Hess's Latest Act Girl Went Back On Him
Goshen Indiana August 15 Fred Hess twenty four son of Philip Hess wealthy Whitley county farmer tried to kill himself after believing officers suspected him of blackmailing Walker Lewis Company with a threatening letter demanding 5000 dollars to its factory. Hess formerly used the alias John Fox claimed to be private detective on the trail of six released criminals. He faces bonds and federal charges. Governor Durbin to be asked for requisition for forgery suspect Day and pursuit across states.
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Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
Fred Hess
Philip Hess
Whitley County
Walker Lewis Company
Hess
John Fox
London
Goshen. the Firm Hed Fo
Michigan City
Rnor Durbin
New
Robert Emory
New Jersey
William Otto
Charles M. Sal- Danville
Sallow
New Aeves
Police Crack Down on City Gamblers in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana on August 15 police seized gambling devices and arrested Emdee and John Snyder for keeping games of chance. Following warrants, fines were paid at police headquarters as officers enforce a strict anti gambling order per the police commissioners.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lapayette
Ind
Severson
Emdee
John Snyder
Eckhaus
Snyder
Larseny
Troys Gearhart Found Dead in Lafayette Grand Ambiguity
John C. Gearhart a Troy Ohio carpenter visiting Lafayette was found dead in his room. Authorities suspect poisoning with possible suicide or foul play but cannot determine cause. Coroner notes facial distortions and unclear motive ahead of further inquiry. two daughters believed in Ohio.
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Indianapolis
Ayette
Ind
John C. Gearhart
Troy
Gear
Ohio
Trey, O
City Visited by an Organized Gang of Thieves
In Muncie Indiana last night an organized gang burglarized multiple residences and businesses. C E McGuire home was entered and 418 in money was stolen along with watermelons from the kitchen. J F Gibson on 415 Street also robbed through a broken front window. Armstrong family of three was robbed while away from home. Police say no crew was found.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
C. E. McGuire
Indianapo Apd
J. F. Gibson
Armstrong
Patice Haven
Robbery by Chloral in Robertsdale House
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports thieves entering the sleeping room of Miss Andrew Beliaart at Robertsdale near Hammond Indiana. They chloroformed her without awakening the others in the house and ransacked the room taking a large sum of money and jewels. Miss Beliaart is danger of further harm.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hammond
Ind
Andrew Beliaart
Robertsdale
Schaart
Dunger
Colored patrolman accused in Muncie case
Norvey Curtis, the only colored patrolman on the Muncie force, was suspended after being charged with assault and consorting with a white woman. The incident occurred in a local house, drawing attention to racial tension in the city.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Norvey Curtis
Muncie
Young man dies from selfinflicted gunshot wound in Indiana
Lealdes Hal, 21, is dying at his Kent area home from a gunshot wound believed selfinflicted after a day on the farm with his father. A note to his parents cites a broken heart and names who should preach his funeral sermon. He told his mother the girl he loved rejected him.
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Indianapolis Journal
Madison
Ind
Lealdes Halwager
Kent
Columbus Liquor License Fight Reappears in Indiana
In Columbus Indiana the Third ward temperance faction again opposes a liquor license for the Third Street Beer Garden. They aided passage of an ordinance drawing business and residence districts to bar such sales, risking a legal battle if challenged by saloon interests led by George Piel. The dispute questions city council power to set district boundaries, possibly reaching the Supreme Court.
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Indianapolis Journal
Columbus
Ind
Third Street
Third Ward
Civic League
George Piel
Supreme Court
Indiana Harbor offers tax exemption to steel firm
The city of Indiana Harbor will grant a five year tax exemption and reduced water tax to American Steel Foundry Company of Chicago if it relocates there. The firm bought 30 acres and plans to move from Wallace and 159th in Chicago, creating about 70 jobs.
