Paralyzed man injured after saloon ejection
John Egan of 515 Beecher Avenue was thrown from a saloon at Missouri and Pearl streets by the bartender last night. He sustained severe head and rib injuries and was removed to City Hospital by the City Dispensary ambulance under Dr. Cunningham. His condition is listed as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Egan
Beecher Avenue
Missouri and
Pearl Streets
Egan
City Dispensary
Cunningham
Delivery wagon driver applauded after crash at two streets
Garland Brown of L. 3 Ayres & Co. was driving a delivery wagon at Washington and Illinois when a street car crashed into the wagon. The impact splintered the front and detached the wagon. Brown leaped onto a rearing horse to calm it, earning cheers from onlookers. He escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Brown
L. 3 Ayres & Co
Washington
Illinois
Brown
Berne Gas and Oil Company Reports New Berne Well
The Berne Gas and Oil Company, incorporated by Robert Keller August M Kubo and Charlies Kraues, drilled a Berne area oil well in Adams county. The well yielded a tank of oil in twelve hours and is expected to produce at least seventy five barrels daily. The company plans further development with additional wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Land sale in Washington Park adds four lots to buyers
Volney T. Mulott and George B. Yandes sold four lots in the Washington Park addition to Lawson M. Harvey and Robert W. Furnis for 10000 dollars. The Pennsylvania street lots run north of street through to Ion boulevard, measuring 4 by 60 feet, with houses planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volney T. Mulott
George B. Yandes
Lawson M. Harvey
Robert W. Furnis
Washington Park
Pennsylvania Street
Ion Boulevard
Prize Fighter Wileon Attempts Murder Suicide After Marriage
Cincinnati August 14 Overton T Wileon a prize fighter attempted to kill his wife then himself Mrs Wileon jumped from a window to save her life He shot himself twice but is believed to be recovering The man is described as possibly insane having wed only a week ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Overton T. Wileon
Postmaster Sues Wabash Gas Company for 5000 Damages
Albert S. Peacock of Attica files suit in Lafayette accusing the Wabash Gas and Oil Company and principals including Timberlake of deliberate fraud. He says he bought 5000 shares at 2 1/2 cents, believing promises of 14 gas wells and a 12 percent dividend. The compay allegedly had no assets, no gas contracts, and Timberlake misrepresented stock origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianaporls Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Albert S. Peacock
Attica
Stuart, Hammond & Simms
Wabash Gas and Oil Company
Muncie
George M.timberlake
Charles A. Meeker
William F. Murdock
Fred F. Murdock
Laban Sparks
Nicholas W. Box
Timberlake
Louis G. Deschler
Peacock
William Riley McKeen
Terre Haute
Wgh
Bryan to Speak at Bethany Park Monday Morning
William Jennings Bryan will lect ure at Bethany Park next Monday at 11 o clock in the morning. Special cars will run every half hour on the Indianapolis and Martinsville line with a 6 cent round trip rate on the Indianapolis and Vincennes route. The train departs at 7 30 a m and returns in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
Bethany Park
Indianapolis and
Martinsville
Indianapolis & Vincennes
Bride of a few months dies after gasoline hat cleaning blast
Ottumwa Iowa reports Ila It-Mia Clyde Park aged twenty married only a few months died from a gasoline explosion while cleaning a hat. The incident occurred at Clyde Park and is being investigated as a fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Ila
Clyde Park
Roosevelt weighs date for extraordinary session in October
President discusses finance and currency law with Shaw Hitchcock and others in Oyster Bay. Key figures include Senator Cullom Ridgely and T. D. Byrnes. No final date set for extraordinary session. opposition exists to October start due to campaign duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Congress
Shaw
Hitchcock
Treasury
Interior Departments
Senate Subcommittee On
Finance
Roosevelt
Cullom
Illinois
T. D. Byrnes
Minneapolis
Ridgely
Custom
Committee On Foreign Relations
Controller Ridgely
Pittsfield
Mass
Chicago
Littauer-Lyon
Washington
the Treasury
John G. Carlisle
Dennis T. Flynn
