Campaign heats up at First Methodist in Warsaw
In Warsaw Indiana on May 7 the municipal race spilled into church walls as Rev F M Stone preached a political sermon against Republican mayoral candidate Benjamin F Richardson urging support for the Democrat. Several church members including Dr W Burker Thomas Bolton and Gen Reud Williams withdraw from the congregation over the dispute.
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Indianapolis Journal
Warsaw
Ind
F. M. Stone
Benjamin F. Richardson
W. Burker
Thomas Bolton
Gen
Reud Williams
The
Daily Times
Northern Indiantan
Socialists nominate Wefel for Congress in Fort Wayne
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Fort Wayne voters hear Martin H. Wefel a local druggist nominated by Socialists for Congress in the district. Party leaders claim eight votes here, many from former Democrats. The last election had about 700 Socialist votes.
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Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Martin H. Wefel
Congress
Multiple city elections shift control across Indiana towns
In numerous towns including Aurora Plymouth Lebanon Bloomington Hartford City Shelbyville Bedford Mount Vernon Walmington Greensburg and Greensburg Republicans gain mayoral or council majorities while Democrats secure key posts in others. Notable results show James B. Wymond winning Aurora mayoral by seven, Dr David K Knott capturing Plymouth mayor by 53, Noah Loughran taking Lebanon mayor by 49, and J Hixon Smith becoming Bedford mayor by 75.
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Aurora
James B. Wymond
Rep
Harry R. McMuallen
William A. Dennerline
Henry Teaney
Eugene Yerin
James Everett
Frank Doerr
William Teaney
Charles Martin
John Brannon
Frank Cox
Dan B. Teaney
Henry C. Willliams
Dr. Knott
Repubticsrs
Lebanon
Noah Loughran
W. P. Bailey
Len Titus
Bloomington
Frank Dunn
Edward Jones
Wiliam F. Browning
William A. Rice
Sanford Peter
Elsworth Cooper
Fred Fess
Isaac Walker
J. F. Potts
Henry Spitgerber
Hartford City
Nelson Worley
James Lucas
Ae — Eee
Accepted & Electric
New Light and Power Company
Shelbyville
J. H. Dettzer
B. Morris
Edward C. Newton
George Robins
J. M. Meloy
Robert W. Buxton
W. E. Meloy
John Weber
Fred W. Kennedy
R. M. Floyd
Levi S. Lympus
Lewis Bittner
John Robins
Richard Jenks
Henry Webber
Bedford
J. Hixon Smith
H. (. Serape
Mount Vernon
Samuel Miller
Col A. D. Owen
J. H. Williams
Edwin Page
Frank Smith
Ley Connett Wi
Walmington
Hale Clark
Peter Guyer
Will H. Ketfer
Thomas G
Greensburg
Harry Lathrop
Wes
F. Northern
Local election results show party gains in several towns
October results across Elwood Lawrence Ruds Braz il Montpelier reveal Democrats winning mayoral races in Elwood and Lawrence Ruds while Republicans claim victories in Brazil and Montpelier with a mix of clerks treasurers and council seats. Strong shows for Democrats in several locales marked by mayoral wins and council shifts.
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Elwood
Uayor
Lawrence Ruds
CU. Laas
German Methodist Conference Opens in South Bend
May 7 Chicago district ministers meet at South Bend with Rev Schaefer of Michigan City leading prayer. Carl Koenig named adviser as papers discuss Christ divinity and resurrection. Y M C A formed with local business directors and a Barrey Hall gym to be added. initial membership 20. union service planned for Sunday at Friends Church to stabilize finances.
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Indianapolis
South Bend
Ind
Chicago
German Methodist Church
Schaefer
Michigan City
Carl Koenig
H. Lemke
F. Munz
H. Loepert
Chautauqua Institute
F. Wrebe
Frankfort
Indianapolis Journal
Fairmount
Edward Headley
Charles A. Cook
John A. Hunt
Cornelius R. Small
Fred D. Oakley
Harry D. Wood
Jackson Stivers
Ira L. Neeley
Barrey Hall
Friends’ Church
East Indiana Dental Association Holds 32nd Meeting in Shelbyville
The Eastern Indiana Dental Association opened its 32nd annual meeting in Shelbyville with Dr. J. R. Clayton presiding. Dr. N. W. Hiatt discussed "Clinic on Porcelain Work" and 33 members attended the afternoon session. Charles Major gave the welcome address as residents hosted visiting members and Shelbyville citizens at a banquet.
