War on all trusts will ensue if pipe company is defeated
Washington March 24 Republican leaders fear next campaign will hinge on party responsibility for rising trusts. They push to show administration prosecutes under anti trust law. Key cases include trans Missouri freight and joint traffic. A pipe trust case may shape opportunities to challenge interstate restraints in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
trans-Missouri Freight Association
Joint-Traffic Association
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
New Trade Combinations Include Mills and Lamp Makers
New York March 24 report outlines latest trade combinations with Rolling mills capital varied at 15 million dollars and lamp manufacturers pegged at 36 million. Thint glass tableware producers and independent telephone firms listed with seven million dollars in capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maren
Noted Man Dies After Excessive Bromide Use
Augustus Paulman of 1110 Fletcher Ave dies in his sleep after taking an ounce and a half of bromide nightly. He suffered from insomnia for years and had become dependent on hypnotics. His wife found him narcotized at 3 am and Dr Freeland could not save him. He leaves a widow and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Paulman
Paulman
Fletcher Ave
Dr. Freeland
Laulman
KEC
Atkins
Canine Kid Frank 8 in Indiana Slips Past Secret Agent
In southern Indiana's Knobs a 10 year old boy barked at secret service agent Frank 8 Cairns during a visit to a filthy one room hovel housing six children. The boy snarled, but fled when his mother called. Cairns judged the boy as sharp as other children after studying him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Cairns
United States
Secret Service
Knobs
Indiana
Uncle Sam
Mr. Cairns
Strongest Man in World Says Keen Breaks Records
Louisville marshal Captain J. D. Keen, a Louisville and Nashville conductor, tops Kelloge dynamometer tests at the Y M C A. He registers a total strength of 13 655 pounds, besting all prior records on the machine Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandon
Louisville
Louisville, & Nashville
Keen
Fire at Monarch Factory on Pennsylvania Street Causes Major Loss
A three story Monarch Manufacturing Co building at 118 S Pennsylvania St suffered about 5001 in fire early Friday. Fire origin listed as carbon gas explosion by headquarters, though firm blames overheated furnace and notes acetylene generator in basement. Fire spread via elevator shaft. most stock and machinery on upper floors ruined. building insured for 6000 with firm claiming 5001 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch Manufacturing Company
S. Pennsylvania St
No. 33
Maryland St
Will Hays
I. O. Russell
John W. Waltzman
Capt. Tobin
Headquarters Chemical Company
A. L. Mason
Fire damages multiple homes from overheated stoves
At 22 Wright Street James Asnew home suffered 1000 dollar loss and 40 dollar fire caused by overheated stove. Margaret Frick at 826 also damaged. At 305 Minerva Street Patrick O Donnell residence saw slight loss. At 585 Wilkins Street C P Chapman one story kitchen fire caused by same stove, 1300 total?
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James Asnew
Wright St
Margaret Frick
Minerva St
Patrick O'Donnell
Wilkins St
C. P. Chapman
Old Marquis Claims Antarctic Kingdom Adelia With Pole Visit
Paris reports an elderly man calling himself Marquis de Dangley tells a vivid tale of being wrecked on the Antarctic continent in 1863 aboard the Oregon. He claims a Napoleonic refugee colony founded a kingdom named Adelia, with a temperate Antarctic realm and a large volcanic pole. He exhibits relics to back his narrative amid maritime records noting the Oregon wreck.
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Paris
Marquis de Dangley
Antarctic
Ore
Europe
Adelia
South Pole
Australia
Gon
Smart Set elects delegates to Denver convention
The Indiana society, Sons of the Revolution, met at the Commercial club rooms on Thursday and chose delegates for the Denver general convention on April 19. William J. Elder, Claude Thompson, Benjamin D. Miner, Jesse C. Tarkington, L. Ford Perdue of Terre Haute, and Crawfordsville's were named. W. A. Wood was elected secretary after Harold Taylor resigned. The group also voted to publish a year book and invite Indianapolis to host the next general convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Society
Sons of the Revolution
Commercial Club
Denver
William JL. Elder
Claude Thompson
Crawfordsville
Benjamin D. Miner
Jesse C. Tarkington
L. Ford Perdue
Terre Haute
W. A. Wood
Harold Taylor
Indianapolis
Madison County farmer toots the tale of toothless kin
Anderson Ind March 24 James Leonard 60 a farmer near here has never had a tooth. Of his five children three inherit this toothless trait. The Leonard gums are unusually developed hard like bone and can crack nuts. Gums descend to where ordinary teeth would be while the mouth stays closed. The mother possesses a full set of teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison County
Anderson
Ind
James Leonard
Here
Leonards
Americans Begin Advance Under Otis in Manila Fight
In Manila on March 23 Gen H G Otis moved his brigade at daybreak as the forward push starts. Rebels mass in trenches opposite northern lines, likely responding to a planned strike on Malolos. Prisoners report insurgents ready to make a decisive stand with a last ditch attitude.
