Wreck on a Trestle Kills Four in Jersey City Crash
A Philadelphia bound passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad collided with a light engine on a Jersey City trestle near Brunswick street. Five workers and crew died, several dozen injured as the boiler exploded and cars were tossed into debris. witnesses described a terrifying scene with ambulances and wreckers at once in action.
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New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
John H. W Clure
Thomas Street
Newark
John Scillio
Chambers Street
Trenton
Brunswick Street
Railroad Avenue
Joseph Thome
Pennsylvania Terminal
John Spiily
George Monroe
Roosevelt Alarm Not From Husband Death Reports
The Temps correspondent says Mrs Theodore Roosevelt was alarmed not by reports of her husband’s death but by private notices that he may have African fever. The alert was said to stem from illness rumors rather than fatal news.
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Paris
The
Temps
Theodore Roosevelt
No Mystery In Rugele Street Home
Chrystino Holiane, a Metropolitan Opera hopeful and niece of Lord Minty, arrived and voiced opposition to woman suffrage, then praised voting while customs inspectors pursued her trunks. Police later searched a locked house after burglars, with Officers Hunter and Relly forcing entry and finding only silence and lights burning.
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Chrystino Holiane
Lord Minty
India
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Soprano Turns Suffragette in Camp Tragedy Near Richmond
Two alleged robbers were killed at a National Road camp near Richmond Indiana as John Pulic keeper of a boaring shanty fought off intruders with an ax. Pulic was arrested with Mrs. Pulic missing as deputies investigated a deadly early morning clash among Austrians at the construction site.
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Richmond
Ind
John Pulie
National Road
Cambridge City
John Gracrc
St. Borat
Pulic
Daughters Claim of Will in Marion County Estate
Miss Mae M. Scott of Columbus asks Auditor Sahm about her father Gamiliel Scott who died suddenly on Ft Washington street. Records show no real estate in Marion County. Miss Scott says she holds his last will and disputes the woman he lived with as wife. Judge Ross will require the will presented in court. He estimates about $700 in money and may open Scott’s safety deposit vault to search for a will.
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Mae M. Scott
Columbus
Sahm
Gamiliel Scott
Ft. Washington Street
Marion County
Scott
Ross
Miss Scott
County Watchwooes Put Off Bridge Building
The Marion county council adjourned Saturday after appropriations by the county commissioners. Two items for destruction of fish nets were not approved. Bridge appropriations will be discussed in the January session with about 30000 sought for bridges and repairs. The council did not appropriate 300 to hire an expert to examine the school bonds, deferring to the state accounting board.
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Sioners
Sahm
State Accounting Board
Walls Takes Grde to Rush County for Trial
Albert Lieber sues Carl P Walls for dissolution of poultry business partnership. Case venued by Judgy Bartholomew to Rush County on Saturday. Walls contends Lieber had undue influence with citizens of Marion County.
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Walls
Grde
Rush County
Albert Lieber
Carl P. Walls
Judgy Bartholomew
Mr. Lieber
Marion County
Police seek two missing girls in Indiana cases
Police seek Sarah Reshling a 17 year old girl in a merry widow hat who was to meet PL Crowder at 2053 Cornell Avenue from Rensselaer Indiana on Oct 29 but did not appear. Also sought is 14 year old Sallie Hickey who ran away from W New York Street after an argument with her mother and threatened self harm after borrowing five cents. she lived at 7101 Chadwick Street.
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PL J. Crowder
Cornell Avenue
Rensselaer
Ind
Sarah Reshling
Indianapolis
Sallie Hickey
New York Street
Chadwick Street
Fire insurance firm pays Gunness heirs after settlement
A Connecticut fire insurer agreed to pay 1000 to be given to the heirs of Mrs. Belle Gunness who, with her children, died in a blaze at her LaPorte Indiana home on April 28 148 The property was insured for 23 The executor sued claiming arson and suicide but a compromise was reached yesterday in court leading to the payout to the Gunness heirs.
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Laporte
Ind
Connecticut
Nte
Nairs
Belle Gunness
Gunness
Genuine Cremona violin found in pawn shop by expert
Indianapolis expert H. T. Coffeen purchased an old violin from a pawn shop. An inscription inside shows it was made by a pupil of Antonius Stradivarius, labeled Fies Fabrikat in Cremona Italy in 173%. After dusting and inspection by repairers the instrument is deemed to be from the renowned Italian master. Coffeen has received a large offer for the violin.
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H. T. Coffeen
Indianapolis
Antonius
Itaniuan
Coffeen
Petty Offenders Face Light Sentences in Court
Clint Maberry was fined $1 and costs for assault and battery on Amanda Maberry. Nathan Brouder paid $1 and costs after a disturbance charge with suspension of judgment for good behavior. Jacob Brown of 4601 E Washington fined $3.5 and costs for selling liquor on Sunday to George Davis, totaling $349.70. Andrew Judt stood trial on charges of assault and battery upon his wife and shooting at her, which she denied.