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Indianapolis Journal
Shelbyville
Ind
Eastern Indiana Dental Association
J. R. Clayton
N. W. Hiatt
Marion
Charles Major
Methodist bishops announce fall conference dates and sites
The Methodist Episcopal board of bishops committee on assignments lists fall conference dates and locations. Indiana Vincennes on Sept 17 presiding bishop Bishop Walden. Northwest Indiana Rensselaer on Sept 10 presiding bishop Bishop Vincent.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal Board of Bishops Committee On
Indiana
Vincennes
Walden
Rensselaer
Vincent
Federation Window Glass Company Formed in New Jersey
Articles of incorporation filed in Trenton establish the Federation Window Glass Company with capital 600000. Named incorporators include J. R. Johnson Leopold Mambourg Indiana William L. Gonroe Pittsburg H O Newcomb Millville and E R Flood Alice The plan targets about fifty window glass plants in the East and West, consolidating the industry among three major firms American Window Glass Company Independent Window Glass Company and Federation Window Glass Company centered in Muncie
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Trenton
N. J
Federation Window Glass Company
Capital
J. R. Johnson
Leopold
American Window Glass Company
Pittsburg
Independent Window Glass Company
Muncie
Campbell named receiver for Union Glass Company in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana B H Campbell was appointed receiver for Union Glass Company. The court granted National Exchange Bank a mortgage judgment of 13337 dollars 59 cents. Forbes Holton of Huntington West Virginia heads the company which has not operated for three years. In Pittsburg Pennsylvania the Western wage committee of the Window Glass Workers Association completed the wage scale for submission to manufacturers. The meeting was postponed due to the American Window Glass Company president's absence.
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Indianapolis Journal
Anderson
Ind
B. H. Campbell
Union Glass Company
National Exchange Bank
The
Glass Company
Forbes Holton
Huntington
W. Va
Pittsburg
Window Glass Workers’ Association
American Window Glass Company
Spider Kelly Arrested for Larceny in Marion Indiana
James Henry known as Spider Kelly former featherweight boxing star was arrested at Fairmount and brought to Marion on theft charges. He is accused of stealing a watch worth five dollars and selling it in Alexandria. Once a renowned fighter, Kelly spent years near San Francisco and reportedly has heavy alcohol expenditures.
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Indianapolis Journal
Marion
Ind
James Henry
Spider” Kelly
Fairmount
Mendenhall & Daugherty
Kelly
Alexandria
George Dixon
San Francisco
Obituary notices from Indiana towns May 7 1890s
In Wabash Wesley Lytle aged 71 and Civil War veteran dies and will be buried tomorrow. In Rushville William B Mohler 65 dies while sawing a board near Arlington Pike. Julia Guild 70 dies at East Seventh Street after heart trouble. she leaves a son Charles and a daughter Mrs John Lockwood of Eaton Ohio.
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Indianapolis Journal
Kokomo
Ind
Reuben Sellers
Touby Pike Crossing
Franklin
Indianapolis
Jackson
Sherif Jackson
Johnson
Kansas City
William McKinney
Greenwood
Rushville
William B. Mohler
Arlington Pike
Congress
Julia Guild
East Seventh Street
Charles
John Lockwood
Eaton
Death of Capt Sam el M Jones Civil War veteran
Versailles Indiana May 7 Capt Sam el M Jones born Georgetown Ohio 1824 died aged 83 He served in the Mexican War captained Company I Thirteenth Indiana in the Civil War He was a schoolmate of Ulysses S Grant practiced law until age 75 His widow and five children survive him Wilkinson Indiana May 7 William Nash 82 native of North Carolina died this morning
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Versailles
Ind
Samel M. Jones
Georgetown
Indiana
Ulysses 8 S. Grant
Wilkinson
William Nash
North Caro
Indiana Briefs From Across The State May 7
Evansville reports a stabbing as William Urban dies after his stepson Edward Joy stabbed him while Urban beat his wife. Muncie Club elects officers Wilbur Sutton president and others. Wachtell Royals baseball team formed with Harry Wolfe manager. Brick famine tightens in city as Bennet plant sheds loom. C R M proposes Chicago through trains. Cincinnati extension delayed. Lafayette police intervene in a Christian Scientist case over a boy’s broken leg. Wabash mill expands to straw board, 300 workers on shift. Peru sees railroad official reshuffles and a new Y M C A building. Portland set for court hearings on alleged wife murder. Ridgeville oil well to produce 100 barrels daily. Kokomo parolees and Goshen drowning round out statewide notes.
