Murderer Keith Seeks Release From Boonville Jail
Joseph D Keith the alleged murderer of Nora Kifer asks authorities to remove him from Boonville jail He is confined in a small cell without exercise and has lost significant weight His case will be considered by the grand jury September 1 with potential change of venue to Spencer county and possible transfer afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Joseph D. “Keith
Nora Kifer
Pigeon Creek
Boonville
Keith
Spencer County
Bees Attack Funeral Hearse at Burial
At the James Bracken funeral in Bradford Harrison county bees swarmed from a nest under a hearse team as it neared the grave. The horses reared and fled, the driver was stung and blinded, and mourners ran to unhitched the team while the hearse and coffin were left at the graveside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
James Bracken
Bradford
Harrison County
Fort Wayne Soldier Thomas Hayes Reported Prisoner in Philippines
Ft Wayne resident Thomas Hayes of the 14th Infantry is reported prisoner in the Philippines after a skirmish with insurrectos. Letters from his sister noted he was in good health. no word since April until today when a lieutenant in his company confirmed the capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Thomas Hayes
14Th Infantry
Hayes
Union Reform Party nominates Indiana state ticket
The Union Reform Party of Indiana met in Indianapolis in August and nominated a full state ticket with Governor nominee A Wilson of Webster Wayne county and others including SD Perry of Greensburg for lieutenant governor J D Wheeler of Huntington for secretary of state I C Coppock of Indianapolis for state statistician and W D Wattles of North Judson for superintendent of instruction A presidential electors ticket to be named later the emblem adopted is clasped hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Reform Party
Indianapolis
Ind
Union Reform Party For
Indiana
MM. A. Wilson
Webster
Wayne County
SD. Perry
Greensburg
J. D. Wheeler
Huntington
I. C. Coppock
W. D. Wattles
North Judson
Wage Cut Hit 300 Workers as Iron Price Drops
Muncie Indiana August 9 The Republic Tron Co posted notices at its nut and bolt works warning that skilled laborers face a 15 percent wage cut due to iron prices dropping back to 87 1/2 cents per hundred in Pittsburgh. Three hundred workmen are affected, the only mill department currently operating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Republic Tron Co
Pittsburgh
Glass workers and manufacturers fail to agree in Muncie talks
After two days of talks the Flint and green glass workers executive committee and fruit jar manufacturers failed to reach an agreement and adjourned without scheduling another meeting. This delays resumption of Ball Bros. Muncie Wilson and McCullough Marion Giles Glass Upland plants until September 15 at the earliest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Flint and Green Glass Workers
Ball Bros
Wilson & McCullough
Marion
Giles Glass Co
Upland
Journalist Crose Returns From Vacation With Bride
Indianapolis writer Benjam in P D Crose sporting editor of the Indianapolis Journal has wed Blanche C Doyle of Philadelphia. The ceremony took place in the Little Church Around the Carrier in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Benjamin PD. Crose
The
Indianapolis Journal
Blanche C. Doyle
Philadelphia
Carrier
New York
Hunter Accident Ends Life in Frankfort Area
James W. Louks of Frankfort Indiana was instantly killed northwest of the city when a shotgun discharged while he hunted. He had paused to rest when both barrels exploded, ending his life instantly.
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Frankfort
Ind
James W. Louks
Louks
Baby Dies After Drinking Poison in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana on August 9 a 20 month old child of Mr and Mrs Mec died from ingesting a liquid poison. The tragedy was reported as the infant drank the poison from an unknown container leading to its death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Mecon
Romeo Saucer
Jailbreak in Evansville Ends With Deputy Wounded
Two prisoners escaped from Evansville jail via an air shaft. Deputy Sheriff Koepke fired during the pursuit, wounding Noah Fuquay in the left hand. William Betas remains at large while Andrew Jackson was tracked to a church belfry.
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Evansville
Ind
William Betas
Andrew Jackson
Koepke
Noah Fuquay
Jackson
Betagg
Smallest Justice in Indiana Begins Service at Mathews
Marion Ind Aug 10 A bond filed by Watson Pickard a 21 year old man about three feet tall and under 100 pounds who lost an arm in an accident will serve as justice of the peace at Mathews Jefferson township Marion Friends secured the appointment for him and he starts duties soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Indiana
Watson Pickard
Mathews
Jefferson Township
Horses Runaway at Indiana Fair Injures Driver
In North Vernon Indiana on August 11 a woman driver at Cook's Hippodrome trotted horses that bolted leaving the grounds. They ran onto Walnut street and struck a post as the chariot collided. The driver was thrown and seriously injured and taken to the Western house unconscious. Two diamonds were lost in the fall.
