Admiral Sampson Calld to Action by the Broad Span of Allen
General Allen earned a rare reputation for discretion and effective service during the Cuban campaign. He carried out dangerous cable cutting and rapid communications from Guantanamo that aided the fleet actions. His quick reporting of Cervera’s movements helped shift naval plans toward Santiago.
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West Point
Stabbing Affray on a Train En Route to Lima
On the east-bound passenger train to Lima C L Lima two Arcardia Indiana businessmen JohnS McKinney and Roscoe Barnett were involved in a stabbing affray reaching Greensburg at six oclock Barnett stabbed McKinney five times in the neck McKinney is in critical condition Barnett escaped but was later arrested McKinney was the aggressor and claimed self defense. Frank Henderson a night clerk at Hotel De Armond in Greensburg shot himself with a razor dying he was about four years old and single with no known relatives his home was Montezuma
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Lima
Johns
McKinney
Roscoe Barnett
Arcadia
Ind
Barnett
Indianapolis
Greensbung
Frank Henderson
Hotel de Armond
Montezuma
Crazy Evansville Engineer Runs Ameck with His Locomotive
Evansville Indiana June 27 Dan Henyon an engineer on the Louisville and Texas ran away with a locomotive in extreme heat. He secured the yards and then sped toward the city tearing up switches and nearly colliding with a passenger train. He was taken from the engine in a raving frenzy with a near serious accident averted.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Dan Henyon
Henyon
Louisville & Texas
Outing Late Arrivals Boost Winona Assembly Attendance
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Winona Lake Indiana on June 27 as writers and photographers meetings near end. A steady influx of attendees continues with Fort Wayne Sun day school from I. W. Bowser bringing about two dozen members. Directors J. M. Studebaker Henry Webb Johnson of South Bend among arrivals. list includes Fort Wayne Nashville Bremen Indianapolis and Plymouth residents.
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Indianapolis
Winona Lake
Ind
Winona
Fort Wayne
I. W. Bowser
Winona Assembly
J. M. Studebaker
Henry Webb Johnson
South
J. . Studebaker
G. Barker
South Bend
Allen Zoland
Thomas J. m
Edna Marshall
Alexandria
B. Tarkington
Hiatt
William Beck
George 8
Cottman
Irvington
F. Perry
Cooler Weather Ahead With Showers and Lower Temps
Washington reports Friday and Saturday show local rains across Ohio Indiana and Illinois with cooler conditions in northern areas. Forecasters note variable winds and cooler Saturday with expected max near 86 and min around 72. Reports from New York Pittsburgh and Milwaukee describe heat, prostrations, and several deaths as heat persists in multiple cities.
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Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Fragmentary Names Surface in Valparaiso Notice
A fragmentary OCR passage lists individuals and places including Hasamond, A. H. Reeding, Valparaiso, Agnes Ont r, Charlotte Olivier, Senamanth II, William Smith with wife in Goshen, and D. D. Haines of Crawfordsville, suggesting a public or social notice with scattered names and locations.
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Hasamond
A._H. Reeding
Valparaiso
Agnes Ont R
Charlotte Olivier
Senamanth II
William Smith
Goshen
D. D. Haines
Crawfordsville
Kokomo society women race and hunt prizes at trolley party
Kokomo Indiana June 27 Kokomo Needle Club hosted a trolley party at City Park with races a one hundred yard sprint won by Mrs Harry Draper a plate hunt won by Mrs O L Moulder and a potato race on a knife blade won by Mrs Owen wife of Prof O T Owen. Fort Wayne Indiana June 27 mine operators gather to view Hicks gold extractor test after illness of inventor Dr Hicks recovery allows testing of ore processing capacity with several tons shipped for evaluation by a committee of Gilbert KE Bursley Charles McCulloch and H Rockhill.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Kokomo Society
Kokomo Needle Club
T. C. McReynolds
Harry Draper
O. L. Moulder
Fort Wayne
Dr. Hicks
Gilbert KE. Bursley
Charles McCulloch
H. ©. Rockhill
Interurban line to Peru nearly complete at Rich Valley
Wabash Indiana June 2 The last rail linking Wabash with Peru by the Wabash River Traction interurban is laid near Rich Valley and wire is strung to within three miles of Peru. Expect completion next week with power plant ready late next week and new cars arriving daily. If no interruption the road will be in operation by July 10. Richmond Indiana June 27 The cast for As You Like It to be staged for Morrison Reeves Library children’s reading room includes Paul Comstock Clarence Gennett Ray Shiveley and others. Chicago June 27 A lightning fire at Stand ard Oil tank farm in Decatur burning 50 000 barrels of oil. Firefighters from several cities work to save 4 000 barrels in other tanks. Two men from Lima were fatally burned when a blasting cannon exploded near the burning tank. Loss to Standard Oil about 40000.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash
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Peru
Wabash River Traction Company
Rich Valley
Richmond
Morrison-Reeves
Duke
Paul Comstock
Jacques
William Dudley Foulke
Corin
Clarence Gennett
Orlando
Ray Shiveley
Oliver
Howard Burgess
Touchstone
E. B. Needham
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Rosalind
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Mary Shiveley
Phebe
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Audrey
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Tribune
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Standard ON Company
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Joe Kintz
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Standard Oil Company
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Landese Farm
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Postal Telegraph Company
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Blackford Glass to Close After Successful Run
Hartford City sees the Blackford Glass Company end its window glass operation this Saturday after a strong season. The plant, the state's only window factory still operating through June 30, employs 100 workers and was supported by President Simon Burns of L. A. 300 and a trust.
