Logansport Begins Rebuilding Up-to-Date Streetcar Tracks
Logansport Indiana seeds relief as sixty workers tear up Broadway tracks from Fifth Street eastward to start reconstruction of the old narrow gauge line. McC. Folsom leads the project for Indiana Union Traction with double tracking to Seventh Street and single east to Spencer Park. Portland also reports rail laying on the Chicago Bluffton & Cincinnati between Bluffton and Pennville and local vote Sept 1 on a $64.00 bounty for extending the line.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Broadway
Fifth Street
M cC. Folsom
Boyd Interurban
Fort Wayne
Wabashag
Indianapolis Northern Tract Company
Kohomo
Portland
Chicago, Bluffton & Cincinnati
Bluffton
Pennville
Chicago
Wayne Township
Walsh eyes Monroe County land deals yet to be bought
Indiana Southern president John R. Walsh plans to enter Monroe county if stone samples from options on Whittaker Morgan Crum and nearby farms near Harrodsburg satisfy. Core samples taken at short intervals under Walsh's attorney supervision indicate potential land purchase within months and development to follow.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
John R. Walsh
Monroe County
Whittaker
Morgan
Crum
Harrodsburg
Walsh
Rgan
Tipton Company Organized to Prospect in Three Counties
A Tipton business group has formed with ample capital to prospect for minerals in Adams Randolph and Jay counties. Fort Wayne lawyer and Judge Jas. Ernie Bloomington III are named to the head of the organization.
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Indianapolis Journal
Tipton, Ind
Adams
Randolph
Jay Counties
Trial of Glass Blowing Machine in Hartford City
Hartford City Indiana August 31 Manager Harry Slingluff of the American Window Glass Company South Side plant expects to have electrical machinery ready for a trial Tuesday night. A 150 horsepower gas engine to supply power is installed and running smoothly. A trial of the window glass blowing machine may occur sometime this week as parts remain to be completed though the glass is in condition.
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Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Harry Slingluff
Big South Side
American Window Glass Company
Matrimmonial trust case linked to thirteen husbands
Indiana and Ohio divorce actions reveal Mrs. Sarah Pohlman as possessor of thirteen living husbands nine in Ohio and four in Indiana. Cross-complaint alleges she seeks to form a matrimonial trust likened to an octopus capturing men with many tentacles. Court representation is Herdon and Byers.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
D. A. Wood
Sarah Pohlman
Ohio
Indiana
Thomas McVeta
John Tyler
Thomas Eades
Notable Cincinnati capitalist John Carlisle dies at 67
In Cincinnati John H Carlisle once one of the citys wealthiest men died at sixty seven. He helped build the Ohio Mississippi Railway and served as vice president of the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Railway. He also developed coal lands by building the Chatterel Railway from Ashland to Richardson Kentucky.
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Cincinnati
John 8. Carlisle
Ohio & Mississippi Railway
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway
The
Southern Railway
Chatterel
Ashland
Richardson
Worked Diamond Fraud In Indiana Fraudsters Swap Gems For Glass In Lawrenceburg
Fort Wayne Indiana August thirty first Joseph Getz a leading cigar dealer was defrauded of two and a half thousand dollars by two Chicago men who shifted bogus diamonds on him after he agreed to buy genuine stones They offered to show the gems to any jeweler in town Dallas F Green offered to buy the stones if Getz declined The real gems were replaced with glass while Getz went to the bank to fetch the money He learned of the substitution this morning and has gone to Chicago to locate the perpetrators.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Joseph Getz
Chicago
Dallas F. Green
Getz
Green
Wound That Killed Wade Opens Roadblock in Goshen
Goshen Indiana August 31 Not likely that Peter ONeil will be brought back from Michigan City Prison where he has served six months of a two to fourteen year sentence for assault with intent to kill to answer for the murder of William A Wade Wade died from a reopened abdomen wound caused by surgeons in dressing the stab wound. The case remains unresolved as to who caused the fatal wound with no plan for retrial.
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Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
Peter O'Neil
Michigan City
William A. Wade
O'Neil
South Milford
Wade
Early Confesses Robbery Involvement In Indiana Farm Heist
Francis Early, held in Lake County Jail, confessed to robbing wealthy farmer Jacob Ebert of 2000 dollars. He named Frank Holmes and Frank Pollock as accomplices, saying Holmes planned the crime and Early scouted the money’s location. Holmes is jailed on 1000 dollar bond, claiming innocence.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Francis Early
Lake County
Jacob Ebert
Frank Holmes
Ebert
Frank Pollock
Early
Holmes
Attempt to wreck engine in Big Four yards at Lawrenceburg
In Lawrenceburg Indiana a man suspected of intent started engine No 49 speeding toward loaded freight cars. Watchman Ora Slater leaped into the cab, shut the throttle and applied brakes to stop the engine moments before collision. The would be saboteur fled the scene.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Ora Slater
Undertaker missing as key witness in Beam murder case
Valparaiso Ind August 31. Frank Le Pell, a local undertaker who assigned four thousand dollars in debts and vanished last week with another man's wife, remains missing. He is the principal witness for the State in the murder charge against Turman Beam, set for trial in early September for killing Martha Lawrence, his sweetheart.