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Indianapas Journal
Hammond
Ind
Indiana Harbor
American Steel Foundry Company
Chicago
Wallace
Indiana Town
Regular service begins on Dayton & Western Traction into Richmond
Regular service was inaugurated into Richmond, Indiana, with the first car on schedule and Valentine Winters aboard. The operation is hampered by a motor shortage limiting six large cars. Winters doubts practical through service to Indianapolis while multiple roads remain independent. In Lafayette, the Board of County Commissioners authorized using part of the Dayton road by the Northwestern Traction Company to connect at the city limits, with a 6 foot east extension.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Dayton & Western Traction
Valentine Winters
Winters
Indianapolis
Dayton
Ent Winters
Lafayette
Board of County Commissioners
Lafayette Street Railway
Indianapolis and Northwestern Traction Company
Northwestern
Stationary Firemen Adjourn At Sixth Annual Meet
Rochester August 15 The sixth annual convention of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen closed with officers elected. Timothy Healy of New York City named president and a full slate of vice presidents, secretary-treasurer Co L Shamp of Fort Wayne, and venues planned to move headquarters to Omaha. The union vows a new push to organize West coast stationary firemen.
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Rochester
N. Y
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Timothy Healy
New York City
Michael P. Flanagan
Boston
P. L. Farrell
St. Paul
Peter Miller
St. Louis
Thomas F. Kane
Danbury
Danbury, Conn.; Sixth Vice President, R. C. McClain, Newark, N. J
George P. Dorr
Madison
Co. L. Shamp
Fort Wayne
Ind
Washington
Omaha
U S senatorial party arrives eight days late to Valdez
A tele gram from Valdez Alaska reports the United States senatorial party has arrived safely eight days behind schedule. The delay is blamed on the failure of the boat from the lower Yukon to reach Dawson.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Valdez
Alaska
United States
Yukon
Dawson
Mills to idle 54 thousand spindles next week in Fall River
Fall River dispatch reports a curtailment in cotton mills next week will idle 54 000 spindles for the full week and about 4000 spindles for part of the week. The idle spindles affect 1 mill in total and 5000 workers.
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Fall River
Mass
Nts
Murder Suspect Captured After Abduction Near Danville Ill
Bowman Manspile, former Sidney resident, was captured by a Champaign sheriff two miles from St Joseph after forcing his wife from their home at gunpoint. A mob gathered to rescue her, and Manspile faces kidnapping threatening to burn property and selling mortgaged property charges. Frank Layman offered 50 for his capture, dead or alive.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Ill
Bowman Manspile
Champaign County
Fitzpatrick
St. Joseph
Frank Layman
Manspile
Sidney
Indianapolis
Aspile
Snes
Millionaire Crow Dies A Pauper After Wealth Falls
Moses Rockwell Crow once financed water works for Falls City Nebraska Ward's Island New York and Westchester County New York. He died at Ward's Island State Hospital after long illness. His fortunes collapsed amid litigation and foreclosure leaving him destitute.
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New York
Moses Rockwell Crow
State Hospital
Ward's Island
Middle West
Falls City
Neb
Bellevue Hospital
Crow
Grand Rapids
Mich
Westchester County
Murdered Soldier Found Near Danville Soldiers' Home
The charred body of a man was found between two burned haystacks near the Soldiers' Home in Danville at 3 AM. Fragments of blue cloth and brass buttons mark him as an old soldier, likely a home member. An ax with a burned handle and a skull wound suggest homicide. A watchman report supports murder theory.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Ill
Riot trial venue set as Vermillion jurors report soon
Colonel Tanner and Company A from Arcola remain in Danville until further orders, with Aug. 22 target before Camp Lincoln. Judge Thompson ordered sixty petit jurors to report on Aug. 4 for rioters trial, arraignment postponed to Aug. 18. Jurors drawn from across the country to reflect public opinion.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Tanner
Arcola
Camp Lincoln
Vermillion County
Fourteen Hurt as Rio Grande Train Wrecks Near Buena Vista
A Denver and Rio Grande passenger train derailed on a weakened bridge near Nothrop, eight miles east of Buena Vista, injuring fourteen travelers. Victims include Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. Lather with severe facial injuries, Mrs. Knapp with a badly lacerated leg, and Mr. Benning with head wounds, as the tourist sleeper tipped into a ravine. The bridge failure followed a flood made worse by a cloudburst. the baggage car smashed, the smoker and chair car partly overturned, and the baggage man escaped injury.
