Silver Watch Stops Bullet in Dr Zeigler Hold Up
Nine shots pierced near Congress street as Dr L C H Zeigler of Lexington hotel resisted a robber. He credited a silver hunting watch in his hat with stopping a lead delivery, while he claimed $9,000 in envelopes held for a cadaver purchase. The robber fled and later was identified as an impostor named Dr Barker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Zeigler
Dr. Barker
Bush Medical College
Zeigler
First National Bank
Flirted Grand Duke Robbed After Drugged Bonbons
In Moscow two women drugged Grand Duke Alexander Vladimir with bonbons while traveling incognito from Moscow to Malachowka. He lost $10,000 and fell unconscious as the women slipped away, leaving him in a dreamlike state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Alexander
Vladimir
Malachowka
Clapoo! building offices rent rapidly to varied tenants
The new Clapoo! building on Pennsylvania Street is 75 percent leased with tenants including Starr piano company in an elegant room and Harry-Francis drug store in a corner room. Leo Lando the optician has moved in and more rooms face Christ Street as negotiations continue. The space will host physicians among others, with Life State occupying much of the sixth floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clapoo
Starr Piano Company
Pennsylvania St
Harry-Francis Drug Store
Leo Lando
Optician
Christ
Claypool
Whch
Federal
Federal case roundup in Indiana courts
The indictment against Downey L. Knotts of Pulaski county was filed in federal court after a probe into quail shipments to Chicago, with the charge tied to game law violations. Oscar Henderson, confessing to counterfeiting, received 13 months. Montell Ashworth of Lafayette got 45 days in Marion county work house. James Cook of Jennings county faces trial next Tuesday for counterfeit money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downey L. Knotts
Pulaski County
Chicago
Oscar Henderson
Henderson
Worthington
Montell Ashworth
Lafayette
Marion County
James Cook
Jennings County
Complimentary invitation note on securing a cook or whelp
A terse fragment suggests a complimentary notice about securing a cook or whelp of any kind, with unclear context or recipients. The lines imply an invitation or offer, but details are missing from the readable text.
Governor urged on hunting trip amid parole rush
A. F. Knotts of Hammond invites the governor to hunt near the Kankakee as quail and blue billed ducks migrate south. Parole requests occupy the governor, with many convicts seeking clemency after conviction and even judges signing petitions. West Lafayette reports smallpox and a lax quarantine, while John J. Houlihan’s damage suit against the Indianapolis Union Railway is dismissed on appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Knotts
Hammond
Kankakee
Knotts
John J. Houlihan
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
Houlihan
Boone County
Supreme Court
A. C. Harris
Wymond J. Beckett
Airing and fumigation blamed for infant death tragedy
The infant death of J. M. Stanton’s baby girl is linked by Dr. Dudley M. Culver to premature airing and fumigation by city health workers at 718 Virginia Ave. He says sulfur candles and rapid exposure caused capillary bronchitis, while officials defend formaldehyde use and note prior diphtheria in two siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culver
City Health Board
Stanton House
Dr. Culver
Buehler
Hurry
Bank in Ballston Spa Closes Over $100,000 Shortfall
The First National Bank of Ballston Spa New York was closed Tuesday by the board after a teller Charles E Fitcham confessed a defalcation of 100000. Examiner Graham was present and named temporary receiver as a fuller probe begins.
