Ministers Visit Fort Sheridan In Anti Canteen Inquiry
A Chicago ministers committee led by Rev Parkhurst visited Fort Sheridan and Highwood to study effects of the anti canteen law. Col Van Horne clashed with Parkhurst, denying charges and claiming most officers favored the canteen as the lesser evil. After hours of debate the panel left with little results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. van Horne
Parkhurst
Cockey
Dr. Parkhurst
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Gen. Otis
van Horne
Prankster 15 Gets Fined and Workhouse Time
Judge Daly fines 15 year old Robert A Walters $100 and orders 30 days in the workhouse after a string stretched across Monumer Place tripping bicyclists near the English hotel. Witnesses say a rider was thrown from his wheel. Walters claims only a joke. The boy, of 206% N Meridian St, had prior minor arrests. The court condemns him as a contemptible young scoundrel on the highway to the penitentiary.
Odds and superstition grip a city license scene
James Isaacs living at 1213 Yandes street received bicycle license tag No 13131 and faced superstition about 13. A peddler also got No 13 and quit peddling for a year, possibly hoodooed by luck. The episode shows how superstition influenced ordinary civic tasks and local beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Isaacs
Yandes St
Young Alger Weds in Detroit Health Focus
Capt. Fred M. Alger, second son of the former secretary of war, wed Mig non Eldredge Swift in Detroit. They plan to sail from New York for the Mediterranean. Gen. Alger has been ordered to Carlsbad, Germany for health reasons and suffers from bladder stones in precarious condition for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Fred M. Alger
Mignon ‘Eldredge Swift
E. Y. Swift
New York
Mediterranean
Alger
Carlsbad
Germany
Hanna Denounces Wall Street Bull Run In Interview
New York May 2 Senator Hanna commented on the stock market surge saying he does not understand Wall Street. He joked that he loaned his horns to the bulls and notes Morgan may be buying fleets, signaling strong confidence in American property values and a 3 percent earnings base prompting rising prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senator Hanna
Monroek Doctrine in Jeopardy as German Moves Rise
Washington reports warn that German political aims follow commercial strength in South America threatening the Monroe doctrine. Vessel surveys near Margherita Venezuela indicate coaling and naval stations, with Germany planning private possession to avoid direct clash. U.S. may protest. Southern Brazil increasingly German, with Sao Paulo rail concessions over 1,000 miles. U.S. Consul Murphy calls for friendly rivalry to preserve markets and US influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margherita
Venezuela
Orinoco
Isthmian Canal
United States
Marguerita
Brazil
U.S
Germany
Sao Paulo
Women Join Wall Street Gambling Boom
New York on May 2 reports a surge of women entering the gambling on Wall Street. Most are on the profitable side of the market, refusing to sell stocks and reaping gains. Many now travel to Wall Street by auto, a change from riding streetcars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wall-st
Dow
Morgan plans gigantic steamship combine to control trade
Local shipping men in New York on May 2 report J P Morgan seeks a vast ocean carrier monopoly. Leyland coup viewed as first step, with American and Red Star lines named among likely participants. Atlantic Transport expected to join, while Cunard White Star and German lines reportedly resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. P. Morgan
Leyland
America
American
Red Star Lines
Atlantic Transport Line
Cunard
White Star
German Lines
London
Anti-Vaccinationists Meet Over School Vaccines
Dr. W B Clarke attacks a school board order forcing vaccination or sending pupils to school with certificates. He reports teachers once sent home unvaccinated students and proposes a mass meeting to measure anti vaccination strength and consider civil action to enforce the law despite the board of health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Clarke
Ca “Bluste
Dr. Clarke
Clarke
Homeopathic ‘ Medical, ’Society
Board of Health
Washington Street Blockaded by A Mischievous Lad
Royal Wortman a 52 Holbrook street youth caused a crowd on Washington street by grabbing shoe strings from a stand run by a legless man. An officer stopped the scene, learning the boy’s nickname Zeek was a misunderstanding. The crowd blocked the street as the incident unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Wortman
Holbrook-st
New York
Washington-st
Ike
Royal
Wortman
Zeek
Urho
City balks at making policy ticket possession a crime
City attorney Kern and Assistant Bell weigh whether an ordinance could declare possessing a policy ticket an offense. They lean that the council cannot legislate on matters already covered by state law. The charter hints at gaming regulation, but statute seems against treating policy as gambling. If policy is gambling, a ticket holder could be prosecuted as a gambler under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern
Bell
Johnson
Kleinschmidt Opens New Store in Washington Street
W E Kleinschmidt a famed Indianapolis hat dealer moves to 42 W Washington St to showcase an expanded stock including Youman hats and new glove umbrella and cane lines The store emphasizes personal management by the owner and promises courteous service and a large exclusive hat stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Kleinschmidt
Indianapolis
Washington St