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Manila
H. G. Otis
Aguinaldo
Malolos
San Mateo
Mannaliches
Manila Skirmish Kills Two Kansas Soldiers Near Caloocan
Insurgents strengthen positions north of Manila as American forces prepare to advance. English refugees from Dagupan, arriving aboard Saturnus, report belief Manila is ruined. Sergeant Morris Cohen and Private John Muhe of the Twentieth Kansas were killed in a Caloocan skirmish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Dagupan
Luzon
Morris Cohen
John Muhe
Twentieth
Kansas Volunteers
Caloocan
Keen
Spain and United States to be on friendly terms soon
Madrid March 24 Premier Silvela said Spain and the United States held the most friendly relations. He expected after ratifications of the peace treaty are exchanged normal ties would be re established and the United States would be ready to pay the indemnity required by the treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Silvela
Spain
United States
Filipinos Starve as Aguinaldo Seeks Foreign Aid
Manila reports desperate conditions with Aguinaldo courting foreign sympathy. A smuggled circular claims Philippine ports open under a neutral flag with no import or export tax. Insurgents, numbering 20,000 to 380,000, entrench Malolos while natives suffer famine. Cavite governor Francesco Valencia fled to American lines and surrendered to Gen. Otis. The army relies on rice for subsistence.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Philippine
Malolos
Francesco Valencia
Cavite
Otis
Park Board Orders Eviction of City Park Land Occupants
At a Friday park commissioners meeting an order was issued requiring all persons occupying city purchased park lands to vacate by May 1. The board also seeks to amend an ordinance to permit selling or exchanging 3.23 acres of Riverside park land and to acquire four acres of replacement ground while wages for workers remain unchanged.
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Park Commissioners
Board of Works
Riverside Park
Park Board
Merchants Protest Quartermaster's Havana Provisions Sale
The Avisador Commercial reports the American quartermaster's department in Havana is selling public provisions at half the U S price, harming local merchants. Flour is the main item, prompting merchants to plan a protest meeting against the alleged department action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Avisador Commercial
American Quartermaster’s Department
United States
Quartermaster’s ‘Aggettmgent
Unclear report on cough drops linked to Freeman
In New York on March 4 Professor R A Witthaus reports to police an analyst that cough drops sent by Charles Freeman the self styled announcer of the Pope indicate persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. A. Witthaus
Charles Freeman
Iidicittis
Dollar Dinner Sparks Two New York Democratic Tickets
In New York the Chicago platform democrats and labor men push a breakfast dinner into a political movement. Thousands seek seals for the Bryan invitation as rumors of a split in Tammany grow, with a dinner sans liquor and a potential clash over local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago Platform
Bryan
Supreme Court
Tammany Banks
Richard Croker
Eugene V. Brewster
Gilmore Laughs At Ola Wayne Mutual Life Fraud Claims
Atlanta dispatch reports Georgia controller-general asks Marion county prosecutor to arrest Ola Wayne mutual life association officers for alleged fraud and lack of paid capital. Secretary Gilmore scoffs, says the firm is not a company with capital and has operated in Indiana 17 years. The insurer, with 7002 insured last year, paid 166,801 in losses and 65,955 in expenses.
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the Sun
Atlanta
Controller-General
Georgia
Marion County
Ola Wayne Mutual Life Association
Pugh
C. C. Gilmore
Wayne Company
Indiana
State Auditor’s Office
Wayne
Georgia Comptroller
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis Area Ends March 25
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for 86 hours ending at 8 p.m. March 25 calls for warmer, fair weather Friday night and Saturday. Morning temperature at 7 a.m. was 26, noon 35, and 2 p.m. 99.
