For City Ownership of Saloons in Terre Haute
Rev Worth Tip py of Centenary M E Church argues for municipal ownership of saloons as a solution to temperance issues. He cites 70 years of experience and suggests a city department to manage the traffic, with revenues funding beautification and health for the lower classes. Stebbs leaves a wife and infant. his father is a noted gas belt glass worker.
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Terre Haute
Worth Tippy
Centenary M. E. Church
Marshal Pemberton
Stebbs
Gas Belt
Evansville Floods Wreck Farms and Damage Homes
Evansville reports river at 424 feet Sunday night with falling levels expected Monday. Widespread farming losses include acres of wheat between Evansville and Paducah destroyed and 60 to 100 bushels of corn swept from cribs. House damage estimated at about $1000, with riverfront merchants and Wabash area farmers suffering heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Padueth
Cireen
Sten
Wabash
de Atreverd
Prominent Indianapolis Man Theodore Pfaffini Dies by Suicide
The 48 year old business leader hanged himself in his woodshed early Monday after leaving a note with business directions. Friends describe recent health decline from overwork and prior suicide attempt. His death follows a period of cheerful days and failed relief attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saoleide
Indianapolis
Theodore Pfaffini
Fairmount duel ends in fatal shooting at local fair
Wm Stebbs, 23, and Fred Miller, 2, met on the street at 6 P M and agreed to settle a feud. At 7 P M Stebbs was shot in the breast during a duel at the fair grounds. Stebbs’ wife chased after him as Miller fled, later captured after a car ride to Marton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmount
Wm. Stebbs
Fred Miller
Miller
Stebbs
Fair Grounds
Marton
Denen
Eislein freed after hospital crowding in Evansville
Louise Eislein who poisoned her husband and son and fled prosecution was discharged from the Southern Insane Hospital due to overcrowding. Returning to seven children she had planned further poisonings though only the last attack proved fatal. In Fransville Flora Hollingsworth committed suicide from poison amid life’s struggles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Louise Eislein
Southern Insane Hospital
Fransville
Flora Hollingsworth
Death of Capt Allen in St Louis
Terre Haute special reports Capt E B Allen died in St Louis after paralysis struck him last Friday while he accompanied his son George M Allen from Denver. Allen, aged 66, was a Terre Haute native and former county official and post office aide with ties to local suppress companies and the Indianapolis road project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
E. B. Allen
St. Louis
George M. Allen
Denver
Capt. Allen
Complexion clearer man faces greasy accident in Washington
A man from Washington Indiana suffered facial grease splatter from fueling fat while cooking at home. He described the incident and stated his intention to pursue remedies for the marks caused by the splatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ind
Miss Creasa Francis to Judge Interurban Bout
Arrangements were made for a fight on Tuesday night in the Interurban Association arena west of Munete between Tyler Stewart and Martin Warfel, with Yorktown as the venue. Creasa Francis is the favored bride, and the young athletes are set to weigh in. The ring event is officially to settle a quarrel among the suitors, with the bout to be staged on May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interurban Association
Tyo Stewarto
Martin Warfel
Yorktown
Creasa Francis
Rolex
Arb der Chamirers
Infant born at county asylum amid medical anomalies
The report notes an infant born at the county asylum to Mrs. Crevison Aweed $0wa of Martin Crevison. The child is described as eyeless and earless with an unusually large head and almost no nose. Physicians disagree on prognosis. The parents are labeled degenerates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coumty Asylum
Knightstown and County News Briefs Mix of Edicts and Incidents
Knightstown reports more than 1 messies in recent weeks with most cases convalescent. Alexandria records 2656 school age children. Chirk county farmer John Weisner fatally injured after a kick to the stomach. Wabash clerks form a union of 62 members, 40 women. Knox county farmer Joseph Gonet faces forgery arrest in Vincennes. Lafayette’s J Frank Hanty to deliver address at Knightstown high school commencement. seven graduates. Earlham College selects John Dean for prohibition oratorical contest at De Pauw May 17. Covington learns Thomas D Glasscock died after skull injury in Detroit. American Tin Plate in Atlanta county to reopen under new ownership. hundreds to be employed. Fountain County to vote on 2 percent railroad subsidy tax.
