Another Strike on Block Coal Hoisting Engineers
In Brazil Indiana today hoisting engineers at coal mines demanded an eight hour day at 4.75 a month and were refused by operators. A deadlock looms as miners and operators adjourn with no agreement. In Terre Haute, municipal pressure helps ease a packing house strike. Loganport Traction lines are to be sold to Wabash Traction Company today. Special reports from Hammond and Ellwood describe arbitration progress and worker disputes across Indiana.
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Terre Haute Traction Company
Indianapelix Journal
Brazil
Ind
Wabash Traction Plans Move to Complete Logansport Line
Wabash attorney N G Hunter will travel to Indianapolis with funds to finalize Marott property deals for the Logansport rail extension. The Wabash River Traction Co aims to connect Peru to Logansport, investing near 1 million dollars across Wabash Miami and Cass counties. James Lattin will oversee construction of the Logansport extension starting Saturday with a large crew.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Incl
N. G. Hunter
Wabash River Traction Company
Indianapolis
Logansport
Pc Lines
George J. Marott
Wabash River
Marott
George McCulloch
Traction Company
Indiana
Wabash River Company
Peru
Wabash
Miami
Cass
James Lattin
Stade
Ead
New Home for Ministers Sought by St Joseph Brethren
In Warsaw Indiana April 2 members of the St Joseph Conference of the United Brethren Church plan to erect a ministerial home at Winona Lake. A committee will buy a site and several lots, with building costs around 39900. Work to start soon. Delegations from Benton Harbor and St Joseph discussed Chautauqua plans to draw crowds this summer.
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Indianapolis
Warsaw
Ind
St. Joseph
United Brethren Church
Winona Lake
Benton Harbor
Bt. Joseph
Sol C. Dickey
Assembly
Michigan
Terre Haute Council Demands Settlement of Street Rail Dispute
Terre Haute Ind April 1 The City Council rejected a motion to cancel the street railway franchise citing labor fears and instructed the mayor to press Boston syndicate representatives Stone & Webster to settle the dispute between Terre Haute Electric Co and its workers. The Board of Public Works said the company may use streets for its interurban line without a city franchise and the manager Clerk noted the March 11 act and would not meet with the board.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Ind
Street Railway Company
Btone & Webster
Boston
Terrele Electric Company
Em. Board of Public Works
Council asserts city rights over freight hauling
The council refused to surrender its power to regulate freight hauling by Terre Haute Electric Company. A committee will report in two weeks. if no settlement with workers occurs, drastic regulations are expected to follow. Moore’s Hill College features missionary addresses by returning workers and reports of the baseball team’s season opener, with emphasis on the normal department’s spring term and rising attendance.
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Terre Haute Electric Company
Skelihood
Indianapolis Journal
Moore's Hill
Ind
J. N. Forman
New York
India
Stanforth
New Haven
Japan
Moore’s Hill
South Bend Elks Lodge Initiates Largest Class Yet
In South Bend Indiana a class of 26 candidates was initiated into the Elks Lodge, the largest initiation by a U S lodge. The ceremony at the Auditor ium began at 1 39 PM and ended at 1 AM with 1400 members invited to a banquet at the Oliver Hotel. Delegations traveled from St Joseph Michigan City Elkhart Ligonier Fort Wayne Logansport Plymouth Niles Streator and Chicago.
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Indianapolis Journal
South Bend
Ind
Elks Lodge
United States
Oliver Hotel
St. Joseph
Michigan City
Elkhart
Ligonier
Fort Wayne
Logansport
Plymouth
Niles
Streator
Chicago
Cunningham Welch Shorthorn Breeders Ship Cattle to California
Cunningham and Welch of Martinsville Indiana are prominent shorthorn breeders. They shipped cattle for breeding to California this year, including five head sold to Donlap of Howard Estate in San Francisco. The estate encompasses 0,000 acres with 200 eligible register cows and 1,200 high grade cows. The batch included one pure Scotch, three Scotch Top-receive, and one Madson Duchess. Seventeen bull calves have been sold since September, from yearlings to a few weeks old. The first shipment included four young bulls and four heifers, the second two heifers, with the total value described as several thousand dollars.
