Kennington Brothers Win Sprinkling Contract Amid Low Bid
Kennington Brothers were the sole bidders for the sprinkling contract. The Board of Works awarded the job Friday at 18.70 for two sprinklings daily or 19.70 for three including Sundays, lower than two years ago and lower than last year’s bid. Sprinkling starts May 1 with daily services and Sundays included if funds allow.
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Board of Works
Bundas
Kenning
Ton Brothers
Tosgart Board of Works
Married Woman Dies A Month After Weak From Sickness
The article details the death of Mrs. James Hubbard at Deaconess hospital after a troubled sequence in the Homer Jones household at 418 Russell Ave. The widow had recently married Mrs. Windhard’s stepfather, Homer Jones, following her sister Misa May Passley’s illness. The marriage occurred March 1 with Maggie Grove as affidavor. the bride sat on a chair during the ceremony due to weakness. The Charity Organization alerted authorities April 7, and she died a week later, with the husband absent at burial. The stepfather Jones is noted as the beneficiary of a $2,000 Prudential life policy.
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James Hubbard
Deaconess Hospital
Homer Jones
Russell-ave
Stevenson Building
Misa May Passiey
Jones
Windhard
Ken Mins Passley
City Hospital
Hubbard
Maggie Grove
Russellave
Grove
Wheeler
Desconess Hospital
Mr. Jones
Tutenter
Undertaking Establishment
Crown Hill
Misr
Prudential Company
Albanian Reforms Spark Local Governance Demands
Reports from Constantinople say the special mission to the Albanians, sent by the sultan, is surrounded in Ipek by several hundred Albanians. Commissioners are effectively prisoners as locals refuse reforms and demand an Albanian governor for their country.
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Constantinople
Ipek
Conaway Denies Cantrells Charges in Grave Robbery Trial
Attorney Cass Connaway testified in the Samuel Murdy grave robbery trial to refute Rutan Cantrell who alleged Connaway and others drank before confessing to the grand jury. Connaway denied giving intoxicants but admitted advising truth. Defense sought to admit letters and telegrams urging disclosure. Court allowed jurors to consider such evidence. Prosecution and defense presented opening arguments as the case proceeded.
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Cass Connaway
Samuel Murdy Tral
Rutan Cantrell
King of the
Ghunts
Conaway
Asch
Manning
Martin
Cantrell
Gunaway
Showna
Connaway
Benedict
Metray
Gronninger
Ruckelswaun
Classified Liner Ad Burlesque Style Listing Glitches
Fragmented advert list mentions Walter wanted Blegva hand Hingsle repairing Encyclopediae furnished rooms for rent AVNite girl for housework Beye with wheels wanted Trouming-houee for sale situation wanted ax housekeeper turprished rooms for rent christian endeavor pin lost der work wanted tod effet page.
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Walter
Hingsle
Ituation
Christian Endeavor
Desperadoes Rob Passengers On Monongahela Ferry
Two desperadoes Wilbur Sharp and Cornelius Wheng held up a ferry on the Monongahela river opposite Courtney stealing passengers valuables. An aged man Isaac Ames was seriously wounded by a shot to the breast as passengers and crew cowered, the boat sped toward the Allegheny county shore before the pair fled into darkness. officers pursue them as forecast notes warm, fair conditions in Indianapolis and vicinity for 36 hours ending April 18.
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Pittsburg
Nero Desperadoes
Wilbur Sharp
Cornelius Wheng
Monongahela River
Courtney
Tneir
Isaac Ames
Sharp
Wilkens
Allegheny County
Mer
Not a Candidate Negley assures no renomination bid
Councilman Negley states he is not seeking re election and that The Sun erred in suggesting he faced opposition. He says for over a year he has declared he would not run again and still stands by that position. Judge Wharton suspends sentence for Mike White at his request to take the pledge for a year after White, a peddler, sold apples and drank with proceeds.
