State Railways Combine Form Indiana Holding Company
Indianapolis Tribune reports the Terre Haute Indianapolis & Eastern Traction company forms a holding with 25 million in stock and 10 million in bonds to control 263 miles of Indiana interurban lines. It plans to lease Terre Haute properties from Stone & Webster for 99 years and create through service with Indiana Columbus & Eastern Railway.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company
Philadelphia Syndicate
Hugh J. McGowan
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Company
Indiana Syndicate
Indianapolis & Northwestern
Indianapolis & Western
Indianapolis Coal Traction
Plainfield
Indianapolis & Martinsville
Indianapolis & Eastern
Richmond Street & Interurban Company
Indiana Union Traction Company
Evansville
South Bend
Terre Haute Traction & Light Company
City
Terre Haute
Clinton
Brazil
Sullivan
Stone & Webster Syndicate
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern
Indiana
Indiana Columbus & Eastern Railway Company
Ohio
Jail for Clever Swindler Weil Sentenced in Indiana
Edward Nathan Weil alias E N Wilson, a noted forger and swindler, was sentenced to an indeterminate term of two to 14 years in the Indiana state prison and fined 1000 for passing forged checks using the name Marcus Henoch. He has previously served two terms in Joliet, with ties claimed to a prominent Jewish family in Chicago and New York.
Youth No Bar to Engineer in Laporte Appointment
South Bend's George Burns, 22, son of the late Senator A. M. Burns, named Laporte city engineer by Mayor Lemuel Darrow. He will begin April 1 and is said to be the youngest city engineer in Indiana and the region. He studied at home and never attended college, having once served as a state senate page.
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South Bend
George Burns
A. M. Burns
Laporte
Lemuel Darrow
Burns
Indiana
Young Burrs
State Senate
Factory Girls on Strike in Elkhart Skirt Factory
Seventeen young women at the Diamond Skirt company in Elkhart go on strike demanding a nine hour day. A grievance committee from Gross & Frohman offices delivered an ultimatum in regulation style. With no formal organization, the workers vow to stick together after their demand was refused.
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Elkhart
Diamond Skirt Company
Gross & Frohman
James Oliver Near Death in Indiana
South Bend reports James Oliver a plowmaker and wealthiest Hoosier is critically ill with acute Brights disease and complications. He suffered a sinking spell but rallied and Saturday improved enough to drink part of a cup of coffee.
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James Oliver
South Bend
Indiana
Bright
Barneys Trial Opens Over Missing Insurance Funds
The Elkhart circuit hears Rich ard C C Barney accused of subornation of perjury. He must explain the disappearance of 150000 dollars from the treasury of the American Mutual Insurance Society.
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South Bend
Richard CC. Barney
Elkhart
American Mutual Insurance Society
Post Office Safe Looted at Waveland
The Waveland post office was dynamited and robbed for the second time in two years. A sum of money and the stamp stock were taken. No one in the village heard the explosion and it was found the next morning by a property owner.
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Crawfordsville
Waveland
Woman chokes to death eating apple in Fort Wayne
Mrs Frederick Ge bert, wife of a well known farmer from St Joseph township, choked while eating an apple in Fort Wayne.
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Fort Wayne
Frederick Gebert
St. Joseph ‘Township
Woman Delivers Severe Beating to Porter County Lawyer
Rodney Kitchen, a Porter county attorney, was heavily struck by a woman in his office amid a dispute over leaking personal information. The assailant landed a right fist to the nose, a left to the eye, and an uppercut on the jaw, knocking him down. No prosecution will follow.
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Kitchen
Error in deeds costs Bedford land investors
Bedford J E Henderson and Henry J Zollman bought 3000 acres of Texas oil land and formed Bedford Land & Oil Company to develop the field. A stenographic error in the deed misdescribed an undivided one half interest, causing losses to local promoters as heirs of a former owner contest the sale.
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Bedford
J. E. Henderson
Henry J. Zollman
Texas Oil
Bedford Land & Oil Company
Ice Cream Challenge Ends With Illness In Hartford City
In an ice cream eating contest two high school students Fred Stuart and Harry Templeton each consumed 16 dishes over a three hour event held in an uptown soda parlor. Templeton won by finishing his 16th dish while Stuart halted at halfway. The loser paid the bill. A local physician called the feat remarkable for its potential danger.
