Explosion Devastates Jackson Avenue Area Wrecking Factory
A massive blast wrecked a refrigerator factory on Fourth Street near Jackson Avenue injuring many workers and killing several residents. The explosion tore through the thickly populated district as women and children fled the smoke while rescue crews fought fires. Names listed include Henry O'Brien, McIntyre, John Hopkins, and Mary Greeney among the dead and injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenedlenta
Jackson
Ennon Avenues
Rnins
Henry O'Brien
Jack‘avenue
Mrs. Rock
Jackson Avenue
McIntre
Mary Greeney
Ikin'sa
Jackson Avene
Delaney
Daniel Maher
Jackson 16
Barber Rock
Ohn Hopkins
Blizzard Traps 2,000 Seekers at Cherokee Strip Opening
A Christmas night blizzard across Oklahoma and the border camps left about two thousand home seekers freezing and exposed. At least three deaths and many frozen limbs are feared, with Mrs. McWilliams and her three children among the hardest hit. In Idaho a snow slide destroyed the Narrow Gauge mine engine house at Deer Creek, killing Henry Bliss and burying a teamster McConnell who survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kas
Oklahoma
Arkansas City
Colorado
Cherokee Strip
Hater
Idaho
Deer Creek
Henry Bliss
McConnell
Death of Indiana's Oldest Man at County Farm
The oldest resident of Indiana, Uncle Jake Dischart, died at the Daviess County poorhouse. Born February 13, 1783 in West Virginia, he would have turned 110 on February 13. He earned a wagon maker's living until about 18 months ago and had no known relatives. He died peacefully from general debility after a long healthy life and deafness in recent years. Peter Rontier, a noted architect and contractor from Indianapolis, died aged 57, having built over 1,500 houses and contributed to the state capitol. A smallpox outbreak in Akron, Ohio, threatens workers at Taplin, Rice & Co's foundry after a tramp exposed 200 men. quarantine measures are in place and more cases are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasaixaron
Ind
Indiana
Daviess
Jake Dischart
Weat
Virginia
Jake
Impranapolis
Peter Rontier
State Capitol
Arnon
Ohio
Taplin, Rice & Co
Four Men Killed Thawing Dynamite Near Tanneraville
Four men, two white and two colored, were instantly killed while thawing dynamite for blasting on the Wilkesbarre and Eastern railroad near Tanneraville. One of the victims was a gang boss. Also, Mrs Lillie Langtry was reported in imminent danger of death in Loypox on December 29.
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Sigovpsture
Pax
Wilkesbarre and Eastern
Tanneraville
Lillie Langtry
Abe
Rockefeller Gives University of Chicago 3.6 Million Gift
John D Rockefeller bestowed 1 million in 5 percent bonds to the University of Chicago, to fund endowment and instructor salaries. The gift raises total Rockefeller donations to 8.6 million and endowment to over 4.3 million, with expected annual income of 200 thousand for instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Chicago University
Cucaco
University of Chicago
Board of Trustees
New York
Chicago
Gentienen
Jounn D. Rockefelles
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Divinity School
Street Duel Ends in Fatality at Munhall Kansas
In Munhall Kansas a street pistol duel left Ben Webber dead from a heart shot after exchanging fire with Milt Thomas. Webber had been tied to a prior county treasurer robbery case and Thomas testified against him. The feud stemmed from the prior case and violence continued on Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jonx
Kas
Ben Webber
Milt Thomas
Webber
Thomas
Goreste
O. T
Munhall
Kansas City
Emmet Dalton
Coffeyville
New York
John Delseino
Brooklyn
Caroline Gushall
Delseino
Caroline
Degraw Street
Indiana Governor Orders Arrests In Iron Hall Embezzlement Case
Amos H. Hosmer and Edward W. Rouse grand officers of the Iron Hall organization were arrested in Baltimore Maryland after a requisition from Indianapolis police. They are confined in the marshal's office while attorneys seek writs of habeas corpus. Governor Chase signed requisitions for all indicted Iron Hall grand officers facing embezzlement charges totaling about $200 000. Continuous investigation follows.
