Protest Against Sunday Collision Exhibit In Logansport
Logansport church members plan a crusade against a public exhibition of a dead-end collision between two railroad locomotives scheduled for next Sunday. Baptist church leaders urge protest as desecration of the Sabbath. The promoters are Terre Haute men. Carrie Nation spoke at Logansport station en route to Dunkirk to Dallas visiting kin and addressing crowds.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Terre Haute
Carrie Nation
Panhandle
Dunkirk
Dallas
Tex
Urban Railroads in Indiana Seek Franchise Extensions
New Albany Paoli and French Lick Valley Traction Company seeks a city street franchise to run a line on a street, with Thomas Taggart and Thomas W Buskirk among investors. County commissioners grant a right of way through the county for the plan to reach the city limits from Paoli Pike. Separately Union Traction Company asks Delaware county for a franchise to extend from Muncie west to the county line, five miles of roadbed graded and ready for track.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
New Albany, Paoli & French Lick Valley Traction Company
Thomas Taggart
Crawford Fairbanks
Thomas W. Buskirk
Paoli
Board of County Commissioners
New Albany Street Railway Company
Paoli Pike
Southern Interurban Railway Company
Chicago
Jeffersonville
Muncie
Union Traction Company
County ‘Commissioners
Delaware County
Alexan
Postmasters Convention Session Delayed in Hammond
Indiana Postmasters Association delays first day of its Hammond convention as trains arrive late. Morning program postponed to tomorrow while postmasters tour local industries and hear talks on postal savings system. Republican visitors and candidates attend, signaling political interest in the meeting.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hammond
Ind
Indiana Postmasters’ Association
Indianapolis
Hobman
Opera House
Asso
Tomor
Post- Strohm
Ware Oemignani
Entland
J. T. Ie
Chicago
Steel Trust
Whiting
Standard Oil
Crumpacker
Kokomo
I. Lawson
Effingham
American Postman
Tenth Congressional
Knickerbocker Tee Company seeks injunction over Pine Lake frontage rights
Special to the Indianapolis Journal Laporte Indiana October 5 defeated in its efforts to bar the Chicago and South Shore Railway from using Pine Lake frontage for a right of way by tearing up tracks the Knickerbocker Tee Company of Chicago today filed in Laporte Circuit Court for an injunction to stop interurban cars from crossing the property There is an injunction in force to prevent the tee company interfering with the street car traffic The tee company also claims damages of 0 for railroad interference.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Chicago & South Shore Railway Company
Pine Lake
Knickerbocker Tee Company
Chicago
Laporte Circuit Court
Tee Company
First Love Not Better Marion Woman Deserts Husband
Marion Indiana story of Edna Brush-Willer who eloped with Joseph Harrison during Taylor University days. After years apart he returns claiming the old flame while she is now married to John Hale. A tale of marriage, desertion, and divorce in a troubled state.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Joseph Harrison
Edna Brush- Willer
Taylor University
Upland
Grand
City
London
Deserter Elopement Tale Follows Interrogation Interview
An interview with the former wife ends with her claim of fidelity to her husband Hale. She leaves for a town trip later, vanishes, and is later believed to have eloped with Harrison. A telegram from New York confirms she was deserted by Harrison and asks to return home. Transport is arranged.
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Hale
Harrison
New York
Last Victim of the Reelsville Wreck Probably Smothered
In Greencastle Indiana George Cole of Brazil a Vandalia fireman died in the Reelsville wreck his body found under debris Friday after wreckage was moved examinations by the coroner indicate smothering not direct death Also in Wabash a 30000 deal transfers control of the Wabash Bridge and Iron Company to B H Godman and officers plan new posts In New Albany Captain Thomas Cannon seeks restoration after removal for neglect of duty with Oct 18 court deadline
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Indianapolis Journal
Greencastle
Ind
George Cole
Brazil
Reelsville
New Albany
Thomas Cannon
W. C. Uta
Captain Cannon
Edward McCulloch
Michael Zier
Beardsley Gravity Dam firm placed in receivership in Elkhart
Elkhart, Oct 6. M A Dema rest appointed receiver for Beardsley Gravity Dam and Construction Co at Elkhart after Godfrey Bros lumber firm sought relief to cover $4,000 to $5,000 debts. Dam project losses from high water partly caused insolvency and scant assets. Evansville Federal Court juror list surprises as John W Spencer from Washington is briefly summoned. County commissioners at Scottsburg deny two saloon licenses after remonstrances with 357 and 861 signatures respectively. governor’s 1900 vote total in the county was 688.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elkhart
Ind
Evansville
Lst
United States
John W. Spencer
Washington
Meer
Wartman
Scottsburg
Charles C. Smith
Charlee J. Orbison
Indianapolis
George L. Close
Portage Union townships file remonstrance against gravel road contract
Two hundred fifty residents of Portage and Union townships filed with the County Commissioners to stop further payments to contractor McGrew. They charge the gravel contract uses only one layer instead of two and that weeds and growths are used to fill the foundation.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Portage
Union Townships
McGrew
Tourist Club Opens Season with President's Day Address
ELWOOD October 6 The Tourist Club began its season with a president's day gathering at Mrs A D Moffett's home. The new president Mrs P T O'Brien gave an address. Mrs R Harry Miller of Fairmount attended as a visitor and spoke on expanding club influence to the public.
