City’s Worst Fire Destroys Power House and Car Station
A blaze in Muncie Indiana at 5 a m destroyed the Union traction power house and car station Snyder Bros cooperage plant and Isadore Kuhn residence. Fourteen cars burned with an estimated 100000 loss covered by insurance. Low water pressure and inadequate equipment hampered firemen. The city will run horse cars to preserve the franchise. Origin of the fire unknown. The power house at Anderson will be ready in spring and the buildings will not be rebuilt. A separate suit over a Martinsville death ended with a verdict for the defendant after a two day jury deliberation.
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Muncie
Ind
Union Traction Company
Snyder Bros
Isadore Kuhn
Anderson
Death removes a Hoosier with a bold career
Ambrose Bmuith born Vincennes Indiana 1830 chased a storied life as a filibuster in Cuba. He joined Lopez expedition at New Orleans and survived the ill fated second expedition capturing Cardenas while witness to Lopez execution. He later fought for the Confederacy and endured prison. His son in law Mrs E B Feller of Kokomo relates his life.
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Kokomo
Ind
Ambrose Bmuith
Portia
Ark
Hoosier
Vincennes
Bob” Crockett
Davy” Rockett
New Orleans
Cuba
Santiago
Cardenas
Smith
Crockett
Lopez
Stuttgart
E. B. Feller
Needle In Child Then Thread Linked To Injury
In Kokomo Indiana a mother found a needle with sixteen inches of thread attached in her 3 year old son after a Sunday incident. The child showed no immediate illness. In Lafayette a Taylor lumber planing mill fire caused about 47000 in losses with insurance covering about eighty percent. the same firm was burned six years earlier on a Sunday.
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Kokomo
Ind
J. R. Deal
Sunday
Lafayette
Taylor Lumber Company
Taylor, Stillwell and Sample
Death of George F. Baker Noted Richmond Businessman
A Grand Rapids dispatch reports the death of George F. Baker, formerly a prominent Richmond business man, with his death announced in the Monday transmission.
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Richmond
Ind
Grand Rapids
Mich
George F. Baker
Indianapolis area political and business notes from Indiana
Térre Haute wants the democratic state convention. Muncie reports burglary epidemics Saturday night. Andrew J. Carmichael, 70, near Hartford City, is missing. Richmond seeks a competitive natural gas company. A general vaccination order is issued for Martinsville and Wabash. Klondike company offered 50 000 for its claim. North Side gas oil and water company sinks new wells at Morristown. Equal Rights a new Auburn paper promotes saloon men. Anderson capitalists secure land on Tehamnte isthmus Mexico. DeKalb populists refuse state ticket nomination preferring mix west Democrats. Phash canning company.
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Wabash Klondike Company
North Side Gas, Oil and Water Company
Morristown
Equal Rights
Auburn
Saloorm
Anderson Capitalists
Tehamnte‘se
Mexico
Indiana and regional news roundup with smallpox quarantine
County officials order quarantine on smallpox cases near Buller with three cases found. Walnut County, Terre Haute normal school seniors present class-day play As you like it. Grant County tax levy totals 391,685.31 on 22,853,760 property. Union and industry updates include oil price rise, glass smelter plans, and building labor rates.
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Wabash
State Normal School
Terre Haute
Grant County
W. E. Heal
Marion
Bryan Arrives in New York to Meet Democrats
W J Bryan lands in New York and stays at the Hoffman House lodging there as the state democracy headquarters. O H P Belmont hosts Bryan at dinner at 677 East Eighty Fifth Street with about thirty prominent Democrats attending. He plans a second dinner at the Democratic Club, a key moment signaling New York City Democrats' endorsement of his platform despite potential gold faction unrest.
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New York
W. J. Bryan
Barthold
Hoffman
State Democracy
O. H. P. Belmont
Bryan
Eifithave
Belmont’s
Democratic Club
Vicious Dog Case Prompts Warrant Request in Bellefontaine
L Pearson of 1010 Correll Ave. left home Monday seeking a warrant against Sanford Bellefontaine-sir for keeping a vicious dog. The dog reportedly mauled Pearson’s 10-year-old son and nearly injures a mail carrier, prompting local concern and potential action.
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Co. L. Pearson
Correll Ave
Sanford
Bellefontaine
Pearson
Fined for His Negligence in Evansville Doctor Case
Dr. Reitz of Evansville was fined 10 dollars plus costs for typhoid fever treatment without reporting to the health board. A drug advertisement touts DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a cure for constipation and liver troubles.
