Death of Indiana Governor Hovey Ends Noted Career
Gov Alvin P Hovey dies after pneumonia at age 70. He served as soldier and statesman including Civil War brigadier general and Indiana governor. Funeral noting his repair to public service and respect from Republicans and Democrats. capital and city mourn with half mast flags and adjourned courts.
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Alvin Patterson Hovey
Povey County
Indiana
Mount Vernon
Third Judicial Circuit
Supreme Court of
U. S
44Th
Indiana Volunteers
Arkansas
Grant
Vicksburg
Champion’s Hill
Sherman
Fort Gilson
Fort Donelson
Shiloh
Corinth
Peru
Congress
Skip
Hovey
General Assembly
Harrison
Gov. Hovey
Rea
Mexico
Vlaga
Grand Hotel
H.P. Wasson’s
Charles Mayer
Tau
State House
Matthews
Sweeney
Supreme Court
Dispute over Bowen-Merrill Fund distribution sparks protest
The Bowen-Merrill relief fund committee divided £3,000 among injured survivors. Several claimants received large sums while others, including Ed Leach and Firemen Diller Partee Bloomer, got nothing. Fire officials and townspeople protested as Mayor Sullivan discussed the case with Chief Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen-Merrill Fund
Bowen-Merril Relief Fund
Long
Tallentire
Metrinuis
Samuel Neal Bao
Mary M. Cherry
Hattie Taulkner
Georgia Glazier
Ammanda Glenn
Annie Glenn
Margaret Hofman
Emma L. Jones
Mma Lowry
Clara Voltz
Ed. Leach
Tom Barrett
Diller
Partee
Bloomer
Henry Jameson
Sullivan
Sam Neal
Neal
Jameson
Fresh Foreign Facts and Global Tensions
French mineral strike to be arbitrated. Russian divisions appear at the Austrian frontier. China settles most indemnities from mission riots. Madagascar unrest feared over French claims. Christina approves prime minister’s cabinet. Germany to spend 100 million marks on field guns. Paris hosts 100000 idle workers per Haye. Montt seeks army navy cuts in Chile. Fonseca refuses to resign may attack Rio Grande do Sul. An American girl reports Valparaiso ravage and murder. Samoa council president Bayon Von Pilsach resignations accepted.
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China
Madagascar
Christina
Germany
M. de la Haye
Paris
Paris Will Be Idle This Winter. President Montt
Chili
United States
Fonseca
Rio Grande Do Sul
New York
Valparaiso
Bayon von Pilsach
Council of
Butler Triumphs In Muddy Cincinnati Clash Of Football
Butler's heavyweights and Cincinnati's agile stars clash in a muddy gridiron battle. Nichols and Lea spark Cincinnati while Cameron and Johnson lead Butler to six touchdowns and five goals amid rain and mire. Referee Merrill Moores officiates as Purdue and Butler future games are noted.
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University of CinCinnati
Butler
Cincinnati
Smith
Mann
Irvington
Chebe
Usar
Parsons
Lea
Cincinnat
Flo
F Jack
Batler
Tammasy
Nichols
Cameron
Capt
Johnson
Iglauer
Iginner
Capt. Mann
Robinson
Capt. Johnson
Merrill Moores
Her
Cornell-DePauw
Cornell
Purdue
All Want a Contract Mr Wunder S
Two rival electric interests meet at a Denison residence to discuss the Indianapolis city lighting contract. Barry Wander of Western Electric and Woodsworth of Thompson-Houston seek to influence bids while Brush presses for a Western non bidding pledge. The lobby effort targets keeping the city from buying a plant and favoring rental lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Olsen
Denison
Londay
Jasm
Tom Taggart
Sim Coy
County Auditor’s Office
Barry” Wander
Western Electricompany
Chicago
Woodsworth
Bruck Iluminating Company
Thompson-Houston Corporation
Sun
Warder
Woolsworth
Col. Downing
Wander
Bates House
Westworth
Indianapolis
Wonder
Brush Company
Heaven
Brush
Western Company
Thompson- Houston
Death and ruin as storms wreck hotels and boats
A severe wind storm wrecked the New Hotel in Nevada, killing a worker and injuring another. An electric tower fell in Allegheny as two boats sank on the Monongahela. In Butler two stores and a boarding house were demolished with one man hurt. A fatal hotel fire in Jamestown trapped several occupants. In Chicago the famous jumper Roseberry died from paralysis after a major equestrian show incident.
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Butler
Influenza Fatal Toll Hits Catholic Industrial School
In Loxnon near Lartforth on November 2, a severe influenza outbreak struck a Catholic industrial school. Seven children died and about one hundred others were prostrated by the illness.
