Prohibitionists Nominate Swallow for President
The national Prohibition Convention in Indianapolis selects Silas C. Swallow of Pennsylvania for president and George W. Carroll of Texas for vice president after a long deadlock. The platform pledges reform in divorce laws and the abolition of toleration of prostitution, with calls for international arbitration and changes to civil service, taxes, and election laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
J. A. Tate
Harriman
Prohibition Party
Silas CC Swallow
Pennsylvania
George W. Carrol
Tearas
I. H. Amos
Oregon
Pespit Oy
Miles
John G. Woolies
New York
Swallow
Treasury
Stewart
Tate
Edward Clark
Oby Nations
Jethmy Wael
Harrisburg
Patri
Silas Co Swaliew
S.C. Swallow
Scale Agreement Reached At Steel and Tin Plant Talks
Pittsburg July conference ends with 18 percent wage cut accepted for the coming year. Rebates decision postponed to July 22 with another meeting planned. Mills will operate as at present meanwhile. Socialists nominate a full state ticket at Valley City convention and endorse Colorado Springs strike action. Mir ter a trotting mare sells for 5000 to Goshen buyer. earned a 2 25 record as a three-year-old on half-mile track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
American Sheet and Tinplate Co
Amalgamation Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers
Grand Rapids
N. D
Socialist Party
Valley City
Colorado Springs
Springfield
Mass
A. J. Meston
James Butler
R. W. Rogsemore
Goshen
Mirter
Butler resigns as Peoples Party chair in Washington
Washington July 1 Ex Senator Marion Butler of North Carolina resigns as chairman of the executive committee of the Peoples Party and designates the ice chairman to act in his stead. New York July 1 Senator WA Clark of Montana arrives in New York aboard the steamship Teutonic after a trip abroad for health reasons. Fayetteville Ga a man killed his daughter in a steel mill incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marion Butler
North Carolina
The
People’s Party
Ice
Senator Clark
New York
WA Clark
Montana
Teutonic
Liverpool
The Pure Food Congress Will Draw International Delegates
Lexington Ky June 30 R M Allen secretary of the international pure food congress says Belgium Ireland France Germany and Russia will send representatives and samples to the September congress at the World's Fair. The Belgian inspector general of foods will speak on new laws and adulterations. Allen just returned from Europe noting keen European interest in American food laws amid large wine and beverage trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
R. M. Allan
International Pure Food Congress
Sesson
Lous Duvrias
Belgium
European League of Wood Manufacturers
Belzium
France
Germany
Russia
Inspector General of Foods
Belgum
Allen
Europe
State and General Fairs for 1904
A survey of fairs across the United States in 1904 listing dates and locations. National and state expositions are noted with cities such as Hutchinson Bangor Lewiston Waterville Brandon Danbury Worcester and Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan
Hutchinson
Feastern
Bangor
Aurus
Lewiston
Maine
Tcentral
Waterville
Manitoba
Brandon
Man
Arouina
Haleteh
Nova Scotia
Haatanoo
Rte Trombus
Gobinghama Interstate
Bbua Uilfaornia
Bacramento
Canada Dominion
FREUD
Inssr
National Exhi Son
Turan'o
Edtleu
Danbury
Aba Georgia
Macon
Viinots
SpringSeid
En Wuana
Ind
Saeaihs
Yaes Moines
Cees
Ansas
State Exposition Company
Maryland
Titonium
Mohigan
U West
Grand Rapeset
AUBGS
Salem Ceeeepeg
Denrsylvania
Wiliams
GEBVO
Brate Hebhiehem Reptember
Acentoan
Texas
Hth
Crete
Tiiuh
Sarlec
Te Mas
Moachingteorth Yak Tra
Attobes
Destroy boll weevils with newly discovered ants
Secretary Wien and Dr Caliowar, directors of plant industry, received word from Dr Cook traveling from Guatemala with ants to combat boll weevils. He reports arrival in New Orleans on July 4 with Sucelanies and will proceed to the Texas cotton district to launch the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingtom
Wien
BF Caliowar
Turvan of Plant Industry
OF Cook
Guatemala
Othe
Cook
Preston Cortes
Mex
New Orleans
Su Celanies
Texas
Death of Col Brigham Reports Reach Capital
Washington learns of Col Joseph F Brigham assistant secretary of agriculture dying in Delta Missouri after a St Louis trip He chaired the government board at the St Louis exposition and had long been active in Ohio politics since his first act as Seed Book Initiation of Pits oh hts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Delta Ob
Joseph F. Brigham
Brigham
St. Loanuis
St. Louis
Delta
Ohio
Pennsylvania Mine Workers Strike Ruling Endorsed
In Scranton a West Virginia style dispute gains support as the miners win a conciliation board ruling that coal firms must collect costs from welshmen and docking bosses. The decision was sustained by Umpire Carroll Wright with backing from THatepey Presidente Tl TR Niechotic of the United Mine Workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
