Loubet Faces Cabinet Crisis in Paris June 20
Paris reports President Loubet seeks a new cabinet as Meline forces press on. M. Maldeck Rousseau fails to form a cabinet after Krantz declines public works, with Deschanel and Constans tipped as possibles. Radical measures loom, Dreyfusite opposition strong, ex-Premier Meline aims to become president through a military backed coalition and new elections.
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Paris
Loubet
M. Maldeck- Rousseau
Meline
Versailles
Dreyfus
Pressmen Union Debates Separate Job Branch and Death Benefits
Delegates of the International printing pressmen and assistants' union clash over whether job pressmen should form a separate union. Debates on death benefits rise from 100 to 150 dollars and the law committee is asked to study the issue. Eugene V. Debs speaks Monday on union rights and support for workers.
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Ben Thompson
New York
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
Thompson
W. H. Pechman
Denver
Dillygit’’ Scott
Law Committee
Eugene V. Debs
Jackson Fined for Driving a Sick Horse
William Jackson, colored, was fined $10 by Judge Cox on Tuesday for driving a sick horse. Veterinarian Samuel Shank testified, “I guess that’s the man, but they all look alike to me.”
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William Jackson
Cox
Samuel Shank
Jackson
In Court Again Eda Phillips Fined for Unhitched Horses
Eda Phillips, previously charged as an accomplice in the murder of Fireman Redmond, appeared in police court and was fined one dollar plus costs for leaving horses unhitched on a street. The runaways fled Monday night on Washington Street, but no injuries occurred.
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Eda Phillips
Redmond
Washington St
Monument to Ben Strawsmyer and Ninos Shon
Fragmentary item notes a monument or memorial in a place to honor individuals named Ben Strawsmyer and Ninos Shon. No clear date, location, or event details are readable.
Injunction Halts Dividends at Federal Steel Company
Washington reports that an injunction stopped payments of certain dividends to calm stockholders as the government signals patience with trust investigations. The industrial commission dropped the trusts probe days ago under administration pressure, with July as a possible, but unlikely, restart date.
Trust Enjoined Over Dividends in Steel Company
Walter R. Kern filed a bill with Vice-Chancellor Reed seeking to restrain the Federal Steel Co from paying dividends on its common stock. A temporary injunction was granted and the company must show cause on July 3 why a permanent injunction should not restrict dividends through the fiscal year end. Kern holds 25000 in preferred stock and 46000.08 more is joined by other preferred holders. The charter guarantees 6 percent non cumulative dividends on preferred from Jan 1, 1899, prior to any common stock dividends. The capital stock totals 200 million, split equally between preferred and common.
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Philadelphia
Walter R. Kern
Reed
Federal Steel Company
Kern
Governor Sayers received plea for public ownership option
Gov. Sayers of Texas received a letter from Gov. Rogers of Washington condemning his anti trust convention as political. Rogers questions state control of trusts and notes insincerity in motives while proposing public ownership as a solution.
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Austin
Tex
Sayers
Rogers
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Real estate assessment could cut levy by ten cents
Deputy assessor Michael Jefferson says this year’s real estate assessment will be much higher than the last, potentially reducing the tax levy by ten cents while yielding the same revenue.
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Michael Jefferson
Dead in His Buggy While Out Riding With Woman
John Scudder a 59 year old Indianapolis liveryman died of apoplexy while riding with a woman who disappeared after the attack. He was known as a top horse expert with a long local career. Coroner Nash ruled natural causes and funeral set for Wednesday.
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John Scudder
W. Christ
Rev. Peters
Apo
Mr. Scudder
Pleasant Ridge
Indianapolis
Isaac
Ben Davis
Nash
Three Chafing Yokes. Divorce Filings Against William
Elizabeth Vananda files for divorce accusing her husband William of habitual drinking. Maggie Nobiec alleges William struck her with a brick. Ollie J. Baker reports William has assaulted her and hurled vile names.
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Elizabeth Vananda
William
Maggie Nobiec
Ollie J. Baker
All Goes to DePauw Among Methodist Brethren Group
In Meridian Street Church the sixty second anniversary of the corner stone laying for Old Asbury University was observed. Debate over a twenty century fund allocation ended with the clause favoring DePauw University, though a portion remains for Moore's Hill. The fund aims for 500000 by year end 1903 and Bishop Fowler spoke in the afternoon on the educational cause.
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Meridian-st. Church
Old Asbury’s
Old Asbury
DePauw University
DePauw
Indiana
Moore's Hill College
Hickman
J. A. Sargent
Moore's Hill District
New Gas Franchise Offer From Indianapolis Company
John R. Pearson, vice president of the Indianapolis gas company, submits a new franchise proposal after the city rejects his prior offer. A city conference reviews expert reports and considers a 10 year city price with various tiered gas rates tied to annual consumption, while demanding city rights to extend mains and appoint a gas inspector.