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Buena Vista
Col
Denver
Rio Grande
Nothrop
Here
Hopkins
Albion
Lather
Pittsburg
G. Knapp
Milwaukee
J. P. Knapp
Fred B
Riser
San Francisco
MR. Benning
Corydon
Conley
Eldorado
Kan
J. D. Smith
Muscatine
B. O. Brown
New York
R. A. Navilla
Washington
Charcot Antarctic expedition sails but ends in tragedy
Paris August 15 The Jean Charcot Antarctic expedition set to sail from Havre aboard the Francais at 2 PM. A fatal accident soon after the departure halted the voyage. A sailor was killed when a hawser from the towing tug parted as the ship moved out, prompting the expedition’s return. President Loubet had offered congratulations and two thousand spectators watched the scene.
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Paris
Jean Charcot
Havre
Loubet
Marseillaise
Royse sues Ben Hur tribe over eight thousand dollars
Mary J. Royse of Indianapolis sues the Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur for eight thousand dollars claimed as due her late husband W. J. Rouse for organization work. She alleges prior note cancellation and delivery under false pretenses and cites funds still available to pay the debt. A separate Lafayette report covers Charles A. Meeker denying fraud in stock dealings with A. S. Peacock's Wah Gas and Oil.
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Indianapolis Journal
Crawfordsville
Mary J. Royse
Indianapolis
Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur
W. J. Rouse
O. W. Gerard
Lafayette
Ind
Charles A. Meeker
A. 5
Peacock
Attica
Wah Gas and Oil Company
Meeker
Receiver for Undertakers at Valparaiso
In Michigan City today Judge Tut hill appointed John Brodies receiver to take charge of F. A. Lepell & Co undertakers of Valparaiso. Liabilities are listed at 4000 dollars. Lepell has left town.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Michigan City
Tuthill
T. Minor
John Brodies
F. A. Lepell & Co
Lepell
Rally Day at Bethany Endeavorers Sessions at the Park
Morgan county and Indianapolis Englewood C E Society drew crowds for Rally Day in Bethany Park Aug 15 with Rev T J Freed M L Gillespie Charles Underwood and Howard Shireman among speakers. Readings solos and a Denver convention report followed before a closing consecration and look ahead to Sunday and Monday services. interurban service noted.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bethany Park
Morgan County
Englewood
Martinsville
Mary Gilpin
Carrie Mannan
Ruth Gentry
Bessie Brown
Monrovia
Indianapolis
Englewood C. E
Laura Fansler
C. E. Society
Hal
Frank
Millions for a Mine: Rockefellers and Goulds Buy Coeur d'Alene Properties
Spokane dispatch reports A B Campbell, a Coeur d'Alene mine owner, received word that the Standard mine, Mammoth mine, and Empire State group in the Coeur d’Alenes, plus the Everett smelter, Monte Cristo mine and railroad, have been sold to the Federal Mining and Smelting Company for about 3 000 dollars per unit, in a new $30 million concern backed by the Rockefellers and Goulds, with $20 million issued capital and $10 million reserved.
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Spokane
Wash
A. B. Campbell
Coeur d
Everett Smelter
Monte Cristo
Tug Mersey Founders Off Ontardo Shoal
A steam tug named Mer sey sank Wednesday night near Ontardo shoal about 60 miles from Quebec. A dispatch reports five of the eight crew drowned with details unavailable.
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Quebec
Ontardo Shoal
Here
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