Yaqui War Escalates as Gen. Torres Plans Assault
Reports from Nogales detail Gen. Torres and Gen. Pienedo planning an assault on Yaqui stronghold Vican for Sunday afternoon. Yaquis killed sixty Indians near Potamon and earlier massacred settlers, including women and children. Mexican forces to field 10,000 men under Gen. Luis Torres. his nephew Lorenzo Torres suspected alive but weak. The Cocorit battle severely diminished the Yaqui band and resistance spreads as bands move north seeking reprisals.
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Potamon
Vican
Torres
Nogales
Ariz
Pienedo
Yaquis
Luis Torres
Lorenzo Torres
Cocorit
Extermination Talk as Yaqui War Rises in Mexico
Official dispatches from Hermosillo report a battle near Potamon with Yaqui forces losing sixty men and Gen. Lorenzo Torres wounded. Three thousand Mexican troops move from Mexico City via El Paso and Nogales as Diaz orders a sharp decisive war. Governor Candado vows war on the American plan, claiming many troops ready to guard the border and predicting Yaqui extermination.
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Hermosillo
Mex
Potamon
Lorenzo Torres
Mexico
Paso
Nogales
Diaz
Torres
Francisco Candado
Sinaloa
Arizona
European czar may abdicate amid heirless throne rumors
Paris Times correspondent M De Blowitz reports Emperor Nicholas may abdicate during his Darmstadt visit due to a superstition about an heirless czar and a Russian legend naming Czar Michael as heir to Constantinople. Delcasse rushed to dissuade him after The Hague conference failure.
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London
M. de Blowitz
Paris
the Times
M. Delcasse
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Michael
Constantinople
Czarewitch
The
Hague
Darmstadt
Narrow escape for firemen in New Jersey street blaze
Firemen at 212 S New Jersey St narrowly escaped serious injury when a burning roof gave way Friday night. Captain Robinson of chemicals and Pat McMann were inside a rear shed as Assistant Chief Menst ordered Harry Bolinger to the roof. Two more crew members joined. a section of roof collapsed, sending Bolinger and others tumbling. They were scratched, Captain Robinson stunned briefly. Company 11 members refused to have their names printed.
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S. New Jersey St
Capt. Robinson
Pat McMann
Harry Bolinger
Ny 1
Bolinger
Capt
Robinson
Company 11
Viaduct Collapse Kills Motorman in Nashville
Three spans of Broad Street viaduct fell Friday night after being struck by heavily loaded flat cars. A Belmont electric car on the line derailed, dropping twenty feet and being crushed. Motorman Bruce was fatally injured. Conductor Knott and L Sigmund seriously hurt. six passengers bruised.
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Nashville
Tenn
Belmont
Bruce
Knott
Sigmund
Schissel's Winning Showdown Highlighted in Bath
Bath reports a dramatic victory led by Schissel with a top performance titled Temperature showing 84. Water record noted as fresh, clean, and ready for use.
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Schissel
Big Cut-In Salaries Loom for Bicycle Trust
Cleveland August 5 report on Tl A Lozier announcing an earthwide expansion plan for the Cleveland wheel company. No workers dropped for incompetence. high salaried travelers reduced. foreign agencies to be established. prices to fall while central agencies form in major cities. Board contenders named include H A Lozier Col Albert A Pope R L Coleman P P Gormully J W Kaiser J E Bromley R L Crawford A G Spalding A L Garford and A L Moore.
