Tariff debate and executions shock Vernon crowd
In Vernon a political clash over tariff revision is recounted alongside a grisly hanging. Sixteen miles away four African American men named Belton Hamilton Johnny Summons Jim Harrison and Will Williams were executed for murder after a convicted case involving a Turkish stake and a warning to leave a turpentine site. The crowd of about 2500 witnessed multiple executions on the gallows and the condemned spoke of their fate before the trap.
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Washington
Dalsell
Pittstee
Congress
Datzell
Vernon
Hey
Belton Hamilton
Johny Summons
Jim Harrison
Will Wyms
Jeff
Davis
Hamilton
Tom
Chipley
Fla
Simmons
Murdered by a Boy in Muncie Tragedy
Minnie McCall, 2, was shot and killed by Walter Driscoll, 1, in a case tied to a separation from Mahlon Martin. Driscoll retrieved a revolver after a scuffle over possession. he fired two shots, killing Minnie instantly. The boys fled with a 1 year old brother, were later arrested at Burlington, and the older boy confessed. The Martins testify as the case unfolds amid local wage news and factory closings.
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Muncie
Minnie McCall
Walter Driscoll
Mahlon Martin
McCall
Martin
Matthews
Warren Traction plans spread across Warren and Fountain counties
The filing shows Warren Traction seeks incorporation with operations across Willhamesrert, Fountain county, and extending to Lafayette. Directors include Charl M. BS Medlake and Myron az. The plan envisions streetcar lines linking towns in Pountain Warren and Tappecanon, with stock structure and regional power projects. A separate note describes a hospital custody dispute and a lightning strike killing two horses in a barn near Nos tsville, with investigations underway.
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Warren Traction
Orypaars
Arthur Uevirgtond
Vemspersturg
Fountain County
Alee
Willhamesrert
Warren
Otter
Pountain
Tappecanon
Hell
Beat
Power
Charl M. BS Medlake
Warry (. Martin
Albert E. Harris
Martis Hergeg
Willian W. Luke
Death of Col. John Levering
Col John Levering died Tuesday morning at Virginia Beach while seeking health. A Lafayette native born in Philadelphia in 1848, he moved west in 1864 and settled in Lafayette. He helped equip Indiana soldiers in the Civil War, rising to colonel by brevet. later he held public and business roles including county surveyor city engineer and state board of agriculture director of the First National Bank.
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Tisfayette
John Levering
Virginia Beach
Wolope
Levering
Lbafayette
Philadephia
Oon
Lafayette
Indiana
Morton
Hhouse of Representatives
State Board of Agriculture
First National Bank
Anderson plants close for July 4 repairs and bike works shutdown
Andersons big factories shut for July 4 with the red department of the American Steel and Wire Company closed for two weeks for repairs while other departments resume next week. The bicycle department of Arcade fire works is shut down for all time and the National Tin Plate Mill will close for the
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Anderson
Red
American Steel and Wire Company
Arcade Fire Works
National Tin Plate Mille
Hatesville Farmer Nick Stroble Ends His Life
Laughery township farmer Nick Stroble living about four miles southwest of here shot himself through the heart Tuesday. No cause is known. He was about four years of age and left a family.
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Hatesville
Nick Stroble
Laughery Township
Here
Peru Steel Casting Walkout Over Wage Cut
About fifty chippers and helpers at the Peru steel casting works walked out Saturday afternoon in protest of a wage cut from $1.50 to $1 per day. The strike caused a temporary suspension of work, with continued operation hampered by a shortage of available workers at nearby mills.
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Peru
Anoder
Doctor Wolcott Inanspe Said to Be Insane in Heat
Dr. Charles Wolcott a veteran physician and patent medicine owner is reported insane. Relatives fear he may injure them and have him jailed in county custody. He believes someone is trying to murder him and refuses to part with a large cane he always carries. Heat is blamed for the mental decline and a lisudacy commission may visit to consider removal to the State asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munete
Charles Wolcott
Tragic Case In Muncie Girl, 14, Dying After Assault Arrests
Georgia Davis, a 14 year old girl involved in a criminal assault case, was found dying Tuesday morning in a room above a South Walnut Street restaurant. The nine alleged lies by local youths and threats to Davis’s family are noted, with her mother in West Virginia and no close relatives in town.
