Blood stained boat mystery haunts Cedar Lake chase
Reports from Cedar Lake Indiana on October 4 describe a blood stained boat and disputed clues in a three day search. Fisherman J Michaels recalls a summer 1899 rental by a young couple who drove from Crown Point. the man returned alone claiming illness and a train to Chicago. Detectives doubt the tale and new theories hint at a double murder.
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Cedar Lake
Ind
J. Michaels
Michaels
Crown Point
Chicago
Manifold small town items headline Marion strike and more
Plumbers strike at Marion. Soldiers monument planned for Lewis. Russian thistle in South Bend. Holiness church session in Greensburg. Franklin public schools may close due to scarlet fever. Cambridge City torn down Kirby house. Mrs. Montell burned to death near Wa bash. Safe in Marietta post office robbed of $25 and stamps. Seymour suffers fear scarcity from lack of cars. Ed Miller’s son killed in bath tub accident. Joseph Poker killed in Shelburn mine. Joseph Keith fears mob in Princeton. Pittsburg capitalists buy Alford & Heald oil holdings for about $85,000 near Van Buren. Washington street fair amid grafters. Steele family poisoned in Elwood. Narrow escapes from death. Nightwatchman Quirk shoots at burglar. no hits. Verne Osborn fatally injured by train. Servant girls scarce in Hartford City. Oldest editor C E Galloway dies in Denver. John Graham’s son injured by ax accident. Swartz and Walters fight with stones. severe injuries. Tipton barbers to close by 8 pm. Vaccination debate tweets spark court questions. Logansport council to appeal supreme court over patrol wagon payment. Uncle Dan Bradley hauls pawpaws home. Brandywine waters yield fish by snare and gig. George Schwartz touts cow milking device in Philadelphia.
Prisoner William Bullock Escapes Matteawan Jail
William Bullock a Black man who murdered ex Chief Walsh of Freehold New Jersey escaped from Matteawan jail three weeks ago. The escape was planned from outside the jail and investigators believe enemies aided him. Judge Beekman suspects an outside conspiracy and the grand jury is examining the case.
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Bullock
Walsh
Freehold
N. J
Matteawan
Beekman
Grand Jury
Divorce Trend Cited in Toronto Over Self Destruction Deaths
An epidemic of death by own action draws attention in Toronto. Goldwin Smith notes rising rates. suggests civilization increases sensibility and that marriage safeguards against self destruction, while divorce appears to raise its incidence.
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Toronto
Ont
Goldwin Smith
Duel to Death at Negro Festival in Arcadia
Two women fought over a lover at a negro festival near Mound City and fatally wounded each other with razors in a midnight duel. They were found severely injured and died later from gaping knife wounds to the chest shoulder arm and face.
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Arcadia
Fia
Mound City
McFarlane Defeats Intruders in Florida Campaign Stop
In OCAIA Florida on October 4 Republican governor nominee N B Mc Farlane faced hecklers during a campaign meeting. He later confronted a leader of the disturbance on a hotel porch and assaulted him, ending the incident.
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Ocaia
Fla
N. B. McFarlane
McFarlane
Georgia Election Majority Reported at 64 410
Atlanta Ga Oct 4 corrected returns up to 9 a m show the democratic majority in the state election is 64 410.
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Atlanta
Appellate Court Rules Witness Testimony Premature Test
Indiana appeals overruled a lower court ruling that barred a witness from testifying because he had heard plaintiff testimony in violation of an order. The court held a litigant is not excluded from witness testimony unless the litigant is at fault. The ruling favored the plaintiff in the Closson versus David case from Monroe County.
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State of
Indiana
Annie Closson
James A. David
Monroe County
Coal Miners Hunger Appeal Reaches President
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on October 4 persuading President Mitchell to feed striking miners. About 100 men currently need food with numbers rising to 500 within a week. A commissary will open to supply meals to the hungry as others learn of the aid.
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Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
Miners Reject Wage Offer at Scranton Plant
Scranton Iowa October 4 Not a man returned to work Thursday after the wage offer post ed by the D L W company. Miners say individual operators are in a hole in peace talks and urge pushing the little ones into the aperture. They claim operators violate mine laws force company stores and pay the least.
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Scranton
Messenger Kills Train Robber Near Kansas City
Ex press messenger Charles Baxter killed one bandit during a Burlington Express hold up three miles south of Council Bluffs Iowa on Wednesday midnight. The second robber fled into a cornfield while Baxter aided the engineer and fireman and escaped unharmed.
