Multiple Indiana rail and real estate firms incorporated yesterday
Two rail firms formed in Indiana with names Port Wayne and Goshen Railway Ohio & Indiana Traction Company plus Meridian Heights Land Company Indianapolis and others. Capital amounts range from 14.2 to 120 dollars with directors named. Several firms report no capital stock yet subscribed or real estate ventures in progress.
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Indiana
Port Wayne
John A. Bradshaw
Briggs Lumber Company
Terre Incorporated
A.cce
J. H. Dunham
W. F. Given
Fastland “Township
State's care of women shown in thirtieth annual report
The thirtieth annual report of the Indiana Industrial School for Girls and Women's Prison, approved by Governor Durbin, notes resignations led to new officers Emily E. Rhoades as superintendent Charlotte Dye as assistant superintendent and Cora Wilson as secretary. It highlights fire safety upgrades, a new bookkeeping system, and a per capita cost of 177.21 with 210 average enrollment. The board urges new cottages or major repairs, better separation of inmates, and a gymnasium. reports indicate favorable conditions for ticket-of-leave girls and one inmate death.
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Indiana Industrial School For Girls and Women's Prison
Durbin
Emily E. Rhoades
Charlotte Dye
Cora Wilson
Bfe
Hattie Barnett
Woman's Prison
Health Board Plans Smallpox Inspectors and Contagion Hospital
The City Board of Health met and approved appointing two smallpox inspectors to visit suspected districts and report unreported cases. George Cotton will serve as one inspector. a second is unnamed. They will begin this morning. The board will add two tents at City Hospital to ease crowding and seek a permanent contagion hospital outside city limits with funds hoped from the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Health
Bessie Davenport
George Cottom
Smallpox Quarantine Costs Rise in Indianapolis
Indianapolis faces daily quarantining costs around 100 dollars as a hundred people in seventeen houses remain under restriction. Each house requires a tent and two guards at 1.50 dollars per day, with additional daily supply provisions for the quarantined group.
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Indianapolis
Health Board
Buehler
Policy Slips Burned in Smock Court Case
In Justice Smock's court the replevy action by William Nichols against Superintendent Taffe and Police Court prosecutor Collins was dismissed as to Taffe after agreeing policy slips had been returned. Nichols’s lawyer agreed to dismissal as to Taffe. Collins said the slips were burned under city authority. Slips were destroyed by Taffe with Collins Kruger and Schroeder witnessing. The case of Jacob Allen was continued until February.
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Smock
William Nichols
Taffe
J. A. Collins
Nichols
Collins
Kruger
Schroeder
Jacob Allen
Massachusetts Avenue
Kissel
Allen
Dispute at Saloon Leads to Arrests for Concealed Weapon
Dan Ferguson and Charles Gatewood, both colored, of 833 Fort Wayne Avenue, were nabbed by Bicycle Police Streit and Losh for drunkenness and carrying concealed weapons. Ferguson, a former porter at 17 West Pearl Street, was discharged yesterday morning and returned with Gatewood, displaying a long revolver and threatening patrons. They fled before officers first arrived, then returned. police found the revolver on Gatewood and charged both with concealed weapons.
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Dan Ferguson
Charles Gatewood
Fort Wayne Avenue
Streit
Losh
Ferguson
West Pearl Street
Gatewood
Railroad Wrecks preventions urged by inspector
State Factory Inspector McAbee, a former railroader, calls for three men in the engine cab to cut wrecks on fast trains. He notes a fireman’s constant coal shoveling leaves no time to watch for dangers and suggests this simple crew expansion could reduce dead end collisions and other causes of wrecks.
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McAbee
Contempt Proceedings Delayed in Wabash and B&O Dispute
Judge Baker of the United States Court postponed ruling in the Wabash Railroad Company versus Baltimore & Ohio contempt case. He said no decision would be issued until the Circuit Court of Appeals resolves the related matter, though proceedings will not be dismissed. Tensions persist over railroad crossing disputes in De Kalb County with appeals pending.
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Baker
United States Court
Wabash Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio Company
de Kalb
Circuit Court of Appeals
Court of Appeeal
Third man in the cab urged for safety on trains
The passage argues for a competent third man in the locomotive cab to maintain a constant lookout and attend to emergencies if the engineer is distracted. It recommends patent automatic stokers so the fireman is not kept busy tending fires, warning that distraction could derail a train within minutes.