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North Vernon
Ind
Cook
Walnut Street
Holton Manufacturing Co assigns assets in Indianapolis
The W. K. Holton Manufacturing Co at 3239 East Washington street filed a deed of assignment with Robert B. Keith named as trustee. Company officers said an accurate statement of assets and liabilities is not possible but that under food management all claims can be paid in full.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
W. K. Holton Manufacturing Co
East Washington Street
Robert B. Keith
Water famine sparks clash over Ft. Wayne canal water
Ft. Wayne Indiana reports a water famine as the city taps water from an old abandoned canal for the first time in years. Health boards and city water works clash over safety claims with bacteriologists declaring the water unfit to bathe or drink while the normal deep well supply runs dry from overuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Dairyman Fined for Formaldehyde in Milk
Indianapolis dairyman Forest G G Hoover was fined $100 and costs in city court after conviction for using formaldehyde to preserve milk sold to customers. The case followed infant deaths at the Indianapolis Orphans home linked to impure milk and spurred ongoing prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Forest GG. Hoover
Dairyman
Insurance rerates Indianapolis after Chicago fire department notice
Merchants and property owners in the city were disturbed by news from Chicago that due to the condition of the local fire department the Western Insurance Union has decided to rerate Indianapolis with a 20 percent premium increase. Work will commence at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Western Insurance Union
Brazil man shocked by live wire fall from pole
Claude Osborne, lineman for the Brazil and Terre Haute street car line, was severely shocked when he grasped a live wire and fell 28 feet from a telegraph pole in Brazil Indiana. He is badly injured with paralysis and internal injuries, with poor recovery chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
Claude Osborne
Brazil & Terre Nlante
Glass workers buy Co operative window plant in Quaker City
Skilled glass workers from Muncie Hartford City Wankirk and Eston purchased a window glass plant at Quaker City Ohio for 6000 dollars and will operate it on a cooperative basis. The group reports the deal includes complete equipment and expresses optimism about the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie, Ind
Muncie
Hartford City
Wankirk
Eston
Quaker City
Young Windfall Fan Seriously Hurt by foul Ball
A 15-year-old son of W. H. Tolle in Windfall Indiana was seriously injured while watching a baseball game when struck in the eye by a foul ball. The incident occurred during the game and the youth's condition was described as serious if not fatally damaged.
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Ind
W. H. Tolle
Fireman Killed by Fast Mail Train in Laporte Yard
M C Her bert, a Lake Shore fireman on freight train No. 63, was instantly killed in the railroad yards at Laporte Indiana by the fast mail train. He lived at Air Line Junction Ohio and his parents resided at Goshen Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Ind
M. C. Herbert
Lake Shore
Air Line Junction
Goshen
Daughters of the Revolution To Send Bandages To Manila
The Caroline Scott Harrison chapter in Indianapolis will ship 1 000 firmnel bandages to the Manila hospital early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Caroline Scott Harrison
Daughters of the Revolution
Manila
Market Outlook Presses Forward Amid Cautious Speculation
Speculation remains cautious as investment holdings grow while railroad stocks inch up and industrials rise modestly. New England cotton mills may close for three weeks, trimming working forces, yet demand shows strength with a British loan oversubscribed by American applicants. Bradstreet notes mixed trade signals but finds cheer in dry goods and steel orders, with prices stabilizing and wheat improving on export inquiry.
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New England
Bradstreet
Pittsburgh
Chicago
South
Bryan and Stevenson Notified by Democrats in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on August 9, William J. Bryan and Adlai Stevenson were officially notified by Democrats of their Kansas City nominations for president and vice president. A parade preceded the ceremony, with several Democratic clubs escorting the notification party. The event featured five speeches by Mayor Taggart and members Richards and Thomas, plus responses by Bryan and Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
William J. Bryan
Adlai. Stevenson
Kansas City
United States
Taggart
Richardson
Thomas
Bryan
Stevenson
Crowds Crushed in Panic at King Humbert Funeral Procession
A funeral train carried King Humbert's body to a transformed station chapel then to the Pantheon for King Victor Emmanuel II. Amid crushes 20 people were wounded and 30 bruised as the crowd panicked in Via Nazionale. Cavalry secured the carriage and officers feared danger to the king.
