Francis Is Elected Bishop After Prolonged Episcopal Ballot
The episcopal convention chose Rev. Joseph M. Francis of Evansville as bishop of the new southern diocese after a lengthy series of ballots. Carstensen of Indianapolis and Faude of Minneapolis were main contenders, with Francis gaining final unanimous support from both clergy and laity following continuous voting.
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Episcopal ‘Convention
Faude
Minneapolis
Card
G. A. Carstensen
Joseph M. Francis
Evansville
Carstensen
Francis
Waude
Joseph Francis
G -A. Carstensen
Indianapolis
John J. Faude
James D. Stanley
Cincinnati
Knight
Atlanta
George W. Smith
Prrinity
Colege
Connecticut
Gole
Pittsburg
Attorney Kealing Seeks Hearing Over Public Safety Case
Attorney Joe Kealing states he will compel the Board of Public Safety to grant a hearing for John W Miller after his discharge. The board had dismissed Miller without notifying his attorney, citing illiteracy and debt issues. Kealing filed a petition for a trial to be heard Friday morning.
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Joe Kealine
Joe Kealing
Board of Public Safety
John W- Miller
Miller
Ripple Road Petitioner Seeks Court Sale Order
A petition filed in superior court asks Judge Carter to order the sale of the Bread Ripple Set. The filing is by an Indiana-based party seeking the court action and outlines the requested sale.
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Superior Court
Carter
Run of
Indiana
Varad Receives License for Kissel Establishment
The commission granted a license to open the Kissel venue on Capitol Avenue after reviewing evidence presented by the remonstrants. The license was approved and the proprietor may begin operations at once.
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Varad
Vaurd
Capitol-ave
Commissrated
Remon
Nicaragua Moves to Cash Silver Backed Money
Advices from Bluefields Nicaragua report President Zelaya plans to retire paper money and issue silver backed currency. He aims to force a 1 099 000 sol loan from American merchants as tensions rise with Costa Rica. General Torres left Bluefields with 165 soldiers and 40 prisoners bound for Managua via the San Juan river. Armies and supplies rush to the border for a potential clash.
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New Orleans
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Sunniva
Costa Rica
Zelaya
Torris
Managua
San Juan
Greytown
Torres
Jeffries Went Wild His Brother
Cincinnati June 8 a special to the Post describes a day at Camp Jeffries ending with George Jeffries losing temper. He ran eight miles under a scorching sun then attacked his brother Jack with fierce violence before Samsonian strength restrained him. After a nap he returned to his usual cheerful self. The heat is blamed for the outburst.
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Jeffries
Daley
Jack
Woman survives bold home invasion by dressed suspect
Mrs. Lillian Elliott, wife of L Y Elliott of the Elliott telephone company, was assaulted in her Broad Day home at 129 N East Street. A man sprang from a closet, strangled her, tore clothing, and fled after she and her children raised the alarm. She can identify him if arrested. Clothing bundle found in a closet suggests robbery motive.
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Lillian Elliott
Broad Day
L. Y
La Barth will burial and local court records from Indianapolis
Probate of Mary A. La Barth. miscellaneous city notices include a will requiring burial in gros grain silk, a juvenile jail term for Sadie Willis, a pawnbroker penalty for pledging a bicycle, a verdict against Indianapolis for a foot-bridge accident, thefts, a club picnic, wage restrictions, and various court actions. The dizygotic jumble shows court, police, and civic items from a midwestern city.
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The
Swayzee Window Glass Company
Mary A. la Barth
Gros
Sadie Willis
Sallie Novel
Kowloon Rebellion Grimly Reported by Empress of Japan
Beheaded passengers aboard the Empress of Japan describe a Kowloon uprising where seventeen thousand natives rose up. By May 1 Hong Kong volunteers faced the front as villages burned after Chinese forces retreated. A British survey party was attacked and a Chinaman killed while captives were executed in the prefecture.
