Street Car Service in Indianapolis a Disgrace, Residents Say
Frustrated riders describe cars running slowly, bunching, and often not stopping. Drivers defend delays as due to crowding and insufficient cars, while passengers report danger in jams and constant cold waits with no relief in sight. Commuters urge more frequent and larger cars to ease daily misery.
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Indianapolis
William. A. Joyce
Frank L. Glass
George Fate
Irvington
Who Owns This Church Property Two Factions Fight
Two factions of the Church of Christ in North Indianapolis clash over possession of the church lot and building valued at about one dollar. The dispute arose after a 1893 split following expulsions led by elders Vandivier and Sommer. Each side asserts they are the original congregation and seeks control as the case proceeds in superior court.
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John W. Vandivier
Vandivier
Daniel Sommer
For the Sake of His Children Judge Warns Wagner
Judge Stubbs rebukes kd Wagner after a drunken incident. Mrs Wagner pleads for mercy for her husband and six children. The judge warns of workhouse if repeated and offers release on promising to abstain from drinking. Wagner had presented a 375 check with only 20 in bank at Fletcher's bank.
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Stubbs
Kd. Wagner
Wagner
Body of Maj. Belknap to Arrive in Marion
Maj. Hugh R. Belknap who died in Manila will have his body transported to Marion Indiana for a funeral en route to Arlington Washington. Congressman Steele son George daughter Meta wife of the mayor and the Belknap family accompany the casket and Mrs Steele will join the party here for the journey to Washington.
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Marion
Ind
Hugh R. Belknap
Manila
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Steele
George
Meta
Belknap
Indianapolis to Host Forty-Eighth State Teachers Session
Pedagogues from Indianapolis will gather next Thursday to Saturday for the forty-eighth annual session of the State teachers association. Indiana teachers arrive during holidays as regularly as Christmas. Includes references to plans, prices, and products by Wulschners and Jane’s Duatless oats.
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Indianapolis
State’ Teachers’ Association
Teachers of
Indiana
Judge Dissent In Own Opinion Over Remand Issue
The Indiana appellate court wrestles with a unique split as Judge Henley writes for affirming the Hamilton County ruling while individually dissenting to reverse. Judge Wiley joins the dissent. Judges Roby and Robinson concur. The case centers on venue maneuvering after a suit involving Lillie Shepherd and a street railway. A witness withdrew and the venue shifted from Marion to Hamilton, with Shepherd stepping from a streetcar and a conductor snagging her dress, leading to a damages claim. The majority finds no record issue for remand. Henley and Wey advocate remanding to Marion Circuit Court.
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Lillie M. Shepherd
Citizens’ Street ‘Railroad Company
Indianapolis
Henfey
Hamilton Circuit Court
Wiley
Henley
Lillie Shepherd
Marion
Alamont
Hamilton County
Marion Sperior ‘Court
S Court
Roby
Robinson
Street Car Collision Near Penn Ave Injures No One
Incoming Union traction car No 7a bumped into Pennsylvania Street car No 414 southbound at Pennsylvania Street and Massachusetts Avenue shortly after 1 pm Friday, knocking it off the track. Nobody hurt. Motorman Cavanaugh said local car had right of way and the interurban could have stopped sooner. wheels slid as the interurban struck the side, swinging the front trucks off the track.
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Union Traction
Pennnsylvania-st
Pennsylvania-st
Massachusetts Ave
Cavanaugh
Cigar dealer pinched in policy ticket sting
Cigar dealer Ben Sharttle of Blackford Street and Washington Street was arrested Friday on charges of selling policy tickets. The sting operation targeted illegal gambling at the shop.
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Ben Sharttle
Blackford and
Washington Sts
Riday
Kealing Named U S District Attorney Amid Cuba Inquiry
City life reports Joseph B Kealing's commission as U S district attorney and a contingency that Post-office Inspector W T Ltch is ordered to Gavan Cuba on Jan 2 to testify in the C F W Neely postal fraud trial. Police say a dozen witnesses will prove Jennie McElroy shot at Rebecca Moore, who claims she was shot Thursday. The McElroy party may face perjury charges.
