Gas fields near end as Indiana gains fade
A joint committee tour of Hamilton county gas fields reports the Indiana natural gas industry is near collapse. Wells drop from 325 to 150 psi, production falls, and few wells last beyond two winters. Meters may prolong supply, yet counties now rely on external lines as major stations expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club and Board of Trade
Evans Woollen
J. T. Brush
Major Ross
Charlies E. Coffin
Bement Lyman
Judge Lamb
Consum‘ers’ Company
John R. Pearson
Indianapolis Company
W. H. Shackleton
J. B. Stoner
Indianapolis Press
Hamilton County
Mr. Coffin
Indiana
Indianapolis Gas Company
Consumers’ Company
Indianapolis
Chicago
Columbus
Pearson
Consumers
Frall Greek Township
Norwalk
Corliss
Madison and
Delaware County
Muncie
Alexandria
White River Township
Strawtown
Madison
Delaware
Grant Counties
Fort Wayne
Anderson
Richmond
Ohio
Cross, and
Yeeros
Sas
Apany
Te-Prinip. Iby
Gillman
Perkinsville
Linwood
Broad Ripple
Bates House
Delaware County Holdings
City Council to Probe Strike Responsibility
Cleveland Ohio July seventh report on the eleventh day of the street railway strike. Both sides claim the other broke the first settlement as troops disperse mobs and cars face stone and brick trouble. Motorman Atherton of Cincinnati shot a striker's boy. Hawley bound over for second degree murder.
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Cleveland, C
Second Street Railway
Broadway
Union St
J. H. Atherton
Cincinnati
Wade Park
Frank Wright
Atherton
South Brooklyn
Ralph F. Hawley
Common Pleas Court
Luetgert Dies In Joliet Prison After Convicted Murder Case
Adolph L Luetgert longtime sausage maker and husband of Louise Luetgert died at Joliet penitentiary after serving 16 months of a life sentence for the murder of his wife and disposing of her body in potash vats. The case, famed for circumstantial evidence and sensational details, ended amid questions of guilt and possible self poisoning.
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Chicago
Adolph L. Tuetgert
Louise Luetgert
Adolph Luetgert
Ilinois
Luetgert
Mrs. Vuetgert
Tasetgert
Mary Siemering
Joliet
Bryan Eats Big Dinner in Indianapolis Before Speech
William J Bryan dines heavily at the Grand Hotel in Indianapolis after arriving at 6 10 PM He chats with Labor leaders and Democratic insiders sharing views on free silver While a small group groans with silence a frozen cheer erupts when Bryan sits for a moment He and Parks Martin exit in a carriage as about 600 Indianapolis Democrats join a special train to Greenfield for three speeches.
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Indianapolis
Wiliam J. Bryan
William J
Grand Hotel
Bryan
Shanely
Turpie
Judge Robinson
W. A. Cullop
Parks Martin
Mont Hathaway
Vic Backus
Gwin
Hickhorn
John W. Kerr
Br'er Morss
The
Sentinel
Harry Brown
Democratic Club
Commercial Travelers’ Democratic Club
Marion County Democratic Club
Greenfield
Dove Johnson
Detroit and Ohio strike wave touches several trades
Detroit street car men threaten to strike while Dayton 250 horsebiers walk out for higher pay. Philadelphia messenger boys strike for more money. Pingree and Smith in Detroit settle on terms favorable to firms. Ashtabula dock hands win for strikers. Jersey City freight workers fail to strike. Pittsburgh district messengers win1/2 cent extra. Cincinnati street car men threaten action for higher pay and longer day. Chicago brickmakers strike blocks union pay. New York newsboys remain out over paper prices.
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Detroit
Dayton
Messenger Boys
Philadelphia
Pingree & Smith
Ashtabula
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
N. J
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago
Wandering Neighbor Claimed Walcott Street Home
Police report an elderly man, Metten of 327 N Arsenal Ave, wandering away Wednesday. He sat on a porch at 7 Walcott St Thursday, then tried to reenter the house. Bicycle patrolmen Streit and Lancaster intervened. He could not recall his whereabouts overnight.
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Walcottst
Streit
Lancaster
Metten
N. Arsenal Ave
Walcott St
Bryan Draws 20000 to 30000 at Indiana Fair Grounds
In Greenfield Indiana on Thursday crowds estimated between 20000 and 30000 attended a Bryan speech at the fair grounds. He arrived with 5000 supporters at the depot and was escorted by bands to the grounds where a 15 minute address preceded a larger 2 pm program. J P Tarvin of Kentucky spoke briefly and local county officials under indictment for alleged shortages lurked in the background.
