Hawkins named receiver of Indianapolis bank report fully substantiated
Washington note confirms Edward Hawkins, president of the Board of Public Safety, appointed receiver of the Indianapolis National Bank after its suspension on July 25. The move, secured via Congressman Bynum and Controller Eckels, surprised local financiers who expected weeks of inquiry before any wind up. Hawkins, at Petoskey with his family, will assume duties by early next week as Examiner Young preserves confidentiality on the partial findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward 8. Hawkins
Board of Public Safety
Indianapolis National Bank
Hawkins
Bynum
Connoller Eckels
Examiner Young
Eudians Banking Company
Indiana Banking Company
I. A. Davis
The
Water Company
U. S Court
Rand
Vessel Karamania Quarantined After Naples Voyage
New York reports the steamship Karamania from Naples remains at Quarantine with 471 passengers in poor condition. Health officer Jenkine avoids confirming cholera as the cause of three deaths. passengers to Hoffman and Swinburn islands for cleansing. Sailors claim deaths stemmed from severe diarrhea, bodies dumped offshore near Fire Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
New York
Karamania
Naplea
Fire Island
Lincoln Urges Next Year's Encampment Through Local Arrangements
Lincoln Nebraska weighs securing the next encampment with a Friday night escort committee meeting to finish plans for welcoming visitors. Indiana units quartered at St Marys hall on 8 Delaware during the encampment. Capital Zouaves plan an Aug 24 Sheridan post hall entertainment with proceeds to the encampment fund. Bald headed club to sing, J B Brown conducts, Geo H Thomas Beat hosts open house. 54 members named to secure finances. Col I N Walker, pensions committee chair, seeks national input on pension payment methods for the encampment information committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Forty-ninth
Sixty-ninth
Indiana Infantry
St Mary’s Hall
Delawarest
Zouaves
Sheridan Post Hall
Golg I Market
J. B. Brown
Geo. H. Thomas Beat
Col. I. N. Walker
G. A. R. Pensions Committee
Exactly What Is Sought After in Remedy Claim
A concise note describes a liver remedy labeled Simmons' Liver Rozu'atos as a purely vegetable preparation. It emphasizes it poses no interference with business or pleasure or disturbs the system. The ad-like fragment markets a safe herbal option.
Was Reiz an Impostor The Obscene Literature Case
Nicholas Reiz a 200 pound Chicago pamphleteer was arrested by Constable Holmes and brought before Justice Habich on a charge of selling obscene literature. A member of the A P A he traveled as a book agent selling spicy pamphlets. W A Barnes bought one and swore out a warrant. The pamphlet titled The holiness of auricular confession in its true light was printed by the Luther tract company New York. Reiz was fined 10 and costs by Justice Habich although A P A members doubt official sanction for the material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Reiz
Chicago
Holmes
Justice Habich
Reiz
Tie
A. P. A. Council
W. A. Barnes
Luther Tract Company
New York
Barnes
Habich
Bugging for Money to Bury Child by Trustess Gold
Trustee Gold accuses Indianapolis undertakers of soliciting charity for funerals to boost their earnings. A man with a paper sought funds to bury his dead child after a funeral home offered to collect subscrip tions. Gold says county burial should cover the costs if the family cannot afford it. He plans to halt the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Mar. Gold
Jie
Trustes
Fin Sun
Irregular Building Boom Cools Off in Meridian Street Area
Captain Tidd approves new house plans on Meridian Street amid a slow building season. Numerous blocks on Market, Washington, and near Masonic temple dominate city activity while many residences rise and repairs surge. Dog licensing gains focus as Mayor Sulman and others dodge licenses. several residents report owning multiple dogs with varied license counts.
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Capt.Tidd
Meridian
Denison
New York
Mays
Market St
Journal
Mayer
Washingtonst
Masonic Temple
Garbage contract woes spark public uproar
Under harsh attack by Dr Morrison and others, the city faces a tangled garbage dispute as Woodard sublets the contract. Complaints accuse sub-contractors of overcharging and tax on weight, with hotels and restaurants hardest hit. Woodard pledges to cover slop barrels while health authorities push enforcement. Seventeen complaints filed. legal action looms with a possible damage suit.
