Constitution Beats Columbia in Light Air Yacht Race
The Constitution won by about thirty one minutes and twenty six seconds over the Columbia on the Larchmont Club course. Light winds and a squall favored the Constitution as it gained speed in the first round while Columbia could not close the gap. Spectator Captain Sycamore of Shamrock II joined the Lipton tug Lawrence to watch, marking his first view of American boats.
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New York
Larchmont Yacht Club
Columbia
Constitution
Salle
Sycamore
Lipton
Lawrence
Larchmont Club
Shamrock II Showcased as Yankee Styled British Yacht
New York reports Shamrock II blends American design and materials with British yacht traditions. The hull, spars, sails and even the ironwork show strong American influence while remaining a notable British competition craft. Preparations and polishing continued as she nears launch and testing near Stapleton.
Secret varnish prep for yacht towed to Stapleton anchorage
The underbody varnish will be applied to the polished metal with a just enough body for protection, to dry overnight. In the morning the craft will be towed to Stapleton anchorage as the crowded New York Yacht Club spectators watch the scene.
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Stapleton Anchorage
New York Yacht Club
Pugilist Dion Dies After Knockout in Lowell Bout
John Dion, the boxer, died from brain concussion after a ninth round knockout by Charles Armstrong in a twenty round match at the Knickerbocker Club in Lowell. The referee W N Keleher and seconds for both fighters were arrested, with hearings on manslaughter charges proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
John Dion
Charles Armstrong
Knickerbocker Club
Dion
Cornelius Desmond
W. N. Keleher
Martin
Joe Flaherty
Fire at Landessville and attempted murder in Carmi
Special reports from Evansville Indiana describe a dynamite bucket plot intended to kill Carmi Sheriff Eugene Ackman. The bailiff notified his wife who avoided disaster by removing the lid and wires. Mrs Ackman is prostrated as investigators race to identify the perpetrators. Also reported Nora Flers, missing from Oblong Illinois, is believed to have drowned herself in White River near Dicksburg Knox County following distress from poor health.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Eugene Ackman
Carmi
Express
Ackman
Vincennes
Nora Flers
White River
Dicksburg
Knox County
Oblong
Til
John Sloan
Decker
Man Drowns in Ohio River Near Squaw Creek Landing
Madison Ind Aug 18 William Kistler an elderly resident from Clark county near Tyrus Saluda township walked eight miles to Squaw Creek landing and ended his life by drowning in the Ohio river at that point.
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Indianapolis Journal
Madison
Ind
William Kistler
Jefferson County
Clark County
Tyrus
Saluda Township
Squaw Creek Landing
Ohio River
Town of Landessville Burned In Devastating Fire
A major fire in Landessville near Marion Indiana consumed eleven or more structures including N R Freeman’s barn and store, Odd Fellows Hall, Studebaker stock pens, and Crumanes drug store. Only two businesses survived and total losses are projected at 60 000 to 70 000 with no fire protection and communications cut off.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Landessville
Clover Leaf
N. R. Freeman
Freeman & Co
Odd Fellows
Studebaker
Dr. Crumaine
Joseph Lugar
Don Johnson
Lemuel Stes
Lemuel Eastes
Ode Haskin
William Knight
Landersville
Roberts & Co
H. H. Spangler
Denver Bout Ends With Corbett Victory Over Dixon
In Coliseum Hall Denver referee scored a ten round decision for Young Corbett over George Dixon ex featherweight champion. The bout was fast with Corbett the aggressor throughout though Dixon punished him and Corbett bled from the fifth round onward. Dixon showed blocking skill and defense while Corbett landed jabs to the body in several rounds.
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Denver
Corbett
George Dixon
Coliseum Hall
Dixon
Rablin and Jeffries Near Championship Fight Signed
Gus Rablin and his manager Billy Madden arrived from Portland to sign articles with Jim Jeffries. Jeffries has been in the state a month and agreed to meet Rablin for the championship fight.
