INDIANAPOLIS
, the See also:capital and largest See also:city of See also:Indiana, U.S.A., situated on the W. See also:fork of the See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White See also:river, in See also:Marion See also:county, of which it is the county-seat, and at almost the exact See also:geographical centre of the See also:state
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It is 824 M
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W. of New See also:York by See also:rail, and 183 m
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S.E. of See also:Chicago, and is about 710 ft. above See also:sea-level, and about 138 ft. above See also:Lake See also:Erie
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Its See also:area is 30.77 sq. m., of which 29.95 sq. m. is See also:land
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Pop
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(188o) 75,074; (1890) 105,436; (1900) 169,164, of whom 17,122 were See also:foreign-See also:born (8362 being by See also:birth See also:German, 3765 Irish, and 1154 See also:English) and 15,931 were negroes; (1910 See also:census) 233,650
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Indianapolis is near the centre of See also:population of the See also:United States
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From 1847, when the first railway entered the city, Indianapolis has steadily grown in importance as a railway centre
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It is served by the Chicago, Indianapolis & See also:Louisville, the See also:Cincinnati, See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton & See also:Dayton, the See also:Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis (New York Central See also:System), the Lake Erie & Western (New York Central System), the See also:Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis (See also:Pennsylvania System) and the Vandalia (Pennsylvania System) See also:railways
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At the See also:Union Station more than 15o trains enter and depart daily, carrying more than 30,000 passengers
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Outside the city there is a " See also:belt See also:line," 152 M. See also:long, connecting the several railways and carrying more than 1,000,000 See also:freight cars annually; and an extensive electric See also:street railway system, with more than 150 M. of track and with interurban connexions, serves every See also:part of the city and its suburbs
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The city has a large See also:traction terminal station, and is the See also:principal centre for the interurban electric lines of Indiana, which handle freight as well as passengers; in 1908 twenty-five interurban electric lines entered the city and operated about 400 cars every 24 See also:hours
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Physically Indianapolis is one of the most attractive inland cities in See also:America
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It is built on a level See also:plain surrounded by See also:low, gently sloping and beautifully wooded hills
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Four principal avenues radiate from points near a central circle to the four corners of the city
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The other streets run at right angles to one another
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Streets and avenues are 90 ft. wide, except See also:Washington Street, which has a width of 120 ft
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An excellent system of parks—8 within the city with an aggregate area of 1311 acres, and 3 with an aggregate area of 310 acres just outside the city limits—adds to the beauty of the city, among the most attractive being the See also:Riverside, the St Clair, the University, the Military, the See also:Fair View, ,the See also:Garfield and the Brookside
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The city is lighted by See also:gas and See also:electricity,—it was one of the first cities in the United States to adopt electric See also:lighting,—and has a See also:good See also:water-See also:supply system, owned by a private See also:corporation, with a 42 See also:acre See also:filter plant of 18,000,000 gallons per diem capacity and an additional supply of water pumped from deep See also:wells outside the city
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The public buildings and business blocks are built mostly of Indiana See also:building See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone
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The state capitol stands in a square 8 acres in extent, and has a central See also:tower and See also:dome 240 ft. high
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It covers 2 acres of ground and cost $2,000,000
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The Marion county See also:court-See also:house cost $1,750,000
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Other noteworthy buildings are the Federal building (containing See also:post-See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office, See also:custom-house and Federal court-rooms; erected at a cost of $3,000,000); Tomlinson See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, capable of seating 3000 persons, given to the city by See also:Daniel Tomlinson; the Propylaeum, a See also:club-house for See also:women; the Commercial club; Das Deutsche Hans, belonging to a German social club; the Maennerchor club-house; the Union railway station; the traction terminal building; the city hall, and the public library
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Near the city is the important United States See also:army. post, Fort See also:Benjamin See also:Harrison, named in See also:honour of See also:President Benjamin Harrison, whose See also:home was in Indianapolis
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In or near the city are the Central Indiana See also:Hospital for the Insane, the Indiana Institution for the See also:Education of the See also:Blind, the Indiana Institution for the Education of the See also:Deaf, the Indiana Girls' School (included withthe Women's See also:prison until 1899, and under the same management as the prison from 1899 to 1903, when it became a See also:separate institution,—it was removed to Clermont, ro m. from Indianapolis, in 1907), and a Women's prison (opened in 1873, the first in the United States), which is under See also:female management
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The public library, founded in 1871, contains more than 100,000 volumes
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There are ten other See also:libraries, the most important of which are the state See also:law library (about 40,000 volumes) and the state library (about 46,000 volumes)
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The city is an educational centre of considerable importance
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The university of Indianapolis (1896) is a loose association of three really See also:independent institutions—the Indiana Law School (1894), the Indiana Dental See also:College (1879), and See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler University (chartered in 1849 and opened in 1855 as the See also:North-western See also:Christian University, and named Butler University in 1877 in honour of See also:Ovid Butler, a benefactor)
