Hotel clerk shoots holes in own clothes in staged robbery
William H. Moore night clerk at the Lorraine hotel on Capitol Ave. and Washington St. pretended a masked-robbery to steal $124. He fired two bullets through his coat and one through a cigar case, then admitted the hoax after police Sweating the suspect. The missing money was recovered in Moore's room. Sandy Miller, a hotel porter, was implicated but denied involvement.
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William H. Moore
Lorraine Hotel
Capitol Ave
Washington St
Moore
Kruger
Sergi. Hagerman
Askins
Duncan
Capt. Kruger
Sergt. Hagerman
Sandy’’ Miller
Miller
Wiliam Beck
The Rasoot Show Fraud In English's Opera House Case
Squire Stout's court awarded E. Smith fourteen dollars and a quarter for five days of work as lecturer and stage manager's assistant for the Metropolitan amusement company. The show The Man of Mystery staged by Davis and wife misled a big crowd, with Smith delivering cues until the audience hissed and the curtain fell. The defendant offered $20 weekly salary but Smith sued for one week's pay. details of wardrobe and alleged misstatements surfaced.
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Co E. Smith
Squire Stout
Metropolitan Amusement Company
English
Opera House
Indie
Frank J. Davis
Smith
India
Powers Granted New Trial In Gov Goebel Case
The appellate court in Frankfort Kentucky on Wednesday reversed the Scott circuit court and awarded Caleb Powers a new trial for complicity in the assassination of the late Gov Goebel. Powers had been given a life sentence. In Noblesville Indiana, residents fear gas shortages as zero weather bites. Hundreds of families have little fuel and rely on gas to heat homes. If supply does not improve, courts may compel the city to enforce the contract with the gas company for Elwood Alexandria and nearby towns.
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Franksvort
Wednesdazy
Scott Circuit Court
Caleb Powers
Powers
Noblesville
Ind
Elwood
New Linsr Advertisements On Seventh Page
New liner advertisements on the seventh page today list several items for sale and help wanted including furnished rooms for rent, a delivery horse, housework assistance, a baker boy, a cook, experienced saleslady, a Jenish room for rent, first mortgage loans on improved property, offices and storerooms for rent, two painters, a lost letter bird dog, new upright pianos for sale, unfurnished rooms for rent, and delivery wanted. The page invites readers to read all the notices on the seventh page.
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Baker Boy
Cook
Wandering boy Jamesie Clendering returns home after long cold journey
James Clendering, 13, wandered northern Indiana for about 15 to 22 hours before returning home at 2 a.m. He had ridden freight trains toward Newton and Crawfordsville, then back to Indianapolis. A teacher had noted his misbehavior earlier that week and police had been actively seeking him.
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Indiana
James Clendering
Thomas J. Clendering
E. Washington Sr
Jamesie
Jamsie
Crawfordsville
Hillsboro
Newton
Philharmonic Club Plans First Concert at German House
The Philharmonic Club announces its first concert will be Thursday night at the German House. Advertisements claim Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup helps men and women maintain vigor into old age.
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Philarmonic Club
New puts Roosevelt on the anxious seat in Alaska hunt story
Washington, Dec. 3. Harry S. New editor of the Indianapolis Journal reports President Roosevelt pushed to investigate hunting in Alaska. New notes the moose head display and suggests Roosevelt could hunt huge moose himself. The president reportedly plans a trip to the frozen north as hunters’ hardships fuel interest.
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Washington
Harry S. New
Indianapolis Journal
Roosevelt
New
Alaska
Mr. New
Menaugh details Jennings fixing in libel suit
Selma editor Menaugh testifies in a $200000 libel case in Salem describing the alleged whitecapping of D A Jennings on January 30 1900. He portrays himself as a leading city figure and recounts a pamphlet suppression plan involving Reed Slagle and others. The defense asserts no violence and cites prior hostility to Jennings. The trial, with around a hundred witnesses and many depositions, may run through the week with W V Roofer for Jennings and Cassius Hadley for the defense.
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Jennings
Denny Gore
Reed
Slagle
Ide
W. Reed
Mr. Menaugh
Asg Elliott
Hobbs
W. V. Roofer
Cassius Hadley
No Bumps in Cannons Way in caucus nomination
Washington December 3 Representative Cannon of Illinois will be unanimously nominated for speaker at the republican caucus. Dalzen of Pennsylvania has withdrawn from the race. Pennsylvania and New York have fallen in line for Cannon. Eczema scald head hives itchiness relieved permanently cured. Dean's Ointment Atvany drug store.
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Washington
Cannon
Illinois
Dalzen
Pennsylvania
New York
Dean
Atvany Drug Store
Fraud claim fuels contest for county treasurer race
In Shot A Bomb, Guy Busch vs Smith Auld, Auld's attorney files an answer accusing fraud. He contends ballots were tampered with since the election and were under the charge of County Clerk A W Adams. Indiana State Fair dates Sept 14 to 19 announced by the National Association of Fairs and Exhibits. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad ends the copy.
