County Council Compromise Cuts Court House Spending
The county council reached a compromise on a 90 200 extra appropriation for courthouse improvements by limiting spending to 16 000 to finish work already begun, adding to 50 000 approved last September. Sykes Ziesel and Rickert facilitated the deal while halving many estimates and removing items such as a 10 000 dome and 14 000 marble work. The majority argued urgent needs and contractor damage forced action, with Hawks acknowledging prior miscalculation.
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Court House
Messrs
H. B. Sykes
John Ziesel
Dilman Rickert
Council
Skeleton Unearthed During School Basement Dig in Middlebury
Workers digging for a school basement uncovered human remains including skulls ribs and a full skeleton in an old cemetery lot at Middlebury and Prairie streets. Undertakers H Steph ens & Son will remove the bones to Grace Lawn cemetery after exhumation work ends and burial is arranged.
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Middlebury
Prairie Streets
Grace Lawn
H. Stephens & Son
Potter’s
Grace Lawn Cemetery
Sold Coin Collection Brings $1000 to Otis Balcom
James Kavanaugh sold his six tray collection of United States two cent pieces from 1857 to 1891 and early American dollars to Otis Balcom of Cincinnati for $1000. Balcom plans to keep three $1 pieces worth $200 each and sell the rest. A Spanish coin from 1794 was found in Virginia decades ago in a chimney.
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James Kavanaugh
Otis Balcom
Cincinnati
Balcolm
United States
Thermit welding proves successful at Lake Shore shop
Several hundred witnesses watched Oscar Antz and Lake Shore officials test a thermit welding process at the locomotive shop yesterday. The weld on a broken engine frame bar took five minutes and is expected to save time and thousands of dollars annually by avoiding disassembly.
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Lake Shore
Oscar Antz
Cross
Chidley
Round House
Nelson
Mr. Antz
Goldsmidt
Germany
Antz
Lake Shore gang blamed for bank robbery escape linked
Indiana police tie the Churubusco bank heist to the Lake Shore gang active since Harry Slater and Yock Allison escaped. The outfit, led by a Toledo criminal, is thought to be in the Elkhart Goshen Mishawaka South Bend area or possibly Chicago, with past links to Mishawaka by informers and missing evidence from Richland Michigan. The Wolverine state is described as the most persistent hunter of criminals.
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Indiana
Lake Shore
Harry Slater
Yock Allison
Irs
Shining Lights
Kessler
Toledo
Outfit
Elkhart
Goshen
Mishawaka
South Bend
Chicago
Allison
Slater
Michigan Penitentiary
Richland
Michigan
Russel
Wolverine
Quaife to Be Reappointed Health Inspector
William H. Quaife, former health inspector whose office was abolished by a new law, will likely be appointed again to the same duties on the recommendation of the Board of Charities and Health. The law provides for a health inspector appointment by the Board of Works.
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Quaife
William H. Quaife
Board of Charities and Health
Board of Works
Mayor Greene Confirms New Officials In Council Action
The article reports Mayor Greene confirming appointments as Poole and Braden of the Republican group announce salaries to be fixed by the council at the next meeting Wednesday night.
New Restrictions and Indiana Proclamation 1905
A list of prohibitions under a new law includes smoking bans and marriage limits for those with diseases. The Indiana governor proclaims April 15, 1905, as the final distribution date for acts of the Sixty-fourth General Assembly, declaring all laws in effect statewide. The proclamation is signed by Governor J. Frank Hanly and Secretary Daniel E. Storms.
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Indiana
Secretary of State
Sixty-fourth General Assembly
Madison County
State of
I. J. Frank Hanly
Indianapolis
United States
Greene Names City Officials After Saturday Proclamation
Mayor Charles T. Greene announced a full slate of appointments based on Saturday Truth predictions. Appointees include City Controller James A. Bell and Board of Public Works Ethan L. Arnold Thomas Anderson Fred Poole. Board of Health and Charities Dr I W Short A R Gildea Maj J D Braden. Salaries set at 1200 for controller 1000 for board members 100 annually for most health officials with secretary up to 500. Governor Hanly and Secretary Storms proclaimed the last general assembly laws in effect at 4 50 pm Saturday.
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Charles T. Greene
James A. Bell
Board of Public Works
Ethan L. Arnold
Thomas Anderson
Fred Poole
Board of Health and Charities
I. W. Short
A. R. Gildea
Maj. J. D. Braden
Republican Party
Maj. Braden
Poole
Board of Works
Short
Greene
Controller Bell
Hanly
J. Frank Hanly
Daniel E. Storms
Population shifts in Indiana cities show gains in 1905 estimates
Census Bureau estimates for 1905 indicate increases in population across Indiana cities led by South Bend Muncie and Fort Wayne. Some cities like Jeffersonville New Albany and Vincennes report smaller gains. annexations may adjust figures in revised estimates.
