Sunday law crackdown hits Terre Haute with mass arrests
Terre Haute reports 37 arrests as strict Sunday closing enforcement closes most businesses. Hotels, restaurants, drug stores, and news stands stay open. bakeries connected to Gerhardt, Miller, Parrott, and National Biscuit firms were shut and men promised for Monday court. One man jailed for shoe shining, another for washing a buggy at a livery.
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Terre Haute
Gerhardt, Miller, Parrott
National Biscuit Company
Murder Suicide in Windsor Barn Tragedy
William Templin, a laborer from Windsor, killed his divorced wife with an ax then shot her twice before taking his own life with the revolver in a barn at her home. The deceased woman had gone to the barn for a bucket of coal when Templin is believed to have been concealed inside.
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Parker
William Templin
Windsor
Templin
Governor Hanly to call special session in Indiana
Indiana Governor Hanly plans a special legislative session to impeach Secretary of State Storms, push a two cent streetcar fare bill, and seek interest on funds held by state officials. He aims to act before the Republican state convention in April and rally support for his agenda despite opposition from many legislators.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
Plan Harrison Monument at University Park
One of four designs for the monument to the late president Harrison by Charles Niehaus of New York was selected by the Benjamin Harrison monument commission. The statue will stand in University Park near the former campaign address site, showing the ex president standing before a chair and addressing an audience.
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Plan Harrison
Indianapolis
Harrison
Charles Niehaus
New York
Benjamin Harrison
University Park
Stanning
Cheap gas for Indianapolis
The U S circuit court of appeals in Chicago has affirmed a decision enabling the Citizens’ Gas Company to obtain the Consumers’ Gas mains. Subscriptions to the new company’s stock are rolling in hourly as it plans to supply fuel gas at 60 cents per 1000 cubic feet under the ordinance.
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Indianapolis
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Citizens’ Company
Consumers’ Gas Company
Fire in Washington causes $6500 in damages
Two fires in Washington city caused property losses estimated at 6500. Murphy block suffered 1000 damage to buildings and Len L Wheeler's shoe store 4000 while J E Bowman's restaurant 300 and Padgett and Padgett's law office 100 were noted. Pra ter's feed store was totally destroyed.
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Washington
Murphy
Len L. Whettell
J. E. Bowman
Padgett & Padgett
William Prater
Socialist Leader Fined Over School Attendance
Evansville reports William Rudolph a well known local socialist leader was fined in court for failing to send his son to the public school. Rudolph said his noncompliance stemmed from belief that public schools teach history harmful to socialism.
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Evansville
William Rudolph
Rudolph
Foretold Day of His Death in Evansville
James Ward had not predicted his death and fulfilled a birthday prophecy last Thursday. He died in the house where he was born in Evansville.
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Evansville
James Ward
River Flood Diversion Plan Aims To Save Crops
Laporte Large owners along the Kankakee river propose diverting flood waters into the Tippecanoe river to achieve quicker discharge and avert much crop damage.
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Laporte
Kankakee
Tippecanoe River
Secret Divorce Shocks City Officials In Michigan
Judge Righter secretly grants an absolute divorce to Rosa Krueger wife of Martin T. Krueger four times mayor of Michigan City. Decree issued in half an hour, papers removed to keep it quiet as defendant leaves for Mexico. Cruelty cited. children awarded to wife with 18 000 dollars and home valued at 5 000 dollars as support.
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Laporte
Sporte
Michigan City
Judge Righter
Rosa Krueger
Martin T. Krueger
Indiana
Mexico
Farmers' Congress Meets in Indiana State House
The Indiana State Farmers Congress convened Tuesday and Wednesday in the state house. Gov J Frank Hanly missed the address due to east lectures. May or Charles A Bookwalter welcomed attendees. Leroy Templeton and Ellis House responded. Joshua Strange gave the annual address. J J Gillett spoke on parale and pardon of prisoners.
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Indianapolis
State Farmers’ Congress
State House
J. Frank Hanly
Congress
Charles A. Bookwalter
Leroy Templeton
Ellis House
Bicknell
Joshua Strange
Marion
J. J. Gillett
LaGrange
Death Reveals Dual Life in Southern State
South Bend reports the death of B. B. Weed in Fayetteville North Carolina uncovers a double life. His wife from Jackson Michigan learned of missed remittances and traveled south to investigate finding him dead and a separate Mrs. Weed holding a large estate with a turpentine distilling plant. The first Mrs. Weed claims legal marriage rights and vows to contest the estate.
