Rushville Fire Wipes Out Furniture Plant. One Man Fatally Burned
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Rushville Ind May 6 A benzine can explosion sparked a fire at the Rushville Furniture Company four story brick plant destroying the main building and causing about 50000 in losses with 20000 insured. Foreman B J Kosse died from burns suffered while trying to halt the blaze. he was 40, with a wife and four children. The fire started in the finishing room when he tried to heat shellac to seal a benzine leak. The machine room and dry house narrowly escaped. stock and finished tables suffered heavy damage. The plant employed seventy workers and will be rebuilt.
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Rushville
Ind
Rushville Furniture Company
B. J. Kosse
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Rosse
Carrollton
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Norwich Fon
Wage Increases Granted After Regional Labor Actions
In Washington Indiana May 2 a 1 cent per hour raise becomes effective May 2 with a further 3 cent rise on July 1 for machinists and makers at the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway shops in this city. All workers receive the increase except laborers and clerical staff. In Frankfort Indiana May 2 a strike by seventy five Clover Leaf Railway machinists and boiler makers ended when pay demands failed and workers were told they would be recalled. In Terre Haute Indiana May 5 plumbers who had been out a month returned to work after a dispute resolved by sole arbitrator Eugene V Debs, granting wage increases while other points favored the masters.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway
Frankfort
Indl
Clover Leaf Railway
Terre Haute
Eugene V. Debs
Severe hailstorm hits multiple Indiana counties in May reports
Reports from Monroe, Seymour, Bloomington and Aurora describe a severe hail and wind storm sweeping southern Monroe County and surrounding areas. Hail the size of walnuts covered ground, shattered windows, damaged crops and orchards, with broad area as much as five miles by one and a half. Authorities estimate crop losses in the thousands. Local towns reported heavy damage and calls for shelter as storm moved through.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
Telids
Seymour
Spraytown
Kurtz
Freetown
Robbers Take Jewelry Worth 81400 in Anderson
Diamond thieves robbed an Anderson store yesterday, seizing about 1.08 worth of stones from George Greyer, a leading local jeweler. While Greyer was away, his clerk George N. Wood supervised, as one suspect lingered then aided by a second man to steal a watch for repair, aiding the theft.
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Indianapelis Journal
Anderson
Ind
George Greyer
Jeading
Greyer
George N. Wood
Thieves Grabbed Stones From Show Window, Man Hides Clues
A man who first entered claimed a job then returned an hour later to find a tray of valuable stones missing from a show window. Detectives seek the two men but no clue has emerged.
Terre Haute Music Teachers Plan Festival in June
Terre Haute Indiana hosts the Indiana Music Teachers Association annual meeting with a festival aim. Over $1,000 to be paid to artists. Programs include piano recitals by Alberta Jonas and Gaelie Geyer, ensemble works by Indianapolis Trio Club, and talks such as Johannes Wolf ran’s Genius and Talent. Closing recital features Mrs Cecilia Eppinhausen Bailey with local artists and an afternoon outing. Richmond art exhibit planned for next month with contributors from New York Chicago Columbus Cincinnati and Indianapolis.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana Music Teachers’ Association
Oliver Willard Miercve
Alberta Jonas
Terrae Haute Musical Club
Euna
Clayton
Edmund Nelli
Johannes Wolfran
Cleveland
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Cub
Hans van Schiller
Corrine More Lawson
Cincinnati
J. H. Kowalski
Elizabeth Hamero
Julius Seger
Detroit
Cecilia Eppinhausen Bailey
Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
F. Hopkinson Smith
Child Hassam
Charles Warren Eaton
F. K. M. Rehn
Edward H. Potthast
New York
William Wendt
Svend Svensen
Charles Hallberg
Pauline Cohn
Charles Francis Brown
William Smith Hangs Self in Dungeon at Reformatory
William Smith alias Thomas Johnson, a convict serving one to three years for larceny, hanged himself in a dark cell at the Reformatory this afternoon after refusing to work. Guard found him by the door with a bandage from a leg wound. Smith, from Shelby County, had prior sentences in Richmond and Allegheny prisons. Frank Swain, about 27, attacked Perry Willis, 76, with a club near Modoc. Willis likely fatally injured. Swain fled amid dispute over a fence rails on Willis land.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Ind
