New Wage Scale Ratified After Conference Deliberation
Conference committee reaches agreement on the existing wage basis after seven days of debate. Miners accept the report though seeking higher rates. union delegates vote to ratify around midnight. Current basing-point rates: Pennsylvania 80 cents, Ohio 80 cents, Indiana Illinois run-of-mine 49 cents, Danville 49 cents.
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Ndianapolis
Keb-3
Sevn
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Danville
Agreement Ends Vigo County Treasurer Standoff
In Terre Haute on February 11 Democrat James M. Bolton and Republican Wm. Clark reached a settlement. Clark will run the treasury until the supreme court decides the case. Bolton transferred 87000 dollars to Clark and Clark posted a 500000 dollar bond to protect Bolton if the court favors Bolton. Both men have slept in the courthouse since January 1 with Bolton handling cash and Clark in charge of the books as treasurer de facto.
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Vigo County
Terre Haute
Ind
James M. Bolton
Wm. Clark
Clark
Supreme Court
Bolton
Court House
May Survive Operation on Hindoo Twins in Paris
Paris February 11 The condition of Radhca and Cordica Hindoo twins joined at the abdomen and separated Sunday afternoon by Dr Doyen is regarded as favorable.
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Paris
Radhca
Cordica
Doyen
Fire at Rock Island car works kills two in Horton
Fire swept the big car works of the Rock Island railroad in Horton Kansas yesterday afternoon causing two deaths and property losses totaling about a quarter of a million dollars.
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Horton
Kan
Rock Island Railroad
Pope attends mass on Pius IX death anniversary
In Rome on February 8 the pope joined a special mass in the Sistine Chapel marking the 24th anniversary of Pope Pius IX’s death. He delivered absolution in a clear strong voice from the ceremony.
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Rome
Sistine Chapel
Pius IX
Get your neighbor to subscribe for the Union
A brief public appeal encourages readers to enlist neighbors in subscribing to the Union newspaper, emphasizing community access to local news and updates. It urges prompt action and shared benefits of informed civic participation.
Pittser Pleads Drunkenness in Wife Murder Case
Charles Pittser, indicted by a special grand jury session in Muncie Indiana, pleaded not guilty to first degree murder claiming drunkenness and unconsciousness. He says he had no knowledge of his actions for about 24 hours before shooting his wife.
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Pittser
Muncie
Ind
Charles Pittser
Tragic Sleigh Accident Claims 16-Year-Old Dora Fisher
A party of youths racing along a rock road east of Deputy, Indiana, caused a sleigh to overturn and throw Dora Fisher off a cliff into the river. The 16 year old daughter of Albert Fisher died from injuries sustained in the fall.
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Scottsburg
Ind
Dora Fisher
Miss Fisher
Albert Fisher
Mangiled By Train
Fred Strout a 25 year old newsdealer at Orleans Indiana slipped while alighting a Monon passenger train at the depot. He was run over by a coach and the engine suffering the loss of both legs and a crushed skull. He died two hours later.
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Orleans
Ind
Fred Strout
Monon
Weaver Held for Grand Jury in Saloon Killing Attempt
Fort Wayne Indiana February 7 William Weaver of Sheldon is committed for grand jury action after an alleged attempt to kill his father in a saloon where the father had sought refuge from threats caused by drink.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
William Weaver
Sheldon
Fire Devastates Paterson Business District In Ruin
A Sunday blaze began at the Jersey City Hoboken and Paterson Traction power house and swept through Paterson destroying commercial civic educational and religious structures. Estimated losses reach 10 million with hundreds homeless and thousands unemployed. City officials organized relief and expect to manage recovery locally as plants remain safe.
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Paterson
N. J
Jersey City, Hoboken and Paterson Traction Company
John Henchcliffe
Spain and Russia Hold the Trump Card in 1898
Paris reports an official recollection of how Spain sought to influence Europe during the Spanish American War and how Russia and England shaped actions. It notes that Madrid believed Victoria would back pacification and that Britain favored a common European effort, with Russia skeptical of Austrian proposals and wary of threats.
