Indiana Liquor League convention closes with sparse turnout
Reports say saloon agreements were tested as some saloon men violated door closures and partitions. Indictments against saloon keepers noted when signed. Old charges may be revived via prosecutor Ming affidavits. Terre Haute June reports: resolutions urge union labor and Union made cigars, endorsing candidates favoring liquor interests. National delegates named with Terre Haute figures among alternates. Officers elected include Press-Reese and W. H. Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-saloon League
Ming
Indianapelix Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Inddiana Liquor League
League
Ot Liquor Dealers’ Association
Buffalo
H. A. Weltke
E. J
Port Wayne
Hugh P. O'Reilly
A. G. Memering
Dan Siwua Ser
Press
J. F. Thnapolis
Nominal Fines Imposed In Indiana Court Cases
A Tipton man, Robert Ed, barely avoided lynching after a criminal charge involving a girl. the governor called out militia to save his life. In Carroll County, Charles Perry was fined 15 and jailed 40 days for breaking into a widow Delora Grubbs’ home and assault. In Portland, Elvina Dalley won 1122 against her husband Alpheus Dalley over a note tied to a deed, after she signed it under threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Krokomo
Ind
Robert Ed
Tipton
Edmonds
Durbin
Delphi
Charles Perry
Carroll Circuit Court
Gaede
Perry
Delora Grubbs
Portland
Elvina Dalley
Alpheus M. Dalley
Dispute Over Salt Taxment Owed to Pleasant Township
Special to the Indianapolis Journal from Wabash Indiana June reports a trustee dispute over a $2.50 salt tax alleged to be due Pleasant township. Harvey H Shipley refuses the debt, accusing Frank Ireland of misbookkeeping. Shipley says the township’s indebtedness is larger than claimed and will resist collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Wabash
Ind
Frank Ireland
Pleasant Township
Harvey H. Shipley
Ship
Ireland
Shipley
Farm boiler explosion injures two near Marion
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports a boiler blast at Joshua Strange’s farm nine miles east of Marion. Ernest Strange, about eighteen, is critically injured. his son was fatally harmed. John Sherron also sustains severe injuries in the grinding feed boiler incident. Additionally at Hartford City a teenage worker, Ralph Moore, suffers a severe eye injury when a mold string breaks and strikes him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
Joshua Strange
Ernest Strange
John Sherron
Ernest
Hartford City
Ralph Moore
J. H. Stewart
Flint
Guffey Oil Well Springs a High Volume Gusher
In Sour Lake Texas on June 2 the Guffey Petroleum Company’s newly drilled well erupted into a strong oil gusher after a brief calm, ending weeks of speculative talk with a robust flow of crude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sour Lake
Tex
Guffey Petroleum Com- 3
Weather forecast for Indiana and region June 2
Fair to day and to morrow with warmer conditions in most of Indiana and Ohio. Showers possible Friday, fair Saturday with variable winds shifting to southerly. Northern central areas expect warmth. northeast warm, southern areas fair with a chance of showers Friday. Local forecast by C. F. R. Wappenhans notes slight temperature and precipitation deviations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Aoa
C. F. R. Wappenhans
Oil gushes from well near Hartford City crowds stare
In Hartford City Indiana on June 20 oil wells were completed and shot with a heavy variety oil erupting forty feet into the air. The incident occurred near a large hotel drawing crowds as driller efforts ceased after the cap blew. Estimates placed flow at about 9000 barrels though not measured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Farm Residence Burned Near Hartford City
A large two story frame dwelling occupied by William and Fleury Hitesman three miles south of Hartford City at Ritter pike burned late yesterday afternoon. The origin is unknown with no stove fires and the brothers at work in a field. Believed to be set by tramps. Loss covered by insurance in Home Insurance Company New Union City Ind. June 20. The Mc Nerney property an early house and landmark in town was burned tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Hartford City