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Burlington Express
Kansas City
Council Bluffs
Iaa
Express
Charles Baxter
Burlington Road
Baxter
Donnelly
Murderous Shansi governor removed amid regional upheaval
Reports from Shanghai say Russia violated a power agreement by seizing the Tong-Shan mines and taking Shan-Hai-Kwan by trickery. Field marshal Von Waldersee refuses to meet Li Hung Chang as the powers accept Germanys second note. Fifty Protestant missionaries were reported murdered in north Shansi as an imperial edict ousts Yuh Sien and installs Kat-Lang. Taomu is reassigned.
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von Waldersee
Li Hung Chang
Germany
Shanghai
Russia
Li Hung
Shansi
Yuh Sien
Ktl-Lang
Tomas
Taomu
Shen Kan
Kwang Province
Eighth Regiment Departs Shenandoah with Withdrawal Expected
SHENANDOAH Pa Oct 4 The Eighth regiment departed Thursday and it is expected the other regiment and the battery will be withdrawn soon.
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Shenandoah
Births and marriages listed for local residents
A long list records numerous births and marriages with names and addresses. It includes many newborns such as boys and girls from Hickman Schuller Lauck King Ralston Jennings Tacoma Fitzgerald Beyer Gedig McClain Johnson Borgert Hamen Johnson and others. Several marriages are noted among John Wiszniewski James Ryan and multiple couples with no details beyond names.
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John W
Laura Hickman
Lex Ington-ave
Theodore and
Bertha Schuller
Union-st
Anthony
Margaret Lauck
John H
Aura King
Ashland Ave
Wilton
Eva Ralston
E. Nineteenth-st
Pearl
Ida Jennings
E. Wabashst
Charles N
Anna Tacoma
Churchman-st
Catherine Fitzgerald
Senate-ave
Edward and
Lizzie Beyer
W. Walnut-st
John and
Rosa Gedig
St. East-st
Hoyt and
Lilian McClain
City
Arthur and
Anna Johnson
City Hospital
Train robber identified in Express murder case
In Council Bluffs Iowa on October 4 the train robber killed by Express messenger Baxter was named as Al Poorman a barber. A suspected accomplice giving the name Dr Knight has been captured.
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Council Bluffs
Baxter
al Poorman
Dr. Knight
Bayliss Sent to Grand Jury on Embezzlement Charge
Thomas Bayliss an insurance agent waived preliminary examination in Justice Lockmans court Thursday and was sent to the grand jury on an embezzlement charge. He was dismissed in the insolvency court in Cincinnati Wednesday to enable Detective Wallace to bring him back to Indianapolis for trial. He posted a bond of 7500 dollars.
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Thomas Bayliss
Grand Jury
Battle Near Niu-Chwang Engulfs Fleischer Army
Gen Fleischer with 6 000 men clashes with Chinese near old Niu Chwang. Two officers killed and 18 men wounded reported. Nearby Chinese force alleged at 14 000. further engagements expected.
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ST. Petersburg
Old Niu-Chwang
Fleischer
Indianapolis Girl to Play Puck in New Jersey Revival
Miss Ethel Browning daughter of W C Bull of Indianapolis will appear as Puck in the revival of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Orange New Jersey Dorothy Peper of St Louis will receive 100000 dollars from her father if she is successful in the same company
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Ethel Browning
W. C. Bull
Indianapolis
Puck
Orange, N. J
Dorothy Peper
St. Louis
Powers Reply Favor German Chinese Note Wins Approval
Berlin reports that all powers have replied favorably to Germanys second and more moderate Chinese note with the United States said to agree to all proposals without exception, marking a coordinated diplomatic response.
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Berlin
United States
Unidentified Man Found Near Delaware Street Tracks
A man found near the Delaware Street railway tracks Tuesday night remains unidentified. County undertaker Charles Wiese will handle burial in the potter's field if no ID is established by Friday.
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Delaware St
Charles Wiese
Potter’s Field
England Expends 10 Million for Boer War Supplies
In New Orleans on October 4, British army posts will close soon. Since August 1899 English officers bought 15 000 horses and 42 000 mules, plus forage, for Cape Town, with pay totaling about 40 million pounds in gold. Roosevelt day plans include two stands near the court house. afternoon and night gatherings have specified locations. Col Harry B Smith, grand marshal, awaits a position request from the Cannon Escort club of Danville.