June Sr
Thatepey Presidente
Tl. TR Niechotic
United Mine Workers
Miners’ Conciliation Board
Carrol DD Wright
Battle at Gen San fights on Korea coast reported
Russian Vladivostok squadron with torpedo boats shelled Gen San on July 1. About 200 shells were fired with no serious damage as the Russians left the harbor after sunrise. Subsequent dispatches confirm ongoing actions in Northern Korea with Japanese counterforces at Gen San and Seoul, including losses and troop movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Gen-San
Korea
Gen San
Russia
Gromobai
Rurik
St. Petersburg
Admiralty
Adm
Skrychoff
Vladivostok
Gen. San
Seoul
The Two Big Armies See-Saw Across Front Lines
July 2 report notes Gen Kuropatkin and Gen Kuroki maneuvering in a chesslike clash. Japanese troops about 20 miles from Jia9 Yeng with 3,200 infantry detachments harassing their advance. Russian forces push north toward Kuropatkin’s Varangon base while Kuroki advances through mountain passes toward Mikuven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lise Yang
Kuropatkin
Kuroki
Rennankampffs
Varangon
Mikuven
Russian Port Arthur Squadron Attacks Japanese Fleet
Russian Port Arthur squadron of 11 ships attacked a Japanese squadron of 38 ships, sinking four torpedo boats and damaging others while reporting no ship losses. A Russian artillery detachment ambushed two Japanese regiments near Port Arthur at 400 yards. The Viadivostok squadron returned to Vladivostok undamaged after bombarding Gen San.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
aAdm
Skrychoff
St. Petersburg
Vladivostok
Gen-San
New Orleans Law Forces Poolrooms to Close
New Orleans reports the state senate passed a bill targeting poolrooms. Seven poolrooms in New Orleans and across the state must shut down by September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hensicker
Gate Senate
Seven
Mint Directors Reports Decline in Foreign Coin Value
Washington reports the quarterly estimate shows a decrease since April in the value of foreign coins. The value of silver is 2197 cents per fine ounce as of the latest assessment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mint
Memorial Services For Slocum Disaster Victims Held
In New York on June 30 memorial services for Slocum disaster victims were held at Cooper Union under the mayor relief committee. The hall was crowded as attendees gathered to honor the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Slocum
Cooper Union
Mayor Relief Committee
Window firms to close for summer in Pittsburg
Pittsburg reports all window glass plants still operating in June will shut down Thursday for the summer except one. Unions had attempted to halt production but failed to stop all plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Government orders troops to Bonesteel for crowd control
The government ordered three companies of regular troops to Bonesteel South Dakota to assist local authorities and preserve order during the Rosebud Reservation rush incident. The move aims to prevent disorder and ensure security for residents and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonesteel
S. D
Jane
Rosebud
Negro Population Bulletin Details U.S. Demographics
The census bureau issued final figures on the Negro population totaling 8 840 789. The report notes 1 to 16 percent with white ancestry, locating the population center in Dekalb County Alabama near Georgia, with most Negroes rural and concentrated in the South. It cites urban and rural distributions, age structure, illiteracy, and regional patterns across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
United States
Dekalb County
Alabama
Georgia
Dinwiddie County
Virginia
Continental
Mississippi
Issequena County
District of Columbia
Shelby County
Tennessee
Memphis
Brantimore City
Orleans Parish
New Orleans
Two Army Transports Sail for Manila and Alaska
Two U S Army transports sailed on Friday the Sherman bound for Manila via Honolulu and Guam and the Buford bound for Alaska. The Sherman carries about 100 saloon passengers 37 unassigned field artillery recruits 23 unassigned recruits for coast artillery at Honolulu 4000 tons of army supplies and 5700000 in money including 2000000 in silver certificates and 2000600 in specie. On the Buford are about 900 men of the Third Infantry to be stationed yearlong at northern military posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Sherman
Manila
Honolulu
Guam
Buford
Alaska
Buford Band
Third Infantry
Far North
Gardiners Remains Identification Disputed in Indy
In Indianapolis a body found at the medical college vat was initially identified as George K. Gardiner, a former Cincinnati politician, but Mrs. Gardiner arrived from Cincinnati to identify a different body as her husband. The second body was shipped to Cincinnati Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indianapolis Medical College
George K. Gardiner
Cincinnati
Weekly failure counts in U S and Canada
