Indiana State Teachers Meet in Indianapolis December 27 29
The fifty eighth annual session of the Indiana State Teachers association will be held in Indianapolis December 27 28 29 with Alfred Dickens son of Charles Dickens as principal speaker. Sessions occur in Tomlinson Hall and the Claypool hotel with other meetings by the Indiana High School Athletic association and the County Superintendents association.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Alfred Dickens
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Meredith Nicholson
Tomlinson Hall
Claypool Hotel
Indiana High School Athletic Association
County Superintendents’ Association
Statehouse
House of Rep Representatives
America
State Association
Robert J. Aley
University of Maine
Williiam E. Watt
Chicago
Woods Hutchinson
New York
E. B. Bryan
Colgate University
Henry Suzzallo
Columbia University
Linnaeus N. Hines
Crawfordsville
Association
Samuel L. Scott
Jeffersonville
J. B. Pearcy
Anderson
Adelaide S. Baylor
Charles A. Greathouse
Indiana Y M C A Opens Annual State Convention at Anderson
Nearly 250 delegates attend the Indiana Young Men’s Christian Association convention opening in Anderson. George D. McDill leads factory shop meetings. Rev. Frederick E. Taylor addresses the session on The Way of a Larger Service. Reports note 17 new buildings in a decade, assets of 2,470,699, and 15,138 members, with major gifts from Rosenwald Studebaker and Reid.
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State Y. M. C. A
Indiana Young Men’s Christian Association
Anderson
George D. McDill
Chicago
International Y. M. C. A
Sharon E. Jones
Richmond
Indiana Y. M. C. A
Frederick E. Taylor
First Baptist Church
Indianapolis
State Executive Committee
John C. Haswell
Marion
John F. Wallick
Indiana Association
Laporte and
Kokomo
Julius Rosenwald
Indiana
M. c
October Diphtheria Deaths In Indiana Reported
October death toll from diphtheria in Indiana listed 68 victims across the state according to health records.
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Indiana
Rail commission sets hearing on grade crossing elimination rule
The state railroad commission plans a hearing December 5 to consider a general rule to remove dangerous steam and electric grade crossings within a year, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling on its power. They also scheduled December 6 for Terre Haute shippers and December 27 for Terre Haute yard-cost changes, with Noblesville petition to remove a crossing and Lake Erie and Western involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Railroad Commission
Supreme Court
Noblesville
Lake Erie & Western Road
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Terre Haute
Purdue and Indiana Hold Joint Farmers Short Course
Purdue and Indiana universities united for a three day farmers short course in Lafayette. About five hundred attendees saw lectures demonstrations and stock judging including the championship steer Benefactor from Tomson Brothers. Miss Gertrude M. McCheyne led domestic science with Otis Crane among speakers before sessions shift to Salem and Vincennes later in the month.
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Purdue University
University of Indiana
Agricultural Extension Department
Lafayette School
University
Tomson Brothers
Kansas
Gertrude M. McCheyne
Otis Crane
Lebanon
Salem
Vincennes
Pension Grants Listed For Indianians
Pensions were granted to individuals including William E. Bates for 14 dollars John L Carpenter for 245 dollars Hollis H Chase for 20 dollars Jesse Edwards for 30 dollars Levi.
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William” E. Bates
Hollis
H. Chase
Jesse ‘Edwards
Levi
Beattie Jr Walked To Chair Believing End Of Slayings Ended
Richmond Virginia reports Henry Clay Beattie Jr walked to the electric chair calmly after confessing to the killing of his wife last July. Ministers and his father published the confession as Beattie faced execution, taking one minute to die.
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Richmond
Virginia
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr
Mann
Beattie
Henry Clay Beattie
Henry Clay Beattis5
Thirty Die As Bridge Collapses With Train Passengers
A State railway bridge near Murur on the Thouet River gave way under a Angers to Poitiers train carrying about 100 passengers. The wreck sent the entire train into the swollen stream and thirty people were killed.
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Paris
Saumur
Angers
Poitiers
Thouet Fiver
Three Men Jailed for Tarring of Miss Chamberlain
Lincoln Center Kansas a jury convicts E G Clark Jay Fitgwater and Watson Scratton of tar encounter with Miss Mary Chamberlain and sentences them each to one year in jail Judge Grover also terms Ed Ricard to one year for luring the teacher The same panel finds Sherrill Clark and John Schmidt guilty of assault and battery while acquitting A N Simms Clark and Schmidt await new trial motions set for December 18 The jurors used 42 ballots to reach the verdicts
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Lincoln Center
Kan
Mary Chamberlain
Grover
E. G. Clark
Jay Fitgwater
Watson Scratton
Ricard
Sherrill Clark
John Schmidt
A. N. Simms
Clark
Schmidt
Simms
Accuser of Roosevelt Hurt in Escape Incident
Mrs. Von Claussen, famed for accusing Theodore Roosevelt and others, could not attend a sanity hearing as she breaks an ankle during a leap from a second story window while escaping Bloomingdale asylum. She had been confined for two weeks following a threatening telegram to a Chicago Supreme Court justice.
