Auditorium Contract Signed for City Coliseum Project
City officials and contractor Jungclaus agreed to a $313,500 main auditorium build with total outlay around $614,450 to remodel Tomlinson hall for city offices. Temporary market sheds start next week. plan to move horses to Shelby street building. Demand grows for funds and legislative support for future municipal building taxes.
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Board of Public Works
Fred B. Matson
John Henrys
W. P. Sungelaus
Jungelaus
Tomlinson Hall
Jungclaus
Market
Alabama Sts
Bookwalter
Street
Brightwood
Shelby-st
Local Jottings Highlights From Our City miscellany
Mutual Service association issues its second paper and lists 806 members. A Tuesday meeting will organize colored probation officers for the juvenile court at the courthouse basement. Meridian street M E church serves lunch Wednesday noon to 1, followed by the Woman's association gathering. Frances Faust moves to Lima to run parcel delivery. Red Men carnival promises amusement.
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Hey
Plead for the Air in Indianapolis Opera House Suit
Judge J M Leathers hears a case by Indianapolis Coal Co against Anderson Ziegler Co to stop construction of parts of the Grand Opera House The coal firm claims a proposed wall extending into the courtyard behind its office will shut out light and air from the back of the office The office is near the opera house downtown
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Indianapolis Coal Company
Anderson-Ziegler Company
Grand Opera House
J. M. Leathers
Superior Court
Opera House
Widow Wins Quick Damages Settlement in Railroad Death Suit
In Indianapolis a suit by Mrs. Lillian A. Nelson against the Indianapolis Union Railway Co. over her husband Elliott Nelsons death was settled after filing. The railway firm agreed to pay 96000 damages, accepted by the plaintiff. Nelson was employed by the railroad and died March 18, 1907. Park View Sanatorium advertises cancer, skin, uterine and rectal diseases treatment. Dr J T Lasch, New Orleans California-sta
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Lillian A. Nelson
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
Elliott Nelson
Railway Company
Nelsonu
Park View Sanatorium
J. T.lasch
New Orkant
California
Sta
Edw in Logsdon wins moral victory and damages
Edwin D Logsdon won a moral victory in superior court as the Indianapolis News agreed to pay one cent in damages and costs and publish a retraction. The case stemmed from an April 1 1908 libel publication accusing Logsdon, a Board of Public Works member, of soliciting funds from the Kennington brothers for a street sprinkling contract. The defense agreed to verdict against them and a retraction.
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Edwin D. Logsdon
Superior Court
The
Indianapolis News
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Hilton A. Brown
Logsdon
Saloonkeepers fined in police court cases
Peter Shucker, a saloonkeeper, was found with several persons in his saloon after 11 p m and fined 10 plus costs. William Ridgway, also a saloon keeper, was fined 50 and costs for selling liquor to a girl under age. Henry Louthan, owner of a saloon at 120 West Maryland Street, was found with a slot machine and the case was continued to Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Shucker
Nolice
William Ridgway
Henry Louthan
Maryland St
Gillespie
Lieut. Belch
Governor Hanly Continues Steady Recovery in Bed
Governor Hanly shows gradual improvement as his physician reports progress. He can sit up in bed, take meals, and gain strength while remaining confined to bed until cleared by his doctor.
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Hanly
Mrs Smith Returning With Remains Arrive in Honolulu
Mrs J H Smith wife of Silent Smith and her daughter with the Duke and Duchess of Manchester arrived on the steamer Siberia in Honolulu carrying Smith's remains from Kobe en route to New York. The Tec party will meet in San Francisco with Eugene Zimmerman’s private car for fast conveyance to New York.
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Scrippa-McRae Press Association
Honolulu
J. H. Smith
Silent Smith
Duke and Duchess of Manchester
Siberia
Smith
Kobe
New York
San Francisco
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinati
Game Called Off In Rain for Tuesday Baseball Match
The second game with Kansas City scheduled for Tuesday afternoon was called off due to rain. The Blues and the Hoosiers will play Wednesday. After each game the Sun's baseball extra will publish a detailed story of the game.
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Kansas City
Blues
The
Hoosiers
Large mill burned destroys Blakely Mill plant in Seattle
Scripps-McHae Pitas Association reports a significant fire last night that wiped out the Blakely Mill Company's plant in Seattle. Loss estimated at $500,000. The mill was among the world’s largest, with a 300,000 feet per day capacity and 600 workers.
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Scripps-McHae Pitas Association
Seattle
Wash
Blakely MII Company
Regulation Gives Indiana Railroad Commission New Order Books
The Indiana Railroad Commission may designate the type of order book for railroad cars at stations. In preparation the commission has held consultations with various railroad officers this week to prepare an appropriate book.
