Indiana Federation of Labor Adopts Fort Wayne Meeting Plan
Indiana Federation of Labor adjourned at Terre Haute after debating socialism and prison contract labor. Fort Wayne won next year’s convention by a near unanimous vote with Princeton the lone dissent. The prison labor contract committee will work with the legislature at the coming session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Federation of
Abot
Fort Wayne
Princeton
Russian Had Trunk Full of Banknotes Burned to Falsify Theft
Hammond Indiana March 23. Tod Holestak and wife of Miller Station admitted burning their home on September 16 to mislead about a trunk of Russian banknotes valued at 10 000 rubles found with a Russian boarder named Liwonowsien In Etna the trunk held Russian notes and jewels bequeathed by a family Liwonowsien returned from vacation and learned his trunk was missing The Holestaks were found with some jewels and banknotes in possession Marshal Busse arrested them State's Attorney Bullock prosecuted for grand larceny and bound over to Lake circuit court in Crown Point in heavy bonds John Ryan owner of Miller Station house damaged by fire will file arson charges
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Hammond
Ind
Tod Holestak
Miller Station
Chicago
Holestak
Etna
Liwonowsich
Hobart
Aetna
Marshal Busse
Bullock
Mathews
Lake
Crown Point
John Ryan
South Bend Directory Records Growth and Big Real Estate Deal
South Bend Indiana reports a population near 10 000 in a new city directory. It notes 62 saloons and a steady growth trend pleasing business interests. A major real estate deal of 75000 dollars on Michigan Street signals plans for a six or seven story department store with over seventy foot frontage and 165 foot depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Michigan Street
Tadidi
Responsibility for Glenwood wreck blamed on railroad fault
Chicago Sept 28 Responsibility for the wreck of the Sunday school excursion train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad at Glenwood Til July 13 when eighteen persons were killed and more than one hundred injured was placed on the railroad company by investigators. autoridades said the company failed to supply proper brakes and signals and allowed the train to run at excessive speed through a sharp curve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago and Eastern Linois
Glenwood
Til
Grand jury indicts three for disobedience after fatal accident
The grand jury yesterday indicted engineer Frank Héxie conductor Frank Casper and brakeman Chas. H. Wright for manslaughter in the freight train crash. Frederick Whiteman train dispatcher and Patrick Costello fireman were exonerated though previously held responsible by a coroner’s jury. The indictments rest on disobedience of orders.
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Ate
Frank
Héxie
Frank Casper
Chas. H. Wright
Frederick Whiteman
Patrick Costello
Saloonkeeper Shot by Woman in Muncie Bath Incident
In Muncie Indiana on September 28 Frank Herrick a 25 year old saloonkeeper was shot twice in a bath by Hettie Grunter a young woman who lives above the saloon. Herrick lies dying as details suggest a fatal assault with social anger and domestic conflict surrounding a local establishment.
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Muncie
Ind
Frank Herrick
Saloonkeespsr
Hettie Gruntner
Herrick
Nurses to Meet in Fort Wayne in March
Indianapolis September report from the Indians state nurses association shows re-elected officers and acceptance of Fort Wayne as site for the semi annual meeting in March. A bill for registration of all trained nurses is prepared for next winter’s legislature. Fort Wayne attendees list: Mrs Fournier Miss Dyble Miss Conklin Mrs Elliott Miss Haven Miss Dustman Miss Speechly.
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Indianapolis
Indians State Nurses’ Association
Fort Wayne
State Nurses’ Association
Fort Waryne
Fournier
Dyble
Conklin
Elliott
Fort Despites Ejections Fort Remains On Farm
Still holds fort despite ejectments on the Henry Wolf farm four miles southwest of Columbia. After taxes on the Eel River ditch and heavy mortgage it passed to Abe B. Mier who sold to Lewis E. Mertz. Wolf refused to quit, three ejectments ensued, last Sept. 8 he was ousted. Mertz moved in, later Wolf occupied again with his family. Goods moved to sheds. gates chained, Port Arthur comparison.
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Henry Wolf
Columbia City Mail
Ligonier
Lewis E. Mertz
Noble County
Wolf
Mr. Mertz
Mr. Wolf
Disliked Married Life Ends in Suicide in Danville
Danville Ti Sept 28 Mrs Badie Bordolo 22 who wed last April killed herself yesterday using carbolic acid. She was unhappy with married life. Her husband is a prominent merchant.
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Danville
Badie ‘Bordolo
Young Couple Missing Shocks Portland Community
Portland Ind Sept 28 Orna Schall 16 and William Moss 20 vanish from Bryant homes amid quiet investigation. In Decatur concrete workers on Fort Wayne and Springfield interurban line strike over wage raises, then abandon aim without concessions.
