Fire damages French Lick Hotel and surrounds
Fire at the French Lick hotel in Indiana caused about 8000 dollars in loss with 250 guests present. Defective piping blamed. two floors flooded by water from private fire protection. Ownership includes D P Erwin and Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis and others. A later report values the property at 500000 with plans for a new fireproof building and continued hotel operations.
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French Lick
Ind
D. P. Erwin
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute
W. H. McDoel
Col. Dickerson
Chicago
French Lick, IJ Ind
W. H. MccDoel
Monon Railroad
Terre Haute Capitalist
Sheridan Brick Works Receivership Sustained
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed an interlocutory order appointing a receiver for the Sheridan Brick Works. The Marion Trust Company sued as administrator of Mason J. Osgood estate, with Osgood holding stock and leadership roles. Disputes between Osgood and Oliver H. Root preceded Osgood’s death, and the court found the corporate distress victimize stockholders and creditors, justifying pendentelite receivership. The decision also covers penalties under the blackboard law and related cases on divorce and loan obligations.
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Marion Superior Court
Sheridan Brick Works
Supreme Court
Jordan
Marion Trust Company
Mason J. Osgood
Osgood
Aquilia Jones
Oliver H. Root
Root
Pendentelite
Street Car Men Union Rumor At Indianapolis Rejected
Rumors circulate that a new effort to form a union among Indianapolis street railway company employees is under consideration. Several workers told The Sun there has been no new activity and doubt arises from past failures. One worker predicted another collapse and cited lingering discontent among former union members.
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the Sun
High Prices Charged for Election Polling Places
Controller Brennig plans to issue warrants to rent voting sites at inflated costs. Election commissioners serve without pay, pushing rents to 7 8 and 10 dollars per room. Many venues were cottages barns or sheds with carpet removals needed. Brennig urges fixed arbitrary rates to fit available rooms.
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Breunig
Brennig
Indiana Republicans spar for control of state committee
Friends of Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge maneuver to shape the next Republican state committee by district appointments next January. Leveridge faction seeks influence while aiming to keep a united front. Several incumbents are likely to be re elected, with a mix of new members, as power centers in Greene, Marion and Huntington counties weigh outcomes and possible federal appointments affect candidacies.
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Ator Beveridge
Republican State Committee
Indiana
Republican Party
Leveridge
Fairbanks
State Committee
George Cunningham
George Self
Oscar Montgomery
Daniel BiiNer
Miles Moffatt
J. P. Goodrich
T. J. McCoy
Elmer Leonard
Elmer Crockett
Nat. A. Hil
John Willheimer
Iarvey W. Cushman
Illheimer
Zanzibar
Cushman
Greene County
Beveridge
Billheimer
Nat. Hill
Joe Kealing
United States
Goodrich
Fred Sims
John Bonnell
Terre Haute
Warren Bigler
Europe
Adam Beck
Huntington
Readers flood Odell with Cslls on Czolg sz execution
Albany reports Gov. Odell receiving hundreds of letters about the Czolg sz case since the president’s assassination. Most letters are anonymous and divide between condemning the murder or urging commutation to life imprisonment. Communications arrive from across the U S and Canada, with requests for access to the execution.
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Canada
United States
Gov
Qdell
Supt
Collins
State Prison Commission
MEN OF MONEY AT INDIANA BANKERS MEET
A frank portrait of bankers attending the Indiana bankers association at the Commercial club. The first session included a welcome, speeches by Deputy-city attorney Hay and President Hussi Daugherty, and banking condition reports. Indiana lists 92 banks with 60 members of the association and notes loans up $7.77 million, deposits up $15.5 million, and resources up $16.33 million. The group toured Levy Bros printing and will visit Laycock factory.
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Indiana Bankers’ Association
Hay
Bookwalter
Hussi Daugherty
Indiana
Levy Bros.’ Printing Establishment
Laycock
Frankfort and Indianapolis electric railway incorp filed
The Frankfort and Indianapolis electric railway company filed articles of incorporation at the state house on Wednesday. Capital stock is 50000 dollars. Directors include David F. Allen John G. Clark David A. Coulter William P. Sidwell James McClamrock George T. Dinwiddie Chalmer Hillis Fred A. Sims and J A Hedgcock. The road will run from Frankfort through Clinton Boone Hamilton and Marion counties. The Western Oil Company of Marion also incorporated with 100000 dollars capital stock. Directors reside in Lima Ohio and Parkersburg West Virginia.
