Personal Crisis Reports IX Indiana Suicide and Strife
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports a string of suicides and violent incidents across Indiana. Minnie Weingartiner, 16, used carbolic acid. Edward O Nell died after poison attempt. Jacob Hayden, an elderly veteran, cut his throat. Hamilton Overton shot Samuel Pettiford and was beaten in a related street altercation. Local families and law actions noted.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Minnie Weingartiner
Alexandria
Edward O Nell
Conrad
O'Nell
Marion
Jacob Hayden
Ragor
Jeffries Avenue
Geidiere
Fiume
Rushville
Hamilton Overton
Samuel Pettiford
Pettiford
Overton
Scole
Riddle Meets Bryan as Indiana Democrats Weigh Silver
Judge Seymour Riddle head of free silver Democrats in Indiana’s Second district returns from the West after a Lincoln visit with W J Bryan. Bryan cordial but critical of Indiana platform and party. Riddle says he won’t run as Populist against Miers but a strong Democratic candidate will be named and campaign to oppose the state ticket in two months of canvassing.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Seymour Riddle
Free Silver Democracy
Second
Congressional
West
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Kansas City
Bryan
Eilver
Ugree Hinsley
Riddle
Congress
Judge Miers
Miers
Ity
Democratic county convention in Terre Haute endorses Clark
The Indianapolis Journal notes the Democratic county convention in Terre Haute was captured by the faction controlling city government. The major action was repudiating a candidate for county treasurer as Holton challenges James Clark's election in 190. The four Republicans had endorsed Clark.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Holton
James Clark
Clark
Louis B Fretz Linked to Bedford Death Note
Special to the Inflatanapels Journal from Fort Wayne Ind reports Louis B Fretz who vanished last week leaving a note about suicide in Bedford Ind. A letter to a Lake Shore Southern agent forwarded Diegele and referencing Garrett Bank dishonors signals a possible link to his disappearance.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Pollwe Gorsline
Louis B. Fretz
Bedford
Lake Shore & Ee
Diegele
Auburn Junction
Lewis
Garrett Bank
Chaco
Weil Fer
Te Garrett
Hiv Couree
Action
Exoe
Bedford Polite
Siuarion
Heavy storm sweeps Jay county causing shocks and shocks
A July 1 storm in Jay county caused widespread damage from heavy rain and severe electrical disturbances. Telephones burned out and a five year old boy, Jacob Holloway, was thrown from bed by a lightning strike. Crops suffered but with no material damage. In Browntown a similar wind and rain storm toppled hay and wheat stacks and started a fire in a house set by lightning. A man sheltered his sick wife and fired a pistol to defend them during the storm.
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Laliesepelis Journal
Portland
Ind
Jay County
Berge
Boyer
Jacob Holloway
Conaidershiy
Indianapolis
Brownstown
Freetown
Browning
Dari
Lightning Sets Barn Afire on Vermilion Farm
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports a lightning strike last night on Mo M. McNeil’s Vermilion County farm near Covington Indiana. A barn and two hundred tons of Krewe were burned, with the home of Lb. T. Weese damaged by the same storm. A strange feature noted was that the lightning extended from the tree to the house.
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Indianapolia Journal
Covington
Ind
Mo M. McNeil
Lb. T. Weese
Severe Storms Disrupt Circus and Strike Homes in Indiana
MADISON July 1 lightning halted a circus performance as rain and a storm damaged the main tent causing a panic with several injuries as patrons fled. SEYMOUR July 19 lightning struck George Frederick's residence injuring occupants with Miss Mabel Frederick hurled across a room.