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Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Muncie Club
Wilbur EB. Sutton
John McNaughton
John McMillan
Norwood Carnes
Thomas L. Ryan
Harry Greyer
Wachtell Royals
Harry Wolfe
Harry Ellis
Anderson
B. W. Bennet
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cottage Grove
Peru
James Patterson
Wabash Railroad
Pittsburg
Wabash
Wabash Alroad
Broadway
Eighth Streets
Abraham Whisler
Miami County
John Conn
Harvey Ellars
Miami County Infirmary
George Kling
Maryuis
Odd Fellows
Greensburg
Portland
Charles Shepherd
Redkey
Jay
James M. Ertel
Hagerstown
Ridgeville
Two Students Die In Burns University School Fire
Richmond set scene reports two students J. C. Knox of Richmond and Agnew McNeal of Albemarle killed when Burns University School near Charlottesville burned in the early hours. Fire origin unknown but suspected incendiary or lightning. Some students escaped by jumping from windows and teacher Mr. Sheffey was injured escaping.
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Richmond
Burns University School
Charlottesville
J. C. Knox
Agnew McNeal
Albemardble
Sheffey
Sowing Seeds of Trouble in Philadelphia Democracy
A Philadelphia Record critique mocks William Jennings Bryan for political letters sowing dissension within the East Democratic Party. The piece argues his prophecies about silver collapse failed, noting silver prices and Bryanism both fell as a result.
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Philadelphia Record
Dem
Bryan
East
Moses
New Palp and Paper Mills in Upper Michigan Plans
Kalamazoo May 7 The Munesing Paper Company Limited, capitalized at 1 million dollars, plans the largest pale and paper mills in the United States at Munesing Michigan. Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company is a major investor. Officers include William G. Mather of Marquette as president, Frank H. Milham of Kalamazoo as secretary, and H. H. Everard of Kalamazoo as treasurer. The firm owns vast spruce and maple land in the Upper Peninsula to supply pulp. A mill will be built at once.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Munesing Paper Company, Limited
United States
Munesing
Upper Peninsula
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Cleveland
William G. Mather
Marquette
Frank H. Milham
H. H. Everard
Kalama
New Rock Island Plans Target St Louis Chicago Line
The Record-Herald reports that Rock Island management aims to buy a majority of the Chicago St. Louis & Peoria stock to form the southern part of a new through route linking St Louis with Chicago and thence to St Paul and Minneapolis.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Rock Island
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago, St. Louis & Peoria
St. Louis- Chicago
Exposition Building Sold in Public Auction
The St Louis exposition building sold at public auction today for 25.00. Frederick W Lehmann bought the core for the St Louis Union Trust Company. The sale was forced by bondholders securing a mortgage of 150000 on the property, with only 10000 recovered to date.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Exposition
Frederick W
Chimney Collapse Kills Two at Cincinnati Factory
Joseph Moser was killed and Louis Bauer seriously injured at the Louis Lipp Company bath tub factory when a tall sheet iron chimney collapsed during dismantling. The incident occurred in Cincinnati on May 7 as workers pulled down the chimney and were buried under debris.
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Cincinnati.o
Joseph Moser
Louis Bauer
Louis Lipp Company
Civil War Veteran Major A. E. Osborne Dies in Chicago
Major A. E. Osborne, a Civil War veteran, died in Chicago at his sister Mrs. O. W. Barretts home. His home was in Kansas.
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Chicago
A. E. Osborne
O. W. Barrett
Kansas
Jiminez's Rule Ended as Vasquez Heads Dominican Government
Washington cable advices report Horacio Vasquez has assumed the presidency after Jiminez relinquished claims and surrendered. Puerta Plata capitulated, Santo Domingo fell after two days of heavy fighting. Foreigners’ safety was addressed by the U S minister Powell with assurances from the Dominican government.
