Explosion at Aetna powder works claims four lives
At Miller’s Station Mil ler County Indiana an explosion at the Aetna powder works killed four men, not two as earlier reported. The victims were John Joyce William Seeberger John Hoffman and John Gallagher. Eighteen thousand pounds of nitro glycerine exploded in the tank house.
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Valparaibo
Ind
Aetna
Miller’s Station
John Joyce
Wm. Seeberger
John Hoffman
John Gallagher
Indiana News Roundup Highlights Trades, Trials and Trials
A sprawling Indiana wire service roundup reports on a man in Peru who harmed himself with a penknife, a wrongful death suit filed by Mrs. Louis Waymire for 10000 against a basket company, and various local occurrences. It lists accidents, legal actions, politics, floods, minority reports, and assorted crimes across many towns including Bedford, Wabash, Evansville, Muncie, Terre Haute, and Plymouth, with brief notes on weather, industry, and civic events.
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Peru
Ind
Robert Tilberry
Louis Waymire
Perubasket Company
Annual report shows earnings and operating expenses
The C. H. & D. notes annual report with earnings of 5 241 503 45 and net earnings of 1 582 026 51. Operating expenses appear as shown with details referenced as 06 24. Further breakdown includes surcharge and segment figures in the published notes.
Croker Faction Wins in Democratic Committee Meeting
AE Richard Croker and followers gain supremacy over David B. Hill in a state Democratic meeting over a Bryan leadership resolution. Hill opposed it and Croker smiled as Hill questioned Bryan support amid 1900 doubts. Chicago hosts a national campaign managers’ conference at St. Louis to set plans.
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Richard Croker
State Democratic Committee
David B. Hill
Bryan
Democrats of America
Hill
Croker
Mr. Hill
Jones
Chicago
National Democratic Campaign
St. Louis
James G. Johnson
National Executive Committee
Stone
National Committee
Mystery of mutilated body baffles New York police
Police probe a grisly New York murder as torn body parts surface and a missing head remains sought. Clues fail to identify the killer while investigators consider jealousy as a possible motive and search East River bundles for more leads.
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New York
Guldensuppe
Alexandria Celebrates 150th Sesqui Centennial
Alexandria Va observes its sesqui centennial marking 150 years since George Washington surveyed the town. The city of about 20 000 residents is in holiday attire with ceremonies highlighted by illuminated ships Machias Marietta and Dolphin detailed by the secretary of the navy for the event.
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Alexandria
George Washington
Dolphin
Diplomats Head to Philadelphia for International Commercial Congress
A special train carried nearly all resident diplomatic corps from Washington to Philadelphia for the opening of the international commercial congress. Chief clerk Fox of the bureau of American republics led the party with Assistant Secretary Hill and envoys from Russia Argentina Costa Rica Guatemala Venezuela Haiti Korea China Turkey Chile Japan and Great Britain aboard.
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Washington
International Commercial Congress
Philadelphia
Fox
Bureau of Amerirepublics
Icted
Hill
Russia
Argentine Republic
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Venezuela
Haiti
Korea
China
Turkey
Chili
Japan
Great Britain
Chicago Bowls May Result From Enormous Hop Crop
Washington reports cheaper beer expected as world hop crop of 1899 is about 230 million pounds. US and Great Britain supply over a third, Bavaria Bohemia Alsace Lorraine add another third. A rich crop should drive prices downward.
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Washington
Dunkelsebuhler
Nuremburg
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Bavaria
Bohemia
Alsace-Lorraine
Panic Grips Rome Stock Market Amid Widening Crises
Panic swept the Italian bourse on Thursday as a market crash threatened millions in losses. Several banks and leading houses faced severe, precarious conditions amid the turmoil.
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Rome
Severa
Schools balk at Kipling poem Recessional in class use
CHICAGO October 12 Sept Andrews opposes presenting Kipling Recessional as it is seen as theistic. Mrs Heath the musical supervisor planned to distribute the poem through schools but the board must decide before any use. Some parents may object, claiming religious teaching.
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Chicago
Andrews
Kipling
Heath
Poultry Order for British Forces Arrives in St Joseph
A St Joseph firm received an order for 350000 pounds of dressed poultry or 14 carloads from London England. Over 100000 chickens will be slaughtered this week to fill the order. Some of the meat will be used by the British army and navy.
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ST. Joseph
London
Eng
Morgan C. Reece Dies at 63 Propagator of Early Ohio Potato
Morgan C. Reece, 63, famed propagator of the Early Ohio potato, died Wednesday in Bucyrus. He gained world renown for his potato cultivation methods and seed stock.
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Morgan C. Reece
Bucyrus
Morgan
C. Reece
Ohio
Amusements Tonight and Friday at Engtish and Grand
Willie Collier brings The Man from Mexico to Englighs Thursday and Friday in Mr Smooth. Niobe at the Grand draws nightly crowds as a Pygmalion like comedy. An Easy Mark opens at the Park for the week. Minco City Club returns Thursday at Empire. Trelawny of the Wells closes the week at Englishs with Frohman on Saturday.
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Willie Collier
Man
Mexico
Engtish's
Mr. Smooth
Niobe
Trelawny
the Wells
Daniel Frohman
Sunday Dinner Dinner Sale Ad Brings Low Price
A fragmented Sunday dinner advertisement notes a 25c price and mentions quality claims. The readable text indicates a simple sale offer with limited details and no clear venue or date.
