War letters from Philippines describe trench life and Filipino retreat
Special 1 Nathan Morgan quotes son Otto of the Third United States artillery in Malolos April 14. Soldiers endure hot days and cool nights with scarce casualties from Feb 14 to March 25 while facing sharp shooters. Filipinos flee when attacked, abandoning guns. natives possess good firearms but no cannons.
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Plainfield
Ind
Nathan Morgan
Otto
United States Artillery
Philippines
Malolos
Tey
Jewelry theft sparks Wa s c on spree
In Patriot Indiana on May 24 Charles H Stone, after marrying Susie Griffin, vanished with her purse on a honeymoon trip to Warsaw Indiana. He allegedly stole jewels from fine watches and duplicated them as imitations. Susie Griffin sought funds from her father in Lawrenceburg.
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Patriot
Ind
Charles H. Stone
Warsaw
Susie Griffin
Lawrenceburg
Stone
Americans witness El Caney mock battle at high turnout
A crowd of 20,600 in Haute Indiana watched a sham battle and the capture of El Caney on Tuesday. Exhibition drills preceded the battle with the Culver black horse troop prominent. Bands from nearby towns played as cheers rang for the American victory and the crowd reflected on leadership contests within the W. R. C.
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Haute
Ind
el Caney
Culver Black Horse
Jail Break at Noblesville: Five Escape Using Iron Bed
In Noblesville Indiana five inmates escaped jail by tearing an iron bed and using rods to break the lock. They moved to the attic and descended through a wall hole with a blanket rope. None faced a serious charge. This marks a second escape in a month.
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Noblesville
Ind
James Alien
Ledford Council
Frank Remey
Archie Elther
Anderson High School
William Gall
Logansport
Sheriff Sends Posse to Quell Gravel Road Election Riot
Brazil Indiana May 24 Sheriff Klingle dispatched a posse to Cory after a telegram to keep down a riot as polls opened for a gravel road election.
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Brazil
Ind
Klingle
Cory
Binford Alleged Alien Affection Damages Sought
A filing seeks 11004 dollars in damages alleging Binford alien and his wife’s affections disrupted a relationship. The complaint names Binford and his spouse as the involved parties and cites personal injury style claims without graphic detail.
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Binford
Multiple Local News Items Touch on Accidents Scandals and Politics
A flood of terse notes from Indiana towns reports oil strikes in Tenry county deaths from train collision and overdose cases in Wabash and Anderson and a late-breaking clerical banishment in Hartford City. Other items mention counterfeit currency in New Albany a proposed colony for Evansville and civic actions in Kirksville Clinton county and Columbus.
Detectives Stalled in Arthur Clark Child Abduction Case
New York detectives tracking the Arthur Clark child kidnapping report no new clues. Clairvoyant tips dismissed, Johnston witness discredited as time frame wrong, theories multiply. Rewards total about 2 400 dollars with additional offers from The World Evening Journal and Theodore B Starr. private subscriptions may raise the sum.
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Marion Clark
The
Evening Journal
Theodore B. Starr
Raleigh Placed Out of Commission in June
Washington reports orders to decommission the cruiser Raleigh around mid June. Capt Coghlan will become commandant at Puget Sound Naval Station July 1, replacing Capt Green. Remaining Raleigh officers are sent home on waiting orders.
Duels Turn Deadly for Mexican and Kentucky Students
In Chepultepec Mexico Louis Villegas stabbed Nicholas Moctezuma through the heart after a duel over a dispute at Chepultepec. In Hillsdale Kentucky Riley Bethel killed Scroggins after a gunfight over a shared love. In Paris two women Jeanne Leroy and Juliette Valant fought with knives on a vacant lot leaving both badly wounded.
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Louis Villegas
Nicholas Moctezuma
Chepultepec, Mex
Riley Bethel
Scroggins
Hillsdale
Bethel
Jeanne “Leroy
Juliette Valant
Paris
Law Repeal Puts Damages Suit On Stand
Attorneys for Indianapolis street railway file a demurrer in superior court to Charles N. Smith’s damages claim for being refused a ride over a three cent fare. The repeal law and its validity were cited as defenses, with Judge Leathers to rule in ten days. If decided, the case may advance to the supreme court.