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Hartford City
Fred Stuart
Harry Templeton
Templeton
Stuart
Uptown
Veterans Protest Over Lawton Monument Date
Indianapolis veterans protest Governor Hanly and the Lawton monument commission as the Lawton monument unveiling is set for Memorial Day. Admiral George Brown, retired, failed to secure a meeting with the governor and threatens to write to the president with G A R objections.
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Indianapolis
Lawton Monument Commission
Gov
Hanly
Lawton Monument
Admiral George Brown
Admiral Brown
Will Defy State Law By High School Secret Society Letter
Tot Rogers, business manager of the official paper of the Kappa Alpha Phi high school fraternity in Columbus, states Bloomington plans to continue as if the new state law against high school secret societies does not exist.
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Columbus
Tot Rogers
Kappa Alpha Phi
Bloomington
G A R Barred from One Cent Fare at Fort Wayne
Indianapolis F C Donald commissioner of the Central Passenger association informs state department officials that the usual one cent rate for the state G A R encampment at Fort Wayne cannot be granted due to the two cent fare law set to take effect in April.
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Indianapolis
F. C. Donald
Central Passenger Association
State Department
Fort Warne
Train Derails Westbound From Avon Embankment
Train No 11 on the Big Four St Louis division crashed two miles from Avon as seven passengers were injured. Engineer Greg Ory was killed, the engine left the track and toppled three coaches down a 20 foot embankment while gravel used for a new switch contributed to the accident.
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Danville
St. Louis
Big Four Railroad
Indianapolis
Avon
Gregory
Fall of Tegucigalpa Hints End of Central American War
Santos Ramirez reports Choluteca captured and President Bonilla fled by boat. Nicaragua claims combined Honduran Salvadorean forces defeated and Tegucigalpa to fall soon. Ramirez and Foreign Affairs officials in Washington deem the war practically ended with Bonilla on the run.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Gulf of Fonseca
Vasquez
Washington
Bonilla
Corea
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
James
Choluteca
San Lorenzo
Gen. Ramirez
Conflagration Destroys Iron ton Lumber Plant
A major blaze at the Ironton Lumber Company plant in Ironton Ohio caused about 100000 dollars in damage. The mill and surrounding lumber piles burned. several frame houses on Fifth Street were consumed as wind driven embers spread the fire.
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Ironton
Ohio
Ironton Lumber Company
Fifth Street
W. P. Lewis
Fred Henschell
H. H. Campbell
Mat Anderson
John B. Stroebel
Leonard Hoffman
Dam and Power House Sunk. Iowa Project Lost Fifty Thousand
Decorah Iowa report of the Upper Iowa Power company dam and power house seven miles east of town sinking into the river causing a loss of 50000 dollars. The incident interrupts power generation and highlights the vulnerability of early hydro constructions.
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Decorah
Upper Iowa Power Company
France Gains Siamese Provinces in Franco-Siamese Treaty
The Franco-Siamese treaty signed Sunday grants France control of three rich provinces Battanabong Hangkok and Sisophon totaling about 12 600 square miles. The agreement reshapes Siamese territorial boundaries and reinforces Franco Siamese relations.
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France
Bangkok
Siam
Battanabong
Hangkok
Sisophon
Sanderson Found Not Guilty in Dr. Meredith Murder
In Carthage Missouri on January first, the jury acquitted Arthur Sanderson of the murder of Dr. Solomon D. Meredith after a jury trial. The verdict was delivered Sunday evening, concluding the Carthage case.
Trains Crash Kills Students Near Claremont
A special train filled with intercollegiate students collided head on with the outbound Overland Limited in Los Angeles. Six students died and 17 were injured as engines and cars were demolished. Officials blame disobedience of orders by engineer Kelly of the limited. He said he had not read his orders before departing.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Claremont
Kelly
Maxim unveils fuse to pierce steel armor
New York. Hudson Maxim, inventor of explosives, says he has perfected a safety detonating fuse after ten years of work. The device allows a steel shell to explode exactly behind armor, regardless of thickness, signaling a alleged final victory of steel shell over steel armor. He announced this at a dinner for Sir Percy Sanderson.
