Coroner hears Holmes case details on boy’s clothes and cremation
Testimony traces Howard Pietzel’s final days with J H Holmes in Irvington. Elvet Moorman recalls seeing the boy with Holmes and witnessing the stove setup for burning the body. Albert Tieibert identifies Holmes from a photo and describes the suspect’s withdrawn demeanor in the carriage rides. Coroner Castor probes the disposal method, noting bones incineration could occur in six hours, with corn cobs and fuel aiding the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvet Moorman
Howard Peitzel
Irvington
J. H. Holmes
Moorman
Holmes
Albert Tieibert
Tie
Mr. Herbert
Edward T. Branham
Ife
Dr. Thompson
Dr. Long
Mr. Moorman
Howard Pietzel
Whew But It's A-Goin
Two and a half million dollars in gold was shipped to Europe from New York on Saturday, reflecting significant movement of precious metal across the Atlantic amid ongoing financial activity and market conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
Driven Wells and Cisterns Work Guaranteed
Furniture at lowest prices advertised by Wm. L. Elder. Phone number 795 listed for contact and 205 East Washington Street as the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington-st
Wm. L. Elder
Love scandal ends in morphine attempt in Missouri
Annie Corbett attempted suicide by ingesting morphine after a dispute with her mother over a lover. Dr Clark from the City dispensary saved her with a stomach pump. Her brother mocked her, then threatened the doctor before fleeing on a bicycle. The Corbett family lives at 811 S Missouri St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Corbett
Annie
Irs
Corbett
Abs. Corbett
Dr. Clark
S. Missourist
Escaped into the Night at Spencer House Scuffle
A Cincinnati traveler Herman Weil and a creole woman Bessie Williams clash at the Spencer house after Weil registers as I L Lewis and wife from St Louis. Williams accuses him of stealing $80 and a sealskin cape while Weil and the Williams woman face improper relations charges. Grand larceny referred to grand jury. relations charge to be sifted Wednesday.
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Spencer House
Herman
Weil
Cincinnati
I. L. Lewis
St. Louis
Bessie Williams
Lewis
Williams
St. Charles
Connersville
Grand Hoteh
St. Caarles
The
Grand
A Cruel Murder by Whites at Jacksons Hole
Official report traces Bannock Indian outbreak to cold blooded murder of Tanega last July by Constable Manning and deputies. Indicts a conspiracy to deny hunting rights, describes Tanega shot four times in the back and a wounded boy left to die, leading to calls for troops and removal of Indians from Jacksons Hole.
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Jackson’s Hole
Washmerton
Bannock
Manning
Tanega
United States
Death of iron moulder and family struck by typhoid
Herman M Roberts of Reisenerst Street West Indianapolis died of typhoid Friday. His wife and two children lie dangerously ill with the fever and their prognosis is poor, though neighbors give devoted care during this sorrowful time.
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Herman M Roberts
Reisenerst
Indianapolis
Death of Ex Assemblyman Hines At Age Forty In Queens
William J. Hines former Assemblyman from Queens county died suddenly Saturday morning at his Far Rockaway home aged 40. He was a well known and popular hotel operator along the Atlantic coast resorts. More Spanish Troops: Havana reports twelve hundred troops and 145 officers arriving Saturday from Spain.
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Far Rockaway
L. L
William J. Hines
Queens County
Atlantic Coast
Havana
Spain
Leaky Cisterns Cleaned and Cemented for $1.50
L Butts advertises cistern cleaning and cementing services at 133 Indiana Avenue. Pumps and repairs offered, with contact by phone.
Wreck at Hill Creek Bridge Fatal for Engineer
Greenville Pa August 31 a wreck near the Hill creek bridge on the Pittsburg Shenango and Lake Erie line killed engineer Frank Dunbar of Greenville and badly hurt brakeman Gardiman who may die. The engine ploughed into the bank on a sharp curve near a 400 foot trestle, four cars wrecked and many more piled up. Passengers waited in cars or crossed the trestle all night as wrecking work began and the train era paused. Dunbar left a family.
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Greenville
Hill Creek
Pittsburg
Shenango & Lake Erie
Frank Dunbar
Gardiman
Dunbar
Engineer Brown
Ait Greenville
DERVIA'S KING DROWNED SWIMMING AT SEA RESORT
King Alexander of Dervia nearly lost his life while bathing at Braunitz in the bay of Biscay. He and his instructor Navatory were swept from shore by strong currents. The swimming master drowned. the king reached the shore with great difficulty.
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Braunitz
Alexander
Dervia
Bay of Biscay
Navatory
France
State hospitals expand capacity amid rising mental health demand
The Evansville hospital plans to double beds from 250 to 500 at a $30,000 cost. The eastern hospital will add 150 beds and Logansport 84 beds. Applications on hand would fill all expansions. Board estimates cost per patient at present is $1,000, while the southern hospital costs about $200 per patient due to land and outbuildings.
