Supreme Court Limits City Power on Liquor Zones
The Indiana supreme court rules city councils cannot unilaterally designate residential districts as liquor prohibitions. In two cases from White and Putnam counties, the court says police power lies with the legislature and voters, not officials acting by arbitrary ordinance.
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White County
Charles Cochell
Lewis C. Co. Reynolds
Cochell
Supreme Court
Baker
Putnam County
Daniel B. Rowland
Greencastle
Ritter on temperance wins and courtroom limits
Capt Eli F Ritter dismisses adverse rulings as temporary. He argues the Tremorstrators lacked valid signatures without signed remonstrances and says Putnam county case confines councils to not arbitrarily bound residence districts. He notes Shea against Muncie upheld Meare law defining a residence district by majority residence property.
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Eli F. Ritter
White Country
Capt. Ritter
Putnam County
Ritter
Shea Aganst
Supreme Court rules gas rates apply per meter use
The Supreme Court declared that a gas company cannot charge higher rates for natural gas used for lighting and heating when taken by meter. Chas H Clawson used Richmond Natural Gas Co gas for light and heat, and the company tried to raise rates. The court held meter based charges apply only to heat use and do not permit higher rates for incidental lighting.
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Supreme Court
Chas. H. Clawson
Richmond Natural Gas Company
Wife Can Enforce Contract For Share Of Proceeds
Appellate court in Elvira versus Alpheus Dailey of Jay County rules a wife may enforce a contract made with her husband. She signed for sale proceeds and is entitled to a portion of the property sale. The decision clarifies spousal rights in property transactions.
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Elvira
Alpheus Dailey
Jay County
Arrest in Cudahy kidnapping case looms in Omaha
Pinkerton detectives join Omaha police in the search for men tied to the Edward Cudahy kidnapping. Reports say gold looted from Cudahy is believed buried near Omaha while a $25,000 reward awaits for arrests and conviction. Kingan official Wade says Cudahy's lard corner attempt won't affect Indianapolis operations.
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Omaha
Neb
Edward. Cudahy
Pinkerton
Cudahy
Wade
Kingan Company
Indianapolis
Wear
Groninger to Stand Pat Despite Political Pressure
Deputy prosecutor Groninger vows to continue enforcing liquor laws against druggists and grocers, despite claims of an ante election promise. He says only removal would stop him, while Ruckelshaus denies political interference and supports pursuing cases in criminal court. Local Marion club debated the matter with divided views.
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Ruckelshaus
Taylor Groninger
Druggists’ Association
Groninger
Ruckelhaus
Marion Club
Missing $2200 man Kenneth Lawrence vanishes with fortune
Kenneth Lawrence, heir to a $2200 fortune from his grandfather Judge William Lawrence, disappeared after Aug 5 while en route from his uncle Oliver Parker’s home in Indianapolis. Last heard from Aug 7 heading home, later linked to Sheepshead Bay racing. family suspects foul play. Lawrence served in the 158th Indiana regiment and was active in the YMCA and masons. He had lived at 1413 E Market St. in Indianapolis.
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Kenneth Lawrence
Oliver T. Parker
Lawrence
William Lawrence
Bellefontaine, O
Ohio
United States Treasury
Garfield
Parker
Tinois
Steft
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
E. Washington Sr
Manual Training
158Th
Indiana’ Regiment
Mallady Case a Record Breaker Shocks Court
The murder case of Bill Mallady defies usual timelines as he receives a life sentence after a swift verdict. He expressed mixed signals about jurors and claimed innocence, hoping the real killer would emerge. Accomplice Frank Hedges seeks a rapid trial while denying knowledge of Mallady.
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Hendricks
Mallady
Malachy
Treaty Ratified by the Senate in Hay-Pauncefote Pact
The amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty passed the Senate 55 to 18. It assigns U S control of the canal at its cost or by private parties, guarantees free, open passage, and restricts belligerent use and blockades within three miles of either end, with exceptions for U S defense.
