Fire destroys stables at Bedford fairgrounds
Fire at Bedford Indiana fair grounds burns four large buildings and cremates two valuable horses. Kleber registered No 914 imported French coach stallion valued at 2000 dollars and Kues Acting Horse also perished. Both owned by Thomas Box. John McCutcheon of Bowling Green Kentucky tended the horses and suffered burns to both hands. The blaze is believed started by a discarded lighted cigar. Loss on buildings 32000 dollars.
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Bedford
Ind
Kleber
Kues
Thomas Box
John McCutcheon
Bowling Green
Panther Sightings Shake Matthews Indiana Neighborhood
Reports from Matthews Indiana describe a panther seen by several responsible residents in John Water’s sugar camp area last week. Fearful cries and hunting parties arise as locals recall panther legends and speculate on its origin amid forest fires nearby.
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Matthews
Ind
Johnater
Sugarcamp
Purcell Arrested Over Mine Strike in Kentucky
G W Purcell national board member of United Mine Workers was arrested on a warrant from operators at Alta Mont and Pittsburg Ky for allegedly inducing a strike while under contract. He says his board will appeal to the highest courts. He is from Terre Haute Ind.
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G. W. Purcell
National Board
London
National Board of
United Mine Workers
Altamont
Pittsburg
Terre Haute
Ind
Wealthy Indiana farmer vanishes amid odd letter
Kokomo Indiana September 19 William Warnock a wealthy farmer disappears from his home after sending a letter to his wife stating he cannot live there. Described as of irreproachable character with no financial trouble the family fears possible mental distress or affliction amid the mystery.
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Kokomo
Ind
William Warnock
Cuy
Convention of former slaves meets in Indianapolis
A state convention of former slaves is held in Indianapolis to select delegates for a Nashville meeting that will organize a home for disabled colored people who were once enslaved.
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Indianapolis
Nashville
Tennu
Vacant beds near fill at State Soldiers' Home
Lafayette Indiana Sept 18 General Packard and the board of managers report only 15 beds vacant at the State Soldiers' Home with 100 applications for admission. In Princeton Indiana Sept 18 15 year old Harry Tibbett died after being crushed by a water wagon wheels as he fell from his seat while descending a steep hill.
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Lafayette
Ind
General Packard
State Soldiers’ Home
Princeton
Harry Tibbett
Patoka
Tibbett
James M. McIntosh Named Bank Examiner
Indianapolis, Sept. 19. James M. McIntosh of Connervill e has been appointed bank examiner by the secretary of the treasury and has assumed duties.
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Indianapolis
James M. McIntosh
Connersville
Secretary of the Treasury
Mrs H E Robinson Fatally Injured by Train Near Petoskey
Mrs Henry E Robinson of Richmond was run over by a train at Petoskey Michigan yesterday afternoon and sustained fatal injuries. Her husband and two sons are traveling by special train. two daughters Mrs Vaughn and Mrs Gennett are with her. She is a well known society woman of Richmond.
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H. E. Robinson
Richmond
Petoskey
Fitchmond
Ind
Henry E Robinson
Mich
F. ©. Vaughn
Harry Gennett
Robinson
Fatal Shooting Over a Crap Game in Shoals
A dispute during a crap game led to a man being shot and killed in Shoals. The shooter fled to the woods but was captured in Montgomery, Indiana, last evening. The incident occurred amid a large railroad tunnel project employing many Black workers.
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Shoals
Sep
Baltimore
Southewestern Railroad Company
Crus Wisser
William Die
Wilson
Montgomery
Ind
Ex-county official hails 20 acres cabbage crop in marsh land
William D. Shumy formerly county recorder plants 20 acres of former marsh land in cabbage at current market rates. He expects to net about $8,000 from the crop in South Bend Indiana on September 19.
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South Bend
Ind
William D. Shumy
X-County Recorder
Old Indian Scout Marshall Nelson Heads to Philippines Today
Marshal K Nelson the veteran Indian scout for whom General Lawton cabled from Manila will begin his voyage to the Philippines. Nelson once served with Lawton against Geronimo and Natchez in 1885 and located the Mexican band that led to their capture. He speaks Spanish and three Indian languages and has acted as interpreter for Generals Crook Miles and other Indian campaigners.
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Marshal K. Nelson
Philippines
San Antonio
Lawton
Manila
Nelson
Geronimo
Natchez
Mexico
Crook
Miles
Costly Blaze Destroys LA Block. One Man Fatally Injured
Fire swept a business block in Los Angeles damaging firms including Farming and Milling Co and Perry Lumber Co. The blaze began in a varnish room of a carriage factory and spread rapidly, leaving one man dead and hundreds of thousands in damage.
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Los Angeles
Farming and Milling Company
Perry Lumber Company
Summers Surrenders After Five Years on the Run
Jackson Mississippi September 16 Charles O Summers longtime fugitive surrenders at the state penitentiary after five years pursued by detectives. Convicted in 1898 for robbing the Southern Express company he escaped once and was captured in San Francisco. He escaped again in 1894 and has been at large since. McKinley Not Interfering With Executions. Washington September 19 Privates Danhoffer and Conine sentenced to death by court martial for assaulting Philippine women will not receive mercy from the president and will be executed after review of proceedings unless regularity issues arise.
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Charlies Summers
Jackson
Miss
Charles O. Summers
Summers
Southern Express Company
San Francisco
Liberty
McKinley
Washington
Danhoffer
Conine
Market quotations from Indianapolis to Toledo grain markets
Quarter by quarter prices in Indianapolis Wheat No 2 red 67c Corn 32c Oats 22c Cattle 3.24 to 3.40 Hogs 3.75 to 4.14 Sheep 3.00 to 4.00 Lambs 3.50 to 3.60. Chicago results show Wheat Dec 71c open 70 1 2c May 73 1 2c 73 4c Corn Dec 28c May 29c 20c Oats Dec 21 4c May 22 2 3c Pork Oct 7.95 Dec 8.10 Lard Oct 5.25 Dec 5.32 Ribs Oct 5.15 Dec 4.90. Cash Wheat 70 3 4c 0 Corn 82 3 4c Oats 21 4c Pork 7.95 Lard 5.97 Ribs 5.15. Cincinnati Wheat 68c Corn 34c Oats 24 4c Cattle 2.75 5.25 Hogs 3.40 4.65 Lambs 3.00 5.35. Chicago Livestock Hogs 4.35 3.75 Sheep 3.00 4.50 Lambs 5.40 6.28. Toledo Wheat 68 3 40c Corn 88 4c Oats 88c
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Cincinnati
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