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San Francisco
Gus Rablin
Billy Madden
Portland
Jim Jeffries
Rablin
Findlay Bantam Mackey Knocks Out Wilson in Two Minutes
Findlay Ohio August 16 Big Mackey a local bantam defeated Tommy Wilson of Curtis in two minutes of fast fighting. A short arm punch on the jaw rendered Wilson unconscious for ten minutes.
Bondsmen Must Pay 85 000 Each in Waterloo Case
In Waterloo Illinois District Court Judge Blair filed his decision in the Sherman receiver vs G W Harbin Spencer Mutual Life case. Sureties H B Allen and W L Clingworth are held liable for 5 000 each with 6 percent interest from April 16 190? for alleged misappropriation. Judgment of 10 662 15 is ordered, with minor details aligning to the July 1901 ruling.
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Waterloo
Ila
Blair
James F. Sherman
G. W. Harbin
Speracy Mutual Life Association of Waterloo
H. B. Allen
W. L. Clingworth
Association
Shipwrecked Miner Reaches Island After Long Swim Near Chemulpo
A mining camp store superintendency in Korea is described as a shipwreck survivor recalls swimming a mile in heavy clothes on the Yellow Sea to reach a safe island. He and fellow survivors were later picked up by a sesing boat and brought to their destination.
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Chemulpo
Korea
Yellow Sea
Wreck of Big Four Mail Train at Pendleton
The Big Four fast mail number 36 wrecked at Raleigh signal station near Pendleton Indiana. Engine 237 derailed, engineer James Underwood and fireman E W Lutz uninjured aside from Lutzs shoulder strain. About fifteen passengers aboard, no serious injuries. Wreckage cleared by 3 PM. service resumed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Pendleton Ind
Big Four
Fast Mail
Raleigh
Hock
Pendleton
James Underwood
E. W. Lutz
Lutz
John Broost
Underwood
Kirkman
W. H. Nelson
Anderson
Hrightwood
Union Cit
Offender Caught In Lafayette Horse Thief Case
Detective Weinhardt arrested Joe Kelly at 2 20 pm in a Lafayette poker room. Kelly, a horse thief and forger, arrived with a horse and buggy sold to Frank Cooper for 75 and 65 in checks that cleared. He forged Judy Cooper’s name to cash a third check, claimed Purdue student status, and admitted stealing the horse and buggy at Anderson on August 14 before driving to Lafayette.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Weinhardt
Joe Kelly
Kelly
Frank Cooper
Judy & Cooper
Cooper
Purdue
Dayton
Anderson
Meade Barr Arrested in Marion for Dynamiting Fish
Deputy Game and Fish Warden E. E. Earle found Meade Barr of Elizabeth Ind jailed in Marion serving a sentence for defrauding his landlord in Matthews. After paying the fine Barr was rearrested on charges of dynamiting fish in Driftwood creek near Columbus last June. Barr is said to have belonged to an organized fish dynamiting gang.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
E. E. Earle
Meade Barr
Elizabeth
Matthews
Driftwood Creek
Columbus
Barr
Bailey acquitted in squirrel shooting case at Veedersburg
Tobe Bailey of Veedersburg was acquitted by Deputy Fish Commissioner John Simpson after a trial conducted last night. The evidence showed he shot four squirrels on Sunday without a written permit, then choked them to death after observing them climb a tree.
