Died in Resort After Jump Test and Small Pocket Find
Terre Haute Ind April 22 The death of Charles Williams at Mattie Wysong s resort is linked to a wager on a jumping bet he made with a girl He reportedly fell face and hands first after leaping over a chair and died within minutes A $10 66 check was cashed Thursday only 126 remained in his pockets Poison rumors surround the case Williams a prominent local businessman is the center of state crime notes
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Terre Haute
Ind
Chas
Ey Williams
Mattie Wysong
Williams
Forged Convict Threatens Jury After Sentencing
Petersburg Indiana April 22. Charles Wesley convicted of forgery was sentenced to the penitentiary and turned to the jury with a vow to kill them when released. Wesley, a repeat offender, wore stripes prior to this case.
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Petersburg
Ind
Charles Wesley
Wesley
Foundry Cannon From Mexican War Found in Hill
In Aurora Indiana a six-pound cannon from a local foundry used in the Mexican war was tested by firing into a hill where a shot was later found embedded. The old gun named Aurora saw service in the war and was captured at Cerro Gordo before being retaken by American forces.
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Aurora
Ind
Indiana
Cerro Gordo
Indictment Tally Triggers Retaliation in Greenfield
In Greenfield Indiana on April 22, county and ex county officials facing nearly 1000 grand jury indictments for illegal fees plan suits against Prosecutor Wiggins his assistant Hough and the grand jury alleging malicious prosecution A suit against Auditor Lawrence Boring filed Friday aims to have the office declared vacant
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Greenfield
Ind
Wiggins
William A. Hough
Prand
Lawrence Boring
Bedford National Bank Begins Business in Indiana
The Bedford national bank in Bedford Indiana received the certificate of the controller of the currency authorizing it to begin business with a capital of 50000 dollars. The announcement is dated April 22 in Washington.
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New Bank
Bedford
Washington
Bedford National Bank
Ind
Paris Green Found in Family Flour in Shelbyville
Mrs. Ferren discovered a green powder in her flour upon returning home with her family. An analysis confirmed the substance as paris green, a toxic chemical. The incident occurred in Shelbyville, Indiana, on April 22.
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Paris
Shelbyville
Ind
J. D. Ferren
Indiana Inklings and Local Vignettes Chronicle Hoosier News
A collage of short notices from Indiana towns reports deaths including Rev William Wilson of Lafayette and John Fink of Lafayette. accidents such as A Miller killed at Walkertown and a mine explosion injuring William Walberg and James Sneddon in Brazil. burglaries in Van Buren. political talk on Nappanee and Princeton consolidations. school grads noted in Hagerstown. staged shows like the Gentry dog and pony show in Bloomington. various local happenings from Kokomo to Terre Haute and beyond.
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Mrei
Mary Aborn
Marshfield
Warren County
New Castle
Princeton Clarion
Gibson County
Rushville
Noblesville
Princeton
Gentry Dog and Pony Show
Bloomington
Robert Graham
Cripple Creek
Cole
A. Miller
Walkertown
Entrance to Hantock County Court House Foretells Past County Affairs
Weaving willows frame the entrance to Hantock County Court House as a symbol of past county affairs. DePauw University faculty ordered seniors to wear Oxford caps and gowns on commencement day, a longstanding rule now enforced. Linton mine operators sit idle until workers return after violating the Terre Haute agreement by quitting without arbitration. Two inmates at Harrison County Poor Farm seek marriage licenses but are denied to avoid increasing the county’s poor. A contest brews between Brazil Rapid Transit and Terre Haute & Brazil Electric for right of way over the old National Road to Terre Haute. Earlham College defeated Indiana University in a debate on municipal ownership of utilities, with Harsham on the negative. Joaquin Miller visits his Liberty home site and finds a brick stamped with a pig’s foot to take to his California home. George and J. D. Craig return from Bedford, Ky., where Samuel Abbott faced a preliminary murder trial. they warn a death sentence if not carried out. Mrs Owing Wright of Bloomington, likely demented, dies by self-inflicted gunshot. A Chicago swindler operates in the Amish settlement of Elkhart County, touting watches sold for far less than value. On a new Indiana stone railroad near Bloomington, a cavern mouth is found under rock blasted for track alignment, depth 18 feet, with no entrance yet discovered. work paused pending exploration.