William Smith
Thomas Johnson
Reformatory
Smith
Howard
Shelby County
Richmond
Allegheny
Winchester
Frank Swain
Perry Willis
Modoc
Os Hartup
Willis
Hartup
The
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Swain
Wil
Not a state's witness letter from Rich denies immunity
Jas G. Thomas, former president of the Muncie Commercial Travelers' Club, reports that Corydon M. Rich denies being a state’s witness or receiving immunity in the Neeley and Rathbone Cuban pascal fraud cases. Rich forwards his May 4 letter to Judge Barinaga in Havana, asserting he never sought or accepted any immunities as a state’s witness in the Havana post office cases.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Jas, G. Thomas
Muncie Commercial Travelers’ Club
Corydon M. Rich
Neeley
Ramon Parinaga
Court of First Instance
Havana
Barinaga
Mth
Tust
Indiana Coal Merger Progress Reported at Terre Haute
A Terre Haute committee overseeing the Indiana coal merger met to review progress on securing options for mine properties. Reports were uniformly favorable. A telegram from Illinois Operators' Association secretary Seroges dated May 2 requests a joint Indiana Illinois operators meeting in Chicago. Illinois operators plan a separate company. no alliance with Ohio Indiana and Illinois consolidated firms is planned.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Seroges
Hellinois Operators’ Association
Tixtne
Illinois
Chicago
Hlingis
Ohio
Liinets
Revenue Service Changes in Seventh District
John R. Bonnell the Oxfordsville postmaster and new Seventh district revenue collector has chosen Fred Sims of Frankfort as deputy collector to succeed John C. Warren in Terre Haute. The announcement notes a dozen paying positions under the collector.
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Frankfort
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Ind
John R. Bonnell
Oxfordsville
Internal Revenue
John C. Warren
Thompson and Bonnell Linked in SSC Posts in Terre Haute
A Terre Haute discussion indicates Bonnell will retain at least one SSC member, likely Thompson, son of the late Col. Thompson, amid a Republican push to recognize him for his own merits and in memory of his father.
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Bonnell
SSC
Thompson
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Safety Shutter Company Fire Damages Denied
An Associated Press dispatch reported fire damage at the Safety Shutter Company plant in New Castle. C O C. Saffel, general superintendent, wrote that the claim referred to his plant and that the blaze was a trash pile in the yard, extinguished without fire department aid and caused no damage.
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Associated Press
Muncie
Safety “Shutter” Company
New Castle
O. C. Saffel
Safety Shredder Company
Morphine tragedy ends in two suicides in Indiana
In Lincoln Nebraska Edwin A McCracken of Morrisville Ind drank nine grains of morphine in a determined suicide attempt but repented and died six hours later. His wife who was with him threatened self harm. Both had worked as expert attendants at the asylum for the insane. In Muncie the Eastern Indiana Christian Endeavor held its sixth annual convention at First Christian Church with large attendance and new officers elected including Fred Hines as president and Frank Stradling as vice president.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Hayestown
Frank Stradling
Mabel Wilson
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Janet Coffman
Hagerstown
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Miss Cortner
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Kesler divorce decision and early civil case summaries
Fort Wayne judge grants divorce to Dr A J Kessler's wife Mary and orders $1900 cash, $350 attorney fees and $15 monthly child support. Kessler appeals. Lebanon mourns Jesse Perkins at 66, a famed salesman with statewide ties, survived by widow and five children. funeral on his wedding anniversary. Winchester: John Green dies at 55 from heart failure while securing stables. wife finds body. Jeffersonville: Eliza Lewis, 10, dies of a stroke. Winamac: new Methodist Church dedicated, cost 10000 dollars. Dedication sermon by Rev W D Pass. Rev Francis Cox to lead exercises. Portland: Susan M Smith petitioned bankrupt. assets over 10000 with 1000 liability excess. city bonds fetch 757 premium.