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Loxnon
Lartforth
Saloon Brawl Leaves Man Fatally Hurt in West Indianapolis
William Hulen and Kepner's saloon in West Indianapolis erupt into violence after a dispute over payment. Hulen suffers a fractured skull and severed artery, dies soon after. In North Indianapolis a separate gang riot damages Hitzeberger’s saloon with injuries and property destruction as residents avoid retaliation.
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William Arlen
Indianapolis
Fred Bepher
Morra and
Williamset
William Hulen
Panhandle
Kepner
Oliver Wampole
Kapner
Hulen
Vampale
Hadley and
Morvisste
J. L. Hill
Rutledge
Sun
West Indianapolis
Elulen
Presbytery Moves to Settle Westminster Church Debt
On Monday at 10 30 the presbyterian ministers met at Second Church to relieve Westminster Church corner Blackford and Michigan from financial strain. Westminster, formerly Fifth, owes about 4000 to contractors and has a mortgage of unspecified amount due in two years. Majority supported selling property to pay debts. some favored church groups assuming the debt and keeping the property. Further steps will be taken by the churches.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Fifth Presbyterian
Blackford
Michigan Sts
Courches
Local court hears false imprisonment suit by Gity Lif
John McCabe sues Squire Smock and Rolsensre Buon over alleged false imprisonment claiming $1,000. He says he was wrongfully found guilty and jailed for assault and battery. Birth notices list several newborns in Athens and nearby areas, with multiple couples noted. Births include Orian and Nettie Clark, Frank and Lucy De Witt, and others. Deaths note Bettie Dickey and several others with causing conditions. Marriage licenses issued to four couples including Malachy Hardiman with Kate Flaherty.
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John McCabe Snes
Squire Smock
Rolsensre Buon
Orian
Nettie Clark
Athens
Lillie Southard
Frank
Lucy de Witt
George
Mary Cabell
Nellia Abbott
Cornelia Alig
John
Lavina Kelly
Lulu Page
Fletcher
Alice Mitchell
Jamies
Emma Abney
Isaac
Della Dunn
Darrus
Bettie Dickey
Bismarck-st
Mint Hall
Woodside
Bulla 7Illett
Yennessea St
Uraemia
Amelia Martin
Rameey Ave
Malachy Hardiman
Kate Flaherty
Thomas Prather
Catharine Burk
John Mittendorf
Nora Margason
Henry Crews
Elizabeth Tingte
Pony Express News Comes to Town with May Hopes
Joan Merand of Frank Bird transfer company experiments with a pony express to speed messages, buying mustangs at about forty dollars and using bicycle messengers in Washington in a bid to cut delivery times. The piece notes skepticism about sending pictures by wire, telephony limits, and the phonograph’s delayed success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Merand
Frank Bird Transfer Company
Morand
Pony Express
Washington
HC. Gilliland
Eudison
Sears
Sdieon
SUN
Weather Outlook Indiana Cold Snap With Snow Likely
Indiana faces a colder period with drifting snow and clearing by Monday night. In Indianapolis and vicinity, the 24 hour period ending 8 am Nov 24 shows rain turning to snow Monday evening and a steady fall in temperature thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
State horticultural society to meet in capital December
At the State House Indiana firms Jones Natural Gas Company Hartford City American Copper and Glass Company Anderson Pendleton Glass and Pipe Works attend the three day session. Col Will Brooks Roberts is slightly indisposed from a Mexican cold. A committee from the State Board of Agriculture will discuss a new fair grounds site and seek suitable grounds by Tuesday with a potential $150000 payment for a well trained site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Natural Gas Company
Hartford City
Capital
American Copping and Glass Company
Anderson
Pendleton Glass and Pipa Works
State Horticultural Society
Indiana
Will Brooks Roberts
Republic
State Board of Agriculture
SUN
Bagley
Hext meats advertised by A Brachmeir
Local ad urges readers to send orders for Hext meats to A Brachmeir located at 425 N Hsmofs Street. The misspelled text implies a grocery or meat shop promotion seeking customer orders.
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A. Brachmeir
Dixon condemns Farmers' Alliance as enduring moral movement
Rev Thomas Dixon in Association hall argues the Farmers' Alliance remains a powerful religious driven force despite elections. He says the movement is not dead and accuses older parties of suppressing its issues while noting ongoing crop success yet persistent economic misery and gambling in markets.
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New York
Thomas Dixon
Farmers’ Alliance
Association Hall
Alliance
Farmers’ Alliance Industrial Union
Folded Their Tents as Alliances Back Third Party Push
Farmers' alliance and allied groups adjourned amid a large political confederacy pledging support to a third party and Ocala demands for independent action. The People’s Party executive committee approved these demands, harmonizing interests. The anti sub-treasury dispute splits were set to a choice of leaving the alliance or accepting the sub-treasury clause. A Feb 22 Indianapolis convention discussions were held at Tomlinson Hall. Jerry Simpson spoke Saturday night.