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Hantock ‘County Court House
DePauw University
Harrison County Poor Farm
Brazil Rapid Transit Street Car Company
Terre Haute & Brazil Electric Street Car Company
Easton
Terre Haute
Earlham College
Indiana University
United States
Harsham
Joaquin Miller
Liberty
J A Pig
California
Indiana Stone
Bloomington
Burr McIntosh Defends Cuba War Criticizes Roosevelt
Burr McIntosh, the actor and former Cuba war correspondent, lectured in Washington about his Cuba observations. He disputed Roosevelt as hero claiming the president acted for political ends and that the first battle involved ambush or murder, with Roosevelt claiming his men would join the fight. He cited Senator Hanna backing that pledge and refused to praise Roosevelt.
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Washington
Burr’ MacIntosh
Cuba
Roosevelt
McIntosh
Hanna
Nine Grinning Skeletons Found Near El Triumpho
The steamship City of Para reports the fate of Louis Woodley Maslin, a San Francisco youth who left El Triumpho on December 3, 1898. A boat with nine skeletons was found, jewelry from Maslin identified, suggesting starvation and exposure after the group set out with eight natives and no supplies.
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San Francisco
Para
Louis Woodley Maslin
el Triumpho
Maslin
Mastin
el Triumphe
Cabinet denies treason talk at April cabinet meeting
Washington April 20 cabinet members deny reports that the group discussed prosecuting anti expansionists for treason. They say the allegation was not mentioned andridiculous on its face as to cause Philippine dissension among volunteers.
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Washington
Philippines
Pie demands steer and plenty of pie for Chicago volunteers
In Chicago on April 22 the Second Illinois volunteers discuss banquet menu. A voter suggests serving beef only if not embalmed and requests ample pie, noting they have not tasted pie since leaving home. The committee considers the soldiers' preferences before finalizing the menu.
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Chicago
Second Illinois Volunteers
Canal company seek six year extension in Panama
Eduardo Espinosa, Colombia’s consul general in New York, reports a cable from Sanclemente convoking Congress to decide if the Panama Canal Company concession shall be extended six years. The aim is believed to be to extend control and dispose of property to the United States.
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New York
Eduardo Espinosa
Colombia
Sanclemente
Panama Canal Company
Nntea
Counterfeit Plot Aimed at Subtreasury Officials
Secret service reports describe a plan to inject 10 million dollars in counterfeit notes into government circulation. Arrests were made in Philadelphia and Lancaster, with suspects seeking to bribe a subtreasury cashier to replace the fake notes with genuine money. Chief Wilkie cautions the plates were nearly perfect, risking detection only if printed on special paper.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Secret Service
United States
Wilkie
Cincy Cops Seize Cigar Lot Made With Counterfeit Stamps
Cincinnati revenue officers confiscate nearly 500000 cigars scattered among local dealers. The contraband goods were produced by William M. Jacobs of Lancaster Pennsylvania who was arrested days ago on a charge of using counterfeit revenue stamps.
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Cincinnati
Wm. M. Jacobs
Lancaster
Cigars Seized as Bogus Stamps Reach Chicago Factory
Chicago agents seized 200000 cigars shipped from factory No 3741 in Pennsylvania ninth district after discovering counterfeit revenue stamps on the boxes. The confiscation highlights a planned smuggling attempt and prompts further inquiry by local internal revenue officers.
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Chicago
Internal Revenue Offices
Ninth District
Pennsylvania
Germany Gains Hope as England Sees Kantz Action Hasty
Berlin reports that transfer of Samoan negotiations to Berlin is viewed positively. England now agrees Admiral Wantz acted hastily in ordering the Apia bombardment and favors moving the affair from consuls and commanders to higher authorities.
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England
Kantz
Berlin
Germany
Wantz
Apia
Congress man elect Sibley to divide salary with charity
Franklin Pa April 22 Congressman elect Jos C Sibley issues a letter to district 27 residents announcing his plan to donate his two year salary. He will allocate 2000 dollars each to hospitals in Bradford Kane Oil City and Warren and contribute 2099 dollars toward an emergency hospital in Franklin.
