Rough Riders Return Home to Joyful Welcome in Indianapolis
The 159th Indiana Regiment arrived in four sections, with the first at Union station at 3:10 p.m. Fans shouted from sleeping cars as crowds blocked tracks, officers shared coffee and sandwiches, and soldiers recounted clashes with Col Barnett over recall and garrison duties. Tales of mutiny attempts, telegrams to Gov Mount, and a famed saw horse incident linked the unit to a reputation as the Rough Riders, amid marches from Camp Alger to Thoroughfare and hardships that left some men ill or in hospitals.
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159Th Indiana
XY. N. G
Indianapolis
Union Station
Pennsylvania Yards
Barnett
Cuba
Gov. Mount
War Department
Indiana
Piqua
Col. Barnett
Ed Cooper
Cooper
SUN
Camp Meade
Camp Alger
149Th
Bartholomew
Taylor
Vincennes
Camp Meadelen
Sheaf
Maj. Touden
Starr
Greencastle
Barnett’s Defense on Cooper Sentence and Regiment Notes
Barnett testifies he was brigade commander when the saw-horse sentence was passed on Cooper and he did not order it. He says he later ordered removal if fatigue appeared, describes an 18 inch circumference horse and foot rest, and says no one was court martialed for the petition though he consulted officers and it was suppressed for discipline. Pay rolls are in Chicago with the paymaster expected in camp. furloughs may come by week’s end.
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Gov. Mount
Princeton
Guv
Col. Barnett
Ed Cooper
Vincennes
Washington
Cooper
Vand
Cal, Barnett
Barnett
159Th
Chicago
Sick List From Hospital Train In Indiana Towns
The sick on the hospital train include Weyman Greencastle Payman Terre Haute Myers Washington Wrey Brownstown Goodman New Albany Schultz Columbus Wyckoff Washington Sactte Vincennes Lane Greencastle Tait Danville Reedy Bailey Washington Wiltz Darby Indianapolis. Weyman and Bailey were taken to City hospital. Alva Brothers Fincastle Beavers Mooney Cosner Green castle Cain Hazleton Emery Reedy Vincennes were also taken there. Most suffer typhoid. likely none will die.
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Thomas Weyman
Greencastle
Robert Payman
Terre Haute
Jas, Myers
Washington
Samuel Wrey
Brownstown
Chas. Goodman
New Albany
Will Schultz
Columbus
Seth Wyckoff
Harry Sactte
Vincennes
Warl Lane
Tait
Danville
Melvin Reedy
Louis Bailey
John Wiltz
Red Darby
Indianapolis
Weyman and Bailey
City Hospital
Alva Brothers
Fincastle
John Beavers
Mooney
Oscar Cosner
Spurgeon Cain
Hazleton
Emery Reedy
Viicennes
Splendid 159th Indiana Marches Through City Streets
The 159th Indiana slept in Pennsylvania yards Monday night and arrived at Union station early Tuesday. About 8 they unloaded for a parade as regimental band followed Col. Barnett and staff. Enthusiasm was near zero despite crowded streets and waving spectators. Citizens eyed Col. Barnett, known for gaining newspaper notoriety, as the march progressed toward Camp Mount.
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159Th Indiana
Pennsylvania Yards
Union Station
Col. Barnett
Illinois St
Washington
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Meridian
Twelfth
Camp Mount
Cabinet Meeting Discusses Paris Peace Commission Instructions
Washington Sept 18 The cabinet met at noon and recessed after 1 30 pm. All members were present except Secretary Alger. Day had not resigned. The only topic was instructions to American peace commissioners bound for Paris next Saturday. Instructions will be sealed and not public. Commissioners will be left flexible to react as events unfold with Gen Merritt guiding them in Paris.
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Washington
Paris
Gen. Merritt
Returning Veterans and Casualties From Indiana Parade
At Union Station crowds welcomed soldiers from Indiana with recalling losses and hopes. Walter Shirts of Bloomington and Richard Ilines of Noblesville died. others remain scattered in Philadelphia hospitals or division units. S. M. Compton and Maj. Fee reflect on service, while plans for Cuba or Puerto Rico wintering surface. The 159th faces a long road back as morale grows for rejoining the service.
