Shotgun Attack Kills Woman and Injures Relative in Indiana
In Rushville Indiana on Saturday night Mrs Ruby Powell and her half brother aged 17 were struck by two shotgun blasts as they returned to their home. Mrs Powell suffered fatal injuries and her mother Mrs Elizabeth Veach was wounded slightly. Grant Powell, Mrs Powell’s ex-husband, is jailed on the shooting charge and denies the crime.
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Rushville
Ind
Ruby
Dowell
Powell
Elizabeth Veach
Drunken Fire Destroys Four Businesses in Jeffersonville
In Jeffersonville Indiana a Sunday morning fire destroyed four business houses causing about 20000 dollars in losses. The property belonged to Adam Spieth and the Nagle and Burke heirs. The blaze was blamed on Henry Williams a drunken man from Fort Wayne Kentucky who returned to his room and allegedly overturned a lighted lamp. He perished in the flames.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Adam Spieth
Nagle and Burke
Henry Williams
Frankfort
Williams
Wife Killer Shot After Wife Returns Home
In Evansville Indiana on August 28 a drunken husband killed his wife Eda Rhodes after forcing her to return to her mother's house. He shot her twice as she walked away then kicked the prostrate body. he escaped.
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Evansville
Ind
Eda Rhodes
Rhodes
Fatal Explosion at Standard Oil Refineries in Whiting
An explosion and fire at the Standard Oil refineries in Whiting Indiana destroyed two sweetening stirs and injured Stephen Wilkins Harry Bonney and Jesse Cunningham. Wilkins is not expected to survive and the loss is estimated at 109000 dollars.
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Chicago
Standard Oil
Whiting
Ind
Stephen Wilkins
Harry Bonney
Jesse Cunningham
Wilkins
Horse Tongue Torn From Boy After Runaway Injury
A 10 year old boy died in Martinsville after a run away horse dragged him when a nose strap looped to restrain the animal tore the tongue out. The horse was brought to Martinsville for shoeing. the incident followed a mismanaged tie. In Shelbyville prosperity grows as Conrey Birely expands with a $500000 capital and a nearby switch by Pennsylvania rail, creating 1,230 new jobs by October along with two mirror and beveling works for about 150 workers.
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Martinsville
Ind
S. M. Rundell
John Haggard
Morgantown
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Conrey, Birely & Co
Pennsylvania Railway
Teenager Elopes to Elwood. Father Reclaims Bride
Bessie Harris, 16, secretly went to Elwood on Sunday to meet and marry Harry Moore, but her father intercepted the pair and brought her back to Muncie. This marks their fourth failed attempt to wed.
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Muncie
Ind
Bessie Harris
Elwood
Harry Moore
Saloon quarrel ends in stabbing in Fort Wayne
John Pontius and engineer John Riley clashed in a Fort Wayne saloon on Sunday night. Riley stabbed Pontius with scissors and Pontius died. Riley is jailed.
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Fort. Wayne
Ind
John Pontius
John Riley
Riley
Pontius
Six Children Poisoned at Soldiers Reunion
Six members of John Taylor's family, the entire household, were poisoned after meals at a soldiers' reunion in Birds By, Indiana on Sunday. All six children are reported in critical condition with little hope of recovery.
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Kokomo
Ind
John Finch
John Taylor
Fragmentary Indiana News Briefs From Saturday
Fragmented notice items report Mrs Anna Bank of Fort Wayne aged 59 died. Ex police chief George W Newitt of Evansville is dead. Terre Haute glass works reduce force. Window glass trust said to be collapsing. Senator Fairbanks spoke to 5000 old settlers at Madison. Portland area child injured by horseshoe nail. Fairmount academy to new management. William Casidy of Lodi died in wreck near Brazil. A keg of beer fell from a car causing a wreck near Wabash. Populists met in Knights Town. No fusion will be allowed in the district. Dry day noted in Munice. Gamblers rumored to flee town with trunks. Charles B Fisk of Palmer and Mrs Melissa Petty to reunite family. Allert Nickier sued in part.
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George W. Newitt
Evansville
Terre Waute Car Works
Senator Fairbanks
Madison
James Grady
Portland
Fairmount Academy
Friends’ Institution
William Casidy
Lodi
Brazil
Knightstown
Charles
B. Fisk
Palmer
Mass
Mra
Melissa
Fort Wayne gas company sued for damages after explosion
A Fort Wayne gas company faces a $50,000 damages claim for injuries from an explosion last February. The report lists multiple contemporaneous incidents across Indiana including a domestic quarrel in Logansport, a desertion case in Bedford, and various far flung local events from Muncie to Evansville.
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Fort Wayne Gas Company
M Lean Is It With the People at Zanesville
Zanesville O Aug 28 McLeanism grips Zanesville as Kilbourne supporters rally behind John R McLean. Lithographs fill storefronts while McLean rooms house receptions and lieutenants. The Ohio brewer convention suggests new laws to ease Dow restrictions and boost profits.
