Board actions promote and reinstate staff at city services
At a Wednesday safety board meeting, William Stienecker was appointed to the regular police force while Fireman John W. Miller was reinstated after prior accusations. Holtz earns promotion, Weible remains station master, and T. W. Griffin becomes bicycle patrolman. The new South-side market stalls will be auctioned next Tuesday at 1 p.m., with appraisals set for Wednesday, subject to mayoral ordinance signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Safety
Nesday
Illiam Stienecker
Poeliceman
Weible
Union Station
Holtz
Supt
Quigley
John W. Miller
Anna Lee Richie
Roth
Miller
Morse
Deaf girl found near Indianapolis veneer and lumber office
A deaf young woman about 23 with bright red hair was found on the steps of the Indianapolis veneer and lumber office and brought to police HQ. She appeared unable to speak or identify herself, wrote the name Cora and then Mr Frank Day, and had clairvoyant cards on her. She was moved to City hospital for typhoid suspicion.
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Indianapolis Veneer and Lumber Company
Twenty-third St
Jeet
Indiana Ave
Cora
Gregoire
Frank Day
Geologist dismisses claim of mad stones from stump
A. A. Berry of Howard county sent a porous siliceous stone found under a Miami county stump with two Indian spear heads to the state geologist for analysis. Berry offered money for quick results, but the geologist returned the stone and stated geologists do not believe in mad stones and have no faith in such claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Berry
Howard County
Miami County
Motorman Parsons Gets Jolt In Street Car Collision
The Broad Ripple car No. 8 bumped into a Central Avenue car near Thirty-fourth street and Central Avenue around 16 a.m. Tuesday. Motorman John Parsons had a loose grip on the brake and a knob struck his wrist, causing a badly bruised arm though officials say the injury is not serious.
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Broad Ripple
Thirty-fourth St
Central-ave
John Parsons
Births Deaths and Marriages Notice
Births list addresses and newborns for Tweed and Leah Davis Mitchel and Mary Reed Henry and Lizzie Heid Harry and Clara Williams Theodore and Anna Stemffel Deaths Frank Londéregeer age 60 from dropsy at Bright wood Marriage Licenses Charles Buswitz to Ethel Ferrier Oliver Hiers to Anna Poland Henry Truex to Carrie Ford Ross Rayburn to Henrietta Scales Commodore Bailey to Nora Owens Robert Darneal to Mary Bowman Herman Didlein to Leota Hensley Lyman Collins to Minnie Murphy.
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Tweed and
Leah Davis
Griffin-st
Mitchel
Mary Reed
Hovey-st
Henry and
Lizzie Heid
Lambert-st
Harry and
Clara Williams
Cornellave
Theodore and
Anna’ Stemffel
Tenth-st
Chas. Buswitz
Ethel Ferrier
Kentuckian Misses His Aim
London Kentucky August 8 George Halt accidentally shot Clyde Thompson an 11 year old boy perhaps fatally at East Bernstadt They had been drinking and were firing their pistols at stumps poles and anything in sight Halt surrendered to authorities in the incident
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A. Kentuckian
London
George Halt
Clyde Thompson
East Bernstadt
Halt
Two Big Blazes Hit Banks and Refineries
Bulldozers were destroyed at Carlisle Kentucky on Tuesday causing about 20000 dollars in loss. The Onion Carriage Company and the B L Taylor Tallow Refinery in Watertown New York suffered about 60000 dollars in damage on the same Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisle
Onion Carriage Company
B.L. Taylor -Tallow
Watertown
N. Y
A Good Luck Cross Discovered in Grave Finds
A fragmentary note describes a cross named Dagmar allegedly found in a tomb and claimed to ward off evil and disease. The text mentions various remedies and cautions about health, indiscipline and private concerns, with references to a bottle and merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dagmar
Convicted Horse Thief Sentenced in Jeffersonville Court
Tuesday court sessions heard multiple cases as the grand jury was not in session. Albert Conway pleaded guilty to stealing a horse and buggy and was sent to Jeffersonville for one to fourteen years, claiming a wife with about $10,000 finances his actions. Edward Donlin received a one to fourteen year term after stealing a brewery rig, while Edward Gilman and William Hunt drew long sentences for robbery. Frank Pollan, an 18 year old, faced trial for stealing newspapers as his mother planned to intervene.
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Pugh
Albert Hugene Conway
Wooe Thompson
Ben Davis
Conway
Stout
New Albany
Hos
Mason
Edward Donlin
Maijesti
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Frederick F. Eberhardt
Larsh
Donlin
Edward Gilman
William Hunt
Court House
Plaineld
Frank Pollan
Figure of St Anne Reported in New Jersey Quarry
Italians in Orange claim a rock relief of St Anne appears on a cliff face in John O Rourke's quarry. Hundreds visit the site and some discern the Virgin Mary in the figure's arms. The 40 foot high cliff makes close inspection impossible amid strong excitement.
