Two Indiana incidents end in injuries and killings
Katie Rogalaki, sixteen, lies in critical condition after knockout drops administered by traveling man John J. Smut. She was reportedly drugged after visiting a wineroom and Sheridan hotel room. doctors diagnose strychnine poisoning. In Illinois, Dell Roe, a town bully, is killed and his brother John wounded when Boone Baty shoots during a street confrontation in Potomac. Baty is jailed.
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Indianapolis Journal
South Bend
Ind
Katie Rogalaki
John J. Smut
Detroit
Smut
The
Sheridan
Danville
Potomac
Dell Roe
John Roe
Boone Baty
Boone
Vermilion
Roe Boys
Gray
Roes
Baty
Affray at Watson saloon involving Norton and Stewart
In Kokomo two men Otis Norton a bartender and ex councilman Harry Stewart clashed over saloon remonstrances. Norton used a mace and Stewart a knife. Norton was stabbed in the arm and leg. Both claimed self defense amid chaotic brawl.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Watson
Otis Norton
Harry Stewart
Stewart
Norton
Princeton Woman Takes Poison
Mrs Emma Gambrill thirty seven wife of Joel Gambril of Princeton died after taking poison last night. Her husband recently left her. Both families are wealthy. She was the daughter of the late Dan Kendle city councilman.
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Indianapolis Journal
Princeton
Ind
Emma Gambrill
Joel Gambril
Dan Kendle
Laporte High Faces Sharp Split Over Junior Reception
In Laporte Indiana the high school faculty refuse junior reception invitations to avoid extravagance sparking a class feud. Wealthy students push for a grand Chautauqua Hotel Pine Lake event while others favor city hall or the school building with dancing outlawed.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Laporte High School
Board of Education
Chautauqua
Pine Lake
Dr Laughlin takes helm at Southern Indiana Hospital
Evansville dispatch says Dr Charles Laughlin becomes superintendent of the Southern Indiana Hospital replacing Dr W A Stoker. Trustees asked staff to resign earlier. Miss Mary Wilson’s position as bookkeeper and amusements manager is vacant awaiting June 4 court action. No changes announced tonight.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Charles Laughlin
W. A. Stoker
Southern Indiana Hospital
Mary Wilson
Wilson
Mule Strike Settle Peace Returns to Greene County Mines
In Terre Haute on June 1 the joint miners and operators committee settled a six hundred miner strike at Black Creek begun May 1 after the operators discharged a mule whipping culprit. Lafayette notes a first break in the Taylor Lumber strike as some workers return, with unions resisting nonunion labor. Shelbyville carpenters and hodcarriers walk out over wage scales and Decoration Day pay disputes, halting several large contracts.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Joint Committee of
Black Creek
Lafayette
Henry Taylor Lumber Company
Fim
Planing
A. H. Diver
Taylor Mill
Shelbyville
Carpenters
Hodcarriers
New Secret Society In Jay County Initiated In Ind
Jay county becomes seat of a new secret order the Supreme Order of Pestalozzi aimed at practical school lessons for teachers and enthusiasts. Officers include A C Holley Dunkirk A D Whipple Portland and others. Twenty five to thirty applications for membership received. Richmond superintendent T A Mott named Indiana director for the National Educational Association. Events set for Boston meeting July 6 to 10 with Indiana headquarters at Hotel Westminster. rail fare offered at reduced rates.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Jay County
Supreme Order of Pestalozzi
A. C. Holley
Dunkirk
A. D
Richmond
T. A. Mott
Indiana
National Educational Association
Boston
Fort Wayne Reserve Agent Named for Old National Bank
Fort Wayne Indiana notes that a reserve agent for the Old National Bank has been approved. In Anderson Indiana Fred Garrett, fourteen, suffered a 4000 volt shock while attempting to draw current, survived after unconsciousness and burns to hand and arm. Captain Allen H. Dougall, Civil War veteran and Treasury auditor, is summoned to the Philippine Civil Service Commission after high marks on the civil service exam. William Ware Pattison marries his sweetheart Hardee May Franks in Fort Wayne and they depart for Chicago. Epworth Leagues plan, Methodist Church in Richmond district, Middletown June 16-17. Fort Wayne Presbytery dissolves Rev H L Van Nuys after fifty years. nephew Rev E A Van Nuys installed as pastor with ordination sermon.
