Indiana Legislature Debates Bills and Investigates Plumbin
Indiana Legislature considers bills on soldiers burial aid prison wardens slander livestock quarantine stock laws and labor statistics. Senate debates bribery charges an elected livestock board and education reforms as committees push measures for purifying politics and public health.
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Committee On Labor
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Francis
Jonathan Jennings
Urmston
A Place for Green Smith in Indiana State Politics
Indiana Senate debates shape a reform agenda with bills on county clerks terms dynamite safety and a push to create an insurance commissioner post for Green Smith. Measures include railroad pass bans and civil service exams for a state mine inspector while Terre Haute school buildings receive a large state funding bill.
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Committee On Judiciary
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Logansport
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Monroe
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General Assembly
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Clay
Kelley
DeKalb
Cranor
Delaware
White River
Muncie
Claypool
Warram
Menlenhall
State Board of Education
Brownnlee
Meg. White
Mr. Wilburs
Carpenter Versus Ray Contested Senate Seat in Indiana
In Indianapolis, June 26, the Indiana Senate met at 10 am to hear the Carpenter Ray election contest. Debate featured filibustering, a failed motion to postpone, and a party vote on unseating Carpenter. The minority report urged unseating Carpenter and seating Ray, while Republicans maneuvered over points of order delaying final action into the evening.
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Chase
Bills Introduced By Applegate and Others
House records show H.B. 232 enlarges state librarian duties while H.R. 288, H.R. 224, and H.R. 235 relate to constable jail transport fees and provision of three new insane hospitals with clothing. The House adjourned to Monday at two o'clock.
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Ader
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Senate Turmoil Over Carpenter Expulsion Debate
The Indianapolis Sun details a chaotic Senate scene as Barrett and Urmston challenge a chair’s ruling on expelling Senator Carpenter. Amid filibuster like motions and shouted appeals the chamber spirals into disorder with intense urging to sustain or overturn the decision. The contest ends with a party line vote.
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O Briens Trial and Riots Roil Abroad News
News from abroad reports O Briens guilty verdict and four months prison after a violent trial with police clashing with crowds at the Dublin court. Reports from Dubaix and Zanzibar cover rioting, massacres, and political shifts in Europe and Africa, including Bismarck remarks and Boulangist tension in France.
Harrison's Cabinet Novel Prospect in Early Reports
Washington reports early cabinet news as Blaine is offered the secretary of state and signals acceptance. WannaMaker named postmaster general, not secretary of navy. Treasury to go west with Allison urged to accept, else another western choice. No further decisions until Blaine and Harrison confer by letter.
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Washburne Elected U S Senator by Decisive Ballot
The joint Minnesota house and senate ballot at 1 05 p m elected W D Washburne with 107 votes over rivals Durant Start Wilson and others. Total votes 141, 71 needed, Washburne declared winner amid bribery charges as reports claim money changed hands.
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Defalcation at Connecticut Mutual Life hits half million
The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance announces a major defalcation by its Indianapolis financial correspondent Joseph A Moore. The loss is about $500,000 with possible recovery around $100,000, but the company says solvency and dividends remain unaffected. Moore, a respected Indianapolis businessman, owned Tanglewood farm and was linked to prominent local families.
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Tanglewood
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Hendricks
Two deck hands suffocated in steamship Holbein bunk
Brooklyn reports Daniel Desmond and John Walsh found dead in their bunks from coal gas from a small stove in their cabin. Bodies sent to the morgue. Also noted are multiple brief items: Thomas Reid in Indiana commits suicide. John A. Banereisen to Joliet with court ruling on conspiracy against the Q line. marriages, railroad settlements, elopement, and various crimes across states.
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John Walsh
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Aurora
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Joliet
Supreme Court
Wilson
Bauereisen
Q.” Yoad
Explosion hits Harvey's silk mill near Scranton
A boiler explosion at Harvey's silk mill in Scranton, Pennsylvania wrecked the engine and boiler rooms, tore part of the mill apart, and injured several workers including engineer Nicholas Selister and fireman Horace Anderson. Alfred Harvey and August Albert were lightly hurt, while Schister's nearby home was wrecked and his wife escaped serious injury. Three killed in a separate Jan incident at a saw mill in Pornar Burr, Missouri, naming Judge J. R. Stramont, John Chronister and John Moore.
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Horace Anderson
August Albert
Alfred Harvey
Schister
Pornar Burr
R. IL. Perkins
J. R. Stramount
John Chronister
John Moore
German Attack on Samoa and Flag Incident
New York January 28 The World prints a letter from Klein the Samoa correspondent detailing the German attack on Apia The narrative emphasizes the firing upon the American flag by German troops and notes two thirds of the village burned including Captain Hamiltons house and a British subject residence
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Teachers Arrested for Counterfeit Coins in Arbanarious
John A. Duckle and James A. Stiles, two school teachers, were arrested in Jan 28 at Arbuckle for attempting to pass counterfeit money. Authorities found spurious coins on them. Arbuckle is acting principal of Acton schools and Staley teaches nearby.
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John A.- Duckle
James A. Stiles
Arbuckle
Acton
Staley
Faithful Twenty Two Baptized Despite Cold Water
New York June 28 Twenty two believers gathered at Mt Zion sanctuary Jersey City agreeing to be baptized regardless of weather. Led to New York bay by Elder Hancos all but two refused the dipping as water proved cold. Charles Freise and wife Christina braved the water and were baptized in due form.
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Arbuckle Case Upheld in Breach of Promise Suit
New York January 28 The general term of the supreme court affirms a circuit court verdict of seventy thousand dollars against millionaire coffee merchant Charles Arbuckle in the breach of promise suit brought by Clara Campbell of Ironton Ohio.
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Masked robbers attack Cincinnati Southern train
In Cincinnati on January 23 a masked gang attacked the Cincinnati Southern train eight miles beyond Ludlow Kentucky. The robbers were driven from the express car and it is unknown if they were hurt. They likely boarded at Cincinnati. no other details beyond a Lexington message from the conductor.
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Fort Wayne Woman Trailed by Husband in Toledo Scandal
A Toledo Nee story recounts a Fort Wayne woman named Mrs Smith who lived under her husband Mr Smith's deceit. They registered at the St James hotel with a man posing as an insurance agent and a woman believed to be his wife. The alleged child of about two years was later kidnapped as the couple moved between lodgings, with Mrs Smith in a house of ill repute while Smith allegedly used her for funds. Mrs Smith sought aid from acquaintances in Fort Wayne and Cincinnati, while rumors implicated Toledo figures. the case centers on identifying Mrs Smith and the extent of the misconduct.
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Quarrel Over Paying Lieutenant Governor Sparks House Row
In Indianaronis on June 23 the house revived the governor pay dispute with a resolution demanding the auditor reveal every payment to Lieutenant Governor Robertson, its source funds and authority. Republicans denounced the move as an effort to reopen old wounds while Democrats accused them of targeting Robertson’s pocketbook. The measure passed along party lines, threatening to strike the paid amount from the general appropriation and potentially reopen Robertson’s lieutenant governorship in court.
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Swindlers Defraud Farmers of Haven Nursery Stock
Wasasa Indiana January 27 two shrewd swindlers preyed on farmers by posing as Haven Kansas nursery projectors and selling stock at cut rates. The scam collapsed when buyers learned Haven has no nursery. Descriptions circulated with slim chance of arrest. Also notes revival duty and sales pitch for Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery. The Five Sisters tale closes with a moral about Dr Pierce’s remedy and a hopeful marriage for sensible Sarah.
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