Suspense Grows as Grand Jury Delays Report at Courthouse
Spectators crowded the grand jury room awaiting a report that was postponed till Tuesday amid rumors of indictments possibly targeting city offices. Experts Parmalee and Lockhart joined the jury, while Thomas R Rackley, under indictment, was expected to return from California to testify.
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Grand Jury
Parmalee
Lockhart
James Norwood
Criminal Court
Joseph Minturn
Marion Club
Thomas R. Rackley
California
Creole girl stowaway tale on battleship ridiculed
Washington reports dismiss the creed tale of a Creole senorita Alescer who allegedly rode the Brutus around the horn. Navy officials say ships are inspected twice daily from hold to mast and a woman stowaway would be found within 12 hours from port of Spain, Trinidad, making the report implausible.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pittsburg
Senorita Alescer
Straits of Magellan
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Duncan to Defend Kack by Nine Killet Ends Offer
Noted lawyer Duncan declines court’s offer to defend Kack, claiming friendship with the indicted man outweighs county pay. The report highlights the attorney’s stance and suggests greater inducements influence his decision.
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Duncan
Kack
Killel
Court
Atlas Engine Works
Keil v Weil divorce trial hears vile names claim
Evidence was heard in superior court No.5 in the divorce case of August Keil against his wife Louisa Weil. The husband seeks separation alleging vile names and cruel inhuman treatment. George Mull, for Judge Hanna, heard the evidence. Judge Hanna is aiding in local political work. Pearl McGee’s divorce case from Joseph Edward McGee, an engineer on the Big Four, remains pending with several witnesses yet to be examined.
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Superior Court
August Keil
Louisa Weil
George Mull
Judge Hanna
Hanna
Pearl McGee
Joseph Edward McGee
Big Four
Judge Stubbs Returns After Illness
Judge Stubbs, who has been ill with a cold that threatened pneumonia, will return to duties at the courthouse Tuesday morning.
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Stubbs
Three Die and Three Hurt in Train Rock Cut Explosion
Ontario dispatch reports nine killed and three injured when dynamite exploded prematurely in a rock cut on the Transcontinental Railroad near Armagh about thirteen miles from Quebec. The incident occurred near Ottawa on April 19 as nine men died at the scene and three suffered serious injuries.
Longtime Indiana Senator Farber Dies in Frankfort
Frarkwort Indiana April 26 Johm Farber state senator died this morning from liver and kidney troubles. A prominent lawyer and Republican, he was born January 3 1853 in Xenia Ohio and moved to Thorntown then Frankfort. He served as delegate to the 1904 Republican national convention and was a joint senator from Clinton and Carroll counties in 1904. Farber backed the insurance and temperance measures and presided as special judge in the McCoy banking case at Monticello. At death he was a candidate for county judge. Survived by his wife Margaret Sims and three sons Benjamin Farber John C Farber Jr and another. He was a Presbyterian and a Knight of Pythias member.
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Ferber
Chicago
Clinton
Carroll
Hanry
Ife
McCoy
Monticello
Farber
Mr. Farber
Margaret Sims
Thorntown
Benjamin Farber
Princeton University
Will. Farber
Prisoner Hatches Escape Plan At Workhouse
Detectives report John Histon devised a scheme to bribe his release from the workhouse by stealing $5 from Albert Miner during a police cell visit. Histon, held on drunkenness, claimed he could pay a $10 fine with nine $5 bills hidden in his cap. He was freed, later confronted by police at his home 2325 Baltimore avenue where he denied the charge.
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John Friston
Cara
Miner
Histon
Vancaster
Kruger
Hyland
Duncan
Asking
Baltimore Avenue
Minor
Turkish consent to Italian post offices and fleet postponement
The Turkish ambassador told Foreign Minister Tittoni that Ankara has consented to Italian post offices in Turkey and to the fleet demonstration being postponed. The Italian fleet had been assembled for a show of force on the Turkish coast.
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Rome
Ambassdor
Tittoni
Turkey
Woman Attempted to Protect Man From Assault
Bicycle officers were called to the home of James Powell at 82 Blighland street Sunday. Powell had earlier in the evening assaulted his wife. Radamacher entered by the rear door and Schlangen by the front. Mrs Powell informed them her husband had left after striking her. Powell was found hiding in a dark corner of a bedroom.
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Sohlangen
Radamacher
James Powell
Blighland Street
Sun
Schlangen
Ing
Powell
Defense Chief Shifts in Marion County Graft Cases
John Duncan announced he would not aid the state in prosecuting the Thomas Rackley graft cases. The conference in Judge Pritchard’s private office included Judge Pritchard and Prosecutor Hogton. A plan to hire extra counsel was approved, totaling 2 500 dollars, while selection of a substitute for Duncan remains unsettled and may delay the first trial.
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John
Duncan
Tom Whackley
Flo
Beaven
Famix
Kackley
Ferdinand Winter
Fez
Rackley
Pritchard
Bryan in New York to Meet His Wife
William J. Bryan arrived in New York to meet his wife returning from Europe. He stated the visit has no political significance. Bryan and Col. Watterson of the Courier Journal had breakfast together and Bryan met several local politicians.
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New York
William J. Bryan
Europe
Mr. Bryan
Col. Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Barbers in Curt Involved in Sunday Law Case
Nelson Marshall of Jon Station barber shop faces arrest for violating Sunday closing law, drawing in the Houseral family and a Dinter. Court openings this week focus on jury selection as barber associations mobilize amid the case.
