Trial over 1904 Chicago strike linked suit in Laporte
In Laporte Indiana June case against Lake Shore Railroad seeks 1090 damages from administrator William Graham for the death of James McGuire a deputy marshal and switchman injured in the Chicago riots. Noted legal talent appears for both sides with Addison C Harris and Otto Gresham for plaintiffs and Charles W Miller for the defense.
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Indianapolis Journal
Laporte
Ind
Chicago
William Graham
James McGuire
Indianapolis
Lake Shore Railroad Company
Richter
McGuire
United States
Park Manor
Addison C. Harris
Austria-Hungary
Otto Gresham
Walter Q. Gresham
Cleveland
Charles W. Miller
Indiana
Testimony in Ertel murder case draws court attention
Portland Indiana June 25 court saw heated testimony against James Ertel in the murder of his wife with conflicting statements from the accused and witnesses. Key testimony covered bed condition, alleged conversations, and walking with another woman while defense claims focus on self defense amid a crowded Marion circuit court trial of William G. Trowbridge.
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Indianapolis Journal
Portland
Indi
James Ertel
Elizabeth Brown
Ertel
John H. Fetter
John Pyle
Pyle
Brandenburg’s
Ansfered
Almiretta Pyte
Oliver Morrison
Dre
J. J. Kidder
W. D. Schwartz
Eftel
Marion
Ind
Arthur Stevens
James Lacy
William G. Trowbridge
Circuit Court
David P. Glass
William Saxon
John Hanmore
John Sanders
H Hollenback
Frank N. Gillis
Levi Caaorts Caldwell
Robert Lobdell
McKinley
C. E. Tudor
A. E
A. E. Steele
H. B. Petterson
Allen
William H. Paulus
Grant Dentler
Mikado Presented by State Normal Seniors at Terre Haute
The State Board of Trustees meeting at Indiana State Normal School began with minor business and no faculty changes expected. The senior class sold an invited audience the Mikado at the opera house with a crowded, successful performance. A planned senior faculty baseball game was washed out by weather. a makeup game may be held tomorrow morning.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
State Board of Trustees
Indiana State Normal School
Opera
Japan
Rolla M. Tyron
Pondervek
Nanki Poo
Lewis KR
Rushville Quarantines Surrounding Towns Over Smallpox
Rushville Indiana declares quarantine against Knightstown Carthage Dunreith and Greensburg after reports of twenty eight smallpox cases in Knights town one in Greensburg and one in May s. Health officers SB G Linn and Frank H Green urged the move and a special City Council session was held to authorize a sanitary war against the outbreak.
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Indianapolis Journal
Rushville
Ind
Knightstown
Carthage
Dunreith
Greensburg
Knightstows
Mays
SB. G. Linn
Frank H. Green
Dr. Linn
Smallpox scare and quarantine disrupt Indiana towns
A reported smallpox exposure in Knightstown triggered quarantines as health officials seek strict containment. At the Meredith Hotel in Washington, proprietor Hicks was isolated due to illness, with questions raised about suppressed facts. Indiana towns report trains and coal cars moving to avert worker idleness, court rulings on divorces, wage talks for window glass workers, a teen found dead by suicide in Seymour, and local projects to straighten the Kankakee river to reclaim swamp land.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Hicks
Meredith
Martin Orange and Lawrence counties nominate ticket
The senatorial convention of Martin Orange and Lawrence counties met at Mitchell Indiana and nominated W M Matthews of Bedford by acclamation for joint senator and Henry T Allen of Orange county for joint representative of Orange and Martin counties.
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Indianapolis Journal
Mitchell
Ind
Martin
Orange
Lawrence
W. M. Matthews
Bedford
Henry T. Allen
Orange County
Local Woman Stabbed. Suspect Named Mattie Young
In Muncie Indiana June Mattie Young an Indianapolis colored woman stabbed Mrs Samuel Epps also of the city The Epps woman is seriously injured but expected to recover The incident occurred this afternoon and police are investigating with danger to the community considered minimal at present
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Indianapolis
Goshen
Ind
J. D. Ferrell
Elkhart
Canzada E. Faller
Pine
Charles C. Faller
Longcliff Hospital
Logansport
Mabel Tucker
Hiram 8. Biggs
Warsaw
Fuller
Longcliff
Rogers
Tucker
Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
H. L. Morrison
Andrew Carnegie
Muncie
Mattie Young
Samuel Epps
Epps
Died: James L New House Justice of the Peace
Muncie Indiana reports the sudden death of James L New House sixty three a noted justice of the peace and Civil War veteran of the one hundred forty Indiana Infantry Also notices from Seymour and Terre Haute detail the deaths of William Christie liveryman aged fifty and Patrick Mc Adams UW years old respectively plus a Richmond item noting a graduate's admission to Easthaven Insane Hospital with unclear remainder of text.
