Icy trolley disaster at Kinickinwick bridge tragedy
A trolley car on the Bissel avenue line struck an open draw at Kinickinwick bridge, dumping passengers into the river. One woman, two motormen and another passenger were found drowned. Six others were missing or presumed trapped in the sunken car. six survivors were rescued. Dead include Miss Ehrman the schoolteacher and John Kennedy the motorman.
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Millwauxner
Bissel Ave
Kinickinwick Bridge
Iound
Miss Ehrman
John Kennedy
Man Confesses to Saloon Robbery and Is Remanded
John Carr, the youth who walked into the public station Saturday morning and confessed to robbing Keer and Innes saloon at 8 W. Washington street of $12, waived examination in police court Monday. With questions about his sanity, Judge Stubbs remanded him to the police station for mental examination by Dr. Kahlo. Carr bears a scar on his left temple from a possible bullet wound.
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John Carr
Keer & Innes
Washington St
Stubbs
Kahlo
Carr
One More Body Retrieved After Appalling Collision
Low Estort Eng Feb 4 The fishing smack Verena arrived with the Elbe mail bag and the body of a man picked up near the collision. Identified as Frederick Ernst of Magdeburg. A life belt and passport with several keys found in pockets. This raises total victims to 385.
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Low Estort
Eng
Verena
Elbe
Frederick Ernst
Magdeburg
Explosion of Fire Damp in French Mines Kills Many
An explosion of fire damp reported from the Montceaux mines in Saone et Loire department leaves thirty feared dead. A missing 16 year old, John Overman, of 294 Cornell Ave, drew $5 wages Sunday and bought shoes then asked to go to the theater Saturday night. he has not returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montceauies
Saone Et Loire
John
Overman
Cornell Ave
Indiana Assembly Favors Matthews for President in 1896
In the Indiana General Assembly drift toward Claude Matthews for the 1896 Democratic presidential nomination is strong. William E. McLean asserts no Democrat backs Voorhees for president, praising Matthews as honest, capable, and aligned with the masses. A rival, Tom Taggart, is said to have moved forces into Matthews’ camp, with Isaac P. Gray's position uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana General Assembly
Claude Matthews
Senate
William E. McLean
Terre Haute
Daniel Woolsey Voorhees
House
Tan Sun
Senator Voorhees
Isaac P. Gray
Matthews
McLean
Tom Taggart
Indiana
Tse Son
Dil
Cigar Makers Face wage scale withdrawal threat
The Cigarmakers union notes strong opposition to a proposed wage scale from manufacturers. The plan would cut from 8 to 9 dollars per thousand, while workers say current rates of 8.50 to 9 leave too little to live. They meet Wednesday night and expect a near unanimous rejection, with unclear manufacturer response.
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Cigarmakers’ Union
Appointments to City Board of Public Works Named
Mayor Denny selected Winfred B. Holton and John Osterman for the Board of Public Works. Holton leads W. & Holton farm implements, has served on the Board of Trade, and was vice president of the state board of agriculture. Osterman, a Bavarian native, runs Osterman & Cooper in grain and seed, and has been county treasurer and Board of Trade treasurer. The old president Wildman remains briefly as a temporary measure amid expected further changes and possible removal of Sprinkling-Inspector Scholl.
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Board of
P Public Works
Denny
Winfred B. Holton
John Osterman
Board of Works
Holton
W. &. Holton Company
E. Washington St
Board of Trade
State Board of Agriculture
Commercial Club
Osterman
Osterman & Cooper
Bavaria
Wildman
Scholl
Death of John Walsh at 71 Madison Ave in Vandalia
John Walsh a Vandalia employee and baggageman aged 35 died at his home after being injured in a train wreck near Coatenville a week earlier. His death followed the accident and related shock from the wreck and subsequent consumption. Funeral notices and local items follow including weather and public notices.
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John Walsh
Vandalia
Madison Ave
Coatenville
Riot Suppresses Meeting as Police Are Overpowered in Brooklyn
Monday night in Brooklyn a large crowd gathered at the city hall for a strikers meeting. Toughs from New York joined the mob and the mayor ordered reserve police to duty. Superintendent Campbell forbade gatherings but police were overwhelmed and the meeting went ahead with several speeches. a fresh outbreak was feared as the crowd dispersed.
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Brooklyn
New York
Campbell
Watkins 18 Fishing For Ball Players Full of Ginger
Manager Watkins of the Indianapolis baseball team will travel to Cincinnati on business for several days and may confirm moves to acquire Motz McCarthy and Fisher from the Cincinnati line. Glenalvin’s return to Detroit looks unlikely for this year. President Goit told Tate Sun that the club will spare no effort to build a winning team, emphasizing a youthful, vigorous roster.
