Emile Zola Dies From Stove Fumes In Paris Home
Paris dispatch reports novelist Emile Zola found dead in his Paris house from asphyxiation caused by fumes from a defective stove. Mme Zola survived with danger after a struggle to awaken her husband and summon help as the heating failure triggered the incident.
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Paris
Emile Zola
Dreyfus
Zola
M. Zola
Mme. Zola
Phvysicians
Madame Zola
Mme
Zela
Medan
Petrified Man Found in River Suspected Murder Victim
A decayed body found Tuesday in Eyaneville is described as petrified with only toes and part of the left hand preserved. The head shows a halo impression, stomach contents include a bead, and the arms are folded across the chest. The finder, Captain Fieenmans, reported the corpse and later sold the stone artifact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eyaneville
Indi
Fieenmans
St Paul Clerks Union Plans Girl League Cards
The St Paul special reports a new girls league by the Clerk's union members who pledge to marry only union men and refuse attention from nonmembers. The group targets single women open to marrying a labor-organized man and aims to promote unionism through the pledge cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Clerk’ Union
Speedy Justice at Anderson
In Anderson Indiana Judge J F McClure promptly sentences New Yorker Harry Smith to the Jeffersonville reformatory after he is caught robbing farmer Albert Roach’s home four miles west of the city. Mrs Roach tracked him to Anderson and with an officer secured his capture, jewelry hidden in his hatband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Ind
J. F. McClure
Harry Smith
Indiana
Smith
Albert Roach
Missing ex-treasurer arrives from West on Wabash Limited
Wabash Indiana reports John B. Rose the former treasurer reached home on the Wabash Limited express Norday evening. He traveled with his brother Charles S. Ross who had departed last Wednesday to bring him back to Wabash.
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Rose Retarsr
Wabash, Ind
John B. Rose
Wabesha
Wabash Limited
Charles S. Ross
Stage Coach Hold-Up Near Florida NY Three Robbers In Orange County
Three masked horsemen robbed the Pioneer stage coach between Warwick and Goshen as Clinton Wisner and passengers were ordered to stop. Shots were fired but none hit. Passengers included Mrs. Chamberlain and others. Village president Clinton Wisner led citizen search efforts.
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Middletown
N. Y
Warwick
Goshen
Florida
Clinton
Horation
Wisner
J. A. Chamberlain
Fred Webster
James Fuller
Hart
Ed. Johnson
Wiener Brothers
Orange County
Jrst
Clinton W. Wisner
French Cable Officials Arrested at Carupano
Reports from Venezuela say General Velutini arrested the French Cable Company manager and clerks at Carupano and placed the French consul under arrest as tensions rise. The Carupano cable office is shut, coastwise service disrupted, and involvement by French and German naval vessels anticipated in the Caribbean.
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Apain
Trinidad
Venezuela
General Velutini
Caracas
Carupano
Carupanos
Atreet
Carupans
Restaurador
Laguayra
Tage
A Joan
Vineta
Falke
Boston Citizens Seek Court Relief in Coal Shortage Case
A Boston citizens committee led by a newspaper publisher filed a bill in equity in the Supreme Court demanding a receiver for major coal railroads and coal companies. The petition seeks court control of operations wages and prices to address the coal crisis and price hikes. The suit cites H W Chaplin and argues the public has a right to immediate coal mining and shipment by the railroads. A subpoenas issued to defendants indicates the case returnable in November.
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Boston
Supreme Court
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Company
Delaware & Hudson Company
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Company
The
Erie Company
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Philadelphia & Reading Iron and Coal Company
H. W. Chaplin
Chaplin
Court of Equity
Anthracite Coal Combine
White men hanged in Florida for brutal double murder
Theodore Smith and Thomas Faireluth, two white men, were hanged here Tuesday for killing the elderly Lewis couple a month earlier. Reports say both men showed nerve. Faireloth was baptized in jail before execution. The Lewis children and other relatives witnessed the event. Smith left behind a young wife and baby.
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Brureat
Fla
Theodore Smith
Thomas G. Faireluth
Lewis
Trev
J. Heey
Tsatesville
Woman Sues Sister Over Secret Quack Cure
Elwood Indiana woman Laura J Hostler sues for damages to her brother George W Overshimer alleging she used a covert liquor cure bought by advertisement. He says the treatment caused weight loss lasting stomach damage and left him with a lingering craving for alcohol.
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Elwood
Ind
George W. Overshimer
Laura J. Hostler
Boone Township
Hosier
Overshimer
Hyuer
Coal At Any Price Drives New York City Panic
Special New York report describes a coal famine with prices supremely volatile as manufacturers and hotels seek supplies. Officials warn of no fixed price while schools and buildings face shortages, and mine workers strike blamed for misery.