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Frederick Z. Rooker
Edward Lauterbach
New York
Carlisle
Frocker
Philippines
Archipela
Manila
Lauterbach
Littauer
Yokohama
Prince Ching
Russia
Manchurian mediation talks lack confirmation from legations
A dispatch from Yokohama saying China would seek President Roosevelt to settle the Manchurian imbroglio remains unconfirmed. At the Japanese legation and in Washington officials note US interest and involvement in the Far East. In London sources say no clear issue exists needing Roosevelt's public mediation and Russians doubt any Chinese request is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yokohama
China
Roosevelt
United States
Manchuria
Far East
London
Prince Ching
Russia
Indianapolis Traction extends line on West Michigan to Crawfordsville road
The Board of Works approved the plans of Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company for a West Michigan street extension north on Bismarck avenue to Crawfordsville road. Vice President Jones says material is on hand and work will start in a few days. The extension will supply a new line to Riverside Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Works
Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Company
Michigan Street
Bismarck Avenue
Crawfordsville Road
Jones
Riverside Park
Thumb Amputated After Grindstone Accident
Rufus Near of 5 West Tenth Street, an employee of Birdsall Paint Company, was injured yesterday afternoon when a tool was caught between it and a grindstone. The thumb was amputated at City Dispensary by Drs. Cunningham and Seaton, who warned against future grindstone misuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus
West Tenth Street
Birdsall Paint Company
Explosion at Holloway Avenue Kerosene Fire Believed Accident
A kerosene can near a kitchen stove overheated and exploded at Volney Hay's residence at 12 Holloway Avenue yesterday afternoon. The blast started a fire, and the department was called. Firefighters extinguished the blaze before serious damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volney
Electric worker suffers severe shock at Cheyne plant
Clarence Michael of 15 West New York street, employed by Cheyne Electric Company, received a severe shock while working with live wires at the plant yesterday after noon. His right hand was burned and he was taken to the City Dispensary where Dr Sea dressed the wound according to a Health Bulletin issued by the state secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Michael
West
New York Street
Cheyne Electric Company
Sea
Williams Rearrested in Ghoul Scandal Case
Walter Williams, previously freed for lack of evidence, was arrested again on an assumed name after Rufus Cantrell’s confession. Police, led by Captain Gerber, hold him for inquiry while Cantrell’s charges link him to multiple murders, though authorities doubt his guilt and expect release soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Williams
Rufus Cantrell
Gerber
Williams
Cantrell
Wilams
Rosengarten
Selvage
Pollice
Naval Academy board proposes four year course and faculty expansion
The board of visitors to the Naval Academy issues a sweeping annual report proposing Annapolis candidates from approved schools, advance nomination a year before entry, a four year graduation with no post graduate exams, immediate commissioning of graduates, a larger teaching staff, and creation of a department of special training under a top expert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Naval Academy
Storm in Gulf prompts Texas hurricane warnings issued
The Weather Bureau bulletin reports a tropical storm in the Gulf near the western center intensifying toward Tamaulipas. Hurricane warnings were ordered for the Texas coast with dangerous winds southward and high winds along the coast. A consular cable from Martinique notes widespread crop and property damage, with many towns injured and housing losses, yet few deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola
Corpus Christi
Yucatan
Mexican Central Observatory
Gulf
Tamaulipas
Jamaica Hurricane Relief Suffering Widespread Across Island
Reports from Kingston describe harrowing scenes as Port Antonio and other coastal towns host thousands of homeless and starving people. With homes blown away and shelters useless, crowds depend on scarce food. Immediate aid from America is urged to avert starvation and further deaths as hospitals fill and floods sweep away homes along streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jamaica