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Watkins
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Motz
McCarthy
Fisher
Glenalvin
Detroit
Goit
Tate Sun
Prominent Marion County Doctor Oliver Dies at Home
Dr. Dandridge H. Oliver, longtime figure in Doctor's Row, died Sunday morning at 272 Bellefontaine Street from diabetes and influenza related complications. Born in Henry county Kentucky in 1826, he studied at Louisville and Jefferson universities. He married Theresa Hedderly in 1867 and leaves four children. Funeral will be from the family home Wednesday afternoon.
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Marion County
Dandridge H. Oliver
Bellefontaine St
Oliver
Henry County
University of Louisville
Jefferson University
Philadelphia
Theresa Hedderly
Missing Kokomo lawyer prompts inquiry in Richmann
Hielman, from Kokomo, arrived in Richmann seeking news of his brother Joan E. H. Holman of Morrison and Holmman, who vanished after borrowing $578 from J Dickinson Co to cover a mortgage on his return. Holman had traveled to Indianapolis to secure funds, and foul play is suspected.
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Richmann
Ind
Hielman
Kokomo
Joan E H. Holman
Morrison & Holmman
Holman
J. Dickinson & Co
Morrison
Indianapolis
Many Officers Captured for Shooting a Chinaman
Suanchar Feb, 4. Report says marines from the United States war ship Concord set out to rescue officers captured by the Chinese at Chin Klang after an accidental shooting of a Chinaman during a hunting expedition. Fears for the safety of the entire party grow as Chinese anger runs high and a fierce battle is anticipated.
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SuancHar
Concord
Chin Klang
Three Men Killed in Boiler Explosion at Ice House
A boiler explosion at Carpenter's ice house in Providence R I on Monday morning killed three men and seriously injured seven others. The dead were mangled by machinery and timbers driven into their bodies.
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Providence
R. 1
Prominent Jeweler Dies by Own Hand in Groesxo
John Davison a leading jeweler in Groesxo New York shot himself Monday morning after fearing grand jury indictments. He died instantly. In Danvur an explosion ignited gas and a cigar store fire, killing proprietor Ai L Bowers. In Boston Theodore Dwight Weld, last anti slavery agitator, died aged 91 at Hyde Park home.
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Groesxo
N. Y
John Davidson
Danvur
Oline
Ai L. Bowers
Boston
Theodore Dwight Weld
Hyde Park
JOKE ON THE DRUMMERS AT Bates House Holy Talk
Invited Indiana association of commercial travelers gathered at Bates House then walked to St. Pauls Church for a surprise sermon on Christianity in business. G A Carstensen preached from Romans urging businesspeople to carry faith into work and oppose deceit while praising honest conduct in commerce.
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Bates House
St. Paul's Church
Indiana Association of Commercial Travelers
Committee On Invitations
Bates
N. Illinois St
St. Paul’s Church
G. A. Carstensen
Christ
Stock Exchange
Amaliler
Old Hutch
Gould
Fisk
George IV
Europe
McCauley
Investigation Proposed Into Fort Wayne School Cruelty Charges
Fort Wayne authorities consider a legislature inquiry into the state funded school for feeble minded after numerous testimonies alleged food with worms, abuses by superintendent Alexander Johnson, and an incident where a hose was used on an inmate named Frost. The story includes police and political maneuvering, with other legislative actions and a comical note on Doorkeeper Dubois.
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Alexander Johnson
Fort Wayne
Johnson
Frost
Boyd
Geanate Committee
Henderson
Bethel A. M. E
Hunter
Dogberry Row
Indianapolis
Labors Udiamand
Central Labor Union
de and Sroke
Mason
Senate
House
Citizens’ Company
McKee
Plaint
Duabtis
Dubois
Dubvie
Streetcar Dilemma Delays Faster Service in Pennsylvania St
Residents along Pennsylvania street resisted electrified rapid transit, vetoing a faster service while officials struggle to balance demands. Neighborhoods above Seventh street seek reasonable timetables, with a postal clerk questioning who the company serves as the clash over Central Ave cars looms.
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Pennsylvania
Seventh
Seventhal
Bon Ton
Seventh-at
Seventh-st
Tae Sun
Union Station
Pennsylvania-st
Greenhut Removed as Whisky Trust Receiver
Curcago Feb 4 Judge Grosscup removed J B Greenhut from the whisky trust receivership labeling his trading in whisky stocks after appointment as an imposition on the federal court The judge keeps T F Lawrence as receiver for directors Gen John G McNulta as court representative and John J Mitchell for petitioners A thorough investigation of the company affairs will follow
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Curcaco
Grosscup
J. B. Greenhut
Whisky Trust
Greenhut
T.F. Lawrence
John G. McNulta
John J. Mitchell
Toukholders
Governor Matthews Pushes Roby Suppression Bill
In a sparsely attended Senate session Monday, Governor Matthews pressed a bill to suppress Roby while lawmakers debated the solders home measure. Senator Gitfard arrived with a yellow valise, revealing three mastodon teeth found by constituents, startling Lafollette and pausing business as teeth were displayed before placing them in the state library The Governor's Hill.
