State G A R Encampment at the Capital Next Year
Indianapolis was designated as the next meeting place for the state G A R encampment by unanimous vote. A resolution endorsed President McKinley’s war policy while criticizing Gov Mount and Indiana officials for blocking Gen Law ton’s Indiana credit to enable Gen McKee’s appointment. Gov Mount led a parade of 6000.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indianapolis
McKinley
Gov. Mount
Indiana
Gen. Lawton
Gon. McKee
Miller Thomas Hoover Dies After Prophecy Of May 24
Evansville Indiana a miller named Thomas Hoover aged twenty one fell ill last fall and warned friends he would die at 3 p m on May 24. He wasted away from 230 pounds to ten pounds and died Wednesday at the predicted time keeping his vow to end his life as foretold.
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Evansville
Ind
Thomas Hoover
Skeleton Found Linked to Haziton Wreck Victims
Princeton Indiana May 23 Coroner Hollingsworth reports information from Coroner Inskeep of Wabash County Illinois that a skeleton was found at the mouth of White River. It is believed to be one of the Hazieton wreck victims missing since two years ago last March. six bodies were never recovered.
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Princeton
Ind
Hollingsworth
Wabash County
Illinois
White River
Hazieton
Defective Boiler Explodes in Martinsville Mill
In Martinsville Indiana a defective boiler exploded at Henry Myers Saw mill near Hindsdale on Wednesday afternoon killing two of Myers’ sons Virgil and Herschel and Perry Morrison. An engineer blamed a blocked water gauge for the boiler running dry. A horse bolted, a man escaped injury, and debris hurled across the area. The Myers family already suffered a fatal gun accident a year earlier, leaving the family nearly distracted.
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Martinsville
Ind
Henry Myers
Hindsdale
Virgil
Herschel
Perry Morrison
Myers
Deadly Pop Fatality Stuns South Bend Crowd
John Litchfield, of Alma, drank a glass of pop in South Bend on Wednesday and died soon after in great agony at a local ward. Officials investigate possible poisoning or contamination linked to the beverage while neighbors recall his sudden illness. Further details pending.
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South Bend
iInd
John Litchfield
Alma
Indiana News Roundup Features Oil, Industry and Crime
Indiana notes report oil advances in several towns Greencastle seeks a Spanish gun New Albany pox pesthouse for rent Hartford City gas strike and related industry growth at Gas City prison improvements carry a $7 000 price tag Windfall baptist church dedication and local church activities Norfolk area names and incidents include a fatal shooting of a daughter-in-law and a Columbus man shot by his wife Local politics feature Mishawaka mayoral pay cut request The column also mentions new mills at American Tin Plate Gas City and various local curiosities and deaths.
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Charles Hutchinson
Charles Mitchell
Logansport
Columbus
Mishawaka
Rough Riders
Martindale's Creek
Wayne County
Lawrenceburg
Thunderbolt Hull
W. 5. Wright
Logansport Journal
Cuba
Signal Corps
Havana
Local absurdities and campus sports in Indiana news
A collage of items notes a child warmed by bottles and a sugar bag, editor feuds between Shelbyville papers, inmate counts at Indiana prisons with lifer transfers eyed, Plymouth councilman’s mud turtle stunt, DePauw’s baseball win odds vs Purdue, Mile Bosco the snake charmer’s dangerous act, and a sensational reptile diet claim with no dyspepsia reported.
Fireworks and Uniforms for A. O. U. W. Convention
The A. O. U. W. supreme lodge plans two weeks of events in the state, with Governor Mount welcoming guests. Mayor Taggart chairs the executive committee arranging entertainment including a June 15 reception at the state house, a fireworks concert lunch, Indiana day parade, police inspection, trolley ride, and a general banquet later in the week.
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A. O SU. W
Supreme Lodge
Hall of Representatives
Degree of Honor
Ladies’ Branch
Senate Chamber
Supreme Body
Taggart
State House
Mount
Tairbank
Fire Department
Braad Tiprle
Ijinquet
FECOLED BY BONES SHIP BLAZE SPARKED SKY LIGHTS OVER JUPITER INLET
A Philadelphia report on May 25 says crews of several West Indian steamers, notably the Russian Prince, saw a ship ablaze at sea near Jupiter Inlet, Florida, May 4. The Mia G. Helis, arriving Wednesday, blamed damp bones venting luminous vapor from Havana cargo for the fiery glow, and sailors mistook signals for a burning vessel.
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Philadelphea
Jupiter inJet
Florida
Mia G. Helis
Apt. Cushman
Ite
Havana
Tropics
Vic
Submarine destroyers refine simple craft for safety
The submarine boat abandons complex machinery. It uses stored oxygen and automatic dispensers to sustain crew for hours. Lowering is by gradual water intake controlled by gauges, then engines resume and lift by pumping out water, allowing the craft to rise and bob on waves.