Port Antonio
Annotata Bay
Buff Bay
Orange Bay
Port Maria
Marchional
Morant Bay
Bowden
America
Dea
Blue Mountain
Jett and White Convicted in Breathitt County Murder
Curtis Jett and Thomas White were found guilty of the murder of J B Marcum in Jackson on May 4 and sentenced to life in prison. The trial followed a prolonged deliberation with jurors split on punishment, and defense supporters hope for a new trial or possible pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthiana
Curtis Jett
Thomas White
J. B. Marcum
Jackson
Jett
Jaspar King
Welter
White
L. Ewen
Commonwealth
Breathitt County
Kiling Town
Marshall Cockerill
Osborne
Byrd
Harrison
the Commonwealth
Curtis Jet
Jim Cockerill
Jasper
King
Webster
Williams
Judge Osborne
Lexington
Curbing Prices From Central Construction and Others
Fragmented figures show 5 feet walks and 5 feet curb work priced by Central Construction Company and contractors M. E. Laughlin and Allen Caylor. Items include cement curb granite corners approach walks sodding and prices ranging from about 34 to 47 cents per foot or nearby dollars per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Laughlin
Central Construction Company
Allen Caylor
Feast of the Assumption Celebrated by Catholics Worldwide
Catholics observe the feast with Mass at 5 o'clock in parish churches as many workers join services. The Assumption marks Marys joyful death and her soul uniting with the body before her ascent to heaven.
Irish Celebrate Midsummer Day at State Fair Grounds
Irish residents in Indianapolis observe Irish Midsummer Day at the State fair grounds with horse races sack races fat man and women contests and children focused entertainment under M H Reardon The Aug 15 holiday honors harvest abundance and echoes Irish history including the 16th century Yellow Ford victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
M. H. Reardon
Emerald Isle
United States
Ireland
Ugh O'Donnell
Yellow Ford
City News Notes From A Busy Michigan Town
Woodburn Clinton Vinings celebrated his eleventh birthday with a lawn fete at 155 East Nineteenth Street. William Spencer was badly bruised and his collar bone broken after a collision between a car and a building on a side track near the starch works. The Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church pulpit will be set tomorrow morning by Rev. H. H. Huiston of Shelbyville Indiana. A contralto solo by Miss Litta Grimm and a soprano solo by Miss Adah Conner are planned. Miss Conner has accepted a post in Sinai Temple Chicago to pursue vocal studies and duties. Miss Conner will sing at the offertory “Save Me, O God” by A. Randagger. School furniture contracts were awarded: 2250 desks to A. H. Andrews Co. Chicago, 2000 folding chairs and 100 teachers’ chairs to Sanders & Baker Indianapolis, and four teachers’ desks and tables to Sander & Recker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodburn Clinton Vinings
East Nineteenth Street
William Spencer
River Avenue
Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
H. H. Huiston
Baptist Church
Shelbyville Ind
Litta Grimm
Adah Conner
Sinai Temple
Chicago
A. H. Andrews Co
Sanders & Baker
Indianapolis
Sander & Recker
Armory Fund Carnival by Second Regiment Infantry
The four companies forming the Second Regiment in this city plan an armory, raising about $2,500 via a carnival from Aug 31 to Sept 5. Seven major attractions include an animal show, freak collections, loop the loop, a German village, marvels of the age, and more, plus a general store with city merchants donating items numbered for a prize draw at 10 cents per ticket. The battalion officers chair the event with Major Conde as chairman, aided by Lieutenants Moorehead and Bridges and captains Garrard, Comly, Power and Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conde
Moorehead
Bridges
Garrard
Comly
Power
Franklin
Counterfeit $10 Silver Certificate Reported in Circulation
Local banks report a counterfeit 1891 series ten dollar silver certificate. It uses check letter D plate 21 and features Vice President Hendricks. The note is printed on fair paper from photo mechanically produced plates, lacks genuine silk fiber, is over one eighth inch shorter, with darker back ink and a pink seal instead of carmine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendricks