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Indianapolis
Slasher on Trial in Fatal Throat Cutting Case
Horace Helm, a Black barber, faced criminal court Friday for slashing Cornelius Harris, a one legged bootblack, on West Washington Street. A longstanding feud led to the early morning attack outside Harris shop, Helm inflicted about five inches of cut but Harris survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Helm
Cornelius Harris
Harris
Helm
W. Washington St
Blume Sentenced For Life In Grace Harvey Murder
Wm Blume, who killed Grace Harvey after a quarrel in a room on West Washington Street, received a life sentence after 18 hours of jury deliberation. His mother wept as the verdict was read. Blume’s attorneys expected manslaughter. Blume likely to be sent to Michigan City. a motion for new trial was filed but deemed unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ind
Wm. Blume
Grace Harvey
Michigan City
W. Washington St
Blume
Tfive
Ancient Relic Tied to Margaret Todd Will Donation
By the will of the late Margaret M. Todd who died March 20, the Home for friendless women receives a substantial legacy. After reserving 500 dollars for investment and cemetery care in Pennsylvania, the remainder, about 1500 dollars, goes equally to the Home for Friendless Women and the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church. Executor Alpert Baker named. Legacy also includes an ancient Assyrian table with cuneiform markings, two stones, and a mastodon tooth, bequeathed to the Indiana state geological museum. The deceased and her sister Mary Ann McLean were longtime partners. The sisters once ran a school where Meridian Street M E Church now stands. McLean died recently.
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Margaret M. Todd
Pennsylvania
Indiana State Geological Museum
Nineveh
Mary Ann McLean
Meridian St. M. EF
Mclean
Sewer dispute plants complaint against livery stable
Mrs Amelda Jk Mortland of 427 N I Mi nors st through her attorneys asks the Board of works for relief. E J Dobyn has a livery stable at 424 N Meridian across the alley and allegedly banks the alley so drain water runs into her lot. Workers cut holes to drain water onto her property. Mortland says Dobyn told her the water would enrich her soil. Streets superintendent instructed to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelda Jk. Mortland
N. I Minors St
Board of Works
E. J. Dobyn
Meridian St
Beief Wire Whispers From The Nation And World
Wire whispers report trial dates in New York and various international notes. Spain denies selling the Petrel submarine while bishops and governors face illness and injury in distant cities. A trawler sinks in the North Sea with 31 dead, and a Maryland man is hanged for murder. An anti trust bill advances in Minnesota, and conspiracies clash in Constantinople. Cuban cigar makers threaten a strike if Spanish workers stay. Klondike fortune heads to Tacoma after London success, with Li Hung Chang hinted at a power return.
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New York
George
Canton
Spain
Petrel
Bishop Warren
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
Fletcher
Washington
Archbishop Hennessy
Dubuque
Simpson
North Sea
Joe Wright
Chestertown
William Newcomb
Minnesota Senate
Charter
Gen. Brooke
Providence
R. I
Brown University
D. W. Abercrombie
Worcester Academy
Cuestas
Uruguay
Montevideo
Russellville
Constantinople
Croom
County Limerick
Ireland
Lord Dunraven
G. Rock
Havana
Alexander McDonald
Tacoma
Wash
London
Klondike
Peking
Li Hung Chang
Fire Claim Four Lives In Memphis Boarding House
A blazing boarding house owned by Mrs Nolan at 104 Court Street in Memphis killed four people and left several others injured. Victims identified include Mrs Lily Chapin Roy Chapin Chester Chapin and Smith. Among the injured are Katie Lloyd Paul Martin Robert Campbell F E Bauer and Preston Lloyd. The blaze was the second in the building that night with unknown ignition.
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Memphis
Tenn
Harry
Nolan
Lilie Chapin
Roy Chapin
Chester Chapin
Smith
Katie Lloyd
Paul Martin
Robert Campbell
F. E. Bauer
Preston Lloyd
Fire disaster at Dangler works in Cleveland kills Roth
An explosion in the Dangler vapor stove works experimental department sparked a blaze that destroyed the Dangler stove works and the twin Cleveland machine screw works, causing about 500000 dollars in losses. Lieutenant William Roth, on the roof of the screw works, perished as the buildings collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dangler Stove Works
Cleveland
Dangler Vapor Stove Works
Cleveland Machine Screw Works
William Roth
Roth
Twelve Bodies Recovered From Windsor Hotel Ruins
In New York on March 24, authorities confirmed twelve bodies recovered from the Windsor Hotel ruins after a collapse. Workers had to lift bricks and debris from the elevator shaft as rescue efforts continued. The scene remained chaotic with more victims possibly still inside, and investigators urged caution while sorting through the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paper warehouse fire at Darmstadt and Scott in New York
A Darmstadt and Scott paper warehouse in New York burned, causing $150,000 in Joss losses. A fire at Gray Lake Illinois destroyed the chamber and coal yards of Wilber and Co. Fred Potter, a two member of the firm, was burned to death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darmstadt & Scott