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New York
Hudson Maxim
Mr. Maxim
Percy Sanderson
Marines Landed To Protect American Interests In Central America
Washington reports Bluejackets and marines have landed from the US gunboat Marietta at Trujillo and Seiba and possibly at Puerto Cortez Honduras to safeguard American interests. Advices were received by the navy department from Commander Fullam and sent to the state department. Diplomats foresee possible joint US Mexico intervention amid the Central American war threat.
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Washington
United States
Marietta
Trujillo
Seiba
Puerto Cortez
Honduras
Navy Department
Fullam
State Department
Mexico
Central America
Burton to Publish Newspaper Recounting Case in Serial
Ironton Missouri former Kansas United States senator Joseph Ralph Burton, freed after six months for grafting before a government department, plans a newspaper to serialize the history of his case. He says the paper will publish truthfully and discuss overlooked issues in government while he travels toward Abilene Kansas with his niece Dorothy Mitchell.
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Ironton
Joseph Ralph Burton
Kansas
St. Louis
Burton
Blood Flows in Moldavia Amid Agrarian Unrest Across Region
Telegraphic reports from Czernowitz describe widespread devastation in northern Moldavia with 400 farms destroyed and 10 000 Jews rendered homeless. About 85 dead and 150 wounded are tallied as peasants clash with troops in Vaslui and nearby villages, with plunder and arson recorded and several armed engagements leaving dozens dead on both sides.
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Vienna
Moldavia
Czernowitz
Austria
Michaileni
Vaslui
Jassy
Haltaneesti
Herlesti
Holcstein
Ninelusen
Piatra
Tainted hash kills veteran at National Soldiers Home
Leavenworth Kansas report says tainted hash poisoned 900 veterans at the National Soldiers' Home Saturday. One death: William J. Cook aged 64 of the Fourteenth Missouri cavalry. Widow resides in Mexico Missouri. About 75 veterans remain seriously ill but deaths unlikely.
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Leavenworth
Kan
National Soldiers’ Home
William J. Cook
Fourteenth Missouri Cavalry
Mexico
Bridge Builders Indicted In Territorial Pooling Scheme
Freeport Illinois prosecutors indict William H. Shons a wealthy bridge builder on conspiracy charges. The grand jury also charges Shons and his brother Homer with bribery. Indicted companies include a Clinton Indiana firm and a Madison Wisconsin resident, along with two road commissioners tied to a $12,000 contract awarded to Shons.
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Freeport
William H. Shons
Shons
Homer
Clinton
Madison
Wis
W. H. Shons
Big Plant Fire Devastates Bluff City Lumber Yard
A late Friday blaze in Pine Bluff destructive fire swept the Bluff City Lumber plant and nearby cottages. Loss estimated at 700000 to 750000 dollars as water pressure failed to control the flames and dynamite leveled several dwellings.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Bluff City Lumber Company
Portland to Probe Local Graft with $50,000 Fund
The Oregonian reports a $50,000 investigation fund to bring Francis J. Heney and Special Agent Burns to Portland Oregon to probe municipal graft. They will examine transactions from years past to the present under their searchlight. Details of the targeted transactions are not specified.
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Portland
Ore
The
Oregonian
Francis J. Heney
Burns
Fire destroys Spalding Sporting Goods shop in Chicago
Fire at A. G. Spalding & Bros. sporting goods store on Wabash avenue destroys stock valued at 350000 with total loss. Building worth 50000 ruins. Windsor Clifton Hotel briefly threatened. Elizabeth Jordan, a hotel operator, stayed at her post to evacuate guests.
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Chicago
A. G. Spalding & Bros
Wabash Avenue
Windsor-Clifton
Elizabeth Jordan
Roumanian Cabinet Resigns and Liberal Ministry Formed
Bucharest reports the conservative cabinet has resigned and a liberal ministry formed under President M Sturdza, with a former premier returning. Hope expressed that disorders in the country will soon end.
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Roumanian
Bucharest
M- Sturdza
Avalanche Buries Miners at Howe Mine
A deadly avalanche at the Howe Mine near Bellingham Washington traps miners. Rescue teams work through heavy snow as hopes for survivors fade. Authorities confirm casualties and ongoing efforts to recover the trapped workers.