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Muncie
Georgia Davis
South Walnut Street
Davis Girlsife
West Virginia
Wayne special: Victim found on rail line. murder suspected
A man named Stanley was found Monday on the L ES W tracks near a lumber yard. He had been robbed of a watch and money, and a 4 Tartge club lay beside the track. Initial theory was accident, but later evidence suggests murder to hide the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Vite
Breel Meade
Walter Stanley
Stanley
Stainey
Tragic Railroad Accident Claims Samuel Sherwood
Samuel Sherwood aged 2 years died after stumbling on a railroad track Monday his arm and leg were severed by passing cars. He was from Metamora and was due to wed Miss Lida Good this week.
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Samuel Sherwood
Lida
Sherwood
Metamora
Warsaw pair arraigned in grand larceny case
Mrs. Maude Ching berger and Miss Pearl Fredericksen were arraigned for grand larceny before Justine Eller. Fredericksen confessed to stealing four tailored suits from King ery's and items from Eman Bros, with thefts reported in Milford and Goshen. Officers recovered half a wagonload of goods identified by Warsaw Milford merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Maude Chingberger
Pearl Fredericksen
Justine Eller
Miss Fredericksen
Kingery
Best Well in Loogootee Field
Loogootee prospecting firm drills on Larkin farm near town. Initial output 75 barrels daily, stabilizing to 40 barrels. Claims this as the best off well yet found in the Loogootee field. Of 17 holes, 4 are producing oil wells and 7 are gas wells.
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Loogootee
Loogootee Prospecting Company
Larkin Farm
Loogostee
Minnie's Long Wait Ends in Bridal Rebuff Near Elkhart
Minnie E Irick age 2 waited all day Sunday at her father's home near Elkhart for her betrothed David Lockhard to arrive as promised to wed. A cousin delivered the news that Lockhard chose another woman and married her in South Bend. The girl’s sister expressed sympathy for the disappointed youngster.
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Elkhart
Minnie E. Irick
David Lockhard
Lockhard
South Bend
Open lands in Oklahoma ceded by Indians drawn for homestead entry
Proclamation by President McKinley opens ceded Wichita Kiowa Comanche Apache lands in Oklahoma. Registration runs Aug 6 to 10 to 26 at El Reno and Lawton land offices, with drawing of entry order supervised by a three-person committee to ensure fairness. Only registered applicants may settle during the initial sixty days.
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Washington
President McKinley
Oklahoma
United States
Reno
Lawton
Khow
el Reno
United States Land Office
Q. T
Secretary of the Interior
Endeavorer Turns Mormon in New York Harbor Ceremony
Miss Elizabeth Dickinson, former secretary of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor, was baptized into the Mormon faith in Jersey City near New York Bay. A service of song, prayer and testimony followed by about 30 to 40 missionaries and converts from New York and Brooklyn. Notable attendees included William J. Snow and John F. E. Baird. Elder Samuel Neff performed the baptismal rite. The service featured remarks by Neff, E. D. Lyde and B. F. Cummings. The tide required the participants to wade out for the rite.
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New York
Jersey
New York Bay
Elzabeth Dickinson
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Port Morris
John FE. Baird
Eastern States Mission
Samuel Neff
Neff
E. D. Lyde
Bd. F. Cummings
Salt Lake City
Miss Dickinson
Nef
Postoffice Appointments and Military Expansion Reported
Indiana postoffice appointments include W. H. Davis Greensburg and Lewis R. Webster Terre Haute with substitutes at Muncie Frank M Newlee and Martin M Bailey. Hanover National Bank named reserve agent for Franklin County National Bank Brookville. Secretary Root to inspect Northwest posts. Clover Martin County gains postmaster John Grimes. Band appointments at Birdseye Elliston Mexico and Ogilville. Mail service to Cuba via Tampa and Havana planned until further orders. Navy says progress on Colorado battleship and eleven big ships. 2 percent complete. If General Wood’s term extends, Col Samuel M Whiteside to temporarily assume Cuba department duties.
