Clock and Gavel Roast Indiana Lawmakers in Playful Debate
A satirical dialogue between the Clock and the Gavel critiques Indiana legislators. They joke about Dr Passage's electrocution amendment, railroad boss Clarke, Epileptic hospital push, Circuit Court Kelley and Plymouth editor Metsker, lampooning political economies and graft. The tone is humorous and editorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Joe Clarke
Marion County
Joe
Clarke
Arch Young
Cox
Bartholomew County
Columbus
C. C. Kelley
Starke
Laporte
Circuit Court
Kelley
Clay Metsker
Plymouth
Hamilton Jury Still Out In Minnesotan Case
The Hamilton jury remained deliberating at noon as names and fragments surface in a Minneapolis filed report. The partial list includes Susie Durham Maud Denner Louise Svendsen and Mary Laker among others with assorted ages and addresses.
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Hamilton
Building Permits Reported for Remodeling and Construction
Irs E B McOwart 4 E Washington I remodelling 30 dollars N Malorey 24 Wallace shed 20 dollars Ian Mann 1 werky ninth barnes lifton remodel copa 31 Pattersion corner Oriental tt double house 1000 dollars
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Irs
E. B. McOwart
Washington
n-Malorey
Wallace-st
Shed
Iam Mann
Werky-Ninth-St
Barnés and Lifton-Sts
Pattersion
Tt-Sts
Petition Seeks Extension of Columbia Ave Car Line
A large petition to extend the Columbia avenue street car line to Twenty fifth street on Martindale avenue is prepared for President McGowan of the street-car company. The line now ends at Nineteenth street with about 3000 residents northward. The Board of Works received the petition and President Sahm recommended forwarding it to the street car company.
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Columbia Ave
Crying Boys in Police Court for Major Robbery Case
George Logan of 228 East Morris Street appeared with two accomplices in Police Court before Judge Daly after noon for robbing Fred Buechert of $1000. The youths sobbed in court as parents over sixty years old watched. The case was continued two weeks to secure more witnesses.
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George Logan
E. Morrissr
Fred Buechert
Daly
Hawley declines $250 to keep grave green in will
In a probated will from two years ago Annie E. Haines left $250 to Amoretta N. Hawley to maintain her grave greenery. On Tuesday Hawley declined the bequest.
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Nie E. Haines
Amoretta N. Hawley
Miss Hawley
Despondent Seek Suicide Route Failures In Chicago
Five despondent people attempted suicide from daylight until 1 p.m. Tuesday in Chicago. The names listed include Alice D. Whitcomb Anton Ciezynski G. A. Botts John Weppner and an unknown man.
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Chicago
Alice D. Whitcomb
Anton Ciezynski
G. A. Botts
John Weppner
Comptroller Requests National Bank Condition Reports
The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks at the close of business Tuesday, Feb. 5. The request requests detailed financial data from every bank nationwide.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Indianapolis Printer Martin Costello Dies at Home
Martin Costello aged 24 died Monday at his home 514 Stevens Street. He had worked in the mailing rooms of several Indianapolis newspapers since he was a child.
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Martin Costello
Stevensst
Indianapolis
Luther Jones Dies After Wagon Fall
Luther Jones fell from the rear end of a wagon Monday afternoon and died at City hospital Tuesday from injuries suffered in the accident.
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Luther Jones
Wabash Rail Break Warns Express Train Disaster
E. T. Seinter of Roann found a broken rail on the Wabash line Monday night and warned in time to avert a wreck on the fast express. Earlier in Park county in the early seventies, Beable tried to bar Maurice Thompson and his surveying party from entering his land armed with a rifle.
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E. T. Seinter
Roann
Wabash
Maurice Thompson
Park County
Beable
Suspect in Cudahy Kidnap Case Held in Oma
One of three men tied to the Edward Cudahy kidnapping is jailed in Omaha Nebraska. The suspect identified by the boy as the one who asked him to enter the wagon is in custody with officers Dubber and Dwyer. Police refuse to name him while Chief Donahue hints at more arrests soon and the capture of Pat Crowe’s associates.
