Sensational Evidence in the Montana Case Bribery Trial
Feb 3 reports reveal witness L L Wright testifying about payments to secure testimony in the Clark bribery case. He described Daly associates paying $250 for an affidavit and $1,000 to taint disbarment actions, with further cash and plans to assemble testimony for use against Wellcome and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abhington
L. L. Wright
Clark
Ion
Marcus
Keand
Wellcome
Love and Matrimony Lecture at English Opera House
Miller of Philadelphia presents a popular lecture on Love and Matrimony at English's Opera House. He has lectured about 300 times before societies and nine times in Cincinnati, and is regarded as a leading orator known for wit and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Philadelphia
Town Talk Highlights and Local Appointments
Local notes report church elections and officers at Ithian Baptist Church and a state board of commerce delegation meeting on February 7 8 and 9. Other items include a seventy fifth birthday for George C Heckman former pastor. Parmelia G Pritchard suing George W for breach of promise to marry. a Bible study talk for men. and various community notices from Indiananom to Terre Haute courts and local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thecie. Presbyterian Church
Lrst Church
Reading
Colored man injured in streetcar accident on Market Street
Dite Carter of 628 N. Missouri Street suffered facial injuries after a wreck on the Big Four line near Market Street Friday night. Dr. Furniss reports condition as serious but not life threatening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dite Carter
N. Miszouri-st
Therie
Republicans to elect Bradley to U S Senate
Frankfort Kentucky February 2 It is said the Republicans will elect ex Gov Bradley to the United States Senate when they meet Monday in London this will trigger a contest in the Senate and prompt discussion from competent authority
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Bradley
United States Senate
London
Senate
Kentucky Governor to ask president for commission visit
Gov. Taylor of Kentucky continues efforts to gain presidential aid he plans to ask the president to appoint a commission to visit Kentucky and report on the situation. In Frankfort Dr. H L Tobin reports Goethel is dying, unconscious at 2 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frankfort
H.L. Tobin
Goethel
Two Men Claim The Same Mr Avery In Railroad Labor Talks
In a Chicago area hotel a pair of men named Avery dispute who they are while discussing a pending railroad labor dispute. They describe accepting a company scale and gathering workers for possible moves to St Paul, citing a general labor shortage and capital resistance to wage increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Chicago & Northwestern
St. Paul
THE
SUN
Mr. Avery
Mr. Avery No. 1
Mr. Avery No
Avery No. 1
Jew Beating Death Reported From Paris Army Case
Paris February 3 A new case of Jew baiting in the army is unveiled in the Lieut Soiandes court martial. The mother of Hebrew private Bernari alleges abuse and mistreatment while ill with pneumonia led to his death. She claims the lieutenant insulted him as a dirty Jew and a Dreyfus pig and kicked him.
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Paris
Soiandes
Bernari
Pneumonni
Mass meeting raises $9100 for Herron museum fund
A large assembly at Mick's hall on Friday night reported that $9100 had been subscribed toward the Fairbank-Kissell site for the Herron art museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advcotes
Fairbank-Kissell
Herron Art Museum
Mick’s Hall
Farmer Helps Crawler After Fall In Goshen
Frank Jeney a farm laborer in Goshen Indiana fell from his wagon breaking his wrist and hip he crawled a mile to the nearest farmer's house for help in a report from February 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
Frank Jeney
Brass Theft Suspects Nabbed After Leaking Wagon Stop
Detectives Kinney Asch and Dugan arrested Jilus Jahnson and George Suter on a Saturday in front of a gunk ship on West Washington Street. They found about 400 pounds of brass in a wagon that leaked as if from electric dynamos, and the men gave no satisfactory explanation.
