Assaults on rulers through history
A compact list of assassinations and attempts includes Lincoln shot on April 15 1865 Garfield and Carnot stabbed or shot in the 19th century Empress of Austria stabbed 1906 and various royal or political leaders struck by bullets knives bombs or missiles with dates ranging from 1835 to 1901 including McKinley shot September 6 1901 and Wilhelm I attacked in 1878 and 1901.
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Lincoln
Alexander II
Russia
Garfield
Carnot
France
Empress of
Austria
King Humbret
Italy
Jackson
Wilhelm
Prussia
Victor Emanuel
Franz Josef
King Ferdinand
Naples
Isabel
Spain
Queen
Greece
Wilhelm I
Germany
King Alfonso
Czarowitz
Sabor
President Faure
Kaiser Wilhelm
President McKinley
Assassination as Treason Urged by Attorney General Miller
W H H Miller former attorney general under President Harrison argues that attempts on the president should be treated as treason. He says protecting the government requires stronger laws and cites an incident where a man entered the White House armed but made no attack.
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MR. Miller
W. H. H. Miller
Harrison
New York
Miller
White House
Expressions on punishment for assassin spark calls for harsher laws
Saturday varied voices stressed severe remedies after the attempted murder. Postmaster McGinnis urged immediate lethal action toward such offenders, General Coburn pressed for prompt strict laws to crush anarchy, and S P Sheerin urged punishing conspirators noting the accessory shares in murder.
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S.P. Sheerin
Bryan decries assassination as act of madness
W J Bryan laments the president's shooting as an insane deed and says the nation must reject violence. He and his wife receive widespread sympathy while noting that a republic cannot endure fear of plots or revenge.
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Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Accomplices Sought After Czolgosz Assassin Plot
Buffalo police hunt two accomplices of Czolgosz including a tall woman in white. Secret Service officers restrained the attacker as Czolgosz killed the president's guard. Detroit anarchists discuss the McKinley plot. Chicago police nab Isaak and five others in a suspected anarchist cell.
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Secret Service
Foster
Ireland
Czolgosz
Chicago
Leon Czolgosz
Anarchist Bomb-Throwing Group Considered in Indianapolis
Indianapolis records note no major bomb throwing group since 1898 when Joseph Hauptmann a Chicago red flag anarchist came to organize a society. A planned public street demonstration was halted by Supt. at Police Colbert and Hauptmann was compelled to leave the city.
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Indianapolis
Joseph Hauptmann
Chicago
Colbert
Mrs McKinley Sleeps Under Opiates
Buffalo N Y September 7 Mrs McKinley slept a while Friday night under a mild narcotic after Dr Rixey counseled with her She wished to stay at her husband's side but feeble condition prevented it The president rested comfortably and was cared for by doctors and nurses throughout the night
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Buffalo
N. Y
Mc Kinley
Rixey Coun
Seled
Roosevelt Named President Pro Tempore In Crisis
Buffalo N Y September 7 bulletins from Milburn residence say police guard two more blocks as cabinet members arrive. Secretary Cortelyou states he will announce cabinet actions with word on the president's condition. Rumor swirls that the wound is fatal and family summoned. under the constitution the vice president handles executive functions when the president is disabled.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Milburn
Cortelyou
Hog Prices Rise Amid Hog Shortage Sparks Selloff
Hogs climbed from 6.90 to 7.10 on Thursday and Tuesday while a poorer grade sold for 1 on Saturday morning. High prices stem from scarcity, with dry weather driving farmers to sell fearing corn shortages.
Stock Prices Break Amid Revival Hopes Across Markets
Financial chatter in New York reports a broad stock decline of one to five points with United States Steel tumbling from 95 to 41. Brokers in central offices note investor interest while experts foresee a possible rally but warn of continued uncertainty until the president's condition is clarified. The New York clearing-house meeting ended with a resolution to support the monetary situation. no drastic disruption expected.
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New York
United States Steel Common
Sol. S. Kiser
Meyer & Kiser
EB. ™. Johnson
J. KF. Wild Company
Albert R. Thompson
Granger- Farwell Company
Tappen
Hanna Hurries to the President After Assassination Attempt
Senator Hanna rushed from Cleveland to Buffalo after news of the attempt on President Mckinley. He joined surgeons assessing the president’s condition and said 48 hours would reveal more, noting the president’s strong health and fighting spirit as positives.
