Stone Bridge Bid Debate Stirs County Leaders
Special county attorney W N Harding advised commissioners on the Fall Creek Central avenue bridge letting amid conflicting laws. Bids opened Monday. a bidder alleges bid manipulation. Commissioner McGregor favors a stone bridge at about 7 per cubic yard for a ~35000 project, while James B Nelson doubts stone at 1 a yard lasts.
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W. N. Harding
Harding
McGregor
Wm. Fife
James B.nelson
Mr. McGregor
Collision Near Williamsburg Between Dolphin and New York Ferry
United States dispatch boat Dolphin crashed into the New York ferry bound for Williamsburg while traveling upriver on a Tuesday. The impact tore woodwork from the New Yorks paddle box as the Dolphin sank into the engine room. Passengers panicked and water flooded the side, but tugs aided the vessel to safety. Secretary of the Navy Long was aboard the Dolphin.
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New York
United States
Dolphin
Williamsburg
Secretary-of-the-navy
Long
Kissing Bug Club Aims for Matrimonius Boom
In Fishkill Landing New York twenty Highland Falls maidens form a kissing bug club to catch melanolestes picipes and inoculate eligible bachelors. The plan seeks to spark an osculato matrimonial boom through bug stings.
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Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Highland Falls
Abdul Khan Executed in Afghanistan Plot Charge
Berlin reports a St Petersburg dispatch stating General Abdul Khan and three Afghan generals were publicly shot by order of the ameer for embezzlement. The event marked a harsh crackdown within the Afghan army amid ongoing political turmoil.
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Abdul Khan
Berlin
Congressman Lovering Robbed in Ostend Case
Brussels detectives pursue a theft case involving an American who claimed his pockets were picked of 12000 dollars at Ostend. The suspect is identified as Congressman W C Lovering of Taunton Massachusetts, not William Liverlin of New York.
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Lovering
Brussels
Ostend
William Liverlin
New York
W. C. Lovering
Taunton
Mass
Apostle Arrests Shake Utah City
Salt Lake City reports Apostle Heber J. Grant returned Monday and was immediately arrested on a complaint charging unlawful cohabitation sworn out last week.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Heber J. Grant
Slough Farmer James N Phillips Declares Bankruptcy
James N Phillips a Vigo County farmer files for bankruptcy in Slough court. He lists debts of 10472 dollars on notes and 452 dollars in property, with assets insufficient to cover liabilities. The case outlines a substantial financial collapse for the debtor and initiates proceedings.
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James N. Phillips
Vigo County
Fire in basement at Robacker's clothing store damages premises
A Monday evening fire in the basement of C. Robacker's clothing store at 945 Massachusetts Ave caused losses of 3100. The same night barns burned in Houghville, with victims including James Redding of 4 Sheffield Ave valued at 12 dollars, John Whitehead of 3 Sheffield Ave valued at 106 dollars, and C C Bogart of 908 (address truncated) noted among the losers.
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C. ¥. Robacker's
Massachusetts-ave
Houghville
James Redding
Sheffield-ave
John Whitehead
Effield-Ave
C. C. Bogart
Starving Poor and Wealthy Patients Frail, Seeks Help
Fragmentary OCR text shows distress over starvation among poor and wealthy patients, highlighting severe hunger and demand for food aid. Names and specifics are unreadable, but the tone describes widespread deprivation and calls for relief efforts.
Zaloon keepers plot to challenge syndicate saloons
A group of saloon keepers claim city oppression over syndicate beer permits. They plan to unite to attack syndicate licenses, alleging many saloons are owned by breweries, not individual keepers, aiming to have many licenses revoked and shifted to owners. Police scrutiny on Sundays is noted while other nearby venues reportedly operate with music.