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Reitz
Evansville
Health Board
DeWitt’s
Stout's Advertises Ladies' Shots and Car Ticket Free
Local ad highlights ladies availability with shots priced at a dollar twentyfive and a two dollar offer this week. A free car ticket is promised to purchasers who present clipped tokens from THY. BUN. newspaper.
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Stout's
Maesachusette-ave
Thy
Boni de Castellane confronts libel claims in New York visit
Count and Countess Boni de Castellane arrive from France on La Bretagne and denounce Figaro allegations as fabrications. He vows full retraction from De Rodays and Meyer while defending his innocence on financial and personal matters. The couple, met with no Gould or relatives, plans a three week stay at the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
Boni de Castellane
France
la Bretagne
Gould
Paris
Figaro
M. de Rodays
Count de Castellane
The
M. Meyer
Gaulois
de Rodays
Anna Gouki
Goulds
Waldorf-Astoria
London gold boxes rifled in Peru bank mystery
Two boxes mailed from London to a Lima bank were opened and found to contain bags of shot instead of £5000 in gold each. The incident remains a mystery and under investigation.
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Lima
Peru
London
Ohio and Indiana Tomato Growers Unite for Protection
Ohio Indiana and Kentucky tomato growers organize to shield crops from cannery pressure. The effort aims to preserve pricing and market control amid industry consolidation trends.
Four Boone County Teens Seek Manila to San Francisco Pay
Four teen soldiers from Boone county discharged in Manila last summer sought travel pay from Manila to San Francisco amounting to 200 dollars each. The men, previously paid only from San Francisco home, filed for the remaining travel allowance.
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Howard County
Wilson & Humphries, Loganstort
Lebanon
Ind
Boone County
Manila
San Francisco
Mail carrier shot. man dying as lynch mob gathers
Mayfield Kentucky reports Sam Briggs a one legged mail carrier shot Saturday by Ed Bruce is dying. Bruce remains at large. About five hundred men gathered to lynch Bruce Saturday night after Briggs said Bruce insulted his wife.
Bankrupts Requests Filed in Court Submission
Fragmentary OCR notes show filings by individuals seeking bankruptcy on a Monday. Names like Frank J. Kiley appear with assets listed as $1,190 and scattered details are unclear.
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Frank J. Kiley
Marton
Annie Ellsworth Smith First Telegraph Message Author Dies
Mrs Annie Ellsworth Smith 73 widow of Roswell Smith founder of the Century company died Sunday May 24 1644. She at 17 sent What hath God wrought the first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore. Her father Henry Ellsworth first pension commissioner helped Morse secure funds for the line. The message is now in Hartford. James Pyle founder of James Pyle & Sons dies Saturday noted for advertising success alongside Horace Greeley.
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New York
Annie Eileworth Smith
Roswell Smith
Century Company
Washigetonn
Baltimore
Henry S. Ellsworth
F.B. Morse
Congress
James Pyle
James Pyle & Sons
Horace Greeley
Notable London authors and public figures listed
The notice enumerates William Edwards Firebuck and Richard D. Blackmore among London novelists, names Francis Duke of Teck deceased in London, and cites A. J. Valandingham of St. Louis traffic bureau. Also mentions Frederick Ebersoldt former Chicago police chief tied to Haymarket, and James Rogers once Louisville captain, plus Rev. J Henry Sharpe of Philadelphia and Julius Schriftgiesser Boston editor.
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Richard D. Blackmore
London
Francis
Paul Charles Louis Alexander
Duke of
Teck
A. J. Valandingham
St. Louis
Frederick Ebersoldt
Haymarket
Chicago
James Rogers
Louisville
Bridgeport
Cenn
J. Henry Sharpe
Philadelphia
Julius Schriftgiesser
Ediitor
Boston
Sultan's mental decline alarms Vienna physicians
Vienna reports indicate the sultan suffers from severe mental strain caused by constant fear of assassination, with recent advices suggesting doctors are in a panic over his condition.
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Vienna
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I. W. H. Hart
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W. H. Hart
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William Frather
Big Four Railway Company
Newton Prather
Martinsville
Geo. F. Baker
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Térre Haute
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DeKalb County
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State Life Insurance Company
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Jackzon County
Board of Health
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Fort Wayne
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Carl Fritschie
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John Locke
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Dublin
Allen County
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Olive G. Hall
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North Bend
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Ana
Charles Harvey
Nnanateg
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Jack Welsweaver
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Wellweaver
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Elkhart
Riv
Charles II. Brown
Trine iv Methodist Church
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Hell Cane
Josh Windred
Sells Brothers
Mexico City
Diaz
Kentucky
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G. N. Day
Parsons
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Annie E. Smith
William Edwards Firebuck
Newell
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