Indiana Bank Cash Distribution Under Scrutiny in Elkhart
A local paper details deposits from the Indiana National Bank totaling 430,000 with most funds flowing to Brown-linked firms including National Manufacturing and Consolidated Paper and Bag. It notes the receiver will report to the controller by Jan. 1 and discusses potential bankruptcy action against Elkhart Paper Company with a petition signed Tuesday night and a 5,000 indemnity attached.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Indiana National Bank
National Manufacturing Company
Consolidated Paper and Bag Company
Walter Brown
Elkhart Paper Company
Acme Cycle Company
Buescher Manufacturing Company
Broderick & Brown
Buescher Company
Brown
Broderick
Broderick & Secu
C. W. L. Collins
W. L. Collins
Peltire Hill
J. L. Brodrick
Indianapolis
P. L. Turner
M. Conley
Miller
Drake & Hubbell
Melvin Barnes
South Bend
Barnes
United States Court
New Albany to Strictly Enforce City Licensing Rules
Police Chief Shutt will enforce two old ordinances starting next year. Pool and billiard table owners must pay 90 dollars per table annually, with about 100 tables in the city. Saloon operators must obtain a 50 dollar yearly city liquor license in their own names, ending transfers to successors.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
Shutt
Bundy Acquitted in Richmond Police Killing Case
Grovelle Bundy a Richmond negro policeman was acquitted by the jury in the killing of Charles Moore. The court gave no arguments and instructed a verdict of acquittal. Expert testimony said the wound came from a bullet striking hard substance, Bundy claiming only to frighten Moore to make him halt. Police authorities will reinstate Bundy on the force.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Grovelle Bundy
Charles Moore
Bundy
Moore
Metropolitan Police Law Police Commissioners
Inlaid map table by Logansport man at St. Louis expo
Marion Flory of Logansport designs a United States map inlaid with diverse woods for the St. Louis exposition. Each state uses a distinct wood type characteristic to its identity, reflecting Hoosier ingenuity and Flory’s invested time and money.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Marion Flory
United States
Flory
Jackson Charged With Attempted Assassination Near Lafayette
Frank Jackson, a well known farmer three miles south of Lafayette on the River road, is jailed on charges of attempting to assassinate neighbor Jacob Crull and threatening Crull's family. Crull says Jackson fired four shots last Saturday and that the feud between the men has lasted years. Deputy Kenn made the arrest. Jackson is unable to post bond.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Frank Jackson
Jacob Cruil
Crull
Jackson
Kenn
Sal
Married Couple Marries in Michigan to Escape Prison
In Michigan City Indiana on December 21 Harry Warder and Emma Wedel of this city wed in St. Joseph Michigan to avoid prison on charges of professional vagrancy. They were arrested days earlier and, while jailed awaiting trial, promised to marry if released. The Berrien County judge contemplated dismissal of the charge.
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Indianapolis Journal
Michigan City
Ind
Harry Warder
Emma Wedel
St. Joseph
Mich
Berrien Peo
Poupig
Cau
Hooper case heads to jury in Marion Indiana
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Marion Indiana December 21 The Harry Hooper case went to the jury after six o clock this evening. The taking of evidence ended at noon and the afternoon was devoted to arguments by both sides for two hours each. The State urged death while the defense contended Hooper acted in self defense. Hooper testified he found a revolver in his overcoat at the time of arrest for alleged store breaking and fired after Payne drew a weapon. Medical witnesses questioned the timing of Payne s fatal wound and discussions centered on whether Payne shot first or after Hooper drew.
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Indianapolis
Marion
Ind
Harry Hooper
Grant A. Dentler
Foster Davis
Hooper
S. L. Strider
James Payne
Fairmont
Payne and Armstrong
Tharp
Harris
Jim Payne
Payne
Tiffin
Grant
No Verdict Reached in Hooper Murder Case
Marion Ind December 24 At 1 oclock this morning the jury in the Hooper murder case had not agreed on a verdict Judge Paulus instructed the jury to return a sealed verdict when reached by morning and retired
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Hooper
Paulus
Redkey Oil Field Shows Boom Signs
In Redkey Indiana on December 23, oil activity surges as multiple companies lease thousands of acres and drill wells. The Reliance Oil Company led by Senator L. V. Ulrey reports Wells on Frank Dressington and Donington leases yielding 35 and predicted 40 barrels daily. Additional Redkey and Anderson ventures plan further wells near Powers and Shud farm, indicating a regional oil boom.