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Buffalo
Hanna
Clevelays
Lake
Limited
Cleveland
MclWinley
Indianapolis Watches Reports On Assassination Attempt
The city buzzed Friday and Saturday as news of the attempted assassination of the president spread. Crowds gathered downtown while doctors and officials sought updates. Senator Fairbanks rushed to Buffalo after learning the latest messages. A A Young and Postmaster McGinnis secured rapid dispatches at the Federal Building.
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Indianapolis
THE
SUN
Monument Place
Fairbanks
Buffalo
Western Union
Federal Building
A.A. Young
McGinnis
Lawmaker calls workhouse punishment power unconstitutional
Merrill Moores assistant attorney general argues the law allowing police judges to modify workhouse sentences is unconstitutional citing Butler vs State 1884 which holds only the governor may remit punishments. He notes police judges routinely alter sentences after confinement and discusses official liability and trusteeship beyond six years.
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Eral
Supreme Court
Butler Vs
State
Indiana
Indianapolis
Moores
City Park Board delays boating ban decision for Norvell and Sullivan
The Park board postpones action on revoking boating privileges at Riverside park to next Friday. The firm seeks to exit, offering to pay the delinquent sum but wants compensation for the dock. F Farnham, representing eastern tool factories, told the Commercial club committee about plans to centralize factories and attract industry if incentives are offered.
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the Park Board
Norvell & Sullivan
Riverside Park
F. Farnham
Commercial ‘Club Committee
Large snakes sighted in Hagerstown area
In Efichmond Indiana on September 7, Mrs. William Turnpaw saw a four foot black snake enter her home after a door was opened. She fainted, recovered, and with an ax split the reptile. Teacher Ada Waltz also faced a large snake in a pantry and dispatched it with an ax. Farmer Lorenzo Fox killed a five foot four inch blue racer near a spring.
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Efichmond
Ind
William Turnpaw
Hagerstown
Ada Waltz
Miss Waltz
Lorenzo D. Fox
Fox
Woman Shot After Finding Husband With Another
In Anderson Indiana a farmer W R Brunnett found his wife with Harrison Price and returned with officers. On the porch his wife was shot. She says Price tried to kill her while he claims she attempted suicide. In Brazil Indiana William Clark was shot by Abner Miller after a quarrel with Mack Clark. Miller says it was an accidental shooting.
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Nett
Harrison Price
Harrison
Brazil
Ind
William Clark
Ashboro
Abner Miller
Miller
Mack Clark
William
Strikes At Washington And Local Tragedies Reported
About 300 B and GO S W shop helpers strike in Washington. Flora’s big saw mill and planing mill owned by R D Voorhees burned Friday. Willie Swift 12 of Yorktown killed by a Big Four engine in Yorktown yards Friday afternoon. Coroner’s evidence shows William Shuder found with throat cut in a cornfield near Warsaw killed himself. Prof John B Wisely Terre Haute state normal says he will not classify newspapers with dime novels. A 10 month old child of Fred Erdman Greensburg swallowed a beauty pin and chain. pin opened lodged in throat but the child will recover. Terre Haute Jackson club expels ex President Vory Griffith for voting for a republican school trustee.
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Willie Swift
Yorktown
John Swift
William Shuder
Warsaw
John B. Wisely
Terre Haute State Normal
Fred Erdman
Greensburg
Tragic Suicide of Osterman in Laporte
In a grave incident at Laporte, Godfrey Osterman aged 68 placed a shotgun to his mouth and killed himself. Osterman was well educated and had served as a professor in a German college.
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Asylum
Godfrey’ Osterman
Laporte
Osterman
How Little Lawrence Dunn Was Drowned
The drowning of one year old Lawrence Dunn at Nantucket occurred Friday at Cliff bathing beach. He strayed onto a jetty while with his mother and was out of earshot when he cried. His body was recovered in three feet of water. Mrs. Dunn was prostrated. A telegram said the body would be shipped home Saturday morning.
