State Life inquiry probes officer salaries and influence
The State Life Insurance examination at the auditor of state reveals officer pay rises from 1894 to 1906 and payments to lobbyists. Directors fix salaries, with A M Sweeney W S Wrenn Samuel Quinn and Charles Coffin earning up to 20 000 yearly. Checks show funds used to influence legislation and a lobby committee payment to Samuel Quinn.
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State Life Insurance Company
Auditor
W. 8. Wrenn
Samuel Quinn
Charles F. Coffin
F. Coffin
J. *. Matson
Crushed to Death in Shelbyville Farm Accident
Roy Bann aged 28, married, was killed instantly when a worn pen made of fence rails fell on him on a farm near Marietta in Hendricks township. Son of William Bann a former trustee, he leaves a widow and two children.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Roy Bann
William Bann
Hendricks Township
Marietta
Burial of Senator Gallinger’s Wife
The body of Mrs. Gallinger wife of Senator Jacob H Gallinger was taken to Concord New Hampshire her old home for burial there tomorrow. Mrs Gallinger died suddenly Saturday night.
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Washington
Portraits of Local Tradesmen and Their Ages
A scanned page lists several men with brief biographical notes. Malcolm Fraser, 40, married clothing salesman. Charles Newton, 5% years old, married, retired railroad man. Oscar Pink, 46, married, salesman. John Deaner, 40, Southern railway employee, unmarried. Wilbur Strele, 60, married, manufacturing. Joseph Boulton, 60, clerk, married. Deminger Smith, retired umbrella manufacturer, 50, married, juries in murder trials. George V. Praff, 4 tenue old, married hardware dealer. Charles H. Frocke, 37, married, department manager at Conard Steamship. Bernard Gerspman, 36, married manufacturer’s agent. Henry C. Warney, 55, married piano store warehouse manager. Henry C. Brearley, 36, advertising agent, married.
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Malcolm S. Fraser
Charles JD. Newton
Oscar A. Pink
Naalesman
John SS. Deaner
The
Southern Railway
Wilbur F. Strele
Deminger. Smith
Betorean
George Ve Prarf
Charles HH. Frocke
Conard Steamship Company
Bernard Gerspman
Local Jottings Irvington Street Car Service and City Plans
Irvington residents urge the street car company to improve WW Washington street service despite added Gray street cars. The city council meets Monday night to block railroading resolutions as the Board of Public Works advances a broad street paving program for next spring. An art exhibit at Herron Institute draws visitors, while new houses rise amid cold weather. A rich commuter on Coll2peave is blamed for early morning annoyances. Parlor entertainment grows in Indianapolis with Don V Smythe performing tricks. A Riverside riot witness recalls a July Sunday boarders clothing. Car No 17 is a notable dinky box car with two armed men inside. Teachers want raises but oppose funding a fortified saloon. Some Indianapolis teachers may reject money from high license. Valentine's Day imagery appears in shop windows. The Morton Monument commission did not finish the monument to present lawmakers. The legislature shows little interest in monument bills this session.
Post Office Robbed in Oolitic Indiana
Oolitic Indiana February 4 police report the local post office was robbed last night of all stamps and a small sum of money. Several items inside the building were also taken in the burglary.
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Oolitic
Ind
United States Weather Forecast Snow and Warmer Night
A weather brief notes snow and milder conditions across regions with tonight bringing snow and rising temperatures by sunrise. The forecast mentions warmer conditions soon after and a shift to clearer skies outlook varies by locale.
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United States
The Babcock Insurance Bill Faces House Report
The Babcock insurance bill will be reported to the house by the committee on insurance Tuesday morning. The committee plans twenty five amendments. The bill for one cent fare on interurban railroads was reported unfavorably by the house committee on railroads Monday afternoon.
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Babcock Insurance
House
Committee On
House Committee On Railroads
Estates of Winfield Scott Stratton to announce legacies
Colorado Springs cot Sept. 4 The executors of the estate of Winfield Scott Stratton this week will announce legacies totaling 750,000 including 50,000 to Akron resident Arnold Hamlin and 310,000 to a shipbuilding partner’s son in Jeffersonville Indiana Also 25 000 to the Colorado Deaf and Blind asylum and 10 000 to Mrs Virginia Cobb and others The settlement has been delayed by prolonged litigation involving the elite.
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Scott Stratton
Aarlond Harry Hamlin
Akron
Byron CC
Logan
Myron Stratton
Jeffersonville
Ind
Colorado Deaf and Blind Asylum
Virginia Cobb
Stratton
Grammer Near Death In City Newsroom Flash
CHICAGO February 4 The condition of George J. Grammer vice president of the New York Central lines was very serious today His death is momentarily expected and the report underscores the gravity of the railway executive’s health crisis.
