Ohio Republicans Nominate Hanna Backed Ticket at Columbus
At the Ohio Republican state convention in Columbus the Hanna machine controlled proceedings and nominated its slate. Senator Hanna was chosen permanent chairman, Gov. Nash and Lt. Gov. Nippert were renominated, and Judge James L. Price won the Supreme Court seat on the first ballot. The platform pledges tariff defense, naval buildup, anti monopoly measures, and support for U.S. colonial policy. The convention adjourned after approving the lineup.
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China
Cuba
Gov. Nash
L. L. Nippert
W. O. Johnson
Board of Public Works
G A R Plans Monument Dedication This Fall
Grand Army of the Republic leaders push for dedicating the soldiers' monument this fall. Gen Smock briefs committees on timing and fundraising with President McKinley likely to attend. Governor may indicate convenient date as Milton Garrigus notes shifting plans toward October dedication.
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Grand Ton
Smock
Teeman
Pres
McKinley
Milton Garrigus
R. M. Smock
Flag Request Ends Veteran’s Burial At Allen Chapel
Heyden Leslie, a colored veteran, was buried from Allen Chapel on Tuesday after he asked his two sons to his side and requested his body be wrapped in a flag rather than a coffin. The touching gesture reflected his pride and patriotism as he passed.
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Allen Chapel
Bedell Pledges Clear Sidewalks During New Building
The Board of Safety received a petition from 27 businessmen near the Bates house demanding kept sidewalks during the Claypool building rise. Building Inspector Bedell vows to keep sidewalks clear and ensure no obstructions in the street, viewing it as a chance to prove a building can rise without crowding the public way. Contractors will be required to roof the alks.
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Board of Safety
Bates’ ‘House
Claypool
Bedell
Woman seeks annulment and divorce over tangled marriages
Katie Dohren filed a petition in Cincinnati court alleging she married Thomas J Noonan in 1897, was deserted, believed dead, then wed Bernard H Dohnen and had a baby. After learning Noonan was alive she divorced Noonan, but Dohnen refused further remarriage or support. She seeks annulment or divorce to protect her name and child.
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Katie Dohren
Thomas J. Noonan
Cincinnati
Bernard H. Dohnen
Noonan
Dohnien
Big Day for Corporations at Secretary of State Office
The secretary of state's office reports a busy day with two branches of the asphalt trust complying with foreign corporation law. The French Lick Springs hotel company filed articles of incorporation with capital stock $600,000 in 6,009 shares, directors including Thomas Taggart and Henry A. Hickman of Chicago. The Herald publishing company of Anderson filed articles, having recently purchased Anderson Herald stock valued at $25,000. directors include Edward C. Toner and Otway C. Toner. The Advance telephone company of Jericho, Randolph county, shows capital stock $1,000. The United typewriter and supplies company of West Virginia named Clifton O. Toner of Indianapolis as agent, with Indiana capital stock $1,333.33. Barbee asphalt paving company of West Virginia named Robert Whealey of South Bend as agent. capital stock $3,900,000 with $50,000 in Indiana business. Warren Schaf asphalt company of New York also complied. Whealey is agent, capital stock $950,000 and $195,000 in Indiana business.
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Asphalt Trust Company
French Lick Springs Hotel Company
Thomas Taggart
George W. Kretinger
Chicago
Henry A. Hickman
Crawford Fairbanks
Charles Murdock
D. P. Erwin
L. T. Dickerson
George W. Kretzinger
Herald Publishing Company
Anderson
State House
Anderson Herald Capital
Edward C. Toner
Otway C. Toner
Charles H. Neff
Advance Telephone Company
Jericho
Randolph County
United Typewriter and Supplies Company
West Virginia
Clifton O. Toner
Indianapolis
Indiana
Barbee Asphalt Paving Company
Robert Whealey
South Bend
Warren-Schaf Asphalt Company
New York
Whealey
Outings Seek BU Liners Game Call for Booking
Engagement and wedding rings advertised with diamond stock and prices as low as one cent. Plain rings can be ordered quickly, with custom sizing and prompt delivery. J. P. Mullally, Circle.