Wichita Woman Forfeits $50,000 For Soldier's Bride
Agnes Derry of Wichita values Private John Kenny at over 50 000 dollars, surrendering that sum to wed the crippled Twentieth Kansas hero who followed Funston in the Philippines. Kenny returned home Thursday to find his sweetheart faithful and they plan marriage, despite her father's previous objection and his death leaving a will cut off the daughter if she marries Kenny who cannot earn a living.
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Wichita
Kas
Agnes Derry
John Kenny
Kansas
Funston
Philippines
Kenny
Miss Derry
Priceless relic found in Indiana confirms Confederate troops disbanding order
In Muncie Aug 1 Dr J B Garber of Dunkirk presented by friend Dr J D Storry of Charleston W Va a chest of relics containing the long missing order disbanding Confederate troops after surrender Reported missing from Gen Lee’s effects this document had been desired for years Dr Storry was Harper’s Ferry surgeon and Brown’s physician at his execution
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Muncie
Ind
J. B. Garber
Dunkirk
J. D. Storry
Charleston
W. Va
Lee
Storry
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Brown
Fire Burns Barns on N California Street
A series of barn blazes occurred Tuesday on N California Street. Boys seen with matches were linked to the fires. At 803 N California Charles Witthoft reported a $75 loss. At 801 N California, owned by C. L. Zink and occupied by George Gooadflish, a shed burned with $10 loss. At 808 Tenth Street William Lycer’s stable sustained $15 in damages.
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N. California-st
N. California
Charles Witthoft
C. L. Zink
George Gooadflish
Tenth St
William Lycer
New Streetcar Arrangement Centralizes Routes at Offices
All Indianapolis street cars now pass Illinois and Washington and Kentucky streets. The change is intended to be permanent for centralizing lines by the general offices. Conductors will begin turning in trips as they pass the offices at week’s end.
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Indianapolis
Illinois
Washington-sts
Kentucky-are
City dispensary owner plans steel building on square
W R N Sylvester, owner of the old City dispensary property, expects to erect a seven or eight story steel building on the ground if the government does not decide to take the entire square for the federal building. Pending the government decision, plans have been stopped.
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Pensary
W. R.N. Sylvester
Old City
Bess Captured After Afternoon House-Breaking Arrest
Wm. Bess of 512 Roanoke street was jailed Tuesday afternoon on house-breaking charges. J E Gillespie, renting rooms at 2314 Kentucky avenue, found him in a room, Bess pretended to be drunk and fled but was chased and caught near Kingan's by Patrolman Grubb. Bess was wanted for a recent fight at the Cascade saloon on Indiana avenue with Robert Kelly, who shot at him twice.
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Wm. Bess
Roanoke St
J. E. Gillespie
Kentucky Ave
Bess
Gillespie
Kingan's
Grubb
Cascade Saloon
Indiana Ave
Robert Kelly
Quick Divorce Breaks Record in Chicago Case
Chicago records show another rapid divorce as Mrs. Isabel Daly obtained a decree just 48 hours after filing. The trend follows a recent case where a woman secured a decree five days after petition.
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Chicago
Isabel Daly
Beef price rise continues amid strong demand
The Chicago market reports an ongoing beef price advance started about two weeks ago. Prices are up five cents, driven by higher domestic and international demand. Packers now pay cattle raisers 50 cents more per hundredweight to secure output.
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Chicago
Epworth League Wheeling Club to Hold First Title Night
The Epworth League wheeling club, organized by the Epworth League City Union, will stage its first event in Millersville on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Any leaguer is welcome, with starting point at Central Ave M E Church.
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Wheeling
Epworth League
Wheeling Club
Epworth League City Union
Millersville
Central-ave. M. E. Church
Broom corn prospects loom for Illinois belt and Indiana
Logsdon, head of the Republican city committee, returns from Illinois with news of a heavy broom corn crop near Arcola and Mattoon. Prices hover around $80 a ton, possibly rising 20 percent from recent levels. Indiana grows little broom corn, with 47 acres last year. A farmer can net about $25 per acre, but drying buildings are needed. Describes freight crowds and hoboes who travel with the harvest, gambling and drinking after payment before resuming their journey.