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Indianapolis Journal
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Kesler
A. J. Kessler
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Nee Drewer
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Oliver Perkins
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Indianapolis
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Jeffersonville
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Kentucky
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Francis Cox
Chicago
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Dunkirk
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New Appointments From White House May Announcement
The White House announced numerous Army and Navy promotions and appointments across cavalry, engineer, surgeon, paymaster, quartermaster, signal corps, infantry, artillery, and other branches. Notable ranks include colonels, majors, and captains, with several officers designated as surgeons, lieutenants, and chaplains, plus naval officers and a medical director.
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Calvin DeWitt
Culver C. Sniffen
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Hradner PD. Slaughter
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Frew W. Palmer
Edward D. Sinks
Myer Herman
John Gilbert
Abraham D Willams
William Purnell
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Albert J. Rader
Leonard BD. Wildman
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Charles B. Rodman, Jr
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Basil O. Lenoir
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Henry C. Merriman
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Mississippi River
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George
Queen Alexandra Returns as Society Reawakens in London
London society roars back to life as Queen Alexandra returns from the country, inspiring a buoyant social season. Americans like William Waldorf Astor mingle with British nobles at Marlborough House and Compton Place as etiquette questions and royal bridges provide headlines amid a tragic Welsh miners disaster in Prussia where thirty-one men died.
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Col. Eliot
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Eliot
Carnegie Gifts Spark Scots Backlash Across Tuition Costs
In a London Review of the Week reply to Andrew Carnegie's funding of Scottish universities, critics warn of American influence on fees and education. The St James Gazette weighs Anglo American tensions, arguing Yankee ownership could shape doctrine, but also notes a glint of patriotism in anglophilia and potential restraint on war due to vested interests.
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No Hope For Mine Seventy-Eight Entombed Miners
News briefs report dire mining disasters with casualties in three cities. In London seventy eight miners at Universal Colliery are listed as dead or presumed dead, though rescue work persists. In Waldenburg Germany a Herman mine fire kills twenty one miners. Paris covers the Figaro affair and Premier’s bid to oust Dreyfusite figures, with De Rodays contesting dismissal and appealing to courts.
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Berlin
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Prussia
Hermann
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M Permier
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Cornely
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Tribunal of Commerce
Estes
Eee
M. Perivier
Secre
Creek Treaty Signed At Okmulgee By Creek Nation Chief Porter
Chief Porter today signed a treaty approved by the Creek bodies at Okmulgee. Notification of the treaty will be sent to President McKinley so he may issue a proclamation for US allotment and sale of Creek lands. Hundreds already travel to the nation to invest.
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Okmulgee
McKinley
Cervera Warns Spain May Fracture Like Italy
May 5 Madrid Admiral Cervera warned that Spain risks breaking into smaller states if naval power overrides other national interests. He voiced fear Spain could resemble medieval Italy amid current events. Other items note volcanic eruption deaths in Java and various world updates.
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Naval Congress
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Open champion J H Taylor defeats White in English golf final
J H Taylor the open champion of Great Britain beat Jack White by 4 up and 3 to play in the final rounds of a 72 hole £100 golf match in England at the Huntercombe course after an earlier round at Richmond May 4. Wisconsin beats Chicago in dual track meet 9 to 3 as wind slows times and records.
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Jimmy” Michaels
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Ont
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Perry
Thompson
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Dave Husband
Weaver
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Joe Choynski
Terry McGovern
Alleged Dynamiters Arrested in Akron Outrage
A special grand jury will be called Monday to probe dynamiting outrages in Akron. Confessions by Evan James and Melvin Boone tied to the plot led to the arrest of Charles Hall and Clarence Heltzecil. Police say the same group dynamited Brunér’s house and set fire to the Diamond Pottery Company building.
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Evan James
Melvin Boone
Brunér
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Clarence Heltzecil
Hruner
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Confederate Veterans Reunion Brings Memphis Guests
Memphis prepares for a Confederate veterans reunion on May 2, 29 and 4. The executive committee reports work finished and gate openings Monday. Finance head A B Pickett leads a committee that has raised $100,000 for veteran and visitor comfort and entertainment.
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Tenn
A. B. Pickett
Patrick Finn Enters Navy After Naturalization Papers
Patrick Finn, aged twenty four, yesterday filed his first naturalization papers in the Circuit Court as part of his path to enter the Navy. The brief court action marks the start of his official eligibility for service.
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Patrick Finn
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