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Kinney
Asch
Dugan
Jilus
Jahnson
George Suter
New
W. Washington St
Fire Hose Contracted for 5200 Feet by City Board
The Board of Safety contracts 5200 feet of new fire hose from Vonnegut Hardware Company T. J. Morse George Koenne McElwaine Richards Company Knight and Wilson Taylor and Smith and Central Rubber and Supply Company at an average price of about 8 cents per foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Safety
Vonnegut Hardware Company
T. J. Morse
George Koenne
McElwaine, Richards Company
Knight & Wilson
Taylor & Smith and
Central Rubber and Supply Company
Three Days for Each Pound Stolen Coal Case
Harvey Craig and William Johnson colored stole coal from a car on the Belt. Judge Daly fined them $10 and sentenced them to days in the workhouse. Fine and costs will make the young men lie three days for each pound of fuel they took.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Craig
William Johnson
Lee Bound Over On Fraud Charge In Saloon Sale
James Lee was sent to the grand jury from police court Saturday on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He allegedly sold a saloon on English avenue to J L Meyers that allegedly belonged to the Pabst Brewing Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lee
English Ave
J L. ‘Meyers
Pabst
Unclear incident report with partial names and address
Fragmentary text references a man, John C. Hume, at 873 Massachusetts Avenue, alleged choking a woman. Details are garbled with stray quotes and incomplete phrases making exact actions and dates uncertain.
Fraternity Row Dims Phi Delta Theta Gate in State Meet
The state oratorical association meeting turned stormy as a non fraternity coalition won key offices at Earlham and Indiana universities. J A Cox of Earlham became president while the bloc pushed reforms including an auditing committee and a ban on officer voting to curtail Phi Delta Theta influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Delta Thetas
Phis
J. A. Cox
Larham
Phil
Klass
Wabash College
Walter Lybrand
Butler College
Ehi
Lybrand
Earlham
C. Mz. Dickey
Indiana
University
Phi Delta Theta
J. C
House
Franklin
Phi Dra Theta
Joséph TI
Sweeney
Butler
Sigma Chi
F.S. Deble
Hanover
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Indiana State House Visit by School Children and Officials
About 74 school children from Indianapolis and 50 Terre Haute teachers toured the Indiana State House on a practical civics visit. Gov Mount and Gen Harrison spoke to the group, stressing citizenship and moral development. the party also viewed the soldiers and sailors monument and the blind asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House
Terre Haute
Mouit
Harrion
United States
Indiana
Ore Boy
Prof. Briggs
Gov. Mount
Harrison
Paris
Kfarrigon
Indiana to sue firm over 60 days back pay in Montgomery
Deputy factory inspector Darwin Young & Co. owes Montgomery workers in Daviess county 60 days pay and exploits employees in several ways. The attorney general says Baltimore and Ohio is liable for payments and warned its lawyer a suit will follow if funds are not remitted within a week. The firm had agreed to pay December wages and railroad authorities were told to withhold funds due the company until workers are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Spees
Darwin, Young & Co
Chicago
Montgomery
Daviess County
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Lawton Report Details Zapote Battle Heroism and Losses
Washington dispatch reports Gen. Lawton's last official account from Cavite. The opposing force numbered 4000 to 5000, entrenched and fortified, while Lawton’s 1200 troops pressed impregnable works. Capt. Sage, with nine men, killed five insurgents under heavy pressure, and Lt. Kenly led a daring battery advance within 30 yards of trenches. General Ow enshine praised officers for distinguished gallantry and recommended special brevets for 22 enlisted men and five acting assistant surgeons.
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Washington
Lawton
Cavite
War Department
Sage
Zapote
Ovenshine
Zapote River
Olwenshine
Lieut
Kenly
Lebanon's Soldiers Prepare Escort for General Lawton
Lebanon Indiana February 3 state militia company to escort Gen Lawtons body in Indianapolis. Twenty men will participate and transportation funded by local citizens. Tensions rise as Big Four stock pens obstruct Thorntown removal efforts prompt town board to three day deadline or marshal action.
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Lebanon
Ind
Indianapoliis
Lawton
Thorntown
Peculiar Causes of Death Reported to State Board
The State Board of Health reports odd death causes from county boards of health. One case cites death by information of the brain, another by being run over by a large log and not well since. A third died from Jinerel kongiston and one man asphyxiated after failing to breathe all day. One case lists heart failure for 20 days and another a general failure of respiration.
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Board of Health
County Boards, of Health
Jinerel Kongiston
Ano Ther O
Failur
Pension Commissioner Evans Denies Hostility to Soldiers
Pension Commissioner Evans testified before the House committee on invalid pensions to deny charges of hostility to the soldiers. He said his enforcement of the rules followed the law and that the rules were not of his making. Chairman Sulloway asked about the inquiry system by special examiners, and Evans called the system bad.
