Lane Testimony Details Standard Oil Tactics in Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings in Cleveland heard nine witnesses on Standard Oil efforts to drive independent oil dealers from northern Ohio. George Lane, a Mansfield former employee, testified about fourteen months of targeted campaigns to crush competitors, including price cutting and misrepresentation as independents. Elizabeth Protzman and John O'Brien added notes on rival shipments and Standard Oil telegraph operations extending across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Interstate Commerce
Prouty and Clements
George L. Lane
Mansfield
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Lane
C. M. Lyons
Standard
Youngstown
Fahey
Elizabeth Protzman
Dayton
John O’brien
Lima
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Court Dismisses Anti-Union Plea in Cumberland Presbyterian Case
Decatur Illinois May 23 The court refused to grant the injunction sought by anti unionists in the effort to keep Cumberland Presbyterian and Presbyterian churches separate and dismissed the bill on demurrer Judge Johnston issued the ruling and leaders of the anti unionists said they will appeal possibly to the Illinois Supreme Court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur, Ill
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
The
Presbyterian Church
Johnston
Supreme Court of
Railroad officials' stockholdings probed in coal car case
Philadelphia May 24 further revelations about stockholdings in soft coal mining firms by Pennsylvania railroad officials emerged as the interstate commerce commission resumes its probe into alleged railroad discrimination in car distribution.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Market Report Indianapolis Grain and Livestock Prices
Market data show wheat at 86c in Indianapolis with No 2 red at 9c. Corn at 514%4c, oats 33c, hay prices from 8 to 14 dollars, and cattle 2.50 to 5.85. Hogs 4.25 to 6.60, sheep 2.50 to 4.50, lambs 4.50 to 8.50. Receipts include 9,000 hogs and 1,500 cattle. Additional figures from Cincinnati Chicago and New York cover wheat corn oats cattle hogs sheep and lambs with varied ranges and regional price notes. Toledo Jay market details list wheat cash 89 and 899.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Indiana Prohibitionists Nominate State Ticket in Indianapolis
The Indiana Prohibitionists met in Torinson Hall on May 24 and adopted a platform while nominating a state ticket led by A. L. Crim for Secretary of State and William H. Kellir for Auditor. They adjourned with hymns praising the campaign against whisky and the devil. the convention left Supreme Court and Appellate Court nominations to the state committee.
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Indianapolis
Prohibitionists
Indiana
Torinson Hall
A. L. Crim
Crawfordsville
William H. Kellir
Corydon
Charles M. Lemon
C. F. Holler
South Bend
Supreme Court
Daniel E. Speicher
Urbana
W. O. Bailey
Angola
Allan D. Hole
Earlham College
Millard F. Gerrish
Seymour
Special Session Called Over Bank Case In North Manchester
Wabash county grand jury convenes in special session to consider Daniel Krisher president and Day ton Harter cashier of the defunct Bank of North Manchester. They face indictments for receiving deposits after insolvency was known. Earlier indictments existed. jury reconvened to avoid statute of limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash, Ind
Wabash County
Daniel Krisher
Dayton Harter
Bank of North Manchester
Krisher
Harter
Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentences in Kansas City Case
The Missouri Supreme Court upholds the death sentences for Frank Hottman and Mrs Aggie Myers for the murder of Clarence Myers on May 11 1904. Execution is scheduled for June 29 in both cases. Hottman and Mrs Myers planned to remove Myers to marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
State Supreme Court
Frank Hottman
Aggie Myers
Clarence Myers
Kansas City
Hott- Man
Imprisonment for Life Given in Green Circuit Court
In Bloomfield Indiana May 28 Robert Williams the black murderer of construction boss Mike Collins was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Harris after the jury had expected the death penalty. Sheriff Eddinger took the prisoner to Michigan City.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Green
Robert Williams
Mike Collins
Harris
Eddinger
Michigan City
Lincoln speech site marked in Indianapolis
The educational committee of the Commercial club approved erecting a tablet at the Bates hotel corner Illinois and Washington streets to mark where President Lincoln spoke in 1861 while en route to his inauguration in Washington. It will be regarded as a historic Indianapolis spot.
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Indianapolis
Educational Committee
The
Commercial Club
Bates Hotel
Illinois
Washington Streets
Lincoln
Washington
Large City Lumber Yards Destroyed in $100000 Blaze
Terre Haute Indiana May 24 The Reese Snider lumber yards in the city core suffered about 190000 in fire losses. The plant was practically destroyed and flames threatened the neighborhood causing a panic. Millions of shingles burned. The company carried only 50000 insurance.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Reese-Snider Lumber Yards
Greeks Burn Bulgarian Village as Turks Fire Back
A band of 1060 Greeks burned the Bulgarian village Startchina near Monastir. Six houses burned before Turkish troops arrived and killed seventeen Greeks. The survivors fled as Turkish forces pursued them.