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Donahue
Pat Crowe
Omalla
Neb
Edward Cudahy
Servia's Queen Gives Birth to Heir Amid Legitimacy Fight
Belgrade reports Queen Draga Muaschin and King Alexander welcomed a son on Tuesday. Married August 5, 1900, the couple's six month union prompts Servian radicals to challenge the heir's legitimacy and throne succession.
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Belgrade
Servia
Mme
Draga Muaschin
Alexander
Garnishee Law Endorsed by Indiana Hardware Dealers
Indiana retail hardware dealers association met at the Grand hotel for a two day convention and endorsed the garnishment bill in the legislature. The measure, drafted for the Retail Grocers association, would garnish wages for life’s necessaries. About 200 delegates attended and new members were admitted. officers and committees reported in the afternoon. Delegates will be banqueted Tuesday night at the Columbian club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
Grand Hotel
Hardware Dealers’ Association
De Wet Moving North Near Hopetown
London February 19 Lord Kitchener reports De Wet is still moving north and now lies west of Hopetown He says De Wet will likely double back and that our troops are preparing to meet him at the war office
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de Wet
Hopetown
State cow killing claim before House committee
The house committee on claims heard a $12 500 claim from Fort Wayne dairyman John Hartsell on Tuesday. He alleges state livestock officials ordered herd culls and public disease reports ruined his business. Chairman Neal expects substantial payment to Hartzell.
Scott bill to ban minor licenses in remonstrance wards
The house concurred in a minority report of the temperance committee backing Scott's bill to prohibit issuing minor licenses for two years in wards with a voter remonstrance. The report changed the period to six months and the vote on the minority report was 29 to 38.
Cheaper Plea in Squire Smock Court on Sunday Sale
Merrill Street saloonist Michael Boylan was fined $1 by Squire Smock after confessing to selling alcohol on Sunday. He claimed innocence but said pleading guilty was cheaper than hiring a lawyer and fighting the case.
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Michael Boylan
Merrill St
Capital Ave
Epworth League Passes Halted by Western Railroads
Western railroads agree no free transportation for Epworth League at San Francisco. The old practice of passing passes to influential traffic handlers ends, once considered a costly white elephant.
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Western Railroads
San Francisco
McGregor Busy as Commissioners Visit Guardians’ Home
County commissioners toured the Irvington Children’s Guardians’ home Monday and found it in good condition. McGregor did not attend and urged lobbying for a primary election law amid rumors his mayoral nomination is secure and the ring is not with him.
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Irvington
Edwin Gould Signaled for Legal Process in New Orleans
In New Orleans on Mardi Gras eve 1901 Edwin Gould faced a U S marshal at his St Charles Hotel suite. Tom Garbreath entered to serve a chancery summons as part of the United States vs Texas and Pacific Railway suit naming Gould and his relatives.
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New Orleans
Edwin Gould
St. Charles
Tom Garbreath
United States
Gould
Galbreath
United States Vs. the Texas & Pacific Railway Et al
Rail Accidents In Chicago Leave Three Dead
Three people die and two more are injured in separate railroad accidents in Chicago on Monday. The deceased are Curtis Stevens Geo Strauch and E J Zelezney. One injured, John Zelezney, dies fatally. Mary Zelezney suffers severe bruising.
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Chicago
Curtis Stevens
Geo. Strauch
E. J. Zelezney
John Zelezney
Mary Zelezney
Bank safe blown open in Sardis robbery
Memphis report states the Sardis National Bank safe was blown open at midnight by robbers. The vault resisted the attack, and about $10,000 was held in the vault according to President Lacey.
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Memphis, Tenn
Sardis
Miss
National Bank
Lacey
Senate Adopts Report on State Lands Sale in Indianapolis
The senate on Tuesday approved a majority report backing the sale of all state lands within Indianapolis excluding University Park. On second reading, amendments will be offered to exempt the Blind Asylum property and St. Clair Park from the sale.
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Senate
Indianapolis
Blind Asylum
St. Clair
Rich Empire Mine Heist Blamed on Unknown Thieves
In Grass Valley a safe blow at the Empire Mine is reported to have yielded about 15000 dollars in gold. The heist occurred a few days ago and the culprits are unknown. The incident took place near San Francisco where the report was circulated.