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Negley
the Sun
Mike
Wharton
Pia
Stubbs
Mike White
White
James Murry
Murry
Big flour mills shut down in Minneapolis striking workers
In Minneapolis on April 17 2000 mill workers are laid off as big flour mills suspend operations for an indefinite period. Output of 40000 barrels will be halted while similar disruptions affect northwest milling towns. The move follows a new wheat rate by Great Lakes transport lines equivalent to two cents a bushel.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minneapolis Maur Milts Hays
Northwest
Great Lakes
German American Democrats Move to Push Primaries
German American Democrats moved a resolution calling on City Chairman Joe Fanning to hold immediate primaries for the election of precinct committee men. The measure, introduced by Mont Russe, faced a close vote and was referred to directors for action, with vigorous debate but no anticipated rifts in the club. The group, a prominent political organization among German Americans in the city, weighs its next steps as August Tamm and fellow directors consider the proposal.
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Cailed Tho Pars & Resolution
Joe Fanning
Mont Russe
Membre
Iaa
Ohib
Reso
Eldig
Steans
Democratiers
Cit
Uehne August Tamm
Sam Wielind
George Schaver
Henry Ruth
Michael Rabbbis
Ils Reinecke
Albert Sahni
Jase Schabh
Fred Grosswt
Fred Shaver
Fred Mick
Chris
Jay Wariteg
Agius Meyer
Breach of Promise Trial Over Love Affair in Corydon
Mary Ann Ponder Young sues Corydon Shimer for 15005 damages alleging a past romance led to marriage and separation. Witnesses describe a complex history from 38 percent to Texas and Indiana, with both sides claiming meetings, railroad fare, and broken marriage plans amid family scrutiny in Superior Court No. 8 before Judge Carter.
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Gomi
Corvnton i. Shimer
Mary A. Foung
Plains of
Texas
Shimer
Young
Mary Ann Ponder
Mr. Young
Agai
Meniney
Sweet Mary
Corydor Ant Fe
Tachinapolia
Benun
Corydon
Indiana
Bern Mae
Ute
Cutie
Bin
Moore Arrestee Hauled From Bed in Embezzlement Case
Jarces Moore, a stage driver employed by H. Davis, was taken from his bed at 3 a.m. by Detectives Colbert and Hauser on charges of embezzlement. Two weeks earlier Davis died, and Moore allegedly kept 12 of the funds collected while working for the widow, who hired him to collect outstanding accounts. Moore denies the charge. Rivера Still Rising in Terre Haute report notes the Wabash River reaching 20 feet and local families displaced.
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Jarces Moore
Colbert
Hauser
Moore
Weil
H. Davis
Commission Plans To Meet Over Currency Reform
In Hugh Hanna Washington on April 7 Prof J W Jenks and Charlen A Conant, newly appointed members of a commission to adjust financial relations between gold and silver using nations, have arrived for conference. They plan tours to London Paris Berlin St Petersburg Pekin and Mexico and expect to sail from New York about May 16 to 19. Aly Hanna is expected to be named chairman.
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Washington
Hugh 1
Hanne
J. W. Jenks
Atd Charlen A. Conant
City Tor
London
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Pekin
Mexico
York
Aly, Hanna
Sormmisstro
Joss Residence Burglary Report Details Robbery at Home
The residence of Ulignitariry Fredeplels A. Joss was broken into on Tuesday around 6 am while Mr. Joss was away. A seven dollar item and a dresser were taken, with the intruder using a pry tool and escaping before servants or Mrs Joss could identify him. No arrests reported.
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Pole
Fredeplels A. Joss
Mit
Joseph
Yas
Tie
Joss
Two Extra Months For Cy Clark In County Office
County Commissioner John McGregor told a Sun reporter there is talk of placing Cy Clark in the vacancy for the eight month interval after Harry B. Smith’s term ends. The new law sets January first as the auditor term start, aligning terms, while B. Smith would have eight years by November 9, disqualifying him from the intervening period.