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Indianapolis Journal
Redkey
Ind
Reliance Oil Company
Tipton
L. V. Ulrey
Fort Wayne
Frank Dressington
Anderson
John Shud
Powers
Jefferson Township
Donington
Vagrant Burengard confesses to Michigan theft charge
Z B Burengard, held on vagrancy in Michigan City, admits the identity and residence lie to Superintendent Bowen, revealing a Battle Creek larceny charge. He claimed James Harrison of Canal Dover, Ohio, then released after a 16 day sentence. he previously left Jackson prison on December 15. Greensburg fire destroys T B Peery home. $3,000 loss, insured. furniture loss $0. guests for Christmas expected.
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Michigan City
Ind
W. E. Bowen
Z. B. Burengard
Battle Creek
Mich
Burengard
James Harrison
Canal Dover
Bowen
Michigan
Jackson, Mich
Indianapolis Journal
Greensburg
T. B. Peery
Patrons of Husbandry Insurance Company
Carnegie Library Dedication Planned For Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Ind Dec 23 The school board selects Judge Robert B Taylor as orator for the Carnegie library dedication with a $15 Carnegie gift. The date hinges on Mr Carnegies response to the invitation but is expected around January.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Robert 8. Taylor
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Bank Directors Elect Officers in Greensfork
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Richmond Indiana December 23. The directors of the new bank at Greensfork named the First Bartonel have elected D. W. Har presiden' and Frank Taylor as vice president. Richmond centiee.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Greensfork
First Bartonel
D. W. Harpresiden
Frank Taylor
Richincad
Centiee
Albany Oil Well Doubles Output In Indiana Field
Albany Ind Dec 23 The largest well yet drilled in Indiana’s oil belt was completed half a mile south of Albany by the Albany Oil Company. The gusher flows about 1000 barrels daily from a depth of 300 feet in the Trenton formation.
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Indianapolis Journal
Albany
Ind
Indiana
Albany Oil Company
Trenton
Last Natural Gas Fades From Logansport Mains
Logansport Indiana disables natural gas service after nearly two decades and switches to artificial gas produced at a newly expanded plant with a daily capacity of 420 000 feet. The transition leaves 600 artificial gas stores active in the city, 20 on the West Side, as the company projects catching up to former natural gas customer levels.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Mishaps at Lafayette report two fatal injuries
In Lafayette Indiana Cornelius Slersma an aged expressman was run over by a heavy wagon while unloading wood and crushed by wheels injuring his right arm and shoulder with possible fatal outcome. Herman Throckmorton five year old son of Walter Throckmorton near Romney was kicked by a horse and suffered a crushed skull and mangled face with trephination after doctors said recovery was unlikely.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Cornelius Slersma
Drayman
Herman Throckmorton
Walter Th
Fountain-Warren Traction to Start Electric Line Project
Lafayette Indiana December 23 The Fountain Warren Traction Company formed to build an electric line from Covington to Danville and extend to Lafayette has arranged to begin construction immediately The contract signed with a New York firm commits to work starting January 15 and completion by October 1 1904 Including a bridge over the Wabash River the owning company was organized two years ago for the road project.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Fountain-Warren Traction Company
Covington
Danville
I Nd
New York
Wabash River
Volunteers Will Feed Many Poor People In Shelbyville
Shelbyville volunteers of America completed arrangements to feed many poor residents on Christmas Day at their hall. Last year they fed over 100 people and sent two dinners to those unable to attend. Captain Mrs Thayer notes city growth didn’t raise need, as most seeking work can find jobs in local factories.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Volunteers of America
Thayer
Scantland Golden Wedding Celebrated in Perry Township
Richmond Indiana December 23 Mr and Mrs George W Scantland prominent Wayne county residents marked their golden wedding anniversary. They married in Perry township and spent six years in Lynn Visibly aged they have twelve children eight living thirty three grandchildren and six great grandchildren attended by a large company from Virginia Ohio and Indiana.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
George W. Scantland
Wayne County
Perry Township
Lynn
Scantland
Virginia
Isui
Ohio
Railroad to Inaugurate Regular Service at Pennville
Pennville Indiana December 23 The Cincinnati Bluffton and Chicago railroad will begin regular train service on December 24 with two daily trains from Bluffton to Pennville. Grading on unfinished sections is paused until spring as inquiries from fact companies and locations indicate interest but some lines may be secured by Pennville.