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Bank OF Ballston Spa
Washington
First National Bank of
Ballston Spa
N.Y
Charles E. Fitcham
Examiner Graham
NO DOUBT Jack Cullen Weds Bride. Marriage Proved Bogus
Prize fighter Jack Cullen married Miss Pearl Ensley in a morning ceremony conducted by Justice Stout. The union, believed by Ensley to be with a ranchman from the West, collapsed days later when another wife surfaced, leading Ensley to seek an annulment in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Cullen
End Not in Sight in Schafer Liquor License Case
County commissioners room crowded as Schafer liquor license case continues. John J. Clemens, brother-in-law of Schafer, testifies he did not sign the remonstrance and was asked to sign by a man who said the remonstrance opposed a Crown Hill saloon. He believed the paper targeted that proposed saloon only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schafer
John J. Clemens
Civic Alliance
Crown Hill
Clemens
Colbert Reinstated to Police as Patrolman in City
Thomas Colbert, former police superintendent under Taggart first term, is restored to the police force as patrolman by the Board of Safety on Tuesday morning. He temporarily heads detective duties replacing Asché on 60 days leave. Colbert earlier fell from rank to captain of detectives and left the force in 1899. he is noted as a Democrat. Michael Slavin, also a Democrat, is reinstated in the fire department after resigning years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Colbert
Taggart
Board of Safety
Asché
Colbert
Michael Slavin
Fire’ Department
Slavin
Frank Bird transfer company to build first U.S. electric plant
The Frank Bird transfer company is constructing an electric plant costing 2000 dollars to power new electric carriages. The setup uses a 15 horsepower gas engine and two dynamos and should be ready in about 15 days. Managers Morand and Bell, after visiting Chicago to accept ten new carriages, oversee two carriage styles the two and four passenger models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bird
John E. Morand
J. W. Bell
Bird
Chicago
Weather outlook for Indianapolis area and Midwest
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity through 8 p.m. Wednesday with mostly cloudy skies and a chance of light showers or snow flurries. Temperatures range from 32 at 7 a.m. to 35 by 2 p.m. Expect colder, brisk northerly winds and cloudy conditions across eastern Indiana Michigan Ohio Illinois and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
Kentucky
Gen Alger ill and custody dispute ends in court
Gen R A Alger, former secretary of war, is sick at home with Brights disease as doctors treat him. In Detroit Judge Leathers grants Alfred Brown custody of two of Brown’s children after a habeas corpus case. Fleming, married to the children's mother, previously held custody after her death. Brown now has three of his own children plus two of his second wife’s by her first husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
R. A. Alger
Bright
Alfred Brown
Leathers
Brown
Fleming
Barbers Union Suit Ends as Fowler Surrenders Card
The Barbers' International Union suit against E T Fowler, owner of an Illinois street barber shop, was compromised when Fowler surrendered the union barber card. His shop's barbers had left the union after the local body was disbanded. Fowler claimed he wished to run a union shop and would pay his men's dues as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Barbers’ International Union
E. T. Fowler
I.lllinois-st
Fowler
Fowler's
Barbers
International Union
Assessor Delays German House on Tax Duplicate
Assessor Jefferson remains undecided on adding the German house to the tax duplicate. He sought a legal opinion from county attorney Martin Hugg, who promised a ruling but will not outline its application in this case. Jefferson reported no word yet, as Hugg handles a liquor license matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Martin Hugg
Hugg
Warrant Issued in Assault Case Involving Gracie Peele
Thomas L. Peele obtained a warrant in Justice Stout's court on Tuesday to arrest Clyde Avery an 18 year old for criminal assault on Gracie Peele aged 18 Miss Peele who had disappeared from her home days earlier and was believed to have eloped before returning and saying she had been visiting relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Peele
N. Priest
Will of John Grosch Proated Leaving Estate to Family
The will of the late John Grosch was probated Tuesday. It disposes of an estate worth about 35000 dollars, all of which goes to his wife Catharine Grosch and their children and grandchildren. May Thompson of 531 East Ohio street was in police court Tuesday charged with stealing two books from a New York store bargain counter. Judge Stubbs fined her, lectured her, and suspended the judgment. W W H P Trudgeon of Purcell Oklahoma is at the Grand hotel. He is a member of the delegation to ask Congress to make Indian Territory and Oklahoma a state. He says industrious Indians desire an immediate allotment of land, while others do not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serrill ‘Moores
Rush County
Henry Clay
Clay
Indianapolis
Jack
Gowdy
Broad Acres
Perryville
Maysville
Ann Holland
Cumminsville
W. C. Smith
Minnesota State Penitentiary
Smith
Carter
City Health Board
Kline
Isline
Dan Wiker
Health Department
Wiker
Collier & Reynolds
Wikers
Reynolds
Justice, Stout
Miss Ensley
Justice Stout
Washington St
New York
John Grosch
Catharine Grosch
May Thompson
Ohio St
Stubbs
H. P. Trudgeon
Purcell
Oklahoma
Grand Hotel
Congress
Indian Territory
Army board rejects Gathmann gun system in chlorine test
General William Crozier reports the joint army and navy board studied the Sandy Hook test of the Gathmann gun and high explosive firing system and issued a unanimous finding against the weapon. The decision marks the end of the device’s bid for adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Crozier
Army Ordnance Department
Joint
Army and Navy Board
Sandy Hook
Gathmann
Franchises Taxable Separate From Tangible Property
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that franchises may be taxed separately from tangible property. Hard colds affect those with impure blood more, claim ad copy for Hood's Sarsaparilla. Merz & Ribble advertise automobile storage and electrical construction services. 124 Bird Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Merz &Ribble
Bird
Burglars target homes and shops in two-city raids
Burglars entered H. L. Canary’s Lexington Avenue home Monday night taking a watch and $1.50. Henry Traut, a saloonist, found his front door pried open Tuesday with cigars and an empty cash register taken. Louise Castleton’s home on Noble Street saw several rings and a $10 bill stolen Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Canary
Lexington-ave
Henry Traut
Louise Castleton
N. Noble St
Carpenter Falls From Plank at 725 N California St
Michael Taney a carpenter living at Indiana-ave and California-st fell from a plank while walking from the door to the ground at 725 N California St where he was working on Tuesday afternoon and sustained a fracture of the left arm just above the wrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Taney
Indiana-ave
California-st
Incorporation Notes and Stock Figures Amid City Business
A fragment reports Mooreland Capital stock value 51050 and Evans-L stock 60000 tied to local business incorporation notes. Names appear jumbled but indicate corporate share figures and entity references.
