fever last year.
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Columbus
Ind
Lizzie Clist
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Elizabethtown
This County
Wm. E. Springer
Republican County Central Committee
Dream Warns of Death Then Husband's Vow Fulfilled
Mrs Mary Ripley told her husband in a dream she would die within 15 days and that in a year he would marry her worst enemy. She died last Saturday and the woman named as successor was brought to the bedside for a reconciliation.
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Mary
Ripley
Minister misrouted delays wedding in Indiana
Rev Powell intended to marry a couple south of Peru but headed north by mistake. The 100 guests waited hours and dinner spoiled as messengers finally found him 16 miles away and the ceremony occurred late at night.
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Peru
Ind
Powell
Indiana Eighth District church convention set in Greencastle
Christian churches from Putnam Parke Vermilion Clay Vigo and Hendricks counties gather in Greencastle for a three day convention beginning Wednesday afternoon and lasting until Friday night. Noted church figures from Indiana and beyond will speak as attendance is expected to be large.
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Greencastle
Ind
Christian Churches
Eighth District
Indiana
Putnam, Parke
Vermilion
Clay
Vigo
Hendricks
Church of
Man Buries Father Then Wanders Nine Days With Body
Samuel Dine of Frankfort declared insane after traveling with his dead father in a wagon from Kentucky. The father died suddenly, triggering mental collapse. Nine days of wandering followed before the decaying body was discovered by locals and buried. the son was then brought to Frankfort.
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Frankfort
Ind
Samuel Dine
Kentucky
Montpelier stockholder sues over bank opening and injunction
Wm. M. Page a stockholder in the Farmers deposit bank sues the officers of the First National Bank of Montpelier for 10000 damages and seeks an injunction to close the bank. Page alleges several First National officers were connected with Farmers and under contract not to open another bank for ten years.
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Montpelier, Ind
Wm. M. Page
Farmers’ Deposit Bank, Hos
First National Bank of
Milwaukee AL third baseman Ally Gilbert released in Richmond
Ally Gilbert, third baseman for the Milwaukee club, who had been in Richmond since April 1, was released by manager Mack. The terse notice marks an abrupt roster change in the A L team.
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Richmond
Ind
Ally Gilbert
Milwaukee
Mack
Trial of Purcell for Slaying at Augusta Party
In Princeton Indiana on April 17 Frank Purcell age 19 stands trial for killing Rufe Ross age 18 near Augusta Pike County. The motive cited was Ross not invited to Purcell's party and Purcell allegedly shot him during the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
Frank Purcell
Rufe Ross
Augusta
Pike County
Aoe
Purcell
Mattie Hasenfuss
Fort Wayne
Carl Westenfeld
Westenfeld
Hasenfuss
S. Howe
Wabash
James Patty
Patty
Woman gored by cow in enclosure near newborn calf
Mrs. Joseph Delaney was seriously injured when a cow gored her in the right side after she entered an enclosure to view the newborn calf. A 12 inch wound was torn before her husband could pull her to safety.
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Elkhart
Ind
Joseph Delaney
Ramsbrook Dies in Crawfordsville After Poison Crisis
Harry Ramsbrook who three months ago took poison in Anderson amid personal crisis died Tuesday morning in Crawfordsville. His act followed a local distress that prompted concern over his condition and treatment.
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Ramsbrook
Crawfordsville
Ind
Harry Ramsbrook
Anderson
Boy dies of lockjaw after splinter injury
Washington Indiana April 17 The nine year old son of Peter Cornelius died from lockjaw after a splinter was driven under the fingernail several days earlier.
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Washington
Ind
Peter
Cornelius
Woman 40 Suicide During Temporary Insanity
Stella Laws an unmarried 40 year old woman in Milan Indiana shot and killed herself on Monday while temporarily insane authorities said the death is suicide and caused by mental strain.
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Milan
Ind
Stella Laws
Indiana backlog of small items prompts scattered distress
Bedford reports small pox while Mishawaka prepares Aug 1 free mail delivery. Richmond suffers polo fever and Muncie factories show $150,000 weekly payrolls amid insurer losses. Paper buyers seek straw. deaths include Patrick H. Sweeney in Jeffersonville and Rev Ora Squires in Greens Castle. Coal miners resume south of Ohio. Earlham mumps affect athletics. various local incidents and fortunes are noted across Indiana communities.
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Patrick H. Sweeney
Indiana
Jeffersonville
Ohio
Washington
Earlham College
Maj. McFadden
Logansport
Frank L. Dukes
Winamac
Ora Squires
Greencastle
W. E. Squires
Seattle
Wash
Huffman
Montpelier
Dewey dismisses guard over admission at door
Admiral Dewey, famed for democracy and geniality, fired a colored door guard after rumors said the man admitted favorites and refused others. Once dismissed, visitors again found entry open and welcoming as before.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Slump in Iron Stocks Stuns Wall Street Report
In New York on April 17, steel and iron stocks fell 1 to 3 percent at opening led by Tennessee coal and iron. Chairman John W. Gates cites overproduction as the cause while contractors suggest price maintenance motives. Prices for steel rails show only nominal sales around twenty four dollars per ton despite waning demand.