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Indianapolis Journal
Pennville
Ind
Cincinnati, Bluffton & Chicago Railroad
Bluffton
Active Police Judge Julius Kloenne of Logansport
Loganport ind dec 23 The 86 year old Julius Kloenne is the active police judge of Logansport Police Court and remains as vigorous as men decades younger. Born in Prussia Germany he trained as a civil engineer and served in the German army before emigrating to Indiana where he became a pioneer railroad engineer and later held county offices and city posts. He has collected over nine percent in fines from nearly five hundred cases and is the first local justice to require bondsmen to settle fines when offenders fail to pay. He is the last survivor of the original 1817 Isle club once including seven Logansport men.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Julius Kloenne
Squire Kloenne
Dorothy Behmer
Lene Rhine
Russel Rhine
Justice Kloenne
Prussia
Germany
Seventeenth Indiana Infantry
James Cheney
Indiana
Fort Wayne
1817 Club
Isle
John Davis
Samuel Panabaker
A. E. Taylor
Anthony Smith
Joseph Uh
Monon Sued by City Over Crossing Lights Costs
The city of New Albany filed forty two suits against Monon company for failing to install and maintain street crossing lights under a city ordinance. The ordinance imposes 15 dollars per night per crossing, or 135 dollars per diem, from adoption two weeks ago until compliance.
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New Albany
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Hester
Monon Company
Ofdice
Heath brothers plan six story hotel in Muncie
Fred W. Heath said Perry S. Heath's visit to Muncie aimed to advance plans for a modern six story hotel to be built next spring on Heath brothers property in the city center. The Heaths have received cost estimates and architects are at work. Perry S. Heath recently sold an $80,000 business block he owned in the area and left Muncie for Salt Lake City.
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Perry S
Fred W. Heath
Muncie
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
Perrys
Heath
Perry S. Heath
Heath Brothers
Heaths
Edward Heath Dies in Indigent Illness in Muncie
Edward Heath a printer died after a long illness in Muncie Ind He was nephew to Perry Heath of Salt Lake and Fred W Heath of Muncie Indigent at death left his family without support The local typographical union had prepared a Christmas purse to aid him and the funds will be used for burial expenses
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Edward Heath
Perry
Heath
Salt Lake
Fred W. Heath
Man Says Grief Drives Eaton Man to Gas Suicide
William Crozier aged 46 of Eaton Indiana, driven by the death of his daughter two months earlier, killed himself by opening a gas pipe and lying down with a cloth over his head. This was his fourth attempt in a week, the first attempt occurring last Wednesday.
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Apedal
Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
William Crozier
Eaton
Indianian Credential List Names Multiple Recipients
Certificates issued to listed Indiana residents including George W. Saxton 82 Jacob L. Mullis 244 Harry T. Skinner 17 James B. Freeman 12 and others with varied dollar amounts and several blank values. The roster features numerous individuals such as Amanda Budd 38 and Harriet E. D. Wilkes 5 among a wider batch of names and sums.
