Earthquake Rattles Indiana Illinois and Kentucky Towns
A strong quake moved from north to south across southern and western Indiana, northern Kentucky, and parts of Illinois on Sunday. It began near Alton and reached Cairo and Owensboro, causing alarm, rattling pictures, knocking bricks, stopping clocks in Harrisburg, and prompting frightened children and adults to rush outdoors. In Evansville the shock at 6:20 p.m. frightened telephony operators, while Princeton reported a separate east–west tremor with no damage.
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Kentucky
Alton
Cairo
Owensboro
Harrisburg
Walla
St. Louis
Iate
Evansville
Ind
Baptisttown
Princeton
Princeto
Automatic Sprinkler Prevented Big Fire at Schnull Co Store
Early Sunday morning a fire started in the Schnull Co wholesale grocery on Meridian Street. The automatic sprinkler activated a fire alarm and helped contain the blaze, with the fire department and salvage crew preventing water damage and major loss.
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Schnull # Co
Meridian St
Rempt
Impeachment Effort Gauged by Evansville Bar Signals
Circulars signed by Evansville bar members urge Impeachment of Judge Rasch. Legislature members have received them but show little interest. A representative states opposition to any kind of ripper.
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Evansville Bar Association
Rasch
Evansville
Alabama Seeks Liberal Corporate Laws Pressing for More Powers
Birmingham commercial club adopts resolutions urging Alabama legislature to enact broader corporation laws modeled after New Jersey. A delegation will push Montgomery to pass sweeping charter rights expansion while other state chambers consider bills. Backers aim to keep fees from Jersey and attract capital to Alabama.
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Birmingham
Alaama
New Jersey
Montgomery
State Senate
Alabama
Pope Leo XIII Suffers Extreme Exhaustion Downtime
In Rome on the anniversary of Pope Pius’ death, Pope Leo XIII grew extremely exhausted and had to retire to bed. Receptions scheduled for Monday were postponed as doctors work to restore his strength and ease public concern over his condition.
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Rome
Leo
Pope Pius
Commission Recommends Six Year Extension of Convict Labor
A legislative commission toured the Michigan City state prison and unanimously urged extending contract labor for six years. The panel noted current contractors and employment figures, with 78 inmates inside and others working nearby. Warden Reid received high praise for the institution’s excellent condition and management.
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Hurley
Hume
Mitche
Boulden
Vollman
Peer
Pebble
Michigan City
Warden Field
Tten
J. J. Mott
Ford & Johnson
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Lakeside Knitting Company
Reid
Tidal Wave Strikes Tahiti Islands Devastating Natives
Mariposa reports a tidal wave on the society islands with about 10 natives drowned. Survivors lack food clothing and shelter as relief efforts begin. Islands sit barely two feet above sea level and many residents sought brief refuge in coconut trees before fleeing offshore.
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Mariposa
Tahiti
Society
South Sea
Anarchists Strike Bites Catalonia Reports No Papers
Anarchist campaign yields a 3.0% work stoppage across Catalonia on Monday with printers among the strikers halting newspaper output. Government readies loops and gendarmes to counter disorder as unrest flares across the region.
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Barcelona
Spain
Catalonia
Young messenger boys ride to New York Stock Exchange seats
The New York Messenger boys rising to wealth and exchange seats is highlighted by W Rutger J Planten son of Dutch consul general John R Planten joining Van Schalck & Co after rising from a one dollar a week messenger to a thirteen thousand five hundred dollar meat purchase. Others like Burke Coleman and S G Wood also moved from street messengers to exchange membership, showing a path from printer to broker through merit and capital. Rene DeRusey also progresses from telegraph boy to seat holder with Armory & Sons and joins a Philadelphia brokerage firm.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
W. Rutger J. Planten
van Schalck & Co
John R. Planten
Netherlands
Burke Coleman
Decopost & Dorem
Bnally
Allen, Wood & McGraw
Rene DeRusey
J. M. Armory & Sons
Exchange
Philadelphia
Hogan maul ed him Chicago boxing referee stabbed
Malachy Hogan a noted boxing referee was stabbed early Monday while protecting a woman from a man named Percy Doe. Hogan slashed in the left arm. He restrained Doe until police arrived. The woman afterward disappeared. Doe claims she is his wife and Hogan had no right to interfere.
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Central Ave
Henry Bahle
William Lammlnger
Chadwick St
Katherine Smith
Lammilbger
Morgan
Simon
Jacob Cohen
W. Maryland Sr
Misa Rowena Walker
James McCool
St. John's Parish
Williamarrett
Huntingburg
Ind
Inspector Kyle
Barrett
Benjamin Uhi
TN Neight
Chicago
Malachy Hogan
Protectiy
Percy Doe
Hogan
Doe
Saloonkeeper Fatally Shot by Drunken Suspect in Indiana
Vincennes dispatch reports Charles Hulen, drunken man seeking trouble, shot George Baugh in Baugh’s saloon Sunday night after being ordered to leave. Hulen fled into Illinois. Rena Lyall dead. note of London obituary for novelist Ada Elian Bayly Bana.
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Vincennes
Ind
Charles Hulen
George Baugh
Baugh
Hulen
Illinois
Rena Lyall
London
Ade Elian Bayly
Bana
Lunch Question Driving Office Health Revolution
A Chicago firm tested a lunch plan to curb overeating and boost health. Girls were served Grape-Nuts for breakfast and Postum coffee with lemon, plus fruit for lunch. Within two weeks one employee improved. eventually over a hundred workers adopted the plan, improving appetite, sleep, and nerves.
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Chicago
Alno
Lee
Igtyan
Postum
Senators Stirred Up Over Rockefeller Anti-Trust Telegram
Washington reports reveal no senator will accept a telegram from John D Rockefeller urging no anti-trust legislation. The move fuels fears of a push to pass anti-trust laws at the session and could trigger an extra session if no measure is enacted.
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Washington
John D. Rockefeller
Congress
Financial reverse and labor unions warning from Hill
James J. Hill, railroad magnate, warns that labor unions killed industrial Europe and will bring a grave financial reverse to the United States. He expects the crisis within a year or by the presidential year, supports anti trust legislation, and calls for corporate disclosure of business details. He notes regulation as proper and cites Standard Oil. Also an ad promotes Donn's Ointment for piles.
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New York
James J. Hill
Cailway
Department of Commerce
Enland
United States
Hill
Bualneas
Standard Oil Company
Pub Mc
Bargains In Upright Pines at Baldwin's Store
Bargains in upright pines slightly used at Baldwin's. Start the week right with fine buys. Visit THE SUN office for details or call the two listed phones.
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SUN
Ohio
Beldwin'a
Bribe Paid to Tutor to Remove Crown Princess Loulee
The Zeitung reports Saxon agents paid French tutor MM Giron $100 to abandon Princess Loulee of Saxony. The princess, now heartbroken, is in a Geneva sanatorium at Nyon for delicate health. She laments being denied permission to see her ill child at Balsbure.
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the Zeitung
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Loulee
Saxony
Abemion
Geneva
Prine Seas Haa
Nyon
Netats
Balsbure
Merchants Gather For Wood Garnishee Bill Hearing
Delegations from Braneville Lafayette Fort Wayne and South Bend meet in the senate as a special order on a Wood garnishee bill. Merchants press for passage of the measure amid legislative debate and interest from local business interests.
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Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Bouth Bend
Senate
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