Petition Seeks Additions in Receiver Case Against Elite
A petition to amend the complaint against Elite proprietor of the Enterprise employment agency was filed Monday to add 41 associates who allegedly dealt shady with Elite. The case before Judge Vin is tied to witnesses and is expected to last two days. Witnesses include young women drawn by ads to a physician’s office for a tour with an elderly man, linked to a companion scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Elite
Enterprise ‘Employment Agency
Efiis
Law Library
Ellis
Atna
Ihance
Fedret
Spahr
Walter Shafer Ted
Senator Clark Cash Questions in Montana Inquiry
The cross examination of former Senator Clark resumed with questions about checks paid to agents and a claimed lack of itemized expense statements. He testified he prepared some records from evidence and said the treasurer did not submit a full statement of all funds expended. He denied knowing details about payments connected to alleged bribes and said he did not discuss the matter with his son during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton
Clark
Questbell
Senate debates Mussels and Canal Tariff Issues
In the Senate, a bill to create a public building in Ivania and to protect freshwater mussels was favorably reported. The Porto Rico tariff bill and relief funds are discussed, with Newlands defending the bill as broad and elastic, while others oppose or urge provisions. In the House, the Nicaraguan canal question is set for consideration as Cannon objects, with references to McKinley and Lincoln in the broader policy debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ivania
United States
Tenn
Committee On
Pacific
Porto Rico
Athe House
Hepburn
Cannon
Ouse
Newlands
Opkine
Illinois
McKinley
Lincoln
Supreme Court Affirms Huge Verdict in Marion Co Case
The Indiana supreme court upholds the Marion superior court ruling awarding Luella Sheeks $15,000 for personal injuries from a wreck at Coatsville on Jan 28, 1995. The incident involved Terre Haute & Indianapolis railroad due to an engine deemed too heavy for the curve.
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Supreme Court
Marion Superior Court
Luella Sheeks
Terre. Heute & Indianapolis ‘Railroad Company
Coatsville
Ind
Supreme court rules against Associated Press in Inter Ocean case
The Illinois Supreme Court reversed lower decisions and remanded to the circuit court. It held that a contract clause restricting Inter Ocean from getting news from other sources violated trade rights, prevented true competition, and could create a monopoly harmful to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Inter-Ocean Publishing Company
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Cook County
Appellate Court
Inter- Ocean Publishing Company
Chicago
Appellee
Populists set May 9 for national convention in Nebraska
The populist national committee chose May 9 as the convention date and is in executive session deciding the city. Bryan influenced the early date, while Democrats plan May 1. Kentucky's Jos Parker says the Alien faction action defeats fusion and middle-of-the-road votes will not back Bryan.
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Lincoln
Neb
National Committee
Bryan
Co. Jos. Parker
Kentucky
Furious Storms Sink Schooner Hardcastle Off Roanoke
Elizabeth City February storm capsizes the schooner Hardcastle in Roanoke marshes. Seven crew members, all Black, drown while Captain Johnson is saved. Authorities report the disaster occurred Monday night during the gale.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Roanoke
Johnson
Barge Oakland Sinks Off Jersey Coast With Four Lost
The barge Oakland sank during a storm while being towed from Norfolk to New York. Four crew members perished in the incident off the New Jersey coast.
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Norfolk
Oakland
Jersey
New York
Four Freeze to Death at Hatteras Inlet
Four African American men died after being caught at night in a small craft off Hatteras inlet Norfolk reports indicate they froze to death Monday night during dangerous conditions at sea.
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Norfolk
Hatteras Inlet
Waves From The Wires News Ticker
A mixed wire digest notes Tom Gould death in New York and gold finds in Brewster County Texas. Toledo switchmen threaten strikes for higher wages. Chicago man Isaac Hammet dies by gas. New York dog show opens with 2110 canines. Rt Rev Mgr Thorpe expected as Columbus bishop. Gen Bragg 73rd birthday observed in Fond du Lac. Osborn leaves $40000 to Oberlin College. Friends urge Peck to join Philippine commission. Coeur d Alene mining riots triggered inquiry by House military committees. Missouri Supreme Court voids department store tax law. Illinois Supreme Court limits birth injury damages. Schooner Metha cisa arriving Frisco from Hawaii reported missing.