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Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Frank le Pell
Turman Beam
Beam
Martha Lawrence
le Pell
Wind shifts end yacht race as Shamrock III trails Reliance
The Shamrock II loses pace as wind freshens and then dies. Reliance extends a two mile lead before spinnakers fail. Both yachts drift off course and are towed to Sandy Hook. New York Yacht Club regatta venue plans a rerun tomorrow with Taurus steamer transporting members and guests.
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Shamrock II
Reliance
Re- Hance
Shamrock
Sandy Hook
New York Yacht Club
Taurus
West Twenty-second Street
Light wind and calm seas at Sandy Hook at dawn
At 12 0 this morning the wind at Sandy Hook was very light, the weather cloudy and the sea calm. The brief weather note records a tranquil early morning condition with overcast skies and a serene sea state.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Lipton memento plan advances with national subscription
At Lipton presentation efforts in Lipton New York Aug 11 a committee proposed a national subscription to fund a silver service gift. Signatories include General Joseph Wheeler Colonel Henry Watterson Patrick Collins Thomas F Walsh George T Wilson Robert Todd Valentine Snyder Lindsay Russell and others. The Western National Bank of New York will accept subscriptions to reflect universal American admiration for the famed sportsman.
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Thomas Lipton
Waltors
Western National Bank of
Joseph Wheeler
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Patrick Collins
Boston
Thomas F. Walsh
Washington
George T. Wilson
Robert (. Todd
Valentine ?. Snyder
Lindsay Russell
New
Fashion Show Opens at Madison Square Garden
New York Aug 51 The fashion show opened tonight at Madison Square Garden for a two week run with a large crowd attending Exhibitors of women's wearing apparel from across the country and Europe occupy floor space and the first balcony The event, the first of its kind in the country, was opened by Charles V Fornes president of the Board of Aldermen Secretary George B Corteliou of the Department of Commerce and Labor and Senator Depew were expected but sent regrets.
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Madison Square Garden
Europe
Charles V. Fornes
Board of Aldermen
George B. Corteliou
Department of Commerce and Labor
Depew
British Subject Claims MobAttack in Oklahoma Burned House
D S Brown, a Canadian British subject living in Cheyenne and Arapahoe district, says a mob on August 7 burned his dwelling and stole cattle and horses, forcing his family to flee to Kingfisher. Indictments followed against locals but were dismissed, ruling Brown remained a British subject. He seeks investigation and possible indemnity, with appeal to the British embassy.
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Loomis
Raikes
Newport
R. 1
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Brown
Cheyenne and
Arapahoe
Kingfisher
Robbers Sought in Chicago City Railway Safe Loot Murder Case
Chicago police hold seven of eleven suspects in the Frank Stewart and John B. Johnson slayings and streetcar safe robbery. John B. Leader, a former employee, has provided inconsistent statements. Three detectives were sent to Iowa to pursue the robbers described fleeing near the Illinois border, while Leuder claims involvement and a $1000 share, though police doubt his confession.
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Frank Stewart
John B. Johnson
Chicago City Railway Company
John 8
Leader
Iowa
O'Neil
Ilinois Boundary Line
Leuder
Mint director buys silver for Philippine coinage in San Francisco
The mint director purchased 50,000 ounces of silver at an average of 58.5 cents per ounce for Philippine coinage delivered in San Francisco. Other market items include a New York Cotton Exchange notice of R J Johnston & Co cot ton brokers’ failure and reinstatement efforts by Talbott J Taylor & Co in New York.
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R. J. Johnston & Co
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Talbott J. Taylor & Co
New York Building, Loan and Banking Association
Cannen
American Bridge Company
Marietta
Ohio River Bridge and Ferry Company
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Wilson
Department of Commerce and Labor
Callahan
Internatonal Alliance
Chicago
American Woolen Company
New England
John and
James Dobson
Philadelphia
Will Meet This Week Funeral of Lord Salisbury
Lord Chief Justice Alverstone visited Elihu Root this morning while Ambassador Choate met him later. John W. Foster, former secretary of state, saw Choate to discuss final arrangements for the Alaskan boundary commission meeting at the Foreign Office Thursday. Canada’s counsel issued a statement outlining the controversy but avoiding opinions. It is rumored Henry White may serve as secretary to the commission.
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Alverstone
Alaskan Boundary Commission
Elihu Root
Choate
John W. Foster
Foreign Office
Canada
Henry White
United States
The
Boundary Commission
Lord Salisbury Funeral and Global News Clippings
The funeral of Lord Salisbury was held at Hatfield with private, simple arrangements attended by his children and close notables. Queen Alexandra and the King sent wreaths. In Aden, supplies to the Mad Mullah’s forces traced through a London firm, shipping millions of rounds and rifles via Manchester and Marseilles. Col. Frank A. Prickett dies in Carbondale, Illinois, aged 61. Notable society and military items follow including Carnegie travel plans, German naval appointments, the Italian heir’s visit to Germany, and Berlin parade cancellations. International wireless telegraphy talks favor universal access and cross border messaging.