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Balkan Brail
Salonica
Startchina
Monastir
Persistent Violator Punished in Indiana Court
Petersburg Indiana May 22 Judge E A Ely of the Pike circuit court fined Shorty Stevens of Winslow in three cases for selling intoxicants without license. He received $100 in each case and was remanded to jail for three months.
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Petersburg
Ind
E. A. Ely
Pike
Shorty” Stevens
Winslow
Washington
United States Supreme Court
United States
Joseph Ralph Burton
Kansas
Burton
St. Louis
Post Office Department
The McCoy Case Resumes as Embezzlement Prosecution
In Monticello Indiana on May 28 the McCoy embezzlement proceedings continued this morning. The state does not expect to rest its case until next Saturday as two major witnesses remain to testify.
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McCoy
Monticello
Ind
Two Boys Drown In White River Near Indianapolis
Rudolph Donnelly ten years old and William Douglas sixteen were drowned in the White River despite companions efforts to save them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boye
Indianapolis
Rudolph Donnelly
William Douglas
White River
Death by Own Action Shocks Peru Youth
Harmon White man, twenty, of Fort Wayne, died here by swallowing carbolic acid at his sister's home. No reason is known. Winona Lake hosts the Indiana State Medical Association convention from May 23.
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Peru
Ind
Harmon Whiteman
Fort Wayne
Winona Lake
Indiana State Medical Association
Meat Inspection Bill Passes Senate For Packing House Sanitation
The Beveridge meat inspection bill will require rigorous sanitary rules in packing houses and label all meat products as inspected and passed. It mandates government inspection of animals, facilities, and meat, with penalties up to 10900 dollars and imprisonment for violations.
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United States Senate
Indiana
Albert J. Beverdige
Roosevelt
Wilson
Beveridge
District of Columbia
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Senate
Congress
Department of Labor
Garfield
Standard Oil
Senator Beveridge
Indiana G A R encampment officers elected in Lafayette
The twenty seventh encampment of the Indiana department G A R closed with officers elected for the department and administration. E R Brown of Monticello named department commander with several senior officers chosen. W R C elected Mrs. Alice Waugh of Tipton department president. Later Lafayette G A R women elected officers led by President Eliza Browning with Lillian Elliott named department secretary.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana Department
E. R. Brown
Monticello
A. S. McCormick
Geo. W. Coward
Jeffersonville
S. N. Hamilton
Connersville
Columbus
S. M. Hench
Fort Wayne
W. M. Cochran
Indianapolis
Andrew Fite
New Albany
Charles Myerhoff
Evansville
C. W. Scott
Warsaw
Alice Waugh
Tipton
Nettie Wink
Knightstown
Waugh
Eliza Browning
Pearl Wright
Logansport
Ivy Wagoner
Washington
Emma Desch
Aurora
Mary Saylor
Rensselaer
Sue R. Beals
Browning
Lillian Elliott
National Editorial association plans for Indianapolis meeting
The National Editorial association schedules events in Indianapolis June 12 to 15 with welcomes by officials, addresses by John Dymond and Vice President Fairbanks, sessions, entertainments, receptions, and a June 16 departure for a two week trip. Over 1,000 members expected. a 40 member reception committee from local business groups will oversee social events.
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Indianapolis
National Editorial Association
Fairbanks
Hanly
Bookwalter
Franklin Vonnegut
Commercial Club
John Dymond
N.ef.a
Fair Bank
Progyjlaeum
Technical Institute
Hoosier
Indiana
Great Lakes
Board of Trade, Merchants’ Association
Fatal Ride on the Bumpers
A broken journal caused a Clover Leaf east bound stock and meat train wreck near Bluffton Indiana. Six refrigerator cars derailed. Decatur men Ralph Holdington and Orie Kanaval were crushed and trapped for hours with Kanaval released first and likely to recover. Eddington died two hours after rescue.
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Bluffton
Ind
Ralph Holdington
Orie Kanaval
Decatur
Kanavan
Eddington
Acquittal in Brownsburg Murder Case Cites Fool Prank
In Danville Indiana May 26 Samuel Watson of Brownsburg was acquitted of the murder of Mrs Alice McNeely as the jury found death resulted from an accident and a fool prank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ind
Samuel Watson
Brownsburg
Alice McNeely
Northern Indiana Baptist association meeting set in Kingsbury
The annual Northern Indiana Baptist association gathering will be held at Kingsbury on June 5 and 6. Rev. J. W. Fradenberg of Goshen is scheduled to deliver the opening sermon.
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Laporte
Ind
Northern Indiana Baptist Association
Kingsbury
J. W. Fradenberg
Goshen
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Monorgahela
RANCH
L. A. Ruely & Son
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Henrik Ibsen
Christiania
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Ibsen
Peter Klerner
Franklin Township
James A. Watson
Watson Bros
Dr. Davis
Eureka Phone
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Charles Ebalt
Ramsey
Southern
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John W. Alstott
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