College scandal confession narrows suspects at state university
Bloomington June 7 The arrest of Baird a Spiceland junior and his full confession expose a bogus publication case at the state university The confession names two law students three seniors and four underclassmen The inquiry may lead to expulsion of all implicated with graduation for the seniors looming next Wednesday
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The
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Baird
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Death After Mare Sale Quarrel in Kentucky
Ed Morris a Somerville, Kentucky stock farmer shot W. J. Leeman over a mare named Modesty. Leeman died Saturday from a head wound. Morris fled, later bailed at $1,000. Leeman, born Jackson, had lived in Indianapolis and St. Louis, was 25, left a wife and two children, and was buried by the Knights of Pythias in Somerville.
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Andianapolis
Morris
Somarville
Fayette County
W. J. Leeman
Modesty
Leeman
Indianapolis
W. H. Messenger
Jackson
St. Louis
Springfield
Ill
Knights of Pythias
K. of P. Lodge
Somerville
Stable Fire Burns Boy and Horse Loss at Loclock
A stable owned by Paddy Crocks in Loclock burned Saturday morning. Dan Crocks, 10, sleeping inside, was burned fatally. Uncle Tom Creek suffered serious burns, and two fine horses died. The blaze was caused by spontaneous combustion in junk stored within the building.
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Loclock
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Tom Creek
REDS SHEDDING BLOOD AND STRIKES in Ashland and Cincinnati
In Ashland Montana and Cincinnati Ohio unrest grows. Indians terrorize settlers with killings as soldiers move in. A carpenters strike broadens in Cincinnati with 16,000 to 18,000 workers potentially affected. Local violence includes a shooting after a brawl on W North Street with Jerry Wilhite and John Cooper detained.
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Jane T
Carpenters
Cincinnati
Carpentere
Col Al Berry Likely Indorsed for Congress in Ky
Reports from Campbell county convention at Alexandria indicate Col Al Berry is likely to receive the endorsement to succeed Carlisle. The district convention is scheduled to meet Monday at Carrollton.
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Covingtox
Fane
Campbell County
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Amalgamated Iron and Steel Picnic Attendance
Between sixteen and twenty thousand people attended the annual picnic Saturday of the Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers Association in Hig Picnic Reck Por Pa. The event drew a large crowd amid festive activities and community engagement.
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Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers Association
Four Districts Face School Commissioner Election
A forthcoming election for New school commissioners covers four districts next Saturday week. Candidates align on German question issues with anti-German sentiment shaping races. In Dr Garver’s district the German managers plan to run Dr W C Thompson as a surprise candidate. Clemers Vonnegut’s district sees an anti-German bid against him. J W Loaner seeks re-election as anti-German support plans to back Col John B Foster in a Garman district.
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Galvin
Dr. Garver
SUN
W. C. Thompson
Clemers Vonnegut
Train wreck kills crew and passengers near Freeport
Northwestern passenger train from Freeport jumped track two metres west of here after a broken wheel. A gang of section men worked nearby. the train struck them, the engine and cars wrecked. The engineer and four section men were killed. the fireman and others were injured.
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Freeport
Mtres
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Daily Riots and Hungary Austria Labor Turmoil
Berlin dispatch notes widespread labor troubles in Hungary and Austria with tens of thousands idle and daily riots. A separate health board query suggestion aims to improve death record reporting, urging counties to submit yearly death totals to the state health commission for accuracy.
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Berlin
Hungary
Austria
State Board of Health
Aant
Honus
Roving sports notes from city leagues and races
A fragmented recap covers Patsey Kerrigan vs Jack McAuliffe and several Sunday games at Coy's, plus Friday attendances, intercity match results including Burlington, Quincy, Peoria, Terre Haute, and updates on players, reinstatements, and signings. It notes arson fears, Derby-track times, and disputes over Peoria's management and player dispersals with signs of unrest in Indianapolis and Galesburg connections.
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Jack McAuifia
Buffslos
Daltons
Brotherhood
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Rochester
Dick Sohneon
New York Brotherhood
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Quincy
Peoria
Terre Haute
Kelly
Future
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Sondara
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Charley Mitchell
Jon McAuliffe
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Roy Wilkes
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Sanol
Johnston
Frank
Ant Tvindjy
Jersay Boy
Almont
Kit Curry
Galesburg
Oags
McNeeley
MccNealey
Martin
Goldie
Pettiford
Randall
Iristate
Larry McKeson
Tragic Horse Death Pageant Triggers Street Circus Chaos
In a Delaware and Michigan street scene a dying horse sparks a chaotic melee as two men argue over a collapsed roan horse wagon. Bystanders shout, a badge bearing animal cruelty society intervenes, and a crowd erupts with improvised actions while African men and rag merchants clash, a police officer arrests a participant, and the crowd disperses leaving a scene of unintended tragedy and disorder.
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Michigan-sts
Fasy
Society For the Prevention of Craalty
Humana
Bim
Ladies and Flowers at Tabernacle Church Evening
The Tabernacle church hosts an evening among roses on Tuesday with Prof Barr leading music and literary items. Flower Mission Day by city temperance unions is observed Monday June 9 with bouquets prepared for jail infirmary and workhouse inmates and other locations. Bring flowers to 63 N Pennsylvania St Monday morning.
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Barr
Women’s Christian Temperance Unions
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Free Gas Plan for Indianapolis Factories by Cooper
Attorney Charles M. Cooper discussed a plan to supply free or nominally priced natural gas to Indianapolis factories. He proposes a $500,000 city bond issue to lay pipelines from gas fields, guaranteed by city bonds, with gas sold to manufacturers to cover interest and running costs, potentially attracting capital and jobs. He cites the Gel railroad model as a precedent and urges legislative action at the next general assembly.
