Fort Wayne School Board Bill Passes in Senate
Indiana senate action features Senator Alrey advancing a bill to grow Fort Wayne school board from three to five members and add a woman, with the measure passing 31 to 10. Other measures include inheritance tax, county jail management, and weekly wage debates, with varied partisan positions and amendments debated.
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Indianapolis
Senate
Newton W. Gilbert
Strider
Miller
Kimbrough
Board of State Charities
Wickwire
Kittinger
Will Wood
Wood
Jackson
Roemler
Fort Wayne
Senator Wood
Tippecanoe
Owen Kelley Arrested in Los Angeles for Embezzlement
Former Philadelphia grocer Owen Kelley, now in California, is under arrest after a nationwide manhunt for an embezzlement alleged to exceed $50,000. Police tracked him from Boston to Europe, then San Francisco before his LA arrest. He confessed to debts to Philadelphia relatives and said he would return without a requisition. He had $5 on him at booking.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Owen Kelly
Philadelphia
Kelly
Hammil
Bradish
Boston
Europe
San Francisco
California
Keily
Digging for John Paul Jones in Washington
Ambassador Porter reports progress in locating John Paul Jones remains at the cemetery site. He describes sunk shafts and undisturbed slave rows at about seventeen feet deep as part of a planned systematic search funded by the state department. Porter, a civil engineer, proposes tunnels and drifts to avoid costly house demolition on the cemetery grounds.
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Washington
Porter
John Paul Jones
State Department
Paris
Bluffton Woman Falls From Bridge
Bluffton Indiana February 14 3s Fred Hosteter wandered from her home and jumped or fell from the Clover Leaf railroad bridge over the Wabash River. Shoe was found unconscious and nearly frozen. She was resuscitated and it is thought she will recover.
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Bluffton
Ind
Fred Hosteter
Wabash River
Confirmation at Trinity Episcopal Church
Bishop John Hazen White will administer the rite of confirmation in Trinity Episcopal Church tomorrow evening. The class will number between fifteen and twenty persons.
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John Hazen White
Trinity Episcopal Church
Attell Walsh Fight in St Louis Halted by Police
In St Louis on February 14 the scheduled Monte Attell of San Francisco versus Jimmy Walsh of Boston prize fight at the Commercial Athletic club was declared off by Chief of Police Kiely after directing officers to stop the event.
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ST. Louis
Monte Attell
San Francisco
Jimmy Walsh
Boston
Commercial Athletic Club
Kiely
Capital Ready for Investment in Fort Wayne Traction Plan
Col J Levering Jones, president of the Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Co., spoke to the Fort Wayne Commercial club outlining outside capital plans for city traction and the concessions sought. Cincinnati investor W Kesley Schoepf discussed traction and electric light practicality, while James Murdock and Henry C Paul urged fair treatment of capitalists and clean dealings.
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Col. J. Levering Jones
Fort Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction Company
Fort Wayne
S. M. Boster
Col. Jones
W. Kesley Schoepf
Cincinnati
James Murdock
Lafayette
Port Wayne
Henry C. Paul
Fort Wayne Show Draws Crowds Despite Cold Weather
Fort Wayne Poultry and Pet Stock show drew large crowds in Saengerbund hall as judges began selecting winners. Noted judges John Malnix of Toledo and S B Lane of Spiceland led divisions in dog and poultry classes while exhibitors reported strong entries, including Collins collies from Silver Cloud kennels and canaries, ring neck pheasants, and a large St Bernard. Children’s day on Friday offers free admission from 2 to 5 PM, boosting family attendance.
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Fort Wayne
John Malnix
Toleto
S. 3B
Lane
Spiceland
Ind
Doss
B. T. Guy
Silver Cloud Kennels
Lagrange
Brandane Alton Monty
J. Pierpont Morgan
Monty
Edgbaston
Paul Tibertius
Canada
Germany
Dr. Myers
KE. B. Kucklin
Canaries
J. B. White
White
Roosevelt in New York crowds greet the president
The president visits the East Side of Manhattan for a Hungary club dinner guarded by mounted police and secret service. Crowds cheer as a cordoned route and blocked access highlight unprecedented public turnout in the Little Hungary district amid a frigid, icy night. Continued in Page 2.
