Supreme Court Tasked With Drinking Law Clash
Indianapolis August 25 The attorney general prepared a brief in the case state versus John Skelton of Greencastle. If upheld, it could halt direct sales from brewers and wholesalers to consumers, threaten social clubs in dry counties, and redefine license rules under the Beardsley act of 1907. The case centers on whether wholesalers may sell to consumers and if Skelton violated wholesale liquor laws by not selling to licensed dealers.
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John Skelton
Grencastle
Supreme Court
Easwis
Skelton
Terre Haute
Gaveencastle
Aternes
Poaardshey
Pameval
State Board of Pharmacy
Ku Klux Revived Band Visits Dalton Georgia Town
In Dalton Georgia on August 25 a masked mounted group identifying as the Ku Klux Klan rode into town. They visited three prominent citizens before leaving with the names of three Negroes and several white men noted.
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Dalton
Ku Klux Klan
Tibo Tib
Grand Cyclops
Dreary Weather and National News Highlights
Reports from Oklahoma Arkansas and southern Missouri cite heavy rain and widespread damage. Ambia Indiana nearly wiped out by fire with losses around 30000 dollars aided by partial insurance. Russian officials ease Dalstein villa in Odessa as residence for the deposed shah. als fight headlines include Jack Johnson versus Al Naufmann set for San Francisco September 9. Grand Army men march in Beverly on September 17 as 2560 veterans expected.
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Oklahoma
Arkansas
Missouri
Ambia
Ind
Steve Brown
Brepson
Fla
Becky St
Hart Faircloth
Grand Army
Essex County
Beverly
Jack Johnson
al Naufmann
San Franciso
Weyler Signs On To Lead Moroccan Campaign
Madrid reports General Weyler ready to command Spanish forces in Morocco with sixteen thousand troops staged for Melilla or Ceuta. He says he would welcome a Melilla assignment but will await Spain's call while predicting victory.
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Morocco
Melilla
Ceuta
Weyler
Cuba
Portes
Catalonia
Missouri River through rate case blocked by court decision
United States Court at Chicago permanently enjoins the Interstate Commerce Commission from enforcing the Seaboard-Missouri River through rate. Producers and manufacturers across the Buffalo to Parkersburg region would have suffered from the rate cut, while central traffic cities see the ruling as limiting centralized rate making power.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Parkersburg
Mississippi River
Givcuit Court
Jude Gaeasseupoan
Poe
Missouri
Milwaukee
Detroit
St. Lewis
Denver
Missouri River
Middle West
Seaboard
Groescup and
Kohisaat
Congress
Commission
Strikers Pause Amid Bloody Clash at Stelee’s Rocks
Reports say three more bodies were found near Stelee’s Rocks after Sunday's violence. Martial law surrounds Pittsburg, with 11 dead and 150 officers patrolling. Union County votes local option, turning dry by 409 in Liberty Indiana.
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Aus
Stelee’s Rocks
Pitsburg
Lake Boje
Facenell Debs
Mcakee
Wott
Frank Hoffstot
Car Company
Liberty
Ind
Union County
Woman Shot At Gartisle Mine Superintendent Home
A woman was fatally shot at the Gartisle Mine superintendent Stivenhast’s residence amid ongoing tension between mine officials and local claimants. Investigations continue into the shooting linked to recent unrest at the mine.
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Stivenhast
Wreck of Norwegian Bark Erral Ends in Tragedy
Five of twenty two aboard the Erral survived after June wreck near Middletown reef. They were rescued by the steamer Tatu nearly dead from thirst and starvation. Captain Anderson and the second mate drowned building a raft. Anderson's wife, after witnessing his disappearance, killed her four children and then herself amid fears of cannibalism. The five survivors could not speak of their ordeal.
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B. C
Australia
Erral
Middletown Reef
Tatu
Anderson
U S Ambassador Reports No Serious Trouble in Mexico
Washington wire reports David E. Thompson the United States ambassador to Mexico telegraphed that there is no danger of serious trouble in Mexico.
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Washington
David E. Thompson
United States
Mexico
Miner Refuses Boots Bill Over Delayed Payment
In a Lakeland tale a miner delays paying for boots sent for repair. After weeks the shoemaker seeks settlement, but the miner’s wife rebuffs him, insisting the maker has not yet been paid and it is not the shoemaker’s turn.
Port Disaster at Montevideo Involving Colombia Steamer
A collision in heavy rain at Montevideo harbor between the Argentine excursion steamer Colombia and the North German Lloyd steamer Schlesein caused the Colombia to sink. Between 100 and 200 people died or drowned, many women and children. Survivors were rescued by small boats as the wreck obstructed the channel and the Uruguayan port canceled fetes for the inauguration.
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Colombia
Bremen
Coloma
Eusenos Ayres
Custom House
Market quotations from Indianapolis and elsewhere
Grain and livestock prices list Wheat and corn values in Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and Toledo with bids for No 2 red wheat hogs cattle sheep and lambs. Receipts include hogs cattle and sheep across markets. Also a stray line from a literary note appears at the end.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Monroe Riot Ends With Black Man Slain in Street
In Monroe on August 25 William S Wade a black man armed with a double barrel shotgun fired on white bystanders and objects along the business thoroughfare. Police and others returned fire leaving Wade dead and twenty nine people injured including several prominent citizens and lawmen. Wade had traveled from Pine Bluff Arkansas with companions believed to be part of a group seeking revenge for injuries to black people.
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William S. Wade
Hugh Bigger
T. H. Grant
Simon Marks
Tuskegee
Ala
George McCormack
Ouachita Lumber Company
West Monroe
A. A. Forsythe
D. A. Kreard
North Louisiana Shingle Company
Ed Strong
Southern Express Company
Joe Thompson
Iron Mountain Railroad
Albert Marx
Southern Hardware Company
J. L. Kendall
D. G. Trousdale
Southern Grocery Company
J. W. Marryman
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Wade's
Bedy
Wade
Pine Int
Ark
Arkansas
WAR CLOUD PASSES OVER GREECE TURKEY CRETE
Foreign officers in Constantinople report the danger from the Greece Turkey Crete dispute has ended. The Turkish minister in Athens will not be recalled. Future moves hinge on proposals the Porte drafts for Crete’s administrative reform to present to the powers.
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St. Petersburg
Constantinople
Greece
Turkey
Crete
Athens
Feud Sparks Bloody Shootings in Indiana Town
In Attica Indiana a long standing family feud flared when Lewis Wilhite confronted Joseph McFerren in the McFerren Drug Store. McFerren was fatally wounded and Wilhite jailed at Williamsport awaiting a preliminary hearing on attempted murder. A bystander, Will Reynel, was also shot as the escape attempt unfolded.
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Ind
Independence
Joseph McFerren
Lewis Wilhite
Willamsport
Wilhite
Young McFerren
McFerren
McFerres
Will Reynel
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