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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
2
Indiana Railroad Commission issues rules on which accidents to report, requiring property damage reports above $150, with casualties, and details on trains and carriers. It covers reporting timelines, who reports, and specifics on defective equipment or joints, aiming to standardize filings.
Lawton Monument Commission met with the governor to review a report. The governor praised the commission while Daniel C French will visit soon to finish the monument. Subscriptions totaled 6435 with major gifts from Marion county commissioners, Columbia club, Lafayette fund, W E English, Wabash Clay company, W J McKee, H J McGowan, and Albert Lieber. The monument cost 6000 with 100 paid to Hogan Transfer for hauling and erection 51 for Evane Woollen trip expenses and 60 50 for printing.
Canton Ohio June 5 Mrs M C Barber sister of Mrs McKinley and sole heir was yesterday afternoon appointed administratrix of Mrs McKinleys estate The estate comprises 135000 in personal property and 6000 in real estate Excluded is the late president's estate left to his direct heirs Mrs Duncan and Miss Helen Emma Se of Cleveland and Mrs Baer Gfabsl Me mz
The Michigan Indiana Retail Coal Dealers association held a Tuesday session at the Claypool with a vaudeville smoker at the German house for about 600 members. Attendees saw boxing and sparring exhibitions by Indian Joe Gregg and Ray Bronson, plus initiation of 150 Kokoal Koru skation members and a parade through downtown.
The Cincinnati Richmond and Fort Wayne Railroad filed suit in Richmond Indiana against the Railroad Commission seeking to void an order that would require sharing the cost of interlocking devices at Decatur. The line, crossed by Chicago & Erie and Toledo, St Louis & Western, claims it built its tracks earlier and should not bear expenses. This first action tests the commission's power to apportion interlocking costs among affected roads.
The jury to try Mayor Eugene Schmitz on extortion charges is secured and placed under Elisor William J. Biggy. Jurors slept under guard at St Francis hotel. opening statements begin. Schmitz and Abraham Ruef indicted for extorting 1175 as part of a 5000 annual bribe for liquor licenses.
Prosecutors claim calendars show a conspiracy led by Schmitz and Ruef guiding liquor license renewals. They allege marks and notes from the Mayor and Ruef directed the police commissioners, making them tools in the scheme.
President Roosevelt clarified that he does not plan to join Harvard University in any official capacity after his term ends. He said his aim is to be more involved with the Harvard Alumni Association once he leaves the presidency.
Americus C Daily ex state auditor died at his Lebanon home after weeks of illness from diabetes. He moved to Boone County in 1860, served as county clerk, founded Lebanon National Bank, led American Trust, and was a director of an Indianapolis bank. He was state auditor from 1894 to 1900 and left a son Dr Earl Daily and a daughter Mrs William Wood.
London June 5 The United States ambassador Whitelaw Reid novelist Mark Twain and author Rudyard Kipling are among distinguished figures slated to receive honorary degrees from Oxford University on June 26.
Canton Ohio June 5 Canton school girls have formed a baseball league. They will wear bloomer suits and use the regulation league ball in all games, marking a notable entry into local sports by female students.
In Portland Maine June 5 the superior court sentenced Edward J. Owen and John Quinn, both Portland boys, to ten years at hard labor in the state prison for holding up and robbing two steamship messengers of 1493 dollars.
A vintage medical promotion touts Zoa-Phora as relief for three danger periods in a woman's life from menarche to motherhood and change of life. It claims rapid relief from menses disorders, discharge, and pregnancy risks, with ready sales and packaged instructions for home use.
Omaha women representing church societies urged police to force stores to remove plaster of Paris legs used to display fancy hosiery. Police took no action and commissioners offered no relief, prompting further formal demands. Commissioner Robert Cowell oversees one implicated store as authorities seek to clean up the city.
The annual encampment of the Sons of Veterans of Indiana opened in Bluffton with Mayor A. W. Hamilton delivering the opening address and T. W. Blair of Fort Wayne giving the response as members, local militia, and G. A. R. joined in a parade.
In Noblesville Indiana on June 5 William Franklin a Sherdan restaurant keeper was fined 60 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail for keeping intoxicating liquors in his establishment. Fliers searched the restaurant and for a pint of whisky as evidence.
Rome June 5 Italy’s parliamentary commission reviewing the war office request cut a proposed 40 million dollar appropriation for artillery and fortifications to 6 million for artillery with a proviso guns be produced in Italy and 6 million for fortifications. The move precedes the Hague conference where disarmament talks loom large.
Charles Boldt president of the Charles Boldt Glass Company awarded the contract to rebuild the Muncie factory destroyed by fire Sunday night. The loss is believed to be covered by $25,000 in insurance.
The Lumbermen's Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Mansfield Ohio and the Scandia Life Insurance Company of Chicago have been licensed to operate in Indiana by the state auditor. This marks formal authorization for their business activities within the state.
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