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Vancouver
B. C
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Badger Creek Gold Mining Suit Details Stock Deal
A circuit court jury hears inside facts on the Badger Creek consolidated gold mining suit against Wm. H. Schmidt. The mining company claims ownership of several Colorado claims and a sale of 25,000 treasury shares for 500 dollars plus transportation, which was not delivered, seeking 1,250 dollars. Schmidt counters with a different tale alleging a swap offer of 2.04 mining shares at par plus 315,000 in telephone stock, noting the phone stock was weak and that he later refused settlement after learning the swap.
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New Telephone Company
Badger Creek
Wm. H. Schmidt
He Gold Mining Company
Colorado
Schmidt
Badger Consolidated Gold Mining Company
Indianapolis
Dicker
Kidnappers Held in New York Prison After Surrenders
Bella Anderson alias Carrie Jones was turned over to New York authorities after being brought from Elizabeth New Jersey. Rockland county surrendered George Beauregard Barrow and his wife on an order by Supreme Court Justice Fursmen. Marion Clark has a mild measles attack from Rockland County stay.
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New York
Baby Clark
Bella Anderson
Carrie Jones
Elizabeth
N. J
Rockland County
George Beauregard Barrow
Supreme Court
Fursmen
Marion Clark
Will probated for John A Finch and George F Adams
The will of John A Finch found dead in a St Paul hotel was probated on Thursday. It leaves the estate to his sister Alice and includes real estate in Indianapolis farm land and insurance valued at 40 000 to 50 000 dollars. George F Adams also had his will probated Thursday leaving his estate to his wife Rebecca.
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John A. Finch
St. Paul, Minn
Alice
Indianapolis
George F. Adams
Rebecca
Pennsylvania Lines Resume Through Detroit Sleepers
Pennsylvania Lines announces a double daily service with through Detroit departures at 7 10 p m from Indianapolis. The Mackinaw Petoskey sleeper service will be resumed with future page addenda noted for June 5th.
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Pennsylvania Lines
Michigan
Detroit
Indianapolis
Mackinaw-Petoskey
Remarkable Pile Cure Claims Promising Results
An advertisement touts the Pyramid Pile Cure as a new treatment for piles with patient testimonials from Henry Thomas of Columbus Ohio. It claims quick relief without opium cocaine or minerals, sold at five cents a package with Pyramid Pills if constipation is present, and offers a free booklet by mail from Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan.
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Henry Thomas
Hosack Ave
Columbus
Ohio
Cincinnati
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
Call for 5000 Recruits for Philippines Confirmed
New York officials confirm an order to send as many white recruits as possible to the Philippines and Manila. The unit will travel via San Francisco, with no explicit number given and no bilick troops needed.
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New York
Philippines
United States
Wenesday
Manila
San Francisco
Recruits Dwindle In Indiana As War Proceeds
In Indianapolis and surrounding towns the draft for the Philippines slows with farmers and laborers busy at harvest. Local station records show only three to four new recruits daily, down from a dozen two months ago. Four men enlisted Thursday: Fred C. Wall Indianapolis Edward F. Erk Richmond George W. Britten Pendleton Samuel Hawthorne Windfall. Capt Black weighs opening a Richmond recruiting station.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Manila
Fred C. Wall
Edward F. Erk
Richmond
George W. Britten
Pendleton
Samuel Hawthorne
Black
Driver Has the Dray to Prove It in Boone County
William Edwards of Boone county drove into town early Thursday. He hitched to a dray owned by Oliver Chilled Plow Co and began his ride. The wagon detached, dragging the horse and bogey as he left a Washington street store. At 2 pm the driver found the missing trailer and narrowly avoided a collision at Union tracks.
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Wiliam Edwards
Boone County
Washington St
Oliver Chilled Plow Company
William
Heene County
Storer Heads to Madrid for Summer in Spain
U. S. minister to Spain Belamy Storer left San Sebastian for Madrid on Thursday. He has rented a cottage for the summer at San Sebastian on the Bay of Biscay near the French frontier.
