Grand Duke Boris Visits. Mrs Roosevelt Not At Home
Grand Duke Boris, cousin of the czar, called on the president but did not meet Mrs. Roosevelt who was at luncheon with James A. E. Roosevelt. Reports of Boris in Chicago and a chorus girl slipper wine story spread among some Women’s Christian Temperance Union members who wrote to the president. Mrs Roosevelt left Sagamore Hill before the Boris party arrived.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Grand Duke
Boris
New York
Roosevelt
The
Land
Cago
Christian Temperance Union
Sagamore Hill
Sagamore
One Strike Is Ended in New York and West Virginia
In New York the anthracite miners' strike negotiations shift attention as Senator Mathew Quay arrives and meets with Senator Platt amid public silence. In Wheeling West Virginia the long running miners strike ends as state troops presence yields a return to work and operators seek transport for coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Matthew
Quay
New York Central Railroad
Adirondacks
Thomas C. Platt
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Mewstone
Flat Top
Norfalk & Western
Key figures help end West Virginia mine strike
Adi. Gen. Baker and ex-Sheriff Walton, acting for Gov. White, convinced strikers in the Birks Garden area to suspend the walkout by warning of winter, scarcity, and need to return to work after President Mitchell urged them to do so. The region saw over 1,000 miners and families living in tents amid hardship.
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Keystone
W. Va
Adi
Baker
W. O. Walton
Huntington
White
Walton
Mitchell
Gen
Birks Garden
Mysterious Death At Weinberger Hotel Ties To Farmer John McClain
A man registered as A Williams Greenwood at the Weinberger hotel on West Louisiana street fell ill and died at City Hospital. Postmortem ruled acute meningitis. Papers found point to John W McClain a Southport farmer. Coroner to investigate amid church dissension at Corin thian Baptist where Rev Lott resigned over property disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Williams
Greenwood
Weinberger
Louisiana St
City Hospital
John W. McClain
Southport
Jobes
McClain
Corinthian Baptist Church
T. W. Lott
Pascor
Liner Classifieds Listing Jobs and Properties
Read the lines show a chain of small ads includes hiring like chambermaid cook housekeeper and girl for housework and workers. plus property sales and rentals such as two cottages eight room house two choice lots and furnished rooms. Several listings mention rooms for rent farm exchanges and various sale offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Chambermaid
Job Press Feeder
Cook
Brightwood
Brookside
Millionaire fortunes rise from Everett-Moore crash
The Everett-Moore crash story notes vast fortunes made by former modest earners now rich. Profits include Big Consolidated rising from 80 to 91 per share for 14 000 shares, Northern Ohio preferred up to 95, Detroit United Railway gains, and Toledo Railway and Light stock up to 40. Total profit cited at 2 794 000 for new stock owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Henry Everett
E. W. Moore
Everett People
Consolidated
Andrews Syndicate
Everett
Ohio
Toledo Railway and Light
Truancy Costs per Child Rise in State Report
State Board findings show $1.48 spent per corralled truants under compulsory education. Marion county leads with 2,232 truants. The year’s spending includes $20,000 on salaries and $17,000 on books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Truancy
Marion
Path of the Reaper
Thomas Rafferty 62 brother of Patrolman Rafferty died Thursday at City hospital after several weeks illness. Funeral at St Patrick's Church Saturday morning with interment Holy Cross cemetery. Charles Hedges of 1513 Sheldon Street killed at Hamilton Ohio by falling from a train. funeral Friday at St Joseph's Church and interment Crown Hill. Miss Mann Morgan 18 daughter of John Morgan died at home 813 West Thirty‑first Street of typhoid fever. funeral Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Rafferty
Rafferty
St. Patrick's Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Charles Hedges
Sheldon St
Hamilton, O
St. Joseph’s Church
Crown Hill
New Filtering Plant to Be Built by Indianapolis Water Co
Indianapolis Water Company starts on a new auxiliary filter-house with sand beds and a laboratory. The project west of the canal costs 422000, contracted with United States Land Filtration Company of New York led by engineer Lewis K. Davis. The company also invested 41000 for 35 acres near the aque duct and will add a pulverizing coal plant costing about 24000 to feed the pumping station via compressed air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Water Company
United States Land Filteration Company
New York
Lewis K. Davis
Water Company
Local suits allege alienation of affections and divorce petitions
Pinkie Taylor sues Luella Walden for 20000 alleging alienation of her husband Grant K. Taylor. David Harding seeks a divorce from Bettie Harding alleging desertion. Boby Johnson, 14, is committed to the boys reform school as incorrigible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkie Taylor
Luella Walden
Grant K. Taylor
David Harding
Bettie Harding
Boby Johnson
Boys’ Reform School
Census Count Reduces Seminole Indian Population
Blando Florida September 5 J C Freyes reports from the city that the government census of Seminole Indians shows a total of 329 individuals.