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Bellingham
Wash
Sno
Eee
Howe
Kidnap Strikes British Consulate Area in Salonika
Robert Abbott, son of a wealthy British subject, was kidnaped on Sunday from his father's garden near the British consulate general in Salonika, European Turkey. The incident occurred in the vicinity of the consulate.
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Salonika
Turkey
Robert Abbott
Stevens Named Isthmian Canal Chairman April First
Washington April 1 Secretary Taft announced Lieut Col Goethals will succeed Mr Stevens as chairman of the Isthmian canal commission and engineer in charge of canal work on April 4. The appointment marks a key leadership change in the canal project.
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Stevens
Washington
Taft
Col. Goethals
Mr. Stevens
Lynching in Florence Alabama produces deadly mob attack
Cleve land Harding, a Black man, attempted rape near Florence. Mrs. Ben Rice and her husband, with 200 to 300 supporters, lynched him on Sunday, tying him to a tree and fatally shooting him after the initial confrontation with Rice.
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Alabama
Florence
Ala
Cleveland Harding
Ben Rice
Fire destroys Union Brewing and tenements in Minersville
A major blaze Sunday gutted the Union Brewing company plant at Minersville and several tenement houses of Wigmore Jones Reese and Shisaler. The estimated loss tops $100,000. Firefighters battled the flames for hours.
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Minersville
Pittsville
Union Brewing Company
Thomas ‘Wigmore
William Jones
George Reese
W. K. Shisaler
Minnersville
Hueston Still Pool Champion in World Final
Thomas Hueston of St Louis retains the world continuous pool championship after final night play against Jerome Keogh of Buffalo in New York.
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Hueston
New York
Thomas Hueston
St. Louis
Jerome Keogh
Buffalo
Capital Is Captured as Honduras Army Reorganized
President Zelaya reports Tegucigalpa fall to Nicaragua and Bonilla’s forces prepare prolonged resistance. Casualties, captured wounded and executions noted amid Central American war talks in Washington. Reports from Choluteca and San Marcos detail sackings and unrest affecting American interests.
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Washington
Senor Corea
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Bonilla
State Department
Phillip R. Brown
Guatemala
Central America
Creel
Corea
Root
Mexico
United States
Managua
Choluteca
Puerto Cortez
New Orleans
San Marcos
Morton Salt Block Burns at Hutchinson Kansas
The Morton Salt block owned largely by Joy Morton and Paul Morton was destroyed by fire Monday night. The loss includes two new 250000 dollar additions and a large quantity of refined salt, with damage potentially reaching 500000 dollars. Fire started from an exploding coal oil lamp and spread rapidly aided by a southwest wind.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Morton
Joy Morton
Paul Morton
Liability Act Upheld in Georgia Case
United States Judge Emory Speer in Macon upheld the constitutionality of the Employers' Liability Act in the Lucy Snead administratrix v Central of Georgia Railway case. He found Congress may regulate commerce to protect workers, aligning with national legislative authority against contrary rulings from judges in Louisville and Memphis.
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Macon
United States
Emory Speer Mondey
Lucy Snead
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Evans
Louisville
McCall
Memphis
Speer
Funeral of Gen Wint with military honors buried in Arlington
The body of Brig. Gen. Theodore J. Wint U S A formerly a commander of the Cuban army of pacification, who died in Philadelphia yesterday, received full military honors at Arlington and was buried on Monday.
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Washington
Theodore J. Wint
Long Terms for Murder Plea in St Louis
Monday William Robinson and Perry Smith pled guilty to murdering John H. M. Osborn a liveryman. They were sentenced to 99 years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
William Robinson
Perry Smith
John H. M. Osborn
Liveryman
Man Hangs Self on Louisville Train in Louisville
A white man, 35, identified as John Hippo, hanged himself in a toilet room on a Louisville and Nashville train bound from San Francisco to New York. He left a letter and carried $13.90 at the time of the incident early Monday morning in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Himeelfon
Montgomery
Ala
John Hippo
Louisville & Nashville
San Francisco
New
York
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Hoosier
State Railways Combine
Interurban
Texas Oil Land
J. R. Burton
Wirs. Burton
Dorothy Mitchell
Abilene, Kan
Oregon City
Spalding & Bros
Tegucigalpa 15
Gen. Wint
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