Strikes Turn to Dynamite in Terre Haute Area
Strike sympathizers fired on a Seventh Street streetcar in Terre Haute with a dynamite blast causing minor damage and no injuries. In Brazil, Ind a separate attack near Seeleyville involved rocks and windows with no injuries reported as protesters attempted to meet company officials to settle the strike.
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Terre Haute-Brazil
Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Seventh Street
Brazil
Seeleyville
Here
Noone
First Annual Window Glass Snappers Convention Opens
In Muncie Indiana the Window Glass Snappers Association began its first annual convention in Labor Hall with John W. Hayes presiding. About forty delegates from fifteen locals in Indiana Ohio Iowa and West Virginia attended as committees were formed to address finance distribution law and resolutions. The gathering aims to set wage scales and continues through Saturday.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Window Glass Snappers’ Association
United States
Canada
Labor Hall
John W. Hayes
Knights of Labor
Indiana
Ohio
Ivania
West Virginia
ROBBERS SEIZE MRS BAXTER IN BRAZIL IN STREET
At o clock Mrs James Baxter wife of the Decker Hotel proprietor was grabbed by three men on a side street in Brazil Indiana carried into an alley and robbed of a purse containing cash. The attackers gagged her and fled. a posse of fifty men searches for the highwaymen. Mrs Baxter is ill from the shock.
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Indianapolis Journal
Brazil
Ind
James Baxter
Decker Hotel
Greencastle reports third attempted suicide in weeks
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Greencastle Ind April 21. Lee Fowler twenty one son of David Fowler shot himself in the head with a target rifle. Ball entered his forehead and death is expected. A love affair is said to have caused the act.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greencastle
Ind
Cloverdale
Lee Fowler
David Fowler
Attempt to wreck Panhandle passenger train near Kokomo
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports an attempt to wreck a Panhandle passenger train two miles south of Kokomo Indiana on April 21. Night service neared the bridge over Kokomo creek when two iron flange bars were placed across the rails. Two wheels passed the obstructions but the third encountered them, causing a near miss to a train crew and prompting an investigation.
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Indianapelis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Hartford City Nomination Ticket and County Notes
Local Republicans in Hartford City nominate John Shambarger for mayor Nelson Worley for marshal Rolland L Manor for clerk George Lainecornell Scott and Calvin L Twibell George Hutchinson and George F P Ayres Alcide Brasseur More than nine hundred votes were cast in the primary Columbia City Republicans nominate Charles Edwards for mayor Charlies R Snyder for clerk George S Meely for treasurer Edward S Garver for marshal and four councilmen Greensburg reports a giant hickory tree felled in Franklin County by ex County Treasurer J W Bratton whose tree measured a large diameter in this section.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
John Shambarger
Nelson Worley
Rolland L. Manor
George Lainecornell
Scott
Calvin L Twibell
George Hutchinson
George FP. Ayres
Alcide Brasseur
Columbia City
Repubiicans
Charles Edwards
Charlies R. Snyder
George 8S. Meely
Edward 8. Garver
W. H. Hil
Samuel Love
R. J. Jones
George Slidebrand
F. Tamplin
Democratic ticket named in LaPorteInd city race and Fort Wayne prep
Special to the Indianapolis Journal LaPorte Indiana April 21 Democrats tonight nominated a city ticket with Lemuel Darrow for mayor C E Wolfe for clerk John B Norton for treasurer Philip Bongerz for marshal and several aldermen including Charles F I mann Jacob Ackerman Dr C L Sutherland and J W Broeffie Martin Weber William A Martin John Bauer George Brust Charles Struss and Frank J FORT WAYNE Indiana April 21 The local Democratic committee organized county campaign naming former mayor Henry P Scherer as chairman former city editor Thomas F Bresnahan as secretary and money Lindsmuth as treasurer Headquarters will open once Republicans nominate county ticket
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Democrats Tonight
Lemuel Darrow
C. E. Wolfe
John B. Norton
Philip Bongerz
Charles F. Imann
Jacob Ackerman
C. L. Sutherland
J. W. Broeffie
Martin Weber
William A. Martin
John Bauer
George Brust
Charles Struss
Frank J
Fort Wayne
Henry P. Scherer
Thomas F. Bresnahan
The
Journal-Gazette
Money Lindsmuth
La Porte County macadam case upheld. new trial denied
Judge Capron denied defendants motion for a new trial in the La Porte county taxpayers v. county commissioners and Bunyan & Co. case. An appeal to the State Supreme Court was granted with 106 days to file a bill of exceptions. After a prior $31,000 cut from an $83,000 contract and a later resurvey, the judgment was reduced to $25,000. In Kokomo, Showman Ben Wallace won his suit against the C R M Railroad for damages from the Miami county show quarters farm, with a jury awarding him $4,725 after his bid for $10,000.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Capron
Marshall County Circuit Court
Laporte County
County Commissioners
Bunyan & Co
State Supreme Court
Commissioners and Bunyan & Co
Kokomo
Ben Wallace
C. R. & M. Railway
Miami County
Wallace
Howard County
Freeman says Hoey on road to wealth after acquittal
Richard Freeman, former special deputy under William M. Hoey, returns from Nogales, Arizona, as Hoey is acquitted on the first ballot. Freeman says Hoey will stay in Arizona with mining interests and no public office aims, while noting strong local sentiment in Hoey’s favor.
