Cuban testimony in Neely case debated in Indiana
United States Attorney Jesse LaFollette declares Cuban testimony requires deposition or affidavit but cannot compel Indiana witnesses to travel to Cuba. He notes Jordan and Baxter know little about the Neely case and their testimony would be immaterial. Local officials and witnesses refuse to go, hindering prosecution of the alleged Cuban robber.
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United States
Jordan
Baxter
Mr. Denny
Neely
Indianapolis Journal Cie
Ind
Jesse LaFollette
Iles F. W. Neely
Muncie
United Tes
Cuba
Obituary for William Cecil Price, long-time U S treasurer
ChicagoAug. Judge William Cecil Price former United States treasurer under President Buchanan died here today at eighty six following long illness. Interment Thursday. Price settled in Springfield Mo in early thirties, a slave supporter turned Democrat leader who helped Buchanan's administration before Fort Sumter.
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Chicago
Aus
Wiliam Cecil Price
United States
Presit Buchanan
William 3
Neweed
Price
Saracced Gage
Modi- St Ia
William Cecil Price
Springfield
Buchanan
Anderson
Fort Sumter Jude
Angerma
General Price
Butte Ridge
Theen
al ML
Obituary notices of Mary New Adams and Louis Meyt
Mrs. Mary New Adams widow of Judge Au once chief justice of the sewan ee is dead at eighty four. She was a literary figure and a close friend of Waldo Emerson. Louis T. Meyt, among the oldest members of the 4 eek Exchange, died in Germany. He had dealings with large star deals and counted Commodore Van among his customers.
New York War on Mosquitoes Begins in Boroughs
Dr Doty health officer of the port launches a campaign against Greater New York mosquitoes. He and Beestants spread kerosene on ponds in Concord Staten Island to suffocate larvae, aiming to curb malaria linked illness. Dr Monaghan supports the effort noting mosquitoes cause significant sickness and that experiments are watched as plans for further treatment unfold.
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New York
Doty
Concord
Staten Island
Eugene Monaghan
Ford i
Monachan
Tropics
Fair Weather Today and Outlook by Region
In Washington Indiana and Ohio the forecast calls for fair conditions today with increasing cloudiness and a chance of showers tomorrow. Temperatures will be cooler on Thursday with strong to light northwest to southeast winds shifting. western Ohio looks fair with eastern portions expecting rain Wednesday and warmer conditions Thursday.
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Washington
Aus
Indiana
Ohio
Wedness
Movements of Steamers New York to Bremen and Queenstown
Arrivals and departures listed show Bremen saling to Moville and arrival of Ethiopia from New York bound for Glasgow. Grafton from New York reaches Plymouth and proceeds to Bremen. Kaiser Wilhelm der Große arrives from New York at Bremen. Rotterdam from New York arrives at Rotterdam. Saxonia sails Koenigswurfa for Queenstown and Boston. Pennland arrives at Rotterdam from New York.
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New York
Bremen
Moville
Ethiopia
Glasgow
Plymouth
Graft Wal
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Rotterdam
PS Etch
Saxonia
Koenigen Faurie
Queenstown
Boston
Rotter
Inet B. Avs
Pennland
Funeral of Dowager Empress Simple as Possible Amid Roses
The Dowager Empress was embalmed by Prof. Reavers and laid in bed in Cronberg with roses from her garden. Only family and close household will view the remains as funeral rites proceed in Friedrichshof and Potsdam. Emperor William meets Count von Luelow, London reports note King Edward may attend.
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Cronberg
Willem
Count von Luelow
Cay
Homburg
Friedrichshof
Ripon
Edward
Potsdam
Friedensklvene
William
County to build road through Huntington Whitley Noble and Lagrange
A proposed company plans a new road crossing multiple counties including Huntington Whitley Noble and Lagrange. It is described as financially able with substantial preliminary work already completed. The route would intersect a Fort Wayne to Goshen line near Winona Lake.