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Brazil
Ind
Guy Busch
Smith Auld
Auld
A. W. Adams
National Association of Fairs and Exhibits
Railroads weigh elevation of tracks without law
Indianapolis sources report that major railroads are quietly considering elevating tracks in the city without legislation. Plans discussed include a joint double elevated track into Union Station, potentially coordinated by the Vandalia, Monon, and Lake Erie and Western groups, or a shift to Union Railway control for rights of way.
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Indianapolis
Volney T. Malott
Vandalia
Union Station
Vandalia and Biz
St. Louis
Monon
Lake Erie & Western
Union Railway Company
Marion
Is a Man's Head a Part of His Body
Aetna Life of Hartford challenges Philander H Fitzgerald’s accident policy claim by arguing that head injury is not an external bodily injury. The demurrer cites Hood’s account and a coroner’s inquest for Miss Kilmensegg to illustrate external versus internal body parts, noting a golden leg was external but ruling the head is not. Case filed in Judge Carter's court.
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Aetna Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Philander H.fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Hood
Miller, Elam & Fisher
Carter
Renovation Planned for Tomlinson Hall Concert Space
City leaders plan to modernize Tomlinson Hall to attract concerts and lectures. Draft plans, estimates from architects, and decorator input will guide spring work aimed at improving seating and reducing the large corridor footprint for potential committee rooms and better patron appeal.
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Tomlinson Hall
Works Board
Controrller Breunig
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area ends Dec 4
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for 36 hours ending 8 p m December 4 calls for snow flurries overnight then fair and decidedly colder Thursday with high northwest winds. Temperatures noted 7 am 38, noon 39, 2 pm 39. Colder conditions extend into Indiana and nearby states Thursday.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Candidate Bristor enters race for councilman at large
W A Bristor announced his candidacy Wednesday morning to succeed H M Haldeman as councilman at large. Bristor is an oil well contractor and a large taxpayer. He previously ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for councilman in Ward 3 last year.
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H. M. Haldeman
W. A. Bristor
Bristol
Railway blocks Union traction crossing at Tipton
Tipton Indiana reports EL and W railway will not permit Union traction company to cross its tracks forcing construction of a via duct. Elwood Indiana notes a new station at Seeley crossing built by Union traction and L E W, later burned.
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Tipton
Ind
Union Traction Company
Elwood
Seeley Crossing
Arsenal Gun Plays Knavish Tricks On Trusting East-Siders
A humorous Indianapolis tale shows residents of the East-side believing the arsenal’s 6 o’clock reveille while the time changes to 6 36 a.m. The misread timing causes widespread tardiness until locals learn the new winter schedule.
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Arsenal Gun
John
Arsenal
Woodruff
Fire at Lorette Hotel Bur Glazes Bureau
A fire on Wednesday morning at the Lorette Hotel 126 East Ohio Street started in a bureau in room 23 near the kitchen. Chambermaid Maggie Roster extinguished the flames with tap water, saving the room from broader damage though a guest named Watson lost a bureau and some socks. firemen arrived too late to save them. The blaze traced to an open flue hole without a cap, covered only by wallpaper.
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Lorette Hotel
E. Ohio St
Maggie Roster
Watson
Maggie
No. 23
Mayor Bookwalter Seeks Bates Mother After Death in Cincinnati
William Bates died of delirium tremens early Wednesday in the Cincinnati work house. Bates, 36, white and unmarried, had been arrested for idling and loitering on November 27. He told workers his mother lived in Indianapolis. Mayor Bookwalter, informed by Superintendent Ruehrwein, has not located the mother yet.
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Spookwalter
William Ruehrwein
Cincinnati
William Bates
Bates
Indianapolis
Bookwalter
Union National Opening Bank to Open Doors in City
Union National Bank will open its doors at N Pennsylvania street on December. The Dana Inquirer reports venue capacities: Tomlinson Hall 2,994 seats with stage seats. English’s Opera House 1,500. Grand Opera House 1,500. Park Theater 1,800. Empire Theater 2,100. Y M S junior council officers elected: President Thomas Flaherty. 1st VP Thomas Boatman. 2nd VP Frank Fitzgerald. Financial Sec Thomas Brady. Corresponding Sec John Cullen. Treasurer Ed Deery. Exec committee Robert Peele James Quinn John Sullivan. Marshal Russell Mansfield.
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Union National
Union National Bank
N. Pennsylvania
Dee. Ld
Dana Inquirer
Tomlinson Hall
English’s Opera House
Grand Opera House
Park Theater
Empire Theater
T the
Y. M. S. Junior Council of
St. Joseph’s Church
Thomas Flaherty
Thomas Boatman
Frank Fitzgerald
Thomas Brady
John Cullen
Ed Deery
Robert Peele
James Quinn
John Sullivan
Russell Mansfield
Attorneys Narrow Dr Alexander Case Through New Count
State prosecutors say adding an affidavit count tightens the case in the grave robbing charge against Dr. Joseph Alexander. They argue it shifts the burden of proof, while a deputy prosecutor disagrees though concedes the new count aids the state by removing defenses about body provenance and shifting accountability among faculty members.
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Joseph Alexander
Dr. Alexander
Alexander
Ruckelshaus
W.T. Brown
Benedict
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Scott
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Aittle
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