British War Atrocities Exposed By Boer Capt. Otto von Lossburg
Captain Otto von Lossburg, returning to America from the Transvaal, accuses Britain of violating laws of war. He cites desecrated churches and cemeteries, praises Irish-American fighters, and lauds General De Wet as a military genius who inspires fierce loyalty among his troops.
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Steinacher
Asterly Mission
Lichtenberg
Massachusetts
Leydenberg
DeWet
England
Milner recalled from South Africa as signs of peace
Amsterdam reports Boer representatives view Milner's return from leave as his recall and as proof Britain regards his presence in South Africa as undesirable. President Kruger says the news brings peace closer.
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Amsterdam
Sir Alfred Milner
South Africa
Kruger
Hebrides Isle Dispute Sparks Government Trouble
In western Scotland's Hebrides, islanders protest rising evictions as American and English millionaires buy land. They demand restitution of ancestral estates and government protection against further removals, urging decisive action to shield local residents.
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London
Hebrides
Scotland
Scottish Isles
Scandals at Manila Court Trials Embezzlement Charges
A Manila court martial hears Lieut. Fred Boyer charged with embezzling commissary stores while Capt. F. J. Barrows faces trial. A civilian Fletcher is tried by the provost court. An officer doubts Col. Woodruff’s guilt, saying he was deceived by Harold M. Pitt.
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Manila
Fred Boyer
F. J. Barrows
Fletcher
Army
Col. Woodruff
Ofhcers
Woodruff
Harold M. Pitt
Teenager Fined After Street Assault in Muncie
Joseph Munroe, 17, who beat Carl Dowden on a Muncie street, was arrested and fined in police court. Authorities allege improper relations existed between Dowden and Munroe’s mother.
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Muncie
Ind
Joseph Munroe
Carl Dowden
Dowden
Monroe
Presbytery of Indianapolis Opens Spring Meeting
The presbytery, including Marion, Hancock, Johnson and other counties, began its spring session at Grace Presbyterian Church. Rev. N G Allison of Bloomington was elected moderator, with Rev. M N Lawson and F E Brown chosen as stated clerks. Delegates to the Philadelphia general assembly May 16 are to be elected. the session closes Wednesday evening with a popular meeting.
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Presbytery
Indianapolis
Clay
Grace Presbyterian Church
N. Capitolave
N.G. Allison
Bloomington
R. A. Woodson
M. N. Lawson
Olivest. Church
F. E. Brown
Memorial. Church
General Assembly
Philadelphia
Ex- congressman Melvin R Baldwin kills himself
Seattle report says Melvin R Baldwin an ex congressman from Minnesota shot himself Tuesday. He had served as Minnesota superintendent of Indian affairs under President Cleveland and was despondent over business reverses.
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Seattle
Wash
Melvin R. Baldwin
Minnesota
Cleveland
Mrs Day in Critical Condition After Illness
Canton Ohio April 17 The condition of Mrs W R Day was reported unchanged Wednesday forenoon She is in a dangerous state with only slight chance for recovery and remains under medical care in Canton Ohio The report comes from local hospital officials evaluating her illness and prognosis.
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Canton
W. R. Day
Fatal accident report from early city scene
Leonard Snyder, colored, was run over by a wagon owned by J. W. Neuman and Son on Tuesday. He suffered a broken arm and dislocated shoulder. The driver stated he could not stop. The account notes body pain and fear following the injury.
Mobbed by masked students over road tacks attack
About 50 masked Rochester normal university students mobbed resident Joe Hefflefinger on Tuesday evening after he placed tacks in the road. They stone d his house, broke all windows, and smeared it with eggs. Hefflefinger fired twice, no injuries reported. damage listed at 150 dollars. Authorities investigate. faculty to expel involved students.
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Volvers
Bride for Five Days to Her Husband
Mrs. Fannie Goney of English Indiana committed suicide by drowning in a nine foot deep well. She left a note to her husband Frank saying goodbye and that life was not what she expected. The body was found by her husband who was directed to the spot by the note.
