Whitecap Worker James Gilmore Whipped Unconscious Linked to Tree
Judge Ferrell of Elkhart rules city debt limit law does not apply to all cases. The case involves a Whit ecap worker named James Gilmore who was tied to a tree and whipped, leaving him unconscious. Police reports describe the incident as part of ongoing labor disputes.
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James Gilmore
Ferrell
Elkhart
Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
Gilmore Coal Mines
Gilmore
Whole family poisoned after supper in S500N case
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports a family in Sullivan Indiana falling seriously ill after a supper suspected to involve poison. The item lists Mrs Hannah Barker dead and a runaway treasurer Rose returning to Wabash amid broader state news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah Barker
Rose
Wabash
Miner J H Hall Captured After Stabbing Rival at Jasonville
In Sullivan Indiana Deputy Sheriff Gambill captured miner J H Hall who stabbed a fellow miner nearly to death at Jasonville. Hall has a rough reputation and it is believed that Litsinger will die from his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
J. H. Hall
Jasonville
Gambill
Hall
Litsinger
Hartford City Gas Rates Set For October 1
Hartford City announces gas rate increases effective October 1 across residences and stoves with tiered charges for heaters and open grates. Meter use optional at 10 cents per thousand. overall rates cited as higher than prior city levels but lower than nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Muncie Or
Goshen High School Building Approved by Judge Ferrall
In Goshen Indiana Judge J D Ferrall ruled the School City trustees may erect a 90000 high school building after the council passed necessity resolutions. Plaintiffs appeal to expedited opinion. In Marion Indiana Bert Middleton sues police superintendent Addington for 1000 dollars over an arrest where Middleton was shot in the cheek after resisting arrest and later sent to Reform School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
John F. Scott
J. D. Ferrall
Elkhart Circuit Court
Ideaa
Marion
Bert Middleton
Grant
Lindsey Addington
Marion Police Department
Addington
Middleton
Young Middleton
Plainfield
Double divorce suits filed in Grant Circuit Court
Marion Ind Sept 2 The double divorce action of Berten M Huff against Plorence M Huff and William P Nelson against Catherine Nelson will be heard in Grant Circuit Court tomorrow The cases are unusual in scope with varied grounds including unfaithfulness and failure to attend to domestic duties The defendants are listed under their maiden name Blendheiser
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Berten M. Huff
Plorence M. Huff
William P. Nelson
Catherine Nelson
Grant
Ers
Blendheiser
Wabash Ex-Treasurer Returns Amid Defalcation Concerns
John B. Rose, the missing Wabash ex-treasurer, arrived from the West on the Wabash Limited Express, accompanied by his brother Charles Rose, who had left the city last Wednesday to escort him back. The event follows ongoing questions about defalcation and repayment.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
John B. Rose
Wabash
Wabash Limited Express
Charlies
Rose
Rose Returns Home After Mental Struggle and Defalcation
Rose arrived pale and worn from a four week absence. He and Charles declined to speak, promising to reveal John’s wanderings later. They found John at home with his wife and two children. Rose said he did not go to Indianapolis and recounted a stay in Parsons Kansas and a period in the Indian Territory. He suffered mental anguish, plans to repay bondsmen with $20, and to resume in the abstract business in the Indian Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Charles
John
Journal
Indianapolis
Wabash
Parsons
Kan
Indian Territory
Fatal Runaway Tragedy Near Anderson Ind
Mrs. Hannah Barker, 48, wife of a nail worker, died after a buggy accident on the Seton Pike near Anderson. Driving with Miss Ella Morgan to gather nuts, the horse bolted and kicked. Barker struck the horse to save her, fracturing her skull. Morgan was injured and prostrated, unable to make a full report. Barker left five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
Hannah Barker
Ella Morgan
Seton Pike
Barker
Passenger Train Collision at Hebron Injures No One Seriously
VALPARAISO IND Sept 2 Passenger train No 10 collided with a freight on the Panhandle Railroad at Hebron at 11 last evening doing considerable damage but no one was seriously injured. The engines baggage car and smoker of the passenger train and seven cars and the tender of the freight were wrecked. The engineer and fireman leaped from the intrum to save their lives. The engine was wrecked after coming together and the fireman ran wild down the track to Grassmere where it was boarded by the operator and stopped. The St Louis baseball team was on the wrecked passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Valparaiso
Ind
Hebron
Grassmere
St. Louis
John Kay Dies in Fall From Window at County Poor Asylum
New Albany Indiana September 2 John Kay a once well known citizen died after a fall from a second story window at the county poor asylum where he had been confined for several years Illness preceded the incident and authorities believe he wandered from delirium He was seventy and had no known relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
John Kay
County Poor Asylum
Boy Run Over by Drunken Buggy in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana on September 29 James Mahoney a twelve year old boy riding a wheel was struck by a runaway buggy driven by two men believed drunk. The horse knocked him down and the buggy wheels crossed his abdomen causing serious internal injuries though no bones were broken. The two men remain unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Warren
Ind
Joseph McCall
Brown
East Warren
Muncie
James Mahoney
Tragic deaths in Indianapolis and Vincennes chronicle
Samuel Strattan of Richmond formerly of Richmond now Chicago was killed by a train on Seventy first street in Chicago. His brothers Daniel B Strattan and Junior Strattan of Richmond mourn his loss. In Vincennes Daniel Lynch aged cripple with asthma died after falling from a second story window at his Second street home. he had lost a leg years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Samuel
Strattan
Chicago
Seventy-first Street
Daniel B
Strattan, Jr
Vincennes
Daniel Lynch
Second Street
Died of grief after loss of child in Evansville
Mrs Christian Davis a young city matron and leader in Christian work died today in a hospital. Grief over the loss of her seven year old daughter two and a half years earlier is given as the cause. Relatives could not divert her from the tragedy or her declining health thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Christian Davis
Indianas Notices of Deaths in Various Towns
Miss Emma Teeter daughter of Z Teeter died at her sister Mrs Henry Keurgy home at 3 this morning. Nancy A wife of John Stephens died at her Shelby township home aged fifty eight. Rev Mahan conducted funeral services. Miss Myrtle Hart music teacher died last night at her home in Bicknell of typhoid fever.