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Other educational institutions are the Indianapolis College of Law (1897), the Indiana Medical College (the School of See also:Medicine of Purdue University, formed in 1905 by the consolidation of the Medical College of Indiana, the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Fort See also:Wayne College of Medicine), the State College of Physicians and Surgeons (the medical school of Indiana University), the Indiana Veterinary College (1892), the I1dianapolis Normal School, the Indiana See also:Kindergarten and See also:Primary Normal Training School (private), and the See also:Winona Technical See also:Institute
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The last named was opened in 1904, and is controlled by the Winona Lake corporation, having See also:official connexion with several See also:national See also:trade unions
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It has departments of See also:pharmacy, See also:chemistry, See also:electrical wiring, See also:lithography, house-See also:painting, See also:printing, See also:carpentry, moulding, See also:tile-setting, bricklaying, machinery and applied See also:science
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The See also:art association of Indianapolis was founded in 1883; and under its auspices is conducted an art school (1902) in accordance with the See also:bequest of See also:John Herron (1817-1895), the school and museum of the association being housed in the John Herron Art Institute, dedicated in 1906
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The city has several See also:fine monuments, among which are statues of See also:Oliver P
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See also:Morton, See also:George See also:Rogers See also:Clark, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas A
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See also:Hendricks and See also:Major-See also:General Henry W
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Lawton
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The Soldiers' and Sailors' See also:Monument, erected by the state, stands in the circle in the centre of the city, rises to a height of 284.5 ft. above the street level, and is surmounted by a statue of Victory 38 ft. high
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On the See also:east and See also:west faces of the See also:base are two See also:great stone See also:groups of See also:Peace and See also:War respectively
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The monument was erected after designs by See also:Bruno See also:Schmidt of See also:Berlin, with fountains at the base said to be among the largest in the See also:world, their capacity being 20,000 gallons per See also:minute
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The city's central geographical position, its extensive railway connexions, and its proximity to important See also:coal-See also:fields have combined to make it one of the principal See also:industrial centres of the See also:Middle West
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The value of its " factory " products was 17.6% of the state's See also:total in 1900 and 20'9% of the total in 1905
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The increase in the value of the " factory " product between 1900 and 1905 was from $59,322,234 to $82,227,950, or 38.6%
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Indianapolis is the principal five stock centre of the See also:Ohio Valley, and has extensive stock-yards covering more than ran acres
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Slaughtering and See also:meat-packing is the most important See also:industry, the value of the product amounting to $24,458,810 in 1905; this industry See also:dates from about 1835
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Among other important manufactures are foundry and See also:machine See also:shop products ($6,944,392 m 1905); See also:flour and grist-See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill See also:pro-ducts ($4,428,664); cars and shop construction and See also:repairs by See also:steam railways ($2,502,789); saws; waggons and carriages ($2,049,207); printing and See also:publishing (See also:book and See also:job, $1,572,688; and See also:newspapers and See also:periodicals, $2,715,666); See also:starch; See also:cotton and woollen goods; See also:furniture ($2,528,238); canned goods ($1,693,818); See also:lumber and See also:timber ($1,556,466); structural See also:iron See also:work ($1,541,732); See also:beer ($1,300,764); and planing-mill products, See also:sash, doors and blinds ($1,111,264)
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Indianapolis is governed under a See also:form of See also:government adopted originally in a See also:special See also:charter of 1891 and in 1905 incorporated in the new state municipal See also:code, which was based upon it,
It provides for a See also:mayor elected every four years, a single legislative chamber, a See also:common See also:council, and various administrative departments—of public safety, public See also:health, &c
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The guiding principle of the charter, which is generally accepted as a See also:model of its See also:kind, is that of the See also:complete separation of See also:powers and the See also:absolute placing of responsibility
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On the See also:admission of Indiana as a state, See also:Congress gave to it four sections of public land as a site on which to establish a state capital
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This was located in 182o in almost the exact geographical centre of the state, where a small See also:settlement had recently been made, and the See also:town of Indianapolis was laid out in the following See also:year
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It was then in the midst of dense forests and was wholly unconnected by roads with other parts of the state
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Upon its final See also:acceptance as the capital, there was some activity in land See also:speculation, but Indianapolis had only 600 inhabitants and a single street when the seat of government was removed thither in 1824
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The legislature met here for the first See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in 1825
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Some impetus was given to the city's growth by the completion of the National Road, and later by the opening of railways, but until after the See also:Civil War its See also:advancement was slow
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It was incorporated as a town in 1832, its population then being 1000
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The first state capitol was completed in 1836
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Indianapolis suffered severely from the business panic of 1837, and ten years later, when it received its first city charter, it had only about 6000 inhabitants; in the same year a See also:free public school system was inaugurated
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