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Siers
Humbert
Pantheon
Victor Emmanuel II
Via Dei Serpenti
Mgr. Count of
Reggio
Genoa
London
Rome
Via Nazionale
Aosta
Turin
Robbers slain after UP train hijack near Hugo
Goodland New Mexico August 11 two men who held up a Union Pacific train near Hugo Col last Sunday morning killing passenger W J Fay and robbing travelers were killed Friday by a sheriff s posse at the Bartholomew ranch three miles east of Goodland After a fusillade deputies J Briggs and George Collins were wounded one robber died trying to escape The surviving bandit was killed when the house was set on fire no identifications given
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodland
N. M
Union Pacific
Hugo Col
W. J. Fay
Bartholomew Ranch
J. Briggs
George Collins
Winchester
Fitzsimmons Beats Ruhlin In Sixth Round Knockout
New York August 11 Bob Fitzsimmons now an American citizen defeated Gus Ruhlin the Akron giant in Madison Square Garden Friday night. The bout ended in the sixth round when Fitzsimmons delivered a decisive body blow to Ruhlin who was knocked down and out after a fierce exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bob Fitzsimmons
Australia
Gus Ruhlin
Akron
Twentieth Century Club
Madison Square Garden
Ruhlin
Fitzsimmons
Wisconsin Republicans Nominate Ticket by Acclamation
At the state convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday the ticket was nominated by acclamation. Governor Robert M. La Follette of Madison heads the slate with Jesse Stone of Water town as lieutenant governor and William H. Froehlich of Jackson as secretary of state. Jamieson Davidson of Soldiers Grove is named state treasurer and Emmett R. Hicks of Oshkosh as attorney general. The platform emphasizes the abashment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Robert M. la Follette
Madison
Jesse Stone
Watertown
William H. Froehlich
Jackson
Jamies
Davidson
Soldiers Grove
Baron Russell of Killowen Dies After Operation
London announces the death of Baron Russell of Killowen lord chief justice of England following an operation performed by Dr Treves. He had been ill with reports citing a gastric disorder or stomach tumor and leaves a widow two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Baron Russell of
Killowen
England
Baron Russell
Treves
Lord Russell
Dundalk
South Hackney
Gladstone
Paris
Lord Bower
Lord Coleridge
Empire
Elton
Joseph Mulholland
M. P
Belfast
Bertrand Joseph
Royal Artillery
South Africa
Charles Russell
Canada
Sir Charles
United States
Murder and robbery aboard Panhandle train No 8 at Columbus
Charles Lane express messenger was found dead with a bullet wound in a Union depot car after the Panhandle train No 8 arrived late Friday. The safe was opened and valuables taken. The crime occurred between Milford Center and Columbus with no witnesses. Reported haul possibly 45000 dollars. Robbers left key in the lock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Union Depot
Charles Lane
Milford Center
Adams Express Company
Tragic jump from moving train in Alabama Friday morning
In Aug 10 report from Chattanooga Tennessee near Anniston Alabama W T Turner his wife and their three month old baby leaped from a Southern railway passenger train moving about 40 miles per hour. Turner died and the wife and infant were thought fatally injured. The family, never having ridden a train, stepped to the platform as the engine signaled the station and Jumped off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Anniston
Ala
W. T. Turner
Southern Railway
Turner
First Lieut Charles W Boelter Killed at Electric Park
In Oshkosh Wisconsin on August 10 194?, First Lieut Charles W Boelter of Company W NG was instantly killed at Electric Park. The brief notice reports a fatal accident involving military personnel near the amusement area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Wis
Charles W
Boelter
T Electric Park
Yangtsun capture and Allied dispatches from China
Reports from Chefoo and London detail the Yangtsun seizure with about 60 American casualties. Chaffee notes 60 losses among Ninth and Fourteenth Infantry and Battery F. Additional dispatches from Li Hung Chang appointment and Conger telegraph updates describe diplomatic friction and the need for safe escort for foreign nationals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Office
Col. Scriven
Chefoo
Washington
Yangtsun
Scriven
Chaffee
Fourteenth Infantry
London
Daily Express
Tientsin
Hsiku
Wei Ho
Brussels
Foreign Office
de Cartier
E. de Cartier de Marchienne
Peking
Shanghai
Li Hung Chang
Li Jung Chang
China
Atee
State Department
M. Pichon
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Yamen
Myers
Dr. Lippett
Mutual Life settles with Hillman Smith in six trials
After 21 years and four months of delays in the U S circuit court, the Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York paid Sallie E Hillman Smith 22000 in cash plus interest. The jury had ruled the amount due on a policy held by Hillman when he disappeared in 1879. The Connecticut Mutual still holds out with a judgment of 11054 against it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