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Ae Ind
Emma Teeter
Z. Teeter
Henry Keagy
Miss Teeter
Indianapo
Shelbyville
Ind
Nancy A
John Stephens
Shelby Township
Mahan
Vincennes
Myrtle Hart
Bicknell
New Glass Company Forms From Dissolved Independent Glass
The Independent Glass Company, dissolved about ten days ago, reorganizes as a close corporation similar to American Window Glass. A charter for the Independent Window Glass Company has been secured in New Jersey with capital of 1,000,000. Incorporators include C. P. Cole of Lassee and G. W. Moremus among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Independent Glass Company
American Window Glass Company
C. P. Cole
Wages settlement terms tied to factory reopenings
President Cole stated the Philadelphia wage scale applies until a majority of American Window Glass Company factories resume operations, then workers receive the higher American company rate. If the company shuts down, pay reverts to the Favacerputa scale until the end of the fire period.
Whole Family Poisoned at Vincennes
Elijah H. Butler his wife Emily and their four children fell violently sick after supper. A doctor labeled it poisoning and all eight members were seriously afflicted yet expected to recover. The mother remained precarious as investigators sought motive and cause amid mystery. The family had recently moved from Monroe City and no outsiders were known to be nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
Elijah H. Butler
Emily
Monroe City
Smallpox Declining in Frankfort City
Frankfort Indiana reports improving smallpox conditions with no new cases since last Friday and two discharges from the pesthouse. Five cases remain, including a death from hemorrhagic smallpox of Mrs. C A Smith after last Sunday. Meanwhile, Shelbyville, Anderson, Covington, and nearby areas note tax seizures, park battles, and local lodge activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Frankfort
Ind
C. A. Smith
Van Buren Driving Association forms in Marion Indiana
The Van Buren Driving Association organized in Marion with a 3000 capital stock to build a pleasure resort for racing tournaments and athletic events. Stockholders include Landers Whitecotton Conwell Farrer Rankin Hedrick Duckwall Saxon Sullivan Souers Whitaker and Lee. Van Buren is an oil town ten miles east of Marion. Covington hosts the Horse Thief Detective Association annual meeting October 6 and 7 with 300 delegates and a parade of 100 white horses. A $10 prize will go to the best equipped ten horses. Colonel McMannomy, an original organizer, is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
van Buren Driving Association
Elmer W. Landers
Henry Whitecotton
L. Conwell
Lloyd B. Farrer
Samuel Rankin
Jacob M. Hedrick
Nelson E
Covington
Horse Thief Detective Association of
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
McMannomy
Hayes in Muncie to ratify glass bottle scale with Ball Brothers
Dennis A. Hayes, president of the Glass Bottle Blowers' Association, is in Muncie negotiating with Ball Brothers on ratifying the glass bottle scale for the coming year. The agreed rules mirror those in force after the last fire. Ball Brothers have begun a gas pumping station near Shideler with enough gas to operate five tanks, with a sixth to come later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Dennis A. Hayes
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association
Ball Brothers
Shideler
Indiana Glass Plants Signal Oct 15 Restart
Marion managers of American window glass factories issued notices to fire up furnaces for a plant restart on October 15. Plants affected include Stewart Estep in Marion, a tank factory and two EE plants in Gas City, and B F Burk in Marion. In Louisville a Fairfield Virginia man L A Donald suicide was reported after despondency over money loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
American Window Glass
Stewart-Estep
Gas City
B. F. Burk
Louisville
L. A. Donald
Fairfield
Shelbyville
Sixth and
Jefferson Streets
Pleasant Unthank Named Entry Clerk in House Post Office
Richmond Indiana Sept 3 Pleasant Unthank son of Sheriff Charles R Unthank has been chosen for the entry clerk post in the House of Representatives Washington DC, a position previously held by Wilfred Jessup of Richmond. Appointment comes through Ran.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Pleasant Unthank
Charles R. Unthank
House of Representatives
Washington
Wilfred Jessup
Ran
Local News Briefs From Indiana Coalitions And Industry
Peruvian reports note Henry Myers a former city firefighter found dead on a Monday street due to alcohol. Knights of Pythias gathered for annual picnics with next year planned in Greentown. Canton Tableware Glass Factory awarded to George Brakeman of Anderson, costing 40000 dollars and to open manufacture by year’s start. Adam Krill named superintendent. Amboy oil prospectors formed by Han P Bold and George Rettig, Rettig owning 1.20 acres. Bearss Hotel changes ownership. Joseph Andres and Joseph Bergman to take over. Muncie hosts a new ice-making company with stockholders Forbis Whiteley. Greenville factory to start March 1, 1903, on South Plum by L E W Railroad, capacity fifty tons daily.
