Miers Faces Scrutiny in Indiana Second District Race
Washington Herald editor Graham Sanford reports Democratic incumbent Robert E. Miers seeks re election amid an active challenge from Seymour Riddle of Bloomington. Riddle, a Bryan Democrat who formerly backed Miers, criticizes his honesty on ERT and predicts a reduced Miers majority. Sanford notes stronger opposition in Greene and Davies counties and Miers’s ambition for the U S Senate with possible Democratic legislative support.
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Graham Sanford
Washington (Ind
Fleming in City Warns Democrats Face Stiff Fight
Senator S B Fleming of Fort Wayne, a Democratic state committeeman from the Twelfth district, reports in Indianapolis that Republicans are doing little campaigning there and are flirting with Socialists. He and Rep Robinson have campaigned actively and expect a reseat for Democrats, noting a no gum shoe effort in his district. The Democratic state committee is to meet soon.
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S. B. Fleming
Fort Wayne
Democratic State Committee
Indianapolis
Robinson
Republican meeting opens Over street campaign in Tomlinson Hall
Representatives Sherman and Vree land and Major McDowell arrive to headline tomorrow night’s Tomlinson Hall gathering. The Columbia Club will host them, with John B. Cockrum presiding and Indianapolis Military Band plus a glee club providing music. James E. Watson and E. E. Hendee traveled to Morristown after visiting the city, joined by Col. E. P. Thayer and the Old Jack Gowdy Glee Club.
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Sherman and Vreeland
New York
Major McDowell
Tomlinson Hall
James E. Watson
E. E. Hendee
Morristown
Col. E. P. Thayer
State Committee
Old Jack Gowdy
Gowdy
Rush County
Madison
Rush
Hancock Counties
Records Burned in Courthouse Fire Sparks Political Jokes
The reports filed on the fifth floor of the courthouse were said to have been in the fire that destroyed the armory of Company H. W. W. Spencer, chairman of the Democratic county committee, recalls a jocular remark about records up there that the Republicans would like to see burned.
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Company H
W. W. Spencer
Democratic County Committee
Spencer
Prohibitionists File Ballot Names For State Offices
The Prohibitionists have filed at the Governor's office their candidates for state office but omitted nominees for the six Appellate bench seats and the single Supreme bench seat. This omission is viewed as an endorsement of the judges currently holding those offices.
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Governor’s Office
Supreme Bench
Democratic police assess $10 for county campaign money
Patrolmen allege Democratic members of the police department are being assessed ten dollars each for county campaign purposes. The funds are said to be collected by Bicycleman Thomas Griffin, who denies the allegation.
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Thomas Griffin
Harrodsburg Bridge Bombing Injures Woman
In Harrodsburg Kentucky an explosion damaged a bridge near Mercer County, injuring Mrs Richard Rue, wife of a toll collector. Rioters or raiders are suspected as the cause, with the Kentucky River incident affecting local traffic and residents.
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Harrodsburg
Wilgate
Richard Rue
Eee
Mercer
Fate of the Sultan if Hostility Persists in the Philippines
General Sumner, commanding American forces on Mindanao, warns the Sultan of Bacolod to end opposition or face punishment, outlines plans to build a trail from Iligan to Lake Lanao, and reports Pershing's Maciu campaign successes against Moros with fort captures and limited casualties. The dispatch notes ongoing efforts to assert sovereignty and win overt Moros’ support.
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Manila
Sumner
Mindanao
Bacolod
Maciu
Malabang
Iligan
Lake Lanao
Washington
Captain Pershing
War Department
Davis
Eli Helmick
Cotta
Bayan
Pershing
Datto
Rio Grande
Census in the Philippines Under New U S Army Planners
Secretary Root names Brigadier General Sanger to lead the census in the Philippines with two Geological Survey and Labor Department experts assisting. Colonel Edwards coordinates with Director Merriam to detach twenty top census workers from Washington for field effort. Revenues will fund the field work. tabulation will occur in Washington with all data cards returned from the islands.