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Indianapolis
Muncie
Ind
Richard Freeman
Nogales
A. T
Wiliam M. Hoey
Freeman
Nogates
Hoey
Arizona
Roosevelt
German Catholics Adjourn At Indiana Convention
Special to the Indians Apoux Journal. LAPORTE Ind April 21 The State convention of German Catholic societies of Indiana closed after a two day session Delegates attended high mass at St Josephs Church and a requiem high mass for deceased members The election of officers named August Gleitze Logansport president J F Miller Vincennes first vice president Constantine Kereh Laporte second vice president J B Wittgen Evansville secretary Joseph J Rumley Laporte treasurer The key action adopted resolutions making the Indiana Association part of the American Federation of Catholic Societies Next year’s convention will be at Vincennes.
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Apoux
Laporte
Ind
Indiana
St. Joseph's Church
A. B. Oechtering
Mishawaka
August Gleitze
Logansport
J. F. Miller
Vincennes
Constantine Kereh
J. B. Wittgen
Evansville
Joseph J. Rumely
Trenasurer
Father Fleischmann
Indianapolis
Mesaman Laporte
Fort Wayne
Smallpox quarantine at Dr Lowder’s East Third street house
Case of smallpox reported at a fraternity home on East Third street with nine residents placed under quarantine. A second smallpox case is noted in the Taylor Pryor family on South Dunn street, described as serious.
Evansville arrests man for illegal tobacco manufacturing
Albert Marshall of Henderson Kentucky was jailed in Evansville on a charge of violating federal revenue laws. He allegedly bought leaf tobacco in Henderson, brought it to Evansville, turned it into twist tobacco, and sold it below wholesale. Other suspects have been arrested and await grand jury action.
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Evansville
Albert Marshall
Henderson
Fort Wayne
E. V. Harris
Republican County Committee
Oklahoma City
Indiana
Harris
Indianapolis
Alexandria
Matthews
Rockport
Owensboro
Judge Swan
Marion
Grant County
Elwood
W. F. Couch
J. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Rigdon
Whitewater Presbytery spring meeting opens at Richmond church
Clergy and lay members gathered in Richmond to begin the Whitewater Presbytery spring session at First Presbyterian Church. Eleven counties and part of another are included. The program opened with a sermon by moderator Rev. Frederick F. Dobson. The meeting runs through Tuesday and ends noon Wednesday.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Whitewater
Mrs Clara Scott Will Probate In Richmond Estate Over 300000
Mrs Clara Scott widow of William G Scott who died abroad in Paris left an estate estimated between 30000 and 49000 in stock at Gaar Scott & Company Wayne works Second National Bank and FP N lawn mower works all in Richmond Indiana. Probate completed with most property to relatives led by William J Robie sister Sarah Giske Alice J Mitchell Maria L Towan and Martha G Winslow. A sum of 35000 to 49000 to Dr Edwin L Wood of Dansville New York as close friend and physician.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Clara Scott
William G. Scott
Paris
France
Gaar, Scott & Company
Wayne Works
Second National Bank
FP. & N. Lawn Mower Works
Waltham, Mass
Martha G. Winslow
Reception for Lord and Lady Kelvin at Columbia University
New York April 21 Lord Kelvin and Lady Kelvin were honored at Columbia Gymnasium in a reception hosted by the university the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and other scientific bodies. Edison Tesla and Butler spoke among others. Lord Kelvin praised American inventors and discussed the dream of long distance electrical power transmission with high voltage, noting Niagara Falls as a near example.
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New York
Lord
Lady Kelvin
Columbia Gymnasium
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Nicholas Murray Butler
Francis Bacon Crocker
Elihu Thompson
Arthur Gordon Webster
Robert Simpson Woodward
Lord Kelvin
Thomas A. Edison
Nicola Tesla
Athelem
Cyrus W
Niagara Falls
Bondsmen Take Charge Of Walsh Affairs In Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana bondsmen for ex County Treasurer Walsh held a meeting to assume his financial duties and settle with his successor. They will manage his property in trust to avert sacrifical sale and will hold notes he lent. Tax receipts advanced for friends who failed to pay taxes will be charged to his duplicates where possible. In Bloomington Indiana E W Bennett a student from Odeon has a mild illness.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Walsh
Vision of Vegetation and Power from Waterfall
A historical description envisions water no longer flowing over a grand horseshoe fall but instead nurturing a lush vegetation growth. This growth would generate light and power via numerous turbines, delivering energy across hundreds of miles in all directions.
