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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1907

Page

2

Saloons group denies liquor permits after review

The liquor license committee of the council rejected five of 37 license applications and held six for further study after a Friday night meeting. Three rejections cited location concerns and two cited applicant character. The committee, led by W. O. Bangs, plans regular Friday sessions and public hearings at the police station to receive complaints.

Council Common Council W. O. Bangs W. A. Rhodes Otto Hofmann Harry Rouse Ed Stickelman John Donavan Fay Wright

Sheriff Stops Jail Mutiny With Revolver And Mace

Sheriff Joseph Clay and two bicycle officers faced two prisoners who refused to return to cells at the county jail Friday night. The sight of a revolver and mace forced the pair to comply and go to their cells. Jailer Mark Kimble assisted by preparing to lock them in.

Mark Kimble Clay Hall Simon

Civil service exams announced for September

The civil service announces examinations in September. September 4 includes a vacancy for an engineer at Cheyenne River agency South Dakota Indian service at 720 dollars annually. September 4-5 cover several vacancies for 28 hydrographic surveyors in the navy department at 1200 to 2200 dollars yearly. September 9 offers vacancies for assistant crop technologist 1500 to 2000 dollars and crop technologist 2000 to 2500 dollars per year.

Cheyenne River Agency South Dakota Indian Service Navy Department

Collision injures 74 year old on Shelby street

Christopher Sommeriat, 74, was injured Friday afternoon when his wagon was struck by a car on Shelby street. He turned his horse in front of the vehicle and was taken to his daughter’s home at 2147 Chestnut street.

Christopher Sommeriat Shelby-st Chestnut-st

Oil Tank Fire At Traction Yards Blazes For Forty Minutes

Firemen fought a large underground crude oil blaze at the Traction Terminal yard after a torch ignited an oil well. Fire used brooms and shovels to douse flames as hundreds of gallons burned, with the tank finally burning out after forty minutes and inspector Isaah Miles injured. The fire cast a glow seen for blocks and damaged nearby equipment.

Traction Terminal Noah Miles Isaah Miles Miles Laurelst Stevenson

Boiler Tube Blast Injures Two in Century Building

A boiler tube rupture in the Century building at Pennsylvania and Maryland avenues Friday afternoon burned two men, Morton Bloomfield and Charles Jones, firemen, as escaping steam enveloped them. The outbreak temporarily halted the building’s machinery but neither man was seriously hurt.

Century Pennsylvania Marylandats Morton Bloomfield Charles Jones Bloomfield Jones

J E Clark Injured In Fall Near College Avenue

James E Clark a 65 year old Martinsville resident and retired farmer was hurt Friday night alighting from an E Tenth street car at Massachusetts and College avenues He suffered a cut above the eye a badly bruised head and shock He was taken to City hospital in the dispensary ambulance with Dr Wagnen in charge

James E. Clark Martinsville Massachusetts and College Ave Clark Scharge Wagnen

Mysterious Oklahoma City Murders Linked to Gang Theory

Unidentified mangled remains surface as authorities pursue a suspected organized gang in Oklahoma City. Investigations reference a letter alleging seven killers in the city and 70 victims, with arrests and releases continuing as detectives work the case.

James KR. Meadows Rudolph Tegeler Lettter Tegeler Meadows

Sunday Services Across Churches in City This Week

Multiple congregations list Sunday morning worship at 10:45 with sermons on Prayer and faith themes. Preachers include Rev. T. H. Nelson, Rev. George Huntington, Rev. Levi S. Knotts, Rev. E. H. Wood, Dr. Stansfield, Rev. H. C. Clippinger, Rev. Allan B. Philpott, Rev. J. F. Morris, Mrs. M. J. Baldwin, Dr. Albert E. Hurlstone. Evening topics cover God consciousness and spiritual law.

Pentecost Tabernacle T. H. Nelson George Huntington Grace Pro-cathedral Capitol Ave. Methodist Church Levi S. Knotts E. H. Wood Epworth League Dr. Stansfield Meridian St. Church L. O. Steining Decatur County M. J. Baldwin Tuxedo Baptist Church Christ God Albert E. Hurlstone Roberts Park M. E

States Rights as Barrier to Interstate Commerce

Representative Charles E. Townsend argues federal railroad regulation is essential to prevent state barriers. He notes progress under the Esch-Townsend bill, the removal of rebates, and the push for uniform accounts and a single federal plan. He cautions that state rights weaken when inter state commerce is involved and urges a nationwide policy enforced by the federal government.