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Barmnons
Amos H. Hosmer
Edward W. Rouse
Iron Hall Organization
Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Justice of Police of
Marshals
Chase
Indiana
Iron Hall
Somerby
Gladstone Celebrates Eighty-Ninth Birthday in Health
Queen Victoria leads greetings to Rt. Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone on reaching eighty nine. Telegrams and letters pour in at Hawarden and Biarritz where Mr. Gladstone and Mrs. Gladstone reside. He remains in excellent health and enjoys a continental visit.
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Loxnon
Queen Victoria
Wm. E. Gladstone
Hawarden
Biarritz
Gladstone
Simuel Evans Ends Struggle by Shooting Self
Hazetrox Pa December 29. After weeks of unemployment and inability to pay board Simuel Evans of White Haven shot himself in the Bead with a revolver prompting the Mangion house landlord to hint at eviction and concern over his fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazetrox
Simuel Evans
White Haven
Mangion House
Evans
Local man dies by suicide after failing to pay
A man who could not meet a payment deadline took his own life last night by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. Police found the body and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
Dr Snell Renounces Catholicism After Marriage to Presbyterian’s Daughter
Merwin Wake Snell private secretary to Bishop Kean and lecturer on comparative religion abandons Catholic creed. He wed Minnie Gilbert Sprague, daughter of a Presbyterian clergyman, with a Congregationalist minister officiating. Snell plans not to join any church and may build his own following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washxarox
Merwin Wake Snell
Kean
Catholic University
Snell
Theosophical Society
Bicyclists Sachtleben and Allen Tour World
W L Sachtleben of Alton Illinois and Thomas G Allen of Ferguson Missouri arrived in San Francisco after bicycling around the world. They began in June 1890 after study at Washington University St Louis, rode through Britain France Asia and China, reaching Shanghai and Nippon before returning by ship in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
W. L. Sachtleben
Alton
Ill
Thomas G. Allen
Ferguson
Vancouver
B. C
Washington University
St. Louis
New York
Liverpool
British Isles
France
Athens
Constantinople
Asia
Ararat
Tashkand
Turkistan
Suhchau
Great Wall
Lanchow
Singan Ping Yan
Pekin
China
Shanghai
Japan
Nagashi
Kobe
Yokohama
Unrequited Love Ends in Fatal Carbolic Acid Suicide
Cora Griffith, 28, who moved to Ispraxarats eight months ago with her parents, after their deaths, spent her last dollar on a dancing lesson then sought food at a restaurant and swallowed carbolic acid at her East Washington street boarding house. She died within an hour. A letter indicates unrequited love caused her action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ispraxarats
Ind
Cora Griffith
East Washington Street
Lake Shore detectives seize seventeen in freight car thefts
Lake Shore detectives with Erie police arrested seventeen suspects in December freight car robberies between Enterline and Dunkirk. Over ten thousand dollars in goods were stolen as robbers used a rope ladder to drop from trains and toss items to the gang. Nearly a hundred houses were searched and some property recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enter
Lake Shore
Erie Police
Dunkirk
WN. Y
Fort Wayne engine collides with Chicago street car in deadly crash
At a junction in Chicago a Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago train struck a street car, killing four and injuring about eight. Both train crew and street car staff were arrested as investigators described a frost coated car and a crowded crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Chiago
Pittsburg
Forty Seventh Street
Stewart Avenue
New York Senator Nominating Talk Favors Cochran
A conference in Mr. Cleveland’s law office discussed potential senators for New York. Names mentioned were W Bourke Cochran and Frederick TR Condert as acceptable to Cleveland. McClelland said Murphy faces caucus opposition while Cochran is viewed as in step with the president-elect on tariff silver and other issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
William R. Grace
Charles P. McClelland
Boiler Explosion at Hutchinson Carpet Works
A boiler explosion at R. B. Hutchinson’s carpet cleaning shop on the fourth floor at Ninth street and Duquesne way blows holes in walls. Foreman J. C. Cox is blown through a wall and roof of a shed fifty feet below and is badly mangled and expected to die. Clarence Shaw, aged sixteen, was blown ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Primrsnore
