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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1899
Page
3
Young Greencastle man shoots himself before wedding
Warren Kahley age 22 shot himself in the basement of Allen Bros. dry goods store in Greencastle Ind after visiting Laura Watson the same day He left a note saying he preferred death to matrimony and claimed his fiancé and her family were forcing the marriage Kahley not fatally injured and the case draws questions due to his prior happiness and plans for the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
Warren Kahley
Allen Bros
Deail
Kahley
Laura Watson
Miss Watson
Elijah Grantham
Photographer Kerr
Indianapolis
Brakeman Survives Fall from Moving Train
James Cox, a brakeman in English Indiana, fell from a rolling train and rolled down a rocky embankment before being found asleep in a farmer’s barn loft uninjured. Six brakemen have been killed on this line in the past five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
James Cox
Bae
Taswell
Twins All Around
Noblesville Indiana November 3 Moses Martz a 97 year old man died on Thursday He shared a remarkable family bond with his twin brother and both couples he married were twins Two pairs of twins were born to each couple highlighting a rare family pattern
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Moses Martz
Curious Trophy From Caney Murder Trial
Miss Daisy Mason, a witness in the Caney murder trial, shows the empty cartridge shell believed to have killed Payton. She carries a gold plated and keeps the shell as a curious trophy from the case in Albany Indiana on November 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Albany
Ind
Daisy Mason
Caney
Payton
State dairy association to meet in Cambridge City
Richmond dispatch reports the State dairy association will meet in Cambridge City on December 7 and 8. George Doll of Cambridge City is credited with inventing a wagon brake. Upcoming Friday will see a Royal Arch chapter and Knights Templar commandery organized in Richmond along with a Scottish Rite consistory of colored masons. Moses Silberstein of Richmond is bound over to the circuit court on a $500 bond for receiving stolen foods. Cambridge City is seeking eastern buyers for Wayne County horses and mules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsy
Richmond
Ind
State Dairy Association
Cambridge City
George “Doll
Royal Arch
Knights: Templar Commandery
Moses ‘Silberstein
Wayne County
Seymour club ig lock factories story
A fragmentary report notes Seymour commercial club's interest in lock factories. It mentions a church built at Logarisport that remains standing and references Mrs. Sarah, Jackson Harvey, and a score or amount 8&2 with center details. The text is partial and unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Commercial Club
Ig ‘Lock Factories
Tng
Atte
Logarisport
Sarah
Jackson Harvey
Yille
City Demands 50 Cents of Un touched Balm
A city official demands fifty cents of an untouched balm as part of a larger dispute. No other details given.
Pittsburg Steel Plant Readies to Restart Under New Superintendent
H Blair Miller the new superintendent arrives at the Premier steel plant in Pittsburg. He begins planning to start mills immediately with seven carloads of pig iron already at the site. Experts accompany him to overhaul furnaces and begin producing steel billets as preparations continue. The owners left Indianapolis and expect to file incorporation papers for the new Pittsburg steel company within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Blair Miller
Pittsburg
Mir. Afil
Indianapolis
Pittsburg Steel Company
Prof Graham Dead In Birmingham College Professor
Prof William Graham son of Supt Graham of Soldiers and Sailors orphan home Knightstown Indiana died Wednesday night in Birmingham Alabama where he taught music. He was known in Indianapolis Columbus and other Indiana cities where his father once led Columbus schools. He studied in Cincinnati and Berlin and had been in Birmingham two years. His father left to meet the body for burial in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
William Graham
Supt
Graham
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Knightstown
Birmingham
Ala
Columbus
Ind
Will Graham
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Berlin
Trolley Lines and Stores Unite for Rural Trade
The Union traction company and Indianapolis stores plan to recruit rural customers. When a nonlocal buyer spends a set amount, local stores cover his car fare and ship bunions to a traction agent who forwards them home. Waiting rooms will be set along the roads, boosting merchant business and passenger receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Traction Company
Indianapolis
Traction Company
Coal Dealers Stock Up As Snow Triggers Orders
Local coal and wood dealers lined up a large fuel supply as a snow storm spurred residents to place orders. Cheaper coal rose 25 cents per ton at the start of the month due to higher mine costs, though authorities say a sharp price jump would need a harsher blizzard.