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Dunn
Lawrence
Nantucket
Mrs. Dunn
Albany
N. Y
Eel River Road Company Formed In Indiana
The Logansport and Toledo railroad filed incorporation papers at the state house Saturday to form the Eel River road company. Capital stock is 2 million dollars, with 20 000 shares. Elijah Smith of New York D L Quirk of Michigan and William W Crapp subscribe for 4500 shares each. Directors include James McCrea Lucien Gilbert Joseph Brooks E B Taylor M W Mansfield and others, with ties to the Vandalia and Pennsylvania railroads. The line runs Logansport Butler DeKalb county to connect with Lake Shore, offering a route from St Louis to Detroit and Great Lakes resorts. The prior Eel River charter was lost after leasing part of the line to Wabash, and Logansport residents had long fought its desertion.
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Logansport & Toledo Railroad
State House
Eel River Road
Howard County
Elijah Smith
New York
D. L. Quirk
Ypsilanti, Mich
William W. Crapp
Pennsylvania Railroad
Vandalia
Logswnsport
Grand Rapids & 4Diain
Leotto
Logansport
Butler
DeKalb County
Lake Shore
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Detroit
Oleda
Great Lakes
Smith, Crapo and Quirk
James McCrea
Lucien L. Gilbert
Joseph J. Brooks
E. B. Taylor
J. M. Schoonmaker
J. G. Robinson
Frank A. Dean
Volney T. Maloti
Samuel Q. Pickens
M. W. Mansfield
W. W.W. Richardson
John G. Williams
Eel River Railroad Company
Wabash
Chili
Eel River
Socialists deny kinship with anarchists in Indianapolis
Charles A. Thornton, socialist candidate for police judge, rejects any link between socialism and anarchism. He says assassination is abhorrent to socialists, democrats, republicans and prohibitionists alike, favoring government by the people direct while anarchists seek no government. He claims there are no anarchists in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Charles A. Thornton
Dirk
Schmidt and Holt Summoned Over County Funds Case
Sterling R. Holt and William H. Schmidt former county treasurers are summoned to appear before Circuit Judge Al Jen on Monday to explain why they did not meet with Attorney P. W. Bartholomew regarding charges filed by Romus F. Stewart. Stewart sues as a citizen to recover county money allegedly withheld when the treasurers settled with the county.
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Sterling R. Holt
Wm. H. Schmidt
al Jen
P. W. Bartholomew
Romus F. Stewart
Stewart
Hardwood Finishers Win Battle for Higher Wages
The hardwood finishers defeated Madden, Son, and Co after striking last Saturday for a 242 cent an hour raise to 20 cents. The increase was granted and workers will return to the job on Monday.
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Madden, Son, & Co
Train Fare to Chicago With Return Offer
A round trip fare of $2.00 to Chicago and back is offered via The Lake Erie and Western and Lake Shore Michigan Southern routes. The Saturday night service departs Indianapolis at 10 p.m. Berths and chairs are available at the city office located at 28 South Illinois Street.
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Lake Erie
Lake Shore Michigan
Indianapolis
S. Illinots St
London Market Closed as Trade Hopes Waver
New York report notes London market closed. Financial officials urge holders to stay firm, predicting initial decline of two to five points followed by a gradual rally. President Hubbard of the New York cotton exchange says the attempt on the president will not affect cotton.
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Meyer & Kiser
New York
London
Hubbard
New York Cotton Exchange
Indianapolis securities show steady week amid market reports
Local securities for the week held steady with belts and rails drawing interest. Investments include Indianapolis street railway bonds at 3 3 4 percent and gas bonds at par plus interest, with several banks, life insurers, and trust companies posting demand and inquiries. A note on billboard regulation and a related dispute closes the item.
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Indianapolis
Belt Railway
Indianapolis Fire Insurance
Indiana National Bank
Indianapolis Street Railway
Meyer & Wiser
Indianapolis Gas
Union Traction
American Central Life
Granger, Farwell & Co
J. W. Wild & Co
Ask
Indianapolis Street
Citizens Street
Eyile Union Traction
Banks
Capital National
Central Trust Company
Columbia National
Indiana Trust Company
Marion Trust Company
Shanty Indiana National
Whey Merchants National Bank
Seas Linion Trust Company
Lidasere Gas and Lighting Companies
Indianapolis Gas Company
Ieee Indianapolis Gas Co
Eee Light and Power
E.e.e
Ry Tees Insurance
Indianapolis Fire Ins. Co
Indiana Ins. Co
Vernon Insurance and Trust
Indianapolis Improvement
Varantyana Title Co
Home Brewing Msi
Margaret Neville Seeks Divorce Amid Stage Life Saga
Margaret Johns known as Margaret Neville in Indianapolis learned Saturday that her husband Stanley Johns filed for absolute divorce in Detroit. She described the news with a prayer like remark, blaming their mismatch on fate and a rival vaudeville actress, while defending her own ties to the older woman.
