Taft nominates Captain Reynolds for rear admiral
Congress approves reapportionment to 433 members and adds 42 seats. Two international arbitration treaties with Britain and France are signed in the White House. The Democratic cotton bill passes the House 202 to 91. Lorimer inquiry hearsCharles White testify about bribery and Illinois politics amid crowded testimony and heated exchanges.
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Taft
White House
United States
Great Britain
France
House
Notable 1903 Headlines on Public Affairs and Tragedy
Domestic clashes arise as Indian Affairs Commissioner Valentine faces charges leading to his government removal. Joseph Farr sues for libel and slander. A New York circuit court decree halts actions extending a tobacco trust. Navy Lt. Brillhart dies by suicide in a New York hotel. Harlem bank robbery ends with the robber killed and money recovered. Connecticut mulls moving election date to avoid Yom Kippur. A Chicago School of Aviation accident injures seven, including three young girls. Bishop Willard Mallalieu dies at eighty three after illness in Auburndale Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert G. Valentine
Indian Affairs
Government Service
Joseph Farr
Indian Service
Notable Society and Industry News Update
Dr George Rambeaud of the Pasteur Institute in New York lies near death after a motor accident at Vassar hospital in Poughkeepsie. His wife Mme Gerville-Reache is badly hurt. Clara Morris hosts news of Madeline Force Astor engagement rumors and other social events. Seven hundred jewelers attend Richmond convention as Knights of Columbus gather in Detroit. English publicity leaders join the Associated Advertising Clubs of America in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rambeaud
Pasteur Institute
New York
Vassar Hospital
Poughkeepsie
Mme. Gerville-Reache
Manhattan Opera Company
Admiral Togo Visits America for Seventeen Days
Admiral Count Togo, famed for defeating the Russian fleet at the Sea of Japan, arrived in the United States for a 17 day visit, welcomed by government representatives as his guest. A heavy rainstorm in Prairie Dog valley Kansas caused extensive damage, rail delays, and flooded streams. President Taft signed a proclamation reducing the Arizona petrified forest area from 95 to 40 square miles upon Dr. George P. Merrill's recommendation. Robert Cole, composer of The Girl With the Dreamy Eyes, died by his own hand in Catskill New York. New York City population surpassed 5 million on August 1 per health department figures. Southern Pacific enforces a policy barring women as clerks or stenographers in its passenger department. Bettie Coombs, attacked by whitecaps near Rockport Indiana, died from her wounds. Despite warrants, arrests are limited. Andrew Toth, imprisoned for over 20 years for an alleged crime, will receive Carnegie pension of $400 monthly. Harriet Quimby of California becomes the first American aviatrix certified as an air pilot, the second woman worldwide with a flying license.
Sporting Miss Stokes Wins Detroit Futurity Trot Title
Sporting Miss Stokes owned by W. E. D. Stokes of New York won the three-year-old futurity trot at Detroit. She lost the first heat but won the next two under the rules earning $5,406. Justice Brooke received $3,100 and Main Leaf $800.
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Miss Stokes
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Detroit
Justice Brooke
Main Leaf
Ice famine in London as Norway cargoes awaited
Foreign prolonged heat cripples London ice supply while demands from city and provinces await Norway cargoes. Elsewhere Port-au-Prince riots end after German and British marines restore order. Breslau university marks centennial with honorary degrees to Harvard and Yale leaders and Columbia’s Butler. A woman in Sault Ste. Marie is born, Napolitano later sentenced for murder but commuted to life. William returns to Berlin with no shift in Moroccan talks.
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London
Norway
Port-au-Prince
Haiti
Breslau University
Germany
Emeritus Eliot
Harvard
B. W. Bacon
Yale
Butler
Columbia
Theobald Smith
Angelino Napolitano
General Hospital
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
State Tax Board finalizes total assessable property rise
Final figures from the state board of tax commissioners show total state property appraisement at 256,997,484 dollars, up 9,234,589 from last year. Minor adjustments were made to railroad rolling stock, pipeline lines, and telephone appraisements, with several small shifts in other entries. A new hotel clerks group, The Greeters of Indiana, formed in Indianapolis, seeks to promote professionalism and integrity in hotel staffing nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railroad
Dune Park
Tide Water Pipeline Company
Power To Order Crossing Signs For Rail Crossings
The state railroad commission has power under recent law to order grade crossing signs where railroads cross streets in cities. Cities named by Chairman Wood include Muncie Kokomo Peru and Indianapolis. The attorney general warned signs may be impracticable in some cases and the commission may lack power to force installation. Also a reversed opinion on Big Four train operations between Lawrenceburg Junction and Aurora after facts were clarified. The crew consisted of four men with limited switching time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Wood
State Railroad Commission
General Assembly
Wood
Muncie
Kokomo
Peru
Indianapolis
Payne
The
Railroad Commission
Lawrenceburg Junction
Aurora
Condemnation Orders Issued By State Health Board
The state board of health food and drug department issued thirty two condemnation orders aimed at repairs and changes to meet food and drug laws. Howard Burdsal of Old Bath faced a total ban on his slaughter house with abandonment order. Most others allowed continued use after required modifications. No orders were issued in the city. Orders distribution: Restaurants nine groceries eight meat markets four bakeries three poultry houses three drug stores two slaughter house one dairy one confectionery one.
