Officer shoots fleeing husband in Columbia block clash
Indianapolis Aug 22 Patrolman Warren responded to a domestic dispute at the Columbia block West Washington where James Birch assaulted his wife. Birch fired first, wounding the officer in the arm and chest. Warren shot Birch dead and killed him as he attempted to resist arrest. Mrs Birch was jailed for assault and battery. Warren's wounds not considered dangerous.
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Indianapolis
Warren
Columbia
West Washington Street
James Birch
Birch
Fear of robbery drives Indiana farmer to self harm
Rushville Indiana Aug 21 James Prifogle a German farmer living southeast of Rushville shot himself five times in a despondent state. He had saved a small fortune through hard work and hidden his wealth at home fearing bank theft. After waking poor in mind he pleaded with doctors to save him offering all he owned but his wounds were fatal.
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Rushville
Ind
James Prifogle
Here
Prifogle
Equalization of County Assessments Finished
State board of tax commissioners completed county assessment equalization raising total assessments by nearly 6.06 million dollars. Two counties Johnson and Jackson saw reductions. increases occurred in ten counties though names were not released.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Johnson and Jackson
Major E F Emley Dead at 41 in Muncie Ind
Major E F Emley died after a lingering illness from senile gangrene at 41. A prominent citizen, he belonged to several literary societies and wrote on temperance and macro political topics. During the Civil War he earned promotions for gallantry. Elliottsville reports Harry A L Stillwell, arrested for unlawfully hiring a horse and buggy, is a wanted man for beating hotel bills in Seymour and other towns.
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EB. F. Emley
Muncie
Ind
E. F. Emiley
Elliottsville
Harry AL. Stillwell
Crane
Seyour
Vincennes, Sullivan
Bedford Hotel
New Lynn
Seymour
Newark men held in whitecaping case at Bloomfield
Newark Ind Aug 19 Harlin Resler William D Wright Bent Gooden Ira Arthur and James Fuller were arrested as connected with the whitecaping of J M Britton. They waived preliminary hearing at Bloomfield and posted bond Resler serves as a township justice of the peace.
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Newark
Ind
Harlin Resler
William D. Wright
Bent Gooden
Ira Arthur
James Fuller
J. M. Britton
Bloomfield
Resler
Sons of Veterans encampment opens in Geneva Indiana
The eastern Indiana Sons of Veterans began their annual encampment at Geneva Adams County yesterday with a busy program scheduled through Monday featuring boxing matches baseball games balloon races athletic events and a realistic sham battle. Philadelphia engineer John Williamson dies after thrashing machine engine toppled into Sugar Creek bridge embankment near here last night. He was a prominent local farmer. Muncie man Herbine Clapper, 25, injured after being knocked or falling from a southbound Lake Erie train and taken to hospital.
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Portland
Ind
Sons of Veterans of
Indiana
Geneva
Adams County
Philadelphia
John Williamson
Sugar Reek Bridge
Williamson
Muncie
Herbine Clapper
Lake Erie
Man loses both feet after attempting to board moving train
Martinsville Indiana August 22 George Thacher quarreled with his wife then left home and tried to climb onto a moving train. He fell under the wheels and lost both feet in the accident.
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Martinsville
Ind
George Thacher
Fatal Fright Hurts Child and Kills Mother
In Washington Indiana Mrs Fred Lawler dies of heart failure after hearing her child scream while she rushes home from a neighbor. The alarm stems from a frightened moment as a hogs eating the baby is misattributed. Nearby North Vernon reports a bridge accident on the Geneva township pike road where Bonner Shedd and others are injured. Jeffersonville reports smallpox reappearing, raising epidemic fears for winter.
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Fred Lawler
Washington
Ind
Here
McKinley Reviews Twenty-sixth Regiment at Plattsburg
President McKinley arrives at Plattsburg barracks to review the Twenty-sixth regiment. Mrs. McKinley presents a silk flag to the unit, received by Colonel Rice and carried to the color sergeant. The regiment, led by its band, passes the president as he praises the soldiers. The unit sails for Manila in about two weeks.
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McKinley
Plattsburg
N. Y
Plattsburg Barracks
Twenty-sixth
Hotel Champlain
Rice
Manila
Colored preacher in Huntington ax attack wounds two
Basil Bell, a licensed colored preacher living with white Mary Winters, attacked her with an ax in a drunken frenzy then injured neighbor John Rumsport who he accused of courting Winters. Both victims expected to die as Bell is jailed.
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Huntington
Basil Bell
Mary Winters
Bell
John Rumsport
Cardinal Gibbons to select successor for Bishop Becker
In Savannah the consultors of the Georgia diocese met under Cardinal Gibbons to review three clergymen for the late Bishop Becker's successor. Announcement likely within two weeks as selection nears. Also reports Colonel Edward Hayes of the post office dies in Warren Ohio aged described. Erie Canal sustains a break at lock 49 near Syracuse and water must be drawn from the level.
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Savannah
Diocese of Georgia
Catholic Church
Cardinal Gibbons
Becker
Syracuse
General Blair Dies at 70 in Coronado Beach California
General Charles W. Blair died in Coronado Beach California aged 70. He aided in organizing the Second Kansas and formed the Blair battery during the Civil War.
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Coronado Beach
Cal
Charles W. Blair
Kansas
Blair Battery
Crowder Brothers Physicians and local attorney in Sullivan
R H Crowder and J R Crowder operate R H Crowder & Son Physicians and Surgeons in Sullivan Indiana with 24 hour service. The office is in Crowder's Block on East Side Square. Attorney Ohnt Bays has an office over Farmers Bank in Sullivan.
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R.h.crowder
J.R. Crowder
R. H. Crowder
Sullivan, Indiana
Farmers’ Bank
Crowder Office Building
East Side Square
Sullivan, Ind
Philsistated
Public Square
Loe Verers Ocertios
Isaac A. Kally
Sullivan
End
McCammon
Market Report on Grain and Provisions Across Cities
Indianapolis and Chicago grain futures cite mixed moves with wheat, corn, oats and pork, lard and rib prices. Cincinnati and Toledo echo steadier or dull tones in No. 2 red, No. 2 mixed and cattle values with notable hog activity.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Thompson Sons Eye and Throat Physicians Ad Highlight
J. J. Thompson & Son advertise as physicians and surgeons specializing in diseases of the eye and throat. They claim electricity offers a painless bloodless method for removing enlarged tonsils and treating catarrh and hay fever.
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J. J. Thompson & Son
Stock, Mob Physician and Surgeon at Washington Street
L Kk Stock, a mob physician and surgeon, advertises specialties in eye ear nose and throat diseases with services at Car Section and Washington streets. The notice highlights Dr Welt and emphasizes personal attention to cases.
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L. Kk. Stock
Ss. J. Welt
Washington Streets
Making Cigars From Paper Attracts Connoisseur Interest
Americans produce pi cigars as a commercial item with connoisseurs backing the trend. Paper sheets soaked in tobacco juice are pressed and cut into shapes by specialty machinery for sale. Debtor's Law in Siam Allows seizure of debtors after three months and can enslave family members if debtors flee.
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Siam
Brady's Anthem Prayer for a National Song
A dramatic tribute praises Mathew P. Brady and Carl Koelling for an emerging national anthem. The poem extols liberty, equality, and patriotic sacrifice, urging America to cherish its flag and destiny across land and sea.
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Mathew P. Brady
Oecnorah
Carl Koelling
Koelling
Mr. Brady
America
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Market Report
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Sullivan Ind
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