Firemen and Safety Board Salary Increase Debate
Indianapolis board of safety members push for a $2,000 salary amid a firemen pay raise. current fire chief to earn 2400, first assistant 1800, battalion chiefs 1500, captains 1080, lieutenants 99. Contested inclusion of safety board pay in the bill, with skeptics noting enforcement concerns.
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Indianapolis Board of Safety
Clarke
Marion County
Safety Board
Indianapolis
Iain Ae
Parker's Bill Passed in Indiana Forestry Commission Bill
Poet Parker of New Castle delivered a Taiden speech in the house on Wednesday in support of a bill to create a forestry commission. The measure passed, authorizing a five member commission with the governor appointing a secretary and state forester at a salary of 1200 dollars and 600 dollars for office expenses.
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Taiden
Indiana
Remarkable Load Of Meat In Elevator At State House
A state house elevator carried a six man load totaling 1625 pounds. Warden Shideler led with 325 pounds, followed by King 240 and Heller 280, Joe Clark 290, Whitcomb 250, Guthrie 240, plus a 94 pound stenographer. The car held until the last moment and the elevator man plans a resolution for safer handling of such freight.
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Market St
Warden Shideler
Representative King
Senator Heller
Joe Clark
Indianapolis
Whitcomb
Guthrie
Senate Chamber
Daily is President At Security Trust Company Indiana
Daily is President of the Security Trust Company of Indiana the latest financial institution in Indian aporis with 500000 capital and a slate of directors including A C Dailey William F Churchman George J Marott Alfred M Ogle Orlando M Packard E H Nebeker Robert L O Hair John L Griffiths and Mortimer Levering Mr Dally to be president moving from Lebanon to Indianapolis offices on Market Street between Pennsylvania and Delaware subscriptions received at Capital National Bank.
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the Security Trust Company of
Indiana
Indianaporis
A. C. Dailey
William F. Churchman
Capital National Bank
George J. Marott
Alfred M. Ogle
The
Island Coal Company
Orlando M. Packard
E. H. Nebeker
United States
Robert L. O'Hair
Central Trust Company
Central National Bank of
Greencastle
John L. Griffiths
Mortimer Levering
Lafayette
Dally
Lebanon
Indianapolis
Market St
Pennsylvania
Delaware Sts
Pendleton Students Visit Legislature To See The Ghost
Pendleton high school juniors and seniors rode the interurban to the state legislature Wednesday morning. Under Prof. E. D. Alien, the party includes Margaret Garrettson Alvie Kellar Fern Jordan Harry Wright Will White Howard Lukens Verle Wene Walter Teague Joe Gelling Edwin Irish Earle Boston Olive Haines Myrtle Ward Sparks Riley Sparks Jewell Taylor and Walter Lewis. They plan to attend the ghost in Sothern's Hamlet Wednesday night.
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Pendleton High School
Sothern
Hamlet
E. D. Alien
Margaret Garrettson
Olive Haines
Myrtle
Pen
Ward Sparks
Riley ‘Sparks
C Jewell
Taylor
Waler Lewis
Minturn Opposes James Bill On Women Prison Board
Representative Minturn leads a heated Marion county clash over the James bill to shift governance of the women s prison and girls reformatory to a governor appointed board. His wife sits on the current board and refuses to serve with a man on the panel. The committee adjourned amid strong divisions as Gov Durbin and others back the measure while Minturn vows to fight to the finish.
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James Bill
Minturn
Zollman
Gillett
Coble
McCarty
Erdlitz
John
Cruson
Mummert
Durbin
Joint Commission
James
Shideler Says Law Can’t Be Obeyed At Penitentiary
Warden George H. Shideler of Michigan City penitentiary filed a sworn financial statement with the auditor after lawmakers sent resolutions. He claims $6548.58 in pre November purchases, inventory and transit goods totaling $37080.28, and asserts the law’s monthly pro rata payments are impractical. He argues winter overdraw and summer trueing are necessary, and big orders save money for coal and blankets.