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Anderson
Ind
Fred Garrett
Park Place
Garrett
Fort Wayne
Allen H. Dougall
Treasury Department
Harrison
Oot Edwards
Insular Bureau
Philippine Civil Service Commission
Dougall
Civil Service
Col. Edwards
Eethter
Stephen King
William Ware Pattison
Chicago
Business
Hardee May Franks
Ligonier
Franks
Goshen
W. J. Frazer
Elkhart
Dr. Barr
Washington man named receiver for Graves property
Vincennes Ind June 1 Judge Cobb appoints Joseph J Lacy of Washington as receiver for the property of Alvida Tyler Graves and George Graves at the petition of Mrs Anna Davis. The move allows her to collect a judgment awarded against Dallas Tyler, linked to the embezzlement case of her husband Richard C Davis once with the Washington bank.
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Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
Joseph J. Lacy
Washington
Cobb
Alvida Tyler Graves
George Graves
Anna Davis
Dallas Tyler
Richard C. Davis
Columbus
Young Couple Wed In Wabash Teen Marriage
In Wabash Indiana on June 1 Darwin M Smith aged seventeen married Dessie Geible sixteen daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Geible. Rev W J Vigus officiated at the Middle Street Church with many guests present. The couple will reside with the Geible family.
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Indianapolis Journal
Wabash, Ind
Darwin M. Smith
Dessie
Charles Geible
W. J. Vigus
Middle-street
Geible
Cloudburst floods Madison area causing extensive damage
A cloud burst in Madison Indiana dumped over three inches of rain in under two hours. Crooked Creek overflowed flooding the north and northeast sections. Bridges, small structures and fences were destroyed. Forty houses were flooded with residents escaping by wagons and river skiffs. Property damage runs into thousands. no lives were lost.
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Indianapolis Journal
Madison
Ind
Crooked Creek
Vermilion County Narrowly Backs GOP in Fifth Circuit Race
Danville Illinois June first Democratic candidates R E Kim brough James Craig and Lyle Necrous won the Fifth judicial circuit by about 1200 votes. Vermilion county gave the Republican candidate a 500 majority but could not reverse a larger statewide landslide in other counties.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Ill
R. E. Kimbrough
James Craig
Lyle Necrous
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Vermilion County
Evansville Flood Watch Due To Heavy Rainfall
Heavy rains drenched Evansville and the region, with all side streams and the Ohio River running flood stage. Officials expect the river to rise further by week’s end as rainfall continues.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Ohio
Bitter fights in many places over 400 ballots in one county
In Kosciusko County, Indiana, auditors cast the deciding vote to elect Edson B. Sarber, a Democrat, as county superintendent of schools amid a split among trustees. In Elkhart County, George W. Ellis was re elected as county superintendent after a bitter election where Democrats backed Swart and Holden but Ellis secured nine votes.
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Kosciusko
Indianapolis Journal
Warsaw
Ind
Kosciusko County
Wilcox
Edson B. Sarber
Seward Township
Sarber
State Trustees’ Association
Richard Vanderveer
Milford
Vanderveer
Goshen
Elkhart County
George W. Ellis
Frank Swart
New Paris
Harley Holden
Olive Township
State Normal School
Ellis
Crider Reappointed Lafayette County School Superintendent
In Lafayette Indiana on June 1 the County Board of Education unanimously re elected Edward C Crider to a four year term despite charges of misconduct by the Morning Democrat. Crider denied the allegations and the accuser’s affidavit was not upheld.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
County Board of Education
Edward C. Crider
Crider
Morning Democrat
Republican Wins Lawrence County Superintendent Race
Bedford Indiana June 1 Democrats and Republicans met to choose a county superintendent of schools for Lawrence County. After eight ballots W E Stipp the Republican incumbent was elected despite a Democratic expectation of a Democratic victory. The contest grew bitter with affidavits from some Democrats denying support for the Republican candidate.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bedford
Ind
Auditor
Lawrence County
W. E. Stipp
Slate Re-elected To Goshen School Board By GOP Majority
Goshen Indiana June 1 The city council with a Republican majority of four re elected Democratic school board member George B Slate despite no Republican candidate. Slate won five Republican votes amid charges of vote trading for school jobs for relatives as three Democrats sit on the council.