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Muncie
Ind
James L. Newhouse
Indiana Infantry
Seymour
William ©. Christie
Madison
Terre Haute
Patrick McAdams
Man held after assault on nurse and talk of cure
TERRE HAUTE William Agar who tried to kill his Invalid sister's nurse and then attempted suicide has been taken to the Central Hospital for the Insane. He alternates between rational moments and pleas to be moved for treatment as nurse Ms. Davis recovers from throat wounds. Public health updates follow from Palmet and surrounding towns with other local notices on elopement, a fatal fall, a water franchise, hotel plans, escapes, smallpox fears, and a regional railway subsidy vote.
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William Agar
Central Hospital
Peery
Ms. Davis
Palmet
Smith
Kemper
Glenco
Portland
John Troyer
Geneva
Treyer
Goshen
Milford
Milford Water Company
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W. E. Miller
J. 8. Engis
J. W. Macy
M. P. McDaniel
Regia E. Leggett
Bedford
Ohio & Indiana Railway
Bluffton
London Express
New Guinea
England
Reuter
James Chalmers
Kumasi
Oast
Visit the Reformatory Convicts Employed Debate Special Committee
A special committee with Governor Durbin and labor leaders toured the Indiana reformatory in Michigan City. They examined kitchens, workshops, and contracts for prison labor aiming to study effects on free labor and markets. A plan to form a joint group to devise a disposition for prison labor after 1904 was agreed, with Perkins and Kennedy to represent organized labor.
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Indianapolis Journal
Jeffersonville
Durbin
Butler
Board of Charities
L. P. McCormick
State Labor Commission
Warden Reid
Michigan
B. F. Kennedy
Edgar A. Perkins
George Carter
Indianapolis
Clem Jarvis
Anderson
W. D. van Horn
Terre Haute
John Peters
South Bend
Henry Caulry
Muncie
John F. Hays
Michigan City
Reformatory
Hart
H. C. Sharp
Prison and Reformatory
E. A. Perkins
F. B. Kennedy
Organized Labor
China cedes sovereignty claims in Manchuria in Russia talks
A Daily Mall dispatch from Peking claims a recent mining and railway accord with Russia includes a clause that effectively cancels China’s sovereignty claims in Manchuria. The report cites high authority and notes tensions as London Express and Reuters relay the details.
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Peking
Daily Mall
Russia
China
Manuria
Ruhlin Defeats Sharkey In Ninth Round Boxing Clash
At the National Sporting Club in London Gus Ruhlin of Akron defeated Tom Sharkey of New York in the eleventh round after Sharkey's seconds threw in the sponge. The bout, part of the coronation sports program, featured sharp exchanges, multiple cautions for holding, and decisive punishment from Ruhlin who led on points before the stoppage.
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London
Gus Ruhlin
Akron
Tom Sharkey
New York
National Sporting Club
Sharkey
Tom” Ryan
Bob” Sharkey
Spike Sullivan
Rubiin
Billy” Madden
Jem Mace
Rublin
Ruhlin
Rabkin
Rubin
Obscene Foot Fashion Exchange Sparks Lunchroom Gossip
A scene inside a lunchroom features two strangers discussing foot attire and a playful, risqué comment about footwear. One man, described as fat and weighing 230 pounds, exchanges quips with another about exposing toes and a baby blue ribbon, then they depart.
Yale and Harvard boat crews ready for Thames regatta
On June 23 Yale and Harvard crews completed final Thames practice amid overcast skies and light seas. Harvard reportedly clocked near 20 minutes 16 seconds for four miles, Yale around 20 minutes 40 seconds. The Dolphin carried President Roosevelt party arriving ahead of tomorrow's race with a planned noon start.
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Thames
Yale
Harvard
Broadview
Redtop
Sharps
Crimson
Dolphin
Drawbbridge
Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Sr
Kimet Roosevelt
New London
Double header set as St Paul comeback hopes fade in rain
Rain halted yesterday’s St Paul Indianapolis game after three runs crossed in the third. Indianapolis led early, but the downpour halted play and forced a doubleheader for this afternoon. St Paul’s Shannon hit a three-base blast before rain ended the game. Louisville beat Minneapolis 5 to 1 behind Dunkle as Flournoy starred in the field. Milwaukee at Toledo postponed by rain.
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St. Paul
Tindill
Saints
Williams
Kellum
Sutthoff
Cogan
Summer
Geler
Huggins
Dillard
Lumley
Shannon
Kelly
Louisville
Minneapolis
Dunkle
Flournoy
Louis
R.H.O.A.E. Minn
H.O.A.E
Wilmot
Werden
Tannehill
Lynch
Lehriever
Zalusky
Schaub
Brevette
Gannon
Dunkie
Katoll
Ward
West Coast bout ends in ten round draw
In Peoria on June 25 the Riverside Athletic Club hosted a ten round bout between Australian Jim Ryan and Jim Watts of Louisville. Watts did most of the fighting and likely would have won if not for wild rushes late. Ryan closed Watts right eye in the final round.