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George H. Shideler
Michigan City Penitentiary
Canso the Big Dog Recalls Indiana Legislators
Canso the Newfoundland, guest at the Grand, discusses Indiana legislators seen in audiences. He compliments Sen Nathan L. Agnew of Valparaiso and Sen T. J. Brooks of Hedford, notes Barlow's bill on sheriff removal for lynching, praises Evensville Sen Samuel Crumbaker, and comments on Cyrus E. Davis, minority leader. He also recalls Dog-friendly theater anecdotes and his own Math problems.
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Canso
the Big Dog
Barlow
Agnew
Brooks
Billurkhart
Davis
Indiana
Samuel Crumbaker
Evansville
Senate
George M. Burkhart
Logansport
Legislature
Prof. Wormwood
Mr. Burkhart
Indianapolis
Court Divorces Selbys Amid Free Love Beliefs
Francis obtained a superior court divorce from Mary Selby, mother of Kid McCoy. The case exposes the Free-love church creed permitting unions outside legal marriage as Mrs Selby’s religious influence, with past police court incidents and talk of further divorces amid the controversial sect.
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Francis
Mary Selby
Kid McCoy
Fred Brambler
Death penalty for 12 Chinese officials in Boxer affair
Beijing dispatch reports ministers agreed on death sentences for 12 Chinese officials tied to the Boxer uprising including Prince Tuan and Prince Chung with Yang Li and Li Ping Heng already dead. The emperor may spare Tuan and Lan by banishment while the others are to be executed.
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Yang Li
Li Ping Heng
Tuan
Duke Lan
Carnegie Sells Out For 85 Million In Steel Merger
New York Feb 6 Tribune reports Andrew Carnegie sells controlling interest in Carnegie company for about 85 million dollars to J Pierpont Morgan and associates. Carnegie held near 5 percent of 160 million dollar firm. Stock spiked as high as 1500 per share. Sale signals end of wartime steel boom and Carnegie plans early retirement. Pittsburg dispatch confirms contract signed for delivery to Morgan and Frick.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Carnegie
Carnegie Company
Pittsburg
Wallst
Andrew Carnegie
J. P. Morgan
H. C. Frick
Parrot Ruins Track Elevation Brief in Court Tale
A humorous court tale recounts Superior judge Carter explaining a mystery in a track elevation brief filed by Ed Daniels. The parrot, startled by a cage near the document, squawked the line I am a Democrat causing a ruckus before the judge recovered the case.
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Carter
Ed Daniels
Polly
Poll
Were They Asleep Or What Ailed Them Metskers Pet
Metsker editor of Plymouths independent paper proposed public advertising for country papers and an annual itemized school expense report. The county and township committee approved the bill but members denounced it on the floor. Sparks called it vicious. seven votes favored the measure.
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Metsker
Plymouth
Penses
Sparks
Illinois St Bridge Paving Accepted and Opened
The Illinois St bridge over Fall Creek, closed due to a dispute over who paid for pavement between tracks, has been accepted by the Board of Works and opened. The Indianapolis streetcar company did the paving and the city will deduct the paving cost from the bridge company’s bill, leaving $2,833.70 due after a $1,190.25 deduction.
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Illinois-st
Fall Creek
Hoosier Construction Company
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Board of Works
Billion-Dollar Combine Seizes Carnegie Mills Control
New York February 6 Morgan interests gain a controlling stake in Carnegie mills signaling a possible billion-dollar steel and iron combine. Morgan companies include Federal steel American steel and wire National tube American bridge with hundreds of millions in common and preferred stock. Carnegie own stock and bonds amount to 160.6 million and 160 million respectively.
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New York
Morgan
Carnegie
Steel and Iron
Federal Steel Company
American Steel and Wire Company
National Tube Company
American Bridge Company
Carnegie Company
Fight at Can Hill Leads to Arrests at Tough Joint
Officers Asken Meeden and Scott raided a Can Hill tavern behind City hospital and arrested Malon Sanders of 813 Maxwell St and William Smith of 11 Maxwell St for assault. Can Hill, a winter quarter for horse-traders and rag pickers, hosts frequent fights. Saturday night a brawl left Alien Bracken injured. three fighters escaped. Sanders and Smith were discharged.