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Washington
Evans
House Committee On
Sulloway
Hoosier Luck Brings Gold Claim Surprise
George Britton, who left Harmony a year ago for the Klondike, returned with 50000 in gold and claims a stake valued at 200000. His homecoming, reported from Brazil Indiana, occurred Friday night.
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Brazil
Ind
George Britton
Harmony
Klondike
McGovern Santry Bet Triggers $15000 Losses
Chicago February report says Wise sportsmen lost about 15000 dollars on insider betting tips about the McGovern versus Santry boxing match. The tip claimed McGovern would allow Santry to go the limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
McGovern
Santry
Damage suit over telegram delay from Columbus to Genapolis
Lena Jenry sues Western Union for 1000 dollars claiming a telegram sent at 1 a.m. November 24, 1899 from Columbus to her husband was not delivered in Genapolis until 3 p.m. the same day. Her brother Claud Murray died at 6 p.m. and the delay prevented her from reaching him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Jenry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Columbus
Ind
Claud Murray
Genapolis
Barker files $1,000 suit over streetcar transfer ousting
Averitt Barker sues for $1,000 alleging he paid fare on a North Indianapolis car on January 31, 190, received a transfer to a West Indianapolis car, and was ousted by a conductor after riding some distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Averitt Barker
Street Railway Company
Indianapolis
Mail Thief Caught After Snatching Over 2000 Letters
New York police arrested a young man named Riley on a Friday night for mail theft. Officers found a stack of letters and hundreds of uncancelled stamp corners on him. Investigators estimate he stole more than two thousand letters in recent months.
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New York
Riley
The Clark Contempt Case Involves Alimony Arrears
John Clark answers judge Allen in a contempt matter claiming he was never served with the decree ordering alimony and attorney fees. He says he is willing to comply but asserts lack of notice of the divorce judgment while his wife obtained the dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Newby
Albert Cook
Newby
Nordyke & Morman
John Clark
Allen
Clark
Sarah Jenny Loses Verdict After 15-Hour Deliberation
A long jury deliberation ended with a verdict in a case involving Sarah Jenny, who faced significant procedural delays and uncertain outcomes as the panel settled on a result after extended hours.
Fire Rescued Family as Hero Engineer Responded
In West Union West Virginia on February 3 engineer Gibbon Kite stopped a B and O freight when a Pawpaw area house caught fire. He and crew forced entry, woke George Shenk and five family members, carried four unconscious to safety, and notified authorities. In Michigan a Mrs. Grimore perished after saving two children from a blaze on Friday night. In Brooklyn a man named Arthur Edwards faced a disorderly conduct charge over complaints of tickling his wife’s feet. Magistrate Worth reserved ruling until Wednesday.
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New York
Arthur Edwards
Bar of Justice
Brooklyn
West Union
W. Va
Pawpaw
Gibbon Kite
George Shenk
Impeachment Proceedings Move Ahead in Shelbyville
Special Judge Stanford convened a court in the Amos and Cherry impeachment cases. Attorneys argued for a change of venue from the county. State counsel Thomas B. Adams suffered a stroke during remarks and was taken home in serious condition.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Stanford
Liberty
Amos and
Cherry
Thomas B. Adams
U.S. Troops Advance in Philippine Islands
Dispatch from General Kobbe reports occupation of Calbayoc Catbalogan and Tacloban by American forces. Insurgents under Lukban burnings and clashes. Kobbe drives them to mountains, seizes artillery guns stores and hemp. Insurgent losses include ten killed.
