Logansport Traction Fight Ends In Swift Work
Loganport battle over the Logansport Rochester and Northern traction company ends as Judge Chase dissolves the Boyd injunction. workers rush to lay tracks along Fifth and High streets, with crews and crowds cheering as rails and ties are spiked. The ruling confirms Northern rights over High street and voids city revocation of the franchise.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
McCulloch
Judge Chase
Cass
Fred C. Boyd
Logansport, Rochester & Northern Traction Company
Fifth Street
Market
High
High Street
Fifth
Twenty-fourth
Chase
Northern Company
Boyd Company
Common Council
Northern
McKee
Alberta
George Funk
Plaint
Funk
Rochester & Northern
Boyd
Rensaber i
Avenue
Right of way granted for Fountain & Warren Traction line
Tippecanoe County Commissioners authorize a public high road grant to Fountain & Warren Traction Co at Lafayette. The line from Danville Ill to Covington and New Town to Lafayette must operate within three years with a maximum 2 cents per mile rate for fifteen years, then 14 cents. Bluffton vote defeats Dayton Union & Huntington subsidy. next Monday Huntington faces a $112,000 subsidy vote.
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Indianapolis Journal
Covington
Ind
Tippecanoe County
Fountain & Warren ‘Traction Company
Lafayette
Danville
Ill
Newtown
Bluffton
Dayton, Union & Huntington Railroad
Harrison Township
Huntington
Mont
Denials From Warsaw Pastor Denies Political Sermon Claim
May 7 report from Warsaw Indiana claims Rev F M Stone preached a political sermon and threats of disruption. Stone and others deny the charge, saying no political sermon was preached and no member plans to withdraw. The issue sparked discussion but has since calmed. Also Richmond prepares for Olive Branch Synod meeting on May 19 with listed clergy on program.
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Warsaw
Ind
F. M. Stone
First Methodist
oMfetal
Indus
Reud Williams
B. F. Richardson
Dr. & W. Burkett
Thomas Boulton
Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Olive Branch Synod
Cicero
Messrs
J. H. Pressley
J. F. F. Kayhoe
George B. Schmitt
Obituary of Capt J O Pedigo prominent Lebanon citizen
Capt J O Pedigo a Civil War veteran and Lebanon’s prominent citizen died today after a paralytic stroke He was born in Kentucky aged sixty seven married Mary E Dar nal on April 5 190 He had three children only Mrs Frank Bynum surviving He enlisted August 13 1862 in Company G Seventy ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry and fought at Stone River Chickamauga Missionary Ridge and Perryville He and his unit were among the first to enter Richmond on April 3.
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Kokomo
Ind
Charles C. Dixon
Friends’ Church
Richmond
A. Vknode
Hagerstown
Oliver T. Knode
Stilesville
Caes Robards
Madison
Joseph Wolfschlag
Western Hotel
Jasper
Frederick Neudeck
Indiana House
Indianapolis
Lebanon
J. OO. Pedigo
Seventy-ninth
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Stone River
Kickamauga
Missionary
Noxville
Perryville
Factory Boys Strike At Hemingray Glass Plant
Seventy boys walked out at Hemingray variety glass factory in Muncie Indiana seeking a 10 cent daily wage increase. About fifty skilled workers joined the strike, with potential growth to one hundred if it lasts. The plant is largely closed for the night.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Hemingray Variety Glass
Riot at Evansville wharf over labor pay for colored stevedores
In Evansville Indiana a conflict erupted at the wharf as crews paid four or five cents an hour clashed with another gang during unloading of the Crescent City. Clubs stones and knives were used and William Bennett was stabbed and hospitalized.
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Evansville
Ind
Crescent City
William Bennett
Hat works at Wabash to resume operations Monday
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports that the Pioneer hat works in Wabash Indiana with about 300 employees settled wage and hour differences after a lengthy conference between the Hatters Union and proprietor Nathan Meyer. Concessions were made by both sides and production will resume in full force next Monday.
