Immigration act prompts Justice letter to governor
The Department of Justice at Washington has called Governor Durbin's attention to the last Congress immigration act. It requires naturalization certificates to state compliance and cites provisions about opposition to government, unlawful acts against officers, and prior acts on alien immigration. The article notes Senator Fairbanks and Landis amendments affecting Capitol liquor rules and provides camp news from Governor Durbin's region with officers arriving, promotions, and incidents including a guard tent fly paper and a snake sighting.
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Department of Justice
Washington
Durbin
Fairbanks
Congress
Ellis Island
New
Landis
House
Senate
Sham Battle To Day At West Point Camp
Report describes a sham battle involving Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois National Guard troops versus regular army forces at the West Point Kentucky camp of military instruction. Indiana units are cited as among the best state guards by army officers.
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Indiana National Guard
West Point
Ohie
Illnois
Indiana
Regu
State Guards
Busy Day in Camp for Indiana National Guard Regiments
The Indiana National Guard camp buzzed with drills as the First Regiment led a nine o’clock forced march to woods two miles west. Over seven hours of outpost duty and bayonet drills followed before all three regiments and the battery returned to camp, wind and tents rattling through the night.
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Indiana National Guard
Thirty-eighth Street
Reveille
McC
Winshop
Barnett
Moetoy
Baddy
Be Regiment
Harry K. Smith
Taneuvers
Smith
Aptain Winship
Indianapolis
Walter W. Heiskell
Medeh
Winetiip
Union
National Guard
Government Will Settle Militia Pay and Transport Claims
The secretary of war ruled that militia officers and soldiers serving four encampments receive the same pay as regular army personnel and are entitled to transportation to and from encampments as regulars. Private Fischer of Company 8, First Regiment, was taken to regimental hospital with a severe injury.
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Secretary of War
Caenrae
Fischer
Flrst Regiment
Mother Seeks Her Girl Entangled by City Resort
A Shelbyville family seeks 16 year old Mary Crolly and her sister Ethel, last known at a Indianapolis resort run by Della Clayton at 515 East Court. Clayton was arrested on charges of enticing a girl to live in her house, described as having a shady reputation. Police traced the sisters from Shelbyville to Indianapolis, with Mary returning home to her mother and Ethel remaining missing. Authorities searched for the missing girl and notified nearby towns.
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Della Clayton
East Court Street
SeMigert
Irish
Mary Crolly
Ethel
Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Clayton
Crolly
Captain Kruger
Ethel Crolly
Hearfer Demanded Money and Disturbance In English Block
Henry Hearfer of 2 South Capitol avenue was arrested by Bicyclemen Morgan and Simon on a charge of drawing deadly weapons and malicious trespass after visiting Mrs. Mary Mackey in intoxicated condition and demanding 50 cents. He seized a hatchet, failed to strike, broke a baby buggy, and was captured while leaving the scene.
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Henry Hearfer
South Capitol Avenue
Morgan and
Simon
Hearfer
Mary Mackey
Will of A B Conduitt Admitted to Probate in County Court
The will of Alexander B. Conduitt was admitted to probate yesterday. Executors Henry C. Conduitt Ailen W. Conduitt and William B. Sherley qualified. Personal property estimated at 100 dollars with a bond of 200000 dollars. The estate includes real estate Consolidated Mining stock government bonds and other securities. Advancements were made to nearly all heirs from their shares and the remainder will be held in trust by Union Trust Company. Heirs include Alien W. Conduitt Sarah M. Sherley Henry C. Conduitt Elizabeth A. Parker Mary K. Wilt and Leo Conduitt widow of George M. Conduitt and his children Jessie A Mary F E and Georgie M. Conduitt. Stoughton W. Fletcher and Charles Latham witnessed the signature.
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Alexander B. Conduitt
Henry C. Conduitt
Ailen W. Conduitt
William 8
Union Trust Company
Alien W. Conduitt
Sarah M. Sherley
Elizabeth A. Parker
Mary K. Wilt
Leo Conduitt
George M. Conduitt
Jessie A
Mary FE
Georgie M. Conduitt
Stoughton W. Fletcher
Charles Latham
Divorces and injury suit filed in city courts
In the divorce court Ida Brooks sues Joseph Brooks alleging neglect cruelty and home expulsion while Emma Peters files for divorce from Henry Peters on grounds of name calling false charges and beating. A separate damage suit for 20 dollars names the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company over an incident where Harry Justice was allegedly thrown from a Riverside car by a conductor causing injury. Hearing set for this morning.
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Ida Brooks
Joseph
Kingan & Co
West Maryland Street
Ida Salmon
Emma Peters
Henry ©. Peters
Oey
Divorce and civil cases listed in county courts
Several cases appear in courts including Ida Brooks versus Joseph Brooks for divorce in Circuit Court Emma Peters versus Henry C Peters for divorce in Superior Court Room 2 William Smith versus George Cross et al notes in Superior Court Room 4 Foss M Scott versus James C Patten con ne in Superior Court Room 2 and other contract disputes involving William Coway James Patten Frank F tt and others in Superior Court rooms 3 4 and 2 with parties repeating names in various rooms.
