Plot to assasinate heir to British throne exposed in Montreal
A letter received by Mayor Prefontaine warns of an assassination plot against the duke of Cornwall and York during his Montreal visit. The Italian message, signed by Giovanni Cabani, claims 12 anarchists arrived from Paterson New Jersey to throw bombs at the procession from Viger station. The letter also accuses Chamberlain of causing the war and vows loyalty to the king.
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Giovanni Cabani
Montreal
Paterson
N. J
Cornwall
York
Viger
French Marshal Faughon on murder plea in Jung case
In London, Marshal Faughon a Frenchman faces court over the murder of H. F. Jung. He claims the act stemmed from Jung trying to bribe him to kill Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain and asserts the killing was in self defense after a confrontation over the offered money.
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London
Marshal Faughon
H. F. Jung
Joseph Chamberlain
Jung
Sealed Boxcar Story Alleges Racist Abduction in South Bend
A Lake Shore official claims a Black man who hurt a girl was beaten by a mob in South Bend and sealed in a boxcar headed east. Police deny knowledge. the tale warns of possible starvation as the car moves away.
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Lake Shore
South Bend
Nowak Disappears After Saloon Raid in Jeffersonville
August Nowak a Jeffersonville saloon keeper and cousin of John Nowak linked to Leon Czolgosz has vanished leaving his wife and family uninformed. His establishment was raided last Sunday and he has since been tracked to Louisville where all trace ends. He is believed to have killed himself.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Nowak
John Nowak
Buffalo
Leon Czolgosz
Louisville
Tost
Debs Links Anarchy and Misery in New Attack on Incidents
Terre Haute Indiana September 12 Eugene V Debs comments on possible anti anarchist legislation saying he opposes killing for moral reasons and faults of society. He argues misery breeds assassination and that great trusts are the real anarchists threatening the nation. He cites McKinley attack and Buffalo shooting as context.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Eugene Vv. Debs
President McKinley
Mr. McKinley
New York
Buffalo
McKinley
Rushton girl confesses abduction ruse for ransom
Miss Reba O Hara of Rushton North Carolina– wait, no Bushton Indiana? confessed to police that her two alleged abductions were fakes to obtain a $4 000 ransom from her father Elsberry O Hara a wealthy Bushton resident. She was arrested for conspiracy to defraud and said the Ko komo disappearance was also a deception. She also said she was soon to be married.
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Kokomo
Ind
Reba O'Hara
Rushton
Elsberry O'Hara
Bushton
They Sign Contracts to Tread the Narrow Path for a Year
Hartford City Indiana Wayne township teachers signed contracts forbidding dancing playing cards or marriage during the coming school year. Seymour Indiana street fair attracts crowds despite rain with shows tents brass band and spectators sheltering from downpour.
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Hartford City
Ind
Wayne Township
Henry County
Vincennes Bride Sparks Firing Romance
Frank B. Ross a Price mercantile salesman wed Ida May Thacker in Vincennes after a whirlwind romance. An egg famine hits hotels while Carey Ballue near Wheatland is found with smallpox causing alarm due to exposure to fifty workers.
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Frank B. Ross
Price Mercantile Company
Kansas City
Ida May
Thacker
Carey Ballue
Wheatland
Amputation After Arm Petrification In Glass Factory
William Kriest, 17, a Flint glass worker in Muncie Indiana, had his right arm amputated just below the shoulder after the limb became petrified from shoulder to fingertips. The petrification began six months ago following paralysis.
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Muncie
Ind
William Kriest
Kriest
B and O S W Strike Intensifies Across Line
Washington Indiana dispatch reports the B O S W strike growing more serious as section hands threaten to stop trains and drown the fires. The railroad company in response is purchasing food and trying to hire replacements at Vincennes to keep the line moving.
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Washington
Ind
Culver Military Academy Opens With Benefit Concert
Culver military academy at Lake Maxinkuckee opened on Wednesday drawing a large crowd. A concert benefited strikers at Anderson and raised $500. The news item also notes local accidents, deaths, births, and public notices from nearby towns.
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Culver Military Academy
Lake Maxinkuckee
Anderson
Plot to assassinate Chamberlain dismissed by press
London reports say Faughon the Frenchman arraigned for Jung’s murder discredits a plot against Secretary Chamberlain. The Birmingham Post notes Chamberlain has long received threatening letters but takes no special precautions.
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London
Secretary Chamberlain
Faughon
Jung
Birmingham Post
Chamberlain
Betty Better Buys Butter and Battles Bitter Batter
A tongue twister opens the note, then shifts to land use as a swamp near Kankakee, once famed for morass, is nearly reclaimed to cultivation. Waterfowl visit briefly as sandbars choke the old river, while the swamp now yields some of the country’s best corn.
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Betty
Kankakee
Train derails in Cascade tunnel near Wellington. four killed
Great Northern train No. 15 loses air brakes on a westbound descent through the Cascade tunnel. The runaway wrecks near Wellington killing engineer Frank Dahlgren, fireman John Campbell, a section-hand, and an unknown tramp. Conductor Nordquist is seriously injured.
