History of a Week Officers of Indiana Grand Army leaders listed
A weekly record lists elected officers of the Indiana Department Grand Army of the Republic. Commander David F. Beem of Spencer Post 93, Senior Vice Commander A. R. Seward of Indianapolis Post 209, Junior Vice Commander John Gordon of Argos Post 132, Medical Director Dr. J. E. Sterret of Logansport Post 14, Chaplain Rev. H. E. Butler of Warsaw Post 114, and a five‑member Council of Administration headed by Benjamin Starr of Richmond plus Theodore Wilkes, A. P. Miller, William E. Shilling, and Henry A. Root from various posts.
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Department of Indiana
Grand Army of the Republic
David F. Beem
Spencer
A. R. Seward
Indianapolis
John Gordon
Argos
J. E. Sterret
Logansport
H. E. Butler
Warsaw
Council of
Benjamin Starr
Richmond
Theodore Wilkes
Shelbyville
A. P. Miller
Wabash
William E. Shilling
Henry A. Root
Michigan City
Envoys Deny Advice to Surrender in South Africa Peace Effort
Envoys from the South African Republic and Orange Free State in New York denied a London cable claim they advised surrender if defeated at the Vaal River. They insisted they urged US pressure for peace and stated they were firmly opposed to surrender.
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Messrs. Fischer
Wolmerans
Wessels
South African Republic
Orange Free State
New York
United States
South Africa
London
Cape Town
Vaal
Havana Postmaster Thompson Arrested Amid Wave of Warrantes
Warrants were issued Thursday evening for the arrest of E. P. Thompson Havana Postmaster W H Reeves Deputy Auditor of the island and Edward Moya and Jorge Mascaro Cuban clerks in the stamp department By 7 oclock all were lodged in the Vivae the Tombs of Havana The arrests come on advice of postal inspectors and Reeves is thought guilty with Neely The arrest caused great surprise and is seen as the precursor of many other arrests
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Havana
E. P. Thompson
W. H. Reeves
Island
Edward Moya
Jorge Mascaro
Stamp Department
Reeves
Neely
Thompson
Murderer In Koping Steals Boat After Shipboard Shootout
Telegram from Koping Sweden reports the steamer Koping in transit when a man shouted threats on the Prins Carl and fled by small boat after a woman cried for help. Twelve seamen were shot, six dead including the captain. the rest were locked in quarters and another died. Authorities pursue the killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koping
Sweden
Locomotive Explodes Killing Two on Illini Central Train
An explosion on the boiler of the locomotive pulling southbound passenger train No. 21 on the Illinois Central at Dubois Illinois killed two men and seriously injured several others. The dead are engineer Charles Kcke of Centralia and Tom Wright of Odin. Injured include Sam Ascoff Fred Crawford and John Hampton all listed as will die, along with three other section men and a colored porter in serious condition.
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Illnois Central
Dubois
Ill
Charles Kcke
Centralia
Tom Wright
Odin
Sam Ascoff
Fred Crawford
John Hampton
Tragic Wood Alcohol Poisoning Syndicate Near Johnstown
Four family and associates, Lawrence Smith Peter Brock Joe Poltoszinski and Poltoszinski's mother, died after ingesting wood alcohol at the South Fork green near Johnstown Pennsylvania. One man, Joe Smith, remains in critical condition as doctors fear further death.
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South Fork
Johnstown
Lawrence Smith
Peter Brock
Joe Poltoszinski
Joe Smith
American Scouts Suffer in Boer War Dispatch
A Vredefort dispatch reports Hazel's American scouts serving with the Boers suffer heavy losses in six weeks. Thirty-seven among 100 were killed wounded or captured. An assault at Tobaberg wiped out a British detachment, capturing six men and officers. Gen McArthur confirms Catubig engagement with 19 killed and five wounded in a 31 man garrison. over 200 attackers killed. Streets run with dead insurgents.
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Vredefort
Hazel
Tobaberg
McArthur
Catubig
Balloon Accident Haunts Pottsville Exhibition
An aeronaut David McDade faced a dangerous incident at Pottsville Pennsylvania as three boys wandered into rope lines during a balloon ascent. Two boys slipped free and landed unharmed while Wallace Cartwright aged 19 hung 1000 feet aloft before the airship descended to a field under McDade’s urging.
