Lineman Dies After Guy Wire Detonates With Trolley Wire
Lawrence Riggs, a Central Union Telephone lineman, was killed Saturday morning when a heavy insulated guy wire he was rigging contacted high tension trolley wires at W Michigan and Caldwell. The wire coil around his body as he called for aid before companions could reach him. Riggs, 38, lived at 1121 Woodlawn Ave with a widow and two daughters. He died at the scene after being removed from the wire. Dr. Meyer and City dispensary ambulance attended. Tracks near White River to Blake St had recently seen new wires installed for an extended line west of the river.
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Lawrence Riggs
Central Union Telephone Company
Riggs
Meyer
City Dispensary Ambulance
W. Michigan St
White River
Blake St
Bankave
Fairbanks
Taylor
Miller
Col. Lockwood
Carl Riddick
Winamac
State Central Committee
Riddick
Fred Sims
United States
Billy Taylor
Frank Braden
Goodrich
Mr. Taylor
Indiana
Local Jottings Spruce Up Indianapolis City Notes
A compact taste of city life with anecdotes about Ira Holmes joking with Charles T. MacIntire, bike officer Stewart’s return to duty after a near fall, staff changes at the police department, theater plans, post office bustle, and various odds and ends from licenses to weather chatter. Includes Saint scenes, fishing trips, and upcoming events like lectures and reunions.
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Ira Holmes
Charles T. MacIntire
Carnival at White City Draws Bands from Across State
The White City carnival Sunday features a band contest with many Indiana bands such as Anderson Muncie Marion Elwood Kokomo Noblesville Tipton Peru Logansport and Winchester. The Indiana Union Traction company runs excursions drawing thousands. Judges include Hugh McGubney Edward Nell and J B Cameron with cash and medals awarded for top bands based on tune tempo harmony solo and other criteria.
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Indiana Union Traction Company
White City
Anderson
Muncie
Marion
Elwood
Kokomo
Noblesville
Tipton
Peru
Logansport
Winchester
Hugh McGubney
Edward Nell
J. B. Cameron
Clara Stonebarger Resigns Indianapolis School Office
Miss Clara Stonebarger resigns as clerk in the office of the superintendent of Indianapolis schools. She will visit Oklahoma with her ailing mother and likely return next spring. Miss Huebner succeeds her and began duties Saturday.
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Clara Stonebarger
Superintendent of Schools of
Indianapolis
Miss Stonebarger
Oklahoma
Miss Huebner
Tragedy Near Malott Park: Man Found Dead By Tracks
Roy Hunter of Tipton was found dead beside the railroad near Malott park by a tram crew on Friday night. The body showed extensive bruising and both legs were broken. No witness to the accident. The coroner or city morgue was notified and the body taken to the morgue.
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Roy Hunter
Tipton
Malott Park
Duesseldorfer Sign Installed at Washington and Kentucky
James P. Carroll at Tenth and Brosway completed work on a striking electric sign named the Duesseldorfer. The sign now graces the southwest corner of Washington Street and Kentucky Avenue, noted as one of the city’s prettiest and most artistic displays.
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James P. Carroll
Tenth and Bros.way
Washington St
Kentucky Ave
Indiana Editors Picnic Feats and Fairbanks Absence
Editors from Indiana and families gathered at White City and Broad Ripple for a Friday picnic. Jim Watson, seeking governor and speaker roles, was absent. Col George Lockwood eyed Fairbanks arrival while Warren Fairbanks wandered Magdalena Bay. Billy Taylor and Charley Miller promoted gubernatorial bids amid playful stunts and a noisy picnic crowd.
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Warren Fairbanks
Magdalena Bay
Indiana
Col
George B. Lockwood
Col. Lockwood
Fairbanks
Billy Taylor
Charles W. Miller
Taylor
Charley Miller
Miller
Bomb Thrown at Cleveland Attorney Home in Euclid Heights
A bomb was thrown from the street at the home of H. H. Johnson a prominent corporation attorney in Euclid Heights Cleveland. The blast tore a yard hole blew out windows and damaged the corner of the house. A nearby residence of ex Gov Herrick is also involved in theories of motive including a mistaken target.
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Euclid Heights
Johnson
Herrick
Gov. Herrick
Friday Weather Woes Reported By Majestic Height Observers
The city faced high humidity and heat with 88 degrees, a 29.97 inch barometer, and humidity at 55 percent. Weather officials credited a mixed atmospheric pressure and temperature for discomfort, noting rain and clearing skies likely Sunday with brisk winds.