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Mejtse
Chicago
George J. Grammer
New York Central Lines
Grammer
Embezzlement Trial For Traction Ticket Scheme
Harvey Kruser conductor and Scott Grimes elevator operator faced criminal court Monday before Julie Pritchard on charges of embezzling street car tickets and selling them. Detective Samuel A. Gerber uncovered the scheme with IWritser passing tickets to Grimes who resold them. Grimes charged with receiving stolen goods. Indicted by the January grand jury.
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Julie Pritchard
Samuel A. Gerber
Iwritser
Scott Grimes
Elsevator Operatour
Grimes
Trip to the South Sets Sail for Mardi Gras Visit
T Warren Graham and Marion Skemper, Florida Georgia Alabama Mississippi and New Orleans bound, depart Massachusetts Avenue on Monday for a 22 day southern coastal trip ending in time for Mardi Gras.
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T. Warren Graham
Marion
Skemper
Massachusetts Ave
Jeft
South
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
New Orleans
Driver Injured After Wagon Collision
Hubert Sanders, driver for Etal Lord Ice Cream, was thrown from his wagon at the Virginia avenue and Prospect street intersection. He was taken to City Hospital Monday, believed to have a fractured skull. Sanders resides at 7 North Adelaide Street.
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Hubert Sanders
Etallord Ice Cream Company
Sanders
Virginia-ave
Prospect
Shelby-ste
Mr. Sanders
Adelaide St
NONE BETTER National Restaurant at Monument Place
A brief note about the NONE BETTER National Restaurant located at Monument Place 38 40 highlights its claim of consistent leadership in delivering good things.
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National Restaurant
Monument Place
Denison laundry and barber ad brief with pianos
The Gem Laundry offers family washings at five cents per pound with rough dry inclinations and flat pieces toned. The Denison Barber Shop proclaims top grooming and services. Wulschners advertises pianos priced from 166 dollars and up.
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THE
GEM Laundry
Congresses Week Focuses on Key War and Indian Bills
This week both houses will devote time to the Indian and river and harbor measures plus the army and navy bill. A military affairs committee will study the Brownsville incident. A Roosevelt Root San Francisco board meeting in Washington is set for Friday or Saturday to discuss Japanese school policy. A farewell dinner for James Tew, British ambassador, will feature the Pilgrims of London and convey warm U.S. British ties.
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Brownsville
Tex
Roosevelt
Tate Root
San Fransiscn Board of Bancation
Sehmity
Washington
Janes Tew
London
Whitelaw Heal
Mer. Bryce
Had Bought Poison
Dr. G A Petersdorf believes George Armstrong 29 took morphine to end his life after buying ten grains at Ertlemeyer’s drug store Meridita Vermont and Russell avenue Saturday evening. The body was found by William Wrightsman. Armstrong had a severe cold and reportedly financial troubles.
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Petersdorf
Armstove
Ertlemeyver
Meridita Vt
Russell Ave
Armstrong
Willian Wrightsman
Tragic Gas Fatality At Princeton Hotel Room
Anna Smitha, about 40, was found dead in a third floor room of the Princeton Hotel at 250 S Main St. The gas was on full, room damp and a whiskey bottle found in bed clothes. Police suspect accidental gas suicide after a Sunday check in, with no residence listed on the registry.
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Union St
Anna Smitha
Princeton
Smmlinots St
Lot
Carene Euld
Patrolbnan White
Hater
Father's Appeal Saves Own Son in Seattle Murder Trial
Special to The Sun from Tacoma Washington February 4. Will Thompson pleaded with the jury to spare his son Chester Thompson who faced murder charges in Seattle for the killing of Attorney G. M. Finnery on July 7. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity and custody of the defendant was remanded to the court’s orders.
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Chester Thompson
G. M. Finnery
Seattle
Will HH
Theampson
Crawfordsville
Ind
Dryden quits rage senatorial bid in New Jersey
Special to The Sux from Trenton reports junior U S senator John P. Dryden has withdrawn his name from re election to the Senate. He announced in Washington that the move follows medical advice after a bitter state legislature battle over his nomination. It is believed Frank O Boggs will be elected Senate.