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Whitley
Huntington
Noble
Lagrange
Fort Wayne
Goshen and
Kikhart
Recognition day highlights at Winona Lake with talks and the Passion Play
Winona Lake hosts Recognition Day with Prof. John Coutter of Chicago University and Arthur Falls of England delivering talks. Rev. J. L. Brendt presents the Passion Play with moving pictures. Banquets accompany reading circles. Visitors include Mrs. L. Bi ner and daughter, J. Patterson, W. B. McHenry, Anna H. Shaw, and H. S. Dickey. At Battleground the itinerant Northwest Conference school opens with Rev. J. W. Walker and Rev. S. W. Goss as leaders. Prof. Stevenson of DePauw spoke last evening. the session will include several addresses and ends Thursday.
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Spevin
Indianapolis Journal
Winona Lake
Ind
Winona
John Coutter
Chicago University
Arthur Fallows
England
J. L. Brendt
Indianapolis
L. Biiner
Chicago
J. Patterson
Dayton
W. BP. McHenry
South Bend
Anna H. Shaw
Philadelphia
H. 8. Dickey
Danville
Lafayette
Battleground
J. W. Walker
Terre Haute
S. W. Goss
Crawfordsville
Stevenson
de Pauw
Berlin watches for royal funeral route change
In Berlin tonight it is said King Edward will skip Homburg or Cronberg and head to Potsdam to await the Dowager Empress's body. The Reichsstatic chancellery orders fourteen days of daily tolling, 12 to 1 pm, as mourning spreads. Towns buildings and Unter den Linden display emblems. the Hartford training ship salutes in Kiel as the death is announced.
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Berlin
Edward
Homburg
Cronberg
Potsdam
Reichsanselger
Germany
Unter den Linden
United Sates
Hartford
Immander J. M. Howley
Kiel
McKinley Sends Condolence on Dowager Empress Fredericks Death
President McKinley dispatches a message to Emperor William of Germany expressing sorrow at the death of his mother Dowager Empress Queen Frederick. He commends her noble qualities and offers heartfelt condolences on behalf of the American people and himself.
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Washington
McKinley
William of
Germany
Frederick
Els Inmperial
Roya Anes Wil-lam
Eeperer
Herlin
King Edward to Hold Council After Return with Queen
London dispatch reports King Edward and Queen Alexandra returning yesterday. A royal council is planned for tomorrow to discuss state affairs. The timing of the king’s departure for Germany remains undecided as the royal yacht Victoria and Albert waits at Port Victoria to convey him to Plushing.
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London
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Germany
Royal Yacht
Victoria and Albert
Port Victoria
Tragic Brownstown Train Accident Injures Ten
Witnesses describe a fast express through Brownstown where a man stepping in front of the oncoming train was hurled toward the depot and fatally injured. The incident followed his travel from Seymour and involved forthcoming accommodations after the express train did not stop.
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Grownstown
Seymour
Brownstown
Subsidies Approved for Interurban Railway Projects
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Rochester and surrounding towns details subsidies for Toledo and Chicago Transfer Railway and Wabash Rochester Electric Railway. Rochester township shows mixed support, total subsidies across four townships reach 95 000. Noble and Pawpaw townships allocate 4 000 and 10 000 respectively, bringing area total to 95 000 with contracts ready for immediate construction.