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Ferdinand Winters
Chambers, Pickens & Moores
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Charles N. Smith
Smith
Queen of Great Britain Celebrates Eightieth Birthday
President McKinley sends a formal birthday message from Washington to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. The note expresses warm regard, affection, and wishes for many years of happiness and prosperity under her government.
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Washington
Great Britain
McKinley
Executive Mansion
Windsor Castle
England
Actress Gladys Wallis Marries Samuel Insull in Brooklyn
New York May 24 Gladys Wallis the actress who had been acting with William H. Crane wed Samuel Insull of Chicago at the bride's home in Brooklyn where she had lived with Blanche Walsh Insull is president of the Chicago Edison Co and a prominent figure in western business Wallis Barton Bird previously known as Miss Margaret Anna Bird has recent stage success in The Lady Slavy The Head of the Family and Worth a Million
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New York
Gladys Wallis
William HW. Crane
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Brooklyn
Blanche Walsh
Insull
Chicago Edison Company
Wallis
Margaret Anna Bird
W. H. Crane
Tyler Lynching Case to Be Heard in Federal Court
The Marion Tyler lynching case will be aired before Judge Baker in federal court next Wednesday. Attorneys Jos. H. Sheaara Smith and Korbly, representing Sheriff Gobin of Scott County and his bondsmen, face damages suit by the administrator of Tyler’s estate. Judge Baker had earlier overruled a demurrer.
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Baker
Marion Tyler
Jos
H. Sheaara Smith & Korbly
Gobin
Scott County
Tyler
General Dental
Hamlet's weight sparks debate among critics
Chicago May 24 reports on Sarah Bernhardt's Hamlet prompting a debate among stage figures. Critics offer opinions on whether Hamlet should be fat, citing actors like Edwin Booth, Charles Fechter, James O'Neill, and Ward and Wokes, with humorous lines on boarding houses and breath.
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Chicago
Hamlet
Sarah Bernhardt
Hamiet
Willie Collier
de Wolf Hopper
May Irwin
Edwin Booth
Charles Fechter
Sarah
Henry Clay Barnabee
Shakespere
James O'Neill
Kentucky visitors accused of liquor violation at Chattanooga
Rev. R B Garrett testified before a grand jury that Kentuckians who accompanied Gov Bradley violated Chattanooga liquor rules at a club during a monument dedication trip. Authorities plan to have the governor testify in the case.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
R. B. Garrett
Fourth Baptist Church
W. O. Bradley
Thickamiunga
Guscett
Garrett
Monitor Pilot Slover Dead After Fight With Alerrimac
Gaston Md May 24 Captain Slover who piloted the Monitor during the engagement with the Alerrimac is reported dead.
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Monitor
Gaston
Slover
Wood and Werstetter Debt and Asset Report
Tinton S Wood of Lafayette owes 1895 dollars with 404 dollars assets. Daniel J Wood of Lafayette owes 1658.94 dollars with 425.25 dollars assets. Edward Werstetter of Elkhart filed his petition. Debts total 11491.02 dollars and assets 744.40 dollars.
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Tinton S. Wood
Lafayette
Daniel J. Wood
Edward Werstetter
Elkhart
Firemen Respond as Mexican Depot Burns Across Rio Grande
A central depot across from El Paso Texas in Mexico burned with losses reaching fifty thousand dollars. In Toledo Ohio a drug store and other businesses sustained a ten thousand dollar loss Wednesday morning.
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Mexican Central
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tex
Foncannon
Toledo
Local Detective Group Formed In Wabash Valley City
The Wabash valley detective association based in Logansport is joined by the Selnen Witat supply company of Fort Wayne in founding a capital of 10000 dollars for the new organization.
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Wabash Valley Detective Association
Logansport
Selnen, Witat Supply Company
Fort Wayne
Pe-ru-Na praised by Detroit woman for catarrh cure
Mrs. R. Eades of 35 Twenty eighth Street Detroit reports remarkable results from Pe-ru-Na for catarrh curing ailments in herself and others. She claims her grocer friend sold it after dyspepsia improvement and notes her daughter’s jaundice cure. Dr Hartman offers free counseling to fifty thousand women.
