NERVE TONIC ATTORNEY SEEKS CROSS EXAMINATION
The Indianapolis school board crisis deepens as attorney Chas Dryer asks to cross examine during the investigation. Chairman Moore indicates the committee will not hear extenuating arguments and will decide on outside counsel. Meetings are planned at the library nightly through the inquiry.
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Indianapolis Schopl Board
Legislative Committee
Moore
Martindale
Chas
Dryer
Tuebun
Indianapolis
Kroner
Manson
Adams
Merritt
Senate near-miss on bank case repeal sparks capital intrigue
An Indiana senate near-blocked bill would have extended embezzlement law to deposits after insolvency but faced swift revival of concerns that it would erase pending prosecutions. Senator Duncan debunked the measure, while ex-Gov. Chase and banker John S. Leach could have dodged future action if the bill passed. A Fairbanks bid gains momentum in Bates House.
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Chus
Bookwalter
Indiana
Senate
Stuart
Wen Fs
Duncan
Chase
John 8. Leach
Terre Haute
Pairbants
Chas. W. Fairbanks
Bates House
Chas. Bookwalter
Fairbanks
Limeelf
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Marion County
Adams
Owen ‘Brent Idisaster
Firemen Pension Fund Passed in Large Cities
The measure providing for a firemen's pension fund in all cities over 30 000 population passed amid a hurrah. It would be financed by a tax of one tenth of a mill on the dollar. In Indianapolis the annual fund will range between 8000 and 9000 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Senate debate shifts to expanding governor powers
In the senate on Wednesday little business occurred amid speeches. Senator Bethel endured a toothache and used an odorous compound to ease it. Governor Nye attended, and Parker's bill aims to enlarge executive power by authorizing action in courts to restrain acts harmful to public peace, with a receiver and jury trial provisions. The session also addressed a detective licensing bill, a commuter railway bill, and a state library board proposal. The Rinear seating contest and the walking delegates abolition bill feature in forthcoming actions.
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Senate
Bethel
Newby
Isaac Gray
Lieut Gev. Nye
Parker
Marion Superior Court
Sensior Parker
Indianapolis
Atreet Hartwey Bell
Baker
State Libraary
Rinear
Genste Committee On Elections
Foust- Rinear
Adama
Huntington
Indictment for Murder in AxveEnsoyn Indiana
Geo Hires Epaham Crull and William Cox were brought from Elwood by a large posse and jailed on murder charges for killing William Foutz on July 8, 1504. It was thought a train killed Foutz until evidence from Mrs Maggie Bolton's child led to indictments. The men deny the charges.
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AxveEnsoyn
Ind
Geo. Hires
Epaham Crull
William Cox
Elwood
William Foutz
Foutz
Maggie Bolton
Queen Abdicates For Privacy In Hawaii
San Francisco reports Queen Liliuokalani abdicated in favor of the republic. The document, drawn by A S Hartwell, was presented to President Dole on January 20. She says the act was voluntary and pleads for Hawaiians and others who joined the rebellion while seeking absolute privacy hereafter.
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San Francisco
Liliuo Kilani
Republic
A. S. Hartwell
Dole
Found Chad and Former Indianapolis Man Die in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana February 6 1900s a frame maker named Conrad Sponal from Indianapolis was found dead in his workshop near the Munch hoff undertaking establishment. He had worked for H Lieber & Co and was a hard drinker. Two colored patrolmen Edward Harris and Nathan Ward who assisted at a fire were found intoxicated held up and then admonished. The sultan granted a life pension to the widow of Director Stupe of the Metropolitan railroad killed by a drunken soldier.
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Anderson
Ind
Conrad Sponal
Munchhoff Undertaking Establishment
Indianapolis
Sponal
H. Lieber & Co
Edward Harris
Nathan Ward
Conde
Supt. Powell
Capt
Campbell
Chesapeake St
Constantinople
Stupe
Metropolitan Railroad
Price's Cream Baking Powder Wins Gold Medal at Midwinter Fair
Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder is awarded a gold medal at the Midwinter Fair in San Francisco. The recognition highlights the product's quality and national prominence among competing foods and domestic brands.
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Dr. Price
San Francisco
Missing Ring and Drowning Case Sparks Robbery Suspicions
In Monron Missouri on February 6 foul play is suspected after Mollia Rodinger and Ida Trinkley drowned crossing the Mississippi ice. Phillips, the man with them at the time, was arrested but escaped. evidence shows no dance at the Troy clubhouse that night and the women's watches and rings were missing when bodies were found.