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Joseph B. Kealing
U.S
W. T.létche
Mc‘Elroy
Bradford
Branch office location of The Sun at Ferger’s Occidental
A branch office of The Sun is located at Ferger’s Occidental. The note confirms a regional posting and identifies the site as the newspaper’s local access point within the Ferger’s Occidental area.
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the Sun
Ferger’s
Rough House Riot Leads to $50 Fines in Police Court
Wesley Stout and Chris Zimmerman were fined $50 and costs each after a Thursday afternoon disturbance at 136 West Market Street. Stout struck Zimmerman with a shotgun stock, leaving him with a battered head while floorboards tore open and others fled as police arrived.
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Wesley Stout
Chris Zimmerman
Stout
Zimmerman
Jack
Zimmermans
Kanawha Belle Sinks After Deck Hands Entangled
Rescue crews reported the Kanawha Belle sank after eight men were caught in a trap and drowned. One passenger died soon after from fright as the vessel went down, with bystanders recalling a chaotic scene on the river.
Crumpacker Backs Gillette Vote Amid River Disaster
In Indianapolis Crumpacker says he does not love that kind of legislation yet supported Judge Gillette's appointment. The Kanawha Belle, a small packet on the Kanawha River, sank at Lock 3 near Charleston with eight passengers and crew members lost. Crumpacker’s vote on the tariff bill varied in dispatches. he opposed the Porto Rican tariff bill. He urged Durbin to back Gillette for supreme judge and favors a Tippecanoe battlefield monument, though Congress may again defeat monument bills.
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Crumpacker
Gillette
Washington
Durbin
Francis B. Baker
Indiana
M Oder
Tricitina
Post
Tippeca
Noe County
William Henry Harrison
Library
Congress
Ieone Wins All Mayor Bookwalter Responds To Verdict
Mayor Bookwalter says he will accept Judge Leathers decision in the suit brought by ex firemen to recover pay for days they were laid off by the Taggart administration to save money for Pogue's run cleanup. He notes an appeal hinges on the city attorney. Controller Breuniz favors appeal if the city loses to determine daily versus yearly pay. Claims total about $3009.
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Brenniz
Blythe Promises Warmer Weather Forecast Flub
Indianapolis outlook for 36 hours ending 8 p m Dec 21 calls for fair weather with slight warming Friday night and Saturday. Blythe hedges on the forecast amid jokes about past promises. Forecaster notes a minor warm trend, December cold wave easing, and a likely comparatively comfortable Christmas ahead.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
TO REPENT AT LEISURE Married in haste at a young age
Clarence R. Coleman and his wife wed secretly in November 1899 when he was 15 and she 16. They kept the union for years. he later failed to appear at a trial and was fined. The husband, once an usher at the Grand Opera, was later divorced by Judge Leathers who granted the wife’s divorce on Friday.
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Clarence R. Coleman
Coleman
Leathers
Huder
Grand Opera House
Testimony On Poisoning Claims At Inquest
A witness testified on Friday that he found poison in the stomach during the case linked to Rathbun. The testimony referenced chloroforth related findings as part of the poisoning investigation.
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Goodman
Killea
Rathbun
Péigon
Appeals Court Affirms McCabe Conversion Case
The Indiana appellate court on Friday affirmed the Marion circuit court ruling that Frank R. McCabe and Martha W. McCabe had converted Mary Schwacke's personal property, valued about $3,000, in a suit brought by administrator Wilbur F. Browdee. The decision upholds the lower court against demurrers in related actions and discusses will validity and codicils in the Murphy case in Lake County.
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Appellate ‘Court
Marion Circuit Court
Frank” R. McCabe
Martha W. McCabe
Mary Schwacke
Wilbur F. Browdee
Marthe
McCabe
Supreme Court
William C. Murphy
Louisa
Murphy
Lake County
Crown Point
Crown ‘Point National ‘Bank
Anna F. ‘Murphy
Georgia “Black
N. E. Black
Indianapolis
Joshua Holland
New ‘Castle
Nancy Holland
New Castie
Supreme ‘Court
Mary. Bond
Knightstown
Codie
Harris
Beglarly Miser Hid Fortune Under Floor Inheritance Mystery
In Croton Falls New Jersey John Fitzpatrick died starving. $16,000 found in a leather bag chained under his floor after burial in Massachusetts. His wife, deceased four months earlier, and he kept themselves penniless. Hank books show $4,000 credit. two sisters will share the money.