Kleinschmidt
Youman
National Hotel
Harding Dies in Charlemont Hospital
H C Harding, a well known insurance man, died at 10:20 p m Wednesday in the Charlemont of peritonitis after a brief illness. He was married but details follow in the obituary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Harding
Charlemont
Acquittal in a White Cap Case
Nashville Indiana May 2 The jury acquitted J E Bradley Robert Robertson and J W Robertson after four hours deliberation in the Palmer whitecapping case The beaten East Columbus stone mason Palmer testified the men tied him to a gatepost and whipped him with switches and a club He identified the defendants and faced a March 2 threatened return visit Governor Durbin had previously dispatched deputy attorney general Hadley amid protests over whitecapping cases
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Ind
Helms
Durbin
Hadley
Hadley says jury will not convict in Brown county case
Deputy attorney general Hadley expresses deep disgust at the verdict in Brown county. He asserts securing a white copper juror will be impossible and that even a confession could not yield conviction. He notes Robertson’s case seemed clear and could not have been acquitted by a ordinary jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Brown County
Robertson
Electric rail line proposed from Muncie to Shirley
J R Keesling of Mechanicsburg R B Oglesbee and E T Ice of Muncie with others announce a 40 mile electric railroad from Muncie to Shirley. Farmers ready to invest, promoters claim the project could reach a million dollars. This marks the fifth electric road projected from Muncie amid railroad fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
J. R. Keesling
Mechanicsburg
R. B.oglesbee
E T. Ice
Middletown
Shirley
Local man fled town leaving debt to Tribune
Brazil Indiana May 2 William Suttlemeyer formerly agent for the Terre Haute Tribune and Chicago American left town a few weeks ago owing the American about 100 dollars. He has not returned and his bondsmen A F Wall and Adam Arnold had to settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Ind
William Suttlemeyer
Terre Haute Tribune
Chicago American
A. F. Wall
Adam Arnold
Aged Man Hangs Self After Wife's Death Near Royalton
Michael Herdrick, 77, a German farmer near Royalton, hanged himself in a woodhouse on Wednesday morning. Despondency from his wife's death last August led to the act. He was father to Charles Herdrick and Mrs. William Kolb of Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drick
Kalb
Indianapolis
Lebanon
Ind
Michael Herdrick
Royalton
Woodhouse
Charles Herdrick
William Kolb
Swindler Van B. Triplet Dies in West Baden
Van B. Triplet once turned the gold brick confidence game into a fortune but died in poverty at West Baden on May 2. He swindled about $1,000,000 over the years, married the widow of another swindler, briefly pursued honesty, was arrested during his honeymoon, and faced his wife’s heartbreak as she died of a broken heart after his release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
van B. Triplet
West Baden
Triplet
Freight wreck blocks Big Four line killing ten hogs
Five eastbound freight cars on the Big Four collided while switching near Lebanon Indiana at 3 a m causing hours of obstruction. Ten hogs died and two hobos in a damaged car were unhurt.
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Lebanon
Ind
Indiana Pensions Brief Ledger of Payments and Restorations
A dated list records pension allocations and restorations in Indiana. John M. Huffman of Rockport and Charles W. Beeson of Jeffersonville each receive six dollars, Frederick Hawk of Montpelier is listed as deceased with restoration eight dollars, Henry Brown of Lafayette appears for renewal, and Richard M. Nash of Poseyville is shown for renewal and increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Huffman
Rockport
Charles W. Beeson
Jeffersonville
Frederick Hawk
Montpelier
Henry Brown
Lafayette
Richard M. Nash
Poseyville
Helpman Bourbon Prices and Reissue Details
A list shows Helpman Bourbon at $17 for James Gilbreth in Dugger and $14. Reissues marked special with April 19 for Robert W. Seager of Frankfort at $17. Original widows Lucy Alexander of Petersburg $8 Miranda C. Hawk of Montelier $8 with special accd. April 19. Susan D. Baldwin of New Albany $8 April 20. Minor of William P. Craven Mt. Vernon $10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tin Helpman
Bourbon
James Gilbreth
Dugger
Robert W. Seager
Frankfort
Lucy Alexander
Petersburg
Miranda C. Hawk
Montelier
Susan D. Baldwin
New Albany
William P. Craven
Mt. Vernon
Nurse Esther Cos tello inherits 100000 from South American uncle
South Bend story: Esther Costello a nurse in the city becomes heir to 100000 left by her uncle Martinez Bel Pino Costello of South America. She is a graduate of Indiana University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Esther Costello
Martinez Bel Pino Costello
South America
Indiana University
Notable Newark Notre Dame figure remembered nationwide
Benjamin J. Newman 41 of South Bend and Charles Barbour 70 of Warsaw taught Sunday school for 30 years. Mother Ascension 75 of Fort Wayne, born in France, came to Notre Dame in 1845. He was known across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Barbour
Warsaw
Presbyterian Sunday School
Mother Ascension
Fort Wayne
France
Notre Dame
Indiana News Roundup Highlights Local Events Across State