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Ind
Fannie Goney
Frank
Rzead
Indiana News Roundup And Several Local Incidents
A compilation of short notes covers a Hartford glass blower killed by a Pennsylvania flyer near Up lands, a Crumley’s Crossing man fined for blocking a public highway, and Senator Gard returning from Texas with 10000 acres of cattle land. Others report bird deaths near Elkhart, transit talks in Richmond, bids for Greenfield school science hall, and DePauw University bidding on science facilities.
Knights audit completes for Indiana conclave session
Muncie Indiana April 17 Knights temp lars auditing committee Ed ward R Prather Anderson Geo E Farrington Terre Haute and Chas Day New Albany report forty seventh annual conclave begins two days in session here Wednesday The report shows 43 commanderies in Indiana with 3767 members an increase of 102 for the year A grand warder will be elected and a grand sword bearer to succeed Joseph Wilson Washington deceased Jacob W Smith Indianapolis appointed grand recorder to succeed W H Smythe resigned is a candidate for continuance
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Muncie
Ind
Knights Templars
Edward R. Prather
Anderson
Geo. E. Farrington
Terre Haute
Chas. Day
New Albany
Joseph Wilson
Washington
Jacob W. Smith
Indianapolis
W. H. Smythe
Steel Trust to Fight Laborers in Scranton Plant
Workers strike grows as Amalgamated Association calls for action. at Scranton 100 switchmen idle and non-unionists barred at Wadsworth factory. McKeesport plant notices discharge for missing April 18 shift, while S J Cooper warns management will bring in other men. Union threatens force if work resumes.
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Scranton
United States Steel Company
S. J. Cooper
Sheet Steel Company
Amalgamated Association
Fire destroys 40 electric cars and city services
A blaze in Birmingham at 4 a m destroyed the car barns of the Birmingham railway, light and power company along with 40 electric cars and nearby structures including the Third Presbyterian Church and cottages. The total loss is about 150000 dollars and street car service is nearly paralyzed with only five cars saved.
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Er Company
Third Presbyterian Church
Birmingham Street
Father Threatened By Kidnappers In Bold Ransom Plot
Loganport Indiana April 17 A bold attempt to extort money from H Wier involved kidnapping threats aimed at his 14 year old son Victor Police guarded young Wier after the victim’s family hid $500 in a park basket and retrieved it on Monday then left without the felons being caught
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Foley
Wiler
Street Car Line Sold in Evansville District
Evansville street car company sold Tuesday afternoon to John Emiliott Bowles of New York for $100,000. Bowles represents the old stockholders. the line had been in receivership for two years. The new firm acquires a 50 year franchise and includes all heavy stockholders of the old company, with the line recently incorporated at $600,000 capital.
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Evansville
Ind
Evansvile Street Car Company
John Emiliott Bowles
New York
Bowles
Stricken Indiana Family Seeks Aid After Husband’s Death
Mrs. James L. Bush, in Muncie with seven children, learned by telegram that her husband died in the Michigan City penitentiary hospital. She collapsed from grief as she faced sudden destitution after it emerged he forged his brother in law’s name on a note.
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Muncie
Ind
James L. Bush
Michigan City Penitentiary
Corief
Bush
Indiana Deaths and Notable Obituaries Summary
Death notices from Indiana cities include Mrs Ora Van Winkle of Wabash wife of J Q Van Winkle Big Four burial at Noblesville. Martin Risacher Loogootee born in France with a French vineyard. Rev Edwin J Oliver Peru killed on Wabash tracks. Miss Tina Elfrink Aurora NL to wed. Mrs Andrew Middleton 65 Wabash long county resident. Mrs Elizabeth Louck 83 Portland died on birthday. Asa M Sittenfield 74 Fort Wayne frontiersman veteran. John Denny Sullivan. brother Charles tied to Philippine service. John J Weide Greencastle Democratic sheriff candidate.