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Marion
Knights of Pythias
Greentown
Converse
Swayzee
George Brakeman
Anderson
Canton
Adam Krill
Peru
Han P. Bolds
George Rettig
Amboy
Rettig
Bearss Hotel
Joseph Andres
Joseph Bergman
Muncie
M. H. Forbis
Clay Whiteley
Indianapolis
George Whiteley
Greenville
South Plum Street
Test of Prosperity and Job Advertisements in 1896 1902
The article compares help wanted and situations wanted ads in major papers during the Gorman Wilson and Dingley tariffs. It notes more jobs than job seekers in 1902, with hundreds of newspaper ads across the country signaling a labor shortage, while some papers advocate free trade.
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Boston Journal
New York Herald
New York
American Economist
United States
Seattle
San Francisco
Examiner
West
Lodge
Portland
Five Arrests Tied to Mail Carrier Robbery Case
St Louis detectives report five arrests linked to the December 17 191 robbery of Oscar Koelling a mail carrier. Confessions from two convicts now serving seven year sentences at Jefferson City penitentiary reveal involvement by Jack Fickler Tom Conniff Jerry Kahler Jerry Creedon and Emma Higgins. The pouch contained 1800 in cash and valuables later burned after the gang fled to Emma Higgins house and Kahler's saloon. Investigators seek two additional suspects unnamed.
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ST. Louis
Jefferson City
Dice
Oscar Koelling
Jack Fickler
Tom Conniff
City Register
Jerry Kahler
Jerry Creedon
Emma Higgins
Conniff
Kahler
Kahler Paearee
Bond
Fickler
Creedon
Higgins
Hugh O'Neill
Walter McNamara
John Durney
Durney
Koelling
Fourth Street
Saoon
Advertising saves merchants from ruin says Philadelphia man
An old time business leader in Philadelphia asserts that broader advertising knowledge has driven a sharp drop in mercantile failures. He cites several firms saved from ruin by vigorous campaigns and argues for continued promotion of advertising as a business safeguard.
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Philadelphia
Conversation on fault and acknowledgment in marriage
Dialogues reveal a husband who accepts his mistakes immediately while noting his wife would resist admitting fault. The exchange highlights differing patterns of accountability within a marriage and the humor in mutual acknowledgment.
Warning on Education Bill and taxes by Sir Michael Hicks Beach
Sir Michael Hicks Beach warned rate payers that there must be no outbreaks against the education bill and its taxes. He urged no more threats and said Parliament would move authorities who refuse to pay rates. He faulted the War Office for rising costs and called for military reforms while noting his retention as MP for West Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Michael Hicks- Beach
Bristol
Michael
Sir Michael
War Office
Sudan
Westristo
Fighting in Albania and Belgrade reported in Europe Turkey
Fighting between Turkish regulars and Albanians is reported from Mitrovitza. Turkish forces shelled and burned the Albanian villages of Koprin and Bahronitch. Albanians oppose a Russian consul appointment, leading to clashes with Turkish troops.
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Belgrade
Servia
Mlitrowitza
Turkey
Koprin
Bahronitch
Mitrovitza
Insurrection Breaks Out in Macedonian Province
Sofia reports a rebellion led by Jankoff, a former Bulgarian colonel, with 3000 fighters in bands across Kastro ria Vodena Guerguelli and Neglena. A provisional government forms as rail and telegraph lines are cut. Constantinople notes 38 militia battalions called to duty across Salonica Monastir and Uskub to confront Bulgarian rebels.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Macedonian Revolutionary Committee
Macedonia
Jankoff
Kastoria
Vodena
Guerguelli
Neglena
Constantinople
Salonica
Monastir
Uskub
ANOTHER IRISH CAMPAIGN BEGINS AS REDMOND CALLS MEETING
Dublin reports John Redmond chairing Nationalist MPs to plan the session. Bishop Patrick O Donnell and Stephen O Mara with Redmond as trustees urge immediate generous contributions to fuel the United Irish League against landlords and castle powers. Redmond Dillon and Davitt expected to sail for the United States to attend the national convention in Boston opening in October.
