Equity and Right Discussion Program Committee Announces
A public meeting titled Those 38 Signed by Prom. NapoHs and Other Cities is set to address questions of Prominent in all is addressed to All lovers of equity and right. The program includes subjects such as race prejudice, lynching causes, and prejudice in the north. Epworth league custodian notes the meeting will be held with participants from Rockville and nearby areas.
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North
Epworth League
Rockville
Pest
Cincinnati Parade Fails To Dampen Jubilant German Fest
A late nineteenth century street procession through Cincinnati featured Hyland’s company and the Indianapolis city band leading to Union station. German clubs Deutscher Klub Musikverein and their singers and orchestra joined separately, while spectators braved rain and ice for the long parade.
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Cincinnati
American Saengéerbund
Bia
Union Station
Pauluss
Mannercher
Deutscher Klub
Musikverein
Teachers to Receive Life Licenses Across Counties
State board of education issued life or professional licenses to about 50 teachers after examinations. Roughly half of the 92 applicants succeeded for life licenses, with several earning sessional licenses valid for eight years. Names listed include Henry Fornak, Jos C Boldt, and others across Albany, Bloomington, Spiceland, Jasper, and more, with some applicants still awaiting results.
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State Board of Edition
Henry Fornak
Jos. C. Boldt
Odmington
William Burker
New
Charles R. Lybrook
Louis “Price
Bloomington
Levi H
Albany
F. G. Smeltzly
Limateele
Spiceland
Ehmer Tyner
Maggie
Wilson
Jasper
Y E. Woodard
Aridersor
Cavalryman Killed in Laguna de Bay Landing
June 23 report describes a squadron landing at Muntinglupa shore in Laguna de Bay near Imus. Troops engaged insurgents and entered intrenchments, with a Filipino force firing as the cavalry suffered a casualty. Other notes mention a mechanical genius in Indiana dying of typhoid fever.
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Muntinglupa
Laguna de Bay
Ten Imus
Cal
Ind
Alondell
Rioting on Cleveland streets ends without deaths
In Cleveland on Wednesday a nonunion conductor named Connor faced threats after being held up on Tuesday. A crowd attacked the car as bricks flew and windows shattered. Connor fired a revolver but struck no one. Five windows and the car vestibule were damaged amid the chaos. two women and four men were aboard.
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Cleveland, CO
Conner
Connor
Otis Ordered to Washington to Succeed Alger
An Enquirer special from Los Angeles reports Gen. Otis ordered to Washington by President McKinley to become Secretary of War, replacing Alger. The 1890s dispute traces to the San Pedro harbor fight and personal friction between Alger and Otis over the wartime post.
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Cincinnati
Enquirer
Los Angeles
Cal
Otis
Washington
McKinley
Alger
San Pedro Harbor
The Grocers' Trust Case Before Judge Leathers
Isaac Ciener, a wholesale liquor dealer and barrel house keeper, argued against the Indiana wholesale grocers association on demurrer. He contends the group blocked tobacco supply by misrepresenting his price cuts and denies any actual price cutting.
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Isaac Ciener
Indiana Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Leathers
Ciener
Smallpox found in city home on Oak Street
A nest of small pox was discovered at 727 Oak Street Wednesday morning. Mrs Mary Richie a colored woman and four children Trene Fred Helen and Lena and a servant Ella Miller are to be carted to the isolation hospital. Mrs Richie and one child have the disease but others may be infected. One child has recently recovered and quarantine was lifted last Saturday. Mr Richie has not been home since his child was stricken as he runs a downtown apartment house.
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Oak St
Mary Richie
Trene
Fred
Helen
Lena
Ella Miller
Richie
Stabbing Fit Over Name Sparks Injuries
Oliver West and Benjamin Flander, Light and Power Co employees, quarreled over a name. West received a knife cut two inches deep and a knife point remained in his wound. Flander had a head wound. Both are confined.
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Oliver West
Benjamin Flander
the Light and Power Company
Glunder
West
City engineer outlines cost of track elevation project
City engineer Jeup plans to present elevation proposals to city officers and councilmen on Friday. He will display rough drawings and rough cost estimates, estimating about 250 000 to 300 000 dollars per mile. He suggests the project could cost far less than railroads initial estimates.