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South Bend
B. B. Weed
Fayetteville
N. C
Evansville Pioneer William W Tileston Dies at 81
Evansville resident William W Tileston aged 81 dies after two months illness. Immediate cause nephritis. Survived by wife Mrs. Fred A Bangs of Chicago and three children Dr. H. I. Tileston of Louisville William M. Tileston of Vincennes Ind and Mrs James A McCoy of New Mexico.
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Evansville
Wiliam W. Tileston
Fred A. Bangs
Chicago
Stolen Records Reported in Murder Case
Bedford Dr Oliver M McLachlin says records and documents from the Schafer murder investigation were taken from his office about a week ago during the examining trial of Frank Evans and Elmer Browning. The theft concerns evidence memoranda and other materials.
Another Coal Merger In Indiana And Illinois
Terre Haute reports the Deering Coal company merging with Consolidated Indiana Coal to form a single company. The two groups control mines in Indiana and Illinois and the merged properties are valued at about 2.02 million dollars.
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Terre Haute
Deering Coal Company
Indiana
Illinois
Consolidated Indiana Coal Company
Wyman Buys Site for Y W C A Home in South Bend
George Wyman a leading merchant buys a site for the South Bend Young Woman's Christian Association at 10925 dollars and plans a new home costing about 50600 dollars with immediate erection to begin.
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South Bend
George Wyman
Prison escape thwarted in county jail by Sheriff Mahoney
In Boonville coroner Baughn holds Wesley Williams for the Leigh murder. Michigan City reports the death of Mrs. Arthur Bennett formerly Jessie Vail on the Bahrein islands. Warsaw announces Republican district convention set for March 15. Bloomington mentions the Monon train killing six horses and a mule near the city. Peters burg notes the Orwell M E church fire causing $8000 loss. Valparaiso records Dr E F Yohn 42 dead from poisoning linked to a patient. Boonville lists Billieah McNeely 92
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Huntington
Mahoney
Boonville
Baughn
Leigh
Wesley Williams
James Leigh
Michigan City
Arthur Bennett
Jessie Vail
Bahrein Islands
Persian Gulf
Warsaw
Thirteenth
Indiana
Bloomington
Monon
Jacob Forney
Petersburg
Orwell
Pike County
Valparaiso
E. F.yohn
Biljah
Invitations Limited For Miss Roosevelt Wedding
Washington February 10 The White House released a statement from President Roosevelt explaining invitations to Miss Eleanor Roosevelt's wedding will be limited to closest kin personal friends of Miss Roosevelt and Mr Longworth and certain Washington officials. No friends of the President or Mrs Roosevelt are invited unless they fit these classes and even then attendance may exceed capacity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Miss Roosevelt
Longworth
Longworth Ill Ahead of Roosevelt Wedding
Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, fiance of Miss Alice Roosevelt, is ill at his mother's home in Washington. His condition is not serious and he is expected to recover with rest and medical care after a fever and tonsil swelling followed a cold.
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Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Alice Roosevelt
Longworth
House of Representatives
Mob attacks jail to lynch suspect in Mrs. Smith murder
In Gadsden Alabama on February 12 twenty four masked men overpowered the sheriff and jailer and took Bunkie Richardson from the jail. He was taken to a bridge over the Coosa river where the mob executed him. Four alleged accomplices faced death sentences with one reprieved to life imprisonment by Governor Jess Kell.
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Gadsden
Ala
Bunkie Richardson
Sarah Smith
Louisville & Nashville
Coosa River
Cummins Announces Republican Gubernatorial Run
Governor A B Cummins confirms he will seek the Republican nomination for Iowa governor this year. He says he will explain his reasons in a later letter to Iowa Republicans. The contest will pit George D Perkins of Sioux City against Cummins across the state with vigorous campaigning.
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Register and Leader
Iowa
Republican Party of
George D. Perkins
Sioux City
Air Cummins
Illinois Supreme Court Denies Sunday Closing Petition
The Illinois Supreme Court rejected a motion to file a writ to force Mayor Dunne of Chicago to enforce Sunday closing law on saloons. The court said it lacked jurisdiction, ending the Chicago Sunday Closing league’s challenge alleging oath violation for permitting Sunday openings.