Peace Assured as Central American Talks Advance
United Press reports President Roosevelt and President Diaz have secured a conference among Central American states to plan permanent peace. All republics have voiced support for US and Mexico mediation and will refrain from hostile actions. Guatemala’s acceptance was the final reply.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Diaz
United States
Mexico
Guatemala
Fire devastates Jersey City block destroying homes
A large Jersey City fire started at the Uvalde Asphalt plant and swept through the Great Preserving and Canning company and Snare & Triest, destroying an entire block. About 100 families were left homeless as tenement row after row collapsed. Damage is estimated at $500,000.
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Uvalde Asphalt Company
Great Preserving and Canning Company
Snare & Triest
The Gem Laundry Ad
Family washings rough dry offered at per pound rate with trimming of fat pieces. Phenes 167)
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Phenes
Boy Run Over By Automobile Injured in Capitol Ave Incident
John Radile, 4, of 1914 N Capitol Ave, was struck Friday evening and rolled under a car. He remained unconscious until Saturday. doctors feared internal injury, later said to be improving. Father refuses to identify the driver citing family illness and desire not to prosecute.
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John Radile
N. Capitol Ave
Tomobile
Mr. Radle
Metzger
Police Department
Radle
G. R. Hays
Reuben Radle
Trade Boost After Santo Domingo Turmoil
Trade between Santo Domingo and foreign nations has greatly increased as the country quiets and resumes business, with customs receipts showing a rise in imports and a move toward normal conditions.
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United Press
Washington
Republic of Santo Dominigo
Pain's Vesuvius to illuminate Indianapolis fair week
The open air pyrotechnic show Pain's Vesuvius will headline Indianapolis during the state fair week. Produced for the Indianapolis Battalion Armory association, the portable amphitheater seats 10,000 and uses many electric lights. The act travels with 20 circus cars and involves about 600 participants, with two ballets and eight aerial acts.
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Dianapolis Battalion Armory Association
Washington Park
Chicago
W. Washington St
Indianapolis
Pain
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Roosevelt not becoming newspaper man after term
President Roosevelt will not pursue a career as a newspaper man after leaving office. A New York Tribune control story was denounced as a fake by Secretary Loeb, who called the report entirely fabrications.
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Loeb
United Ress
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
New York Tribune
President Roosevelt Announces Three Appointments
President Roosevelt announces appointments including William M. Cutter as corner of the mint in San Francisco, Edward W. Sweeney as superintendent of the mint in San Francisco, and A. E. Muenter as collector of internal revenue for California.
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United Press
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
William M. Cutter
San Francisco
A. E. Muenter
Internal Revenue
California
Edward W. Sweeney
Funeral of Mansfield in New London Conn
United Press reports flood Mrs Mansfield with condolences as actor Richard Mansfield dies. Funeral set for Monday at the Mansfield home with Rev Alfred Poole Grant officiating. Pallbearers to be chosen from Mr Mansfield’s personal friends. burial at Gardner Cemetery near New London.
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Mansfield
Y United Press
New London
Conn
Richard Mansfield
Alfred Poole Grant
St. James Episcopal Church
Wll
Gardner Cemetery
Here
Warner Loses Case In Clinton County
The Clinton County court ruling on the estate of Dr. John Warner favors Mrs. Isabella Robinson Warner with dower and homestead rights. Judge Cochran found the marriage contract unacknowledged and inadequate, while U S Commissioner Warner maintained the stepmother possessed alleged negro blood, a claim deemed unwarranted hearsay by the judge.
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Warner
Cochran
John Warner
Brewers' exchange in Indianapolis holds quiet session
Report on Friday's Indian apolis Brewers' exchange meeting at Denison house. No agreement signed or public action taken says attorney Joseph E Bell. Disagreements rumored but denied. A proposed agreement regulating trade and reforms in the loan business was discussed but not finalized. No plan for Sunday saloon closings implied.
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Indianapolis
Brewers’ Exchange
Denison Houage
Joseph E. Bell
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Bell
Heitkam Sues To Set Aside Heitkam Will
Mary Heitkam, citing unsound mind, sues Catherine Heitkam her step mother and others to set aside the will of John H. Heitkam alleging lack of testamentary capacity.
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Will
Mary Heitkam
Catherine Heitkam
John H. Heitkam
WITSON IN CHARGE AT SOLDIERS DAY
W D Wilson adjutant general of G R Gordon Post G A R will oversee soldiers day at the state fair on Monday Sept 9 and asks all veterans to visit the soldiers tent to register.
