Two Murders in a Year A Double Indictment
Fort Wayne grand jury indicts Charlies Dunn for two murders within a year one involving eight year old Alice Cothrell in Wallen last July and another involving Elizabeth Weisell a year earlier in Dunn's household. Huntington mob tarred and feathered Rev. James A. Wildman for denouncing McKinley. Cincinnati Oil Company output drops from 5000 to under 1250 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Grand
Charlies Dunn
Little Alice Cothrell
Wallen
Elizabeth Weisell
Cothrell
Dunn
Welsell
Elisabeth Weisell
Jin
Monument to Mount to be erected at grave site
Mrs. James A. Mount plans a sarcophagus style monument for Governor Mount at his grave. The base will be seven by five feet with a nine foot tall die featuring Mount in raised letters and carved corner yualars on Pierre granite. Work begins soon and placement may take months.
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Crawfordsville
Byrin
James A. Mount
Governor Mount
Pierre
Womans alleged glee at McKinley death cited in court notes
Fort Wayne dispatch reports a Greentown resident, Fay Byers, accused of cheering during news of McKinley’s shooting and death, with a crowd blocking rough action last night. Similar expressions at Roosevelt death also noted amid tensions.
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Xolgusz
Greentown
Fay Byers
Ay Oaliece
Roosevelt
Byers
Hartford City Oil Boom Shrinks Lot by Lot
In the Rife addition near Hesits the town lot field becomes a dense oil zone. One to two wells per lot yield paying oil, with rigs crowded like trees. Continuous high output and constant work have led to a ceiling effect on production logs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Fort Wayne Tragedies On Transit and At Home
Two fatalities reported Monday in Fort Wayne and Bicknell. Seven year old Freda Schafer killed at the Wabash crossing on Taylor street while returning from school. Edward Wyss, five, dies after a horse kick while his father unhitched a team. In Bicknell Samuel Brashears, widower and billiard room operator, dies by self inflicted gunshot amid despondency.
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Fort Wayne
Freda Schafer
Taylor Street
Edward Wyss
Bicknell
Samuel Brashears
Commercial Hotel
Engineer Fred May Killed In Wreck Near Bradford Junction
Indianapolis special reports Panhandle engineer Fred May 3 percent married at 25 Walcott Street killed when a work train overturned six miles west of Bradford Junction Monday night. Fireman Curtis Roger, staying with his uncle at 12 Eastern Avenue, was seriously crushed and may die. The tender struck a cow, the engine and several carloads of railroad ties overturned. May was crushed beneath the engine and recovered after hours. Boges escaped without help but suffered severe injuries and fainted.
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Indianapolis
Fred May
Walcott Street
Panhandle
Bradford Junction
Curtis Roger
Eastern Avenue
May
Hartford City Glass Plants Reopen and Close
The American Window Glass Company No 3 plant on Hartford South Side plans to restart operations November 1 after shuttering briefly due to glass and ground issues. The Hartford City Flint Bottle Company, which has produced fruit jars for months, has closed its plant for an indeterminate period. About 14 workers are affected.
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Hartford City
American Window Glass Company
Hartford City Flint Bottle Company
Death of Earl Lockwood at 21 after bakery accident
Earl Lockwood died at age 21 on Tuesday after weeks of illness from a bakery accident. His hand was crushed in a bread machine, leading to brain fever and lockjaw despite medical efforts to save him.
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Muncie
Earl Lockwood
Machinist Killed at Elwood Factory Accident
Fred Cook a machinist in the plate glass factory in Elwood was fatally injured Tuesday while repairing shafting on a ladder twenty feet high. A pocket waste fouled a pulley causing him to be whirled around many times before the machinery stopped. He suffered broken legs ribs internal injuries and died an hour later.
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Elwood
Fred Cook
Plate Glass Factory
Cook
Munele Special Tragedy At American Rolling Mill
G W Mahoney was struck by a heavy white hot iron at the American rolling mill on Tuesday night. The blast pierced his body through the intestines and left him severely burned. Doctors say he is not expected to recover.
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G. W. Mahoney
Milford prodigy menaces store in hypnotic frenzy
Arthur Griffith of Milford, famed as a mathematical prodigy, went amok in Joseph Shively's shoe store in Elkhart Tuesday. He assaulted the proprietor and two clerks, smashed fixtures worth five dollars, and was subdued by a police officer and city firemen. He had hypnotized himself by gazing into a mirror for about thirty minutes before calming at the station.
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Elkhart
Arthur Griffith
Milford
Joseph Shively
Tragic Death of Grace Reedy After Typhoid Sickness
Portland report details the death of Grace Reedy a two year old and her three year old sibling after swallowing four typhoid pills left for their mother who is ill with typhoid fever Doctors failed to save the child as she endured four hours of agony in a case described as pathetic and troubling by local witnesses
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Fort Warne Special
Canal Bank
John Brown
Decatur
Portland
Grace Reedy
Exeite discovery at Bremen in third experimental well
Report from Bremen notes oil found in paying quantities in the county's third test well after two holes reached 1 208 feet. Oil and gas flow through 3 5 feet of water and are being cased. The oil is thick black lubricating quality similar to Jasper county fields. Additional wells planned in other county areas.
