Fall from new Claypool Hotel claims life of worker
Stewart Stevenson of Haughville died after a fall from the top of the Claypool hotel. He dropped 60 to 70 feet to the third floor area while installing iron cross pieces above the auditorium. He died at St. Vincent's hospital later Friday afternoon. Stevenson worked for Brown Ketcham Iron Works and was found unconscious with severe head injuries as blood covered his ears.
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Stewart Stevenson
Claypool
St. Vincent's Hospital
Brown-Ketcham Iron Works
City Dispensary Ambulance
Shank
Ford
Mason
Stevenson
Sourbier Destroys Smallpox Budget Clash
Councilman Ed Sourbier leveraged a ward quarrel to defeat a smallpox appropriation, securing health-guard support and promising votes from four Democrats. The mayor plans a duplicate ordinance for next council meeting to fund a pest house outside city limits.
Pelee Erupts Again With Thick Smoke Over Fort de France
On Friday morning Mt Pelee erupted after ten days of quiet sending dark smoke into the sky. The cloud obscured the sun as the sea rose four feet and fear gripped Fort de France and surrounding natives who fear destruction on June 12.
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Fort DE France
Mt.Pelee
Norvous
Pelee
Citizens Seek Change of Venue for Butler Bribery Case
The hearing on Edward Butler's request for a change of venue was continued. A citizens fund has been raised to aid state officers in prosecuting boodlers, with James Blair stating he is treasurer and that other subscribers wish to remain unnamed.
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ST. Louis
Edward Butler
Citizens’ Fund
James Blair
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
Forecast for Indianapolis and nearby areas for 36 hours ending 8 p m June 7 calls for partly cloudy conditions Friday night and Saturday with showers. Temperatures 68 at 7 a m rising to 83 by noon and 83 by 2 p m with variable winds and showers in Indiana and adjacent states.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Obituary Fragments Report Deaths Across Indiana Areas
Mrs. Sophia Gilman aged 92 of Evansville. James J. Russell formerly of Richmond died at St Lawrence Kas. William Baugh of Terre Haute. Louis Richman of Anderson. References to a firet engine over Vandalia Railroad from Indianapolis to Terre Haute appear.
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James J. Russell
Richmond
St’ Lawrence, Kas
William Baugh
Terre Haute
Firet
Vandalia Railroad
Indianapolis
Local mine workers doubt Indiana market claim
Editor Sex ton of the Mine Workers Journal doubts a report that Indiana bituminous operators will supply the anthracite market. He notes Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania Central coal cars were sent to the Linton field but argues Pennsylvania mines are sufficient. No call for a special convention had reached union HQ by late Friday amid growing Coal Creek miners’ families fundraisers totaling $500.
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Indiana
Sexton
Mine Workers’ Journal
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania Central
Linton
Pennsylvania
Mr. Bexton
United Mine Workers
Lato
Coal Creek
State printing board delays Blatchley report for missing copy
The State printing board delayed Geologist Blatchley's report after discovering gas and mine inspector reports were not yet attached. Previously, the board would print the rest of the copy and await the missing sections. The board ordered Blatchley notified and will not pass the report until all copy is before it.
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State Printing Board
Blatchley
Dr Fletcher Presents Martinique Slide Lecture at Factory
About 600 attendees at T B Laycock Manufacturing Company factory heard Dr C I Fletcher give an illustrated lecture on Martinique and St Pierre. He introduced music of Martinique as a feature and showed colored slides depicting Mt Pelee.
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C. I. Fletcher
Martinique
St. Pierre
T. B. Laycock Manufacturing Company
Dr. Fletcher
Mt. Pelee
Young Buffaloes Seek Games With 12 And Under Teams
Reported desire from Buffaloes to play a ball game against any team of 12 players or fewer. Dent comments reflect skepticism about system demands.
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Buffaloes
Ohio Will Lead for Hanna in 1904 Boom Predicted
W J Bryan, writing in the Commoner from Lincoln Nebraska, says Ohio will back Hanna despite Senator Foraker's bold predictions. He expects a Roosevelt versus Hanna contest at the Ohio Republican convention and notes some papers stress the convention endorsed Roosevelt, yet this does not reflect a national administration endorsement.