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Indianapolis Journal
Madison
Ind
Robinson
Seymour, Ind
George Frederick
Mabel Frederick
Indiana University summer school grows largest yet
Bloomington reports record summer school enrollment with sixty nine at the biological station and full term totals. A $50 000 new student building drive aims to reach by January 1 led by UL H Smith and W T Hicks, while Prof A H Smith and President elect Bryan addressed lectures. Swain family shipping goods to Swarthmore, and labor leader Samuel Gompers and Senator Hanna slated for Labor Day events at Winona Lake.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Gil
Charles Seames
Lelartd Stanford
Fred B. Johnson
Carlisle
UL. H. Smith
Terre Haute
A. H. Smith
Bryan
France
Swain
Pendleton
Knightstown
Swarthmore
Traction strike threats as Indiana crews protest hours
Reports from Wabash Lafayette Felwood and Anderson detail looming labor unrest in Indiana. Motormen and conductors on the Wabash Logansport line threaten to strike over long hours. Lafayette workers oppose union efforts after discharges. Felwood tin workers reject wage cuts to land big contracts. Anderson tin-plate workers refuse wage cut amid low ore costs and contract needs.
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Indianapolis Journal
Felwood
Ind
McKinley Lodge
Amalgamated Association
American Tin Plate Company
Anderson, Ind
American Tin-plate Company
Wales
Posey Township Farmer Found Dead in Creek
Robert Irvine age seventy a Posey township farmer was found dead in the Little Blue river at dawn by his grandson. He rose early and disappeared around 4 am prompting his wife to send the grandsons to search. The cause of death was not stated in the readable text.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
Ind
Robert Irvine
Posey Township
Little Blue River
Drowning Obituary and Railroad Injuries Reported
They found him half a mile from the house face down in two feet of water at the foot log. Coroner Frank H. Green ruled accidental drowning. The man crossed the log, fell returning, and had heart pains. Survived by widow and one son. Funeral at the house Sunday with Elder T. B. Gary officiating, Arlington East Hill Cemetery. VALPARAISO IND July 19 Verne Jackson of Logansport, a Panhandle brakeman, was knocked from a freight car last night and died. C. E. Williams of Fort Wayne, a brake man on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was fatally injured today at Donaldson, crushed between two cars.
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Frank H. Green
Irvine
T. B. Gary
Arlington East Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Verne Jackson
Logansport
Panhandle
C. E. Williams
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania Railroad
Donaldson
Verdict Links Death to Headache Powders at Marion
Marion coroner J H Whitson returns verdict that Joseph Hane of Fairmount died from taking too many patent headache powders, a heart depressant, after being found dead behind his father's butcher shop counter on July 9. Liberty riders hurt in wagon crash. Frightened horse throws Mrs. Dawson near Quaker Town, leg and spine injuries feared permanent. Fort Wayne bishop escapes serious harm after runaway carriage crash near station.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Whitson
Joseph Hane
Fairmount
Fort Wayne
Bishop Ajerding
Will of Rev Henry Meissner Filed for Probate in Peru
The will of Rev Henry Meissner, late pastor of St Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, is filed for probate by executor Very Rev John Guendling and witnesses Rev J H Oechtering and Rev Ferdinand Koerdt. Estate valued around 4000 dollars, with 2 dollars life policy. iron cross for grave. 1000 to diocesan school fund. 1000 for parish poor children school fund. vestments chalices books and parish funds to bishop for distribution. Vestments and chalices to be used by the church. He is said to have given away much of his means to charity, explaining the small personal holdings.