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Zanesville
Kilbourne
McLean
John R
Cincinnati
Post
John R. McLean
Dow
Robbed by the Umpire Claims Spark Controversy
President Golt received a telegram from Manager Allen alleging Umpire Brennan robbed the Indianapolis team. Allen is respected, making the accusation more credible though the Minneapolis club looms with a six game lead and remaining games on the wee grounds.
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Golt
Allen
Brennan
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Japan China Alliance Rumor Confirmed by Reliable Sources
Moscow dispatch reports that information from reliable sources confirms the rumor of a defensive alliance between Japan and China. The terse notice notes Aug 8 as the publication date and mentions strong sources backing the claim.
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Moscow
Japan
China
Lady Yarde-Buller Declared Insane in San Francisco
Lady Yarde-Buller, daughter of Gen. Kirkham, was adjudged insane with a guardian appointed for her person and estate. Her life reads like fiction, from Paris education to elopement attempts in Japan, multiple marriages, a divorce, a fatal piano scene, and a return to America two years ago.
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San Francisco
Lady Yarde-Buller
California
Kirkham
Paris
Japan
Banks
Lord Tweedmouth
David Boyne Blair
Blair
South America
Yarde Buller
Valentine Gadesden
Germany
Buller
Valentine
America
Gee Kon Tong Chinese Patriots Declare War on Manchurian Rule
Chicago August 28 Chinese patriots tally about 100 assembled Sunday night to mark the Gee Kon Tong annual celebration. They declare war against the Manchurian dynasty and vow to bind pure blood Chinese worldwide to overthrow Chang and reinstate Ming rule.
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Chicago
Gee Kong Tong
Order of
Free Masonry
Gee Kon Tong
Chang
Ming
Copper belt reported found in Klondike region
Tacoma dispatches state a vast copper belt extends from White Horse rapids on the Yukon river to a point along the Dalton trail near Lynn Canal in British territory. Discovered two years ago by Henry Branthaber, a mining expert for the Rothschilds of London, who lead a party developing claims near the Hootchi and Dalton trail.
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Klondike
Tacoma
Wash
Bennett City
White Horse Rapids
Yukon River
Dalton Trail
Lynn Canal
British Territory
Henry Branthaber
Rothschilds
London
Hootchi and
Subterranean Passage Found To Guerin’s House
Paris August 28 The police say they uncovered a hidden passage under Guerin’s Rue Chabrol home used to smuggle food to the besieged group. The passage will be blocked. Rue Chabrol shopkeepers plan a protest to Premier Waldeck Rousseau over street blockade harming business and threaten legal damages.
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Paris
Guerin
Rue Chabrol
Chabroi
Waldeck-Rousseau
Republic
Five Mail Substitutes Promoted to Regular Carriers
Five substitute carriers in the mail force named Frank Graves Robert F Hammond Frank A Schmedel Carl J Baker Ollie M Bond and James A Parker will become regulars. Mr Tiess will appoint five substitutes from the civil service list at once.
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Frank Graves
Robert F. Hammond
Frank A. Schmedel
Carl J. Baker
Ollie M. Bond
James A.parker
Mr. Tiess
Streetcar workers protest unpaid extra duties shift start
More work for conductors and motormen without pay as new order requires them to move their own streetcars from barns before and after shifts. They must arrive earlier and stay later to park cars with no extra compensation. Repair crews move to daytime hours and conductors must ask patrons for fare choices on handover, amid disputes over incorrect change.
Bridge Bid for Fall Creek Lays Out Steel or Stone
County commissioners set Wednesday bids for a new Fall creek bridge at Central Ave. Two styles plate girder and stone are offered. Commissioner McGregor backs stone while other members favor steel. County surveyor Coyner warns the temporary bridge cannot handle heavy state fair traffic as it trembles under load.
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Fall Creek
Central-ave
McGregor
Coyner
Painter Thomas Jeffries Dies From Heat At Livery Stable
Thomas Jeffries 64 died from heat prostration at Hyatt's livery stable in Illinois and Merrilists after driving a wagon in the sun all day Saturday. His temperature reached 106 degrees. Dr. Durham saw him during the day. Jeffries, not married, lived in a room at the stable.
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Thomas Jeffries
Hyatt’s
Illinois
Merrilists
Dr. Durham
Jeffries
Tornado Hits Pleasant Plains Destroys Town in Arkansas
News out of Newport Arkansas reports Pleasant Plains in Independence County twenty five miles west of town was struck by a tornado Saturday night. Not a house remained standing in the village according to reports.
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Newport
Ark
Pleasant Plains
Independence County
Historic Clay mansion in Paris destroyed by fire
Paris Kentucky August 28 Fire destroyed the historic Clay mansion Saturday night with all contents. Lettita Clay and other family members barely escaped. Fire believed to have been caused by an incendiary act.