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Lord Salisbury
Cecils
Hatfield
Premier Balfour
Lord Selborne
Archbishop of Canterbury
Alexandra
England
Aden
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Harrar
Jibatil
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Jibul l
Manchester
Marseilles
Andrew Carnegie
White Star Line
Celtic
Liverpool
New York
Prince Henry of Prussia
Kiel
Admiral Koester
Duke of Aosta
Rome
Germany
William
Munster
Berlin
Potsdam
Coal prices cut again at mines in September
Pottsville August 31 The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company announces a continuation of the 2 percent reduction per ton for September on pea and buckwheat coal contracts, making pea coal price $1.75 at the mines. Owing to overproduction several large collieries have been closed indefinitely due to the anthracite surplus.
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Pottsville
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Woman stabbed by husband killer. man hurt escaping window
Mrs Jennie Williams aged twenty nine was stabbed to death at her West Side home by William Greene jealous motive. Greene leaped from a second story window and was severely injured, taken to hospital. In San Francisco Patrick Leary confessed to intimate relations with Martha Bowers amid a broader inquiry into Martin Bowers death. Detectives report steps in unearthing the crime but no direct evidence against the man in question.
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Columbus
Jennie Williams
West Side
William Greene
Greene
San Francisco
Patrick Leary
Martha Bowers
Martin Bowers
Sutton
Mutiny Arrests On Schooner Golden Red Off Gloucester
A deputy U S marshal from Boston arrested two crew members of the schooner Golden Red in Gloucester on mutiny charges. Jeffrey Frazier and Fred H. Worthy allegedly refused duties at Burgeo North Fork, damaged fittings, and threatened Captain Arsenaut.
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Mass
United States
Boston
Jeffrey Frazier
Fred H. Worthy
Burgeo
N. F
Arsenaut
Tenement Fire Fatal for Pam Stanley in Columbus
A servant set clothing ablaze in a room at a tenement on Eighth and High streets. Mrs Pam Stanley died from burns and Misses Elizabeth and Mary J McNaughton were seriously burned as they escaped through flames.
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Pam Stanley
Elizabet
Mary J. McNaughton
Eighth and High Streets
Four men killed in blast drill mishap in Dridge Town
This afternoon at 2 o clock, Governor Benith and Sam Amos were killed while Thomas Marine and George Wilson were seriously wounded. All four men are described as colored. They were attempting to drill out a blast that failed to fire when touched off last Saturday.
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Sam Amos
Thomas Marine
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Slugged Coins Plan Tricks Telephones in Milwaukee
A well dressed man in J. E. Sullivan's saloon touted brass slugs matching nickels as a cheapening scheme for telephone calls. He claimed to sell them at 70 cents per gross, threatening to flood the city with imitation coins. Wisconsin Telephone Company officials and the police were alerted to pursue the scheme and possibly charge fraud.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
J. E. Sullivan
Fourth Street
Mr. Sullivan
Weill
Radium price drops but still high sparks hopes of cheaper extraction
Harpers Weekly notes radium once valued at five million dollars per pound in 1898, now about 2 721 555 90. Buffalo man Stephen T. Lockwood aims to extract radium from carnetite deposits in Utah and hopes to lower costs further. He believes these deposits yield radium more easily than pitchblende. The piece praises radium as a highly useful substance whose small amounts have lasting impact.
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Harpers Weekly
Stephen T. Lockwood
Utah
Negro Knights of Pythian Conclave Opens in St Louis
In St Louis the largest conclave of the Negro Knights of Pythias opens a week long session. The twelfth biennial gathering hosts 500 delegates from around the world with attendance by Grand Lodge representatives the Supreme Court of Calanthe and the Uniform Bank encampment.
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Negro Knights of Pythias
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Supreme Court of Calanthe
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Quarantine Declared at El Paso Against Mexican Cities
Acting on orders from Austin, the local state health officer at El Paso established a quarantine at this port of entry against Monterey Victoria and Linares in Mexico where yellow fever is said to exist.
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EL Paso
Tex
Austin
Monterey
Victoria
Linares
Mexico
The Spenders Highlighted As One Of Best American Books
Professor Harry Thurston Peck editor of the Bookman names The Spenders as one of the two best books by Americans in the past year. The Journal will start aerial publication of the story next Sunday September 6 and continue in weekday issues.
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Harry Thurston Peck
The
Bookman
Explosion kills worker near Knoxville quarry in August
An explosion at a rock quarry near Danville, Knoxville region, Aug, killed a worker and caused injuries. Authorities investigated the blast and secured the site as rescue teams, including local responders, worked to recover victims. Further details were not immediately released.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Dan
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