Legislature Reports On Bills And Administrative Reforms In Indiana
The legislature’s week in review notes a proposed five member supreme court commission elected by the general assembly, shifting salaries and offices, replacing the fish commissioner with a board control for Indianapolis utilities, and extending police board oversight to fire departments in multiple cities. Reynolds high license local option advances in committee, with party divisions and potential floor debate. Other measures include crime equalization for principal and accessories, a short road supervision bill, and teacher exemption from exams for long-serving county teachers under strict conditions.
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Inpisnarornis
Supreme Court Commission
General Assembly
Supreme Court
State Board of Health
Indianapolis
Board of Control
Metropolitan Police Force
Evansville
Terre Haute
Board of Turnpike Directors
Legislative Notes On Elections and Prisons Bills
Senate committee on elections will not present the Grimes Bichowski contested case report this week. Frances bill for a sewer at Northern prison to the lake is favorably reported with a $10,000 appropriation. Educations committees visit State Normal school at Terre Haute to verify funding needs for the building. Members of both houses plan a two day inspection of the northern penitentiary in Michigan City. The grand ball for visitors at the prison dining hall has been canceled. Senator Barry reports favored sewer improvement bill creating a special assessment fund with bonds allowed. Properties may pay over ten years at 6 percent or pay early to save interest.
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Senate Committee On Elections
Grimes-Bichowski
Senate Committee On Prisons
Frances
House
Senate Committee On Education
Terre “Heute
State Normal School
Mroney
Sense
Michigan City
Barry
Inpuans Pouis
Penitentiary North
Terre Haute Normal School
Senate
Barrett
General Assembly
State of
Indiana
Republican Party
Congress
Shockney
Johnson
Murry
Sixth Avenue
Grant
Board of Arbitration
Broadway
Meltenberg
Ford
Fourth Avenue Railroad Company
Belt Line
Fifty-third Street
Tenth Avenue
Greenwood
Richardson
Fifth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Twenty-second Street
Hoyt and
Nevins Street
James Chapel
Atlantic Avenue
New York
Brookury
Greenwood Cemetery
Fulton Ferry
Deacon Richarson
Night school bill in state senate debate in Indiana
Debate over Barrett night school bill in Indiana Senate with Republicans opposing compulsory terms. Provisions would require city trustees in 15 000 plus populations to run night schools 7 to 9 30 pm for ages 14 to 30 if 20 residents petition. Amendments to weaken the measure discussed as session adjourned.
Fort Wayne businessman Hayden praised as deputy Senate asset
The Indianapolis Sentinel notes Senator Hayden does not chatter on the senate floor but is diligent in committees. It calls him a solid Fort Wayne business figure whose experience adds value to the senate.
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Senator Hayden
The
Indianapolis Sentinel
Hayden
Senate
Fort Wayre
New Court Proposal Unites Noble and Whitley Counties
A Noble and Whitley county delegation urged the legislature to form a new judicial district from the two counties. Whitley would join Kosciusko, Noble would join DeKalb and Steuben, with a new Kosciusko circuit judge and Judge Adair of Whitley serving in the Noble and Whitley circuit until the next election. Adair says the local bar backs the plan across party lines.
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Noble
Whitley
Kosciusko
DeKalb and Steuben
Jdge Adair
Gray
Olds
Noble and
Adair
What it Costs to Oppose a Supreme Court Commission
A House report by Representative Brown of Henry county for the minority argues against a bill creating a supreme court commission. It outlines costs to taxpayers, detailing salaries for commissioners at 20,000, messenger at 600, furnishing rooms at 43,500, first year total 24,100, then 21,080 annually, totaling 87,820 over time. It notes constitutional limits and suggests the legislature can only authorize the court to appoint assistants or create an intermediate appellate court.
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House
Brown
Henry County
Supreme Court Commission
Wes Ala Ee Ee
Senator Barrett’s Bill Opens Road and Sewer Funding
Barretts bill on street and sewer improvements would create a special assessment fund in cities. Bonds may be issued to finance work and property owners could pay over ten years at 6 percent interest or pay in full to avoid interest.
