Suit for receivership over Consumers' Gas Trust Co.
Indianapolis business man Geo J Marott sues for a receiver for the Consumers Gas Trust Co and associated entities including the Eureka Investment Co and Indiana Trust Co officers. He alleges Frenzel interests manipulated stock to gain control and dispose of gas plant assets amid calls to convert to artificial gas.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Geo. J. Marott
Consumers’ Gas Trust Co
Eureka Investment Co
John Frenzel
Indiana Trust Co
Bement Lyman
Frenzels
Marott
College class fight leaves three injured in campus melee
In Crawfordsville Indiana on October 31 three students were seriously hurt in a campus melee between sophomores and freshmen. Arthur B. Stone of Goshen and Arthur Klein of Elkhart sustained ankle and rib injuries while W O Davis from Crawfordsville suffered a dislocated kneecap. The brawl lasted about an hour with over 100 students involved before classmates and physicians ferried the injured to rooms.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Seriane
Warrash College
Arthur B. Stone
Goshen
Arthur Klein
Elkhart
W. O. Davis
Ministers Form Society to End Sunday Funerals
Shelbyville Indiana ministers form a society to abolish Sunday funerals to free time for Sunday work. The rule excludes deaths from contagious diseases requiring immediate burial.
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Shelbyville Ind
Suspected Burglar Arrested in Terre Haute Case
Terre Haute Indiana police arrested a man calling himself A. W. Welker as a suspect in local burglaries. They have written to Shreve Ohio for information on his home. Earlier an arrest for drunkenness yielded the name Albert R. Rollins.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Po-Lce
A. W. Welker
Shreve
Wayne County
Albert R. Rollins
Railroad President Denies Purchase Report in Richmond
W A Bradford Jr president of the Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad Co said there is nothing to the report the road had been purchased by the C H D and there has been no negotiation. He spoke in Richmond October 30 denying any deal or talks about a sale.
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Bradford
Richmond
Ind
W. A. Bradford, Jr
Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad Co
Milan man sues for five thousand damages in court
J H Rogers of Milan Indiana sues Ed Holthouse in Dearborn county circuit court for 5000 damages. Rogers says his horse was frightened by Holhouse's automobile near Aurora and ran away. Mrs Rogers was dragged beneath the overturned buggy and badly hurt.
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Milan
Ind
J. H. Rogers
Ed Holthouse
Dearborn County
Rogers
Holhouse
Aurora
Widow Loses $1000 After 72 Cent Omission
In Vanderburgh County Indiana Mrs. Addie R. Marshall of Evansville must forfeit $1000 as her late husband failed to pay 72 cents to a fraternal insurance society. The county court ruling in her favor was reversed on appeal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Addie R. Marshall
Evansville
Vanderburg
Oil Well Fire at Baldwin Explodes Ignites Multiple Fatalities
From Fort Wayne Indiana reports detail a National Oil and Supply Co well near Baldwin exploding and catching fire. Driller Charley Jackway is burned fatally while Orrin Dickinson is fatally burned and supervisor R C Rhoads is seriously hurt. The well continues burning with periodic detonations and flames spanning hundreds of feet.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
National Oil and Supply Co
Lima
Baldwin
Ohio State Ne
Charley Jackway
Orrin Dickinson
R. C. Rhoads
Lve
Explosion Claims Seven at Roby Illinois Steel Works
Seven workers at the Illinois Steel Co. in Roby Indiana were killed by a premature dynamite blast. Officials reportedly withheld full facts, causing intense excitement in Roby and nearby Hammond as residents heard and felt the explosion for miles.
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South Bend
Ind
Illinois Steel Co
Roby
Hammond
Indian naturalist to lead East Africa exploration
Prof. Charles Barber of Laporte Indiana plans a year long expedition through unknown East African regions. He will study animal life and habits and hopes to return with new scientific information and many rare specimens.
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Laporte
Ind
Charles Barber
Indiana
East Africa
Africa
Father Fatally Wounds Son in Petersburg Row
Andrew K Hawkins and his son George argued Friday afternoon in Petersburg Indiana. George seized an ax to attack his stepmother, but Hawkins struck him with his fist and then with the ax on the back of the head, causing a fatal wound.