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Asken, Meeden
Scott
Sanders
Smith
Edward Daniels Named Master in Chancery of Federal Court
Edward Daniels was appointed Wednesday as master in chancery in the federal court to succeed the late Mr. Fishback. The post pays about seven to ten thousand dollars annually, surprising many Indianapolis lawyers who expected Larz Whitcomb to win. Mentions of Lawson Harvey and general pull indicate a contested, lightly formal selection. Daniels acknowledged the appointment was not a surprise to Whitcomb, who said he had known for ten days he did not have the job cinched.
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Edward Daniels
Federal Court
Mr. Fishback
Indianapolis
Larz Whitcomb
Lawson Harvey
Whitcomb
Ananias Guy to Push Whipping Post Bill in Indy
Ananias Guy known as A. Guy from Noblesville will travel to Indianapolis to urge the house committee on reformatories to back Neal's whipping post bill. He wrote the measure and argues its merit, aiming a harsh penalty for wife-beaters and tramps. The bill may be narrowed to punish only wife-beaters.
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Ananias Guy
Noblesville
A. Guy
Indianapolis
House Committee On Reformatory Institutions
Neal
Guy
Tansey Fined in Police Court for Threatening Wife
Alford Tansey was fined and costs in police court after drawing a revolver on his wife Tuesday night. Bray and Griffin found Tansey on the bed and he was taken to the station after a struggle. The revolver was the same weapon his father used in a death by his own hand a year ago. Mrs. Tansey intends to file insanity charges, citing hereditary disease in his family. He is employed at Chandler & Taylor's foundry.
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Alford Tansey
Bray and
Griffin
Tansey
Gossum
Chandler & Taylor’s
Valley of Death comment on senate inquiry delay
The senate benevolent institutions committee delays a report on Senator Inman’s resolution to investigate state institutions. Inman says the situation is like sending it to the valley of death. Senator Charles, committee chairman, spoke on Wednesday.
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Senate Benevolent Institutions Committee
Inman
Valley of Death
Senator Inman
Charles
the Mittee
Shot At German Reporter Hears a Whistling Bullet
Henry Wessel of the German Telegraph told police on Tuesday night he was shot at while walking along Meridian Street near North Street. A bullet whistled from the opposite side of the street as a truck moved away. No clue yet for investigators.
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Henry Wessel
German Telegraph
Meridian St
Divorce Hearing in Cumberland Courtroom
Judge Leathers presided over the divorce suit of Rosabel Heindricks against Edward B E in Cumberland. She charges infidelity and the crowded courtroom reflected local interest as her sister cites ties to Uni taker Buchanan amid disputed details.
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Leathers
Rosabel Heindricks
Edward BE
Cumberland
S.a
Unitaker Buchanan
Zobiski’s Red Whiskers Challenge in Pike Township
In circuit court Elias Hightshue sues to oust Perry Harding as road supervisor of Pike township. He claims the election board originally counted eight votes for him but later re counted and found Harding by a single vote. Witness Lis ZakI Butler, a Republican board member, admits changing his mind on counting certain votes and notes a partisan shift in the outcome.
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Elias Hightshue
Perry
Harding
Pike Township
Zoliski Butler
Republican Election Board
Arc Zabiski
Man Declared Insane After Tuesday Session
The article states Fred Smith was declared insane on Tuesday afternoon with Dr. J. D. Nichols as the attending physician. It notes questions about methods used to subdue him and references his hypnotized state aimed at quieting him.
