Smith Claims Trusts Killed His Business In Indiana Incident
James Smith, a Terre Haute merchant in Vigo County, traveled to Kokomo aiming to kill James Quick, a wholesale merchant, after hiring a cab. He attempted to force Quick to sell him goods then dragged him back to a carriage seat. Smith was captured and attempted suicide in his cell, asserting trusts ruined his business and vowing to raise an army of 100000.
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Okomo
Indi
James Smith
Terre ‘Yan
Kokomo
James “I. Quick
Quick
Smith
Trusts
Widger’s Tale Draws 1000 at Columbus Opera House
In Crump's theater Rev Widger spoke to over 1,000 people denying his church trouble and blaming banker Irwin. The audience clapped in support as he defended himself amid the dispute.
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Pastor Widger
Columbus
Ind
Crump
Widger
Christian Church
Irwin
Cricket Plague Hits Wabash Town and Homes
A cricket plague swarms through Wabash Indiana and nearby areas on August 7 covering streets and entering stores and residences as residents seek relief from the nuisance.
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Wabash
Ind
Indiana miscellany and crime notes of 1900s era
Reports from Greencastle Richmond and other towns include John Lane’s death in Greencastle and Mrs. William H. Whitlock found dead from heart disease in Rising Sun. A Valparaiso resident Sylvester Smith faces bigamy charges while a Richland or Medaryville area oil strike is noted. Connersville’s Will Klein jewelry store is robbed of $300 in silverware and Goshen plots celery culture as a major local industry. Jamestown reports half the hen egg variety drop on Saturday. Elwood’s Mrs. Wesley Norris takes morphine for quinine and may die. Summer term closes at the Terre Haute state normal school with 26 graduates.
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Jamestown
Wesley Norris
Elwood
Medaryville
Will Klein
Connersville
State Normal School
Terre Haute
William H. Whitlock
Rising Sun
Indiana News Briefs From Across Counties
A long ledger of local notes reports drownings in Evansville and Anderson, a strike in Brown County, a child death in Anderson, marriages and elopements, political and civic events in Marion and Kokomo, a new independent paper, business closures over union wage demands, a wanted cannon, and mishaps from trains to telephones. Included are deaths in Terre Haute and Danville, a car voyage to Brooklyn, and various local skirmishes and curiosities.
Treasury authorizes $10 million in $2 gold certificates
The treasury department on Saturday authorized the issue of ten million dollars in gold certificates with a face value of two dollars each. Since President McKinley's accession the issue has been debated, and Secretary Gage has studied the legal and business aspects. He is believed to have been advised that the move is an administrative measure within his discretion.
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Washington
Treasury Department
McKin Jey
Gage
Britain and Canada to bolster forces at Alaska claim
Imperial government and Canadian authorities plan to increase military strength at Victoria station. The move signals determination to assert Canada’s claim to Alaska by force if needed. Initial squad of 320 officers and men to be deployed, with naval reinforcements reportedly planned.
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Victoria
B. C
Britain
Canada
Alaska
Cuban merchant warns Cuba risks becoming like Haiti
A Havana merchant warns universal suffrage could yield a black republic in Cuba. He urges U S possession of the island as a state to foster immigration and intermarriage, saying otherwise Cuba will become a second Haiti.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Haiti
Tulane Mrs Anna Gerald Declared Insane
Mrs Anna Gerald of Tulane was declared insane on Monday amid delusions that everyone opposes her and that she is wealthy.
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Tulane
Anna Gerald
Bug Swarms Invade Indianapolis Night District
Reports describe a vast invasion of black shiny bugs in downtown Indianapolis Sunday night. Tens of thousands swarmed lights and sidewalks, crawling on people and spilling across hotel entrances and the monument steps. Police and residents struggled to remove them as lights were turned off in affected areas.
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Indianapolis
George Hunter
Market St
Death of Dr. William H. Seaton After Meningitis Operation
Dr. William H. Seaton died Sunday night in Dr Sterne’s sanitarium from meningitis following an operation performed Sunday morning. Surgeons Albert E. Sterne James H. Taylor O G Pfaff and W M Wright removed a brain clot during the procedure. He practiced in Indianapolis since 1894 after studies at Indiana Medical College and post grad work in the East. He was a son of hat dealer W D Seaton and descendant of the Howlsands. He was married in 1881 to Blanche Brown. funeral is set for Tuesday afternoon from the state residence Fratt and Pennsylvanians.