The Attorneys and Their Bills In the State Legislature
A long article reviews city and state prosecution bills, the defeat and later reintroduction by the association of city attorneys, and a planned repeal of amended laws. It notes committee receptions, ongoing negotiations, and an apparent push toward new health and election measures including a comprehensive election bill with multiple new safeguards and structures.
State and County Officers Salaries Bill Introduced
Representative Dewey introduced a bill in the Legislature fixing salaries for state and county officers. It sets governor at 5000 dollars and outlines pay for secretary of state, auditor, attorney general, superintendent of public instruction, and other officials, while reducing existing fees. The measure would repeal current laws on officers salaries and cut sheriff and recorder fees in half. County treasurers would receive roughly half current pay and county commissioners would earn eight dollars per day during sessions.
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Inpianarous
Dewey
Secretary of State
Printing Board
Insurance Department of Auditor's
Land Department
Bride Flees After Quick Hungarian Marriage in Trenton
In Trenton New Jersey Maria Baron a 20 year old Hungarian girl fled through Sixth ward streets days after a Sunday wedding to John Sabol aged 22 The parsonage of Rev Mr Gormach German Lutheran church was the site of the ceremony Some say false gossip drove her to flee while others fear she may have drowned The man Gabal is praised high.
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Trenton
N. J
Sixth Ward
Maria Baron
Gabal
Samoa Affairs Stir US Senate Amid German Actions
Washington reports relay Senator Sherman backing calm handling of Samoa dispute. German naval orders to search ships, suppression of the Swanoan Times, and Apia control by German forces raise tension. Electronically exchanged notes reveal German minister Arco-Vallez denying aggressive demands while Washington warns of possible wider conflict.
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Sherman
Herbert Bismarck
Herald
Germany
London
Auckland
Samoa Islands
Samoan
Swanoan Times
Apia
Mataafa
Matanfa
Richmond
Senate
Thomas Ferry Charged With Murder Of EightYearOld Sister
In W Va Feb 4 Thomas Ferry aged eighteen was jailed on charges of assaulting and murdering his half sister eight. Parents were away Friday when the crime occurred. Saturday he told neighbors the girl had died. An inquest found the facts and a confession followed. Catarrh taint noted. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised.
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Ranporra Court Horse
W. Va
Thomas Ferry
Blood Flows on New York Streets From Streetcar Strike
New York reports the streetcar strike disrupts service across major lines including Twenty third, Bleecker, Broadway and Seventh avenues. Police clash with rioters, obstructions blocking tracks, arrests made, and efforts by Superintendents to keep cars running amid threatening crowds. By February 4 traffic slowly resumes with police protection and resumed runs on several lines.
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New York
Twenty-Third Street
Bleecker Street
Sixth Avenue Railroad
Moore
United Press
Broadway and
Seventh Avenue Railroad Company
Newell
Eighth Avenue
Christopher Street
Grand Street
Town Line
Byrns
White
Tia
Brodier
Dangus
Des Crosses Street
Gouick Street
Byrnes
South Fifth Avenue
Williams’ Street
Belt Company
Scribner
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Cross Town
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Sixth Avenue
Bedford
Bleecker Streets
Shanahan
Copeland
Brogan
Burns
Charlton
Varick
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Belt Line
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-third Street
MARSCALLY SLEEPERS AT COUNTY TEMPLE OF JUSTICE
A county courthouse janitor found the basement room emptied of gas and three men asleep. He later learned the trio had stolen lawn sprinkler parts made of German silver and fled. He seeks police protection from local vagrants in the corridor.
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Court House
County Temple of Justice
Coat House
Trench Collapse Injures Three Water Works Workers
Foreman Millay of Dayton along with John Screep and Minard Gaskill of this city were buried when the trench for water works supply pipes caved in. They escaped serious harm after fellow workers pulled them to safety. Millay sustained a broken collar bone while Gaskill and Screep suffered back and shoulder injuries respectively.