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Ora van Winkle
Wabash
J. Q. van Winkle
Noblesville
Martin Pierre Risacher
Loogootee
France
Edwin J. Oliver
Peru
Tina Elfrink
Aurora
Ednesday
Andrew Middleton
Elizabeth Louck
Portland
John Denny
Sullivan
Charles
San Francisco
John J. Weide
Greencastle
Indiana Snippets Report Local Happenings And Warnings
Avondale seeks chicken thieves while Shirley streets boom and Brazil raises 15000 for a rolling mill. Shelbyville sunfish and red eyes abound. New Albany man Conrad Brooker badly bitten by a dog. Unlawful to harm wild waterfowl between April 15 and Sept 1. Wheat short, oats sown. Bloomington canvassed for 1000 to build a woman's building. Attica near haunted house tale. Art Baser refused license to marry. Warren Overpack oil well near Antiville pumps 50 barrels daily. Evansville widow dies in Minneapolis after operation. John Alms dying from burst blood vessels. Venns Weaken and burst presbytery at New Albany with 45 churches 13 counties. Adolph Levy told of rich Berlin uncle. Two-year-old son of William Davison near Waldron near death from lye. Royer Wheel Co. to move from Cincinnati to Aurora beginning May 1. Mytle lodge K of P Jeffersonville noted.
Delegates Named As Street Car Union Receives Charter
About 40 to 80 street car employes met at the Central Labor Union hall claiming fear of job loss. Three delegates were chosen to the Central Labor Union with names withheld, as members fear discharge. The union has its charter and will be received next Monday night.
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Central Labor Union
Amalgamated iron workers meet to weigh general strike
In Pittsburg on April 17 the vice-presidents and advisory board of the Amalgamated association of iron steel and tin workers opened talks on a possible general strike against United States Steel. Secretary Jarrett will present the steel side, while President Shaffer declined to predict the outcome. Both sides are expected to concede. the combine may be asked to retreat or face a strike.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association of Iron
United States ‘Steel Corporation
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
Jarrett
American Sheet Steel Company
Shaffer
Labor Organization
Combine
Smallpox in the Workhouse Again
An 80 year old inmate Richard Wilson, serving a petit larceny sentence due in July, contracted smallpox in the workhouse. Quarantined after diagnosis by Dr Hodgins, he is moved to Detention hospital while the workhouse is isolated. Wilson, a long-time thief, had previously been linked to a robbery with recovered gold and jewelry.
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Richard Wilson
Hodgins
Board of Health
Wilson
Gesber
Lancaster
N. Alabama St
Tailors Plan Indefinite Boycott of Merchants
The tailors union in Cincinnati and Chicago declares an indefinite boycott of merchants after its last call. Merchants deny sending work out of town while a special relief effort will have tailors complete urgent orders under exchange supervision.
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Tailors’ Union
Exchange
Chicago
Cincinnati
Switchmen Strike at Lackawanna Yards Over Discharges
In Scranton Pennsylvania on April 17 100 switchmen walked out at the Lackawanna yards after two colleagues were discharged. Union action threatens wider walkout along the line if reinstatement is not granted.
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Scranton
Lackawanna Yards
Wadsworth watch case factory bans union workers
NEWPORT Ky April 17 The Wadsworth watch case factory hereafter will not employ union men. A management notice declares union labor is barred from employment at the facility.
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Newport
Wadsworth
Eight Hundred Strike Natalie Colliery Teamsters Idle
SHAMOKIN PA April 17 Eight hundred men and boys walked out at Natalie colliery after the Shamikin coal company refused to discharge an outside boss and other officials the workers opposed. The colliery remains idle.