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Croton Falls
N. J
John Fitzpatrick
Massachusetts
Fitzpatrick
Hank
Harlem
Waitress Receives 10000 To Care For Her Pets In Will
Chicago dispatch reports Emma A. Schley widow of Roswell P. Flow er leaves about 2,000,000 in real estate to be distributed. A $10,000 bequest to Rosie a former waitress instructs her to care for Schley pets for life. Other legacies include 15,000 among former employes and 5,000 each to two cooks and a coachman.
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Chicago
Emma A. Schley
New York City
Roswell P. Flower
Rosie
Mrs. Schley
Ex-Gov Taylor and associates charged in Bunco case
William H. Dye is jailed on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses from ex-Gov. Taylor of Kentucky and Reuben Miller. Dye and partners pursued oil leases in northern Indiana, returning with two leases claimed to cost $1 per acre. Investigators learned one lease cost Dye nothing while the other cost $1, and the grand jury was convened. Dye grew excited on arrest and remained in jail.
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Taylor
Kentucky
Reuben Miler
Dye
Miller
Indiana
Hay Will Not Quit Washington Cabinet Resigns Declined
President Roosevelt insists Mr. Hay will not resign from the cabinet, stating his services are absolutely necessary to the administration. A high official confirms the decisive stance, indicating the resignation would not be considered or listened to.
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Washington
Hay
Roosevelt
Mayor dodges on gas meter ordinance questions
Mayor Book walter avoids commitment on a gas mains tax measure. Attorneys Burker and Warrum decline to disclose names of clients. The proposed rate cited is ten cents per 1800 feet. The mayor says he has not had time to think and will respond after returning from travel.
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Bookwalter
Frank Burker
Henry Warrum
Holliday
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets label echoes Grove name
The advertisement asserts E. W. Grove must appear on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, the celebrated remedy for cold and grip. This branding demand highlights trademark style and product notoriety from historical marketing.
Thomas Estey to Walk Saturday After Year in Jail
Thomas Estey, confined in the county jail for the past year, will walk Saturday morning after a judge granted release on the grounds of securing a pension. The case arose amid a disputed conviction and denials by Whalin, with authorities confirming the man’s discharge following the pension claim.
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Thomas Estey
Ted
Unif Thomas
Explosion at Black Diamond steel works kills and injures in Pittsburg
At Black Diamond steel works in Pittsburg four of eight boilers exploded early Thursday. At least five men killed and 13 injured, with two missing. The blast wrecked the mill and rear McNeil boiler works, debris piling 50 to 75 feet high. 120 workers were in the plant. One boiler penetrated the McNeill plant. another struck a residence on Thirtieth street.
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Pittsburg
Black Diamond Steel Works
Thirtieth St
Allegheny Railroad
The
Park Brothers
McNeil Boiler Works
McNett
McNeill
Rudolph Korft
Bar Mill
Robert Price
Price
Train Collision Near Meenport Injures Several
An inbound accommodation train on the B O dashed into a standing freight at South Haven Meenport Pa. early morning. Engineer Frank Hughes was fatally injured or fatally hurt if not. Fireman and flagman were badly but not seriously injured. Passengers were shaken but none seriously hurt. Fault placed on possible misreading of orders.
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Meensport
South Haven
Engin
Frank Hughes
Boy Found Along Brooksville Road After Escape
Ira Patterson, 10, nearly froze and was found along the Brooksville road four miles east of Indianapolis Friday morning. He had run away from the Board of Children's Guardians Home at Irvington and was returned Friday afternoon.
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Ira’ Patterson
Coutiess
Brooksville, Road
Indianapolis
Board of, Children's Guardians
Irvington
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