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Olp Monron
Mollia Rodinger
Ida Trinkley
Phillips
Troy
Mississippi
Miss Rodinger
Miss Tripkley
Freely to Death That's What Would Become of Our Militia
Capt Castor of Company A voices concern over Indiana militia readiness in snowy weather. He laments shortages of blankets coats and storm gear and criticizes the legislature for funding cuts from 45 000 down from 27 000. He warns the militia would freeze and fail without adequate support and recalls rival New York regiments as a benchmark.
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Cestore
Castor
Company A
Rosas
New York
Indiana
Rosa
Are Searching for a Successor to Bishop Knickerbocker
Clergy and lay delegates of Indiana parishes gather at Grace cathedral to select a successor to Bishop Knickerbocker. Rev. A. 3. Hunter presides, nominations by secret ballot, and a $3,000 annual salary with episcopal residence are proposed. Two non Indianapolis candidates named. ordination expenses overseen by trustees. Howell Osborn dies at 36 in New York after marrying Fay Templeton amid a contested will.
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Knickerbocker
Grace Cathedral
Indiana
Hunter
Dallot
Indianapolis
Howell Osborn
Fay Templeton
Husbard
New York
Charles J. Osborn
Murdivirous Burglars Blow Post Office Safe
At 3 o'clock Wednesday morning the Matteawao post office safe in Dutchess county was blown open. About $200 in cash and stamps were taken. Policeman Snyder was shot and may die. The night watchman was drugged. In another item the body of a woman washed ashore at Lowxstort near Southwold, with a man’s body found on a fishing smack, victims of the Elbe disaster.
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Newnine
N. Y
Matteawao
Dutchess County
Snyder
Elbs
Lowxstort
Southwold
La Gascogne Overdue From Havre Alarms New York
The French liner La Gascogne is now three days overdue from Havre causing anxiety in New York. Meanwhile three thousand Pant makers assembly 325 Knights of Labor strike for shorter hours and higher wages on the East Side. In Brooklyn 1600 strikers plan to demand last week’s pay totaling about $200,000.
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la Gascoigne
New York
Havre
Assembly 325
Knights of Jabor
Brooklyn
Mary O Neil in Court a Drunkenness Tale at Police Court
Mary ONeil a native of Green Isle faced Judge Stubbs in police court on a drunkenness charge. She claimed she went to the station to visit Mrs Buchanan and insisted on a merry time, producing two pairs of shoes. The judge released her with a joke about meeting in heaven as spectators laughed at the scene.
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Mary O’neil
Green Isle
Judge Stubbs
Mary
Sue
Mrs. Buchanan
Judge
Mr. Stubbs
Heaven
Fire reduces Conde building amid ice crusts on capitol avenue
A blaze at the Conde building on Capitol Avenue Tuesday night and Wednesday morning left the structure heavily scorched. Five hose streams battled the flames overnight while ice formed on hoses and wires. Owner Mrs. Rhodius may recover about 760 in under insured co insurance. Repairs planned as wall remains sound. A separate note from Reapquixe Pa reports a 19 year old Miss Mary Bellis has subsisted on milk for five years after a church Sunday illness. She eats nothing but milk and walks poorly.
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Conde
Ucapitol Ave
Market St
Capitolave
Lee Holtzman
Reapuixe
Mary Bellis
Local council of women to attend national meet in Washington
The local council of women met Tuesday afternoon and appointed Mrs Sewall Mrs Geo Merritt and Mrs J R Nichols to attend the National Council of Women triennial meeting in Washington next week. They plan to push for police matrons in cities of 10 000 or more and seek an age of consent amendment to 18 including boys.
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Council of Woman
Sewall
Mra. Geo. Merritt
J. R. Nichols
National Council of Women
Washington
Illness Of Chancellor Sir Wm Harcourt Honours London
Sir Wm Harcourt chancellor of the exchequer lies seriously ill in London. British parliament opened with queen's speech touching Chinese war Armenian outrages and Ireland.
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Wm. Harcourt
London
Bodman Tobacco Warehouse
Cincinnati
Bogardus
Ansteil
K. of P
Kansan
Ireland
New Board of Public Works Holds First Session
The City Engineer and new members of the Board of Works met Wednesday. Scholl was removed as sprinkling inspector, leaving a vacancy. Fisher was told to monitor street cleaning contracts and inform Phipps, while Brown was to inspect a sewer catch basin and verify water flow from Punbendie company. Preparations were ordered for paving Pennsyl vanius. Three men died and three mangled in an explosion at Jacob Clapper’s barn in Hacenstowyx Indiana, February 6. Nathan Taylor Harvey Taylor and John Welker killed. Wilson Drake and Jacob Clapper likely die. Harvey Williams serious. The boiler was over 20 years old. The barn was wrecked and a fence post flew into a house nearby. Several women inside were unharmed.