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Cleveland, O
Big Bicycle Trust
Tl. A. Lozier
Cleveland
Lezier
New York
Trust
H. A. Lozier
Albert A. Pope
Pope Manufacturing Company
R. L. Coleman
Western Wheel Works
Chicago
P. P. Gormully
Gormully & Jeffrey Manufacturing Company
J. W. Kaiser
Monarch Bicycle Company
J. E. Bromley
A. Featherstone & Co
R. L. Crawford
Hagerstown
A. G. Spalding
Spalding
A. L. Garford
Bicycle Saddle Trust
A. L. Moore
Cleveland Machine Screw Company
Indianapolis May Use Vulcanite Over Asphalt Trust
Western paving officers deny knowledge of a crack between their company and the Elkins asphalt syndicate. Lafayette reports Henry W. Marshall as future general manager, with Indianapolis headquarters, predicting control of asphalt interests and possible price boosts. Public Works President Downing says effects on Indianapolis would be minimal unless prices rise, and favors vulcanite if affordable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Paving and Supply Company
Elkins Asphalt Syndicate
Royse
Elkins Syndicate
Lafayette
Henry W. Marshall
Indiana General Assembly
Indianapolis
Downing
Board of Public Works
Elkins
Lee Nixon Seeks More Ice in Porto Rico
Capt. Dawson receives a letter from Lee Nixon formerly Congressman Over street's secretary now head of the money order dept in Ponce Porto Rico. He says the dept takes in 1090 to 5 dollars daily and that he and clerks are busy. One ice plant fails to meet demand due to hot weather and frequent two thirds closures for repairs. An ice wagon is a small two wheeled cart drawn by a burro.
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Capt. Dawson
Lee Nixon
Congressman Overstreet
Ponce
Porto Rico
Woman Found Dying in Vacant House on West Pearl Street
Patrolman Milam found a woman, Mary Kelly, 25, in a vacant house on W Pearl Street Saturday morning and telephoned for an ambulance. By the time he returned the woman was gone, told a friend had sent her to her sister Amanda Brown, 2339 Rural Street. Kelly had a prior criminal arrest on record, and her whereabouts for the night were unknown.
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Milam
W. Pearl St
Amanda Brown
Mary Kelly
Indianapolis Boy Wounded in Philippines Battle
William J Rosebrock of 1819 Commerce Ave receives a letter from son Arthur, a soldier in the Philippines. Dated June 20, the note reveals Arthur Rosebrock was wounded in the Las Piñas battle, shot between the shoulders by a Mauser bullet in a fierce engagement. Arthur belongs to Company L, Fourteenth Infantry.
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William J.rosebrock
Arthur
Philippines
Rosebrock
Las Pinas
Rosebrook
Fourteenth Infantry
Quacks to Face Probes as State Law Violated
State board of medical registration and examination likely to start proceedings against Christian scientists mental healers faith curists metaphysical medicators osteopaths and magnetic healers for advertising as physicians or charging fees for treating disease. Attorney general opinion says unlicensed persons using the title doctor or practicing cures by prayer moral counsel or nonaction violate the 1887 law. osteopaths must be licensed if called physicians and charge fees, otherwise massage alone may escape licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Medical Registration and Examination
General Assembly
Winchester tragedy in Sedgwick yields fatal stake
In Sedgwick Tillman Watkins, obsessed with Martin Orl's wife, abducted her at Winchester point from Orl's home. He beat the woman as they moved toward his hut. Martin Orl, hearing screams, returned armed, shot Watkins through the heart. Orl has not been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoxie
Ark
Sedgwick
Tillman Watkins
Martin Orl
Orl
Winchester
Watkins
Duncan Dewar Seeks School Commissioner Seat
Duncan Dewar former Ward 8 councilman enters race for school commissioner. He plans to file his petition with the mayor soon. Dewar is credited with a good council record and his nomination defeat attributed to city administration.
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Duncan Dewar
Indianapolis Weather Forecast for Aug Six
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending at 8 p m Saturday and Sunday cloudy weather with possible thunder showers and cooler conditions Saturday night readings show 7 am temperature 74 and noon 83, 2 pm 84.
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Indianapolis
Will Celebrate Regardless Capt Bieler Leads German Day
Capt J L Bieler chief marshal for German day says the celebration on Sept 3 will go ahead despite opposition from Socialturnverein members. It will be a patriotic affair marking the first landing of Germans in this country.