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Washington
Jiminez
Dominican Republic
Horacio Vasquez
Don Foo Leonte Vasquez
United States
Powell
Puerta Plaza
San Domingo
Horatio Vasquez
Vasquez
Santo Domingo
J. 8. Powell
Sacking of Barabona New York May 7
British brigantine Alice reports Barabona on San Domingo coast besieged by revolutionists. They sacked the town saloon, destroyed windows and barrels, freed convicts, and eleven guards plus one prisoner were killed. Civilians died in woods. Refugees numbered about 100, aided by Captain Inness before government troops retreated.
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New York
Inness
West Indies
Barabona
San Domingo
Wilhelmina’s Condition and Dutch Constitutional Clause
May 7 reports from The Hague note a slight rise in Queen Wilhelmina’s temperature last night with no fever this morning and satisfactory general condition. The Prince Consort left the palace for the first time since Sunday as medical bulletins remain cautiously hopeful. A New York cable adds that a son would force abdication at eighteen, while five years without a child could let Parliament dissolve the marriage.
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
Castle Loo
New York
London
the Tribune
Atlanta boy death tied to sewer gas murder charge
In Atlanta on May 7, 11 year old Victor Nutall was arrested for the murder of six year old Colin McDougall. Nutall allegedly forced the boy into a street sewer where he suffocated on sewer gas. The preliminary hearing dismissed the case against Natali as the two eye witnesses refused to testify.
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Indianapolis Journal
Lafayette
Ind
Smith
Twelfth Street
Randolph
Osborn
Osborne
Atlanta
Colin McDougall
Victor Nutall
Nutall
McDougall
Copeland on Trial for Murder of Swift & Co. Man
Ned C. Copeland faced trial for the murder of A. C. Rodgers, a Swift & Co. traveling representative, on a train near Green River May several months ago. Rodgers had compelled Copeland before, while Copeland once served as a Nebraska National Bank teller in Omaha, with bank funds missing after his disappearance. The bond agency had been seeking Copeland when the shooting occurred, and Copeland said Rodgers had harassed him from San Francisco and exerted a troubling influence he could not escape.
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Green River Wryoe
Ned C. Copeland
A. C. Rodgers
Swift & Co
St. Joseph
Copeland
Nebraska National Bank
Omaha
Bond Company
Rodgers
San Francisco
Question of Baptist Procedure in Arkansas Church Charge
Governor Davis filed a reply to charges against him by the Second Baptist Church discipline committee. He argues church rules require charges to be presented under the signature of an individual member, not a collective authority.
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Little Rock, Ark
Davis
The
Second Baptist Church
Governor Challenges Charges in Baptist Church Dispute
The governor denounces the committee on discipline as an unheard-of thing in the Baptist Church and offers to stand trial if charges are properly signed by an able bodied man backing them. He asserts readiness for trial only after formal submission of accusations.
Supervisor of Drinks Aids In Tru man Reed
In Toledo on May 7 a supervisor of drinks was appointed for Tru man Reed an eighty year old man with a fortune and no known heir. The judge said the action may displease temperance advocates but Reed’s days are numbered and his only solace is drinking so the supervisor will ensure a moderate supply. Reed is described as lavish when intoxicated.
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Toledo
Truman
Reed
Buffalo Express
Tucker
South Africa
Bushman Corps
Austro Hungary Eyes Peace and Alliance Renewal
Emperor Francis Joseph pledges continued close ties with allies and friendly powers to safeguard European peace. Count Goluchowski notes growing US influence, advocates elevating Vienna’s Washington envoy, and confirms the triple alliance will be renewed practically unmodified amid calls for frank Russia Austria talks to prevent balkans turmoil.
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Hungary
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Buda
Balkan
Russian Empire
Near East
Goluchowski
United States
America
Washington
Goluchowsky
Far East
France
Italy
St. Petersburg
Count Goluchowski
Balkans
Russia
Austria
Balkan States
Turkey
Servia
Bulgaria
Europe
South America
Chile
South Africa
Denial Of Webb Meyer Syndicate From Dr Webb
Dr W Seward Webb denies rumors of a Webb Meyer syndicate clarifying his roles at Dominion Securities Cape Breton Railway and Meyers directorships. He states there has been no such alliance and explains his ties to the railroad project financing.
