Crossing dispute at St. Joe pits Wabash against B and O
Judge Baker seeks explanation from Baltimore and Ohio leaders over contempt of court allegations in a DeKalb county crossing clash with the Wabash. The dispute centers on blocking a grade crossing near St. Joe with alternating efforts to extend or remove temporary tracks and an injunction from a DeKalb circuit judge.
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Wabash
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Joe
Indianapolis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
John H. Baker
United States
Goshen
Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company
Wabash Mailway Company
DeKalb County
Baker
United States Court
Baltimore and Ohio Company
Baltimore and Olio
Wabash Company
Baltimore and
Ohio
DeKalb Circuit Court
Baltimore, Ohio and Chicago Railroad Company
W. V. Stuart
Lafayette
E. P. Hammond
Messrs
Stuart
Hammond
A. C. Harris
Frank Cutter
Ter
Butler
Fort Wayne
A Wabash Company
Wabash and B and O Crossing Case Set for January 9
Goshen Indiana December 28 Judge Baker cited the interested parties to appear in Indianapolis January 9 regarding the Wabash and Baltimore and Ohio crossing case.
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Goshen
Ind
Baker
Wabash
Baltimore and Ohio
Indianapolis
Rims for Jaipan Cyclists by Rastetter Shipments to Japan
Louis Rastetter & Sons send bicycle rims and mud guards to Japan. The consignment will travel via San Francisco and Yokohama as the first large Orient order, following smaller shipments. Japan is a steady Fort Wayne Electric customer with Fort Wayne electrical apparatus found in major cities there.
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Louis Rastetter & Sons
Japan
San Francisco
Yokohama
Orient
Rastetter
Fort Wayne Electric Company
Fort Wayne
Decatur Gets New Depot Funded by Grand Rapids and Indiana
The Grand Rapids and Indiana road appropriated $6,000 for a new depot at Decatur Indiana with erection to begin after frost ends in spring. Decatur also seeks Clover Leaf to build a second depot in the town.
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Grand Rapids and
Indiana Road
Decatur
Ind
Five Falin Family Narrowly Escapes Gas Poisoning
Five children of Italian Umbrella repairman M Falin at 140 Broadway were found unconscious from gas fumes in their home. The father awoke first, opened windows, and a doctor revived the family. Downstairs a burning stove with a blocked damper trapped fumes. All family members are now out of danger. Elkhart Truth reports. Nearby visitors Mr and Mrs H P Vordermark of Fort Wayne are in town visiting relatives. Mrs Vordermark was once Clara Scofield of Elkhart.
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M. Falin
Broadway
Falin
Elkhart
H. P. Vordermark
Fort Wayne
State Teachers Association Opens Largely Attended Session
Indianapolis Dec 27 The initial meeting of the State Teachers Association was held in the house of representatives and drew large attendance The program included a musical segment an address by retiring president and a speech by incoming president H B Brown on The Responsibilities of Education Committees were appointed and sessions continued. County Superintendents and various sections met, with Superintendent Gibbons Fulton county introducing a lapel button reward system and blue labels for neat books.
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Indianapolis
State Teachers’ Association
House of Representatives
H. B. Brown
General Association
Gibbons
Fulton County
Hurbert &. Voorhees
Fort Wayne High School
Chester T. Lane
H. M. Kingery
Wabash College
J. J. Schleicher
Terre
Indiana Teachers Elect Officers For 1903
The forty eighth annual meeting of the Indiana State Teachers Association closes with election of officers for 1903. President Charles A. Prosser of New Albany. Secretary and Treasurer William P. Hart of Covington re-elected. Executive Committee Chairman Charles Peak of Princeton.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Charles A. Prosser
New Albany
William P. Hart
Covington
Whisky kills three children as they drink from saloon barrel
In Laporte Indiana three eight to fourteen year old boys, sons of local residents, and a son of a Michigan City man, were found unconscious after drinking whisky from a saloon cellar. Doctors report severe treatment but little hope for recovery.