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Shamokin
Natalie
Shamokin Coal Company
Overcapitalization Suggested for United States Steel
A Chronicle article argues the United States Steel Corporation is heavily overcapitalized. The piece notes the trust has twice consolidated related industries in two years and suggests promoters profited through stock watering.
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London
the Chronicle
United States Steel Corporation
Navy to spend five million on Olongapo station plan
Navy proposal calls for a new station at Olongapo Subic Bay Luzon with a $5,000,000 budget. A board led by Secretary Long will meet at the New York navy yard to prepare estimates. Preliminary surveys itemize $1,000,000 for a dry dock and $4,000,000 for ships and machinery.
Stone Quarry Damaged by Dynamite Near Versailles
Ashman and Glasgow's stone quarries at Osgood were badly damaged by a dynamite explosion Tuesday night. The loss is estimated at $25,000 and about 100 men are affected. The blast occurred near Versailles on April 17.
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Versailles
Ind
Ashman & Glasgow
Prince Kroptkin forecasts US democracy and Manchuria need
Prince Peter Kroptkin, Russian socialist, arrived in Chicago and predicted the United States will remain democratic despite imperialism and Rooseveltism. He argued Russia needs Manchuria for access to the Pacific and a year‑round harbor, and said Russians favor representative government without czar repression.
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Russia
Pacific
Chicago
Prince Peter Kropotkin
United States
America
Europe
Far East
Manchuria
Pacific Ocean
Pawnbroker Sentenced for Receiving Stolen Goods
In Anderson Indiana on April 17 Justin Lemon a 58 year old Alexandria pawnbroker received two to 14 years in prison for receiving stolen goods. Police found about 7000 dollars worth of goods in his attic tied to Windfall stores When Clothing Big Four Zehner’s.
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Anderson
Ind
Justin Lemon
Alexandria
When Clothing Company
Big Four Railroad
Zehner
Windfall
Counterfeiter Skoog Dies After Shooting Himself
New York April 17 John Albert Skoog expert counterfeiter died from self inflicted wounds after being pursued for passing counterfeit money. He had run a plant producing plates for Denmark Scotland and the United States and nearly sixty thousand dollars in counterfeit funds were seized. He had posed as a photographer to neighbors and planned to marry soon.
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New York
John Albert Skoog
Skoog
Denmark
Scotland
United States
Grand-ave
Firebug Burns a Church in Washington Indiana
Fire destroys a new Methodist church near Plainville in a nighttime arson incident. Investigators label the act deliberate as authorities probe the fire set by an incendiary.
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Washington
Ind
New Methodist Church
Plainville
Charges A Dead Man With Trespass In Grave Removal
Mrs. Mary Clybourn seeks a court decree to remove Allen Gregory's body from Rose Hill grave. She claims ownership of the burial lot and says the interment was illegal without her permission, raising the question of a body’s removal for trespass against cemetery authorities.
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Chicago
Mary Clybourn
Allen Gregory
Rose Hill
Tress Pass
Viewing the Remains of Indianapolis Press
The inventory of the late Indianapolis Press property is being made Tuesday by the Indianapolis News. After valuation, the News will pay Holliday and Richards, owners of the Press. Reporters and editors face uncertain futures with hopes of joining the News or moving to Milwaukee or Chicago for new jobs.
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Indianapolis Press
Indianppolis News
Messrs
Postal Office Salary Increases Reported From Washington
The Indianapolis post office announces pay raises for clerks across several ranges from $100 to $1,200 annually. Twelve new clerks will be hired, six to start July 1 and six on October 1, while postmaster and assistants' raises are deferred until after June 10.
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Indianapolis
Washington
E C Atkins Improved After Serious Illness
E C Atkins who had been seriously ill at his home 1312 North Meridian street shows slight improvement on Wednesday morning though remains in critical condition. Dr Thatcher of New York, a specialist, has been summoned to assist Drs Wishard and George.
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E. C. Atkins
Meridian St
Dr. Thatcher
New York
W. N. Wishard
J. D. George
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