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Indiana Railroad Commission
Fugitive Banker King Arrested in Chicago
Charles C. King once led the First National Bank of Scotland North Dakota and faced charges of misappropriating 345000 under federal banking laws. He waived examination, posted no bond, and awaits transfer to Pierre South Dakota for federal court hearings amid a long pursuit since the bank’s 1906 collapse.
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Chicago
Charles C. King
Firstational Bank of Scotland
N. D
United States
Foote
King
Pierre
8. D
Inquest Adjourned as Sladek Seeks Habeas Corpus
Chicago April 28 Mrs Mary Sladek to seek writ of habeas corpus for release from police surveillance tied to an inquest into the deaths of Frank and Mary Mette. Testimony showed no family member linked to the poison. Inquest adjourned to April 99 hoping Sladek can testify. coroner urged police watch, which attorney says cannot happen without charges.
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Chicago
Mary Sladek
Frank Mette
Sladek
Heier Seeks Change of Venue in Gambling Case
Fred Heier, saloon keeper at 12 and 148, a New Jersey senior under arrest for keeping a gambling house and robbery, will request a venue change from Police Judge Thomas C. Whallon. His attorney Ira Holmes says a fair trial is unlikely before Whallon, who has fined him previously for gambling and Nicholson law violations. Heier was jailed on the statement of M A Morrison of St Louis, claiming a $100 robbery at Heier's place. Henry Bikes, Heier's bartender, and the negro porter are also under arrest as implicated.
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Fred Heier
New Jersey
St. Louis
Heler
Henry Bikes
Woman on Trial for Killing Millionaire Baroness Goes to Court
Baroness Anessa Louise De Massey faces a supreme court murder trial for shooting Gustav Simon, a New York millionaire shirt manufacturer, in his office last November. Prosecution argues motive over unpaid wages. defense offers mistaken-identity plea.
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New York
Anessa Louise de Massey
Blanchard
Supreme Court
Gustav Simon
Charles le Barbier
Ely
Simon
Inter
Baron de Massey
de Castellanes
Aother
Dover Kidnap Murder Suspect Sought After Grand Jury Action
Detectives in Dover Delaware pursue a warrant charging the kidnapping suspect with murder in Horace Marvin's case. They watch a Delaware River steamer suspected of fleeing the area. Two others remain under suspicion. Police believe the arrested man will reveal the boy’s hidden location and note the suspect was alone with the child about ten minutes before disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Marvin
Delaware
Roosevelt and Fairbanks clash expected at Kentucky convention
Louisville April 28 The first clash between Roosevelt and Fair banks forces in Kentucky may occur at the Mount Sterling convention to name a railroad commissioner tomorrow. Fairbanks supporters oppose resolutions endorsing the president A T Siler has no opposition for the nomination.
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Louisville
Banks
Kentucky
Fairbanks
A. T. Siler
Claude Andre dies in Paris on April 23
Paris report states Claude Andre, academy ad officer of the Legion of Honor, died here today. An unrelated local ad mentions Bliss Native Herbs, 255 W. Wash St, and a plastering service with contact numbers. Piano ads note new pianos starting at $16. Also an offer to insert ten words in The un for three days.
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Paris
Claude Andre
Legion of Honor
Cleveland High School girl threatened in anonymous harassment
Louise Straley a Cleveland high school girl endures a months long campaign of threats and obscene letters from an unknown admirer identified only as W. S. The girl’s family arms the home and police, including U S secret service, investigate but remain baffled.
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Cleveland
Louise Straley
Fine for illegal smoke makers in Indianapolis police court
Four representatives of large manufacturing concerns were fined $10 and costs each for violating the city smoke ordinance in Indianapolis police court. Among the fined were Henry Brinker and Valentine Schaaf, with others appealing. Nathan Washburn showed use of smokeless coal and a defective stoker, but was fined. John Weaver of Kingan & Company had modern stokers and cases continued if noncompliance occurs. Beveridge Paper, Kentucky-avenue plant, and Indiana Light and Heat staff cases were continued. Sthaler Holloway of Tacoma laundry was released on bond.
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Indianapolis
Wamsley
Henry Brinker
Brinker-Habeny Company
Valentine Schaaf
Indianapolis Manufacturers’ and Carpenters' Union
Charles R. Balke
John Weaver
Kingan & Company
Henry L Beveridge
Beveridge Paper Company
T. A. Wayne
Kentucky-ave
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Frank Bower
State
State Wifebuilding
Sthaler Holloway
Tacoma
Scholl to speak at Greenlawn Memorial Day rites
At Greenlawn cemetery exercises the address will be delivered by C E Scholl of Carroll county a legislature representative who was a confederate soldier Many Confederate dead lie buried there There will be no address at Crown Hill ceremonies After the ritual services Memorial Day the G A R will hear President Roosevelt address
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Greenlawn
C.E. Scholl
Carroll County
Crown Hill Cemetery
Roosevelt
Student Illinsky Receives Ten Years In Mines
ST PETERSBURG April 28 Eleven years imprisonment in the mines was the sentence given a student named Illinsky by a court martial at Tver for the assassination of Count Alexis Ignatief Tselslovsky. A accomplice was sentenced to deportation for life.