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New
J. BP. Mullally
Circle
Site Selected for Worlds Fair at Forest Park
ST. LOUIS Mo June 25 The commissioners on Tuesday chose the Forest Park site for the 1903 world’s fair The 668 acre tract lies in the park’s western section with a possible addition of 444 acres to the west if needed
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ST. Louis
Forest Park
Weddler’s Shot Misses Man at Pat Hamill’s Resort
Shorty, known as the weddler, fired at a man in Pat Hamill’s resort on West Washington Street Monday night but missed. Both men fled the scene and escaped the police.
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Shorty
Weddler
Pat Hamill
W. Washington St
Charles Timberlake
Arthur Timberlake
Sixteenth St
Musham Named Chicago Fire Chief After 40 Years Service
W. H. Musham is appointed chief of Chicago’s fire department following a four-decade career. A man rescued from the New York river Monday night claimed to be an explorer from Arctic ships and offered a nautical mystery.
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W. H. Musham
Chicago
Fire Department
New York
North Pole
Man Seized From Work And Committed To Insane Hospital
John Ross 30 of 602 West Maryland Street was removed from Kingan's packing department to the insane hospital after coworkers testified to his illness, though they said he showed no signs of insanity. Physicians claim sleeplessness epilepsy and melancholy, while locals question the arrest as a grave mistake.
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Louis Kiefer
Ross
Bedell Defends Smoke Consumer Plan For Businesses
Building inspector Bedell says he has not heard of any taste of smoke from the business men's committee and will press the issue. He notes most are using gas and want to push the consumer question to next winter. He claims the ordinance can be met with soft coal and a smoke consumer, adding fat anthracite is unnecessary. Demonstrations at the New York Story and G A Schnull & Co. show stokers, though the committee opposes them due to cost. Bedell cites Schumacher as a cheap, satisfactory consumer option if stokers are deemed too costly.
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Committee On Resolutions
Ioraker
Bedell
Business Men's Committee
New York Story
G. Aa. Schnull & Co
Schumacher
Independent
Dunn
Broad Ripple Dentist Suit Over Crown Tearing Action
Hattie E. Byfield sues Dr. Raymond Culver in Marion County alleging he examined a tooth after a late payment and tore off the crown. Squire White of Broad Ripple represents Byfield in the damage case.
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Squire White
Broad Ripple
Hattie E. Byfield
Raymond FE. Culver
Why did Dore Johnson quit as city official
The Sentinel editor Jacob Fiatt Dunn will become city controller on July 1 after Eudorus Johnson resigns to join John F. Wild & Co. Johnson, the council’s balance wheel, will depart amid political speculation. The mayor deflects questions on a potential nomination and criticizes press focus on the issue.
Man fined for insulting girl in Brookside park
A shabbily dressed man named William J. Harding of Peoria was fined 10 cents and given 30 days in police court after police, aided by several women, chased him Monday evening for offering a found item and insulting a young girl in Brookside park. He ran but was captured.
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William J. Harding
Peoria
Brookside Park
Harding
Mrs Hattie Spath Seeks Missing Husband at Stockyards
Hattie Spath of 211 Muller St St Louis reports her husband once wrote from there asking her to come to him at the stockyards. She arrived Monday night leaving a sick bed three days earlier. Unable to locate him she and her two children were taken to the Door of Hope Tuesday. She is ill and destitute.
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Hattie Spath
Muller St
St. Louis
Hope
Striking Wheel Workers Plan Mass Meeting This Week
Standard wheel works strikers announce a mass meeting at the old West Indianapolis council chamber inviting ladies to attend, to be held some night this week.
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Standard Wheel Works
Old West Indianapolis
Senator Dubois Stricken by Severe Sciatica Illness
Boise Idaho June 25 Senator Dubois is seriously ill with sciatica as officials report his condition remains grave.
