Senator Willard Dead in New York Hotel Death
J H Willard of Bedford Ind died in the Clarendon Hotel New York from an apparent opium overdose age 53 born New Albany April 1 1848. He left Indiana April 7 for Kentucky then to Indianapolis with possible land interests in Kentucky onyx deposits. He was married to Kate Newland December 31 1877 and widowed in 1898.
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Senator Willard
Kentucky
Indianapolis
John Caley
Mr. Willard
Bates House
Cleveland
O. H. Baker
New York
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Caley
Clarendon Hotel
Willard
New Albany
Kate Newland
Supreme Court Risk Assumed Obvious and De Facto Corporation
The court affirms that a person who hires to perform duties risking obvious harm assumes the risk. It also holds a de facto insurance company, created by good faith efforts to organize and conduct business, cannot be attacked collaterally in notes actions.
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Ezekiel
Bedford Quarries Co
Lawrence C. C
Dowling
C J
Farmers’ Insurance Company of Bedford
John P. Border
Daviess C. C
Comstock
C. J
Railroad Racket and Railroad Moves Stir Indiana News
Local developments include Martin Martina and EH B Ford returning to Terre Haute to work on the Southern Indiana Round House, Walter Hunter leaving for the Terre Haute shop as a stone mason, and a US Steel syndicate seeking control of major locomotive works east of the Mississippi. J B Sucese of the Monon wins Lafayette train master poll. Indianapolis Southern rail plan routes may shift via Brownstown Salem or Rockport Bedford West Baden Paoli. Seymour division to Washington announced with crew relocations. service upgrades include two morning commuter trains and two new fast trains between St Louis and Cincinnati, plus cannon-ball express trains NY to St Louis pending track work. Washington Gazette reports.
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Martin Martina
EH. B. Ford
Terre Haute
Southern Indiana
Walter Hunter
Indiana
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
Brownstown
Salem
Nashville
Bloomington and Sullivan
New Albany
Rockport
West Baden
Paoli
Bedford
Seymour
Washington
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New York
Washington Gazette
Hall v Bedford Quarries Case Returns for Trial
In a ruling on employer liability for incompetent fellow workers the court reverses a verdict for the Bedford Quarries Company. Hall, a laborer, seeks damages after mud splashed into his eyes when an Italian co-worker dropped a shovel while clearing mud. The case returns to trial with the aim of clarifying assumed risks and negligence standards.
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Hall
Bedford Quarries Company
Lawrence C. C
Dowling, C. J
Supreme Court
Death of Bloomington resident Henry Bogemann shocks town
Bloomington Indiana April 17 Henry Bogemann an elderly resident and father of Rev Matthew H Bogemann of St Charles Catholic church collapsed and died this afternoon from heart disease his family and church connections noted in brief obituary style.
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Bloomington
Ind
Henry Bogemann
Matthew H. Bogemann
St. Charles Catholic Church
City Council Quietly Grants Gas Franchises and Raises Salaries
The regu lar council session approved two gas franchises in secret with public excluded. The Smith franchise and street railroad promoter franchise were discussed amid little public interest. The council also raised salaries including councilmen from 80 to 150 dollars, mayor from 40 to 45 dollars monthly, and fire hostler from 50 to 60, doubling overall pay.
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Wright Carnival Co
Star Chamber
Smith
Radley
McKinley
Blackburn
Buchanan
Roland
Hackett
Bedford
Reform Democratic Combine
Noted Bedford Lawyer Found Dead in New York Hotel
James Hazelton Willard a Bedford Indiana lawyer was found dead in his Clarendon Hotel room in New York. Coroner notes opium poisoning likely but his brother in law Samuel A Russell says no motive for suicide. Willard held a storied career with degrees from Columbia Paris Vienna and Hamilton College and served Indiana and Floyd Orange Dubois counties in state legislatures.
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New York
James Hazelton Willard
Bedford
Ind
Clarendon Hotel
Samuel A. Russell
Willard
Dover
Mr. Russell
Clinton, Conn
Jon
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
Hamilton College
Columbia College Law School
College of France
Law School of
Paris
School of Law
Vienna
Nile
New Albany
Floyd County
Kate N. Newland
B. Newland
Daniel W. Voorhees
United States
Lawrence
Orange
Dubois
Senator Willard’s Funeral Plans Revealed
In remarks with friends on his wife's death, Senator Willard expressed that if he dies he wishes to be buried at Bedford Green Hill Cemetery beside his wife and have the Masonic order conduct the rites. His sister in Connecticut may alter these plans. H Conklin of Bedford Masonic lodge relayed notices to Clarendon Hotel and Samuel A Russell, his brother in law, confirmed the reports and discussed funeral arrangements. Willard was the son of Governor A P Willard who died in office in 1860.