Ind
Indiana
Gilchriet & O' Neil
Martin
Phoenix Ol Company
Cassel
Ohio Ol
S. 8
Carrell
Standard Ol Company
Standard
Montpellier
Randolph
Delaware
Parker City
Selma
William and
Fleury Hitesman
Ritter Pike
Fim
New
Sawmill fire at Vincennes factory displaces workers
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports that Roushe's sawmill and basket factory burned last night in Vincennes Indiana. The loss totals $2,000 with $3,000 of insurance. One hundred employees are left without work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Vincennes
Ind
Sunday school conven tion closes in Shelbyville Ind
The thirty seventh annual Sunday school convention ends a three day session in Shelbyville Ind The meeting names new officers including W Hall of Indianapolis as president George H Knowlen berger of Richmond as vice president and O M Pollitt as recording secretary The next gathering will be in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
W. ©. Hall
Indianapolis
George H. Knowlenberger
Richmond
O. M. Pollitt
W. H. Elwin
Terre Haute
Muncie
Indiana
Epworth League
O. M. Pitter
Anerson
Dunkirk
Olive Perris
J. W. Clark
Selma
Emma Mitchell
Indiana Iron Works to Resume Nut and Bolt Dept Strike Ends
Orders were given tonight for the resumption of the nut and bolt department of the Republic company in Muncie Indiana after a strike by workers including a Black Youth. The action ends a labor dispute tied to work conditions and race related tensions at the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Nut and Bolt
Indiana Iron Works
Republic Company
Saloon quarrel leads to stabbing in Urbana
June reports from Indiana detail a livery barn fight between George W. Leach and two saloon keepers, Al Shipman and George W. Leach wounded, Shipman jailed after stabbing. Separate items note a broom company merger bid, a man’s suicide, a widow’s death, and various local incidents in towns across Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Sullivan
Ind
George W. Leach
al” Shipman
Leach
Shipman
Elks National Home Site Bids Considered in Ohio
Columbus delegates of the Grand Lodge heard bids for the National Home for Aged and Indigent Elks. Springfield, Ohio, is favored, with offers from Wyo and Wis, plus cash from Colorado Springs. The committee meets July 18 in Milwaukee to report. Springfield likely to be chosen. Grand officials will inspect Springfield and two other sites before reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Grand Lodge of Elks
Elks
Springfield
W. F
Cody
Wyo
Waukesha
Wis
Stratton
Colorado Springs
Marion
Chillicothe
Delaware
Hillsboro
Sandusky
Denver
Cal
Los Angeles
Milwaukee
Grand Lodge
Springfield, O
Fisher
Jamestown
N. Y
Fanning
Indianapolis
General Robert Nugent EAD dies in Brooklyn
General Robert Nugent died at his Brooklyn home from a bullet wound in the stomach suffered at Fredericksburg in 1862. Born in Ireland on July 4 184, he joined the New York militia, led Meagher's Irish brigade, and later served as assistant provost marshal during the draft riots. He fought in the West against the Sioux and with Miles against Sitting Bull, retiring in 1877 due to his wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Nugent
Brooklyn
Fredericksburg
Meagher
Nugent
Nelson A. Miles
Sitting Bull
Fredeee
Drummer Walter Selph Dies In Bare Fist Fight At Audubon Park
In New Orleans on June 2 Walter Selph a young drummer and son of Col. Dudley Selph was killed in a prize fight with L L Bailey at Audubon Park. The combatants fought without seconds until Selph fell from a punch. Bailey was arrested claiming he did not know the fatal outcome and did not flee, trying to revive Selph instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Walter Selph
Col
Dudley Selph
Audubon Park
L. L. Bailey
Selph
Bailey
Belph
Asquith Splits Liberals Over South Africa Policy
Former Liberal home secretary Herbert Asquith spoke at a Liberal dinner in London criticizing Queen's Hall Pro-Boer resolutions. He urged federation for South Africa, condemned the war, and signaled a shift toward annexation, severing Liberal wings and drawing Conservative praise as the party struggles to name a leader.