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Jeup
Soldiers Wanted For Orient Campaign In Washington
War Department held long conferences with the president as Secretary Alger and Gen Corbin plan to raise three brigades totaling 15 009 men immediately. Recruiting officers will build forces to be ready for service in the orient by the end of the rainy season.
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Washington
War Department
Alger
Corbin
Orient
Indianapolis Gas Company among large detectors on county review list
The Indianapolis gas company and numerous firms appear in the county board of review assessment, retained at the same level as last year per the state tax board. Listed values include 3898 and 500,000 for the gas firm, with many manufacturers and merchants such as VanCamp packing, Parry Manufacturing, C. A. Potts, Ward Brothers, Western Furniture, and Tucker & Dorsey among those assessed.
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Indianapolis
Gaa
State Tax Board
Indianapolis Gas Company
Sinker, Davis & Co
Indianapolis & Broad
DANY
Pace’ Taylor Carpet Company
VanCamp Packing
VanCamp Hardware
Iron Company
Parry Manufacturing Com
Bee Seeseseveeses
Western Furniture Company
L. W. Ott Manufacturing Company
McElwaine- Richards c - Pany
Moore & Co
Tucker & Dorsey Manufefacturing Company
Lily & Stalnaker Company
Abe i
Mrs McKinley’s Condition Improves in Washington
Mrs McKinley is much improved and can resume daily drives in a day or two, according to Dr. Rixey. The June 28 report from Washington notes the change in her health after hospitalization.
Births and deaths and marriages listed in city notices
Births record multiple families with addresses and newborns including Victor and Rose Gardin's son and others at 110 W Eleventh ct 542 Belmont ure 618 Prospect-st 3081 Kenwood 1131 Twenty ninth-st 132 W Tenth st 8 S Noble-st , boys and girls. Deaths note Mary Josephine Degn eminent fever Gertrude Finley phthisis Frank W McClaren tuberculosis Elizabeth Johnson gastro enteritis Less McWilliams cholera infantum Ida Turner tuberculosis meningitis George Stewart pneumonia Infant Johnson premature. Marriage Licenses list many couples including Hugh J Moore Anna Myrtle Spencer John N Massing Anna J Cunningham Fred E Kennedy May E Hay Charles H Gimm Elizabeth D Lesche Andrew A Sweeney Ann Murphy L G Leng Mabel V Hood John Mulehney Laura Ling James W Noel Anna M Sivan Rutherford Earl Weinland Elizabeth Bruns Wm Thomas Hayse Florence June Harrison Otto R Walters Ernestine Nimz Charles Cook Etta Botder Chancey Wallace Mary Rachel Wells Charles L Webber Theresa Richman Henry W Armistead Catherine Traughman Louis Garver Hester Joslin George Nohnie Pearl Tilford Alfred Lauter Stella Seidensticker William Applegate Cora Bugby.
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Hugh J. Moore
Anna Myrtle Spencer
John N. Massing
Anna J. Cunningham
Fred EK. Kennedy
May E. Hay
Charles H. Gimm
Elzib
D. Lesche Andrew «A. Sweeney
Ann Murphy
L. G. Leng
Mabel V. Hood
John Mulehney
Laura Ling
James W. Noel
Anna M. Sivan
H. I. Maschmeyer
Elizabeth Neid
Luther Williams
Carrie L. Sno
Theresa Richman
Henry W. Armistead
Catherine IL
Traughman
Louis A. Garver
Hester P. Joslin
George F. Nohnie
Pearl M. Tilford
Alfred Lauter
Stella Seidensticker
William B. Applegate
Cora L. Bugby
Miss Aleen Shearer Heads To San Francisco Summer
The governor issued a formal proclamation on Wednesday naming the arithmetics geographies readers and copy books authorized for use over the next five years.
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Aleen Shearer
San Francisco
Rapid fire items from the nation mix social and crime notes
A rapid-fire column lists diverse events from 9 to 10 lines: a national reform association session in Buffalo, New York factions debating rates, a body found near Jamesburg New Jersey, plague tolls in China, retirement of Admiral Windhaus-Hornby in London, Norfolk battery offerings, Buffalo freight handlers returning to prior wages, Leonce Maloney ill in New York, Democratic scheming in Illinois and New York for the national convention, the death of conductor Jos Brosseau in Illinois, jewelry theft in Decatur Alabama, a miner riot in Westphalia Germany with fatalities, a marriage annulment in St Joseph Michigan, General Anderson denying critique of Gen Otis, Kaiser Friedrich speed contract issues, Haiti currency system adoption, Haiti borrowing plans in New York, Louise Menage returning to Minneapolis, Admiral Dewey sailing from Colombo, a Washington marriage claim, a remarriage suit and first wife suit, a Kentucky sheriff misreport, and a Kentucky lieutenant governor nomination by Democrats.