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Greenfield
Ind
Bryan
U. S. Jackson
J. P. Tarvin
Kentucky
Ephraim Marsh
C. G. Offutt
Charlies Downing
Real Strike Demands Stir A D T Messenger Boys
The A D T messenger force shows strong desire for a genuine strike. Cincinnati messengers are viewed as ahead, Cadwell and Doolittle’s withdrawal derailed their efforts, and the slow-foot crew mutters with slower trips and lingering discontent at the office entrance.
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Cincinnati
Cadwell
Doolittle
Government to buy block 36 for new post office site
Judge Martindale said the government plans to acquire part of block 36 for a new post office. He doubts the start date if bids are required, noting the government often builds with its own architect and contracts supervision directly.
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Martindale
Sanitary dumping alleged by city into river probe urged
Report claims the Indianapolis sanitary company dumps night soil into the river rather than burning or burying it on Sellar's farm as required by contract. City sanitarian Clark says the report is unverified by his investigators. The disposal method has been used previously.
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Indianapolis
Sellar
Sanitarian Clark
Bank Run Fails to Hit Capital State Bank in Greenfield
Greenfield Indiana witnesses a run on the Capital State Bank after rumors of an impending failure. Officials claim the bank can satisfy all deposits with about $20,000 remaining, and the panic subsides once the funds are confirmed.
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Greenfield
Ind
Spl
Capital State Bank
Experiments in Ether Wave System At Newbury
Electric waves were used to explode a powder magazine 460 yards from the sending point without wires. The test at Newbury on Wednesday showed the method could destroy mines and similar targets in war.
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New York
Newbury
Saloon Row Brawl Ends With Fines and Injuries
Regular patron Frank Newton accused John Sullivan the saloon keeper of slashing his head with a beer glass requiring stitches. Sullivan was fined $15 and Newton discharged. Mrs Sullivan received a blow to the ear during the melee at the City dispensary.
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Frank Newton
W. Merrill Jr
John Sullivan
Sullivan
Newton
Hawkins Buys Vacant Lot for Mansion in Indianapolis
Gen. John B Hawkins purchased a vacant lot on N Pennsylvania Street from Henry Pierce for 8215 dollars, paid at 132.50 per foot, a record price for the area. Hawkins, a retired commissary general, plans to build a handsome home and live out his days in Indianapolis.
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John B. Hawkins
Henry Pierce
Pennsylvania St
Farmers battle strawboard mills in Delaware county report
Hoosierisms in Brief notes Delaware county farmers along the Mississinnewa river renew a fight with strawboard works. Logansport reports S B Nickum the perpetual light man will refund money to dissatisfied investors after Lew Stanley threatened suit. Monrovia cites Rus Alexander injured by falling clay at Lambert brick works. Square pianos offered from twenty five dollars at Wulechner.
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Muncie
Delaware County
Mississinnewa River
Strawboard
Logansport
S. B. Nickum
Perpetual Light
Lew Stanley
Monrovia
Rus
Alexander
Lambert T
Bloody Battle at Calamba Gains Town for US Forces
A force of about 1,000 under Gen Hall captured Calamba on the southwest shore of Laguna de Bay after landing by boat and wading through water. Four hundred Washington volunteers and regulars fought insurgents for three hours, with 310 defenders found in the town. The gunboat Otaolora was captured intact, and Calamba was garrisoned. Gen Lawton and Prof Worcester witnessed the engagement. The American loss was four killed and one wounded.
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Hall
Calamba
Laguna de Bay
Malbar
Luzon
Tant
Washington
Weisenberger
Pasig
Caskoes
Twenty-first Infantry
Akenhead
McGrath
Napindan
Oeste
South Talim Island
Calambria
Lieut
Barcsman
Twenty-first
Washington Volunteers
Lieut. Laison
Gen
Lawton
Prof
Worcester
Las Benas
Tax board hears arguments on Indianapolis New telephone company value
Li Sheerin argues the New Telephone Company should be taxed on plant value since receipts began in July after assessment. L. D. Fargo defends counting ocean mileage for American Express, noting Europe and Asia lines. Norton and Williams appear for I and O and Vandalia respectively as issues on switch boards and overall assessments are discussed.