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Seattle
Wash
Great Northern
Cascade Tunnel
Wellington
Frank Dahlgren
John Campbell
Nordquist
Bookwalter fires broad charges in epistolary clash with Taggart
Bookwalter answers Taggart's public record critique by naming contracts and alleged favoritism in Indianapolis city deals. He cites the Stuckmeyer box contract, hot water contract, gas questions, and elevated tracks, accusing Taggart of political cronyism and misused funds. He counters with scrutiny of bond funds and past expenses, ending by questioning Maguire's alignment with Taggart.
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Taggart
Bookwalter
Stuckmeyer
Indianapolis
Maguire
Supreme Court
Wellington expelled from Union League for McKinley remarks
Baltimore, Sept. 12. U S senator George L. Wellington was expelled from the Union League Club for public indifference to the shooting of President McKinley. The Maryland club, a Republican stronghold, voted to strike his name and deem him unfit to associate with loyal citizens.
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Union League
McKinley
Maryland
George L. Wellington
United States Senate
Geo. L. Wellington
Union League Club of
Union League Club
Board of Governors
Notable Hoosiers Engage in Funeral and Buffalo Events
Newton W. Gilbert appointed a senate committee to attend Senator Josian Gwin's funeral in New Albany with J. W. Fortune T. J. Brooks Edwin Carr J. C. Lawler and W. W. Lambert. Gwin's term ends in 1903. Also coverage of Senator and Mrs. Fairbanks in Cleveland for the G A R encampment and Indiana Day plans in Buffalo with Riley rehearsing for the event.
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Josian Gwin
New Albany
J. W. Fortune
Jeffersonville
T. J. Brooks
Bedford
Edwin Carr
Bloomington
J. C. Lawler
Salem
W. W. Lambert
Columbus
Gwin
Senator
Fairbanks
Cleveland
Senator Hanna
Buffalo
Indiana
State Fair Harness Racing Schedule With Cash Races
The state fair program lists races across days with purses and entrants. Friday features the 2:09 pace 17 entries and a $7 purse, plus the 2:15 trot and 2:21 pace with 16 and 14 entries respectively.
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Sousa
Ice Man Formal Announcement Expected
New York dispatch reports expected formal announcement on September 12 regarding a key figure known as the Ice Man. Details are limited as officials prepare a official statement.
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New
York
Morse Secures Control of Graph and Cable Company
The graph and cable company of America passes to Charles W. Morse organizer of the ice trust. More than two thirds of the stockholders accept Morse's offer. The Whitney Ryan Elkins Brady Wedener syndicate is said to back Morse.
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Graph and Cable Company of America
Charles W. Morse
Ice Trust
Morse
Whitney-Ryan-Elkins-Brady-Wedener Syndicate
Man Charged With Swindling In Multiple Indiana Cities
John Hulbecker, arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, was brought to Kankakee from Dwight. He allegedly swindled residents of Kankakee Chicago Des Moines St Louis Evansville Elkhart Lafayette Rossville and Michigan City, Ind., out of at least 15000. He once worked as an agent for the Lafayette bridge company and is said to have posed as the Missouri bridge company agent to borrow on bogus drafts.
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Illl
John Hulbecker
Kankakee
Dwight
Hulbecker
Chicago
Des Moinés
St. Louis
Evansville
Elkhart
Lafayette
Rossville
Michigan City
Ind
Lafayette Bridge Company
Missouri Bridge Company
Oldest Kentuckian Henry R Sykes Dies in Payton
Henry Richmond Sykes aged 412 passes away in Payton Kentucky after a long life that began in Hull England in 1779. He sailed in the navy during the war of 1812 and served with Commodore Perry at Lake Erie. He also joined Daniel Boone in several encounters with Indians. Cause of death recorded as strangulation after drinking coffee.
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Henry Richmond Sykes
Kentucky
Hull
Eng
America
Commodore Perry
Lake Erie
Sykes
Daniel Boone
Cincinnati and Indianapolis traction firm files in state house
The Cincinnati and Indianapolis traction company filed articles of incorporation at the state house on Thursday with capital stock of 16000. The route runs from Indianapolis to Shelbyville through Greensburg Decatur Franklin Ripley and Dearborn counties crossing the Ohio line near Elizabethtown. Directors include J C Hooven C B Hooven Stanley Shatter C O Richter and Charles E Heiser all in Hamilton, Indiana.
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Cincinnati & Indianapolis Traction Company
State House
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Greensburg
Decatur
Franklin
Ripley
Dearborn
Elizabethtown
JC. Hooven
C. B. Hooven
Stanley Shatter
C. O. Richter
Charles E. Heiser
Hamilton
Citizens’ Telephone Company of
Zionsville
Hemingray Glass Company of
Kentucky
Indiana
R. A. Hemingray
Muncie
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