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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1905
Page
3
Attendance at the revival meeting at the Baptist Church broke all records with thirteen new members joining Likens devotees of moderate religious facts versus those who worshipped golden images.
Leslie Sanders led a two week revival at South St Baptist Church drawing 500 to 600 Sunday night attendees with overflow meetings in the Sunday school. The morning service saw 150 more people than any previous turnout and 13 new members joined. Rev Bass reports over 800 have signed for potential membership as revivals continue another week with expectations of larger crowds.
The article praises the Sioux as prominent among indigenous tribes and recalls their warriors both past and present. It notes Sioux chiefs, including White Swan, meeting President Roosevelt during his inauguration celebrations and reflects on historic conflicts with Custer and other figures while expressing nostalgia for legendary leaders like Pocahontas, Tecumseh, Sitting Bull, and Powhatan.
A fragmentary profile sketches Chief White Swan of the Sioux and his view of both tribes. He jokes about the old clash with Custer and dismisses the saying that no good Indian remains. He notes a contrasting quip about “dead whites” and foresees future tales of panooses and automobile rides.
The inquiry into the death of Thomas Jones, a Black man refused entry to City hospital, nears a verdict. Testimony suggests he was not tuberculous, contrary to a hospital intern, and indicates lax management at City hospital Floweresians hospital and the City dispensary.
Washington March 2 The president plans to reward Frank Tyree a Secret Service man long on one guard with a home commission as United States marshal Tyree a Huntington West Virginia resident will be returned to his home for the new post with a salary of four thousand dollars annually
Jasper Wilson, son of agriculture secretary James Wilson, recently returned from Alaska where he studied northern game conditions. He shared photographs including one of a crude hotel at English Bay, praising its rugged simplicity and noting Roosevelt era frontier spirit. Wilson also evaluated Alaska’s vast resources and described agricultural oversight during the mission.
The United States civil service commission says scientific and competent examinations will be held in Indianapolis for Panama series on March 33 and Philippine service on April 15 and 16. For United States service exams are set for March 2, April 12 and April 19. Blank application forms and information are available from the secretary of the board, Heery Milhouse.
The great synagogue, long closed by order of Grand Duke Sergius, was reopened and reconsecrated with a thanksgiving service in Moscow on March X.
A thief robbed a sleeping household after sneaking in through a window while a baby cried. The intruder rifled John’s clothing, pulled a garment from under his head, and escaped as another person climbed in. Cuba’s honey exports total over 100000 annually with Germany and the United States as major buyers.
Scripps-Howard dispatch from Hammond reports twelve injured after a derailed New York Chicago limited at Winfield slid into a ditch following a switch log. Conductor Hieginger Wainitz and fireman Gorman Huntington stayed at their posts amid the wreck. Mrs. Mary Cairo of Chicago suffered critical arm injuries. baggage man H Williams, 44 years in Erie service, credited his rescue to faith.
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