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National Reform Association
Buffalo
New York
Jamesburg
China
Sir Windhaus-Hornby
London
Grimes’ Battery
Norfolk
N. Y
Leonce Maloney
Illinois
Jos. Brosseau
Kankakee
Iil
H. P. Harrison
Decatur
Ala
Westphalia
Germany
Mildred Vaughan
Frank Gall
Barber
St. Joseph
Mich
Gen. Anderson
Chicago
Philppines
Otis
Lloyds
Kaiser Friederich
Haiti
United States
Louise F. Menage
Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company
Minneapolis
Admiral Dewey
Colombo
Port Said
Hoghton
John F. Gayner
Annie Gifford
Annie Finney
Washington
White
J.C. W. Beck
W.tcesday
Kentucky
Horses Unsettle Drivers When Wagon Overturns
Frank Dungey, driving a dirt wagon for R W Furnas street cleaning, was injured west of Indianapolis when the wagon overturned. He was dragged by running horses and taken to City hospital with a cut under an eye and a cut nostril. another incident on Massachusetts Ave. saw three runaways with two horses gored by splintered shafts.
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Frank Dungey
R. W. Furnas
Indianapolis
Dungey
City
Massachusetts Ave
Ohio
New York Sts
Elijah Powell Receives Fifteen Day Jail Sentence
Elijah Powell was sentenced to fifteen days in jail after a criminal court trial on Wednesday. He was found driving a wagon tied to a known thief shortly after the McEwaine Richards robbery. Officers Hauser and Schroeder attempted to arrest him, he resisted and escaped, but was recaptured and later tried for assaulting the officer.
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Elijah
Elijah Powell
McEwaine- Richards
Hauser and Schroeder
Council Finance Meets Over $150000 Bond Issue For Bridges
The council finance committee will meet Thursday night to discuss the ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds totaling 150000 dollars to fund bridge construction.
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Council
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Health and Vitality
The ad claims good health depends on pure blood and asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla cleanses and enriches the blood to support well being. It urges readers to keep their place and enjoy life by taking the remedy.
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Hood
Detctives’ Forged Check Theory Sparks City Gossip
The $250 forged check signed W. H. H. Miller and cashed at Fletcher's bank led to rumor. D. M. Arrick was named as payee. H. W. Phillips denied involvement and said the check captain was never his. Detectives pursued a new theory blaming another man who vanished, with Phillips defending his innocence and urging continued case effort.
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W. H. H. Miller
Fletcher
D. M. Arrick
H. W. Phillips
Jim the Nerman
Mir. Miller
Race War Flares in Alabama Mining Camp After Riot
In Birmingham on June 28, news reports say all posse officers except a dozen men returned from Gloesburg the scene of Tuesday afternoon’s race riot. Night arrivals of armed blacks dispersed by daylight leaving under twenty in the camp. The Knights of Africa alleged to arm Black followers to protect criminals and resist white supremacy. A white man was beaten, then whites fired on Black leaders Ed Elis and Adam Samuels, wounding Jim Dill and Randolph Williams fatally. A retaliatory shooting near Adamsville wounded a Black. Armed whites remain in the woods, sheriff expects no further trouble.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lgloesburg
Knights of Africa
Bhicks
Elis
Adam Samuels
Jim Dill
Randolph Williams
Adamsville
Council to discuss gas franchise on Thursday night
The council will hold a special meeting Thursday evening to introduce an ordinance ratifying a new gas franchise. The contract has gone to New York and the official list of President Hastings of the Indianapolis Gas Company has been secured. The motive is to deliver the $1 gas rate to citizens.
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Counci
New York
Hastings
Indianapolis Gas Company
Swihart Fined After Hatchet Fight Case
James Swihart, a man in his Td years, was fined $1 and costs by Judge Cox after a fight with John Strader in which Swihart was struck with a hatchet. Strader faced assault with intent to kill charges but was discharged as Swihart was deemed the aggressor.