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Tue Sox
Woodard
Board of Works
Board of Health
Tae Sun
Dr. Morrison
Tom Lux
Pension Day Opens as Veterans Line Up for Indiana Funds
The quarterly Indiana pension payment of 2.6 million dollars began Friday at 6 a.m. with hundreds of veterans in line at the pension office on West Maryland Street. Fear over the Indianapolis National Bank failure drew crowds as 400,000 were expected to depart Friday night and over 6,000 pensioners filed claims that day. The clearing house arranged distribution while Cashier E. E. Sexford of the bank served as dispenser. Checks go to the sub treasury in New York with reburn funds sent to paying banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
W. Maryland St
Indianapolis National Bank
U. S
Indianapolis
Iinsley
E. E. Sexford
Indianapolis National
Sub-Treasury
New York
War Clouds Gather Over Andean Region
A Rio do Sul dispatch from Brazil reports a critical situation and hints at imminent conflict. It warns of possible open warfare between Bolivia and Ecuador and Peru, with Peru actively buying artillery and preparing for war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brazil
Rio Do Sul
Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
Unmarried Man Fatally Injured By Wheat Load On Farm
On the farm of James Boardman north of Wanasa Indiana Herbert Hutchens an unmarried man suffered fatal injuries when a load of wheat rolled over him crushing his abdomen. Though still alive he remained unconscious and was not expected to live.
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Wanasa
Ind
James Boardman
Herbert Hutchens
Pleasure Party Steamer Wrecks Off Lake George
A Lake George excursion steamer named the Rachael Sherman sank near Pearl Point after striking a rock. Twelve aboard were lost with many from Brooklyn and Hoboken. Rescue crews recovered all bodies as the boat went down in 18 feet of water around 9 PM Friday.
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Fourteen-mile Island
Lake George
Pearl Point
Pearl Point Landing
Anpany
N.Y
Rachael Sherman
Brooklyn
Troy
Iloboken
New York
Bennett
Ovett
Burke
Wall
Sullivan's Diary and Brain and His Wheel Arrive
An Aug 4 diary entry mocks Bir Pepys with a vivid account of a garbage odor episode and political jitters as the writer fights off reporters and election fatigue. The piece also notes Levots day at the fair with a bare-need parade and Francis Train’s appearance aiming to avert financial trouble.
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Bir
Pepy
Kentucky
High Heaven
Wes
Jayhawker
Health Board
Fatsy Gorman
Carse
Jayhanker
Brain
Crmrenco
Levots
New York
Francis Train
The Hebels Get Sassy Report From La Plata Crisis
In New York Aug 4 over 10000 armed revolutionists surround La Plata Argentina demanding Santa Fe capitulation. Government has yet to intervene though crisis nears.
