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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
1
Floods push refugees toward Evansville Indiana as the Ohio River nears 49 feet. City officials Salvation Army and businesses mobilize shelters and aid for evacuees from Kentucky Illinois and Indiana while farmers seek food and shelter in coming days.
The Ohio river rose above 62 feet with four city blocks flooded and bridges cut off except a narrow foot passage. Thousands in Cincinnati and nearby Newport Covington face homelessness as California town floods. schools closed and shelters opened. Covington isolated by high ground, Newport reports about 5,000 homeless and 100 blocks underwater. Free soup houses opened to feed the displaced.
Entries close January 29 for the seventh annual exhibition at Tomlinson hall February 2 to 8 by the Fanciers Association of Indiana. The show is expected to boast the largest list of entries and a record poultry and pet stock display. Secretary William Tobin warns fanciers to file entries before 10 am January 2.
Official report from Lafayette Indiana describes a Big Four wreck near Fowler. Train No 38 failed to stop at a red board and collided with No 95 500 feet east of Cas End siding at 2 15 a m. Conductor Hiddinger and Engineer Tripp in charge. Tripp badly hurt, fireman killed. Baggage car destroyed by fire. sleeper Tabong damaged. About eight injured taken to Kankakee. several crew presumed burned. Engineer Cobble of No 95 unharmed. Fifteen in the combination car. four accounted for. No one injured in damaged sleepers.
Attorney 8.0 Pickens for Pennsylvania lines argues a provision allowing higher than 2 cents per mile for roads earning under 2000 dollars per mile. Senator Crumpacker, committee chair, fears the move would dodge the 2 cent limit by shifting earnings among lines of a single company.
Strong opposition grows against Gov. Hanly’s bill carried by Sen. Kimbrough to place a woman on each state institution board with women inmates. Critics call it political power play and consider it unsatisfactory to boards run by women, as bills move through committee in both legislative branches.
The Germania avenue Baptist church at Germania avenue and Calvage street will be dedicated Sunday February 3 with special services in morning afternoon and night. The dedicatory address will be delivered Sunday afternoon at 2 30 by Rev E W Lounsbury D D of Chicago. Dr Lounsbury will also preach at 7 30 p m.
Cloudy with light rain or snow possible and falling temperatures Saturday night. Sunday will be clearing and colder. Sunrise 7 03, sunset 4 49, temperatures 7 am 52, 2 pm ?.
Walter B Harris of Indianapolis, tied to Harris Air Pump Co with offices at 62 Seothard Building, is reported dying from injuries from the Fowler wreck. He lives at 27 Shiel Block.
Chief Metzger faces assault and battery charges as the trial for Robert Metzger, city police chief, moves slowly toward a verdict. Prosecutors aim to establish damaging evidence about his character while Defense counsel accuses the state of introducing unseemly questions.
A Chicago grand jury indicted John B R Walsh, noted banker and former newspaper publisher, connected to the collapse of a national bank where he served as president. The proceedings probe alleged wrongdoing and the interplay of witnesses and defense across questioning on motives, arrest threats, and prior statements, with further trial details promised on page 2.
Senator Gannard proposes a bill to shift bank examiners from fees to salaries. The auditor of state would appoint examiners with the governor’s approval to inspect state and private banks operating under Indiana law.
The Rev Williamson of Trinity Congregational will assist Covenant Congregational during the coming revival. N B Hollis of Elwood Ind will lead music and be the gospel singer. The Sunday sermon will be Stones Made Bread and the evening theme The Wise Men Turned From their Homeward Bound. Music by male and Ladies choruses.
The following articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state on Saturday. Petersburg Hardware Company, Petersburg, capital stock $5,100. Incorporators: William H. Limp, Charles H. Carlisle, Peter B. Catt. Directors: Josef Kasczor, Michal Rychewalski, Stanislaw Krawczyl, Tanz Langner, Dominick Szarkowski, Jon Majko, Josef Cieplucha.
A brief classified notice offers medical services by Dr. Carter a reliable specialist. It says chronic nervous blood skin and special diseases are cured and provides the address No 9 North Meridian Street room 4.
National Restaurant at 38 40 Monument Place advertises chowder and seafood offerings while Grant Clax, a maker of artificial teeth with fourteen years at New York Dental, is linked to Delawarest. Wulschner's lists new pianos starting at 165 dollars.
At the UMW convention Mitchell forces pressed for his plan and repudiation of Vice-President Lewis. Mitchell warned delegates that only his report or Lewis’s could be adopted, signaling a showdown as the committee favored Mitchell’s policy and last year’s settlements.
President Mitchell offered to resign at the UMWA convention after praising his policy on strikes. Delegates applauded, while Lewis pressed a tougher stance against mine operators. The convention rejected Lewis’s alternative and hailed Mitchell’s leadership and growing membership.
The dialogue centers on the largest strikes faced by the organization, with Secretary Wilson advocating a policy of partial settlements pursued the previous year. The remarks emphasize negotiation as a path to end the disputes.
The Sun challenges the Indianapolis News to prove its claim about The Sun’s city circulation or publish the truth. The Sun offers $500 if the News manager and Merchants' association secretary verify The Sun’s numbers and print the full result on the first page.
Delegates weigh how the officers’ report will be received and whether Lewis would resign if it fails. Pro-Lewis and pro-Mitchell speakers debated at the convention door as Mitchell delivered a forceful address on funding nonunion fields and potential future strikes. He argued the union treasuries were not ready for a strike and urged flexible policy on labor actions.
Vice President Lewis confirms internal disagreement within the organization over the Perry resolution. He notes that many rank and file members believe a strike last year would have achieved the desired outcome, though district leaders do not voice these opinions.
Sut filed in federal court Saturday by Barber Asphalt Paving Company of West Virginia against Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley tradition company seeking judgment for 5691 and 36 cents with accrued interest for work and labor on defendant’s lines in Fort Wayne. Hood’s Sarsparilla promoted for digestion and stomach strengthening.
PAZO Ointment guarantees cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Available at 23 W Wash St PILES Native Herbs. Cures in 14 days or less with 50c pricing.
Local tradesmen advertise decoration and iron turning services from their shop at Main 605 and the New 6001 Main. The Gem Laundry offers family washings with rough dry at six cents per pound and invites trials with phones 1671 and 6S per pound for flat pieces.
The Sun announces a For Sale Miscellaneous ad rate of ten words for 16 cents. It lists items like rag rugs, various carpet types such as Ingrain Bruasels velvet Wilton moquette and axminster, with Ashbilan Broad and Co offering both phones.
A collision on the Big 4 Railroad killed 29 people and left many others pinned in wreckage or burned. Seriously injured survivors were loaded onto a special train and taken to a hospital at Kankakee.
At Fowler Indiana a rear collision between Queen City Special No 39 and a westbound freight wrecked multiple cars. Estimates say 23 killed and 15 to 20 injured as fire consumed the wreckage. Officials opened a coroner inquiry and search for victims continued into the morning.
We attempted to evacuate passengers from the Cincinnati sleeper as the danger grew. Workers moved the injured to a private car, but it derailed. The car ran away toward Kankakee, and the injured are being cared for at a hospital.
Incomplete text notes recovery of bodies and mentions General Superintendent Houghton but omits key details, names, places, and outcomes. Further readable material is required to form a factual headline and accurate summary.
Survivors from Big Fowler Indiana were taken by special car to Knackakee Illinois with a private train. President C. E. Schaff reported casualties as bodies recovered and passengers to Williamsport. The article mentions John Schannon and a likely death toll amid scattered details.
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