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New York
Nolice
Roosevelt
East Side
United States
Great East Side
Second Avenue
Sixth Street
Hungary
East Houston Street
Erry
McAdoo
Will Mrs Kate Edwards Hang in Reading Pa
A depressed Mrs Kate Edwards faces possible death by hanging for the murder of her husband with Samuel Greason. Edwards’s deposition was postponed due to illness. Greason pleads innocence and seeks a full pardon. The case hinges on Edwards's confession exonerating Greason, while a large petition for clemency gathers signatures from Ohio residents.
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Reading
Kata Edwards
Samuel Greason
Hueband
Board of Pardons
Edwards
Greason
Stephen Schweitzer
Calle
Pennveackar
Harrishire
Co. Boalt
Catherine Pantland
Amba Finch
Rugelah Neiprer
Cleveland
Ohio
Lad Finds and Returns Purse Containing 25000 in City
In Leveland Ohio on February 14 15 year old George Philan found a purse on Superior forest with 25000 in currency drafts and a bank book at Guardian Trust Company. He returned it to the bank and earned a reward. The purse reportedly belonged to H Dryer an out of town customer of Piel company.
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Cleveland Trust Company
Five Thousand Dollar Fire Destroys Laporte Shops
A blaze in Laporte Indiana damaged two brick blocks owned by C Ho Tinb and Gordon Wright, with losses around 5000 dollars. The fire hit Guiedel's barber shop Laporte Business Men's Club Weekly Republican office and nearby mills and factory, with editor G G Powell narrowly escaping harm. Local fire crews battled the flames and the paper reported the incident in the Weekly Republican.
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Laporte
Ind
Tiwo
C. Ho Tinbdet
Gorden Wright
Lee
Republican
Testimony Highlights Old Indian Chief Threat to Kill Son
In Allen county court John Godfrey, a Miami tribe member and reservation dweller, may challenge circuit court jurisdiction arguing wards of the federal government. defense seeks to place Godfrey's elder on the stand, while evidence centers on threats and the shooting angle. Witnesses describe the elder Godfrey’s threats, Frank Godfrey’s sobriety, and the saloon scene, with jurors kept alert amid procedural debates.
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John Godfrey
Circuit Court
Allen County
Godfrey
Iar
Frank Godfrey
Altorweys
Elgie Smith
John B. Pietro
John Godfroy
Warren Hoke
Mellon Frick
Pleasant Township
Nelson O Bart
Wayne Township
Frederick Scherer
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Senators
Gilbert
Gill
Alrey
Fort Wayne School Board
Mr. Bush
Codification Commission
Carl Wood
Cdification Commission
Koehne
Federation of Jabor
Nittinger
Barcus and
Parks
Owen Kelley
Embez
Ambassador Porter Cable
Episcopal Church
Attell-Walsh
Great Traction Syndicate
MR. Jones
Jones
Lima
Auburn
Garrett
Huntington
Decatur
Columbus
Toledo
Arey
Joseph Fox
W. C. Hageman
Erwin Koons
Frank Hartridge
Poneto
J. C. Crossman
Wolcottville
J. Sidit
William
Scotch Collies
BE Guy
Prof. von Kahiden
Kekionga Iennels
A. CG Gilbert
Kalamazoo
WY. HW. Schadt
Goshen
Henry Koppel
City
W. G. Miller
Edgbastion
E&. H. Guy’s Collie
Mrs. Kate Cowards
THE
Board OF Pardon
Monster
Lad
Indiana
Charles W. Bimer
Chester Bradford
James M. Cawford
Bentonville
Arthur &. Diam
William EE. Teal Marion
Peter F. Hein
Crown Point
Jim Hf Rimuler
Kreuk
Shaw
J. M. Ebercle
Willie AL Willams
Wedensville
Lover Buncher
E. H. Guy
Alton Monty
Whien
Spencerbund Hal
iMonty” Ie
Uncle Sam
Solomon Stuck
Frank Godfray
Phorpe
Main
Harrison Streets
John
Stuck
Coutroy
George J. Studer
Corone
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