R. B. Hutchinson
Ninth Street
Duquesne Way
J. C. Cox
Clarence Shaw
Unnamed Worker Survives Fall After Water Pipe Explosion
A worker fell through a hole on the building's other side but caught on timbers, suffering bruises and scalds while likely to recover. The blast is believed caused by frozen water pipes. Mr Hutchingon had been warned about a boiler defect but ignored it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchingon
Death by gambling twist kills two men at Monte Carlo
A 23 year old American, entrusted with his mother's 3500 pounds, loses all at Monte Carlo and kills himself on a railroad near Vintimiaglia. Another gambler, unnamed, fatally shoots himself on a train after casino losses as Monte Carlo gambling thrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Losnoxs
Monte Carlo
Vintimiaglia
Nice
First Street Car Appears in Shelbyville and Other Tales
Scattered items report a Shelbyville street car debut, counterfeit 1887 dollars in Muncie, the death of Warsaw's H. H. Mershon, and local incidents from Kosciusko to Madison counties including a failed Auburn populist paper, a Greenfield loss from fire, and a Lafayette race dispute in a barber shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
H. H. Mershon
Warsaw
Kosciusko County
Patrick Eagan
Sugarland
Auburn
Emory Scott
Greenfield
Chicago
Lafayette Township
Madison County
Bertha Mann
Portland
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Company
George Noble
Alexandria
Franklin
Isaac Irwin
Kirklin
Muncie Court House Gutted by Fire
A gas jet in the county clerk's office set the Muncie Indiana courthouse ablaze early Wednesday. Firefighters faced freezing conditions while valuable records burned. Estimated loss runs to about 50 000 dollars as the building carried no insurance. The Ians dollars and Brent S. Tolan designed structure valued at over 200 000 dollars was gutted by flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Tre Sextinet
Muncie Court House
Indianapolis
Brent S. Tolan
Cixcioxati
Fourth and
Elm Streets
Walter Hawes
Death’s Dark Pall Over Fort Wayne Businessman Smick
Solomon S. Smick, aged 67, died last Tuesday at 526 East Wayne after paralysis from injuries in a runaway carriage accident weeks earlier. He came to Fort Wayne in 1862, ran an agricultural business, then a fruit tree venture, and is survived by his wife Margaret Pritcher and three sons John H Manford M and W P Smick. His brothers Michael and Adam of Marshall County arrived after his death. funeral held at his residence with Fort Wayne Lodge F and A M sponsoring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Kunts
Brewer Street
Patrick O’brien
Forty-seventh Street
Henry Gruber
Good Street
Helen Conway
Dearborn Street
John Bresker
Fifth Street
William Kisser
Ashland Avenue
J. J. Costello
Wentworth Avenue
Thomas Riordan
Wayne
Mercy Hospital
McCarson
O'Connor
Stanley
Rosscup
John Albright
Our City
Solomon S. Smick
East Wayne Street
Smich
Margaret Pritcher
Canton
Ohio
John H
Manford M
W. P. Smick
Smick
Fort Wayne
East Columbia Street
Michael
Adam
Marshall County
Ind
Fort Wayne Lodge
A.M. S
Fort Wayne Club to Open in January With Elegant Silverware
Work progresses on the new Wayne club with an opening likely around January 15. Carpets furniture and fixtures arrive next week and the club has spent about 1200 on silverware and china stored at White's bank and Ward's crockery store respectively. The kitchen range is installed by Brandall Dean Co Chicago and two large refrigerators have been added by McCray Refrigerator Co Kendallville. Pictures are sought on loan from members and Bell and Kuhns have already loaned works. Opening reception expected to be brilliant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Wayne Club
White's Bank
Ward's Crockery
Brandall, Dean & Co
Chicago
McCray Refrigerator and Cold Storage Company
Kendallville
Ind
House Committee
Messrs
Bell and Kuhns
Dr Gunsaulus Robbed Christmas Gifts Not Delivered
Chicago educator Dr. Gunsaulus faced a Christmas mishap as gifts intended for friends were not delivered. The Chicago Post reports the donor appointed to distribute the presents disappeared, with rumors he sought saloons for Tom and Jerry rather than completing the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunsaulus
Chicago
Chicago Post
Dr Gunsaulus distributes Christmas presents in a quiet act
The article notes how Dr Gunsaulus plans to share gifts with his acquaintances. A companion jokes about generosity and half cynical talk about potent potions as they discuss present giving. The scene hints at a holiday moment in a local setting.
