Zimmermann Faces Guilt and Regret After Fatal Shootout
Chris Zimmermann sits on a jail cot amid sleepless misery recounting the Maywood affray that killed Si Eaglen. He claims self defense and vows to reform, while Mrs. Zimmerman denies jealousy accusations. The case heads to the grand jury as testimonies describe a chaotic gun battle and Eaglen’s fatal wound.
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Chris. Zimmerman
St Eaglen
Tue Sun
Middlesborough
Indiana-Ohio
Michigan City
Road House
Eaglen’s
Maywood
Castor
Chas. Wilkie
Zimmerman
Eaglen
Haglen
Wiltsie
Wm. McCauley
Keglen’s
Doc
Hughes
Chris
J. F. Zimmerman
Chris Zimmerman
Terrible Excursion Train Crash Kills Many at Craigs Road
Montreal July 9 A Grand Trunk excursion train from Sherbrook ran in two sections. The rear section struck the front at Craigs Road Richmond killing twenty five and wounding forty. Ten cars and the engine were wrecked. Among the dead were Driver Peter McLeod, Fireman Dick Perkins, and three priests as the passengers headed to St Anne de Beaupré. Physicians aid rushed to the scene.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway
Craigs’ Road
Richmond
Sherbrook
Craig’s Road
Peter McLeod
Dick Perkins
Craigs Road
St. Anne de Beaupre
Conspiracy Against Czar Found Near Moscow
Paris dispatch reports the discovery of a large plot to assassinate the czar. Eight arrests are recorded, with six of those freed nihilists among the detainees, in the vicinity of Moscow.
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Paris
Journal
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Disappearance Probe Ends With Arrest In City Case
Mrs Macy and her daughter Tee visited the city weeks ago. Tee disappeared last Tuesday night and her mother asked police to search. Sergeant Crane found Tee at Maud Johnson's resort on Eddy Street, with Maud’s brother Will Johnson alleged to have brought her there. Police later seized Will Harper, a one-armed man, as a suspect and locked him up for bad association.
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Macy
Tee
Crane
Maud Johnson
Eddy St
Will Johnson
Maud
Will Harper
Cal Darnell Eyes Creek Dig To Reclaim Land
Cal Darnell advocates digging a long ditch from Sixteenth Street toward White River to reclaim land now useless. He warns sewer and water supply complications, noting Engineer Brown’s large sewer outlet and possible costly changes. P C Trusler cites a Virginia-Are viaduct case and argues city ordinances and a special act may be unconstitutional.
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Poe
Fall Creek
Cal Darnell
Denny
Cal
Sixteenth-st
White River
Engineer Brown
Fourteenth St
P. C. Trusler
Alabama-st
Welsh Prince Reconciled With Mrs Langtry At Races
News from New York reports that the prince of Wales and Mrs Langtry have reconciled after years apart. They have been seen together at races as the prince shares a sandwich and champagne with her party. A private Langtry letter notes frequent meetings at Newmarket and an Ascot rendezvous.
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New York
Mrs. Langtry
Prince of Wales
Newmarket
Ascot
Governor Matthews Returns Home From Eastern Trip
Governor Matthews and family arrived back in Indianapolis at 12 40 p m Thursday after a three day visit to New York and Boston and Norfolk Virginia where they toured Lexington Concord battleships and met Admiral Brown of Indianapolis He felt the press overstepped and noted Indianapolis is energetic and growing while he avoided politics during travel He chaired a state tax board meeting at 2 30 p m Thursday and disclosed minor seasickness during the voyage
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Gov. Matthews
New York
Washington
Indiana
Indianapolis
Massachusetts
Lexington
Concord
Boston
Norfolk
Admiral Brown
Matthews
State Tax Board
Thornton Defeat In Mandamus Case Over School Attendance
Judge McMaster ruled against Benjamin Thornton in a mandamus action to force Superintendent Goss to disclose why his daughter should not attend white School No. 4. The record shows the school is crowded. The decision cites 1869 and 1877 acts granting authority to establish separate schools and aligns with Supreme Court rulings from Indiana, Ohio, and Massachusetts that separate schools do not violate the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Benjamin Thornton
Goss
Thornton
McMaster
Supreme Court
Indiana
Ohio
Massachusetts
Forty Lives Lost In Bridge Caisson Collapse
Alexandria dispatch reports a caisson on the Nage Hamad bridge project, built by a French firm, collapsed on Tuesday, killing forty workmen. Investigators probe the failure as crews recover victims and assess safety procedures.
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Alexandria
Nage Hamad
Gave Him More Rope Hanged in July Murder Case
Prrtspure Pa July 9 Daniel Wer ling was hanged Tuesday morning for the murder of his wife in April. The execution followed weeks of appeals and legal wrangling, with Wer ling declining to testify. Local officials reported a steady crowd gathered at the state prison to witness the sentence carried out.
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Prrtspure
Daniel Werling
Apri
Eloped Professor and Destitute Wife Spur Flight to Europe
New York July 9 A music teacher Professor Adolph Peterson is said to have eloped with Dolores Morn wife of a Broadway carriage maker. Peterson left his wife and two children penniless. Morn planned to divorce, they clashed over money and jewelry, and were last seen at Grand Central. Morn vows to shoot Peterson. Mrs Peterson faces eviction.
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New York
Adolph Peterson
Dolores Morn
Europe
Peterson
Church of Our Lady of Mercy
Hoeidelburg
Morn
Marie Wiseman
Interior improvements for Tomlinson hall open to fresco artists
The Board of Works rejected unsatisfactory Tomlinson hall interior designs and extended an open invitation to fresco artists. Submissions must include a corner with ceiling, side and wall and a large ceiling panel at half size, with a $2,000 cost limit. Designs due by July 25. The board also awarded sidewalk contracts: Elizabeth street from Ellen to Blake for brick at 36 cents per foot, north Ohio street cementing from Meridian to Ilinvis at $1.05, Union street east sidewalks from Hill to Palmer to F. Ms. Dunn at 66 cents, and Warren street brick sidewalks Michigan to Bates at 24 cents.