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Indianapolis Journal
Veedersburg
Ind
Tobe Bailey
John Simpson
Bailey
Prisoner Constine Escapes Michigan City Jail
George Constine, held on an assault charge and later a saloon robbery case, escaped from the Michigan City jail last evening by wielding a broom to seize the cell key and then the outside door key. He was recaptured Sunday at Rolling Prairie, Ind., as officers planned to keep him jailed for the assault case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
George Constine
Michigan City
Nora Young
Constine
Rolling Prairie
Poisoning at Marion Soldiers Home Claims Two Lives
In Marion Indiana two elderly patients Daniel Carthers aged sixty five and Thomas Pinkerton aged ninety one died after a hospital mix up. Dr Malloy the on duty intern mistakenly filled a bottle labeled strychnia 1-1 grain to the drachm with a stronger solution. The bottle was used by wards and both men suffered convulsions and died at 530 this morning. Coroner Whitson opened an inquest and will render a verdict.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Daniel Carthers
Thomas Pinkerton
Malloy
Chapman
Sturgis
Whitson
Plague of Crickets Hits Indiana Towns
Minneapolitan column notes a plague of crickets in Thorntown and Union City Indiana on August 16. Crickets swarm sidewalks and lit storefronts, with many entering homes. Residents sweep pests into gutters as business halts briefly.
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Indianapolis Journal
Thorntown
Ind
HNION
Matrimonial Bureau Ahead of Grand Jury in Jeffersonville
In Jeffersonville Indiana the prosecutor reports Attorney General Taylor has ordered action on licenses issued to out of state couples. The grand jury will hear the case, though evidence is scattered and hard to assemble. Meanwhile Kentucky couples continue to marry locally amid a bustling matrimonial trade.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
Mayfield
Taylor
Louisville
Kentucky
Monticello Builds Boom As New Hotels Rise
Monticello Indiana reports an unprecedented building boom. A new three story hotel rises south of Main Street while the OConnor Moorhouse block nears completion featuring a bank with safe deposit. The McCuaig Hotel is replaced by Odd Fellows block, and another hotel nears finish on the adjacent lot.
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Indianapolis Journal
Monticella
Ind
Monticello
Main Street
O'Connor-Moorhouse
Ne Square
McCuaig
Odd Fellows
Blue river dredging near New Castle to deepen fifteen miles
New Castle Indiana August 16 The Blue river channel is about half completed with the dredging machine approaching New Castle The six foot lowering will drain marshy tracts and convert them into corn fields The project will abandon the Hudson mill at Stone Quarry mills after the dredger reaches that area, with mill owners having recently secured damages for plant ruin.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Castle
Ind
Blue River
Hudson
Greensburg Floral Parade Crown Theft Rumor Dampens Fair
Greensburg Aug 16 crowds flocked to the street fair with the floral parade at 2 PM. Carnival queen Lena Bich rode with her band of honor in a white gown and golden crown. A rumor of burglars attempting to steal the crown spread, but was doubted and the crown will be kept secure.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greensburg
Ind
Lena Bich
Richmond to receive $25000 gift for Margaret Smith Home
In Richmond Indiana William B Leeds of New York, tin plate trust officer, pledges 25000 for the Margaret Smith Home for Aged Women in memory of his mother. Ten thousand will fund improvements and fifteen thousand endowment. Old trustees resigned. new ones named by the court as Benjamin Starr Charles G Carpenter and Albert G Ogborn. Articles of incorporation to be filed and funds to become available.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Margaret Smith
William B. Leeds
New York
Tin Plate Trust
Benjamin Starr
Charles G. Carpenter
Albert G. Ogborn
Jail Delivery Prevented in Lake County Jail
Valparaiso Indiana August 16 a prisoner whose term ended days ago warned Sheriff Lawrence of a planned escape by several murder cases inmates and two visiting women. The sheriff inspected cells finding saws and tools hung by threads in ventilators and bars already sawed through. Another work would have freed several of the jail’s most desperate prisoners.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Lake County
Lawrence
Rock fall in Tamarack shaft kills three at Calumet
At Tamarack shaft No 2 in Calumet Michigan a rock fell last night, killing three men and injuring two. The dead are Richard Aged twenty eight John Simmons twenty three and Matthew Stainhoa Austria aged twenty six. The injured are Samuel Jacobson a Finlander and Matthew A M Ula a Finlander. Jacobson had only two shifts in the mine.
