Gold and diamonds found in Brown County Indiana
Colonel Calvert brings a quartz nodule with nearly two dollars in gold from his Needmore farm. W S Richards reports panning gold and silver daily, selling stones while promising vast riches in the Brown County hills. A funeral at St Pauls Catholic Church saw a clash with the Independent Order of Foresters as the bier was held until the order left the grounds. Over two thousand attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Co
Nashville
Brown County
Calvert
Cleveland
Needmore
Bear Creek
W. S. Richards
St. Louis
Richards
Philadelphia
Brown
Tom
Indianapolis
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Daniel Dally
Dally
Independent Order of Foresters of America
Father Moench
Foresters
Order
Jealous husband in Evansville street duel ends with fatal wound
George Matthews confessed to shooting Adam Camp after following Camp and his wife to a neighboring meeting. Camp was wounded fatally. Matthews was captured and jailed. The incident arose from accusations of marital infidelity. Matthews claimed Camp had been intimate with his wife for months. Officers later recovered Camp’s body at the hospital path and closed the case as a fatal wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Matthews
Adam Camp
Ele
Gan
Eho
Pee Tee Matthews
Trong
Viale Merkineey
East Armstrongetree
Dave
Evans
George Williamm Schmitt
St. Louis
Sehmitt
Explosion at soda fountain kills 14 year old clerk
In a Boston area incident Ashley special and his clerk Fred Nicoll aged 14 were at a soda fountain when a blast sent fragments in all directions. Nicoll was killed by a flying piece striking his head. The proprietor was knocked unconscious and suffered internal injuries and burns from the gas including carbonic acid. Nicoll sustained both arms broken, while the building suffered minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley Special
Dseorgett
Iruggist
Fred Nicoll
Nicoll
Nicoli
All Ready for Hie Finish
Columbus resident John Burke had a walnut coffin he built as a youth. He kept it in Michael McShane’s store until McShane rented the space to Joe Young. Burke removed the coffin to Garland Brook cemetery vault for final resting, recalling he planted the original tree as a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John Burke
Mr. Burke
Michael McShane
East Columbus
Cofin
McShane
Joe Young
Wild Animal Terrorizes Farmers Near Town
A wild animal resembling a mountain lion is menacing farmers north of here. Several cattle have been killed in recent days and farmer Oscar Stewart was chased into his barn and kept there for hours. The beast is believed to have escaped from a menagerie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Oscar Stewart
Boy Severely Burned In Gasoline Incident In Union City
Robert Tebbetts, a Rosenbush drug store employee, was filling a cigar lighter with gasoline when bystander N. W. Dolly, passing in Montpelier, threw himself into danger and smothered the flames. The boy was severely burned but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union City
Robert Tebbetts
Rosenbush
N. W. Dolly
Montpelier
Ford's Crossing Church Destruction Sparks Legal Action
Logansport special reports Ford's Crossing farmers who funded the Evangelical Church have hired an attorney to seek restoration after the Royal Center branch arrived with a dozen wagons and razed the church. The raid damaged the organ lamps and furniture as families fled in alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ford's Crossing
Royal Center
Ford
Yavern
Leward
USA
Counterfeit Draft Passed Through Bedford Bank
About a week ago a suspicious draft circulated through a clerk at a local post office and was rejected by a deputy postmaster at a Studebaker bank as counterfeit. The note was sent to Merchants National Bank of Bedford Massachusetts, which certified it genuine and forwarded a redemption draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studebaker Bank
Maery Bank
National Bank
Bedford
Mass
Boy Hunter Injures Tree With Dynamite Rifle Blast
