Missing bookkeeper accused of embezzling in Indiana
B J Ellert a bookkeeper in Fort Wayne is missing and believed to have taken about 3000 by securing signatures on papers that became promissory notes. He recently lost his job amid crooked transactions. Emmett Brown a 19 year old Waterloo resident was killed by a Lake Shore train when he stood on the track waiting for a freight.
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Ellert
Butler
Ind
Emmett Brown
Waterloo
Lake Shore
Workers strike over pay for Wabash river project
Sixteen men in the Wabash river near Peru work up to their shoulders laying water mains for the Shaw Kendall company of Toledo. They struck Tuesday for a raise from $1.50 to $2. Contractors say they will import workers from Toledo, but the city council bars the plan.
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Peru
Ind
Wabash River
Shaw-Kendall Company
Toledo
Local Youth Dies After Night of Fights in Bovansville
Louis Avenius aged 21 died after returning home Sunday night and telling his sister he did not feel well. Doctors cite blows to the body as the cause and police seek his assailants as Bovansville authorities investigate the case.
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Bovansville
Ind
Louis Avenius
Epidemic and Local News In Indiana Regions
Dysentery rages in Muncie while Anderson reports a figure nicknamed Jack the hugger. South Bend sees a grasshopper infestation and smallpox is carried to Loogootee by an Indianapolis woman. In Laporte County Peter Freeland aged 84 and Eleanor Young aged 40 wed. Huntington notes Oscar Olsen killed in China battle. Richard Boggs 23 dies instantly in a belt accident at a planing mill. Peru mourns Rev Daniel Shively Dunkard minister of national reputation. Andrew Carnegie donates a $3000 pipe.
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Richard Boggs
Daniel Shively Peru
Dunkard
Grasshoppers migrate over Goshen in a flurry of black dust
A reader note reports a swarm of grasshoppers passing over Goshen on Saturday, described as looking like flakes of snow. Other items include political mentions for Madison and a collapsed B and O S W temporary trestle near Washington injuring two men and a boy.
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Goshen
Washington
Is Politics at the Bottom of It Central Labor Union Row
A Central labor union meeting reveals a letter from President Gom pers stating American agents were not federation members since last March. President John Blue faces disqualification and questions his union’s membership, with politics hinted as a factor. The motion to defer the issue to the next meeting passes.
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Central Labor Union
Gompers
Federation
John Blue
Blue
Bethany Christian Woman's Mission Board Event Notes
At Bethany the Christian woman's board of missions convention heard Miss Mary Grayhill Mahoko India and Miss Adelaide G Frost speak. Mrs. John T Brandt will lecture on the Passion play Tuesday evening. The boys' brigade will hold a spam battle Thursday and the Indiana reform school band will perform Thursday and in the evening. Officers were elected with President Mrs W S Cunningham and other officers listed.
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Christian Woman's Board of Missions
Mary Grayhill
Mahoko
India
Adelaide G. Frost
John T. Brandt
Indiana Reform School For Boys
W. S. Cunningham
Franklin
S. K. Jones
Corydon
Susie Moffett
Irvington
W. ©. Darnall
Tebanon
Kate Whistler
Evansvill
Cunningham
Helen Dungan
Indianapolis
Tales From The Tents Of Soldiers At Fairview Camp
At the state national guard camp in Fairview the Danville company K Capt Enloe Second regiment with 56 men shows high spirits and hard work. Soldiers endure late straw for beds and candle shortages while adjusting to camp life. Poker and craps substitute for entertainment as muttered cheers for McKinley and Bryan echo, and a guard detains a reluctant prisoner under a tree.
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State National Guard
Fairview
Danville
Scuffle Ends in Death of Local Waiter
John Prebble, 33, formerly of 1909 Columbia Avenue, a Palm Garden saloon waiter on East Washington Street, died after a scuffle last Tuesday night when his opponent Will Chasteen fell on him causing internal injuries. Dr. W B Stewart cites the injury as a contributing cause. Prebble leaves a wife and two children.