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Kokomo
Ind
Brownlee
Superior Court
E. W. Freeman
R. L. Willilamson
Morning News
Freeman
Lafquette
Wabash
Pioneer Hat Works
Hatters’ Union
Nathan Meyer
Multiple Accidents Reported in Indiana Towns May Nine
Rich ard Clark a drug clerk was burned by alcohol when a flare spilled on the floor and a lit match touched it in Cambridge City Columbus Elliott a Greensboro leader was crushed by a cow leaving him paralyzed below the neck and conscious Vivian Morgan a ten year old boy was killed on Lakeside Bridge by an electric streetcar Melburn C Osborne aged sixty five died at Hope Hospital from unspecified causes in Fort Wayne Indiana
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Cambridge City
Ind
Richard Clark
Clark
Spiceland
Columbus Elliott
Greensboro
Fort Wayne
Vivian Morgan
Lakeside School
Lakeside Bridge
Fort Wayne, Ind
Melburn C. Osborne
Hope Hospital
Man hurt crossing Calhoun Street in streetcar incident
A man fractured his skull yesterday while attempting to cross Calhoun Street at Berry. He sidestepped to avoid a carriage and was struck by an ambulance from Hope Hospital driven by Charles Van Camp. The ambulance was not moving rapidly and transported him to the hospital.
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Calhoun Street
Berry
Hope Hospital
Charles van Camp
Removals and new offices in Indiana politics and industry
The Elkhart city council dismissed City Attorney Perry Turner and other officials with party affiliations shifted. J. M. Van Fleet named ex judge to replace Turner and several successors named for others. In Wabash the Republicans organized convention plans with a large tent and seating for 3 000. Portland Republicans set township conventions for May 20 to select delegates for the June 3 nominating county meeting. New Albany and Jeffersonville see incorporation of United Gas and Electric Company with capital stock of 1 000 000, led by Samuel Insull and others, to control gas, electric and heating plants in both cities and expand regional utilities.
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Elkhart
Ind
Perry Turner
Frank Harker
Michael Collins
Levi Hitchcock
Park Board
Hoppingardner
J. M. van Fleet
Turner
Fred Pool
Harker
William Quaife
Collins
Carl Beardsley
Hitchcock
Wabash
Portland
New Albany
United Gas and Electric Company of
Jeffersonville
Samuel Insull
Chicago
Chicago Edison Company
W. B. Hummer
Lasalle
Robert W. Waite
J. W. Dunbar
John Tevis
Louisville
Insull
Light, Heat and Power Company
Jeffersonville Gas, Light, Heating and Coke Company
New Albany Gas Light and Coke Company
Richmond Bank Names New Officers After Charter Renewal
The First National Bank of Richmond Indiana renewed its charter and restructured leadership. Dr J M Crawford of Cincinnati became president succeeding James E Reeves who had led since 1883. Walter Gale of Monterey Kentucky and John L Rupe of Richmond became first and second vice presidents with Charles Du HadWay remaining cashier. New directors include Crawford Gale Lynn C Boyd Jesse R Reeves Rupe William Dudley Foulke and James W Morrison.
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Richmond
Ind
First National Bank
James E. Reeves
J. M. Crawford
Cincinnati
Walter §. Gale
Monterey
Close of Glass Fires Prompts Wage Offer Deal
Pittsburg May 9 The wage committee of the Window Glass Association Burns faction met with the American Window Glass Company and agreed to close fires from May 8 to Oct 1 with a 10 percent wage increase when fires resume. Independent plants face pressure as their June 15 agreements linger, while President Simon Burns may resign Oct 1 if the pact is accepted.
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Pittsburg
The
Window Glass Association
Burns
American Window Glass Company
American Company
Simon Burns
FENCE KEEPER HIDES FURNITURE INDIANAS BOYS ARRESTED
Hammond detectives unearth a fence containing bicycles tires baby carriages and household goods kept by two nine year old boys John Wicker and Harry Watkins they are bound over to Lake Circuit Court for grand larceny in a rare case of juvenile crime reported from Hammond Indiana May 9. The district also notes suits and local incidents including Andrews versus Long in Wabash Circuit Court over 5000 and a former town treasurer misused funds. Robert Mitchell of Andersonville attempted suicide in Rush County after troubling recent events. A fire at Mrs Rachel Brankle’s frame residence near Windfall destroys the home but leaves most belongings saved. A hammer thrown through a window sparks international tensions in Hammond.