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Blando
Fla
J. C. Freyes
Local Businesses Listed With Capital Totals
Incorporation entries include Canton Glass Co in Marion with 75000 dollars Caledonian Bottle Co Loogootee 5000 dollars Buckskin Coal Mining Co Gibson county 10000 dollars American Steam Laundry Lafayette 16000 dollars Union Building Association Hymeria Hymeria Teléphone Co Hymeria 5000 dollars Edward F Goeke Company Evansville Excelsior Club Anderson purely social
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton Glass Co
Marion
Caledonian Bottle Co
Loogootee
Buckskin Coal Mining Co
Gibson County
American Steam Laundry
Lafayette
Hymeria Teléphone Co
Hymeria
Edward F.goeke Company
Evansville
Excelsior Club
Anderson
White Elephants Offer to Give Away City Lots
Receiver Young of the South Indianapolis Improvement Association offers 20 acres of land and many lots for sale as the town project, once blocked by wind and lack of support, seeks to lift the mortgage held by Stoughton Fletcher. Purchasers must assume a $50 mortgage per lot with a single buyer expected to consolidate the property into a developed town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Receiver Young
South Indianapolis Improvement Association
Stoughton Fletcher
Park Board Member King Declines Comment on Mayor's Removal Hint
Isaac King a Park Board member who funded contractor Tom Kane said on Friday he has nothing to say about the mayor's hint of possible removal. He urged others to speak for him and offered no further remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac King
Park Board
Tom Kane
Democratic Primaries For Delegates To Joint Conventions
Democratic primaries to select delegates for the joint senatorial and congressional conventions will be held Friday from 4 to 8 PM in Tomlinson Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomlinson Hall
Real Estate Transfers In Crawford Fairbanks and Ben Franklin Deals
Crawford Fairbanks buys Bramm property at the northeast corner of Cornell and Massachusetts avenues with a 30 foot frontage and 146 feet depth for 6000 dollars. Benjamin Franklin deeds to Flora Benson a residence on Bellefontaine Street east of Thirteenth Street a 40 by 150 foot lot with a two story frame house nine rooms on two sides for 6000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford Fairbanks
Lizzie J. Bramm
Cornell
Massachusetts-aves
Massachusetts-ave
Benjamin Franklin
Flora Benson
Bellefontaine St
Thirteenth St
Lawn festival and community updates from local notices
The lawn festival at St John s church was well patronized. George Merritt of the Park board and his family returned from a six weeks stay in southern California. Eighty State Life Insurance Co agents attended a banquet Thursday night at the Columbia club. Edward Groves died in Cincinnati and his mother seeks information about a brother alleged to live in Indianapolis. Indianapolis Street Railway Co seeks permission to use side poles on Kentucky Ave to serve Martinsville interurban cars. George Cost reports the loss of a pocketbook with $70 near West Street and the Van Dalia tracks. Manual Training High School principal will accept applications next week weekdays 9 to 11 am. New Long Distance Telephone Co files a $1,000,000 mortgage with Union Trust Co to extend service. J W and Edward Schmidt seek a franchise for hot and cold water steam heat and electricity near their Century building offering 5 percent of gross receipts.