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Franklin
Jos. C. Sibley
District 27
Congress
Bradford
Kane
Oil City
Warren
Farmer Hewes Killed Trying to Pass Between Cars
S. T. Hewes a 54 year old farmer living beyond Irvington was killed in the Big Four yards at Brightwood Friday afternoon while returning from visiting his son. He attempted to pass between two suddenly moving cars and was crushed. He died at his son's home in Parker Avenue. Hewes leaves a widow and six children.
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Hewes
S. T. Hewes
Irvington
Brightwood
Henry Myers
Parker-ave
Rival to cocaine used in Bellevue operation
At Bellevue hospital Owen McGowan underwent a conscious operation using a new non poisonous cocaine derivative touted as a first cousin of cocaine. The doctors say the anesthesia was remarkably successful and likely to be adopted widely in the near future. Song Birds Have Flown. Outbound Saturday steamers carried most of New York's opera singers to Europe including Grau de Reszke Edouard de Reszke Nordica Adams and Salignac among others.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Owen McGowan
Tourope
Messrs
Grau
Jean de Reszke
Edouard de Reszke
Alvert Saleza
Pol Plancon
Thomas Salignac
Mme
Lilliam Nordica
Susanne Adams
Mantelli
Bauermeister
van Dyck
van Rooy
Bispham
Pringle
Meux
Schalk
Bettina Girard Detained After Unconscious Street Incident
Bettina Girard daughter of General Gardway, once a society figure, was picked up unconscious on a New York street Friday night. Her repeated appetite for intoxicants has kept her in and out of the papers.
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Betty
New York
Bettina Girard
Gen. Grdway
Plague denial and Dreyfus handwriting tests in Paris
In Paris the police deny three men contracted plague from carpets as reported. The Figaro cites handwriting experts in the Dreyfus case with majority attributing the borécreau to Esterhazy. In Berlin the duchy succession to Saxe Coburg Gotha is confirmed by Emperor William. Madrid plans 220 million peseta navy reconstruction funding.
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Paris
the Figaro
Dreyfus
Borécreau
Esterhazy
Berlin
Duke of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
William
Duke of Connaught
Alfred
Victoria
Deaths and Disappearances Reported Across Several Cities
Hon. Sir Joseph Mowbray of London dies leaving a prominent parliamentary legacy. Edward Tierney from Louisville is killed after attempting to board a freight train in Cairo Illinois. Adam Carnes found dead in the Tennessee River at Chattanooga with murder suspected. Lucy Dunley of Peoria dies after being taken home unconscious by a youth. A young man remains missing amid the mystery. Joseph P. Pelmer of St Louis dies by morphine self poisoning. William S. Robinson of St Louis drinks carbolic acid.
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Sir Jos. Mowbray
London
House of Commons
Edward Tierney
Louisville
Cairo
Ill
Adam Carnes
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lucy Dunley
Peoria
Cholera Remedy Promises Cures Widely in Neighborhoods
In many neighborhoods residents claim Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has cured acute and chronic diarrhoea. Stories emphasize personal success and urge others to try the medicine for relief.
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Chamberlain
Governor General Proclaims Cuban Court of Final Appeals
Gov Brooke issued a decree establishing a court of final appeals for Cuba. It marks the first step in planned judicial reforms. Previously appeals went to Madrid benefiting only the wealthy and influential.
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Havana
Brooke
Cuba
Madrid
Pensions For Hoosiers Show Broad Support and Increases
List of pension awards and increases for Indiana residents across towns such as Marion Jeffersonville Dana Silver Lake Knox and Crawfordsville. Names include Hess Grill McKeon Johnson Stout Mackey Gorrell Altman Hann Walker McIntire Parker Brown Cole Krieger Hamrickhouse Webber Prickett Probat Blumchardt Summers Anderson Bradfield Marshall Cowger Meranda and others with amounts from 2 to 24 dollars and increases noted for several recipients. Special reissue dates and widows pensions appear in the record.
