Stirred the Bishops and Reform in M E Conference
A heated M E conference in central Indiana debated bishop duties and tenure. Laymen backed eight year terms and limiting travel luxury, while supporting women’s admission and district bishop assignments. Several notable figures from DePauw and Indianapolis participated, with praise for Rev Halstead and cautionary tales about tobacco and campus life.
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M. E
Central Ave
Church
Will Cumback
Albert J. Beveridge
Cumback
General Conference
Ella K. Rankin
Seymour
B. J. Adams
Bloomington
Wim
Newkirk
Connersville
W. T. Friedley
Madison
United States
W.R. Halstead
H. J. Talbott
T. H. Willis
M.S. Heavenridge
J. A. Martin
H. A. Buchtel
J. A. Sargent
Halstead
Indiana
Dr. Paine
Educational Society
George L. Curtis
DePauw University
Curtis
Rome
Post
de Pauw
J. P. D. John
Rob. Zaring
Indianapolis
W.M. Zaring
Zaring
C. HE. Asbury
Charleston
Rail wreck reported near Erving with possible deaths
Athol Massachusetts Sept. 21 A serious Fitchburg railroad wreck near Erving is reported with meager details. It is believed several lives were lost though particulars are unobtainable.
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Athol
Mass
Fitchburg
Erving
London NY athletic club meet eyed at Manhattan field
New York on September 21 prepared for the anticipated meeting between the London and New York athletic clubs on Manhattan field. Seat sales exceeded any prior event, with favorable weather promising a day of keen contests and competitive events in the afternoon.
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New York
London
Manhattan Field
Driven Wells and Cisterns Work
Local classified item advertises well and cistern services with a contact hint “Phone 796” and a street address 205 Wash, likely offering installation and repair work for water systems. No clear company name or date provided.
Hinshaw Murder Trial Reopens With Character Testimony
Danville Indiana September 21 juror Wm Junt whose illness postponed the Hinshaw murder trial appears ready for court. State calls Marker who testifies Hinshaw said he and his wife argued before bedtime the night of the tragedy. Defense presents witnesses attesting to Hinshaw's unimpeachable character prior to January 10.
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Rev. Hinshaw
State fair harness racing thrills draw 10,000 crowd
More than 10,000 spectators fill the state fair as fast races unfold. Guy wins the free-for-all pace with Be Sure second and Colonel Thornton third. times around 2:11. Argoriat takes the 2:25 pace for 3 year olds with Cayitina and Prince Albert close behind. The day’s feature, a match trotting race between Rennsalaer Wilkes and Sue Allen, ends with Wilkes winning in five heats after a heated wager of 1000 dollars. Alhambra takes the 2:19 trot with Jessie second. Billy W wins the 2:25 pace. Darkness stops the last race. money awarded on second heat. Lady Robert leads over Piletta in the final 2:12 heat sequence.
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Guy
Be Sure
Colonel Thornton
Argoriat
Cayitina
Prince Albert
Rennsalaer Wilkes
Sue Allen
Lady Robert
Piletta
Catholic Young Men Institute Convention in Indianapolis
The Young men's Institute of the United States plans its annual convention in Indianapolis next week. Delegates from Maine to Kansas will attend, with officers Grand president H. W. Rives and Grand-secretary R. A. Keyer among arrivals. Special excursions from Cincinnati and Louisville are planned, and the program includes constitutional revisions and social events.
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The
Young Men’s Institute of the
United States
Indianapolis
Atlantic
Maine
Kansas
H. W. Rives
Lebanon
R. A. Keyer
Louisville
Wm. F. Ray
Cincinnati
Young Men’s Institute
Sterling Holt Appointed to City Park Commission
Mayor Denny appoints Sterling R. Holt to the city park commission to fill the vacancy created by the removal of Frank Munus.
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Denny
Sterling R. Holt
City Park Commission
Frank Munus
American Liner St Louis Arrives After Frustrating Voyage
The American Liner St Louis reached New York from Southampton Saturday morning in six days and 1% hours with only the port engine operating in the late voyage. Officers declined to reveal the cause. In Cranford New Jersey thieves broke into the post office using skeleton keys on Friday night, drilled the safe, and ransacked multiple stores for loot.