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Paris
Berlin
London
United States
Victoria
Mr. Chamberlain
Lord Salisbury
Madrid
England
Spain
Russia
Europe
St. Petersburg
France
Germany
Count Muravieff
Austria
Pacific
Fatal Hothel Fire at Empire Hotel in St Louis
Ten men and one woman perished in an early Sunday blaze that leveled the Empire hotel at 2700 2702 Olive Street. Eight others were seriously injured, with more frostbite cases among about 35 to 40 occupants. Estimated total loss near $20,000 to building and contents.
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St. Louis
Empire Hotel
Olive Street
Forgeries Spark a Wide Bank Fraud Network in Nebraska
In David City Nebraska on February 8, forged notes from the defunct Platte Valley Bank of Bellwood have reached about 150000 and may grow. Customers of cashier Amos Gould of La Porte and Michigan City Indiana say their notes and mortgages are forged. Gould allegedly kept a private ledger of forged notes and dates, replacing matured ones. the bank safe explosion allegedly exposed the scheme. The cashier and his brother remain jailed and arraignment date is undecided.
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David City
Neb
Platte Valley Bank of
Bellwood
Amos Gould
la Porte
Michigan City
Ind
Gould
Bank vice president arraigned for million dollar fraud
Detroit February 11 Vice president Frank C Andrews of the City Savings Bank was arrested and arraigned on charges of willfully and knowingly securing over one million dollars from the bank without security or directors knowledge. He was released on ten thousand dollars bail. Cashier Henry C Andrews is ill with nervous prostration.
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Detroit
Frank C. Andrews
City Savings Bank
George L. Maltz
Henry C. Andrews
I. C. Andrews
Andrews
Mining Disaster at Hondo Mexico Claims 106 Dead
Reports from San Antonio state the Hondo Mexico mine explosion killed all 106 workers. Most victims are Mexican and Chinese, with few Americans present.
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San Antonio
Tex
Hondo
Mexico
Gold Discoveries Reported on Hockens Farm in DePeyster
In Ogdensburg New York on February 7 a farm on DePeyster owned by J Lincoln Hockens yielded a secret gold find. An expert assayer valued the ore at 75 dollars per ton. Hockens has begun small scale mining and already removed one and a half tons of gold bearing quartz.
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Ogdensburg
N. Y
J. Lincoln Hockens
DePeyster
Hockens
Balfour Sued For Slander by The Sun
London February 7 The Sun sues A J Balfour government leader in the house of commons for slander over his claim that The Sun interview about Netherlands government overtures is a fabrication.
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Balfour
London
the Sun
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Mr. Balfour
House
Netherlands
Laborer killed in hot-air fan accident at Pan-Handle shops
Columbus, February 6. August Koch, a laborer, was ground to death in a large hot-air fan at the Pan-Handle shops yesterday. He entered the hot-air chamber to warm himself and was likely drawn into the suction. Nearly every bone in his body was broken when the body was removed.
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Columbus
Koch
British losses in South Africa updated to Jan 31
The war office released a summary showing up to January 31 a total 25,305 officers and men dead or permanently disabled. Including surviving wounded the casualties reach 5,240 officers and 100,701 men.
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London
War Office
South Africa
Will Abandon the Cause in Boer Conflict
Brussels reports an absolute determination by the Dutch government to abandon the Boer cause and any notion of fresh intervention due to the stance of the powers and Boer leaders.
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Brussels
Two Oldest Northwestern Ohio Residents Die
Toledo, Feb 7. Mrs Hannah Torrens aged 104 years seven months and fourteen days and Mrs Dora Bexteine aged 104 years and one day, died yesterday.