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Madrid
U. S
Spain
Belamy Storer
San Sebastian
Bay of Biscay
Builders’ directors sued over insolvency fraud claim
George Greyer files suit against Granville W Bailard Charles SK Haverfield Wm C Thompson Wm C Smock and James M Hewler for 40 alleging fraud. He says they were directors of the defunct Industrial Alliance Building and Loan Association and allowed him to pay into it knowing it was insolvent. The issue is a new one in Indiana.
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George Greyer
Granville W. Bailard
Charles Sk, Haverfield
Wm. ¢. Thompson
Wm. C. Smock
James M. Hewler
Industrial Alliance Building and Loan Association
Greyer
Indiana
Furnished room for rent with bath listed in classifies
Classified column shows furnished room with bath up for rent at 115 Emmet Street and 1710 Twenty First Street plus multiple help wanted entries for domestic work and general labor across several addresses including 302 N Senate Ave and 2040 B Michigan. Other listings note laundry service, door dens and building material, and positions for stenographer and good girls for cooking and kitchen work.
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Emmet-st
Armstrong Laundry
Maryland
Reny
Senate-ave
Embroidered Hoops on Sale at Sugar for Ladies Only
On sale at Sugar store are embroidery hoops of all sizes labeled ladies only. Granulated AOC items and junior weights mentioned. Limited details but indicates exclusive sale terms and product types.
Bargains on Sale All Day in Local Grocery Line
Readable sales note highlights low grocery prices on hominy buckwheat flour and baking powder with limited stock. Mentions Geiger's buckwheat flour 2 lb packages and Piente brand baking powder. Indicates cod fish and various notions and findings priced per pound or package.
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Geiger’s
Families Take Sides in Insane Murderer Trial
Alfred Wells the insane father who murdered his children faces a first degree murder trial next week in Crawfordsville Indiana. His wife and her kin favor a guilty verdict and life imprisonment to avoid risky insanity commitment, while Wells’ relatives hire top lawyers to defend him.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Alfred Wells
Wells
Laura Campbell dies suddenly among wedding party in Indiana
DILLSBORO Ind. Miss Laura Campbell who died unexpectedly of hemorrhage of the lungs is remembered as one of a party of 15 who sat at a wedding supper. The report notes her inclusion among guests in the event.
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Dillsboro
Ind
Laura Campbell
City Grain Market report for Thursday June 8
Wheat prices and car lots outlined with No 2 red and No 3 white figures. Corn oats and hay values listed with multiple grades and percentages, reflecting a cautious trading day.
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City
Hay
Timothy
Whiel & Co Anti-Trust Live Stock Market Report
A garbled notice from Indianapolis dated Junie 8 reports Whiel & Co trading activity in live stock. The fragment mentions prices lowered by statements of five and twenty cents and lists bids or quotes such as 26 cents, 30 at Teto, and 200 B.S. details are incomplete.
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A ‘Whiel & Co
Indianapolis
Junie
Snarkersaleut
Chi. Cage
Teto
B.S
Gov Mount’s Condition Improves After Thursday Incident
Gov Jiomni sits up briefly but remains in poor health and will likely be confined to his room for several days as doctors report gradual improvement and continued treatment.
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Mount
Jiomni
Tools
Severiel
Indianapolis Stockyard Cattle and Hogs Prices Steady
Cattle receipts at Indianapolis auction show mixed quotes for prime and good to medium steers from 4,350 pounds and up around 5 to 10. Prices for hogs, 3,000 to 7,400 head shipped, market fairly active but generally lower. Sheep receipts light with spring lambs and yearlings trading in the 4.00 to 5.50 range. overall activity sluggish.
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Indianapolis
James
ANG
Upwatas
Eeaee
Egpeteeers
Steessere
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