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Washington
Indiana
Census Bureau
South Bend
Muncie
Fort Wayne
Jeffersonville
New Albany
Vincennes
Bureau
Wwe
Michigan City
Havansville
Terre Haute
Elwood
Hammond
Indiana Officials Profit Big in Walsh Coal Deal
Indianapolis April 17 United Press reports State Auditor Sherrick State Secretary Dan Storms Attorney General Miller and State Treasurer Hill received 300000 in cash from John R Walsh owner of Indiana coal mines. The four officers bought coal land in Sullivan county a year ago and now share the proceeds with Sherrick gaining about 80000. The Walsh led sale highlights railroad competition with Illinois Central and Frisco lines backing Walsh while the state officers promote coal development slated to become one of the state's richest mines.
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United Press News Assn
Indianapolis
Sherrick
Dan Storms
Miller
Hill
John R. Walsh
Indiana
Sullivan County
Walsh
Illinois Central
Dan Reid
Richmond
Ind
Frisco
Hoosier Teachers Critique Chicago Schools Visit
An Elkhart group reports blunt impressions from Chicago schools visited during the Northern Indiana Teachers Association gathering. They describe noisy rooms, long unengaged reading, and discipline issues, praising Elkhart classrooms as cleaner, more orderly, and better at grading daily work.
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Elkhart
Chicago
Northern Indiana Teachers Association
Windy City
Marm
Big City
Indiana
Pompadour
More Rotten Trustees Goshen Democrat
Authorities pursue J. E. Cullop a southern Indiana trustee accused of $16 646 35 in illegal dealings. Of this sum 4 326 50 is pure short age and 12 187 77 covers maps charts books and supplies. Bondsmen offered 5 000 but the offer was rejected. For years residents have been robbed by dishonest trustees. It is time to halt this across the state.
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Goshen Democrat
J. E. Cullop
Indiana
Cullop
Five Baptisms Held at Prairie Street Mennonite Church
Last evening five baptisms were performed at the Prairie Street Mennonite Church with Rev. David Burkholder of Nappanee leading the services and assisted by Joseph J. Harshberger of Augusta County Virginia.
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Prairie Street Mennonite Church
David Burkholder
Nappanee
Joseph 3. Harshberger
Augusta County
Virginia
City Taxes Move From City to County Treasurer
City taxes will no longer be collected by the city treasurer under the new cities and towns bill. They will be paid to the county treasurer along with state and county taxes, with totals figured as a whole. Elkhart falls in the fourth class under the new code.
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Elkhart
Boys Released After Probation Hearing at City Hall
George Connelly Ernest Butters Harold Kelley and Ed Bradley were released from jail after promising to accompany Probation Officer Burns to Goshen for a circuit court hearing. The six boys aged 9 to 14 faced reformatory terms, but sentences were suspended due to their ages and good behavior promises as parents agreed to pay for window damage.
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George Connelly
Ernest Butters
Harold Kelley
First Evangelical Church
Ed. Bradley
Lake Shore
Burns
Goshen
Silvers
Paul Raifsnyder
John DePew
Dodge
Black Hand letter threatens Indiana National Bank
Strafford Maxon received a threatening note from a group calling themselves M. O. A. Dep threatening to wipe out all connected with the bank if funds are not paid to the bank’s receiver. Maxon says he will pay all legitimate claims once proven.
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Strafford Maxon
Indiana National Bank
Elkhart Dubbed a Little Boston by Boston Publisher
A Boston publisher’s representative told an Elkhart woman that the city earns the moniker Little Boston for its intellectual advancement. The claim, made in New York, was not tied to a sale and thus held some value.
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Elkhart
Little Boston
Boston
New York
Couple wed at Grace English Lutheran Church
Rev C E Rice officiated at 6 30 last evening for Leo Greenberger a Chicago traveling salesman and Alta Stutsman of Harbor Springs Mich Rinard Stutsman uncle of the bride witnessed the ceremony The couple left for Chicago to make their home
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C. E. Rice
Grace English Lutheran Parsonage
Leo Greenberger
Chicago
Alta Stutsman
Harbor Springs
Mich
Rinard Stutsman
Doctor I W Short Slated as Health Board Secretary
Dr I W Short named by Mayor Greens as secretary of the Board of Health with a salary of 506 dollars a year.
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I. W. Short
I. W.short
Greens
Board of Health
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County Council
Sykes
Hawks
Gemetry
Prairie Street
Lake Shore Gang
Braden
C. W. Miller
Maxon
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