Sterling silver thimbles go on sale at Mullallys
Heavy sterling silver thimbles to be sold next Friday and Saturday December 6 and 7 at J. P. Mullallys Diamonds and Jewelry 28 Monument Place. Prices listed at 15 30c and 35c each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Mullally
Your Rent Will Buy a Home Offers Read on Pages 6
The notice highlights rental purchase offers and housing options discussed in the newspaper. It directs readers to see page six for full details on how rent can lead to home ownership and related terms.
Indianapolis Southern right of way hearing draws full house
The Board of Works heard the Indianapolis Southern petition for a city right of way Tuesday morning with many town representatives present. Attorneys Barrett Woollen and others argued over route selection and damages while remonstrators urged caution. Evans Woollen opposed the line as private gain and urged equitable trackage or a starch works switch arrangement. Dr. Hunt pressed for low coal rates in the franchise.
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Indiana
Barrett
Ohio River
Carter
Evans Woollen
I. D. Bates
Brownstown
A. H. Kennedy
Rockport
Henry Beckman
Ferdinand
J.G. Rimstidt
C. H. Gott
Nashville
Ind
Gott
Brown County
Indianapolis
Tion
Megrew
Woollen
Indianapolis Southern
Parry
Board of Works
Starch Works
Monon
G. E. Hunt
Commercial Club
Doomed man near execution captures priest then escapes
Charles Brown slays farmer Washington Hunter in Riverside New Jersey, plans escape before hanging. He attacks Rev Deisinger with an iron bar during final moments, fights sheriff and jailers, then surrenders and is executed minutes later. Police recount the brutal crime and accomplices Keller, Miller, and Young in the Jan. robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Deisinger
Fenton
Jos. Fleetwood
Wes
Washington Hunter
Riverside
N. J
John Young
Otto Keller
Charles Miller
Hunter Home
Keller
Miller
Northwest congress debates blocking $400 million Northern Securities deal
Washington lawmakers discuss possible congressional action to prevent the Northern Securities Company plan. Some push for Attorney General intervention, others seek a congressional committee to probe restraint of trade and potential anti-trust law violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Northwestern
Congress
Funeral for John Vogt Seventy Year Old Dairyman
Funeral plans set for John Vogt 68 from his Crawfordsville road home after months of illness possibly linked to a railway injury. Vogt, struck by a Big Four train on W Washington St a year ago while in his milk wagon, leaves a wife. The Republican state committee will be reorganized in January with Chairman Goodrich and Secretary Bigler determining district chairmen and meeting dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John “Vogt
Crawfordsville Road
Mti
W. Washington St
Republican State Committee
Goodrich
Bigler
Bonine Case Witnesses Challenge Government Theory
In the Bonine case two witnesses testified the pistol used to shoot Ayres was his own, borrowed and returned before the tragedy. Other testimony claimed the bloody fingerprints on the shade came from a woman’s hand inside the room, contradicting the theory that a woman entered from the fire escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ayres
Duel Ends With Knife Fight Slashing In Eaton
James Reagan and Thomas Duffy fought a knife duel in Eaton Indiana. Both men were badly cut with Duffy losing a nose in the assault. They were arrested after the incident at the Western glass factory and are awaiting further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
James Reagan
Thomas Duffy
Eaton
Duffy
Western
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Bullet
Congress St
Springfield Ave
Dr. L
C. H. E. Zeigler
Lexington Hotel
Federal Justice
Capitol Dome
Gov. Mount
Chas. E. Wilson
Edward R. Chrisman
Sixteenth Infantry
West
Hiner
State Health Board
Pharmacy Department
W. H. Massman
J. L. Taullas
Wabash
John Dumbold
Hentington
F. Adams
Montezuma
Oakland
Gibson County
Buckskin
Greene County
Linton
Stanton
J. M. Stanton
Virginia
Sunday
Dr. Dudley
M. Culver
Tom Colbert
Bird CO. Automobiles
Gen. Alger
City Life
N. G
Teléphone Company
Mooreland Capital
Lifford’ Halware Company
Evans- L
Bennett
E. Wash
Mount Holly
Charles Brown
Mrs. Bonine
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