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Washington
Manila
Kobbe
Cebu
Calkayee
Catbalogan
Samar
Tacloban
Leyte
Calbayoc
Lukban
Lukbanr
Births Deaths and Marriages Recorded in Town
Birth announcements list Paul and Magete Weiss a girl W Tenth Street and H A Cook a girl 809 Holbrook Street. Louis and Aarie Hyde a boy 1049 Davis Street and ee and Maggie Chadwick 221 Spring Street. George J and Katie Most a girl 424 East Street Lewis E and Anna B Eliott a girl John and May Miller a boy Otto and Christina Walter a boy Ottos D and Bertha V Smith 2460 Stewart Street a boy Harry and Louisa Bowman 115 West McCarty Street a girl. Death notices include Clarence R Carson 868 Virginia Avenue meningitis Herman Vahle 61 1126 Sterling Street heart trouble Silas B Schofield 42 120 N Davidson Street tuberculosis Willie Kastner 7 months 150 N Illinois Street suppurative otitis media Charles Morris 8 days 1307 Vigo Street premature birth Wena Bregdemartin 39 534 West Eleventh Bright's disease Saunders 16 520 BE Court Street tuberculosis. Marriages list Charles O Donnell and Mary Harrington Myer Silverman and Anna Marks Harry F Girton and Mabel P Barrick Hardin T Workman and Della Whiffing.
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Paul
Magete Weiss
W. Tenth-st
H. A
Katie Cook
Holbrook-st
Louis
Aarie Hyde
Davis-st
Maggie Chadwick
Spring
Wyne A
Mary
Conley
Sherman Drive
George J
Katie Most
Eastst
Lewis E
Anna B. Eliott
Ashst
John and
May Miller
Otto and
Christina Walter
Highland Ave
Ottus D
Bertha V. Smith
Stewart-st
Harry and
Louisa Bowman
Clarence R. Carson
Virgina Ave
Herman Vahle
Sterling St
Silas B. Schofield
Charles O'Donnell
Mary Harrington
Myer Silverman
Anna Marks
Harry F. Girton
Mabel P. Barrick
Hardin T. Workman
Della Whiffing
Fire destroys east Main Street block in Little Rock
A Friday blaze in Little Rock Arkansas wiped out the east side of Main Street from Foster Hardware to Hollembeck Music, destroying several small stores. Estimated total loss stands at 200000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Main St
Foster Hardware Company
Hollembeck Music Company
Moore Named Lake Station Postmaster
W V Moore has been appointed postmaster at Lake Station Indiana on Feb 3 by the Hoosier paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Washington
W. V. Moore
Lake Station
Ind
Charred Ruins at Meridian Street Fire Draw Crowds
Spectators count thousands viewing the Stout Wholesale Grocery fire on Meridian Street as firefighters battle flames. Ice forms along salt treated pavements while a moving elevator car draws bystanders’ attention and workers await news from neighboring rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stout
Meridian
C. D. Pearson Wholesale Queensware House
Woman Dies in Ambulance en Route to City Hospital
Mary Holler aged 45 died in the city dispensary ambulance near East and Washington streets while being moved from her home at 918 E Washington to City Hospital. Dr Guido Bell treated her as she weakened and asked to be moved. Dr Karchner accompanied her. coroners plan autopsy as physician cites neglect.
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Mary Holler
City
East and
Washington-sts
Washington-st
Guido Bell
Karchner
Nash
Bell
Sigma Chi Provincial Convention Held at Denison attracts Earlham charter petition
The Sigma Chi fraternity held its provincial convention at Denison University on Saturday. The main business discussed was Earlham College's petition for a charter. Saturday night a smoker is planned at Wahalalila.
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Sigma Chi
Denison
Earlham College
Walahalila
Kruger Dies in Blaze at Sprague Mill
In Chicago on February 3 Albert Kruger 22 a roaster in the coffee department perished in a fire that destroyed the Sprague Warner & Co coffee and spice mill. Property loss stood at about 135000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Albert Kruger
Sprague, Warner & Co
Kruger
Man Mistakes Linament for Cough Medicine
James Wolfe of English Indiana ingested a dose of liniment believing it to be cough medicine and is expected to die. The incident occurred February 3 and authorities report the incident as a fatal accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English
Ind
James Wolfe
Influenza Rises in Rome Amid Global Tensions
WIRE reports influenza increasing in Rome and denies a Guatemalan revolution. Milwaukee plans a $100 offer for the Democratic convention. Empress of China not to install emperor. Federation of Labor to skip anti trust conference in Chicago on February 12. Mat Salleh, famed Borneo rebel, killed. followers dispersed. Alabama furnace men expect pig iron gains, refusing $16 a ton for gray forge iron. Yale oarsman Langford loses arm saving a workman in Joliet mills. Chinese officials thwart plot to dynamite Li Iging Chang and circle. conspirators under arrest.
