Hanna Indicates Coal Strike Could End Soon
Congress man Patterson returns to Pottsville after talks with Senator Hanna who says negotiations progress toward an early settlement. Hanna declines to reveal his plan. In New York, analysts see risk of a split in the United Mine Workers convention with leaders uncertain about a strike. Wilkes-Barre reports union secretary Harry White launching a national defense fund for striking miners.
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Pottsville
Patterson
Hanna
New York
Coal Trade Ournal
Indianapols
Mitchell
Bryan
Chicago
Wilkesbarre
Harry White
National Garment-Makers’ Union
Gambling rooms open wider in Indianapolis
Police say gambling operates openly in many houses in the city. Kissel’s rooms claim protection from raids, while Augustus Rhake rises as the new “gambling king” near Union Station and at a saloon on West Washington Street with conspicuous diamonds and heavy business.
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Indianapolis
Kissel
Augustus Rhake
Fairgrounds
Bill
Rhake
Union Station
Harry Walker
W. Washington St
Plague of Dead Fish prompts harbor cleanup plan
Harvey town near New Orleans suffers a depopulated canal area as thousands of dead fish foul the canal ahead of a possible levee cut. Health officials consider washing the canal to the gulf, costing thousands of dollars, to relieve a widespread putrid odor affecting New Orleans residents.
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New Orleans
Gulf
Harvey
Louisiana Cypress Company
Mississippi River
Harcanal
Harvey's
Counterfeit Money Case Reported By Secret Service Officer
United States secret service officer Tom Halls returned from a trip to identify counterfeit currency at a carnival in Anderson. He found two one dollar bills altered to raise their denomination and noted several counterfeit notes in circulation at Ekwood, though no conclusive offenders were found.
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Tom Halls
United States Secret Service
Anderson
Ekwood
Weather Boss Predicts Cooler Temperatures Ahead
A Ma jestic Building weather chief notes a northwest cool wave crossing Wyoming. He forecasts Tuesday night’s low around 74 and morning readings near 77, signaling not as hot conditions tonight and tomorrow morning. The breeze from Wyoming is expected to continue through the day.
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Wyoming
Arbitration Talk Burns Through State Bar Meeting
Senatorial arbitration was urged by Lieut.-Rev. Gilbert as a topic for Judge Penfield to address in the senate chamber at the state house. Judge Penfield avoided war talk and spoke on Pan American arbitration. The crowd included John Duncan ex-mayor of Greenfield who urged dropping the Penfield issue. George L. Reinhardt spoke on the lawyers and the court. Mrs Reinhardt leads Indiana University law school and is a prominent Democrat. The bar association elected officers and will finish with a banquet at the Columbia club.
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Penfield
Gilbert
State Bar Association
Senate
State House
Judge Penfield
Yard
John Duncan
Greenfield
George L. Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Indiana University Law School
Bar Association
Columbia Club
Capitol to be lit nightly during G A R encampment
Washington plans reveal the Capitol may glow each night in October for the G A R encampment. Gen Ell Torrance asked Speaker Henderson to illuminate the building, with searchlights from the navy department likely to enhance the landmark. Traffic to Washington is expected to surge compared with a decade ago and Civil War battlefield maps are being prepared for veterans.
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Washington
Capitol
Ell Torrance
Henderson
Elliott Woods
Navy Department
H. W. Boynton
War Department
Forecast for Indianapolis July 10 period
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 8 p m July 10 calls for thunderstorms Wednesday night and likely Thursday followed by cooler air. Temperatures from 77 at 7 a m to 90 at noon and 2 p m with showers and thunderstorms continuing in Indiana and nearby states and westerly winds.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
OBrien Rejects GOP Majority Guesses In State
Chairman O'Brien of the Democratic State Committee returns to work after a two week absence and dismisses Republican predictions of a 25 000 to 30 000 statewide win. He cites a visit to Franklin Lick and says he has little time for conjecture.
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O’brien
Democratic State Committee
Frercin Lick
Sherrick Rd Miller
Lick
Man Claims $60,000 Anarchist Threats Force Visit to Mrs. McKinley
Canton Ohio July 9 George Fisher middle aged man claims a world anarchist price on his head and seeks protection from President McKinley’s wife reaching via Washington after visiting Mark Hanna. Fisher says he has spent 22 years exposing anarchist plots and fears death unless protected. He left a letter with documents at a local hotel and was referred to secret service in Cleveland.
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Canton
George Fisher
Mc Kinley
Fisher
Mark Hannah
Washington
McKinley
Nan
Chicago
Cleveland
Senator Hanna
Secret Service
Freight Handlers Strike Expands Across Railroads
Railroads refuse to bargain with freight handlers as union members and demand an immediate return to work. The strike's scope is set to widen, after an expectation that a state arbitration would settle it by Wednesday night.
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Chicago
State Board
Local Freight Handlers May Strike If Chicago Strike Succeeds
Organized labor circles anticipate a possible strike by Indianapolis freight handlers if the Chicago strike yields favorable terms. Indianapolis wages, adjusted weeks ago, mirror Chicago rates but lower by cost of living. delivery men earn 50 to 55 dollars monthly in Chicago and 40 to 45 in Indianapolis. The roads have not recognized the Indianapolis union, and recognition is not a major issue there, pending Chicago’s outcome.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Ambitious Indiana doctor misreads exam as he seeks license
A medical applicant at the Indiana state house mistook Cash Hadley for Gov Durbin while taking a licensing examination. He read questions aloud, wore a lost number, and was guided by staff to complete four branches. He admitted prior editor work and hurried through the test. The session continued into Thursday with papers to be graded.
