Electric chair debated as alternative to hanging
A Kentucky representative introduces a bill to substitute the electric chair for hanging in the District of Columbia for capital offenses. The report also covers Senate actions on a Canadian reciprocity bill, timber and paper provisions, and various investigations and mergers in industry and politics with multiple named figures and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Papke Knocks Out Sullivan to Claim Middleweight Title
Sporting Billy Papke stops Jim Sullivan in the ninth round of a 20 round London bout to win the middleweight world title, The Victory reports. Papke secures the championship after a decisive stoppage in the ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Papke
Jim Sullivan
London
Papke
Esa
Engagement Announced For Elia Clapp To Dr Hoy Adams
Minnesotan Senator and Mr Mosea Clapp announce the engagement of their daughter Elia to Dr Hoyly Adams of Washington. Also reported is a $125000 pipe organ installed at ex Senator WA Clark’s New York residence. Carrie Nation dies at Evergreen Sanitarium Leavenworth Kansas at age 66. Mary Kingdon death announced in Paris. Col William Bramwell Melish visits New York. Mrs J H Wayland dies from automobile injuries near Girard Kansas. Nathaniel Tooker Jr. dies of heart disease in New York. William C Hall dies at 56 in New York. Estate of David Vs Moffatt valued over $15 million. Roosevelt denies agreeing to support any man for 1912 Republican nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosea E. Clapp
Doo Pith Avenue
New York City
WA. Clark
Montana
Shelbyville
John Burk
Henry Terry
Smithland Pike
Newcastle
Sullivan
Reliance Mine
Herbert Jackson
Luttllant
Madison
Hoteph Oh. Barnard
T George Gres Barnard
Rushville
Wim Billings
Here
Poswkoning
South Hend
Indiana Electric Light Association
South Bend
F. A. Ryan
Richmond
Harry G. Sommers
New York
Gennett Theatre
Playhoune
O. G. Murray
Murray Theatre
Ohio
Martinaville
J. H. Sedwick
M. P. King
Terre Haute
Howard F. Shireman
King
Shireman
Hastings
Columbus
Anderson
Austill
J. J. Netterville
Central
Mpathy
The
Central Company
Huntingburg
Meary Arnesman
German battleship Frederick the Great launched at Hamburg
The second turbine battleship of the German navy was launched at Hamburg and christened Frederick the Great by Princess Auguste Wilhelm. The article also notes coronation events in England and Mexican conflicts near Mazatlan, with reports arriving in San Diego via steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Frederick Kohl
San Francisco
Adele Verge
Laweult
Hamburg
Auguste Wilhelm
Frederick the Great
George V
England
Windsor Castle
Prince of Wales
Order of the Garter
Cullacan
Sinaloa
Maxzalles
San Diego
Cal
Mazatlan
State Health Dept Orders Cleanup Of 57 Condemned Food Establishments
After weeks of inspection in Indianapolis, state food and drug inspectors condemn 57 food related sites including 10 bakeries 12 poultry houses 17 groceries 6 meat markets 4 fish markets 25 restaurants 5 confectionery stores 7 drug stores and a hotel. Notices demand abatement with penalties including fines and possible imprisonment. Also reports on shoe dealers meeting electing officers and parole requests before the state board of parole while related talks address industrial education and public blind association programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Uhe City
Food and Drug Department
State Board of Health
FL Barnard
State Food and Drug Commissioner
Indiana State Association of Blind People
Indiana School For the
Iad
James F. McElroy
Albany
N. Y
McElroy
Indiana School For the Blind
Albany Board of School Commissioners
Eo Neimeier
Walla Walla
Wash
Pred McCartney
Bloomington
Zonday
Elkhart
Waork-Mre
Cora’ Broka
Valley Mills
Sadie Young
Canaan
Mies
Adelaide M. Carman
Indianapo-is
Prize Essays on Forestry Winners Named by Indiana Board
Charles C. Deam announces four ten dollar prizes for essays on To What Extent Should Indiana Be Reforestized from common and high schools. Winners include Gladys Jones Africa High School Mabel Adair Lebanon High School Cora B Dougherty Bedford country school and Mary Masce Mecca country school Parke County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Deam
State Board of Forestry
Indiana
Gladys Jones
Aftica High School
Mabel Adair
Lebanon High School
Cora B. Dougherty
Country
Bedford
Mary Masce
Mecca
Parke County
Reduction in Outdoor Poor Relief Across Indiana Counties
Expenditures on outdoor poor relief and inmate relief by township trustees in 1990 show 61 of 22 counties spending less than the prior year. Total state aid declined by 13,796.15 to 266,181.16. Vincennes township in Knox county records a 4,551.04 increase to 8,467.48, due to sickness and incoming indigents. Assistant deputies in the inspection bureau are named, all Democrats, to bolster buildings factories and boilers oversight. Articles of incorporation filed for Indianapolis lodge 1 MOSES and Independent Cooperage Company Fort Wayne, with capital changes for American Garment of Med.