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Chicago
Illinois Sun Ppreme
Springfield
Dunne
Chicago Sunday Closing League
Fire Rips Shamokin Business Block Causing Major Loss
Heavy blaze gut two four story brick structures in Shamokin Pennsylvania destroying the heart of the business district Thursday night. Estimated loss runs to 180000 with insurance coverage of 75000.
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Shamokin
Root moves to reorganize State Department on business lines
Secretary Root plans a swift overhaul of the state department and consular service to cut red tape. He advocates dismissing inefficient clerks and hiring a corps of capable staff, with two top aides studying methods. An annual $40,000 emergency clerks fund is revealed.
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Washington
Root
State Department
Secretary of State
House
Hoch Murder Case Ends as Rehearing Denied
The Illinois Supreme Court in Springfield denied Hochs rehearing request for his appeal in the wife murder case. Unless Gov. Deneen grants another reprieve Hoch faces execution February 23 for the killing of his wife Amelia Fischer Hoch. The case, long a dramatic fight for life in Cook County records, nears final resolution.
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Chicago
Supreme Court of Finois
Springfield
Johann Hoch
Amelia Fischer Hoch
Deneen
Hoch
Cook County
Four Southern Railway workers killed in Greensboro accident
Official report from Washington dated February 12 states four Southern Railway employees were killed in an early Sunday morning wreck at Greensboro North Carolina. The incident occurred near the Greensboro yard and prompted company offices to confirm the fatalities.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Greensboro
Ne .C
Miners Begin Strike in Western Pennsylvania Coal Fields
Ten thousand miners in Clearfield and Jefferson Coal and Iron mines at Yatesboro Helvetia and Sykesville join a strike ordered by union leaders. Two thousand railroad workers and five hundred shop workers are also out, with coal shipments halted and mass meetings held in Reynoldsville and Punxsutawney as the wider dispute threatens a general stoppage.
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Pittsburg
Clearfield and Jefferson Coal & Iron Company
Yatesboro
Helvetia
Sykesville
Pennsylvania
Reynoldsville
Punxsutaway
Johnstown
Dayton Poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar Dies at --
Dayton, February 10. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, renowned poet of the negro race, died at his home after a long illness. Born in Dayton on June 27, 1872, he began writing young and produced 21 books, with notable works including When Malindy Sings. He is survived by his mother, his wife, and two half brothers in Chicago. Burial planned at Woodland Cemetery next week with many notable attendees expected.
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Dayton
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Mr. Dunbar
Steele High School
Malindy
Malinda
Chicago
Woodland Cemetery
Hepburn bill passes House 346 to 7 on railroad rates
The House approved the Hepburn railroad rate bill by 346 to 7. It authorizes the ICC to investigate alleged unreasonable rates, set a just and remunerative maximum, with a 30 day implementation and three year rate duration. The measure includes defining railroad and transportation to cover auxiliaries, expanded publicity, new bookkeeping rules, a seven member commission, and higher salaries.
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Washington
House
Hepburn Railroad
Littlefield, McCall
Perkins
Sibley
Southwick
Vreeland
Weeks
Hepburn
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
May Not Be Rebuilt In Littleton After Devastating Fire
New Martinsville West Virginia February 12 Littleton suffered a major blaze that destroyed 60 buildings and left about 1000 residents homeless. Sufferers consider relocating as National Guard tents replace former homes. Mayor Bradley clashed with a saloon owner after a raid, as fire origin cited to two Crow youths playing with matches.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Littleton
Bradley
Harry Crow
National Guard
Dawson
Coffin Smashed In Wreck Of Wisconsin Central Train
Milwaukee Feb 12 A Wisconsin Central limited train derailed over a 15 foot embankment near Theresa. Mrs Fred Schumacher of Medford was torn from her coffin and thrown with relatives into a ditch. Six coaches went over the embankment risking 25 lives. six passengers were bruised and a dining car cook was possibly fatally injured. The wreck was caused by a broken wheel on the engine.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Central Limited
Theresa
Fred Schumacher
Medford
Chicago
Tragedy in Detroit as Witt Kills Family Then Ends Life
In Detroit on February 12 John Witt aged 28 killed his four year old child and wounded his father in law August Whiting with a gun. He also shot his mother in law Mrs Whiting in the shoulder and then killed himself after the spree. He had been separated from his wife.
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Michigan
Detroit
Mich
John Witt
August Whiting
Mrs. Whiting
Witt
Lincoln Birthday Observed Across United States
Cincinnati report notes Methodists nationwide on Sunday celebrated the ninety seventh anniversary of Lincoln's birthday. Epworth societies marked the observance with services and related activities across communities.