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Washington
Root
Sanger
Philippines
H. W. Gannett
Geological Survey
Victor H. Olmsted
Department of Labor
Edwards
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Merriam
National Census
Cholera Fight Fund Allocated in Iloilo Panay Provinces
The insular government allocated 50900 to combat cholera in Iloilo and Panay. Despite a drop in cases, the province still reports about a thousand cases daily on average.
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Manila
Iloilo
Panay
Appeal for Delay in Patrick Murder Case
Edward H. Kohler for John C. Tomlinson appeared before the New York Court of Appeals seeking a ruling on whether a new six month limit on murder appeals applies to Albert T. Patrick. If applicable, the appeal must be argued this term unless extended. The court took papers and reserved decision.
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Albany
N. Y
Edward H. Kohler
John C. Tomlinson
Albert T. Patrick
Rice
New York City
Court of Appeals
Kohler
Jerome
Parker
Report on Wood's Cuba governorship 1901 192
War Department releases Brigadier General Leonard Wood’s last annual report as military Governor of Cuba covering July 1 1901 to May 20 192 when troops withdrawn and department discontinued detailing military effort supplies consumed and related matters.
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Washington
War Department
Leonard Wood
Cuba
New Second Police Deputy Appointed in New York
New York reports Col Alexander Rose Piper was appointed and sworn in as second deputy of police. The ceremony and appointment mark a leadership update in the urban police department.
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New York
Col
Alexander Rose Piper
Indiana Yearly Meeting to Meet Next Year in Marion
The Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends voted to hold next year’s session in Marion, marking 82 years of Richmond hosting. The decision, urged by Marion petitioners, aligns with Earlham College and the Yearly Meeting House as central to Quaker life in the region.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Marion
Robert W. Douglass
Yearly Meeting
Yearly Meeting House
Earlham College
The
Friends
California Friends
General Conference of Friends
America
John Henry Douglas
Timothy Nicholson
Grant County
M. M. Binford
Robert W. Douglas
Jr B. Woodard
Elkanah Beard
Binford
L. L. Hobbs
Guilford College
N. C
Hobbs
Mary M. Hobbs
Earlham
Guilford
Peace Association
Foreign Missions
Missionary Board
Bible Institute
Daniel Lawrence
Mexico
London
Dublin
Indiana
Huntington
Fairmount Academy
Florence E. Henley
Alice Woodland
Elwood Scott
Alpheus Trueblood
Hannah D. Francisco
Angelina White
Mary M. Evans
Charles C. Alice Nixon
George W. Bird
Alice H. Smith
Ancil Ratliff
Samuel B. Hill
John H. Johnson
Conservative Friends hold yearly meeting at Sugar Grove Church
Plainfield Indiana October Conservative Friends hold their yearly meeting at Sugar Grove Church. This group separated from the main body years ago over liberal movements and adheres to old time Quaker manners and dress. They conduct separate male and female business meetings and worship in silence at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Plainfield
Ind
Friends’ Yearly Meeting
Sugar Grove Church
Olive Branch Synod to Meet in Richmond for 55th Annual Session
The Olive Branch Synod of the Lutheran Church will convene in Richmond Oct 21 for its 55th annual meeting, the fifth in this city since 1848. Officers include Rev. F. M. Porch of Louisville as president and Rev. William Sigmund of Columbus as secretary. The roster lists ministers from Indianapolis to Nashville and India to Kentucky. The St Pauls Lutheran Church golden jubilee program runs Oct 26–29 with German and English sermons and civic clergy addresses.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Olive Branch Synod of the
Lutheran Church
Indianapolis
F. M. Porch
Louisville
William 8. Sigmund
Columbus
H. H. Combs
Sheperdsville
John H. Ohr
W. W. Criley
I. H. Pressly
Malott Park
G. B. Schmitt
C. A. Larrick
Muncie
G. W. Getter
H. E. Simon
H. Allen Leader
E. G. Howard
J. F. F. Kayhoe
Elwood
Leander Goetz
Evansville
C. F. Bergner
Nashville
Tenn
L. R. Massey
Lois
W. L. Guard
Rockport
W. L. Burger
Dickson
C. Freudenrich
Batesville
E. C. Harris
Guntur
India
Frank A. Dressel
Springveld
A. J. Kissell
Springfield
Jacob Keller
Jeffersontown
E. M. Anthony
Tullahoma
P. Bronin
Bucyrus
W. D. Trester
Mooresville
John Gray, Jr
Scivally
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
J. D. Leveringhaus
Chicago
George W. Enders
York
J. J. Young
New York City
Henry Wickemeyer
Michigan City
Carl Aue
Utan
Woman's Missionary Meeting Opens at Bloomington
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church holds its three day convention in Bloomington with 600 delegates and many visitors. Miss Ellen Stone to lecture at the gymnasium Tuesday night. Delegates receive free entertainment and meals. trains arranged for arrival and departure. two thirds of attendees expected from Indiana.
