Sweeney mansion auction yields heavy discounts on furnishings
A social style sale at the Sweeney mansion drew over four dozen bidders from city and town, with items including a Kemlinshah rug, mahogany sets, a gold leaf parlor suite, and a bronze lamp selling far below cost. Samuel Rauh and A G Lupton bought pieces as влаr as a 17x24 foot rug and a carved desk, while the front porch auction drew crowds and noise as the house was emptied of assets valued at tens of thousands.
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Sweener
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Tront
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Sheibsville
G. A. Broymsen
C. D. Brosnan
Swener
Local Jottings from Indianapol is Life and Law
Horace Hewitt is admitted to practice before superior and appellate courts in Indiana. The Emrichville bridge east entrance archway nears completion and will be a major city feature. Sheriff Joe Clay praised for clean jail, while William E. Davis remains a courthouse fixture. Thetis French has obtained an annulment of her marriage to James G. French. Gov Hanly urged to appoint judges for the new superior courts to handle divorce cases.
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Thaw Mental Exam Delayed by Funeral Band
Harry Kendall Thaw faced a private mental health examination as part of the lunacy inquiry. Alienists testified on his sanity while a brass band played outside for a funeral, pausing proceedings as the mourners passed the courthouse.
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Their Last Effort to Prevent Strike in Chicago
Commissioners Knapp and Neill in conference with railway labor chiefs in Chicago as 192 railroad unions await a final word. A hasty summons to Sherman House triggers talks to avert a nationwide strike, with no party discussing possible outcomes. Crisis likely by nightfall as managers and unions push for immediate action.
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Neil
Sprinklers Busy as Dusty Streets Undergo Repairs
Illinois Street and Capitol avenues near Washington Street are being dug up. A new lawn trespassing law imposes a 1 to 10 dollar misdemeanor fine for entering the state house lawn, while dogs remain free to frolic. Local officials report job shifts, deliveries expand as Moore Grocery adds a delivery car, and new canoes appear outside sporting goods stores. The Elk Judge is arranging a special train to Philadelphia for the July reunion, with many attendees already planning to go. Charles Wintire receives a Buttinsky badge from the Detective Department. Shriners prepare to depart Indianapolis for California in late April. Notices cover fortune tellers, a greenhouse project, a laundry building permit, church additions, and a June pharmacy grad taking a job in Oklahoma. Reverend Meyers visits, and cooking demos invite wives to gain ideas.
Mayor Elect James A. Gilmour Dies in Colorado City Election
In Colorado City, James A. Gilmour, elected mayor on the Democratic Citizens ticket, died of heart trouble as he received congratulations after the Colorado Springs municipal ownership victory and the vote against a dry town. The April 3 Denver report notes the election outcome and the sudden death.
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Prince Otto Henry Freed After Five Year Term
Columbus April 5 Prince Otto Henry once hailed by Inspector McLaughlin as the ablest all round craftsman in the world completed a five years sentence and left Ohio penitentiary vowing to return to Germany. Known to police as a master of criminology from bank felonies to pocket picking he swindled European noble families and Wall Street financiers before a Urbana sentence for pocket picking in 19.
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May Move Against Mother Eddy Swings Into Court
Plaintiffs in the equity suit to hold Christian Science Church leaders to account for Mary Baker G. Eddy's estate plan a startling step by attacking Eddy herself. Reported transfer of all of Eddy's property to trustees triggers claims of her incompetence, likely to be tested by commission appointment to probe her mental condition.
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Mary Baker G. Eudy
Man survives locomotive strike after leap from wagon
J Scott, driver for W R Beard Installment House, leaped from his wagon to escape an approaching New York Central switch engine at Pi centh street and the Big Four tracks. The wagon overturned, clothes wringers scattered, and the horse was injured. Scott and his goods valued at 100 were damaged. he was treated at Polar Tee and Fuel Co. and later at his home.
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St Louis Strike Ends After Return to Prestrike Terms
In St Louis on April 3 the brewery workers union decided to resume work under terms offered before the strike by the owners. The strike is effectively over though the union will seek further concessions from employers, aiming for closed shop conditions.