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London
Herbert ST. Asquith
Queen's Hall
South Africa
Canada
Australia
Asquith
Liberal Party
The
Daily Chronicle
No Preferential Duty On Sugar Debated In Commons
In London on June 2 the chancellor Sir Michael Hicks Beach opposed a motion for preferential sugar duties from British colonies. He argued such a policy would not help Britain or the colonies, cut revenue, hurt consumers, and risk Great Britain’s favored nation status in Germany. He warned Canada style preferences could invite similar demands from Australia and others. The amendment was defeated 206 to 14.
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London
House of Commons
Michael Hicks- Beach
Germany
Great Britain
Canada
Australia
United States
Notable World Notes From London and Berlin
U S Ambassador Choate suffers a summer cold in bed in London. 6000 Cape colonists join the Boers per Henry W. Massingham. Berlin reports Russian and French talks on a 125 million rouble loan. A Kiel torpedo engine blast kills an engineer Beseler and injures others. Cardinal Gibbons heads Rome to Florence for a week then Dinan. Lord Pauncefote takes oath as a House of Lords member. Oxford honors Briggs and Brown. Rothschilds hear a call to unify Brazilian loans as a single 4 percent. Boaz of Hamburg-America reportedly decorated by William. Portia Knight suit against the Duke of Manchester advances. Colonel Knight supports his daughter in London. Schnitzler expelled from Austrian reservist ranks for a novel mocking dueling. Beresford warns of Britain’s weak Mediterranean fleet in a letter. Matthieu Dreyfus returns to Mulhouse to lead Raphael, Dreyfus & Co. in Alsace, with new Paris head. Alfred Dreyfus in France. Leon retires to Paris. health reasons for Alfred Dreyfus.
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Henry W. Massingham
London
Neuste Nachrichten
Berlin
Friedrichsort
Kiel
Beseler
Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
Florence
Dinan
Normandy
Lord Pauncefote of
Preston
United States
House of Lords
Oxford University
C. A. Briggs
Francis Brown
Union Theological Seminary
New York
London Stock Exchange
Exchange-Telegraph Company
Portia Knight
Duke of Mane
Colonel Knight
Vienna
London Daily Mail
Arthur Schnitzler
Lord Charles Beresford
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Charles
Matthieu Dreyfus
Alfred
Mulhausen
Alsace
Albert Koechlin
Raphael, Dreyfus
Leon Dreyfus
Paris
Alfred Dreyfus
France
Crimes and arrests across regions report large scale crime
Reports from Mexico City authorities pursue a counterfeit operation with hidden dies and tools. In Carbondale Illinois two masked assailants overpowered jailer William Creath as six prisoners escaped. three were recaptured. Frederick Neilson of Pentwater Michigan is convicted of embezzlement after failing in business and accounting. Perry Douds in New Castle Pennsylvania is acquitted of obstructing justice by anonymous letters. In Jacksonville Illinois the coroner calls for murder indictment of Constable William H. Brown after a raid on a gambling house. Additional notes mention a suspected murder linked to Tom and a syphilis claim. details are fragmented and unclear.
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Mexico City
Carbondale
Willam Creath
Frederick Neilson
Pentwater
Mich
Frank Poffenberger
Jacksonville
William H. Brown
Chester M. Lane
Brown
Yates Bates
Wee
Ok Oma
Colorado officials unearth deer hide theft plot in Denver area
Colorado game department seizes hundreds of dollars worth of deer elk and antelope hides from L A Watkins Co Solomon Co J L Brown and E J McLean as assailants alleged to have hunted out of season. Several arrests expected in Colorado Springs as investigators expand the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado State Game Department
Denver
Colorado
L. A. Watkins & Co
M. Solomon & Co
J. L Brown
E. J. McLean
Colorado Springs
New York
Giovanni Bianchi
Paterson
Tom Burns
Wallace
Mammoth
A. T. Burns
Burns
Southwest
Wells- Fargo Express Company
Sontag and Evans
Southern Pacific
Fresno
Cal
M. D. Reardon
Bonner Springs
Bar
Frank Warner
Seardon
Fomenting Revolution Raise Army of Malcontents
Shanghai dispatch reports General Tung Fu Hsiang forming a veteran force to spark rebellion in northwest China. The Times indicates a high native authority says Germany seeks a staggered indemnity from China over fourteen years with rising payments for twenty six years, with Britain likely to agree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Standard
Shanghai
Tung Fu Hsiang
Middle Kingdom
The
Times
Germany
China
Great Britain
Chaffee Reports On Campaign In China For Publication
War Department prepares Major General Chaffee's report detailing foreign troops equipment and expeditions. Includes military interviews and previously published main facts. E G Tewksbury supplies a damage list from Boxers action against Chinese Christians for settlement.
