Ex congressman Glover defies militia and is wounded
Ex congressman John M. Glover of Missouri defied military orders at Cripple Creek Col by barricading in his office and firing a pistol. A militia squad surrounded the building and he was wounded in the arm before being captured. He denounced Governor Peabody as a cheap anarchist in a letter denoting the surrender of arms.
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Cripple Creek
John M. Glover
Missouri
Verdeckberg
Glover
Peabody
Major Naylor
Barriea
Troo
Unionists Warned To Leave Telluride
Telluride Col Dec 28 Former Attorney General Eugene Engly Cripple Creek for the striking miners warned to depart or face arrest Deputy Sheriff Runnels warned J C Williams Western Federation of Miners to leave or be seized Though no official word on widespread arrests comes The cases against seventeen union men detained on Tuesday for intimidating Tomboy mine employees were nollied Bondsmen released Eleven men including Secretary Carpenter were moved to Montrose jail for safekeeping and released today
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Telluride
Eugene Engly
Cripple Creek
J. C. Williams
Western Federation of Miners
Runnels
Tomboy
Justice Court
Carpenter
Montrose
Mill Manager Who Cannot Procure Coal in Florence
Florence Dec. 28 Manager Hower of the Dorcas mill who discharged all Western Federation of Miners members because of threats by the Cripple Creek Mine Owners Association to cut ore supply was informed today by the Morganstein coal mine owner that no more coal could be secured for the mill. Coal miners had threatened a strike if the Dorcas received coal. The Morganstein mine has joined the workers’ demands and supplied many plants with coal.
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Florence
Col
Hower
Dorcas
Western Federation of Miners
Becauss
Cripple Creek
Morganstein
Indianapolis Union Objects to Merger
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Cincinnati reports an injunction stopping enrollment efforts of engineers and firemen into the International Brotherhood of Steam Engineers. Local union No. 223, Brewery Engineers Indianapolis, part of the International United Brewery Workmen of America, faced court action by Judge Spiegel. A St. Louis meeting is planned for January 4 to coordinate transfers, with brewery workers opposing the move.
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Indianapolis Journal
Cincinnati
International Brotherhood of Steam Engineers
Spiegel
Brotherhood Local Union No. 223
Brewery Engineers
Indianapolis
International United Brewery Workmen of America
St. Louis
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen
Woman in ill health shoots herself in Chicago boarding house
Mrs Thorpe twenty three and wife of Clell Q Thorpe Western agent of a New York life insurer shot herself in a Michigan avenue boarding house in ill health. Married less than a year ago at Pecos Texas her family is said to be wealthy. She had just moved to Evanston to begin housekeeping in a home her husband furnished.
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Chicago
Twelve Die as Dynamite Explodes in Naples District
In Naples on December 28 the public defied a police ban on dynamite fireworks. Police seized 46,000 bombs mainly of dynamite in Resina. While residents prepared explosives, a blast killed twelve people and injured many others amid Christmas celebrations.
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Naples
Resina
Darling of the Gods Delights London Audience
David Belasco's Japanese drama Darling of the Gods opened at His Majesty's Theatre in London under Beerbohm Tree. Lena Ashwell as Yo San earned wide acclaim, with scenery and access enhanced over the New York version. Tree struggled to conclude his remarks as tumultuous curtain calls greeted the production.
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London
David Belasco
His Majesty's Theater
Beerbohn Tree
New York
Lena Ashwell
Yo San
Tree
Don
Atlantic
Devastating Fire Destroys Wholesale Paper District Building
A severe blaze in a Federal Court area building housing Coleman Bros. and Stone & wholesale paper dealers caused total loss of structure and contents. The fire drew two thirds of the Boston fire department to the scene. Estimated losses top $100,000 with high insurance expectations.
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Boston
Federal Court
Coleman Bros. and
Stone & Wholesale
Chicago and Alton Railroad May Be Transferred
Plans are under way for the transfer of the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company to another road. Kuhn, Loeb and Co inform holders of preferred stock that a large block is deposited, to be sold by Sept. next under the approval of a stockholders committee including John A. Stewart, Edward H. Harriman, and John J. Mitchell. Depositors may receive pro rata net proceeds or the return of stock if no sale occurs by Sept. 30.
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New York
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
John A. Stewart
Edward H. Harriman
John J. Mitchell
Lime Manufacturers May Effect a Merger
Akron Ohio December 23 F M Atterhalt travels to Toledo to assist in organizing lime manufacturers of Ohio Indiana and Michigan. The new company will have 10 million dollars in capital stock and about twenty two plants will join the combination. The consolidation aims to unite nearly all lime plants in the United States. The Toledo meeting will continue through Thursday.
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Akron
F. M. Atterhalt
Toledo
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Lme
United States
EX-STATE OFFICER OWEN SERIOUSLY ILL IN BOSTON
W D Owens a prominent politician and former secretary of State and Indiana congressman lies in a serious condition at the Hotel Lenox in Boston. Reports from his bedside are watched by friends and his foster mother Mrs N A Rawlings of Logansport visiting the city. Owens recently returned from southern Mexico where he sought business interests and contracted pneumonia. Even after recovery he remained weak and hospital care remains critical with his wife at his side.
