Man seeks paternity case and marriage license mix up
In Camnelburg miner Francis Elmer Love faced a paternity charge brought by Minnie Springer and the case was sent to the circuit court. Springer Smith arrived to pursue the case as Love sought a marriage license in Washington before the ceremony was halted. Captain Joseph T. Fleming, 73, renowned state physician and Civil War veteran of Company F, 33rd Indiana, died Monday afternoon.
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Francis Elmer Love
Camnelburg
Squire Kellams
Minnie Springer
Myla Padget
Love
Springer Xlro
Washington
Hoeft
Cannerburg
Charles Ellis
Simon
Pelaceton
Joseph T. Fleming
Indiana
Painter Kills Himself in Vincennes Sad Death
Vincennes April 16 Louis Ea 600 aged sixty years painter died Monday from overdose of morphine. He had threatened to end his life and is thought to have died by his own hand. Coroner Berkes investigating. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Vincennes
Louis Ea- 600
Berkes
Grand Jury May Be Called For April Term Of Court
The April term of Daviess Circuit Court will assign the first week to routine business probate matters and divorces with heavier work in the second week including the Notting vs Berkemeier damage suit. Judge Houghton is overseeing the docket. grand jury may be called at Enis term.
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Houghton
Court House
Joseph Notting
Berkemeier
Freelandville
Enis
Petitors
Hawk
Ferguson
TO THE NEW COUNTRY SIX BARR TOWNSHIP MEN LEAVE WASHINGTON
Six men from Barr township and Loogootee, with families, departed Washington for Kansas, Indian Territory, and old Mexico. William Berkshire Burre Wildman and Matthew Gilley head to Kansas with families. Fred W. Kennedy and Milton Walker go to old Mexico. George Hunter aims for Indian Territory.
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Barr Township
Loogootee
Washington
Mexico
Loogostee
Kansas
Indian Territory
Old Mexico
William Berkshire
Burre Wildman
Matthew Gilley
Fred W. Kennedy
Milton Walker
Ald Mexico
George Hunter
Ohio woman cries 100 hours after prison sentence
In Cleveland, Mrs. Lydia Emmons received eighteen months in the penitentiary in an alleged white slave case tied to her fourteen year old niece Rose Carter. She sobbed continually after sentencing, crying for over a day and night, refusing to communicate with jail attendants.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lydia Emmons
The Mollycoddle In Ohio Dispatches A Mild Foraker Report
A Canton summary of Senator Foraker's Canton speech portrays him as tame and cautious. The White House comment says he offered nothing controversial, avoided insults, and maintained a polite, mild tone. The discourse touched constitutional questions about the discharge of a black battalion and favored dual federal and state powers.
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White House
Foraker
Canton
Negro Battalion
Speech on constitutional balance earns mixed reviews
A fragment notes debate over department powers and constitutional amendment by the people. The commentary criticizes a speech as tame and dismisses business leaders as generally lacking need for revision, reflecting press skepticism about constitutional reform and governance balance.
Blind Taste Test Teaches Sharp Sense of Touch
Dr H W Wiley recalls a pure food law tale as a grocer tests a blind man named Henry Perkins with a scoop of sugar. The man feels the granules and confidently answers “Sands” proving acute tactile ability and perception of texture.
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H. W. Wiley
Henry Perkins
Henry
Postal Militia Duty Declared Paramount to Postal Service
First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock rules postal clerks and carriers must prioritize government duty over militia service except in crises. At Lorain Ohio the postmaster reports four employees with the militia hamper mail delivery and must return to work or resign. The department has long held that prompt mail service cannot be interfered with and discourages postal employees joining the National Guard.
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Postomica
Hitchcock
Postofice
Lorain
Oho
Ohio National Guard
A. F. Gove
Phinney
Department
Post Office Department
National Guard
The Light That Failed in Butte Advertisers Fall Back
The Philadelphia Record notes Butte Montana papers halted by labor troubles leading to ad withdrawal and reliance on handbills. Merchants, deprived of newspaper space, struggle to revive trade, illustrating the essential value of newspaper publicity for merchants.