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Bremen
Plymouth
Jasper County
Evansville Man Fined and Jailed for Mutilating McKinley Portrait
In the city court Tuesday morning Robert Walsh, a well known young man, was fined and sent to jail for three months for expressing pleasure at President McKinley’s death and mutilating a lithographic portrait of the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Evansville
Robert Walsh
Jury Finds Czolgocz Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Buffalo on September 6 Leon Czolgocz alias Fred Nieman was found guilty of murder in the first degree for shooting President William McKinley. The eight hour trial in Erie County Supreme Court ended with Judge Lewis urging full penalty and defending the trial process. The public watched with curiosity as the case closed without a defense.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Leon F. Cxgolgocz
Fred Nieman
Supreme Court
Willam McKinley
Czolgocz
Erie County Bar Association
Lewis
Titus
City Hall
Penney
Czoligocz
Tyneh
Bravery of Two Women by Train in Albion Attack
Mrs Charlies Davis and her daughter in law Mrs Charles Hancock are ambushed by a highwayman near Albion Michigan. Davis is shot in the neck and severely injured. Hancock escapes with minor bruises as the buggy is struck by a train near Michigan Central tracks. Davis lies unconscious with a serious scalp wound and may die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Albion
Mich
Charlies Davis
Charles Hancock
Hancock
Davis
Death Stops Court as Judge Jere Wilson Dies in Washington
Jeremiah Wahhson, better known as Jere Wilson, former Indiana congressman and senior Washington lawyer, died at the Shoreham Hotel. He fell ill with indigestion and bladder trouble, receiving expert care as five physicians attended. Wilson had long been a leading attorney in Washington and served as senior counsel for Admiral Schley. He was born in Fayette County Indiana and earlier served as Fayette County circuit judge.
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Washington, D. C
Jeremiah Wilson
Indiana
Washington
Shoreham Hotel
Wilson
Chas. S. Wilson
Schley
Jere Wilson
Fayette County
Connersville
MISS ROOSEVELT'S FORTUNE WILL REVEALED
Boston reports the will of Nathaniel Hawthorne Cusack who died in Washington DC on August 3. James H. McDermott of Boston receives 250 dollars. Miss Mary Cusack of Boston is residuary legatee. The will also leaves 100000 dollars to the President Roosevelt's oldest daughter.
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Boston
Nathaniel Hawthorne Cusack
Washington, D. C
James H. McDermott
McDermott
Cusack
Spokane
Mary Cusack
Roosevelt
Spain to Form Major Steel Trust
London dispatch reports three leading Bilbao iron firms plan a US Steel style amalgamation in Spain with capital of 76.09 million pesetas. The combined works output about 500000 tons annually, creating the largest steel trust in Spain.
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London
Westminster Gazette
Bilboa
Spain
United States Steel Corporation
Kruger to Send Delegation to Roosevelt
The Hague dispatch reports that Mr. Kruger will send a special commission to President Roosevelt. The move aims to address pressing colonial and diplomatic issues between the Transvaal and the United States during the Roosevelt era.
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Kruger
Roosevelt
Brussels
The
Soir
Hague
Roose
Twenty Reds Guard Office of Notorious Publication
Spring Valley Illinois reports twenty anarchists armed with double barreled weapons and 1 000 rounds of ammunition guarding the office of L Aurore the notorious anarchist paper. Citizens of nearby towns vow to assist authorities to suppress the Reds while editor John Cabilli hides after a mass meeting.
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Spring Valley
L'Aurore
McKinley
Czolgocz
John Cabilli
L' Aurore
Dalzell
Spring Valley Coal Company
Chicago
anarchist Johann Most arrested at Long Island crowd harangue
Police in Corona Queens arrested Johann Most and several others during a crowded meeting in a saloon dance hall. Most faced off from a raised platform as officers moved in, with some resistors injured. District Attorney Merrill questioned the prisoners after confiscating papers and a red flag.
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New York
Newtown
Hardy
Captain Hardy
Merrill
Fire kills two firefighters at Freund Brothers plant blaze
A Chicago fire at the Freund Brothers varnish plant, 310 South Canali Street, killed two firefighters and wounded several others. The blaze caused about 900,000 in damage after an explosion sparked the early Tuesday fire.
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Chicago
Freund Brothers
Canali Street
National Monument Plan for Canton Cemetery
An executive committee for national obsequies in Canton outlines plans to form a nationwide association to erect a monument in Canton Cemetery honoring the late President. The site, a lofty, scenic eminence near existing family graves, was approved by Cabinet members and Congress at the funeral. Subscriptions will fund construction as the incorporation proceeds, and the effort aims for national management once formed.