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New York
Reading
Manhattans
Census order signed for Philippine Islands reflection
President Roosevelt signed an order to take a census in the Philippine Islands once peace is certified by the Philippine Commission. The order, dated September 25, cites the Philippine act and authorizes the Census Bureau to assist in compiling and publishing statistical data. The commission certifies that insurrection has ceased and general peace exists, while noting exceptions in Mindanao's Lake Lanao Moros region.
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Washington Speciale
Roosevelt
Philippines
Congress
Philippine Commission
United States
Philippine Islands
Lake Lanao
Mindanao
Commission
Admiral Bradford Secures Navy Coal for Caribbean Maneuvers
Washington notes that Admiral Bradford chief of the equipment division secured about 100000 tons of coal spread through coaling stations and navy yards with ironclad contracts ensuring ample supply for next winter. Coal was purchased at 2.5 to 5.25 dollars per ton and dealers are bound to deliver future needs at similar prices, satisfying the general board inquiries.
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Washington
Caribbean Sea
Bradford
General Board
Hare
Philadelphia coal mines ready to resume output says GM Luther
Luther of the Philadelphia and Reading Company reports that all major Reading mines are in fairly good condition with miners returning soon. Some collieries flooded are abandoned temporarily. Pennsylvania Railroad anthracite mines could reach three quarters of normal output if miners resume Monday, with full recovery within a week.
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Philadelphia
Luther
Philadelphia & Reading Company
Reading
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cholera Toll in Egypt Drops as Epidemic Declines
London dispatch cites Egypt week end totals 4421 new cases and 9 deaths. Sir H Finishing says the epidemic is rapidly declining and may cease in epidemic form by October end. Large towns have remained largely free from the outbreak.
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London
Egypt
H. Finshing
Naval Academy midshipman candidates named in Indiana
A list of Indiana youths who passed exams for admission to the Annapolis Naval Academy includes Eldred B. Armstrong of Indianapolis George C. Coole of Indianapolis John F Cox Spencer G Mansfield Darlow of Indianapolis Worth W Foster of New Albany and John F Cox is listed in Richmond
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Washington Special
Indiana
Annapolis Naval Academy
Eldred B. Armstrong
Indianapolis
George C. Coole
Richmond
John F. Cox
Spencer
G. Mansfield Darlow
Worth W. Foster
New Albany
Koreas Ruler Alive Despite Death Report
Berlin cable reports an official telegram stating the Emperor of Korea is alive and in good health. A Seoul dispatch to Paris Figaro had claimed the Korean ruler’s death on Sept 2, but the Emperor remains living.
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Berlin
Korea
Seoul
Prisoner Sentenced to Michigan City Prison
Bedford Indiana special Matt Collier found guilty of poisoning his family and neighbor. Lawrence circuit court Friday. Judge Alexander sentenced him Saturday to Michigan City prison for three to fourteen years.
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Bedford, Ind
Matt Collier
Lawrence
Alexander
Michigan City
Situation Unchanged on Isthmus Transit
The situation on the isthmus remains unchanged with free transit between Colon and Panama. American merinos and blue jackets still travel on all trains, and movement continues as before.
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Colon
Colombia
Panama
Roosevelt Undergoes Second Operation For Jaw Wound
President Roosevelt underwent a second operation to drain a left jaw abscess Sunday. Surgeons with a knife opened the cavity exposing bone slightly affected to relieve tension and hasten recovery. Doctors reported no alarming signs and expected the President on his feet again within a reasonable time.
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Washington
Presi ‘Roosevelt
Newton M. Shaffer
New York
Fransevelt
Shericians
Colliery Disaster Claims Four Dead at Stafford Shaft
Fairmont West Virginia reports a gas explosion at a Stafford county coal shaft left four dead, seven missing, and five injured. Whole faces scorched, three unidentified, hospital wards filled as gas from a leaking pipe ignited by a miner's lamp.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Stafford
Young Couple Elopes From Parke County To Paris Ill
Carl Baxter aged 19 and Eulala Anthony 15 eloped from Jesaup Parke county and married in Paris Illinois after obtaining a license. Parents opposed the match and tried to block the elopement. They then traveled to Indianapolis.
Bodies of Hunter and Magill Found Near Pittsburg Wreck
The bodies of L. I. Hunter and L. B. Magill, wealthy manufacturers of Tidiout, Pa., lost in the City of Pittsburg fire last April thirty miles below Paducah, were found four miles downstream and apparently buried in sand after relatives spent thousands in the search.
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Pittsburg
Paducah, Ey
L. I. Hunter
Paducah
Tidiout
Cuba Budget Faces Large Drain and Memorial Plan
President Palma proposes Senate approval to honor the 10th of October war origin by distributing 15000 to poor soldiers and widows. Four 300 payments would go to widows of Marti Maceo Moncada Crombet and to Borrero’s son. Remainder of 13500 to 1868 revolution soldiers. Garcia Montes reports a 14 million budget.
