Brief News Notes From The Past Week In Washington
A roundup of key events includes the senate receding from increasing Soldiers' Home managers to eleven and approving a $116,000,000 appropriation. the senate committee backing a constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. Gonzales nominated as minister to Cuba with Tillman's consent. tariff favors free sugar and wool. Porter Chariton under surveillance in New Jersey after transfer to Italy. Harvester trust victory in finance committee and hemp on the free list. Kenyon resolution calling for ICC inquiry into St Louis & San Francisco finances. parcel post schoolhouses planned as models for small towns. Canton residents ordered weekly bathing. boiler explosion on the steamer M. Peck near Racine with fatalities. NYNH&H rear-end crash near Stamford with multiple deaths. Cherokee Nation cedes capitol and lands to Oklahoma. Denison hazing allegedly disfigures Titanic survivor Albert Collett. Mayor Gaynor urged to remove Commissioner Waldo. Americans win polo opener in New York. Yukon wreck near Unimak Pass. Washington state ends death penalty for murder. fatal freight collision near Hammond. attorney Arthur Keller murdered at home. Illinois suffrage bill passes and heads to governor. Ernest Lindoff arrested in murder case. Eastman Kodak antitrust suit advances.
Multiple Global and Domestic News Briefs From The Era
Assassination in Constantinople linked to Shefket Pasha case with authorities detaining Gen Salio Pasha. Moro uprising at Bagsag near Jolo yields six American deaths and twelve wounded. Serbia and Bulgaria accept Russian arbitration over Halian war territories. Columbia yacht seized in Wakayama for entering without proper quarantine. Prince Karageorgevitch marries American bride in Paris. Ireland Bill faces second reading in British Commons amid fears of civil war. Domestic incidents include a farmer killed by wife, a famous boxing match in Butte, a fatal train crash in Stamford and a man charged with murder in Italy. Astor estate worth about 86.97 million, Willam Astor share ~68.96 million. Patrolling justice cases involve Italian divorce and public printer nomination. Vincent Astor joins Western Union board with J P Morgan Jr. Also reports on a Marshfield death in a high-speed vehicle crash.
High Men From the Three Regiments at State Shoot
Sergeant Lewis R Jarrett leads Second Regiment marksmen at the Crawfordsville rifle range in a five event competition. Fortythree men from all twelve companies compete with top scorers earning spots for the state and national National Guard shoots.
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Indiana National Guard
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Lewis 3H. Jarrett
Indianapolis
State National Guard
Evansville
Bloomington
Warsaw
Camp Perry
Ohio
Jarrett
Lewis R. Jarrett
W. Hare
George FE. Bailey
H. A. Lackey
Roscoe A. Cover
Franklin
Manuard Jlenley
A. J
Fred Hicks
Crawfordesville
Richmond High School Exhibit Not Shown
In Richmond on June 13 the planned high school culinary display of bread, cake, pies, salads and prize foods was not shown as all the prize items were eaten. The faculty identified junior and senior class girls as the culprits and will assign demerits as punishment.
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Richmond
Richmond High School
Negro Is Sentenced to Life in Bloomington Murder
Bil Williams, a Black man, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the May 31 killing of W. O. H. Fielder, a subcontractor at a Bloomington Southern Railroad camp. The trial was brief, about seven hours, and followed a robbery and capture by a deputy before Williams killed his captor while awaiting officers.
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Bloomington
Bil Williams
W. O H. Fielder
Miner Killed by Slate Fall at Vandalia Mine No 9
John McAtee aged forty seven was instantly killed and Charles Shepard was crushed and may die after slate fell at Vandalia mine No 9. McAtee was married just last week and the accident occurred on June 13 in Linton.
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Linton
John McAtee
Charles Shepard
Alate
Vandalia
McAtee
Vine Grows Through Tree Near St. Paul Farm
A freak plant was found on James H. Martins farm a mile south of St. Paul. A wild grapevine grew through the trunk of a walnut tree. The vine measures about six inches in diameter.
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St. Paul
James H. Martin
Homecoming at Earlham College Planned on June 24
Richmond reports ten thousand people including Earlham students will attend a campus homecoming on Tuesday June 24. Former students will register by period and join a procession, songs, speeches, a baseball game, reunions, and a 6 o’clock campus lunch followed by a senior play The House of Rimmon. A separate Brazil item notes Mrs Elizabeth Lear frantic as a gasoline stove explosion destroyed her house and contents worth 700 dollars with partial insurance recovery.