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San Francisco
Cal
Empire Mine
Grass Valley
Lamson Pneumatic Tube Proposal for County Tax Office
The Lamson carrier company submitted an estimate for a 116 station pneumatic tube system for the county treasurer’s office. It would ease tax-paying rushes by replacing multiple messenger runs, with most stations in the treasurer’s office and one flowing to the controller. The treasurer may bear the cost, then the county decides reimbursement. The system would save thousands of stair trips and speed clerical work.
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Lamson Carrier Company
Small-pox Cases Rise In Ayrshire Mines Close
Ayrshire Indiana reports 2 percent small-pox infection as disease spreads. All local mines have halted operations and about five hundred miners remain in town.
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Ayrshire
Ind
Barroom theft to barroom theft and injuries
Be fore the bar Paul Long stole jewelry from Lilly Taylor. Maria White sues Conrad Schier for damages claiming injury from a wagon collision. Robert Squibbs seeks 1999 dollars from Kingan and Co for a cellar fall. Charles A Hayes sues Cooper and Young after a carriage collision while he rode a wheel. Preston Shelby fined ten dollars in liquor law cases. Charles Giezendanner fined in Nicholson law cases.
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Paul Long
Lilly Taylor
Reformatory
Maria White
Conrad Schier
Schier
Robert Squibbs
Kingan & Co
Charles A. Hayes
Cooper & Young
Meridianst. Stables
Preston Shelby
Joe Parish
Indianapolis
Charles Giezendanner
Nineteenth-st
Central Ave
Basson’s Health Update Stays Steady Amid Rheumatism
It was announced Tuesday that lawyer William Basson, weakened by inflammatory rheumatism, remains in the same condition as Monday, “just holding his own.”
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William Basson
Webster Very Ill Ex-Chief of Fire Department
Joseph H. Webster formerly head of the fire department was seriously ill with pneumonia. On Tuesday afternoon Dr Hodges reported he was no worse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Webster
Fire Department
Hodges
Senate panel backs vice admiral grade for Sampson and Schley
Washington february nineteen senate committee on naval affairs ordered a favorable report on mr hale's bill creating the grade of vice admiral and authorizing the president to appoint two rear admirals to that grade thus providing for the promotion of sampson and schley. Hale urged immediate consideration. Pettigrew objected and the bill was sent to the calendar with a pledge to renew the request soon.
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Hale
Sampson
Schley
Pettigrew
White Man and Woman in Immorality Case
In police court Judge Daly sentenced James Bunting 60 white Lebanon man and Clara Davis colored 512 Blake Street for immoral conduct near Muir millinery. Clara fined 100 dollars and costs plus 20 days. Bunting 25 dollars and costs. He appealed. The judge noted both guilty but usually the man bears greater blame.
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Daly
James Bunting
Lebanon
Clara Davis
Blake St
Paulsell
Cronin
Muir Millinery Company
McCreast
Clara
Bunting
Local Boxing Card at North Indianapolis Club
Jesse Hutsell meets Nick Stadfeldt in six rounds for points at the North Indianapolis athletic club on Tuesday night. A wrestling bout features Ransford Tulliam against Luther Bush.
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Jesse Hutsell
Nick Stadfeldt
North Indianapolis Athletic Club
Ransford
Tulliam
Luther Bush
New Trial Demanded in Prize-Fight Injunction Case
Cincinnati February 19 Saenger fest attorneys file motion in common pleas court for a new trial in the prize fight injunction case.
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Cincinnati, G
Former Missouri Governor Stone ill in New York
Former Missouri governor W. S. Stone is reported ill at the Hoffman House in New York City with grip.
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New York
Beggar Anna Franz Arrested Amid Child Pinch Claim
Wire notes report Anna Franz a New York street beggar arrested on a charge of pinching her baby to draw attention. The item mentions other crimes including two thieves in Columbus Ohio who knocked down jeweler John Trussing and stole fifty watches, six recovered.