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Nelson Marshall
Jon Staion
Atturney
Angry woman with shotgun on warpath in Memphis incident
In Memphis Tennessee on a April morning Mrs. James Wright killed Telia Gordon with a shotgun after a quarrel over their children. She reloaded and pursued Maryr Davis, firing as she chased but missed. Police arrested Mrs Wright.
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Memphis
Tenn
James Wright
Telia Gordon
Woman fatally injured trying to save hat in train gust
Lebanon Ind April 20 Mrs Harry Bohannon wife of a traveling man fell from the rear platform of a Central Indiana train last night while attempting to save her hat from a gust. She and her husband and sister stood on the platform. She saved the hat but lost her balance and fell to the brick pavement suffering a concussion of the brain. She died at the hospital.
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Lebanon
Ind
Harry Bohannon
Central Indiana
Hughes to Demand That Age Track Gambling End
Albany April 20 The governor will press for passage of anti race track gambling bills as the senate and assembly meet tonight or Tuesday. Mrs Russell Sage Andrew Carnegie and several prominent clergymen have joined the protest against the senate action and their letters will aid supporters this week.
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Albany
N. Y
Senate
Assembly
Russell Sage
Andrew Carnegie
Friends of the
Only Road to Favor Grand Arm is Wakemie encampment line
The Lake Erie and Western railroad offers a low rate for Grand Arm men attending the state encampment at Wakemie May 20 and 21. A special L E and W train will carry department headquarters from Indianapolis to Kokomo May 19. Fare is $1.50 round trip from the city with a one cent per mile rate plus 2.5 cents for the return trip. The Central Passenger association refused to grant a reduced rate this year.
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Theake Erie & Western Railroad Company
Grand Armes
Wakemie
Department
Indianapolis
Kokomo
Central Passengsreecciation
Snow in New York Shuts Roads and Delays Events
Snow fell across Rochester and surrounding areas on April 20 disrupting travel. Residents reported slick streets as schools and businesses adjusted schedules while weather officials warned of continued snowfall and icy conditions.
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Snow
New York
Rochester
N.Y
Baptismal Rite for Boyville Group In Anderson
Thirty six bays, members of the Boyville association in Anderson, were baptized yesterday by Rev. T. W. Grafton of the Central Christian church.
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Anderson, Ind
Boyville Association
Anderson
T. W. Grafton
Central Christian Church
Pierce 106 On Trial For Killing Man
The trial of Robert Pierce for murder of Robert Henderson is set for Thursday in Criminal court. Pierce and Rufus Mitchell are jointly charged and will have separate trials. Judge McCray will defend Pierce. The case drags as Judge Pritchard prepares to rule on an insanity plea in the related Jolly murder case.
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Robert Pierce
Robert Henderson
Criminal Court
Pierce
Rufus Mitchell
McCray
Piercy
Chélendac
Pritchard
Robert Jolly
Jolly Ssase
Seyfried
Beveridge Enemies Question Field Deputy Expense Records
Political enemies allege irregularities in expense accounts of two field deputies in Indiana's Sixth revenue district. Collector Elam H. Neal and accounting agent C. F. Bourden defend the accounts as correct. Asa Elliott and J. H. Wilson resigned after dismissal, with both deputies found to have drawn pay for nonproductive time under civil service rules.
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Elam H. Neal
Civil Service
Beveridge
C. F. Boulden
Upice
Mer
Neal
Mr. Bourden
Asa Ellett
Marion
J. H. Wison
Valparaiso
Asa Elliott
J. H. Wilson
Treasury Department
Wilson
Neat
Boulden
Elliott
Marton
Judges Attend Funeral Of Mrs Monks In Winchester
The judges of the supreme and appellate courts attended the funeral of Mrs Leander J Monks in Winchester Monday except Appellate Judge Frank S Reby of Auburn who stayed at his home Attorney General James Bingham and A B Hunt president of the Indiana Railroad Commission also attended the funeral.
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Supreme
Frank S. Reby
Auburn
Winchester
Leander J. Mons
James Bingham
A. B. Hunt
Indiana Railroad Commission
Monks
Runaway injures 17 year old near Lebanon
Floyd Tomlinson, 17, was seriously hurt in a runaway accident in Lebanon Indiana. He was found unconscious in a ditch last night and cannot explain how the injuries occurred.
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Lebanon
Ind
Apri
Floyd Tomliinson
Tippecanoe Battlefield Monument To Be Hewn From Granite
The Tippecanoe battlefield monument featuring Gen William Henry Harrison will be carved from granite rather than Bedford stone. McDonald & Sons of Buffalo signed the contract Saturday for 4800 dollars, with completion by November 1. Henry Myers for the company and A A Jones, Tippecanoe Battle Commission secretary, will present the contract to Washington. The government will cover half the monument’s cost.
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Henry Harrison
McDonald & Sons
Buffalo
N. Y
Henry Myers
A. A. Jones
Tippecanoe Battlefield Commission
Washington, D. C
United States Soerament
Tippecanoe Monument
Indianky
Railroads and Employes Reach an Agreement
Chicago April 20 After a morning meeting of the committee of managers and representatives of one of 44 western railroads an agreement was announced on the new federal 16 hour law. Railroads conceded on paying in days wages in some cases. employes and officials pleased with the new arrangements.
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Chicago
Ge Wanagers
Emplores Ane
Risdon Elected President of Winona Normal School
Prof. Jonathan Risdon of Danville Ind has been chosen as president of the new Winona normal school and is forming a faculty to open the institution on June 1.
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Danville
Ind
Jonathan Risdon
New Normal School
Winona
June
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