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Canton, O
Canton
House
Congress
Ohio
Alexander H. Revell
Chicago
Washington
Union League Club of
William R. Day
Judge Day
Revell
Seaton Schroeder Testifies On Schley Naval Case
Washington special: Commander Seaton Schroeder, ex executive officer of the Massachusetts and Guam governor, testifies on the Spanish American War flight from Cienfuegos to Santiago and the Colon bombardment. He says the cruise was not expeditious and the bombardment lacked deliberate execution. Cross examination concerns fleet distance from shore comparisons. Higginson revises distance data for the blockade.
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Washington
Naval Court
Admiral Schley
Seaton Schroeder
Massachusetts
Guam
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Cristobal Colon
Colon
Schroeler
Wilson
Schley
Sampson
Harber
Higginson
Czolgocz Examined. Sanity Believed in McKinley Case
Czolgocz was examined for sanity by Dr. Carlos F. McDonald in Buffalo as his trial for President McKinley's assassination opened. Attorneys for Czolgocz indicated they believed he is sane. No poison was found on bullets or revolver after chemical and bacteriological tests.
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Buffalo
Leon F. Czolgocz
McKinley
Carlos F. McDonald
New York
State Board of Lunacy Commissioners
Lorain L. Lewis
Robert C. Titus
Ri “Pe
Lewis
Titus
District Attorney's Office
Czolgocz
Cusack
Police Department
Delaware Avenue
Solomon
Emery
Penney
Herman G. Matsinger
Hill
Matsinger
Horrible Petroleum Train Wreck at Koumanis
A Sunday collision near Palota between the Vienna express and a petroleum train created a massive burning lake. The blaze destroyed a quarter square mile of flammable area, with 32 killed most burned. a Romanian millionaire perished after pleading for severance of his foot to escape. A girl died before her parents who survived.
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Bucharest Cabie
Palota
M. Djinn
Narrow Escape From Nob Crime At Edgar Nebraska
Burt the assailant who attacked Mrs Dr Wild Hale at Edgar Nebraska Friday night was wounded by gunfire and captured. He was taken to the Clay Center county jail early Sunday. a mob gathered at Edgar after midnight but law and order held. Mrs Hale’s brother urged calm as the case proceeds.
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Clay Center
Neb
Burt
Wild Hale
Edgar
Hale
Low for Mayor at New York Citizens' Union Convention
The Republican city convention adjourned after organizing and night meeting drew over 3000 attendees in a hall for 1700. George Haven Putnam presided as Seth Low was named for mayor F. M. Grout for controller and Charles V. Fornes for president of the Board of Aldermen.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Coler
George Haven Putnam
Tammany Hall
R. Fulton Cutting
Committee of One Hundred
Seth Low
F. M. Grout
Charles V. Fornes
Messrs. Low, Grout
Fornes
Citizens’ Union
Wood Leaves for Havana With Cuban Election Law Modifications
General Leonard Wood the Cuban military governor departed Washington for Havana. He plans to complete arrangements to hand over affairs to Cubans by May first. Alex Gonsales accompanied him as authorities assess modifications to the electoral law to satisfy Washington.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Tampa
Havana
Alex Gonseles
Roosevelt Refuses to Smile as Camera Fiend Stirs Outcry
Washington special reports President Roosevelt on a Sunday walk after church with Douglas Robinson when a teenage photographer attempted a picture. The President sharply rebuked the boy and waved away a bicycle officer, saying he would not be photographed leaving a house of worship and that the incident was a disgrace.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Robinson
Fifteenth Street
Indian Death Dance at Needles After Murder
Dispatch from Needles reports the murder of Indian Jose Arguello by Tom Moresto in a quarrel over a Mexican girl. Arguello’s body was burned by fellow tribesmen who later attempted to storm the jail to lynch Moresto. the tribe carried the corpse to the desert and burned it as bizarre dancing fires lit the night.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Needles
Jose Arguello
Tom Moresto
Arguello
Moresto
Hanna Refuses Further Interview After Buffalo Tragedy
The Plain Dealer reports Senator Hanna, shaken by the Buffalo tragedy, says he will not discuss Roosevelt policy or the incoming administration again. Asked if he would continue public comments, he replies in a brief, final statement. His grief is evident in his expression.
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Cleveland, Q
The
Plain Dealer
Roosevelt
Hanna
Buffalo
Transport Buford Aground Off Mindanao Island
The United States transport Buford carrying the Seventeenth Infantry to relieve the Twenty third has gone aground on a sandbar off Mindanao Island. The position is not dangerous unless a typhoon develops. Boats have been sent to assist.
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Manila
United States
Buford
Seventeenth Infantry
Twenty-third
New York
Mindanao
Teen shoots sister by accident in Marshfield incident
In Marshfield Wisconsin a 19 year old son of John Adler discharged a loaded public safety item while handling it Sunday. The blast struck his 11 year old sister near, tearing the head and mangling the face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Wis
John Adler
Emma Goldman Released After Two Weeks In Chicago
Emma Goldman, the anarchist lecturer, was freed Tuesday after two weeks' incarceration following the President's assassination. City attorney Owens told Magistrate Prindiville that the upper court freed Goldman's co conspirators and that there was no evidence against her.
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Chicago
Emma Goldman
Owens
Prindiville
Miss Goldman
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Nest OF Anarchists
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