Regional brief surveys report a litter of wolves near Rensselaer and Greensburgs interest in a business college. Fortville bauen church plans and a K P hall. Wilkinson工 cooperative bottle factory completed. Muncie workers show interest. Knightstown records over ten measles cases. Covington man Thoma D Glasscock badly injured in Detroit. Bedford reportedly declines streetcar funding. Muncie quarry explosions damage cistern walls. Wabash clerks unionizes with forty women and two men. No radical action expected. DePauw receives a 50,000 gift from D W Minshall of Terre Haute. A cat at Columbus roaster soaked with gasoline after a chase. Fort Wayne farmer Fred Heine killed by lightning. Shelbyville to get a new furniture factory. Wabash Carnegie library project with 17,000 structure cost and 3,000 for furniture. Fountain county to vote on railroad subsidy. Teachers going to the Philippines at 1,000 yearly. American Tin Plate Mills in Atlanta to restart. Local anniversaries and strikes news. Illinois and Indiana grain shipments set new records. Prohibition contest at Earlham College. An asylum admission for Mrs. Louise Hislin. Tipton county case payout against William Brough. Rushville vandal jailed after glass theft. Smokeless chimney inventor seeking stock sale. LePortes Lake Shore fire prompts damage. Heavy crop losses reported by Bosseman and Ruper companies. Widow deception case involves Rose Dupan. United Mine Workers absorb Engineers Brotherhood except Linton members. No major trouble expected.
Births and marriages in a local notice
A long lists births with names ages and addresses including Barth Murphy Sheehan Mack Delaney Brown Hiley Hunt and others noting infant illnesses tuberculosis pneumonia and other conditions. Marriages listed include Schultz Wiedenhaupt Glenn Light Clark Willis Deibert Crandall Smith Sanders Dell Campbell Bonaverte and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John and
Etta Barth
Spannave
Ephraim and
Elia Murphy
Manloveave
Tim and
Mary Sheehan
Bates St
Bor
Mike and
Mary Mack
West St
Pete W
Mary E. Delaney
Maplest
Elmer E
Jeannette Brown
Eddyst
James and
Kate Hiley
W. Merrillst
George W
William Schultz
Bertha Wiedenhaupt
Lewis Glenn
Viola Light
Charles M. Clark
Lillie Boffing
Arthur T. Nelson
Clara Willis
Oliver Deibert
Carrie Crandall
Oran Smith
Pearl Sanders
Frank M. Dell
Mary Campbell
Hann
Bonaverte
Icabel
Otis L. Macy
Gertrude C. Adkinson
Henry J. Casanova
Margaret Wahilgemuth
William E. Rayburn
Elizabeth Dougherty
Thomas J. Maze
Mary E. Hicks
George Richardson
Ethel Justice
Frank Leeman
Anna L. Allery
Warren D. Oakes
Cora Parry
Charles Poland
Eliza E. Smith
Multiple Indiana incidents trigger a string of events
A string of short items reports injuries from a buggy crash caused by a defective culvert, a second strike at National Metallic Bedstead in Muncie, a foreman dispute with two laid off workers, and a brutal assault on Eugene Strickland in Connersville by teens Charles Oakley and John Snope. Other notes include Knox commissioners receiving 16 bids for a Kankakee ditch project with bids from five and a quarter to seven and one hundredths cents per cubic yard, a $500 certified check and a $50,000 bond required, an Murdock hotel elevator fall injuring an elevator boy while three travelers including J S Hale and H H Goldsmith escape serious harm, Logansport council members calling for Mayor Geo P McKee to resign over presumed intoxication and neglect as his salary rose from 1000 to 1200 dollars in his first term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Metallic Bedstead
Muncie
George
Doug Smith
Knox
Kankakee
Logansport
Building Permits and Local Legislation Across States
A list of building permits includes Otto Braekhan remodeling at corner Washington for 2240 dollars, W C Vieret repairs at 1619 Park avenue for 600, Henry F Minkner Webb street frame house 550, E E Hofman Lawrence street near Rural double frame house 1000, Hannah Delaney 531 W Merrill addition, Joseph Stfart 623 E Minnesota addition 250, Andrew Tanner S West street near Ray porch, Louise M Foster Addison near Washington cottage 1000, J Welsenheimer corner Agnes and New York streets cottage 900, N F Howard 1519 Olive porch 50, John Holtz Sixteenth street and Senate age storeroom and brick dwelling 3000, Fred A Mueller executor 216 South remodeling 200. Also Representative Wall introduces a dispensary bill in the Florida legislature establishing a board of control and a commissioner to buy and test goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Braekhan
Washington
Alabama-sts
W. C. Vwieet
Park Ave
Henry F. Minkner
Webb-st
New York
Ohio-sts
E. E. Hofman
Lawrence St
Hannah M. Delaney
W. Merrill-st
Joseph Stfart
Minnesota-st
Addituuon
Andrew Tanner
S. West-st
Ray
Louise. M. Foster
Addison-st
J. Welsenheimer
Agnes
New York-sts
N. F. Howard
Olive-st
John Holtz
Senate Age
Fred A. Mueller
South-st
Russian Chinese Clash at Mukden in Manchuria
A Pekin dispatch reports a bloody battle at Mukden in Manchuria where Russian forces suffered heavy casualties including four officers. A foreign envoy says China must pay 275 million dollars in indemnity for Boxer outrages, with powers split on how to raise funds and on granting indemnity collection methods. Germany selects a Canton concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Germany
Russia
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Three Will Hang for Killing White
Amos Stirling, a colored man, was convicted of first degree murder for killing Professor Wilson Roy White of the University of Pennsylvania in May 1900. Henry Ivory and Charles Perry, both Black men, are under death sentence for complicity. Stirling smiled at the verdict. Motive cited as highway robbery. Prof White formerly lived at Richmond Indiana.