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Hanna
Senator Foraker
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Neb
Ohio
W. J. Bryan
Federal Building Front Details Clarified By Officials
Supt Power of parks cites two letters about the north front of the new federal building. Senator Beveridge says park board correspondence was sent to Supervising architect Taylor who forwarded it to contractors for a detailed report. Congressman Overstreet notes Indianapolis plans incomplete and describes a one story entrance with columns and inside processing of mail, not wagons.
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Supt. Power
Parks
Federal Building
Beveridge
Park Board
Taylor
Overstreet
Indianapolis
Strike at Indianapolis drop forge plant
All but one hammer man at the Indianapolis drop forging plant struck in sympathy with striking machinists. Management said workers did not show up and positions were filled by nonunion men. The manager stated they will run the plant as usual.
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Indianapolis
Barnickel
Booker T. Washington Visits Louisville Addresses Students
Booker T. Washington, famed educator, arrived in Louisville on Thursday and toured city schools, delivering several short talks. He attended a reception at the Board of Trade hosted by leading Black residents and spoke at the Colored normal school commencement. White residents packed the event as Washington noted he declined offers of $1,000 weekly to lecture elsewhere.
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Louisville
Booker T. Washington
Board of Trade
Colored Normal School
Washington
Tuskogee
West Virginia Miners Brace for Nationwide Strike
Charleston reports a general expectation of a coal mine work stoppage on Saturday. The move reflects compliance with an order to strike and the miners uncertainty about the strength of organized labor amid unclear information.
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Charleston
W. Va
With a Smile Testimony in Arson Probe of Hortense Abromet
The mother of Hortense Abromet testified before the grand jury Friday morning in the arson investigation. She emerged from the room smiling, drawing attention to the mood during proceedings.
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Hortense Abromet Testi
Seining Crowds Ruin Quiet Bass Haul Near Brooklyn
Attorney John M. Bailey and his brother in Morgan county report 75 bass taken from White Lick creek as a crowd of seiners from Indianapolis disrupted the fishing scene near Brooklyn. The party threatened Bailey and his companion, prompting a report to Fish Commissioner Sweeney and deputy for prosecution.
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John M. Bailey
Sweeney
W. E. Bailey
Morgan County
White Lick Creek
Brooklyn
Bailey
Indianapolis
Railey
Baileys
Six Santa Fe Trains Stalled by Kansas Floods
Six through Santa Fe passenger trains are stalled at Emporia as Cottonwood River swelled to three miles wide and Neosho River to 24 feet, five miles across at points. Rain persisted. no lives lost, but wheat ready for harvest submerged, farms, tracks, and bridges damaged. immense property loss anticipated.
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Cottonwood River
Neosho River
Emporia
Kas
Santa Fe
Cottonwood
Neosho
Court case ends as Strebe pays for child support
In Justice Stout's court William Strebe paid 300 to Miss Nellie McAdams who swore paternity. During settlement negotiations McAdams fainted three times. She came from Chicago to stop the marriage in Indianapolis hoping to force Strebe to marry her for the child's name. She accepted the money for maintenance after failing to compel marriage. Strebe remained silent.
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William Strebe
Strebe
Tragic death after quarrel with lover at streetcar stop
Lily Hendricks 15 daughter of Joseph Hendricks of 1439 Blaine Ave West Indianapolis took carbolic acid after a quarrel with her sweetheart near Gardner's drug store on Howard St. She swallowed the poison before collapsing at the curb and died shortly after 10 p m. Doctors failed to save her as she suffered severe facial burns and blisters.
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Lily Hendricks
Joseph Hendricks
Blaine Ave
Indianapolis
Hendricks
Lily
Gardner's
Howard St
Kennedy
Will of Judge Crabtree Filed and Sons Urged to Serve
Sterling Illinois June 6 The will of the late Judge D Crabtree of the appellate court is filed After partitioning a $200 000 estate among eight children he urges his sons to be ready to defend the country as he was in 1861 1865 He says he could not rest if a son failed to respond to the call in danger or peril.
