Runaway Wabash Engine Fireman Hurt in Peru Yard
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Peru Indiana describes a Wabash locomotive running away in the yards as fireman Prince was badly injured by flying wires after the engine crashed a car and derailed near the station. He was taken to the Railway Hospital.
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Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
Prince
Saspipe
Wabash, Ind
Wabash
Logansport
Ann Arbor
Wabash Street
Neusbaum
Te Iig Sagman
Carrie Clark
Blast destroys power house injuring three workers
Hartford City Ind December 10 a natural gas explosion wrecked the Daniel Brose farm power house five miles north. Three men Fred Widenbers John Warner and Clarence Altman were severely burned. Loss set at 2500 dollars. Marion Ind December 10 Edward Cristy an oil well pumper was seriously burned on South Petroleum Company leases five miles from Marion in an explosion the building burned and his ears and hand burned. condition critical but hoped for recovery.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Daniel Brose
Here
Fred Widenbers
John Warner
Clarence Altman
T. N. Barnesdall
Marion
Edward Cristy
South Petroleum Company
Muncie
Amos Carey
Big Four Railroad Company
The
Marion Driving Association
Wilson Addington
John Pierce
Glen D. Kimball
J. A. Genung
BE. K. Oder
W. B. Wallace
Thomas Meheffey
Charles Michaels
New Albany
Southern Indiana Interurban Railroad Company
Jeffersonville
American Trust and Savings Bank
Frank H. Jones
Chicago
Fort Wayne
United States
Logan
War Department
Elwood
Wabash
William E. Chandler
Western Union Telegraph Office
Wabash Railroad
Peru
W. 8. Kurtz
Union City
David Miller
Daniel Miller
Everett Williams
Winchester
Alexandria
J. M. Tait Oil Company
John McClintock
Detroit
Tait
Richmond
Centerville
Evansville
J. J. Graham
Monon Plans Coal Ventures in Indiana Resources
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Terre Haute reports two new companies linked to the Monon Railway, led by McDoel and Director Dickason, planning coal mining and coal lands deals. They have acquired 400 acres near the city for 45,000 and aim to connect with the Louisville line and Illinois Central route to tap Indiana coal traffic next year.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
McDoel
Dickason
Monon
Crawford Pairbanks
Indiana
Com
Louisville
Effingham
Sulliin
Greene County
Sullivanity
Elwood seeks commercial club amid industrial boom
A Lake region venture moves toward forming a commercial club to guide a likely Elwood industrial boom. A committee led by Dr. C N Suttner P T O'Brien L W Mullette Kit Carson and Judge W H Jones will oversee early organization steps.
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Elwood
C. N. Suttner
P. T. O'Brien
L. W. Mullette
Kit Carson
W. H. Jones
Chicago selects Ellsworth as football captain for next year
Chester Ellsworth of Auburn Park Illinois was unanimously elected captain at the University of Chicago football dinner. Ellsworth played center on this year’s squad. The athletic council voted to abolish Thanksgiving day games after next year’s scheduled game.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Chester Ellsworth
Auburn Park
Ill
Ellsworth
University
Coal Shortage Threatens Lafayette Water Works
Lafayette Ind December 10 officials warn of a water famine unless coal arrives by week end for pumping engines. Camardy says contract batches sent to Chicago caused shortages as two cars vanished. Fort Wayne reports gas failures amid cold snap and Dieterich syndicate blame. Alexandria reports less than three hours of fuel, but a carload coal was commandeered to secure a permanent supply.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Camardy
Chicano
Fort Wayne
Dieterich Syndicate
Alexandria
City Water Works
Alexandria Light and Cold Storage Company
Pioneer resident dead. multiple obituaries in Richmond area
Mrs. Solomon Elliott, 72, a pioneer resident of Dublin and former Union County resident, is dead after being found unconscious in her bed in Richmond. Also, Mrs. Calvin Moffitt, 77, died at her Beesons Station home, survived by four sons and a daughter.
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Iian
Sherer Ind
Milan
Richmond
Ind
Solomon Elliott
Dublin
Union County
Calvin Moffitt
Beeson’s Station
Indictment Quashed In Pinkerton Case In Indiana
Chicago and Seymour reports detail a Lake county Circuit Court ruling that the Indiana anti Pinkerton act does not apply to corporations and that the provision on guarding importations is void for lack of punishment. Judge McMahon calls the act bungling legislation. Separate dispatch from Seymour notes a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern trainmen meeting planning wage talks. Lafayette report covers a Labor Temple gathering and the formation of two new local unions, with organizers from Chicago, seeking a future uniform wage scale.