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Commonwealth
Evansville
Logansport
State Board of Charities
Southern Hospital
Archdiocese sets Sept 20 as day of prayer for pope
Archbishop Kain issues circular to all clergy in the archdiocese urging September 20 as a united day of prayer for the pope's deliverance from Italian monarchic power. He notes an Italian festival glorifying the pope’s downfall on that date and urges special devotion by all church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kain
Remonstrance Filed Against Miller Fort Wayne Avenue License
A remonstrance of one foot four inches in length was filed with county commissioners opposing a license for Harry Miller at Fort Wayne avenue and Pennsylvania streets. Nine additional remonstrances oppose saloonists in Haughville Mt Jackson Emericks ville. Washington Aug 31 The navy department will conduct ballistic tests of Iowa side armor plates on Thursday a key step in assessing the new battleship s resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Miller
Fort
Washington
Navy Department
Iowa
Marie Sanger Extravaganza at Park Theater
The Marie Sanger company of 25 performers brings an operatic burlesque The Golden Ball to the Park for a three day Monday matinee run with ten vaudeville acts. Next week The Dazzler follows. Cleveland's Minstrels, 70 strong, visit the Grand with matinee and night showings.
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Marie Sanger
Dazzler
Cleveland
Minstrels
Driven Wells 40c Per Foot
Driven Wells offers drilling at 40 cents per foot. contact 138 Indignz Avenue or call telephone 177L for details and service availability.
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Indignz Ave
Ripping TT Open Promises Shaping Indiana Politics
Indiana politics buzz as Harrison eyes a possible White House bid amid Quay in Pennsylvania and Har rison foes in New York. With Harrison in Adirondacks and hunting, Indianapolis debates his return to the presidency, Trusler votes, and a refreshed anti Harrison faction forming. More GOP tension and potential splits unfold nationwide.
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Harrison
New York
Adirondack Mountains
Quay
Pennsylvania
Harrigan
New York State
White House
Indianapolis
Indiana
Rhody Sheil
Trusler
TH Harrison
Gresham
Blarkson
Britons Arrive as Yorkville Y M C A Branch Burns
A fire gutted the Yorkville branch of the Y M C A at East Highly Sixth Street in New York harming the building and causing about 10000 dollars in damage. The British cricket team of fourteen, ten from Cambridge and four from Oxford, arrived aboard the St Louis and were welcomed by Philadelphia based associated cricket clubs and a Quaker greeting at the dock.
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New York
Yorkville
E. Highly Sixth St
St. Louis
Cambridge
Oxford
Philadelphia
Sleepy Hollow Mine Bodies Still Entombed
Aug 31. Efforts to reach 14 men trapped at the Sleepy Hollow section of the Americus mines are hampered as water levels rise rather than fall. Officials fear rescue attempts may be postponed for a week or more due to unsafe conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sleepy Hollow
Americus
Sidewalk contracts awarded by city board of works
A batch of sidewalk contracts were awarded Saturday by the Board of Works. F M Snyder & Co won cement walks on Keith Street between Stoughton and Louise Streets at 55 cents and on the west side of Pennsylvania Street from Georgia to the Union railroad tracks at 1.791. He was the sole bidder on a cement walk on the south side of Washington Street between Rural and State Streets at 1.20, with re advertisement ordered. Julius Keller won a cement walk on the east side of Meridian Street from the Union tracks to South Street at 1.63. B B Porter won a brick walk on the east side of Leota Street between the Big Four and C H & D tracks at 37 cents. J H Roberts received contracts for grading and graveling a 24 foot roadway and laying six foot brick walks on Tennessee Street between Palmer and Grand Avenue at 1.54 and on Chestnut Street between Palmer and Hanway Streets at 88 cents.
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Board of Works
F.M. Snyder & Co
Keith St
Stoughton and
Louise
Pennsylvania St
Georgia
Union Railway
Washington-st
Fennessee-st
Palmer and
Grand-ave
Chestnut-st
Palmer
Hanway-sts
Apple-tree Freak Grows Double Fruit in Indiana
In Vevay Indiana on August 31 Wesley Anderson reports a farm plant with a rare double tree. The tree bears both single apples and many double apples that have two blossoms and two stems growing together near the branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vevay
Ind
Wesley Anderson
Buckeye marble mills fire near McMillan's station
Fire at Buckeye marble mills near McMillan's station in Knoxvittz Tennessee caused about $20,000 in losses on Saturday. Sun readers are promised fall style hats at $1.50, with Dalton the hatter at Bates house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxvittz
Tenn
Buckeye
McMillan’s Station
Sun
Dalton, Hatter
Bates House
Wealthy importer Rathkopf commits suicide in office
Henry Rathkopf, 35, a senior member of Rathkopf, Son & Co. in New York, shot himself in his private office on Saturday morning. His open mail lay before him. he left no explanation. He was worth about half a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Rathkopf
Rathkopf, Son & Co
Broadway and Mercerst
Gen Ely Parker Dies at 70 in Fairfield Conn
Gen Ely Parker, one of the last sachems of the Seneca nation and a noted Indian diplomat under the U.S. government, died in Fairfield Connecticut. He served on Ulysses S. Grant's staff during the Civil War as secretary and aid-de-camp, was educated, studied law, and was a friend of the commissioner of Indian affairs. He was 70 years old.
