World's Fair notes and garden progress at Jackson Park
The report covers ongoing fair events at the World’s Columbian Exposition with weather, crowd activity, and landscaping updates. It notes restored gate access, refined flower beds, belted crews, and preparations for summer display. It also mentions concert programs and restaurant price monitoring by the administration council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Thomas
Iowa
Iowa State Building
Lake Michigan
Council of Administration
Jackson Park
Great Lewiston reservoir breach floods Ohio towns
Reports from Lima May 3 describe the Lewiston reservoir break at 4 m spreading toward Sidney Troy Piqua Dayton and Hamilton with 15 to 20 lives feared lost and great property damage. Advices May 4 warn the crevice widening with water 30 feet deep and Lakeview washed away as the flood nears Sidney and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Ohio
Lewiston
Miami River
Sidney
Troy
Piqua
Dayton
Hamilton
Johnstown
Cincinnati
Lina
Newport
Belle Center
Sramerteto
Belefountaine
Lakeview
Lewiston Reservoir
Plaza Hotel
Quit Work in Carnegie Homestead With New Machinery
New York May 3. The Carnegie Homestead steel works cut wages for about 200 men who quit work. Heaters crane men and tong men were affected as improved 33 inch mill machinery doubled output with fewer workers. Readjustment of pay and staff unsettled workers and could spur imitators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carnegie Homestead Steel Works
Carnegie
Carnegies
Amalgamated Association
Tragic Indiana Husband Kills Wife Child Then Self
Theopolus Pendleton of Wolf Lake returned home drunk and in a quarrel murdered his wife, beat their six month old infant to death, then drove a blade to his own throat. The atrocity occurred in Fraymort Indiana on May 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraymort
Ind
Theopolus Pendleton
Wolf Lake
Life Sentence Given in Niles Murder Trial
George Taylor alias Haltz, on trial for the December murder of Miss Mary Comely at Niles, was found guilty last night and sentenced to life imprisonment. Breruen Sprives, Mich, May 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Comely
Jackson
West
Mary Comely
Niles
Taylor
Goshen
Ind
Breruen Sprives
Mich
George Taylor
Haltz
Important Immigration Ruling Impacts Italian Migrants
In Wasuivetox on May 4 Superintendent Stump upheld the New York commissioner on three Italian migrants tied to predeparture contracts. He admitted seven others with no contract, noting a loophole in the alien contract labor law. He also ruled on 57 Esquimaux linked to a Chicago exposition, finding their later contract breach a private matter and referred the case to Chicago’s district attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuivetox
Superintendent of Immigration
Stamp
Commissioner of Immigration
New York
Stump
Italy
United States
Esquimaux
United States District Attorney At
Chicago
Leather trust formed to challenge White Lead monopoly
In New York a United States Leather company was formed with 125 million dollars capital. The trust comprises 90 percent of Helmlock and union tanneries in Pennsylvania New York and Delaware and owns major Helmlock lands and oak tracts in several states. Banking firms Magone Co and Heidlebach Schleheimer Co back the venture with Proctor Leather Co's T C Proctor as president secretary J R Plum as treasurer. A counter movement with over a million dollars seeks to oppose the National Lead Company led White Lead trust, including white lead firms and other paint manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Leather Company
Helmlock and Union
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Helmlock
Tennesse
Virginia
Kentucky
Magone & Co
Heidlebach, Schleheimer & Co
White Lead Trust
New Jersey
National Lead Company
Brakeman Williams Charged In Train Wreck Killings
Williams, a brakeman on the West Virginia and Pittsburg railroad, was arrested after a wreck killed and injured several people. He allegedly threatened to wreck the train to spite his wife who was aboard, and she sustained slight injuries. Mrs. Henry Michaud of Berne, Indiana, is at Hope hospital for an eye condition treated by Dr. A. E. Bulgon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wacenne
W. Va
George Williams
West Virginia
Pittsburg
Henry Michaud
Berne, Ind
Hope Hospital
A. E. Bulgon
Geo. U. Stemen
George C. Stemen
Miles FL Porter
Porter
Koch
C. B. Stemen
Chicago
Pullman
State Board of Health
Whitley county cat case ends in favor of Hathaway
The Whitley county court closes the long running cat case with a verdict for defendant William D Hathaway. Mrs Nannie Hildebrand claimed damages after a cat allegedly scratched her face during chores at Hathaway's home in South Whitley. The trial drew strong local interest and divides between families.