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Senator Willard
Bedford
Green Hill Cemetery
Willard
Masonic Order
Connecticut
H. Conklin
Born April 10th a 12 pound boy in Weddleville
WEDDLEVILLE notes a 12 pound boy born April 10 to T. J. Plummer and wife. Other items include T. J. Holmes on a business trip to Bedford, Carrie and Anna Luedtke visiting, a Church of Christ meeting ending with 16 additions led by Eld. Daniel Sommer, Smith of Leesville visiting the sick, Mike Hinderlider losing a gold watch and chain found by Raymond Rusker Clarence Woolery and John Hinderlider for a $5 reward, James Day family moving to Maroon, Earl Vermillya visiting Katherine Colburn, fruit crop prospects seen, measles spreading locally.
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T. J. Plummer
T. J. Holmes
Bedford
Carrie
Anna Luedtke
Ft. Meitner
Church of Christ
Eld
Daniel Sommer
Indianapolis
Smith
Leesville
Mor bidtragedy and winter weather in 1890s telegraph
James B Moser dies after morphine dose as despair follows wife’s death. Reports of cold weather across Germany with Alpine snow storms and widespread frost in Texas Panhandle and Indian Territory. Other items note pensions for Mrs Breckinridge, McKinley travel plans, a dog that saves a family from fire, a coal mine accident, and church arson at Pleasant Valley Church in Plainville.
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Bloomington
Ind
James B. Moser
Germany
Bavarian Alps
Taurus
Rhone
Westphalia
John C. Breckinridge
United States
Breckinridge
Kentucky Volunteers
McKinley
West
Washington
New England
Pacific Coast
Canton
Yee. Hong
Clay City
Brazil
George Williams
Panhandle
el Paso
Indian Territory
Texas
Arkansas
The Old Engravers and the Rise of Photography
The piece laments steel engraving as a lost art driven from popularity by photography and cheaper substitutes. It notes Muller Morghen and da Vinci connections, the bank note trade, and the shift from large picture engravings to modern color and forms. It praises old masters while warning of fading public interest and the fragility of old plates.
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Pilgrim’s Progress
America
Muller
Morghen
Leonardo da Vinci
Sinre Thare Ana BO Mate Ae
Local Social Roundup in Payetteville and Nearby Towns
Miss Alice Malott spent Sunday with Miss Cora Kern. W Quackenbush and family of Bedford visited relatives here Sunday. Mrs Sarah Kern went to Bedford Monday. M Perkins of Bedford visits his sister here. D Hackler and wife spent Sunday with Mrs Isabel Nichols. Mrs Sol Inman and daughter Lula were guests of Mrs Dana Boyd Sunday. J M Potter and wife visited John's parents in Trippleton Sunday. Mrs William Hammonds and nephew Harlan Carmichael of Springville passed through Saturday. James Tatum and wife of near Bedford spent Sunday with David Jones’s family. Mrs Mary Morris is very low. Walter McClellan is enumerating in the township. Jesse Shacklett of Springville was here Monday. Richard Yanzy and wife visited Mrs Yancy's parents in Silverville. Richard Speer and family of Oolitic visited Mrs Thos Toman Sunday. T R Jordan went to Bedford Tuesday. E A Kern contracted to sell his team to Jack Massey of Springville. Sherman Callahan of Over The Way was here Saturday evening. Miss Jessie Hallery of Silverville guest of Mrs Jesse Kern Saturday night. Misses Lula Adamson and Minnie McClellan visited Miss Cora Kern Saturday night.
