Conference on Conservation of Natural Resources at the White House
President Roosevelt hosts a historic conference at the White House May 13 to 15 with cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, governors, and leading industrial figures including Andrew Carnegie and James J. Hill. Papers outline soil forest water and land policy. Bryan and Gov. Johnson endorse the effort.
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White House
Washington
Capitol
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the
United States
Union
Alaska
Hawaii
Andrew Carnegie
William Jennings Bryan
James J. Hill
John Mitchell
Mississippi River
Inland Waterways Association
Mr. Hill
T. C. Chamberlain
University of Chicago
Cabinet
Supreme Court
Governors
Gifford Pinchot
Forestry Division
President Roosevelt
Comer
Alabama
Broward
Florida
Deneen
I Nois
Cummins
Iowa
Hook
Kansas
Blanchard
Louisiana
Folk
Missouri
Shelton
Nebraska
Cuny
New Mexico
Burke
North Dakota
Frantz
Oklahoma
Chamberlain
Oregon
Davidson
Wisconsin
Brooks
Wyoming
William J. Bryan
John A. Johnson
Grover Cleveland
Bryan
Gov
Johnson
Penny Wise
Ils
Ito
AML
Underwood & Underwood
New York
Cannon
Forestry
Pinchot
Moyer
John Hays Hammond
American Institute of Mining Engineers
la Mollette
Knox
Root
Seth Law
Sanmel Jompurs
Cortelyou
Govolk
Justice Moody
Haskell
Curry
James Wilson
Agriculture
Hughes
Arava Namen
Minnesota
Primary turnout in Indianapolis under new law disappoints reformers
In Indianapolis 2 major parties faced nominations for congressional legislative county and judicial posts. Less than 29 percent voted under the new primary system, prompting reformers to call the process cumbersome and unlikely to reflect the will of the people. Some say party bosses still controlled outcomes.
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Indianapolis
fInd
Hitec
Indiana Governor backs granite for Tippecanoe monument
WASHINGTON reports Gov. Hanly notes a special commission to study the soldiers and sailors monument in Indiana. An expert warns the structure deteriorates from weather, and word says granite will be used for the Tippecanoe battlefield monument.
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Widianapolis
Ind
War Department
Washington
Bedford
Tippecanoe Battlefield Monument
Gov
Hanly
Tippecanoe Monument
Central Breeding and Racing Association Formed
Indianapolis ia central breeding and racing group to suppress gambling and drunkenness at races in Indiana Ohio Illinois and Michigan. Articles filed with secretary of state, capital stock $10,000, incorporators from several states, Sterling R Holt of Indianapolis the Indiana representative, headquarters to be in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Michigan
Central Breeding and Racing Association
Sterling R. Holt
Southport
Maywood
Aranapolis
Indiana Republican editors outing set for June 16 and 17
A. Reamy of Seymour announces the Indiana Republican editors outing will include visits to Jeffersonville Louisville and Cincinnati with no fewer than 100 editors and several sailors wives joining the excursionists.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
A. Reamy
Seymour
Indiana Republican Meditoris! Association
Jeffersonville
Louisville
Cincinnati
Reamy
Indiana Coal Miners Strike Over Wage Scale
Terre Haute officials report more than 16 000 bituminous miners in Indiana quitting work until a wage scale agreement is reached. Leaders express regret and blame the other side for delaying renewal of negotiations.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana
Child Drowns in Yard Tub Accidental Death Near Valparaiso
A two year old boy, son of Rank Hiski Otis, drowned after falling into a tub of water in the yard at his home near Valparaiso. His mother witnessed the accident and fell while rushing to help, but the child died after being removed from the tub.
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Valparaiso
Rank Hiski Otis
Ibis Coutry
Sin
Wreckers Fail as Crosses Block Railroad Tracks
An attempted wreck on the Pennsylvania passenger line from Cincinnati to Chicago failed when two crosses fixed to the walls were scattered by the locomotive and fell between the rails, halting the danger.
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Amerson
Pennsylvania
Cincinnai
Chicago
Warning the People of Evansville Crossings Dangers
Judge W. J. Wood of the Indiana railway commission warns the public to avoid railway crossings and walking along railroad tracks citing safety concerns and growing incidents in Evansville Indiana.
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Evansville
Ind
W. J. Wood
The
Indiana Railway Commission
Staats Verband Convention Holds Session in Evansville
The annual convention of the Staats Verband, a federation of German Catholic societies of Indiana, met in Evansville and will remain in session for several days. Many Indiana towns were represented.