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Petersburg
Ind
Andrew K. Hawkins
George
Quail eating wager linked to ex city marshal death
Lawrenceburg Indiana October 29 ex city marshal John Huth died from a rare stomach disorder suffered after a wager fifteen quail in thirty three days according to doctors the feat allegedly triggered his fatal illness.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
John Huth
Woman Claims City Land Ownership From Dry Goods Box
Anna Hooker, an elderly woman living in a dry goods box near North and Rural streets, asserts she owns a large tract of valuable city land. Neighbors describe her as apparently insane but able to manage her affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Anna Hooker
Ohio Oil Co buys Eastern Oil holdings in Indiana
The Ohio Oil Co. purchased the holdings of the Eastern Oil Co. in Marion Indiana. The deal includes 80 producing wells and 1500 acres of leased grounds. The total consideration was 300000 dollars.
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Marion
Ind
Ohio Oil Co
Eastern Oil Co
Williamson rolls perfect game in local bowling match
E B Williamson of a South Bend bowling team rolled a perfect game Friday night in a regular contest scoring 12 strikes for a total of 200. The event occurred in South Bend Indiana on Friday night.
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South Bend
Ind
E. B. Williamson
Burglars Used Skeleton Keys In Walmart? No New Salem Topic
Burglars who robbed the Rushville area post office and James Mercer’s meat store at New Salem are believed to have used skeleton keys. The motive appears minor and local suspicion centers on home talent.
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Rushville
Ind
James Mercer
New Salem
Miss Iona Marshall Sues Traction Co for 2400 Damages
Richmond Indiana October 31 Miss Iona Marshall a prominent teacher sued the Dayton and Western Traction Co for 2400 damages claiming an overcharge in fare and ejectment from a car heading into court to seek compensation for the incident.
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Richmond
Ind
Iona Marshall
Dayton & Western Traction Co
Waylaid and Shot Armenian Leader in London Suburb
Sagatel Sagouni president of the Armenian revolutionary society in London was murdered in Nunhead on Monday night. The case appears political after prior assassinations of other officials linked to the society. Sagouni, a mining engineer who grew wealthy in the Caucasus, supported Armenian causes with charity funding. He moved to England from New York in 1902.
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London
Sagatel Sagouni
Armenian Revolutionary Society
Nunhead
Caucasus
Sagouni
England
New York
Navy Hospital Ship Need Endorsed In Surgeon General Report
Washington October 28 The annual report of Surgeon General Rixey to the secretary of the navy urges building two hospital ships at 1 630 000 each and a naval hospital at League Island. It also recommends a three week quarantine period for new recruits before joining naval forces to curb infectious diseases.
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Washington
Rixey
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Yard
League Island
Two Bodies Recovered During Des Moines Bridge Search
Des Moines police in a river search for Lilly Cole who leapt from the Walnut street bridge last Tuesday recovered her body and also a second body of an unknown man. The skull is crushed and investigators suspect the man may be a wealthy stockman named Jones missing from the city and once believed murdered for his money.
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Des Moines
Lilly Cole
Walnut Street
Jones
Tragedy on Wisconsin River In Bironham Crossing
A party of young people led by Carl Mails and including his sister Emma Nellie Olson and Henry Martin attempted to cross the Wisconsin River near Bironham in a small boat. The craft sank about 100 feet from shore and Emma Mails Carl Mails and Nellie Olson drowned.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Carl Mails
Emma
Nellie Olson
Henry Martin
Fred
Varnum Sherner
Wisconsin River
Bironham
Cured by Walking From San Francisco to New York
Charles E. Norris, nearly 60, walked 8,200 miles over two years from San Francisco to New York. He started frail with tuberculosis at 96 pounds, and upon arrival his lungs were sound and he weighed 137 pounds.
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New York
Charles E. Norris
San Francisco
Norris
Three More Indicted in Oregon Land Frauds
Secretary Hitchcock received word from Portland naming Emma L. Watson Guy Huff and Norman Williams as indicted in Oregon public land frauds. Watson faces conspiracy charges linked to Miss Ware, with Williams charged in a Nesbitt forgery case. Huff faces a separate forgery count. FIRINGS indicate broad irregularities in timber and stone act schemes and cross state land entries.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Portland
Ore
Emma L. Watson
Guy Huff
Norman Williams
Miss Ware
United States District Court For
Oregon
Williams
Nesbitt
Huff
Timber and Stone Act
Department
Pacific
Middle Western
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets Thanksgiving Day in 1903
President Theodore Roosevelt designates Thursday, November 26, as a day of general thanksgiving. He urges nationwide cessation of work, prayer in homes and worship places, and gratitude for peace, liberty, and prosperity during the era of the American republic. Secretary John Hay authenticates the proclamation.