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Alexandria
John Weisner
Chirk
Wabash
Joseph Gonet
Knox County
Emison
Second National Bank of
Vincennes
Kay
J. Frank Hanty
Lafayette
Cliss
Knightstown High School
Earlham College
John Dean
de Pauw
Covington
Thomas D. Glasscock
Detroit
Harper Hospital
American Tin Plate Company
Atlanta
Han
Fountain County
Chicago, Covington & Southern Railroad
History of Boxers minister Conger shares never before printed facts
Des Moines special reports Minister to China Conger on leave received a formal welcome. He recounts the Boxer Rebellion origins in Shan Tung and the rise of General Yu Shen with Buddhist priests. He notes the siege era fear and the near-miss of a direct charge by Chinese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conger
Des Moines
China
Shan Tung
Shan-Tung
Yu Shen
San- Tung Province
Brooke
Chi-Li
Pekin
Coururge
Meyer
Legationers
Destructive Great Fire Devastates Jacksonville District
A massive blaze in Jacksonville Florida began Friday afternoon in a small factory from a suspected defective wire and burned for about ten hours. Property damage is estimated between 10 and 15 million dollars with 14 blocks destroyed and around 1,300 houses burned, leaving about 10,000 people homeless. The fire chief and several others were injured, and the mayor ordered saloons closed to aid wreckage clearance as Bay Street and Laura Street losses left the Western Union building as the remaining major structure in the trade district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jercksonville
Fla
Burbridge Street
St. Johns River
Bay Street
Western Union Telegraph Company
Laura Street
County seeks to return thirty deserted husbands
St Paul Minnesota special reports the County Board of Control will request requisitions to fetch back thirty husbands who deserted their wives. A legislations law makes wife desertion a felony with imprisonment and bond to support families. The board, aiding affected families, anticipates legal and procedural complications across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Minn
County Board of Control
Powder Explosion Kills Two at Terre Haute Plant
Terre Haute report says Otto Gane aged % years died after a powder explosion at Indiana Powder Company at 8 30 Sunday. Frank Shuff fatally burned and not expected to live. Gane suffered burns from concussion and died a few hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Otto Gane
Frank Shuff
Indiana Powder Company
Gane
Shuff
Smallpox Cases Rise in Indiana Statewide Alert
The Indianapolis Sentinel reports a rising smallpox outbreak in Indiana with 423 cases in the prior month and 42 cases in April. Dr. Hurty cites inexperience and misnaming of eruptive diseases as Cuban itch, noting many cases traced to travelers returning from Oklahoma Territory.
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State Board of Health
Indiana
Hurty
Board of Health
Dr. Hurty
South
Oklahoma Territory
Vermillion
Madison
Oklahoma
Indianapolis
Diaz Welcomes Diaz to El Paso and Message Exchange
Mexican President Porfirio Diaz sent a personal greeting to President McKinley at the El Paso border and dispatched Gen. Hernandez to present his good wishes. Governor Miguel Ahumada also traveled to El Paso to pay respects as the two nations exchange cordial messages. The Mexican and U.S. leaders exchanged formal replies and no programme was held on Sunday.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Diaz
Juan Hernandez
Chihuahua
United States
Miguel Ahumada
el Pasoo
Hernandez
Gen. Hernandez
City of
United States of America
North America
el Paso, Tex
Porfirio Diaz
City of Mexico
Mexican Republic
Fallen From Grace Baltimore Special Temperance Talk
Rev A E Sterger of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church defended liquor trade at a Retail Liquor Dealers Association address. He admitted he enjoys a glass of wine and urged opponents to understand the trade before condemning it. He framed the business as honorable and predicted future respect for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
A. E. Sterger
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Liquor Dealers’ Beneficial Association
Mr. Sterger
Starvation in China Message to Aid Northern Provinces
Des Moines Iowa special Minister Conger reports dire famine in Shan Li China where people have eaten grass bark and uncertain rations for two years. He cites Prince Ching saying the situation is beyond description and urges relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Conger
New York
China
Shan Li
Prince Ching
Pekin
Cuban report on Platt amendment favors acceptance by Cuban convention
A Cuban constitutional convention special committee returned from Washington May 5 with no formal recommendations beyond noting broad support for the Platt amendment. The report covers McKinley and Root discussions, social events, and outlines U S aims including coaling stations at Capes Maysi and San Antonio. It states the U S will not interfere in local Cuban government and envisions a future treaty and trade talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Washington
McKinley
Root
Senor Gilberga
United States
Cuba
Spain
Capes Maysi
San Antonio
Gulf of Mexico
Senor Villuenda
President tours Arizona amid flag praise and Rough Rider memories
The president arrived in Phoenix after a hot dusty ride through the Territory. Miners and local officials welcomed him with an elaborate program at the Congress mine and capitol, where he lauded Territory achievements and recalled the Rough Riders' role in the Spanish War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
Congress
Blue Tank Mountains
New Mexico
Teddy
Murphy
Congress Mine
Territorial
Adams Hotel
Territorial Capitol
Washington
Kingdom of
Italy
Spain
Cuba
Guasimas
San Juan
Various U S Government Notices And Economic Updates
The issue highlights a mixed set of government notes and actions. The hanky the currency call for bank condition statements. reports on Teheran disorders and Shah illness are denied. no presidential statement on Kruger reception. Industrial Commission to hold two weeks of testimony on industrial combinations tariffs and transport with Schwab attending. meat inspector vacancies in Agriculture Bureau offering $2400 pay. Manila vital statistics show 1000 live deaths per year, bubonic plague fatalities. payment of 2000 indemnity to heirs of a lynching victim in Texas. Philippine bank depositors to be paid in same currency as deposited. Women's Missionary Society adjourns with Pittsburgh 198 planned. land case review denial for Mensing heirs. Pekin land lot speculation threatens legation compound. tobacco and snuff tax stamps to continue, with revised return and discount rules.