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Gunsaulus
A Foolish Girl Drank Beer and Whisky Instead of Poison
Dr. McOscar and Dr. Saylor rushed to 55 East Main Street last Thursday for Myrtle Bosher a fourteen year old who lay in a trance with glassy eyes and frothing. They ruled out morphine poisoning finding liquor as the likely cause after Myrtle admitted consuming three glasses of beer and whisky. She resisted hartshorn and a needle test showed she was intoxicated rather than poisoned. Myrtle said she did not intend to kill herself and blamed the beer and wine from a Main Street saloon for making them sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Myrtle
Main Street
Seminary Trouble Fears Court Battle Over Smith
The Executive Committee remains divided over Professor Smith Fifteen of the Trustees have not yet spoken. A January decision could back a higher criticism stance and keep Smith in his chair, risking a civil suit to recover endowment funds if the Presbyterian standard is ignored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Board of Trustees
Professor Smith
Presbyterian Church
Calamity Averted as Ferry Hite Caught Before Falls
A ferry steamer Hite on its first trip to Louisville became helpless after losing its rudder while fighting ice. Panic spread among passengers as crowds gathered, but a tug intercepted the drifting vessel just before the falls, averting disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Hite
Louisville
Oil man William Mountain killed by shotgun barrel fragment
William Mountain of Montpelier, a prominent oil man, was hunting rabbits near Montpelier when a fragment from an exploded shotgun struck him under the chin and severed the jugular vein, nearly severing his neck. He died from the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mountain
Montpelier
Mr. Mountain
Shooting Affair at Saratoga Saloon Stirs City
Henry Murphy proprietor of the Anonex Saloon and Andrew Schienker a Pennsylvania brakeman fought in the Saratoga saloon after 6 AM. Murphy drew a 32 caliber revolver that discharged a bullet into the ceiling. bartender Gebert stopped the fight. Murphy was arrested and held on 300 bond, case under advisement before Squire Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Henry Murphy
Anonex
Calhoun Street
Andrew Schienker
Pennsylvania Railway
Schienker
Columbia Street
Schlenker
Murphy
A. Gebert
Limecooly
Remy
Weat Berry Street
Romy
Squire Ryan
E. Y
Emrick
Harry Hanna
They Return and City Charter Tour Sparks Praise
Indianapolis city government investigators returned by train after a two hour session with Mayor Sullivan and officials. Charles McCulloch praised the charter’s workings saying Indianapolis would not return to the old order and a Fort Wayne style reform could cut taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Chas. McCalloch
Citizens’ Committee
Button
Chas. McCulloch
Sullivan
Board of Public Works
Fort Wayne
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John Hopkins
John Delany
Kansas
Walting
Akron
St. John, Kan
Kan
Chase Wigan
Dr. Snell
May Forrace
The
Mount
George Blaha
Loomis Streets
Archibald McAndrews
Fortyseventh
Wood Streets
Merry Hospital
M. C. Carson
Bourke Cochran
Mnother Gambier
Hiimself
Shelbyville
Dad Layton
Frank Graney
Logansport
Graney
George Faber
Terre Haute
George
Forepaugh
John Carney
Evansville
Mes
McCloskey
Minnie Cooper
Brazil
Minnie
Samuel Weaver
John Wilson
Tinker Wilson
Lyons
Mollie
Misa Mollie Delay
Barbers’ Union
Lafayette
Purdue University
Muncie’s Court House
Death
Selemes
Fort Wayne Club
DR. Gunsaulus
Myrtie Bosher
Peison
Heer
Pawer
Profester Smith
Willam Mountains
Andrew Schicaker
Rew
Somerset
Irvin Nesbee
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