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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1905
Page
1
Lace curtains sale lists 25 pieces of dress ginghams in striped and checked patterns. The textiles are described as fancy and of regular quality, priced at 3 cents per yard with a five cent tee offer.
The central line runs between Waveland and Anderson with a Lebanon departure at 7 30 p m and a return at 10 p m Low round trip rates apply each Sunday.
Chicago May 12 A legal error found in the new city seal risks invalidating all documents stamped with it since the April 15 ordinance altered the seal. The infant figure’s posture in the seal is deemed improper, raising questions about the validity of city bonds worth 2,400,000 dollars and the authority behind the corresponding fiscal actions.
A two year old moose weighing 1200 pounds collapsed on a hillside in Duluth’s east residence district. The animal could not rise after the fall and died about two hours later. The cause of the moose’s move into the city remains unknown.
The senate and house committees on litigation toured the Pacific states to gather information on the best forms of irrigation. They will be entertained tonight at the St Francis by the Forest and Stream Association. The visit aims to collect data for improved irrigation practices.
William M. Riley, cousin twice removed of Russell Sage, died in a New York hospital shortly after being admitted as an Institution and charity patient. A former New York Stock Exchange member, he was a notable speculator, real estate operator, and linked to lumber interests in the Win ex am area.
Negotiations between Washington and St. Petersburg and between Washington and Tokyo proceed as President Roosevelt mediates. Plenipotentiaries and meeting place to be decided, with Washington or Manehuria not favored. Russia may back Japan’s preferred site, while Baron Kowars and General Yamamoto are suggested as Japanese plenipotentiaries.
London newspapers praise President Roosevelt for his diplomacy as a personal and national triumph. The Morning Post hails his actions as unparalleled, while the Daily Chronicle and Daily Telegraph call it a sign of moving toward world policy and Russia’s influence in negotiations.
The Times correspondent cites Roosevelt as the most popular man in Russia. He notes the president's rare thought and the diplomat Mayer guiding timely advice that The Hague Peace Conference initiator would welcome.
Louisville hosts the United Confederate Veterans reunion with more than fifty special trains by Wednesday noon bringing about 30,000 veterans and families, plus an expected 10,000 visitors for the parade day Friday. Generals Stephen D. Lee and Joseph Wheeler are already in Louisville as veterans glimpse their battle flags returned by the war department.
New York reports a plan by Thomas F Ryan to acquire Equitable Life stock via James H Hyde and to consolidate Equitable Trust, Mercantiles Trust, and Morton Trust sources in New York. The merged bank would hold about 189 million dollars in deposits, seven million in capital, and a 22.5 million surplus, aiming to place it second only to National City Bank in deposits.
Mrs May Pepper of Brooklyn is a well known spiritualist leader and former Rhode Island farm servant born Mary Ann Beannell. Divorced from George W Pepper she runs a Brooklyn organization teaching spiritualist practices and is noted for alleged psychic powers attracting many occult followers.
Interviews with naval officers who survived the battle recount the sinking of the flagship Kniaz Souvaroff and Admiral Rujestvensky. They blame poor training, faulty gunnery, bad ship design, and chaotic command as causes, noting heavy Japanese fire and hurried, disorganized Russian formations. Many sailors and officers are praised as heroes amid a broader tragedy.
Portland Ore June 13 Skirmishing preliminary to the real battle between the United States government and United States Senator John H Mitchell commenced with arguments on the demurrer to the indictment charging Mitchell with having while a senator accepted money to influence the land department to expedite certain land claims. Warnings were issued to lowland farmers as Mississippi River flood waters reached the area. A boy cremation on a beach and a farm accident near Youngdrown were also reported in this edition.
Banks and merchants in Van Buren Indiana fear a clever counterfeit of Ohio company checks. The imitated payroll draft passed through National City Bank New York and was cashed widely. Checks, three color variants, carried forged signatures and were tied to Indiana banks at Marion Montpelier Uplands Bremen Fairmont.
In Marion Indiana a major counterfeit scheme implicated Standard Oil company officers and local merchants. Forged checks bearing near perfect signatures fooled bankers at the First National Bank and other outlets. The counterfeit instruments, copied from Standard Gib checks, were cashed across several towns including Peru Obie and nearby fields, with totals still undetermined. Local merchants face losses as the fraud unfolds and investigators pursue the stolen funds.
Madison Indiana honors its GAA encampment with Mary Street and other avenues draped in national colors. Veterans began arriving Monday as preparations for 2,000 visitors unfolded. Local officials in carriages welcomed officers of the Woman's Relief Corps and Keightstown orphans home band, with a reception planned for Wednesday and Thursday. Died of His Wound Wabash Indiana June 13 Orville Davis foreman at Ploneet hat works shot by Samuel Snyder at 100 pm outside the Wabash brewing plant. Davis and companions including two women were at the entrance when Snyder passed in and opened fire. Davis died from the wound. Davis and his companions, including two women, were at the entrance when Snyder fired. Tavis va 9, mies, is Caught by Care. Veodaraburg Indiana duns 12 Wert Watt, an unmarried man, was struck by a Bix Four freight train and instantly killed.
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