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Indianapolis Journal
Martinsville
Ind
Cunningham & Welch
California
Rth
Donlap
Howard Ese
San Francisco
Cal
Drunlap
Sharon
Rathbone Sisters Conclave Ends Amid Profit, Large Attendance
Ellwood Ind April 2 The annual convention of the Order of Rathbone Sisters sixth Pythian district closed after a large gathering with over two hundred delegates and visitors. State officers including Grand Chancellor Charles Bookwalter Ex-Grand Chancellor Daniel Storms and Grand Chief Etta Hauk spoke. Deputy Grand Chief Cora Turley presided. GOSHEN Ind April 2 Nappaunee to get first legally licensed saloon in two years after George W McLaughlin win in Elkhart Circuit Court over remonstrators by power of attorney. Voter count increased since remonstrance. later election and removals left five signers short to win. The temperance fight in Nappanee has persisted for over two years.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ellwood
Ind
Order of Rathbone Sisters
Sixth Pythian
Charles Bookwalter
Daniel Storms
Indiana Knights of Pythias
Etta Hauk
Cora Turley
Goshen
Nappaunee
George W. McLaughlin
Elkhart
Nappanee
Grand jury in Hartford City returns 68 indictments
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Hartford City Ind April 2 The grand jury in session adjourned with sixty eight indictments the greatest in the county None of the indictments has been made public Yet the sporting fraternity gas wasters and others are anxious The jury urged abandoning the old jail structure and changing the heating system after a fire in the furnace with danger of a repeat incident.
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Imitanapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Gerand
Goshen City Clerk Released From Michigan City Prison
Israel D. Wolfe former Goshen city clerk was to be paroled after serving time for failing to turn over 1500 dollars of city funds. He had been sentenced to one to five years and was returned to Goshen after parole.
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Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
Israel D. Wolfe
Michigan City
Coshen
Neighborhood outraged by attempt on Miss Sleeth near Morristown
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Morristown Indiana April 2 reports a neighborhood seven miles southwest of town is incensed after an attempted criminal assault on Miss Sleeth who lives alone a mile away. The incident occurred last night prompting police and residents to tighten patrols and seek clues about the assailant in the rural area.
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Indianapolis Journal
Ellwood
Ind
Grant Jacobs
Fin Plate Workers’ International Protective Association
Berthold Goldsmith
Indiana
Drew York
Tion
Indianapelle Journal
Morristown
Here
Miss Sleeth
Woman Fights Off Home Invader Near Fountaintown
Miss Sleeth, about forty, attended a Court of Honor lodge meeting in Fountaintown. Returning home late last night, a man forced entry and seized her by the throat. A struggle followed. she freed herself and fled to Jerry Vernon’s home nearby. She identified the assailant, who remains at large. Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
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Fountaintown
Indianapolis man retrieves son after police custody
TERRE HAUTE Ind April 2 Charles Lynn of North Capitol avenue Indianapolis came to Terre Haute today and got his son the youth taken by police a few days ago who said he was on his way home from St Louis. The police judge dismissed the charge against him of carrying concealed weapons.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Charles Lynn
North Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Coal Miner Thomas Gregg Shoots Self in Personal Crisis
Sullivan Ind April 2 Thomas Gregg a fifty year old coal miner at Del Carbo shot himself twice near the heart with a revolver in a personal crisis. Gregg died this morning no cause is given for the act.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
Thomas Gregg
del Carbo
Gregg
Death of John J. Carroll inOhio Foundry Accident
News reports the death of John J. Carroll of Fort Wayne Indiana after a foundry accident in Bucyrus Ohio. He was crushed by a machine, losing both legs, and his body will be brought home for burial.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Bucyrus, O
John J. Carroll
Pioneer Susan K. Clark, age ninety two, breaks hip
Rising Sun, Ind. Mrs. Susan K. Clark a pioneer resident of this city and county, fell this morning and broke her hip. Her recovery is regarded as doubtful.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rising Sun
Ind
Susan K. Clark
Emerson Le men Named Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Madison Indiana April 2 Emerson Le men of this city was today appointed by District Attorney Smith to be assistant prosecuting attorney for the Fifth judicial district comprising Jefferson and Switzer land counties.
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Indianapolis Journal
Madison
Ind
Emerson Lemen
Smith
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Jefferson
Switzerland
Early Indiana Deaths Draw From Boone County to Kosciusko
A series of brief obituaries from THORNTOWN ELKHART SALEM TAMBRIDGE CITY ELWOOD MADISON and other Indiana towns note the deaths and legacies of Isaac Gipson born 1816 in Kentucky. Jonathan Brouse aged 80 in Elkhart. Mrs Edward Kemp of Salem. Irene Brooks Russell’s husband in Kansas City. Nancy Smith pioneer of Madison County. Uriah B. Stribling retired foundryman. legal action by John S. area against American Tin-Plate. school closures for Northern Indiana Teachers’ meeting. Belle Sweeney fends off a burglar. hotel guest involvements in Bedford. Rev C D Cane leaves for Mt Clair.