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Portland
Ind
Orna Schall
William Moss
Bryant
Fort Wayne
Springfield
Decatur
Tragic Fly Poison Death Claims Two Year Old in Dunkirk
Lucy Blanche Stoner aged two died in Dunkirk Indiana from convulsions after drinking fly poison. Police reported the incident as accidental with no foul play suspected. The death underscores dangers of household chemicals and the need for safe storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
Ind
Lucy Blanche Stoner
Fifteen Hurt in a Trolley Wreck in Ohio
A southbound Scioto Valley trolley collided with a northbound work car at Buckeyes Park in Fairfield County. Fifteen injured and two fatally. cause traced to mistaken orders as a baggage car followed by a passenger car caught fire. Injured include John Mosler Canal Winchester and William Southard Columbus. others named: L. L. Hare, Mrs. Arnett, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Kost, Mrs. J. M. Winter, George Baumeister, Edward Weissecarver, plus an unknown boy. A Hocking Valley train ferried the wounded to Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Scioto Valley
Buckeys Park
Fairfield County
Hocking Valley
John Mosler
Canal Winchester
William Southard
L. L. Hare
Elizabeth Arnett
Miller
Findlay
Kost
Ohile
J. M. Winter
Carroll
George Baumeister
Edward Weissecarver
Freight Crash Near Eastwood Kills Four Officials
A Grand Trunk freight collision near Eastwood Ontario on September 28 killed engineers Kirkland and Heron conductor Falls and brakeman Benedict. Fireman Cameron was badly burned and feared dead. An open switch is blamed for the accident.
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Eastwood
Ont
Grand Trunk Railway
Kirkland and Heron
Conductor Falls
Benedict
Cameron
Wedded in Chicago: Miss Coulter and Edward Yarnelle
The wedding of Miss Margaret Coulter daughter of Prof and Mrs John M M Coulter to Edward Ralph Yarnelle of Fort Wayne Indiana occurred yesterday at Univers ity Congregational church. The Rev Joseph A Vance officiated with attendants including Grace Coulter maid of honor and bridesmaids Katherine Palmer Elizabeth Dunlap Susan Grant Mabel Coulter. Best man was J Walter Jeffery Columbus Ohio.
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Chicago Tribune
Margaret Coulter
John MM. Coulter
Edward Ralph Yarnelle
Tort Wayne
Ind
University Congregational Church
Joseph A. Vance
Hyde Park Presbyterian Church
Grace Corlter
Katherine Palmer
Elizabeth Dunlap
Susan Grant
Mabel Coultar
Lafayette
Maid of Honor
J. Walter Jeffery
Columbus
Wedding of Mr. Yarnelle and Miss Yarnelle in Fort Wayne
Harold P. Erskine of Racine L G Blackmar of St Louis Clifford H Williams of Chicago and Dwight Wishard of Minneapolis attended a Fort Wayne wedding ceremony. Afterward a wedding breakfast was served at 5340 Ellis Avenue and the couple departed for a wedding trip to Winona. The groom, a partner in Moseman Yarnelle & Co, plans to reside at Fort Wayne and begin housekeeping at Wayne and Nelson streets with guests including the groom’s parents and local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P. Erskine
Racine
L. G. Blackmar
St. Louis
Clifford H. Williams
Chicago
Dwight Wishard
Minneapolis
Ellis Avenue
Yarnelle
Winona
Wayne and
Nelson Streets
Fort Wayne
Moseman, Yarnelle & Co
Guesta
B. TF. Yarnelle
Page Yarnelle
H. G. Keegan
Hanna
Northern Indiana News and Gossip Highlights
Tavendla thieves robbed the till of Charles Kuldau at Wabash, securing only a small amount in cash. Schools at Lafontaine and Wabash county closed due to diphtheria. Columbia City chosen for next year’s Forty fourth Indiana regimental reunion. Huntington Light and Fuel will pump gas from the field into the city. Walter Warris returns to Wabash after several years believed dead. Elkhart streetcar demolished by Lake Shore engine. passengers escaped injury. John Grace, 53, found unconscious on mowing machine in Whitley county. likely kicked by a horse. Cal lins high school fire causes panic but no injuries. damage minimal. Oldest rural mail carrier Jacob Longer, 87, carries Attica to Kramer route. 7,435 miles yearly. Civil War veteran.
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Tavendla
Charles Kuldau
Wabash
Lafontaine
Wabash County
Columbia City
Indiana
Elkhart
Lake Shore
John Grace
Raber
Whitley County
Callins
Jacob Longer
Attica
Kramer
I.V. I
Former Syracuse Chancellor to lead Indiana Methodist hospital
Syracuse N Y Sept 28 Former Chancellor G C N Sims of Syracuse University recently retired from the ministry at the First M E Church announces he will proceed to Indianapolis Ind to assume charge of the million dollar hospital under construction by Indiana Methodists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
GC. N. Sims
Syracuse University
M. E
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Mine owner killed in Sabinal incident in Mexico
El Paso Sept 28 Jesup Camille a mine owner at Sabinal Mexico was shot and killed yesterday after refusing wage increases. He was killed by his employer who was arrested. The rest of the attackers escaped.
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el Paso
Dex
Jesup Camille
Sabina
Mexico
Harrodsburg Drives Out Black Railroad Workers
A group of about thirty Black workers from South Fork were ordered from Harrodsburg after a white farmer's wife was injured by a Black woman. A posse of about 200 whites drove the group from the area as tensions rose over the incident near a railroad camp.
