Colored barber in fatal shooting case lives bound over
The case unfolds with Gordon and Blakey in a police court fight over an assault charge. Gordon, shot during a dispute after paying Blakey for court testimony, dies Monday. Blakey remains jailed on bond issues as disputes over which bullet caused the fatal wound continue. Gordon’s widow Isabel Howard aided in pulling Blakey away, while Gordon describes a confrontation sparked by unpaid money and a gun drawn at his house. Gordon is buried Tuesday at Mount Jackson.
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Gordon
Blakey
Teague
Shim
Gegdpesart
Mryr. Gorrdon
Blakey IV
Iisabel Howard
Mount Jackson
Premier steel plant to join great trust in Pittsburg deal
Reports say Premier steel plant may become part of the great keel trust after a sale under court order to W J in Pittsburg. Carnegie Steel attorneys were involved and an Indianapolis visit by Smiley N mers is noted. Receiver McGettigan confirms the plant was left out of the trust plans and may be used for another mill in the gas belt, prompting questions about reopening the mills.
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Progressiveby
Premier Steel Pony
Great Keel Trust
W. J
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel Company
Indianapolis
Smiley N. Mers
Aiey Chambers
McGettigan
Stern
Wee
Fea
Carlin
Rock Island Team Disbands. Western Association Next Goal
The Rock Island club of the Western association disbands and aims to join the Western league next year. Charles Doolin is signed as pitcher, Elmer Stricklett assigned to City Shorstop Artie Ball injured. team plans a final spring slate before ending. Discussions on Supreme Lodge action concluded without change.
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Island
The
Rock
Charles Doolin
Elmer Stricklett
City
Shorstop Artie Ball
Conspiracy debate over Broad Ripple rail road sale in court
In Superior Court Judge Carter heard a heated discussion on the sale of the Broad Ripple railroad. Attorneys presented affidavits from Indianapolis street railway general manager Hugh J. McGowan and State Bank of Indiana cashier James R. Henry denying a conspiracy with Randal Morgan and the railway to remove competition. Creditors seek delay to obtain a higher bid while Ladenberg Thulman & Co. of New York questions Morgan as the alleged tool.
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Broad Ripple Railroad
Carter
Superior Court
Ferdinand Winter
Hugh J. McGowan
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
James R. Henry
State Bank of Indiana
Randal Morgan
McGowan
State Bank
Indianapolis Street Railway
Broad Ripple Road
Indianapolis
Ladenberg, Thulman & Co
New York
Morgan
Henry
Wm. Bosson
Hungarian Widow Sees Husband Killed in Mine Accident
O H E deadline June 20 1920 John Fantania 28 a New Pittsburg coal company employee was instantly killed Monday in a mine while carrying pipe he touched electric wires his body was severely burned Mrs Fantania arrived from Hungary and saw the body carried from the train after the accident.
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Jobs
Tohn Fantania
New Pittsburg Coal Company
Opening of Prof Crotte Public Clinic for Consumptives
Prof Francisque Crotte, the French chemist, will formally open his public clinic for the treatment of consumptives in Chicago on July 4. He has received 3,000 applications for treatment.
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Chicago
Francisque Crotte
Man Found Dead After Disappearance
LaPorte Indiana reports Carl Siebert, missing for days, was found dead Tuesday morning having hanged himself. Police said the death appears to be suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
Carl Siebert
Fire destroys Girard & Light store at North Webster
Fire engulfed the large Girard and Light store in North Webster on Monday night causing about ten thousand dollars in losses. No injuries were reported and the origin of the blaze was not stated.