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John R.pearson
Indianapolis Gas Company
Maryar Taggart
Board of Works
Pearson
City Council Ends Session With Saloon Walk and Grants
Deputy city attorney Bell led a procession of councilmen to a saloon after a Monday night session. They had just raised his salary from 1600 to 2500 dollars a year. The judiciary committee split on a nuisance ruling against Interstate stock yards buildings in West Indianapolis. A petition with 84 names urged passage while a prior 500-name petition opposed it. An ordinance asked 150000 dollars for bridge work and bond authorization. A street name change for Cornell Ave was proposed. A condolence committee was named for Albert Zearing, mayor’s secretary, whose mother was killed at the Massachusetts Ave crossing.
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Bell
Kern
Judiciary Committee
Interstate Stock Yards Company
Indianapolis
Cornell Ave
Fulton and
North Sts
Massachusetts Ave
Messrs
Harston
Clark and Crall
Albert Zearing
Massachusetts Ave. Crossing
National circuit races to headline Newby Oval program
Officials named for midweek events at Newby Oval including Frank Irdelmeyer referee and Har ley Craft clerk of course. Added entries include Charles Porter Lavin Mott of Chicago and William C. Baird of Indianapolis as the one mile professional and the big multicycle race promise the year's biggest events.
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Newby Oval
Frank Irdelmeyer
Harley Craft
Clare G. Cameron
George Dickson
Marc Thompson
C. CC. Tuttle
Horace Hewitt
John Orman
Frank Bissell
Frank Staley
Gus Craft
Will Haugh
George Kern
Matt Paxton
Fred Comstock
Otis R. Lowe
Thomas Hay
Edward T. Eads
W. G. Hunter
Charles Porter
Charles Lavin
Lee Mott
Chicago
William C. Baird
Indianapolis
Weather outlook for Indianapolis on June 21
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 8 p m June 21 calls for warm, fair weather with Tuesday night and Wednesday. Temperatures were 72 at 7 a m and 87 at noon and 2 p m.
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Indianapolis
Trio of Suspects Reported in Office Robbery Case
Ernest Alexander, colored, appeared before the grand jury from police court Tuesday charged with robbing P. F. Collier's office at 203 WN. Delawarest. Detec tives Splan and Wilson arrested him with James Jordan and Albert Hiatt, held for loitering. they are alleged to have sold barber tools believed stolen.
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Ernest Alexander
P. F. Collier
Delawarest
Splan
Wilson
James Jordan
Albert Hiatt
Somerville Bros. File Bankruptcy in Crawfordsville
Walter and Willich Somerville of Somerville Bros. shoe business in Crawfordsville filed a bankruptcy petition in federal court on Tuesday stating liabilities of 4829 dollars and no assets remained.
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Walter and
Willich Somerville
Crawfordsville
Somerville Bros
Sane declarations mark two women in local report
Laura Wilson, 27, a widow, declares she is a wild Indian or a Filipino and reads the Bible three times daily. Anna Stolte, 25, a clerk, declares in sane and spends a day meditating in a church.
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Laura Wilson
Anna Stolte
Revenue Officer Probing Whisky Sales Report
A traveling deputy from the revenue office investigated alleged illegal whisky sales at the Fountain hotel on Tuesday afternoon. He planned a warning first if the report proved true before taking further action.
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Witthoft
The
Revenue Office
Fountain Hotel
President Mitchell Hears Silence on Striking Fields
President Mitchell reported hearing nothing on Tuesday from any of the striking fields. He anticipated important news but remained without new updates from the south.
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Mitchell
Fields
History teaching ideas for elementary grades by Elwood Kemp
Professor Elwood Kemp spoke to the Indiana state teachers association in the state house about teaching history in grades one to six. He detailed making the middle ages engaging through feudalism monasticism and chivalry and compared Teuton ancestry to early Georgia life noting plantation systems as feudalism’s analogue. A discussion followed and afternoon sessions covered grades seven and eight and sabbatory teaching.
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Elwood W.kemp
Terre Haute Normal
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Supreme Courtroom
State House
Georgia
South
N. C. Hétronimus
Richmond
Adelaide Bayler
The
Nurse's Charge of Hosp Food Sparks Outcry
Ethel Vernon, a Red Cross nurse, reports from Vancouver that 100 soldiers died at Honolulu military hospital due to mismanagement and filthy conditions. She cites sour milk, rotten eggs, brackish water, and unsanitary transport food as causes of typhoid fever and vows to prove the link with analysis of cases.