Woman Burns Herself in Dramatic Firey Act
In Chicago on April 21 Mrs Abraham Antoranum of Waukegan Illinois saturated her garments with kerosene and set them ablaze while her husband slept in an adjoining room. He woke to her screams and broke through his door to help but was badly burned. She died in agony from self immolation following a quarrel with her husband.
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Chicago
Abraham Antoranum
Waukegan
Mr. Antoranum
Explosion at Fairland soda generator kills man
In Shelbyville Indiana on April South of Fairland a soda water generator exploded injuring and killing. Eight W Robertson owner of a grocery ice cream and soda shop died after amputation of his right leg below the knee and his age prevented the operation completion. Clerk William Peel fourteen years old also lost his right leg below the knee. Ada Treen ten year old granddaughter suffered a badly damaged foot. A separate Plymouth incident reports Byron McCrory twenty four killed by a premature dynamite blast while grading track for the Pennsylvania Railway.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Fairland
Shelby County
W. Robertson
Chicago
William Peel
Ada Treen
Robertson
Plymouth
Byron McCrory
Pennsylvania Railway
Atfouat Guard
Death of Samuel Abercrombie in accidental gunshot
Rushville April 2 Samuel Abercrombie died from a gunshot wound deemed accidental after a rifle used by A B Walker was being cleaned and a second cartridge exploded. Coroner’s inquest ruled death caused by a self inflicted gunshot while handling the weapon. Funeral held at the Methodist Church with large attendance. interment at East Hill Cemetery.
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Spectad
Indianapolis Journal
Rushville, Ltd
Samuel Abercrombie
A. BP
Walker
Frank Green
M. B. Hyde
East Hill Cemetery
Accidental Injury Traps Railroad Worker in Coal Car
Greensburg Indiana April 21 John Gerhard Big Four Railroad worker became pinned between tiles while pinching up a coal car with a crowbar. The crowbar slipped and pierced his left thigh as the car moved, leaving him badly hurt until workmen freed him.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greensburg
Ind
John Gerhard
Big Four Railroad
Carpenter foreman injured by fall at Purdue building
Charlesa P. Cochrane foreman of the interior carpenter gang at Purdue agricultural building was seriously hurt when a falling joist knocked him from a scaffold from the second to the first floor. He struck his head and was unconscious. Doctors Kitting and Moffet attended. He is forty five and from Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Charlesa P. Cochrane
Carpenter
Purdue Agricultural
Cochrane
Two Local Girls Suffer Lye Ingestion In Bedford Home
In Bedford Indiana on April 21 two daughters aged three and five of Charles Hamilton drank concentrated lye found at home. Both were badly burned but not believed to be fatally hurt. Hamilton, a Southern Indiana engineer, reported the incident.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
Charles Hamilton
Hamilton
Indiana
Miner Dies in Shale Pit Collapse at Sheridan Works
In Brazil Indiana on April 21 Robert Mercer fiftyish shale pit worker at Sheridan brick works was buried by a heavy fall of stone and died instantly. He left a widow and several children. In Laurel Indiana also on April 21 the wife of George Straight a stone quarryman was killed when thrown from a flat car pushed by a switch engine en route to a quarry. Her face and head were crushed by the wheels.
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Knox
Ind
Alexander H. Henderson
Indiana
Henderson
Company C
Seventy-Second
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Wilder
Starke County
Greensburg
Sarah Hollenslee
George Bird
Leah Kennedy
Samuel Kennedy
Goshen
Louis H. Boble
Rushville
J. Bethel Harrison
Richland Township
Rush County
J. O. Harrison
Presbyterian
Richland
Elwood
John W. Webster
O. P. Manford
Scotland
Madison
India
Washington
Alexander Killion
Daviess County
Indianapolis Journal
Brazil
Robert Mercer
Sheridan Brick Works
Pe Mercer
Chen
Laurel
George Straight
Will of Rob ert Jaffray Divides Estates Among Presbyterian Bodies
The will filed in New York on April 21 leaves 32.0 percent to the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions the Board of Domestic Missions the Church Erection Society the Presbyterian Board of Education and the Presbytery of New York. It provides $1 000 to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and to the Working Women's Protective Home and directs $10 to each minister who officiates at the funeral.