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Rome
Guatemala
Milwaukee
Federation of Labor
Chicago
Mat Salleh
Borneo
Alabama
George Langford
Yale
McKenna’ Steel
Joliet
Li Iging Chang
Chicago Market Wheat Prices and Live Stock Summary
Chicago price report shows wheat retreat with mixed futures and May June closings. Corn gains appear as May and July quotes edge higher while oats slip. Provisions list gains in pork lard ribs with prices around 10.85 and 6.05. Dressed poultry offers varied quotes for turkeys chickens and capons. Butter cheese and eggs hold steady with modest shifts in creamery butter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Young
America
Fimberger
Grain Market Report For Saturday Prices by Grade
Saturday market report lists grain prices for corn and wheat across multiple grades. No. 2 and No. 3 white and yellow corn show mixed bids around 22 to 34 cents, while No. 2 red and No. 2 red wheat fetch around 70 cents at milling freight and nearby figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Cascarets claim relief for constipation across America
A wave of testimonials from diverse readers praising Cascarets Cardy Cathartic as a mild yet effective laxative cures for constipation, biliousness, malaria, and related ailments. Advertisers urge readers to buy Cascarets in tablet form, 9c to 50c, with free booklet and sample from Sterling Remedy Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
M.gabler
Latrabeest
Chicago
Albert B. Burt
Mainst
Andover
Masa
C. W. Durant
Elmersonst
Buffalo
N. Y
G. J. Gradwell
Mary Cummings
Maud
Okla
Tam
L. Irvin
Corner
Mead and Railroad
Meadville
Eurice J. Smith
Rich Valley
Enj
Knightstown
Ind
Charles H. Nye
Cincinnati
Mra- M. Rew
Lacelle
Andrew Woodruff
Daysville
Tom Holt
Wellwood
Manitoba
Wong Wwink
Allegan
Sterling Remedy. Company
New York
Interstate Live Stock Market report for Feb 3
Interstate Stock Yards notes light cattle receipts and ship ments with a range of prices. Good to prime heavy cattle, including oxport steers and cattleids, show prices from 30 to 600 per head. hogs, sheep, and calves list varied values across categories with mixed and average quotes. The report reflects market activity for cattle hogs and sheep with estimates for weights and qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate
Interstate Stock Yards
Cccvccccceca Sesesensese
Leece
Cattle and hog receipts at Indianapolis stockyards on Feb 3
Cattle receipts for Saturday shipments list various classes with weights from 900 to 1,350 pounds. Prices quoted include Good to prime steers near 53 to 60 dollars per hundredweight, and Good to choice heifers, stockers, bulls, and cows with ranges from 200 to 450 dollars per head. Hog receipts show shipments around 1,500 pounds with prices near 470 dollars per hundredweight and mixed weights up to 470 dollars per hundredweight.
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Union Stock Yards
Indianapolis
Ind
Noavy
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Akene
Wright
Daly
Campbell
DeWitt Miller
Ithian Baptist Church
C. A. Webb
Wal Jameson
Wesley Jackson
Richard A Focde
Mamieon
Sident
W. E. English
Comclal.club
State Board of Commerce
Total Afro-American Council
Indiananong
J. T.V. Bil
William
Miss Ethel
A. E. Manning
Sorf-At-Arms
William H. Richardson
Loar George L. Nm
W. A
Derocer
EB. W. Adams
East St
Man
Rev. i
Dara Pets
Avid R. Johnson
William Dalton
Terre Hauteng Company
Masey
Tealing
Judge Daly
Anwal
Kaya
Persimmon Brigade Club
Thomas Hanna
GOV. Taylor
MR. Averys
Lee
Massachusetts-ave
Joe “Trytt
Phi Delta ‘Theta
Tera Haute
Marie
Ssioner Evans
Hostip
Hoosier Luck
Sarah Jenny
Rocklany
Mich
E. Grimore
Atscoversa
Comte i
Old Dame Nature
Marylands
Meridhar St
Ilinats St
Pital
City Grain Market
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