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Anna Franz
New York
Columbus
John Trussing
C. Bullis
Asbury Park
N. J
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Strength Tests and Diet Shift Reported by Traveler
Henry Myers of Otsego Michigan, a traveling representative for a medical missionary association, tests strength after switching from health foods to Grape-Nuts. He claims his strength rose from 4,560 to 5,340 pounds after using Grape-Nuts alone, while his weight increased from 123 to 143 pounds and stamina improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Myers
Otsego
Mich
Medical Missionary Association
Postum Corral Co., Ltd
Myers
City Life and Transit Incident Reported
Mame McCullough, admitted for typhoid at City hospital, later adjudged insane and confined after leaving the hospital Monday night. A switch engine of the C H D railroad backed into a Frank Bird transfer wagon at the 5 East Street crossing Monday at 10 PM. no injuries occurred. Dennis Cackley and Ed Rogers were involved with the engine. the wagon driver was Thomas Patton.
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Mame McCullough
Dennis Cackley
Ed Rogers
Frank Bird
East-st
Thos. Patton
Chicago Grain and Provisions Prices See Small Shifts
In Chicago trading on February 19, grain quotes show May wheat up fractionally at around 4 1 2 cents, corn easing slightly, and oats steady. May pork futures near 14. percent, lard around 7 1 2 percent, and ribs near 7 dollars. Butter and cheese prices listed for multiple grades and regions. Poultry names THEO and turkeys noted among other market items.
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Chicago
Young Americas
Choice
Brick
Theo
Mohairs and dress fabrics in wide sale selections
A flood of fabric listings shows mohair and woolen fabrics in varied widths and qualities. Prices range from fractions to $2, highlighting mohair, serges, cheviots, pebbles, grenadines, and jacquards with notes on regular vs sale prices and country of origin.
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Priestly
Aevdetaara
Pierolas
England
Intercity Stockyards Report From Indianapolis Trade
The William H Block Co stockyards report light cattle receipts with varied quotations for steers and heifers, strong hog prices at 5.37 to 5.40, and steady lamb and sheep values. Grain prices show No 2 red wheat around 7.14 and corn near 40 to 46 cents, with mixed hay at 11 to 13 dollars per ton.
Indianapo lis Live Stock Quotations at Union Stockyards
Live stock prices reported for cattle hogs and calves at Union Stockyards in Indianapolis on February 19 with receipts around 100 cattle and 6,000 hogs. Cattle quotations span from common to good and up to prime and from 1,150 to 1,300 pounds for steers and heifers with varied grades. Hog quotations are listed as fair with good to choice and medium ranges.
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Interstate
Indianapolis
Atntkeers Aeanye Bioann
UNION
Sean
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MRS. Microbe’s
House of Representatives
Reet
Jim
Dr. Passage
Statesman
Miami
Marshall
Tippecanoe
Indiana
Susie Durham
Renktia
Maud Denner
Fay
Louise Svendsen
Thomas Kelley, Jes
Ie Jwilliam H. Noi
Edmund
W. Pearl St
Meas
Ting
S. Summit-st
Een
Yandes-st
Weghorst-st
W. Tenth-st
Nancy Campbell
City
Lagrippe
Grace” Cambroni
Center-st
Frank M. Black
Silas O. Warder
Charles Schafer
Florence Nuckles
Agnes J. Herd
Jewel Cooper
Mary Buechert
Abagail M. Ly
Pklin and
Elosia A. Rit
Ley
Young
Cudahy
Oficers
Dwyer
Surveil
Lance
Vis
Indiana Retail Hard
Dorsed
Him
London
Lord Kitchener
War Office
John Hartsell
Legis
House Committee On Claims
Fort
Wayne
Livestock Commission
Neal
Hart
Scott
The
Temperance Com
Mittee
Court
Epworth
Mgregor
Uncle Sam
Chazy
Univer
Sity Park
Ing
Koehne
WM. Basson
Webster
Sampson and
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
NORTH
GOYV
Stone Ili
Buffalo
Philadelphia
James Fierce
Hume
City Life
WM. H. Block Co
Wim. H. Block Co
EHIL
Aetna Mills
Ashley
Aeeae Sete
Interstate Stock Yards
City Grain Market
Timothy
Reret Ho
Hay
D. P Stirk & CO
East St
Wade
Weeaill
Central Printing Company
E. Court St
Bow
Merrill
Washington St
Mechanical Department
Filson National Surgical Institute
W. Chiess
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