Romance of Gotham Slums Courtship Ties Rich Stokes to Hunter
A New York April report narrates Robert Hunter, Indiana graduate and settlement leader, to wed Caroline Phelps Stokes, daughter of Ansil Stokes. The Stokes fortune is valued at up to 150 million, with Caroline heir to 16 to 15 million. The couple met at the Settlement building amid New York social circles. Caroline’s brother, J. Phelps Stokes, and Mayor Low support settlement work. Hunter’s career spans Hull House and Chicago and New York settlements. The engagement shocks society. Caroline’s mother reportedly rejected a wealthy offer to marry a life devoted to the poor. William English Walling, linked to the English estate, and Yale benefaction figure in the news. The plan allocates Stokes funds to Yale and tenement services. honeymoon rumored at the Stokes’ Leeson summer palace, Bly orowbrook, a lavish estate with 100 guest rooms.
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New York
Robert Hunter
Indiana University
Eldridgest
University Settlement Society
Caroline Phelpa Stokes
Ansil Stokes
Migs Stokes
Stunter
Chicago
Sheway
J.oaham Phelps Stokes
Settlement Society
New
Stokes
Ming Stoke
Yor
William English Walling
Williams
Indianapolis
Walling
Hunter
Caroline Phelps Stokes
Yale University
Tala Gitt
Mise Stole
Mulberry-bend
Mr. Hunter
Lees
Stoker
Summer Palace
Race to Save Wife Ends in Death of Mrs Fitzsimmons
Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, wife of the former champion heavyweight, died at her Bensonhurst home after typhoid pneumonia. Robert Fitzsimmons made a frantic bid to obtain oxygen from a Manhattan hospital but failed to revive her. she passed away around 5 a.m. The couple, long known in vaudeville circles, faced a sorrowful end as he stayed by her side through her final hours.
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New York
Robert Fitzsimmons
Pugiliat
Bensonhurst
Peday
Fitzsimmons
Fitssimmons
Roge Julian
Julia
Robert
Vitasimmons
Manhattan
Illness and guardianship fight over demented heir in Lafayette
In Lafayette Indiana on April 1 1900 a court fight over Moses Fowler Chase the demented young man nears a guardianship bid. Attorneys for the Duhmes push to appoint a guardian while a plea in abatement may challenge the guardianship. Simms is fined for an on floor altercation. Chase rests at a hotel and is described as insensible with a guard posted at his door.
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Lafayette
Moses Fabier Chase
Moses Fowler Chase
Duhmes
Young Chase
Low Sides
A. J. Kumler
Duhimes
Elder Chase
Duhme
Attekeys
Burner
Rhage
Antler W. Simme
de Uurt
Simms
Inter
Paris
Ind
Dihmes
Towart
Frederick Chase
Moser Fowler Chase
Nill Monaite
Indiana
Char
Ohio
Morea Fowler
Kumler & Gaylord
Drimes
Chase
South-st
Hasgardt case witness disputes trust and murder plan
Beory Youtsey testified again in the Hasgardt case detailing a plot involving colored Hockersmith and others. He said Taylor would not trust a negro to kill but implied pardon for the killer. Youtsey described a government letter, meetings at the secretary of state’s office, and the plan to remove Taylor from office with Howard slated to die. Joe admitted earlier statements were false. Parry re-elected president of the National Association of Manufacturers in New Orleans with Cushing and Hill named secretary and treasurer.
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Frankfort
Beory Youtsey
Hasgardt
Youtsey
Wim
Mason Hockersmith
Dun
Youtsey Ald Hockersmith
Km Goebel
Mockersmith
Gov. Taylor
Taylor
Hockersmith
Beig
Tay- Joe
Jim Monard
Howard
Johnson
Hockeramith
Veen
Secretary of State
Joe
D. M. Parry
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Monetary Commission
Frank D. Bherm
Treeweltae
Exaroine
CY Clark
AB Law Costs
Smith
Gotham
Bob” Fitzsimmons
Dan Simms
Kumler
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