Vanderbilt Hotel Memoir From Old Bellonia Inn
New Brunswick gossip centers on a Vanderbilt marriage linking the family to the Bellonia hotel on the Raritan River. The Commodore's forebear ran the inn, hosted travelers and eloping couples, and laid the groundwork for a fortune through oyster work and bar trade.
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New York
Vanderbilt
New Brunswick
N. J
Raritan River
Commodore Vanderbilt
Alfred Gwynne
Elsie French
Bellonia
Philadelphia
Burr and Hamilton
Despondent Ed Thompson Cited Over Cuba Battle
Dr Ella Hollis of Hartford City reports bitter mood in Havana toward Neely and a near certain conviction. She says ex Postmaster Thompson is despondent over troubles. The physician notes strong bitterness between US and Cuban troops after a Cuba tour.
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Muncie
Ind
Ella Hollis
Hartford City
Cuba
Neely
Havana
Thompson
United States
Greer Campaigns for Higher Marion County Surveyor Salary
County commissioner Greer contends that the proposed 2800 salary for the county surveyor and 3000 for staff is too low. He notes uncertainty about current pay and asserts the prior surveyor did not earn that amount. He defends assigning Coyner ongoing tasks begun before leaving office and expects more work for Coyner after completion.
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Greer
Marion County
Coyner
Nelson
Track Elevation Bills In Pickle
City attorney Kern and the Commercial club elevated track committee will draft a bill granting the city power to compel track elevation. The draft mirrors a Chicago ordinance used to elevate 300 miles of track, though Chicago’s powers exceed those granted to Indianapolis. No introducer is yet engaged. Chicago’s approach was never challenged in court.
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Kern
Commercial Club Elevated Track Committee
Carter
Chicago
Indianapolis
A Home for Birds Speaker Seeks Forest Restoration
Alexander Johnson of the Fort Wayne Institute for the Feeble minded addressed the Audubon society on Friday night. He urged forest preservation and stricter bird laws, noting enforcement is difficult due to minority interest. He proposed the state reclaim and reforest exhausted farmlands to restore fertility and create bird habitat within sixty years.
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Alexander Johnson
Institute For
Fort Wayne
Audubon Society
Two Boys Aid Father in Absolute Divorce Case
In New York court, two boys aged 14 and 12 testified against their mother, accusing her of infidelity with their uncle Isidor, brother of the husband. Reuben London, clothing firm member, was granted an absolute divorce and custody of two sons and two daughters after referee Augustine R. McMahon’s finding was confirmed by Justice Sreenman.
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New York
Supreme Court
Sreen
Reuben London
Isidor
Reuben
London & Lowengood
Wooster St
Londons
Ridgewood Ave
Brooklyn
Vorhaus, Grossman & House
Park Row
Augustine R. McMahon
Abraham
Boston
Blanchard
Thomas Concert Promises Grand Chicago Orchestra Evening
Theodore Thomas and his Chicago orchestra visit Eng lish's opera house next Thursday in a highly anticipated program. Tschaikovsky Fifth Symphony opens, followed by Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, then Liszt in Solde's love death, plus Weber Euryanthe, Dvorak variations, and Liszt Les Preludes.
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Theodore Thomas
Chicago
Opera House
Thomas
Wagner
Franz Liszt
Zoo reception sparks crowd as workers ride camel
The New York store and telephone employees were guests at the Zoo on Friday night. A large crowd attended an auditorium event where guests enjoyed the camel ride. Two fat men climbed the camel and the animal’s jog trotted as a man in a coat clung to a companion for balance during the chaotic scene.
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New York
City Boy’s Sorrowful Act Ends in Fatal Self Destruction
In Kokomo Indiana on February 2 Leroy McDowell a 16 year old farmer's son returned home in tears after a remark by a city boy and then shot himself through the heart the death was instantaneous. The report notes other local political items including crooked voters and Indiana happenings.
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Kokomo
Ind
Leroy McDowell
Filipinos Ambush 30 Americans in Manila Area
Advices from Cebu report insurgents ambushed 30 members of the Thirty-fourth volunteers Tuesday near Manila. Five Americans were killed, two are missing, several wounded, and detachments pursue the insurgents.
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Cebu
Policeman Captures Burglar After Slippery Roof Struggle
In Philadelphia a tall burglar fought Policeman Frank Hanley across three floors and a snowy roof. Hanley ultimately slammed him to the roof and cuffed him, marching the suspect, identified as Charles Smith, to the third district station at gunpoint. Smith had just completed a five year sentence and received three months in the house of correction.