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New York
W. Seward Webb
Dominion Securities Company
Cape Breton Railway Company
A. I. Meyer
Meyer
Ohio Traction Lines Merged
At meetings in Cincinnati and Hamilton today the final legal steps were taken to merge the Southern Ohio Traction Company the Cincinnati Northwestern Railway Company the Miami sburg and Germantown Traction Company and the Hamilton and Lindenwold line this marks a consolidated regional transit framework under unified ownership.
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Cleveland
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Southern Ohio Traction Company
Cincinnati Northwestern Railway Com Y
Miamisburg & Germantown Ction Company
Hamilton & Lindenwold
Cincinnati Dayton and Toledo Traction Company formation
The Electric Transit Company will be incorporated as the Cincinnati Dayton and Toledo Traction Company with capital stock of 5.6 percent and plans to bridge the Dayton and Piqua gap to complete a line from Cincinnati to Toledo creating a continuous regional traction route.
Earlham Plans May Day Fete Like Bryn Mawr Style
Earlham College announces a May Day on campus with a hundred-plus students in costumes, two May poles, ponies, and two short plays. Miss Mae Simpson and Miss Jane Hill named Maypole and gypsy queens as activities include parade, riding ponies, and dramatic presentations.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
R. L. Kelley
Earlham College
Danville Quarterly Meeting of Friends
Bloomingdale Academy
Rae Chandlee
E. P. Trueblood
Bryn Mawr College
Earlham
Sinep
Mae Simpson
Jane Hill
James M. Sparr
Indiana University Ath letic Association elects officers
Bloomington May 7 The Athletic Association of Indiana University elected officers today President Bruce Lockridge Driesbach treasurer Maj Louden baseball manager John Hutchinson track manager Fred Purnell The association oversees all IU athletics.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
The
Athletic Association of
Indiana University
Bruce Lockridge
Ete A Driesbach
Maj. Louden
John Hutchinson
Fred Purnell
Athletic Association
Deception Allegations Stun Senate Witness MacArthur Fallout
New York Press attacks Gen. Arthur MacArthur over admissions in Senate hearings claiming he forged a letter to Emilio Aguinaldo to trap the rebel leader. The piece denounces the deception as a breach of wartime etiquette and calls for prosecution or execution. It also criticizes wider war conduct and a supposed secret army alliance aiming at brutal acts against civilians.
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New York Press
Senate Philipines Committee
Arthur MacArthur
MacArthur
Funston
United States Army
Emilio Aguinaldo
Samar
General MacArthur
Hello Jinks Becomes Ping Pong Victim at Asylum
In Baltimore a conversation between two men ends with Jinks being led away by asylum keepers to a padded cell. He has embraced ping pong as a fashionable fad and rants about the game while a friend watches in astonishment. The scene mocks the mania for table tennis and ends with his confinement.
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Jinks
Alana
Representative Sims Bill Fights Beef Duties
Tennessee representative Sims has introduced a House bill to abolish duties on beef mutton pork and veal. The call to Speaker Henderson and the rules committee aims to push a vote so Democrats in cattle states from Texas to Montana must go on record on competing with Canadian and Mexican live stock imports.
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Omaha Bee
Sims
Tennessee
House
Henderson
Committee On Rules
Texas
Montana
Canada
Mexico
Paine's Celery Compound Promises Cure For Nervous Exhaustion
Observers on crowded streets show feverish anxiety and unsteady behavior, signaling nervous prostration, hysteria, or insomnia. The advertisement claims Paine's Celery Compound restores nerve force, strengthens the system, and cures nervous disorders with a month of May use, boosting digestion, sleep, and manhood.
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Paine
Nature
Rice throwing denounced by Rochester Chronicle on Erie rule
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reports Erie railroad plans to ban rice throwing at newlyweds on trains or company property. It calls the practice embarrassing and public, labeling it boorish and unnecessary and urges other railways to emulate Erie’s crusade to stop the habit.
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Democrat and Chronicle
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Erie
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