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Working Women's Protective Home
New York Saloon Death Ends Mystery of Canon Farrar Kin
John Farrar, who claimed kinship to Canon Farrar of England, was found dead in a Park Row saloon back room. A well known figure among lower class saloon patrons, he was rumored refined and educated, but his true background remains unknown.
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New York
John Farrar
Canon Farrar
England
Park Row
Farrar
Anglo American steamship merger alarms London editors
London papers react to a transatlantic line merger with alarm. The Chronicle warns it imperils Britain by eroding mercantile supremacy, risking overcapitalization and potential war effects, while the Daily News cautions against American dominance and urges a competitive Anglo American stance. The Graphic and Daily Mail show concern but less alarm.
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Transatlantic Steamship Line
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Daily Graphic
Daily Mail
Graphic
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Chronicle
Roosevelt
British Mercantile Marine
Morgan
England
America
The
the Chronicle
White Star Line
J. Pierpont Morgan
Liverpool
Southampton
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Atlantic
Westminster Gazette
Pall Mall Gazette
German steamship union terms reported in Berlin
Berlin reports outline German lines joining an international ship combination with representation on the control board to prevent outvoting by Anglo American interests and a pro rata profit share by tonnage. German lines would share in benefits from agreements with American railroads, and management is said to be organized in three groups to avoid conflicts. The Berliner Tageblatt warns profits may rise temporarily but risk German business destruction from American bravado.
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International Ship Combination
Hamburg-American Steam Packet Company
North German Lloyd Company
Berliner Tageblatt
Griscom Urges Action as Morgan Lines Fate Unfolds
Clement A. Griscom, head of International Navigation, met Morgan partners in New York to discuss the planned steamship consolidation. He dismissed Cramp’s warnings that merging English, German, and American lines would harm American shipbuilders and urged American makers to wake up and act.
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Clement A. Griscom
International Navigation Company
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Griscom
Charles H. Cramp
Philadelphia
Cramp
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Iron Steamship Co
Jon
Syndicate Closes Steamship Stock Subscription Books
The office of J. P. Morgan & Co reports the syndicate controlling the steamship combination has closed subscription books locally and internationally with no details released on allotments.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Steamship Combination
Perry Township Land Sale Records Brighten Local Deeds
Laura F R Briggs disposed of 492.27 acres in Perry township to Benjamin W Anderson and others for 32.50 per acre totaling 162.08. Nearby transfers include J Melcan Lochhead buying a Nine teenth street residence near New Jersey for 7200. Isaac B Eldridge purchases on North New Jersey street near William D Barr. George B Walton sells on Haughey avenue near Cornelius for 4.00 to George R Thorns and others. Charles T Boyer deeds Eleventh street near Stirling to Mary A Renthan for 3.00.
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Laura F. R. Briggs
Perry Township
Benjamin W. Anderson
Charles H. Pritchett
J. Melcan Lochhead
Nineteenth Street
New Jersey
Isaac B. Eldridge
William D. Barr
George B. Walton
Haughey Avenue
Cornelius Street
George R. Thorns
W. D. Bynum in Town During State Convention
William D. Bynum arrived in Indianapolis from Washington and will stay until after the state convention. At the Denison he was warmly received by Republican friends. He serves on a commission to codify U S laws, a project likely to take two or three years to complete.
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William D. Bynum
Indianapolis
Washington
Denison
Bynum
United States
County Get Plans For Poorhouses In Fountain And Tippecanoe
Fountain county commissioners with architects visited Amos W Butler secretary of the State Board of Charities to review proposed poorhouse plans. Fountain seeks to rebuild a wing for the insane patients while Tippecanoe county presented its own completion ready for review.
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Fountain
Tippecanoe Counties
Amos W Butler
State Board of Charities
Fountain County
Butler
Tipeae
Ajaa
Plans for Vigo county poorhouse wing and orphan home
Secretary Butler yesterday removed the plans for a new Orphans’ Home in Vigo county near Terre Haute. He has not yet had time to decide on the new wing for the poorhouse but believes the proposals will meet board approval.
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Butler
Vigo County
Terre Haute
Mutilated Mail Box Arrested Near Terre Haute
Deputy U S Marshal Boyd returns from Terre Haute with Nathan Kester a Vigo county farmer accused of postal law violation. Kester allegedly knocked a mail box from a fence on a rural route and had his wagon run over it while intoxicated. He waived exam and was bound over to the grand jury.
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United States
Boyd
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Nathan Kester
Kester
Couple Arrested After Muted Domestic Fight at Torbet Street
Harry Johnson and Lavinia Johnson, both residents of 725 Torbet Street, were jailed after a domestic assault incident. Johnson reportedly hurled a lamp at Lavinia, who struck back with a hair brush. In custody, Johnson quipped farewell to his wife.
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Lavinia
Torbet Street
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