New York report shows 24 U S failures this week, down from 227 last week and 257 the prior week. Canada records 1 failure, down from 32 the prior week and 16 the week before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Canada
New York Sub Treasury Reports Yearly Transactions
The New York subtreasury's fiscal year ending last night shows total movement of 4,043,908 dollars in and out. The report details the year's cash handling and transfers through the subtreasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sub-Treasury
New York
Eleven Hurt in Wabash Shuttle Collision
Eleven passengers on a Wabash Shuttle train returning from the World's fairgrounds were injured Friday night in a collision with a terminal railroad swivel engine in St. Louis. None of the injuries was serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
National Committeeman Dead in St Louis
The abrupt death of a national committeeman near St Louis shocks local politics as authorities investigate the cause and circumstances surrounding the loss amid ongoing party leadership discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
St. Louis, Joly
Be-Joseph
Convention Gossip Signals Split Over Democratic Nomination
Report from St Louis outlines two rival lines at the Democratic National Convention. One pursues a rapid Parker on early ballots while the other aims to scatter votes to block him and bolster Cleveland or Gorman. Gorman and Cleveland factions avoid formal alliance but seek to derail Parker, using race politics to sway southern delegates and delay a final nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Parker
Cleveland
Gorman
Gormany
Cleveland Guard
Maryland
West Virginia
District of Columbia
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Smith
James A. Guffey
Guffey
McLean
David B. Hill
Western delegates await Democratic National Convention outcome
Western delegates arrived in St. Louis for the Democratic National Convention with unclear plans. Idaho Senator Fred T. Dubois suggested Parker as the likely nominee, noting possible delays over Cleveland and the risk of Bryan gaining influence if Cleveland is pushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Fred T. Dubois
Idaho
Parker
Baltimore Adopts Jim Crow Rule for Local Trains Only
Baltimore on July 2 reports the Jim Crow law took effect on Friday with enforcement limited to trains operating strictly within the state. Through trains are exempt from the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Yale Wins Yale Harvard Regatta Headlines Varsity Race
New London Connecticut July 2 Yale won the big Varsity race by seven lengths in the Yale Harvard regatta concluded just before noon Friday. Yale also led in the premier event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Yale
Harvard
Nne
Tragedy in Eastland: Father shoots child then himself
Eastland Texas report states James Lay killed his one year old child and then took his own life using a target pistol. Family troubles are cited as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Eastland
James Lay
Raid near Gordonville Leaves Tollgate Keeper Dead
Three robbers raided Gordonville ten miles east of Lancaster injuring two men and killing a tollgate keeper four miles from town in July. Royalists or local authorities have yet to report arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Gordonville
Here
National Bank Note Circulation Rises in June
Washington reports the monthly circulation statement shows national bank notes totaling 449,235,095 dollars as of June 30, marking an increase for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Bank
Mayflower Collides With Bacchanti Off Gibraltar
The American gunboat Mayflower collided with the British cruiser Bacchanti off here Friday. The extent of damage is not yet ascertained. The Bacchanti is now at anchor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Bacchanti
Nebraska Governor Promotes Character Building Sermon
Gov. Mickey of Nebraska spoke at a national P C A meeting in St. Joseph declaring Abraham Lincoln would become president a century before his birth. Bookmakers at Hawthorn race track face indictments as Thursday votes bring renewed prosecutions amid gambling wagers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey
Nebraska
P. C
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Secret Service Yearly Report Totals 419 Arrests
The Treasury Secret Service division reports for the year ended June 30 that 419 arrests occurred with 306 of the prisoners born in the United States. It notes counterfeit coin in circulation and 25 new counterfeit notes found, with 18 plant removals and most operations captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
Willie Friday
Evrey
United States
Moyer and Haywood Charged With Murder in Victor Riot
Coroner jury finds Moyer and Haywood and about thirty others responsible for deaths of Roscoe McGee and John Davis during June riots in Victor Colorado. Bonds set at 10000 dollars for Moyer and Haywood. other bonds to be set later. Verdict names William Boyle and Albert Bilat as killers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Col
