Beveridge Warns of Invisible Government in Indiana
Senator Beveridge addressed a Laporte crowd urging Indiana citizens to curb what he called the invisible government allegedly pouring money from trusts into politics to crush the Progressive movement. He named tobacco, beef, food trusts and others uniting to defeat progressives and warned of a concerted effort to overwhelm reform.
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Hall Opera House
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Ele
Tobacco Trust
Senator Severidge
Beef Trust
Food Trust
Beveridge
Laporte
Mmany
Beveridge Captivates Crowds Across Indiana District
Senator Beveridge drew enormous crowds from Valparaiso to Gary on a fast tour, with 10 000 hearing him in one day. He urged labor justice, attacked debt imprisonment, eight hour day and child labor laws, and defended tariff positions while promising a progressive victory for righteousness.
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Gary
Ind
Senator Beveridge
Valparaiso
Whiting
Hammond
East Chicago
Bis
Beveridge
Progressive Movement
Indiana
Frank N. Gavit
Lake
Porter
Four Held Up and Robbed on North Side
Two masked highwaymen robbed four men in a few hours covering streets from St Clair and Meridian to Oriental and Tenth. Victims include R. E. Steele, Roy Mulligan, Joseph McComb, and G A Hill, each yielding cash and a watch or valuables. police suspect two novices exploiting Halloween masking.
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Roy Mulligan
Joseph McComb
North Capitol Avenue
Meridian
St. Clair
G. A. Hill
Alabama
Fifteenth Streets
Robbery on Way Home Ends With Theft of 1 20
SEGRO Is ROBBED. On his way home late Monday night Dunes M. Zanix of 1130 East Thirteenth street, colored, was held up and robbed of $1.20 by two men. The highwaymen did not match the descriptions of four earlier victims. The man with the revolver pressed it to his face while the other searched his clothes.
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Steel
Milligan
North East Street
McComb
St. Clair Park
Balt
Alabama
Fifteenth Streets
Hill
M. Zanix
East Thirteenth Street
Debate Sparks Riot At Political Forum Over Sox
At Huntington on November 1 a heated debate between Congressman W. W. Cocks and Martin W. Littleton over the Payne Aldrich bill nearly sparked a riot. Cocks claimed socks could be bought two pairs for a quarter under the bill while Littleton argued the same brand was previously one cent cheaper. Audience shouts of sock it to him halted the event and judges suspended the contest without a winner.
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Martin W. Littleton
Littleton
Hoosier Funeral Delays War Vessels For Sailor’s Mother
A Navy order halted a fleet of sixteen war vessels slated to sail from Boston to English waters to allow Ora Clark, first gunner on the battleship Michigan, to attend his mother’s funeral in Winamac Indiana. Clark arrived in Boston Monday night in time to resume duty as his ship lifted anchor.
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Winamac
Ind
Meyer
Boston
English Waters
Ora Clark
Michigan
Clark
Johnstone Rides Plane to Near Two Mile Belmont Flight
Johnstone soared to a lofty height of 9,714 feet during a Belmont demonstration, eclipsing a French record by Henry Wramalen of Holland. He earned a prize of 2000 dollars for the feat, highlighting a notable aviation achievement of the era.
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Johnstone
Belmont
France
Henry W. Wramalen
New York
Ralph Johnstone
Man Offers 500 To Hang Jury In Rosenheimer Trial
New York, Nov 1. Architect George Yeandle, juror in Edward Rosenheimer's murder trial, was arrested for allegedly offering $500 to hang the Rosenheimer jury. Intermediary Timendorfer and Rosenheimer attorney James Osborne linked to the bribe. Yeandle previously sat as a juror in the Nan Patterson case related to Caesar Young's murder.
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New York
George W. Yeandle
Edward T. Rosenheimer
Grace Hough
Yeandle
Timendorfer
James W. Osbourne
Rosenheimer
Nan Paterson
Thimendorfer
Osborner
Patterson
Nan Patterson
Caesar Young
Kloboch
Osborne
Kurublovh
Timerdorfer
Yenndle
Society Women Dress in Poor Girl's Rags
In Chicago on November 1, society women and settlement workers dressed as garment workers on strike joined picketing in the loop and nearby districts. They urged nonstriking workers to quit, watched for abuses by specials and police, and helped swell the strikers by hundreds while police kept order around the loop.
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Chicago
Loop
What Characteristics Do Young Women Admire in Men
Princeton Indiana reports twenty eight letters from local young women revealing admired traits. Health, common sense, work ethic, backbone, Christian character and temperance are cited. Frugality and virtue are praised while many reject mustaches and vanity. One writer seeks a man meeting all criteria. Reverend Hall will continue collecting insights.