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New York
la Plata
Argentina
Santa Fe
City Liss appoints custodian and plans elevator
City Liss announces R I Clark of IiaPorte as custodian of the soldiers monument at 599 dollars monthly. An elevator costing 6000 dollars will be installed in the shaft soon. Retail grocers and butchers clerks organize an association with 100 charter members. Will Tarlton is president Hi Io Caitlyn secretary H W Milner treasurer. An entertainment for the Indianapolis vaudeville club benefit will be at M C A hall on Aug 15 with James McCoy and Fred Nelson advancing to the stage on Aug 17. The women’s sanitary society favors street cleaning by hand and asks the streetcar company to provide receptacles for luncheon remnants. Streetcar Brotherhood elects delegates and alternates to the Cleveland convention. A dispute over conductor honesty is said to be exaggerated. Claude McLaughlin swears out a warrant against brother-in-law Amos Butterfield for confiscating 2 from a registered letter. Butterfield is released after hearing. Dowling’s arrest and punishment for wife beating lead to renewed confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. I. Clark
IiaPorte
Soldiers’ Monument
Will Tarlton
Hi. Io
Caitlyn
H. W Milner
Indianapolis
M.C. A. Hall
Jas. McCoy
Fred. Nelson
Women’s Sanitary Society
Monument Place
Street Car Company
J. Corliss
M. Dagan
Harry Morris
J. J. Clammenis
Cleveland
Claude McLaughlin
van Buren
Amos A. Butterfield
Butterfield
James Dowling
Each
Cadi
Woman Dies in Mortgage Foreclosure Row
Harriet Hill, 60, collapsed and died during the eviction of furniture from her Havaged home after a heated exchange with a chattel loan collector and family members over nonpayment and a claimed heirloom. Coroner orders autopsy. Her son W. A. Hill resides at 315 Alford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Hill
W. A. Hill
Alford
Hill
Mortgage Security Loan Company
Furnituria
Ex-Judge Walker Finds Alleged Railway Theft Case
Friday filing by Charles J. Pope, receiver of Chicago & South Atlantic, contests Louis C. Waller special master's findings in chancery. Claims $50,000 more for officers’ salaries, adjusts work values for White, Jasper, Lake and Carroll counties, and supports subsidies and property values owed by LN A & C. Seeks Delphi line award to complainants and asserts bond ownership. Pope sues LN, WN A & C railroad over disputed possession involving Darry Crawford.
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Charles J. Pope
Chicago & South Atlantic Railroad Company
Louis C. Waller
White, Jasper, Lake
Carroll Counties
Lee
C. &S. A. Railroad
Chicago & Indianapolis Sir Line
C. & 8. A. Railroad Company
Dyer
Delphi
Ind
City of
Pope
L., WN. A. & C. Railroad Company
Darry Crawford
Iron Sallers Adjourn Over Dissolution of Receivership
At the iron hall convention the group decided to petition courts to dissolve the receivership and continue salaries suspension to save about 25000 annually. New trustees elected Geo Phillips and A Cawson. supreme officers named W E Clark, A T Anderson, C E Maxwell, and C F Hurd. The body adjourned to meet on call of the executive committee in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Hall
Geo. Phillips
Philadelphia
A. Cawson
Cincinnati
W. E. Clark
Cambridge
Mass
A. T. Anderson
Chicago
Supreme Herald
C. E. Maxwell
Haverhill
Supreme
Hurd
Vvineland
N. J
Supreme Watchman
Executive Committee
Drunkenness case and weather musings in old notes
A patchwork item recalls a drunk charge with a harsh judge and a battered defendant, then shifts to a weather forecast for Indiana with remarks on rain prospects and a brief promotional note about Admiral cigarettes. The tone blends courtroom roughness, folk weather verse, and product hype.
Army of Unemployed Reflects Depth of Crisis
The New York report details 57 trades showing 36,177 out of work, with thousands of idle migrants from the west and Europe arriving amid business stagnation. Labor leaders blame major steel firms for replacing costly workers with cheaper foreign labor as the crisis deepens.
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New York
Colorado
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Europe
Rockromp
Sweden
St. Pavla
Minn
People’s Savings Bank
Liegosten
Ind
Yreger Bros
Cromwell
Colby
Wis
Exchants Bank
Laepaxon
Lebanon Trust
Examiner Packard
Curiaco
Ivaceraia
Chicago Tile and Trust Company
Onicaco
Lazarug Silverman
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Jas
H. Walker
Lonxpon
Bank of England
U. 8
County Officials Press for Sewer Workhouse Drain Fix
Alfrad Potts appeared before the county commissioners Friday morning to protest the unfinished workhouse sewer. He warned that effluvium colors the neighborhood and could spread typhoid germs, urging action or a mandamus suit to compel completion, with promises made to finish at once.