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Alice Malott
Cora Kern
W. Quackenbush
Bedford
Sarah Kern
M. Perkins
D. Hackler
Isabel Nichols
Sol Inman
Lula
Dana Boyd
J. M. Potter
Trippleton
William Hammonds
Harlan Carmicheal
Springville
James Tatum
David Jones
Mary Morris
Walter McClellan
Jesse Shacklett
Richard Yanzy
Sherman Callahan
Over the Way
Jessie Hallery
Silverville
Jesse Kern
Lula Adamson
Minnie McClellan
Bands at Pan American Exposition promise rich musical feast
The Pan American Exposition in Buffalo will feature premier bands from the United States and Canada including Sousa's Band, the Eleventh Regiment and Thirteenth Regiment outfits, with concerts daily May 1 to November 1. Other ensembles from Boston to Ithaca and Buffalo will perform, along with a strong local Buffalo program of 33 men per band.
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Buffalo
Exposition
Sousa
Europe
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Fancuilli
Seventy-first Regiment Band
New York
Manhattan Beach
Canada
Thirteenth Regiment Band
Hamilton
Crack Band Music Organization
Lower Canada
Elgin Band
Elgin
Ims
Carlisle Indian Band
Washington
New York City
Ancient and Honorable Artillery of
Boston
Salem
Mass
Brooks Chicago Marine Band
E. B. Brooks
Chicago
Ithaca Band
Ithaca
HE. N. Truman
New York State
Boston Ladies
United States
Seventy-fourth Regiment
Camp Alger
Sciita
South
Central America
Mexico
Americas
Pan- America
New World
Pan-America
Western Hemisphere
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Mississippi River
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Monon
Democratic Council Combine
James H. Willard
Weddleville
Telegraphic News
Cramps Shipbuilding Company
Maine
Havana Harbor
Tees
Patrick Corcoran
Montgomery
Corcoran
Indiana National Guard
Charles E. Wilson
Here
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J. W. Ellis
Mr. Hills
P. W. Wise
Alfred Clements
Pleasant Valley
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Wesley Chapel
Odon
Pleasant Valley ' E Church
Muller and
Payetteville
New York Tribune
CompHmient
Fido
Thucydide
Pan-American
William G. Embree
Elijah
Mary Emeline
Owens) Embree
Fannie Gaither
Lou Rout
Christian Church
Bryantsville
Lawrence Circuit
Caleb Gd. Cobb
David Cobb
John J. Pierce
Martha A. Pierce
Lawrence County
James F. Smita
Crooke & Crooke
Board of Commissioners
John M. Gainby
Mary M. Dixon
Harvey S Dixon
Harvey 8& Dixon
Spice Valley Township
Leesville Road
P.O
State OF Indiana
William L. Taylor
George Donaldson
PHE
William F. Brooks
George Alexander Rainey
Caroline P. Dawson
Lena Pholean Dawson
Rose Erle Dawson
Hannah Harrison Dawson
Mable Tieia
Isabella Thomson
Annie Thomson
Margaret Thomson
Jessie
James Frazer
Thomas A. McAuley
William Currie
Sarah Currie
Isabele Wilson
Ella Chambers
David Currie
Emma Currie
Kila E. Gordon
John Byers Currie
William Kenneth Currie
Margaret Currie Brayman
Walter Clark
Ohio
Clark Andersen
Helen Glaik Richmond
Maude Hewett
Grace L. Hewett
Angus ©. Gordon
Alexander F. Gordon
Henry Raney
Lena Dawson
Dawson
A. D
Zollman, Owen and Houston
James F. Smith
Crooke
Lawrence Orault
Flavius J. Potter
Abram A.french
Mirtha E. Homer
Abram
ECU
Uutc
J. D. Alexander
Martha E. Homer
Abram A. French
Abram S. French
State of
Lawrence Circuit Court
Court House
Cout
Boone Leonard
Oneita Union
Geo. A. Tindall
Hodge, Day & Duncan
Art of
J. R. Densondford
E. W. Farmer
Hodge
DAY & Dungan
C. H. Emery
15Th and & Sts
Richard B. Short
John D. Alexander
Gunn
Eagle Clothing Store
New Alban
Louisville
Lawrence Ee Court
George M. Albertson
William H. Burton
Alexander Smith
James Wilson
Weenyew Eee Newcomes
Brooks & Brooks
Thomas J. Brooks
Robert Wilson
James Wilson, Jr
Benjamin Lunt
Walter Borland
Bown Wilson
Samuel Wilson
Leanah Bunton
Eletha Lunt
City of Bedford
Credi
Sallie Glover
Samuel R. Miller
Circuit Court
Tion
County of
James A. Stipp
William E. Stipp
Brooks & Broks
Martha A.anderson
Nde Wilson I. Arson
E. EK. Dye
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