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Palm Garden
E. Washington St
Will Chasteen
Chasteen
W. B. Stewart
Bryan notification meeting sets Aug 8 speech in Tomlinson Hall
An arrangements committee lists reception decorating and finance subgroups for a Bryan event on Aug 8. Bryan will speak in Tomlinson hall and tickets will be issued with Indianapolis residents given preference.
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Bryan
A. G. Smith
L. Parian
P. J. Kelleher
Carl von Hake
Pierre Gray
F. J. Reinhard
John Blue
Maurice Donnelly
George Seidensticker
J. T. Fanning
Henry N. Spaan
Charles F. Maas
Timothy Harrington
W.A. Pickens
Joseph Schaff
Jerry Costello
Frank Hord
Frank M. Fauvre
Frank A. Gavin
Major W. W. Robbins
Fred Gossart
Edgar A. Perkins
Charles M. Cooper
Fred J. Mack
John J. Rockford
Theodore 5. Harrison
W. W. Spencer
C. E. Cox
Austin H. Brown
Edgar A. Brown
Albert Gall
D. Sommers
W. J. Mooney
Hiram Brown
Cc. W. Bridges
Charles Maguire
George J. Marott
John Carson
M. B. Wilson
A. A. McKain
A. M. Steffin
Jerry Hall
Will Maguire
W. O. Reveal
T. Taggart
Parks M. Martin
T. L. Sullivan
H. O. Thudhum
T. J. Ryan
A. M. Kuhn
Edward Hawkins
J. E. McCullough
J. J. Appell
A. M
Fall of Panama Reported by Cable from Ecuador Narrows
Dr. F Lopez the Ecuador consul general in New York reports a cable from President Alfaro confirming the capture of Panama City by rebels. The revolutionary force numbers about 2600, led by Gen Porras who has delayed attack to spare bloodshed after twice demanding surrender.
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New York
Dr. F. Lopez
Ecuador
Alfaro
Panama City
Porras
Revolutionary Army
Bryan and Hill to Tour New York State in October
William Jennings Bryan is expected in New York around October 5 and will deliver about six speeches across the state. David B. Hill is said to accompany him on the tour visiting Manhattan, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica.
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New York
Wm. J. Bryan
David B. Hill
Bryan
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Rochester
Syracuse
Utica
Engine No 6 blasts water from ground nozzle 40 feet high
In a fire pressure test on Monday evening water was sprayed above the Stevenson building using a Glazier nozzle on the top of the stand pipe. Engine No 6 delivered the stream from the ground to reach 40 feet above the building.
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Stevenson
Death in Bed Found Husband Henry Weasling
Henry Weasling, 625 Hayr Avenue, was found dead in bed Tuesday morning by his wife. He had a history of heart trouble and is believed to have died from that illness.
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Henry Weasling
Hayr-ave
Scheme to Defraud In Insurance Conspiracy
The confession of Margaret Sheehan details a plot with four companions to defraud Knights and Ladies of Security by burying pauper bodies as dummies for living insured persons. Sheehan pleaded guilty on Monday. companions Nora O'Brien Della Mahoney James O'Brien Dr M N Regent and others pleaded not guilty.
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Chicago
Margaret Sheehan
Knights and Ladies of Security
Harrison
Nora O’brien
Della A. Mahoney
James O'Brien
M. N. Regent
Bo Les
Miss Sheehan
Democrats Seize the Council in Brief Red Move
The Democratic side briefly controlled the council on Monday to consider a $125,000 temporary ordinance. The meeting opened with absent leaders and a democratic selection of Spiegel as temporary chair failed for lack of a constitutional majority. The scene included a sympathy resolution for oilman Wheeler and an odd parliamentary exchange amid taunts and a grim personal note.
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Geckler
Crall
Megrew
Spiegel
Tem
Wheeler
Ing
Commit Kaiser
Knight
Aecrat
Repuians
Perrott
Negley
Bicycle Patrol Rescues Man After River Fall
A man fell from a bridge into the White River while trying to catch crawfish. He was pulled from the water by bicycle police and bystanders after a long run, then walked with assistance as medics arrived.
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White River
Martin Ormes
West
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