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Puturday
Foreman Millay
Dayton
Ohio
John Screep
Minard Gaskill
Gaskill
Hoffman Street
Screen
Wheeler Street
Austria's Dead Prince Rudolph Shot Himself Crowned His Death
Vienna reports Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria-Hungary died by his own hand with a revolver, after autopsy and witness accounts. Press reports claim illness, duels, and alleged scandal involving courtiers, with observers debating murder versus suicide while many European officials send condolences.
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Vienna
Rudolph
Austria-Hungary
Wiener Zeitung
Wiederhofer
Rudulph
Vienna Presse
Crown Prince
Keating Wires Wilson in Peruvian Ring Bout
Near Peru a crowd from Logan sport and Lafayette witnessed the Keating versus Wilson fight. Keating prevailed after a disputed foul call as Wilson, a Wallace Bros. circus rider, fought from a clinching defense. Wilson weighed 183 pounds, Keating 188, before 300 spectators along the Wabash river.
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Keating-Wilson
Peru
Wilson
Wallace Bros. Circus
Keating
Bedlam
Wabash River
Logansport
Lafayette
Indignation in Ireland over O'Brien treatment at Clonmel jail
Ireland reels at reports that Mr William O'Brien has been deprived of clothing for 36 hours and left speechless by cold in Clonmel jail. A telegram from Thomas Sexton to Sir Michael Balfour seeks immediate action, while officials deny the prisoner is speechless. protests and indignation meetings spread across the country as the incident fuels political tension.
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Sextow
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Helgoland
North Sea
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Noro Fremye
England
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London
Neireid
Kilechan
English Channel
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Phillipine Islands
Remus
Guascow
Bay of Cadiz
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Kidnapped daughter fuels Elizabethtown excitement
In Columbcus Indiana on February 4 a twelve year old daughter of Scott Elzen, a wealthy resident, was kidnapped by his former wife Emma Lamb, now in Kansas City. The ex-wife lured the child to a buggy, took her to Kansas City, and plans to depart with the girl before Elzen can act to recover custody.
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Columbcus
Ind
Elizabethtown
Scott Elzen
Elzea
Emma Lamb
Kansas City
Elizabeth Town
Salamonie Company Accepts New Natural Gas Franchise
Salamonie Natural Gas stockholders met on Thursday and unanimously approved the city council franchise. The firm will immediately prepare to pipe gas to the city, first defining its gas territory and sinking wells to meet demand along the Munch road. This marks the initial step toward piping gas to Fort Wayne, with hopes for rapid progress by promoters.
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Salamonie Natural Gas Company
Munch Road
Fort Wayne
Tragic Bluffton Farmer Kills Himself After Divorce Suit
Jacob Falk a well to do Wells County farmer shot himself at his Bluffton area home amid a pending divorce suit filed by his wife Mrs Falk Jewish. The couple had quarrelled last summer and she had abandoned the home, later returning to her daughter in Bloomingdale. Falk had been jailed on a threat to harm her but was released on bond before the fatal act. Eight children survive the couple.
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Bluffton
Jacob Falk
Mr. Falk
A. H. Bittenger
Wells Y
Falk
Aony
Sapporo
A New Tribunal Selected and Ready for Business
The jury commissioners named the grand jurors Wm McCormick James Vaughn Alex Stirling Anton Kalbacher Michael Helworth James Hutson and others from Lake Perry Adams Jefferson towns for the incoming term. A later note mentions Penns Exrmact claimed to relieve respiratory ailments amid a local poison incident involving a Macy & company employee.
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Wm. McCormick
Lake Township
James Vaughn
Abou
Alex. Stirling
Perry
Anton Kalbacher
City
Michael Helworth
Adams
James F. Hutson
Jefferson
Laura and the Prescription Behind a Broken Ring
An old-time verse tells of Laura ailing and bereft as her lover shifts to Ellen. The piece promotes Dr Ficeco’s Favorite Prescription as a health remedy for female weakness with a money back guarantee and bottle wrapper assurance.
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Laura
Ellen
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