Indiana Institutions See 53 Cents a Day Per Inmate
Figures from Indiana board of state charities show the average daily cost per inmate across fifteen state institutions at 53 cents for the first six months of the 1909 1910 year. Total enrollment reached about 11 500 with a six month cost near 1 033 615 dollars, up 1.6 percent from the prior year. Gender and facility breakdowns are noted across insane hospitals soldiers home reform schools prisons and delinquent facilities.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Board of State Charities
Rockville
Southeastern Hospital For the Insane
Madison
School For the
Lafayette
Plainfield
Clermont
Knightstown
Action Against Monon Railway Filed in Federal Court
Indianapolis June 2. A complaint seeks judgment of 11000 dollars against the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Railway company. The suit is brought in federal court on behalf of the government by C. W. Miller United States attorney.
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Indianapolis
Chicago, Indianapolis ,& Louisville Railway Company
C. W. Miller
United States
District Attorney Claims Telegraph Labor Violations
The complaint alleges the defendant company forced telegraph operators to work over nine hours in twenty four at South Hammond, Rensselaer and Monon, with a $500 judgment per violation totaling $11,000. It also cites an engine man and a fireman on the Monon to Indianapolis run working over sixteen consecutive hours.
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South Hammond
Rensselaer
Monon
Indianapolis
Steel Company Moves a River for Coke Ovens Project
Gary Indiana June 4 An unusual engineering feat began as work started to move the Grand Qalumet river a quarter mile south to make room for United States Steel Corp coke ovens beside its blast furnaces. Dredges are digging the new bed.
William E. Cox drafts minority substitute bill
Indiana congressman William E. Cox works on a substitute bill representing minority interests. The move aims to adjust proposed language and broaden or refine legislative reach within the chamber.
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Indiana
Money expert A. Pratt Andrew named assistant treasury secretary
A. Pratt Andrew, long time director of the mint since last year, has been appointed assistant secretary of the treasury to replace Charles D. Norton. Born in Laporte in 1873, he is a Harvard Ph.D. and former Harvard economics professor. He has written on money and banking and served with the national currency commission.
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Harvard
National Currency Commission
D’academie
Paris
Russell Hall
Cambridge
Harvard College
Harvard Athletic Committee
Mother Streight Dead Respected Civil War nurse known to veterans
Indianapolis reports the death of Mrs Lovina Streight widow of Col A D Streight at age eighty one. She joined her husband at the war’s start and for four years served as a nurse on the firing line earning the regard of thousands of soldiers.
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Indianapolis
Lovina Streight
A. D. Streight
Costly Blaze Destroys Multiple Marshall Businesses
Fire at Marshall Indiana on June 4 destroyed the C. H. D. station the Hoagland general store Priest's variety store Owen's photograph gallery and Horn's barber shop. Loss estimated at ten thousand dollars.
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Marshall
Ind
W. H. Hoagland
Priest’s
P. F. Owen
Charles Horn
Rauch to Run Again for Congress Nomination
George W. Rauch was renominated by acclamation at the Eleventh district Democratic convention in Hartford City Indiana. The gathering was described as the largest ever held by the district's Democrats.
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Rauch
Hartford City
Ind
George W. Rauch
Senate Passes Administration Railroad Bill Amid Three Month Battle
The Senate approved the administration railroad bill by fifty to twelve in a day marked by insurgents rushing to join the bandwagon. All votes against the measure came from Democrats, giving Taft a party victory as the bill heads to conference after the House acted on a similar measure. Senator La Follette offered a final swan song as the bill, though not perfect, moves forward with numerous Democratic amendments.
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Senate
Taft
House
la Follette
Anti clerical Rome demo postponed amid rain
A large planned rally by Radicals Republicans and Socialists in Rome was postponed when only 200 to 300 people gathered in the rain. Attendees waited an hour, then dispersed shouting Down with the Vatican. Troops were held in reserve but not used. The pope was mocked as the rain allegedly hindered the protest.
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Rome
Vatican
Troops Withdrawn After Mediation Offer in Peru Ecuador Border
Peru and Ecuador agree to withdraw frontier troops at the request of the United States Brazil and Argentina. The move follows a tripartite mediation proposal to avert war and after both governments accepted the mediation offer.
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Peru
Ecuador
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Taft Family to Arrive at Beverly for Summer Season
Mrs. William H Taft and her children Helen Charles and Robert Taft will reach the summer White House in Beverly Massachusetts on Thursday June 23 for the season President Taft plans a brief trip to Beverly to ensure their safe arrival before returning to Washington
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William H. Taft
Helen
Charles
Robert Taft
White House
Mass
Taft
Washington
Arbitration Board Grants Inch in Wage Dispute
The arbitration board, hearing testimony from 27 000 engineers and 49 railroads west of Chicago, ruled in favor of the engine men granting a 1 percent increase toward their 12 percent demand. The decision impacts wage talks across the industry near Chicago.
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Arbitration Board
Chicago
Kentland Politician Indicted on Bribery Charge
Kentland Indiana June 26 Charles G Mauzy a Benton county Republican leader was indicted by Newton county grand jury for attempted bribery linked to railroad tax graft.
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Kentland
Ind
Charles G. Mauzy
Benton County
Newton County
Grand Jury
Mrs Doxey Acquitted in St Louis Murder Case
Mrs Dora Elizabeth Doxey was acquitted by a jury in Judge Grimm's court in St Louis of alleged murder of William J Elder. The report notes possible adoption of cottonseed bread as a ration for the United States army.
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United States
Henry Porter dies at 43 in New York hospital
Sidney Porter known as O. Hen ry Porter died Sunday morning at Poly clinic hospital New York City aged forty three after a long illness including cirrhosis of the liver. Dr Charles Russell Hancock treated Porter before he was sent to the hospital.
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Sidney Porter
America
O. Henry
Polyclinic Hospital
New York City
Charles Russell Hancock
Porter
Remembrance of O Henry as a Master of Short Stories
The piece notes the deathly condition of O Henry's doctor and Hopkins surgery while recalling his life. It highlights his talent for humor dramatic narration slang coined language and the origin of the pen name QO Henry adopted in New Orleans about a decade earlier.
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O. Henry
New Orleans
QO. Henry
Heike Blames Havemeyer In Sugar Fraud Case
Charles H. Heike former secretary of the American Sugar Refining Co testifies he reported weight discrepancies and false sugar tests to Henry O. Havemeyer who he says ignored them. Heike says Havemeyer bore the responsibility for the frauds and remarks that he can see why Havemeyer acted that way.
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Charles H. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Henry O. Havemeyer
Heike
Wall Street
The
Trust
Mr. Havemeyer
Fatal Monon Collision Near Shelby In Dense Fog
A Monon passenger train collided with a freight near Shelby Indiana about fifty miles from Chicago Sunday. One man, the freight flagman, was killed as he stood on the main track not seeing the passenger train in dense fog. Several Louisville racehorse riders were among the injured passengers en route to Chicago.
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Monon
Shelby
Ind
Chicago
Louisville
Theatre at White House Grounds for Washington Play Grounds
The White House grounds host a benefit performance by the Washington Play grounds association featuring As You Like It on the evening of June 16. The event raises funds for local playground efforts and community programs.
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White House
Washington Playgrounds Association
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