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James Swihart
John Strader
Cox
Strader
Swihart
Covington and Southern Railway Incorporation Filed
The Covington and Southern railway company filed articles at the state house on Wednesday with capital stock of 50000 dollars to build a railroad about fourteen miles long in Fountain county. Directors include Geo E C Johnson Bayard Taylor Guy Miltimore FP P Dobson and Elisha Whittlesey Jr. Bayard Taylor of Chicago holds 243 shares. The College Place Improvement Company of Fort Wayne also filed articles with capital stock 30000 dollars.
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Covington & Southern Railway Company
State House
Capital
Fountain County
Geo. E. C. Johnson
Bayard Taylor
Guy Miltimore
FP. P. Dobson
Elisha Whittlesey
Chicago
College Place Improvement Company
Fort Wayne
Bar Talk at University Club Event
A humorous bar talk scene features Tudge Baker from the supreme court and ex-Tudge Gavin of the appellate court at a University Club reception Tuesday night. Both men checked their watches as they anticipated long-winded oral arguments the next day. Gavin later argued Wednesday on a widow's rights in a real estate matter.
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Tudge Baker
Supreme Court
Bar Association
University Club
Tudge Gavin
Appellate Court
Gavin
Elopement Marriage and Ohio Contest Amid Headlines
In Kalamazoo John W. Jones 76 and Jessie Dresser 18 wed in Constantine after eloping. Jones is said to be worth 300000 dollars. In Toledo the press club offers 100 dollars to the handsomest young lady in Ohio for centennial buttons. In Philadelphia Benjamin Grayson supposedly died then returned, identified by wife by injuries, before attending his funeral.
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Ome Tae
Toledo
Toledo Press Club
Ohio
Suspect Detained Over Copper Wire Brass Theft
Detectives Gerber report Lee Morgan suspected of stealing copper wire and brass from the power house of the street car company, tying a case to a recent spree of equipment thefts near the transit facility.
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Gerber
Lee " Morgan
Street Car Company
2Se 1-PIECE BERRY SET FOR 12c and other glassware
Classified sale ad lists cut glass effect berry sets lemonade sets water pitchers and decanters with prices from 8c to 65c. Includes salt shakers vases table tumblers jars mason jars and rubber accessories. Also promotes gas stoves ovens tin ovens and fabric goods with future sale dates and bargain prices.
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MASON
Mason's
BOYD
Yellow Fever Victims and State Fair Grocers Picnic
Washington reports five army Yellow Fever deaths in Cuba last Sunday while 4999 attendees enjoyed a grocers picnic at the state fair grounds Wednesday afternoon. The event featured a merry-go-round dancing pavilion band and contests with prizes for accuracy and strength. Traub Emma Heier and Alisa Walters held notable feats including a water set throw of 131 feet and near measurements in the event.
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Washington
Cuba
State Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds
Traub
W. Washington Sr
Emma Heier
New Jersey
Alisa Walters
Harrison St
Cattle and Hog Prices Slump Amid Market Sluggishness
Indianapolis market notes for Wednesday show steady to lower cattle bids with good to prime steers around 1150 to 1350 lbs and mixed results for cows and calves. Hog receipts at 9000 with active trade. prices for good to choice heavy and lightweights listed, while sheep and lambs also display active bidding and varied weights. Grain and hay markets echo steady to mixed tones with No 2 white corn around 72 cents and oats steady near market norms.
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Indianapolis
City
Timothy
Shiel Anti-trust Live Stock Market Report
R R Shiel Co reports strong cattle receipts in Indianapolis on June 28 with prices up 2 to 3 cents. Quotes list 120 to 140 weight at 3.87 to 3.90, 170 to 200 at 3.85 to 2.87, medium and heavy grades higher, with Chicago noting a cooling strike resolution and a price lift for cattle. Cat market also up about 5 cents before easing slightly.
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R. R. Shiel & Co
Indianapolis
Chicago
Cat
Government to investigate Jessie massacre at Kuskokwim Alaska
Washington June 28 word indicates the government will investigate the fate of the Jessie victims near the mouth of the Kuskokwim river Alaska. The cutter Corwin en route north will stop there to conduct inquiry amid belief the Jessie people were massacred by Indians.
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Seattle
Waash
Kuskokwim River
Alaska
Corwin
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