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Francis M
Hess
National Military Home
Marion
Josiah F. Grill
Union City
Alexander McKeon
Jeffersonville
Charlies W. Johnson
Thorntown
David Pearman
Dana
James J. Babcock
Silver Lake
Henry C. Cochran
Burker
John N. Stout
Crawfordsville
Arthur Mackey
New Paris
James Gorrell
Knox
Zane W. Altman
Rushville
Adam H. Hann
Lebanon
Robert R. Walker
Attica
Richard W. McIntire
Stearleyville
Dorsey Parker
Ikkokomo
Frederick A. Brown
Fisher's Station
Eleazer Cole
Frederick Krieger
Crissman
Jasper B. Hamrickhouse
Camden
William C. Webber
Jacob V. Prickett
Wolf Lake
David Probat
Otto W. Young
Bradford
William D. Issey
Veedersburg
William R. Christy
Valparaiso
Patrick O'Brien
Vevay
James A. Scovel
Fort Wayne
Martha F. Greene
City Markets. Indianapolis Provisions and groceries listing
April 22 city market page details a wide range of provisions from smoked meats and bacon to canned fruits and vegetables. Includes prices for hams, shoulders, sausage, pickled meats, lard, fresh pork cuts, dried beans, dairy, canned goods, fruits, vegetables, seeds, and oils across multiple vendors and standard market measures.
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Indianapolis
California
Indiana
Commodity price list for syrups oils drugs cheese and coal
A dense ledger of prices across multiple goods including corn syrup oils drugs cheese and dairy eggs and poultry coal types with per unit costs and batch notes. Entries cover linseed oil lard alcohol morphine castor oil opium quinine and other items plus butter eggs and various coal lump coke and pricing.
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Y.D
New York State
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio
Ile. Livis
Brazil
Island City
Paragon
Jackson
Pittsburg
Winifrede
Raymond
Blessburg Smithing
Kanawha
Ik Pocahontas
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Indiana Inklings
Miami County
Fadl Elks
William Wilson
Lafayette
Hagerstown
Elkhart County
Buda Lappel
Allen County
John Fink
William Walberg
James Sneddon
W. Wilson
St. John's Episcopal Church
Kokomo
Gas City
Charles Long
van Buren
Porter County
John S. Barrett
Lee S. Barrett
Ynglish’s
Arvil Crafoot
Vandalia Yard
Salem
Madison
Laugherty Creek
George Stafford
Elwood
Trenton
Waterman
Company C
William Adams
Sullivan
William Eaves
Supreme Court
Connersville
Linton
George
J. D. Craig
Greenwood
Samuel Abbott
Craigs
Abbott
Burr
Panama Canal
Souretruesgs Feene
Sam
Chamber
Jos. P. Pelmer
St. Louis
Wm. S. Robison
City Markets
Johnson
Illinois
Yarmouth
Polk
Columbia River
Sacramento River
Dinver
Kentucky
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal Gold
Twindder
World Mfg. CO
Cincinnati, Ohio
Physicians and Surgeons
Amelia R. Keller
South Meridian Street
J. A. Sutcliffe
EF. Warket St
Cate Spm
W. B. Fletcher
Th. BA . Spink
North Alabama
St. Mary A, Spink
Dencal College
Department OF Dentistry
University OF Indianapolis
Delaware
Onio St
M. Tod . m
Moses Optical CO
Pennsylvania St
I. M. Rowe
Ontician
ALDAG
Washington St
Jos. BR. Adams
Old Clinton Street
Adelaide Street
Hulsman
Meridian St
D.H. Baldwin & CO
North
Ines
Apolianapolis
Cleve
Buff
Y & Bos
Bos
NY & Bus
Knickerbocker
Muncie
Benton Harbor Express
Southwestern
Terre Haute & Mat
St. Louis Express
S Lafayette
Chicago Fast Mail
D . Chicago
Cincinnati Express
Greensburg
Ver & Louis
Champaign
Bloom
Cincinnati Fast Mail
Cin
Detroit
Dayton
Dayton Lim
Toledo
P.C.C
St. L. R
Logansport
Columbus
Louis
Richmond
O. Piqua
O. Columbus
Col
Mad.Sun
Ind & Louis
Martinsville
N. Y
Dayton and Xenia
Chicago, Indianapoli Railway
Chicago Night Express
S. Chicago
S, P
Roadida
Chicago Vestibule
Lake Erie
Wester Mail and Express
Midh
Peru
Expresa
U.ce
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