Ray Nelson shoots two cans filled with unknown substance near a tree with a rifle. A helicopter-like blast tears into the ground and splinters the tree. He sustains minor injuries. Local youths report the items were dynamite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Nelson
Janes Nelson
Lightning Strike Injures Charles Richards on Pendleton Road
During an electrical storm a Pendleton teamster named Charles Richards was struck by lightning and toppled from his wagon as horses dragged the wagon over him. A farmer found him and a doctor was summoned. Recovery appears doubtful. The horses and wagon were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton
Charles Richards
Murcie special J. W. Graves inherits $100 from uncle
Murcie special J. W. Graves, a box maker at the Muncie flint glass works, has learned he inherited one half of an estate from an uncle who died in New York City. Two nephews, one in Wyoming and the other in Muncie, were found by an advertisement. The money is invested in school bonds as there was no will. Both nephews are poor and have families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murcie
J. W. Graves
Muncie
Grandson Arrested in Grandfather’s Fatal Assault Near Alton
Harbin L. Morgan aged 79 died from injuries after his grandson Lewis Morgan assaulted him on Friday. Morgan, a wealthy farmer near Alton, is in custody and to be tried for murder at the October term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbin L. Morgan
Lewis Morgan
Morgan
Alton
Noblesville Blocks Traction Line Work Franchise Fight
Townsend Skees Construction began electric line work from Indianapolis to Noblesville. The first laborer was arrested for obstructing the highway. The company holds a fifty year franchise with a Sept 1 work showing requirement. authorities plan to revoke and confiscate $1,900 posted security next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Townsend- Skees
Central Traction Company
Indianapolis
Married His Adopted Sister In Paris Tennessee
Birdie Newton wed Walter Newton of Evansville at Parin Tennessee in a romance sparked when the bride met her adopted brother in Paris. The couple, described as from a wealthy farming family, pursued a hasty marriage after years apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Birdie Newton
Walter Newton
Parin
Tenn
Newton
Young Newton
Paris
Ther
Great Morgan led coal consolidation eyed in five states
Promoters plan a single parent corporation to unify Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois West Virginia and Kentucky coal interests. Key players include Pittsburg Coal Company Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke and Berwind-White with railroad operators backing the move. The deal would control vast undeveloped lands and existing mines, aiming to rival US Steel in scale and extend trade to the Americas and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
The
Post
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
J. P. Morgan
Pittsburg Coal Company
Monongahela River
New York
Greater Combine
Berwind-White Company
New Fairmount Coal Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Western Roads
Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Mlinois
Aus
Pocahontas
Greater Trust
Bacon
Pocahontas Fields
Flat Top
Europe
Stamford Man Dies From Veranda Fall After May Injury
Stamford Connecticut report says George Chamberlain aged percent died Tuesday night from injuries suffered last May when he fell from his veranda. He was the city’s oldest male resident and remained active with walks rope skipping and bicycle riding. His sons include William E Chamberlain general manager of the New York New Hampshire and Hartford Railroad and John T Chamberlain master car builder of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Conn
George Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
John T
Boston & Maine Railroad
Were They Murdered Rumors Stir AK Bay Case
Buzzard Bay Massachusetts report states state authorities suspect foul play in the deaths of Mrs. Irving Gibbs and Mrs. Harry Gordon. Their bodies were exhumed for examination by Professor Wood after remaining buried for weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Alden P. Davis, parents of the Gibbs and Gordon spouses, also died around the same time.