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Mere Ratte
T. A
Times-Herald Seeks $125,000 From George Hastings
In New York on October 12 the Chicago Times-Herald sues to recover $5,000 from George Hastings an advertising agent. Supreme Court Justice Dickey in Brooklyn granted a chief attachment against Hastings property. Hastings allegedly collected for ads for the Times-Herald and Chicago Evening Post and did not remit. Plaintiff claims Hastings owes various corporations $125,000 and he is presently in Europe.
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Times-Herald
New York
Chicago Times-Herald
George Hastings
Supreme Court
Dickey
Brooklyn
Hastings
Times- Herald
Chicago Evening Post
Europe
Chicago Mayor Attacks Fall Festival Politicking
Chicago mayor says the city fall festival was politicized from committee formation to public speeches. He accuses President McKinley and officials of political involvement and vows not to support partisan celebrations next year unless a non partisan guarantee is provided.
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Chicago
Harrison
McKinley
Long
Smith
Tanner
Frantic Woman Re-enters Burning Home for Money
In Chicago on October 12 a fire trapped four families. Two policemen saved Mrs. Margaret Detjean from a second floor room and later she re entered to recover a hidden bag of money. Firemen saved the rescuers as they fled. The money was not recovered.
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Margaret Detjean
Roem
Fifth Ripper Victim Reported in Linz Terror
VIENNA Oct 12 The fifth in a series of murders attributed to Jack the Ripper occurred at Linz in Upper Austria on Wednesday. The town is terrorized as authorities investigate a 90 year old woman as the latest victim.
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Vienna
Jack the Ripper
Linz
Upper Austria
Agen
National Carriage Makers Meet Heads for October Week
The Commercial club estimates about 2,000 visitors will attend the National Carriage Makers Association meeting beginning October 23. A carriage display will run all week at Tomlinson Hall. Lady guests will enjoy a city carriage ride and buffet at the University Club. The annual banquet is planned for Friday night at the German House.
Miners Celebrate First Anniversary of Fatal Clash
President John Mitcheill of CU MM OV A visits Virden Alabama for the first anniversary of the deadly clash between strikers and imported miners. The Virden strike began April 3, 1888 and was settled this week as operators yielded. A separate Weber Ta strike of about 600 miners also ended Wednesday.
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John Mitcheill
CU. MM. OV
Virden
Pana
Weber
City Life Notes and Local Incidents
Dr. T W Helming travels to New York for study for three months. Senators Fairbanks Beveridge and Congressman Overstreet are guests of the Loyal Legion for Friday. Rev Walter Elliott will lecture at St Johns church Sunday with collection for charity. Voting machines touted as cleaning elections amid public talk in Indianapolis. A Republican chafes at ward 1 Democrats parade with a dead rabbit. An Indianapolis father outfits his son with a wagon tied to a bicycle for outings. Harry Cavanaugh of 610 BE Washington St found unconscious on W Vermont St with facial cuts, taken to City hospital. injuries described as minor.
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T. W. Helming
New York
Fairbanks and
Beveridge
Overstreet
Loyal Legion
Walter Elliott
Paulist
St. John’s’ Church
Indianapolis
Sonny
Harry Cavanaugh
Washington St
Vermont St
City Hospital
Death by Acid: Delirious Youth Fatal Accident in Alabama
Harry Whitlock, a delirious typhoid patient from Birmingham, drank carbolic acid from a bedside bottle and died within minutes. He had returned home ill two weeks earlier and was on the verge of death when his mother found him writhing. The incident occurred around 7 50 am as he reached for the disinfectant bottle thinking it was medicine. His father James Whitlock is a painter and ran on the prohibition ticket for ward 10 councilman.
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Harry Whitlock
Young Whitlock
James Whitlaick
Birmingham
Ala
Tie
James Whitlock
Painter
Dewey Arrives in Montpelier Amid Parade Crowd
Admiral Dewey reached Montpelier on time and drew a large crowd. He declined to speak, stayed at his brother's home, then slept in his private car en route to Boston. A Thursday parade drew about 10 000 in line with 600 prominent citizens in the viewing stand. About 23 000 strangers were in town.
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Montpelier
Dewey
Boston
Heath to Discuss Rural Mail Delivery With Dics
Perry S. Heath first assistant postmaster will visit Indianapolis Saturday to confer with Francis M. Dics on rural free mail delivery plans and implementation.
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Perry S. Heath
Indianapolis
Francis M. Dics
Odd Tales and Bank News From Medina and New York
Medina reports Jesse Harrington died at an advanced age after a past neck injury that healed fully in time. Fond du Lac notes Mrs Soll shed a frog during a paroxysm, weighing one and a half ounces, while doctors failed to diagnose her stomach ailment. In New York one National City Bank share sold at auction for 2425 dollars, up 225, amid Rockefeller bank ties and expected Chicago alliance.
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Johs
Soll
New York
National City Bank
Awnetion
Fifth Ave
Chemical
Rockefeller Bank
Chicago
Rockefeller
Knickerson
Great Chicago Bank
Gage
Ingalls Reported With Throat Cancer in Mexico
St Joseph Me Oct 12 A focal physician says ex U S senator John J Ingalls of Kansas has throat cancer and may not recover He has traveled to Mexico seeking climate relief in hopes of better fortune with his illness
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ST. Joseph
U.S
John J. Ingalls
Kansas
Ingalls
Mexico
Thankful mothers praise Chamberlain remedies in Beaumont
W W Massingill of Beaumont Texas thanks manufacturers for Chamberlain s Cott e Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He notes thousands of mothers whose children were saved from dysentery and cholera. the medicine is sold by all druggists.
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W.W. Massingill
Beaumont
Texas
Drpggista
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