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Indianapolis Journal
Bloomington
Ind
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
W. N. Showers
College Avenue M. E. Church
Ellen Stone
Helton
Indiana
Priesthood Jubilee Marked by Cathedral Mass in Louisville
In Louisville on October 6 the fiftieth anniversary of Bishop William McCloskey entering the priesthood was celebrated with a solemn high mass at the Cathedral of the Assumption attended by thousands of children. Tomorrow morning’s program includes a solemn pontifical high mass with about 260 clergy, seventy five from other states, and officials Governor Beckham and Mayor Grainger expected. The jubilee sermon will be delivered by Bishop Horstman of Cleveland with Archbishop William Henry Elder assisting.
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Louisville
William McCloskey
Cathedral of the Assumption
Beckham
Grainger
Horstman
Cleveland
William Henry Elder
Copeenaeeh
Southern Nut Growers Change Name to National Association
The Southern Nut Growers' Association met in Macon on October 6 and voted to rename the body the National Nut Growers' Association with Macon as headquarters. Officers elected were President G. M. Bacon of Dewitt Georgia first vice president William Nelson of New Orleans second vice president J. B. Curtis of Orange Heights Florida and secretary treasurer J. F. Wilson of Poulon Georgia. New Orleans chosen to host next year's convention.
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Macon
Southern Nut Growers’ Association
National Nut Growers’ Association
G. M. Bacon
Dewitt
William Nelson
New Orleans
J. B. Curtis
Orange Heights
Fla
J. F. Wilson
Poulon
Wedding at Anthony Homestead in Rochester for Anna Dan
For the first time in nearly a century a wedding will be held at the Anthony homestead in Rochester next Thursday. Miss Anna Dan long served as private secretary to Susan B. Anthony and will wed, with Rev. Anna Shaw conducting the ceremony.
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Rochester
N. Y
Anthony Homestead
Anna Dan
Susan B. Anthony
Anna Shaw
Anthony
Jessie Morrison Bond Approved for Release in Kansas
Topeka Kansas October six Supreme Court formally approves ten thousand dollar bond for Jessie Morrison serving a fifteen year penitentiary sentence for killing Clara Wiley Castle. She will be released pending rehearing of her case by the court.
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Topeka
Kan
Supreme Court
Jessie Morrison
Clara Wiley Castle
Miss Morrison
Notable Oklahoma Doctor Killed In Wagon Accident
Dr W H H Dunn of Mangum a respected physician and cattleman in southwestern Oklahoma was dragged to death after being thrown from his carriage. Born in Ohio he rose to prominence in the region before the fatal incident near Guthrie Oklahoma Territory on October 6.