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Indiana
W. H. Davis
Greensburg
Lewis R. Webster
Terre Haute
Frank M. Newlee
Martin M. Bailey
Muncie
Hanover National Bank of New York
Franklin County National Bank of
Brookville
Root
Northwest
Clover
Martin County
John Grimes
Mary C. Dilton
Birdseye
Dubois County
William D. Stalcup
Elliston
Greene County
Vincent C. Homan
Mexico
Miami County
William H. Smith
Ogilvile
Bartholomew County
Miami
Fia
Havana
Post Office Department
Cuba
Tampa
Ha Vani
Navy Department
Colorado
Cramps
War Department
Department of Cuba
Samuel M. Whiteside
Tenth Cavalry
Santiago
Bloodshed at Wheeling Junction Ends Four Eidenaur Lives
In Wheeling Junction three Italians stabbed and killed Jacob Eidenaur age 80 and his son William, injuring others including Philip and Mrs. Eidenaur. The attack followed a rude remark when a railroad gang passed by. The attackers fled after the massacre.
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Philip Beidenaur
Oerhas
Philip Eidenaur
Steubenville
Mr. Eidenaur
Robert T. Eidenaur
William
Philip
Jacob Eidenaur
Robert
Dowieites mobbed in Evanston confrontation
Twenty one followers of John Alexander Dowie faced a thousand strong mob in Evanston on Friday night. Police numbering thirty struggled to protect the missionaries as eggs vegetables and mud were hurled. The crowd forced the Dowieites to flee the town amid a chaotic confrontation.
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Chicago
John Alexander Dowie
Evanston
Dowie
Uho
Knight
Cours
Remarkable Wreck on Lake Shore at Nottingham
Two killed and half a dozen seriously hurt as the Knickerbocker east bound derailed after meeting a west bound freight. About 100000 dollars in property destroyed as trains left the rails and plunged down an embankment. Engineer Anderson died beneath the wreck. a mail clerk also killed. fireman and another hurt. Cause attributed to derailed freight car blocking the limited.
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Cleveland. Q
Lake Shore
Nottingham
Knickerbocker
Limited
Anderson
Charbon outbreak blamed for livestock deaths in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi reports health officer Dr. William Sutherland of Bolivar County says anthrax struck three weeks ago in virulent form, wiping out mules horses and swine and threatening humans. He notes a quarantine for animals and limited remedies while Senator Moore confirms heavy stock losses in the infected district.
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Jackson
Miss
William Sutherland
Bolivar County
Roberts
Moore
Bulivar
Boers Atrocities Reported by Daily Mail Cable
London cable details sensational Boer actions at Vlakfontein as described by the Daily Mail. Reported events include Boers arming with Martinis, turning over dying victims, and shooting those who showed life, with a witness recounting a youth's pleas before a fatal volley.
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London
Daily Mail
Vlakfontein
Dent
Escape of Prisoners at Guthrie Jail Leaves Ten on the Loose
Ten desperate prisoners overtook guards at Guthrie jail on Friday afternoon and fled armed with pistols found outside cell doors. Janes Brummett and George Barclay, sentenced to hang for killing J. Pool in Osage Nation, were among the last to escape. Brummett disappeared east as others headed toward the Cottonwood river. Federal officers and citizens pursued and eventually recaptured all but Lee Reed and Bob Harden, who remained at large.
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Uthrie
Janes Brummett
George Barclay
J. Pool
Osake
Brummett
Cottonwood River
Fall
Lee Reed
Bob Harden
Denver Monster Rampage Shocks City at Midnight
Christ Jensen, an insane laborer, was found roaming South Denver at midnight with a bloody knife. J Din gore reported his missing daughter after alarms. Police found the child’s body 30 minutes later. Jensen is suspected as the killer, believed to have terrorized local women for two years.
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Denver
Col
Christ Jensen
J. Dingore
Littl
Jensen
Death of Mortimer Nye Ex-Lieutenant Governor
Mortimer Nye, ex lieutenant governor, died Saturday after a brief illness caused by a stroke and paralysis. He did not regain consciousness after delivering the Fourth of July address at Union Mills. At his deathbed were his wife his son Daniel M Nye six daughters Dr E J Vaurch Dr J G Gray and a nurse with telegrams of condolence arriving from Governor Durbin Masonic Grand Lodge officers and other leaders.
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Laporte
Mortimer Nye
Union Mills
Daniel M. Nye
Laura Nye
E. J. ‘Aurch
Gray
Durbin
The
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Indiana
Insurgent Englishman Leads Mindoro Rebels
Manila cable reports an Englishman named Howard, formerly Geronimo artillery chief, commanding about six hundred Filipino forces on Mindoro Island. They hold entrenchments at Calupan and Nagan and include several American deserters. Commissary Post Steward Sappele was acquitted. Provost Marshal Davis objected to the sentence. Civilian clerk Stockman received a three year prison term.