Mitchener's Statistics: British Actions Since August
London cable from Pretoria dated Sept 3 reports Lord Kitchener noting since August 36 the columns report nineteen Boers killed three wounded 212 made prisoners 127 surrendered and their rifles ammunition and horses captured plus 7500 head of estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Horace
Estate Bay
Dr Kraus Charged with Treason in London Court
London police court remands Dr. Kraus former Johannesburg governor for a week on a treason charge under the fugitive offenders law. No evidence offered. prosecutor cites information from Cape Colony and telegrams. Kraus reportedly called the charge absurd as police report details are kept under war office censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Krauz
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Bewstreet
George Lewis
Muir
Cape Colony
Kraus
War Office
South Afric
Sun
ARKANSAS HOLD-UP BY TRAIN ROBBERS NEAR TEXARKANA
A Texarkana bound Cotton Belt train was halted four miles south of Texarkana at 3 3 p m by robbers who forced the fireman to cut off the mail and express cars then dynamited the safe. One robber, a trained engineer, ran the locomotive and escaped with a large booty. No passengers were harmed though frightened and robbed of valuables. Railroad staff suspect insiders due to knowledge of the train schedule and car cuts. The conductor and several passengers walked four miles back to Texarkana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Wing
Texarkana
Armerson
Ark
Spec Belt
Securit
Sald
Betty
Cotton Belt Railroad
Boston Swimmer Starts Feat Toward New York in Rain
Peter McNally, a noted swimmer, began from Charles Town Bridge in drizzling rain and a northeasterly wind aiming to swim to New York in thirty days. About 2,000 spectators watched as he surfaced to cheers, stayed near the wharves past the ferries, then crossed toward Commonwealth dock. He was making good time and, aided by the tide, reached Lovell's Island nine miles away with two friends in a boat nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Peter McNally
Charlestown Bridge
New York
McNally
Commonwealth Dock
MicNally
Lovell’s Island
Spanish Play Suppressed in Havana by Civil Governor
Civil Governor Nunez ordered suppression of a French play translated into Spanish shown at Pavret Theater by a Spanish company. The work titled Pork Kings, or Uncle Sam was denounced as an insult to American womanhood. Ta Lucha condemned the production as vile malice against the American nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Civil
Govenor Nunez
Pavret Theater
Sam
Senor Nunez
Naphtha Launch Explodes Killing Mother and Child on Hud son River
A naphtha launch exploded on the Hudson River near The Abbey, a mile and a half below Albany. Mrs Alexander and her young daughter were killed, and Wilbur Alexander and his son Wilbur Jr. were badly burned. The disaster struck the family of Wilbur Alexander, a large local contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
XN. Y
Wilbur Alexander
Hudson River
Abbey
In the Czar's Wake Dispatch From Copenhagen
A Copenhagen Temps dispatch reports suspects taken in after a disruption tied to tensions in Copenhagen and Paris cable reports, with details emerging on arrests and ongoing inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czar
Paris
Temps
Copenhagen
Appalling storm floods Cleveland streets with historic ruin
A Sunday cloudburst in Cleveland caused eight miles of destruction on the east side. One million dollars in damage, flooded homes, two cemeteries damaged, and lifeboats used to rescue residents. Rail lines and utilities disrupted. Wade Park areas and East End flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Weather Bureau
Deering Street
Fairmount
Shaker Heights
Anaea
Lake Shore
Nickel Plate
East Prospect Street
Lincoln Avenue
Glen Park Place
Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Mayfield Road
Wade Park
John Smith
Petrie Street
Wade
Brookside
Street Railway Company
Wu Denies Rumor Of Leaving Washington For London Post
Minister Wu arrives in Washington after a northern tour and Narragansett trip. He will not attend Buffalo on President's Day September 5 due to urgent duties but will send delegation from his staff to represent him on that occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
Narragansett
Buffalo
Legation
United States Eyes Purchase of Danish West Indies
The state department awaits word from Minister Newell on closing talks to buy the Danish West Indian Islands. Reports suggest a treaty could reach Congress next session, with European dispatches citing a price of 4.8 million but an expected deal around 3.7 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State Department
Newell
United States
Department
Congress
Strike Viewed as Lost by 72 Percent of Mills
Milwaukee report from J. D. Hickey says 72 percent of steel mills are operating and the Amalgamated Association officers misrepresented U S Steel's position to push a union walkout. Bay View Lodge holds a large meeting with no vote taken, awaiting further action at the next gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Amalgamated Association
Bay View Lodge
J. D. Hickey
Pittsburg
Bay View
Hickey
Shaffer
United States Steel Corporation
Strik
Fair Offer to Shaffer for Amalgamated Mills