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Cape Town
Court House Yard
Col
Harryb. Smith
Cannon Escort Club
Danville
Remarkable Blood Poison Cure At Ft. Wayne Institute
The State Medical Institute in Ft. Wayne Indiana announces a new blood poison cure at 218 Elektron Building. It claims to heal mucous patches sore throat spots chancres ulcers and skin boils with a home free trial program mailed in plain packaging to any requester. The institute states it is the only known cure and urges immediate written request for the free trial.
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State Medical Institute
Elektron
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Building Permits and Projects Listed in Local Ledger
A sequence of new permits includes E. J. Hankeeter at 2010 Prospect Street with a store room valued at 400 dollars. B. Cavanaugh on Patterson Street near Vermont for a cottage at 660. R. B. Johnson on St. Clair Street between Delaware and Fort Wayne for a frame house at 500. Rick Fort at corner Graham and Holloway Streets for 700. Jesse Summers at 1719 College Avenue for an addition at 600. J. M. Gunder at corner Thirtieth Street and Clifton Place for a frame house valued at 1997 dollars.
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E. J. Hankeeter
Prospect-st
B. Cavanaugh
Patterson St
Vermont
R. B. Johnson
St. Clair-st
Delaware
Fort Wayne
Rick Fort
Graham and
Holloway-sts
Jesse Summers
College Ave
J. M. Gunder
Thirtieth St
Clifton-place
Swordfish Attack Sinks Four Feet Into Sail Vessel Baylor
The fishing schooner Baylor arrived at Charlotte Harbor Florida on Wednesday night leaking badly after a swordfish pierced its bottom with a four foot sword impaling the crew member.
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Charlotte Harbor
Fla
Baylor
Yaqui peace talks fail and Nome crackdown noted
Wire tips report the Yaqui peace commission failing to win Mexico's assent while Nome and Skaguay see closures of disreputable venues. Francis M. Sheldon of Washington to sell anthracite at four dollars a ton after securing deposits on orders. Councilman O'Donnell of Cleveland charged with a two hundred dollar bribe and released on bond. Michigan Methodist elders launch a crusade against Sunday marriage excursions. Jenene
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Yaqui Peace Commission
Mexico
C. T. UL
Nome
Skaguay
Alaska
Francis M. Sheldon
Washington
O'Donnell
Cleveland
Michigan
Methodist Church
Jenene
McKinleys to Visit Washington After Canton Departure
President and Mrs. McKinley will depart Canton on Monday afternoon for Washington and are expected to arrive Tuesday morning. They plan a stay of a week or more in the national capital.
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Canton
McKinley
Washington
National Capital
Benjamin B. Campbell Dead Pioneer of U S Oil
Benjamin B. Campbell of Pittsburg who sank the first oil well in the United States died in Santa Barbara California on October 4. He is survived by his daughter Mrs Margaret Deland author.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Benjamin B. Campbell
Pittsburg
United States
Margaret Deland
City Markets Offerings Include Various Smoked Meats
Indianapolis October 4 provisions list features smoked meats such as sugar cure hams at 13 cents, California bone less ham at 12 to 12 ½ cents, dried beef hams at 13 ½ cents, shoulder cuts, breakfast bacon at 14 cents, clear sides and backs by weight with prices around 10 to 16 cents, and bulk sausage priced between 8 to 10 cents per pound.
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California
October handicap race winner at Leicester
In Leicester on Thursday the October handicap for horses 0 sovereigns was won by L Reiff aboard Lackford. Jenkins rode Sea Flower to second place and Morning ridden by Right finished third.
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Leicester
Eng
L. Reiff
Lackford
Jenkins
Sea Flower
Very Large Grocery Price List with Fresh and Packed Goods
A dense catalog of groceries and supplies with prices for meats vegetables fruits nuts canned goods and more. Items include pork hams lard beans cranberries apples bananas and canned fruits along with tea spices coffee and flour plus dairy and live poultry figures and wholesale market terms.
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Brazil
Ridgewood A
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal
Windsor
Ridgewood Extra
Yellow
Navy
Lion
Jersey
Singapore
Imperial
Young Hyson
U.W
California
S.b
Johnson
Sangers
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