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Li Sheerin
Chicago & Erie Railroad
State Board of Tax Commissioners
New Telephone Company
Indianapolis
L. D. Fargo
Chicago
American Express Company
Moores
Europe
Indiana
Fargo
Europa
America
Congressman Norton
Tiffin
John G. Williams
Indianapoli
Vandalia
S. O. Pickens
Western Union
Switch Board
Arrests for Altercation Among Two Colored Individuals
Patrolmen Barbee and Moninger found George Bridgewater and Pauline Taylor trying to mar each other's beauty. Acting police judge Reinhard fined George Bridgewater $25 and costs. Bridgewater is a brother of William Bridgewater who is in the penitentiary for killing his wife in Woodruff place.
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Barbee and
Moninger
George Bridgewater
Pauline Taylor
Reinhard
George
Bridgewater
William Bridgewater
Woodruff Place
Engineer outlines Great Lakes to Atlantic Ship Canal plan
George W. Rafter completes preliminary work on a proposed canal linking the Great Lakes with the Atlantic. Other items note the National Federation of Colored Men meeting in Cleveland on August 10 and prison tobacco ration reforms at Anamosa Iowa.
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George W. Rafter
Great Lakes
Atlantic Ocean
National Federation of Colored Men
Cleveland
Anamosa
Cameron
Anvil City
Alaska
U.S
Shephard
Washington
Justice H. Rathbone
The
Knights of Pythias
Utica
Weather Outlook for Indianapolis 36-Hour Window
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for warm fair weather through Thursday night and Friday. Temperatures recorded at 7 am 73 and at noon 85, with conditions expected to remain steady. The fragment lists various local events and advertisements unrelated to the forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Fight Between Gunboat Party and Natives at Bala Bac
Advices from Bala Bac report a landing party from a gunboat clashing with a small Filipino force. The native chief, his first officer, and six men were killed. several wounded. Americans suffered no losses. The natives had hauled down the American flag at the lighthouse and raised their own. Two officers and 13 marines went ashore. a stubborn fight followed and the natives were driven off and their standard hauled down.
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Manila
Balabac
Lghthouse
Dispatch on Manila voyage and troop discharges
War Department dispatch reports Sherman sailed at midnight with 1,287 officers and men. California notes 256 discharged. Total passengers recorded as Lov. Signeay Otis. Manila date of July 27 appears in the message to Adjutant-general in Washington.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Sherman
California
Signeay Otis
Fresh Troops for Otis Sailed to Manila with Recruits
San Francisco dispatch reports the transport Ohio and Newport sailing at midnight with the second battalion of the Nineteenth Infantry and 70 recruits bound for Manila. On board the Ohio travels Private Benjamin Givens, charged with desertion, guarded and returned to the Philippines for trial. The Tacoma also sailed Thursday carrying 260 cavalry horses and stores.
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Otis
San Francisco
Ohio
Newport
Nineteenth Infantry
Manila
Tacoma
Benj. Givens
Fourth Infantry
Philippines
Usal
Grink
Insurgents Rally in Manila After Calamba Defeat
Insurgents rallied in Manila on Thursday after being driven from Calamba on Wednesday. The Twenty-first Regulars and Washington volunteers sent several companies to the town and repelled the attackers, forcing them back to the hill following a brisk engagement.
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Manila
Calamba
Twenty-first Regulars
Washington Volunteers
Mrs Hoover Sues Kinsey Co Over Gambling Losses
In a peculiar Lake Superior court filing Mrs Ettie Hoover seeks 1500 from the L A Kinsey company for 1012.50 her husband Charles A Hoover allegedly lost gambling with the firm. The suit hinges on whether Kinsey operates a legitimate commission business or a gambling operation.
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Superior Court
Harvey, Pickens, Cox & Kahn
Ettie Hoover
L. A. Kinsey Company
Charles A. Hoover
Kinsey Company
Hoover
James Boice
Muncie
Boice
Supreme Court
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Leutgert
Annals of Criminology
Joliet Penitentiary
Samuel E. Morss
Mgr. Morss
the World and Journal
Wulechner
Marcy
Kissel Garden
Lilly May
Mamie Livingstone
Charlie WW
Schisse
Walschatt& Son
Shickering Piang
Volantees
Devil and
Deep Sea
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