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New Yorks
St. Louis
Southampton
Cranrorp
N. J
Opera House Destroyed in Ontario Fire
Fire in Sr. Carwsning Ont. Saturday morning leveled the Opera House Bain s restaurant and a livery stable causing an estimated loss of 90000 dollars with no immediate report of injuries or cause.
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Opera House
Sr. Carwsning
Ont
Opera
Bain’s
Political Tips From City Precinct Meetings
Democrats held multiple precinct meetings Friday night as Thomas Taggart backs a city water tower for the fire department. Republicans gathered at Lindenst and Woodlawn Ave with speeches by Attorney Thos Hanna Trusler and others. Saturday evening the Commercial travelers Republican club hosts a reception for candidates in 82 N. Pennsylvania St. The Bald headed club attends with music and W L Taylor delivers the main address on the city’s finances after a careful study.
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Thomas Taggart
Lindenst
Woodlawn Ave
Thos, Hanna
Trusler
Commercial Travelers Republican Club
Pennsylvania St
W. L. Taylor
Driven Wells at 183 Indiana Ave Adverts
Artistic fret work designs for doorway adornments advertised to outside orders. Contact Spiegel, 316 B Vermontat, telephone 1791, rate 40c per foot for driven wells.
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Indiana Ave
Spiegel
Bloody poker killing at Adams and Trowbridge distillery
Meager details from Pulaski county report six men playing poker at a distillery storage room. A dispute escalated into a fatal fight in which five men died or were dying. Kane accuses others as the motive, Goodloe a prominent Danville lawyer, and one man, Bane, escaped. The scene drew a large shocked crowd as authorities pursue arrests.
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Kane
Minionville
Casey County
Bane
Messinney
Pulaski County
Goodloe
Swopes
Col
Swope
Lexington
SHH PRESENTS But the Marriage Record Is sown in Black and White
Jacob A. Hawes of Chicago and Mary Larimore of Homer, C., wed by Squire Nickerson on Friday. Hawes appeared coatless, Mary in a soiled calico. the couple met that morning and were urged into marriage by promises of love and gold. The bride’s father sought to have the license invalidated, but was told only court action could undo it.
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Jacob A. Hawes
Chicago
Mary Larimore
Homer
Squire Nickerson
Hawes
Mary
Fair Grounds
Fesler
Syndicate Dissolved After 6 Percent Bond Profit
The bond syndicate's members were notified Saturday of its dissolution. Each member receives a check for profits, totaling about 6 percent of the deal. The New York report states the entire profit amounted to roughly six percent.
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New York
Democratic State Convention prep in Syracuse New York
Democratic leaders arrive in Syracuse to organize for the September 21 convention with on ground staffing expected by Sunday night. Board of Works member John Osterman sprains a leg after an incident with a horse. Phoenix Telephone to hold a second fortnightly meeting. Contracts awarded for cement sidewalks and paving in several streets: Park Ave. to Bedford Ave., Tenth St., Concordia St., Capitol area sewer work, Alabama St. sidewalk, and resurfacing.
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New York
Syracuse
Alabama St
Washington St
Leaky Cisterns Cleaned and Cemented Ad
Leaky cisterns cleaned and cemented for $1.50. Pumps at Box Of Brae. 1 Butts, 143 Indiana-age Poone u Andirons and iron linings by Jno Lilly. Latest and cheapest hats for men at Seaton's hat store 27 N Pennsylvania st.
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Poone U
Jno. M. Lilly
Seaton's Hat Store
Pennsylvania
They Be Home and Glad of It
Mrs. Matthews suffers from heat exhaustion after a trip to Chickamauga battlefield. Indiana veterans return, worn from sun and long marches, hungry at times due to scant rations. Governor Matthews and family plan to return Sunday morning. Capt. Wilbur Havens arrives home exhausted, noting Chickamauga trials exceed earlier battles.
