Murder trial opens as state pursues deliberate mind claim
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Portland Indiana June 17. After a long jury panel process the state began presenting evidence against Charles E B Shepherd in a first degree murder case. Prosecutors say Shepherd acted with full mental capacity and anger toward his wife's family as he shot at his wife and Whitesell. The first witness Benjamin Whitesell testified Shepherd fired at his wife five times and then turned the gun on himself. The trial proceeded with further testimony expected.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Charles EB. Shepherd
Shepherd
Richard H. Hartford
Benjamin Whitesell
Whitesell
Hartford
Pe Seoney
Charles
Maggie Shepherd
Funny Stine
Indiana man Hangs Himself in Jail and Wells County assault case
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Bluffton and Peru Indiana June 17 George Caley aged twenty six hanged himself in the county jail at Bluffton at six o clock this evening He tied shawl straps to a window bar and a noose around his neck then jumped He was found dead by Rollo Meek Pinkey then jailed on a charge of attempted criminal assault against Lillie Pinyerd seventeen daughter of farmer John Pinyerd of Wells County after a hard fight in which he wounded a man with a knife Clarence Gillespie a Peru molder died from a gunshot wound to the brain fired by John Haynes a colored man Haynes is in jail with witnesses after the shooting near the steel mill floor after a quarrel or knife fight there is discussion of a movement with a knife by Gillespie and the shooter was captured with three witnesses
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Indianapolis
Bluffton
Ind
George Caley
Rollo Meek
Pinkey
Lillie
John Pinyerd
Wells County
Pinyerd
Caley
Whitley County
Indianapolis Journal
Peru
Clarence Gillespie
John Haynes
Wabash
Gillespie
Glasgow
George Markham
Haynes
Genreport
Geiser Attempts Suicide in Evansville Home Back Yard
Evansville Indiana June 17 John Geiser aged about a fly attempted suicide by hanging himself in the stable back of his house after quarreling with his family over a trivial matter. He remains under care of a physician overnight. Geiser has a wife and eight children. He had threatened to take his wife in the past but they paid no attention.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
John Geiser
Phy
Geiser
Fred
Sean
Employers' Council Defends Wages and Union Limits in Marion
John F Waitz, attorney for the Employers Council in Marion, says unions are useful but should not dictate wages. He rejects inflexible scales and asserts workers should be paid only what they are worth. The council represents about 80 leading local employers amid ongoing labor troubles with carpenters plumbers stone masons and riveters on strike, plus tailors from Pretty Evans.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
John F. Waitz
Employers’ Council
Marién
Pretty & Evans
Desperado Len Henderson Shot by Marion Officers
Len Henderson, once feared as a desperado, was shot by four Marion patrolmen. His condition worsened then improved slightly after the confrontation. He claimed today he could have killed the officers if they had pursued him. His breathing remains impaired but he talks of the incident.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Len Henderson
Prisoner Letter Reveals Escape and Parole Struggles
A detainee reflects on surrender to avoid bloodshed, condemns the Indianapolis police for pursuing him since release, and expresses despair at facing former parole supporters and the prospect of returning to prison. He claims he would rather die than reenter confinement.