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Washington
Yeas
Aldrich
Allison
Bacon
Beveridge
Burrows
Carter
Chandler
Day
Cullom
Deboe
Dillingham
Elkins Foraker
Foster
Frye
Gallinger
Hanna
Hansbrough Harris
Hawley
Hoar
Jones
Nevada
Kean
Kenney
Lindsay
Lodge
McBride
McComas
McCumber
McEffery
McLaurin
McMillan
Mallory
Morgan
Nelson
Penrose
Perkins
Pettus
Platt
New York
Pritchard
Procter
Quarles
Scott
Shoup
Spooner
Stewart
Sullivan
Taliaferro
Thurston
Turner
Warren
Wetmore
Wolcott
Allen
Bard
Bate
Berry
Butler
Cockrell
Culberson
Daniel
Heitfeld
Martin
Mason
Money
Pettigrew
Telle
Tillman
Turley
West
Wellington
United States
Gave Up Her Football Husband in Iowa Tale of Desertion
Jessie T. Lincoln daughter of Robert T. Lincoln once married Warren Beckwith a football player. The probate court case Whitford vs Mrs Lincoln recounts their elopement, marriage quarrel and later desertion. Beckwith pursued railroading staying with the sport. Mrs Beckwith reportedly ill in New York.
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MT. Pleasant
Jessie T. Lincoln
Robert T. Lincoln
Chicago
Abraham. Lincoln
Warren Beckwith
James C. Whitford
Miss Jessie Lincoln
Beckwith
Jessie
Senator Harlan
Lincoln
Pullman
Burlington Road
New York
Cape War to Be Fought Over Cape War to Be Fought Over
London December 21 rumors say Lord Kitchener requests 50 000 mounted troops for South Africa to counter swift Boer attacks. Reports denied but a stronger mounted patrol is deemed needed as 2 000 Boers cross into Cape Colony. Dutch unrest rises amid fears of a concerted revolt and potential railway attacks.
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London
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Cape Colony
Kitchener
Turks Continue Their Bloody Work
Reports from Salonica describe Haiduk Islam's band plundering villages in Prisbend and Navibazar. Refugees stream toward Servian and Montenegrin frontiers as Montenegrins at Rivitza repulse Turks and injure them. Islam, once an Albanian magnate, vowed vengeance after losing his possessions to Armenian moneylenders.
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Vienna
Salonica
Haiduk Islam
Prisbend
Navibazar
Rivitza
Islam
Owen Hanged for Murder on Moving Train
John Owen was hanged at 1 14 p m Friday for murdering James Hogue during an attempted robbery on a moving train. In a death struggle on top of a box car the pair grappled as the train sped. Owen shot Hogue and wounded himself. Hogue fell beside the railroad tracks. Before execution Owen declared his name and said his parents in Bell County Kentucky had beaten him out of all his property.
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Paris
John Owen
James Hogue
Owen
Hogue
Bell County
Kentucky
Pope refuses Kruger audience as Transvaal aid considered
Rome Dec 21. The pope refused President Kruger's request for an audience saying he would be powerless to assist the Transvaal president.
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Rome
Kruger
Transvaal
Boston Judge Delivers Lenient Probation for Acid Attack
In Boston on December 21 Judge Bond gave probation to Marion Roger, who threw acid at Dr. Frank J. Taylor, blinding him and disfiguring him. The judge, praising the betrayer, could have sentenced her to prison for 200 years but chose probation. Taylor, a complainant, has a wife and child.
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Boston
Mass
Bond
aMrion Roger
Frank J L. Taylor
Taylor
Five Cent Fare Debate Hinges on Illness of Joseph Smith
The Board of Works delays action on water and interurban contracts due to Joseph Smith's illness. It maintains four cent fares but may concede to five cents. Indianapolis company not required to offer transfers to interurbans. interurbans might have to transfer among themselves. The 1991 sweeping contract awarded to Charles Stuckmeyer at 18.5 cents per 16 000 square feet.
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Board of Works
Joseph Smith
Indianapolis
Charles Stuckmeyer
Blood Purifier Claims for Clear Complexion
An advertisement touts Cascarets as the best quick blood purifier. The copy links pure blood to beauty and touts the product as an easy fix sold by druggists at listed prices.