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Toledo
Ohio
Hannah Torrens
Dora Bexteine
Underwear for health at Krug’s Dry Goods Store
Pure natural wool knitted garments worn next the skin are recommended to reduce medical bills. Krug’s Dry Goods carries men’s women’s and children’s undergarments in stock, with a trusted, long held make customers know and approve.
Indiana Normal School Closed Over Smallpox Outbreak
Terre Haute reports the Indiana state normal school closed by the board of health for disinfection after student John Martin from Cory contracted smallpox. Daisy Lindsay of Alexandria and Pearl McClain of this city are suspected infected. Students are moved to the pest house as authorities fear further spread. classes likely resume next week.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana State Normal School
Board of Health
John Martin
Cory
Martin
Daisy Lindsy
Alexandria
Pearl McClain
Sty
They Elect Officers at Early Indiana Democratic Meeting
The Indiana Democratic Editorial association held its winter gathering at the Grand hotel in Indianapolis on February 7. The session was well attended and proved pleasant and profitable for those present as officers were elected for the coming term.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Grand Hotel
Officers Elected In Local Dispatches
The Paoli News dispatches report officers elected for the ensuing term. President John O. Behymer of the Tipton Times, First VP Ben F. McKee of the Lebanon Pioneer, Second VP A J Dip boye of the Columbus Herald, Secretary Wm H Rucker of the Lawrenceburg Register, Corresponding Secretary Walter S Chambers of the New Castle Democrat, Treasurer L G Ellingham of the Decatur Democrat.
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J. R. Simpson
Paoli News
John O. Behymer
Tipton Times
Ben F. McKee
Lebanon Pioneer
A. J. Dipboye
Columbus Herald
Wm. H. Rucker
Lawrenceburg Register
Walter S. Chambers
New Castle Democrat
L. G. Ellingham
Decatur Democrat
Local man held on criminal assault charge in North Vernon
William Osborn, a member of a prominent North Vernon family, is jailed in default of a $1,000 bond to answer a criminal assault charge filed by 61 year old Mrs. Thomas Story. Osborn admits being at the Story home during the incident but claims he was intoxicated and unaware of events. The complainant says Osborn threatened to kill her if she told authorities.
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North Vernon
Ind
William Osborn
Thomas Story
Osborn
Story
Protection of Words and Phrases Sparks Debate
In this Era opinion piece a call emerges for a society to guard language from overuse. It argues familiar quotations have lost impact through repetition and urges a rest for common words to restore vitality and clarity.
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Greenhorn
President Roosevelt Jr Seriously Sick in Double Pneumonia
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., eldest son of President Roosevelt, is seriously ill in Groton Massachusetts with double pneumonia. His condition is unchanged and prognosis is unclear. The president summoned Dr. Alexander Lambert of New York, favored by the boy’s physicians, for expert care.
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Groton
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt Jr
Roosevelt
Alexander Lambert
New York
Whitely Shops Destroyed by Fire in Springfield Ohio
Fire yesterday consumed the Whitely shops in Springfield built by William N. Whitely in 1882 at a cost of 2 million dollars. The complex housed the Springfield Foundry Progress Stove and Furnace Indianapolis Frog and Switch Kyle Art Glass Krell French Piano Miller Gas Engine Champion Chemical and Owens Machine Tool companies. The building was purchased by Senator Fairbanks of Indiana a decade ago.
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Whitely
Springfield
William N. Whitely
Reaper King
Springfield Foundry Company
Progress Stove and Furnace Company
Indianapolis Frog and Switch Company
Kyle Art Glass Company
Krell- French Piano Company
Miller Gas Engine Company
Champion Chemical Company
Owens Machine Tool Company
Senator Fairbanks
Indiana
Creed Revision Committee Transacts Substantial Work in Philadelphia
The Presbyterian creed committee, meeting in Philadelphia, disposed of considerable work and moved toward definite decisions on key confession points. Today they began examining a brief nontechnical statement of doctrine for popular use, with discussions likely to continue for about two days.
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Philadelphia
The
Presbyterian Church
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