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New York
von Claussen
Theodore Roosevelt
Bloomingdale
Packers Refused Stay in Sherman Antitrust Case
Chief Justice White denied a stay in the Chicago beef packers Sherman antitrust trial. He asked counsel to refile with the full bench, noting the matter’s importance and that it deserves thorough consideration.
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Washington
White
Chicago
Bombardment Begins as Rebels Close on Nanking
Revolutionary forces siege Nanking as Tiger Hill fort opens fire and Manchu defenders suffer heavy losses. General Wong is killed and General Chang flees the city amid fierce fighting. Rebels press toward the Yangtse while imperial troops attempt sorties. Massacre fears rise as fall seems imminent.
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Nanking
China
Yangtse
Tiger Hill
Purple Mountain
Ming Tombs
Wong
Chang
Lion Hill
Defends Her Act in Denver Murder Trial
Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Patterson testifies in her defense against the murder charge of her husband Charles A. Patterson. She recounts threats to sign over property, a choking assault, a confrontation over a damages suit, and a fatal shot after she claims she defended herself. The testimony, largely redacted for publication, details a struggle leading to the firing of a revolver and her subsequent awakening in jail.
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Denver
Colo
Gertrude Gibson Patterson
Charles A. Patterson
Strauss
Hilton
Patterson
Prinz Joachim Ashore on Samana Island Off Samana Passage
The steamer Prinz Joachim of the Atlas service ran aground on Samana island about twenty five miles off its course. Passengers and mails have been transferred to the Ward liner Seguranca. Among those aboard were William Jennings Bryan his wife and son.
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Prinz Joachim
W. J. Bryan
Rock
New York
Atlas
Hamburg American Line
Samana
William Jennings Bryan
Paris Editors Fight Duel Over Curie Langevin Allegations
A sword duel occurred between M. Daudet editor of Action Francaise and M. Chervet of Gil Blas in Paris. The clash stemmed from allegations made against Mme Curie and Professor Langevin by his wife in a recent suit. Daudet was wounded in the arm and the men later reconciled.
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Paris
M. Daudet
Action Francaise
M. Chervet
Gil Blas
Mme. Curie
Professor Langevin
Col. Thomas B. Davis in Virginia Politics and Death Report
Col. Thomas B. Davis, a former congressman from Virginia, is reported dead. The obituary notes Davis' military rank and political career, with references to his brother and local connections in West Virginia and Virginia.
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Thomas B. Davis
Keyzer
Congress
Virginia
Indiana Briefs Bring Death Divorces and Crime
South Bend reports Otto Crevist on, a Marion oil magnate, returned home after three weeks with $2500 spent, wife to seek divorce and $20000 alimony. Vincennes jail scene as Ray Stibbins is arrested for murder, fainting in aisle. Lafayette editor Pierce killed in car crash while aiding cousin burial site. Jeffersonville guards escape reform school. Gary builds honeymoon apartments for new couples. Valparaiso woman commits suicide over husband’s death. Laporte body found mutilated on Lakes Shore tracks. Terre Haute sees two deaths, one by accidental crushing, one by self harm, same hour.
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Kenosha
Wis
Pasquale Marches
Marchesi
Rosaria
Marches
Josephine
South Bend
Otto Creviston
Marion
Creviston
Guy L. Bunker
Ray
Slater E. Stibibns
George W. Stibbins
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Indiana Library Commission
Helen Davis
Miss Davis
W. A. Deharity
State Board of Accounts
Mr. Deharity
OM. Deharity
A. L. Greenburg Iron Company
Paul
Mrs.Beattie
Beulah Binford
Virginian
Statement
France
Roosevelt
Supreme Bench
Island
Fortune Island
Bahamas
Prof. Langevin
George Ade
John T. McCutcheon
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Benjamin Zeigler
Chester Brown
Zeigler
Brown
Gary
Nathan Salinger
Valparaiso
Margaret Cochrane
John Cochrane
Terre. - Haute
Harry Moore
Company’s
Harry
Moore
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