Public works reject asphalt plan defeats remonstrance
The Board of Public Works refused to drop asphalt specifications and passed the city engineer's report on a remonstrance from Cornell avenue residents. Thirty-two of forty-one property owners signed opposing the monopoly claim, and the approved report implies the proposed improvement is lost.
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Board of Public Works
Cornellave
Atention
Dream that foretold death kills Chicago lineman
Tom Sloan a Commonwealth Electric Company lineman left his home at 79 Van Buren Place after recounting a dream in which he would be shocked to death by a live wire. Two hours later Sloan was killed while changing a wire on a pole 60 feet high, a site previously fatal for two other linemen.
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Chicago
Tom Sloan
Commonwealth Electric Company
van Buren Place
Sloan
White Brute Gets Full Limit for Street Misconduct
James Miller a saloon porter insulted two young women on Massachusetts Avenue Thursday. A crowd threatened lynching until Bicycle policemen restrained him. Judge Stubbs sentenced Miller to 180 days in the workhouse, a $100 fine, plus 30 days and costs for obscene language and street offense.
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James Miller
Fred Heler
Massachusetts Ave
Mary Winn
Lottie Brown
Miss Winn
Miller
Michigan
New Jersey-sts
Losh
Mefford
Stubbs
Union Traction Rate Talks at City Hall
George F. McCulloch and Charles Maguire of Union Traction Company met with Mayor Bookwalter and James L. Keach of the shippers committee at the mayor's office on Friday afternoon to discuss freight rates.
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George F. McCulloch
Charles Maguire
Union Traction Company
Bookwalter
James L. Keach
Shippers' Committee
Indianapolis soap powder works owner makes assignment
Arba T. Perry, proprietor of the Indianapolis soap powder works at Montcalm and Twenty second streets, assigns assets to R L Sutherland. Estimated assets about 14000, liabilities about 20000. The business has existed for eighteen months.
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Arba T. Perry
Indianapolia Soap Powder-Works
Montcalm
Twenty-second-sts
R. L. Sutherland
Stranger Pays With Confederate Ten in Shoe Purchase
A prosperous looking stranger bought a pair of ladies' shoes for 1.50 from Elmer Myers at 142 N Illinois St. on Friday. He paid with a Confederate ten dollar bill and received 3.50 in change as police search for him.
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Elmer Myers
Ilinois St
Central academy holds eighteenth commencement in Plainfield
In Plainfield Indiana on Friday the eighteenth annual commencement of Central academy was held before a large audience. Twelve graduates were addressed by Rev Elwood O Ellis of Raymond. An effort is underway to raise 350000 as an endowment for the institution.
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Plainfield
Ind
Central Academy
Elwood O. Ellis
Raymond
Supreme Court Upholds Terre Haute Car Tax Ordinance
The court Friday sustained Terre Haute's ordinance taxing private carriages for street maintenance. Taxpayers led by P. Kersex won an injunction in the lower court, claiming the tax violated the constitution requiring uniform valuation.
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Supreme Court
Terre Haute
P. Kersex
Big Four Introduces Round Trip Train Service
The Big Four will run a new two way train between St Louis and New York starting June 15. The eastbound schedule shows arrival in Indianapolis early morning and New York at 7 20 a m eastern time. The westbound trip ends in Indianapolis at 11 30 p m. The consist includes Cincinnati New York and Boston sleepers.
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Big Four
St. Louis
New York
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Boston
Wreck on Big Four at Belefontaine injures horses
A Big Four train carrying race horses wrecked near Mix Riding on Friday. The engine and four cars derailed. Brakeman John Borders of Ansonia was killed. Seventeen horses were badly injured. Jungelaus' Employes Return to Work after union meeting. Planing mill workers vote to end strike and allow Jungelaus company men to resume work following union demands.
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Belefontaine
St. Louis
Buffalo
Mix Riding
John Borders
Ansonia
Jungelaus
W. P. Jungelaus Company
Vanderbilt Party Arrives in Indianapolis for Midwest Stop
W. K. Vanderbilt and party arrived in Indianapolis from Chicago on Thursday evening and departed for Cincinnati and Cleveland Friday morning. They traveled aboard a special train of three cars. President Ingalls and Big Four general manager Schaf accompanied them.