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Philadelphia
Frank Hanley
South Fifth-st
Hanley
Joseph Lipstein
Han Jey
Third District
Charles Smith
Eastern Penitentiary
House of Correction
County Clerk Pins Blanks Scheme Over False Claims
Shelbyville Indiana Feb 2 county clerk Frank Glessner testified editor Ray offered to print blanks cheaper than current rates but the office was well supplied. Ray delivered a dray load of blanks in late 1899 and they remain in the vault. Glessner identified 78 forms tied to the alleged false claim. In St Joseph Michigan Feb 2 hunters report wolves from Indiana menace sheep. Frank Glidden killed a large gray wolf near New Buffalo, first in 25 years. Wolves allegedly crossed via Kankakee marsh and settled in New Buffalo marsh for winter.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Frank Glessner
Ray
Glessner
Rey
ST. Joseph
Mich
Berrien County
Frank Gliddens
New Buffalo
Indiana
Kankakee
Thirty six floaters convicted and disfranchised in Indiana
Crawfordsville Ind Feb 2 six more vote sellers were convicted and deprived of the right to vote for 12 years each. The state has not failed in a single prosecution as 36 floaters have already been deprived of civil rights.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Indiana News Highlights From The State
Reports from Indiana recount Henry Clay Inelings an ex slave who died near Arlington and reputedly hid 10000 dollars around his barn. James Stokes freed after arrest in Alexandria in a death linked to a train. Bedford builds a storm shelter at the cemetery. A Huntington girl wed a stranger within three days then divorced after a heated argument with a flat iron. Elwood artist Lemuel Myerly loses his mind, allegedly from smoking, and tries to harm his mother who helps McKinley’s reputation. Frankfort Carters die of pneumonia during grip. Mount Healthy school area quarantined as diphtheria claims lives. Muncie faced a three-saloon blaze. Mrs Nation calls for purifying fire at saloons. Clarence Poor killed near Anderson by a Panhandle train. cold weather cited as factor.
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Lemuel Myerly
Elwood
McKinley
Frankfort
Carters
Grip
Wu Says Chinese Are Not Illiterate at Banquet
Chinese minister Wu defended his people at a Baltimore banquet replying to calls to disfranchise the illiterate. He argued Chinese immigration is not a flood, urged equal treatment for foreigners, criticized opium smoking policies, praised Chinese merchants as proverbially honest, and urged mutual adherence to trade practices to maintain world peace.
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Baltimore
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Gov. Smith
Philippines
Porto Rico
Cuba
China
Hayes
Wun
Representatives Scuffle In Missouri House On Floor
Jefferson City February 2 The dispute began when Representative Organ of Dent County accused committee clerk T A Webb of spreading derogatory reports about him and three colleagues. The heated exchange ended with a punch and both men were separated. Webb refused to retract, raising fears of a renewed clash.
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Jefferson City
Representative Organ
Dent County
T. A. Webb
Organ
Webb
Vigo's Offspring Robbers At The Strate House
Vigo's offspring robbers at the Strate House under Whitcomb's guidance disrupted a Saturday visit for 300 school children. With both branches adjourned the Vigo senator provided diversion as the children peered through bars at the state house and the adjacent insane hospital.
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Strate House
Whitcomb
Terryhut
State House
Insane Hospital
Governors Secretary and Senate Chief Halt Interruptions in House
Col. Wilson and Col. Huffman will no longer interrupt house speeches with urgent messages. Whitcomb’s resolution, passed unanimously, bars these officials from interrupting a speaker, after Huffman halted Rep. Van Fleet mid-speech with the governor and senate’s message.
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Col. Wilson
Col. Huffman
Senate
Whitcomb
Representative van Fleet
Speaker
van Fleet
Huffman
Odell Honored by New York Beta Theta Pi Dinner
Gov. Odell, a Bethany college alumnus, headlined a Waldorf Astoria dinner with New York alumni and Columbia Beta Theta Pi members. Speakers praised him, Dr. Martin hailed his vision of the White House, and the crowd roared when asked who will be the next president, shouting Odell.
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New York
Columbia
Beta Theta Pi
Waldorf-Astoria
Gov. Odell
Bethany College
Martin
Pekin
White House
United States
Odell
Births And Deaths From Local Records
Births list John and Shore on Prospect Street a boy and Wallace and Daisy Cother on Highland Avenue a girl. Deaths include Teresa J Murray 82 Little Sisters of the Poor pneumonia William P Wilson 68 Bellefontaine Street valvular insufficiency Lizzie Miller 50 Missouri Street congestion of lungs Maria J Burris 72 Agnes Street cerebral hemorrhage William Lenfetter 27 Allegheny Street typhoid fever Shadrach Ferrer 70 E Washington Street pneumonia Arthur P Preston 35 W Sixteenth Street pyaemia Mary H Hodes 75 E North Street asthenitis Irene Carlin 14 days S East Street pneumonia James H Davis and Cora E Abury. Building Permits K Miller 1434 Brookside Street addition Tv 100 M Gunter 2506 Northwestern age remodeling 70 Alice Posey 515 Hiawatha Street addition Sonn W S Green Napoleon Street near Raymond cottage 300 Mrs L Schaub 717 Morris Street kitchen 285 Chandler Taylor Co between Big Four and Vandalia railroads brick iron and glass factory 15000
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Teresa J. Murray
Little Sisters of the Poor
William P. Wilson
Bellefontainest
Lizzie Miller
N. Missouri-st
Maria J. Burris
Agnes-st
William Lenfetter
Allegheny St
Shadrach J. Ferrer
E. Washington-st
Arthur P. Preston
Sixteenth-st
Mary H. Hodes
E. North-st
Irene Carlin
S. East-st
W. 8S. Green
Napoleon St
Raymond Cottage
Louttit Proposes Resolution on Taylor and Finley Trial
Louttit the Democrat introduced a resolution Friday afternoon to declare ex-Governor Taylor and Charles Finley should be sent to Kentucky for trial as accessories in the Goedel murder. Whitcomb of Marion objected to reading the resolution but Speaker Artman permitted it and said the point of order would be decided Monday.
