Hat Shot Off in Running Chase for Horse Thief
Shelbyville Indiana June 2 A running clash between Constable Crosby and a horse thief left Crosby with his hat shot away and the thief badly wounded. The captured suspect, who refuses to name himself, had stolen two horses from George Flatt’s barn and tried to sell them when suspected. He is believed to be a former railroad worker.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Spi
Crosby
Pairland
Ile
George Flatt
Murder in First Degree Bound Over in Marion
In Marion Indiana on June 2 William Brown age 16 was bound over to the circuit court charged with murder in the first degree for the killing of Max Cunopop and wounding H Werwitz.
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Marion
Ind
William Brown
Max Cunopop
H. Werwitz
Flying Trip A Doctor Journeys by Charter Engine
A chartered engine carried Dr. J. W. Patterson to Fairmount Indiana to reach Mrs. Palmer Winslow who was dangerously ill. The 20 mile trip from Matthews to Fairmount took just ten minutes from departure to arrival at the bedside.
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Fairmount
Ind
Matthews
J. W. Patterson
Eight Hundred Out At Jeffersonville Plant Strike
Jeffersonville Indiana June 27 Eight hundred employees of the Jeffersonville plant of the American Car and Foundry company refused to work Monday over unpaid wages due Saturday evening. The plant is busy but gates are locked and strikers are barred from entry. In Shelbyville Indiana June 27 Miss Gertrude Marks collapsed at a door and later said two men abducted her and attempted to pour tansy oil down her throat one man held her while the other acted. Virgil Anderson and William Runion were arrested.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
American Car
Dry Company
Shelbyville
Gertrude Marks
Daniel Barngrover
Barngrover
Virgil Anderson
William Runion
Hartford City Electric Light
William Yarling
Mary Conway
Blue River
Charles Welch
Cornstalk Creek
Montgomery County
Chicago
Polk St
Mother of Four Babies Dies After Births at Dunkirk
In Dunkirk Indiana on June 27 Mrs Potts wife of a Mechanicsburg laborer gave birth to four well developed babies three boys and one girl all of whom died shortly after birth.
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Dunkirk
Ind
Potts
Mechanicsburg
Indiana Inklings Report A Rush Of Local News
Indiana briefs note Bedford may gain two cement mills and a Columbus firm’s restructuring. Evansville hosts an October street fair while Mishawaka hosts a blow-out by spiritualists. Richmond holds a July 2 annual meeting as Farrers and farmers face labor and wage issues across the state.
Indianapolis and Indiana News Roundup
A tall array of short items from Indianapolis and towns across Indiana recounts trials and crimes. Survivors, lawsuits, and accidents appear alongside local politics and odd happenings from Rushville to Warsaw, including a law case over damages for a fall from a streetcar and a contractor’s Chicago trip gone awry.
Two Bastards Married Couples In Columbia Rivalry Tragedy
J H Leiten and David Meetz wed simultaneously and shared a home. After visits by James Attaway and Edward McCloud, they burst in with revolvers, forced the husbands out, then confined the wives and assaulted them. Mrs Leitch was shot, Attaway claims accidental discharge, woman says deliberate. Attaway captured, McCloud pursued.
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Columbia
S. C
J. H. Leiten
David Meetz
James Attaway
Edward McCloud
Meetz-Leitch
FightEvolving Union Clash And Donnelly’s Smile
President Donnelly of the International Typographical Union boasts a smooth outcome as the conflict with the International Machinists continues. He says the union already has enough Lino type machinists to proceed and can run 3,000 Lino machines even if 120 dissenters stay out.
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International Typographical Union
International Machinists’ Union
Donnelly
Typographical Union
Cyclone Johnson Faces Court After Street Meeting
Storm blows over as Cyclone Johnson, mobbed by followers, conducts a street prayer near Kentucky Avenue and Washington Street. Bond set to appear in police court Thursday on obstruction charge. Supt Quigley bans street meetings and orders arrest for violations.
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Johnson
Kentucky-ave
Washington St
Bond
Quigley
Woman in white Marries Cripple Creek Mine Owner
Minnie Murray of Nashua, famed as the woman in white at the Chicago convention and later a Bryan speaker in Iowa, married Monday night in Nashua to H. S. Sternberger, a wealthy Cripple Creek mine owner.
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Waterloo
Minnie Murray
Nashua
Chicago
Iowa
Bryan
H. S. Sternberger
Cripple Creek
Col
Collars and cuffs 1c Progress laundry ad note
Laundry service advertisement for Progress laundry at Vandalia and Pennsylvania Lines offering low round trip rates to California Colorado Utah and the north Pacific coast with a choice of routes.
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Progress Laundry
Vandalia and
Pennsylvania Lines
California
Colorado
Utah
North Paciiff Coast
Let Hanna call off his dogs editorial shocks Chicago readers
The Chicago Chronicle prints a strong critique of Marcus Hanna and Joseph B. Foraker in a June 27 piece. It labels Foraker as malodorous yet argues Hanna is far more dangerous, urging a quieter campaign and questioning vilification tactics. The editorial satirically questions the motives of the Ohio leaders.
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Chicago
Chronicle
Gore Democrat
Times-Herald- Foraker
Hanna
Joseph B. Foraker
Foraker
Marcus A. Hanna
Europe
Voraker
Ohio
Cox
Hanne
Gas Price Cap and Subway Tunnel Plan in Chicago
Chicago leaders introduced two measures on Monday night. A ban on charging more than 50 cents per thousand feet of gas, with current prices at $1.10. Secondly, approval for the Chicago Subway Arcade and Traction Company to operate for four years a vast underground network of tunnels and arcades, with streetcars and utilities. rent set as a percentage of land valuation.