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W. K. Vanderbilt
Indianapolis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Ingalls
Schaf
Special Council to Act on Health Dept Funds
Mayor Bookwalter calls a special council meeting on Monday night to approve three health department appropriations. The items include 13600 for a pesthouse 2000 for the contagious disease fund and 750 to prosecute the pure milk crusade.
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Bookwalter
Health Department
Candidates Withdrawn From Independent Board Ticket
John Perrin has withdrawn his candidacy from the independent Board of Trade ticket for governing committee. Harry A Scholtz Haber also withdrew, nominated for treasurer, leaving both positions without the listed contenders.
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John Perrin
Independent Board of Trade
Harry A. Scholtzhaber
Campaign expenses for Lawrence township candidates
Report details James B. Smith campaigns costs for the Democratic road supervisor bid, including fifteen cents for cigars. RL Wentover lists five dollars for printing and five dollars and two cents for cigars in his coroner bid. Clarence A. Tucker notes one dollar fifty cents spent on cards for justice of the peace race.
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James B. Smith
Lawrence ‘Township
RL. Wentover
Clarence A. Tucker
Justice of the Peace
Thanksgiving services in Pretoria Sunday
The report notes planned thanksgiving services in Pretoria for the coming Sunday. Other items mention Georgia Democrats nominating J. M. Terrell for governor and coal field unrest in Keystone, Virginia, with 1,800 workers quitting Thursday.
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Pretoria
J. M. Terrell
Keystone
Gentlemen's driving club season delayed by track condition
The season opens later than planned as the track remains unready. Officials say the surface is not yet in shape but may be prepared for a meet next week.
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Gentlemen’s Driving Club
Saturday sale offers a handsome Roman rocker
A local listing notes a handsome Roman rocker will be sold Saturday. The brief item highlights a new look and an eye catching piece, with no other details about price or seller provided.
First Blood in Coal Strike Sparks Riots in Wilkesbarre
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania June 6 violence flared as coal and iron policemen fired on a boy and stirred mass anger among strikers. Charles McCain ten was shot near the Stanton colliery as youths tried to tear a barricade igniting fears of further trouble with officials predicting more clashes ahead.
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Wilkesbarre
Charles McCain
Stanton
Young
Brc- Cann
Mercy Hospital
Stanton Mine
Philadelphia
Hat costs over a hundred dollars at the White House
At the White House this summer Senator Frye wore a Panama hat sent by a friend without a band. He asked a hatter to add a band but the hatter refused saying the hat is too fine to punch with holes. The hat is valued at more than $100 and may be the costliest hat worn by any congressman.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Frye
Maine Statesman
Congress
McGowan Drives Big Deal In National Utilities
A New York report states Henry McGowan of Indianapolis backs a plan for United Gas Improvement to absorb gas and electric light and traction concerns nationwide. The deal involves several millions in capital and is linked to Providence, Rhode Island.
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New York
Huch 7. McGowan
Indianapolis
United Gas Iprovement Company
Philadelphia
Gas and Electric
Lght Anda
Financial weekly gains in May for Big Four lines
May earnings for Big Four lines reached 532002.16 in the fourth week, up 25108.81 from the prior year. May totals stood at 1,528,440 for 1901 comparisons while Peoria and Eastern posted 77071.36 for the week, 1955.58 higher than last year and 217274.54 for the month, down 8071.83 from May 1901. Also ad copy promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a health product.
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Big Four Lines
Peoriia & Eastern Lines
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Coungsman Sourrier
Ed Sourbier
Sourbier
Board of Health
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St.louis
Sophia Gilman
Evansville
THE
University Park
Booker Washington
West Virginia
Will
Kansas
Nellie M’adams
Nisat
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MR. Crabtree
Board OF Works
White Brute
Interurban Freight Conference
Vanderbilt
Whitmer
Keyser
House of Commons
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
National Bank
Duncannon
Ravenal
8. C
Jim, Black
J. K. Jones
Henry Wegert
Grant Park
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BUN
Ise Baseball ‘Club
Wit
Senator Frye
M’gowan
BIG
Electric Light
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