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Indianapolis Journal
Elwood, Inc
A. D. Moffett
P. T. O'Brien
R. Harry Miller
Fairmount
Stolen horse and buggy strike Alexandria churchgoers
In Alexandria Indiana E E Davis a local businessman and his wife had their horse and buggy stolen from in front of the M E Church last evening. Bystanders saw the buggy driven away but assumed a Davis son was at the reins. Officers have been scouring the country but have not found the vehicle.
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Indianapolis Journal
Alexandria
Ind
E. E. Davis
M. E. Church
Works here to be rebuilt and doubled in size
Announced today that the works here be rebuilt and doubled in size at a cost between $35,000 and 0,000 within the coming year. A new site with better railroad facilities will be obtained before the changes are made. EVANSVILLE IN Oct 6 Judge Mattison denied the application for a receiver for the Stone Man body found in the river last week. The decision probably ends the litigation. KOKOMO IND Oct 6 Council tonight passed an ordinance establishing natural gas rates of $2, $1.50 and $1.25 a month for different stores. The proposal is to be submitted to the Chicago Gas Company.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash
Ind
M. S. Howe
Charles
Wabash Bridge and Iron Company
H. Godman
Howe
Charles Howe
Minneapolis
Minn
Wabash Screen Door Company
Mr. Godman
Bridge Company
Evansville
Mattison
Circuit Court
Indianapolis
Kokomo
Chicago Gas Company
New Castle Civil War Veteran Dies at 68 in Indiana
William F Brielley aged sixty eight died at his New Castle home from lung trouble He was a Civil War veteran and former captain of Company A 147 Indiana Infantry He served four years as postmaster and four years as rural carrier delivering 196047 pieces of mail on 1235 trips in 0 875 miles with his horse Tom Browne He will be buried Tuesday Nancy Lander also died after surgery in Cincinnati hospital Funeral in Flemingsburg Ky. Ari Lowe 81 died of paralysis in Muncie He was Civil War veteran and longtime county official Four children survive Rebecca Jones 76 widow of William Jones died of paralysis Funeral Wednesday Wesley Travis Laporte landowner died aged 64 to widow and two sons Samuel Harrod 85 died after well illness Elizabeth Gilson 68 wife of Andrew Gilson died after short illness Jasper Miller 70 died collapsing in wagon at Wallonia mill}
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Ind
William F. Brielley
Indiana
Tom Browne
Nancy Lander
Cincinnati
Flemingsburg
Muncie
Ari Lowe
William Williamson
Greene County
Lowe
Rebecca Jones
William Jones
A. L. Shideler
North Fork
Oak
James
Robert
Minnie Jones
Charles Holliday
Parker City
Laporte
Wesley Travis
Laporte County
Scottsburg
Samuel Harrod
Glasco
Rushville
Elizabeth Gilson
Andrew Gilson
Rush County
Seymour
Jasper Miller
Wallonia
Driftwood Township
Winter entertainment by Marion Y M C A features Colonial Ladies Band
The You Men's Christian Association selects a varied winter program in Marion with acts by the Colonial Ladies Band of Boston Lorado Taft Bob Burdette and a range of speakers and performers. The Ladies Band opens the season on October 9 with a Boston origin and notable cryptic names fill the lineup.
Divisive Coal Strike Sparks Mixed Sympathy and Rights Debate
The passage reveals a division over the miners strike, with equitable coal owners in Pennsylvania expressing sympathy for the strikers demands and asserting vested rights. Railway magnates are described as wielding despotic power over unmined coal titles, while the author supports intervention and acknowledges shared concerns with the strikers.
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Pennsylvania
New England coal land leases exempt royalties during strikes
John B. Kerr, general counsel for the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad, explains that most leases in Pennsylvania coal fields include strike clauses. Lessees are excused from paying royalties during strikes or mine stoppages or railroad disruptions if they pay prevailing wages, a nuance Kerr notes in reaction to renewed strike activity.