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Thorntown
Ind
Isaac Gipson
Boone County
Joseph Wilson
Clay County
Kentucky
Gipson
Jamestown
Chicago
Elkhart
Jonathan Brouse
Pennsylvania
Summit County
Ohio
Salem
Edward
Kemp
Merrimick
Wis
Tambridge City
Irene Brooks Russell
Kansas City
Russell
Eity
Topeka
Kan
Elwood
Nancy Smith
Madison County
Harrell Smith
Madison
Uriah B. Stribling
American Tin-plate Company
Myers
South Bend
Northern Indiana Teachers’ Association
Kokomo
Belle Sweeney
Edward Sweeney
Globe Steel Range and Stove Company
Bedford
Burton
Doman
St. Louis
George E. Wade
St Louis
Terre Haute
C. D. Cane
First Baptist Church
Rail line to Nap Pane s eyed with $200000 goal
A plan for an electric railway from here to Nap panes, twenty miles away, seeks two hundred thousand dollars. one fourth of the amount was subscribed before last night’s meeting. Richmond post office receipts rose 20 percent in six years to $7478.22, boosting the postmaster’s salary by $100. Goldie Zentz of Goshen bitten by a hog, faces possible infection after injuries. Calumet Terminal conductor Ed Spalding died from crushing injuries after being thrown between cars. Thomas Gordon of Sullivan declared sane at seventy after long mental decline. Madison fruit growers report a peach belt crop failure due to severe cold.
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Nappanes
Richmond
Richmond Postence
S.1
ISW
Goshen
Goldie
Isaac Zentz
Hammond
Ed Spalding
Calumet Terminal
Sullivan
Thomas Gordon
Gordon
8. L. Brokaw
Madison
Indiana
United States
Great Northern
Northern Pacffe
Cmies
Insurance question after Louisville Lead and Color fire
A fire damaged the Louisville Lead and Color Company plant and Peasles-Gaulbert warehouses. Policies totaling 211 000 expired at noon and were renewed on new lines, creating a dispute over which policies cover the losses. An agent, asked to take a line on the lead and color plant, learned of the blaze just after noon.
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Louisville
Louisville Lead and Color Company
Peasles-Gaulbert Company
The McMichaels and Philadelphia Mayoral Politics
The Old Politician muses on Colonel Clayton McMichael as a potential next mayor of Philadelphia. The McMichaels have long held public roles from district attorney to marshal and postmaster, shaping city politics and power.
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Philadelphia Times
McMichaels
Clayton McMichaels
Morton McMichael
William
United Stats District Attorney's Office
John K. Valentine
New York City
Chester A. Arthur
Clayton McMichael
Chesterfield
National Capital
Thomas L. Hicks
Steamer Albatross Arrives in Honolulu on Coastal Expedition
The United States steamer Albatross, under Commander Chauncey Thomas, arrived from San Francisco with Dr. Co H Gilbert J C Snyder W E Fisher of Stanford and Professor Nutting of Iowa. The ship endured rough seas and, during March 12, quartermaster Y Barnkey was lost at sea. They will dredge, sound, and stay about six days before resuming exploration around the islands.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Cal
Albatross
Chauncey Thomas
United States Navy
Co. H. Gilbert
J. C. Snyder
W. E. Fisher
Stanford University
Nutting
University of Iowa
Y. Barnkey
Bodies of Mine Victims Buried in Dayton Mine
CHATTANOOGA Tenn April 2 Investigation shows Nelson mine at Dayton not on fire and not burning Sixteen men killed leaving fifty eight orphans and fourteen widows George Swafford colored injured yesterday died this morning Miners claim explosion resulted from lack of sprinkling on Sunday Prevailing view cites coal dust and gas combination Funerals for victims held today.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Nelson
Dayton
George Swafford
Plans to link Monticello and UVA with grand road
Charlottesville April 2 General Fitzhugh Lee presiding at the Jefferson memorial and interstate good roads convention. Lee outlines a plan to connect Monticello with the University of Virginia by a grand avenue to honor a great statesman and demonstrate road construction as a national model for the middle Atlantic and Southern states.
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Charlottesville
Fitzhugh Lee
Lee
Monticello
University of Virginia
United States
Middle Atlantic
New York Sale Sets High Marks for Matthiessen Collection
George P. Hlow of Pittsburg paid fifty thousand dollars tonight for Rubens Holy Family at the Matthiessen paintings sale in New York. The night’s top price. Harvesting the Poppies by Jules Breton brought 4540 pounds to a private buyer. The Portrait of a Gentleman by Rubens sold to a dealer for 2.8. Sixty three paintings totaled 256275 dollars.
