Multiple Fatalities and Crimes Reported Across Indiana Quarries
Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bedford Vermillion County May 11 three quarry accidents claim lives including Ruferd Lindsey a foal shoveler struck by moving coal cars in the quarry at Bedford. May 11 Danville Vermillion County reports a smallpox patient breaking quarantine and being run over by a train. body later buried without inquest. May 11 Vincennes reports A A Diamondson found mangled on railroad track. May 11 Terre Haute reports Arthur Mann a miner at Coal Bluff mine died after being struck by a moving coal train. May 11 Danville reports Ed Caumint fatally stabbing Henry Haubrey over a saloon card game. May 11 Columbia City reports Emil Meyer hanged himself in his barn hay loft leaving a widow and five children.
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Brazil
Danville
Peter Kane
Westville
Vermillion County
Vincennes
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Wheatland
Terre Haute
Arthur Mann
Coal Bluff
St. Anthony's Hospital
Ed Caumint
Henry Haubrey
Caumint
Columbia City
Emil Meyer
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Douglas Acquitted in Double Shooting Case at Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Indiana Joseph Douglas faced murder charges for the December shooting of Charles Doyle and Frank Parish. The jury returned a not guilty verdict after about two hours deliberation. Doyle died from a back wound while Parish was shot in the face and survived. Parish had reportedly threatened to thrash Douglas.
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Indianapolis Journal
Crawfordsville
Ind
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Charles Doyle
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Doyle
Frank Parish
Parish
Co operative Johnston Glass Plant triumphs in Hartford City
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Hartford City Ind May 11 The Johnston Glass Company cooperative plant defeats the window glass trust and LA 9 officers who tried to halt it The plant runs full blast until July 1 unless the trust pays 256 per pot for June The victory is praised Yourison of LA 20 says no expulsion from LA 30 The trust rumor claims a $250 per pot payout to close plants outside the American Window Glass Company and Independent Glass A new LA 30 crew was urged to quit but ignored All plants expected to resume May 15 Pittsburg reports say many plants under major glass groups operate on reduced orders and a May 2 deadline follows
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American Window Glass Company
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Baltimore Glass Company Advances Wages for Apprentices
Spécial Indianapolis Journal dispatch from Terre Haute May 11 reports the Baltimore Glass Company raising the wages of the boys by 1 percent as part of a plan to secure regular service and train glass blowers. Six boys were chosen for a four year apprenticeship earning journeyman wages and potential weekly pay increases while learning the trade.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Baltimore Glass Company
Lost Several Thousand Dollars in Durkee Bond Swindle
A letter from Secretary Gage reported to Indiana farmers that funds invested in the Durkee-Union Pacific bonds were lost to a swindle. Two evangelists had hypnotized farmers, claiming vast funds in trust for Charles Durkee's estate, using ready cash to the bonds.
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False Bonds Scheme Trailed by Church Funds Won Over
Aided by forged credentials and claimed Treasury certificates, a group led by Kuykendall persuaded locals in Hell township to invest funds, including church money, after initial assurances and lingering doubts faded as letters reassured. The scheme drew crowds and raised fear of a wider fraud.
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United States
Kuykendall
Hell Township
Executions Under State Bounty Law in Knox County
Five Wheatland, Knox county residents were indicted for vote selling. Riley and the Hooten brothers pleaded guilty. fines of 15 dollars and ten year disfranchisement imposed. Van Hoy and Granger bonded out after overnight jail stay. Arrests stem from a Steen township trustee candidate, Mr. Harbin, who seeks rewards under state law for each conviction.
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Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
John van Hoy
John Hooten
William Hooten
George Riley
Samuel Granger
Wheatland
Knox County
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Hooten Brothers
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Granger
Harbin
Steen Township
Freeman declines Philippines education post
Prof Will Freeman of Wabash declines the government offer in the Philippine educational system. A mastodon jaw several feet long was unearthed by ditch diggers on the Stitt farm northwest of Wabash on Friday. It is exhibited in Wabash, drawing considerable local interest. Fortville High School held its annual commencement Friday night with Prof L T Rettger of Terre Haute delivering the class address. Fourteen graduates named: Charles Fausett Ernest Trichards Lee Denney Harry Cohn Bert Ellingwood Willard Craig James Chappel Everett Clayton Littie Crouch Nevada Davis Lizzie Jones Cora Renforth Jessie Gwinn May Derrick. In response to the State Board of Health order condemning the Clay City school building as unsafe and unhealthy, the city School Board filed a survey by sanitarians and mechanics showing repairs costing a few hundred dollars will restore the building.