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George W. Saxton
Jacob L. Mullis
Harry T. Skinner
James B. Freeman
Adam K. Krewson
James Trosper
John Byers
Elbridge C. Watson
Eiisha Rawlings
Nathan Scharf
William Stewart
Caleb C. Rushton
James H. H. Williams
David Herrold
Samuel Mincer
Edward H. Yaryan
Jacob List
Hiram W. Dedman
Alvira Graves
Harriet E. D. Wilkes
Amanda Budd
Man Dies After Drinking In Terre Haute Saloon
Terre Haute Indiana today a 54 year old meat market employee Harry Richards collapsed and died after consuming glasses of beer in a saloon on Ni Fifth Street.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Harry Richards
Ni Fifth Street
Children Taken From Parents In Divorce Case
Columbus Ind Dec 23 The Bartholomew County Board of Children's Guardians intervened in a divorce trial between Frederick and Addie Britton. The board ruled neither parent fit to raise the children, ages fourteen and two, sending the elder to the Orphans' Home and the younger to the grandparents. The case marks the board's new role in supervising custody.
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Indianapolis Journal
Columbus
Ind
Bartholomew County Board of Children’s Guardians
Frederick Britton
Addie Britton
Board of Guardians
Britton
Suits in Condemnation Begun Along Traction Route
In Shelbyville Indiana the Indianapolis Shelbyville and Southeastern Traction line plans an eastern extension to Greensburg. Attorneys filed condemnation instruments against many landowners along the surveyed route from Shelbyville toward Prescott Waldron and St Paul into Decatur county. Work is expected to begin early in spring.
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Shelby County
Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Indianapolis
Prescott
Waldron and
St. Paul
Decatur County
Arguments Begun in Osborn Murder Case at Decatur
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Decatur Indiana reports that attorneys in the Osborn murder case began arguments at 2 40 p m. Each side has six hours with night sessions allowing Judge Irwin to instruct the jury Thursday noon. The judge sustained the State’s motion to exclude evidence on the victim John Busenbark’s bad character, hindering the defense’s claim of provoked insanity. In rebuttal the State offered a few witnesses on Osborn’s sanity.
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Indianapolis Journal
Decatur
Ind
Osborn
Irwin
John Busenbark
All Put On Honor Michigan City Convicts
Michigan City prison to assign gray suits to all convicts after Christmas in a move to raise discipline. First-grade garments will be worn by inmates. management believes honoring convicts will reduce discipline problems and improve conduct across the facility.
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Michigan City
Indianapolis Journal
Ind
End of the Strike at Hartford Glass Firms
Hartford City Indiana December 23 The window glass snappers who struck at Johnston and McClelland returned to work at both factories The companies guarantee seven swappers nine dollars a week which satisfies the workers and ends the dispute
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Johnston and McClelland
Urquhart Resigns from Goshen Company Over Dispute
First Lieutenant Charles F. Urquhart of Company G First Regiment Goshen has forwarded his resignation to the adjutant general. The move stems from long standing trouble with Captain H. W. Pease and his company. A board of survey may be ordered to examine the company affairs and the second lieutenancy is also vacant.
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Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
Charles F. Urquhart
H. W. Pease
Urquhart
Board of Survey
Grading Underway on Wabash Warsaw Interurban Line
WABASH Ind Dec 23 grading is in progress on the Wabash Warsaw interurban with a large gang working heavy cuts and fills in Chester township. The costly work lies there. spring grading for the level track can be pushed rapidly. Appleyard syndicate, building the road, aims to finish heavy fills during winter.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Wabash
Gas Well Drilled Near Alexandria Reaches Deep Gas Sands
Cartwright and Brooks completed one of the year’s largest gas wells seven miles east of Alexandria in Delaware County for Lippincott Glass Company. The well reaches 900 feet in Trenton and 40 feet in the gas sand with pressure far exceeding prior records, though the gauge has not yet been applied.
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Indianapolis Journal
Alexandria
Ind
Cartwright & Brooks
Delaware County
Lippincott Glass Company
Trenton
Conductor Herzog Killed In Butler Collision
Conductor Herzog of Mattoon was killed in a head on collision between freight trains at Butler Illinois on the St. Louis division of the Big Four. An east bound freight with orders to pass an extra collided with a regular train as it pulled into Butler on the main track.