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Paris
Clay
Letitia Clay
Grand Jury Meets In Session As Judge Gives No Instructions
The grand jury went into session on Monday morning. Judge Alford issued no special instructions. The brief notice notes the start of proceedings and assigns no additional directives or actions.
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Grand Jury
Monnday
Alford
Kidnapped Groom Stops Wedding in Durham Church
In Durham North Carolina on Saturday Dallas Scroggins aged 17 was kidnapped moments before his wedding to 14 year old Mattie Creel. Scroggins relatives intervened and halted the ceremony, forcing him away while the plan collapsed. An unrelated testimonial notes a leg sore healed by Dean's Ointment.
Cover Your Old Brick Buildings with imitation Stone Facade
H. L. Schute advertises stone-faced imitation for brick buildings from 34 Talbot block. Also free neckbands on shirts by Progress Laundry at Tel 1121. Bicycles offered by White and Featherstone at 3325 Washington St with closing out shop-worn wheels cheap.
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H. LL Schute
Talbot Block
Progress Laundry
White & Featherstone
Washington St
Daily lunch bargains at Ormonde Cafe on Pearl Street
A full meal for 10 cents is offered as the business lunch daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ladies' lunch is served on the second floor at Ormonde, 16 West Pearl Street. Also advertised is the Unseen Co operative Laundry reachable by phone 1269.
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Ormonde
W. Pearlst
Unseen Co-operative Laundry
Cincinnati and Return Train Fare Ad with Schedules
Special fast trains depart at 6 50 a m and 7 15 a m for Cincinnati with limited stops and key stops on the later service. Return from Cincinnati at 6 25 p m. Baseball games featured with Cincinnati facing Louisville and Cleveland.
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Rushville
Connersville
Liberty
Oxford
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Louisville
Cleveland
St Anthony's Sanatorium advertised waters and baths
Open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Anthony's Sanatorium offering mineral water, hot and cold baths anytime, expert attendants for ladies and gentlemen, and cures for rheumatism and stomach kidney liver issues. End of W Washington St near the line. Lauler Bros., proprietors.
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St. Anthony’s Sanatorium
W. Washington St
Lauler Bros
Mexico City and Return From St Louis $53.75
Travel deal announces round trip from St Louis to Mexico City departing Tuesday September 5 returning September 26. Includes Pullman sleeping cars and free chair cars, 82 hours travel, 15 days in Mexico, stopovers allowed, schedule via Iron Mountain Route and Pennsylvania Short Lines with contact details for G A A Deane Jr and W W Richardson.
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St. Louis
Mexico City
Pullman
Mexico
G. A. A. Deane, Jr
Iron Mountain
Indianapolis
Pennsylvania Short
New York City
Pennsylvania Lines
W. W. Richardson
Plaza restaurant shows price changes in commutation deals
A brief market note records that $1.25 buys $1.00 and commutation tickets at $1.26 per $1.00, with a reference to monument price guidance and a small time stripe.
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Plaza
Notice of liquor license and pool hall permit in Indianapolis
Notice to voters of the Third ward Center township Marion county Indiana that the applicant will seek a license from the Board of Commissioners at the September term 1898 to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities less than five gallons for consumption on the premises at No 320 W Tenth Street lot 12 Smith and Ketcham subdivision square 8 Drake’s addition center township Indianapolis and to apply for a pool table license for a bar room Also notice of a proposed pool room bar and livery terms submitted by MENT B SaNTe
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Sixth Ward
Center Township
Board of Commissioners
Marion County
State of Indiana
Indiana Ave
Missouri St
Ray
Square 10
Indianapolis
Indiana
Thomas O'Connell
Fifteenth Ward
Mc- Carty
Third Ward
Center’ Township
Board of ‘Commissioners
Smith & .Ketcham
Drake
K- L
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Drunken Williams
Anna Bank
Fort Wayne
Wabash
Allert
Nickier
Ate
Blerling Remedy Company
Montreal
New York
Jacob Dunkle
Logansport
Robert Southerlin
Frank Fisher
Orleans
Bedford
W. H. McCarthy
Albert Piety
Terre Haute
Benjamin Adams
Adams
Piety
John Cragnor
Wayman Adams
Decatur
JH. Pipes
Graham Earle
J. Q. Cline
James Holt
James Stewart
Stewart
Woods
Alfred Ellison
Anderson
Fairmount
Lee Pogue
Electric Light
Pogue
Earl
Princeton
Sweeney
M’lean
Wilton
Rocker, Leath
Ole
Kentucky
Kings of the
Furniture World
Lady Buller
Li Hung Chang
Street Car Company
A .Painter
Arkansaw
Dean
C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
Rcce Ade
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