Plot to Release Jett Stirs Clark County Jail
In Winchester Kentucky authorities report two sticks of dynamite found in a water pipe in the Clark County jail cell formerly occupied by Curtis Jett, the Breathitt murderer, fueling a tale of a plot to release him during his confinement while awaiting trial. The explosive was described as sufficient to blow the jail to atoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Clark County
Curtis Jett
J. B. Marcum
Bréathitt
Jett
Bids Opened for Highland Avenue Cement Walks and West Street Macadam
Board of Works routine presents bids for Highland avenue cement walks from Marlowe to New York and West street macadam roadway from North street to near Fourteenth, with bidders Marion Caldwell Western Construction Indianapolis Construction A D Bowen Henry Maag and others submitting varied prices for walks curbs sods and approach walks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Avenue
East Side
Marlowe Avenue
New York Street
Marion Caldwell
West Street
North Street
Fourteenth Street
Western Construction Company
Lne
Dearborn Street
Roosevelt Avenue
Twenty-third Street
J. D. Howe
Twenty-fifth Street
Central Avenue
Center Line
Talbott Avenue
Indianapolis Construction Company
A. D. Bowen
Henry Maag
North West Street Improvement Bid Result
The Board of Public Works opened bids for flint rock macadam on North West Street from North to Fourteenth Street but did not award a contract due to an injunction. Most property owners prefer vitrified brick. Western Construction Company, led by Henry W. Marshall, bid $3.70 per foot and owns local flint rock beds near Independence, Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North West Street
Fourteenth Street
Board of Public Works
Western Construction Company
Henry W. Marshall
Independence
Ind
City Drug Company of Anderson Incorporates with 6 dollar capital
The City Drug Company of Anderson is incorporated with 6.00 capital stock and will run a retail drug business. Directors include John A. Rust of Anderson Emma B. Rust of Richmond and Ada M. Meeds of Tuscaloosa Alabama. The Big Mount Vernon Fair Company is incorporated to operate a fair association for improvement and breeding of stock and promotion of agriculture with capital stock of 10.00 and directors Harrison V. Horton Rorah B. Horton and Karl Statz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
City Drug Company
Anderson
John A. Rust
Emma B. Rust
Richmond
Ada M. Meeds
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Big Mount Vernon
Harrison V. Horton
Rorah B. Horton
Karl Statz
Struck by Falling Beam Injures City Worker
Robert Hall, a colored man living at North and Blake streets, was severely injured yesterday afternoon at a new building site on Washington street for the New York Store when a falling iron beam struck his left leg. No bones broke, but the leg was badly lacerated and he was sent to City Hospital. Doctors Cunningham and Seaton treated him and transported him by Dispensary ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hall
North
Blake Streets
New York
Washington Street
Dre. Cunningham
Seaton
Large Addition Platted in Indianapolis South of Garfield Park
A new large addition named Holliday's Saxe Park addition was laid out south of Garfield Park. The plat was recorded in the recorder's office yesterday amid references to the old Fletcher and Churchman terminal of the fete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Garfied
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Joan Fiske
Hibben, Hollweg & CO
Jackson Co
Washington Co
Scott Co
Decatur Co
Newton Co
Gibson Co
Owen Co
New Tel. Co
Warren Water Co
Home Heating & L
Col. & Southe
Indels Gas Co
Broad Ee Ry
Citizens’ St. Railway
Bea
J. F. Wild & Co., Bankers
Res Stevenson Building
Armstrong & CO
Meridian Street
Missouri
Lotsa Seld
Presse Fighter's Crime
Tippecanoe Circuit
Wabash Gas Company
Bryan
Bethany
Callum
Littaver
Lyon
Bismarck Line
Near
Health Bulletin
Secretary of the State
Board OF Visitors
Texas
Jamaica Island
Marcum
City News Notes
North West Street Improvement
Hood
Joseph Taggart
North New Jersey St
Fairbanks-Morse
Fairbanks, Morse & CO
South Meridian Street
Morton
O. P. Morton Club
P. Morton Club
Stronenas
Neiples
Columans
Nies
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