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Tom"' Gould
New York
Brewster County
Texas
Toledo
Isaac Hammet
Chicago
Mgr. Thorpe
Cleveland
Columbus
Bragg
Fond du Lac
Wis
Osborn
Pittabure
Oberlin, O
Friends
Peck
Wisconsin
House
Coeur d’Aiene
Missouri Supreme Court
Illinois Supreme Court
N. A
Frisco
Hawaii
Bel
Too Late for Cupid Ends in Gaston Wedding
Thomas McCreery aged 72 and Dr. Martha J. French aged 52 married Monday night in Gaston Indiana. McCreery a Gaston leader, French a longtime Indianapolis physician and former blind-institute house physician. The match was arranged by a daughter of McCreery, a former patient and friend of Dr. French. This is McCreery’s third marriage and French’s first. couple will reside in Gaston with McCreery’s children present at the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McCreery
Martha French
Gaston
Ind
Martha J. French
McCreery
French
The
Blind Institute
Indianapolis
MaCreery
Little Girl Named in Lehr Estate Probate Case
In probate court Tuesday John W. Keating and Judge Walker filed claims against Ferdinand A. Lehr estate. Laura Behning, adopted daughter, and her children Edward and William were involved. The will now entitles Laura Lena to one third of the $4,500 estate at her mother's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Keating
Walker
Ferdinand A. Lehr
Laura Behning
Edward
William
Kealing
Behning
Restormel Sinks Off Philadelphia With Grain Onboard
The iron steamship Restormel sank in midriver near Philadelphia and Camden as it prepared to sail. Owned in Cardiff, Wales, the vessel had loaded 3,000 tons of grain at Greenwich Point intended for Limerick and then South Africa for British troops. The mystery surrounding the disaster remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware
Tig
Restormel
Camden
Cardiff
Wales
Greenwich Point
Limerick
Ireland
South Africa
Superintendent details desk sergeant Crane rumors and hidden leaks
Supt Quigley testifies the desk sergeant was treated as a general information officer and that leaks occurred in 1899. He suspected Crane but could not prove betrayal, noting Crane often stood in the captain’s office doorway during consultations and that Quigley respected Crane as a top officer.
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Quigley
General Information Bureau
Crane
Park Ave
Sergt. Crane
Faris Faces Tough Pull as Barcus Challenges
In Terre Haute district 5 a political clash surrounds Congressman Faris with James M. Barcus leading the opposition. Rumors say Barcus drew support long before the town’s factional pull and that Thomas BE Boyd plans to withdraw in Noblesville to back Landis. Dee Tucker reportedly sits apart at the convention amid rising tension.
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McKinley
District 5
Faris
James M. Barcus
Terre Haute
Barcus
Noblesville
Thomas BE. Boyd
Landis
Hedian Testifies in Crane Case as Officers Defend Integrity
Tom Hedian testified Crane entered the captain's office during private consultations two months before discharge. Capt. Kruger and other officers praised Crane as an excellent desk sergeant, denying any leaks or disloyalty. Crane admitted possible mistakes but stressed being a gentleman and doing his duty. McBride urged dismissal would outrage and faulted Hedian for orchestrating the affair.
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Tom Hedian
Crane
Hedian
Capt. Kruger
Willam Herschell
SUN
Tom Hedfan
Police
Corrigan
Wallace
Mr. McBride
Concession Granted for Kansas City and Sonora Railroad
The Mexican government awards a $20,000,000 concession to the Kansas City and Sonora railroad for a line from Kansas City to a Pacific port on the Gulf of California. The grant includes duty free imports for construction materials and exclusivity to reach the port without another line authorized there.
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City OF Mexico
Kansas City
Supreme Court to Review Small Habeas Case
James D. Small is to be carried to the Supreme Court after Judge Leathers freed him from the workhouse. Leathers ruled Special Police Judge Collier overstepped by fining more than 5 for assault and battery. About 25 other workhouse prisoners seek release on similar grounds.
