Eight New Methodists Elected to Be Consecrated
Baltimore Md May 27 The eight new bishops elected by the general Methodist conference will be consecrated next Sunday with adjournment expected Monday The new bishops include Dr Edwin Holt Hughes Greencastle Ind Dr John L Nuelson Berea Ohio Dr W Anderson New York Dr W A Quayle Chicago Dr C W Smith Pittsburg Dr Robert McIntyre Los Angeles Dr W S Lewis Sioux City Ia and Dr Frank M Bristol Washington Dc
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Baltimore
M. E
Edwin Holt Hughes
Greencastle
Ind
John L. Nuelson
Berea
Junk dealers fined in police court for licenses
Three junk dealers were fined 25 dollars and costs in police court for failure to take out a required license under new city ordinances. Those fined were Jacob Dorman Joseph Selig and Samuel Gold. The ordinance fixes a 15 dollar annual license to regulate junk dealers and aid police supervision.
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Jacob Dorman
Joseph Selig
Samuel Gold
Maines and Powell Appointed Reviewers
George W. Powell and Wallace W. Maines of New Augusta have been appointed by the circuit court as members at the county board of review.
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George W. Powell
Wallace W. Maines
New Augusta
Eircuit Court
County Board of Review
Amador Mining and Development Company Fails
Chicago reports the Amador Mining and Development Company of Montana, a $10 million firm, has collapsed. Stockholders are to be informed that their $650,000 copper gold mine is worthless, with D E McKinnon, the secretary and general manager, the only apparent beneficiary. William Surman of Carlinville is president. George Lil, a Chicago coal dealer, is vice president.
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The
Amador Mining and Development Company
Montana
Chicago
Amador Mining and Development Company of
D. E. McKinnon
William Surman
Carlinville, Ill
George Lil
Robert M. Mahler
T. D. Fuller
Honeymoon in a Boxcar and Denials in Jersey City Trial
The Whitmore murder trial resumed with the defendant in good humor after key witnesses failed to identify him. Detective Kroll also could not place Whitmore, who maintains his innocence. A train conductor testified Whitmore spoke of trouble with his wife and a plan to lure a man to their home. In Chicago police nabbed a couple in male disguise found in a boxcar claiming to be Mr. and Mrs. Max J. Bender, married May 18 in New York, seeking a South Dakota farm amid poverty.
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Theodore
Whitmore
Theodore S. Whitmore
Jersey City
N. J
Vickers
Charles Kroll
Harry Siegel
Siegel
Max J. Bender
New York
South Dakota
Flower Destruction Reported on South Side
Flower destroyers appeared on the South side Tuesday night. Albert Shiffling of 631 S. Delaware street reported to police that someone damaged the flowers in his front yard.
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Albert Shiffling
S. Delaware Street
Suspect Held in Warren County for Horse Stealing
Frank Ross was taken to Williamsport by the sheriff from Warren County to answer a charge of stealing horses. Two horses stolen from Judge McCabe's barn were recovered and identified. Two others matching the thefts near Covington, Indiana, have been found. One horse has been in town for a month. Ross is believed to have shipped stolen horses out of Indianapolis for a long time.
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Frank Ross
Williamsport
Warren County
Judge McCabe
Covington
Ind
Ross
Indianapoli
Auto Stolen From Shed Crashes Into Building
Thieves broke into D. C. Allison's barn at 2506 Park Avenue Tuesday night and took his automobile. They attempted to return the car to the shed but lost control, causing the vehicle to crash into the shed and suffer considerable damage.
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D.C. Allison
Park Avenue
Expert to ott if Mrs Bunness was poisoned
Coroner Mack sent the stomachs of Mrs Gunness and her children Annie and Myrtle and Helgekin to a Chicago chemical expert for poisoning tests. The charred body of the supposed Mrs Gunness and her three children will wait burial until Ray Lamphere's fate is decided, to be shown to the jury in the sensational trial.
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Laporte
Ind
Gunness
Mack
Hoosier Awarded Sword At Naval Academy
William Henry Dague of Fowler Indiana, a midshipman at the naval academy, received the sword awarded annually for the best general average of excellence in athletics.
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Hoosier
Annapolis
Courthouse Janitors Turnover Sparks Budget Clash
A county council row over janitor salaries surfaces as 22 courthouse janitors receive a $5 monthly raise since January. Officials note spending about $12,000 yearly on janitors while questioning who approved the increases and the adequacy of staffing at the courthouse.