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Washington
United States of America
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
John Hay
Secretary
Editor Horace Green and wife found dead in Chicago
Horace L. Green editor and publisher of the Tyee Thought Magazine and his wife were found dead in their Chicago bedroom from asphyxiation. Initial police ruled it a possible suicide but later developments suggested an accidental death.
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Chicago
Horace L. Green
Tyee Thought Magazine
Three Fall to Their Death at Power Plant
Three men were killed and five injured at the Canadian Niagara Power Company's plant in Niagara Falls Ontario when a work bucket overturned while being lowered into a shaft. The fall dropped 150 feet to the bottom of the pit.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara Power Company
Ont
Power Company
German American Bank President Dies After Operation
Minneapolis, Oct 31. George Huhn president of the German American Bank died Friday morning at Dr Abbott's hospital following an operation. He had been ill about four weeks and the procedure was done Wednesday. He leaves a wife and one son named George.
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Minneapolis
Minn
George Huhn
Dr.Abbott’s Hospital
Huhn
Tacoma cruiser shows strong contractor trial on San Francisco Bay
The sheathed protected cruiser Tacoma conducted a contractor's trial on the San Francisco Bay and exceeded government requirements by achieving 16.14 knots, signaling strong performance.
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San Francisco
Tacoma
Victims of Flames In Tenement Fire In New York
A blaze at the House of All Nations on Eleventh avenue killed 21 men and at least two women with a baby, most victims Italians. The fire ended quickly, but exits were blocked by bodies, forcing a brutal crush as residents sought escape. Authorities suspect arson and a $7,000 property loss was recorded. Life nets aided rescues as firefighters hurled survivors to safety.
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New York
House of All Nations
Eleventh Avenue
All Nations
Death of Emma Booth-Tucker in Colorado Train Wreck
Emma Booth-Tucker consule of the Salvation Army in America died after a Santa Fe derailment near Dean Lake Missouri on the California No. 2 while en route from Colorado to Chicago. Col T C Holland was fatally injured and a dozen passengers hurt in a wreck described as highly peculiar.
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Kansas City
Salvation Army
Colorado
Chicago
Emma Booth-Tucker
Santa Fe
California
T. C. Holland
Amity
Booth Tucker
Dean Lake
Booth- Ticker
Marceling
Consul Booth- Tucker
Col. Holland
Commander Booth- Tucker
Emma Moss Booth-Tucker
William Booth
The
Gateshead
England
Frederick D. L. Tucker
Booth- Tucker
Army
United States
New York
Emma Booth- Tucker
America
Carnegie Hall
Catafalque
Col. B. J. Higgins
Carnegie
End of Consolidated Grocers of America Declared
Peoria Ill October 31 H W McQuaid a Des Moines grocer and investor in other stores announced the end of the Consolidated Grocers of America formed last February with a 1.5 million capital. It was organized by Flaver Shurtleff Peoria and N Kawin Chicago. Two Peoria stores were secured and later four in Chicago one in Galesburg and W V McQuaid St Paul store.
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Peoria
Ill
H. W. McQuaid
Des Moines
Consolidated Grocers of America
Flaver Shurtleff
N. Kawin
Chicago
Galesburg
W. V. McQuaid
St. Paul
Five Hundred Delegates to Attend National Employers’ Meeting
Five hundred delegates representing millions in capital will meet in Chicago on Thursday to form a national employers association to address the labor problem. The group aims to be as influential among employers as the American Federation of Labor is to workers.
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Chicago
Employers’ Association
American Federation of Labor
Oldest Sac and Fox Indian Keokuk Dies in Oklahoma
Keokuk aged 85, oldest Indian in the Sac and Fox, died at his home at the Sac and Fox agency twelve miles north of Prague Oklahoma. He was noted as unusually intelligent and very religious, a Baptist church member.
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Guthrie
Okla
Keokuk
Sac and Fox Agency
Prague
Baptist Church
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McCutcheon
Chicago Daily Tribune
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Missouri
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