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J. L. Bieler
Socialturnverein
New Bridge Sought Over Fall Creek in City Plans
Councilman Madden urges the Board of Works to build a new 60 foot bridge over Fall Creek at Northwestern avenue rather than repair the existing 20 foot wide bridge crowded by street car tracks.
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Madden
Board of Works
Fall Creek
Northwestern Ave
LIFT THE TRACKS Elevation praised after Indianapolis contrast
W M Vary of Rochester New York visiting Indianapolis says elevated tracks there prove safer and better for business. He cites Rochester's 16 years with elevated New York Central lines and claims the city has seen no accidents and faster train speeds since the change. He notes open structural elevation with walls and earth fill, compares costs and impact on real estate, and argues Indianapolis should adopt a similar plan rather than return to surface tracks.
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W. M. Vary
Crosman Seed Company
Rochester
N. Y
Indianapolis
New York Central
Vary
New York Assembly
Vanderbilts
Mr. Vary
Ypogopolostodopeoe OY
Bold Vagrants Hold Up a Dairy Woman and Alarm Housewives
Charlies Summers, Frank Jones and James Evans were fined $95 plus costs by Judge Cox on vagrancy charges. They roamed southwest city areas beyond Belt road Friday evening threatening to hold up homes, begging for money by claiming to be striking miners from Evansville. They forced 450 cents from Mrs. George Bernhardt, who was driving a dairy wagon on Bluff road. Patrolmen Barnauer and Huhn subdued the suspects with clubs before arrest.
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Charlies Summers
Frank Jones
James Evans
Judge Cox
Belt Road
Evansville
George Bernhardt
Bluff Road
Barnauer
Huhn
Sousa's Band to Play at State Fair in September
The Sousa band will perform at the state fair on September 20 and 21 in the evening after a contract was closed through telegrams between Secretary Kennedy and the band. The State board of agriculture believes good music will draw more than spectacle, and rural attendees will gain a first hearing or a second opportunity to hear Sousa.
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Sousa
Kennedy
State Board of Agriculture
State Dairymen Approve Proposed Dairy Rules
The State board of health and J J W Billingsley of the State dairy association report approval of the proposed dairy product regulations. The rules for products handled by wholesale grocers and manufacturers drew no suggestions and are expected to be adopted without opposition.
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State Board of Health
J. J. W. Billingsley
State Dairy Association
Divorce Petition Details Alleged Desertion and Infidelity
John Miller files for divorce from Rosa Miller claiming desertion after a fall injury caused by a falling pulley. He accuses her of never returning and of intimate relations with other men, outlining a damaged marriage and seeking legal separation.
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John Miller
Rosa
Abductor Clyde Jones Arrived For Trial In Peru
Clyde Jones, abducter of Nellie Berger, was brought from Michigan City for trial. Sheriff Dunn and vigilant citizens confronted a large crowd at the Peru depot as the train arrived. Nellie Berger watched Jones’s removal and the plan to jail, amid fears of lynching.
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Peru
Ind
Clyde Jones
Nellie Berger
Michigan City
Sheriff Dunn
Rochester
Jones
Dewey Expelled From Austria Over Paris Interview Tale
Vienna correspondent for Libre Parole claims Admiral Dewey was expelled for an alleged interview quoting him saying the next war would be with Germany. The admiral reportedly refused to contradict the remark, and Austria ordered him to leave within 24 hours.
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Paris
Vienna
Libre Parole
Dewey
Austria
Germany
Paris Yarn Compares Dewey's Trieste Visit to Navy Dispatch
Washington Aug 5 Admiral Dewey's flagship anchored in Naples bay as cables from him asserted. The Paris yarn claims he warned of war with Germany but officials dismiss it as unconfirmed. The Olympia apparently stayed briefly in Trieste for pratique and nothing more.
