Receiver named for Citizens street railway in Indiana town
Judge Taylor appoints W. T. Steele as receiver ending the strike for now. Frenzel and board contest, while a large parade marks the return of cars and labor unity. Cars briefly run then are halted by Frenzel orders as contempt actions unfold and legal filings proceed.
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Frenzel
Tur Sus
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
W. T. Steele
Taylor
William P. Fishback
Wilson
John Frenzel
Fren
Chicago
Fishback
Claypool & Claypool
John W. Kern
W. P. Kappes
Yor Sullivan
Tom Taggart
Ilson
Hawkins
North Illinois St
College-are
Judge Buskirk
Brotherhood Committee
Steele
President Frenzel Blocks Receiver Admission at Barns
Report describes Receiver Steele’s attempt to enter Barns on N New Jersey streets blocked by sealed doors and striker loyalty to Frenzel. Strikers hailed and repelled admission while authorities urged calm as eight cars rolled out under protest amid ongoing labor dispute. Strong base of named places and local figures featured in the disruption.
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Frenzel
State House
Hne
New Jersey St. Barns
J. P. Frenzel
Indianapolis
O—D
E. K. Butler
E. Washington-st
Pennsylvania St
John Worley
Pennsylvania
Controller Woollen
Lux
Buskirk
Mr. Woollen
C. W. Martin
Steele
Timmatix
McGinty
Citizens’ Street Car Company
Georgia
Judge Martindale
Fowler
Martindale
John Holliday
John P. Frenzel
Sentinel
Morss
Holliday
Asone
Mr. Steele
Mr. Frenzel
Clay Allen
Spencer
N. New Jersey St
Sarge
N. New Jeru-st. Barns
Thirteenth-st
Talbott-ave
Pennsylvia-st
Ninth-at
Platinu
Capt
Curtis
Pennsylvania-st
Mike
Fonsylvania
Alabams
Ring
Tommaly
Excitement in Creed during chaotic land sale
Reports from Crede describe a frenzied public auction where squatters arrive armed and vow to resist. Gen Adams of Colorado Springs is robbed at gunpoint as auctioneers sell plots at low prices. A Denver observer recalls a humorous scene of two sisters using adjacent lots for one business, sparking laughter as a man is carried out.
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Dexven
Crede
Adams
Colorado Springe
Denver
M. B. Carpenter
Jim Maxwell
Local Indiana Snow Follows by Fair Weather Forecast
Local snows ease to fair conditions in Indiana with colder morning temps. For Indianapolis and nearby, the 36 hour period ending 8 p m Wednesday March 2 indicates colder, cloudy weather after Tuesday’s nearly stationary temperatures.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Court Affirms No Death Sentence in 1890 Murder Case
Albany March 1 The court of appeals on Tuesday morning affirmed no sentence of death for Cal Wood found guilty of murdering Leander Pasco at Stony Creek Warren County on May 10 1890.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
Cal Wood
Leander Pasco
Stony Creek
Warren County
Congress Debates Banks Risk and Rural Mail Plan
The House favorably reports a bill to protect national banks and a bill to fund free rural mail delivery. The internal tax repeal on bank notes is opposed. A gun factory project on the Pacific coast passes. Chairman Springer’s severe illness delays tariff debate, with a two week absence likely.
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Wasuincutos
Committee On Finance
W Pacific Coast
Springer
Ways and Means Committee
McMillin
Mgr
Plans Selected for Democratic Convention Wigwam
Chicago announces the lakefront wigwam for the Democratic national convention. It will be an oblong structure costing 24000 dollars funded by Chicago residents. The layout places delegates in a central circle with alternates outside and elevated seating around terraced sections.
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Chcace
Sedalia Ravisher Arrested Near St Louis
A man believed to be the Sedalia ravisher was arrested near St Louis on March 1. Morris Wilson, age 20, claiming the name Morris Wilson, appears older. He attempted to board a Missouri Pacific train and was detained by the engineer, with Sedalia authorities notified.
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ST. Louis
Ile
Morris Wilson
Missouri Pacific
Tenement Wall Blows Down in Hoboken Gale
A wall of a large tenement under construction on Garden Street Hoboken collapsed in a gale early Tuesday morning wrecking two adjoining houses. Many residents were asleep but miraculously no serious injuries were reported.
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New York
Garden St
Hoboken
Great Flood Hits Newark Marshes Near Jersey Central Tracks
Newark marshes are flooded a mile from shore up to the Jersey Central tracks. The broad water expanse creates a scene not equaled in many years.
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Newark
Jersey Central
Who'll Be the Next Libel Victim
Reports from Florida say Senator Quay's condition is rapidly improving and he will stay in Florida about ten days longer.
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Philadel Ruin
Florida
Senator Quay
Typhus Case Reported in New York
New York reports another typhus case found Tuesday morning amid ongoing public health concerns.
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New York
Plot to kill czar unearthed in St. Peterburg headlines
JE Speers, convicted of murdering Henry Hunt in Little Rock Arkansas, faced a hangings sentence. May 27 reports note three Simpson children perished in a Seattle dwelling fire. John L Sullivan, known as a pugilist, allegedly became intoxicated in St. Paul. Gardner W Greene faces bigamy trial in St. Louis with five women claiming marriage.
