Honor to Grover Cleveland Proclamation Halts Flags at Half Staff
The United States government orders all diplomatic and consular officials to fly the American flag at half staff for thirty days after receipt of the president's proclamation mourning ex President Grover Cleveland. Army posts fleets and naval commands follow suit, with colors lowered as a mark of respect.
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Mr. Cleveland
State Department
Luderitg Hay
German Southwest Africa
Grover Cleveland
New York Stock Exchange
Th'claeck
Final Scenes of Grover Cleveland Death in New Jersey Home
Grover Cleveland died at 8:40 a m in his Princeton New Jersey home after a sudden decline in health. Family, physicians Dr Bryant Dr Lockwood and Dr Carnochan attended. death due to heart failure with long standing stomach and kidney ailments. Burial followed at Princeton Cemetery with President Roosevelt and family present at the graveside service.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
Westland
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
New York
John W. Carnochan
Priceston
Lakewood
Kern Boom Delivers Democratic Party Presidential Ticket
Thomas Taggart, chair of the national Democratic committee, travels to Denver with a strong pro Bryan for president. He predicts Bryan will win on the first ballot with John W. Kern as running mate and notes Kern’s nomination by John W. Lamb and F. Shiveley. Taggart praises the convention site and overall setup.
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National Democratic Committee
Denver
Bryan
John W. Kern
Indiana
Kern
John W. Lamb
Col
Shecir Way
Theodore A. Bell
California
Bell
National Committee
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
Pell
Republican Resolutions Committee
Resolutions Committee
Town Captured in Mexican Border Turmoil
Laredo reports two hundred armed mounted men captured Viesca in Coahuila Mexico. Three killed and several wounded. Telegraph and rail lines damaged. a bridge burned. Troop trains from Mexico City and Saltillo dispatched to scene. Government suspects bandit attack. officials deny political significance. some reports hint at a revolution.
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Laredo
Texas
Viesca
Coahuila
Mexico
City of
Saltillo
The
Republic
Interior
Patterson wins Tennessee Democratic primary by narrow margin
Returns show Governor M. R. Patterson nominated over former Senator Edward W. Carmack under the county unit plan. Carmack supporters may challenge results in two counties over alleged fraud. Patterson holds about a 9,900 vote majority. Patterson backs local option and would sign a statewide prohibition bill if the platform calls for it.
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Tennessee
M. R. Patterson
United States
Edward W. Carmack
Carmack
Interior
Patterson
Midsummer Trade Slump Eases With Warm Weather Boost
Bradstreet reports midsummer trade with retail gains from warm weather and widespread sale reductions. Jobbing houses show moderate orders and clearance sales. Fall buying remains cautious but optimistic, while big industries stay below normal activity. Railroads prep for crop movement and repairs with increased material use.
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Bradstreet
Night Rider Convicted in Kentucky Case
The first Night Rider conviction secured in Kentucky was a one year penitentiary term for Dr. E F Champion of Lyon county. Champion, a prominent young physician, was accused of participating in the Birmingham raid last April in Marshall county in which John Crugas and his infant granddaughter were killed and several Negroes whipped. The Paducah jury convicted after Marshall county juries failed in earlier trials.
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EF. Champion
Benton
Champion
Lyon County
Birmingham
Marshall County
John Crugas
Paducah
Reed
Democratic National Convention Preparations in Denver
Denver reports arrival of Cres Woodsen and Roger Sullivan to oversee arrangements for the July 7 start. Sergeant-at-Arms John Martin and decorators inspect the Union Station arena as advance delegates gather and Bryan supporters anticipate a smooth process and possible platform parallels to the Nebraska planks.
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Denver
Cres Woodsen
Kentucky
Roger C. Sul Hvan
Ilinois
John JT. Martin
St. Louis
Union Station
Sensational Reports Denied on Mexican Border Attacks
City of Mexico June 29 reports from border towns in the United States claiming that northern Mexican towns face revolutionary attack are declared absurd. An organized northern force and pursuing bandits who sacked Viesca are said to be pressed by Mexican cavalry and to be captured soon. Terreon’s danger rumors are called untrue.
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City of
Mexico
United States
Viesca
Terreon
Man Fatally Shot After Church Visit in Terre Haute
Roy Liggett aged 20, a glass worker, shot and killed Fred Koch aged 20, an iron moulder, after taunts over joining a church. The incident occurred last night as the pair were on their way home from church in Terre Haute. Liggett surrendered to police.
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Terre Haute
Tad
Roy Liggett
Fred Koch
Liggett
Priice Koch
Ligged
Broad Dispatches From Across World and Nation
A roundup of brief items reports the death of Lorenzo B. Lockard in Toledo and other notable events. Includes bank closure in Dover Kentucky, embezzlement case in Columbus, Cairo jail fire deaths, and political moves in Denver, Panama, and Chicago. Also notes Roosevelt Harvard degree, Chile currency woes, and Persian unrest shaping regions and elections.
Money Returned in Indiana County Tax Probe
Oliver P. Ensley repaid county 22000 plus as part of a probe into county extravagance and fraud. County officials claim 66 percent fees were wrongfully deducted by Ensley as county treasurer 1904 to 1907, with $19468.89 plus interest and $410.68 tied to Indiana Manufacturing Company taxes under dispute.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Oliver P. Ensley
Ensley
Fasley
Wee
Indiana Manufacturing Company
Supreme Court
Fatal crash near Belmont Avenue involves eight aboard Premier car
A red Premier touring car carrying four men and four women was hit by an eastbound interurban at South Belmont Avenue. Two men died on the scene or en route, John Sisan and War Gardner perished. four others were injured and hospitalized. Passengers included Charles Warris Mantle Weaver Marie Shaw Della Griswold Nellie Goldsmith and George Kelly. The car was shattered with only seats remaining.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction
Belmont Avenue
John Sisan
A. J. Yanger
Claypool
South East Street
Farmers Up in Arms Over Squirrel Hunting Fine
In Seymour Indiana on June 26 Jesse Buckles and A G Miller faced Jennings County circuit court for out of season squirrel hunting. Both men were fined 125 dollars each as farmers push to enforce game laws.
