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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1899
Page
3
Lawrenceburg Indiana August 3 Henry Kaiser a near sighted farmer heard a noise in his melon patch and fired his gun at a moving black object thinking it a bog he wounded a man who fled the patch Dr Barkley attended the injured man whose back was shot but who is expected to recover.
In Poseyville Indiana tramps seized the town for hours on Tuesday night. A posse led by town marshal Thomas Montgomery arrested 12 of the intruders while about 30 vandals looted a house and threatened the town before being sent away on a freight train.
Mrs Lavinia Moss of England reports to Brazilian authorities that Dr R B Moss once of Brazil and now in Detroit married another woman after divorcing her. She alleges the divorce was fraud and says he married Anna Lockman four years ago following a prior marriage.
Dale Wright was attacked by four men dressed in female clothes on Tuesday night in Osgood Indiana. He says he recognized them and they claimed they were getting even for his role in the Versailles lynching.
A Kokomo, Indiana, gasoline powered auto weighing 1400 pounds has reached Albany after a last week trip to Brooklyn and is expected to complete the Albany to Brooklyn run in a day.
Marion Indiana August 3 William F Sni der an aged soldier in the home died from apoplexy upon the sudden news that he had been granted a pension and 3600 back pay The money will go to his aged wife in the county asylum and his son in the Knightstown soldiers orphans home
A mixed Indiana roundup reports Watash hen hatches eight quails, Anderson may grow its police force and hold a grand picnic on August 27, Goshen seeks a large printery employing 300, oil reaches 88 cents, Evansville faces electric light bugs and water works delays, Elkhart County treasurer contemplates school-fund liquidity, Richmond hospital crowding, Shelbyville notes on street drunkenness, Union traction to add doctors, Dr. J B Fattle surgeon-in-chief, a tree with natural gas, a Wabash fast train collision injuring none, a horse dies in an Evansville vault, Bedford library secures old Baptist church with 5,000 volumes, 88th Indiana reunion planned, a body found in Ohio River near Vevay, a Bristol alligator sighting, Martindale creek seine woes, Goshen bicyclists reach Charleston, Calumet theft attempt in Lafayette, churches and Muncie officers in lodge roles.
Axtell sought by Chicago lawyer after a windfall of 250000 as a water works project unfolds in Albany. Fires devastate business districts. Kissing bug doubts arise in Anderson. Rail rates near Goshen and Logansport spark criticism. Robbery on a Cincinnati train near Anderson. Klondike claims doubted by a Fort Wayne man. A farmer shot dead near Chalmers after renting land. A Goshen incident leaves two injured from a fall. Fleeing son of a Bunker Hill family accused of theft as brothers face crimes.
Clyde Jones alias Clyde Johnson abducted Nellie Berger on July 19 and led her across much of the state before being captured near a farm near Freetown. Miss Berger was rescued by Sheriff Fulz and editor H. A. Barnhart. Jones was sent to the Michigan City penitentiary to avoid lynching.
In Seattle on August 3 a Yukon disaster claims two steamers, Humboldt and Dirigo, near White Horse rapids. Anglian wrecks further upstream and Terrell sinks at Thirty Mile river. passengers reach shore. Cargo on Humboldt and Dirigo valued around $150,000 in gold dust.
Two Chicago deaths raise foul play suspicions. Michael Conlin is said to have been poisoned by two women seeking his money, while L. H. Calvert’s death is described as murder for wealth with no details on how, by whom, or when.
Chicago police charged a crowd of union men roaming the yards early Thursday morning and dispersed them. No injuries were reported. The brick makers strike situation remains unchanged as of Aug 3.
London experts warn the city stands on the edge of a water famine as the Thames, the main source of London’s supply, nearly dries up.
Mary French 76 was found dead by neighbors at her home in Cuyahoga Falls on Wednesday. Mayor Jones of Toledo approved a $3000 appropriation for city council attendance at the League of American Municipalities convention in Syracuse. At Fremont a balloon incident left Lester Miller eight trapped by a rope. he untangled as the balloon rose 500 feet, then both landed safely after the hot air released.
Mrs. Arthur Robinson swore an affidavit that H. Wiltline C. H. Luroy and C. Atkins jailed in Louisville for counterfeiting killed her husband and two others with clubs to keep them from betraying the gang. A search party heads to Estill county to locate the victims' bodies.
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 3 The steamer Samoa arrives from St Michaels with Klondikers. Passenger Charles Eckland carries a mammoth tusk from the Eldorado claim measuring 614 feet and destined for St Louis. The Samoa also carried 1 809 casks of beer sold at 75 dollars per keg.
Body found in the Erie express wreck at Red Rock was identified as Frank Sells fireman, though the buried man in Honesdale was believed to be him. The real victim was Mr Campbell of Cleveland Ohio, a passenger killed in the crash and his body will be sent to Cleveland.
An August earthquake in Concepcion, Chile, left no deaths but caused widespread damage to buildings. Panic ran high and hundreds of residents fled into the streets amid intense misery. The city was reported inundated by aftershocks.
Gov Bradley’s message on the Clay county feud says newspapers magnified the issue. He notes six men killed over a year with indictments for most slayers and denies martial law, citing Kentucky constitution limits and lawful steps taken. A second report from Sergent, Letcher county, says Barnes Fork feud erupts between Wright Holbrook group and Reynolds Fently faction, both armed and poised for clash.
Hermosillo dispatch says three cavalry regiments four infantry regiments and two artillery batteries form the force headed for the Yaqui stronghold. All units are to move by Friday while Yaquis raid across the countryside. A telegram notes Gen A L Torres reports his father, the renowned General Torres, was wounded not killed.
In Peru Indiana two Wabash freights collided head on near midnight Wednesday causing major damage to both trains. A young fireman named Rep Jegle from Peru was killed in the wreck. The incident drew prompt investigation and emergency response.
After Gov Candier's August proclamation against crime in Georgia, the state saw an outbreak of lawlessness. Four people were murdered. two women assaulted. a bloodless duel occurred in Rome. a riot erupted on an excursion train. and a mob appeared to lynch a Black detainee at Newnam jail.
Fire at the Dyea post in Seattle destroys United States military barracks and stores worth about 5000 dollars. Rumors claim soldiers did not try to save the barracks due to isolation and that the blaze was set to move the post to Skaguay.
Bernhard Figg, a Huffman's pickle factory worker on Dunlop Street, fell from a platform near a large pickle vat. He sustained several broken ribs and was transported home by the City dispensary ambulance from Daisy Street, southwest of the Belt.
The soothing medicine is praised for ant taste and prompt relief. Its healing properties are described as permanent cures, making it a favorite with people everywhere, available for sale by all druggists.
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