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Indianapolis Journal
Martford City
Ind
Mhlackford Glass Company
Simon Burns
L. A
Blackford
Local church session opens as districts send delegates
The opening session was held Wednesday night at the Methodist Church in this place with delegates from all counties in the district. Sanford Murphy delivered the relocation address, answered by Rev. J. W. Baxter. Fort Wayne reports a fall from a scaffold leaves two injured, one fatally. Connersville notes severe injury at the brower works, a planer incident. Kokomo reports probated will gifting two farms to Dowte Institute in Chicago, with possible contest. Knightstown records musical composition praise. Portland recounts bank money plan and disappearance. Pendleton gears up for a Fourth of July street fair. Laporte covers a land purchase by the Pontiac syndicate. Clay City notes great storm damage to crops along Eel River.
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Bartholomew
Johnson
Jen
Morgan
Brown
Methodist
Sanford Murphy
J. W. Baxter
Fort Wayne
C. J. Dinkel
Robert Beuchel
Dinkel
Beuchel
Connersville
Charles R. Stansel
Kokomo
W. F. Meranda
Dowte Institute
Chicago
Jesus
Portland
Ira Limbert
Pendleton
Laporte
Pontiac
Clay City
Eel River
Elkhorn Valley rail line near collapse and washouts
Bluefield West Virginia June 27 rail line near Elk horn shows progress as 3000 laborers repair washouts to Vivian relief train reaches Elk horn with supplies for the needy. Officials expect traffic to resume Saturday night as destitute families exit the field and the dead rise to thirty five with more believed still in debris. Pocahontas sees three feet of floodwater but no reported fire losses. damage mainly to railroad tracks.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Vivian
Elkhorn
Roanoke
Pocahontas
Severe storm floods rail line between Connellsville and Pittsburg
A strong storm swept Pittsburg area causing a washout on the B and O line between Leisenring and O haras crossing and a mile run washout near West Newton. Coke traffic delays, train transfers to Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, and damage to a sewage project and telephone lines were reported. Wreck trains ordered. extent at Fair Hope unknown.
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Pittsburg
Connellsville
Leisenring
O'Hara
Mile Run
West Newton
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mile Creek Run
Baltimore & Ohio
Fair Hope
Cumberland
Lake Erie
Wheeling
Grafton
Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted in Reid Case
Judge Hallet grants a writ of habeas corpus for Edward H. Reid a Omaha cattle shipper convicted in Arapahoe County for shipping cattle to Colorado without a signed health bill from a state inspector. Reid had refused a state inspection fee after federal clearance. The National Live Stock Association seeks to test Colorado law. a returnable hearing is set, with potential U.S. Supreme Court appeal.
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Denver
Col
Hallet
United States District Court
Edward H. Reid
Omaha
Arapahoe
Texas
Reid
National Live Stock Association
Colorado
Messrs. Talbot and Denison
Attorney General
Post
United States Supreme Court
Jessie Morrison Guilty of Manslaughter in Second Degree
Jessie Morrison was found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree for the killing of Mrs. Olin Castle in Eldorado Kansas. The sentence ranges from three to five years in prison and her lawyers filed notice of appeal. The jury deliberated nearly thirty hours amid local concerts near the courthouse. In New York, Thomas G. Barker received a five year sentence for felonious assault on Rev. John Keller of Arlington.
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Eldorado
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Olin Castle
Miss Morrison
Hayward Morrison
Jessie
New York
Thomas G. Barker
Hudson County
Jersey City
John Keller
Arlington
State
Big Bank Closed After Examiner’s Demand on Large Loan
National Bank faces closure as Henry Marquand & Co. owes about 1.6 million dollars. Controller Dawes says no government loss expected since Treasury bonds cover deposits and the government is a preferred creditor. Postmaster to deposit funds at subtreasury in New York. a new depository will be chosen in days.