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Chicago
Chicago Subway Arcade and Traction Company
Indianapolis
Central labor union funds boycott of Indianapolis park
The Central labor union voted Monday night to finance the boycott against the Indianapolis baseball association over non union painted signs on the park fence. Handbills will be printed detailing the union grievance. A suggested boycott of the Grand hotel was discussed but no action taken. The union also decided there will be no state labor Gay demonstration after this year, leaving celebrations to individual royal unions in their towns.
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Central Labor Union
Indianapolis Baseball Association
Grand Hotel
Rooms for 10 000 More for Epworth League Visitors
Rev C E Bacon chair of the homes committee reports early responders aided lodging for the Epworth league convention and emphasizes duty over money. Accommodations are improving daily and the city may need ten thousand six hundred more rooms. The Propylaeum offers space for women and boarding capable of housing nearly 100, and Mrs Sewalls girls class school is also offered.
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Epworth League
C. E. Bacon
Homes Committee
Propylaeum
Sewall
Girls’ Classical School
Bacon
Indianapolis salesman charged with embezzlement
Harry E. Johnson, a city salesman for an Indianapolis coffee company, was arrested at 3 a m Wednesday by Detectives Kinney and Thornton and charged with embezzlement. The firm says he has collected at least 175 dollars not turned in, with a history of dishonesty but no prior prosecutions. He waived examination and was sent to the grand jury. previously a merchant policeman on Indiana Avenue.
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Harry E. Johnson
Indianapolis Coffee Company
Kinney and Thornton
Johnson
Indiana Ave
Nipp and Tuck Club Invites Honor City Blowout
Invitations from the Nipp and Tuck club of New Castle arrive in the city with Charles S. Hornley as president for a Friday blowout. Each invitation includes a mint leaf reminding of tulips and a crest showing the club’s progressive “bay window” stages.
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Nipp and Tuck Club
Nipp and Tuck” Club
New Castle
Charles S. Hornley
Heir to a Fortune in Scotland Estate
CHICAGO June 21 John R. O'Connor a Chicago attorney has learned he is one of four heirs to a 36000000 estate in Scotland A title and an old castle accompany the fortune.
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Chicago
John R. O'Connor
Scotland
River Sunshine Steamer Restores Daily Broad Rippie to Allisonville Run
The Sunshine makes 9 a.m. trips from Broad Rippie to Allisonville daily except Sundays. Round trip distance is 18 miles and the voyage lasts about two hours. Capt. Norvell has cleared the river beds of obstructions, making the ride a delightful excursion.
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Sunshine
Broad Rippie
Allisonville
Norvell
Suit for 2500 Damages Against Monon Railroad
Isaac N. Cotton sues the Monon Railroad for 2500 dollars alleging a horse took fright amid freight piles and caused damages. The suit asserts negligence and seeks compensation for losses.
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Isaac N. Cotton
Monon ‘Railroad
Prairie coal settlement signals strike easing in Arkansas
Vice-president Davis of the United Mine Workers reports district 21 covering Arkansas and Indian Territory has reached a settlement with Prairie coal company. The agreement includes an eight-hour day and wages of 2 dollars 1214 or 55 cents per ton for mine run, with union recognition. Davis expects a general breakthrough in days and plans to travel to Evansville to help settle remaining issues.
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Davis
District 21
Arkansas and
Indian Territory
Prairie Coal Company
Arkansas
Mr. Davis
Evansville
Electric Light Company Valuation Boosted on Property Rise
The board of review adjourned quietly with few corporations reassessed. Indianapolis Light and Power Co saw a rise of 25 090 dollars due to higher value of Monument Place property, along with other principal firms including Sentinel printing, Polar ice, National Glue, and National Linseed Oil showing notable changes in value.
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Board of Review
Indianapolis Light and Power Company
Monument Place
Indiana Mfeassurance Company
Aes. Aidends Vivson
Ohto
Sentinel Printing Company
Indianapolis Ligat and Power Cotipany
McMillan Favored Over Alger by Michigan Editors
Chicago June 27 Republican editors in Michigan reply 14 favor McMillan to succeed himself while six back Secretary Alger. Nine are noncommittal and several editors warn that allying with Gov. Pingree harms Alger’s chances.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Michigan
Senator McMillan
Alger
Pingree
Colorado Paris exposition statue to be of gold girl
The Colorado Paris exposition commission contracts for a life size gold statue of a girl to be cast from Centennial state mine gold. The figure with base will stand six feet four inches tall, with a copper pedestal and pure silver base. An estimated one million dollars in gold will be used.
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Denver
Gal
Colorado
Wild hairy man captured near Chippewa Falls
A wild man aged 60 was captured 50 miles north of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin and jailed. He is described as having two foot hair and beard, no speech, wearing a gunny sack and a deer skin cap. Hunters have known of him for a decade.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Story on Col Bill Hicklin ends with bold remark
Col William Hicklin ex councilman is remembered after his death. The column relays a tale from a council meeting when he stayed silent during a key vote. He later warned that mandamus could be sought if the measure passed, but people would bring Goddamus proceedings if it did not.
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Col. Hicklin
City probes needs for mail delivery in Indianapolis
Post office inspector Fletcher with Congressman Overstreet toured Indianapolis Tuesday to assess demand for expanded free delivery and additional carriers.
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Pos
Fletcher
Congressman Overstreet
Morrow's Kidneoids Endorsement From Indianapolis
In Indianapolis readers report endorsing Morrow's Kidne-oids for kidney and back ailments. Mrs. Sarah Miller of 126 West South St. credits the remedy with easing kidney pain, nervousness, and sleeplessness after a two week course. Boxes sell for fifty cents, with a descriptive booklet available on request.
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Morrow
Sarah Miller
West South St
Sloan Drug Co
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