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Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
Henry Meissner
Angela Meier
Meissner
Juvenile Band of Thieves Breaks Up at Laporte
Judge Richter sentences Peter Sobeski nineteen to one to fourteen years in Jeffersonville Reformatory for leading a gang robbing Waterford area residences in Laporte county. Other members aged sixteen to eighteen arrested for burglaries. Kaminski an escaped prisoner. Train didn't stop.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Richter
State Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Peter Sobeski
Waterford
Laporte County
Sobeski
Simeon Kaminski
Erlaones
Sheriff Fails to Nab Lioness and Cubs in Logansport
In Logansport Indiana July 19 Sheriff N B Richardson and deputies failed to seize Lions and circus property from Labour Carnival Company under a writ of attachment secured by Benjamin E Wallace. The show departed by special train from Cincinnati toward Winnipeg passing the yard at 2 am without stopping or paying heed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
N. B. Richardson
Labour Carnival Company
Benjamin E Wallace
Wallace
Carnival Company
Cincinnati
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Panhandle
Borrowed a Baby and a Sudden Pledge
Fort Wayne Indiana July 13 John Kelly of the Kelly Hotel Kendallville and James Graves mayor of Kendallville and Kellys attorney passed through on a trip from Montpelier. They sought to oust a tenant but found a newborn at the woman's breast and chose to let the family stay as a reward for a trick. Marion Indiana July 19 The Knights and Daughters of Tabor held their fourth annual convention with officers named and delegates returning home after the gathering in Marion.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
John Kelly
Kelly Hotel
Kendallville
James Graves
Kelly
Montpelier
Mr. Kelly
Marion
The
Knights and Daughters of Tabor
Cc. G. M
Benjamin Ferrell
Indianapolis
Emma Hines
Kokomo
V. C
S. S. Dupee
Evansville
C. G. Asenath Artis
J. We Farris
John Clark
New Albany
Adelaide Thomas
Terre Haute
D. M. Turner
Crawfordsville
E Frances McAfee
Ineape Poi
D. M
G. H. Kellar
Henry
Sarah Kennedy
Evansae
C. B
Dillard Artis
N. B. Shacklett
Gas meter plan sparks Elwood protests and trials
In Elwood Indiana the two local gas firms hint that winter gas must be metered rather than billed at a flat rate with many residents approving a trial but decrying forced meters. Some families plan to rely on coal or wood. In Windfall Indiana on July 19 Mrs. Mary F. Cameron, by attorneys, filed suit in Tipton Circuit Court against her ex-husband George W. Cameron and Charles Terrell of Prairie township.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood
Ind
Elwood Gas Companies
Mary F. Cameron
Tipton
George W. Cameron
Charles Terrell
Prairie Township
Divorce plaintiff alleges husband hid assets to evade judgment
In Elwood Indiana a plaintiff claims she obtained divorce and alimony against Cameron, who allegedly hid and transferred valuable property to Terrell to defeat execution and avoidance of unpaid alimony. The case centers on fraudulent concealment and transfer of assets.
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Plainiff
Cameron
Terrell
Local effort to lure Star Manufacturing to Monon
Elder W R Covert of Idaville seeks to raise to offer a $5,000 bonus to Star Manufacturing Co for locating in Monon Indiana. The firm pledges to erect buildings costing $5,000 and hire fifty workers when in operation. He plans to buy land near town, plat it into lots, and sell to investors.
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Indianapolis Journal
Monon
Ind
W. R. Covert
Idaville
Here
Star Manufacturing Company
Covert
Gas well near Mississinewa river yields oil bonanza
In Marion Indiana on July 19 workers reentered an abandoned gas well in the Jonesboro oil field. After removing a tubing section they encountered a gush of oil and the flow stabilized at a strong oil output. The discovery came from several men at the site near the Mississinewa river.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Jonesboro
Mississinewa River
Man from Cohen block jailed after theft from sleeper
Issac Samuels reported $37 stolen from his trousers while asleep in his flat in the Cohen block. John Johnson, the colored janitor, confessed and received a sentence of two to fourteen years in the Reformatory from Judge Lefler. Johnson had moved to Muncie from Indianapolis about a year ago.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Issac Samuels
Cohen Block
John Johnson
Lefler
Reformatory
Johnson
Indianapolis
Muncie Electric Line Near Completion and Bridge Construction Soon
Muncie Indiana July 1 The Muncie Hartford and Fort Wayne electric line now reaches within two miles of Muncie. Next week construction of an $8000 truss bridge over the White River will start. The company expects cars to run between Muncie and Hartford City by November 1.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Hartford
Indianapolis men seek site for $50,000 condensed milk plant
Valparaiso dispatch reports Indianapolis men arrived to secure a location for a fifty thousand dollar condensed milk plant. They plan to contract for fourteen gallons of milk daily from farmers, with milk shippers showing interest and arranging to finalize the deal.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Indianapolis
Obituaries From Oakville Hagerstown and Portland
Richard A Cray seventy eight dies at Oakville heart trouble veteran of the One hundred forty seventh Indiana Infantry justice of the peace for fifteen years funeral Monday. Matilla Robbins widow of Daniel Robbins dies in Economy long illness postmistress for years at Economy. Obadiah Hall long time resident near Ridgeville dies in Portland at Johns W Hall home burial at Ridgeville cemetery born in Tennessee in 1836.
