Rioting at Indiana coal mines and city unrest report
Evansville dispatch notes rioting and crowd confrontations at two coal mines as colored non union miners return from First ave mines. Police disperse hundreds of strikers and non union miners with armed guards, one mayoral proclamation banning parades. Other brief items include railway debt troubles, a shooting scare, and local oddities.
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Evansville
Ind
First
John Ingie
John Ingle
Akin
Tragedy in Denmark: Father Kills Wife and Two Daughters
Spencer Indiana July 27 Charles Wolfangle a wealthy farmer fatally wounds his wife and two daughters with an ax while they sleep then slashes his own throat. One daughter escapes to a neighbor. Authorities consider him mentally deranged and note prior coercion to bring another daughter home.
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Spencer
Ind
Charles Wolfangle
Denmark
Evans Fled With Carpet After Reformatory Release
Sam Evans, released from a reformatory due to ill health, forced his elderly mother at gunpoint to load a Brussels carpet into a cart. The carpet, hose, and clothing were found in a box car. Authorities suspect he belongs to a Chicago gang that takes stolen goods. Evans escaped. years ago he squandered $20,000 in 26 days.
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Chicago
Evans
Spirit of Col Ingersoll materializes at Indiana seance
Reports from the Indiana spiritualists staff camp say Col. Ingersoll's spirit appeared in a seance at the Mendenhall cottage in Anderson. Under Mrs Mendenhall's mediumship the materialization was described as perfect and he spoke briefly noting a hereafter though his spirit remains weak for extended talk.
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Anderson
Ind
Indiana Spiritualists
Col. Ingersoll
Mendenhall Cottage
Heirs of Andrew Valentine House Seek Estate Litigation
Richmond heirs of Andrew Valentine House, who died near Harper’s Ferry in Maryland, meet to pursue claims over forfeiture of his estate for 59 years due to omitted improvements. As nearly 39 years remain, they anticipate litigation over an alleged $300,000,000 stake.
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Richmond
Ind
Andrew Valentine House
Maryland
Harper's Ferry
House
Various Local News Snippets From Indiana Theaters And Incidents
A mosaic of brief items includes a Lafayette kissing bug outbreak at a telephone exchange, a Garrett-like rise in molders pay in Youngstown, a Marion streetcar air damage notice, and a South Bend man’s suicide in a brother’s home. Other notes cover a fire at a Scottsburg church, a forestry law delight for farmers, a Brazil professor’s appointment in Constantinople, and legal actions in Anderson and Crown Point.
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Lafayette
Charles E. Elgin
South Bend
Youngstown, O
Removal of Gen De Neprier from War Council Stirs Paris
Paris reports the new government removes Gen De Neprier from the council of war, a move seen as a major test of regime discipline. Nationalist papers denounce it as an army affront though De Neprier had no Dreyfus ties. Government warns military conspiracies will be met with action.
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Paris
de Neprier
Council of War
de Neghier
Cal. Bertrand
Dreyfus
Mrs Letitia Perot Arrested on Arrive of Cambroman
Detectives seize Mrs Letitia Perot and Captain Blood on the Camden Cambroman arrival at Liverpool. She is alleged to have abducted her child Gladys from Baltimore guardians. The party included a daughter listed as Pierce and daughter. They are taken to police for removal to London.
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Capt
Blood
Liverpool
Letitia Perot
Gladys
Baltimore
England
Cambroman
Paris War Cloud Deepens Over De Negrier Disgrace
London correspondents report Paris mood worsened by the Gen. De Negrier disgrace amid ongoing Dreyfus agitation and public tumult in France.
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London
Paris
de Negrier
Perot Extradition Case Spawns Transatlantic Journey
William H. Perot sailing to England with a U S detective authorized by President McKinley to handle extradition proceedings. Mrs Perot, once Baltimore beauty, separated from William Y Perot and lived in England after a divorce. The custody of their two children was given to the grandfather, with further developments reported from New York.