Gruesome Discovery Shocks Warren Community
A startling discovery at the old Christman farm near Warren Indiana emerged yesterday at the home of William Adams. The unearthed finding created a sensation as Mr. Gane prepared further details for report.
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Warren, Ind
William Adams
Christman Farm
Warren
Gane
Skeleton Found In Garret Cradle Suspected 30 Year Old Murder
An explorer entering an unused garret through a trap door discovered a decayed cradle with a cloth concealing a human skeleton. Authorities consider it a murder suspect from over thirty years ago, though the victim’s identity remains unknown.
Man Strikes Wife Over Shoes. Couple Divides Household
In Marion Indiana William Henry battered his wife after she refused to shine his shoes. She fled to a neighbor, filed an affidavit for assault, and he was arrested and fined. He then left for Findlay Ohio for the holidays. Mrs Henry split the household goods, stored his share, sold hers, and moved to Brooklyn New York with her mother. The couple had been married six months.
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Marion
Ind
William Henry
Findlay
Ohio
Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry
Fort Wayne Goshen electric line promoted for sixty mile link
Promoter Lynch reports incorporation plans for the Fort Wayne and Goshen railroad company with 60000 capital under Indiana law. A strong Goshen petition seeks a 30000 subsidy to back an electric line touching Churubusco and Lake Wawasee, with financiers from Goshen and Churubco named among backers and Fort Wayne subscribers anticipated.
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Fort Wayne
Goshen
Churubusco
Lake Wawasee
James Lynch
St. Louis
Banker Hubbell
C. Gandy
Attorney Stone
Panama Canal Sale Talks Aim at About 40 Million
Paris December 28 M Lampre secretary general of the Panama Canal company sails to New York to discuss sale of the canal property to the United States. Reports say the price will be about 40 000 000 with exact figures not yet decided. Isthmian commission details are under review by the Panama company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Isthmian Commission
Panama Company
Associated Press
Four Die in Illinois Train Collision Near Malta
Four people were killed and twenty nine injured when the Omaha flyer and an eastbound passenger train collided with an eastbound freight on the Chicago and North Western at Malta Illinois, sixty miles west of Chicago. The wreck caught fire burning two passenger coaches and a sleeping car. The deceased include George W. Rudye Western agent Kirk Soap Co. Omaha and Mrs George W. Rudge Omaha D O Nichols Council Bluffs Iowa and E B Duncan sleeping car porter Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern
Malta
Til
Omaha Flyer
George W. Rudye
Western
Kirk Soap Co
North Thirty-second Avenue
Omaha
George W. Rudge
D. O. Nichols
Council Bluffs
Iowa
E. B. Duncan
Sleeping Car Porter
Gold Rumor At Broadway 188th Street Subway Shaft
Workmen for McCabe Bros. digging rock at Broadway and 188th Street reported a yellow streak they deemed gold. A crowd gathered, police investigated, but officials found the find impractical as a paying fortune due to the limited quantity.
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New York
McCabe Bros
Broadway
188Th Street
Rev Claus in Elkhart and local notices
Reverend Theodore Claus, pastor of the Lutheran church in Elkhart, is visiting the city for a few days. Mrs. C. W. Holverstott, previously ill, shows improving health at a gratifying rate. Gustave Wolff of Butler files a bankruptcy petition with liabilities of 16 580 839 and assets of 8 063.01. The fire department responded to a blaze at the residence of F. Huinsicker on Fry Street where a chimney was ablaze.
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Theodore Claus
Lutheran Church
Elkhart
C. W. Holverstott
Gustave Wolff
Butler
F. Huinsicker
Fry Street
Catholic survey line eyed from Lima to Fort Wayne
Two religious services were held today with Catholic rites for a survey team planning a sixty mile eastward line from Lima to Fort Wayne. The route passes through Van Wert Convoy Dixon Monroeville Zulu Besancon New Haven and Fort Wayne, with right of way largely secured. Also in Nice two ceremonies marked Senator Chauncey M Depew wedding to Miss May Palmer at the American church after a Notre Dame Catholic service.