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North Webster
Warsaw
Ind
Girard & Light
Diverse 1900s News Snippets Include Disasters Trials and Politics
Germany to pay 4 187 150 for Caro lines. Fifteen miners drown in Galston Eng. England orders fusileers to cane. Bellamy Storer chats with queen regent. Dreyfus to arrive in France. Post office Robbed in Congers NY. Alliance sails from Norfolk. Halstead charged with poisoning wife. Benson schooner sinks near Sandusky. Rochester hosts boot workers union. Buffalo players acquitted. Republican documents stolen in Columbus. Fort Pickens explosion. Trial delays for Ingersoll and Collins kidnapping case. Merritt fatally injured in Chattanooga. Pittsburgh gas tank explosion kills Hammer. Mrs. Baker near death from nervous prostration after murder. Wabrogel and McDermott love triangle ends in stabbing. Benavides and Garcia accused of poisoning Isabel Barreras. Lord Beresford cites waiter weight and wine spill incident. Parkersburg wedding secretly to Morgan. N Watanabe in Chicago studying court ceremonies. Col Dick links Press attacks to Foraker. Times Herald denies.
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Bellamy Storer
Queen Regent
Dreyfus
France
Congers City
N. Y
Alliance
Norfolk
Fred Halstead
New York
Benson
Sandusky
National Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
Rochester
Buffalo
Columbus
Fort Pickens
Fla
War Department
Ann Ingersoll
John Collins
Gerald Lapiner
Chicago
J. J. Merritt
Chattanooga
Tenn
Powell Love
Pittsburg
Andrew Hammer
Tom Baker
Manchester
Philip McDermott
George Wabrogel
Jennie Cleefield
Wabrogel
Urbano Benavides
Anasaria de Garcia
Santa Fe
N. M
Isabel Barreras
Lord Beresford
Ted Sloane
Jockey Club
Caroline
Turner
Parkersburg
C. C. Morgan
N. Watanabe
Beau Brummel
Japan
Col. Dick
Ohio Republican
Chicago Times-Herald
Foraker
Times-Herald
National teachers and mechanics meet in the Midwest
National music teachers gather in Cincinnati for a conference while the National Council of the Junior Order of American Mechanics holds its meeting in Minneapolis. "Fighting Bob" Evans speaks to railway master mechanics in Norfolk.
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Cincinnati
National Council
American Mechanics
Minneapolis
Bob’ Evans
Norfolk
Deaths From Stabbings and Malicious Killing Rumors
Deaths shift across three states as Dominick Tauro of Niles Ohio dies from a stab wound in an Italian conflict. A White man named Blackwell is killed while digging a well in Cleveland Tennessee. The body of St Julian Bahaud of Julian Nebraska is found at his home mutilated and decomposed, with suspected murder for money.
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Dominick Tauro
Niles
Blackwell
Cleveland
Tenn
St. Julian Bahaud
Julian
Neb
Public safety meeting sparks city discussion
A fragment notes city life and a public safety meeting prompted by a call to action. Details are unclear, but the report suggests local officials and residents engaged on safety concerns and community priorities.
Street Car Strike in Cleveland Ends Week with Riots
In Cleveland on Monday and Tuesday a street railway strike provoked clashes as mobs attacked cars with bricks eggs and stones. A 3000 strong crowd assaulted five cars injuring a motorman and a policeman while council chambers saw egg throwing and jeering. An ordinance requiring ten years experience for motormen was passed under suspension as a settlement committee sought accord.
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Cleveland, O
Scoville-ave
Willson-ave
A. J. McGrew
St. Louis
Council Chamber
Farley
Cleveland
Elks Open Regular Program With Addressed Welcome
Hoosier Elk St Louis opens the first day of the Grand Lodge session at Olympia theater. Grand chaplain R Grosskamp gives the prayer. Louis P Alos chairs the executive committee and welcomes from Mayor Ziegenhein Burt Juyons responds. John Galvin and Meade Detechler speak alongside Howard McSherry of New Brunswick.