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Indianapolia Journal
Rochester
Ind
Toledo & Chicago Transfer Railway Company
Wabash & Rochester Interurban Erectile Railway Company
Rochester Township
Juline Rowey
Friends of
Indianapolis Journal
Wabash
Noble Township
Wabash & Rochester Electric Railway
Miami County
Ste. Pawpaw
Wabash County
Red Men Powwow Opens in Logansport in Big State Gathering
The seventh annual pow-wow of the Wabash Valley Pow-wow Association of the Order of Red Men opened in Logansport Indiana attracting about ten thousand visiting Red Men. The event marks the last pow-wow as the association will shift to business sessions. The parade drew nearly three thousand participants and Riverside Park hosted drills this afternoon while Muncie and Pocahontas units prepared for competition. The night featured a cattle show at Spencer Park with five hundred participants and a bustling street crowd as traffic overflowed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Wabash Valley
The
Order of Red Men
Roads Yan
Une
Riverside Park
el- Wood
Muncie
Order of Pocahontas
Spencer Park
Two Boys Confess to Mail Robbery in Greencastle
Greenacastle Indiana August 6 two youths George Moore and Ulysses Snider arrested after a desperate escape attempt have confessed to robbing United States mails. Snider hid in county backwoods while Moore was captured on the east college campus in window casings for De Iman University. Moore, armed with two revolvers, was taken to Reform School at Plainfield and released earlier for good behavior. They admit ties to Browning Johns burglary but say little loot was recovered.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greencastle
Ind
George Moore
Ulysses Snider
United States
Snider
Moore
East College
de Iman University
Reform School
Plainfield
Browning & John's
Collapse of a building in Hartford City Indiana
The Save block on Hartford City’s public square collapsed this morning. The two story brick building housed W J Fulton’s bargain store and the Sage family living quarters. The Sage family escaped as cracks widened and debris fell. The block’s basement is for a new Elke block and the Sage building recently housed by Indiana Brewing Co. Loss estimated at 3500 for the building and 1500 for Fulton stock. A separate dispatch reports a Wichita suicide of R J Herding of St Louis. Clifford Robbins formerly of Hope is identified in a county letter as involved. Robbins’ body to be buried in Westport Decatur county.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Public Square
W. J. Fulton
Sage
Fulton
Indiana Brewing Company
Marion
Iiiianapolis
Columbus
Wichita
Kan
R. J. Herding
St. Louis
Suipide
Hamilton Hotel
Hope
Clifford Roboims
John Sampson
Topeka
Mr. Sampson
Young Robbins
Westport
Decatur County
Elkhart Grocer Draws Oklahoma Farm in Lottery
Elkhart indicates Edward Paul, a prominent grocer, traveled with a Lawton party to invest in real estate. Upon his return he received a letter confirming he drew farm No. 3,685 in Lawton district. He had visited Lawton and El Reno seeking desirable lots, registering for the drawing as an incidental part of the trip.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Edward Paul
Lawton
O. T
Elkhert
Ferme
el Reno
Estate of local merchant Dani el S Dibble outlines value
Richmond Indiana August 6 obituary notes Daniel S Dibble a local commission merchant died several months ago. The estate is valued at about unspecified amount and no sale or heirs details are provided in readable text.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Daniel S. Dibble
Orphan Home Trustees Meet at Wernle After Report
In Richmond Ind the Wernle Orphans Home board met and received a treasurer’s report showing year receipts around PISSL with a small balance. George Meter and his wife the superintendent and matron submitted resignations due to her ill health, and both were accepted. A new laundry plant is being installed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Wernle
George Meter
Death and misfortune hit Indiana towns in August
Chicago: Lawrence McGriskin, 50, mathematics teacher at Gallister School South Chicago, killed by a live electric wire. Brazil: actress deathbed claim about John Richards founder false. Muncie: Philip Hoaffker, 81, pioneer Delaware County resident and musician who toured with Jenny Lind, dies. New Castle: William Newhouse, 65, blacksmith, found dead from heart failure. Bloomington: Mattie Buskirk Haungs, 41, sister to the postmaster, dies. Richmond: Heudgin family reunion and local notes. Himma Tizzard dies by suicide. Windfall: drought and water issues. KOEGMO: Christian Conference plans. Terre Haute: Commercial Club to form real estate company. Angola: Steuben old settlers meet. Frazil: accident on Knightsville bridge. Elkhart: Hally Fisher to sail to duty station. Jeffersonville: Frank Abbott arrested. Marion: embezzlement charge against Benjamin Hutchinson. Lafayettes: Odd Fellows session. Scottsburg: two weeks of camp meeting. New Castle: James Gruler loses part of a hand in factory accident.
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Muncie
Ind
Philip Hoaffker
Delaware County
Germany
America
Jenny Lind
Rovers
Connersville
New Castle
Ave
William Newhouse
Bloomington
Mattie Buskirk Haungs
P. K. Buskirk
Foamington
Richmond
Nathan Odéin
Fountain City
Heudgin
Himma Tizzard
Laton
Here
Richmond Shooting Club
Northwestern Indiana Christian Conference
theHarrison-street Christian Church
Armstrong
West
Angola
Steuben County
A. Powers
The
Avsodation
Fred Cneider
A. L. Fisher
United States
Afin
San Francisco
Sheridan
Jeffersonville
Frank Abbott
Henryville
Albany
Marion
Benjamin Hutchinson
Cincinnati
Crimes of Various Degrees Across Cities
A roundup of violent incidents reports gunfire in Grange City Kentucky fatal wounding after a dispute over a cousin marriage. Other items note Samuel Shinn sentenced in Trenton New Jersey to eighteen years, Nathan hanged in Memphis for murder during a robbery. Chicago killings involve Hollister Goodrich and wife. Blondin pursuit spans Massachusetts Quebec to the St Lawrence as investigators chase a suspected wife killer.