Roscoe McGee
John Davis
Victor
Charles H. Moyer
W. D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Lewis Cunningham
Moyer and Haywood
William Boyle
Albert Bilat
Joscoe McGee
Public debt declines as of June 30 1904
The monthly statement shows the debt minus cash in treasury at 987,231,774 the month’s decrease 8,109,880 largely due to more cash on hand. Recap includes 895,157,440 interest bearing debt 1,970,990 nonpaid interest debt and 289,120,655 non interest debt total 1,286,254,016 not counting 977,744,569 in certificates offset by cash on hand for redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Negro killer lynched by mob in South Carolina
Cairo Williams the Negro who killed Taurston O McGee, a white man, at Scranton in Williamsburg county last February, was taken from an Atlantic Coast Line train at Scranton Thursday evening and lynched by a mob. He had narrowly escaped lynching after the killing and was moved from the Columbia penitentiary for safety. Williams had been brought from Columbia to Kingstree for trial last Monday, but the trial ended in a mistrial and he was sent back to Columbia for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Cairo Williams
Taurston O. McGee
Scranton
Williamsburg County
Atlantic Coast Line
Williams
Columbia
Kingstree
Milwaukee judge found hanged in Waumwatosa ravine
The body of Louis Bruemmer county judge of Kewaunee county Wis was found hanging to a tree in a ravine in Waia watosa a suburb of Milwaukee on Friday He had been under treatment at a sanitarium in Waumwatosa suffering from nervous collapse and is believed to have hanged himself while demented
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Louis Bruemmer
Kewaunee County
Waiawatosa
Bruemmer
Wauwatosa
Ex Newspaper Man Found Dead in Portland
George P. Emery LL.D. longtime managing editor and treasurer of the Boston Post and later Maine political figure, was found dead Friday in Portland due to heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
George P. Emery
Boston Post
Maine
Minister Killed in a Duet in Athens
Athens dispatch reports the minister of public instruction killed in a duel with M Hadji Petros a chamber of deputies member. The central news notes the fatal encounter occurred in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Central News
Athens
Gold output up sharply to midyear surpasses last year
Daneon reports gold production through June 30 exceeded the previous year by more than 150000 dollars. The season's total is estimated at over 13000000 dollars, indicating a strong mining year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daneon
Populist Delegates Elected At Des Moines Convention
Des Moines Iowa July 1 The state populist convention met here and elected 21 delegates to the national convention at Springfield instructing to vote for ex Congressmen Weiler for vice president. Shot and badly wounded his wife Sault Ste Marie Michigan July 1 Ex County Road Commissioner Isaac Eagle shot his wife in the head and she will probably die Family trouble culminating in divorce proceedings caused the act They have 13 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Springfield
Weiler
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Isaac Eagle
Morton Dined With President Before Navy Swearing In
Paul Morton who will be sworn in as secretary of the navy Friday dined with the president at the White House on Thursday night. He remained with Mr Roosevelt for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul Morton
The
Navy
Mong
White House
Roosevelt
Metcalf Sworn Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Victor H. Metcalf, former California representative, was sworn in as secretary of commerce and labor in Washington on July 2, succeeding George B. Cortelyou who resigned to lead the national Republican committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Victor H. Metcalf
California
Commerce and Labor
George B. Cortelyou
National Republican Committee
Penitentiary Labor Contracts Cease
Joliet Illinois July 2 All manufacturing tied to inmate labor contracts at the Illinois state penitentiary will close Saturday 1000 convicts to be confined in cells indefinitely awaiting further orders
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolliet, IH
Sinois State Penitentiary
Lynching Reported in Cartersville Georgia
In Cartersville Georgia on July 2 John Jones a Black assailant was lynched near the scene of his crime against Mrs Banister. Judge A W Fite spoke to about two hundred in an attempt to restrain the crowd but failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Cartersville
John, Jones
Ban?ister
A. W. Fite
No Sunday Baseball in Brooklyn Reported by Police
A late July Brooklyn police order bans Sunday baseball games. Police Commissioner McAdoo and Deputy Commissioner Farrell announced the measure, citing local enforcement actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