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National Bank
National Bank Examiner
Henry Marquand & Co
Dawes
Seventh National Bank
Treasury Department
van Cott
New York
Treasury
Sevent h National Bank Linked to Perry S Heath and Fletcher Heath
New York June 27 The Seventh National Bank once the Seventh Ward Bank traces control to Perry S Heath and Fletcher S Heath with key leadership changes in 1899 Kimball resigns to join as VP and E R Thomas becomes president. Directors include Josiah Quincy and George W Adams among others.
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New York
Seventh National Bank
Seventh Ward Bank
John McAnerny
Perry S. Heath
Seventh
William H. Kimball
National Bank Examiner
Josiah Quincy
Boston
Mr. McAnerny
Kimball
Fletcher
Heath
Kimball Nessence
E. R. Thomas
George W. Adams
Eric Bissell
Thomas M. Boyd
Eath
Perry
Erskine Hewitt
Alexander McDonald
Guy G. Major
William P. Orr
Frank H. Ray
John A. Sullivan
W. H. Taylor
Samuel Thomas
New York Seventh National Bank Collapse Report
From Washington and Salt Lake City reports, officials note the Seventh National Bank of New York was suspended. Perry S Heath says telegrams claimed sound condition with ample funds and no outside influence, though large outstanding loans exist.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Perry S. Heath
Seventh National Bank of New York
Heath
Thatcher Acquitted in $296000 Forgery Case
Springfield Ohio June 27 The jury found George W Thatcher not guilty of forging the name of late millionaire P P Mast on notes totaling 29000 The defendant says Mast indicated the funds belonged to the Mercer estate but failed to hand them to Mercer heirs Mast executors contended all were forgeries and Thatcher faced three indictments Mrs Francis Loomis the minister to Portugal's wife is Mast's adopted daughter
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George W. Thatcher
P. P. Mast
Thatcher
Mast
Mercer
Francis B. Loomis
Portugal
Lnte
Peter P. Mast
Strawboard Officials Plan Consolidation Scheme
The American Strawboard Company announces a plan to consolidate major box board mills nationwide in preparation to absorb paper box manufacturers. A circular to stockholders seeks consent to a blind pool, signaling initial steps by three leading directors in the scheme.
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Chicago
Strawboard
American Strawboard Company
Directory
Heath brothers backed bank seizure and tobacco ties unfold
The suspension of the Seventh National Bank of New York known as the Heath Bank drew wide interest in Washington. Perry Heath and his brothers Fred and Fletcher Heath, long allied as stockholders, built a network from Muncie to Boston and Ohio. Fletcher Heath emerged as a sharp financier and helped form the Continental Tobacco Company. In May 1899 they gained control of the bank, which closed this morning. Perry Heath is in Salt Lake and a bank resolution is expected to be arranged as details await a receiver’s report.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Seventh National Bank of New York
the Heath Bank
Perry Heath
New York
Perry
Fred
Fletcher
Muncie
Oxford
Oxford Bank
Hamilton, O
Congressman Sorg
Continental Tobacco Company
Plug Tobacco Trust
Boston
Fletcher Heath
Josiah Quincy
Salt Lake
Europe
Dawes
Heath family wealth seen unshaken by New York bank closure
News from Muncie Indiana reports Fletcher S Heath and Perry S Heath directors and large property owners in Muncie and Hamilton continuing to hold vast interests despite the Seventh National Bank of New York closing. Cyrus R Heath and Perry S Heath manage real estate, water works and gas plants and expect to stay financially secure regardless of the bank's fate.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Seventh National Bank of New York
Heath
Fletcher S. Heath
Cyrus R
Fred W
Perry
Fletcher
Perry Heath
Hamilton
Perry S. Heath
Salt Lake City
Cyrus R. Heath
New York
Indiana
Kentucky
Marquand & Co Says Pittsburg, Shawmut Rail Likely Safe
AFFAIRS OF MARQUAND & CO New York June 27 Marquand & Co prominent in flotation of Pittsburg Shawmut & Northern Railway Company John Byrne president Henry Marquand vice president Byrne says no loss for bond and stockholders possible Rail line passes through populous region with large manufacturing industries and 35000 acres of coal lands producing 3500 tons daily Six new mines will raise capacity next year Iron Mountain Railroad is part of Gould system and valued at about 10000000 while property cost about 6000000 and is not for sale
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New York
Marquand & Co
Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railway Company
John Byrne
Henry Marquand
Byrne
Iron Mountain
Gould
House of Marquand & Co
Evening Journal disputes AP bulletin on Seventh National Bank affair
The Night Special of June 27 states bankers blamed the administration for not examining the Seventh National affair due to Perry S Heath political ties. The Associated Press issued no bulletin or dispatch reflecting that claim, and no such statement appeared in AP coverage.