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Seymour
Ind
Jesse Buckles
A. G. Miller
Jennings County
Buckles
Miller
Jennings
Steel firm to build plant at Stinesville on 361 acres
Bloomington Indiana June 27 United States Steel corporation has taken up options on 361 acres of stone land at Stinesville. It announced plans to establish a plant worth 1 500 000 employing 500 men to crush stone and supply mills at Gary. Stone crushing mills machine shops and an electric light plant will be erected.
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Bloomington
Ind
United States Steel Corporation
Stinesville
Gary
Old Officers Re-Elected In Washington Indiana
June 27 in Washington Indiana the Indiana State Music Teachers convention set Lafayette as the next meeting place. Alexander Ernestinoff of Indianapolis was re-elected president J S Bergen of Lafayette continued as secretary and J M Black of Washington re-elected treasurer.
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Washington
Ind
lLafayette
Indiana State Music Teachers’ Convention
Alexander Ernestinoff
Indianapolis
J. S. Bergen
Lafayette
J. M. Black
Miller Convicted in Woodburn Murder Case
Herman Miller, tried for the June murder of Marshal Columbus Cvor in Woodburn, Indiana, was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Herman Miller
Columbus Cvor
Woodburn
May get into the courts over cemetery monument
Elkhart Indiana June 27 Mrs W Duey formerly Lambert removes a 700 dollar Tennessee marble shaft from Grace Lawn cemetery family lot to avoid a monument bearing her ex husband Lambert s name The shaft now lies with a Jackson Street monument dealer Lambert now in New York paid 50 of the lot price and his ex wife paid the rest He may sue to assert his rights.
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Elkhart
Ind
Grace Lawn Cemetery
W. Duey
South Bend
O. N. Lambert
Jackson Street
Lambert
Old People’s Insurance Company
New York
New Textbooks for Indianapolis Public Schools
The state board will advertise for contracts for new textbooks with geographies arithmetic copybooks and readers expiring next year. A ten year option exists if current books are satisfactory. Governor Hanly backed opening bids on April 1 1909. no changes until then but new books likely next year.
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Indianapolis
Hanly
White City Amusement Park at Proud Ripple Destroyed by Fire
Fire at White City Amusement Park near Proud Ripple caused by an imitation opium den destroyed the park just before midnight. Loss estimated at about 140000 dollars. only iron gate, scorched rail structure, and charred debris remain.
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Indianapolis
White City
Proud Ripple
Massy Takes Life After Drinking Struggles in Indianapolis
Harry A Massy thirty one a paper hanger killed himself with a revolver at his Indianapolis home after days of heavy drinking. He left a will and a note to the coroner. Police say he had twice tried the liquor cure and returned to drinking.
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Indianapolis
Harry A. Massy
Massy
Indiana Centenarian Suggs Dies at 103 in Sullivan
Sullivan Indiana June 27 Lawyer Suggs the oldest man in Sullivan county is dead at 103. Born in North Carolina he moved to Indiana in 1838 and served in the Seminole Indian War the Mexican and Civil wars and later in Indian wars. He leaves five children twenty eight grandchildren five great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Sullivan, Ind
Suggs
Sullivan County
North Carolina
Coroner Rules Death of Mrs Zimmerman Accidental
South Bend Indiana June 27 coroner Stanley A Clark finds that Mrs Julia Zimmerman died by accidental shooting. He states her husband George Zimmerman a Civil War veteran did not intend to kill her. The hearing before Judge Feldman in police court will likely discharge him.
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South Bend
Ind
Julia Zimmerman
George Zimmerman
Stanley A. Clark Zimmerman
Feldman
Two Convicted of Arson in Indiana Lumber Yard Fire
Princeton Indiana June 29 Mr and Mrs James Williams were each sentenced to from two to twenty one years imprisonment for arson in the attempt to burn the Greer Wilkinson lumber yard at Ft Branch a few nights ago The fire was put out before the yard burned.
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Princeton
Ind
James Williams
Greer-Wilkinson
Ft. Branch
Williams
Witucki Acquitted In Murder Trial After Short Deliberation
South Bend, June 26. Nicoden Witucki, indicted for the murder of Antone Chencelewski, was acquitted by a jury after a retirement of one minute thirty eight. Public sentiment favored Witucki as the killing appeared brutal and the verdict surprised many.
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South Bend
Ind
Nicoden Witucki
Antone Chencelewski
Witucki
Ex-Auditor Cyrus J Clark Arrested in Marion County
Indianapolis June 25 Cyrus J Clark former Marion county auditor was arrested after a grand jury indictment charging him with making and presenting a false fraudulent claim for payment He posted bond set at 5000 dollars for his release.
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Indianapolis
Cyrus J Clark
Marion County
Clark
Wreck of LaRoche Sinks Near Corunna in Fog
The steamship LaRoche struck a rock near Corunna in dense fog and sank within moments. Casualties range from 3 to 50 lives, with details still unfolding.
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LaRoche
Corunna
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