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Logsdon
Republican City Committee
Illinois
Ilinois
Arcola
Mattoon
Jogsdon
Broom. Com
Logsden
Indiana
Department of Statistics
Boone County
Bartholomew
Deskalb
Gas meter system study continues in Indianapolis meeting
The joint gas committee of the Commercial club and Board of Trade met Tuesday to extend its inquiry into meter contracts. Evans Woollen, John T. Brush, and Charles I. Coffin will travel to Pittsburgh Tuesday night to review how contract and meter consumption have performed there. Pittsburgh reportedly favors the meter transition, while the Manufacturers' company in Indianapolis serves only meter users, though its customers are manufacturers.
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Commercial Club and Board of Trade
Evans Woollen
John T. Brush
Charles I. Coffin
Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Manufacturers’ Company
Executives Dine to Plan New School Law Measures
The commercial club and Indianapolis educational association executive committee dined at the Commercial club on Tuesday to devise plans for the new school law. Present were T. D. Ay, Burris A. Jenkins, Frank Gavin, Worth Merritt, John E. Scott, Charles S. Lewis, and Henry F. Habeney. The committee has not yet selected nannies and will advise on selecting a board of school commissioners.
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Commercial Club
Indianapolis Educational Association
T Day
Burris A. Jenkins
Frank & Gavin
Worth Merritt
John E. Scott
Charles S. Lewis
Ard
Henry F. Habeney
School Board Bids On Desks Chairs and Shades
The bidding committee received 15 bids Tuesday afternoon for 1700 school desks 180 folding chairs 1000 large kindergarten chairs 1000 small kindergarten chairs six roll tops 30 book cases 23 teachers tables desks 60 teachers chairs and 60 window shades. The committee will report the bids at the regular school board meeting.
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School Board Lancing
Broad Ripple railroad passes to new traction company
By a deed filed with the county recorder on Tuesday afternoon the Broad Ripple railroad passes into the hands of the Broad Ripple traction company formed weeks ago led by Randall Morgan. The deed transfers from William F and Julia Brown of Philadelphia to the traction firm. Brown bought the road at receiver Cockrum's sale for 200000 and sells to the traction company for 499500. A mortgage of 400000 in 5 percent 93 year gold bonds accompanies the deed to be negotiated by Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Co of Philadelphia. The new management plans plant improvements and new cars, though likely not this season with half the year gone. Improvements at Broad Ripple park may follow next year.
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County Recorder
Broad Ripple Railroad
New Broad Ripple Traction Company
Randall Morgan
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Wm. F
Julia Brown
Philadelphia
Broad Ripple Traction Company
Brown
Cockrum
The
Traction Company
Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company
Broad Ripple Park
Troops Relieved at Cleveland Strike Confrontation
In Cleveland on August 1, Big Consolidated Company directors met to rule out any settlement with former employees. President Everett stated no talks would occur, citing ongoing new hiring. Guards were freed from strike duty as troops returned home. A construction car derailed at Mayfield hill, colliding with an ascending car but causing no injuries.
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Cleveland, O
Big Consolidated Company
Everett
Mayfield Hill
Boundary dispute talks with Salisbury fail to settle Alaska claim
U S ambassador Choate met Lord Salisbury on Tuesday to discuss the Alaska boundary dispute while Canada remains the main stumbling block. Salisbury later presented the issue to the cabinet. Sir Julian Pauncefote reportedly said that without Canada the issue could be settled in twenty minutes.
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London
U.8
Choate
Lord Salisbury
Canada
Julian Pauncefote
United States
Destructive hailstorms sweep Dakota and Minnesota
Reports indicate widespread and severe hailstorms across the Dakotas and Minnesota on Monday and Monday night. Pelegraphic accounts describe crop destruction over about 140 square miles, marking an unprecedented agricultural toll in the region.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Dakotas
Minnesota
Daniel Landis Dead at Home in Bellefontaine Street
Daniel Landis died Monday night at his home 1007 Bellefontaine Street after a long illness from tuberculosis. He was a railroad employee.