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Butte
Montana
Philadelphia Record
Democrats Invite Republicans to Joint Primary Meeting
Jasper April 16 The democratic central committee adopted a resolution on appointing a joint representative to Pike county to meet the central committee of Dabola county at Winslow in the near future and unite in holding a joint primary. Another resolution extended an invitation to the Republicans to unite and hold their party primary at the same time under the new primary law passed by the recent legislature.
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Jasper
Democratic Central Committee
Pike County
Dabola
Winslow
Earthquake Riots Leave Mexico Silent Cities in Ruin
The April 6 quake devastates Chilpancingo and Chilapa in Guerrero killing about 500 people. Officials report continuous shocks, widespread destruction, and massive property loss across surrounding areas. Relief appeals pour into Mexico City as tolls and damage rise.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Chilpansingo
Chilapa
Guerrera
Tixtla Chilpancingo
TRACTION LINE CROSSES BLOCKED BY RAILWAY RIGHTS
Aurora. April 16. The B and C Southwestern railway has laid new rails over the crossing tracks where the G I and A traction crosses it and has shut that line out of the city. The traction company is considering leasing one Big Four track from Lawrenceburg to Aurora to reach the business district and gain an outlet to Rising Sun.
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Aurora
B. & C. Southwestern Railway
A. Traction
Pne
Lawrenceburg
Ite
Rising Sun
Injured Couple Struck by Train Near Vincennes
Mr and Mrs James McCoy were struck by a southbound train on the E T H railroad tracks in Vincennes while driving Monday morning. The wagon was destroyed. Mrs McCoy sustained a broken dose and other injuries while Mr McCoy suffered internal injuries.
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Vincennes
James McCoy
Shot in doorway wounds Fort Wayne doctor
Fort Wayne April 16 Dr Lyman P Rawles a young physician was shot four times in the doorway of his home near Huntertown ten miles north of Fort Wayne He collapsed in his wife’s arms and gasped August Benfert shot me The wounded doctor was rushed to Fort Wayne by interurban for treatment believed fatally struck by a gunman in a swift ambush
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Ft. Wayne
Lyman P. Rawles
Huntertown
Fort Wayne
August Benfert
Farmhouse doorway death and hotel suicide reported
A report describes two separate deaths. In Huntertown a man named Benfert, a 35 year old veteran of the Spanish American War with a pension, reportedly died from a self inflicted bullet wound in the doorway of J B Roots farmhouse. he was found semi conscious and taken to Fort Wayne. In Indianapolis a real estate dealer, Alexander C Johnson, 52, widower and well to do, killed himself in the Claypool hotel by shooting through the head after drinking a beer. Health is suspected as a motive.
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Fert
J. B. Root
Huntertown
Ft. Wayne
Benfert
Rawles
Milas Francés Chapman
Indianapolis
Alexander C. Johnson
Claypool Hotel
Wealthy bachelor buried $1300 in gas pipe gone
Kokomo April 16 Alonzo Pickett, a rich bachelor who distrusted banks, hid 1300 in gold inside a gas pipe on his farm months ago. This week both pipe and treasure vanished as he prepared to dig it up. Indianapolis April 16 Railway Trainmen protest new law enforcement to Indiana railroad commission. Vincennes April 16 damages case over broken leg alleges improper setting. Mr Carnegie donates 35 million to Pittsburgh, a contrast to linked lamb quote.
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Kokomo
Alonzo Pickett
Ls Short
Cagh
Indianapolis
Prick
Legislative Committee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
State Railroad Commission
Indiana
Vincennes
Zachariah Everett
Dre. Trueblood
Goldman
Monroe City
Government Readies Push to Dissolve Standard Oil Trust
The government plans a major antitrust case in St Louis to dissolve Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and break its holdings across oil production, refining, transporting, and selling. Most responses are filed. demurrers likely ruled upon before trial. The case follows Chicago rebating verdicts and mirrors the Northern Securities decision to pressure dissolution.
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Standard ON Company
Ble
Chicago
St. Louis
Circuit Court
Standard
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Ite
Northern Securities Company
Department of Justice
Famoan
Standard Oil
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HON Reds
Old
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Sister Republic
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Mary
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