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Margaret Johns
Margaret Neville
Indianapolis
SUN
Stanley Johns
Detroit
Miss Neville
Johns
The Terrible Wound of Michael Smiley
John Smiley, an Illinois saloon keeper, was rearrested Friday on murder charges after his brother Michael Smiley died from wounds inflicted in a shooting he claimed was self defense. A postmortem shows Michael lived 24 hours after hospital arrival despite injuries likely fatal to four men. The bullet damaged the stomach liver and kidney.
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Michael
Adjourned Hearing Turns to Clash Over Billboard Ordinance
The council committee on public property and improvements adjourned Friday night after a heated session that featured Clarence Gaumer, business agent of the Cigar-makers union, in a sharp exchange over the billboard ordinance.
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Clarence Gaumer
Cigar-maker's Union
Lenox grocery ad offers wide range of staples and diacriticals
A Lenox grocery page lists soaps and cleaning items and dozens of dry goods including macaroni crackers cheese and cereals. It promotes Ammonia bluing baking powder vinegar corn starch shredded wheat and pineapple chunks with varying prices and package sizes.
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Tryy Er Gao
Cocssees
New York
Riese Baker
Java
Bali
Sueaveeisie
Uae
Births and Marriages notices from August to September
Births record for August 18 to Sept 1 lists George and Flora Fetsch girl 1427 Williams Street Dr J D Cain. John P Cochrane Lulu Cochrane boy 546 Sutherland Ave Dr W E Jeffries. D L Shipley Etta Shipley girl W New York Street Dr Katharine C Ford. T E Courtney Margaret Courtney bar 533 E South Street Dr L Burkhardt. Deaths record Sept 4 J B Justus anaemia 49 13014 W Market Street Dr E S Knox. Sept 6 Bertha M McCune My Wid Sheldon Street paralysis Dr E H C Tinsley. Sept 5 W J Sullivan disease of spine 41 612 W New York Street Dr J By Long.
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George and
Flora Fetsch
Wiliams-st
J. D. Cain
Jd. P
Lulu Cochrane
Sutherland Ave
W. E. Jeffries
D. L
Etta Shipley
New York-st
Katharine C. Ford
T. E
Margaret Courtney
E. South-st., Bar
L. Burkhardt
J. B. Justus
W. Market-st
E. S. Knox
Bertha M. McCune
My. Wid
Property repairs listed for several residents and firms
Sarah J Hanway 2214 N Illinois barn 155 dollars. Co A Hilgenburg repairs two dwellings 912 and rear W Maryland 3200. YT B Laycock manufacturing Tenth street canal repairs 800. W H Fultz College avenue near Falz creek shed. C E Warman 122 E Wabash repairs 500. BE A Almond 805 Douglas cottage 400. Co M Clark Minnesota near Lom bard two frame houses 1900 and 900.
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Sarah J. Hanway
N. Ilinois-st
Co. A. Hilgenburg
Maryland-st
B. Laycock
BE. A. Almond
Douglas-st
Co. M. Clark
Minnesota-st
Lombard-st
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Flora
R. D. Voorhees
Terre Haute Jackson Club
Vory Griffith
Griffith
Lawrence Dunn
EEL River Road Company
Schmidt
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Ponder
Massachusetts Ave
Via
Wall ST
Wm. H. Block Co
G. M. Griffith
Billposters’ Union
Gaumer
Fent
Democrat
Dical
Michael Smiley
Smiley
John Smiley
I. Ilinois St
R. T. C. Boylan
Marshall, Miss
Juittle Book
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshal, Mich
R. B. Johnson
L. C. Johnson
Sanitarium
West 16Th St
Indianapolis, Ind
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