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Oakville
Richard A. Cray
Economy
Daniel Robbins
Ritenour Cemet
Ridgeville
Tennessee
Indiana
Bonded Miami county debt in gravel road bonds announced
Auditor Macy says Miami county’s entire bonded debt is six thousand dollars and will soon be paid. A young girl’s strange habit of driving away horses and vehicles from hitching racks has annoyed many owners, leaving outfits in distant places after use. Alexandria reports a new forty-member gun club forming with officers and leased grounds. Lafayette notes the theft of Rowdy the bull terrier, a gift from Tim Murphy to Nat Goodwin, with no trace found. Valparaiso details a family tragedy as Miss Clarke dies by self harm in Chicago. Hagerstown hosts annual old settlers meeting with special trains. Windfall marks Mr and Mrs George B Henry's twenty-ninth birthday celebration. Seymour records the twenty-fifth annual reunion of the Twenty-second Indiana? Beale in Seymour.
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Peru
Macy
Miami County
Alexandria
A. R. Schaefer
Arthur Stephens
Milton Williamson
Wilfred Hollingsworth
Lafayette
Osborn's Park
R. & M. Rathold
Richmond
Muncie
Windpall
George B. Henry
Indiana
Weil Beale
Seymour Tate
Prince Michi Mikado Heir to Japan’s Imperial Throne
The eight month old Prince Michi, grandson of Japan’s Mikado, is the world’s youngest heir presumptive. Raised by about ten to twelve nurses under Count Kawamura, he lacks official clothes of Japanese fashion and may receive Europeanized education. His life blends traditional rituals with foreign tutors and strict imperial norms, including an engraved imperial seal and a potential political marriage.
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Prince Michi
Mikado
Japan
Empire
Yoshihito
Michi
Kawamura
Count Kawamura
Tzin
Tzin, “Tzin, ‘Tzin
God Save the
King
East
The
London Express
Edison’s Storage Battery Sets Practical Milestone
Boston Transcript notes Thomas A Edison advances toward a practical storage battery for electric automobiles. Edison reports four tests completed with a fifth pending, detailing a 1075 pound vehicle covering 62 miles on rough roads and 85 miles on level, one charge. The nickel iron, alkaline cells are designed to be reversible like a dynamo.
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Boston Transcript
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
North American Review
Edison tests battery powered cars for common man use
Edison promotes a new storage battery to power automobiles. He argues it could cut costs and horse reliance, noting five models will run five thousand miles to test capacity and durability. He cites noiseless operation and emergency stopping as benefits and predicts accidents may fall as reliance grows.
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Edison
New York City
Old World to New through ballast brought to Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press notes ballast from Scotland England Germany and South Africa being dumped along the New Jersey shore and Philadelphia riverfront. Ships discharge hundreds of tons of soil and barren ballast at low cost prompting locals to collect curious samples while owners seek cheaper disposal options. The piece contrasts early colonial trade where Britain profited from America with present ballast trade suggesting Europe’s loss could become America’s gain as foreign soil arrives in U S ports.
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Philadelphia Press
Scotland
Germany
England
South Africa
Philadelphia
New York
New Jersey
Kaighns Point
Hamburg
Greenock
Arrow
Japan
Cape Town
Morning Light
America
Europe
United States
Marriageable Peers London Letter
An American observer notes American women of position studying the peerage as they visit London. The Duke of Roxburghe is reportedly unattached, despite links to Miss Pauline Astor and Miss May Goelet. Three young bachelors may become dukes if fate allows, including the Marquess of Grahame, heir to Montrose, and an Earl by Northumberland.
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Duke of Roxburghe
Pauline Astor
May Goelet
Duke of Marlborough
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Grahame
Dukes of Montrose
St Northumberland
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Toledo
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