Canal treaty sparks tension between United States and Britain
Washington reports that the senate passed the canal treaty and while war is unlikely the pact strains Anglo American friendship. Some scholars foresee sharp diplomacy and talk, with England possibly yielding after pressure or a revival of the Clayton Bulwer framework.
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Senate
United States
England
McKinley
Pauncefote
France
Congress Adjourns For Holidays After Short Session
Washington December 21 Senate members met with few present and the session opened on Friday. The body adjourned immediately in respect for the death of the wife of Senator Frye and will not reconvene until January 3. The House also adjourned for the holidays after being called to order.
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Washington
Senate
Frye
House
Wife of Senator Frye Dies in Washington
The wife of Maine Senator Frye died suddenly Friday morning in Washington D C. She collapsed at the Hamilton hotel while the senator was in an adjoining room believing she slept. The cause was heart trouble.
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Washington
Frye
Maine
Hamilton
Woman charged with child desertion after dropping baby in yard
Effie Dewey, a colored woman from Greencastle now in Indianapolis, is charged after leaving her two year old near a door yard. She tried to arrange care through Mrs Brumblay and the Door of Hope, then sought a colored home but refused to quit claim the child.
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Effie Dewey
Indianapolis
Greencastle
Mra Brumblay
Door of Hope
Colored Orphans’ Home
Trusted employee James Wilson arrested for millinery theft
Jas Wilson a trusted Black employee at the Indianapolis millinery company store was found with five bolts of velvet and one of silk after detectives raid. He allegedly sold goods to second hand shops downtown. Howard G. Pinney of Shelbyville NL also jailed for obtaining $4,500 by false pretenses.
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Jas. Wilson
W. North St
Indianapolis Millinery Company
Wilson
Howard G. Pinney
Shelbyville
Fragmented OCR Client Note on Names and Phrases
A garbled OCR note lists partial phrases and misordered words. It includes stray references to curés and French terms, offering little clear context or attributable facts.
Club committee plans trip to inauguration faces small turnout
A Marion special committee of 15 members reports 60 have promised to go on the trip for the inauguration. With about 200 needed, the odds of full attendance look slim.
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Marion Club
Discharged in court over revolver threat amid family strife
Geo W Blauvelt was discharged in Squire Smock's court on a charge of drawing a revolver on his wife. The squire urged guardianship for the children and noted the couple have attempted divorce without success. The two continue to clash at times and share custody of two children. James M Parker sues L A Negeleinen, a liveryman, for 20000 alleging a buggy accident on Meridian street.
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Geo. W. Blauvelt
Squire Smock
Smock
Board of Children’s Guardians
Blanvelt
McCauley-st
James M. ‘Parker
Meridian St
Judge Baker frets as jury fails to reach verdict
Federal judge Baker discharged a Grant county counterfeiting jury after eight held out. He blamed stubborn jurors and political influence, noting two held nine to three and ten to two. Defense attorneys Burke and Kern faced questions as a not guilty verdict surprised all.
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Rogers Brothers
Boggstown
Bainum
Frank Burke
John Kern
Jury Discharges Without Verdict in Hampton Robbery Trial
After two nights and a day, the Lafayette mail box robbery trial of William Hampton colored ended in discharge by Judge Baker without a verdict. The 9 to 3 initial vote for conviction gave way after illness and a dying mother telegraph. juror tensions surfaced, and dinner was skipped as the panel was kept overnight.
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William Hampton
Lafayette
Baker
Morgan
Crawfordsville
Weather Outlook and County Governance Notes
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and county covers the 36 hours to 8 p m Friday with fair skies turning increasingly cloudy into Saturday. Temperature at 7 a m around 43 rising to near 49 by noon. County commissioners plan to appoint their own subordinates in public works including the hospital poor asylum plant as part of a $355 plan for modernizing facilities.
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Indianapolis
Connty
Noom
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Indiana
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Bill” Mallady
Ite
Quigley
Cooper Shop
Maladhy
Frank Hedges
Wilhelm
Lill Mallady
Hedges
Paul Kruger
Leo
Congress
Jeter Dusiew
Mert McKain
Bert Daugherty
Grant
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