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Board of State Charities
Jennings County
Lake County
Howard
Laporte
Canton
Gibson
Lawrence
Tippecanoe
Clark
St. Joseph
Shelby
Fourtsin
Parke
Wayne
Daviess
Marion
Madison
Allen
Grant
Lake
Vincennes Township
Knox County
Vincennes
Marshall
John 4. Walsh
John Gallivan
Walsh
Harry Kreetz
New Albany
Nelson Kyser
South Hend
Gallivan
J. J
Secretary of State
Indianapolis
Myathe
Order of Moses
Ho Capital Stock
Charien Hecker
Independent Cooperage Company, Incorporated
Fort Wayne
G. F. Bascett
F. T. Bency
H. G. Hogan
the American Garment Company of
City
Med Motice of Increses
Backstory of old friends aids Cooper in legal relief case
A. G. West and William Cooper, once childhood pals from Martinsville and Elwood, rekindle ties as wealth and need collide. West funds Cooper’s Morgan circuit court suit for a decree, insisting no personal stake while backing legal actions and investigations for Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
A. G. West
Willam Cooper
Honkey
Chuma
Oth
Hfe
West
Terre Hatte
Cooper
Atwan
Means
Sullivan County
Veare
Playnate
Joe
Wert
Morgan Circuit
Mr. West
David E. Watson
Mr. Watson
Laughlin Named Adams County Superintendent for Two Years
Martin Laughlin was appointed by the county commission as Adams County infirmary superintendent for two years at a salary of 91,000 annually. He has served in the role for several months.
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Laporte
Mack
South Africa
Montana Harrison
Columbus
Harrison
Liberty
Decatur
Martin Laughlin
Adams County
Married in an Automobile in Washington Street
Adam McCormick, a Delaware county businessman, and Ada Hamilton of Grant county were wed seated in a car in front of Rev. J. F. Porter’s home on Washington street. Street cars passed as the ceremony took place after license was obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Adam McCormick
Delaware County
Ada Hamilton
Grant County
J. F. Porter
Washington Street
Lamilton
Mr. McCormick
James P.boty
Muncie
MeCormick
James Pooboty
Mr. Porter
M. de Church
Interurban Enters Open Switch Near South Bend
Passengers on a southbound Northern Indiana Interurban between St. Joseph and Goshen panicked when the car hit an open switch and struck another car. Several riders were bruised during exit attempts. none seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Indiana
St. Joseph
Mich
Goshen
Ind
Aged Woman Travels Alone to Visit Son in City
Minerva Dieter, aged S years, arrives solo from Seattle to visit her son George Dieter. She plans to return home alone after the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mina Suate Randolph
P. T. Hmarnum
Miss Randolph
Greenfield
Mia
Minerva Dieter
Thie City
Seattle
Wash
George Dieter
Girl Douses House Fire with Buttermilk
A fire near Owensville at the home of Warrick Mauck, township trustee, was quickly put out when a girl splashed a large bucket of buttermilk onto the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owensville
Warrick Mauck
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Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Nvestigating Committee
United States Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Lorimer
J. D. Marshall
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Reyes
Francisco 1. Madero
de la Barra
Seaton
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Ohio General Assembly
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Cleveland
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Passett-Presley Company
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Fox River
Osh
Appleton
Wis
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Garment
Santa Fe
California Limited
Domingo
Albuquerque
N. M
J. W. Green
Las Vegas
Ray C. Flowers
Limited
KenRers
W. FE. D. Stokes
Ansonia
Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
Young Women's
Wisconsin Senate
Isaac Stephenson
Carrie E. Nation
Evergreen Sanitarium
Leavenworth
Kaw
Mary Kingdon
George J. Gould
Paris
Kingdon
Col. Wiliam Bramwell Meliah
Cincinnati
Knights Templar
J. H. Wayland
Appeal To Reason
Girard
Kan
Nathaniel Tooker
William Cornelius Hall
Bob Cook
David Vs. Moffatt
Denver
Theodore Roosevelt
Lewis Harcourt
Nuneham Park
Oxford
Sess
Senin Tae Eee
Auarien
Eremeea
Indiana Retail Shoe Dealers’ Association
Edward F. Goldsberry
Lafayette
Clyde Warner
J. B. Walsh
C. J. Slipher
Edward E. Stout
Goldsberry
Frank J. Kapps
Stout
Kappes
J. J. Gillette
Lagrange
State Board of Portions
Joseph Harcelona
Alva Tritch
Harcelona
Nate
Mr. Gillette
Barcelona
Tritch
Samuel M. Hench
Thomas Davidson
Whitley County
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Beard
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William Cooper
Elwood
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Emerson Hines
Vernon Dol
Ider
Raster Avenue
Wilbur W. Ross
Chicago
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Evanston
Hoss
Murdock
Pine Lake Crossing
Albert Thompson
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