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Richmond
Earlham College
Allen D. Hole
National Road
Earlham
van Dyke
House of Rimmon
Steve
Brazil
Elizabeth Lear
Indiana News in Brief Highlights Local Misfortunes and Legal Moves
Petershburg Mrs. Margaret Peyton, 72, of Otwell, fell and broke her leg. Martinsville The case against William Redwine for manslaughter was set for trial Wednesday but continued. Franklin Lester Winkler, 13, fell from a cherry tree and broke his arm near the wrist. second fracture in the same place. Brookville A gang of Big Four railroad repair workers assaulted a man named Hunk. serious injury and speech loss. Greenfield Meetings Sunday to start anti saloon league drive at 13 churches. Anderson William Casey, 48, pleaded guilty to burglary, accused of stealing dentists’ instruments from Dr. Ralph Gephart. Richmond Fifty Hempleman family members held annual reunion. LL. J. Hempleman elected president, O. M. Hempleman secretary. Columbus Dr. John Owens, sanitary survey inspector, says farmers cooperate. cannot survey the city. South Hend Samuel P. Schwartz, Notre Dame law graduate, to be deputy prosecutor for St Joseph County upon bar admission. Bloomington Eller family reunion near Bloomington. over 100 attendees. speeches by local officials. City council approved park benches and electric lights for library grounds. Lawrenceburg Margaret Keefe, 40, former teacher, sues Bernard Moenke, 66, for 21000 breach of promise. Moenke allegedly courted then wed another woman.
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Petershburg
Margaret Peyton
Otwell
Martinsville
William Redwine
Franklin
Lester Winkler
Brookville
Hunk
Greenfield
Anti Saloon League
Anderson
William Casey
Casey
Ralph Gephart
Richmond
Hempleman
Glen Miller Park
LL. J. Hempleman
Indianapolis
O. M. Hempleman
Connersville
Columbus
John Owens
Bartholomew County
Owens
South Hend
Samuel P. Schwartz
Notre Dame Law
St. Joseph County
Schwartz
South Bend
Bloomington
Eller
Monroe County
Mr. Jones
First Methodist Church
Joseph Knox Barclay
Owen
Monroe Counties
Breeden
Stanford
Cannelton
Lawrenceburg
Mia
Margaret
Keefe
Laporte Picked For Convention And State Officers
Indianapolis reports reveal Laporte chosen as convention site and delegates selected for the International Convention in Louisville. Indiana State Forestry board undergoes major reorganization with new appointees and incumbents reassigned.
Blight Appears In State Orchards In Indiana
The Indiana apple show commission based at Purdue University’s department of horticulture reports a surge of inquiries about blight affecting orchards. Growers send specimens from across the state showing blossoms and small apples infected, with worry that improper spraying is to blame.
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Indiana Apple Show Commission
Department of Horticulture
Purdue, University
Bankers Gather In Laporte For Indiana Bankers Assn Meet
Fully 100 bankers and men attended the Laporte convention of Group 2 of the Indiana Bankers' Association. Abraham Pratt Andrew, former assistant secretary of the treasury, spoke on currency legislation and the need for a bankers' bank. Col. J. L. McCulloch and D. F. Maisch outlined association efforts and agricultural support programs. Officers elected included F. J. Pitner as president and Oliver Holmes as secretary.
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Financial World
Laporte
Indiana Bankers’ Association
Abraham Pratt Andrew
the Treasury
MacVeagh
Andrew
Congress
National Monetary Commission
Col. J. L. McCulloch
Marion
D. F. Maisch
Frankfort
Culture Association
F. J. Pitner
Oliver Holmes
Gary
John Brown
Crownpoint
C.L. Alegler
South Bend
M. A. Diltz
Winamae
A. W. Stommell
Dyers
Garvin
Goshen
New Officers Elected By Indiana School For The Blind
The Indiana Nation Association for Blind People met at the Jodiana School for the Blind and dinner followed. Officers chosen were Noble C. Wilson Terre Haute president R Helin Indianapolis vice president Mrs H Brinkman Indianapolis secretary Aurelia Eichholtz North Manchester treasurer. A committee on revision of the constitution proposed a new name Alumni of the Indiana School for the Blind and was adopted. The program featured exhibits of needlework handicraft and furniture by blind artisans plus debates and music by Indianapolis Lafayette and Terre Haute participants.
