Elopement and misc tragedies spark Indiana news
Lula Blake, 16, said to be married to Clarence Newburry in St. Joe after eloping from Chicago. A child drowns in sour milk. a grandmother killed by a grandson with a hatchet in Kansas. A South Bend arson scare, a Cuban illness link in Logansport, a switch could-have-been smash-up in Union City. Prison terms for horse thieves. church officials blamed for Chinese uprising. odd schemes to curb heat. multiple deeds and indictments across Indiana towns.
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Hammond
Ind
Lula Blake
George G. Blake
Chicago
Clarence Newburry
St. Joe
Mich
Galveston Storm Warning Ignored Despite Early Reports
Weather official Wappenhans received the first Galveston wire report since the storm and an earlier map showing no forewarning of the hurricane. The forecast predicted rain and northerly winds. the storm threatening the Gulf was described as causing record high waters. By morning Galveston lay leveled by a devastating norther.
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Wappenhans
Galveston
Tex
Galveston Weather Bureau
Galveston Weather Office
Washington
Antilles
Gulf
Wabash Man Shot in Back by Wanted Suspect
William Cox was shot in the back of the head by Henry Simmons with buckshot after a confrontation in Coxs house. Simmons then fired at Cox in a saloon, allegedly without warning. Cox is expected to die. Simmons, described as worthless, has not been out of jail recently and remains at large.
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Wabash
Ind
William Cox
Henry Simmons
Cox
Simmons
Wealthy stock dealer John Powell dies in Franklin
John Powell born December 7 1841 in Mercer Kentucky a pioneer stock dealer in Johnson County Franklin Indiana dies Friday night at home aged about 74 Powell was a leading figure in local finance and business for many years with roots tracing back to Kentucky Mercer County born 1841 and a pioneer in the county's stock trade.
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Franklin, Ind
John Powell
Mercer County
Kentucky
Harry Hoffman Killed in Galveston Storm
Richmond, Ind., Sept 15 Word reached here Saturday that Harry Hoffman formerly of Richmond is among the last Galveston storm victims He was a prominent local figure and a member of the Galveston fire department.
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Richmond
Ind
Harry Hoffman
Galveston
Galveston Fire Department
Fire destroys Quillin's livery stable in Crawfordsville
A Friday night blaze in Crawfordsville Indiana consumed Quillin's livery stable killing seven horses. Four additional barns burned as losses reached seven thousand dollars with about half insured.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Quillin
Smallpox Outbreak Noted at Jonesboro Beach
A string of local incidents and events is reported: Muncie sent 504 dollars to Galveston coffers. Kokomo to gain an independent class factory. Johnson county schools set for early October opening. Bluffton saw nine divorce suits in three days. Peru church to publicly address debt relief. Vardie Willis fatally injured in a cave mine at Linton. two valuable horses owned by Robert Hall of New Castle died of rabies. Edmund Huffman of Feelsville, a long-time landowner, is dead. John R. Davis near Bluffton dies at his supper table. Bayless liver stable at Crawfordsville burned. several horses perished. John Dodd of Muncie near fatally stabbed by Larry Carry but expected to recover. Hamilton fatally killed a viper in Jackson county. Geneva oil fields attract dealers with wells proving gushers. while helping raise Joseph Nichter’s barn near Seymour, William Kessler dislocated his hip. John Quinn, 70, and grandson Lawrence Wagner, 6, buried in same coffin at Seymour. Sullivan county ministers urge merchants to close on Sundays. coroner verdict in William Luse murder case at Monon. a tressiar in Banta injured by a saw accident.
Young Vanderbilt to build rival estate near Tuxedo
New York report says William K. Vanderbilt Jr. plans a palatial estate to rival Biltmore. Instead of the South, he is purchasing vast tracts in the Tuxedo district near the Havermeyer property, totaling many thousands of acres.
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New York
Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Biltmore
Tuxedo District
Havemeyer
Blaze Ravages Three Downtown Buildings in New York
Chief Croxter battled a stubborn blaze that trapped within three buildings at 46 Water St and 40 Pearl St. More than 350000 dollars worth of paints and drugs were destroyed while half the engines from south of Fourteenth Street fought the flames.
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New York
Croxer
And
Water St
Pearl St
Fourteenth-st
Brother of City Editor among Galveston storm dead
Arthur C. White of the Jour nal reports his brother Herbert R. White was among soldiers killed in the Galveston storm. Herbert had been assigned to special duty along the Texas coast only days before the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. White
Journal
Galveston
Herbert R. White
Texas Coast Line
Empire Theater and Merry Maid Benefit for Texas Sufferers
The management of the Empire theater and the Merry maid ens company have arranged a benefit performance on Wednesday afternoon. Fifty percent of the receipts will be sent to Texas to aid hurricane victims.