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Dublin
John Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
Redmond
Raphoe
Patrick O'Donnell
Stephen O'Mara
National Defense Fund
United Irish League
Dillon
Davitt
United States
United Irish Aare
Boston
Irish People editors jailed for two months on Intimidations charge
Dublin report says Timothy McCarthy editor and Thomas McDwyer manager of the Irish People were tried under the crimes act for publishing Intimidations and sentenced to two months imprisonment each. They gave notice of appeal.
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Dublin
Timothy McCarthy
Thomas McDwyer
The
Irish People
Eal
Duke denies price hikes for new Anglo American Tobacco link
J B Duke president of the American Tobacco Company, soon to head the British American Tobacco Company Limited, denied plans to raise prices for excess profits. He said the Ogdens bonus ends with the last quarterly installment and no further payments will be made. He attributed low English tobacco use to high duties and argued that tax cuts could triple revenues.
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London
J. B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
British-American Tobacco Company, Limited
New Tobacco Alliance
Ogden
Duke
Ogdens, Limited
England
United States
Sicily Storm Toll Rises With 9, 75 Bodies Found
Reports from Rome indicate nine bodies recovered at Modica and seventy five at Scicli after Sunday’s storm. The catastrophe unroofed most houses in Catania, with torrential rain and violent winds causing extensive damage and telegraphic outages.
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Rome
Modica
Scicli
Sicily
Catania
Naples
Sicily Storm Relief Funds Aid Homeless Families
After disasters in Sicily, 10,000 people are left homeless as rail and harbor services are disrupted. King Victor Emmanuel sends 10,000 dollars for relief to victims' families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Victor Emmanuel
Epidemic cholera data from Egypt shows declineea
London reports 4421 fresh cholera cases and 382 deaths in the week ending. Sir H Pinching says the epidemic is rapidly declining and should cease in epidemic form by the end of October. Large towns have remained largely free from the outbreak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Egypt
H. Pinching
Typhoon Hits Yokohama Deeply, Waves Drown Hundreds
A severe typhoon swept Yokohama with several steamers driven ashore and later refloated. A tidal wave hit the Odawara district, sweeping away homes. It is feared many fishermen are dead and about five hundred people have drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Hore
Odawara
Tung-Chou college reopened after massacre in 1900
In Chi-Li province the college at Tung-Chou, destroyed in 1900 during the Boxer uprising when 145 Christians were killed, reopened yesterday. Forty-eight officials attended with 8,000 Chinese residents, many of whom had been Boxers, joining the opening ceremonies and presenting congratulatory gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Tung- Chou
Chi-Li
Tung-Chou
Restoration of Peking Shan Hai Kwan Railroad Agreed
The restoration of the Peking Shan Hai Kwan Railroad is completed with allied consent. Guards opening the line from Peking to the sea will be retained indefinitely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Peking, Shan & Hai- Kwan
Cranbrook tablet honors Rev. W. Eddy memory in Kent
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Temple unveiled a tablet and three windows in Cranbrook parish church Kent. They were erected by R H Eddy of Boston Massachusetts to honor the memory of the Rev W Eddy who served as vicar from 1589 to 1616.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Queen Christine Marie Said to Marry Her Master of the Horse
A Madrid dispatch reports Queen Christine Marie mother of King Alfonso wed Sue De La Escosura her master of the horse while in Austria recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Madrid
Christine Marie
Alfonso
Sue de la Escosura
Austria
Beresford to Command the Channel Squadron
London reports Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford now in the United States will likely command the British channel squadron. Sir Marcus Samuel elected lord mayor of London for the ensuing year, succeeding Sir Joseph C. Dimsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Daily Express
Lord Charles Beresford
United States
Marcus Samuel
Joseph Cc. Dimsdale
Immigration discussed at Ottawa conference on undesirable immigrants
Franklin B. Sargent commissioner general of immigration of the United States met Dominion officials at Ottawa to discuss the disposal of immigrants landing in Canada who later reach the United States. Frank Pedley Canadian immigration superintendent said steps have been taken under the last Parliament act to turn back objectionable immigrants to their points of embarkation for immediate return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Frank B. Sargent
United States
Frank Pedley
Mr. Sargent
Embarka
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Indianapolis Business College
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Horse Thief Detective Association
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Henry Myers
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Beach Sounds
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