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Indiana Naity Association For
Seasion
Jodlana School
Indiana School For the Blind
Reed Beard
Lafayette
Adelia Johnson
Fred McCartney
Indiana University
Miles Zootay
Indianapolis
F. H Topmiller
W. T. Shannon
Fern Davis
B. H. Pribble
Zoa Hay
Katherine Teil
Noble C. Wilson
Terre Haute
R. Helin
H. Brinkman
Aurelia Eichholtz
North Manchester
F. Hansen
State Incorporations and Names for Indiana Firms
Indiana notices record Eagle Temple association of Indianapolis filing to deal in real estate with $35,000 capital. Daviess County Hospital of Washington authorized to operate a hospital with secure board members H F Volner R J Barr C R Semans. National Distributing Company of Indianapolis authorized to deal in wholesale liquors with $50,000 capital. directors include George J. Hummel II EB Wall Hammel.
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Eagle Temple
Ssociation
Indianapolis
Co. P. Deluse
C. G. Winter
A. Smith
Daviess County Hospital
Washington
Ind
H. F. Volner
R. J. Barr
C. R. Semans
National Distributing Company
Tndianapolis
George J. Hummel, II
EB. L. Wall
H Hammel
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U. S. Senate Committee On
United States
South Carolina
Wilson
William B. Gonzales
Cuba
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
Tillman
Gonzales
Senate Finance Subcommittee
House
United States Supreme Court
Porter Chariton
Italy
Lake Como
Jersey City
A“S S
the Harvester Trust
Senate Finance Committee
United States Senate
Kenyon
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Parcel Post
United States Bureau of Education
Canton
Board of Health
M. Peck
Racine
Wis
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Stamford
Conn
Tahlequah
Okla
State of
Oklahoma
Denison University
Granville
Albert Collett
Gaynor
Waldo
New York
Yukon
Seattle
Nome
Sannak Island
Unimak Pass
Tahoma
Unalaska
Washington State
Timah
Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railway
Hammond
Arthur Keller
Harrisonville
Illinois House of Representatives
Dunrve
Illinois
Mississippi River
Ernest Lindoff
Abingdon
Charles A. Lindoff
Galesburg
Buffalo
N. Y
McReynolds
Eastman Kodak Company
Shefket Pasha
Constantinople
Salio Pasha
Sultan of
Jolo
Bagsag
J. Jarvey Ladow
New York Yacht Club
Wakayama
Japan
Alexis Georges Karageorgevitch
King of
Servia
Huger Pratt
Myra Pankhurst
Marie Rue d’Anjou
Paris
Ireland
House of Commons
Balfour
John Hyde
Wagoner
Oklo
Hyde
Jimmy Clabby
Butte
Mont
Eddie McGoorty
Charles J. Dougherty
New Haven
King
John Jacob Astor
Willam Vincent William Astor
Cornelius J. Ford
New Jersey
Vincent Astor
Col
Western Union Telegraph Company
H. M. Flagler
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Lafayette Pence
Colorado
Catharine Super Pence
Lillian N. Duke
Donald Connor
W. D. Connor
Marshfield
Lewis B. Jarrett
William J. Gardeman
Gardeman
Indiana News
Order OF Foresters
Herzog State
Mishawaka Man
Order of Foresters of
John A. Herzog
Mishawaka
George T. Hanlon
Louis TH. Busha
Jacob Dienhart
E. P. Honan
Renssaleer
M. EB. Lauermann
W. W W. Wilbur
Gladden
Stanley Coulter
Purdue University
William W. Waltman
Beaublossom
Brown County
Will A. Guthrie
Hardwood Dealers’ Association
C. PD. Meeker
Monticello
Retail Lumber Dealers
FE. A. Arthur
Vincennes
George W. McCoy
Arthur
Guard
Tipton
Indiana State Fire Prevention Association
Denson Hotel
Charles Richman
H. H. Priedley
Gun M Wise
H. O. Phillips
W. M. Shaw
J. Winchester
J. W. Coleman
Vorace W. Boyd
Newcastle
W. J. Wood
I.o H. Friedley
Frank Ritchie
Louis W. Wolff
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