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Shah
Teheran
Washington
State Department
Kruger
United States
Industrial Commission
Charles M. Schwab
Steel Trust
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Veterinary College
Division of Insular Affairs
The
War Department
Manila
Mexico City
Bombay
Florentino Sunaste
Lasalle County
Texas
Congress
Root
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the United States
Pittsburg
General Lutheran Synod
Des Moines
Herrmann
General Land Office
East Kansas City Land Company
Kansas City
Mensing Heirs
Pekin
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Yerkes
Missouri Fire Bugs Swindle Scheme Thwarted
Six men and one woman are charged with direct complicity in a wave of fires in southern Macon county Missouri aimed at swindling insurance companies. Five arrests have been made. Joseph Hiefner of the Iowa State Insurance Company aided investigations. Losses are estimated at forty thousand dollars as the gang terrorized Ardmore residents causing fear and driving insurers to withdraw from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Macon County
Joseph Hiefner
Iowa State Insurance Company
Ardmore
David R. Francis
Oates Camp
Nashville & Knoxville
Monterey
Cincinnati
Buffalo
N. Y
Joseph W. Stockwell
Flint
Mich
Muskegon
John Raquet
Saginaw
Henry B. Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Company
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
James W. Alexander
Clover Clubs
Philadelphia
Alexander K. McClure
Colonel McClure
Miles
Murat Halstead
Charles A
Fifty Seven Years Married in Warsaw Special
The relatives and friends of Isaiah Morris and his wife assisted them in celebrating their fifty seventh wedding anniversary. Both are nearly eighty and described as hale and hearty. Morrey Morris of the pioneers of this county led the celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fyfty
Warsaw
Isaiah Morris
Hale
Morrie Ae
Sioneers
Yukon River Opens From White Horse To Dawson
The Yukon river segment from White Horse rapids to Dawson opened on Saturday April 27. Multiple items follow including library appointments, corporate meetings, and notable incidents across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon River
White Horse Rapids
Dawson
Melvin G. Dodge
Hamilton College
Leland Stanford, Jr
University
Trade Follows Capital in Leyland Morgan Meeting
London reports say Leyland line shareholders approved the Morgan Ellerman agreement while rumors circulated that the Morgans planned to acquire Red Star Line and Atlantic Transport Line. Ellerman criticized British navy laws as disadvantaging British vessels in transatlantic trade. Mattinson noted Americans intend to stay in transatlantic commerce. The piece argues that trade follows capital and warns Britain to revise navigation rules threatening naval supremacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Leyland Line
J. Pierpont Morgan
Morgans
Red Star Line
Atlantic Transport Line
Morgan-Ellerman
Ellerman
Mattinson
Great Britain
Ohio Special: Kansas City Stop Aboard for Ohio State Launch
The Ohio special train carried Governor Nash and about a hundred Ohio citizens to San Francisco for the launching of the battleship Ohio. In Kansas City the party held 11 o’clock religious services with Rev. George W. Collier, Civil War chaplain, delivering a talk rooted in the thirty fourth Psalm. Music from many skilled singers highlighted the speedy trip, moving at nearly a mile a minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ohio
Nash
San Francisco
George W. Collier
Thirty-fourth
Ohio Regiment
McKinley
Collier
Berne Amateur Claims Color Photography Discovery
Swiss paper The Bund reports Adolphe Gartner, a Berne amateur, has purportedly discovered a simple bath process for color photography. He demonstrates specimens on paper porcelain and glass showing blue red brown and dark yellow hues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Bund
Switzerland
Adolphe Gartner
Gartner
Markets in Indianapolis Briefed on Wheat and Corn
From Indianapolis markets report notes weak wheat demand and mixed corn prospects. Trading activity shows minor price shifts with uncertain futures, as analysts flag currency effects and harvest timing influencing grain rye and staples.
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Frank Wilton
Rushville
Frank Witsch
Phazelrigg
Wilsear
Plezelrigx
Wilson
Madison County
Petier Eoures
Qatar
Elbwerkd Fois Eeantrituyt
N. J. Clodfelter
Noah Joe Cloedfelter
Suneos
Central Hospital
Mr Cladfelter
Weil Roan
Mentromerry Corrie
Alamo
Crawfordsville
Mishawaka
John Meyers
Wrheile Aed
State News
Knightstown
Jacksonville
Florida
St. Paul
Patal
Mexican Prontier
Disz
William McKinley
Conger Telie
Shan 4i
Washington Banque
Wood
Congress of the United States
Union of States
Missouri
Timothy Ee
Chicago
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