Washington Charles E. Townsend Jackson Mich House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce House United Press Fifty-ninth Congress Carolina North Carolina Pritchard Supreme Court

Jamestown Show Fails to Settle Exposition Aid

Washington Aug three The secretary of the treasury will not yet take charge of the James town exposition at Norfolk under the $1,000,000 loan law. The law authorized seizure if the first payment of $100,000 due Aug 1 was missed. Cortelyou states he does not intend to invoke that authority for now.

Cortelyou Secretary of the Treasury

Wulfson Fights City Over Oil Can Inspections

Isidore Wulfson, city weights and measures inspector, sues Standard Oil after clashing over can testing and inspection fees. A restraining order blocks his threat to arrest drivers and halt oil deliveries while a detailed hearing is set for Aug 21.

Isidore Wulfson Standard Oil Company Charles T. Hanna Wulfson Hanna Miller, Shirley & Miller Oil Company Fred Matson Corporation Counsel Charles A. Bookwalter

Indicted Constable W E White Dies of Tuberculosis

W E White a former constable in Justice Harvey B Stout's court died Friday at his home on West Twenty Sixth Street from tuberculosis after months of illness. He was under indictment for extortion and had been arrested with other constables. J D Carlin associated with him was indicted but not found. White leaves a wife.

W. E. White Court of Justice of the Peace Harvey B. Stout W. Twenty-Sixth St White Justice Stout Grant Hollingsworth Haughville J. D. Carlin Carlin

Doctor Geer arraigned in deadly illegal operation case

In Cleveland on August 2 Dr. Norman M. Geer faced police court arraignment over an illegal operation linked to the death of 18 year old Mary Werner who had accused him before dying. He was released on five thousand dollars bail.

Cleveland, O Norman M. Geer Mary Werner Geer

First Brownsburg National Bank Approved for Charter

The application by S. M. Richereek John L. Marsh W. Fred Fitch Grand Eaton and J S Tharp to organize the First National Bank of Brownsburg Indiana with a 25000 capital has been approved by national authorities.

The Sun Washington S. M. Richereek John L. Marsh W. Fred Fitch Grand Eaton J. 5 Tharp First National Bank of Brownsburg Ind

Tragic accident as boy shoots sister near Cora

In Gallipolis Ohio on August 3 Robert Wilson ten years old aimed a shotgun at his five year old sister Goldie. The weapon discharged tearing off part of her face and her hand. She died within fifteen minutes.

Gallipolis Robert William Wilson Cora Goldie

Jury blames freight crew in Pere Marquette wreck

The coroner's jury in Michigan returned a verdict blaming the freight crew that collided with the excursion train the two Plymouth operators who copied and delivered the order and Pere Marquette railroad for operating under defective rules.

The Sun Northville Mich Aus Peré Marquette Plymouth Pere Marquette Railroad

Brook s Killed by Electric Street Car in Anderson

Edward G. Brooks aged 48 of Anderson Indiana was killed by an electric street car while returning home from the Middletown fair yesterday. The incident occurred in Anderson.

Anderson Ind Middletown Edward G. Brooks

Rough Rider to Lead Republican State Committee

Tulsa dispatch reports Charlee Hunter, veteran Rough Rider under Theodore Roosevelt, elected chairman of the Republican state central committee as the state convention adjourned yesterday afternoon.

The Sun Tulsa I. T Republican State Convention Charlee Hunter Rough Riders Theodore Roosevelt Republican State Central Committee

North Carolina Law Stance on Carrier Capital Value

The speaker notes current laws rely on tangible property for carrier value and expects no major changes until the present law is fairly tested. He observes ongoing uncertainty and cautious optimism about future capital stock issuance being tied to real property.

North Carolina

Daniel W. Krisher Dies Amid Bank Failure Grief

Daniel W. Krisher, 62, former president of the Bank of North Manchester, died in Wabash Indiana. Grief from his arrest for embezzlement after the bank’s 1904 failure is cited as the cause of death.

Daniel W. Krisher the Sun Wabash Ind Bank of North Manchester

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