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William Coway
James . Patten
Superior Court
Frank F.tt
James c. Patten
Ida Brooks
Joseph Brooks
Circuit Court
Emma Peters
Henry C. Peters
William ©. Smith
George Cross
Foss M. Scott
James C. Pattenconne
Maryaynes
William Haynes
Higher Courts Record Minutes of Appellate Briefs in Indiana
A list of appellate court minutes and briefs from Indiana, naming parties such as Albert R. Tucker v State ex rel Board of Commissioners of Hamilton County and Jacob Goldberg v Albert G. Harlan, with appellent actions including briefs, motions to modify mandates, and notices of record assignments of errors across several county circuits.
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Albert R. Tucker
State
Board of Commissioners
Hamilton County
Marion C. C. Appellee
John J. Parker
State of
Indiana
Sullivan C. C. Appellee
Jacob Goldberg
Albert G. Harlan
Hikart C. C. Appellants
John Mitchell
City of
Peru
Miami
C. C. Appellees
Milwaukee Fire Insurance Company
Lemuel
Todd
Claude Lee
York School
Elkhart County
Elkhart C. C
Purdue enters four year scholarship for students from Chicago
The American Rail Master Association named Purdue University the fional institution to receive its four year Joseph T. Rynerson & Son scholarship fund of $600 yearly. Prelim exams start Sept 7 at Purdue with the top candidate earning the award. The entry signals Purdue’s significance among mechanical schools and Indiana’s excellence. In August, Portiuncula feast is observed with plenary indulgence for pilgrims visiting Franciscan churches, including the Sacred Heart in the city. The Indianapolis summer high school closed after six weeks, surpassing attendance and expanding next year’s curriculum. Examinations were frequent. most students passed and certificates will be issued for credit toward either of the two high schools. The summer faculty included Thomas, Wier, Dunn, Higdon, Hall, Scherer, Selleck, and Thornton.
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Clermont
Purdue University
American Rail Master Association
Joseph T. Rynerson & Son
Chicago
Purdue
Indiana
St. Francis of Assisi
Church of the Sacred Heart
Assisi
Italy
Indianapolis
Charles 8. Thomas
Daniel T. Wier
Arthur W. Dunn
John B. Higdon
Robert Hall
Peter Scherer
Miss Selleck
J. F. Thornton
Show Grounds At West Washington To Open Next Week
Activity blooms on West Washington street show grounds as Heck shows prepare for next week. Carpenters frame fronts while 30 to 40 workers set electric poles for wiring powering 50 arc lamps and 5 000 incandescent lights. Two 50 foot poles host Weltzman high wire act with night illumination and fireworks. Big one ring circus at south end. Bos tacks wild animal arena Woodford's dog and monkey circus prominent elsewhere. First performances Monday night with daily matinees starting Tuesday.
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West Washington Street
Weltzmans
Bostock
Wild Animal Arena
Woodford
Dog Ny
Monkey Circus
Cable Rates Reduced to Manila and Philippine Cities
The Postal Telegraph Company lowers cable rates from Indianapolis to Manila and other Philippine cities by five cents per word. Rates drop from 1.14 to 1.09 for Manila and 1.24 to 1.19 for other Philippine destinations, aided by the new Pacific cable in daily service opened July 4. The Manila route from Indianapolis is about 3,000 miles shorter than before, with the Pacific cable totaling around 6,700 miles.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Manila
Postal Telegraph Company
Philippine Islands
Pacific
Associated Press
San Francisco
United States
China
City News Notes and Local Events in Indianapolis
Reports from Indianapolis cover a son’s illness in Phoenix, sermons at Broadway Church, Forest Avenue paving action by the Board of Works, recovering freight clerk Jack Benell, Parry Manufacturing’s new West Indianapolis plant, a $900 fire at 249 Oxford Street likely incendiary, Mrs. Rebecca McClure’s injuries after a fall, and primary teacher examinations shifting to six annual sessions. Also noted are a severed hand at Indianapolis Drop Forge, foot injury at College Avenue barns, strikes by wrecking firm workers, Retail Clerks Union mailings and clergy support, Clermont Christian Church celebrating its fiftieth anniversary.
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C. W. Tinsley
Terre Haute
Breeder M. S Church
Broadway Church
Board of Works
Forest Avenue
New York
Michigan Street
Jack Benell
Rock Island Railroad
St. Vincent's Osplital
Parry Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
Daniel Norris
Oxford Street
Rebecca McClure
East Eleventh Street
College Avenue
Pennsylvania and
Washington Streets
State Board of Education
Melvin Githins
Indianapolis Drop Forge Company
Deaconess Hospital
Winter
William Collins
College Avenue Street
City
Crockett
Manager Everts
Indianapolis Wrecking
Union
Christian Church
Clermont
Bucket from YMCA roof injures Henry Wallace
Henry Wallace a Y M C A cellar worker on Illinois street narrowly escaped death when a bucket fell from the top of the building, striking his head and shoulder. He was found unconscious and taken to the Indiana Medical College Dispensary with scalp wounds and a dislocated shoulder. Doctors Chappell and Sweet treated him and reduced the shoulder before sending him home by carriage.