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Tom
Canadian man kills wife and two daughters then dies
Owen Sound Ontario reports James Creighton murdered his wife and two daughters and then shot himself. The grim triple murder and suicide occurred today as authorities investigated the incident and recovered the bodies.
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Owen Sound
Ont
James Creighton
The Oath Opens a Canadian Wilderness Quest
The narrative opens with Jules Beaubien and Baptiste Le Grand in a rough Nippissing cabin. A solemn oath seals their pact as they continue a grim two year hunt for a man, bound by shared purpose and harsh wilderness.
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Baptiste le Grand
Canada
Jules
Beaubien
Baptiste
The Wolf Is a Great Story For Girls To Read
Beatrice Fairfax endorses Eugene Walter's The Wolf in the Indianapolis Sun, urging girl readers to follow a tale about a young woman confronting temptation, her father's harsh judgments, and the balance of love and prudence. The piece praises sincere suitors and warns against blind trust in men.
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The
Beatrice Fairfax
Indianapolis Sun
Eugene Walter
Mystery Shipwreck Saga Sparks Family Vendetta
A fragmentary excerpt hints at Baptiste and Jules Beaubien pursuing a man after a deadly event touching their family. The tale centers on a missing brother, a young half-sister driven to death, and a long feud sparked by a fatal night.
City Engineer Testifies At Turbulent Trial Scene
Blaine Miller, city civil engineer, testified about Rosasco’s accounting records amid a tense Branuagh trial in a crowded court. He exposed entries altered with graphite and indelible pencil, including a July 1907 decimal point erasure costing the city $32.81, and a misread bill totaling $86.54 instead of $3.73. Blair, excitable and unemployed, interrupted proceedings and was ordered to stay away from the court.
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Brunaugh
Criminal Court
Robert Blair
Blair
Illinois Street
John Rosasco
Michael A. Ryan
Harry Branaugh
Rosasco
Blaine Miller
Rosacco
Harkness Challenges Illegally Maintained Jail Basis for Writ
Joseph Harkness, inmate, seeks habeas corpus from the circuit court Wednesday claiming illegal detention. He accuses Police Judge T C Whallon of denying venue change and alleges illegal commitment. sheriff and judge named as defendants in the action.
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Joseph Harkness
Circuit Court
T. C. Whallon
Harkness
Evelyn Thaw Halted by Mrs Thaw in Annulment Case
Mrs. William Thaw halted Evelyn Thaw's suit for annulment of her marriage to Harry K. Thaw. The elder Thaw, via Col. Franklin Bartlett, said Evelyn receives $1 000 monthly and that this would be cut off if her behavior fails to satisfy her mother in law. She would also oppose guardianship actions and swift reprisals if Evelyn seeks freedom and remarries.
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William Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn
Harry Thaw
Nurse confesses to stealing dresses from three women
Mrs. Della Glover a 47 year old nurse confessed to taking dresses from Mrs Maria Larkins 224 W Vermont St and from Mrs Myers 332 N Capitol Ave She admitted stealing the items to possess them without paying She was arrested by Detectives Simon and Slate on grand larceny charges and will be tried in police court Friday.
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Della Glover
Currency Conferees Agree But Time Limit Remains Open
Washington reports currency conferees settled all issues except the time limit which is expected to be resolved this afternoon. Eight of Paul J. Rainey s cross country hunter horses worth 15000 were stolen from his Woodbury farm. Former Chicago police officials Collins and Comerford were acquitted on conspiracy charges linked to the Dunne Busse campaign. Daisy Fair plans to sue for divorce from Percival Fritz after his reported drowning. A tornado at Alvah Oklahoma killed a family of four and injured many others. The schooner Fame was sunk in fog with twelve fishermen drowned off Yarmouth Nova Scotia. Lightning struck a West Indianapolis house on Blaine Avenue. An old safe door refused to yield at a Battey residence.
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Washington
New York
Paul J. Rainey
Meadow Brook Hunt Club
Woodbury
Collins
Comerford
Chicago
John M. Collins
Frank D. Comerford
Dunne-Busse
Daisy Fair
Percival Fritz
Pacific Ocean
Oklahoma
Alvah
Okla
Peter Rudy
Yarmouth
N.S
Boston
Fame
Indianapolis
Abe Gish
Blaine Avenue
Thomas _Battey
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