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Danville
Big Four
Vandalia
Greencastle
Ewoop
White
Edward Morgan
Standard Oil Company
Waegsaw
Ind
Hildebrand
Indiana
Nannie G. Hildebrand
Wm. D. Hathaway
South Whitley
Mrs. Hildebrand
James McCrea
Wateroo
Indianapolis
Garrett
Auburn
Waterloo
Ashley
Tilcanparry
Lulu Gilman
Greenssure
St. Paul Yes
Hawaiians and US Role Split Over Queen Liliuokalani
The Hawaiian factions seek a pension to drop the queen’s active opposition while the United States is seen as the path to restoration. Paul Numan urged a pension, but Liliuokalani refused, saying she would wait for the United States to restore her. The provisional government plans a new Washington mission with Thurston and Damon, likely departing June 4, and President Dole approves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilioukalani
Samuel Parker
Numan
United States
Paul Numan
Provisional Government
Annexation
Washington
Thurston
Hawaiian Islands
Carter
Blount
Mr. Thurston
Samuel Damon
Bishop & Co
The
Islands
Mr. Damon
East
Damon
Dole
Mob Hangs Horse Thief James Collins in Kentucky
A mob near Will Steal No More hanged James Collins a horse thief brought from Illinois. Marshal Louis Walden and James Hutchinson escorted him. masked farmers seized the prisoner on a Sherman train and hanged him under an oak, firing a few shots after. Collins, about 44, had a respected lineage but a long crime record.
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Wiliamstown
James Collins
Ilinois
Sherman
Here
Louis Walden
James Hutchinson
Illinois
Collins
Colling
Reservoir threatens to burst Laramie flood danger grows
Lima Ohio May 6 The Laramie reservoir covering about 6000 acres at the Shelby Mercer county line threatens to burst its banks. Engineers who fought the Lewiston break are summoned as the danger at that point subsides. The reservoir feeds the Miami and Erie canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Ohio
Laramie
Shelby
Mercer Counties
Lewiston
Naval Attache Post Reassigned to Belgium
Lieut. C. E. Verland will replace Lieut. N. Sergent as naval attaché to Germany Austria and Italy legations. Attaché headquarters shift from Rome to Belgium marking a strategic relocation in Europe.
Learned Doctors Discuss Cholera at Allen County Meeting
The Allen County Medical Society held a large public meeting at the Temple to discuss cholera with talks by Dr. Greenawalt Dr. Myers Dr. Stemen Dr. Porter Dr. Whery and Dr. Dills. A banquet followed at the New Aveline hotel with visiting physicians from Warsaw Columbia City Coesse Payne Ohio and Sheldon Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen County Medical Society
Temple
G. L. Greenawalt
DR. Greenawalt
Masonic Temple
Aveline Hotel
Governor appoints Allen tax commissioner and hospital trustees
Governor Matthews named David F. Allen of Frankfort as state tax commissioner succeeding Josiah Gwin. The Evansville Southern Hospital for the Insane trustees were appointed Siliman Gimble and W. L. Swormaeredt. Logansport Hospital for the Insane reappointed Dennis Uhl with John J. Faulkner succeeding Lester F. Baker. James Jenson returns from Michigan pineries with horse shipments.
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David F. Allen
Frankfort
Matthews
Josiah Gwin
New Albany
Allen
Saya
Indianapolis News
Charles A. Zollinger
Fort Wayne
Southern Hospital For the Insane
Evansville
Siliman Gimble
Vincennes
W. L. Swormaeredt
Wm. Rahm, Jr
Tolliver Wortz
Hospital For the
Logansport
Dennis Uhl
John J. Faulkner
Madison County
Lester F. Baker
South Bend
Whisky saved him Charles Case a desperate suicide attempt
Charles Case a 25 year old railroad worker living at 36 Colerick street made a drunken late night effort to take his life by swallowing acetic acid. He was restrained by Dr. Enslen after a struggle and treated for poisoning. The doctor notes whisky saved him and cites a temporary insanity during treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Case
Colerick Street
Case
Charles
Enslen
Young Case
Dr. Enslen
New Fort Wayne Bank to Establish in Tri-State Block
Fort Wayne plans a new National Bank with President Col. D N Foster and capital not less than 200000, possibly 250000. A large German American board of directors will oversee stock distribution limiting any one person to 10000, serving farmers, mechanics and business interests. The bank will occupy the Court and Berry street corner in the Tri-State block and feature a premier banking room. Foster, a longtime city figure, leads the venture alongside his roles with the Fort Wayne Furniture Co and other financial interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Cal. D. N. Foutes
Tri-State
Berry Street
Col
D. N. Foster
New Bank
Fort Wayne Furniture Company
Brunswick
Fort Wayne Land and Improvement Company
Tri-State Loan Association
Holiday in Mexico marks Puebla Battle remembrance
Mexico celebrated May 6 with nationwide festivities commemorating the fall of Maximilian. Large crowds filled streets and parades appeared across cities as the military showcased a grand display. In local news, Will Peltier bought a new racing bicycle from Smally Manufacturing Co of Plymouth Indiana, model Buck made for him.
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City of Mexico
Mexico
City of the Republic
Puebla
Will Peltier
Smally Manufacturing Company
Plymouth
Ind
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Pioneer Hat Company
Nathan Meyer
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Myer
Europe
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WM. F. Whery
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