Indiana State News Briefs From Terre Haute and Across State
Reports from Terre Haute reveal behind closed doors talks by the Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association about wage scale demands to be taken to the national convention in March. Other items note railway employes committee actions, local saloon licensing challenges, a Nicaragua death confirmation, resignations, accidents, typhoid cases, a gas-leak explosion, and plans for an electric railway extension through Versailles to Greensburg.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Conference aims for wage boost in coal industry
Indianapolis January 8 preparations are underway for the national conference of coal miners and operators to be held in the city this week. Miners expect a substantial wage increase with a new scale to take effect April 1, arguing rising coal demand supports the raise. Operators counter that contracts were signed at low prices over the past year.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Depot Out of Pawn and Shops Released in Lebanon
In Lebanon Indiana after a 10 day lockdown the water tank depot and Chicago and Southeast railway shops were released. The company paid off claims and prepared a 30 car train of shop tools and machinery bound for Muncie. The shops were a major labor employer in the city. The incident disrupted local industry.
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Lebanon
Ind
Chicago & Southeastern Railway
Muncie
Jeff
Fullwider Arrested for Embezzlement in Columbus Case
Indianapolis January report says William VW. Fullwider former Bartholomew county clerk was arrested near a Columbus farm for allegedly embezzling 580 dollars from the William Ziegler estate during his tenure. He claims a mistake will be shown. Detectives hold a warrant for missing treasurer W. H. Curtis at Butler Canning Co meeting.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William VW. Fullwider
Bartholomew County
William Ziegler
Columbus
Fullwider
Butler
Butler Canning Co
W. H. Curtis
Ney
Royal Center
Blakeslee
Bridegroom killed after wedding wins rail case
In Bluffion Indiana a jury awarded Mrs Glaynor Sloan four thousand dollars against the C and FE railroad for the death of her husband a brake man killed at De Jong three days after his wedding on his first trip after marriage. The case has been tried four times and twice reviewed by the supreme court.
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William Parerport
Ao Barrow
Granville
Munecie
Bluffion
Ind
Jan.s
Glaynor Sloan
Sloan
de Jong
Supreme Court
Shiveley Declares He Will Not Seek Governorship
Richmond Ind January public notice states General Charles F. E. Shiveley will not be a candidate for governor before the next Republican convention. Jeffersonville report notes Fannie McCoy four years old drank acid and will die.
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Richmond
Ind
Jan
Shiveley
Dean
Carholic Acta
Jeffersonville
Fannie McCoy
Minere Miners Cleared in Lauder Murder Trial
Vienna January 4. Union miners on trial for weeks for the murder of Mrs Hanna Carr a Negress during the Lauder riot near Carterville were acquitted on the second ballot. Lexington Kentucky January 1 Irvine Wood 12 was shot and seriously wounded and two playmates John Riddle and Roy Cox about 14 were arrested for attempted murder. Cape Colony wild land price listed at 35 conte an acre.
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Minere
Vienna
Hanna Carr
Lauder
Cartervillle
Lexington
Jans
Irvine Wood
John Riddle
Roy Cox
Riddle
Cox
Cape Colony
Morris murder trial jury claims pay dispute
In Muncie twelve jurors from the Morris murder trial seek 50 each for 12 days of service, counting 24 hours per day. county commissioners say the law allows 2 per day and cut the bills. The jurors will sue in superior court as a test case.
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Muncie
Ind
Morris
Fatally Burned by Lard in Spencer County
Mrs. Magpie Racine of Spencer county render ing lard late Friday when fatally burned she leapt into a nearby barrel and was found by her son Hobbed By Footpada in Evansville Indiana on January 6. A separate brief notes Tilden Hammond, robbed of 150 dollars by three masked men, in Jan 6 updates from Dunreith Indiana. A death in a buggy due to heart failure is reported for Edmund Irvin, a visitor from Tawton Michigan. Meat prices rise as Lebanon butchers report higher costs and population cited as 730,000 in the region.
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Evansville
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Magpie Racine
Spencer County
Footpada
Tilden Hammond
Dunreith
Edmund 1
Irvin
Releigh
Tawton
Mich
Sleep the Vacation of the Seal A Divine Narcotic
A sermon by Dr. Talmage extols sleep as a divine gift and life renewing mercy. It contrasts healthy rest with insomnia, cites biblical figures, and urges societal shifts to protect restful hours. It ends with proverbs about the last sleep and comforting wishes.
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Aleep
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Galilee
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Joseph Hall
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Earth
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Mediterranean
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Sentinel
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Alan
Thomas Moore
Copernicus
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Lord Brougham
Justinian
Wall Street
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