Riot disrupts Indiana traction run near Knightstown
At Charlottesville five miles west of Knightstown, residents blocked Indiana and Eastern Traction cars to enforce Hancock county smallpox quarantine. A director C. M. Kirkpatrick was wounded by a stray shot, a motorman and conductor were arrested, and one car was detained. Cars resumed under guard as county health officials planned lifting the quarantine.
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Charlottesville
Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company
Greenfield
Hancock County Board of Health
Knightstown
C. M. Kirkpatrick
Hancock County
Kirkpatrick
Selman
Health Board of
Indianapolis
Dublin
Rush County
Henry
Hancock County Ramps Up Quarantine Enforcement Plea
Hancock County acts to enforce its quarantine rights amid a dispute stemming from the Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company's bid to break Hancock county’s quarantine. The Indianapolis Journal notes rising tensions as authorities move to uphold public health measures in Greenfield and surrounding areas.
Greenfield Riles over Knightstown Traction Clash
Knightstown struck a blow against Greenfield angering residents as a Charlottesville mob clash escalated. A car from Knightstown brought men and boys to remove a track barricade at Charlottesville, then halted near a saloon in Greenfield before returning. Sheriff Larabee and Dr. Selman moved to enforce quarantine with deputies to stop further disturbances.
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Knightstown
Greenfield
Selman
Board of Health
Larrabee
Charlottesville
Smallpox on Railroads Sparks Health Warning
Secretary Hurty of the State Board of Health warns that smallpox spread is rising with rail travel. Three travelers are found exposed, Zagel from Colorado Springs arrives home infected and anti vaccination stance noted. Richmond and Roll incidents prompt immediate action, but local business opposition to quarantine endangers containment.
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Hurty
State Board of Health
Zagel
Fort Wayne
Colorado Springs
Richmond
Sullivan County
Harry
Roll
Blackford County
Female stowaway on Lord Erne voyage to Baltimore
A Baltimore bound Lord line steamer from Barry Wales via Canary Islands carried a woman stowaway who hid in her husband Alfred Ratcliffe's cabin for twenty five days. Ratcliffe, cook on board, revealed the ruse after Las Palmas and the captain allowed the woman to assist in cooking. The wife, in delicate condition, may be hospitalized. Ratcliffe testified to Immigrant Commissioner Weis that he was once naturalized in California and planned to reside in Newport News.
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Baltimore
Lord Line
Lord Erne
Barry
Wales
Canary Islands
Alfred Ratcliffe
Las Palmas
Ratcliffe
Weis
California
Newport News
Chicago woman arrested for infant starvation case
Chicago was shaken as Mrs. Neil Campbell of 655 Grand Avenue was arrested on a charge of allowing an infant to die from starvation. Viola Campbell, fourteen, claims eight other infants died in the house over three years. An exhumation plan and a Cincinnati connection emerge as police pursue the full count and origins of the victims.
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Chicago
Neil Campbell
Grand Avenue
Welfeld
Campbell House
Viola Campbell
Campbell
Wheeler
Calvary Cemetery
Woman Pilot Navigates Mystery Steamer on Atlantic
The side-wheel steamer Mystery, the only seacoast vessel with a woman pilot, arrived in Baltimore from southern waters. Captain Rowe commands the ship while his daughter, Misa Rowe, holds a pilot license at age twenty-one. She has long navigated Chesapeake Bay and Virginia rivers.
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Baltimore
Mystery
Atlantic
Durham
Curtis Bay
Annapolis
Rowe
Misa Rowe
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
Legislator Albert Potter Dies After Poisoning
Des Moines August 2 Albert Potter a Waverly legislator died at Mercy Hospital at 3 20 this afternoon from poison effects. It is unknown if he self administered the dose or was murdered. He was found in his Kirkwood Hotel room and rushed to Mercy Hospital. Potter led the Red Cross Fraternal Association a mutual insurance group and disputes over his accounts had existed for some time.
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Des Moines
Albert Potter
Waverly
Mercy Hospital
Kirkwood
Red Cross Fraternal Association
Potter
Interurban Franchise Deal Settled for 31 Years in Indianapolis
City officials and interurban firms completed the finishing touches on contracts and expect city council consideration tomorrow. Contracts cover The Indianapolis Terminal and Traction Company and seven other lines including Union Traction, Greenwood and Greenfield, with a 31 year term and adjusted car taxes and street-use payments. The plan aims to cross town lines, nearly encircling Indianapolis, with tracks and a passenger station within twelve months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Terminal and Traction Company
Indianapolis, Greenwood & Franklin Railway Company
Indianapolis, Greenfield & Eastern Company
Indianapolis Northern Traction Company
Union Traction Company of Indiana
Indianapolis & Martinsville Traction Company
Indianapolis, Plainfeld & Danville Railroad Company
Indianapolis & Shelbyville Company
Indianapolis, Lebanon & Frankfort Traction Company
Union Traction Company
Union Company
Board of Public Works
Union
Greenwood
Greenfield
McCulloch
Terminal Company
Board of Works
Joss
Arthur Brady
Munele
Ferdinand Whitter
McGowan
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Indianapolis Company
Prospect Street
Brightwood
Emrichsville
Riverside Park
Delaware
Ohio
Capitol Avenue
Georgia Streets
New York
West
Indianapolis
Interurban Franchise Moves Forward in Indianapolis
Two interurban lines gain approval to build a unified belt system linking downtown to Brightwood with a cross-town route shift. Key decisions set twelve month deadlines for terminals and sheds while authorizing future downtown loop connections and freight stations. McGowan avoids site talk as officials plan a joint signing session.