Rush Expected at Treasurer's Office Monday
County treasurer Schmidt says no special rush in tax payments recently though Thursday was busy. He cites bad weather as a factor and expects Monday to be overwhelmed with people seeking service. He does not foresee as many delinquents due to improved financial conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmidt
City Life Frank Lee Dies in Chicago Interment in Indiana
Frank Lee formerly of Indianapolis, Chicago state city life is dead. Interment set at Perkinsville Indiana on Friday. Twelfth company Indiana National Guard will be mustered in Friday evening at Monticello by Adjutant General Gore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lee
Chicago
Indianapolis
Perkinsville
Ind
Indiana National Giardg
Monticello
Adjt
Gore
Mataafa Rebellion News From Samoa and New Zealand
Reports from Samoa warn of Mataafa faction tensions with Malietoa supporters in Apia. Natives are armed as firearm restrictions ease. Influenza grips Adelmire and measles spread in Fiji. The Waikato steamer lost its shaft, drifted to sea, then was towed 2,600 miles. Raglan natives seize a monster 11 feet long with large teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
BB. C
Samoa
Malietoa
Apia
Adelmire
Raglan
N. 4
Carvers Striking In Indianapolis Still Out
Gordon G. Jeffery the union secretary says ten men who struck at the Indianapolis chair factory remain idle. He notes that nationwide demand for skilled carvers is high and the company cannot fill the vacancies. in Indianapolis only three non union carvers remain and they hold good jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon G. Jeffery
Wood Carvers’ Union
Indianapolis
Public health association to meet in Indianapolis next year
The American Public Health Association closed its session in Minneapolis on Friday and announced plans to hold next year’s meeting in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Richmond District
Greenfield
Knightstown
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Minn
American Public Health Association
Social whirl as Friday clubs host events and visitors
The Swirl of Society notes multiple gatherings including a Friday afternoon club, a taffy pulling Friday night, and luncheons for Fletcher relatives. Mrs Hodges hosts a Monday luncheon, Mrs Nesbit visits family in 106 W Walnurst, and Miss Goetz was introduced socially at a reception. The Occassia society plans a Monday meeting with papers by Mrs Cox and Mrs Callamore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purcell
Dee Blodgett
Edward F. Hodges
Fletcher
W. D. Nesbit
Baltimore
J. R. Jenkins
W. Walnurst
Kate M. Bowles
Woman’s Club
Adelaide Goetz
Occassia Society
Mary A. Henney
S. E. Waide
Cornell- -Ave
Richard
Cox
Wiliam
Matilda Frederick Russell
Uted
Sinking of Tel sha by Russian gunboat near Russian waters
The whaling bark Charles W. Morgan reports the Japanese schooner Tel sha sunk by heavy gun fire from the Russian gunboat Alexis while near Russian sealing preserves in late August. Tel sha carried 21 men. 18 drowned, 3 saved and imprisoned at Vladivostock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Charles W. Morgan
Telsha
Alexis
Vladivostock
Doty Files Bankruptcy Petition as Largest Yet
Levi R. Doty a Chicago coal merchant filed a bankruptcy petition showing liabilities of nearly five million six hundred dollars with assets of about three hundred sixty thousand. He heads Northern fuel and Lehigh coal concerns and holds stock in several firms. The total debt is said to be the largest scheduled since the new law took effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Levi R. Doty
Katy
Northern Fuel Company
Lehigh Coal and Coke Company
Deaths in Brief From Across The Nation
Former Congressman Daniel D. Barnes of St. Joseph Missouri died Thursday. Monsigneur Joseph Jessing founder of the Josephinum in Columbus Ohio is dead. Col James B. Kerrigan aged 72 who served in the Mexican War and was a 1861 congressman died in Brooklyn on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel D. Barnes
St. Joseph
Tusseil
Manitou Park
Col
Joseph Jessing
Columbus, O
Josephinum
James BE. Kerrigan
Brooklyn
Congress
Palace crown prince palace cost and other early 1900s items
Palace for the crown prince of Japan will cost 2,000,000 dollars. Steamer Portland arrived at Frisco from Alaska with 1,000,000 dollars. A Philadelphia home for aged Episcopals was dedicated. A New Orleans cold wave hit and yellow fever quarantine shifted. Adjutant general Corbin left Washington for a visit to his father in Bata via Ohio. Mrs. W J Wyman of Dodge Center Minnesota burned to death. Pension commissioner Evans denies governor generalship of Cuba. A Dewey reunion is planned in New York with over 1,500 attendees. Sailors Harry Kayton Frank McGover and Chris Blank drowned off Norfolk during a storm. Private Simon Downer shot by a guard at Fort Niagara while escaping. Senator Mason of Chicago says he never knew he was in the Tippecanoe club that expelled him. Theatre manager E D Shultz committed suicide in Pittsburgh. Capital University sophomore class suspended for visiting Columbus without faculty consent. Four convicts Gus Thomas Frank Mitchell George Lawrence and J J Johnson escaped from Tennessee penitentiary via a hot air conduit.