Mr. Morgan proposed Shaffer four additional mills to sign the scale as an experiment with a pledge that, if the union kept faith, every mill in the combine would join the contract within two years. He argued the plan was the most reasonable and urged President Shaffer to accept it on the spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
New York
Shaffer
Combine
Amalgamated Association
Rumor Links Andree Mystery to Hudson Bay Visit
Walter W. Cobb and G. W. Shields from Kankakee report an Indian tale from Moose Factory of two white men found in a broken balloon basket north of the trading post. Locals say the bodies were buried by Indians and the claim awaits corroboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Tribune
Kankakee
Walter W. Cobb
G. W. Shields
Hudson Bay
Andree
Moose Factory
Muoose River
London a Wicked City
London a wicked city according to experts at a Methodist Ecumenical Conference. Five hundred London City Mission missionaries report betting grips the metropolis with unprecedented zeal and widespread participation across classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great
Methodist Ecumenical Conference
Riot ensues after death of boy struck by streetcar
A riot erupted on Fourteenth Street and Lafayette Avenue after two year old Willie Kopejzko was killed by an electric car. Motorman W. B. Duff was rescued from a mob by Policeman Usher who locked him up to await the coroner's inquest. Over recent weeks several transit car incidents have left people killed or injured, prompting public uproar against the transit company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Willie Kopejzko
Fourteenth Street
Lafayette Avenue
W. B. Duff
Duff
Inpeal
Texas oil gushers set weekly record in Beaumont field
In Beaumont Texas the week ended with nine new gushers and nineteen spouting wells completed this month. Dozens of tanks and miles of pipeline expand capacity while four workers died from a well blowout. Conservative estimates project a million barrels of oil per day and shipments averaging eighty five cars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Trust Company to Engineer $850 Million Plow Consolidation
Nearly thirty U.S. plow manufacturers met to discuss a nationwide consolidation. It was announced the plan is practically assured and about 50 million dollars would be represented in the organization upon completion. The New York Guarantee and Trust Company proposed to engineer the deal with a large majority signaling willingness to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
New York Guarantee and Trust Company
Fire in Pell Street Kills Three in Chinatown
A Pell Street fire in New York City Chinatown killed three Chinese residents. One jumped from the third floor to escape the flames. the other two were found suffocated on the fourth floor after the blaze was controlled. The building, a restaurant and lodging house, suffered about 25000 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pell Street
Chinatown
Ten Turks Executed for Mutinies Across Balkans
Ten ringleaders of mutinies were sentenced to be shot and executed. Reports say outbreaks occurred in Privrend Albania Pristina Roumelia Mitrovitza Servia with Turkish troops killing villagers. Executions followed the sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Privrend
Albania
Pristina
Roumelia
Mitrovitza
Servia
Chinese Minister Transfer Rumor Reaches London
London dispatch reports Li Ching Fang, adopted son of Li Hung Chang, declined the St Petersburg legation. China appoints Sir Chi Cher Lo Feng Luh as minister in London and transfers Wu Ting Fang from Washington to London in a likely exchange with St Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Li Ching Fang
Li Hung Chang
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Feking
China
Chi Cher Lo Feng Luh
Wu Tingfang
Washington
Nine British Soldiers Killed in Boers Train Attack
Lord Kitchener reports to the War Office that nine persons were killed and seventeen wounded when a train was blown up and derailed by the Boers on Saturday between Waterval and Haman's Kraal. The incident occurred in the London cable notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
Waterval
Haman
Kraal
Robert A. Wilson Dies in Summer Home Accident
Robt. A. Wilson accidentally shot and killed himself at his summer home near Sylvan Beach Rome New York. Rumors of death by own action are denied. He allegedly told a friend he carried 253000 dollars on his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
N. Y
Robt
A. Wilson
Sylvan Beach
Wilson
Noranmore Crew Lost Near Athina After Sinking
The Kielgian steamer Noranmore sailing from Gateuum to Bombay sank near Athina. Of the forty crew members, only one survived, leaving thirty-nine dead in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noranmore
Terbizonde
Asiatic
Turkey
Gateuum
Bombay
Athina
Torn No 2 Red Wheat Price Quoted
A fragmented OCR note lists No 2 red wheat terms and prices with garbled phrases including torn and savage references, indicating market quotation entries for wheat futures or commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teeeeg Neee Savage
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Hudece
Copenhag
Rts
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Rickey
Bayview, Wis
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New York Trust Company
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