Jim Burwick the Evangelist Spurs Temperance Railmen
Jim Burwick a Duluth and Iron Range railroad conductor converted to Christianity conducts meetings in New York City's YMCA auditorium. He suoports by his brakeman and a male chorus while spending summers and winters preaching salvation to railroad workers. His conversion markedly changed him from profanity to fervent gospel work.
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Jim Burwick
Panhandle
Terre Haute
Young Men’s Christian Association
New York City
Jim
Duluth & Iron Range
Burwick
Logansport
Joel Burwick
Distribution of Wealth in the State 1909 by County
State Statistician John B. Connor presents a 1909 abstract showing property ownership by class. Data covers 909 220 owners with ranges from $300 and under to $50,100 and more, including counts and percentages by bracket and county.
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John B. Connor
Ner
Practical Savings Plan for Chicago Public Schools
A proposed system of student savings banks in schools would let pupils deposit pennies dimes and other small coins at various times. The pooled funds would earn interest and be loaned out, teaching daily savings and financial responsibility with Chicago schools reportedly handling over 360,000 annually.
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Chicago
Legislature returns show GOP gains in both houses
Complete district returns indicate a republican majority on joint ballot of 38. Democrats elected 39 and Republicans 61 in the House for a 22 majority. Senate results yield 10 Democrats, 4 fusion, 14 Republican holdovers. new members total 6 Democrats and 19 Republicans, creating a 16 seat Republican Senate majority.
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Senate
The
Republic
Demand for a Chicago to Mississippi deep water canal
Western representatives in congress are urged to unite for a deep water ship canal from Chicago to the Mississippi river. The project is seen as beneficial to the country by increasing ocean access, aiding agricultural and industrial producers, and boosting profits. Steps are called for to protect producers from high traffic rates and enable supplying foreign demand and competing internationally.
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Congress
Chicago
Mississippi River
Peoria Man Frank Sargent Nominated Director of Mint Post
President McKinley offers Frank Sargent of Peoria the director post at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Sargent has served fourteen years as grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and is highly regarded in Illinois. He is expected to reply by early next week and likely accept if duties permit.
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Frank Sargent
Peoria
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Iickinley
Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Death Penalty Abolished in Indiana by 1897 Reform
Discovery shows 1857 abolition of capital punishment by 1897 law. It moved South Jeffersonville prison to the Indiana reformatory and North Michigan City to the Indiana state prison, leaving no site for execution and rendering the capital punishment statute inoperative.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
South
Redistricting Talk Shapes Indiana Political Tilt
Analysis shows Republicans hold a slim edge in the eleventh district while losing the twelfth. Officials consider shifting Allen county to the eighth district and moving strong Republican counties to the twelfth to gain another congressman even if the state leans Democratic. The legislature plans to redraw northern district lines after its session opens.
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Allen County
Detectives Nab Six in Hammond Rail Car Theft Ring
Detective Thomas Burns of the Wabash railroad and Special Agent Thomas Wilkinson of Nickel Plate arrest six men and boys at Hammond suspected of stealing goods from freight cars on multiple lines. Arrestees include Frank Alfred William and Isadore Truedell aged 26 15 and 19, Edward Bough 19, and Frank Cecil 15. Buried beneath the Truedolls’ home were over 200 dollars worth of canned foods meat beer books china ware and molasses matching the stolen items.
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Thomas Burns
Wabash Railroad
Thomas Wilkinson
Nickel Plate Road
Hammond
Wabash
Nickel Plate
Monon
Jtake
Fort Wayne
Frank
Alfred
William
Isadore Truedell
Edward Bough
Frank Cecil
The
Truedolls
Bond mishap in Burlington library project
Burlington Savings Bank bought Huntington bonds from 1890 to fund a library hall. Bond No 4 for 1090 dollars due May 1 1900 lacked mayor S F Day and city clerk Joe Black signatures. Bank furnished indemnity bond, and the note was taken up. Black notes it could not pass unsigned.
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Burlington Savings Bank
Burlington
Vermont
Huntington
S. FE
Day
Joe Black
Prospective Primary Election Law Likely in 1901 Session
In the state a strong sentiment favors a primary election law governing party candidate nominations. It was anticipated for 1899 but not enacted. The law could cover county, town, city, and township nominations and possibly extend to joint districts, with county nominations as the priority.
LaPorte Man Survives Fall After Train Error
M. W. Bliesman of LaPorte claims he boarded the Rock Island train in Chicago by mistake instead of the Lake Shore line. He alleges the conductor forced him to jump off as the train moved, leaving him feet up and hitting his head on timber. He was found unconscious and taken to a hospital and plans to sue for damages.
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M. WW. Bliesman
LaPorte
Chicago
Rock Island
Lake Shore
Youthful Prisoner Fred Gilbert Arrested in Robbery
Fred Gilbert aged 14 was arrested in Warsaw for a store robbery. He was tracked through the snow from town to town before his father bailed him out.
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Fred Gilbert
Warsaw
Wooster
Five Die In Lake Storm Off Deer Park
A schooner crew transporting freight from Sault Ste. Marie to Deer Park on Lake Superior was wrecked in a storm. Of six men aboard, five were washed overboard and drowned. The dead are Joseph H. Cascaden Joseph Billings Herman Winzel Baron Nizel and an unidentified William, a Park Hill resident.
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Lake Superior
Newberry
Mich
D. N. McLeod
Sault Ste. Marie
Deer Park
Joseph H. Cascaden
Joseph Billings
Herman Winzel
Baron Nizel
William
Fire Rages in Valparaiso Paris Area
Nov 20 report from Valparaiso notes an immense fire raging in the area with the French consul cable reporting the blaze. The foreign office has requested details on the incident.
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Valparaiso
Paris
Foreign Office
Life in Cripple Creek Camp A City of Miners and Gamblers
Special Cripple Creek report portrays a booming mining camp with 2000 residents and 10 000 miners in the district. It notes gambling as a core engine, 42 tables across saloons, checks cashed at pawnbroker like desks, and routine fines for table violations while crime focuses on robberies and drugged dance-houses.
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Cripple Creek
Crippee Creek
Httle
United States
Lorg
Israel
Miniatures
J. M. Scanland
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