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Washington
Dewey
Naples
Napoli
Navy
Olympia
Manila
Trieste
Navy Department
Paris
Germany
State Department
Indiana appoints truancy officers for counties and cities
The state truancy board, led by the secretary of charities and Supt. Jones, lists appointments for counties and cities. Names include Elgy M. Keyser in Allen County, Jacob Davis in Bartholomew, J. F. White in Benton, Ira S. Perkins in Boone, John White in Carroll, Willis M. Mees in Clay, Edward Van Fleet in DeKalb, S. B. Skeeter in Delaware, Emery A Overhiser in Fayette, Geo. E. Smith in Floyd, John Shutt for New Albany, A. J. Freyberger in Hamilton, Chas. W. Huston in Hancock, Alonzo L. Reynolds in Harrison, John A. Cook in Henry, J. P. Hammond in Jasper, Robert Curran in Laporte, John Platz in St. Joseph for South Bend, Jacob Ulrich for Lafayette in Tippecanoe, F. A. Myers for Evansville in Vanderburgh, John E. Wenner in Jay County.
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Ty. Boone
Ira S. Perkins
Lebanon
Carroll
John White
Flora
Clarke
Aaron Scott
Utica
Clay
Willis M. Mees
Brazil
Dearborn
John Bossing
Cold Springs
DeKalb
Edward van Fleet
Garrett
Delaware
S. B. Skeeter
Muncie
Fayette
Emery A Overhiser
Connersville
Floyd
Geo. E. Smith
Floyd Knobs
New Albany
John Shutt
Franklin
T. T. McCannon
Brookville
Hamilton
A. J. Freyberger
Noblesville
Hancock
Chas
W. Huston
Greenfield
Harrison
Alonzo L. Reynolds
Corydon
Henry
John A. Cook
Newcastle
Jasper
J. P. Hammond
Rensselaer
Laporte
Robert Curran
St. Joseph
John Platz
South Bend
Tippecanoe
Jacob Ulrich
Lafayette
Vanderburg
F. A. Myers
Evansville
Jay
John E. Wenner
Portland
More Milk Poisoners to Be Prosecuted Under New Tactics
The Board of Health reports continued prosecutions of dairymen for adulterating milk with formaldehyde. A new method to convict violators of the pure food law has been discovered, and additional cases will be brought.
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The
Board of Health
Logsdon Plans Public Appearance at Republican HQ Monday
A fragmented notice indicates Logsdon will appear in front of supporters at Republican City Committee headquarters starting Monday, with references to a Saturday wound and Chairman Logs.
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Logsdon
Republican City Committee
Miller Prostrated by Heat Sent Home
Tony Miller a teamister was overcome by heat on Friday and removed to his home at 503 Vinton Street.
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Tony Miller
Vinton St
Consolidation Report of Indiana Ohio Electric Street Railways
The Cincinnati Lawrenceburg Aurora electric street railroad company of Indiana and a similarly named Ohio company have consolidated. Capital stock totals 35000 with 250 shares allotted to Ohio and 100 to Indiana. Officers hail from Hamilton Ohio. Freeman oil and gas of Richmond and Warsaw millinery and tailoring also listed with capital stocks 10600 and 5000 respectively.
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Elletsville Opera House Company
Capital
Freeman Oil and Gas Company
Richmond
Warsaw Millinery and Tailoring Company
Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora Electric ‘Street Railroad’ Company
Indiana
Ohio
Consolidated
Ohio Company
Hamilton
Pro Bono Cigar Offer and Dustless Oats Inquiry
Fragmentary ad notices mention a discount good at 10c smoke try pro bono cigar and 5c oats for a horse feed. References to Wallachner & Son as CHICKERING agents in Plano Indianapolis and a vague jewelry/watch dealer with unclear prices and place of sale.