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Indianapolis Journal
Paris
Herzog
Mattoon
Butler
St. Louis
Big Four
Bass Hurdle Marriage in Franklin Indiana
Thomas Bass and Miss Viola Hurdle were married at the home of Postmaster W. E. Downs in Edinburg. After a brief wedding period they will reside in Franklin.
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Bass—Hurdle
Indianapolis Journal
Franklin
Ind
Thomas Bass
Viola Hurdle
W. E. Downs
Edinburg
Nashville
Seymour gas company to drill three test wells near Seymour
Seymour Indiana December 23 The Seymour Gas and Oil Company has contracted with Thomas Castor an oil field expert to drill three test wells on lands leased near Seymour The work will start within two weeks and Castor has recent experience in the Kentucky oil field.
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Indianapolis Journal
Seymour
Ind
Seymour Gas and Oil Company
Thomas Castor
Kentucky
Two Men Implicated in Sullivan Outrage
In Sullivan Indiana, two men are poised for possible indictment as accessories as criminal cases against five girls and one boy proceed in January. Rumors tie the McClellan family father to the incident, while Miss Birline Sinclair, now recovered, plans to reopen Parks school and display a President Roosevelt portrait, amid a longheld Civil War era Republican sentiment in Cass township.
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Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
Birline Sinclair
Douthitt
Cass Township
McClellan
Roosevelt
Knights of the Golden Circle
Fletcher Freeman
Indiana notes reveal stalled Grant County exhibit funding
Marion Grant County Council refused a $700 request to plan a Grant County exhibit for the St Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition, calling the appropriation unreasonable after exposition agents overreached. Other briefs cover railway grading suspensions, a Fort Wayne Indianapolis Railway vote, tomato canning success, and local notices acrossElwood Alexandria Franklin Logansport Richmond Hartford City Linton Seymour Shelbyville Michigan City Fort Wayne.
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Indianapolis
Rushville
Elwood
Fort Wayne & Indianapolis Railway
Alexandria
Alexandria Canning Company
Franklin
Nelson Harris
Lucky Steve
Logansport
Burlington
Burlington Pike
Richmond
Richmond Company of the National Guard
Hartford City
William Breeding
David Richardson
Indiana Nitroglycerin Company
Breeding
Richardson
Linton
Order of Eagles
G. M. Ballard
Anderson
New Linton Hotel
Seymour
Milton D. Wells
Brownstown
Thomas O. Daggy
Bedford
Hoo
Russell B. Harrison
Fort Wayne
Albert G. Stiefel
Cincinnati
Indiana Obituary Notices From Various Cities
Obituaries summarize several local deaths across Indiana towns including Mrs. Jonas Lechrone near Rose Hill wife of fifty, heart failure after a fall on a railroad, and Mrs. Henrietta Nussbaum eighty three died in Marion at a daughter’s home from heart failure. Madison Sullivan eighty one died near Richmond, and Mrs. Elizabeth Oehl eighty one formerly of Plymouth. William Eaton found dead in Cambridge City. Sarah Johnson died of tuberculosis near Wilkinson. Lt Governor Gilbert heads to Columbus for a funeral in Fort Wayne after learning of an uncle’s death.
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Wabash
Ind
Jonas Lechrone
Wabash-Kosciusko
Rose Hill
Lechrone
Marion
Henrietta Nussbaum
Rosenfeld
Laporte
Richmond
Madison Sullivan
Elizabeth Oehl
Markley
Cambridge City
William Eaton
Wilkinson
Sarah Johnson
Anderson Johnson
Simmona’s
Fort Wayne
Gilbert
Columbus
Burnett Clerk Finds Drunk Break-In Suspect at Store
In Burnett Indiana a tramp named Frank Howard was found asleep in White's general store after breaking in to rob the outlet. He was taken to Terre Haute for processing as the morning incident unfolded.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
White
Burnett
Frank Howard
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