State Board Boosts Taxes In Land and Business Values
The Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners completed its equalization of assessments with a 10 percent average rise over four years, sustaining some appeals and lowering others. Notable actions include setting the Consumers' Gas Trust stock value at 159,660 dollars and fixing Central Union Telephone franchise assessment, while several railways and coal firms faced adjusted real estate and personal property figures.
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State Board of Tax Commisioners
County Boards of Review
Jacob
Standard Oil
George E. Clark
Vanderburg
Standrd Oil Company
Yanny Board of Review
State Board
Central Union Telephone Company
Adison County Board
Anderson
Indianapolis and
Proussville
Owen and
Clay Counties
Indiana Cotton Mills Company
Perry County
Col. Dickerson
Orange County
Southern Fire Brick Company
Clay County
Farmers’ Banking Company
Rush County
Vandalia Coal Company
Greene County
Sullivan Unly
Summitt Coal Company
United
Fourth Vein Coal Company
Big Four Railroad Company
Putnam County
Tippecanoe County
Local Jottings of Indianapolis City Life
A digest of city notes lists reunions at Garfield park and Riverside park, a ten day extension for a St. Paul Temple camp meeting, and a State Board of Education session on accrediting Indiana teachers colleges. Lost offices, politics, Naval recruiting flags, and public notices fill out the day’s chatter.
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Twenty-fifth St
Hillside Ave
St. Paul Temple A. M. E. Church
State Board of Education
Indiana
Teachers Training Colleges
County Courts Face Surge of 2500 Pending Cases in September
As fall sessions loom, about 2500 cases await trial in county courts while two new Superior and Probate courts aim to reduce the backlog. Superior judges hold roughly 320 active files each, rising to 350 by month end, with the circuit judge and probate official anticipated to carry heavier dockets.
United States Weather Forecast Patchy clouds warn warmer Sunday
Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday bring higher temperatures nationwide. Sunrise is at 4 45, sunset at 6 57, with noon readings around mid afternoon. Widespread forecasts show increasing warmth and lingering cloud cover across many regions.
Guttman Brothers Seek Damages in Railway Wreck Suit
In a suit moved from St. Joseph county circuit court to the U S court and filed Saturday Guttman Brothers circus men seek 000 damages from Lake Erie & Western railway for destruction of their property in a wreck. The complaint says defective track and high train speed caused the accident.
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Circuit Court of
St. Joseph County
United States Court
Guttman Brothers
Lake Erie & Western Railway Company
Window broken at Krauss and Sechters pawnshop incident
Early Saturday a window at 305 W Washington St pawnshop Krauss and Sechters was broken but nothing was taken. Two hours later Bicycle Officers Hall and Simon arrested Charles Walker Ed Barnett and Oscar Kerner at the statehouse grounds on loitering charges tied to the break. No further details to confirm suspicions were found.
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Krauss and Sechters
Washington St
Hall and
Simon
Statehouse
Charles Walker
Ed Barnett
Oscar Kerner
Population figures show Germany at sixty million
The latest statistics place the German empire population at 60,605,183 with an average density of 290.3 per square mile. Saxony is highly crowded with 4,502,350 people in 5,789 square miles, an average of 778.9 per square mile, and Chemnitz has 1,064 people per square mile.
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German Empire
United States
Saxony
Chemnitz
Murder raid in Chinatown linked to Chinese society
United Press reports Boston police arrested five Chinese suspects after a Chinatown raid last night left three dead and several wounded. A sensational tale centers on Che Fah Wong, described as a beauty once sought by a rich Tong member, whose fate and the fate of Mong Duck drive the sensational narrative.
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Boston
Mass
Chinatown
Los Angeles
New York
On Leong Tong
Mong Duck
San Francisco
Che Fah Wong
Birth rate declines steeply in England and Wales
A government vital statistics report shows the birth rate dropping from 365.3 per 1,000 in 1876 to 28.7 by 1900. England and Wales experience the fastest decline among civilized nations, outpacing other countries in the era.
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England
Wales
Courts brace for September court load in Marion county
The article notes heavy caseloads across criminal and juvenile courts, with new superior courts and a probate court easing congestion. Judges Lawson Harvey and Charles T Hanna will share cases, while many damage suits are filed outside Marion county and venue cases take up substantial time elsewhere.
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Taches
Lawson Harvey
Charles T. Hanna
Merle N. A. Walker
Marion County
Health conditions prompt board’s view of city disease counts
The Board of Public Health reports current Indianapolis cases show four measles, three diphtheria, and eight scarlet fever in the city limits. No typhoid is present.
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Board of Public Health
Indianapolis
Veutonia Wreck in Red Sea Leaves Crew Missing
The German steamship Veutonia bound for Hamburg was wrecked in the Red Sea. Sixteen crew members are reported missing, raising fears for the vessel’s fate and passengers aboard.