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Louttit
Taylor
Charles Finley
Skxentucky
Goedel
Whitcomb
Marion
Artman
An Italian anarchist sought to kill King Victor Emmanuel
The Fanfulla reports that American police informed the Italian government of Calcagno a Paterson New Jersey agent who had been tasked by his comrades to murder King Victor Emmanuel.
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Rome
Fanfulla
United States
Calcagno
Paterson
N. J
King Victor Emanuel
Social entertainments and gatherings noted in Columbia club and guild rooms
Dr and Mrs O G Pfafe host dinner at the Columbia club Saturday. Otto Kipp and Herman Lieber plan a theater party and supper at the Columbia club for Miss Gardner Miss White and Miss Jenks, visitors of Miss Amy Kothe. Chinese embroideries shown in Christchurch guild room Monday through Thursday. Miss Jane Williams entertained a tea Friday for her sister Miss Elizabeth Williams of Corning New York. Gen and Mrs Morrison hosted a dinner Friday night for Gen Wallace Gen and Mrs Hawkins Mas and Mrs Shaler Dr and Mrs M I Haines Mr and Mrs Volney T Malutt Mr and Mrs A H Blair and Mrs Comly, with American beauty roses on the table. Mr and Mrs Albert E Metzger hosted a company Friday night for Miss Amy Kothe’s guests.
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O. G. Pfafé
Columbia Club
Otto Kipp
Herman Lieber
Miss Gardner
Miss White
Miss Jenks
Amy Kothe
Lieut. Niblack
Guild Room
Christchurch
Jane Williams
Elizabeth Williams
Corning
N. Y
Morrison
Gen. Wallace
Hawkins
Shaler
M. I. Haines
Volney T. Malutt
A. H. Blair
Comly
Albert E. Metzger
President McKinley Signs New Army Bill
Washington February 3 The army bill was signed by the president at 12 40 p m Saturday marking swift action on military funding and reform amid ongoing national concerns.
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Washington
A Kiss Causes a Strike at Local Works
In Granite City Illinois on February 2 Cora Schroeder kissed a young man at the National Enameling and Stamping works on a dare. The foreman discharged her and the other female workers walked out demanding reinstatement and higher wages. The foreman granted neither action.
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Granite City
Cora Schroeder
The
National Enameling and Stamping Works
Cora
Courts Closed Monday for John Marshall Day Observance
Courts will be closed Monday so judges and lawyers may participate in the observance of John Marshall day. This announcement notes a statewide or local pause in judicial activity to mark the legal legacy of Chief Justice John Marshall.
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John Marshall
Virginia
United States
Supreme Court
Big Four Route Schedules From Indianapolis to Florida
The Big Four will depart Indianapolis at 5 15 p m every Wednesday and Saturday starting January 16, traveling straight to St Augustine and reaching Jacksonville at 7 30 p m and St Augustine at 3 30 p m the next day Berth rate from Indianapolis to either point is 6 50 Call on Big Four agents for tickets information and sleeping car space H M Bronson A G P A
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St. Augustine
Jacksonville
Indianapolis
Hold Up at English's Opera House Sparks Cash Grab
A rough man appeared at the gallery window of English's Opera House shortly after 8 p m Friday jingled a coin then shoved in a revolver demanding ticket money. Vincent Burke handed out tickets but the robber grabbed $36 and fled with the dog alarmed by Manager Miller. No trace of the suspect was found.
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English
Opera House
Vincent Burke
Miller
Indictments Filed Against Cook County Officials
Chicago, Feb. 2. The Cook county grand jury indicted county civil service commissioners James D. Morrison Walter Lantz and George W. Lovejoy for certifying applicants without public competitive open exams. The misdemeanor carries a fine from 50 to 1000 dollars or up to six months in county jail, or both.
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Chicago
Cook County Grand Jury
Civil Service
James D. Morrison
Walter Lantz
George W. Lovejoy
Ghostly figure spooks East Berlin residents in Pennsylvania
East Berlin residents report a nighttime figure in a white gown with a white fascinator, barred shawl and gum boots roaming Hanover area streets. Women avoid late strolls as witnesses describe a steady gait, molestation denied, with some saying the figure may be a woman and others a man in disguise.
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Hanover
East Berlin
City Life Plans Feb 22 Campus Program
Students at the University of Indianapolis organize a campus program for February 22 following last year’s format. Committees from various colleges will meet Tuesday evening to coordinate events and arrangements. Nathan Kamp, colored, of 1547 Martindale Ave, was arrested Friday on a charge of stealing a heating stove from an outhouse at 1502 Martindale Ave.
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University of Indianapolis
Simi Slar
Nathan Kamp
Martindale Ave
Martindeleave
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