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Washington
Chaffee
China
War Department
United States
G. Tewksbury
Congregational Missionary Society
Allied troops take small towns near Yang-Tsun in Tien-Tsin
Chinese forces with allied consent occupy several small localities around Yang-Tsun recently vacated by foreign troops. General Campbell promises severe punishment for delinquents from recent allied soldier troubles. Voyron and the French command cooperate with the British to maintain order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tien-Tsin
Yang-Tsun
Lorne Campbell
Voyron
Miscellaneous Brevities From A Busy News Day
Sir Claude MacDonald arrived in Chicago en route to England from Peking amid Boxer era events. Notable items include Dr. Hutsenpillar named president of Ohio University, Eclectic Medical Association plans Milwaukee meeting, and a Chicago man Conrad Edelsvard held on a delusion of messiahship.
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Claude MacDonald
Peking
Chicago
England
D. Hutsenpillar
San Francisco
Ohio University
Athens
Super
The
Eclectic Medical Association
Chattanooga
Tenn
Milwaukee
G. W. Johnson
San Antonio
Tex
Conrad Edelsvard
Finland
Jefferson Asylum
M. Payne
Port Stanley
Ontario
Shenango
Cleveland
Millikin University
A. R. Taylor
Emporia
Kan
New University
Lincoln (It.) College
Decatur Industrial College
Decatur
Norfolk Y
Washington
Southern
Navy
Boston
New York
Mare Island
International Association of Accident Underwriters
Atlantic City
N. J
Franklin J. Moore
Philadelphia
Charles H. Bunker
G. Leonard McNeill
B. F. Hughes
Baltimore
Martin P. Higgins
Edward A. Baulster
Wm. J. Webb
Connecticut
New England
McLean
Senator Hawley
Wu Tingfang
Northfield
Staten Island
East River
Charles G. Bartlett
American Institute of Homeopathy
Richfield Springs
N. Y
James C. Wood
Edward
Paymaster on trial for salary advances and Navy policy
Paymaster John E. Martin of the United States Navy is on trial at League Island navy yard for advancing salary money to himself and to Surgeon Marstellar. The offense is admitted. no loss to the government occurred but it violated naval rules. A court decision will be sealed and sent to Washington. Also, Knights of Pythias leaders from the U.S. and Canada gather in Chicago for a closed session at the Lexington Hotel to adjust endowment funds and insurance needs. Detroit committees plan a memorial for former Governor Pingree with subscriptions for an heroic statue. A canoe party of twelve starving Indians reached Neah Bay after hunting a monster whale, harpooning it, but the whale sank and the crew, driven by hunger, abandoned the prize after three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Martin
United States Navy
League Island Navy Yard
Marstellar
Martin
Washington
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
United States
Canada
Chicago
Lexington Hotel
Committee of
Pingree
South Africa
Detroit
Andrews
Neah Bay
Pacific Coast
Straits of
Fuca
Cape Flattery
Losses by Fire in St Louis Saddlery and Carriage Firms
A morning blaze at the J. B. Sickles Saddlery site on Twenty first and Washington Avenue caused heavy losses to the Saddlery, Reynolds Carriage, Lambert Pharmacy and other concerns. Firemen were injured. In Duluth another fire at Tower Lumber near Bearlake destroyed about 10000 worth of lumber, mainly belonging to Poepke Letcht Co of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
J. B. Sickles Saddlery Company
Twenty-first Street
Washington Avenue
T. F. Reynolds Carriage Company
Lambert Pharmacy Company
Duluth
Tower Lumber Company
Bearlake
Poepke, Letcht & Co
Chicago
Formal demand urged on the Turk for indemnity