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Notre Dame
Father Crepaux
Adamson
United States
Albany
Countess de Sers
Fort Wayne
Lima
Blida
Middlepoint
van Wert
Convoy
Dixon
Monroeville
Tillman
Zulu
Besancon
New Haven
Nice
Chauncey M. Depew
May Palmer
Dismembered Body Box Sparks Indiana Mystery
In Bowers Crawfordsville Indiana a box arrived at farmer Charles Campbell's home containing a woman's body with arms and legs removed to fit the container. The body reportedly belonged to Dr. Campbell of Lafayette and was taken from an Indianapolis medical college for dissection, with officials later accepting the explanation.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Bow~ers
Charles Campbell
Bride and Senator Depew Wed in Simple Ivory Satin
The ceremony featured the wedding march from Lohengrin as the couple walked the aisle. They stood about the same height, with the tall slender brunette bride wearing an ivory satin gown trimmed with orange blossoms and Senator Depew in a white flower at his buttonhole.
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Senator Depew
Fort Wayne Lima Electric Line Aims by December 1902
D J Cable of Lima Ohio heads a project to connect Fort Wayne with Ohio and Indiana lines. He announced in Fort Wayne last week that the new electric line should be in operation by December 1, 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Lima
D. J. Cable
Ohio
Cable
Company holds firm on definitive price despite stock concerns
The company states its stock of supplies will not alter the gross figure and rejects grounds for misunderstanding. With M. Lampre in America the mandatory agent need not depart France until negotiations are underway and the definitive price is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Lampre
America
France
Esther Teethworth and John Heldt wed at Heldt family home
Miss Esther Teethworth and Mr John Heldt quietly married at 8 o clock Sunday in the home of Mr Heldt s sister at 18 Harmer Street. The bridal scene reflected intimate family ceremony and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Teethworth
John Heldt
Mr. Heldt
Harmer Street
Missing Kimball piano salesman John Gunkler
John Gunkler a Kimball Piano Co collector salesman from Chicago has been missing from his Hillside Avenue home for six weeks since November 13. He left for a business trip to Auburn and Garrett and other nearby towns and has not been heard from. He is about 35 with a wife and 12 year old son. Neighbors and friends fear accident or foul play though his accounts were in order. Delinquent payments on his home loan raise suspicion but his wife believes harm may have occurred.
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John Gunkler
Kimball Piano Company
Chicago
Auburn
Garrett
Gunkler
Hillside Avenue
Kimball Company
Kimball Concern
Burglar steals 25 from Rob Jacobs Music Store
Burglars broke into the Rob Jacobs music store at 117 Calhoun Street between Friday night 10 and Saturday 7 leaving the rear door unlocked. They took 25 dollars from the cash register and locked the door on exit taking the key. The money order remained untouched.
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Calhoun Street
George Jacobs
Jacobs
Mr. Jacobs
Tammany Hall Re-elects General Committee Officers
New York observers note no friction as the general committee for 1902 re-elected its officers with only minor changes. The only new leaders are Big Tom Folery Tim Sullivan Florrie Sullivan and Jim Frawley filling several posts. Richard Croker praised the smooth operation and loyalty of Tammany men after a recent defeat.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Tom Folery
Paddy” Driver
Little Tim” Sullivan
Tim
Florrie” Sullivan
Martin Engel
Jim” Frawley
John J. Ryan
Richard Croker
Tammany
Tammany Organization
Old man Nicholas Denniwold picked up elated after escape
A long time county charge, Nicholas Denniwold, was picked up yesterday afternoon in town after escaping from the poor house. He appeared intoxicated and was taken back to the poor house with a 100 year sentence and transportation provided for his return.
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Nicholas Denniwold
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Frances Carrington
Mays
Fort Wayne Instrutors
Fort Wayne and Goshen
Lynch
of Hope For the New Inter
Mrs. Chauncey M. D'Pew
Panama Canal
Manhattan Rock
Amer
Ican
Kimball Piano
Pany
Rob Jacobs
Croker
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