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Grange City
Yester
James Markwell
Russell Hall
Markwell
Hall
Samuel Shinn
Thomas F. Applegate
Trenton
N. J
Nathan
Memphis
Charles Necbe
William Schultz
Chicago
Schultz
Porter Sawyer
Martin
Tex
John Kipper
Dulles
Kipper
Megro
Twenty-fifth
United States Infantry
el Paso City
Jal
Dallas
Hollister B. Goodrich
St. Lawrence
Blos
Gendron
Seven dead as Philadelphia gas explosion kills and injures
Philadelphia reports seven killed and more than sixty hurt in a Locust Street explosion. Among the dead are Elizabeth Mountain and Frederick Lee, with three unknown colored men and a colored child. Lizzie Watkins survived after being buried under debris for hours as investigators pursue a gasoline storage theory in three nearby grocery stores.
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Philadelphia
Locust Street
Tenth
Elizabeth Mountain
Frederick Lee
Patrick Quigley
Samuel Gates
Lizzie Watkins
Morris Rosenthal
Cathedral Cracked As Weight Sinks Foundations
Somers Clarke, architect of St Pauls Cathedral, reports to The Times that the dome piers foundations have settled due to immense weight. Eight arches and nave windows are broken, west front cracked, and cracks extend to the chapel east wall. Underground railways and sewers, plus train vibrations, blamed for the instability.
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London
Somers Clarke
St. Paul's Cathedral
The
Times Today
Clarke
Paid high for darned socks by German Chicago resident
A Chicago man paid seven dollars to have four pairs of socks darned by his German mother after she knitted six pairs. He brought them back from Germany without duty, but upon return four pairs needed repairs. Parcels post returned them and customs assessed a duty of 1.75 dollars per pair, which he paid under protest.
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Chicago
Germany
United States
Texas Bank Closure Sparks State Inquiry
Austin city anxiously watches the First National Bank close under federal examination. Texas reportedly had about 375000 on deposit, not in the state treasury, prompting Governor to urge a House investigation via a special committee to explain the discrepancy.
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Austin
Tex
First National Bank
Federal Examiner
Texas
Kennedy
Tampa Citizens Act Faces Delays Over Site for Federal Building
unit advisement notes a decision next Monday as livid apprehension grows about litigation. fair director says the suit delays work at Forest Park, hindering architect plans, property acquisitions, and site preparations for the United States government building and Missouri commissioners seeking assignment.
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Forest Park
United States Government
Missouri Commissioners
MISCELLANEOUS BREVITIES COLLECTED NEWS
Andrew Carnegie offers to fund a Racine public library. Barrett in Montana reports $6,221 inheritance tax, total $83,702 tax split with counties. Alabama Railroad Commission sets $1 per day damages for delayed loaded cars. Minneapolis fire injures Mrs. Woodman and daughters from a newspaper blown into a gasoline stove flame. Dentists meet in Milwaukee with 300 delegates, G W Black of Chicago delivers annual address. Brutus brings Captain Allibone body from Manila to Altoona for interment.
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Andrew Carnegie
Racine
Vis
Barrett
Montana
Marcus Daly
Alabama Railroad Commission
Montgomery
B. Woodman
Elma
Annie
L. Wheeler
Minneapolis
National Association of Dentists
Milwaukee
G. W. Black
Chicago
United States
Brutus
New York
Manila
Allibone
Wilmington
Altoona
Busiel Smith
Philadelphia
Busiel
New Hampshire
Merrimac
Amesbury
Mass
Charles Usher
Lynn
Civil Service Commission
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Newport
R, L
Lawnfield
Hallidon Avenue
Mason Renshaw Jones
Flathead Indian
Roman Station
Jack Daly
Del
H. J. Bennett
Savannah
Bennett
Daly
National Steel Company
Mingo Junction
Thomas Overman
Bridgeport
Harry Crouch
John Bishop
Steubenville
Edward Hanson
John Fisher
Alexander Henry
Pierre Lorillard
Beantocas
Buffalo
Canton
Grace McKinley
Connecticut
Cleveland
Entucky
Hayes
Colson
Controller of the Treasury
Labor unrest hits San Francisco as boxmakers strike
In San Francisco on August 6, more than four hundred union boxmakers walked out across city factories, marking a key development in the labor dispute. Daily clashes erupted as nonunion workers faced assaults, with Samuel Cole shot in the chest by Henry Davis and J Watt struck in the neck by a nonunion worker. Watt was later hit by a rock as he went to work, while a shot narrowly missed him and lodged in a door above.