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Vernon
Red Cross
Honolulu
Washington
Massacre and battles near Imus and Perez Das Marinas
Gen Wheaton’s forces attacked near Imus and Perez Das Marinas on Monday night into Tuesday, advancing on a native stronghold. Casualties included two Fourth Infantry soldiers found the next day with ears severed throats cut and faces slashed. The enemy reportedly lost 100 while Americans lost 28.
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Balabac
Fourth Infantry
Imus
Aaron Jones Sees Farm Trusts Forming Soon
MISHWAKA Ind June 20 Aaron Jones master of the National Orange says trusts among U S farmers will be consummated and felt in time He forecasts a force of 1 003 000 farmers arrayed against combinations enforcing extortions from the masses and vows methods of warfare will be effective.
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Aaron Jones
The
National Orange
United States
Mrs Hart Dead Mother of State Auditor Hart
Hanna J. Hart 77 wife of Henry Hart died at 140 East Drive Woodruff Place at 6 a m Tuesday from heart failure after years of rheumatism. Born in Kirtland Ohio she married Henry Hart in Evansville. Survived by son Wm H Hart state auditor and three others John Mound City Morris Chicago and Mrs M M Smith Port Townsend. Funeral in Woodruff Place Wednesday with burial in Fort Frank. State officials yesterday passed resolutions noting frequent deaths among colleagues.
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Hanna J. Hart
Wm. H. Hart
East Drive
Woodruff Place
Kirtland
Evansville
Henry Hart
Petersburg
John
Mound City
Morris
Chicago
M. M. Smith
Port Townsend
Wash
Frankfort
Gas Belt Railway Plan Tied to Indianapolis Entry
Chas. Henry of Anderson and Geo. McCullough of Muncie claim their gas belt electric railway scheme is nearly complete with Marion street line acquired on Monday. Henry says Indianapolis entry depends on legal access to other lines and that Elwood Alexandria Anderson Marion Muncie are connected, with construction toward Indianapolis.
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Chas. Henry
Anderson
Denison
Geo. McCullough
Muncie
Marion Street Railroad
Henry
Indianapolis Street Railroad
Indianapolis
Elwood
Alexandria
Marion
Durbin Seeks Discharges After Talk With McKinley
Col. W. T. Durbin of Anderson visited the governor Tuesday returning from Washington. He sought discharges for men in his regiment and settlements with the government for officers. Durbin met President McKinley and was astonished to hear that only 7 percent of Philippines soldiers were unfit for duty, a sharp contrast to the Santiago campaign claim of nearly zero percent.
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W. T. Durbin
Anderson
Washington
Philippines
Santiago
Postal carrier covers two mile route for single card
Postmaster Hess rode with Mounted-carrier Cochran on Tuesday morning to deliver one postal card. The route lies in the south and southwest parts of the township around Tageart's bottoms. It spans two miles and took three hours to travel. A noted feature of the delivery is not clearly readable.
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Hess
Cochran
Massacre Report From Balabac Island Philippines
Captains Spicer report that all adult male Spanish residents on Balabac were killed by natives. Five lighthouse keepers approached in a rowboat with a white flag seeking relief. after receiving aid they said women were taken. Source notes timing April 2 near Cape Melville light.
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New York
Johnson Spicer
George T. Hay
Manila
George Spicer
Glasscap
Balabac
Philippines
Spicer
Cape Melville
Das Marinas Taken In Cavite Invasion Report
General Otis reports from Manila that Wheaton's forces at Imus Cavite repulsed a 2000 strong enemy column marching toward Imus. Wheaton with two guns and two battalions halted the attack. heavy losses claimed by the enemy and Das Marinas now in American possession. Casualties not yet reported.
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Washington
War Department
Otis
Manila
Wheaton
Imus
Cavite
Nevada
Dag. Marinas
Miles Flags Philippine Situation as Very Serious
Nelson A. Miles said the Philippine situation is very serious in New York on Monday. He denied knowledge of any war department effort to suppress Manila news and said the volunteer call has not been decided, noting he was in private business.
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Miles
New York
Philippines
Nelson A. Miles
War Department
Manila
Educated Pigs Show Opens at State Dog and Horse Event
After a two weeks trial season the road show arrived in Indianapolis and opened Tuesday at the lot on E Washington Street for two days. Troupes of Arabian and trained dogs join a real novelty in Prof Eden’s company, with acrobatic specialties and a free admission policy for one lady per paid ticket.
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W. A. Sta
Ineapolis
E. Washington and
Sta
Eden
Anu
Emmons Bequeaths Funds To Schools And Institutions
Fragmentary text indicates Mrs. Emmons of Blaine and a will by the late Robert Boston allocating about 700000 dollars to institutions and 108000 dollars to establish a school for children. Additional context is unclear due to damage.
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Cage
Boston
East
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Cissell
Rawls
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