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W. D. Owen
Boston
Mass
Indiana
Lenox
Mr. Owens
N. A. Rawlings
Logansport
D. R. Lucas
Davis Seeks Per Diem Pay From County Courts
County Clerk Davis plans to file for 2750 dollars covering eleven months of daily per diem when attending court. His deputies will have their per diem vouchers paid to him monthly. Former Clerk James W Fesler also filed a 12000 dollar claim under the same law for his court attendance.
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Supreme Court
Davis
James W. Fesler
Patent infringement suit wins perpetual injunction
The National Carbon Company of Cleveland Ohio obtained a decree for perpetual injunction yesterday in its suit against E Sassenhoff of Elkhart Indiana. The complaint charged Sassenhoff with infringing patents on dry cells and other galvanic batteries held by the plaintiff.
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National Carbon Company
Cleveland, O
E. Sassenhoff
Elkhart
Ind
Sassenhoff
Plaintif
Indianapolis Southern Railway Mortgage Secures Bond Issue
The Indianapolis Southern Railway Company files a $5,000,000 mortgage with the recorder to secure the issuance of 5,000 five percent gold bonds of $1,000 each. The mortgage is executed to the United States Mortgage and Trust Company of New York.
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Indianapolis Southern Railway Company
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
New York
Arrest of Fugitive Charles Mackey at Union Station
Bicyclemen Duncan and Wilson arrested Charles Mackey of Bloomington Tl as he alighted from a train at Union Station. He was processed at the police headquarters as a fugitive from justice. It is reported Mackey stole zero dollars from a Bloomington businessman.
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Duncan
Wilson
Charles Mackey
Bloomington
Union Station
Mackey
Women of Tabernacle Church Host Afternoon Informal
The women will meet informally in the church parlors on New Year’s Day from 3 to 6 PM for a friendly gathering.
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Tabernacle Church
Dying Son's Heroism Proves Unavailing
Bridgeport, Conn. Dec 23 enraged by suspected interference from his mother in law Joseph Eardly plush weaver forced entry to Elizabeth Lawrence home and shot her dead in the presence of her dying son Norman aged twenty five. Norman struggled to aid his mother but collapsed from consumption as Eardly fired a final shot into Mrs Lawrence temple.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Elizabeth Lawrence
Joseph Eardly
Minnesota Volcanoes Rewritten as Ancient Giants of Lava
Minnesota once hosted colossal volcanic activity with lava floods spreading over thousands of square miles. Geologists led by Professor C W Hall cite multiple eras of eruptions from Duluth to Taylors Falls and St Cloud, with earth’s crust shifting and rivers sinking, potentially reducing Mississippi navigation above Minneapolis.
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New York Sun
Minnesota
Appalachians
Geological Survey of
C. W. Hall
University of Minnesota
Italy
Hawaii
Philippines
Vesuvius
Aligierates
Kilauea
Duluth
St. Croix
Taylors Falls
Chengwatanna
St. Cloud
Upper
Mississippi
Lake Superior
Atlantic
Minneapolis
Wages to Be Reduced At New Castle And Sharon Furnaces
General Manager John Rels announced wage cuts for 1,300 furnace workers in New Castle and the Shenango valley, effective January 1. The reduction, about 10 percent, applies to tonnage workers and laborers as furnaces resume operation soon. In Sharon, The Stewart Iron Company posted a similar January 1 wage cut affecting about 200 employees.
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New Castle
John Rels
Haron
Carnegie Steel Company
Shenango Valley
Sharon
Stewart Iron Company
Resolutions of Condolence Adopted by Indianapolis Knights
The Knights of Columbus No 497 passed condolence resolutions for Capt James E McHugh at a regular meeting. They note his Civil War service in the Northern army, his tenure as Marion County state senator, and praise him as a brave soldier and eminent citizen of integrity and business acumen.
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Indianapolis
English professor Emma McRae travels for insight
Purdue University English literature professor Mrs. Emma McRae spends three weeks each vacation on institute work, morphed by travel to study people. She believes observing others shows they share common humanity and she engages teachers at county institutes with her insights.
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Emma Mont. McRae
Purdue University
Claypool
McRae
Purdue
Muncie
Shakspeare
Romance and the Postman A writer finds poetry in daily mail
A critic essay celebrates letters and the postman, tracing how personal notes from a grandmother, a child, or a loved one carry deathless voice. It riffs on Roosevelt, postal workers as Sherlock Holmes, and the intimate clues hidden in letters from invitations to love notes.
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Myrtle Reed
Critic
Roosevelt
The
Republic
Gray
Sherlock Holmes
The New Training Method Confounds a Brooklyn Mother
A Brooklyn youngster describes a novel school approach where teachers avoid telling children not to do things. The boy says proving wrong by suggestion tempts acts. His mother debates the method and ends up punishing him for eating raisins and figs after refraining from warning. The tale ends with the child asking how he could know not to eat them without being told.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Willie
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