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Indianapolis
Mines May Be Closed In Indiana Coal Fields
Miners in Terre Haute Indiana fear a shutdown as railway policy hoards coal cars. Operators cannot load coal without cars and the shortage could cut output by 7 to 9 percent across Indiana mines.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago
Indiana
Sunday School Convention Opens in Terre Haute
The Indiana State Sunday School Association opened at First Methodist Church with a large attendance seen as larger than any prior meeting. Headquarters set in the new Y M C A building, with 1,700 delegates credentialed and 500 more believed en route. Inaugural events honored primary workers from Illinois and Kentucky.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana State Sunday School Association
First Methodist Church
Associaton
First Congregational Church
M.S. Lamoreaux
Ilinois
Nannie Lee Frayser
Kentucky
Carman
J. Wilburn Chapman
New York
Lamoreaux
Illinois
State Druggists Meet Opens in Anderson at Grand Opera House
The annual State Druggists Association meeting opened in Anderson Indiana with about 300 visitors at the Grand Opera House. The first session began at 11 o clock, with Charles A Henderson chairing the reception committee. Dr C P Luce assisted at the formal event and Mayor-elect J L Forkner welcomed the visitors on behalf of Mayor Dunlap. A night interurban trip treated attendees to a run along the line, signaling a potentially profitable session.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
State
Druggists’ Association
Grand Opera House
Charles A. Henderson
C. P. Luce
J. L. Forkner
Dunlap
Interurban
Epworth League to Convene in Kokomo With Carnival Controversy
Kokomo district Epworth League meets in annual session starting tomorrow. At a pre session service Rev L J Naftzger denounced the ongoing Pythian carnival as immoral and degrading. Notices were sent to district churches urging delegates not to attend the carnival and to prioritize church duties.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Epworth League
L. J. Naftzger
Democrats Nominate Foster In Eighth District
Anderson Ind June 17 The Democrats of Indiana s Eighth district meet in Grand Opera House tomorrow to nominate their candidate likely Frank P Foster a well known attorney aged 43 He is married with a son eight Judge Truesdale Alexandria is the only rival but faces limited support Republicans express confidence in their nominee and see no shift in the district s political tone
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
Eighth Congressional District
Grand Opera House
Frank P. Foster
Judge Truesdale
Alexandria
Democratic First district convention set for July in Boonville
Evansville Ind June 17 The Democratic congressional committee of the First district met here today and decided to hold its convention at Boonville on July am. J W Spencer of this city and A D Owen of Mount Vernon are the candidates.
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Indianapolis Journal
Evansville
Ind
Democratic Congressional Committee
Boonville
J. W. Spencer
A. D. Owen
Mount Vernon
Heritage sues Crim over alleged county funds discrepancy
In Madison Anderson Indiana on June 17 ex Treasurer C F Heritage sues Audit O B Crim for zero damages, claiming the auditor’s report and publication harmed his business. Heritage, linked to Anderson Banking Co and Anderson Trust Co, says he is not chargeable with any county funds shortage and is ready to cover any deficit if found. Crim reportedly plans a reply to seek recovery of the alleged discrepancy, signaling a court dispute likely.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
C. F. Heritage
O. BP. Crim
Anderson Banking Company
Anderson Trust Company
Crim
Heritage
Towpath dispute grips Wabash-Logansport Traction case
GREENFIELD and ELWOOD Ind June 17 ongoing legal actions surface from property transfers tied to the Wabash-Logansport Traction line and a verdict in the Newland vs Van Blevicum saloon case. The Wabash Railway claims the tract was conveyed to it by trustee E B Shirk on June 2 1901. The Indianapolis suit seeks damages over a death linked to an unlicensed saloon operator supplied by Terre Haute Brewing Company. Macbeth-Evans Glass expands output with new coal switch and furnace upgrades, signaling a larger operation at the Elwood plant.
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Wabash-Logansport Traction Company
Logansport
Wabashoe Railway Company
E. B. Shirk
Indianapolis Journal
Greenfield
Ind
Harry Newland
Indianapolis
Jacob van Blovicum
Terre Haute Brewing Company
van Blevicum
River Avenues
Brewing Company
Lcense
Elwood
Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
Missionaries Moffet depart Fort Wayne for Madison
The Rev Samuel Moffet and wife renowned Presbyterian missionaries to Korea left Fort Wayne with sister Mrs D W Moffet to visit Madison Ind Their first trip in five years they will stay in America until August bringing back artifacts from Korea where missions are advancing rapidly.