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New York
John B. Kerr
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad
Boston
New England
Pennsylvania
Mater
Thief Steals 91.29 From Rushville Meat Market
Rushville police report a thief entered U S Weeks meat market by removing a window screen and boring a hole in the sash to steal a bag containing 91.29. The thief appeared to know the store’s money storage habits.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
Ind
U. S. Weeks
Mitchell quietly meets labor chief in Philadelphia
Carroll D Wright United States labor commissioner, Roosevelt's agent on the anthracite strike, met with President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers in Philadelphia. Mitchell traveled to the city before dawn and returned to Wilkesbarre unaccompanied, refusing to reveal where or what they discussed or the identity of other men he met.
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Wilkesbarre
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Philadelphia
Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
Roosevelt
Mitchell
Mr. Wright
Associated Press
Wright
Indiana Bridge President C Me Kimbrough Remarks
C Me Kimbrough, president of the Indiana Bridge, made remarks in Mancie Indiana on October 6 regarding the organization's plans. The brief statement outlined future projects and leadership directions for the bridge program.
Miners press call for mass meetings as strike deepens
Philadelphia arrival fans interest in Mr Mitchell and district leaders as mine workers flood strike HQs. Mitchell urges calm, urges unions to draft resolutions and back talks with President. Governor Stone calls up state guards. leaders dispute need for troops while Buffalo committee to meet with Mitchell to seek coal supply during the stoppage.
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Mitchell
Wright
Buffalo
Ronan
United States
Coal and Iron
John Mitchell
U. M. W. of America
Aeas Nicholls
Duffy
John Fahy
State Guard
Hart Hotel
Stone
Nicholls
Fahy
President Mitchell Quiet Visit to Philadelphia
President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers visited Philadelphia for about six hours then traveled to Wilkesbarre aboard the Buffalo express. He arrived at 7:28 and, after lingering in transit and dining in the station restaurant, departed at 2:02 for Wilkesbarre. An in-city meeting with labor commissioner Carroll D. Wright was reported but Wright could not be located.
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Philadelphia
Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Wilkesbarre
Buffalo Express
Reading
Carroll D. Wright
Mr. Wright
Large Coal Exports From Wales To U S Rise
London dispatch notes continued coal strike in the United States boosts demand. Major export centers report new purchases and many ships fixed to load cargoes for New York and Boston from Cardiff Swansea New Castle Liverpool and Glasgow. Elder Dempster liners head to the Tyne for full cargoes while several vessels chartered for New Castle. Welsh sales for America reach about 200000 tons since the rush began with 100000 tons bought at Cardiff in the past week.
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London
United States
Cardiff
Swansea
New Castle
Liverpool
Glasgow
Elder-Dempster
Tyne
New York
Boston
South Wales
America
Bryan urges Roosevelt call Congress on miners strike
In Lincoln on October 6 W J Bryan praised Roosevelt for seeking to settle the miners strike but said operators refuse to arbitrate leaving the president with a constrained position. He urged an extra session of Congress and outlined five measures.
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Neb
W. J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Congress
Mr. Bryan
Bryan's language on arbitration and coal policy
The text cites Mr Bryan endorsing a national three to five member arbitration board to settle interstate disputes, abolish government by injunction, distinguish between natural rights and corporate power, remove coal tariffs, and bar coal mine operation by railroads except for fueling their own engines. Mayor Low of New York declines Detroit coal strike conference delegates, citing President mediation failures and vague program.
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New York
Low
Mayor Maybury
Detroit
Mis Om
Ayor Maybury
Poor Woman Freed Over Coal Theft Rail Liability
In Buffalo a poor woman was charged with stealing coal from a railroad, but Magistrate Murphy discharged her, criticizing railroads for coal scarcity and high prices and suggesting they let the poor take coal. In New Haven aldermen urged President Roosevelt to declare coal lands public property and managed by the government, with a committee planned for Detroit on Oct 9.
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Buffalo
Thomas F. Murphy
New Haven
Conn
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Detroit
Scranton Sees No Effect from White House Coal Talks
In Scranton on October 6 no impact from Friday's coal strike conference was evident. Companies reported no hiring increases and mine workers' leaders said there were no desertions. No lawlessness appeared through the evening.
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Scranton
White House
Madison coal price hike by local dealers in Madison
Madison Indiana dealers raised the price of best Pittsburg lump coal to 12 cents a bushel today. The on hand supply of all kinds is about 200000 bushels and market activity reflects the tighter availability in the region.
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Indianapolis Journal
Madison, Ind
Madison
Pittsburg
Eureka Lodge Votes Support for Miners Relief Fund
Eureka Lodge No 14 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen unanimously approves a 1 percent wage assessment to fund monthly relief for striking Pennsylvania miners. Grand Lodge contributes 1000 to the relief, and Pittsburgh sympathizers raise 700 at a mass meeting. W B Wilson speaks for United Mine Workers as Mitchell is delayed.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Pennsylvania
Grand Lodge of the Order
Pittsburg
W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
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Wikesdai_e
Wilson
Indianapolis
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National Association of Manufacturers
Mattoon
Ill
Friends of
Blacksmith Perry Morrison Falls From Disreputable Nightlife
Perry Morrison a Mooresville blacksmith wandered to West Side grog shops and drank heavily. He stumbled at 132 West Washington street and suffered a scalp wound from a fall. A City Dispensary surgeon treated him before authorities detained him.