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Henry Wallace
Illinois Street
Indiana Medical College Dispensary
Col Clark's Admission and Bryan Support in Indiana
Colonel John G. Clark, owner of the American Standard, visited the secretary of State to file a certificate showing Frankfort Publishing Company's capital increase from 9,000 to 13,000 dollars. He stated that a large portion of Indiana Democrats support Bryan's principles, while a Cleveland wing faction controls the party, noting Clark's former Republican ties.
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John G. Clark
American Standard
Frankfort
William Jennings Bryan
Indiana
Bryan
Cleveland
Jonel Clark
Stag Night Planned at Columbia Club Roof Garden
Tonight a stag night unfolds on the Columbia Club roof garden with Col. Harry B. Smith of the Second Regiment and his staff as guests of honor. The Second Regiment Band will perform, while Chinese decor remains the only feature of the setting, with waiters to be transformed for the occasion.
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Columbia Club
Harry B. Smith
Second Regiment
Boys Who Steal Journals Arrested and Fined
Carl Berger twelve and Elzie Ferguson eleven from the Sutter block were arrested by Patrolmen Shea and Vaughn for stealing Journals and appeared before Judge Stubbs in Juvenile Court. Each was fined one dollar and costs and placed under probation surveillance. The case is tied to a broader effort to curb morning paper thefts from porches and yards, a nuisance the Journal has offered rewards for, with about one boy caught every ten days.
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Carl Berger
Elzie Ferguson
Sutter
Shea
Vaughn
Stubbs
Journal
Power House Construction Under Way for Company Line
The Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company awards contracts for a Rushville power house and five substations. Westinghouse provides electrical apparatus, Babcock & Wilcox boiler work, Fulton Foundry supplies and installs snines. A. A. Anderson, Kansas traction leader, wins city franchise rights for electric road through Independence, Cherryvale and Coffeyville. Road linked Montgomery county towns with possible reach to Neodesha Chanute and Iola. to begin after right of way, aiming for completion within a year.
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Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Company
Rushville
Westinghouse Electrical and Manufacturing Company
Babcock & Wilcox Company
Fulton Foundry and Machine Company
St. Louis
A. A. Anderson
Kansas
Independence
Cherryvale
Coffeyville
Montgomery County
Neodesha
Chanute
Iola
Potato King Keach Wins Potatoes and Melons Contracts
Democratic City Chairman James Leroy Keach secured a contract to furnish one thousand bushels of potatoes at a lower rent per bushel than competing bids to the Central Hospital for the Insane. He also won a contract to supply one thousand watermelons. Superintendent Charter reports rapid progress on the hospital’s new central heating plant, expected to be completed by November 1.
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Democratic City
James Leroy Keach
Central Hospital
Keach
State Board to Announce Rail and Telegraph Assessments Soon
The State Board of Taxommissioners has nearly finished fixing assessments for railroad, express, sleeping car, telegraph, telephone and pipeline properties. Officials expect to announce the completed figures within a few days, and expect to finish this portion of the work today.
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State Board of Taxommissioners
Wireless Telegraphy Test on Lake Michigan Impresses Crowd
Chicago July 31 a new wireless telegraphy system was successfully tested on Lake Michigan. The inventor G B Scott and his mother Mrs Emily Piggott observed messages ticked by Mrs Piggott from Garfield Chicago while the transmitter operated from a house room. The system requires no poles and uses timed receivers to resist foreign currents aboard the whaleback Christopher Columbus.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Emily Piggott
Garfield
Scott
8. Piggott
Piggotts
Wisconsin Fish Story Drowns Man in Mississippi River
In Lacrosse Wisconsin on July 31 William Renz went fishing in the Mississippi River. He hooked a large catfish that pulled him into the water and he drowned. A 12 year old named Patrick D tried to help but could not.
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Lacrosse
Wis
William Renz
Mississippi
Renz
Patrick D
Parry praises Marion manufacturers stance against labor
D M Parry says he is greatly pleased with Marion manufacturers stand against organized labor. He adds the situation is becoming unbearable and believes the day has arrived for people to heed those who oppose the policies of the unions. He does not condemn the organizations but criticizes their methods.
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D. M. Parry
Marion
Mr. Parry
Death of Percy Waddy at 32 in city residence
Percy Waddy of 321 East Tenth Street died yesterday morning after several weeks illness. He was thirty two years old.
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Percy Waddy
East Tenth Street
Poetic portrait of Henlen amid fields and orchards
A lyrical figure titled Henlen stands among meadows and orchard lands, embodying calm maturity. The verse praises ripening abundance and sunny ease as gardens and trees mature, with references to Hestons Increase and Madison Cuwein woven in.
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Henlen
Madison
New Vulcan Heater Auctioned as Best in Class
The advertisement touts the New Vulcan as the most efficient, economical, and durable heater in use with artificial gas. It invites readers to inspect the many devices on exhibition for household use and calls for examination of the featured models.
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Vulcan
USA
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