Rioting in Evansville Over Negro Murderer Ends in Many Deaths
Seven killed and about two dozen wounded as National Guard and deputy sheriffs clash with a mob at the Vandercounty jail. The violence followed the shooting of Patrolman Massey by a Black suspect and a planned mob raid on the jail. A little girl, Hazel Allman, 15, dies in the crowd. Troops are enforcing quiet while officials search for the suspect.
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Edward Schiffman
Springfield
Hazel Allman
Joseph H. Allman
John Barnett
St. Mary’s Hospital
August Jordan
Ed. Rule
Fred Schraidt
Cook’s Brewing Company
Fred Kappler
Henry Kappler
Lee Hawley
Robert Miller
Charles Preskey
Theodore Beem
John Fares
Albert Kaeuss
Company A
First Regiment
Indiana National Guard
Chris Kratz
Fourth
Division
Vine
Vandcerburg
Division Street
Blum
National Guard
Col. McCoy
Lee Brown
Massey
Vincennes
King Edward Hosts Loubet in Brief London Welcome
President Loubet arrived from Dover and was greeted by King Edward and the prince of Wales at Victoria station. The two leaders inspected guards and rode to St James Palace, where Queen Alexandra met Loubet. A state banquet at Buckingham Palace closed the day with royal officials present.
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London
Loubet
Republic
Dover
Victoria
King Edward
Prince of Wales
Guard of Honor
M. Loubet
Duke of Connaught
St. James Palace
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Explosion at toy cap factory kills three in Chicago
An explosion at a toy cap factory on South Chicago Avenue kills three people and injures several others. Police arrest Noble Higgie injured, former manager Charles F. Graber, and Edward Hazkehurst president of the company for alleged criminal carelessness in handling explosives.
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Chicago
Chicago Avenue
Noble Higgie
Charles F. Graber
Edward Hazkehurst
Gill resigns from Sixteenth Ohio seat over health
Steubenville Ohio July 7 Joseph J Gill republican of this city resigns his seat in the United States House of Representatives from the Sixteenth Ohio district effective on the qualification of his successor. Health concerns prompt the action advised by physicians. The district is a Republican stronghold and no successor is named. Gill is a wealthy retired manufacturer who recently paid 300000 for the Daily Dispatch at Columbus Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Joseph J. Gill
Nash
Congress
Ohio
Gill
Daily Dispatch
Columbus
Government finances show 1903 surplus of 52 million
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury reports the year ending June 30 1903 had total revenues of 558 837 526 from customs internal revenue and miscellaneous sources with expenditures of 506 176 590 leaving a surplus of 52 710 936. Revenues fell vs 1902 while expenditures rose driven by civil war era costs. customs rose and internal revenue fell due to repeal act.
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Washington
Postal Service
Indicted Men Arraigned in Letter Box Fasteners Case
Three indictments for accepting bribes connected with government contracts for letter box fasteners were brought against Washington businessman W. Machen. He pleaded not guilty and got until July 20 to file a demurrer. Groft brothers, also indicted, pleaded not guilty. Machen and the Groffs slated for fall term trial.
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Washington
W. Machen
Justice Pritchard
Groft Brothers
Machen
Groffs
Jenatzy Wins Gordon Bennett Cup Race in Ireland
In Bally Shannon Ireland on July 3 Jenatzy led the German team to victory in the James Gordon Bennett cup car race. He completed 3703 miles in six hours 36 minutes and nine seconds including regulatory stops.
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Bally Shannon
Ireland
Jenatzy
Patent Office Grants Record 33 229 in Year
The patent office summary for the year ended June 30 shows 33 229 patents granted and 54 256 applications filed. Receipts totaled 1 591 251 dollars, marking a prosperous year in bureau history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Patent Office
Tragic Mine Disaster Leaves 235 Dead at Hanna
Fire and toxic gas engulfed Union Pacific Coal No. 1 mine in Hanna Wyoming on July 2. Of 262 men who entered, 235 perished, largely Finlanders and Negro workers, as rescuers struggled at the seventeenth level amid collapsing timbers and frantic crowds at the mine mouth. It may take a month to clear the lower levels.
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Hanna
Wyo
Union Pacific Coal Company
Postal Deficiency Estimate for Fiscal Year
Captain Castle the treasury auditor for the post office department estimates a postal deficiency of 4 617 203 dollars for the just closed fiscal year. Receipts totaled 134 268 609 dollars while expenditures reached 138 such 85 812 dollars. The rural free delivery service accounts for the large deficit and a prior year deficiency was 2 961 170 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capt. Castle
the Treasury
Post Office Department
Grasshoppers Ravage Forsyth Area Devastating Plains
Prof. Cooley of Montana State College reports grasshoppers have stripped a 70 by 50 mile district near Forsythe, devouring crops and leaving plains dotted with starving cattle, marking the worst range conditions he has seen.
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Butte
Mont
Prof
Cooley
State Agricultural College At
Bozeman
Forsythe
State News Happenings 13 Legally Dead
Sullivan Indiana July 2 A Mexican War veteran James Watson over 70 is seen daily as a "dead man" on Sullivan streets. He enlisted in 1st Illinois Infantry at Alton in 1846 and was told by his captain he would be discharged. A certificate showed service but his home fire destroyed it in 1852. He now cannot prove he is alive to the war department.