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Scripps-MecRae Preny Associats
Woman and Daughter Die in Gas Inhalation in Cincinnati
Gas early this morning caused the death of Mrs. Hattie Meyers aged 11 Hopkins Jr and left her daughter Louise in a dying condition from the same cause. The exact source of the gas entering their sleeping room is not yet known.
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Honest John O Keefe Dies After Long Drinking Life
New York obit notes John O Keefe known as Honest Old John has died at age ten? He drank whiskey and smoked his life away since youth. His habit started each morning with a drink and pipe after breakfast. He joked he never practiced total abstinence.
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Powell hanged for 1905 Edna killings before 3000
Felix Powell a negro convicted of complicity in the killing of Mrs. A J Conditt and her four children at their Edna Texas home on September 28 1905 was hanged in Victoria on April 3 in front of about 3000 spectators who came on excursions to witness the execution.
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A. J. Conditt
Edna
Hill Name Change at Great Northern Railroad
Special to The Sun from St. Paul Minnesota reports J J Hill resigns as president of the Great Northern railroad and will serve as chairman of the board. His son L W Hill is now president.
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J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
L. W. Hill
Strike at Boston Shuts Local Jobs as Union Pressures
Scrippas McRae reports Boston teamsters began a strike today involving about 400 men. The action could expand if demands for higher pay and shorter hours are not granted.
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Teamsters
Frisco Gas and Electric Plant Destroyed in Fire
A third of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company plant, valued at 2.5 million dollars, was destroyed by a blaze in the citys new business district early today.
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San Francisco Gas and Electric Company
Elections in the West Highlighted by Local Mayors and Judges
In Wisconsin Catherine Mc Culloch was elected justice of the peace and is noted as a women’s rights advocate. Midwest tallies show incumbents and party winners with Republicans victorious in Topeka and Guthrie, Democrats sweeping in St. Louis council, and Norman and Chickasha swinging Republican.
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Catherine McCulloch
Topeka
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William Green
Leavenworth
Peter Everhardy
St. Louia
House of Delegates
Guthrie
Ohia
C. M. Barnes
Norman
John E. Miller
Chickasha
B. B. Bridges
Fortune for Kane as street railway case upheld
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a $10,000 judgment in favor of Jake Kane, a laborer injured when a bridge on the Indiananotis Street Railway line over Fall ereek near Central Ave. collapsed. The ruling, from Marion County and appealed from Hancock, rests on employer liability with contributory negligence and fellow servant defenses rejected. Gas Elec chandeliers highlight Elliott Tele and Elec Co on Mass Ave.
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United States Weather Forecast Update
Weather forecast mentions thunderstorms and showers across regions with warmer temperatures. Details obscure but notable timing references include Wednesday night into Thursday with sunrise and sunset times. Denison Barber Shop ad snippet appears amid the forecast.
Wellman to Lead Balloon Flight Toward North Pole from Spitzbergen
Walter Wellman, aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm, plans a balloon ascent from Spitzbergen to reach the North Pole. He states preparations are complete, with the May start and July ascension, and will attend his daughter's Washington wedding before returning to Europe.
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Europe
Roller Skates and Pianos Advertised by Habich and Wulschner
The Sun’s help column lists roller skates priced at 35 and 40 cents and Henry ball bearing skates. Gus Habich at 121 W Washington St offers new pianos from 96 dollars. Wulschner's Heal Bros advertise plaster era phones Main 665 and Mew 5567, 1838.
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Roosevelt Defends Harriman Campaign Funds Claim
In a New York statement President Roosevelt denies intending to deprive E H Harriman of the Order of Ananias. Harriman says funds came from the New York state committee not the national. Cortelyou faces questions on whether funds or solicitations involved him as former campaign head.
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Harriman Senate scheme tied to $200000 fund
A New York report traces a $200000 campaign fund raised in 1901 for Harriman at Roosevelts behest. Four subscribers reportedly provided $50000 each: E H Harriman, Hamilton McK Twombles, J Pierpont Morgan, and William K Vanderbilt. The money allegedly passed to Cornelius Bliss with conditions about Chauncey Depews ambassadorial fate, affecting Odell and the state machine's actions for Senate selection.
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