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St. John's Church
Merritts
George Merritt
Park Board
California
State Life Insurance Co
Columbia Club
Groves
Edward Groves
Cincinnati
Harry Groves
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Street Railway Co
Kentucky Ave
Washington and
West Sts
Martinsville
George Cost
Vermont St
Heinks
West St
Vandalia
Manual Training High School
Marian County
Union Trust Company
J. W
Edward Schmidt
Century
Board of Works
Death list grows as Martinique volcano erupts
Panic spreads across Martinique as Pelee eruptions continue since late August. Refugees report at least 2,000 dead, with Morne Rouge alone blamed for around 1,000 casualties. Fire, ash, and fear drive evacuations as French ships carry survivors to safety.
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Castries
ST. Lucia
Martinique
Pelee
Morne Rouge
Fort de France
Guadaloupe
la Soufriere
St. Vincent
Police Nabbed Him At Fire Prayer Meeting
Andrew Frey colored, janitor at the New Telephone store, attended a Thursday night prayer meeting at Eleventh and Fayette. Police arrested him as copper wire theft rumors grew after 1,900 pounds vanished and two bags of wire were found in his locker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Frey
Eleventh and
Fayettests
Frey
New Telephone Company
Local Hog Market Shows Small Rally on Limited Receipts
The local hog market rallied Friday as receipts for Saturday were expected to be light. Tops brought $7.80, while Thursday's price was $7.60.
Roosevelt bears injuries from trolley accident in Oyster Bay
The presidential party began their southern journey with President Roosevelt reporting two black eyes and a swollen jaw from a trolley car collision. Secretary Cortelyou is described as feeling well as the group proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay L. I
Roosevelt
Cortelyou
Bankers May Help Raise Money For Technical Institute
In Indianapolis bankers and financial men held conferences in the past day or two to back the Technical Institute project and aid the canvassing committee. Albert Lahm said he would not disclose details without permission but indicated renewed hope that the $150,000 goal may be reached. Simon Yandes doubled a $100 subscription on Thursday. The Indianapolis News contributed $1,000 on Thursday. Mr. Sahm received a $50 subscription from the William Eaglesfield Co. that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Technical Institute
Albert Lahm
Stoughton Fletcher
Fletcher
Simon Yandes
Yandes
Indianapolis News
Sahm
William Eaglesfield Co
Fire at Garver Ice Co. barn blamed on incendiarism
The Garver Ice Co. barn at Sixteenth Street and Fall Creek burned Thursday evening, about 8 p.m., causing about 1000 dollars in damage. All horses were saved and ice cutting tools destroyed. Insurance covered most loss. Nearby icehouses were burned five years ago with no cause found. Firemen advance incen diary origin, noting both buildings sit in the firebug district.
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Garver Ice Co
Sixteenth-st
Fall Creek
Garver Company
Wheels Locked In Track In Fatal Looking Collision
Mr and Mrs William Kattan and Gertrude Otto 14 were severely injured when their phaeton stalled on a track as a west bound street car approached near the Belt railroad east of Irvington Thursday night They were attempting to pass a large moving van The wheels locked in the track and Mrs Kattan fainted then revived All three expected to recover according to city dispensary doctors
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William Kattan
Gertrude Otto
Irvington
Belt Railroad
Kattans
Phaeton
Rev Gilliam Guilty of Immoral Conduct at Simpson Chapel
Reverend E L Gilliam, pastor of Simpson Chapel A M E Church, was found guilty of immoral conduct by a church committee. His wife filed the charges alleging improper conduct with a former female member of the congregation, and the findings will be presented to Bishop D A Goodsell in Chattanooga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Gilliam
Simpson Chapel
A. M. E. Church
D. A. Goodsell
Chattanooga
Ministers plan affidavits against Gaston saloonkeepers
In Muncie Indiana on September 5 ministers and Gaston town saloonkeepers met. Ministers vow to file affidavits against every saloon except Benjamin Bartlett who they say complies with the law. They argue taxation and government support justify liquor sales while temperance movement prompts action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Gaston
Benjamin Bartlett
Action
Reluctant Tax Change Stirs City Hall Talk
Mayor Bookwalter and Controller Breunig discussed raising the tax levy from 88 to 90 cents amid reluctance. The exchange followed a Thursday conference and hints a 90 cent rate may be adopted. The narrator compares the mayor’s tone to Hamlet’s plot and family betrayal.