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ST. Louis
the Elks
Grand Lodge
Olympia Theater
R. Grosskamp
D. D
Kokomo
Ind
Louis P. Alos
Ziegenhein
Burt Juyons
John Galvin
Meade D. Detechler
Howard McSherry
New Brunswick
N. J
Lilly Varnish Company Denies Trust Negotiations
The Lilly varnish firm denies being approached to join a trust to regulate carriage builders supplies. A proposal to form a varnish makers trust was presented six months prior but refused.
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Lilly Varnish Company
Court frees Mrs Bracket and daughter in shoes theft case
In police court Tuesday Judge freed Mrs Jennie Bracket and her young daughter Ida after Henry Cohen, a junk dealer, accused them of stealing several pairs of old overshoes. The court expressed disgust with Cohen and discharged the prisoners.
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Jennie Bracket
Ida
Henry Cohen
Cohen
Tar roofing almost kills two young girls in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana on June 20 Grant Zeller's two year old daughter and Joseph Brittle's four year old daughter almost died after consuming tar roofing. Authorities investigate how the substance was accessible and advise guardians to keep hazardous materials away from children.
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Muncie
Ind
Grant Zeller
Joseph Brittle
Twenty Negroes Hurt In Santa Fe Crash
An extra freight train collided with a colored excursion train on the Navasota branch near Montgomery Texas. Two coaches were wrecked and about twenty people were injured with three possibly fatally hurt.
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Montgomery
Tex
Navasota
Santa Fe
Chinning Bar Causes Death in Martinsville Man
George Knox of Banta died unexpectedly from heat failure brought on by excessive exercise in chinning a horizontal bar two years ago. The incident occurred in Martinsville Indiana on June 20.
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Martinsville
Ind
George Knox
Banta
An Old Party Worker Gone
Martinsville Indiana June 20 Hiram Norman 81 longtime Republican politician died at his home near Mahalasville Monday confirming his death from natural causes at age 81 his obituary notes his active public service in the party and local politics
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Martinsvilla
Ind
Hiram Norman
Mahalasville
Doctor Summers a Spanish War surgeon kills self in lecture room
Dr Thomas Osmond Summers, a major surgeon in the Santiago fever hospital and a noted yellow fever expert, shot himself in his lecture room after lamenting lack of appreciation for his Spanish war services. He was a professor at St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons and left a poem, a note to his wife, and a revealing letter on his desk.
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ST. Louis
Thomas Osmond Summers
Santiago
Durance
Spicy Session as State Board Debates Textbook Purchases
The Indiana State Board of Education held a tense meeting Monday as Supt. Study of Fort Wayne proposed allowing new classes to use new books only as they form. The board tabled the proposal while Study urged changes, citing contracts and potential gains for fallen bids.
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State Board of Education
Supt
Study
Fort Wayne
Hester
Evansville
Purdue University
Smart
Indiana School Book Company
Jones
Remarkable Mansfield Flood Hits City After Thunderstorm
A severe electric storm flooded Mansfield Ohio on Monday night. Lower parts became a seething sea washing away furniture and flooding dwellings. Rail traffic halted. streetcar power house flooded. all factories except Richland buggy works idle. No deaths. many narrow escapes. Damage to merchandise and property around $50,000, possibly more.
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Mansfield
Richland Buggy
Wandering Elderly Man Detained as Suspected Insane
Christian Mintner, age unknown, of Missouri street near Ray, was taken to police headquarters Tuesday morning. He claims a fall from a wagon two weeks ago caused his injuries. Mintner formerly worked as a truckman at Union Station and is believed to have wandered from home. relatives likely to file for him.
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Butler College
Elvet E. Moorman
Edward Hughes
Bess Campbell
Helen Moore
Hughes
Helen
Christian Mintner
Missouri St
Ray
Union Station
Guests Fight Brighton Beach Fire at Coney Island
A hotel blaze at Brighton Beach, Coney Island, caused about $10,000 in damage and panicked 100 guests. No injuries reported as Joseph Leiter of Chicago and others strapped chemical engines and battled flames until firefighters arrived.