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Calumet
Mich
Tamarack Shaft
Richard
John Simmons
Matthew Stainhoa
Austria
Samuel Jacobson
Matthew A. M. Ula
Jacobson
Asphyxiated While Asleep in Terre Haute Home
Louis Finkbiner a well known German American citizen of Terre Haute was found dead from asphyxiation. He visited his son in law Frank Connelly's home on Thursday morning and rested. While hanging his vest on the gas bracket he partially turned the gas thumb-screw. Mr and Mrs Connelly were away with Mrs Connellys sister and learned of the death in the evening.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Hauth
Ind
Louis Finkbiner
Terre Haute
Frank Connelly
Mr. Finkbiner
Rush County Farmers Prosperous Amid Bumper Crop
Rushville Ind Aug 16 Rush county will have more than half a corn crop rains of recent date have made many bushels of corn farmers in better financial shape due to last year's large corn yield and this year’s excellent wheat crop despite drought stock sales at Bigspacer banks hold about 1,000,000 in deposits largely owned by farmers
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Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
Ind
Rush County
Six months delay rocks council and county work
The council and trustees clash over county construction projects causing about six months of delay. Superintendent Andrews schedules a county teachers convention at the county teachers’ institute on the 2th. City youths begin Eastern horseback practice while reports from Hartford City and surrounding towns note gas danger and local incidents, including fires, legal actions, and reunions across Indiana counties.
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County Ehers’ Institute
Hartford City
Farmers
Jess Clothing Company
Brownstow
Sewell
Swain
The
State University
Jackson County
University Alumni Association
Valparaiso
Memorial Hall Association
Jeffersonville
Charlestown
O. W. Shelby
Selby
Muncie
G. H. Sisson
Methodist Protestant Church
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Knights of Pythias
Anderson
Ownersville
New Castle
Orestes
Alexandria
Vincennes Terial Association
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Metropolitan Police Board
Connersville
Jacob Blair
Elkhart
Lee Davidson
Isaac Watson
Danville
Ill
Davidson
Whiteman
Tipton
Eli Fox
Indiana Shovel Factory
Mann
White Union Church
Henry County
Shelbyville
Davis & Son
Brookfield
Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale Academy Alumnui Association
Oak. VI
Overman Hall
Howard Maxwell
Rockville
Anna Maddock
Warsaw
Richmond
Graves
Enos Cox
Bryan
John M. Cox
Newton Graves
Kokomo
T. C. Graves
Monrovia
Ind
Greenwood
Salvation Army
Blanche Cox
Marion
A. E. Powell
Sweetser
Grant
Paul Stevens
Irwin Stevens
Bloomington
Roy Runyan
Monon
Veedersburg
Fountain County
Yeddo
C. B. Landis
Wabash
Wabash Lodge of Elks
Greencastle
General Miles Arrives in Buffalo for Ten Days Visit
Lieutenant General Miles with Mrs. Miles and aid de camp Lieutenant Colonel Whitney arrived in Buffalo, New York, today for a visit expected to last ten days or two weeks.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Miles
Whitney
Harris Jefferson Dies After Epileptic Fit During Grass Fire
Harris Jefferson of Muncie Ind died this evening after collapsing in a grass fire while epileptic and losing his clothes to flames when a brother who came to help located him.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Harris Jefferson
Indiana Teachers Aboard Transport Thomas Reach Philippines
From Honolulu letters report the US transport Thomas carrying Indiana teachers arrived safely in the Philippines in July and will depart August 4. A few escaped mal de mer while Will Sparks, a noted university football player, was the first to succumb. The group formed a baseball team led by George Moore and planned a game in Honolulu. Prof. E. B. Bryan was left in San Francisco due to transportation paper irregularities and would follow a week later. The Thomas is expected to reach Manila around August 21.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Honolulu
United States
Thomas
Indiana
Philippines
Will Sparks
George Moore
E. B. Bryan
San Francisco
Manila
DePauw Chemistry Head Dr. Baker Seriously Ill
Word came today of the serious illness of Dr. P. S. Baker, head of the chemistry department at DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana. His wife left this afternoon for Asheville North Carolina to be at his bedside.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greencastle
Ind
Asheville
N. C
Baker
de Pauw University
Evangelistic Committee Meeting Set at Winona Lake
Preparations underway for the evangelistic committee meeting appointed in May by the Presbyterian General Assembly. The August 2 session aims to plan nationwide evangelistic efforts and to confer with leading evangelists from other denominations attending the Bible conference.