New York
Joss
Tire
Gray Lake
Ill
Wilber & Co
Fred Potter
Selig Dry Goods Millinery Opening Draws Crowds
The Selig dry goods millinery department at 211-215 Illinois Street held a gala opening Thursday with a wave of visitors. The display featured Cyrano styled hats in red, shepherdess shapes in black straw and white, and decorative touches like liberty silk scarves and violets. Byron Kins Smith designed the window, and the event continues Saturday with continued sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selig
Selig Dry Goods Company
Tlinois St
Byron Kins Smith
Women in Wichita mayoral race draw four thousand voters
In Wichita Kansas on March 24 women showed strong interest in the mayoralty contest. About 4000 women registered nearly four times the prior high. Wealthy society women urged registration by driving others in carriages to vote Republican. The clash pits society women backing the Republican candidate against working class wives backing Tapp, a Salvationist affiliate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Wichita
Kas
Carridges
Tapp
Salvationist
Klondike Scurry Appeals for Aid to Washington
Fort Wayne Indiana March 24 Congressmen Robinson received letters from Dr H G Niermah who has been in the Alaskan gold fields for months reporting a dire scurvy crisis in the Coffee creek region due to food scarcity. He warns mortality among miners will rise without relief. The congressman telegraphed the secretary of state to secure aid for starving men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fort Wayne
Ind
Robinson
H. G. Niermah
Alaskan
Coffee Creek
Missionaries in Danger Reported by Ecuador Dispatch
Dispatches from Ecuador claim minimal peace nationwide with unrest confined to remote areas where fanatical groups threaten missionaries. The report frames Catholic zealots as threats to American interests and mission work, highlighting heightened danger despite overall calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Panama
Ecuador
Aap
Reid Urges Firm Philippine Policy For U S Trade Gain
Whitelaw Reid speaking at the Charter-day banquet on March 24 urged the United States to retain the Philippines as essential to national duty and commerce. He framed policy as a business opportunity, noting China’s awakening could shift vast trade, with U S outposts enabling significant future commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
University Club
Harper
University of Chicago
Whitelaw Reid
United States
Philippines
McKinley
Spain
China
Pacific
War secretary limits staff orders over Gen Miles
Secretary of War R A Alger issues an order clarifying control of army chiefs. From now on no chief or acting chief of staff corps may be detailed or assigned to duty without the secretary's approval. The move resolves a long-standing dispute dating back to Jefferson Davis era and parallels Lincoln era directives. Miles had previously directed Col. Garkington of the inspector general corps to visit western ports, triggering the action.
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Washington
March
Alger
Miles
T War Department
Secretary of War
R. A
Jefferson Davis
Scott
Arthur
Lincoln
Sheridan
Army Corps
Adjutant General
Gen. Miles
Col. Garkingston
Inspector Generals Corps
Thomas Succeeds Eastman At Central College Of Physicians
The Central College of Physicians and Surgeons held Thursday night graduation in the college building. The small class included Chas B Taylor Nas s au Ia H W Dudley Lemhl Axpy Ida R N Todd HH N Kardingz and John T Scott of Indianapolis. Dr W H Thomas was chosen president to succeed Dr Jos Eastman and Dr J F Barnhill was elected president of the alumni association. Dr G W Bence of Greencastle gave the address. About 100 alumni banqueted at the Bates house after the exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chas. B. Taylor
Nassau
H. W. Dudley
Lemhl Axpy
Ida
R. N. Todd
HH. N. Kardingz
John T. Scott
Indianapolis
G W. Bence
Greencastle
Bates House
W. H. Thomas
Jos. Eastman
J. F. Barnhill
Metzger proposes belt spur plan to lure factories
Albert E. Metzger urges a Commercial club committee to meet with Belt railroad leaders to discuss building spurs in gas belt areas. He argues the gas era will push industries to relocate, and land near the Belt should be offered at a bargain to attract new factories this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Metzger
Belt Railroad
Becomes Vicar General in Indianapolis Diocese
Several church official changes occur in the Catholic diocese of Indianapolis with Rev Denis O Donaghue named vicar general to succeed Mgr Bessonies and Rev F H Gavish appointed chancellor. Mer Bessonies has held the vicar general post since the bishop’s tenure began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Denis O’donaghue
Mgr. Bessonies
F. H. Gavish
Father O’donaghue
Fire With Coal Oil Pat Marck
Fire forces closure as authorities investigate a coal oil blaze at Pat Marck facility. firefighters battled flames, containing spill risks and possible structural damage. local residents report evacuation nearby, while inspectors assess containment and safety protocols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Marck
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