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Wallachner & Son
Plano Indianapolis
Ind
Latest Style Harness Amid Lowest Prices at Strawmyer Store
Local merchants advertise sale items including harnesses and harness gear at Strawmyer and Nilius with slogans about low prices. The notices mention a 37 monument and Me Grand betel cate: Mepis 25 centa, suggesting promotional jargon and catalog snippets from a period ad page.
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Strawmyer & Nilius
Hoodoo Story Of A 15 Year Old Boy’s Hand Growth
Louis Sneed, colored, 15, of 1228 Howard Street, had a growth removed from the back of his right hand at a city dispensary on Saturday. He says he was once with a dog and pony show and believes he was hoodooed, noting the lump began growing immediately after leaving the show. He underwent the operation without anesthesia.
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Louis Sneed
Howard St
Filipino Torch Report from London Promises Heavy Forces
London reports General Lawton to command the heavy forces in the fall campaign against the Half-devils with possible help from Fighting Joee Red Fire for the Californians. Lloyds notes the American steamer Saturnus burned by insurgents off Luzon’s northern coast.
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Joee
Red Fire
London
Lloyds
Saturnus
Luzon
Steamer Sature nus Burned. Crew Reported Missing
Manila Aug 3 The steamer Sature nus of Compania Maritima carrying the American flag was burned by insurgents on the west coast Wednesday. The crew is reported missing.
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Manila
Saturenus
Compania Maritima
Plan to divide Philippine forces under Lawton and Wheeler
Washington dispatch outlines a campaign plan for the Philippines dividing the islands into several military departments. Gen Lawton will command the cavalry department with heavy fighting expected there, and Gen Wheeler is likely to lead a cavalry brigade under Lawton. This arrangement reduces Gen Otis’s burden while allowing him to act as military governor.
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New York
Washington
The
Herald
Philippines
Lawton
Wheeler
Otis
Welcome Home First California Volunteers From Manila
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 5 Two weeks more and the First regiment California volunteers the first that went out to take Manila from the Spaniards just a little over a year ago will go home again. The city promises a marine parade city decorations on a grand scale triumphal arches and illuminations of city hall domes and other skyscrapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California Volunteers
Manila
California
Cavalry Leader Hayes Optimistic on Aguinaldo Fight
Col Hayes, famed for Indian fighting, predicts quick collapse of rebels once cavalry deploys in the Aguinaldo campaign. He calls for more mounted troops and says the rebels will yield soon after cavalry begins operations as he heads to Manila for a cavalry command.
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Washington
Hurricane devastates River Junction area in Florida
Aug 5 reports detail a historic hurricane strike in the River Junction region. Carribelle has nine houses left and 200 families homeless. McIn tyre shows only two mill workers remain. Lanash Inn is destroyed, the C T G railroad washed out for 30 miles, Mary Williams killed, many injured, fifteen ships wrecked near St George's and Dog Island, fifty sailors destitute, and total losses estimated at 1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. George's
Dog Island
Run Out of Town in Pana Riot
Three Negro men were driven from Pana Illinois on Friday after being attacked by union sympathizers. The assailants included miners’ wives and children and one victim was badly hurt. The Springside mining company tipple reportedly fired four shots during the forced expulsion, none of which hit anyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pana
Ill
Springside Mining Company
City Life and Court Rounds in Local Notes
A 15 dollar fire damaged C E Schofelds barn near 1514 Hill Ave Friday night. Meridian bowling club beat Stone Palace club in two well played games Friday. James Welch to answer in court Tuesday on a charge of stealing copper wire from the street car company. Detectives Gerber and Morgar recovered about 200 pounds of wire. Wil Spaulding, colored, deserted his family for May Johnson, colored, whose husband is in the penitentiary. Saturday morning Judge Cox fined them and sent them to the workhouse.
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C. E Schofeld
Hill Ave
Meridian Bowling Club
Stone Palace Club
James Welch
Gerber
Morgar
Wil Spaulding
May Johnson
Cox
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