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Food and Drug Department
State Board of Health
Howard Burdsal
Old Bath
Burdsal
Farmers Win Permit Power In Madison County Streams
After weeks of conflict between the Anderson fishing and boating club and Madison county farmers, George W. Miles will issue permits allowing farmers to take carp and other objectionable fish from the streams. The state commissioners ruled in favor of the farmers after protests by the fishing and boating club when permits were sought earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Madison County
George W. Miles
Miles
Health Board Expenditures Questioned Under Old Law
Investigations by state board of accounts reveal that the 1899 appropriation clause allowing all other expenses was disregarded by state officials. Attorney General Honan’s opinion corrects the Health Board’s expenditures and upholds the board in questioned items, though the issue may reflect wider neglect by legislators and offices under the old act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Board
State Board of Accounts
State Board of Health
W. A. Deharity
Honan
Board of Health
General Assembly
Indiana Banks Named for Postal Savings Deposits
The post office department announced that Indiana banks were designated to receive postal savings bank deposits. The list includes Plymouth State Bank, Plymouth. Central Trust and Savings Company, New Castle. A P Andrews & Son Bank, La Porte. Marshall County Trust and Savings Company, Plymouth. First National Bank, Angola. Elkhart County Trust Company and South Side Trust Company, Elkhart. Savings Bank, Gary. State Bank, Goshen. Atlas State Bank, Union City.
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Indiana
Post Office Department
Plymouth State Bank
Plymouth
Central Trust and Savings Company
Newcastle
A. P. Andrews & Son Bank
Laporte
Marshall County Trust and Savings Company
First National Bank
Angola
Elkhart County Trust Company
South Side Trust Company
Elkhart
Savings Bank
Gary
State Bank, of
Goshen
Atlas State Bank
Union City
Bogus Heir Takes Flight in Terre Haute Tale
Terre Haute Aug 5 a man using the name G T Thompson vanished after a day of publicity claiming a $150000 inheritance from George Pennington of Denver. He dodged a hotel bill and matched a Vincennes suspect W L Mason in description. A call from an attorney linked to Vincennes sparked the pursuit before he disappeared.
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Terre Haute
G. T. Thompson
Thompson
Vincennes
W. L. Mason
Callahan
G .I. Thompson
George Pennington
Denver
Mason
Pennington
Teens Love-Struck Girl Tries Rifle Suicide in Kokomo
Miss Louisa Herron, 16, fired a 22 caliber flobert rifle into her left breast to elope with lover Lawrence Marks after being barred by her father Thomas Herron. The shot missed the heart due to angle. A note expressed devotion and urged an immediate bedside marriage as doctors offered little hope for recovery.
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Kokomo
Thomas Herron
Louisa Herron
Flobert
Lawrence Marks
Marks
Herron
Miss Herron
Miss Herran
Woman Fatally Burned In Vermont Street Home
Wabash reports Mrs. Mabel Sherwin, 40, of Vermont street, fatally burned when her clothing touched a gas flame as she burned papers. Two daughters, Mabel and Eva, were burned trying to roll their mother in a rug to extinguish the fire. injuries to the girls are described as painful but not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Mabel Sherwin
Vermont Street
Sherwin
Mabel
Eva
Bible Contest Winners at Winona
Nineteen contestants competed in the annual Bible contest at Winona Lake. Harriet Beecher Jones of Middleport Ohio won first prize, Mary Williamson Bradley of Carbondale Illinois finished second, and William F. Putnam of South Bend Indiana took third. Dr. F N Palmer of Winona college led the oral examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Winona Lake
Harriet Beecher Jones
Middleport
Mary Williamson Bradley
Carbondale
William F. Putnam
South Bend
F. N. Palmer
Winona College
Beer Bottle Costs Man 35 Dollars in Court
In Hammond Indiana Aug 5 Joseph Nemitz an Indiana Harbor citizen faced Judge Walter J Riley after Chicago autoists complained tires were cut by broken glass. Detectives found Nemitz breaking an empty bottle and scattering shards on the street the court heard.
