Orphanage and welfare measures pass in state bill
The measure sets up a state board with annual reporting to the legislature, allocates 4000 for board expenses, and makes the governor an ex officio member and president. It provides for orphan asylums with county funding, creates homes for dependent orphans, and empowers county commissioners to appropriate funds for care. It also includes penalties for cruelty to children, regulates child labor, appoints guardians for Indianapolis, and tweaks township and assessor provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snell
Logansport
Richmond
Evansvile
Indianapolis
Circuit Court
Eumerseney
Humane Society
Dangerous explosives laws and public safety measures enacted
A long list of acts tightens control on dynamite and other explosives near dwellings and public buildings, bans unmarked transport, imposes heavy fines and possible imprisonment, and requires records of purchases. Other provisions prohibit tobacco sales to minors, cruelty to animals, and abuse of children, plus penalties for gambling, prostitution, and aiding felonies. Emergency clauses cover various tax, telegraph, express, and assessment reforms.
Acts of 19th Century Illinois on County Administration
A composite summary of acts authorizing county auditors to supply blanks for a soldiers roll, clerks to keep bond indices, raising auditor bonds to 210 000, joint suits on multiple bonds, marshal and sheriff powers over court processes, township duties and indebtedness, county tax levies for turnpikes, and amendments to 1881 statutes including an election for local officials. Emergency clauses accompany several provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Sheri'f
Supreme Court
Board of County Commissioners
R. S
Penes Fewnsbhly
Provisions on Intestate Estates and Life Interests
A historical act outlines how a widow and up to two children share an intestate decedent's personal property, with the widow's portion adjusted by number of children. It also limits life estates for childless second wives and restricts later conveyances. The act specifies protections for guardians and heirs and notes emergency applicability.
Proposed constitutional amendments by joint resolutions
Amendments address militia eligibility, attorney qualifications, voting rights for native citizens and foreigners, term limits for county officials, elected supreme court clerk, state officers, superintendent of public instruction, Assembly salaries and sessions, and Supreme Court size. Proposals must pass the next general assembly before a public vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Agricultural funding and county institutes act
An act provides for 5000 pounds yearly to support county farmers institutes run Nov to Apr by a Purdue University program and local county committees. It also encourages breeding of improved stock with sire liens, licensing and sworn statements, penalties for unpaid fees, and requires railroads to destroy noxious weeds on lands they occupy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
School of Agriculture
Purdue University
Supreme Court Commission Act Proposed Appointment Plan
The bill would create five state citizens as commissioners from each supreme judicial district to aid the Supreme Court. Governors certify authority, terms last four years with judge salaries, vacancies during legislative recess filled by the governor. Commissioners receive duties as assigned by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Supreme Judicial District
House of Representatives
Senate
General Assembly
State Live Stock Commission Established By Act
Emergency clause and act establishing a state live stock and Bonitary commission. Three members, practical farmers in live stock interests. One elected for four years, one for three, one for two. Members chosen by the state board of agriculture and approved by the governor. They appoint a state veterinarian paid up to 2000 dollars. Commission to protect health of all domestic animals from infectious diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Live Stock Sanitary Commission Formation
Live Stock Commissions established by the state board of agriculture and governor approval to oversee livestock health. Three commissioners plus a veterinary surgeon will form the Live Stock Sanitary Commission to protect domestic animals from contagious diseases and set quarantine regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Night schools urged for towns with 3000 plus residents
Requiring school trustees in towns and cities over 3,000 inhabitants to establish and maintain night schools during regular terms when at least twenty residents with children aged fourteen to twenty-one petition the trustees. The measure targets those compelled to work during the day to support their families.
Prohibition on Display of Uninspected Livestock in Cities
A provision prohibits displaying beef pork or mutton for care in all incorporated cities until inspected by proper authorities within the state. Violators face a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
The Eight Hour Law Limiting Work to Eight Hours Act
The Eight Hour Law limits the labor of all classes of mechanics and workingmen to eight hours daily, with exemptions for domestics and farm workers. Employers who fail to comply face a fine of $500.