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Wallace Cartwright
Cartwright
McDade
Two Men and a Woman Die as Storm Hits St. Paul
A severe wind and rain storm in St. Paul kills Patrick Sexton and a woman, injures two others, snarls transit by toppling telephone poles onto interurban tracks, dislodging sidewalks, and damaging chimneys and windows. Sexton and his four children were returning from Como Park when the carriage was struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Patrick Sexton
of Sexton & Co
Como Park
Dale Street
Tornado Lifts Texas Woman Thru Air
Miss Millie Milton endured a miraculous tornado ride in Denton County Texas. She was carried eighty rods and landed unharmed after three days of delirium and recovery. A Pacific Bark Empire reports Palmerston island famine. Adelaide relief vessel sent to aid starving villagers led by Eli Williams who had died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie Milton
Denton County
Texas
Palmerston
Empire
Adelaide
South
Austra
Palmerston Island
Tahiti
Samoa
Raratonga
Eli Williams
Adelaides
Annie Jackson
James B. Miller
New York
Alfred C. Terwilliger
Harlem
Grandpa
Demand Woes and Fires Mark Week in Markets and Towns
Bradstreet reports weak demand and lower prices across building materials and crops with 3,480,574 bushels of wheat shipments and 4,638,140 bushels of corn exported. A mob in Ohio failed to Lynch Lon Atkins after John Burton’s murder. Towns like Fisher Michigan and Duluth faced fires, while a powder mill explosion near Fontanet caused heavy losses. Multiple incidents including a Harlem elopement, strikes, train wrecks, drownings, and arrests add to a turbulent week.
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Bradstreet’s
North Bloomfiel
Ohio
John Burton
Lon Atkins
Burton
Attins
Winter Wheat Near Record May 1 Condition Amid Acreage Drop
Washington's monthly Agricultural Department report shows winter wheat area May 1 at about 26.585 million acres, down 11.8 percent from last fall's sowing. The average condition stands at 8.9, 6.2 points above the ten year mean, with only three past fifteen years higher. note that plowed up or abandoned acreage is excluded.
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Agricultural Department
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
Hundreds Chase Murders in Neosho Valley After Bank Robbery
Hundreds of men on foot horseback and in vehicles scour Neosho valley for bank robbers James Murphy and B F Estell who killed Deputy Marshal Edward Roberts of Dunlap. Arrests and pursuit follow a Marysville bank robbery, with broader reports of violence in Pine Bluff Austin and other cities.
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Estelle and
Murphy
Torysville
Kan
Ed Roberts
Dunlap
Shall
Neosho River
Hartford
Kansas
Neosho Valley
James Murphy
B. F. Estell
Edward Roberts
Roberts
Ostell
Marysville
Kaw
Senate Debates and Bills Shape Up Nationwide Agenda
The Senate postponed Clark of Montana’s seat dispute to Tuesday and heard Mr. Gal defend protection in the Dingley tariff. The House advanced New Orleans public building funding and passed Red Cross incorporation. A Minnesota Chippewa forest reserve study and national park plan moved forward, while armor plate debates sparked filibusters and sharp rhetoric from Lodge, Chandler, and Hoar. The week saw naval and defense measures, civil service talks, Alaska and Cuba affairs, and district appropriations progress.
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Senate
Clark
Montana
Gallinger
New Orleans
Minnesota
United States
Leech
Cass
Mississippi
Baird
Louisiana
Caffery
Chandler
Berry
Sullivan
McEnery
House
Crawford
North Carolina
Pearson
Odge
United States Navy
Daniel
Allison
Esch
Wis
Spooner
Hale
Lodge
Wisconsin
Maine
Germany
Hoar
Ross
New Island
Alaska
Bacon
Cuba
Mexican Free Zone
Secretary of the Treasury
Gen. Lawton
East St. Louis
American National Red Cross
District of Columbia
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Orland Denith
Orland, Indiana
Vernice N. Briner
M. M. Dd
Anders
Ohio Town
C. H. Worcester Company
Fisher
Mich
Denputy
Chicago
Duluth
Minn
John Larson
Hamm Brewing Company
Bryan
Towne
Sioux Falls
Cincinnati
Wharton Barker
Ignatius Donnelly
Indiana Powder Mill
Indiana Powder Company
Fontanet
Kansas Oat
Wheat
J. C. Schmidt & Co
York, Pa
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Philadelphia
Suburban Railroad Company
St. Louis
St. Louis Ny
Union
May McNary
Edna Worden
Joplin
the National Bank of That
Freenfield
Lackawanna
Scranton
William Eschenbach
Clifton
N. J
Clifth
Camden
Farmers’ Market House
Fifth
Federal Streets
N. 4
Bridge Trust
Eastern Advices
Gilette-Herzog Company
Inneapelis
American Bridge Company
Olk
United States Senate
Spriggs
H. F. Watson Company
Bay Front
Erie
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Ark
J. S. Estes
J. C. Gook
Samuel Files
Estes
Cook
Austin
Congress Avenue
Jeffries
James J. Jeffries
Jim Corbett
Tokio
Yoshihito Harunomiya
Japan
Sada
Fujiwara
American Cotton Company
Lordsburg
N. M
Schlottman
McAfee
United States Supreme Court
Russia
Corea
Port Chin Nan
Bermuda
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
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