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New York
Brighton Beach
Coney Island
Joseph Leiter
Chicago
Emperor Franz Josef Suffering Relapse In Vienna
The emperor remains bedridden at Ischias with a relapse from a cold and shows no improvement. Thousands of telegrams inquire about his condition as alarm spreads in Vienna.
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Franz Josef
Vienna
Emperor Franz Josef
Ischias
Fiber Smyrna Rugs and Accessories in June Clearance Sale
A June clearance lists reversible Smyrna rugs in various sizes with knotted wool fringe, mats, curtains, cretonnes, and carpet paper. Also features Japanese matting, ruffled Swiss curtains, cottage rods, extension brackets, and floor denim at reduced prices, highlighting bargains across textile items.
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Ise
New York Financier Seeks to Promote Ireland Purchase Drive
A prominent New York financier has offered to fund and organize a movement to buy Ireland, telling an Irish member of parliament he could raise hundreds of millions of dollars. The letter was received in London on June 2.
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New York
London
Ireland
Indiana teachers to hold annual convention in Soutil Bend
Soutil Bend will host the Indiana music teachers association annual convention from June 27. More than 700 delegates are expected for the week's activities.
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Thumpers and Warblers
Soutil Bend
Jod
Indiana Music Teachers’ Association
Wheat drives farmers to fieldwork in Sabbath county
Jeffersonville Indiana reports a Sunday scene as more than 50 farmers in the vicinity used binders in their wheat fields despite the Sabbath, reflecting the crop’s poor condition and urgent need for harvest.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Ayres & Co to Close Saturdays at 1 PM This Summer
L. S. Ayres & Co. will close their store each Saturday at 1 o'clock until Sept 9, beginning July 8. Baptized in Holy Water, BRAZIL, Ind., June 20. M. R. Collins' four year old child was baptized in water brought from the river Jordan, Sunday.
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L. S. Ayres & Co
Holy Water
Brazil
Ind
M. R. Collins
River
Jordan
Funeral Notice for John Scudder at Private Service
John Scudder, 59, of 38 W. Chiost, will be buried in a private service at his late residence. Viewing of the remains available today between 5 PM and sunset. Funeral arrangements set for 1 AM Wednesday June 21 with services and burial strictly private.
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Scupder
John Scudder
W. Chiost
Park Concerts Planned by Commercial Club
Chairman Sullivan of the entertainment committee will assemble the committee this week to finalize arrangements for park concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
The
Commercial Club
Steam Pipe Burst Injures Dish Washer at English's Hotel
A steam pipe in the kitchen of English's Hotel burst on Tuesday, severely burning the hand and arm of John Matt, a dishwasher. The incident occurred in the kitchen area and authorities were notified.
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English
John Matt
Indianapolis Stock Market Cattle and Hogs Prices Report
Indianapolis stock market update dated June 20 shows cattle receipts of 40 and hog receipts of 3 000 with market activity strong and prices rising. Export cattle quoted good to prime steers 1 359 to 1 200 pounds. hogs ranged from good to choice lightweights to heavy packers. sheep and lambs also traded with steady demand and varied price ranges.
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Indianapollis
Indianapolis
Medes
Sonale Sea
Niss
Alec
City Grain Market Report for Tuesday June 20
Wheat prices steady with No 2 red at 7 4c and No 2 red around 69 14 to 73 14c. Corn steady with varying bids across white and mixed lots from No 1 white at 3c to No 4 white at 22 Bic and No 2 white mixed at 34 34c. Oats steady with No 2 white at 29 to 29 1 2c and timothy hay prices listed at 9.00 to 9.30 per bale.
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City
Hay
Timothy
Anti-trust Live Stock Market Report
Indianapolis July 20 1899 report notes fair receipts and a strong market with prices up about 5 71 2 percent. Large orders were seen for light weights and hogs, with heavy offerings dominating the run.
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R. R. Shiel & Co
Indianapolis
Ind
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