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New York
William H. Perot
Gladys Perot
Liverpool
England
Majestic
McKinley
Perot
Baltimore
Neptune Blood
Brooklyn
Weyler Censured Over Cuban Rebellion Suppression
In Madrid on Wednesday the Spanish Senate censured Gen. Weyler for failing to suppress the Cuban rebellion. Senor Dato, interior minister, criticized Weyler's claim that reducing the army could trigger a revolution, noting Weyler commanded about 300000 troops.
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Weyler
Madrid
Senor Dato
Interior
Welver
Dato
Nail Causes Death of Thomas F. Sicks
Thomas F. Sicks of 924 Tenth Street died of lockjaw after stepping on a nail about five days earlier. He was buried at Lebanon on Wednesday and left a widow and two children.
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Thomas F. Sicks
Tenth-st
Lebanon
Woman Arrest News in Transatlantic Family Drama
The passage describes a wife visiting Baltimore to ask her father-in-law for permission for her children to visit. After a brief stay, she sent the boy home and took the girl toward Montreal, then to Liverpool. The text notes that William H. Perot remains a British subject, which may affect any ensuing litigation over the arrest.
Cuba Rejects U S Aid as Plague for Independence
In Havana on July 27 Gen Gomez denounces the three million dollars from the United States as a bane on Cuba. The money has sown ill will among those who should stand united. Patriots who once refused it now seek funds, and a senior official says if Cubans lack self government they lack statehood, while annexation supporters push for statehood or nothing.
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Havana
Gomez
United States
Cuba
Woman severely burned in gas range explosion
Mrs. Joseph Sherer of 3144 West Vermont street suffered severe burns to her face and hands as a gas range exploded while she prepared supper. Officials believe a burner went out causing gas to accumulate and ignite. She escaped through the door then returned to shut off the gas after realizing her clothes were not on fire.
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Joseph Sherer
Vermont-st
Sherer
Washington Affairs Briefs on Postal Matters and Appointments
Capt Eliott formerly of New Castle Indiana travels from San Juan to Washington to report on postal affairs in Porto Rico. He will move his family from New Castle to San Juan. Rural free delivery starts August 1 at Hartford City Indiana. Appointed mail clerks include Chas Fall Wabash Edward Jones Boone Grove and others.
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Capt
Eliott
New Castle, Ind
San Juan
Washington
Porto Rico
New Castle
Hartford City
Ind
Gen Heiureaux Assassinated in Dominican Republic
Washington confirms dispatches from Santo Domingo reporting the assassination of President Heureaux at Moca. Assassin Ramon Caseres escaped and is being hotly pursued as the Dominican leader, born in Porto Plata in 186, faced decades of rebellions and plots while governing San Domingo. The State Department verified the report July 27.
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New York
Delas Heureaux
Dominican Republic
Ramon Caseres
Moca
Heureaux
San Domingo
Porto Plata
Washington
State Department
Santo Domingo
Hecureaux
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promoted For Blood Purity
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla to cleanse the blood and undo mischief from impurity. It promotes Hood's Pills as a non irritating cure for liver ills and mentions a fall dinner offer at Plaza Cafe located at 3 and 40 Monument Place with complimentary headings on The Sun's Seventh Page.
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Plaza Cafe
Monument-place
Odd Tales of the Wires and Local Notes
A string of brief items from Effingham to New York covers a citizen asking the postmaster to deliver ten cents to a farmer for a 1896 watermelon theft, copper coin shipments from India, a Massillon misidentity about a son in Cuba, returning African American colonists from Liberia, and a divorce suit with alleged bayonet threat.
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Effingham
Lawson
Decatur
New York
Oxford Copper Company
India
Liberia
Rescue at sea Rounds Up Crew Off Quebec
In Quebec on July 2 the steamer Merri sa rom sae ga wrecked near Anticosti Island. The vessel Savoy rescued the crew and took them to safety after the incident off Gall Bay.
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Quebec
Anticosti
Savoy
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