Police Intervene After Thrown Into Forfeit Baseball Affair
Reports say nine players gathered, prompting both teams to ride to police headquarters in omnibuses. Manager Allen allegedly insulted opponents as fear grew the game would be forfeited if Indianapolis did not appear. Capt Bruge led officers to arrest players. bonds posted for Monday court appearance.Rain checks allowed some spectators to enter and witness the chaotic scene.
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Wilmiot
Indianapolis
Allen
Minneapolis
Bruge
Omnibuses
Fertig
Fertig & Revers
Frank Foreman
Lefty Davis Leads Hoosiers In One Run Loss
Lefty Davis opened Saturday's game with a two-base hit off Scott to left center. Davis scored on Nance's sacrifice and Scott's wild pitch for the Hoosiers' lone run. Indianapolis fell to Minneapolis 4 to 1 as errors and strong pitching by the Millers hindered further rallies. Attendance around 3,000 with a large Saturday crowd.
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Scott
Miller
Nance
Friend
Wilmot
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Kahoe
Dixon
Strick
Abbey
Hartzell
Flynn
Werden
McFarland
Brennan
Doubleheader Monday As Ace Stewart Faces Business Rumor
The article notes a Monday doubleheader at the grounds with Minneapolis visiting Indianapolis, first game at 2 PM followed by the second. Ace Stewart weighs a Terre Haute business proposition and may be needed all season as only six weeks remain.
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Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Ace’ Stewart
Terre Haute
Son
Ace
Buffalo police arrest ball players again Sunday
The article notes the Buffalo police went through with the formalities of arresting the ball players for a sixth time, with promises of release. It mentions Indianapolis leading Minneapolis by 49 points and remarks on Wilmot predicting easy games.
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Buffalo
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Wilmot
Wally
Hahn
Reds
Louisville
Chicago
Skeeter Zimmerman Fails to Close Gap in Vailsburg Mile
Skeeter Zimmerman, veteran cycling champion, led for three laps in a mile match at Vailsburg New Jersey before tiring in the wind-up and losing by five yards to Iddie Bnid. The event highlights a day of racing and record attempts across the sport.
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Skeeter” Zimmerman
Iddie Bnid
Vailsburg
N. J
H. Jay Eaton
Mele Express
France
Burns Pierce
New York
Pikes, Waller
Aliller
Eddie McDuffee
New Bedford
Mass
Mie
Pedilar Palmer
Fighterry McGovern
Committee Forming to Enforce New School Commissioner Law
A joint committee of the Commercial club and the Citizens' educational society led by Thomas C. Day works to ensure the new school commissioner election law is upheld. The group, now an executive committee, seeks qualified candidates and pledges to keep politics out of the race to improve the board's character. Charles B. Stilts, a ward 14 resident and Union Station ticket agent, is noted in the push.
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Commercial Club
Citizens’ Educational Society
Thomas C. Day
Day
Charles B. Stilts
Wrightsring
Union Stration
Made
Mistaken Assumption on Holt Case Attorney
The Sun retracts its report on a suit against Sterling JH Holt by William Bogsert. It states W W Harding was not Holt's current defense attorney, noting Harding has long served as Mr Tralt's attorney for about 1% years and last appeared in Marion courts within the past year.
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SUN
Sterling JH. Holt
William Bogsert
W. W. Harding
Holt
Mr. Harding
Tralt
Marion Courts
Harding
Baby born after chloroform case in custody
Mrs. Lillie Volpp, long dependent on chloroform, gave birth to a girl Sunday night while in police custody. She remains under care as doctors report she is insane and will be sent to a hospital. The child appears healthy. mother guarded from escape. In Cincinnati a C H D train fatally struck Louis Meyers and injured Alice Linge at Cumminsville crossing after church.
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Lillie Volpp
Cincinnati
Cumminsville
Kiling Louis Meyers
Alice Linge
Cincinnati Rail Special Schedules and Baseball Doubleheader
Cincinnati trains advertise a $1 round trip via C H D Sunday August 6 with two fast trains at 6 50 a m and 7 85 a m stopping at Rushville Connersville Liberty Oxford and Harton returning. Baseball doubleheader features Louisville and St Louis against Cincinnati.
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Rushville
Connersville
Liberty
Oxford
Out of Money Drives Chicago Man to Suicide
B P Gates a Chicago insurance man was found ill at the Bates house and died Saturday at City hospital. Coroner Nash ruled suicide likely by potassium cyanide and morphine though autopsy found no poison traces. Gates had been promised a job by Eli Lilly but faced delay and financial strain. His friends and kin reside in Stowe Vermont and Indianapolis.
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B. P. Gates
Chicago
Bates House
City Hospital
Nash
Gates
H. H. Holmes
Stowe
Undertaker Whitsett
Indianapolis
A. J. Wheeler
Fletcher Ave
Eli Lilly Company
Saturday Holiday Project at Fourth Christian Church
The Christian Endeavor Society of Fourth Christian Church met to promote a Saturday half holiday. Speakers urged closing stores by 6 p.m. Saturdays year round and urged merchants and the Commercial Club to back the movement. Named supporters include Rev George M Anderson, Julius Wilcox, J B Gould, EB Clifford, Laurader Murray, J G Lowes, Miss Daisy Amick, and Walter Legg.
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Christian Endeavor Society
Fourth Christian Church
Christian Endeavor Societies
Alonzo Wiley
George M. Anderson
Jiouls Wilcox
J. BD. Gould
EB. H. Clifford
Laurader Murray
Too Rig id Religion Rev A H DeLong Sermon
Rev A H DeLong of St Paul M E church denounced harsh rigid religious practice in his sermon on The mistakes of In gersoll. He argued infidelity can stem from overbearing theology and that good people can drive youth away with harsh narrow beliefs.
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A. H. DeLong
St. Paul M. E. Church
Ingersoll
Ingersol
Silver anniversary of Father Scheideler at St Mary’s
The silver anniversary of Father Anthony Scheideler’s pastorate at St Mary’s Catholic Church was celebrated Sunday with morning services and a sermon by Rev Francis Haase of Sacred Heart Parish. An informal reception in the afternoon drew hundreds as former assistants traveled from distant points to extend congratulations.
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Anthony Scheideler
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Francis Haase
Sacred Heart Parish
Father Scheideler
St. Mary’s
Firefighter injured by water nozzle during house blaze
A firefighter was injured when a heavy water nozzle dislodged from a hose and struck him in the face while operating an urgent fire call at 1821 North Delaware Street. The injury affected his eyesight and facial area but his condition was not immediately stated.
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John
Alién
N. Delaware St
Wis
Lee
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