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Union Station
Indianapolis
15Sth
Indiana
Walter Shirts
Bloomington
Richard Ilines
Noblesville
Soldiers stranded as trains fail to arrive in rain
The 159th marched to L. E. and W. tracks expecting Pennsylvania trains to Camp Mount but no trains were present. Col Barnett told Lieut Waterman and Col Houghton he had transportation, yet nothing was shown. The men stood in rain over three hours before trains finally arrived.
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Pennsylvania
Camp Mount
Col
Barnett
Lieut. Waterman
Wilson
Col. Houghton
Explosion at Mica Roofing Plant Sparks Tar Fire
A gas explosion in the distilling department at Summit Street and Belt Railroad destroyed the brick room and started a fierce blaze. Several hundred gallons of liquid tar spilled over the ground as flames raged until the company’s fire brigade, aided by the city department, contained the fire. Loss estimated between 1590 and 2000 dollars, insured. Business will not be delayed.
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Mica Roofing Company
Summit St
Belt Railroad
Injured Woman Recuperating After Street Car Incident
Miss Johns was injured Monday noon when struck by a street car and rested quietly Tuesday morning. Dr Oliver said it is not yet clear if she will lose her arm. The wheelman who knocked her down fled after giving a name and address and remains at large, unknown to officers.
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Miss Johns
Dr. Oliver
Weather Outlook for Indianapolis Through Wednesday
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers 36 hours ending Wednesday afternoon with cloudy skies and occasional rains. Morning temperature Tuesday was 64 degrees, noon 62, and 2 p.m. 60.
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Indianapolis
Judge Denies Writ in Mescell Habeas Corpus Case
Judge Harvey remanded Joseph Mescell to jail after hearing the petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The denial follows Mescell being charged with involvement in the recent Brightwood riot.
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Joseph Mescell
Harvey
Mescell
Brightwood
Mystery Murder Unsolved In Connecticut City
Bridgeport detectives probe a dismembered female body found in Yellow Mill Pond with head and limbs recovered, a stitched mouth, missing stomach and intestines, and no immediate clues. The case echoes the Guldensuppe murder as authorities seek identification and motive.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Yellow Mill Pond
Here
Missing Girl Georgia Perry Believed Endangered
John Enloe of Smithboro Illinois travels to St Louis to locate his niece Georgia Perry after four hypnotist shows in Greenville. The girl attended the performances and volunteered for tests, was hypnotized at each show, and vanished Friday morning. Enloe and investigators trace the Perryman couple and Georgia to St Louis.
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ST. Louis, Mo
John Enloe
Smithboro
Ill
Georgia Perryman
Greenville
Perryman
Georgia
Ignbe
St. Louis
Estate of John Picken leaves $200000 bond for administrator
Wm Picken filed a $200000 bond Tuesday as administrator of the estate of his late brother John Picken a former US secretary and treasurer of a tile company who died suddenly. The estate valued around $100000 will pass to Wm Robert and Helen P Carson with stock in a Tipton bank and Indianapolis real estate. He was a bachelor and left no will.
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Wm. Picken
John Picken
United States Encaustic Tile Company
Mr. Picken
Robert
Helen P. Carson
Time Company
Tip
Johns fined for drunkenness and profanity in venue change case
William T. Johns, who moved the trial by change of venue from Judge Cox and was warmly roasted by him, was fined 36 for drunkenness and 3 for profanity by Special judge Remster, totaling 39. The report notes the unusual exchange during the proceedings.
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William T. Johns
Cox
Remster
Hoary comrades renew friendship's fires reunion in court
Survivors of the Sixteenth Indiana regiment Judge Allen's comrades met in circuit court Tuesday about 50 attendees. The unit, mustered Aug 6 1861, fought at Richmond Kentucky and endured severe losses. The Fifth Indiana cavalry also held its annual reunion in Shover's hall. many were captured or died at Andersonville during Stone’s Atlanta campaign and Morgan’s raid.