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Board of Works
Col. Wildman
Scholl
Fisher
Phippa
Meridian St
Nineteenth-sts
Jingineer Brown
Vermont-st
Capitolave
Punbendie Company
Washington-st
Pennsylvanius
Maryland
Ind
Jacob Clapper
Nathan Taylor
Harvey Taylor
John Welker
Wilson Drake
Harvey Williams
Clapper
Beclalmey Son Reunited After Sixteen Years Separate
Roenestger, Feb 6. Sixteen years ago the wife of F M Smith vanished with their infant son in San Francisco. The boy lived with Smith’s parents in Waverly, N Y, then in Rochester state industrial school for vagrancy. Smith learned of his son, sent transportation money, and the boy departed Wednesday for San Francisco. Funeral notices, probate actions, and local incidents fill a mixed column with medical society memorials and short obituaries.
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Erim
Roenestger
San Srancisco
Blood Curdlng Testimony Pins Hayward as Killer in Ging Case
Claus Blixt, a confessed murderer, described a planned conspiracy to kill Catharine Ging. He testified Hayward discussed a note for 7000 dollars, life insurance, and motives including a dog and green goods. Blixt recounted threats and a plan to murder in an Ozark elevator, culminating in the murder as Hayward demanded help with a whisky drink session and implied fatal consequences if refused.
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Claus Blixt
Catharine Ging
Bixt
Harry Hayward
Haywood
Miss Ging
fHlarry
Ozark
Lil
Harry
Ozark Flats
Blixt
City Attorney Rules Broad Ripple Line Loss Of Rights
City Attorney Scott issued an opinion Wednesday stating the Broad Ripple railway petitions seeking extra time to finish the Lellefountaine and Eastst. line should be denied as rights and privileges were forfeited by non completion, and the board cannot grant the petition. A new contract would be required if the board allows proceeding, and no right of way over Citizena streets should be granted amid ongoing litigation. The column then lists upcoming entertainments at English's and the Grand, including Cleopatra, Later op, Across the Potomac, Primrose West minstrels, and a Park venue skirmish scene, plus a advertisements on dyspepsia remedies and ongoing features in Saturday's Sun.
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Scott
Board of Works
Broad Ripple Railway Company
Lellefountaine and
Eastst
Citizena’ Company
Potomac
Park
Old Bay
Silas Baker
Gen. Heath
Old Dominion Union
Ralph Baker
Edith Garland
Alfred Garland
Confederacy
Baker
Primrose & West
Masery
Grand Opera House
Gas Shortage Grips Indiana Cities Amid Frost
John R. Pearson warns supply is exhausted as gas pressure falters across Indianapolis and Noblesville. Factories and schools shut or cut to residences as mains freeze and valves fail. coal use rises, consumption pressures grow, and inspectors warn field-wide decline across Indiana.
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Consumers’ Company
Noblesville
Nonraxsville
Ind
Indiana
Heated Words in Senate Over Free Coinage Bill
Reports from Washington say a confrontation nearly erupted in the Senate as Mitchell of Oregon and Senator Harris clashed during debate on sugar bounty claims. Harris called Mitchell's conduct contemptible, prompting a brief aisle advance before order was restored. Bland introduced a free coinage bill in the House on Wednesday as currency talk continued. The People of the Mist continues in Tax Sun next Saturday.
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Senate
Mitchell
Oregon
Harris
Mr. Harris
Bland
Tax Sun
Kidnapping Scare Reaches Alexandria Case Hits City
Mrs Minerva Dunn recently separated from her husband and moved with her daughter Agnes to 755 E Washington St where the child vanished after a man asked to buy shoes. A second case follows as John Dupagnier’s wife lured their 9 year old daughter away and fled to avoid capture, police say.
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Minerva Dunn
Alexandria
Agnes
Washington St
John Dupagnier
Peru St
Massachusetts Ave
New Jersey
Severe Cold Grips Nation With Record Blizzards
Reports from across the United States describe the harshest winter in years. Pittsburg records 24 below, Milwaukee 40 below, Cleveland 44 below, New York 3 below, and White River Ontario 65 below as furious blizzards sweep Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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CuiAco
Pittsburg
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Blizzard Threat Lashes Indiana With Heavy Snow
Weather forecast for Indiana through 8 p m February 7 warns of snow and a warmer spell followed by a sharp cold snap and a blizzard. Officials say heavy drifting snow may block traffic Thursday into Friday with northwest winds and a notable temperature drop after Wednesday. Some garbled text limits remaining details.
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Indiana
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