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Clint Maberry
Amanda Maberry
Duncan
Nathan Brouder
Jacob Brown
Washington Street
George Davis
Andrew Judt
Paulhan Breaks World Altitude Record in Flight
End. Nov. 6 Louw's Paulhan set a world altitude record by reaching 977 feet. The previous mark stood at 560 feet, held by Rougier at Antwerp.
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Paulhan
Sandowne
End
Louw
Rougie
Antwerp
Ex Mayor Kills Children Then Ends His Own Life in Greensburg
Greensburg Pennsylvania on November 6 reports ex mayor Perry shot and killed his three children before killing himself at his home. Police confirm a domestic tragedy with a fatal family incident.
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Greensburg
Perry
Child Falls and Dies After Fainting at Farm
Leema Hanna age five fainted Friday at a farm near Oaklandon after seeing blood from a minor hand wound. Her head struck a brick, skull injury fatal hours later. She lived with Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hanna and was visiting her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Flord McConnell. Funeral set for 10 a.m. Sunday.
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Leema Hanna
Melvin Hanna
Flord McConnell
Oaklandon
William Meadrick Burned in Irvington Gas Blast
William D Meadrick a prominent Republican politician and speaker for Mayor Shank was severely burned at his home in Whittier Place Irvington on Friday after he mistook a gasoline can for coal oil to start a fire.
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William D. Meadrick
Shank
Whittier Place
Irvington
Roosevelt And Hunting Party In Good Health
A Nairobi cablegram reports Col. Roosevelt and his hunting party are in good health with no truth to the prior rumor of the ex president being killed. The message was received in New York on November 6.
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New York
Nairobi
British East Africa
Col. Roosevelt
Beloved Granville S. Wright Dies at 1847 Birthplace City
Granville S. Wright died Friday at his home 4150 Central Avenue from heart muscle degeneration. Funeral services are scheduled at the home Monday. A former city prosecutor born November 21, 1847 in Richmond, Indiana, he was a beloved figure who helped friends and left a stepmother and sister as survivors.
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Granville S. Wright
Central Avenue
Mr. Wright
Richmond
Ind
Stetson Faces Second Admonition in Christian Science Crisis
New York leaders weigh Mrs Augusta E Stetson s response after a second admonition from the Boston mother church. The First Church of New York confronts potential excommunication as she presides over practitioners despite revoked teaching license. Boston trustees consider drastic action against Stetson and NY church directors. Eugene R Cox notes NY trustees may receive more than admonition.
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New York
Augusta E. Stetson
First Church of
Mrs. Stetson
Wes
Mrs. Stet
Boston
Eugene R. Cox
Christian Science Publication Committee
State of New York
Dartmouth students battle campus fire in night clothes
Harry Wanner of Terre Haute and fellow Dartmouth volunteers raced from beds as alarm rang. In culver hall chemical laboratory a blaze menaced buildings, with flames quenched by bucket brigades and hoses. Damage tops 1500 dollars. injuries noted.
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth Chemical Laboratory
Culverhall
Excellent Concert 15 by the Indianapolis Musikverein
The Indianapolis Musikverein opened its winter session with a concert at the German house. Participants included violinist Miss Jeannette Orloff soprano Miss Helen M Woodruff and baritone David Daxter. The performance pleased Director Alexander Ernestinoff and the audience, and dancing followed.
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Indianapolis Musikverein
Musikverein
Jeannette Orloff
Helen M. Woodruff
David Daxter
Barytone
Alexander Ernestinoff
Fast Trains Promise Record Times in Rival Rail War
Indianapolis by Nov 7 gains rapid connections to New York with a $4 extra fare. Big Four and Pennsylvania Railroad push faster service, likened to the Twentieth Century Limited, with frequent through trains and home-like comfort for business travelers. </S>
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Indianapolis
New York
Big Four
Pennsylvania Railroad
Insuc
Boston
Indianapolls
A. Om
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
Harbor
Bath
Pennsylvania
Union Station
Indianapolis Union Station
Veterans of Two Wars In Losing Fight
William Sedenberg Spanish American War veteran and Charles Hughes Civil War veteran and Danville Soldiers' Home inmate were fined 30 dollars after a Friday night outing. Lacking funds, both were sent to the work house from police court after a barroom altercation on West Washington Street ended with Hughes throwing a glass through a window and both men's arrest.
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William Sedenberg
Charles Hughes
Danville
Ind
Hughes
Sedenberg
W. Washington Street
Delinquent Father Sentenced in County Court
Herschel Avery, 30? years old, was sentenced to five days in the county jail by Judge Bartholomew for contempt of court after failing to obey an order to pay $2 weekly child support. In Judge Weir’s court a bench warrant was issued for a witness who failed to appear at ten.
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Hersche) Avery
Bartholomew
Weir
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