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Indiana
Judge Allen
Circuit Court Room
Richmond
Fifth Indiana Cavalry
Shover
John Morgan
Arrival of the 158th Indiana regiment in Indianapolis
A jubilant welcome erupts as the 158th Indiana regiment arrives in Indianapolis. Civilians, railroad workers, and city crowds cheer the first section, with companies H A D and B I G XI aboard, while sick soldiers in hospital cars and at Camp Knoxville receive care. Typhoid and malaria cases are noted among veterans, including Jim Branden.
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Indianapolis
158Th Indiana Regiment
North-st
Tarleton
Franklin
Spain
Harry H. Fuller
Divison
Knoxville
George Delon
Carter
Ray Webb
Matthews
Shelby
Joe Kendrickson
Crawfordsville
Cherss
Hower
Camp Thomas
James Branden
Lugier
168Th
Indiana Volunteers
Anda
Jim
Fie
N. S Capirolave
Paris dispatch reports VanDeman and Cora Vandyck confronted
A Paris Tennessee dispatch describes WN A VanDeman’s elopement with a Black woman named Cora Vandyck. Indignant locals ousted them after he attempted bicycle lessons in the street. VanDeman was sent to Tennessee by the Enterprise foundry and fence company but later released. His wife, at 1119 Laurelst, learned of the affair as her mother, 64 year old Elizabeth Drotz, fainted and was bruised by the shock days later.
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Paris
Tenn
WN. A. VanDeman
Cora Vandyck
Indianapolis
VanDeman
Enterprise Foundry and Fence Company
Tennessee
Enterprise Company
Laurelst
V VanDeman
Elizabeth Drotz
Where Is She Miss Louisa King Vanishes at Coney Island
The mystery of wealthy Louisa King’s disappearance at Coney Island deepens as police search for clues. Brother William King denies any meeting with a Mr Chamberlain Sunday while maid Miss Lindstrom alternates stories suggesting a drowning. The maid’s conflicting accounts heighten suspense as authorities prepare to question her after she recovers.
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New York
Louisa King
Coney Island
Wm. King
Pro Bono Cigaret Try and Local Advertisements
A compressed newspaper fragment lists advertising pitches for a Good 10c Smoke Try a Pro Bono Cigarat ic, Lap Dusters and Fly Nets by Strawmyers and Nilius at 37 Monument-place, meals at The Kershner 140 BE Market st, new hats at Sgatoh's hat store, and Janes Dustless Oats for horses.
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Strawmyers& Nilius
Monument-place
Extradition Hearing in Botkin Case Faces Chance Decline
NO CHANCE FOR WER. Extradition hearing set for Tuesday before Gary Buda as handwriting experts affirm Mrs Botkin wrote the address on The Poisoned Candy box. Authorities say she purchased the candy on July 31, drugged it, and mailed it August 4, linking her to the Dunning and Dear deaths.
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San Francisco
Cal
Cordelia Botkin
Gary. Buda
Mrs. Botkin
McKinley to appoint war commission members
Washington reports President McKinley intends to appoint well known citizens to fill the war conduct commission despite declines from five prominent figures. Officials acknowledge an earlier list caused a mistaken impression and no further names will be released until the full commission is formed.
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McKinley
Miles presses for New York military parade plan
Gen. Miles remains determined to stage the proposed parade in New York next Saturday. He met with the President at the White House at 10:30 Tuesday morning carrying a dispatch from Col. Greenleaf at Camp Wikoff. The surgeon reported cavalry and artillery in fine condition and ready to march from Montauk to Long Island City for a New York parade.
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Washington
Miles
New York
White House
Greenleaf
Camp Wikoff
Col. Greenleaf
Montauk
Long Island City
Austrian Groom Maries Zionsville Widow In County Clerk Ceremony
Julius Moscoo a Hebrew traveling man wed Mary J. Liebherdt a Zionsville widow at the county clerk office by Squire Clark on Monday evening. The groom from Vienna Austria has lived in the United States ten years and the couple met in Zionsville three years ago.
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Julius Moscoo
Mary J. Liebherdt
Zionsville
Squire Clark
Vienna
Austria
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