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Peoria
Riverside Athletic Club
Jim” Ryan
Jim Watts
Louisville
Watts
Ryan
Freight Handlers Demand 10 Percent Wages Rise
Chicago June The Freight Handlers and Warehousemen Union with 7000 members from 100 depots serving 24 railroads demands a 10 percent wage increase. They threaten to halt freight entering or leaving Chicago sheds if refused, seek biweekly pay, time and a half after ten hours, double time on Sundays and holidays, union dues inside sheds, and control over meal hours. General superintendents to meet. railroads cautious about granting the rise.
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Chicago
Teamsters’ Organization
Union
Paterson Dyers Reach Tentative End to Strike
In Paterson New Jersey during a large meeting striking dyers’ helpers vote to continue the strike and urge silk workers unions to join a general walkout. They reject employers’ offer to return at the 184 scale with no raise as chairman McGrath warns against violence and urges order.
Results of the Races at Sheepshead Bay and Other Tracks
At Sheepshead Bay three favorites and a long shot shared honors. Golden Maxim won the Zephyr stakes for two-year-olds by two lengths with Hurst Park second and Whorler third. Borough captured the Rockaway cup steeplechase as Self Protection finished a head away. Other winners include Short Hare and Port Royal in earlier events, with Washington Park’s Flying Torpedo winning the Auburn stakes on a sloppy track. Ben Lear, Kalos, Jim Winn, Frita Kanet, Orris, and The Phoenician were listed as race winners in St. Louis results.
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New York
Sheepshead Bay
Golden Maxim
Hurst Park
Whorler
Borough
Port Royal
Lrontd
Royal
Chicago
Flying Torpedo
Washington Park
Little Scout
Louis
Ben Lear
Kalos
Jim Winn
Frita Kanet
Orris
the Phoenician
Striking Child Draws Focus In Busy Hotel Corridor
In a busy downtown hotel corridor a well dressed woman and a man converse earnestly while a four or five year old girl, dressed in white with blue ribbons and sunburned bare feet, captures all eyes with her striking feet.
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New York Evening Post
Indicted Inducement Claims Hit Memphis Move by Babb
Ex Hoosier Charles Babb reportedly received a 30 dollar signing bonus plus 45 dollars more per month and 8 dollars for family travel as an inducement to join Memphis before leaving Indianapolis. He was offered a winter job with a store position, unlikely to be banking or finance. Mike Kahoe, ex Hoosier catcher, noted as a potential Hoosiers recruit, was seen with Manager Watkins. Kahoe was en route to Chicago after stopping in Indianapolis to pursue Eddie Glenn’s move to fill a shortstop vacancy.
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Memphis
Indianapolis
Charles Babb
Hoosiers
Babb
Gabb
Mike Kahoe
Chicago
Watkins
Kahoe
Cincinnati
Eddie Glenn
Tinker
St Louis Beats Cincinnati in Low Scoring Game
St Louis managed only five hits and failed to score as Cincinnati took advantage with ten runs. Hahn pitched well for St Louis while Murphy struggled for Cincinnati, with attendance around 1,100. Final score Cincinnati ten to six.
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Hahn
Cincinnati
Murphy
R.H.O.A.E
R.H.O.A
Farrell
Hoy
Donovan
Crnford
Bergen
Ewing
Beckley
Peltz
Kruger
Brashear
Hartman
Wild Pich
Powers
Brown
Mass Readings at Boston Communion of Christian Science
The Philadelphia Telegraph notes the annual Christian Science communion in Boston drawing 13,000 communicants from across the United States. A message from Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, head of the church, was read to worshipers as part of the service, marking a notable moment in American religious life.
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Philadelphia
Telegraph
Mother Church of Christian Science
Boston
United Sta
America
Mary Baker Eddy
Indianapolis Racing Association names officials for July 3 meet
The Indianapolis Racing Association directors chose officials for the State fair grounds race meet on July 3. iand W. B. Blaie start harness events, Clem Clevering of Chicago will start runners. Judges are M. L. Hare, Benyon, and Dr. C. L. Boor of Muncie. Timers are Mark McGregory of Lafayette, William Roth, and Onry Underwood of Danville. Boxes ordered by the listed executives. Another carload of running horses arrived. hangtails to be worked daily amid lively morning and afternoon dashes.
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Indianapolis
Grand Hotel
State Fair Grounds
Iand & W. B. Blaie
Clem Clevering
Chicago
M. L. Hare
Benyon
C. L. Boor
Muncie
Mark McGregory
Lafayette
William Roth
Onry Underwood
Danville
D. P. Erwin
Harry Gates
John B. Cockrum
Hugh J. McGowan
L. G. Deschier
E. Rauh
Fred Ayres
Physical culture by mail gains interest in body improvement
The article promotes mail based physical culture with a system taught in three lessons by male instructors. It cites notable adherents including Joseph Leiter, R. B. Roosevelt Jr, Potter Palmer Jr, and Baltimore & Ohio President Cowan. It promises rapid muscle hardening from five to ten minutes daily, though notes discipline and regular practice are key.
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New York Evening Post
Joseph Leiter
R. B. Roosevelt, Jr
Potter Palmer, Jr
Cowan
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
United States Infantry
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