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Lincoln
Cincinnati
United States
Riot at Lithuanian church shocks Chicago crowd
A mob of about 2000 attacked the Union Street parish house of Father Stefanowicz at noon, wounding four and injuring nearly 100. Police dispersed the riot after an hour. 16 suspects were jailed as tension rose from six weeks of conflicts over the priest and new trustees appointed by Archbishop Quigley.
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Chicago
Union
Eighteenth
Stefanowicz
Maxwell
Canalport
Tvve
Quigley
Chicago Archdiocesan Synod
Train Strikes Trolley Car in Chicago Killing Two
A Pennsylvania suburban train collided with an east-bound South Chicago City railway street car at One Hundred and Sixth Street early today. Two women were killed and ten people injured. The theater train from Union Station left at 11 34 p m. Engineer E Mack and conductor Roy James were aboard. The engine and one coach derailed and the street car was demolished. Engineer Mack was slightly injured.
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Chicago
One Hundred and Sixth Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Chicago City Railway
Pennsylvania
Union Station
Roy James
E. Mack
Mack
Generous Gift From New York Millionaire to Chicago Hospital
James Henry Smith with an estimated fortune of 50 million dollars donated 500000 dollars to St Luke s hospital in Chicago. The funds will finance a memorial for his late uncle George H Smith a pioneer banker who died in London in 1900.
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Chicago
James Henry Smith
New York
St. Luke’s Hospital
George H. Smith
London
Fourteen Remain Trapped After Mine Explosion in West Virginia
In Hinton West Virginia on February 10 31 men were in the Rarall mine near Oak Hill Fayette county when the explosion struck Thursday. Eleven were rescued alive with several badly hurt and two likely dead. fourteen remained underground.
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Hinton
W. Va
Rarall
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Lkely
Miners Found Dead After Parrall Mine Trap Opens
In Charleston West Virginia on February 12 searchers uncovered a trap in the Parrall mine revealing 15 more dead. Rescue teams reported grim findings as the disaster widened, with authorities confirming the updated death toll and ongoing investigations.
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Charleston
Parrall
Lincoln Day Banquets Honor Lincoln Across Cities
In Pittsburg Maine congressman Charles E Littlefield Eugene N Foss of Boston Joseph H Gaines and Brig Gen John A Johnston spoke at a Merchants and Manufacturers banquet. In New York the Republican Club held its twentieth annual dinner with Gen Henry E Tremain as toastmaster and tributes to Lincoln. In Washington Burnside Post No 8 celebrated Lincoln's birthday with addresses by Rep Graff and Rev H N Couden, noting Roosevelt could not attend and letters from Fairbanks Cannon and Schley were read.
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Pittsburg
Charles E. Littlefield
Maine
Eugene N. Foss
Boston
Joseph H. Gaines
West Virginia
John A. Johnston
U. SA
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Lincoln
James F. Burke
New York
Republican Club of
Waldorf-Astoria
Henry Edwin Tremain
Abraham Lincoln
Horace Porter
Republican Party
J. S. Fassett
United States
James T. McCleary
Minnesota
Washington
Congregational Church
Burnside Post No. 8
Department of the Potomac
Grand Army of the Republic
Representative Graff
Illinois
H. N. Couden
House of Representatives
Tasker
Roosevelt
Fire kills four in Portland east Morrison district
A blaze in Portland Oregon at the east end of the Morrison street bridge destroyed the Mount Hood saloon and a lodging house. Four people died including watchman Nathaniel P. Young who perished saving horses. Dozens injured and many missing as the fire caused $50 000 in losses.
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Portland
Ore
Morrison Street
Willamette River
Nathaniel P. Young
Joldie Dailey
East Side Transfer Company
Young
Transfer Company
Fames
Root Urges Military Precautions Over China Crisis
Secretary Root argues the United States must prepare for possible emergency actions in China to protect American life and property. He has informed congressional members that military measures may be required as anti foreign sentiment and boycotts grow despite viceroy proclamations.
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Washington
China
Root
Orient
Tait
Man Crushed Under Falling Weight in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on February 13 Peter Heinzelman was working to steady a pile when a suspended weight fell and crushed his head, leaving him fatally injured. The report notes the accident occurred during the shifting of the load.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Peter Heinzelman
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