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New York
Wall St
Tennessee
John W. Gates
Trust
Altgeld Trashes Privilege at New York Banquet
Ex governor Altgeld of Illinois denounces monopolies and corporate power at a Bimetallic League banquet in Albany. He contends courts curb trial by jury, government by injunction favors the strong, and asks if liberty or bondage will endure, praising Jefferson while attacking present conditions.
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Albany
N. Y
Bimetallic League
Stannix Hotel
Altgeld
Illinois
Jefferson
Republic
Justice
Temple of Humanity
America
George
McKinley
Mark Hanna
Republican Party
Thomas Jefferson
Allison to be Republican VP pick if he accepts
A Washington dispatch says Senator Allison of Iowa is McKinley's first choice for running mate and would be unanimously named at Philadelphia in two months if he agrees to serve.
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Chicago
Washington
Times-Ferald
Allison
Iowa
McKinley
Philadelphia
Births Deaths and Marriages Notice
Births list multiple couples and addresses with newborn girl or boy entries. Includes deaths for Annie Robinson Theresa Dorval Ethel Brunson William Bowyer John Mayer Mrs Emily Slater Clifton Morris and several infant losses with ages and causes. marri ages include eight couples.
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Braid
Mary Rice
W. Abbott-st
Oscar
Amanda Parks
Hill-ave
Oy. Wilam
Florence Donahue
W. South-st
Kaylyn
Rhoda Wolfork
Martindale-ave
Charles
Emma Schaeffer
Minnesota-st
William F
Eliza Strain
Marion Ave
W. H
Ella Weist
W. Norwood St
William H
Altie Butler
Lafayette-st
Julius
Mayme Hauck
N. Capitol-ave
Jennie Edelen
N. Sinois-st
Daniel and
Mattie Hicks
Eighteenth-st
LeRoy
Bessie Lewis
New Jersey
Alberta Birk
Alabama-st
W. H. Pauli
N. Keystone-ave
Annie Robinson
S. Capitol-ave
Theresa Dorval
Hoyt-ave
Ethel Brunson
William F. Bowyer
N. Court-st
John J. Mayer
St. Joe St
Emily Slater
Clifton S. Morris
the Savoy
Cordrey
Rembrandist
Decia Combs
Dorothy Dimrey
Building Permits Granted for Repairs and Additions
A list of issued building permits includes Barbara Foster at 823 S Beatty Street for repairs worth 450 dollars, J EH Lamb at 2226 N Capitol Avenue for a frame house at 2000 dollars, and several other projects. Additional permits cover porches, additions, and repairs with amounts ranging from 76 to 2500 dollars, including Nordyke and Marmon Co for a brick shipping department project at Kentucky Avenue and Morris Street and Martha J Ponge for a hate house at Twenty-fifth and Alabama streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Foster
S. Beatty-st
J. EH. Lamb
N. Capitol-ave
Co. W. Smith
E. Pratt-st
Charles J. Gordon
Vandalia Railroad
River-st
John Lawson
N. Noble-st
Frank McKenney
Lee St
J. L. McCormack
Fourteenth-st
Senate-ave
Nordyke and Marmon Co
Kentucky-ave
Morris-st
Martha J. Ponge
Twenty-fifth
Alabama-sts
Hate
U. Co. Bouser
Wright-st
M.-F. Maddox
Deposition in Sutton defrauding case delayed again
New York April 17 A heated pursuit of Tom L Johnson continues in the Col Eli Sutton Michigan conspiracy case His deposition was set for 11 am Monday before Justice Garvey but he failed to appear A messenger was sent to his office and a subpoena later issued for Tuesday Prosecutor Tuttle hopes Johnson can clarify Suttons dubious bank account and the matter moves forward
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New York
Col
Eli Sutton
Michigan
Tom L. Johnson
Sutton
Garvey
Johnson
Tuttle
Stevenson
Detroit
Knights Templar Parade to Open Conclave in Indiana
Grand commander William E. Perry opens headquarters at the Grand hotel as fifteen commanderies prepare for the Knights Templars conclave. A street parade led by Eminent Sir William J. McKee will feature commands from Indianapolis Shelbyville Knightstown Muncie Evansville Marion Franklin Logansport Crawfordsville Frankfort Anderson Kokomo Greenfield Delphi Lebanon and New Castle along a planned route through Mary Meridian Washington Alabama Pennsylvania New York Meridian Monument Place and Capitol Ave.