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Alfrad Potts
County Commissioners
Broker Nelson Vankirk Dies by Own Action in Despair
Curcaco Aug 4 Nelson Vankirk a well known Board of Trade broker shot himself in his office at noon on Friday after a prior failed attempt. He was forced to the wall again and gave up in despair. The Royal yacht squadron regatta at Isle of Wight Friday covered 2 50 mile course with Navahoe ending last as Satanita, Valkyrie, Calluna won prizes worth 1000 pounds.
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Leslie
Jon
Len
Curcaco
Nelson Vankirk
Board of Trade
Loxnon
Royal Yacht Squadron
Isle of Wight
Navahoe
Satanita
Miners Attack In Shaft 17. One Man Beaten, Escapes
In Pirrssure Kansas on August 4 a mob of 75 striking miners ambushed a party working Shaft 17. Henry Smith was brutally beaten but survived. Operators plan to petition the federal court for protection.
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Kas
Shaft 17
Henry Smith
Federal Court For
Destitute Missouri Miners Begging and Train Attacks
Destitute Missouri miners roam Mangas begging from farmers and riding trains. In Samoa, Malietta and Matafa clashed leaving 20 dead and 20 wounded before foreign warships halted the fighting. A Wabash train near Atlanta Missouri was sabotaged but halted before disaster. World's fair directors refuse to sign Theodore Thoras pay citing exorbi tant costs and a musical director's potential release follows.
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Missouri
Malietta
Matafa
Samoa
Atlanta
Theodore Thoras
Republican Convention Action Fills Hendricks Club Hall
The Friday night meeting drew a large Republican crowd in Indianapolis to set a date for the councilman conventions and nominate councilmen at large. Aug 10 was chosen for ward conventions with Sept 1 as the latest for nominations. Denny Lee Nixon and George W. Stubbs spoke, while 82 delegates are expected at Hendricks club hall amid anticipated wrangling and fraud charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Nixon
George W. Stubbs
Differens
Smiley N. Chembers
Tne
A New Idea Petition for Sidewalks Near Curbstones
The Board of public works met Friday morning and reported cement walks on Market street between Llindest and Monument Place at 1477.35 dollars. Complaints about poor sprinkling by South contractor on the north side prompted potential contract rescission. A petition for brick sidewalks on Broad way between St Clair street and Christian avenue faces a remonstrance. The city engineer will prepare papers for a dyke along Fair creek south bank. Petitions granted for cement walks on Arsenal avenue east side between Ohio and Kollerst.
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Board of Public Works
Market St
Beteen Llindest
Monument Place
Pennsylvania St
St. Clair
Broadway
St. Clair St
Christianave
Fair Creek
Mississippist
Shriverave
Arsenal Ave
Ohio
Kollersts
Amusements 1805 bookings and park theater toys
Amusements note early 1805 bookings for Crane Julia Msrowe and 1492 plus Hoyt’s play. Park theater adds a children’s room with new toys including a fur cloak piano elephant and a zebra. A toy cow that bleats balms calves home is highlighted. Wish list touches Won. L. Elder’s new hat racks and local dyeing service.
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Crane
Julia Msrowe
Hoyt
Park Theater
Wriday
Walbott
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Young
American Protective Association
Sim
Wim
Wesley Woolien
Sulman
Caleb St. Denny
Sim Coy
Buskirk
Henry Sweetland
Harry New
Tom Tageart
Robert Riley
Tagsart
Riley
Miles Burford
J. Becker
Geo. Rhodius
Smith
Miss Doggerd
Wonodard
Pevision
Lake Ghorgh
Apang
N. Y
Times-Union
Sullivan
City Liss
Walker
Wirh
UOME
Sah
New Republican City Executive Committee
Harry BR. Smith
W. J. Kraft
A. J. Joyce
W. H. Schmidt
Geo. Metzger
Geo. Harvey
Eugene Saukey
Orin Verry
Roscoe Hawkins
John Schmidt
Schmidt
Parkinson’s Hall
Paulsday
Harry Nolan
W. H B. Ross
City Committee
Won. L. Elder's
Smile Dye Works
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