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W. D. Wilson
G. R. Gordon Post
Judge denies injunction on coal rate dan c n Indiana railroad order
In Lafayette Indiana August 31 Judge Henry H. Vinton refused a temporary injunction to block the Indiana Railroad Commission from enforcing a reduced coal rate from the Linton fields to Stinesville. The rate drop takes effect tomorrow with Attorney General Bingham representing the commission and John F. McHugh for Monon.
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Lafayette
Ind
Henry H. Vinton
Indiana Railroad Commission
Linton Fields
Stinesville
Bingham
Railroad Commission
John F. McHugh
Monon
Green A. R. member killed by train funeral planned
William DP Green a Buckle Post commander and G O R member was killed by a train Friday. He served on the general memorial committee. The body will be taken to Franklin for burial Sunday.
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William DP. Green
Buckle Post
General Memorial Committee
Franklin
Immunity Decision for Chicago and Alton Railroad
Attorney General Bonaparte has decided Chicago and Alton railroad earned immunity by supplying evidence in the Standard Oil case, and will not be prosecuted for granting discriminatory rates to Standard Oil. A formal announcement is expected next week.
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Dence
Standard Oil
Immunity for Chicago & Alton in Oil Rebates Case
Chicago and several railroad lines including Chicago & Alton are reported to receive government immunity in the Standard Oil rebates prosecutions. Attorney General Bona parte and U S prosecutors plan to inform Judge Landis that no railroads will be prosecuted, leading to dismissal of the railroads’ involvement in the rebate cases.
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Oil Corporation
Bonaparte
C. B. Morrison
Oil
United States
Sims
Rockefeller
Washington
Oii
Judge Landis
Harriman to testify before Interstate Commerce Commission
F H Harriman will appear before the Interstate Commerce Commission on Tuesday at the federal building to answer questions about how he gained control of the Chicago and Alton road. The order comes from Judge Lacombe, and Harriman will be the star witness, with one or two others expected to testify.
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Chicago & Alton Road
Frank B. Kellogg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Receiver suits filed against Indiana Produce and Arthur Rose jewelry
Mort Fuselman sues for a receiver of Indiana Produce alleging insolvency and a $102.88 claim. Smith T. Nichols seeks a receiver for Arthur Rose Jewelry at 114 N Illinois St claiming stock mortgaged to secure a $750 debt is being reduced.
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Mort
Fuselman
Indiana Produce Company
Smith T. Nichols
Arthur Rose
Illinoisst
Mob kills Black man after train incident in Welch West Virginia
In Welch, 40 miles from Bluefield, a Black person mortally injured at a miner's hospital was seized by a mob and fatally harmed after striking Conductor Sidney Bolton of a freight train. Bolton died in a related clash as friends rushed him from the hospital.
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United Press
Bluefield
W. Va
Welch
Miner's Hospital
Sidney Bolton
Bolton
Grant H. Clay, M. D., Dentist, Indianapolis Ad
Grant H. Clay, M. D., dentist, 14 years with New York Dental Company now at 108 N Delaware St Opp Tomlinson Hall Indianapolis. Five furnished rooms advertised with complete set valued at $225.00 offered for $155.06 by The People's Outfitting Company New Planes $165 and up. Wuischner's.
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The
People's Outfitting Co
Grant H. Clay
New York Dental Company
Delaware St
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
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George Stewart
Louis H. Flynn
Robert Metzger
Capt. Dawson
Baliff
Norwich and London Accident Insurance Association
Norwich
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Billheimer
Marine Corps
Bert Weekly
S. New Jersey St
Union Railway
Kentucky-are
Miles Moore
Basslake
James P. Goodrich
J. M. Miller
Charles A. Bookwalter
Miler
Edwin Ray Epworth
D. Huffer
Lea Cooper
Pacific Coast
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Delaware and
Tenthsts
Maud Rockwell
Esther Lodge
Conrad
Zion Park
Zionsville
Charles Pettijohn
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Charlie Miller
Broad Ripple
Jim Watson
Jim Goodrich
Mr. Goodrich
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Conmtiente
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H. H. Johnson
Weather Bureau
U. S
Jersey City
Bliss Native Herbs
W. Wash
GEM Laundry
Armory Association
Clinton County
Clinton, Ill
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions
Vespasian Warner
Supreme Courts
Clinton
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Alton Road
Ton Bonaparte
Standard Oil Co
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Chicago & Alton Railroad
F. H. Harri
Federal
Maryland Produce Company
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