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Fairfield
Conn
Ely
Parker
U.S
Grant
Ile
Indian Affairs
Monowai Skips Honolulu Over Cholera Risk
The steamer Monowai from Australian ports did not stop at Honolulu due to a cholera outbreak among Chinese and natives there. The spread followed the Belgie’s departure, and officials suspect the Belgie carried the disease.
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San Francisco
Monowai
Monolulu
Belgie
Local notes mix at Plainfield reform school and city alerts
Saturday activities include Gov Matthews at Plainfield reform school and a Brighton Beach game. Notices report resignations, lawsuits for 5000 dollars, park improvements, a bicycle race plan to Millersville, a mysterious fire at Baker Thorn ton, and assorted births deaths marriages.
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Gov. Matthews
Reform School For Boys
Plainfield
Delaware St
W. A. Bock
B. L. Crawley
Josephine Miller
Geo. Bernhard
Maroons
Brighton Beach
Batteries
Simon and Garinger
Ramsey
Bradwell
Judge Woods
N. Y
Millersville
Indiana National Guard
Baker & Thornton
Aloridian St
Park Commissioners
Brookside Park
Eastern Park
Board of Safety
Darnell
Council
Bayonet
Isaac N. Bradwell
Camp Gray
Kate Casstennain
Baker St
Philadelphia
Thomas Barnitt
Arms and Ammunition Found Aboard Steamer Tarsus
Twenty Cuban filibusters were arrested at Penn Grove New Jersey and brought to Wilmington. The steamer Tarsus had been chartered for an insurgent expedition and 27 cases of arms with ammunition and provisions were seized. Similar earlier voyage of the tug Bertha reportedly landed its members in Unica. Treasury seizure near Cedar Keys uncovered 150 Remington rifles and powder destined for Cuba.
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Wiisineren
Del
Penn Grove
N.J
U. S
Wilmington
Unica
Washington
Treasury Department
Cedar Keys
Fla
Tampa
Cuba
Arrest of Albert Knapp Fuels West Indianapolis Flutter
Albert Knapp living on West street faces a charge as the assailant in the Bessie Draper case after a Thursday morning attack in an alley between Wisconsin and Arizona streets. Identified by Draper and others, Knapp denies the crime and claims he was at home from 9:80 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. Sheriff Womack accompanied Knapp during the arrest and notes he sought to hide what he knew.
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Albert Knapp
West St
Bessie Draper
Wisconsin
Arizona-sts
West Indianapolis
Knapp
C. E. Howell
Coffee St
Ida Gebhard
Gebhard
Womack
Indianapolis
Tas Sun
Washingtonst
West-st
Grasshoppers Fed to Hogs In Central Kansas Harvest
Torrxsa Kansas Aug 31 report describes millions of grasshoppers swarming Barton Rice Stafford and Ellsworth counties after wheat harvest. Farmers trap, kill, and gather the insects with a canvas frame device then feed them to hogs.
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Torrxsa
Kan
Barton Rice
Stafford
Ellsworth
Kansas
Missing broker in Pa leaves $12,000 shortage
A brokerage office in Reaping Pennsylvania is closed and broker W Grant Cook is missing with a reported shortage of 12000 dollars. He had been organizing a pool on Atchison stock, according to local reports.
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Reaping
W. Grant Cook
Cook
Atchison
West Indianapolis man accuses neighbor in larceny case
John F Griffin of West Indianapolis brought neighbor Alice Hirth to court on grand larceny charges after $115 disappeared from his home. Griffin, who reported a burglary, said he had no witnesses but sought to learn if Hirth took the cash. The case is set for trial Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indianapolis
John F. Griffin
Alice Hirth
Griffin
Queen of Belgium Thrown From Horse at Spa
Queen of Belgium injured after being thrown from a horse while jumping a ditch at Spa near Liege on Saturday. Confined to bed, but condition not considered serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Brusseis
Spa
Liege
Steamers Collide on River Collision Injures Many
Onicaco August 31 The whaleback passenger steamer Christopher Colum pus collided with the excursion boat Dix on the river last night Several people were injured in the crash autoridades reported as responders reached the scene and transported the wounded to local facilities for treatment.
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Onicaco
Christopher Columpus
Dix
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