Hanged for murder in Warrick county case in Indiana
William B. Wheeler was hanged in the northern Indiana prison at five minutes after twelve this morning for killing his son in law Elias Burns in Warrick county last fall. Wheeler, who admitted no message to friends, killed Burns with an ax after shooting his wife’s former husband in the tobacco patch, then attempted suicide. The case included a stay granted by the Supreme Court. the jury found insufficient grounds for insanity.
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Indiana
William B. Wheeler
Elias Burns
Warrick County
Wheeler
Burns
Buros
Senator Fairbanks Submits Fort Wayne Nominee Credentials
Senator Fairbanks presented to the president Elmer Leonard W J Vesey and William P Breen from Fort Wayne to attest the qualifications of John Morris Jr for judge of the United States district court. The president received the packet of endorsements but showed no preference. The delegation also met with the attorney general. Mrs Caroline Tyler died at her Allen township home aged 79 after a long illness. Funeral at the residence Saturday at two, burial in Lisbon cemetery, Rev M J Magor in charge. An obituary will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Fairbanks
Elmer Leonard
W. J.vesey
William P. Breen
Fort Wayne
John Morris, Jr
United States District Court
Caroline Tyler
Lorenzo Tyler
Allen Township
Lisbon
M. J. Magor
Celebration meeting for nation’s birthday at Kelly House
A meeting is called tonight at 7 30 in the Kelly House parlors to perfect arrangements for celebrating the nation’s birthday. All citizens are urged to attend and help plan an attractive program by order of the committee. Also, a concert by local talent is planned at Boyer opera house on June 12 with highClass selections performed by selected musicians.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Episcopa
Churches of America
Christian Church
Presbyterian Assembly
Kelly House
Boyer Opera House
Special Low Rate Excursions to Western Points
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ky will sell special low priced excursion tickets daily in June July and August and until September 15 to points in Colorado Utah and South Dakota. On specified dates during the period tickets will also be sold to select points in Wisconsin and Midwestern locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Colorado
Utah
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Mid
Commencement Tonight and Civic Notices
Announcement notes commencement tonight at 7 39 with George Lang the tailor. July 4 celebration meeting at Kelly House parlors tonight. Also notices include patent grant to John W Park, consul nomination for Martinique, Rev John Steele called to Columbia City, and Foley's Kidney Cure advertisement. Lost shawl and help wanted ads for tinners slaters and a laborer at McKeen Snyder Lumber Co.
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George Lang
Kelly House
John W. Park
John F. Jewell
Ilinois
Martinique
W. I
John Steele
Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Columbia City
Foley
H.C. Cunningham
Slaters
Seavey Hardware Company
Fort Wayne
Ind
McKeen-Snyder Lumber Co
Various Local Notices and Briefs From a 1901 Newspaper
Items include a 7:30 p m commencement, a Stomach and Liver Tablets testimonial, the death of W C McDowell from heart disease, a confession deposition excerpt, a Vienna bakery ad, Newton Booth Tarkington to marry Laurel Fletcher on June 18, a Children’s Day mission service on June 8, coronation cost notes for English nobility, a DeKalb jury acquittal of William Bryan, Miss Lottie Wilson’s gift to Roosevelt via Rep Gardner, and a White House visit over Abraham Lincoln symbolism.
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H. T. McIntyre
St. Paul
Minon
Vienna
F. Koehler
Newton Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Laurel L. Fletcher
Indianapolis
DeKalb
William Bryan
Tom Ray
Ray
Bryan
Bryan Place
Lottie Wilson
Niles
Mich
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Baltimore
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Cawley & Cawley
A. J. Strauss
Just
Woosy FE
Will
Beckman’'s
Supreme Court
N. B. Newnam
Newnam
Diamond Street
Teamsters
China
George Lang’s
Rome City
South Main Street
S. C. Franks
H. C. Cunningham
W. H. Scintz
South Bend
Earl Hartsuck
Elkhart
Rebekahs
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Odd Fellows
L. J. Weichman
Anderson
Anderson Business College
Lincoln
Washington
Surratt
Weichman
John
Henry G. Zimmerman
Pennsylvania
Ligonier Schools
Ligonier
Albion
South Bend Times
Sullivan
TVDIO
Camphbell
Campbell @ Co
H. G. Misselhorn
D. H. Stinson
Kodaks
KODAK
Beckman’s
Flint
Ypalling Manufacturing Company
Rocky Mountain
G. H. Dehman & Co
Teatory
Esayterms
Son Ee
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