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Sullivan
Ind
James Watson
Watson
1St
Illinois Infantry
Alton
War Department
Union Traction Co leases for 99 years
Indianapolis July 1 The Union Traction Co of Indianapolis operating 200 miles of interurban lines to Muncie Anderson Elwood Marion Logansport and other cities with 8.5 million capital stock and bonds was leased for 99 years to the Indiana Union Traction Co. which has 5 million capital stock and equal bond authority with 1 million issued Dividends on the leased company stock range from 4 to 6 percent and rise 1 percent per year guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Union Traction Co
Muncie
Anderson
Elwood
Marion
Logansport
Indiana Union Traction Co
No Dude Fight Ends in Fatal Shootout in Ice Cream Parlor
In Indianapolis at midnight William Bottom and Clarence Butler, both Black men, argued in an ice cream parlor. Butler drew a weapon but Bottom fired twice, striking Butler fatally. Bottom remains at large.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Bottom
Clarence Butler
Butler
Bottom
Grand Rapids Team Discussion at Central League Meet
Marion Indiana July 2 The Central League maganates discussed removing the Grand Rapids team at a meeting held here but no action was announced Lima Ohio shows interest and a committee of Anderson businessmen urged the franchise return to that city
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Marion
Ind
Central League Maganates
Grand Rapids
Lima
Anderson Business
Taylor and Gilbert Declare Candidacy for Governor
At Nip-and-Tuck club dinner by the Blue river near Newcastle, former Attorney General William L. Taylor of Indianapolis and Lieutenant Governor Newton W. Gilbert of Fort Wayne formally announced their candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Barbers' International Union HQ Moves to Indianapolis
Announcement states the union headquarters will be moved from Cleveland to Indianapolis. President F X Neschang of Albany is likely to stay in his home city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Barbers’ International Union
Cleveland
F. X. Neschang
Albany
Uncle Ike Levy Dies in Indiana Counterfeiting Ring Leader
North Vernon Ind July 1 Uncle Ike Levy the noted counterfeiter died at his home in Osgood early Tuesday morning He was only in four days at the head of what was once the slickest set of counterfeiters in the United States.
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Ike” Levy
North Vernon
Ind
Ike Levy
Osgood
United States
Celi bites Club Joins English Society In Ind
English Indianapolis July 2 The Celibates club adds to the English society with seven charter members William Weil Sheridan Cunningham Stephen Jones Bry Patton and Robert Sloan among those listed as founders.
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English
Ind
the Celibates” Club
The
Society of English
William Weil
Sheridan Cunningham
Stephen Jones
Bry Patton
Robert Sloan
Judge May Might Adopt Refuge Child Bertha Kentrup
Indianapolis July 3 Judge Whallon moved by Bertha Kentrup a police court prisoner’s daughter may adopt and educate her as his own. The child recently left the house of refuge after six years and came home to work for her mother who learned of the move. She found two drunken men in the house and resisted, prompting the judge to pledge guardianship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Bertha Kentrup
Whallon
Ames Shovel Co. to Buy Terre Haute Factory
Terre Haute Ind July 2 Ames Shovel Co of Boston closed negotiations for the purchase of the shovel factory owned by the Terre Haute shovel and tool works. The price is not public. The Terre Haute plant burned recently but is rebuilding and had employed 200 men before the fire. Ames Bros may not operate the plant, as they are said to control half the U S small farming tool factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Ames Shovel Co
Boston
Man Believed Dead Returns from Cripple Creek
Lawrenceburg Indiana July 2 Frank Gardner brother of Fifth ward Councilman Geo Gardner returned home from Cripple Creek Colorado where he worked as a bridge builder contractor and owned mining property Clairvoyants had said he died years ago after a bridge fall He left nearly 30 years ago and vowed to return wealthy.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Frank Gardner
Geo. Gardner
Fifth Ward
Cripple Creek
Col
Fort Wayne and Springfield Interurban Railway Incorporated
The Fort Wayne and Springfield Railway Co an interurban firm will build lines from Fort Wayne through Middletown Decatur Monroe Berne Geneva Bryant to Portland and from Decatur through Pleasant Mills to the Ohio Indiana line Capital stock set at 309000 Indianapolis July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Fort Wayne
Suit For Damages In Historic Whitecap Case
A July 1 Bloomington report notes a New Jersey case led to a Green County suit for $10,000 damages over an alleged Newark crime four years past. Plaintiff cites prominent Green County residents as defendants after a venue change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Newark
Joseph Britton
Green County
Fitzgerald Special Judge Reverses Blocked Liquor License
In Vernon Indiana on July 3 special judge Fitzgerald reversed Scott county commissioners rejecting Warren Smith's liquor license. The ruling grants Smith license to operate a saloon in Scottsburg after the prior denial.
Superintendent Byers Resigns at Jeffersonville Reformatory
Joseph P. Byers, superintendent of the Jeffersonville reformatory, handed in his resignation to the board on Thursday night and it was accepted. W. H. Whittager of Indianapolis was elected to succeed him.
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Byers
Jeffersonville
Ind
Joseph P. Byers
Jeffersonville Reformatory
W. H. Whittager
Indianapolis
Engineer Severely Burned by Gas Explosion
William Martz engineer at the waterworks in Greenfield Indiana was seriously burned when he tried to light a fire under a boiler and a gas explosion occurred singeing his face and upper body.
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Greenfield
Ind
William Martz
Waterworks
Union Men Fined In Indianapolis Forge Case
In the superior court Judge Carter fined William Veach Frank Kettlewell and Jas Anderson each 25 dollars and costs for violating the restraining order issued last December in the Indianapolis drop forge case.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Carter
William Veach
Frank Kettlewell
Jas. Anderson
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Carlow
Watay
Yee Currace
Mik. Cullen
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HE Was
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