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New York
George P. Hlow
Pittsburg
Matthiessen
Rubens
Jules Breton
Councilmanic Scandal In Wheeling Indicts Ten
In Wheeling West Virginia on April 2 eleven councilmen faced a grand jury after a special session to answer charges of forming a combine to solicit four thousand dollars from a street railway for passing their ordinance. Ten councilmen were indicted. Additional undisclosed scandals were uncovered for further probes.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Experimental plant to make pressed steel car wheels
A Bethlehem Steel Company works plant in Bethlehem Pennsylvania is to cost several millions and be built by United States Steel President Schwab and Charles T Schoen. Work on the machinery has begun for the manufacture of pressed steel car wheels.
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New York
Bethlehem, Pa
Tribune
Bethlehem Steel Company
Schwab
United States Steel Corporation
Charles T. Schoen
Pressed Steel Car Company
Morris named receiver for Anvil Insurance in Savannah
In Savannah on April 2 Joan Morris was appointed receiver for Anvil Insurance on policyholders' petition after the company sold to the American Guild. Policyholders contend the face value of their policies would be reduced.
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Savannah
Joan Morris
Anvil Insurance Company
American Guild
Cause of Freight Rates Rise Declared By Prouty Address
Chicago April 2 Illinois Manufacturers Association banquet featured Interstate Commerce Commissioner Charles A Prouty. He argued that railway competition is vanishing and freight rates rise due to consolidation and lack of true competition. He urged public regulation of rates and legal restraints on pooling and mergers to protect carriers and shippers.
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Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Interstate Commerce
Charles A. Prouty
Vermont
Republicans of Muncie Nominate Municipal Ticket in Primary
Muncie Ind April 2 Republicans nominated their municipal slate with about 60 percent turnout. Mayor contenders were Sherritt Gray Medsker Starr. treasurer candidates Martin Emerson Munshower Ream. clerk Hickok Moreland. council tickets spread across wards with multiple nominees. Democrats plan to name a third ticket Friday. In Shelbyville Prohibitionists nominate a mayoral slate and council candidates for May election.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Charles W. Sherritt
Isaac H. Gray
Chauncy L. Medsker
Leonard E. Starr
Robert E. Martin
Charles Emerson
Raymond Munshower
Josiah W. Ream
Raymond G. Hickok
John B. Moreland
John B. Moreland, 1,356. Councilmanic nominees—First Ward
T. J. Ault
Chris Heckenhauer
Frank T. Reed
E. B. Steck
A. L. Wright
L. W. Cotes
John A. Keener
Michael McGuff
Charles Nihart
C. M. C. Shanks
Dr. A. C. Budd
J. A. Wade
Shelbyville
J. M. Hale
Frank Hale
G. Robinson
M. Thompson
Jonah M. Dugan
H. K. Morris
Cyrenine Bishop
Reece
J. W. Womack
Thomas Rho
Greensburg
Decatur County
Henry D. Sherman
Frank E. Ryan
Myron Z. Jenkins
George W. Lanham
Marsh Thomas
Jefferson C. Davis
T. D. Gullefer
Orlando Lee
Jesse Styere
Thirteenth district nominees Democrat Herring at Notre Dame
In Plymouth on April 2 the Thirteenth district Democrats nominated Professor Frank E. Herring of Notre Dame University for Congress by acclamation amid strong party sentiment. Elkhart and St Joseph counties influence the race though leaders deem it unwinnable. Herring vows to win, calling himself a spellbinder. Shively and others spoke as Republicans criticized imperialism, the Philippine war and the ship subsidy bill. Large attendance from St Joseph and other counties, with enthusiastic display.
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Indianapolis Journal
Plymouth
Ind
Frank E. Herring
Notre Dame University
Congress
Elkhart
St. Joseph
Herring
Republican Party
B. F. Shively
St. Joseph County
May Use Voting Machines in Richmond Election
Richmond Indiana April 2 voting machines may be used in the city election set for May A demonstration will precede a petition to the County Council and County Commissioners to buy machines for use in the election with a plan to expand usage throughout the county.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Nelson Darling Jr Likely Oklahoma Territorial Delegate Nominee
Advices received here state Nelson Darling Jr son of Dr N B Darling and brother of H B Darling city editor of the Argus Bulletin will probably receive the Republican nomination for territorial delegate to Congress from Oklahoma. Darling left here years ago and is thirty years old.
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Laporte
Nelson 8. Darling, Jr
N. 8. Darling
H. B. Darling
Argus Bulletin
Congress
Oklahoma
Darfing
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