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Hammond
Joseph Nemitz
Indiana Harbor
Walter J. Riley
Chicago
Nemitz
Autoist Seeks Reimbursement for City Over West Main
J. H. Furnas of Indianapolis notified the Richmond board of works that he seeks $250 for alleged damage to his automobile. He says the damage resulted from West Main Street driving, during improvements, with traffic not properly closed by contractors, leaving the road in rough condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
J. H. Furnas
Indianapolis
Board of Works
West Main Street
Crushed Between Freight Cars Fatality at Roachdale
Roachdale August 5 Henry Myers eldest son of Tom Myers died after being caught between the bumpers of two freight cars on the C. H. D. railway while performing duties as a section man. Injuries proved fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roachdale
Henry Myers
Tom Myers
Statewide tax valuation tops 1.95 billion dollars
Indiana figures from the state board of tax commissioners show total property valuation statewide at 1,959,618,320 dollars with polls totaling 446,141 dollars. The data compiled by Fred A. Sims covers all property in the state as of August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Fred A. Sims
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Indiana Brevities Collide With Tragedy and Theft
A string of Indiana items reports Helgelein fading from paralysis while pursuing Gunness farm mysteries. a gasoline blaze fatally injures Hazel Smith and wounds her family. Belle Mansfield dies at Au rora after a long Depauw tenure. Drowning, beatings, train accidents, and a rail worker confession also appear, plus a school reunion and a theft-involved wife linked to cargo pilfering.
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Alfred Reynolds
United States Senate
Lorimer
Charles A. White
Ilinois Legislatre
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
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William Jennings Bryan
Illinois
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New York City
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American Tobacco Company
Charles Edgar Brillhart
Navy Department
Hotel Astor
Harlem
Mont
Connecticut
Chicago School of Aviation
Frank DeHai
Willard Francis Mallalieu
Methodist Episcopal Church
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Mass
Clara Morris
Yonkers, N. Y
Col
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Madeline Force
William H. Force
National Association
the Knights of Columbus
Porto Rico
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Cuba
Canada
Mexico
England
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Boston
Count Togo
Japan
America
Prairie Dog Valley
Kansas
National Petrified Forest
Arizona
George P. Merrill
National Museum
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Catskill, N. Y
Health Department
Southern Pacific Railroad
Bettie Coombs
Rockport
Ind
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Toth
Harriet Quimby
California
Aero Club of America
Hempstead Plains
Wiliam
Berlin
Paris
von Eiderlen Waechter
C. T. H. and
Southeastern Railroad Company
Greeters of
Cerks
Greeters of America
National Association of Hotel Clerks
Paul Hamman
Morton
Fred L. Volkert
Denison Hotel
C. C. Cashmer
Oliver
Edwin R. Spooner
Hotel
Edward
Arthur G. Gresham
Lorraine
George E. Denehie
Linden
Charles E. Kimley
Majestic
R. E. Knighton
Kingston
I. S. Thorpe
W. H. Fogas
Mt. Vernon
State Board of Pharmacy
State Board
Riley H. Alexander
Grover E. Blayney
Paw Paw
Mich
Stephen B. Burg
Charles H. Drybread
Franklin
Harry Ewing
Hope
Harry W. Fieming
Shelbyville
Orville G. Gaskill
Markle
McGraver Genolin
Karl H. Gohman
New Albany
William F. Graubman
Chesterton
Fred FE. Hammond
Frankfort
George G. Johnson
Canadian
Tex
Andrew M. Knutzen
Earl Co. Martin
Goodland
Ernest E. Montgomery
Poseyville
Charles E. McKenzie
Charles Newton Reed
Willam E. Stckelman
Columbus
George R. Syphers
Portland
James LaRue Taylor
Thomas H. Winton
William A. Withers
Bedford
Lee A. Wixsom
Marlon
John H. Zimmerman
Ray
Tupee
Hazel Smith
Bert Smith
Will C. Smith
Greencastle
Au- Tora, Jr
Belle T. Mansfield
Depauw University
Fletcher Heckman
Wildcat Creek
Ohio
Lafayette
William H. Justice
Fort Wayne
Martinsville
Scense
D. G._ Rigrish
Evansville
Fay Pitts
Monon
Romney
Here
Crawfordsville
Milan Pelosk
Carl Marino
Howell
Marino
Louisville
Pennville
Jackson Park
August Herbst
Alvin Griffith
Lake Shore Railroad
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