Death of H. D. Bennett Exceeds City Ties in Columbus
Herbert D. Bennett once of this city died yesterday in Columbus Ohio at age thirty four. He started as assistant to the general manager of the Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburg then led the American District Telegraph Company with a Columbus branch. He left a child and his brother Henry W. Bennett left for Columbus.
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Herbert D. Bennett
Columbus
Mr. Bennett
W. H. Bennett
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
American District Telegraph Company
Bennett
Forged Senator's Name Suspect Arrested in Cincinnati
Morris Affelder of Peru Indiana, long in Indianapolis and once employed by Senator Beveridge in Washington, is jailed in Cincinnati on forgery charges. He allegedly passed three checks at a drug store, an art shop, and a furniture store, two for fifty dollars and one for one dollar, netting about one hundred fifty dollars. extradition talks proceed between Washington and Cincinnati authorities.
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Senator Beveridge
Washington
Morris Affelder
Indianapolis
Peru
Ind
Beveridge
Cincinnati
District of Clumbia
Willis C. McMahan Named Judge by Governor Durbin
Governor Durbin appointed Willis C. McMahan of Crown Point to the Lake and Porter Circuit Court to replace John H. Gillett. Several aspirants pressed for the post as the governor settled on the choice after a day of consideration. McMahan, 52, longtime Crown Point attorney, is a Porter County Bar Association member.
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Durbin
Willis C. McMahan
Crown Point
Lake and Porter
John H. Gillett
Indiana Supreme Court
Francis E. Baker
Statehouse
McMahan
Porter County Bar Association
Hiram K. Gillett
Porter and
Elwood Board
Francis James
Fesler
Investigation Finds Speiser Children Well Cared For
Sergeant Henry Schroeder and Humane Officer Wilson, under Superintendent Taffe, inspected 2 West Morris Street after a sensational morning paper alleged squalid conditions. They found Mr. and Mrs. Speiser at home, the house clean, a warm fire, open shutters, and children warmly clothed and well treated.
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Henry Schroeder
Wilson
Taffe
Adam Speiser
West Morris Street
Speiser
Debaters Clash in Socialists vs Prohibitionists Forum
The Indianapolis Prohibition League and Socialist speakers sparred over government control of liquor at a league hall debate. Charles A. Thornton and E C Newlin issued pointed critiques of municipal saloons while defending prohibition, noting capital and poverty trends and recalling Moses and the golden calf analogy. Elisabeth Stanley of Richmond was announced to speak in two weeks.
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Charles A. Thornton
Indianapolis Prohibition League
League Hall
New York
Alabama
League
E. C. Newlin
Egypt
Aaron
Moses
Newlin
Socialiste
Thornton
Mr. Newlin
Georgia
Harry Simon
Clark
Elisabeth Stanley
Richmond
Auction sale of Blair Baker Horses at Union Stockyards
Eight hundred entries have been made for the Blair-Baker Horse Company sale at the Union Stockyards this week. Horses will be exhibited in the pavilion tonight with a large audience expected, a special balcony for women, and a band. Judges from Batavia New York New York City and Buffalo will oversee coach, high action, and draft classes. The sale begins tomorrow morning and may turn into a permanent prize show feature.
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Blair-Baker Horse Company
Union Stockyards
O. Moulton
Batavia
N. Y
A. Garson
New York City
Herman Stoner
Buffalo
W. ©. Talbert
Wabash
Mardi Gras excursion sale from Indiana points
A Mardi Gras special offers one fare for the round trip from all Indiana points with tickets on sale Feb 3 to 9 and return by Feb 28 via the Lake Erie and Illinois Central routes. Contact the local ticket agent for New Orleans information and a copy of New Orleans for the Tourist. Also mentions various local ads and products.
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New Orleans
Indiana
Linois Central
Rk. H. Fowler
Louisville
Sterling Silverware and Cut Glass Display Grows
A local shop promotes its expanded stock of silverware and cut glass including sexot aids and Rich Cut Glass. The dealer notes the selection is as large as in December and has added many new items in recent weeks inviting inspection.
Buffalo Bill Plans to Tour Pacific Coast and Europe
A Buffalo Bill Wild West Show manager reports Colonel Cody and his Rough Riders will debut on the Pacific coast this summer then travel to London in December. The company will tour England and the continent for three years. Barnum & Bailey, already touring Europe, may launch a U S circus next winter to rival the European circuit.
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Colonel Cody
Rough Riders
Pacific Coast
London
England
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Paris
Atlantic
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