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Daniel Landis
Bellefontaine St
Globe Pickings: Diverse 1900s Headlines Stir National News
Bank of Spain to pay in silver. Mazet committee probes New York Dayton and Edels blocks colored delegates. Coal price up 2 cents Chicago. Vanderbilt party sails Empress of India to Yokohama. Boston dealers unite against big stores. Health crusade against faith healers planned. Dewey sails from Trieste to Naples. Hares auto bound for Brooklyn from Kokomo. Mrs Chase Sprague to be interred in Washington vault. October burial in Columbus. Window trimbers 200 in Chicago. Wamelick accuses stabbed by Negro. faces possible death. Cap Hatfield misses trial. hand forfeited. Mrs Josephine Woodbury sues Eddy for libel. Postmaster General Smith and wife with McKinley at Lake Champlain.
Thomas Howard's Drunken Court Appearance
Thomas Howard, described as colored, was intoxicated Monday night and brought before Judge Cox the next morning. Bailiff Kurtz and Patrolman McGuff carried him from a balloon like state to answer the charge, with Howard admitting he must have been drunk and receiving one dollar plus costs at the workhouse.
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Thomas
Thomas Howard
Judge Cox
Kurtz
McGuff
Howard
Esteb Recovering After Beating at Barton Hotel
Frank A. Esteb the Barton hotel night clerk remains in City hospital slowly recovering from severe injuries inflicted by W. H. Barton. The police court case against Barton was again continued on Tuesday.
Young stamp collector in for loitering at court
Robert Smith a 16 year old lad appeared in police court Tuesday on a loitering charge. Picked up in the Vandalia yards he said he was heading to relatives in Fayette Me after his mother died recently. He carried a valuable stamp collection and about 500 dollars in confederate money. Judge Cox released him noting he would sell stamps to fund his journey.
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Robert Smith
Columbus
Ind
Fayette
Dreyfus Beard Sale Rumor Stirs Paris
A Rennes cable reports a rumor that the beard shorn from Dreyfus during his confinement has found a buyer, promising a handsome sum, with the barber offering to sell it in Paris.
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Dreyfus
Chicago
Rennes
The
Tribune
Two Unfortunates in Mental Health Cases
Mrs. Alice Dunnigan, 23, declared insane on Tuesday, believes someone is trying to kill her. Samuel Lyons, 84, also found demented, thinks someone is under his bed. His wife’s death seven years ago is linked to his insanity.
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Alice Dunnigan
Samuel Lyons
Unhappy Pair Endures Morphine Incidents in Cleveland
Roxy Jones of 321 Ellsworth Street swallowed morphine Monday night then sent a messenger for her husband to hurry. He delayed while Drs. Karchner and Gray from the dispensary attended her and she survived. Nearby Mrs. Pearl Collins in the Cleveland block had no money or food when she also took morphine after her husband left a month ago, but doctors again intervened.
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Roxy Jones
Ellsworth St
Drs. Karchner
Gray
Labor unrest expands with wage strides and strikes
Four largest Bramwell coal firms in West Virginia raised mining rates by 15 cents on Tuesday. In Huntington wages rose 20 percent for 200 blacksmiths and 10 percent for helpers. About 1500 Brooklyn tailors walked out, and in Williamsburg New York 12 500 garment workers joined a strike.
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Bramwell
W. Va
American Car Company
Huntington
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
N. Y
Politicians to Fish at Mackinac This Week
E H Nebeker Chas S Hernly Judge Bundy and other politicians will gather at Mackinac the last of this week to fish and construct political nets to bring home with them. Mr Nebeker's family is now at Mackinac.