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Board of Works
Elizabeth-st
Ellen-st
Blake-st
B. Porter
Ohio-st
Meridian
Ilinvissts
Union-st
Hill and Palmerats
Warden French’s Exit From Indiana Prison
Ex-Warden French of Michigan City says no certainty on appointing a new warden at Leavenworth Kansas or the timing of transferring U S prisoners from Indiana. Leavenworth prison capacity is 600 and may house out-of-state convicts for cost reasons. Federal labor contracts range 25 to 35 cents daily. French plans to leave next week and reside in Michigan City.
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French
Michigan City
Leavenworth
Kas
U. S
Indiana
Prison
North
Prison South
Wheelmen Gather for Asbury Park Championship Races
An estimated 5000 bicyclists are expected in Asbury Park before Thursday morning for the League of American Wheelmen sixteenth meeting championship races. California and other western states send racing men and enthusiastic riders. A parade on Tuesday after noon will be followed by a clam bake.
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Asbury Park
League of American Wheelmen
California
City politics navigate reorganization as council redistricts
Indianapolis figures show a coming reorganization of city committees with Harry B. Smith or Tom Taggart possibly taking city chair, contingent on mayoralty decisions. Milburn favors Holtzman for the Democratic nomination while Wagner and others loom large in the political chatter.
Runaway Accident Injures Two Women in Fountain Square
Miss Lattie Francis of Shelbyville visiting her aunt Mrs Henry Malpas and Miss Morna Pierson were thrown from a buggy Monday afternoon on Fountain square. Pierson suffered bruises and head cuts, Francis landed unconscious with a broken jaw four teeth lost and nasal bridge fracture. Dr A L Leatherman treated Francis. she is recovering but will be confined for weeks.
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Fountain Square
Lattie Francis
Shelbyville
Henry Malpas
Meridian-st
Morna Pierson
J.C. Pierson
A. L. Leatherman
Mrs J J Tibetts Dies in Minnesota
Word was received that Mrs. Dr J J Tibetts formerly Stella Ridgeway of this city died of consumption Monday night at Wayzata Minnesota. She was well known in this city and a schoolmate of the wife of police court bailiff Dawson. She began failing in health just before her marriage two years ago. Her mother Mrs Sarah B Ridgeway of 909 N Alabama St was with her during the last four months.
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J. J. Tibetts
Stella Ridgeway
Wayzatta
Minn
Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder Wins Gold Medal
Advertising snippet notes Driven Wells charge 40c per foot at 138 Indiana Ave and Telephone 1791. It claims Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder awarded a gold medal at the Midwinter Fair in San Francisco.
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Indiana Ave
Dr. Price
San Francisco
Cornell Wins Henley Heat In Fair Race Protest Possible
The Henley regatta heat saw Cornell defeat Leander to set up the final for the grand challenge cup while Leander may file a protest. Weather was warm and cloudy as Coach Courtney Sick stayed in bed. Leander did not start, leaving Cornell to race alone and perform solidly from start to finish.
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Henry
Cornell
Leander
Courtney
Encey
Trinity Hall Rowing Club
Cambridge
London Rowing Club
Trinity Hall
St. John’s College
Oxford
Thames Rowing Club
Eton College
Trinity
Caius College
Nereus
Amsterdam University
Lady Margaret
Argonaut Rowing Club
Toronto
Canada
Trilby-obsessed woman locked up as vagrant in Cleveland
A demented woman wandered Willson avenue Sunday night, singing Trilby and claiming to be Tolby Miller. Police jailed her, she appeared before Judge Fiedler, and prosecutors sent her to probate court for a lunacy inquest after learning she had read Du Maurier's Trilby.
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Cleveland
Willson-ave
Trilby
Tolby Miller
Woodland Hill
DuMaurier
Ottawa cabinet crisis drives governor general trip
Sir Mackenzie Browell's private secretary visited Quebec on Monday. Lord Aberdeen governor general of Canada left in a special car for Ottawa amid a cabinet crisis. He had planned a Lake St. John vacation but rushed back. Montreal conservatives react to Ottawa turmoil and minister resignations as they await capitol news.
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Quebbec
Mackenzee Browell
Quebec
Lord Aberdeen
Canada
Ottawa
Lake St. John
Montreal
Cheated the gallows by throwing himself under an engine
New York July 9 James McAvoy who shot his wife Saturday night suicided by throwing himself in front of an engine on the elevated railroad while on the way to the coroner s inquest Tuesday morning.
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New York
James McAvoy
City Life: Baseball Game Between Street Car Men and Firemen
A street car employees versus firemen baseball game is planned for late this month. John B. Pratt was discharged by Commissioner Van Buren for postal law violations. A telegram from Bethlehem announces Capt. James Wiley's death, brother of Wm. Y. Wiley. Annie McGarry, 6, is missing from 301 Michigan Ave as parents search the neighborhood. Trusten Gold’s office sees reduced aid demand since May as two visitors remain idle amid improving employment.
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John B. Pratt
van Buren
Bethlehem
James Wiley
Wm. Y. Wiley
Annie McGarry
Michigan Ave
Trusten Gold
Bookcases at Wm. L. Elder’s and leaky cisterns cleared
Advertising note lists bookcases at Wm. L. Elder’s store and repairs as leaky cisterns cleaned and cemented for $1.50. Also mentions pumps at factory prices and telephone listing 2191. Includes a line about the World’s Fair highest medal and diploma.
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Wm. L. Elder’s
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