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Chickamauga
Are. Matthews
Wilbur Havens
Wilder
Butler will probate filed for voluminous estate
The will of John M. Butler, late lawyer, filed for probate outlines one third shares for widow daughter and son with specific legacies to relatives and church boards. Real estate remains unsold for seven years, widow to receive 3600 yearly while unmarried, executors named as John Maurice Butler Alpheus Snow and William A Woods.
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John M. Butler
Alpheus Snow
John Maurice Butler
Anson
Julia A. Ormsby
Mary MM. Smith
Adame Goodell
Martha C. Butler
Mary C. Simpson
Frances J. Harrison
Edith
Maynard
Louis Butler
Board of Home Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
Board
Foreign Missions of
Education Board of
Church
Wabash College
Slovidian-st
E. Washington-st
Washington-st
Butler
Wm A. Woods
Bribery Allegations Surface in Durant Case
Adolph Oppenheim the pawnbroker testified that Durant offered for sale a ring identical to Blanche Lamont’s on April 4 and 10. He reported two bribe letters promising $50 to influence his testimony and identified the letters to police as he faced more questioning when the court adjourned for the weekend.
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San Francisco
Durant
Adolph Oppenheim
Blanche Lamont
Oppenheim
Diphtheria prompts health board action on school closure
The Board of Health met a council committee to consider selling the old City dispensary and building a new one on site. No decision was reached. Due to a diphtheria outbreak, No 16 school will close until October 11. Regular attendance is 345, with 85 absent Friday. Placas will warn districts about disease and prevention.
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Board of Health
Old City
Hottest Day of the Year Across Cities
New York reports 96 degrees on Saturday afternoon marking the hottest day of the year. Chicago notes a three day mean temperature of 81, the highest for this time of year. A note from Read This and Feel Cool mentions Bald mountain covered by two inches of snow signaling a sudden cold spell.
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New York
Chicago
Bald Mountain
Death of John T. Francis a South Side figure dies at 71
John T. Francis longtime Indianapolis resident and office secretary for a building and loan association dies at his home 108 Prospect Street after a brief illness. He was active in secret orders including United Workmen and Masons, served as deputy US marshal during the war, and had one son with two sisters nearby.
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John T. Francis
Indianapolis
Francis
Marion County
Order of United Workmen
K. of P
United States
Mayhew
Thomas Brock
Ife
Eastman Schleicher & Lee Safe Opened After Fire
Fire wreckage at the Eastman Schleicher Lee building cleared. Water poured on debris as authorities removed vault contents from Indiana National Bank. Money and valuables stored in steel boxes survived. The bank vault papers were damp but intact and the safe was dug out and opened with no serious damage.
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Eastman, Schleicher & Lee
Indiana National Bank
Day Rose to Build New America’s Cup Boat in London
Charles Day Rose announced on Saturday that the new boat for the America's Cup will be built by K. M. Soper. He plans to issue a challenge through the Royal Victoria Yacht Club and will accept any conditions satisfactory to the cup committee. He will not reveal boat dimensions but expects fair treatment and that the latest race conditions will be acceptable.
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Lonpox
Charles Day Rose
K. M. Soper
Royal Victoria Yacht Club
Ile
Vessel Stoneleigh Afloat 200 Days Missing Off Cape Horn
The four mast British ship Stoneleigh left Melbourne for London and has been at sea 200 days. Hope for her safety fades as crews and passengers are feared lost off Cape Horn with 36 lives believed gone.
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San Francisco
Stoneleigh
Melbourne
London
Cape Horn
Japan Farging Ahead Yokoyama 100 Million for Iron Clads
Japan plans to build ironclads with an appropriation of 100 million. Yokoyama reports the government moves ahead on naval modernization as part of its defense program.