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Perry Morrison
Mooresville
West Side
Perry
Waterloo
West Washington Street
Toll
City News Notes from Wabash Assembly and Local Events
Rev L L Carpenter of Wabash attends Bethany Assembly duties for the year. Queen Esther Auxiliary hosted by Mrs Isabel Rodenburger and others. Central Christian Church CWEM aux meets 2:30 pm today in church parlors. Pastor Rev Joshua Stansfield reports missing overcoat. Major Macklin seeks probe into Frank Thomas release from workhouse. Oscar Brown, 10, die same day after shooting by brother Orval. Mrs Grant Lupton loses three diamonds valued at 300. $50 reward offered. Grace E Church choir reception at East Washington home with music and readings. Substantial fragment unclear about remaining details and names.
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L. L. Carpenter
Wabash
Bethany Assembly
Assembly
Queen Esther
Isabel Rodenburger
East North Street
Sarah E. Traub
Jennie Miller
May E. Engle
Central Christian Church
Joshua Stansfield
Meridian-street M. E
Stansfield
Macklin
Joseph B. Kealing
United States
Grant Lupton
Hartford City
Denison
James Copeland
East Washington Street
Grace M. E. Church
Della A. Lester
Katherine
George Wilding
George Vestal
Katherine Loving
Sacke Strick
Deoten Oo
William Gelightful Tive
Pythians Meet Today in City Grand Lodge Session
The annual Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias gathering opens today at Masonic Hall with about 900 delegates converging, led by C. F. Neal from Chicago. Elections are hot for supreme representative and grand keeper of records as Rathbone Sisters orphan home funding and a national K of P sanitarium at Hot Springs top the agenda.
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Knights of Pythias
Masonic Hall
Denison
Knights. C. F
Neal
Endowment Bank
Chicago
Supreme Representative
Charles E. Shiveley
Supreme Lodge
San Francisco
Otto Kolb
Evansville
James Hatfield
Huntington
J. E. McDonald
Ligonier
Harry Wade
Lafayette
Frank Bowers
Grand Outer Guard
R. A. Brown
Frank Gass
Munele
Will Johnston
Crawfordsville
Arthur Lowe
Greensburg
John Rogers
Sullivan
Adolph Riccard
Rochester
Rathbone Sisters
Indiana
Hot Springs
Rathbone Sisters to Meet in City at Denison Hotel
The Rathbone Sisters hold their annual meeting in this city today at the Denison Hotel. A report from the Orphan Home Board is on the agenda as they consider funding a Pythian orphans home. They have raised about $9,000 so far. Mrs E B Rohbock of Wabash chairs the former board. The Knights of Pythias advisory board will present a report supporting funds for the home, with a decision pending on whether the home is managed by a joint board or funded by the Knights while women oversee supervision.
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Rathbone Sisters
Denison
Orphan Home Board
Knights of Pythias
E. B. Rohbock
Wabash
Knights
Knights and Ladies of Honor MEets on Finances in Indiana
The Grand Lodge finance committee of the Knights and Ladies of Honor met at the Denison Hotel. Reports from Walter B. Hassan and J. T. H. Miller stated forty nine Indiana lodges in good standing as of June last with 3,576 members. On June 30, 1900 membership stood at 3,012 and beneficiaries paid totaled 104,500 dollars.
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Grand Lodge
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Denison
Walter B. Hassan
J. T. H. Miller
Indiana
Ellen M Stone in Town During Stopover
Boston missionary Ellen M. Stone, famed for a Bulgarian bandit encounter, arrived in Indianapolis at the Hotel English with her nephew Frederick T. Stone. They stayed only for the night and could not be seen, directing inquiries to her nephew.
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Ellen M. Stone
Boston
English
Frederick T. Stone
Miss Stone
Indianapolis
Winans and Kelley Wed at First Baptist Home
Mr Carey C Winans and Miss Winefred Kelley married at 6 last evening in the home of Rev T J Villers pastor of the First Baptist Church. Parlors were decorated with fall daisies and the couple will reside in Columbus Ohio.
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Carey C. Winans
Winefred Kelley
T. J. Villers
First Baptist Church
Columbus
Paine's Celery Compound Promises Relief for Rheumatism
Autumn weather worsens rheumatism and Paine's Celery Compound is praised as a cure. A testimonial from Janesville Wisconsin, Mr G W Webber, claims dramatic recovery and renewed vitality after prior physician failure. The ad urges immediate trial to purify blood and strengthen the system.
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Paine
G. W. Webber
Janesville
Wis
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