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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1908
Page
8
Prohibition advances across Texas with 130 counties voting total ban and others partial. Major cities Dallas Fort Worth restrict liquor sales while statewide leaders push for further bans, Governor Lanham urged to support the movement amid mixed local regulations.
An unsigned letter received by W. J. Fertig in Noblesville Indiana threatened him for prosecuting Hampton West, alleging immunity if he confessed, claiming to know details of grave robbing and labeling West an innocent man. The note was mailed from Indianapolis and warned of repeating the action.
Discussion resurfaces to revive a federation of train service labor organizations including conductors brakemen firemen engineers switchmen and telegraphers. The late Grand Chief Arthur opposed a feal union federation fearing sympathetic strife and breaches of conduct across affiliated bodies.
Caracas dispatch reports government troops gaining full control of Ciudad Bolivar after a three day battle. Hundreds dead, rebels driven from azotados rooftops, Zamora stronghold stormed, Gen Ananga among the slain, and barricades breached around Miranda Plaza as loyalists advance.
Loaded evidence guarded by the prosecution indicates the woman was killed by blows from the hull end of a horsewhip. Preliminary hearing will name husband Seward, with J. P. Aller and John Rawle of Brazil defending and Prosecutor Matsen assisted by S A Hays on the other side.
After a mile at Gravesend on Tuesday water boy and McChesney were declared off after McChesney went lame. Owner E E Smathers said the horse would not run again this season unless in perfect condition. It is probable the two are matched again before season end.
Shaw York reports that William Gould Brokaw, the millionaire vib nun, offered to compromise a breach of promise suit brought by Misa Katherine Pulton for 40 dollars and 20 cents damages plus a second sum for summer. The offer seeks 55,000 in settlement.
In New Orleans La on a July day two African American men approached Lafayette bank in Jette parish claiming to sell Spanish gold and silver. They said they found an old cannon in Vermilion bay filled with coins totaling over Sidnoun with one ty believed pirate plunder taken by a noted corsair band that once operated along this coast.
A grand jury indicts Plummer for attempting to bribe Edward Ewen to withhold testimony in the Curtis Jett and Tom White case. Wd. Ewen testified about Plummer offering $800 to flee or mislead testimony. Thomas Boting corroborated Ewen’s account. The indictment also accuses Edward Tharpe and Joseph Granton of bribing a witness.
A juvenile case from Chicago centers on a boy nicknamed Sparkles who hurled epithets at Rev. Jackson of the Tudlatiapalls cabbas patch. He faced Juvenile Court, but the reverend relented, and Sparkles was kept at play for the day as authorities weighed a larger court action for his conduct.
A man named William Sumner Henery or Sumer killed his brother in law and fled barefoot from Martinsville. Reports say he was last seen near Wrage, with ongoing police efforts to locate him. Authorities pursue lines of inquiry as Sunday observances face possible legal action and a child abuse case emerges in Evansville with Kelley under arrest for endangering a minor.
In West Hoboken Mother Jones and a splinter of her industrial army wait for permission to proceed to Oyster Bay. She accuses Roosevelt's secretaries of delaying a letter requesting an appointment and notes most of the starting ten have fallen by the wayside.
A preacher's daughter faces burglary charges in Denver amid a chaotic report. The pastor, described as heartbroken, plans to resign immediately. Other names, locations, and a mixed batch of personal details appear in the fragmentary account.
Carl D. Spencer and Miss Minnie West wed after ten days acquaintance and courtship. The ceremony took place in the city with Rev. George M. Smith officiating. Miss West had been a guest at A. H. Bailey residence before the marriage. The couple’s families and local residents were informed of the nuptials Tuesday evening.
Washington July 2 report shows below average temperatures easing in most regions with favorable conditions for threshing and corn growth variable in the central and eastern corn belt. Spring wheat remains poor in several areas while cotton shows general improvement though eastern districts stay grassy. Rust affects oats in the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys, with tobacco needing rain in Kentucky and Ohio.
BRYANT Ind July 2 Rev Dab Day pastor of several missions faces charges of immorality and has fled the country amid mounting accusations leaving his congregations unsettled and authorities seeking him.
Collins, linked to ENION and a Missouri duty case, was convicted Tuesday of ordering payments to a J Schumacher in a banking scheme. The trial centered on a Ponzi style outreach and the involvement of a Pikeron detec.
A bold theft rocked Estherwood as an unknown band of burglars raided a local establishment. Police describe a carefully planned break in with a secured safe breached and valuables missing. Investigators seek witnesses and urge anyone with information to come forward.
A garbled Indiana wire list reports Walter Tineer drowned near Lake Shore Evansville with unclear causes. Bowen plans a six story office building. A new 30 000 christian church corner in Vincennes. The Armstrong estate worth 375 000 may be contested. Infant Luther Davis’s child choked under bed springs in Marion. University in Pur due fire funding dispute and fire department critique. Miss Hattle Lake of San Francisco died in New Albany from ptomaine poisoning linked to tainted fruit. Gould Jay and Harry Sene cal of Hartford City arrested in Muncie for attempting to defraud a merchant. In Brazil a thief stole 5 from Kathwan Lilly’s store. Mrs Dora Wildiamn fined for shoplifting in Chicago amid news of her dying city daughter.
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