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Orange
N. J
St. Anne
John O'Rourke
Orange Mountains
St. Anne’s Arms
O'Rourke
Emperor William's business head boosts German trade gains
Ferdinand Mayer the toy dealer recently returned from Europe says Germany is reaching out worldwide with its manufactured products. He notes Germany continually introduces novelties and may soon rival the United States as a principal world market competitor. The emperor's bustling street dashes attract crowds and lively trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Mayer
Europe
Germany
United States
England
A Fightin Priest Arranges Justice in WilkesBarre
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on a Sunday Michael Sheerin intoxicated beat his wife and destroyed furniture. Father Bustin arrived and attempted persuasion but failed. He then administered a severe thrashing to the husband before police placed him in jail for three weeks with help from the constables and the local squire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Michael Sheerin
Father Bustin
Sheerin
Gompers backs boycott in Cleveland streetcar dispute
Sam Gompers, president of the American Federation of IA bor, urges a boycott to pressure Cleveland streetcar bosses. He defends using consumer action while denying support for violence or vandalism by strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Haca’ ‘Federation
Iabor
Cleveland
Cott
Marion county to build hospital for insane approved
County commissioners awarded contracts totaling about 75 000 for a new hospital for the incurably insane. George Weaver won brick work at 35 450 and F C Smock secured carpenter work at 31 500. Plumbing bids were not received and will be let later. Estimated plumbing and lighting cost about 8 000.
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Marion County
Geo. Weaver
F. C. Smock
Inquest Opens on Bridgeport Mills Pond Disaster
Coroners inquest began in Bridgeport after the Peck’s mill pond disaster. Witness Frances E. Peck said the car sped toward the bridge and declined to slow. William E. Peck noted the bridge appeared out of true before impact. Kitty Taylor testified the car ran rapidly and did not ease up near the bridge.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Peck’s Mill Pond
Frances E. Peck
Wiliam E. Peck
Kitty Taylor
Indianapolis Bid Sparks Trainmen HQ Search
Bids for the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen headquarters have been received from Cleveland Galesburg Chicago Detroit Des Moines St. Louis Indianapolis Cincinnati and Peoria. Grand officers gather to evaluate the responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Cleveland
Galesburg
Chicago
Detroit
Des Moines
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Anderson pastor issues debate challenge on spiritualism
Elder W. R. Covert of the Church of God in Anderson Ind. issues a challenge to Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease at the spiritualist camp for a debate on spiritualism. He previously debated Moses Hull of Buffalo on the same subject three years ago.
Explosion Kills Man in Logansport Gas Line Incident
An explosion on the Chicago Gas Company's line two miles east of Royal Center killed Howard Row and seriously injured William Stratton on Monday morning near Logansport Indiana.
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Logansport
Ind
Chicago Gas Company
Royal Center
Howard Row
William Stratton
Multiple Local Falls and Frauds Reported Across Indiana
In Dillsboro Albert Conner and Miss Georgia Kittle with Wesley Hall and Miss Etta Bovard race buggies. Hall and companion spill, Conner collides with Wayne Dorrell rig. all three badly hurt but Hall and Bovard uninjured. In Washington a horse fatally kicks 18 year old Howard Raymond after seizing his hand. In Cloverdale Timothy OConnor loses 600 dollars, life savings, en route to Greencastle. In Michigan City a state prison truck patch success eyed for next year purchase. In Portland 89 year old Robert Huey dies. in Jeffersonville Milton H Lowe near swindle of 10000 pounds from English firm over patent surgeon needle. forged papers suspected.
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Dillsboro
Albert Conner
Georgia Kittle
Wesley Hall
Etta Bovard
Hall
Conner
Wayne Dorrel
Miss Bovard
Explosion in Cincinnati tunnel destroys 22 freight cars
An explosion in tunnel No 4 of the Cincinnati Southern railway shortly after midnight destroyed 22 freight cars. The blast was caused by a tank of coal oil exploding and setting the cars afire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Escaped Federal Prisoners Plague Leavenworth News From Wire
Two inmates escaped from Leavenworth Kansas on Tuesday and authorities hunted them. An attempt to poison H C Gienn's Detroit area family was found to involve tainted milk and a powder on the steps. A kerosene explosion killed Mrs Catharine Caza and her 16 month old child in Detroit Tuesday. Kid McCoy seeks a regulated match with Tommy Ryan. The painter N T Hartshorn home burned at South Sandisfield Massachusetts. About 100 shoe manufacturers in Cincinnati meet to lift prices after a session. Constable Carter of Marion fatally shot Joe Sault and wounded his wife during a pursuit.