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Stata Verband
Evansville
Ind
Staats Verband
Federation
Indiana
Evansville creditors set to receive 65 percent of claims
It was announced that the creditors of Jacob Cohen a clothing dealer who recently made an assignment would receive about 65 percent of their claims. Cohen’s liabilities and assets were stated as part of the disclosure.
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Evansville
Ind
Jacob Cohen
Tragic Crossing Crash Kills Flora Family
In Flora Indiana a Pennsylvania railroad passenger train struck a carriage one mile north of town, killing Township Trustee James L Cripes his wife and two year old Ruth instantly and fatally injuring another child. The Cripes family was returning from a country visit when their horse panicked and the driver released the lines hoping to beat the train. The engine hit the buggy squarely.
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Flora
Ind
Nora
Pennsylvania Railroad
James L. Cripes
Cripes
Ruth
Resurrection sect blocks burial in Goose Creek
In Martinstaffe Indiana the Unknown Tongues sect of the Church of the First Born prevented the burial of Mrs Gee Hatley. Deputies intervened and peace was restored permitting the interment. The sect believes they can raise the dead and resented the presence of Frank Owens, who they blamed for an arson attack on their church.
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Martinstatte
Ind
Goose Creek
Church of the First Born
Unknown Tongues
Nalives
TEMPERANCE BEER PLAN FOR BRAZIL PLANT SALE
The Brazil Brewing Ice and Power Co plant sold at receiver's sale to M. W. Peppard of Minneapolis for 8000 dollars. He must assume 30000 dollars of first mortgage bonds, totaling about 28000 dollars purchase value. Company debts run about 89000 dollars. Peppard plans to turn the plant over to Adolph Meyer of St. Louis to convert it into a temperance brewery.
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WIN Brew Temperance Beer
Brazil
Ind
Brazil Brewing, Ice and Power Co
M. W. Peppard
Minneapolis
Peppard
Adolph Meyer
St. Louis
Former Slaves to Wed in Indiana Marriage License
Ivanson Kiphart of Watson Indiana, born in Henry county Kentucky in 1811 and formerly enslaved, applies to wed America Bradshaw who lists about 64 as her age. Bradshaw, also a former slave born in Anderson county Kentucky, resides in Watson.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Henry County
Kentucky
Ivanson Kiphart
Watson
America Bradshaw
Anderson County
Indianapolis official charged with perjury
W H S Fish president and general manager of the Sentinel Printing Co was arrested on an indictment by the grand jury charging him with perjury in connection with the county printing contract in Indianapolis Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Ind
W. 8S. Fish
The
Sentinel Printing Co
Farmer hires Boer war veteran to study American farming
Columbus Indiana farmer Samuel Dougherty hires Wm Nortman a lieutenant colonel in the Boer War at seventeen dollars a month to learn American farming methods for introduction in the Transvaal.
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Columbus
Ind
Samuel Dougherty
Wm. Nortman
Transvaal
Negro Jury Serves in Indiana Assault Case
In Petersburg Indiana the first all Negro jury in Southern Indiana sat at Princeton to decide an assault and battery case between two families. The jury acquitted both defendants.
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Petersburg
Ind
Indiana
Princeton
Despondent Brakeman Ends Life after Separation
Henry Brady, a Big Four brakeman from Indianapolis, killed himself in Lebanon Indiana by swallowing carbolic acid after phoning his wife to say he would end his life. The couple had separated and she would not return to him.
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Lebanon
Ind
Henry ‘Dtardy
Big Four
Indianapolis
Evansville Chairman Delays Date For Democratic Convention
The district chairman Seales of Booneville will not set the date of the Democratic congressional convention until after the national act at Denver. Mayor Bockne appears to be the only candidate for the congressional nomination so far.
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Evansville
Ind
Seales
Booneville
Denver
Bockne
Old Residents Dead in Greenfield and Knightstown Obituaries
Mrs. Lydia Stone dies at Morristown aged 80 after moving from New York with her parents in 1883. Daniel Jackson dies at Knightstown aged 85.
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Greenfield
Ind
Lydia Stone
Morristown
New York
Daniel Jackson
Knightstown
Athlete Dead in Terre Haute Train Death
An 18 year old Sullivan High School athlete Robert Jines died in Terre Haute Indiana after a training incident. He was known as a local student athlete and his death shocks the Sullivan community.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Robert Jines
Sullivan High
Scheel Lete
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Long-Bell Lumber Company
Kansas City
George W. Kober
George C. Pardee
Oakland
Cal
Joseph H. Carey
Cheyenne Wye
National Live Stock Association
Bakersfield
I. C. White
West Virginia
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