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Guthrie
O. T
W. H. H. Dunn
Mangum
Oklahoma
Ohio
Rose Polytechnic May Reorganize Football Team
Rose Polytechnic Institute students held a mass meeting to consider reorganizing the football team after three senior players were barred from play due to pledge and exam concerns. President Mees and faculty urged immediate formation to face Franklin College on Saturday. Brannon of 04 will become captain. evening practice drew the largest squad of the season.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Bowie
Williams
Pine
Mees
Franklin College
Brannon
Earlham Debating Prospects Bright After Strong Oratory Record
Richmond dispatch notes Earlham College shifts focus from football to oratory and debate. The Earlhamite reports eight years of top finishes in contests and six intercollegiate debates won, with bright prospects this year as class contests loom. Alumni are listed in various professions across Indiana and beyond.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
Ind
Earlham College
Earlhamite
Earlham
Indiana
Annie Swan
Milton
Edward Gardner
Fowler
Laura Hedges
New Castle
Irving White
Haverford College
Lucile Moore
Bryn Mawr
Louis F. Ross
Indiana University
Howard Trueblood
T. Bennett Knight
Jonesboro
Laura Harold
Indianapolis
Roy Barrett
Cincinnati
Agnes Neave
Friends’ Select School
Hughesville
George Powers
Centerville
Lela Kinkead
Winchester
Louise Ford
Earnham
Benjamin Kelly
Lynn Local Telephone Company
John D. Rea
Yale
Willard Trueblood
Vermilion Grove Academy
Katherine Jenkins
Bloomingdale Academy
Harry Michael
Gas City
June Kersey
Friends’ Academy
Conley
Virgil Stanley
Maude White
Mather‘ Nem
University of Mich
Columbia University President Butler Reports on Needs and Course Length
In his annual report President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University outlines the needs of the institution and the appropriate length of courses. The document, issued in New York on an October date, frames priorities for growth and academic structure.
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Butler
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Columbia University Budget and Campus Needs Revealed
President Butler reports university property valued at 21 million 312 thousand dollars and argues for a 1.6 million dollar funding increase to pay debts buy lands and build. He notes a general debt near 3 thousand dollars and annual interest about 100 thousand while urging flexibility in college course length for different career paths.
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Butler
Columbia University
Students Riot Shatters Glass at Local Medical Colleges
Two hundred medical students sparked a disturbance in Kansas City as riot calls flooded police HQ to quell an incipient riot. They smashed windows at the Medico Chirurgical College and Kansas City Medical College during fall festivities, marching from the East Side and creating a loud scene.
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Kansas City
Medico-Chirurgical College
Kansas City Medical College
Officials and Citizen Indicted in Baldwin Lottery Case
Four Lake county officials and citizens along with D. H. Miller of Chicago were arraigned in Gr and Rapids on charges of running a village lottery and using the mails to promote it. Sheriff Willis Messenger Probate Judge Ernest Nicholas County Treasurer Homer Cutler Postmaster Elmer E Herenden and Baldwin village president were named. The scheme aimed at Baldwin and its disposal of funds. The lottery had been broken up two months earlier though it allegedly continued quietly since.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Lake County
D. H. Miller
Chicago
United States Court
Potter
United States
Willis Messenger
Ernest Nicholas
Homer Cutler
Elmer E. Herenden
Baldwin
Freight Trains Collide Near Ardmore
Ardmore Oklahoma Territory reports two freight trains on the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe collide near Ardmore. Authorities investigate cause as crews assess track damage and delays expected along the line.
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Ardmore, L. T
Colorado & Santa Fe
British Ambassador Sir Michael Bert Visits Washington
Sir Michael Bert is the new British ambassador to the United States and travels with Lady Bert. They are in Washington currently and with repairs pending at the embassy, they are staying at a hotel.
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Washington
Michael =bert
United States
Were
New York
Yeu
Passengers Arrive From Liverpool on Colonial Ship
In Portland on October 6, the steamship Colonial from Liverpool landed with 320 passengers. Among them were boys and girls aged from five to eighteen, including youths from Barnard and Canaan.
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Portland
Colonian
Liverpool
Ave
Barnard
Bomen
Canaan
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