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Bookwalter
Breunig
Hamlet
Henry Watterson Attacks the Four Hundred as Unclean Birds
Louisville Sept 5 Henry Watterson in the Courier Journal denounces New Yorks Four Hundred as a flock of unclean birds The editorial mocks the term Smart Set and accuses society of moral abandon calling the 400 rotten through and through with money as their sole instrument of influence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Courier-Journal
New York
London
Paris
Monte Carlo
Trouville
Aix
D’annunzio
Bourget
Mecca
Sahm Rejects Nomination Promptly Prefers No Speech
Albert Sahm stated he does not want the congressional nomination and has no prepared speech. He said he would be embarrassed to decide now and suggested others like Jake Dunn Booker Perkins Pink Harlan could be suitable, noting Harlan is abroad.
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Sahm
Jake Dunn
Booker
Perkins
Pink’ Harlan
Europe
Uncle Sam's Manufacturers Are Doing More Business Now Than Before
Treasury figures show seven months ending July 1902 export of manufactures up about 10 million dollars from the year before while imports of manufactured materials rose by about 30 thousand dollars. Cotton goods exports reached nearly 21 million, up from just under 15 million a year earlier as more articles and materials moved across borders.
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Uncle Sam
Wasington
United States
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Change Proposed for Bismark Avenue Car Line
A petition from Haughville residents asks the Board of Public Works to reroute the line from Michigan street to Emericksville via King Avenue W Walnut Street Holmes Avenue W Tenth Street Warman Avenue and Crawfordsville road. J H Ketcham presented it noting three residents would benefit for one. Attorney William Patterson opposed. The board took the proposal under advisement. a change may be made.
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Haughvile
Bismark-ave
Haughville Line
Board of Public Works
J. H. Ketcham
Michigan St
King-ave
W. Walnut St
Holmesave
W. Tenth-st
Warman-ave
Crawfordsville Road
Emericksville
Mor ris H. Platt Aims for Airship Flight in Imagined Trip
Mor ris H. Platt, 37, of 2214 Columbia area, a mechanic, is described as insane for his obsession with building a flying machine. He writes to his parents from Indianapolis that he plans a voyage in his airship despite reports of snow and cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris H. Platt
Columbia-are
Platt
Indianapolis
Nevada
Mrs Teresa Miller Delusions Stir At Union State Hospital
Mrs Teresa Miller age 38 confined at Union State hospital is described as insane by staff. She imagines she has been hypnotized and believes a nightly surgical operation is performed on her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tersea Miller
Union State Hospital
Weather outlook for Indianapolis and nearby area
Forecast for the 36 hours ending 8 p m September 6 calls for fair conditions tonight and Saturday with rising temperatures. Temperatures recorded at 7 am 54 at noon 70 and at 2 pm 71. For Indiana and surrounding states fair and warmer with probable showers Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Boxing match at Green Field ends with light gloves claim
Arthur Downing of the State Board of Agriculture testifies the Rogers-Hubig bout in Greenfield was legal though he claims gloves were heavier than needed before the sheriff weighed them. The fight finished in round three with finbig wert out. more than four observers saw the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Arthur Downing
Charles Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Finbig
Porto Rican Goose Lands High at Indiana Visit
Capt. W. H. Elliott, commissioner of the interior from Porto Rico, called on Gov. Durbin and Indiana officials Friday. Previously of New Castle, he is on a six day leave and says San Juan’s trade is recovering from Spanish disruption as social conditions in the island improve. He and his family reside in San Juan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Elliott
Interior
Porto Rico
Twenty Recruits Secured for Navy Service in City
A local naval recruiting party completed its work after a week in the city. Twenty men passed examinations and took the oath to serve the United States. The list includes Indianapolis residents such as Marion Mott, Bence Eat Pickering, Lewis Oldfield Carson, Charles Hiner, Hugh Dulligan, Harry Meikel, Robert Tisgel, Joan Durham, and Bonnie Baker, among others with addresses given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Indianapolis
Marion Mott
Fletcher-ave
Bence Eat Pickering
N. Bright-st
Lewis Oldfield Carson
W. Washington-st
Charles Hiner
DeLos-st
Hugh Dulliigan
E. Washington-st
Harry Meikel
New York-st
Robert Tisgel
Joan Durham
New Ye
Bonnie Baker
Fletcher Ave
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