The Weary Workers In The Lower House Struggle For Quorum
A dull morning as the Lower House fails to reach quorum amid loud speeches and wasted time. Speakers, members, and visitors discuss bills, with Henry A. Johnson and others stirring the chamber and advertisements of reform and mileage debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metullough
Capitol
Ayersten
Jenks
Mr. Stone
Henry A. Johnson
General Assembly
Henry
Tinnan
Anther
Claypool
Steepar
Od Land
W. A. Callop
Beasley
Samuel Troy
Trimble
MccCullough
Inman
House
Suspended Captain Bruce Faces Charges At City Dockside
Police commissioners suspend Capt. Bruce from the force for breach of discipline and conduct unbecoming an officer. He admits selling diamonds but denies possession as loan security to prostitutes. Investigation set for next Wednesday as he appeals on a Saturday at the station. Bruce has served eight years, once promoted to sergeant amid turmoil. Car accident reported in Indiana follows a Marion crossing collision with several cars crushed.
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Sapt
Travis
Big Fool Bruce
Illfame
Mattie Bell
Lillie Jones
Bruce
Capt. Bruce
New Weave
Rell Eal
Caztain
Capt
Colbert
Board of Control
President may lose Attorney General Miller amid Behring Sea ruling
The Behring Sea case and related Supreme Court disposal reportedly mortify the president and fuel a strong belief that Attorney General Miller will be forced from office to redeem the cabinet.
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Miller
Jon
Washington
Supreme Court
Supreme Justices
Citizens discuss charter changes at private committee meeting
The Commercial Club's citizens committee met Friday to review the proposed charter. They opposed mayoral appointment power for the board of public works and questioned reducing the aldermen to six at large with a council of twenty five including property owner control.
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Citizens’ Committee
The
Commercial Club
Dili
Board of Public Works
Gule
Asniranis
Asa
Board of Aldermen
Dinner at Wortley's for Justice Harlan Draws Leaders
A dinner hosted by the Psi fraternity in Washington gathered delegates from major women's colleges and notable figures in public life. Guests included ex Senator McDonald, Senator Voorhees, Representative Ryan, Amina Sato chargé d affaires of the Japanese legation and Indiana University graduate. Governor Beaver of Pennsylvania presided.
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Washington
Fraternity of Psi
Justice Harlan
Wortley’s
MaDonald
Voorhees
Ryan
Aimara Sato
Indiana University
Mes Gov. Beaver
Pennsylvania
Militia Reorganization Creates Four Regiments
The state militia will be reorganized from three to four regiments with concentrated forces. Indianapolis companies stay in the Second regiment. Mrs. Liddy wins $5,000 in U.S. court against the street railroad company. In Shelbyville, James B. Thompson of Waldron fractured his jaw attempting a cow-pit on the Big Four road, with additional injuries.
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Indianapolis
Shelbyville
Jas. B. Thompson
Waldron
Veterans meet at the state agricultural rooms debate social science
A mixed city page notes a meeting of Mexican veterans in the agricultural rooms at the state house on Wednesday. It mentions Ramsey assisting President Smalls, a lecture by Secy. Johnson to Farmany College students, and various local social notes including births, deaths, and marriages reported Saturday.
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State House
Wednesdar
Ramsey
Prest. Smalls
Big Pour Road
Virginia
Johnson
State Board of Charities
Farmany College
Richmond
Will Phipps
Chicago
Gauss
Justice Habich
Michael &. Miller
Kineling Gilliland
Willie Mitchell
Norily
Indianapolis
Meridian-st
Churchill
Willie
J. N. Hurty
Sydenham Society
Medical College of
Indiana
Anthony Ulrich
Charles Ulrich
Columbia City
Internal Revenue
George A. Lee
Orange Co
Woods
Eruilty
Lee
James
Mattie Brooks
Hunt
Jane Milton
Theodore
Ida Painters
Bary Y Mehoney
Lizzie Troutwine
James Brewster
W. Obiest
Roderick Moore
New Rockers at Wm. L. Elder's Cyclorama
The Willing of Sitting Bull Was a tragic affair, but something more exciting can be seen at the Cyclorama of the great Battle of Atlanta. Open every day 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Go with the crowds for only 10 cents.
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Atlanta
Breakers of the sod split in Indiana general assembly satire
A humorous portrait of Indiana lawmakers shows 39 farmers among 19 lawyers in the lower house. Noted figures include Mr. Work of the Farmers Alliance and Mr. Faulkner allied with Senator Voorhees. Kester, Smith of Owen, and Stull are highlighted for their distinct voices and calm styles.
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General Assembly
Carroll
Work
Farmers’ Alliance
Treeman Felley
Camne
Kester
Sullivan
Vermillion
Vigo
Kentucky
Faulkner
Voorhees
Dan
Lahways
Tan
Wa. H. Stull
South Bend
Dante
Two Ohio Runaway Women at City Station
Two Newark women Jennie Lucas and Della Ford were taken to the station after a dispatch sought to hold them. They claimed unhappy marriages and sought to see Indianapolis, asking police to let them walk and not return home. The two were released with no charges and allowed to stay in the superintendent’s office while awaiting word from their husbands. The article also notes a separate court ruling on a Paris case regarding an $10,000 bond.
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Station House
Will Berd
Indianapolis
Newark
Pat
Will Ford
Raftery
English
Buckeye
Ford
Tucas
City Directory Publishes Updated Population and Family Index
A new city directory is out showing 180 144 residents, up from last year by 766. It lists 95 Smiths and 47 Williams boys, with a 50 year lineage of steady volumes that have withstood critics.