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Scripps
McRae Presa Association
ST. Petersburg
The
Illinsky
Tver
Alexis Ignatief Tselslovsky
Iofe
Virginia Write On Historic James Town Contest Opens
The Colonial Dames offer a $10 prize at Shortridge High School for the best essay on Historic James town. Only current English students may compete. Winners from each class go to judges to decide the best. Two days, May 2 and 3, are allotted. Notes are forbidden. A $5 prize also awaits the top composer at Manual Training High School. Information is available at the public library.
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Colonial Dames
Shortridge
Pete
Manual Training High School
Civil Service Examinations Listed for Indianapolis and Elsewhere
Civil Service announces exams in Indianapolis and other locations. May 15 vacancies include farmer in Fort Riley Kansas at 1440 a year plant pathologist male in Bureau of Plant Industry at 1200, male assistant physiologist at 1400. May 15-16 at least 13 Coast and Geodetic Survey aides from 720 to 900. May 22-2 scientific veterinary zoology at 1000. June 13-14 five medical interne posts at Government Hospital for the Insane Washington DC at 600 a year. Address H. K. Milhous, Federal Building, Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Quartermaster’s Department
Ft. Riley
Kas
Bureau of Plant Industry
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Bureau of Animal Industry
Government Hospital For the Insane
Washington, D. C
Arcadia Sinks Off Manistee With Captain and Crew Lost
The steam barge Arcadia foundered off Manistee with Capt. Harry May his wife and 15 sailors aboard. Rescuers, racing against high seas, could not reach the vessel as it sank two miles offshore after sending rockets in distress. The ship, 18 feet? in length with 14 net tonnage, was en route from Manistee to Two Rivers and Cleveland noting it had just been refitted and deemed seaworthy.
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Arcadie
Manistee
Two Rivers
Wis
Harry May
Arcadia
Minstee
May
Cleveland
Pentwater
Arccadia
Henry Starke
Arcadia, Mich
Chicago
Traction boards hear reports on lines before tax panel
Representatives from Toledo and Chicago Interurban, Cincinnati Lawrenceburg and Aurora Electric, Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana, Evansville lines, and Fort Wayne Traction addressed the State Board of Tax Commissioners. Talks covered road conditions, profitability, and assessment rules, with notes on rough tracks, sink holes, and old lines.
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Frank B. Shutts
Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora Electric Railway Company
Samuel Murdock
Chicago, South Bend
Michigan City
Reid
Henry C. Paul
Fort Wayne Gas Company
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Charles A. Bookwalters
Jo Pow
Committee
Commercial Club Committee
Oookwalter
Coliseum
Mutual Service Association
Maple Grove
Ladies of Meridian St. M. E. Church
Woman's Association
Frances Faust
G. W. Faust
Panhandle Railroad
Lima
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
Central-ave, M. E
J. H. Berry
W. South St
West Park
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Home Presbyterian Church
Wiliam Marshall
Herron Art Institute
Emericksville Bridge
George Rhodius
Oak Hill
M. E. Church
Harvey Russell
LaSallest
Lena Jackson Lapinski
Danville, Ind
Jewish Federation Orphans’ Home
Ernest H. Cadle
Statehouse
Ww. M. Williams
Florida
Civic Art Association
Joe Clay
Indianapolis Bowling League
McGregor
Roscoe
Union Railway
Edwin Logsdon
Ious
Mr. Logsdon
News
Mrs. Smith
Scotland
First Nationa
L Bank
Meete
Scripps-McRae Press Association
Heier
Baroness DE Massey
Ing Millionaire
Wom
Scrippe-McRae Press Association
Scripps-McHae Press Association
Dover
Del
Mount Sterling
Bliss Native Herbs
W. Wash
WuilschDner’s
Louise
W. S
Miss Straley
Twentieth Century Flyer
Big Four
Walter Korusek
United States Secret Service
Police Court
Scholl
Virginia
James
Civil Service
H. K. Milhous
Federal Building
Lake Michi
Gan
Pentwater, Mich
State Board of Tax
Frank Welsheimer
Toledo & Chicago Interurgan Company
B. Emmons
Fort Wayne
Grant .Clay
Arigeis
New Feet Dental Company
N. Deaware
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