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St. Peterburg
JE. Speers
Henry Hunt
Little Rock
Ark
Simpson
Seattle
Wash
John L. Sullivan
St. Paul
Gardner W. Greene
St. Louis
Postpuffive Gossip and Stamp Sale Figures
The letter carrier reports happier days with new cars and he now rings doorbells cheerfully. February stamp sales reached $24,689.40, about $1,000 daily, a 12 percent rise from last year. Finance clerk Tave Eliott celebrated Tuesday as street car bells rang, noting his long commute from the end of Illinois Street and back.
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Tave Eliott
Contempt and Transfer of City Street Railway Assets
Judge Taylor orders Frenzel to surrender Citizens' street railway assets to Receiver Steele. Steele is to assume control, reopen service, and operate under court directives after Frenzel consents to hand over possession. Court warns of continued contempt until transfer is completed.
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Steele
Monopoly deal signals bigger soft coal pool forming
New York March 1 reports a coming agreement among the Chesapeake and Ohio Big Four and several other soft coal roads. The article predicts a larger coordinated pool of soft coal shipping will be established, signaling a major industry consolidation.
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New York
Chesapeake & Ohio
Big Four
Behring Sea Arbitration Sought by Nations
The United States and Britain agreed to arbitrate the Behring Sea dispute. Anarchists Fielden and Schwab are condemned to life imprisonment in Illinois. The Supreme Court upheld the McKinley tariff law against constitutional challenges.
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America
England
Behring Sea
Fielden
Schwab
Illinois Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the
United States
Riot aftermath and court actions headline city life
Reported incidents include Si Eaglen’s arrest for fast driving and a riot injuries case involving patrolman Bob Smith. A divorce suit by George Carter against Georgiana, a strawbery exhibit at Purdue June 9 and 10, and a labor meeting at 1816 E Washington St are noted. The Noblesville strawboard case testimony, a grand jury bound over Reuben Edmunds for assault with intent to kill, and a supreme court decision on L N A&C railroad vs Osceola Nichols are summarized along with remarks on last Saturday’s riots and a mentally distressed man, Novia Hay, held at the station. An inquest is planned.
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Si Eaglen
State Horticultural Society
Purdue University
Bob Smith
Georgve Carter
Georgiana
Carter
The
Elks
Washington St
Noblesville Strawboard Works
U. S
Reuben Edmunds
Buskirk
Supreme Court
Osceola Nichols
Osceola
Alford
Indianapolis
Novia Hay
Maryland St
Mississippi
Mourning Rites At Khedive Tewfik Burial Site
London dispatches describe daily rites at the late Khedive Tewfik’s tomb attended by over 1,000 people who share meat, rice, bread, coffee, and cigarettes while prayers for the deceased are offered by his mother. A shoemaker named Muir was hanged in London for a fatal stabbing. Shanghai reports pirates raiding the village of Haton, burning it and looting. In Athens the cabinet resigned and M. Tricoupis is recalled to form a new government.
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New York
Edmund Yates
London
the Tribune
Cairo
Lonpon
Muir
New Gate Prison
Athens
M. Tricoupis
M. Delyannis
Brewers Union Replies to Donnelly Over Scab Claim
Brewers Union No. 77 of Indianapolis sends a reply to Maurice Donnelly’s article in Freedom and Right denying being a scab union. The group is a branch of the National Brewers Union and Central labor union, noting concessions from bosses. It cites 980 locally supported earners with wages from 56.30 to 125 dollars monthly and states it will assist any brewery that chooses to organize a strong union.
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Brewers’ Union
Donnally
Brewers’ Union No. 77
Indianapolis
Tun Sin
Maurice Donnelly
Freedom and Right
Donnelly
National Brewers’ Union
Central Labor Union
The Pan handle Strike Turmoil and Injuries
Imported workers replace strikers in Pan-handle shops at 30 cents an hour for ten hours. Strikers demanded day work at 23 cents. Non union man Charles Derr clashed with Archie Hall and Tom Cullen early Monday and was injured in the ensuing fight.
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Charles Derr
Archie Hall
Tom Cullen
Derr
Freak double baby born in Dalville ta
A baby born to Mr and Mrs X Houston is described as a double baby a girl with four hands and feet and two beings grown face to face The infant is alive and healthy and appears determined to live.
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Dalville
Mgr
X Houston
Frankie and the city streetcar strike era dialogue
A playful interview piece captures Frankie and a new reporter debating city life. The exchange mocks streetcar celebrations, court gold standards, and the roles of press and law amid a strike and civic pride.
Proggists Sell In A Bottle Scene At Ale Event
An obscure OCR snippet hints at an ale event with scene details and a focus on bottled offerings. The readable words reference proggists and sales in a setting described as a bottle scene.
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Ort
K. Ks
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Heart of
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H. Clay Allen
Winter & Elan
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Otto
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Albert Lieber
James Farley
Winter
Claypool
Judge Claypool
Mr. Winter
Chaira
Afr. Frenzel
Ace Orus
Tooted
Ginor
Mayor End Board
M, Gr
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Citizens’ Street
Creed
Jariff
Sedalia
Jie
Citizens’ Company
Mteceiver Steele
Fair Block
Jackson Place
Washington
Gity Life
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Loxpon
Shanghai
Haton
Frankie
Guskirk
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