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Hammond
Ind
John Wicker
Harry Watkins
Lake Circuit Court
Rushville
Robert Mitchell
Andersonville
Daniel Mitchel
New Salem
Rush County
California
Rachel Brankle
John Minor
Heaven
Hell
Herod
Antonia
Peter
James
Tabor
Gethsemane
Mary
John Mark
Rose
Kingdom of Heaven
Eviction clash prompts German consul appeal in Chicago
Mrs Hretsche a German subject appeals to the Chicago German consul to remove Mrs Mary Mallen an Irish immigrant tenant after a dispute over eviction. Mallen threw a hammer through Hretsche window and threatened her, amid a tense domestic conflict in West Hammond.
Fourth in two years burns Deaf School main building
Fire at the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs destroyed the main building and chapel totaling about 350000. All 63 staff and 20 pupils escaped as Superintendent H W Robert reported the pupils would go home next day. The blaze, origin unknown, left temporary quarters on site.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa School For the Deaf
Templeton
H. W. Robert
Robert
Iowa City
Ames
Glench
Iron foundry accident hurts several workers in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on May 9 at F. A. Klaine & Co. iron foundry a ladle of molten iron slipped from its hoist and overturned. Several workers were seriously burned including William Ramegey George Reno Charlies Harris John Keefle George Edwin Mattscack and Henry Nabkey. Rameey was in dying condition at the hospital while the others were expected to recover.
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Cincinnati
F. A. Klaine & Co
William Ramegey
George Reno
Charlies Harris
John Keefle
George Edwin Mattscack
Henry Nabkey
Rameey
Jealousy Sparks Fatal Shooting by Widowed Woman's Suitor
In Chicago on May 9 Mrs. Barbara Gruemmer of 764 Belmont avenue was shot twice and nearly died by Philip Stahl who then killed himself. Gruemmer, a widow, had been pursued by Stahl, and jealousy is believed to have prompted the double tragedy.
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Chicago
Barbara Gruemmer
Belmont Avenue
Philip Stahl
Gruemmer
Stahl
Free halftone engraving with May 15 Journal delivery
Subscribers will receive a handsome halftone engraving of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument with each copy on May 15. The 9 by 17 inch print is on heavy coated paper from the best photograph since completion. Extra copies available via agents or newsstands. Indianapolis delivery via stands or Journal counting room only.
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Indianapolis
Peter Delivered from Prison in Acts Chapter Twelve
Sunday school lesson notes recount Peter’s miraculous escape from Herod’s Antonia fortress through heavenly intervention as the church prays unceasingly. The piece contrasts earthly power with spiritual deliverance, noting the renewed faith that moves divine action and the subsequent reflection on Herod’s fate as a warning to worldly ambition.
Bread of Life and the Good Physician in Christian Endeavor
Amos R. Wells reflects on Christ as bread of life and healer, contrasting metaphysical talk with practical faith. He praises fullness in Christ, cites a Fundy flood analogy, and urges believers to draw near and partake. The sermon likens Christ’s life-giving power to manna and urges active reception.
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Christ
Charles Cuthbert Hall
Bay of Fundy
Christ-child
Fletcher
Amos R. Wells
Big haul of gamblers in sensational Sixth Avenue raid
New York police seized a gambling house on Sixth Avenue in a dramatic raid. Between two and twenty boys were taken into custody, among them The Allen, alleged as proprietor of the operation, as authorities assert the place was a known gambling den.
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New York
Allen
Sixth Avenue
West Side
Inspector Brooks
Cha
Sien Ia
T House
Royalty Honors the Pope in Rome Audience
The Pope received an extraordinary mission led by Marquis D Ajerbe bearing jubilant congratulations from the King and Queen Regent of Spain. A superb carpet was presented, and mosaics valued at 10,000 were promised in return. The Pope will welcome ex Queen Natalie of Servia tomorrow after her conversion letter.
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Rome
Marquis D'Ajerbe
Spain
Kent
Vatican
Natalie of
Servia
Caracas Threatened By Brazilian Revolutionary Forces
The report states Caracas likely to fall as Brazilian revolutionary forces advance. A new autonomous government is established in the district of Gulang amid the turmoil.
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Trinidad
B. W
Caracas
Gulang
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