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Senate
Heggard
Newby
Nye
Gitfard
Tipton
Lafollette
Governor’s Hill
Roby
Matthews
Motion for a New Trial in Winnie Smith Case
Attorney John Duncan moves for a new trial claiming juror prejudice and improper evidence. Twenty one reasons are cited including jurors Hezekiah Jones and Louis Thieme allegedly expressing bias and advocating mob or hanging outcomes before the trial. Affidavits from Walter Barr Guy Sinclair Jaterson Miller charge pretrial statements and juror qualifications.
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John Duncan
Winnie Smith
Hezekiah Jones
Broad Ripple
Walter A. Barr
Guy Sinclair
Jones
Smith
Thomas
Wm. Jatterson
W. &. Miller
Louis Thieme
Thieme
Youngsters Arrested For Petit Larceny In School Theft
Patney Sheehan 13 Willie Morgan 11 and Johnnie Miller 11 of Spannare Street were taken into custody by Detectives Doherty and Mc Guff on Monday morning for stealing books from School No 2% Fletcher avenue and selling them to a Virginia avenue dealer. They laughed in jail, one asking for coffee as they learned their fate.
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Patney Sheehan
Willie Morgan
Johnnie Miller
Spannare
Doherty and
McGuff
Jesse James
Desperado
Fletcher-ave
Virginia-ave
Buchanan
Richardson Dies Contractor Who Built the Belt Railroad
J. B. Richardson, 71, the contractor who built the Belt railroad, died of dropsy Monday morning at his Shelbyville pike home. He leaves two grown children. His remains will be interred Wednesday afternoon at Crown Hill.
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J. 8. Richardson
Shelbyville Pike
Crown Hill
Runaway Girl Aboard Mohican Yacht at St Michaels
The schooner Mohican from New York, reported last, arrived at St Michaels Azure Islands on January 13. The vessel is Dr. W Conyers herring yacht and carries the runaway Letitia Thompson.
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Lonpox
Mohican
New York
St. Michaels
Azure Islands
Dr. W. Conyer
Letitia Thompson
Park attracts with Wallick in The Bandit King stage show
The Park’s attraction features Jas H Wallick in The Bandit King in the title role of Joe Ward, revised this year with new features. Andy Cullom the banjo king appears, with Wallick’s acting horses Raider Texas and Pete. Also billed are Hallen Hart and 20 associates with Later On humor and dance, plus Dickson & Talbott presenting the Grand and a 60 member Gaiety Girl company from London with new songs and Nina the French maid in a plot of jewel theft diversion.
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Jas. H. Wallick
Joe Ward
Andy Cullom
Walliwhk
Raider
Texas
Pete
Potomac
Hallen & Hart
Chicago
English
Mark Murphy
Mollie Fuller
Carrie DeMer
Edward Lawrence
Bessia Tennehill
Nina Barrington
Donald Harold
W.8. Francis
Edith Murray
Jennie Grovini
Louisa Willis
Indianapolis
Dickson & Talbott
London
Daly’s
Daly
America
Nina
Will of Olaf Olsen Reveals Peculiar Longhand Estate
The will, dated April 1 1893 and drafted in Olsen's own hand on five sheets, appraises a 240000 dollar estate with life insurance and real property. It directs yearly 3000 dollar payments from two life policies to Olsen's wife for 20 years, then to children. strict conditions apply if she remarries. Executor Robert G. Harshiem bonded at 50000 with Union Trust Company.
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Olaf Rye Olsen
Olsen
Wm. C. van. Arsdei
Arthur
Olaf Rye Olson
Fletcher
Ave
N. Tenneasse-at
Georgia- BL
Kentucky-ave
Georgia-at
Georgia St
Aleraea
Lillian
Frederick
Flora
Edith
Olaf
Edward
Viggo
Ulavia
Laura
Josephine
Robert G. Harsiem
Union Trust Company
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Chas. Fairbanks
Whitem
Smiley N. Chambera
Wishard
Fairbanks
Voorhees
Wishard Turpie
Holton and
Kansas City
Pater Hansen
Hansen
Loo
San Francisco
Frederick Andrews
Cuarranwoona
Tenn
First National Bank of
Ciaries
Christchurch
Francia Hammond
Wm. Garper
W. J. Potter
Chas. E. Brooks
Imogene Wyatt
Peru
Moille Bishop’s Resort
Grady
Jeffries
J. R. Nichola
Hyde Park Church
Lllinoia
Nicholson
Brrras
Thos
Florence Noble
Charles
Ada Bell
William
Mary Keesley
Clara Alsbaugh
Mary Wricht
Drarus
Elsie Keller
John Adams
Martha Wallace
Henry A. F. Schroeder
Ids May Barron
Harry Deer
Maud Saxton
Oliver A. Thomas
Francis L. Miller
DR. Oliver
LE Goy
Mangland
Wit F. Elders
Moore
State House
Ketcham
Sellers
Kankakes
Kern
Marién
Bird
Dr. Price
Sher
JS Richardson
Stiason
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