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William H. Seaton
Sterne
Albert E. Sterne
James H. Taylor
O. G. Pfaff
W. M. Wright
Seaton
Indiana Medical College
Indianapolis
W. D. Seaton
Wellenboss Convicted By Supreme Tribunal
Henry Wellenboss was found guilty by the supreme tribunal of the K of PF after a Saturday night session. He faced charges of aiding rebellion within German lodges and advising them to publish their ritual in German against a supreme lodge order. He was suspended for two years.
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Supreme Tribunal of the
K. of PF
Ade
Henry Wellenboss
Supreme Council
Wellenboss
Supreme Lodge
Deed Filed For Ground To Interstate Stock Yards
A deed filed Monday with the county recorder transfers 13.47 acres from Daniel P. Erwin to Interstate Stock Yards Company for $1. The deed shows $15 in revenue and a ground valuation of $15,000.
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Stock Yards
New Sock Yards
Daniel P. Erwin
Interstate Stock Yards Company
Negley Denies Withdrawal From Ward 1 Race
Harry Negley says a Brightwood Sunday report of his withdrawal from the Republican councilmanic race in Ward 1 is a fake. He insists he remains in the contest.
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Negley
Harry Negley
Brightwood
Ithet
Mrs Schissel Sues for Divorce in Local Suit
Etta Schissel files for divorce from Frederick Schissel claiming domestic abuse including an incident with a heavy clothes brush and another where he choked her until she swooned. The petition seeks dissolution of marriage and relevant relief.
Evansville Hoop Company and Other Incorportated Firms
Listing of local concerns with capital stocks including Evansville hoop company capital stock five thousand dollars Rockport monumental works capital stock one thousand dollars and Laporte water supply company capital stock seventy five thousand dollars. Directors named W. H. Wheeler and Geo M. Allen.
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Evansville Hoop Company
Rockport Monumental Works
Laporte Water Supply Company
W. HB. Wheeler
Geo. M. Allen
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Anderson
Mary Brown
Fowler
Indiana
John Lane
Greencastle
Richmond
Sylvester Smith
Valparaige
Goshen
Yacie
Remington
Brown County
Pike
Nola. Thompson
William B. Morgan
Ed A. McClelland
George Hill
Ralph Baker
Ohio River
Evansville
Jesse Bailey
Portland
Bryant
David Harbeson
Floyd County
State Council of the Catholic Benevolent Region
Laporte
Catherine Medaris
Brooklyn
Samuel Stout
Tamptco
Seymour
The
Evening Bulletin
Marion
J. G.’ Thacker and
Lee M. Hopper
Sylvester Voismnat
Union City
John and
Willie Decker
Illinois
Fred Hoermann
Terre Hause
Germany
Robert Arrasmith
Belleville
Bikchart
Covington
Hannibal Yount
Byram Oil Company
Hartford Ciy
Dundee
Titusville, Pa
Frank C. Lory
Klondike
Petersburg
Congressman Landis
Delphi
War Department
William Brown
Cincinnati
Maud Teonard
W. W. Dean
West Liberty
Joe Phillips
Cloverdale
Mutual Telephone Company
Shelbyville
Robert Cunningham
Muncie
Bellefontaine
Indiana Glass Company
Middletown
Lockwood-Quackenbush
Lebanon
Strike Plenty
Buffalo Bill
Fort Wayne
Boone County
Central Union
James Nichols
Danville
Wright L. Kidder
Godfrey Shiver
Worthington
Anna Harvey
Pioneer
Ricamord
Mary Green
America
Herman Joseph
Indiana Forge Works and Iron Mills
New Albany
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Frances Haley
J. W. Haley
Wiliam Phillips
Marshall
David Heckathorn
Auburn
T. J. Gray
Noblesville
Carpenter
Max Breedlowe
Levi Miller
Hartford City
Indianapolis Commercial Club Committee
Wilbur Berger
Nellie Berger
Clyde Jones
Bertha Petry
St. Louis
Chris Hurning
Dominick Giers
Giers
Bertha
O. W. Bowles
Baird
Miss
Paletobie
Sterling Nemedy Company
Chisago
Montreal
New York
Suere
W. Wass
Kentucky
K. of P
Décter Pierce
Cokie
Promgter
Dorea
Br. Pierce
Somerset Co
Dr. R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N
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