United States
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
Sallie E. Hillman-Smith
Hilleran
Mutual Life of New York
Connecticut ‘Mutual
Holland Mich. Man Earns Track Honor
John Drew, an athlete from Holland, Mich., earns recognition on the track in a local meet, showcasing his speed and endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Mich
John Drew
Eliomias
Onfe
Omnibus Train Collision Kills Eleven in Slatington Area
A Portland Township style omnibus returning from a funeral in Cherryville collided with a special train near a sharp curve. Eleven died on the scene and numerous others were injured, many critically. The driver whipped the horses to clear the crossing as the train struck the omnibus midsection. Victims were relatives of Sophia Schaeffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ite
de Eli Remaley
Slatington
Eli Remaley
Jam Itern
Ecw
William Kane
Slatingport
Carrie Smith
Walnutport
Tilghman Kuntz
James Minnich
Stephen ‘Reinhard
Susan Chone
Alfred Rhorig
Robert Seibert
David Kern
James Kern
Miss Dizler
Harry Minnich
William Resch
Louis Kuntz
Carrie Nagle
George Minnich
Bryan ‘Walp
Walnut
Port
Lizzie Jones
Walnut- Port
Alice Nagle
Peters
Cherrysville
Henry Bittner
Sophia Schaeffer
Bethlehem
War Vessels Collide Off Cape St. Vincent
Paris reports a collision during maneuvers of the French fleet off Cape St. Vincent between the first class battleship Brennus under Vice Admiral Fournier and torpedo boat destroyer Framee. Framee sank. four officers and 58 men were saved, with about fifty believed lost. The France, a new 313 ton vessel, was involved in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cape St. Vincent
Brennus
Fournier
Framee
France
Notorious swindler sent to Texas asylum
George Landers alias George Brennan, wanted in Kansas City for swindling the Evans Snider Buell Commission Co. in cattle deals, has been adjudged insane and ordered to the state asylum. A former wealthy banker, Landers vanished after a prior failure, was arrested near El Paso while en route from Mexico, and confessed. The Kansas City sheriff planned to remove him to Kansas when the court declared him insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
George Landers
George Brennan
Kansas City
Kan
Evans Snider-Buell Commission Company
Sanders
Mexico
Kansas
Doepke Family Tragedy At Cincinnati Picnic
Willam Doepke a steam engineer and his family were returning from a picnic at Fairmount when near the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton railroad crossing an Indianapolis excursion train approached. Doepke and his four year old son George attempted to flee but were killed. The two year old daughter was badly injured and may not recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Willam Doepke
Fairmount
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Indianapolis
Doepke
George
Striking East St. Louis Electric Railway Strike Ends
In East St. Louis the electric railway strike ended by unanimous employee vote on Sunday. The boycott that had persisted since the outset of the strike was lifted as part of the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Til
Death of Well Known Journalist Samuel M. Clark
Samuel M. Clark longtime editor of the Gate City died in Keokuk Iowa on Saturday. He served in the Fifty fourth and Fifty fifth Congresses and was United States commissioner of education to the Paris Exposition of 1889. Born in Towan in 1842, he was a native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Ija
Samuel M. Clark
Gate
United States
Paris
Towan
Fatal injuries in Georgia gas station incident
In Sylvania Georgia on August 13 R F Herring ton and Milton Mears were struck and fatally hurt in a shooting incident described with reference to Black people. Local reporting notes the victims were Black. The report provides few further details about the event or motive.
Missing Fragments Yield Unclear Local Item
Readable fragments mention a Philadelphia related record but lack context or details. The garbled text references shoes and pinched items, with insufficient information to determine event, people, or outcome.
Grasshopper Enemy Could Be Blister Beetles Reduce Pests
A New York Sun report quotes Michigan State College findings on blister beetles Epicauta cinerea and Epicanta pennsylvanica feeding on grasshoppers. The insects attack sugar beets in late summer, but may naturally curb grasshopper swarms, though large numbers could pose new risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
New
York Sun
Michigan State Agricultural College
Rufus
H. Pettit
Michigan
Pettit
Epicanta Pennsylvanica
Pisenmn Fond of Whisky Grain the Test
A brief note expresses dislike for whisky and a preference for corn based spirits, mentioning grain and a test of flavors.
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Colorado
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Hieves
Ohio
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Sylvania
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