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Indianapolis Journal
Goshen
Ind
George B. Slate
Nine Thousand Acres of New Territory Taken by Two Companies
In Bluffton Wells county Jefferson township sees five thousand acres leased by a Pennsylvania company to drill ten test wells in six months. A second syndicate secures 4000 acres in Union township ten miles from producing wells and will begin prospecting. Anderson reports W E Decker & Sons completing another producing well north of town and operating at Fairmount with four wells yielding about eighty barrels daily. more wells planned.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bluffton
Ind
Jefferson Township
Wells County
Union Township
Anderson
W. E. Decker & Sons
Madison County
Fairmount
Columbian University to graduate 110 in law class
Tomorrow Columbian University will grant law degrees to 110 students including Indiana names such as Charles Amos Butler Huntington Sylvester De Forest Boonville Leslie Stilwell Kinnard Anderson Thomas Price Littlepage Rockport Commodore Perry Melton Franklin and Walter Scott Peutiel Auburn from the Hoosier State.
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Washington
Columbian University
Indiana
Charles Amos Butler
Huntington
Sylvester de Forest
Boonville
Leslie Stilwell Kinnard
Anderson
Thomas Price Littlepage
Rockport
Commodore Perry Melton
Franklin
Walter Scott Peutiel
Auburn
St Marys of the Woods 62nd commencement in Terre Haute
The sixty second annual commencement of St Marys of the Woods will be held at St Marys on Wednesday June 17. Exercises begin at 9 oclock and continue all day. A large alumni attendance is expected.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
St. Mary's of the Woods
St. Mary's
Sisters of Providence
Pastor Finkheimer Accepts German Chair at Naperville College
The Rev. Thomas Finkheimer, pastor of Mispah Evangelical Church in South Bend, Ind., accepted the chair of professor of German at Northwestern College in Naperville, La. He will stay in South Bend until a successor is found.
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South Bend
Ind
Thomas Finkheimer
Mispah Evangelical Church
Northwestern College
Naperville
Woodbury Glass Co Sells 1000 Acres Oil Land North of Parker
In Muncie Indiana on June L Woodbury Glass Company of Parker sold leases on 1000 acres of oil land north of Parker to Eastern capitalists for 15000 dollars. The undeveloped territory lies near the Indiana oil field and other companies with capital around 50000 dollars each are scheduled to begin work north of Parker.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Woodbury Glass Company
Parker
Indiana
National Bank Changes in Indiana Banks
The Controller of the Currency announces changes in Indiana national banks officials. First National Bank of Rockport appoints a new vice president replacing R. Crowder. Crowder becomes assistant cashier. W. Shirk becomes president replacing the late Shirk. no vice president named. First National Bank of Pittsburg also affected.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Indiana
First National Bank of
Trinity College considers admitting Teme and dropping compulsory Greek
Dublin June 1. The Trinity College council urged Senate approval for admitting Teme and abolishing the compulsory study of Greek, signaling policy change at the historic university.
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Dublin
Council of
Trinity College
Senate
Indiana towns report on postmaster dinner and water woes
NEW CASTLE Postmaster James H. Jones hosted a dinner for rural carriers to honor their holiday work. GREENFIELD temperance activists push remonstrances against saloons in Hancock county, while Anderson holds a new corn prize of 60, 35, 15 and 10 dollars. COLUMBUS Irwin brothers buy land to build a boulevard along their interurban line. VINCENNES police remove gambling devices from premises and a shoe store is robbed of about 200 dollars. LAPORTE dispatch from San Francisco notes death by suicide of Louis Dickson, former traveling agent and relative of a local resident. RICHMOND property assessment totals 12,827,750 with land average value 40 per acre. MARTINSVILLE Hastings and McClung plead guilty to a driving offense. WABASH barn loss 1900 dollars. KOKOMO Senator De Haven faces county-level trouble amid ongoing political matters.