Hottest Day of the Year in St Joseph Missouri
On August 2 in St Joseph Missouri the city endured the hottest day of the year. Thermometers rose before noon and climbed to a peak by mid afternoon with downtown readings two to six degrees above previous highs. Missouri river and other streams receded as the dry heat continued.
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ST. Joseph
Missouri
Terre Haute Trolly Collision Injures Nine. Six Seriously
A Vandalia line limited train struck a trolley car at the Thirteenth street crossing in Terre Haute Ind causing one likely fatality and six serious injuries among twenty one passengers. Motorman McNary and several riders sustain internal injuries and multiple wounds from the crash with rescuers aiding after the impact.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Thirteenth-street
John M'Nary
John Davis
Mary Elory
James R. Pruner
Isaac M. Rumley
Lee Meade
Ida May Pruner
David Collins
Ruth Solomon
Bode Jennie Rumley
McNary
Davis
Diplomatic Official En Route To New York For Duty
An official arrived in Louisville this evening en route to New York to sail August 5 for duty after a sixty day leave. He denies any charges against him in his official capacity and says he knows of none regarding him. He insists claims of interests in quicksilver mines in Guatemala are false.
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Louisville
New York
Eros Rediscovered at Chamberlain Observatory
Eros, a small planet, was rediscovered at 3:15 this morning by Prof. G. J. Lyng using the Chamberlain Observatory telescope at University Park Denver. The asteroid had last been optically observed in June of last year after a period of invisibility since October 1900. Astronomers had awaited its reappearance to explain brightness variations reported by observers.
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Denver
Col
Eros
G. J. Lyng
Chamberlain Observatory
University Park
Witt
Berlin
Delegates Chosen for Buffalo Convention
The eighth annual delegate election for the United States Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association chose sixteen delegates from Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee for the Buffalo convention to be held September 4. Delegates named include C R Scott, R J Harris, C B Kingman, R L Wargrove, J W Organ, J H Harshbarger, Elliott Marlow, George Hanvey, D C Cassellman, C L Sanford, John Wilson, L L T Nashville, Thomas S Kean, George Love, R W Wood, and E Satterwhite.
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Cincinnati
United States Railway Mail Service Mutual Benefit Association
Buffalo
N. Y
R. M
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
C. R. Scott
R. J. Harris
C. B. Kingman
R. L. Wargrove
Louisville
J. W. Organ
Loveland
J. H. Harshbarger
Covington
Elliott Marlow
George Hanvey
Indianapolis
Ind
D. C. Cassellman
Mansfield
C. L. Sanford
Wheelo
John Wilson
Middleton
Tenn
L. L. T Nashville
Semi official threat over Russian sugar duties
In St Petersburg on August 2 semi official notes state the Russian finance minister expects a negative reply from powers to a note on actions against trusts. Russia would view any sugar duty rise as treaty infringement and may disregard treaty provisions if forced. Special circumstances will guide measures. Russia plans to raise duties on wine and other goods via the Western frontier.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Free Rural Delivery Growth and Popularity in Indiana
Indiana reports 761 rural routes in operation as of Aug 1 with 488 more to be added Sept 1. Since inception 1,430 petitions have been filed, 98 rejected, 571 pending. Superintendent Machen says rural free delivery proves its value and support from Congress members aided adoption. Depart officials and local figures visit Washington to discuss expansion.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Perry
Heath
Machen
Indiana
Congress
Hobson In A Wreck Near Springfield O Aug 2
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson escaped injury when a trolley car derailed north of Springfield while en route to Urbana Chautauqua. A young woman warned him of danger, he calmed the group and aided passengers until rescue. No serious injuries reported as the party reached Urbana by special train.
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Springfield
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Urbana Chautauqua
Navy
Hickson
Donnellsville
Hobson
Urbana
Two Killed in Rear End Collision at Rossmans
In Hudson New York on August 2 a rear end crash on the Albany and Hudson Electric Railroad killed Marjorie E Hoysradt twenty and Edward Doyle five and injured about twenty others. A third rail shoe failed causing a stopped car and a following train struck the rear car with no time to jump.
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Hudson
N. Y
Marjorie E. Hoysradt
Jacob W. Hoysradt
Edward Doyle
Rossmans
Albany & Hudson Electric Railroad
Alabama Republicans plan Sept. convention in Birmingham
At a Birmingham meeting of the State Republican executive committee a resolution was adopted to recognize only duly qualified voters under Alabama's new Constitution at state and county conventions. The move effectively disenfranchises most negro voters, creating a white man only party and provoking outraged protests from negro Republicans who vow to appeal to the national committee.
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Birmingham
Ala
Republican Executive Committee
Alabama
National Executive Committee
Ames
Plapdanee Ee
Eutoeca
Iatics
Interview with Dr. W. Godfrey Hunter to appear
Louisville dispatch notes The Courier Journal will publish tomorrow morning an interview with Dr. W. Godfrey Hunter United States minister to Guatemala. The article will cover his views on regional affairs and current diplomatic issues as he returns from an overseas assignment.
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Louisville
The
Courier- Journal
W. Godfrey Hunter
United States
Gua
Miners warned as strike leaders freed on recognizance
Judge Keller delivers the lecture to miners and temper the tempers of defendants in contempt cases. Strikers are cautioned about their behavior and released on their own recognizance. A surprise move is hinted as anthracite workers threaten action against operators alleging the use of workers with illegally issued certificates.
Trial ends in West Virginia court as Richards links strike to union
Charleston Aug 2 Judge Keller ruled contempt trials for John Richards and others conclude today. Defendants released on own recognizance until Aug 22. Richards testified linking strikers to a national union while urging restraint under pending injunctions and notes on trespass notices. He warned that large assemblies can intimidate and that rights to persuade remain but must avoid coercion or intimidation.
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Charleston
W. Va
John Richards
Keller
Richards
District 17
United Mine
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