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Frankfort
Lima
Parkersburg
W. Va
Gas Belt Manufacturers Form Fight Against Gas Waste
Industry groups led by the Kelly ax manufacturing company and the Fenn American plate glass company urge a regularly incorporated association to combat waste of natural gas. They accuse Consumers gas trust of Indianapolis of wasting gas and violating injunctions, saying the fight will be bitter and costly.
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Kelly Ax Manufacturing Company
Fenn-American Plate Glass Company
Consumers’ Gas Trust Companys
Indianapolis
Consumers’ Gas Trust
Hale Calls Gamewell System Antiquated in Kansas City
Kansas City fire chief George C. Hale, in Indianapolis with his brigade, denounces the Gamewell fire alarm boxes as antiquated and out of date and argues that 150 boxes cannot replace 7,000 telephones. He notes Indianapolis uses Gamewell at great expense and alleges he was offered 10090 to drop his opposition.
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Kansas City
George C. Hale
Indianapolis
Hale
Gamewell
Exemption claim sparks police showdown in Paris
The Paris police chief Hyland declares no immunity for William Wissel the game operator after a question about Bookwalter. In other news President Loubet meets weights and measures conference delegates with Prof Morley of Adelbert College as American representative.
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Paris
Loubet
General Conference On
America
Prof
Morley
Adelbert College
Cleveland
There Was a Rumpus at 1417 Martindale Avenue
Anthony Bradley was in police court after a domestic dispute with his wife. She testified he beat her, chased her with a revolver, and fired at her, while he claimed she hid the weapon and fired first. Judge Stubbs fined him for chasing her after she left.
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Anthony Bradley
Martindale Ave
Stubbs
Gradley
Sunday School Week Aims to Probe Local Church Attendance
Meany Indianapolis hosts a Sunday school week focusing on youth needs with nightly meetings led by laymen and ministers. The program includes a religious census on Friday to identify church-goers and non-attenders, guiding pastors in outreach across the state.
Paoli boy finds lost purse then returns it to stranger
On a Paoli to Orleans road Earl Frost found 1.60 in a purse Tuesday. He described the wallet and its contents to a passing stranger and handed over the purse, after which the man disappeared.
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Paolit
Ind
Paoli
Orleans
Earl Frost
Calve ill amid Japan stringency and notable notices
The item notes Mme Calve ill in Nashville and reports varied dispatches from Groesbeck to Carnegie library grants in Dundee and Stevens Institute. It mentions J P Morgan’s party leaving Butte for New York, a Chicago post office crime warning, and a fugitive Wing Tu Sing. Also cites barytes flour adulteration reports and a Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup ad offering 25 cents.
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Wing Tu Sing
Philadelphia
New York
J. P. Morgan
Butte
Mont
Hoboken
N. J
Dispatch
Carnegie
Stevens Institute
Patterson
Minnots
Seven Boys Arrested Charged With Burglary
Detectives booked Tromer Monahan 12 Harry Bergman 18 and Howard Reede 12 all of Market Street on petit larceny charges. Monahan admitted breaking into John Allison’s Market Street home on election night and stealing 20 dollars. Reede was released. Elmer Hansen 13 was arrested for robbing F J Meyer Cows grocery with 02 East Street. Edward and Geo Doremus 11 and 13 and Fred Kinnan 12 were charged in a separate store theft. All but Reede were fined 10 dollars in police court and placed on probation.
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Tromer Monahan
W. Market
Harry Bergman
Market St
Howard Reede
W. Market St
Reede
Monahan
John G. Allson
Elmer Hansen
F. J. Meyer
S. East St
Edward and
Geo. Doremus
S. Hast St
Fred Kinnan
Witnesses recall Schley and battle details at Echley court
Testimony from Lieut. Commander Rush and others corrected prior statements about Santiago harbor and Spanish ships. James N. Hare and others described sightings aboard the Somers N. Smith and the St. Paul, while Chief boatswain Hil testified on the Brooklyn assault and Schley’s calm command during the July 3 action. The hearing drew loud applause from spectators.