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Indianapolis
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Balt
Indianapolia
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Owao
Commercial Club
Fhey
Benafita
Murder and death by own action in Chicago
An old man named Larrey shot his wife in the head on Friday morning and then killed himself. Both are reported to die. A separate item describes Louie Reimer's truck accident at the Union depot when a whirlwind plucked his straw hat into a puddle, scattering freight bills everywhere as he watched them drift away.
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Union Depot
Jackson Place
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Clergy Protest Against Sunday Resorts in Suburbs
Quist Sundreys and Rev E P Whallon along with D R Lugag A B Whitney and C A Vananda of the evangelical ministerial association halted Amees Meating for June 15 at Roberts Park Third Christian and Seventh Presbyterian churches to protest wide open Sunday resorts in the suburbs.
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E. P. Whallon
D. R. Lugag
A.B. Whitney
C. A. Vananda
Evangelical Ministerial Association
Roberts Park
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Seventh Presbyterian
Health board fines slop barrels and ash-bins removal
The health board met Saturday and endorsed a proclamation ordering the removal of all slop barrels ash-bins and other unsanitary deposits immediately or prosecutions will follow.
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Health Board
Waif Published at Mishawaka Home Faces Deflation
The Waif, issued at the Mishawaka orphans' home, fears deflation due to cash shortages. The Vincennes Commercial notes crooks tailing Barnum and the phrase innocent Indian. Henry county colored citizens denounce Eli Ladd murder and Lake acquittal. Alfred Heltingsworth, Anderson saloon keeper, absconded. Creditors report hundreds of dollars owed. He leaves wife and seven children.
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Vincennes
Barnum
Henry County
Eli Ladd
Lake
Alfred Heltingsworth
Anderson
Happy in a New Home for Mrs Voltz Family
The Sun and the firemen relief committee funded a home for widow Mrs Voltz and her large family after the Bowen Merrill fire. Frederick Ostermeyer received 661.97 for a house at 245 Relit Street costing 1275, with repairs planned. Mrs Voltz expressed deep gratitude and optimism about a stable future.
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William O’connor
Sun
Frederick Ostermeyer
Anthony Voilz
Bowen-Merrill
Indianapolis
Tax Son Publishing Company
Voltz
Frederick Osteemeles
Y Voltz
Jiedel
Pettis & Bassett
Eeeas Scudeels
William O'Connor
Relief
Sleeper Wreck Hits Eight Injured In Kentucky Crash
Louisville June 7 A Boston sleeper on the L and N over a Kentucky embankment wrecked. Eight passengers hurt. Mrs Johnson and Mrs Hodges likely to die after mangling from the crash. Judge Howland stalls disbarment case against attorney W B Walls waiting for another county judge to take it.
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Hagish
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Temperance Demonstration Draws Thousands in England
The largest temperance rally in history gathered in London on Saturday to protest the publicans bill. Thousands came from across England to join the demonstration, underscoring widespread temperance sentiment.
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England
Washington WorkS and political pottage in gloom
The item bundles a jumble of 19th century political chatter from Washington. It notes Cyrus W. Fish’s anger over a Garfield memorial invitation, Senate discussions on public talk, Ben and Mrs. Ban aboard the Steamer Dispatch near Chesapeake Bay through Monday, murder corroboration on Tongue River by Cheyenne Indians, a Cape May Point cottage gift to Mrs. Harrison from Wanamaker and McLean, Payson’s bid to strike a bullion redemption clause, and Harrison’s Cedar Keys dispatch roasting Cottrell and Cedar Keys social order, with random stray listings.
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Harriison
Cedar Keys
Cottrell
Baseball Scores and a Lunatic Army Camp Alarm
Baseball results from Friday show Boston defeating New York 10 to 3 with Clarkson and Ganzell on the mound for Boston and McQuaid umpiring. Cincinnati beat Pittsburg 9 to 5 as Foreman and Baldwin joined by Garrett and Serger. Chicago routed Cleveland 12 to 4 with Lynch behind the plate. New York beat Brooklyn 12 to 4 as O Day and Ewing led. Philadelphia and Boston rain delayed. Cleveland defeated Buffalo 14 to 4 with Metill and Spyder. Chicago beat Pittsburg 7 to 5 with King and Farrell. Also reports a Warren County camp terrorized by a lunatic armed with a Winchester who forbids entry or exit.
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Mack
Umpirss
Varied City Cases Vie for Attention Across Weekend
A roundup of local legal and social headlines reveals a sequence of court actions and incidents. Three months in the workhouse were given for an iron thief, while others plead guilty to postal law violations and swindling schemes. A woman dies suddenly, a farmer relocates distressed ponies, and custody matters occupy the judge’s docket amid church union talks and water contract planning.
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Byram & Corneliua
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Chicago
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Margaret Lyon
William Nebb
H. D. Crocker
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Milwaukee
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Henrietta Doty
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Knox County
Lana King
Hamilton County
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J. H. Holliday
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Dressed Like a Fairy in Court Case Highlighting Spiritualism
New York June proceedings seek to determine Mary E. Carroll’s sanity amid a swirl of spiritualist activity in Yonkers Middletown and East Twenty eighth street. Carroll long linked to Tobias Stryker and Fanney Stryker staged seances and pompous performances at the temple of humanity.
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George D. Carroll
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ae“Fanney Stryker
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Suicides After Work Struggles Reported in Prague
A fragmentary account notes three journeyman bakers in Prague who killed themselves rather than face starvation due to unemployment. The text also references a local ball game between the Junes and the Jays, with the latter scoring 17 to 13 in the ninth inning, and mentions unrelated items about fisheries politics, Sunday services, and a temperance event.
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