Brock
McAdoo
Farrell
Severe hailstorms hit northern Indiana causing crop damage
Reports from Elkhart Goshen and Brownstown describe hailstones piling in streets damaging corn wheat and fruit. A carpenter William Weygans died after a fall seeking shelter. Cattle were killed near Goshen and a wind storm damaged trees and an old tenement in Evansville with a clerk Herbert Saur injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Elkhart
William H. Weygans
Goshen
Lafayette
Evansville
Ind
Herbert Saur
Brownstown
Judge War ness races to Marion to meet jury verdict
In Marion Indiana Judge War ness of the Grant and Howard county superior courts missed his train and hired an expert driver to speed 50 miles to Marion. He reached the court in an hour and a half just as twelve jurors had reached a verdict and sent for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Warness
Grant
Howard County
Kokomo
Reid not seeking Indiana senate nomination say locals
Close friends in Richmond Indiana doubt Daniel G Reid would accept the US Senate bid replacing C W Fairbanks even if possible. They say he does not claim Indiana as home and would not pursue the nomination despite efforts to boost him for the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
Daniel G. Reid
New York
C. W. Fairbanks
United States
Indiana
Reid
Competing heirs settle over mother's pictured effects
In Logansport Indiana on the anniversary of their mother's death two wealthy brothers faced court over a photograph. John Tritt inherited his mother's effects including an enlarged picture Pam Tritt had made. Replevin actions were started but a settlement ended the case and dismissed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
John Tritt
Pam Tritt
Balloon Parachute Accident Hurls Boy at Indiana Fair
At Anderson Indiana on a Friday afternoon a 10 year old colored boy Walter Jackson was tangled in parachute ropes and hung head down shouting for help. The parachute ripped free from about 50 feet and he was landed safely with a hurried set down.
Black prisoner Benjamin Springs dies after scaffold incident
Benjamin Springs, a Black inmate who fatally wounded Jesse Carr, also Black, in Terre Haute last March, died in a state prison incident in Michigan City shortly after midnight. He mounted the scaffold without flinching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Benjamin Springs
Jesse Carr
Terre Haute
Springs
Poor Wheat Crop In Shelby County
Shelbyville Indiana July 2 from present indications Shelby county will not have even half a wheat crop this year farmers have begun cutting the crop and they find that it is very thin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby County
Shelbyville
Ind
Earl Middleton Escapes from Indiana Boys' School
Earl Middleton, 14, sent from Grant County for stealing a horse, escaped from the Plainfield boys' school and remains at large. Marion authorities face ongoing trouble locating him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Ind
Earl Middleton
Grant County
Marion
Wild Man of Madagascar Ends His Life
Oscar Graham of Pleasantville who for years toured with a famed circus as the wild man of Madagascar died by self inflicted gunshot Friday in Linton Indiana. He was an Alb ing and had long served as a daring attraction for the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Ind
Oscar Graham
Pleasantville
Albing
Madagascar
Janitor Killed in Galveston Church Cleaning Accident
Jacob Cripe, janitor at the Methodist Church in Galveston, was struck by Ed Hightning while cleaning the building on Thursday afternoon and died instantly. The incident occurred in Logansport Indiana on July 1 as preparations were made for the Sunday service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Jacob Cripe
Hurch
Galveston
Insanity Report on Gibson County Farmer Relocated
Charles Geiseke, a wealthy Gibson county farmer, has been declared insane over religious matters and moved to a private sanitarium in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Charles Geiseke
Gibson County
Cincinnati
Wardens and Officials Push Parole for Life Prisoner
John Kays, a life prisoner from Michigan City, paroled after 18 years for complicity in a deadly assault in Dubois County. He must report monthly to the parole board as petitions for pardon linger in the governor’s office. State Labor Commissioner McCormick advocated the case. Harry Becht, paroled a decade ago for saving a prison officer, is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
John Kays
Michigan City
Dubois County
Durbin
Sloun
Reid
McCormick
Kays
Harry Becht
Ays
Prisoner and wife vanish after elopement
Report from Raporte Indiana says Robert Lockard of Mt. Vernon recently paroled from the prison north gained the trust of farmer Mr. Shippe and married his daughter. On Thursday night Lockard and his bride disappeared and officers have no trace of them. Officials vow to pursuit.
