Hotel Fire in Fort Wayne Claims Several Lives
A devastating blaze at the New Avelin hotel in Fort Wayne Indiana early Sunday morning killed an estimated fifteen to twenty five people and left the interior a charred ruin. Among the known dead are R. S. Johnson M Hirsch J B Miller J E Hillis W A Pitcher and others with multiple unidentified bodies. Firefighters struggled to identify victims as the building collapsed and debris was cleared. The blaze began in the elevator shaft at 3 80 am and spread rapidly through the wooden interior, trapping many guests and staff before rescue attempts could reach them.
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New Avelin
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. S. Johnson
Pana
M. Hirsch
New York
J. B. Miller
Sheboygan
Wis
J. E. Hillis
Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co
Chicago
W. A. Pitcher
S. F. Bowser & Co
J. W. Deviney
Crawford
Lehman
Philadelphia
Max Wassen
St. Louis
Frank Baxter
Auburn
B. Alty
Wabash
Charles Benjamin
Detroit
Sarah Hathaway
Mishawak
Gort Tedeu
Pices
Ralph Hipkins
James
BR. S. Johnson
Hisody
St. Joseph Hospital
Veny
Ailbrecht
Anckenyuck
Anckenbruck
Avelin
Trade Climate Report Shows Soft Domestic Demand
Bradstreet notes unfavorable weather and quiet distributive trade across the country. Jobbing remains slow with few filling orders, while fall activity is weak and inventories are not rising. Collections lag, extensions persist, and industrial output trends down. Rail tonnage hits a low, though railroad borrowing looks better and winter wheat prospects improve.
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Bradstreet
Ten Years for Eloping Parson in Tennessee
In Winchester Tennessee the Rev B F Fulkerson was convicted of abduction for the purpose of concubinage and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary He had eloped from the county with Miss Ada Templeton leaving his wife behind The couple were captured in California and brought back to face the charge
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Winchester
Tenn
B. F. Fulkerson
Fulkerson
Ada Templeton
California
Honduras massing forces on Guatemalan frontier
Panama reports Honduras concentrates troops on the Guatemalan border. Passengers arriving from Guatemala claim General Vascus ex president of Honduras was planning a revolution against the Honduran government.
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Central America
Panama
Honduras
Guatemala
Vasquesz
Brewers Move to Federal Court Over Saloon Charters
Indianapolis brewing companies file a federal suit to enjoin Attorney General James Bingham from pursuing state court receiverships aimed at dissolving five breweries. They argue the state statutes limit corporate powers and that federal action offers a clearer path against anticipated state challenges, potentially affecting over 3,000 saloons.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Capital City Brewing Company
The
Home Brewing Company
American Brewing Company
James Bingham
Bingham
United States District Court
United States Supreme Court
United States
Coroner Nears Finish in Gunness Fire Case
Coroner Mack hag nearly completes the inquiry into the deaths of Mrs. Bella Gunness and her three children in the fatal Gunness home fire. Ray Lamphere, a suspect, is formally charged with murder in the first degree for allegedly starting the blaze and is committed without bail for grand jury action.
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Laporte
Ind
Mack Hag
Bella Gunness
Gunness
Ray Lamphere
Guiloness
Grover
Indiana Republican Editorial Association Meeting Planned in Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville Indiana May 4 The Indiana Republican Editorial association will meet in Jeffersonville on May 16 with two or three hundred editors their wives and families expected Lunch at noon will be hosted by W H Whittaker general superintendent of the Indiana reformatory A tour of local points of interest will follow The group will be entertained by the Louisville Commercial cig afternoon and will take a river trip to Cincinnati departing Saturday at 5 and returning Sunday
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
W. H. Whittaker
Dent
Indiana Reformatory
Louisville Commercial Cig
Cincinnati
Will Face Murder Charge In Terre Haute Case
Terre Haute authorities move to transfer Henry McDonald from hospital to jail after he shot Detective Dwyer in court and was found guilty of dynamiting a Sandford church. McDonald suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the aftermath and will be tried for murder with the dynamiting case likely set aside.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Henry McDonald
Dwyer
McDonald
Sandford
Express firms sue Indiana rail board over rate cut
Six express companies in Indiana file suit in U S district court seeking to block the Indiana railroad commission from cutting intrastate express rates by 10 to 12 percent. Papers served on two commission members as the panel planned adoption of the new schedule, which would reduce annual express payments by over $100,000. Officials say the action tests the commission’s authority and foresees lengthy litigation.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States District Court
Railroad Commission of Indiana
United States
Alonzo Boyd
Charles V. McAdams
William J. Wood
Union B. Hunt
Railroad Commission
Indiana Railroad Commission
Where Is Kackley Missing From Atlas Case
Indianapolis May 4 Continued lack of information at the sheriff s office as to the whereabouts of Thomas R Kackley former second vice president and general manager of Atlas Engine works under indictment for conspiracy to bribe county commissioners In connection with a county contract has prompted questions about a possible return He spent winter at Santa Barbara California and telegraphed he would return when indicted Attorneys were retained and a bond arranged Deputy Sheriff Richard Craft said they do not know where he is or when he will come back and there is no plan to send an officer to California unless he fails to return by week s end
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Indianapolis
Thomas R. Kackley
Atlas Engine Works
Kackley
Rackley
Richard Craft
Mr. Craft
California
Jury Acquits Harvey Hinkle on Insanity Plea
Bloomington Indiana May 4 after forty eight hours and fifty one ballots the jury found Harvey Hinkle not guilty by reason of insanity in the murder of Robert J McClintock a commission will be appointed to determine his mental status
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Bloomington
Ind
Harvey Hinkle
Robert J. McClintock
Hinkle
Cullop Nominated for Congress in Second District
Judge W A Cullop of Vincennes won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Indiana's Second district on the 596th ballot with 687 votes to Cyrus Davis 4011-18. Alvin Padgett withdrew after the 595th ballot, enabling Cullen's nomination.
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Bloomington
Ind
W. A. Cullop
Vincennes
Cyrus Davis
Cullop
Alvin Padgett
Cullen
Mrs Frances Cooper Found Guilty in Infant Drowning
In Columbus Indiana on May 4 Mrs Frances Cooper eighteen wife of Stephen Cooper was convicted of manslaughter for the drowning of her infant child and sentenced to two to fourteen years in the Indianapolis women's prison.
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Cooper
Columbus
Ind
Frances Cooper
Stephen Cooper
Indianapolis
Woman Dies in Coal Oil Explosion at Home
Fort Wayne Indiana May 4 Mrs Warren Rogers aged forty burned severely while in the cellar trying to find why the electric light would not burn. The coal oil explosion fatally injured her and she died.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Warren Rogers
Child dies in Unionville house fire near Bloomington
Two year old Inez Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Smith, perished in a blaze that destroyed the Smith home two miles north of Unionville near Bloomington on May 4.
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Bloomington
Ind
Inez Smith
George W. Smith
Unionville
Smith
Doctor Har riper Killed by Train Near Denver Crossing
Doctor Harriper died instantly when his car was struck by a Lake Erie and Western train as he returned from a country call near Denver Indiana on May 4.
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Crossing
Denver
Ind
Harriper
Lake Erie & Western Railway
County Recounts Third Ward Remonstrance Case
Brazil Indiana May 4 county commissioners rule that remonstrants won by a majority of one in the Third ward dispute.
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Brazil
Ind
Third Ward
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