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Fred Smith
J. D. Nichols
Ites
Steel Stocks Rally On Prospect Of Large Combinations
New York steel shares led the morning bond and stock market advance as rumors of massive iron and steel groupings spread. Federal Steel rose about two percent, American Steel and Wire gained, Hoop jumped fourteen percent, and National Steel rose one percent on the optimism.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Federal Steel
American Steel
Hoop
National Steel
Carnegie Men Deny Morgan–Carnegie Deal Rumor
Carnegie officials in Pittsburgh deny knowledge of any deal with Andrew Carnegie and J. P. Morgan, while H C Frick says he knows nothing about a New York rumor linking his name with Morgan.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
J. P. Morgan
H. C. Frick
New York
Mr. Morgan
Big Policy Men In Custody In Local Game Bust
Detectives Dugan and Gerber arrested Ollie Lanham and Edwin Ford after tying them to the policy game run from Ed mund Fuller's saloon at 111 E. Court street. Fuller faces gaming house charges as cases are continued to February 7 with bonds posted. Over six weeks the detectives linked numerous policy players and operators including Baxter Sanders Ware Johnson Cohen Taylor Jordan Babb Black Sherman Shine Page Maker Nichols McCauley Ware Pritchard and others who have shifted venue in various arrests.
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Dugan
Gerber
Frankfort
Ollie Lanham
N. New Jersey-st
Edwin Ford
N. West-st
Edmund Fuller
E. Court-st
Fuller
Jesse Baxter
Chas. Sanders
Jas. Ware
William Johnson
Samuel Cohen
John ‘Taylor
Otis Jordan
Robert Babb
Lewis
A COMBINE TO CHOKE ORATO
A dispute erupts over a speaker's rule change claimed to block debate. Democrats accuse an arrangement with two Republicans to move the previous question. Speakers Artman and Whitcomb deny the charges as baseless.
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Whitcomb
Artman
New York Sun Boycott Ended After Costly Labor Fight
The long standing Type graphic union boycott of the New York Sun has been lifted. President Lynch of the International union could not name the striking group but noted no concessions were made. The Sun strike began July 1 1999 with about 200 workers leaving. The labor action cost the union about 100000 dollars, with 75000 from NGO troopers and 25000 from the International union. Advertising losses and circulation declines were cited from August figures.
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Type Graphical
New York
Sun
1: Is
B Tt
Lynch
NGO
International Union
Morning Sun
Evening Sun
Sunday Sun
Republicans Agree on Reapportionment Proposal Plan
Republican members of the house and senate apportionment committees favor a reapportionment bill based on Senator Osborne. It keeps a single Republican district, strengthens democratic control in Johnson county, and moves Marion county from Johnson to district 7. Johnson joins democratic district 4. The caucus Friday is likely to adopt the recommendation.
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Osborne
Marion County
Johnson
Local Council critiques poor asylum ventilation and plumbing
Mrs. Mary Moody told the Local Council of Women on Tuesday that the county poor asylum has very bad ventilation and plumbing. The legislative committee was directed to press the legislature to pass Senator Lambert's bill for free school books.
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Council of Women
Mary Moody
Visitation Committee
County Poor Asylum
Lambert
Senate panel to hold open session on Woman's Prison inquiry
Senator Agnew said the senate committee investigating the Woman's prison will hold an open session Wednesday morning. If enough senators remain, a meeting may be held Friday night in room 110 at the state house.
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Senate
Agnew
State House
Weather forecast for Indianapolis region brief
Forecast for Indianapolis over the 36 hours ending at 7 p m February 7 calls for slightly warmer, mainly cloudy skies with light overnight snow flurries Wednesday night into Thursday. Temperatures show 7 am reading near 3, noon around 14 and 2 pm about 17.
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Indianapolis
Guardian appointed for Armin Recker at Central insane hospital
Lina Recker was named guardian for her son Armin Recker, an inmate of Central insane hospital. Reckea, a known musician, had mental decline after witnessing a boy crushed by a switch engine in 1896 and was later found attempting to wreck a train by throwing a switch, leading to his insanity declaration.
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Lina Recker
Armin Recker
Central Insane Hospital
Reckea
Brush and Cullen Appeal Smoke Case Fines
Police court records show John B. Brush and Terry J. Cullen fined for not having smoke consumers. The cases have been appealed to the circuit court for review.
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John B. Brush
Terry J. Cullen
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