Chicago News notes a forthcoming formal demand in imperative tones to the Sultan for indemnity owed to the United States. The piece argues such demands provide leverage for feelings rather than financial loss, and expects a prompt large promise to pay in full if presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Pro Boer sympathizers plan Kruger welcome in U S
In New York on June 4 prominent pro Boer supporters held a conference to arrange a reception for President Kruger. Charles D. Pierce, consul general of the Orange Free State, was chosen chairman, and Pierce said no firm plans exist yet as Kruger is not due until late fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kruger
United States
Charles D. Pierce
Orange Free State
Pierce
Colored People Barred at Glencoe Oklahoma
Deputy United States Marshal Sisson was summoned to Glencoe on the Eastern Oklahoma Railway line after Santa Fe officials reported a Black gang of forty men employed to raise a grade faced threats from local citizens. Glencoe's local rule excludes colored people from stopping or living in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
O. T
United States
Sisson
Glencoe
Cuban Electoral Commission Poised on Universal Suffrage
In Havana on June 2 the conservative element in Cuba’s constitutional convention pressures the electoral commission to report against universal suffrage. The majority backs universal suffrage, arguing it cannot be avoided as it is in the Cuban Constitution. The commission expects to finish its work by July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Electoral Commission
Arrival of Transport Ohio Reaches San Francisco Harbor
The transport Ohio has arrived from Manila with twenty nine officers and seventy men of the Forty second Infantry at San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Ohio
Manila
Forty-second Infantry
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Indiana Liquor League
Patally
Texas
Weather Forecast
N. da
Iz & NW
Gael
Mont Piny Ville
City
Metd Rock
Ark
Michere
Tennle
York
Orleans “ Platte
Neb Pot Benry
Utah
Renee
Blackford
Union City
McNerney
Ad- Journal Sucessful Meeting
Epworth League District
Attica
Milton Parent
Emma Jetsker
Horace G. Ogden
J. Frank MacDermond
Grant Superior Court
Luella
Joseph Carl
Francis Xx. A. Aveline
Carl
Aveline
North Marion
Curl
Richmond Street and Interurban Railway Company
Centerville
Here
Main Street
Kokomo
J. A. Kantz
E. A. Simmons
T. T. Whittaker
Steele
Kantz
Kokomo Daily
Weekly Tribune
Whittaker
Simmons
Republican
Wabash County
Wabash, Ind
Funces
Dutton
Wabash Bridge and Lion Company
M. Rosenthal
Peru
Eee Petmane
Urbana
Chicago Broom Company
Southwestern Broom Company
Evansville
Perry & White and
Valentine Companies
Terry Haute
William Case
Lebanon
Liba E. Tillotson
Demetrius Tillotson
Methodist Church
Vermiliion County
Tillotson
Clark's Hill
Lowell
Crown Point
Frankfort
Indiana Notes
Flora
Carroll County
Morristown
Rushville Natural Gas Company
W. F. Bailey
Vermont
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Converse
Nolan-Fulton
Antville
Standard Company
Charles F. Edgerton
Fountainity
Joseph Addleman
Grand Lodge Committee
Robert Nugent Ead
British House of Commons
Mr. Choate
Choate
Cable Notes
Une
Gen. Chaffee
Allien
McLean’s
Dr. J. H. McLean Medicine Co
Gerritt A. Archibald & CO
East
Washington Street
Roposal
Bir Wilfrid
Pennsylvania
Senate
Guffy
Cuban Electoral Commission
Knight & Jillson Co
Indianapolis, Ind
Eberhardt & Co
Capitol Avenue
Pride of
Maryland
Monticello Uilleg Co . Distillers
J.T. Power & Son
State of Indiana
Pennsylvania Street
Hoth
Listas
Re “Isarrow
Clemson
Rh Ek Abody.&co i
GEO
Mereritt & Coo
Weat
W. B. Burford
Reporter Publishing Com
Fitzgerald Building
Fletcher
Pennsylvanua Street
Meridian Street
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