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William E. Perryman
Knights Templars of
Indiana
Grand Hotel
William J. McKee
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Knightstown
Muncie
Evansville
Marion
Franklin
Logansport
Crawfordsville
Frankfort
Anderson
Kokomo
Greenfield
Delphi
Lebanon
New Castle
Mary
Meridian
Washington
Alabama
Pennsylvania
New York
Monument Place
Capitol Ave
Wagering Drinker Dies Of Whisky Apoplexy
An Irish named Stanislaus Dzi enklawitz age 24 drank a quart of whisky in a wager and died of apoplexy. The Deep Run hunt club in Virginia plans a man hunt using six savage bloodhounds at the penitentiary farm. In Cincinnati two sisters, Mrs Emelie Vallean and Mrs Carver M Abbott, both aged mid seventies, suffered paralysis and sudden blindness within minutes of each other at distant winter homes.
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Richmond
Deep Run Hunt Club
State Penitentiary Farm
Cincinnati
Emelie Vallean
Palm Beach
Fla
Carver M. Abbott
Westwood
Four in One Grave in Hopkinsville Family Tragedy
John White postmaster at Ax and his three children aged 18, 16, and 14 died within hours of each other in Hopkinsville Kentucky. They were buried in a single grave after succumbing to measles and pneumonia. The widow and remaining daughter also sick with the same disease but not yet recovered.
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Joseph Arvin
Daviess County
Hopkinsville
John White
Messigs
Melba to Wed English Playwright in Two Weeks
Paris April 17. Opera star Nellie Melba announces plans to marry English playwright Haddon Chambers within two weeks. She has just secured a divorce from Charles F. Armstrong the English ranch owner in Texas, whom she wed in 1882.
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Melba
Paris
Mme
Nellie Melba
Haddon Chambers
Mme. Melba
Charles F. Armstrong
Texas
Butter dish factory in Escanaba burns
A butter dish factory in Escanaba Michigan burned on Monday causing about 30000 dollars in losses. Southern railway officials allege that striking operators are cutting wires amid the labor dispute.
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Escanaba
Mich
Southern Railway
North Carolina
Raleigh
General Naval Board
Admiral Dewey
Lake City
S. C
O. B. Wilson
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Til
J. W. Phillips
California
Middletown
N. Y
Fire at Lawrence county residence kills four people
Four persons died in a Monday midnight fire at the Daniel Overbright home between Wampum and Elwood City on the Lawrence county road. Ignazia Barr 41 Erma Overbright 18 Rascillus Overbright 11 Jos Overbright 6 perished. Daniel Overbright left badly injured and may die. Fire suspected from an exploding lamp. John Giorda and John Barr escaped. Mrs Overbright and her infant uninjured.
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Pittsburg
Daniel Overbright
Wampum
Elwood City
Lawrence County Road
Ignazia Barr
Montana to Probe Clark Case Blames Legislators
Helena April 17 District court may summon a grand jury to investigate alleged wrongdoing by legislators and others tied to Senator Clark. If charges prove true several prominent persons could face penitentiary sentences.
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Hielena
Mont
Clark
The Commission's Expenses for Philippine Mission
The president transmitted an itemized accounting of Philippine Commission costs. Each of the three commissioners got 10,000 dollars with a 5,285 dollar per diem for their return. the secretary received 5,860 dollars. Totals include 13,687 for transportation, 99,252.49 for Manila household expenses, 31,701 for official services, 2,898.65 for office rent, 2,3 7 for stationary, 5,547 for telegrams, and 4,266 in miscellaneous items, totaling 117,185.89 dollars. Naval and military members received no compensation. the president suggests Congress consider provision for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philippine Commission
Manila
Congress
Heath denies resignation as first assistant postmaster general
Washington reports Perry H Heath is busy telling friends he has not resigned from the role and has no intention to quit. He says the resignation rumor is the work of an enterprising correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Perry H Heath
Heath
Senator Hanna Falls Ill at Home After Trip
Senator Hanna returned from Old Point Comfort and was confined to bed on Monday afternoon with grip. Dr. Rixey in attendance says the condition is not alarming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Hanna
Old Point Comfort
Rixey
Made Her Beautiful Beauty Mail Offer
An ad promises free trial treatments for complexions by mail from Helen R. Ralston of Newport Kentucky. It claims the remedy removes tan freckles moth patches pimples blackheads sunburn and other skin flaws without oils or chemicals and urges women to send name and address for prepaid directions.
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Helen R. Ralston
Lexington Ave
Newport
Mme. M. Ribault
City Markets Prices for Provisions in Indianapolis
Readable grocery listing from Indianapolis prices dated April 1 detailing smoked meats, dried beef, bacon, lard, fresh pork, beans, vegetables, fruits, nuts, canned goods, fish and game, oysters, seeds, hides, leather, tallow, salt, grains, flour, oils, butter and cheese, eggs, live poultry, coal, drugs with specific per unit costs and bulk prices for quantities and varieties. Includes references to Indiana and regional suppliers and a broad range of staple commodities.
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Indianapolis
Ind
California
Hamlets
Indiana
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