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Indianapolis Journal
Fort Wayne
Ind
Samuel Moffet
Korea
America
Oil well near Berne shoots after fire trigger
In Decatur Indiana June 17 a well on the Hunsicker lease east of Berne, struck by lightning and shot, has risen to produce about 1.50 barrels daily with a steadier hourly flow since the blast. In Muncie Indiana June 17 the Birke Stock Brewing Company of Allentown Pennsylvania plans a 90000 dollar brewery in town, capacity near 2,000 barrels yearly, using city water following purity tests.
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Indianapolis Journal
Decatur
Ind
Hunsicker
Berne
Muncie
Birke Stock Brewing Company
Allentown
Bluffton Cocking Main Ends Politicized Barn Battle
A large cocking main was held in a Camden area barn with Bluffton birds facing Camden stock. Twenty birds competed, eleven Bluffton and two Camden birds were killed. Local farmers, angered by the event, hesitate to act for fear of retaliation by the sport participants.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Ind
Camden
Bluffton
Fatal Boiler Accident At New Albany Shop
Wesley Atkins twenty one killed at M Zier Co boiler shops when a second boiler toppled and iron dome struck his back breaking ribs and sternum. He died instantly as the boiler was moved away. Nearby Centerville notes Judge W A Peelle ill but not in immediate danger. Goshen records Miss Halda Culp who swallowed carbolic acid shows signs of recovery and is able to speak.
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Indianapolis Journal
New Albany
Ind
Wesley Atkins
M. Zier & Co
Goshen
Halda Culp
Appraisers Named for Wabash and Erie Canal Property
Loganport Indiana June 17 Judge Chase Cass Circuit Court appointed Edward A Dunn Marcus W Collett and Alonzo A Cover Cass county farmers as appraisers to fix a value on the Erie and Wabash canal property between Logansport and its county line in consequence of the condemnation action.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Chase
Cass Circuit Court
Edward A. Dunn
Marcus W. Collett
Alonzo A. Cover
Cass County
Erie and Wabash Canal
Com
Death notices and local incidents across Indiana towns
Summaries of deceased individuals in Bedford Lafayette Dublin Elwood and other towns with sudden deaths including Joseph Denson Alfred Briggs and Walter Beard. Reports on arrests not noted. Infrastructure: Elwood to issue hot water heating contract and Indiana Pipe Line storage tanks. Farming: Tipton county crops expected to exceed average. Other local items include a Whites town pigeon killing and a Peru boy crushed in yards.
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Elwood
Tipton
Whitestown
Ira Neese
Montpelier
Indiana Pipe Line Company
Richmond
T. B. Nearing
Westcott Hotel
Broadway
New York
Scottsburg
Trustees of
The
Christian Church
Peru
Harry Benner
State Meeting of Elks Draws Big Crowds at Logansport Carnival
Logansport Indiana June 17 crowds flocked to the Elks carnival amid the state meeting. About two thousand paid to the grounds this afternoon and over five thousand tickets were sold tonight. Delegates from ten lodges attended the session in Logansport. The next state gathering will be in South Bend with date left to that lodge. J G Powell was elected state president and D A Westberry secretary.
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Indianapolis Journal
Logansport
Ind
Elks
Clarence Russey
Kokomo
Lafayette
Peru
Frank Kistler
F. W. Urbahns
Fort Wayne
H. K. Carrington
Evansville
George P. McKee
Indianapolis
South Bend
Elkhart
Muncie
Anderson
Jeffersonville
Vincennes
Marion
Wabash
James M. Robinson
Harry G. Tucker
Everett
Moffett
D. L. Watson
Terre Haute
Joe Kern
Richmond
James H. McSheehy
Josiah G. Powell
Nether Tucker
McSheehy
J. G. Powell
D. A. Westberry
B. L. Kruckemeyer
William A. Ruby
Red Men Powwow District Meeting in Muncie
Muncie Indiana hosts the Red Men district gathering with thirty tribes represented. Morning parades drew about a thousand marchers, followed by two afternoon sessions at 10 and 2:30 and an evening auditorium meeting where chiefs warriors and adoption degrees were conferred by select teams. Grand Sachem L. Otto of Crawfordsville and other visitors attended.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Sea
Marion leader Alexander Buchanan dies after long life
Marion Indiana June 17 Alexander Buchanan long prominent citizen since 1878 died late tonight aged 99 born 1818 in Pennsylvania. He played a prominent role in Hubbard murder trials at Wabash years ago. Four grown children survive. Hartford City Indiana June 17 Mrs Nancy Henderson of Lafayette visiting cousin Mrs Fordney abandoned fragment notes.