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Princeton
Ind
T. A. Hall
Thieves Enter Berryhill Home In North Capitol District
Thieves broke into James Berryhill's house at 1710 North Capitol Avenue early Monday night by prying up a side window with a jimmy. They took a dime bank holding eight coins a Gould chatelaine a watch and a gold fob a child's locket and chain and several small jewelry items from a servant's room while the family was away.
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James Berryhill
North Capitol Avenue
Jimmy
Cox Speaks at Beech Grove Shop Meeting
Linton A. Cox Republican candidate for congress addressed about 400 workers at the Beech Grove railroad shops Tuesday. Taxlor former attorney general spoke earlier, drawing strong enthusiasm from machinists. Cox touched on tariff policy and industry concerns while speaking from a work bench.
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Linton A. Cox
Congress
Taxlor
Beech Grove
Noga
Faherty
Cox
Weather snapshot for Indiana region forecast note
Partly cloudy and colder Tuesday night and Wednesday. Sun rises at 00.22 and sets at 4:42. Hourly temperatures listed. forecast references Indiana region and local weather outlook.
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Indiana
Strike Strains New York Jersey City Governors Sought
New York and New Jersey governors Guy Fort urged to mediate the express strike that halts wagons and taxicabs in Greater New York. Nine hundred more workers join the walkout as traffic slows, raise losses, and police protection fills the streets.
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New York
Guy, White
Gov. Fort
New Jersey
Jersey City
Hoboken
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
W. Foster
Teamsters’ Union
Express
O. Ki. Express Company
Adams
American Express
United States
Wells-Fargo
Reserve
The
International Brotherhood
Roosevelt hailed as anti vice leader in capital clean up pledge
The American purity federation condemns Chicago and Washington as the nation’s worst segregated cities. They plan a nationwide clean up starting in the capital, praising Theodore Roosevelt as the embodied conscience and future leader in the war against vice.
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American Purity Federation
Chicago
United States
Canada
Washington
America
J. Frank Chase
Boston
New England Watch and Ward Society
Theodore Roosevelt
Chase
Wellman praised by Cook on Atlantic dirigible attempt
New York Nov 1 A congratulatory letter from Dr. Frederick A Cook to Walter Wellman comments on his attempt to cross the Atlantic by dirigible. The letter says if he succeeds he will have achieved a greater feat than polar conquest and extends congratulations for initial progress.
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New York
Atlantic Ocean
Walter Wellman
Frederick A. Cook
London
Wellman
Atlantic
Crippen Seeks Presence at North End Appeal Hearing
London reports Crippen plans to attend the Saturday appeal over his murder conviction and death sentence. attorney Arthur Newton outlines three main points challenging the trial evidence and legal basis, arguing remains may not be Belle Elmore’s and that presumptive evidence wrongly convicted Crippen.
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Thr
HL. Hi. Crippen
Belle Elmore Crippen
Crippen
Darling, Pickford and Coleridge
Criminal Court of Appeals
Arthur Newton
Ridley
Newton
Dr. Crippen
Hilldrop Crescent
London
Ethel Clare le Neve
Belle Elmore
Nev
Tueasay
Records of Kern Labor Claim Debate Revealed in 1883
The article contrasts Kern's labor claim with Senate practices, detailing how an Indiana employer liability bill fought by railroads moved through the 1883 legislature. It notes party splits, committee maneuvers, and Kern’s involvement, while exposing divergent newspaper records from 1409 and the Tudianapoli papers. The piece emphasizes the democratic control of 1883 and the bill’s progression from House Ybor to judiciary committee before floor passage.
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Indiana
John W. Kern
House
Hench
Ft. Wayne
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Afr
Friends of the Bill
Kern
Legislative Committee of the Unions
House Journal
Claude Matthews
Tower House
Cnrperation
Billad
Committee On
Labor
Raugher
Marshall County
Montoux
Vanderburg
Gibson
Knox
Hamrick
Hendricks
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Nye
Griffiths
Dearborn County
Mec
Hugh
Tippecanoe County
Kopeike
Shank Urges College Students to Join Fraternal Lodge
Mayor Shank, campaigning near Huntington at the United Brethren college in Uhee, urged students of a creed opposing fraternal societies to join the Knights of Pythius. He later learned of his mistake after a polite student correspondence revealed the faux pas.
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Knights of Pythius
Central College of the United Brethren Church
Shank
Inn of PS Lodge
Fife
Robber’s victim dies after highway robbery incident
Frank Summers died at city hospital after being shot by a highwayman last week near stop 35 on the Plainfield inter urban line. Police hold three men suspected of complicity in the robbery and shooting.
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Frank Summers
Summers
Plainfield
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