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New York
Evening Journal
Seventh National Bank
Associated Press
Perry S. Heath
Terre Haute Director Says He Was Unaware of Bank Collapse
Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute described himself as a director of the Seventh National Bank of New York, which had suspended operations. He said he learned of his directorship last week, had not attended meetings, and owned 41 shares bought for 4100 dollars on advice that the bank was profitable. He awaited word from officials and noted Mayor Taggart took charge of the French Lick hotel. He planned to return to Terre Haute after spending the night in New York.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Holliday
Medical Pension Examining Board
New York
Crawford Fairbanks
Seventh National Bank of
Fairbanks
Grand Hotel
Seventh National
Ndianapolis
Taggart
Fair Bank
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Carnegie Offer Rejected in New Castle Library Gift
New Castle city and councils refused Andy Carnegie’s proposal to donate funds for a free library. The offer required annual maintenance funds to be provided, a condition the councils would not commit to, ending the pursuit of the Carnegie gift amid local union involvement.
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New Castle
Andy Carnegie
Carnegie
Washington Manor Association seeks McKinley in historic Harewood bid
Edward Fairfax Naulty of Philadelphia met with President McKinley to discuss McKinley joining the Washington Manor Association board. The group aims to buy Harewood, a 263 acre mansion near Harper's Ferry, WV, with famous ties to George and Samuel Washington, the Madisons, and Lafayette. The $130,000 price would be raised by public subscription.
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Edward Fairfax Naulty
Philadelphia
Washington Manor Association
McKinley
Harewood
West Virginia
Harper's Ferry
George Washington
Samuel Washington
John Washington
James
Dolly Madison
Louis Philippe
France
Marquis Lafayette
Naulty
Brave sailors dive to fight fire on mule transport
The British mule transport Monterey from Cape Town reached New Orleans after a dangerous at sea blaze twelve days out from St. Vincent. First Officer Reid and Fourth Officer Harrison were lowered into the sea to douse flames near the waterline, tying themselves with wire and swinging to direct a hose into the burning hold. The ship suffered heavy damage but fire was suppressed.
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New Orleans
Monterey
Cape Town
St. Vincent
Reid
Harrison
Sey
Maritime arrivals and departures across European ports
Shipping news lists vessels arriving and sailing from Liverpool London Cherbourg Plymouth and other ports. No names of passengers given. Entries include Noordland Oceanic New England Australasian Auguste Victoria Brazilian Waesland Lahn Trave Peruvian and more with routes from New York Philadelphia Boston Montreal and Genoa to Hamburg Cherbourg Philadelphia Philadelphia etc.
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la Bretagne
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Noordland
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Koenigen Luis
Bremen
Southampton
Queenstown
Waesland
Rotterdam
Potsdam
Boulogne
Lahn
Naples
Trave
Genoa
Glasgow
Obituary notices from scattered cities recount deaths
Obituaries report Joseph Ladue founder of Dawson City in Kiondike died in Schuyler Falls after health declines in Colorado and Alaska. W W James founder of Sullins College dies in Bristol at 81, shaping the college's history. Andrew Allen head of Canadian management for Allen steamship line dies at 79 in Montreal. Maox Kershaw former Yale athlete dies in San Francisco at 29.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Joseph Ladue
Dawson City
Schuyler Falls
Ladue
Alaska
Colorado Springs
Bristol
Tenn
W. W. James
Sullins College
Montreal
Andrew Allen
Allen Steamship Line
San Francisco
Maox Kershaw
Denver
Yale
Tragedy in M'Kinney as Rev John Long slashes wife on street
In M'Kinney Texas on June 27 Rev John Long, a colored man, allegedly attacked his wife with a pocket knife on a main street. He inflicted a throat wound from ear to ear, laid her on the grass, then walked away before being captured. Long had recently been released from an asylum.
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M'Kinney
Tex
John Long
Long
Bandits Seize Four Chinese Fortified Posts Near Mukden
Reports from Sinan-Fu say bandits captured four walled cities near Mukden in Manchuria. Advices mention Ching Sing, president of Civil Appointments, urging caution as the dowager Empress contemplates political moves and treachery within the Chinese court.
Postal Clerk Arrested in Chicago Mail Theft Probe
Chicago police arrested Harrison W. Mare un a railway postal clerk on suspicion of complicity in a months long mail theft ring. Investigators say west bound railway mails were systematically pilfered and a decoy letter helped trap the suspect.
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Chicago
Harrison W. Mare UN
Run
Explosion kills three in Penn railroad blasting near Ithaus
LOCK HAVEN Pa June 27 Three men are reported killed and two seriously injured by an explosion of nitro near Ithaus during blasting for a new railroad project. Local rescue crews rushed to the scene as investigators worked to determine the cause and scope of the blast.
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Lock Haven
Ithaus
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