Indiana Legislature Debates Broad Reform Bills and Jackson County Outlook
A sweep of measures covers corporation formation for stock improvement and agriculture, railroad notice boards, liquor licenses, high school funding, city street powers, state house staff pay, holiday banking, national home lands, water works by associations, land appraisals, cemetery expansions, telephones rental repeal, university land sales, liquor license appeals, fair organization, and militia reorganization. Emergency clauses accompany many provisions, with statutory changes impacting taxes, school lands, and publication rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logsdon
Cailen
Board of Commissioners
Evansville
Washington
United States
Grant County
Board of County Commissioners
Tennessee
Washington Sts
Board of Trustees
Indiana University
Ringgold County
Iowa
Circuit Court
Wabash & Erie
Congress
Wabash & Erie Canal
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indiana Legion
Meansville
Indiana reforms and tax measures in 19th century acts
A lengthy enactment list covers municipal taxes, railroad and corporate powers, real estate lien records, school bonds, and health and religious incorporation. Provisions include a reform school name change, insane asylum transfer rules, hospital funding, condemned estate handling, bonded school funding, teacher licensing, and county loan distributions. Emergency clauses and intercounty practices are noted with various dates and monetary values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Indiana Reformatory Institution For Women and Girls
Reform School For Girls
Women’s Prison
Vendee
U. S
U.S
Circuit Court
Secretary of State
School Commissioners of
Indianapolis
Board of Commissioners
Boston
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Secretary of the Interior
PERSONAL GOSSIP FROM THE NATION AND COURT LIFE
Secretaries Tracy and Chauncey M Depew served in the New York legislature in 1862. Harriet Beecher Stowe remains in good health and Mentally sharp. Alexander the new king of Servia is a bright thirteen year old boy. Mrs Burnett prospers from Life Lord Fauntleroy earning over 1000 dollars weekly. Joan Scott Harrison brother of the president enjoys a jolly time in Washington. Lee Hang Chinese legation member a chamberlains racket with drinks and a silk purse. Cleveland prefers busy work to leisure, a hustler who grows while hustling and seeks constant engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracy
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Alexander
Servia
Burnett
Lord Fauntlercy
Joan Scott Harrison
Washington
John
Benjamin
Kansas City
Lee Hang
Legation
Chamberlin’s
Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Peculiar fascination of debate cited in dialogue
An educated darkey compares debate to a lure. His illiterate brother agrees he once caught a big catfish by the peculiar fascination offered by the bait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darkey
Isaacson Family Wants New Channel Shirt
In a humorous exchange Mrs. Isaacson complains that their child Isaac wants a new channel shirt. Mr. Isaacson responds with plans to buy fifty cent non shrink able shirts, noting the old one will be washed and Isaac can keep the new item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Isaacson
Leedle Isaac Yants von
New Channel
Mr. Isaacson
Leedle Isaac Gan
Miscellaneous items from the News of the Week
A sprawling digest notes varied items from Liberty Indiana to Washington, with events including a poultry association formation, gas piping plans for Lafayette Indiana, a Wetzel County West Virginia dog panic, ex President Cleveland and Porter's ministerial speculation, Captain Ericsson’s death, fatal car accidents in Kent Ohio and Seymour Indiana, and numerous political, criminal, and social notes across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Ind
Louisville
Indiana
Wetzel County
West Virginia
Dubois County
Cleveland
New York
Porter
Italy
Friends of Justice
Matthews
John Ericsson
Kent
Lafayette
Tarrison
Iarrison
White House
Windom
Treasury Department
Martin Westfall
Wayne
Mich
Annie Roche
Notable 19th Century Deaths and Disasters Reported