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Senator Dubois
Boise
Ida
Missionaries to China to study in Los Angeles this summer
Rev. Walter Elliott and his wife formerly of Indianapolis passed through the city Monday en route from Evansville to Los Angeles for a summer course of study. They plan to depart for northern China as missionaries in the fall.
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Walter Elliott
Indianapolis
Evansville
Los Angeles
China
Flood Turmoil in Keystone Leaves Dozens Dead
A Keyston flood described as six hours of torrential rain swept Elkhorn River Valley. Reports cite up to 60 deaths, with eight in Ennis West Virginia and multiple drownings at Eckman Shawnee and Tazewell areas. Homes swept away, residents rescued on rooftops as waters surged through the town street. Body recoveries and unheeded warnings marked the disaster scene and widespread property loss.
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Keystone
Elkhorn
Eckman
Shawnee
Paris Vandyke
Tazewell
Vandyke
Storm Hits Poundling Mill Claims Four Lives
Houses were swept away but no lives were lost in the affected area. All crops in the region were wiped out leaving agricultural losses severe. At Poundling Mill four lives were lost in the disaster, with local authorities beginning relief assessments.
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Poundling Mill
Flynn Satisfied With Street Cleaning Though Costs Rise
Sprinkling inspector Flynn reports downtown streets swept five nights weekly with Sunday sweeps now added. Flushing uses a fire hose dragged by horses, flooding pavements and pushing debris into sewers. Manholes fill rapidly and hose wear increases with nightly draggings.
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Vignn
Missing Women Sought After River Escape Incident
Police are hunting three missing women Martha Foxworthy 15 of 420 W Merrillst Grace Griffin 27 married of 408 Bright St and Maria Mather 18 who climbed the fence at the Good Shepherd home Monday and fled toward the river bareheaded in a reported incident.
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Martha Foxworthy
W. Merrillst
Grace Griffin
Bright St
Maria Mather
the Good Shepherd
Weather Outlook for Indianapolis Area June 26
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending at 8 p.m. June 26 calls for warm and fair conditions. Tuesday night and Wednesday expected to be warm with a low around 80 degrees at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
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Indianapolis
Temperature Readings Through Early Afternoon
The report lists temperatures from 11 am to 2:30 pm showing 91 at 11, 92 at 12, 93 at 1, 94 at 2 and 2:30 pm, indicating a steady warm trend. No additional weather details or conditions are provided in the fragment.
Chicago Heat Records Expected to Be Broken
Chicago experienced another scorcher with Monday’s heat deaths and 100 prostrations already reported. The heat is linked to several personal crises, including one confirmed suicide attempt, two drownings, and another person who shot himself and may die.
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Chicago
Train Death and Plague of Prostrations Hit Midwest
W B Bradbury aged 45 died on a train at St Joseph Missouri. He hailed from Utica New York. George Wiley and Fritz Branson of Chicago listed among others. The report notes 11 prostrations there and hundreds of hogs and sheep perished in cars on the way to Chicago. Hans Gjersett was prostrated at Black River Falls Wisconsin. Wildie.
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W. B. Bradbury
St. Joseph
Utica
N. Y
George Wiley
Fritz Branson
Chicago
Hans Gjersett
Black River Falls
Wis
Gibson Losch Wedding Ties to High Officials in Jersey City
New York June 25 Montgomery reports Gibson 32, son of the late Louisiana Senator Gibson and nephew of Supreme Court Justice White, wed Hazel Francis Losch 19, a relative of Senator Hale and Justice Harlan, at the Pennsylvania House in Jersey City on Monday.
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New York
Montgomery
Gibson
Louisiana
Supreme Court
White
Pennsylvania House
Jersey City
Hazel Francis Losch
Hale
Harlan
New pianos from sixteen dollars at Wulschner's Feed
Local ad notes inexpensive pianos starting at sixteen dollars at Wulschner's Feed store. Mentions dustless ostas for horses and general horse care products, reflecting a mixed goods display.
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