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Japan
Yokoyama
Local Suits and Town News Highlight Muddle and Merriment
CLpy Leh Posing as CLPY LEP Wmn. L. Jones sues the Order of Railway Conductors for 1500 dollars over unpaid injuries. A saloon owner is jailed on a poker scheme claim. A farmer’s death and a telegraphed brother in Iowa surface. A fishing party heads toward Webster Lake with talk of a vast catch. Dozens of family pairs and typhoid fever cases appear in the casualty list. Marriage licenses issued include Fiel Smith and Helton Mitchell.
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Wmn
W. Washington St
Kellogg
Ife
Pat O'Meara
Joe Fisher
Lin” Atkinson
Jin Cruse
Seo” Smith
Webster Lake
Wawasee
O’meara
Birras
Allen
Ida Burdsall
Lucy Koontz
Garrard
Anna Wilgus
Henry
Anna Smith
Edward
Amy Arnold
Chas
Jetsie Gilgour
Walter
Catherine Burrows
Bernhard
Anna Miller
Herman
Sadie Blume
Paul
Louisa Fries
Daniel
Kate Moran
Sydney
Kate Davey
Alice Stahl
Elmer
Ida Lynch
Edwin
Mrs. Walcot
James
Carrie Gorman
Robert
Kate Layton
John
Hllen Murphy
Sophia Wilse
Maggie Arbuckle
Robert C. Thompson
George Fiel
Almenia Smith
Frank M. Helton
Sophronia J. Mitchell
Hads to Crown Hill and Pall cab to Crown Hill
A fragment from an old classifieds page lists prices for rides to Crown Hill with a 2.50 and 3.00 fare. It mentions Booth's stables on Telephone 1061 and desks for offices in various styles by Wm L Elder.
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Crown Hill
Booth
Coffin trial testimony details cabinet company drafts
Witness FE W Dickerman testified about drafts against the Indianapolis cabinet company connected to a bank failure. He said the drafts were not paid and the notes settled the indebtedness. The court hears about accommodation paper and exchanges, with parties discussing Haughey testimony and trial pace.
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FE. W. Dickerman
American Desk and Seating Company
Chicago
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Cabinet Company
Winter
Ife
Cabinet Company
Chicago Company
Hawkins
New York
Indianapolis National Bank
Theodore P. Haughey
Schuyler C. Haughey
Haughey
Schuyler Haughey
Imperial decree condemns Christian teaching in Canton exams
The Times dispatch from Hong Kong reports that during annual examinations in Canton thousands received copies of an imperial decree denouncing Christians. The decree describes Christians as a stupid, black haired race urging Confucianists to eradicate them with executions, shootings, and killings as punishment for alleged delusions and misfortune.
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London
the Times
Hong Kong
Canton
Leather market manipulation warned by American syndicate
Paris reports that the Justice department says American syndicate actions in the leather market will exhaust French tanner stocks within six months. The leather industry could be ruined and workers in government and private factories risk long unemployment, prompting the chamber of deputies to be asked for proposed preventive steps.
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Paris
la Justice
Chamber of Deputies
Tragic mine flood body recovered at Sleepy Hollow area
Central City Colorado reports after three weeks of pumping the water level fell in the Sleepy Hollow and Americus mines enough to recover Thomas Williams, one of 21 men drowned. Officials expect more bodies to be reached next week.
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Central City
Col
Sleepy Hollow
Americus
Thomas Williams
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
Forecasts for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 86 hours ending 8 p m Sept 22 call for fair conditions with Saturday night remaining fair. Local rain possible and cooler on Sunday.
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Indianapolis
Death by own action in Princeton lake case
Allen W. Dale's body was found in Princeton lake near Reaovrine Pennsylvania on September 21. Reports indicate the death resulted from suicide. A local notice mentions fall styles and goods from Sun readers for $1.50, and advertising lines reference Bates house hardwood mantels and stoves connected any part of the city.
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Reaovrine
Allen W. Dale
Princeton Lake
Sun
Datton, Hatte ‘ Bates House
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Hkarly
Meetin
Hinshaw
Sterling Holt
Park Commission
X. Il
Shh
Syndicate
the Butler
Will
Wm, L, Elder
Jno
M. Lilly
Tel
Frank Butts
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