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R. Eades
Detroit
Mich
Hartman
Surgical Hotel
Columbus
Ohio
Man Fatally Stabbed in Wichita Office Tragedy
Roy Dennis was fatally stabbed Tuesday in a Wichita physician's office by his best friend Smith Byrd who drew a surgeon's knife and shouted support. Dennis reportedly said I m from Missouri show me before Byrd plunged the knife into his left lung. Byrd attempted suicide and remains under close watch.
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Wichita
Kas
Roy Dennis
Smith Byrd
Byrd
Dennis
Missouri
Pacific Coast Socialite Weds English Millionaire in Fast Union
Mrs Lillian Han ford Ellis, a famed Pacific coast society woman, married Arthur Cecil Selvin Manners, an English Hong Kong financier, after knowing him four days. The ceremony took place at a Little church around the corner. Ellis was previously married to George Ellis, noted western sportsman.
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New York
Lillian Hanford Ellis
Arthur Cecil Selvin Manners
Hong Kong
Manners
George Ellis
Cuban rescue tale ties to Logan daughter birth
Mrs. John A. Logan reports a letter from Carlos Carbonnel announcing the birth of a daughter. Carbonnel and Evangelina Cisneros were married last June after he aided in rescuing the Cuban girl from a Spanish prison.
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Washington
John A. Logan
Carlos Carbonnel
Evangelina Cisneros
Carbonnel
Theatrical Manager John J Coleman Files Bankruptcy
New York March 24 John J Coleman a theatrical manager files a petition in bankruptcy declaring liabilities at 7240 with assets mainly clothing. A pair of cuff buttons likely part of assets.
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New York
John J. Coleman
Hungry anti trustists will delve into grub at Col in St Louis
In St Louis on May 24 arrangements for a large anti trust dinner at the Coliseum are complete. Invited guests include Bryan Altgeld and Belmont along with national committeemen to arrive Thursday morning. Illinois delegates plan to press for Altgeld over the advisory committee and challenge the national chairman’s authority.
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ST. Louis
Colieum
Bryan
Altgeld
Belmont
Illinois
Altgelt
Sam B. Cook
Jones
Walsh
National Committee
Maude Adams Play Sees Lead Actor Severely Wounded
In Boston at Hollis Street Theatre during Romeo and Juliet, Maude Adams' leading man Hackett struck the lower side with a sword in a quarrel scene. The actor bled heavily and struggled to finish the act while continuing his performance with apparent cool resolve until the wound was dressed after the act.
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Boston
Mags
Favor Sham
Maude Adams
Rogmeo and Juliet
Hollis St
Hackett
Favors Sham
Receiver Reports Castle Hall Property Change of Ownership
The Marion trust company receiver reports the Castle Hall property at Massachusetts avenue and Pennsylvania streets is now owned by the land lodge. K of P lodges 1 2 7 2 and 9 possibly 36 may join to build a lodge on Ohio street between Delaware and Alabama. Site could be secured from Gen Coburt for 16000 dollars. A five or six story structure with stores and op a rents on first three floors and lodged rooms on upper floors is contemplated. They have funds to buy the ground but will need to borrow for construction.
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Castle Hall
Marion Trus Company
Castle Hall Association
Superior Couy
Massachusetts-ave
Pennsylvania-sts
Land Lodge
K. of P
Ohio St
Delaware
Alabama
Gen. Coburt
Death of Navy Man William Jacobs in Bargerville
William Jordan Jacobs died April 26 at City hospital after consuming illness. Despite efforts, no relatives could be found. The body was sent to Indiana Medical College for examination and later recovered by his mother for burial. Jacobs was a successful patent attorney.
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Navy
William Jordan Jacobs
William Jordan
Indiana Medical College
Bargerville
Ind
Jacobs
Monument Planned for Admiral Dewey in Golden Gate Park
A May meeting in San Francisco decided to erect a monument to Admiral Dewey in Golden Gate Park costing 3100,000. Subscriptions are pouring in, though a few details remain to be settled.
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Dewey
San Francisco
Phelan
Admira Dewey
Golden Gas Park
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