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Farmers’ Alliance
P.M. B. A. Citizens’ Alliaticn
Colored Alliance
Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
K. of L
Ocala
People’s Party
Antig
Commercial Club
Alliance
Indianapolis
Tomlinson Hall
Jerry Simpson
Tomlinson Ball
FIRS WIND AND WATER HITS WASHINGTON SEVEN KILLED
A telephony message from Washington reports a cyclone and water spout striking the city. Seven people were killed and Metzerott ball set on fire. The storm also struck Baltimore causing communication to fail with Washington.
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Baltimore
Washington
Metzerott
Aterm
Electric Car Victim Dies After Severe Injuries
Mrs. Jorie Hart of Fort Warns, injured when struck by a car from Massachusetts, died at St. Vincent's Hospital Sunday night. The injuries necessitated amputation of a limb and shock proved fatal. The body was moved to the city Monday morning.
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Jorie Hart N
Fort Warns
Joe Coimer
Massachusetts
Ava
Bald Nelaware St
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Old World Night of Songs And Stage News
Gilmore's troupe touts Emilie and Emma Schneeloch as rising soprano and alto stars. Clodio the tenor earns praise from Mapleson era, Edward J. O Mahoney charms audiences, and Joe Murphy plans Kerry Gow return. Jane leads to Chicago after Grand engagement as From here to Chicago. The old old story a society widow role on stage appeals with Frohman favorites in stock.
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Gilmore
New York
Manhattan Beach
Emilie
Mma Schneeloch
Europe
de Murska
Patti
Monsieur Clodio
America
Mapleson
Opera
Clodio
Patli
Edward J. O'Mahoney
National Opera Company
England
Joe Murphy
Kerry Gow
Indianap olis capitalists eye new gas venture and risks
Ex treasurer Huston and a committee of Indianapolis capitalists travel to Maysville Kentucky to inspect the Harris gas process. They weigh incorporation costs and potential profits, while local experts critique the method claiming high gas yields from coal are exaggerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huston
Connersville
Harris
Maysville
Indianapolis
Julius Haag
Messrs
Layman and
Brouse
Hustonil Company
Gen. Hardin
Kentucky
Lig
Fostbury
Fot
Oneca
Parker
Abiva
Southern Fuel Gas Company
Indianapolis Committee
Socialists Renounce Anarchists in Chicago Meeting
Chicago socialists publicly acquitted Thomas J. Morgan of doodling charges and denounced anarchists. They vowed not to join anarchists in any political movement or annual memorial demonstrations for the executed anarchists, arguing covert forces seek to undermine socialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Thomas J. Morgan
Monday Court Docket Passes Through Judge Buskirk
Judge Buskirk handles a routine docket. Harry Robinson fined 100 dollars and 130 days in the workhouse for wife beating. Richard Williams 25 and Tessa Rothbaut 30 for concealed weapons. James Vincent bound over for stealing newspapers. Charles Doll of Greencastle nabbed for grand larceny on a train after a watch incident. Numerous drunks fined.
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Judge Buskirk
Harry Robinson
Blake
David Honests
Richard Williams
Tessa Rothbaut
Gage
James Vincent
Grand Jury
Charles Doll
Greencastle
Edson and Cos
Maui Delaney
Marsland St
St Louis Signs Carroll as McPhee to New York Rule Possible
Independent notes Carroll signs with St Louis, McPhee may join New York. Independence earmarks 175000 in purses next year. 400 horses wintering at Memphis. O Neill signs with Cincinnati replacing Browning. Stanford says 60000 would not buy a half interest in Arion. rumors of a war over Nelson reinstatement denied. Bocque Bonita may tour Europe next year with 2 18 mark. Fausta sets world trotting record 20537 at Stockton. Thanksgiving all day shoot at Brighton Beach for turkeys. Brooklyn Jockey Club to offer four rich stakes at the 92 meeting. Yale defeats Harvard 11 to 0 before 20000 at Springfield with Yale's strong play and Bliss earning honors.
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St. Louis
Carroll
Nelson
Bocque Bonita
Europe
Fausta
Stockton
Cal
Brighton Beach
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Yale
Harvard
Springfield
Mass
Bliss
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Cincinnatis
J. T. Walker
James T. Walker
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L. J. Michner
Green Smith
Bloomington
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Whitelaw Reid
Frange
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Mr. Wunder S
Prusad Compiany
Jamestown
Lotel
Maggie Wilson
Marshall
Buchanan
Roseberry
Tis
Albert Hitzeberger
Mit Vance
Hitzeberger
Voris
Manin
Jacob Traub
Traub
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the Grand
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Detroit
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Percy West
Bertie Robison
Daniel Sabel
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Daniel Frohman
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