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Chicago
W. B. Conkey Company
Hammond
Ind
Lake County
McMahon
Indiana
Indianapolis Journal
Seymour
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
St. Louis
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lafayette
Labor Temple
Blacksmiths
Andersons Commission Delayed as Jennings Case Proceeds
Washington reports that A B Andersons commission as Indiana District Court judge has not been issued by President Roosevelt. It is likely to wait until Judge Baker finishes the Jennings case. Justice officials say Anderson becomes judge only after oath and agreement with the retiring judge. Baker remains competent and presiding in the trial.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
A. B. Anderson
District Court of
Indiana
Roosevelt
Baker
Jennings
Knox
Department of Justice
Anderson
Marion farmers and merchants oppose hitchrack removal plan
A mass meeting in Marion brings farmers and downtown business leaders together to oppose the city suit seeking removal of the hitchrack from the public square. They vow to travel to the Wabash Circuit Court for the trial and defend the hitchrack amid bitter factional strains.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Wabash
Wabash grants trolley franchise to railroad line
Wabash Indiana Town Council grants a franchise to the Wabash and Rochester Railroad for trolley service through town using main streets. Surveyors map lines, with land donated by farmers in Wabash and Fulton counties as the right of way is assembled.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Rean
Wabash & Rochester Railroad Company
Fulton
Rushton Dies in Mexico While Wintering Project Vice President
Charles D. Rushton, about forty four, died of acute dysentery in Buena Vista Mexico while serving as vice president of the Buena Vista Plantation Development Company. A native of Indiana, he founded a leading local drug store in Elkhart after earlier business ventures in Valiso and Lebanon. He was active Mason Elk Maccabee and Samaritan. He traveled with his mother in law Mrs M V Harding, his eleven year old daughter Nfaxel, and Mrs Harding's daughter Mrs C K Busby and her two children.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Charles D. Rushton
Buena Vista
Mexico
Buena Vista Plantation Development Company
Indiana
M. V. Harding
Nfaxel
Oldest Delaware county residents pass away in Indiana obits
In Delaware, Catherine M. Davis of Yorktown aged 78 and James Reed of Reed's Station aged 69 died today. Davis leaves four children. Reed served in the Eighth Indiana Cavalry. Elizabeth Strickler of Decatur, KS years old and oldest woman in the area, died after long life near town. Jacob Smith of Boone township died of cancer near Summitville. Lucinda Dunning, 70, died near Alexandria after long life. survivors include adult children.
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Muncie
Ind
Delaware County
Catherine M. Davis
Yorktown
James Reed
Reed's
Eighth Indiana Cavalry
Mary Matthews
Maggie Shaw
Decatur
Elizabeth Strickler
Alexandria
Jacob Smith
Boone Township
Summitville
Lucinda Dunning
Statehood Bill Debate Dominates Senate Session
In Washington the Senate spent almost the entire session debating the omnibus statehood bill. Quay submitted his report, Beveridge read a committee report favoring joint statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, while opposing New Mexico and Arizona due to sparse populations and cultural factors. The debate covered qualifications, population standards, and regional suitability with remarks on education and law, as well as a closed vote on an omnibus approach and related revenue measures.
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Senate
Quay
Beveridge
Committee On Territories
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Arizona
Republic
Justices of the Peace
United States
Millis
Congress
Neary
Reedy
Flynn
Nelson
Jefferson Su
Lay
Grow’s Farewell Speech Highlights Labor and Capital Ties
In Washington House proceedings Galusha A Grow of Pennsylvania delivered a valedictory style address on labor and capital cooperation as the imperial problem dominated discussion. The session also advanced bills on tea duties, refunds for Puerto Rico and the Philippines, and made the pure food measure a continuing order. A smaller measure confirmed Nellie Ett Heen’s homestead claim in South Dakota, honoring a Caucasian wife of a Chinese man and clarifying citizenship implications.
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Dec. C
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Circuit Court
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Porto Rico
Philippines
Hepburn
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Nellie Ett Heen
South Dakota
Heen
Immigration bill hearings heard objections to educational test
The Senate immigration committee heard William Hayward of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association and Honolulu Chamber of Commerce oppose the bill’s educational test as it would bar Hawaii’s only labor supply and threaten financial ruin. Colonel Smolinski urged Polish concerns, noting many Poles would be barred by the test. Secretary Wilson sought a $1,000,000 emergency sum to stamp out foot and mouth disease in New England. Senate adjournment and a conference authorized Senator Cullom to report the treaty to the Senate in executive session.
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Senate Committee On Immigration Today
William Hayward
Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association
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Hawaii
Joseph Smolinski
Polish-American Alliance
Smolin
Wilson
House Committee On Agriculture
New England
House
Committee On Foreign Relations
Senate
Cullom
New Counterfeit Twenty Dollar Gold Certificate Found
Chief Wilkie of the United States secret service announced the discovery of a new counterfeit twenty dollar gold certificate dated July 12 1882 with check letter C Lyons register Roberts treasurer and Garfield portrait. The note is described as a very poor photographic production.
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Washington
Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Lyons Register
Roberts
Garfield
Trade and industry notices from national and regional sources
A roundup of financial and industrial items reports $500000 in gold shipments to Buenos Ayres by the New York agency of the London and River Plaza Bank, with total shipments reaching $2,000,000 since August. The National Lumber Manufacturers' Association formed in St Louis with 70 delegates planning a Washington, D. C. meeting on April 20, 1903.
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Clude
Copany
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Capital
Henry Bangs
H. E. Bowen
Ww. S. Young
A. J.ronaghan
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Morning Telegraph Company
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Oo. Carlin
H. P. Moller
C. O Young
Judge Day
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Cincinnati
Franklin County
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Iron Mountain
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Houston & Texas Central Road
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West
Fire destroys Greaf restaurant and saloon in Portland
A fire at 2 a m gutted James Greaf’s Portland restaurant and saloon after an overheated stove. The building quickly filled with smoke but parts were saved. Greaf, his family and boarders escaped with only possessions at risk. Greaf and property owner Peter Treece both held insurance.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
James Greaf
Greaf
Peter Treece
Death of Professor Galvin W. Green at Illinois Wesleyan University
Prof. Galvin W. Green mathematics professor at Illinois Wesleyan University Bloomington dies at age forty five. A Greenville College graduate he previously taught at Grove Seminary Roberts Kentucky and served thirteen years at IWU with wide recognition of his ability.
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Galvin W. Green
Illinois Wesleyan University
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Grove Seminary
Roberts
ICTOR
William Parr
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