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Indianapolis Journal
Winona Lake
Ind
Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
United States
Ite
John B. Converse
Philadelpha
Winona
John McNeil
Boston Carnival and Concert Company
Yarnelle
Obituary notices from Indiana towns with multiple deaths
Deaths reported in Muncie Elkhart Kokomo and Monon include Thomas S Nerly at ninety dies after long residency since 1888 funeral set at Beech Grove Cemetery Rev W H Oxtoby officiating Phoebe Vanderlip sixty six prominent in literary clubs leaves three children Jerome Haney thirty one dies of heart trouble at race track ticket window George Henderson sixty five pioneer farmer of the county dies of dropsy in Monon
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Muncie
Ind
Oscar W. Vanderuip
E. Smith
Colorado Springs
Henry Vanderlip
Chicago
Louis Vanderlip
Kokomo
Jerome Haney
Peoria distiller Horace Easton killed by train
Horace Easton, brother of late E. B. Easton and a prominent Peoria distiller, was struck dead by a passenger train on the Rock Island and Peoria road this evening.
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Peoria, II
Horace Easton
Easton
Asylum For
Tanner
Peoria
Rock Island
Leyburn Sold for 10000 at Lexington Futurity Preview
Thomas W. W. Lawson of Boston buys from PY H. Parrish the three year old trotter Mily Mary P. Leyburn for $10,000 in Lexington. The horse won the first heat of the Lexington trotting Futurity as a two year old in 2 1 and posted 2 15 this year.
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Lexington
Aus
Thomas W.W. Lawson
Boston
PY HH. Parrish
Mily
Mary P. Leyburn
Sunday Journal Promises Twenty Pages of News and Features
The Sunday Journal announces a twenty page issue with more than a final party of news and literary features. It claims merit across the territory and invites readers to compare with any paper sold locally.
Carlson narrowly escapes drowning in Yellow Sea
Relatives in Laporte Indiana receive letters from William F Carlson describing a narrow escape from drowning in the Yellow sea after he left town recently to take a new position.
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Indianapolis
Laporte
Ind
William F. Carlson
Yellow Sea
Fort Wayne Drought Impacts County with Low Streams
Fort Wayne reports a severe prolonged drought with artesian wells faltering and streams at about half normal. No rain since July 1 threatens sugar corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, and garden produce, though markets demand greens at odd prices. Peru notes city council backing school trustees on the Screen Library matter and has appointed a committee.
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Fort Wayne
Peru
Exposition visit by Miles with cadets and National Guard regiments
Miles visited the exposition with the West Point cadets and two National Guard regiments. He attended Spanish Veterans meetings on August and the Porto Society on August 26 and 27, and later joined the board of ordnance fortifications meeting.
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Miles
West Point
National Guard
Hewi
Porto Society
Board of Ordnance Fortifications
Booth seeks injunction over Montclair drain nuisance
Mrs Maud Bale Iington Booth wife of the Volunteers of America sues in New Jersey Chancery at Trenton seeking to enjoin Montclair property owners Ed Harrison and town from maintaining a drain pipe on adjoining premises. She claims the inadequate drain backflows water and threatens her property rights.
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New York
Maud Bale Iington Booth
the Volunteers of America
New Jersey Chancery
Trenton
N. J
Ed Harrison
Montclair
Excello men fatally scigred in keg powder blast
Macon Missouri August 14 Charles and James McCully were fatally scigred and three other men arrested today at Excello near here after an explosion from a keg of powder at 7 o clock. Investigators report a seaace near the scene but details remain unclear.
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Charles
James McCully
Excello
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