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E. H. Nebeker
Chas. S. Hernly
Judge Bundy
Mackinac
Mr. Nebeker
City Life Tallyho Ride and Police Case
The Just-for-fun club hosted a tallyho ride to Millersville on Monday night. The Tabernacle wheel club plans a ride Tuesday night departing the church at 7 30. A man identifying as Harry Payne applied for protection from a man with a club. he was placed in a cell for a commission to examine him.
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Millersville
Tabernacle Wheel Club
Harry Payne
Democrats to nominate state tickets in Maryland and Kentucky
The Wm H Block Co Maryland democrats nominate a state ticket Wednesday with Walter Smith and Edwin Warfield as gubernatorial contenders. Anti Goebelites of Kentucky meet in Louisville to fix a date for a state nominating convention. Col Breckenridge says sound money democrats won’t back Goebel. Kentucky prohts in session in Louisville to name a state ticket. Town republicans plan a state ticket Wednesday. Gov Shaw is believed to be renominated.
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Maryland
Walter Smith
Edwin Warfield
Kentucky
Louisville
Col. Breckenridge
Goebel
Town Republicans
Shaw
Odd Tales of the Wires recap across cities and fates
Brief snippets from August 1 reports tell of D L Reeves of Pine Bluff dying by suicide in Hot Springs Arkansas. a kissing bug allegedly kills a horse near Irvington New Jersey. fruit peddler James Papis fined after collecting money from shoe rolls in New York. 15 year old Solomon Chambers dies after a fright near Chattanooga Tennessee. Mrs Davis notes superstition follows their Davis automobile from New York to Buffalo with a string of misadventures starting at Peekskill and continuing to Syracuse.
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New York
James Papis
Rochester
N. Y
Davis
Buffalo
Peekskill
Fonda
Syracuse
Fire alarm at Stoughton Fletcher barn area in Newark
Residents of the Victoria apartment house on New Jersey and Ohio streets reported smoke from an enclosure around Stoughton Fletcher's barn on E Ohio street Tuesday morning and called the fire department. Colored servants were burning rubbish nearby.
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Victoria
New Jersey
Ohio-sts
Stoughton Fletcher
E. Qohio-St
Fire Department
Wanted and For Rent Classified Snippets
A midline classified snippet shows multiple short notices: a housekeeper needed by a neat middle-aged woman at Q 5, SUN. two furnished rooms for rent at 851 Oak Street. another “WANTED” for second work at 812 Chestnut. a furnished room for 2 gentlemen at 12 Chestnut. two rooms for two to share at 108 W Walnut. and women needed to sew pants overalls and shirts at a factory, 12 and 4 N Senate Ave.
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SUN
Hiand
N. Senate-ave. H
Reverend Yingling Endorses Chamberlain's Remedy in Cumberland
The Bedford Street Methodist pastor, J M Yingling of Cumberland Maryland, praises Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a sure cure when taken early. He notes personal use and mentions others who have used it. For sale by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Yingling
Bedford Street Methodist Church
Cumberland, Md
Chamberlain
Indianapolis Stock Market Aug Cattle Receipts 450
Indianapolis stock market report shows cattle receipts of 450 with Tuesday shipments fair and market active. Export and shipping cattle prices range from good to prime steers 1,350 pounds and up to common light heifers and cows, with hogs and sheep also listed and market described as fairly active and prices largely unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Aug
Stegts
Searitonet
City Grain Market Prices and Bids TUESDAY
Wheat and corn bids listed with No 2 red around 67 cents and No 3 white about 66 cents. Various grades and colors shown for oats hay and timothy with bid ranges and totals across multiple car lots.
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Timothy
Anti trust Live Stock Market Report from Indianapolis
R. R. Shiel & Co. notes good receipts but a demoralized market due to yellow fever fears. Chicago prices down about 15 cents. cattle market about steady. Quotations range from 34.52% to 4.57% for lighter cattle and 4.50 to 4.55 for mediums and heavies.
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R. R. Shiel & Co
Indianapolis
Chicago
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