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Washington
William R. Rush
Brooklyn
Echley Court
Lieut. Simpson
George N. Graham
Sigs- Lee
Santiago
B. W. Wells
James N. Hare
Somers N. Smith
St. Paul
Cervera
Sigshee
Schrey
Tin mill disaster claims two lives in Lisbon
Two men died and four were seriously injured at the Lisbon tin mills after a tin bar car tipped on an embankment while workers were unloading it. The dead are John Blough aged 28 and John Bons. Injured include Dan Nicholas and John Muntean with back and leg injuries, Stephen Fentza with shoulder and back injuries, and John MoldersVin with a head bruise.
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Lisbon
John Blough
John Bons
Dan Nicholas
John Muntean
Stephen Fentza
John Molders Vin
Shower Stick Presentation At Carnival Event
Secretary Willis F. Wackedern was presented with a natural wood handle umbrella and cigar case by Carniva employees on a Wednesday. Fred T. Loftin delivered the speech at the ceremony.
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Carniva Employes
Willis F. Wackedern
Fred T. Loftin
Train held up near Eugene slows Oregon trip
A Southern Pacific passenger train was held up near Eugene, Oregon, Wednesday morning. Dispatch reports few details available on the incident and its impact on service.
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Hald
Southern Pacific
Oregon
Eugene
Weather Outlook for Indianapolis and Vicinity
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for 36 hours ending 8 p m Oct 24 calls for fair conditions. Temperatures 54 at 7 am, 77 at noon, 79 at 2 pm. Illinois Indiana cooler tonight and Thursday with light variable to west winds. Lower Michigan partly cloudy and cooler tonight and Thursday. Kentucky fair with light variable winds. Ohio fair tonight and Thursday with cooler Thursday and winds shifting to northwesterly.
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Indianapolis
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Forest Fire Ravages North Mountain Area
Cumberland Maryland reports a large forest fire on North mountain burning hundreds of acres and destroying valuable timber. Fire crews battle the blaze as smoke masks the hillsides and residents monitor the danger.
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Cumberland
North Mountain
True cleanliness includes the inside of the body
An ad touts Cas carets as a path to perfect cleanliness, urging internal cleansing for a clean mind. It promotes drugstore remedies priced at 10c 20c and 50c.
Woman seeks damages after streetcar incident injures child
Viola Caril seeks 25000 dollars damages from Indianapolis street railway company for injuries when she was knocked to the ground as a Columbia ave car started while she alighted on March 28 at Walnurst. She carried a small child who she says died from the injuries.
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Viola Caril
Indianpolis Street Railway Company
Columbia
Walnurst
Quarrel at Capitol and Indiana Aves Ends with Shooting
Ben Hampton and George Harding fought at Capitol and Indiana avenues around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Harding shot Hampton in the knee. Harding was arrested and the case postponed until Hampton appears in police court. An hour later Preston Vinson was knifed in the face in the same corner. assailant fled as police search. All four men are black.
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Capitol
Indianaaves
Harding
Hampton
Preston Vinson
White Mountain paper company forms rival trust
Springfield Mass October 2 1900s report describes a new rivals to the paper trust to be named the White Mountain Paper Company with capital of 25000000 William B Plunkett of Adams Massachusetts named president Directors to include former Congressman William G Whiting of Holyoke George B James of Boston Col McCook and General A C Barnes of New York
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Springfield
Mass
Paper Trust
White Mountain Paper Company
Wm. B. Plunkett
Adams, Mass
Wm. G. Whiting
Holyoke
George B. James
Boston
Col. McCook
A. C. Barnes
New York
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West Baden
Vyagiart
Big Four Railroad
Fountain
Big Four
Hanley
Fountain County
Della Barnett
Seymour Barnett
Jay County
Marion Trust Companny
Washington Savings And“Loan Association
Crescent Loan and Investment Company
Washington Association
Crescent
Washington Company
Unich
Way Company
Senator Fairbanks
Sen
Congressman Overstreet
Frank Littleton
Marion
Czolgos
Albany
N. Y
Gov. Odell
GAS Trust Company
Gamewell Alarm System
Supt. Hyland
MR. Sill Kissel
Supt.-of-police
Hyland
Wiliam Wissel
Wulschnera
Janes
Dustiess Oata
Boy
Japan
Mme. Calve
Nashville
Tenn
Groesbeck
Tex
Dundee
Wilkie
Bergman
Dewey
Boatswain Hill
Appeause
Schley
Texas
Streer
Ife
Ellis
McCauley
Commodore Schley
Rayner
Admiral Dewey
Hillis F. Hackedern
Carnival Employes
Portland
Ore
Maryland
Ben Hampton
Elsworth St
George Harding
Muskingum St
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