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Marion
Ind
Alexander Buchanan
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Hubbard
Wabash
Hartford City
Nancy Henderson
Lafayette
Fordney
Senior Sagamore Hicks and Great Chief of Records Harrison
Charles Hicks of Lebanon and Thomas G. Harrison of Indianapolis were honored at an afternoon reception from 3 to 5 o'clock in the new Red Men's Hall at the corner of High and Jackson streets.
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Sagamore
Charles Hicks
Lebanon
Thomas G. Harrison
Indianapolis
Red Men's Hall
High and
Jackson Streets
Garver Bros. Dept Store Fire Ravages Strasburg Town
Fire destroyed Garver Bros. department store in Strasburg with losses near 100000. While owners fought the blaze robbers looted their home and eight nearby buildings, mostly residences, were saved by aid from Massillon and Canal Dover. investigators suspect a robbery linked to the blaze.
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Strasburg
Garver Bros
Massillon
Canal Dover
Million Junior Order gathers 150 members in Milwaukee
Milwaukee convention reports the Junior Order of the United American Mechanics with about 150 attendees. Amos L. Gray of Jonesboro Indiana says the organization is in excellent condition financially and numerically and has local lodges in nearly every state.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Order of the United American Mechanics
Amos L. Gray
Jonesboro
Ind
Can Get Along Without Bonds
New York June 17, in view of yesterday's decision against United States Steel Corporation stock conversion plan it was pointed out that the company will still be able to raise 50 000 000 for corporate purposes even if higher courts sustain the opposition to the bond plan.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Major Waller En Route East
Major Littleton Waller in command of 20 marines en route to the Brooklyn navy yard passed through Omaha on June 17. He refused to discuss his court martial or comment on its origin.
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Omaha
Neb
Littleton Waller
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Drowning of Two Men at Big Sandy Sparks Tragedy
In Catlettsburg Kentucky J T Wilcox and cousin Fatt tae ree Charleston West Virginia were drowned while swimming in the Big Sandy. The crowd on the bank misjudged their diving and believed they were joking with the crowd. Both young men were well connected.
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Catlettsburg
Wilcox
Fatt
Tae
Charleston
W. Va
Artificial Sins In Hartford Courant Quotation
A fragment quotes Bishop Vinton criticizing laws that ignore nonchurchgoers and deny them pleasures. The piece references Holyoke and alleges tension between church teachings and civil allowances.
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Hartford Courant
Bishop Vinton
Holyoke
Campaign Service Medals Foreseen for All Military Participants
The secretary of war supports distributing medals to participants in recent U S military operations with Congressional approval already granting a Cuba shore and Santiago medal. A separate Spanish War Philippine Insurrection and China relief expedition medal is planned with campaign bars for Santiago Porto Rico and Manila. The awards extend to officers soldiers and attached civilians as eligible recipients.
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Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
Secretary of War
United States
Congress
Army
Cuba
Santiago
Porto Rico
Manila
Baltimore grain rates cut to aid exporters
Baltimore grain men win partial relief as Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad trim freight charges on west grain shipments. Effective May, the lake route from Fairport Ohio to Baltimore yields a differential of a half cent per bushel on wheat versus New York, with Baltimore rates 2 to 6 cents cheaper than Philadelphia. Reductions also apply to corn rye barley and flax seed aligning western export costs.
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West
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Fairport
New York
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Phildelphia
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