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Louisville
Eky
Harrodsburg
South Fork
Schooner Charles J Bumas Dedication Tragedy at Abbott Yard
Milford Delaware September 26 a disaster at the Abbott shipyard on the Mispilion river as the schooner Charles J Bumas slid from the ways. Over two hundred victims were maimed or injured in a thirty foot fall and scaffold collapse. Most injured were women and children amid fallen timbers. Authorities report many serious injuries with widespread chaos and panic.
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Milford
Del
Charles J. Bumas
Abbott Yard
Mispilion River
Wolves in Busy Streets Cause City Alarm
In Kansas City Kansas on September 28 a wolf attack led to the killing of a wolf at dawn by Sergeant Ryan of No 9 police station after it mauled a calf. Police plan extermination as residents complain. Streetcar workers captured a red fox in the central district.
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Kansas City
Kas
Keness City
Ryan
No. 9
Shooting Gallery Tragedy Claims Conductor in Cincinnati
Miss Mamie Kohler accidentally shot and killed Elmor Bier of Rathel Ohio in a Cincinnati shooting gallery where she worked. Bier, a railroad conductor, died from a heart wound as the gun discharged while she handed him the weapon. She was not arrested.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Mamie Kohler
Elmor Bier
Rathel
Luick Donates 105 Acres for Orphans Home Site
Muncie Indiana September 28 George Luick a retired farmer has gifted 105 acres near the city to Delaware county for use as a site to build a home for orphans.
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Muncie
Ind
George Luick
Delaware County
Impaled on buggy shaft in Evansville incident
A brief item from Evansville Indiana dated September 28 reports a man described as White suffered an impalement on a buggy shaft. Details are sparse in the clipped text.
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Evansville
Ind
White
Dr Driver Opens College For Aged In Johnson City
Chicago dated report states the Home College, founded from Rev John M Driver's work, will serve 200 senior students in Johnson City Tennessee beginning December. The southern branch, led by Rev John Fletcher Spencer, will offer classical scientific biblical and postgraduate study with endowment policies allowing elder students to pursue lifelong degrees. Chicago will remain headquarters with plans for future branches.
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Chicago
Home College Company
John M. Driver
People’s Church
Johnson City
Tenn
Elsworth
Lower Dearborn Street
Home College
John Fletcher Spencer
Indiana Harbor
Hamilton White
College Company
Nebraska
Johnson Ty Institution
Chicago College
Spencer
Southern Branch College
New Jersey Editor Praises Folay’s Honey and Tar
M. T. Lynch, editor of Philipsburg Daily Post, hails Folay’s Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs and colds in his family. He says he cannot praise it enough. Sold by Dreier & Bro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Lynch
Philipsburg, N. J
Daily Post
Folay
Dreier & Bro
School Children Strike At McAllister School
Chicago on September 28 witnessed about fifty boy pickets under age fifteen outside McAllister public school blocking entry. A crowd of seven hundred youths jeered teachers, while infant strikers wore union badges or scraps and carried clubs. The protest arose from a false belief the assistant kindergarten teacher was colored.
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Chicago
McAllister
Gurney Protest Sparks Embassy Contempt Debate
London reports capturing official reaction to Justice Phelps fining Hugh Gurney third secretary British embassy Washington for violating auto law and contempt. Westminster Gazette notes diplomats often seek leniency but urges paying fines when transgressions occur. It recalls 1899 cases of Henry White and Spencer Eddy and a 1708 statute linking diplomatic conduct to penalties.
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London
Westminster Gazette
Tustice Phelps
Lee, Mass
Hugh Gurney
Washington
Legation
Gurney
Henry White
Spencer Eddy
Phelps
Penn
Hay fever anti toxin shown by Dr Dunbar in St Paul
Dr. Willsi am Dunbar formerly of St Paul and now Hamburg Hygienia Institute director demonstrated a new hay fever anti toxin before the Commercial club. He inoculated six doctors with toxin from pollen then injected the antidote causing swift relief. Demonstration supported by Ranmisey County Medical association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Willsiam Dunbar
Hygienia Institute
Hamburg
Germany
Ranmisey County Medical Association
Dunbar
Saie
Deaths Beside Grave in Woodland Cemetery
Dayton man George W. Heffner died after ingesting laudanum and chloroform at Miami Valley Hospital. He was found under an umbrella in Woodland cemetery with a black bordered white handkerchief. Heffner, who recently paid funeral expenses, suffered locomotor ataxia and mourned his wife killed by a train. Separate note reports Fred Smith’s suicide in Indianapolis over ill health.
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Dayton
Ohio
George W. Heffner
Miami Valley Hospital
Howes
Woodland Cemetery
Heffner
Berk & Fry
Fred Smith
Wabasa
Indianapolis
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Indiana’ Federation of Labor
A. Woman
Grippenberg
Kuropathin
Liag Yang Review
Northern
Huntington Light and Fuel Company
Walter Warris
Driver
New Jersey
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