Wu Speaks To Deaf Graduates At Columbia Institute
Washington May 2 Minister Wu Ting Fang addressed a deaf mute audience at the Columbia institution for the deaf and dumb during graduation exercises. The speech was translated into sign by Prof. Gallaudet. He told graduates that some hear yet do not understand and urged appreciation of other sharp senses amid urban noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wu Ting Fang
Columbia Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Gallaudet
Uear
Preacher and Student Plan World Auto Tour Without Funds
A busted preacher from Alton and Rev. H M Spickler of Shutleff college announce a June departure for a world automobile tour. They plan to visit New York England Rome the Philippines Honolulu San Francisco and land in Great Britain with Spickler slated to lecture. They travel without money and prepare for an ambitious itinerary.
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Committee of the
Chicago Ministers’ Asso
Ciation
Fort
Highwood
Anti-saloon League
A. R. Thain
Con
S. B. Dexter
J. S. Hughes
Christian
Wright
Presbyterian
Rev
Bey
Daly
Young Alger
Hanna
Morgar
Mark
Stock Exchange
Wall St
Morgan
Island
Uncle Sam May
Murphy
United
Loomis
NASS
May
Health Officials
Jones
Cil
Kleinschmidt’s New Store
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass
Robert Palmer
Indiana
J. E. Bradley
Robert Robertson
J. W. Robertson
East
Columbus Stone Mason
Palmer
Hodley
Charlies Her
Swindler
Indiana Pensions
Benjamin
J. Newman
Indiana Inklings
Rensselaer
Greensburg
Fortville
K. of P. Hall
Wilkinson Co-Operative Bottle
Knightstown
Bedford
Wabash
D. W. Minshall
Terre Haute
DePauw University
Columbus
Fred Heine
Shelbyville
Jacob Conrey
Charles
Lee Davis
Fountain County
Chicago, Covington & Southern Railroad
George W. Moore
Sardina
William S. Sparks
Selma
Philippines
American Tin Plate Company’s Mills
Atlanta
Isaiah Morris
van Horn
Island City Mines
Mattie McGrave
Cambridge City
D. C. Noble & Co
Columbia City
Winona Park
City
John Dean
Earlham College
Depauw
Louise Hislin
Southern Indiana Insane Asylum
Vina Peters
Tipton County
William B.rough
Case
Noblesville
Albert Knapp
Rushville
D. M. Mayo
Indiana Tead-Glass Company
Matthews
Lake Shore
Leporte
Rose Dupan
Laporte
Varone Shepherson
Buchanan
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Linton
Jennie C. Brown
Oliver Ave
Infant Krueger
Mary Mills
S. Delaware St
Blaine-ave
Noah J. Clodfelter
Insane
Sarah H. Clark
Ashland-ave
Marie Edwards
Jacob Gebhardt
Chestnut St
Martin Sloran
S. Illinois St
Joseph Torpy
Brownsburg
Helen Eberhard
Tomson
Northwest
DR. Tomson Medical Institute
Stevenson Building
Wheel Works
Eugene Strickland
Connersville
Charles Oakley
John Snope
J. S. Hale
H. H. Goldsmith
Murdock
Wall
Florida
Board of Control
Manchuria
Mudken
China
Amer
Jem
England
Cologne
Kin
Mukden
Pekin
Hong Kong
Canton
Rich
MOND
Philadelphia
Amos Strifl
Stirling
Prof. White
Richmond, Ind
Times
San Auto
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