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Manila
Howard
Geronimo
Artilery
Mindoro
Calupan
Nagan
Sappele
Davis
Stockman
injunction suit to block Kiowa land opening in El Reno
An injunction suit will be brought before Judge Irwin at El Reno to prevent the opening of Kiowa Indian land. The suit, filed on behalf of Lane Wolf, contends that the eewaler.
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Oklahoma City
O. T
Irwin
el Reno
Lane
Wolf
Admiral Crowninshield Claims Dispatch Authorship
Rear Admiral A S Crowninshield chief of the bureau of navigation says he authored the famous dispatch ordering Dewey to proceed from Hong Kong to Manila and capture or destroy the Spanish fleet. He states he drafted it in the White House and showed it to Attorney General Griggs and the President with only word changes adding capture or destroy.
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Washington Snedal
A. S. Crowninshield
Bureau of Navigation
Dewey
Hong Kong
Manila
Crowninshield
White House
Griggs
de- Stroy
Pierre Lorrillard Dies, Tobacco Magnate in New York
Pierre Lorrillard a prominent tobacco magnate died in New York on Sunday. He left an estimated fortune of 26000000 dollars.
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Pierre Lorrillard
New York
Filipinos Asked to Land in Hawaii for Labor
William Haywood representing Hawaii business interests requests government permission to land a shipload of Filipinos in Hawaii for labor. The proposal appears in Washington dispatches with Treasury and presidential context referenced.
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Hawaii
Washington
Wiliam Haywood
Tobacco-Chewing Burro Challenges World
Colorado Springs owner J M Havis of the burro One at Seven Falls challenges the world to prove a tougher tobacco chewer. He claims the animal would chew a pound daily if given the chance and says the crew feeds her freely to fuel her remarkable habit.
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Colorado Springs
Col
J. M. Havis
Seven Falls
Havis
Dying man fatally shoots rival in Checotah Oklahoma
In Checotah Oklahoma D R Proudfoot fatally shot by J J Stell his brother in law. After a battle Proudfoot robbed Stell with a Winchester and then collapsed while returning home. Stell arrested and jailed in Muskogee both men described as prominent farmers.
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Checotah
I. T
D. R. Proudfoot
J. J. Stell
Proudfoot
Stell
Winchester
Frank Jones
Muskogee
Texas
Cumback and Wachstetter Married in Surprise ceremony
In Lapel Indiana former Lieutenant Governor Will B Cumback wed Miss Laura Wachstetter at 10 am Tuesday. The marriage faced opposition from Cumbacks relatives with a son in law John W Lovett of Anderson active against it. Wachstetter, once principal and teacher in Knights town, is 36 and described as brilliant.
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Cumback
Wachsetter
Knightstown
Americans to Endure Captivity in Boer War
New York special reports that Americans who fight for the Boer side and are captured by the British will remain prisoners until the South African war ends. Britain refuses to release an American held on Ceylon, likely hindering further U S. State Department representations on behalf of belligerent Americans in South Africa.
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New York
Herald
Washington
Great Britain
Ceylon
State Department
South Africa
Fortune teller swindler eats light bulb in cell
A St. Louis fortune teller arrested for swindling sprang from her cell and ate the bulb of an incandescent light. She was placed in a cell after arrest and was in a dangerous condition.
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St. Louis
Indiana Day at Buffalo Observed by Durbin Group
Indiana Day at Buffalo will be held on Saturday September 14 with Governor Durbin and staff attending. The event will feature the governor and staff in full military uniform and a special effort to ensure the occasion is successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Durbin
Man Fatally Shoots Children While They Sleep
Halifax special reports Sid ney Locke of Lockport shot his three children in their sleep Monday morning. Authorities describe Locke as partially insane and he faces serious legal consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lalifax
N. S
Sidney Locke
Lockport
Locke
International Endeavor Convention Held in Cincinnati
The annual convention of the International Society of Christian Endeavor met in Cincinnati on a perfect weather day. Attendance surpassed all prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Society of Christian Endeavor
Cincinnati
Floods Drown Over 4000 in Kiangsi Province
Shanghai correspondent reports more than four thousand people drowned in Kiangsi due to recent floods. The Standard notes the breadth of the disaster across the province and prompts relief concerns.
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Mendon
Shanghai
the Standard
Kiang Si
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