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Frank O. Boggs
Pay for Efficiency Prompts School Funding Call
Superintendent Fasser A. Cotton issues a bulletin stressing efficiency as the core of public schools. He argues competent teachers require higher salaries, which need more funding, but raises without elevating standards risk commercializing the profession and raises without higher pay hinder recruitment.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Fasser A. Cotton
State Thaw Case Details in Two Hour Court Session
The state spent only two hours in court as the defendant faced murder charges in the Stanford White case. Nervous on the stand, he acknowledged the killing of the famed architect on the roof garden while witnesses testified to the act.
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Mr. White
Insanity Plea in Thaw Murder Trial Opens
The Thaw case moves forward as defense attorney Gleason announces insanity as the plea while the state presents its case. Witnesses describe the Madison Square Garden shooting of Stanford White on June 25, 1906, and the immediate aftermath, with Harry Thaw shown nervous and escorted from the venue. The trial features testimony from Stanford White’s son, engineer Paxton, and publisher Meyer Cohen as jurors hear the sequence of events and the defendant’s alleged mental unsoundness.
Lincoln’s Granddaughter Mount Pleasant Suit Filed
Warren Beck filed for divorce from Jessie Beckwith, daughter of Robert T. Lincoln and granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln, in district court on January 21. Details are guarded and the cause of action is believed to be desertion after years of separation.
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Warren Beckwith
District Court
Sere
Jessie Beckwith
Robert T. Lincoln
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Man Without a Home Quarreled in Saloon on West and Marvlandsis
Charles Fitzsimmons, a homeless man, entered a saloon at West and Marvlandsis heavily intoxicated. He reportedly argued with several patrons, receiving a blow to the right eye. After treatment at the city dispensary, he was jailed at the police station and said he had just arrived in town.
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Fitzsimmons
Fresh street fighting unsettles Odessa in panic
Odessa reports a fresh reign of terror with street fighting and many casualties. Armed adherents of the Union of the Russian People terrorize the city, targeting Jews as crowds parade with cockades. Hundreds flee as disturbances threaten new outbreaks.
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Odessa
Union of the Russian People
Branded by G Hums Initiation At Shortridge High
Miss Hazel Reisner of 2421 College avenue was branded during an Alpha Gamma Tau initiation at Shortridge High School. A brush dipped in nitric acid marked the initials A G T on the backs of her hands and wrists. After three weeks of treatment, Dr. E E Hodgin reports the livid letters cannot be removed.
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Miss Reisner
E. E. Tflodgin
Miss Reister
Citizens Gas board to name appraiser for mains purchase
The Citizens' Gas company board meets Monday to appoint an appraiser for the Consumers' Gas Trust mains purchase. President Franklin Vonnegut will announce a finance committee to arrange funds, noting the payment should not come from stock subscriptions.
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Citizens’ Gas Company
Consumers’ Gas Trust Company
Citizens’ Company
Franklin Vonnegut
Shotguns and Rifles Sold at Habich Store
Gus Habich at 121 West Washington Street offers football goods and rifles along with oriental and domestic rugs and carpets cleaned altered repaired and dyed by Asbilan Bros Company with two phone lines.
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Gus Habich
Washington St
Asbilan Bros, &. Ca
Struck by cars injures Big Four railroad worker
Prenben Beasley, a section hand for the Big Four railroad, was struck by a train car at St. Clafist and the Big Four tracks on Monday. He sustained a severe cut to the side and a broken arm. He resides on Dorman Street.
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Prenben Beasley
Big Four Railroad
St. Clafist
Big Four
Mr. Beachey
Dorman-st
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Judge McGride
James Noel
Auditor of State
Col. Kahlo
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Henry C. Warney
Ried Man
Henry CC. Brearley
Vertising
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Indianapolis
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Kellar
Riverside
Lurder
Cupid
Mr.Natural Ice Man
Morton Monument Commission
Scripps-MacRae Press Association
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Denison Barber Shop
the Best
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Gress
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George Armstrong
Princeton Hotel
Emery
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Tacoma, Wash
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Dryden
U. S. Senate
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New York
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Statement of Defense
Gleason
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Peabody
David N. Carvalho
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Justice Fitzgerald
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Mlerk Penny
Madison Souare Garden
Harry Kendall Thaw
Ee Theater
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Lawrenss White
Archhirest
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Mr. King
St. James
Long
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Ehad
New Amsterdam Theater
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Ereks
Robert Paxton
Carnegie
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Paxton
Madison Square Roof Garden
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Meyer Cohen
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Coker
White
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Mount Pleasant
SCON
Charles Fitzsimmons
West
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Scrippa-McRae Press
Asociation
GHUMS
Hazel Reisner
College Ave
Gamma Tau Sorority
Shortridge High
Citizens Gas Company
Herrod
Virginias Sve
Seal Bros., Practical Plasterers
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