A string of violent events and notable deaths fill the week’s items. William Walter Phelps and John A Kasson figure in diplomatic notes, while Mrs Love near Chancellorsville dies from a revolver accident alleged by her husband. Mine explosions at Yitemville PA fatally injure William Fairclough and seriously burn Alexander Thompson and William Kentz. A German clerk in New York, Gunther Weiehrung, is attacked during a robbery bid. Other incidents include suicides in Bryn Mawr and Rochester, a fatal explosion at Akron and a boiler blast in St Louis. Baltimore celebrates centenarian Elizabeth Sands. Gettysburg cyclorama事故 injures two in Cincinnati. President Harrison vows territorial home rule. International notes include Parnell’s Irish self rule stance, French decrees, a new Peruvian cabinet, and nihilist activity. Fire disasters strike Shidsouka and Yokosuka in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Walter Phelps
Austria
John A. Kasson
Italy
Gov. Porter
Indiana
Thomas Love
Chancellorsville
William Fairclough
Alexander Thompson
William Kentz
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Yitemville
Gunther Weiehrung
New York
Brown
Patrick McMahon
Peices
Neill Brown
Victoria
St. Louis
Elizabeth Sands
Baltimore
Washington
Harrison
Gettysburg
Cincinnati
Eighty Club
London
Earl Spener
Parnell
Isaiah V. Williamson
Philadelphia
Williamson
United States
Ele
Penn’s Manor
Bucks County
Williamson, Burrough & Co
Duc d’Aumale
Peru
Deroulede
French Patriotic League
Shoa
Abyssinia
Salvation Army
Berlin
Milan
Belgic
San Francisco
Chinkiang
Shidsouka
Japan
Yokosuka
Telegrams Boiled Down From The Times
A snapshot of quick news items: Harry Lyons of the St. Louis Browns is released. Warren Ohio tube works to be sold at sheriff sale April 13. Weavers strike in Fall River remains unchanged. Cleveland ministers crusade against Sunday theaters. Murat Halstead denies talks of French or German missions. Wabash division of Chicago sold under foreclosure. Milwaukee Chinamen charged with debauching girls held on $5,000 bonds. Lewisburg nail works property seized for $32,000. Emmons Blaine named vice president of West Virginia Central with Baltimore HQ. West Virginia’s Watts declines resignation pending presidential action. Illinois lower house backs Matthews for U.S. commissioner of internal revenue. Suspected robbers of Southern Pacific express near Pixley thought arrested. Aldace Walker takes ICC Railway Association chair at $25,000 yearly. Detroit man shoots fiancée Ida Corneau then dies by suicide. Texas & Pacific passenger wreck near El Paso. engineer and fireman fatally injured. Sprowl of Austin Nichols & Co. reappears in Parkersburg. Braxton County West Virginia residents bail to face White Caps indictments.
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Rosa M. Leland
Chesterea
Albany
N. Y
Newark
Washington
Yellowstone Park
Pauline Hall
Edward R. White
Harrison
Simon Cameron
Pennsylvania
Windom
George C. Tichenor
Illinois
Treasury
North Wheeling Glass Works
Robert Sigel
Sigel
U. S. Grand Jury
New York
Palmer
Harry Gouch
Bill Raridan
Marion
Ind
Cleveland
New York Chamber of Commerce
Thos. Ageus, Jr
Norwalk
Gov. Beaver
Philadelphia
J. H. Baker
St. Paul
Minn
Charles H. Chapin
Eastriver
George Rose
Plymouth
Wilkesbarre
James Pollard
Princeton
Andrew Duke
Athletic Club of
Buffalo
Samoa
Blaine
David
Joseph Sncely
Amberger
Ligonier
Gen. Lyons
Relief Corps
E. C. Compton
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Hennii
Little Lucy Spellman
Kansas City
Chicago
George W. Allen
St. Louis
Martin Thorp
William Garner
Conway County
Arkansas
Wanamaker
Harrington
Huntingsburg
Covey
Monon
Putnamville
Charles Russell
Minneapolis
E. M. Souza
Matthew Mathews
Hamilton
Gov. Alger
Michigan
Col
H. M. Duffield
Detroit
Albert Netter
Cincinnati
Nellie Hayden
Ann Driscoll
Delafield
Wis
Beatrice Funk
Marble Creek
Dick Bricken
Auburn
Joseph Russell
J.C. Clarkson
Towasras
Rock Radford
Hopkinsville
Lillie Cassidy
Gov. Hovey
Supreme Court of Indiana
Supreme Court Commission
Harry Lyons
Lewisburg
Emmons Blaine
West Virginia Central
Matthews
U. S
Texas & Pacific
Fl Paso
Tex
W. D. Sprowl
Austin, Nichols & Co
Parkersburg
W. Va
Braxton C. HL
Engagement Proposal and Bar Harbor Dream
A humorous mix of misheard romance and social satire unfolds as Miss Charity Ball refuses a marriage without wealth and status, while a doctor jokes about a cold and fashion choices. separate bits shift between scenes of social climbing and a mystery coroner’s office nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Schmerz
Miss Ball
Charity Ball
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Joseph L. Hall
Hall
Safe and Lock Company
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Zurich
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Helena
M.T
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