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New Castle
James H. Jones
Indiana Roi Ny
Columbus
Joseph I
William G. Irwin
Platrock
Washington Street
Greenfield
Hancock County
Curtis Township
Anderson
Andeson Fair Association
Indiana
Vincennes
Jacob Phillipson & Co
J. J. Bravy
St. Louis
Horace Dawson
Big Four
Alexandria
William Taylor
Dawson
Laporte
San Francisco
Louis Dickson
W. N. Noble
Richmond
Wayne Township
Martinsville
Isaac Hastings
Homer McClung
Kokomo
C. A. de Haven
Howard
Miami
Keltner Re-elected to Anderson City School Board
S M Keltner was re elected to the Anderson City School Board by a 4 to 2 vote in a council split of three Republicans and three Democrats. Mayor Forkner and Democratic leaders opposed the move, while Democrat J K Johnston and Republican allies backed Keltner. I E may also voted with the Democrats.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
S. M. Keltner
Forkner
Keltner
J. K. Johnston
I. E. Ay
Thompson elected county superintendent on thirtieth ballot
Marion Indiana June 1 1900 Alexander B Thompson won the Grant county township trustees vote for county superintendent of schools after thirty ballots ending seven votes needed. He is the third person to hold the post and was first elected in 1897 on the seventy fifth ballot.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Alexander B. Thompson
Grant County
Thompson
Martinsville
W. O. Baker
Morgan County
Baker
Portland
W. R. Armst
Madison Township
Jay County
Rockville
J. M. Neet
State Superintendents’ Association
Shelbyville
Max Everson
Noble Township
South Bend
William Clem
Seymour
Jackson Couny
J. E. Payne
Winchester
Charles W. Paris
Randolph County
Jasper
William Melcher
Wilson
Winamac
John H. Reddick
Pulaski County
Salem
Joseph C. Bush
Washington County
Shoals
Elijah McFarland
Martin County
Washington
Philander McHenry
Vincennes
Will McClelland Alsop
Peter Phillipp
Spencer
Owen Trusee
County school superintendent race ends in stalemate at six candidates
Peru Ind June 1 Trustees postponed selecting a county school superintendent after seventy five ballots. Six candidates remained in the running with Democrat Philip Sullivan leading from the outset.
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Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Ind
Philip Sullivan
Ballot Deadlock Delays Indiana School Superintendent Picks
In Danville Hendricks County trustees failed to elect a school superintendent after voting 100 ballots for seven candidates and adjourned to 10 oclock tomorrow. Vanderburg trustees also failed to elect, casting 176 ballots with Democrats holding the majority. James Ensiee, a Democrat, will hold over.
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Indianapolis Journal
Danville
Ind
Hendricks County
Evansville
Vanderburg
James Ensiee
Newport trustees vote on county superintendent ballots
NEWPORT Ind June 1 The town ship trustees of this country took 4 percent fewer ballots today for county superintendent. A recess was taken at 6 o clock this evening until tomorrow.
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Indianapolis Journal
Newport
Ind
Fort Wayne elects Felger as county superintendent on fourth ballot
Henry Felger, a Lake township teacher for ten years, wins the county superintendent post on the fourth ballot, defeating incumbent Flavius J. Young. Felger is thirty, while Republicans are few among a field of Democratic candidates.
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Fort Wayne
Henry Felger
Flavius J. Young
Lake Township
Lebanon
Edward Gollim
Union Township
Sheridan High School
Indiana University
Bluffton
Buyette
County superintendents elected across Indiana in varied races
The seventy second ballot shows four candidates in Wells county with Hayette succeeding R W Stine after ten years. Across Crawford, Noblesville, Anderson, Laporte and many counties, multiple districts reelect or elect superintendents. Notable outcomes include John F. Haines in Noblesville after a long delayed win, J W Frazier re-elected in Anderson, E G Bunnell re-elected in Laporte, and Charles A Van Matre securing a third term in Delaware.
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Wells County
Hayette
R. W. Stine
Crawford County
L. L. Flanagan
A. Beals
Noblesville
Hamilton County
John F. Haines
Anderson
J. W. Frazier
Lawrence McTurnan
Frazier
Indiana University
Laporte
E. G. Bunnell
C. A. Zeigler
Greenfield
George Richman
New Palestine
Hancock County
Lee O. Harris
Wabash
John W. Lewis
Versailles
Rudolph A. Acher
Osgood
Ripley County
Charles Royce
Knox
J. Walter Dunn
Knox High School
Encaustic Tile Merger Forms National Tile Co
Anderson Ind June 1 The National Tile Company with capital stock 1000000 is organized here absorbing three major encaustic tile manufacturers The Columbia Encaustic Tile Co Anderson the Old Enamel Brick and Tile Co Bridge N J and the Art Company Morrisville Pa Offices will be in Anderson with officers B O Haugh president George Lilly vice president W T Strong secretary and A D Forst treasurer The Indiana incorporation will be filed at once.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
National Tile Company
Columbia Company
B. O. Haugh
Columbia Encaustic Tile Co
George Lilly
Pice
Indiana
Volcanic Eruption Report Reach Iceland Crew
A London dispatch states that a volcanic eruption occurred in Iceland. The vessel Kirkwall, Orkney islands, reported the eruption as observed from a distance of several miles. The captain described the scene as “like soapsuds.”
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London
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Iceland
William Sullivan Dies in Night Flight Incident
Chicago June 1 William Sullivan, the onan 02 aere aetied on to-night for ye P Leacuiteitis At midnight his condition was not favorable
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Chicago
William Sullivan
Ye P . Leacuiteitis
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