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Cash Hadley
Gov. Durbin
Noah
Indiana
No. 12
State House
Sam Ware
Ware
Medical Board
Miss Shover
Durbin
City chemist detects skimmed milk over fat standard
Ansel Moffatt found a Tuesday milk sample containing 4 parts butter fat, above the city 3.6 standard. He notes the sample was not watered but skimmed, determined by its specific gravity. The week’s milk shows many samples meeting or exceeding city standards. The milk seller of pure skimmed milk may be prosecuted.
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Ansel Moffatt
Juries Will Try Gamblers Here After Raid Trial
Gamble cases in police court ended with nineteen men fined ten dollars plus costs remitted total one hundred ninety dollars. Acting judge Crate Bowen presided as jurors wrangled over fines then decided on ten dollar fines. Jury members included Schoen Mendenhall Brosnan D J Mendenhall Shea Armstrong Ertel Smith Binzer Mantel Mueller. Binzer and Mantel are clients of defense attorney Taylor Groninger.
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Armitage
Stubbs
Dan Smith
Crate Bowen
Bowen
Edward Schoen
William Mendenhall
James Brosnan
D. J. Mendenhall
John Shea
W. M. Armstrong
J. C. Ertel
E. T. Smith
Solomon Binzer
William Medias
Emil Mantel
Louis Mueller
Binzer
Mantel
Taylor Groninger
West Indianapolis Fumes Over Van Camp Packing Heap Stink
Residents complain of a foul stench drifting from a vast pea vine and hull heap behind the Van Camp packing plant. Frank Van Camp says locals smell pork houses, not the pile, and promises disposal with dumps set to receive the material.
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Indianapolis
van Camp Packing Company
City Board of Health
Frank van Camp
Moody to Read Riot Act As War Maneuvers Planned
Washington reports Secretary Moody will enforce strict secrecy on September joint army navy maneuvers. Details hint at attack and defense of New York harbor with mobilized North Atlantic squadron and large army forces. Wireless telegraphy experiments and rapid troop concentrationtests tied to new war devices.
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New York Harbor
North Atlantic
Solldiers
Signal Corps
Army
Navy
War Clouds Over Baseball Leagues In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on Wednesday a clash between the Western League and the American Association began. M. H. Sexton president of the Three E league was seen with Columbus players, suspected of enticing them to switch leagues. Sexton denies the claim, while Columbus manager Graham accuses him of nothing definite. Rumors also link Sexton to Indianapolis players from Watkins. Western league managers fear American association cities profit and seek top Western players to move teams there.
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Western League
American Association
Sexton
Columbus
Western Leagues
American Association of Ball Teams
M. H. Sexton
Indianapolis
Grand Hotel
Graham
Watkins
Edna Hall Faces Court Over Queer Conduct
Police judge Stubbs described Edna Hall as a freak in open court and urged she be sent out of state. The prosecutor said she is dangerous, and the case was continued until Saturday as relatives in Michigan may be contacted. She claimed the press attention fuels her notoriety and hoped for a theatrical job.
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Stubbs
Edna Hall
Edna
Michigan
Collins
Roosevelt Ave Petition Mystery Disturbs Local Citizens
Citizens who collected support for Roosevelt Avenue improvement from Massachusetts Avenue to Brightwood complain the petition was lost by the Board of Works. Eugene Harris states no petition appears in the records, though organizers recall delivering it to former clerk Merle Sidener and then to Maj Megrew, president of the board.
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Brightwood
Board of Works
Eugene Harris
M. L. Clawson
Merle Sidener
Sidener
Maj. Megrew
Barn Fires Struck Three Local Properties In One Day
Fire damaged three farms in quick succession. Dr A M Cole at 2101 N Delaware reported a barn loss of 350. John Humberg at 1537 Bates rear barn suffered 850 loss. Jacob L Beiler at 2102 N Alabama had a 6 am fire of unknown origin causing 125 in damages.
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A. M. Cole
Delaware St
Loss
John Humberg
Bates St
Jacob L. Beiler
Alabama St
Nothing Unusual in Money Situation Says President Perrin
President Perrin of the American National Bank reports no abnormal money strain in Chicago or New York. He notes call money at 34% in New York and 4 to 5% in Chicago, with firmer tone due to banks’ reserves being lower than usual to meet demand for funds to move the crops. Upset: several business transacted in a
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Perrin
American National Bank
Chicago
New York
Oats and corn rally on Chicago Board of Trade
July corn opened at 56 cents and jumped to 88 as shorts covered. Gates denies private settlements though others doubt him, while his moves curb a potential price spike. Wet weather lifts oats and wheat, with oats rising to 51 cents and wheat to 16 1/2 cents. Continuous late session closes show corn at 88, oats at 19 1/2, wheat at 76 cents.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago
Gates
McGowan Away Delays City Interurban Terminal Vote
Hugh J. McGowan president of the street car company is out of town and unlikely to return by Thursday delaying the city meeting on the interurban union terminal question. Dr J N Hurty of the state health board has left for Madison County with a U S geologist to study streams and wells as part of a state water concerns investigation.
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Hugh J. McGowan
Street Car Company
McGowan
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Eaes
Mr. Blythe
Bailey
O'Brien
Wulschners
Janus
Dairyman
West Indianapolis
Moody
General War Board
Roosevelt-ave
Massachusetts-ave
Offoe
Obi
Mgowan
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