Buggy Accident Injures Mrs Farr in Wibash Indiana
Mrs Al Farr fell from a buggy when the kingbolt fell out while riding with her husband in Wibash Indiana on Friday afternoon. She lay unconscious for hours with concussion feared but is now believed to be out of danger. Her husband was also hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wibash
Ind
al Farr
Flock vows vengeance over jilted parishioner
Mimacle Indiana July 1 Congregation led by Rev Floyd Barton at Six Mile near Bilniton threatens dire vengeance if he returns. The flare up centers on Celestine Beers 22 leader of the church's younger element who lies at home claiming the pastor jilted her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mimacle
Ind
Floyd Barton
Six Mile
Bilniiton
Celestine Beers
Engineer killed in nitroglycerin blast at Jackson's hill
Lawrenceburg Indiana July 2 W H Ghisit 26 a civil engineer with Shutt Improvement Co died instantly in a premature nitroglycerin explosion during blasting at Jackson's hill near Manchester station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrenceburg
Ind
W. H. Ghisit
Shutt Improvement Co
Bie Fonr
Jackson's Hill
Matchester Station
Storm Ravages Madi son County Farmlands
Farmers across southern Madison County report ruined corn and fruit stripped from trees after heavy thunderstorms with damaging rain and lightning striking multiple buildings. High winds accompanied the storm, causing localized property damage and power outages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adderson
Ind
Madison County
Police Chief in Evansville Resigns After Corruption Charges
Evansville Indiana July 2 Chief of police Fred Heuke suspended by the board of safety over corruption and grant charges against the city administration sent his resignation to the board on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ievansville
Ind
Fred Heuke
Ween Ae
Grant
Board of Safety
Wealthy farmer faces suit over alleged kisses price
In Newcastle Indiana on July 2 a circuit court suit filed by Mrs Magmie Lorton seeks damages claiming Charles MccDorman paid $509 per kiss for six kisses totaling $3000. The case hinges on whether the payments are enforceable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Ind
Charles MccDorman
Magmie Lorton
Boy accidentally shoots grandmother in Evansville
In Evansville Indiana on July 2 7 year old Will Coulter fired a revolver during play striking his grandmother Mrs Archa Leyssy in the nose and upper jaw. The wound may prove fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Will Coulter
Archa Leyssy
Fire destroys George Connell residence near Kokomo
The Connell country home west of Kokomo was burned early Friday morning, with about 6000 dollars in damage and partial insurance. In Sullivan, Burdell Jacobs was shot four times and gravely wounded by Dr. George W. Pirtle after a county controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Ind
George Connell
Burdell Jacobs
Pirtle
Sullivan
George W.pirtle
Carlisle
Jacobs
Fort Wayne Iron and Steel Co. Signs New Wage Scale
The Fort Wayne Iron and Steel Co. signed the new wage scale Friday, agreed by the amalgamated association, effective for one year. In Matthews Indiana D. Lynach, receiver of the defunct First National Bank, plans to declare a second dividend of 10 percent after returning from the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fort Wayne Iron and Steel Co
Amalgamated Association
Matthews
Jasper editor Clement Doane in alarmed condition
A Jasper report states Clement Doane editor of the Jasper Courier and likely the oldest democratic editor in Indiana remains in serious condition, alarmed friends report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doane
Jvansville
Ind
Jasper
Clement Doane
Jasper Courier
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George W. Carroll
Trotter
Fayetteville
Tharsta
Pure Food Congress
American Institute
Col. Brigham
Delta, O
Tokio. Juivi
Telissa
Vafangon
Port Arthur
Negrho
Census Bulletin
Gardiner
Bryan
Secret Service Report
South Carolina
Constantinople
Serres
Turkey
Djigorovo
Daniel G Reid
Senator Fairbanks
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