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Trance
Now it's the Indians Who Are Causing Trouble in Nicaragua
Passengers aboard a steamer from Bluefields report a Mosquito Indians chiefs convention in Nicaragua called by Governor Torres to press surrender of special privileges. Most chiefs rejected, backing absolute independence of the Mosquito reservation and restoration of Chief Clarence now exiled in Jamaica under English protection. They deem the 184? treaty forged and unsigned by them.
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New Orleans
Bluefields
Torres
Mosquito Reservation
Clarence
Jamaica
Nicaragua
Bantam Affair At Glen Ridge Admiral Hosts Porto Rican Game Cocks
In Bloomfield New Jersey three Porto Rican cocks brought by Admiral Sampson to his home staged a tense display with one bantam crowing atop a dead cock after a clash with Spanish contenders. The locked coop fight left one bird featherless and bleeding while another hid on a beam.
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Bloomfield
N. J
Sampson
Glen Ridge
Admiral Camara
Exeter wreck coroner jury censures rail officials
Reading Pa May 25 the coroner s jury in the Exeter wreck that killed 29 aboard the Reading railroad censures trainmaster George C Bowers of Philadelphia for placing an unfamiliar crew on the special train and cites engineer Grell and conductor Magee for reckless running along with engineer Wildermuth for passing the signal and backing 239 feet and train dispatcher James J Rourke for neglecting to notify the delay of the express.
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Reading
Exeter
George C. Bowers
Philadelphia
Grell
Magee
Wildermuth
Ixeter
James J. Rourke
Petroleum dike wins Paris to Bordeaux race record
An automobile race 333 miles from Paris to Bordeaux was won by Petroleum dike in 11 hours 15 minutes 2 seconds with 25 starters. The winner set a new distance record while another car occupant died after leaping from a moving machine and a spectator died from shock as machines sped past.
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Paris
Bordeaux
Petroleum Dike
Paris Struggles Against Seas to Free Stranded Steamer
Falmouth May 23. Another failed attempt to float the steamer Paris was made at high tide. Special pumps from Liverpool are keeping water from the forehold while workers try to raise the bow. Worsening weather and rising wind threaten the Paris with pounding and danger if relief is delayed.
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Falmouth
Paris
Liverpool
School Board Requires Long Skirts for Teachers
Lynn Massachusetts May 25 The school board ruled against bicycle skirts for teachers. Several educators rode to school in bicycle gowns and then taught in them. Moving forward teachers must wear long skirts to class.
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Lynn
Mass
Dying of lockjaw case ties $25,000 in insurance
Austin Devereux lies dying at Bellevue hospital after a May 15 shotgun explosion on the East River ferry Ohio. Five accident insurers confirm Devereux held policies totaling 12,500 with double coverage if the injury occurred on a ferry or train, bringing the total to 25,000.
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New York
Austin Devereux
Bellevue Hospital
East River
Ohio
Devereux
Rickard
Noted Mason Dead in New Jersey Funeral Leader Dies
New York May 25 stricken with paralysis while conducting services that made Gov Voorhees thirty second degree mason James S Durand past grand master of masons of New Jersey died early Thursday morning in City hospital Jersey City Durand was one of the most prominent masons in the United States
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New York
Gov. Voorhees
New Jersey
James S. Hy. Durand
Masons of
City
Jersey City
Dus Rand
Mae Sons
United States
Chicago lawyer Daniel Donahue weds Miss Mary Seiler
Mount Vernon Ohio May 25 A Chicago criminal lawyer Daniel Donahue married Mary Seiler at St Vincent's church. Donahue's first wife and the bride were close friends and, before her death, Mrs Donahue arranged for the marriage to her husband it is said.
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Mount Vernon
Daniel Donahue
Chicago
St Vincent's Catholic Church
Mary, Seiler
Donashue
Ice Water Kills Two In New Jersey Man Dies Of Cramps
Two deaths attributed to ice water drinking were reported at the coroner's office in New York. Paul Hentsch, 45, of Union City New Jersey, drank two glasses and cramps followed quickly. Emanuel Rosd drank three quarts.
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New York
Paul Hentsch
Union Fill N. J
Emanuel Rosd
Indiana Kidney Pill Endorsement in Local Notice
Mrs William Stahlhuth of 1123 Spas avenue testifies in a Indianapolis case that in winter 1896 kidney pain and backache worsened with movement. After using Dean’s Kidney Pills she reports complete relief and normal kidney function with no recurrence. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo markets the remedy at 50 cents per box.
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Morrow
John Moorrow & Co
Springfield
Ohio
Greenhorn
Indianapolis
William Stahlhuth
Spas Ave
Dean
Henry J. Huder
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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Henry Clapper
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Mark Raynor
Charles F. Mahler
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