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Empire Theater
Merry Maidens Company
Texas
Mrs. Gray's Sudden Death at Ballard Apartments
Mrs. E. B. Gray, 45, died suddenly in a chair at her Ballard apartments on Friday afternoon. She had been ill but convalescent. Her husband, a Chicago traveling man, survives along with a son Orin Gray in the Philippines and a daughter Cora Gray. The body will be shipped to Americus, New York, on Sunday.
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E. B. Gray
Ballard
Chicago
Orin Gray
Philippines
Cora Gray
Americus
N. Y
New York as World Financial Center Highlights 19th Century Loans
A New York report outlines foreign loans raised by city bankers in 19, totaling 218 million dollars. Entries include a Russian trans Siberian loan of 30 million on Feb 28, a British consul loan of 10 million on Mar 9, a Bank of France loan of 15 million on Mar 16, a Mexican refinancing loan of 115 million on Jun , a British exchequer loan of 28 million on Aug 4, and a German loan of 29 million on Sept 14. Dr A K Rogers of Alfred announces a replacement for Professor Ames at Butler College after resigning. Rogers holds a PhD from Chicago University. Clara F Mellinery of Lexington, a Radcliffe graduate, joins Harvard English department.
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New York
Bank of France
A. K. Rogers
Alfred
Haseen
Butler College
Ames
Rogers
Alfred University
Chicago University
Clara F. MelIneyre
Lexington
Mass
Radcliffe College
Harvard
City Markets Provisions and Groceries in Indianapolis
An Indianapolis market page lists a wide range of provisions and groceries with numerous itemized prices. Smokeds meats and hams vary by cut, dried beef, breakfast bacon, lard, and pickled meats priced per hundredweight or per bushel. Fresh produce includes potatoes, beans, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, peaches, apples, bananas, lemons, and melons. Canned goods cover tomatoes, beans, corn, peas, peaches, pears, and fruit cocktails. Also listed are fish, game, oysters, seeds, leather, tallow, salt, oats, flour, oil, butter, poultry, and coal and drug prices on the same market sheet.
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California
Reliable
Indiana
Michigan
Brazil
Ridgewood
Phoenix A
Empire A
Idéal
Windsor
Ariosa
Lion
Jersey
Mitchell Leads U M W A To Hazleton Strike
President John Mitchell and secretary Miss Elizabeth Morris leave for Hazleton to take charge of the anthracite strike set to begin Monday. He says miners are skilled and operators cannot replace 143,000 workers, while denying promises of assistance to Cumberland strikers and noting telegram timing disputes with R. M. Oliphant. No company settlement has been reported.
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John Mitchell
United Mins Workers of America
Elizabeth Morris
Hazleton
Mitchell
Wilson
Indianapolis
R. M. Oliphant
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Mr. Oliphant
Oliphant
Cumberland
Mr. Mitchell
Man Under Name Wallace Arrested for Impersonation and Madness
Orin Cutrell known as Orin Wallace was seized in Goshen on a federal impersonation charge. He attacked his wife with a penknife near College avenue and Eighteenth street, threatening to kill her mother and two men. He collapsed after chasing a man on a wheel. sunstroke years ago is cited for his condition. Mrs Cutrell works at a Kentucky avenue tailor shop and supports the family when he is ill.
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Orin Cutrell
Orin Wallace
Goshen
College-ave
Eighteenth St
Cutrell
Herod
Kentucky Ave
Indianapolis
Big Election Bets on Wall Street In 1896 Campaign
In New York on Friday a major betting action occurred on Wall Street as Louis W. Wormser and J. J. Judge backed McKinley and Bryan respectively, with Wormser wagering 24000 against 8000 from Judge. Several other bets followed, including 22009 to 10000 and 10000 to 74600 with Bell & Co. Tammany brokers. Reports also claimed broker Richard Croker supported Bryan, though verification was lacking. Another report noted Aug 20 betting at 4600 to 0 on Bryan.
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New York
Wall St
Louis W. Wormser
J. J. Judge
Wormser
McKinley
Judge
Bryan Wormser
Bell & Co
Tammany
Richard Croker
Bryan
Alleged Burglar Taken by City Detectives
Detectives Dugan and Wallace arrested John Hilem on Saturday morning for robbing Kiger's candy store at 247 Massachusetts Ave. They recovered $14 from the cash drawer hidden in an ash barrel in the store rear.
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Dugan
Wallace
John Hilem
Kiger
Massachusetts Ave
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Larry Carry
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