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Japan
Portland
Frisco
Alaska
Methodist Episcopal Home For
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Corbin
Washington
Batavia
W. J.wyman
Dodge Genter
Minn
Evans
Cuba
Dewey
New York
Harry Kayton
Frank McGover
Chris Blank
Carrie Lane
Norfolk
Simon Downer
Fort Niagara
N. Y
Senator Mason
Chicago
Tippecanoe Club
E. D. Shultz
Jos
Jefferson’s
Hotel Victoria
Pittsburg
Capital University
Columbus
Gus Thomas
Frank Mitchell
George Lawrence
J. J. Johnson
Tennessee
Nashville
Snowfall Moves Across Several States
A cold spell grips the region with snow reported in Knoxville Tennessee and Augusta Kentucky. Snowfall is described as increasing in intensity as temperatures plunge and winter weather takes hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Tenn
Cubans Contemplate Independence Amid Annexation Debate
Arthur M. Potts, on leave from Havana, says Havana is orderly and healthy under American sanitation. He notes Cubans favor eventual independence while Spanish residents push for annexation, and predicts a future island wide vote with restricted eligibility. Potts cautions on voter eligibility and reconcentrado conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Potts
Registry Department
Havana
United States
Mr. Potts
E. G. Rathbone
Department of Cuban Postal Service
E. P. Thompson
Indianapolis
Islands
Kohlsaat Indictments Named In Labor-Conspiracy Case
Grand jury votes Indictments for criminal libel and conspiracy against George Wheeler Hinman editor of the Inter Ocean and several labor leaders. They allegedly signed a Sunday Inter Ocean article October 35 accusing Kohlsaat of false statements. Case stems from charges against M J Sullivan labor leader in a post office cornerstone bribery probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herman H. Kohlsaat
Prietor
Chicago Times-Herald
George Wheeler Hinman
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Martin B. Madden
Junior Steam-Fitters’ Union
John J. Ryan
Gas-Fitters’ Union
Jos. Sullivan
M. J. Sullivan
Kohlsaat
Ballard Proposes Home for Self Supporting Girls
W. H. Ballard continues site inspections for a new Berina Ballard home to aid self supporting girls. He has several locations in view and plans the home as a monument to his late daughter. The Friends' Church will oversee the project.
Rich mining magnate sued for breach of promise again
San Francisco reports Cyril Elwood Brown, a wealthy mining man, faces a second breach of promise suit in two years. Katherine Haigh of Cincinnati, 25, seeks 20000 in damages over Brown’s mail romance scheme to sell mining stocks. He allegedly sent a gold nugget ring and brass garter gifts. marriage arrangements collapsed when stock purchase was refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cyril Elwood Brown
Catherine Haigh
Cincinnati
Brown
Miss Haigh
Gowanus
German Trade Increases Between Germany and United States
Berlin reports a 100 percent rise in imports from the United States from 1895 to 1898, reaching 70 million marks, driven by cereals butter lard and coal oil. LaGrippe ravages thousands yearly. One Minute Cough Cure claims rapid relief from coughs colds croup bronchitis pneumonia and throat and lung troubles. All druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
United States
Germany
We Want Your Family Washing Enterprise Steam Laundry
An advertisement from Enterprise Steam Laundry invites families to send their washing service, listing a phone contact. The blurb emphasizes affordable rates and reliable pickup and delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Steam Laundry
For Rent Furnished Rooms in Modern Home
Furnished rooms for rent with modern amenities and no housekeeping. Located at 619 Be Miami. Also seeking a domestic worker or cook, contact Mrs. B at 626 N New Jersey Street.
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New York
Bath
Madison-ave
E. Market St
Miami
Cook
New Jersey-st
New Jersey
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