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Smiths
William
Cruel Quarantine Controversy Plagues Barbadoes Harbor
Reports from Barbadoes tell of the German bark Mozart which docked January 1 with yellow fever aboard. Authorities barred physicians and refused burial ashore, causing bodies to be thrown overboard and drift in the harbor for days before vanishing.
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New York
Barbadoes
Mozart
World’s Fair Funds and Global Unrest Stir Headlines
Wire whispers report Wisconsin appropriating 259000 for the world’s fair while insurgents seize ports and steamers. Pristina telegraph lines cut by Arnaut forces. Cardinal Lavigerie receives 8200000 from the marquis of de Brives amid foreign turmoil.
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Gerb
Wisconsin
Cardinal Lavigerie
Marquis of de Brives
Arnaut
Pristina
Boston
Windom
J. H. Sternberg & Co
Reading
J. B.ellis
Kansas City
Taylor Manufacturing Company
Chambershig
Helen Potts
Comstock
East Liverpool
Albert Garvin
Stillwater
Minu
Stanford as Presidential Possibility Shifts Talk at Capitol
The alliance movement eyes Leland Stanford of California as a potential presidential nominee with Republicans and Democrats weighing his viability. The Senate finance bill and free coinage politics stir maneuvering as Gen Miles’ presence blocks Sioux talks with President Harrison. An extra session may be called as riots threaten in Banemiona.
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Stanford
Harrison
Congress
Washington
Tech
Alliance
Leland Stanford
California
Supreme Court
Alliance Party
Gorman
Storman
Vaux and Tracy
House
Connate
Senate
Clarman
White House
Gen
Miles
Gen. Miles
Chicago
Gossip with Ginger En LP recounts Riley visit and city curios
James Whitcomb Riley returns from Pittsburg where he attended a league of press clubs session, noted as successful though Chicago kept aloof. The piece relays playful quotes on legislative debates and quirky tales about Broad Ripple bandits and the famous drowning rescue stunt by Bert Dasher and the rescue committee.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Pittsburg
League of Press Clubs
Chicago
League of
Journal
Bert Dasher
Broad Ripple
Paudits
Gione Ercasion
Ada
Dasher
Will English
Three Legged Man Exhibits At Indiana Medical College
Indiana medical students witnessed a freak show as George Lippert of Bavaria displayed three legs in a lecture hall. Lippert, 53, born with a twin right leg fused, explained his condition after a railroad accident. Doctors noted the deformity is natural and not maternity related. Lippert relies on his extra legs for support and accepts voluntary donations.
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Indiana Medical College
Rafferty
Elder
SUN
Oliver Wright
George Lippert
Bavaria
Paris
France
Fider
Boen
Lippert
Deacon Jones
Yound
Indiana
Museum of the Medical College of Indiana
World at Large Highlights and Oddity Totals
The dispatches cover a coroner probe into a Whiting death after a fall, a nobleman and sweetheart attacked by wolves in Russia, a burn injury to Mary Snell in Desvox, a Hamburg American steamer Pulurio overdue with seventy aboard, rioters found guilty of murder, Captain Ward sailing for London to visit his wife, and a world record skate timing set by Donashue in New York.
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Desvox
Krietl
Russia
Juhu
New York
John Omery Ward
London
Fen
Charter Bill Advances in City House Amid Debate
In a Friday session the city charter debate centers on majority and minority reports. Cant Curtis supports amendments while critics warn of excessive power and salaries. McCulough defends edits praising the paper’s coverage and urging abolition of the board of aldermen.
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House
Cant
Curtis
Indianapolis
McCulough
Robbery on Express No 7 Near Alila
Friday evening the passenger train No 7 was boarded at Alila by robbers armed with guns. Engineer Thorne and Fireman Radcliffe were forced to pull out a mile and halt. The messenger attempted to shoot at the robbers after the light was blown out. he was wounded in the head and Fireman Radcliffe was badly wounded and may die as officers and citizens pursue the fugitives.
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Ain Express
Derano
Cal
Splj
Alila
Thorne
Adecliffe
Radcliffe
Twist Dead at Five Years Old in Lexington Event
Twist the five year old Lexington mare is dead valued at six thousand dollars. Poke Woods and Harry Tincher prepare to spar for four hundred fifty and are receipts soon. Wm. Corbett of San Francisco refused fifty thousand for Freedom, a yearling. Indianapolis seeks inv Fitzsimmons travel under Otto Clato management with seven thousand dollars for thirteen weeks.
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Twist
Lexington
Poke Woods
Harry Tincher
Wm. Corbett
San Francisco
Freedom
Sioux City
Indianapolis
Fitzsimmons
Otto Clato
Talcott
al. Johnson
Ewing
Puritan Athletic Club
Long Island
McAuliffe
Carney
King Kel
Ward
Kel
Grand Rapids
Mich
Bell
Virginia
McGinn
Prof
Woods
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Frian
Wm. L. Elder
Smith
Owen— Kester
Owen
Esport
Super Civilization
Mr. Kelley
Gener
Ously
Smish of
Posey
Mr. Kester
Ohio
Jean von Lfis
Miett
Bruce Carr
Jean de Baptiste Maurice Castlesquet
Dy. McGinn
Tomlinson Hall
Lawler
Butworth
Adams
Ilinois
Tennessee
Lutterworth
Barrison
Banemiona
Ginger
Eis
Dental College
Upis
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Arbusheaments
Excuisa
Park—Webber & Hield
Faelish
Miss Castleton
Lux
Talvrard
Napoleon
Erfurt
Alexander
Tallyrand
Dazincourt
Hrfurt
Hood
Tue Sun
Cynwaco
Tenbleck
Whiting
Taylor St
Englewoom
Mary Snell
Sentuery-ave
Mumerashore
Donashue
Flouse
Sporting Life
Standard Orchestra
Tomlinson Halk
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