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H. C. Gienn
St. Louis
Catharine Caza
Detroit
Hazleton
Vergoh
Silverbrook
Fight in Empire block leaves Huffman wounded at barrel house
Percy Huffman of the Empire block and Geo Moseby fought Tuesday afternoon in front of a barrel house at 403 Massachusetts Ave. Huffman was cut in the face and back and later placed in bail. Moseby had not been arrested by 3 p.m.
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Percy Huffman
Empire Block
Geo. Moseby
Massachusetts Ave
Huffman
Moseby
Ex Gov Atkinson Dies After Illness in Georgia
Ex Gov W Atkinson dies Tuesday morning in Newnam Georgia after a ten day illness from typhoid dysentery. He served two terms as Georgia governor, immediately before the present incumbent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkinson
Newnam
W. ¥. Atkinson
Georgia
Eloping couple in Milwaukee seeks marriage parson
Wm H Banks aged 60 Civil War veteran and Eliza Frame 15, an eloping couple claiming Benton Harbor Michigan as home, were arrested in Milwaukee on Monday while seeking a minister to unite them in marriage. The incident followed a string of odd headlines from around the world with various local reports.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Banks
Eliza
Benton Harbor
Mich
Thrush Frees Alleged Thieves Over Stolen Lead
Police object as Merchant policeman Harry Thrush released two men caught with stolen lead pipe fragments from a house on N. Pennsylvania St after delays calling for a patrol wagon. Thrush said he acted as private watchman and kept the loot, while Commissioner Roth urged revocation of his police powers.
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Harry Thrush
Thrush
N. Pennsylvania St
Colbert
Roth
Board of Safety
Striking Sun newspaper workers hold out in New York
In New York on August 5 the Sun's striking compositors and stereotypers show no signs of settling their dispute. Officials refuse comment as the paper operates with an eight page edition issued Tuesday morning and the production is seriously handicapped by the strike.
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New York
Sun
City Grain Market Report for Tuesday
Wheat prices steady to weak with No 2 red at steady to 7 1 4 cents. No 3 red around 6 6 4 cents. Corn prices mixed with No 3 white near 33 to 34 4 cents and No 4 white around 30 14 cents. oats steady to dull with No 2 white about 28 cents. Timothy hay ranges from 8 50 to 9 50 per unit depending on grade and age of timothy.
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City
Wno
Timothy
Armour
Badellet & Co
Dann Sanalio
Anti-trust Live Stock Market Report from Indianapolis
Br R Shiel & Co reports heavy receipts with a slow market in Indianapolis. Prices eased 2 to 5 cents on heavy and medium weights while fancy bacons averaged 4.77 to 4.82 per unit and mediums to heavies ranged 4.70 to 4.75. Cattle market held strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. R. Shiel & Co
Indianapolis
Aug
Indianaplis Cattle Receipts Show Market Activity and Prices
Cattle receipts around 600 with 100 ship ments on Tuesday as market stays active and prices largely unchanged. Hogs and sheep also show steady to active markets with varied prices across weight classes and stock types.
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Pilliam
Stienecker
Noteh
Milley
Jack
Parsons
Frank Londéregeer
Brightwood
Mingo
S ‘Holdinv
New Jersey
William
Ellen
Elder Covert
Washington
Howard Raymond
Cloverdale
Timothy O’conner
Greencastle
Michigan City
Harley
Portland
Robert Huey
Jay County
Jeffersonville
Milton H. Lowe
Lowe
Leavenworth, Kan
Kid McCoy
Tommy Ryan
N. T. Hartshorn
Cleveland, O
South Sandisfield, Mass
Carter
Marion
Van
Joe Sault
Leeds
Eng
Maud Spencer
George Arundel
Trenton
Smith
Cadwalader Park
New York Sun
LODGE
Lodge and Society
Webber-Burton Co
Pennsylvania St
S. Mlinoisst
W. J. Gillingham
N. Capitolave
Alabama
Bath
Delaware
N. East St
Virginia-ave
Illinois-st
New Jersey-st
N. Delaware-st
Detroit-ave
Indiana Dye
Massachusetts-ave
Vermont
Walterer's
Colman’s
Church & CO
Cox’s
RIO
Pdes
Legace
Masonville
WM. H. Block
Deuuete
Sant Tate Aye
Lilly & Stalnaker
E. Washington St
Ree
Ander
Atlas
Johnson & Waltz
New Jersey St
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