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Teutonia
London
Veutonia
Hamburg
Red Sea
Salvation Army Camp Opened in Indiana at Greenwood Park
Large crowds attend the Salvation Army's first annual encampment in Indiana at Greenwood Park. Friday night the drunkards home demonstration enacts four scenes. A welcome for Col Miles and Major Fynn of Chicago is planned at Union Station Saturday at 5 pm with lectures on Practical Philanthropy and The Old Well.
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Salvation Army
State of
Indiana
Greenwood Park
Salvationists
Union Station
Col. Miles
Major Fynn
Chicago
Massacre in Chinatown as Power Struggles Erupt
Ten men in American clothes fired over 50 shots in New York Philadelphia and Boston Chinese quarters. Police say Highbinders hired by Hep Sing Tong carried out the assault to avenge a death. Leader Joe Guey and two other suspects were arrested with two more captured after arrival from Boston.
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Hep Sing Tong
Great
Leong Tong
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Highbinders
Chinatown
Joe Guey
Worcester
Attorney Struck by Wagon Injures in Maryland Street
U. Newman, a attorney, was run down Saturday morning by an unidentifiable wagon on Maryland street near Virginia avenue. A two inch head gash and body injuries occurred as he rode a bicycle on the curb side. He received treatment from Dr. Wagner at the city dispensary and resumed work.
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Mr. Newman
Maryland St
Virginia Ave
Dr. Wagner
Unknown man killed by Big Four train near Dunlaps
An unidentified man, likely a tramp, was struck and killed by a Big Four train near Dunlaps, Goshen, Indiana. The victim wore a shirt bearing the initials W. A. M. The incident was reported as a special to The Sun.
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Goshen
Ind
Dunlaps
Global banking resources rise to US total in 1907
The 1907 banking resources of the United States are estimated at 16,000,000,000 dollars, suggesting the U S resources exceed the world total from 17 years earlier as calculated by Statisticmn Mtll hall.
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Bank
United States
World
Park View Sanitorium Treatments Offered
Park View Sanitorium announces treatment programs for cancer skin uterine and rectal diseases led by Dr L T Leach with practices in New York and California.
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Park View
L. T. Leach
New York
California-sts
Grant H. Clay D D S Dentist Practicing In Indianapolis
Dr Grant H Clay a dentist with fourteen years service at New York Dental Company is now operating at 105 North Delaware Avenue opposite Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis.
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Grant H. Clay
M. D
New York Dental Company
Delawareat
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
Three Rooms Furnished Complete at The People's Outfitting Co
Four rooms furnished complete for 155 dollars at Celery Vesch. list shows 125 dollars for three rooms and 155 dollars for four rooms with original values 175 and 225 respectively. The wording is mixed with a brand or name Celery Vesch.
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The
People’s Outfitting Co
People's Outfitting Co
Compeer Cigar and Piano Sale Ad Notice
Local advertisement notes Compeer Cigar promising best on earth and piano sale with new pianos priced at 16 dollars and up. Mentions Wulschners at 258 West Wasm and Elisa Native Iserba in terse listing style.
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Wulschners
W. Wasm
Special Grand Jury to Probe Chicago & Alton Rail Violations
Judge orders a special grand jury to convene on August 14 to investigate charges against the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company and other defendants alleged to have violated the laws. A fine of 29,240,000 is imposed by Landis on UL Trust.
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Landis
UL Trust
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Fine of 29 million slapped on Standard Oil Indiana
Chicago Aug 8 Judge Landis fined Standard Oil company of Indiana 29 240 000 for alleged rebating on shipments over the Chicago and Alton road from Whiting Ind The indictment covers 1903 1905 1 903 counts with 1 462 guilty. The court orders a grand jury to probe the Chicago and Alton railroad and other parties to the transactions seeking further indictments.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Hmmit
Kenesaw M. Landis
Chicago and Alton Road
Whiting
Ind
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
East St. Louis
Chappel
Ill
St. Louis
Congress
Standard Oil Company
Indiana Corporation
Chicago and Alton Road of Illinois
Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad
Illinois
Alton
Chappell
Oil Trust Case in a Nutshell
Standard Oil Company of Indiana indicted in August 1906 for Elkins Act rebating, shipping at six cents per hundred pounds vs published 18 cents. Defense argued repealing 1906 rate law. Trial by Judge Landis began March, verdict guilty after six weeks. $29,240,000 fine imposed August 3. Star witnesses included John D Rockefeller and directors of Standard Oil Indiana and New Jersey.
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Starr
Simms
Court of Appeals
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Indiana
Landis
New Jersey
Standard Ol Company of
Whit Ing. Ind
Standard Oil Companies
Standard Oil Company of
The Gem Laundry Ad and Bull and Beer Meeting
A laundry ad for The Gem Laundry offers family washings rough dry at per pound rates and ironing of all flat pieces. The note invites readers to meet friends at the Bull and Beer located at 11 East Ohio.
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THE
GEM Laundry
Ohio
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