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Havana
Palma
Senate
Jose Marti
Antonio Maceo
Guillermo Moncada
Flor Crombet
Francisco Borrero
Garcia Montes
Man Takes Own Life Near Bono After Visit for Material
Mitchell, Ind on Tuesday Grant Montgomery aged not specified living in Bono eight miles east of here used a shotgun to commit suicide in the woodshed. He had money and was building a new home. He came to town for building material and to settle accounts in full. He left a note to his wife and four children saying he was tired of life.
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Mitchell
Ind
Grant Montgomery
Bono
Here
Diplomats Appointed to Posts in Europe and Americas
The state department announces shifts among ambassadors and envoys. Charlemagne Tower moves from Russia to Germany while Robert S. McCormick swaps to Russia from Austria-Hungary. Bellamy Storer goes to Austria Hungary, Arthur S. Hardy is reassigned to Spain, Charles Page Bryan to Switzerland, and David E. Thompson to Brazil. All take effect as Ambassador White leaves Berlin in November.
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Charlemagne Tower
Pennsylvania
Russia
Germany
Robert S. McCormick
Illinois
Austria-Hungary
Bellamy Storer
Ohio
Spain
Arthur S. Hardy
New Hampshire
Berlin
David E. Thompson
Brazil
Augustus Murphy Dies After Kidney Illness
Augustus Murphy longtime Indianapolis manager for BR L Polk & Co and publisher of the Indianapolis directory died at 5 a m Friday at his home 22 College Avenue after a three week illness. He had suffered kidney disease for three years and recently returned from a Mexico trip seeking relief.
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Indianapolis
Augustus Murphy
BR. L. Polk & Co
College Avenue
Murphy
Mexico
Bers
Fighting in Acre Sparks Bolivian Revolt Report
A New York dispatch says battles occurred along the Acre river near Antimari between Galvez led revolutionists and Bolivian troops. Colonel Romero, Bolivian commander, was reportedly executed weeks earlier. Several Brazilians are named in connection with the uprising as efforts to form a new republic in Acre unfold.
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New York
the Journal of Commerce
Muanao
Acre
Galvez
Antimari
The
Herald
Romero
Easter Shot by a Lawyer
Winchester Tennessee editor E Rob inson of the News Journal was shot Wednesday afternoon by prominent lawyer Banks after a political speech attack on Robinson. They met on the street. Banks fired once, the ball struck the abdomen and Robinson died Thursday morning. Banks is jailed.
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Winchester
Tenn
E. Robinson
News-Journal
Banks
Robinson
Attempt to Destroy Family in St Joseph Missouri
A Sunday night dynamite attempt targeted the Columbus Walton family above a South St Joseph store. Blasts destroyed most of the building but the Waltons escaped injury. loss estimated at 600. Police have no crew.
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St. Joseph
Columbus Walton
South St. Joseph
Walton
Gunners Repel Rebel Fire in Panama Toward Herrera
American gunners aboard the government gunboat Chucuito shelled rebel positions near Yegualta after a peace commissioner arrived with Balazar's message. The engagement halted the insurgent fire, demolishing their headquarters and forcing rebels to flee while the crew received praise in government circles. The incident involved officers Parker Gooding and Cross of Newport News, Va.
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Panama
Colombia
Chucuito
Herrera
Salazar
Geo. B. Parker
H. L Gooding
Washington
Geo. Cross
Newport News
Chuculto
Balazar
Yegualta
Terrera
Paiate
Murder at Adams Sparks Greensburg Shock
John Cline 43 after attending Greensburg street fair boarded the 5 o clock train to Adams and met Frank Ritchey 27 at the station. Ritchey used a pocket knife to strike Cline and kill him. Sheriff Davis arrested Ritchey at the scene. Both men had lived in Adams, no witnesses to the start of the quarrel.
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Greensburg
Ind
Adams
John Cline
Frank Ritchey
Cline
Ritchey
Lves
Davis
The Dog as Property in Law and Society
A historical examination argues dogs are valued as companions and working aids yet remain legally unrecognized as property in the United States. It contrasts US attitudes with England where dog ownership carries duties and liability, noting roaming dogs harm public order and livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Holland
United States
England
Ertle Is Acquitted In Wife Murder Trial
James W. Ertle was acquitted by a Jay county jury in Portland Indiana on Friday morning after a second trial. The jury, first deadlocked, deliberated from Thursday afternoon until Friday dawn and returned a verdict at 7:50. Judge Smith was summoned. Ertle thanked the jurors when released from jail.
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Portland
Ind
James W. Ertle
Jay
Smith
Ertie
Barr
Erttie
Washington Welcomes Grand Army as President Seeks City Honor
In conference with H. Warner, chairman of the local committee, the President urged citizens to welcome veterans visiting for the encampment. Signs will line railroad approaches and a reviewing stand will be erected in front of the White House for the President to review the parade. Quartermaster General Burrows reports expectations of a large veterans’ gathering.
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Washington
Kik. H. Warner
White House
Burrows
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