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Terre Haute
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Ernest Trichards
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Harry Cohn
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Willard Craig
James Chappel
Everett Clayton
Littie Crouch
Nevada Davis
Lizzie Jones
Cora Renforth
Jessie Gwinn
May Derrick
State Board of Health
Clay City
City School Board
Miscellaneous Brevities and Local Disasters
A May 8 canoe capsize on the Naas river Alaska causes eight drownings among Indians. Vaccination uptake tops seven hundred at Sitka with eighty smallpox cases. four deaths reported. Killisoe reports twenty cases and six deaths. A Millwood coal works cage accident in Latrobe Pa injures eight, including Joseph Baker Samuel Robb and six foreign miners. Rev. Emanuel Cronin net Declines Capital University presidency. City Hall Park tunnel accident in New York fatally injures Thomas Lyons and two others. Eveleth Minn Patrick Shields mortally wounded by a Duluth constable after a day of drinking. Andres Calles Jose Sanchez sentenced to hang June 7. Jesus Ramos ninety-nine years. Frank C Brito ten years for murder in New Mexico. Mrs Sallie B Admire acquitted for murder of husband in Carrollton NL. Trainmen discuss constitution amendments in Milwaukee. Grand Master Morrissey likely re elected. Jacksonville Fla under martial law. ration concerns noted. Klondike wines harvest praised as water abundance boosts gold yield. Archaeological Institute elects White president. new vice presidents named. Pine Point merchant confirms Indian gathering at White Earth to block logs removal.
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Latrobe
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Samuel Robb
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Butler
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Columbus
City Hall Park
New York
Thomas Lyons
Eveleth
Minn
Patrick Shields
Cloquet Lumber Company
J. Harkurth
Duluth
Andres Calles
Jose Sanchez
Silver City
N. M
Jesus Ramos
Frank C. Brito
FP. H. Morrissey
Gunboat Scorpion at Natchez and vigil for Knights of Pythias
The US gunboat Scorpion arrived at Natchez and sails to Greenville for the Gray Lodge of the Knights of Pythias meeting. Lt Cmdr Sargent recalled to Washington will rejoin Scorpion in Memphis for the Confederate reunion program. Separate case: Mrs N Mark and daughter Mary abducted Mary Mark’s illegitimate child near Wichita and buried it in the Arkansas river sand. she confessed. Mrs Elizabeth Fitzgerald, jailed for swindle near Grand Rapids, attempted escape by bribing jail engineer for release.
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Memphis
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Mary Mark
Wichita
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Arkansas River
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Milidred Preston
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Grand Rapids
Ethel Quimby
L. M. Quimby
Moline Plow Company Becomes Center of $50 Million Combine Plan
The Moline Plow Company, second largest plow factory, offers an option to New York capitalists within sixty days to join a $50 million combine. The firm employs 1,000 and could yield upwards of $6 million from the option. Deere predicts the new company will be organized despite stock panic, with Moline as chief manufacturing point for plows and allied lines.
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Moline Plow Company
New York
Co. H. Deere
Deere & Co
Combine
Father and Son Indicted in Mail Fraud Scheme
Federal grand jury indicts Samuel Lipschitz and Manassah Lipschitz for using the mails to commit fraud. They allegedly profited about 25000 by buying large bills of goods under names similar to local business houses. discrepancies surfaced only when presented to the wrong firm. Both pleaded not guilty in U S District Court and the case set for May 2.
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Labor unrest and union actions across industries
Union activity spans Buffalo to Chicago with adjourned Amalgamated Association leadership, women admitted to AFM, Boston linemen strike, Toledo tug sailors strike, Kansas City machinists demand wage gains, and unrest in steel, carpentry, and sheet steel sectors. The era sees arbitration debates, tentative settlements, and broad labor solidarity actions affecting port, rail, and manufacturing operations nationwide.
One Hundred and Fifty Generations From Eden to California
A San Francisco man, Robert Denison Hume, holds a claimed uninterrupted direct male line back to Adam. The piece traces connections to Israel, Ireland, Argyleshire, and Scotland, links to Tea Tephi and Jeremiah, and notes American Humes’ claim to Wedderburn Castle lands. It cites the Bible and genealogical sources to support descent and mentions the Hume family’s Scottish and Dutch roots and historical loyalties.
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Order of the Crown
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Germany
Denmark
Alfred the Great
Anneke Jans Bogardus
Trinity Church
New York
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Enoch
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Lamech
Naamah
Shem
Arphaxad
Sarah
Heber
Pelag
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Terah
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Judah
Tamar
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Virginia
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James II
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United Kingdom
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Preston
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Sarah Kimball
California Genealogical Society
Long-Distance Ancestry Riddle From Cain to Kings Explored
An old essay exaggerates aristocratic lineages tracing back to Adam and Cain. It lists nations and noble ranks as descendants through mythic figures while mocking evolution and calling for excavation records from the Land of Nod to beat the ancestral census.
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Misconceptions About the Dakota Divorces Ruling
A Kansas City Journal analysis clarifies that the Supreme Court decision on the Dakota divorces does not render divorces obtained via domicile transfer automatically void. State practices, including Pennsylvania and New York, generally recognize such decrees if the other party did not contest service or residency changes. Public interest often focuses on social acceptance rather than legal validity.
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New York
Philadelphia
Ween
Mis Cayenne Quips On Actor’s Feelings In Curious Exchange
Washington Star reports a puzzled exchange where Mise Cayenne asks how the actor’s feelings were hurt and whether his delivery was good. The dialogue hints at misreadings and possible implication about the actor’s performance.
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