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San Francisco
Samuel Cole
Henry Davis
J. Watt
Watt
Chicago Union Molders Strike Sparks Wage Shift and Tensions
Chicago reports that union molders walked out over pay, while employers voted to hire nonunion workers at 4.50 and 4.75 a day, signaling a broader battle to eradicate unions. In Buffalo, four agents were sent to disband machinists lodges. in Lexington a street car was shot at during unrest linked to the strike, with nonunion crews operating the lines.
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Chicago
National Founders’ Association
Buffalo
N. Y
the Courier
International Machanists’ Union
Labor unrest and strikes sweep multiple states
Four hundred workers at the Memphis Tin Mill and Foundry walked out over paydays while unions press wage and hour demands. The Central Labor Union of Maston Pa denounces Andrew Carnegie as a foe of labor amid a school board donor dispute. In Knoxville eighteen traction cars ran only until 7 PM with promises of full service tomorrow. In New York cloakmakers claim 1500 workers won higher wages and shorter hours after last week’s strike. A riot near Mingo Junction Ohio as Hungarians lose positions to Italian workers during a furnace dispute. At Beaver Meadow Pa about 26 Evans cont workers strike over driver reinstatement. In Audenfeld Colliery 20 miners quit awaiting access for inspection and card checks of union members.
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Memphis Tennial and Foundry Works
Central Labor Union
Maston
Andrew Carnegie
School Board of
Easton
Carnegie
Traction Company
Knoxville
Cloakmakers’ Union
New York
National Steel Company
Mingo Junction
Evanscont Beaver Meadow
Audenfeld
Lehigh and Withesbarre Coal Company
Eard
National Wholesale Grocery Company to Form in Huge Deal
A Philadelphia based Telegraph report states a gigantic merger is forming with 141,000,000 capitalization to create the National Wholesale Grocery Company. About 2.7 leading grocery jobbers in the United States are said to be involved aiming to control 10 percent of the industry. A plan to unify tea interests and regulate Japanese imports is included, affecting leading importing houses and firms with Japan ties.
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New York
the Tribune
Philadelphia
National Wholesale Grocery Company
United States
Japan
Cubans Discuss Electoral Law
HAVANA Aug 6 The Cuban constitutional convention met but made no progress. Senor Juan Gualiberto Gomez proposed an amendment to the electoral law requiring all public officials who are candidates in the upcoming election to relinquish their duties for one month.
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Havana
Senor
Juan Gualiberto Gomez
Local Yacht Club Collision Near Twenty sixth Street
The Sav Haya suffered heavy damage in a collision off the foot of Twenty six street near the New York Yacht Club rendezvous. Corsair struck it twice and then bumped the Norman while dragging away men. Coate and Norman sustained little damage as tides pushed the Corsair into the others. A relay wireless system by Edgar S Gray may allow fifty mile land messages then relay again. The National Temperance Conference at Buffalo adjourned with resolutions for stricter liquor controls and repeal of tax receipts in prohibitory areas.
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New York Yacht Club
Twenty-sixth Street
Sav Haya
Corsair
Coate
Norman
Edgar 5. Gray
Vermont
National Temperance Conference
Buffalo
Attorney James Craig Dies After Somnambulism Fall
ST LOUIS August 6 James Craig an attorney and promoter died at Baptist Hospital from a fall from the second story of his residence while in a somnambulistic state He was thirty nine years old His father was the late Gen James Craig former cone Frosemans from the Joseph Modist
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ST. Louis
James Craig
Baptist Hospital
Craig
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