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James D. Small
Supreme Court
Leathers
Small
Collier
Tammany Club Ball Planned in Cleveland Club Hall
The Tammany club will stage its second annual ball in Cleveland club hall on Thursday night. Reception committee includes Mayor Taggart John F Geckler J T Fanning E M Johnson Albert Sahm William C Daly and Thomas L Sullivan. James D Moriarity is chief of the floor committee with Jerry Casey as assistant.
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Tammany Club
Cleveland Club
Mayor Taggart
John F. Geckler
J. T. Fanning
E. M. Johnson
Albert Sahm
William, C. Daly
Thomas L. Sullivan
James D. Moriarity
Jerry Casey
Gowdy Sends Paris Report on World’s Fair Hotels
Consul general Gowdy notes Paris will host many American visitors to the world’s fair and expects hotels to charge at least a day. He adds that many buildings are nearing completion and the town will accommodate guests in both first and second class accommodations.
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Gowdy
Paris
City Life and Local Incidents in Brief
The Illinois Central is placed in Indiana car service. Union railway board held its annual meeting Tuesday morning in under an hour. Abram Ackerman, 80, of 122 W Tenth St, broke his hip Tuesday and was taken to City hospital. Mrs D T Bacon and H N Ullinotsst are confined with shoulder injuries from a sidewalk slip and torn ligaments. Mrs Virgil Outland at 208 Broadway was kicked by a horse drawing a wagon, slight injuries but fear. Big Four earnings for the second February week totaled 312542.58, up 66859.42 from 1899. Early February shows a 129314.98 rise over last year. Donnelly of the typographical union got word Cripple Creek has a new scale in effect granting 24 cents more per hour.
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Illinois Central
Indiana Car Service
Board of Managers of
The
Union Railway
Abram Ackerman
Tenth St
D. T. Bacon
H. N
Virgil Outland
Broadway
Washington
Meridiansts
Donnelly
Typographical Union
Cripsple Creek
Col
Cripple Creek
Prinkers
Commercial club names chairmen and committees
At the meeting the Commercial club appointed chairmen for Finance Evans Woollen press and printing and other committees including membership S S Kiser city interests H H Hanna manufacturers J J Dissette commerce Alexander Taggart lease H A Brown parks C A Kenyon assemblages Thomas Taggart club property C H Badger building and loan associations C E Holloway public amusements E K Chapman educational institutions W J Richards insurance Charles F Sayles real estate Albert E Metzger new industries G N Catterson transportation S B Sweet public health J N Hurty elevated railroad commission William Fortune A memorial day observance group was designated Judge J L McMasters B A Richardson W A Ketchum with the G A R Major Taylor to inspect Toledo heating system for homes and a franchise request was heard along with indorsement of a commerce department bill and a plan for a military post for Indianapolis.
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Charles E. Coffin
Evans Woollen
W. C. Bobbs
S. S. Kiser
H. H. Hanna
J. J. Dissette
Alexander Taggart
H. A. Brown
C. A. Kenyon
Thomas Taggart
C. H. Badger
C. E H. Holloway
E. K. Chapman
W. J. Richards
Charles F. Sayles
Albert E. Metzger
G. N. Catterson
S. B. Sweet
J. N. Hurty
Elevated Railroad Commission
William Fortune
J. L. McMasters
B. A. Richardson
W. A. Ketchum
G. A.R
Major Taylor
Toledo
Board of Public Works
National Board of Trade
Congress
Department of Industries and Commerce
Club
Committee On Commerce
Collum
F. W. Hays
BeverMige
Harry New
Indianapolis
A Chance for Miller
New York February two Miller to be examined by a bankruptcy commissioner. The exam could let Miller escape if he reveals final backers of the Franklin syndicate. Testimony cannot be used against him in future criminal prosecutions, authorities prefer naming background figures over imprisoning him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Miller
Franklin Syndicate
E. 8. Dean Company
Dollar a Day Bill Stirring Debate in Indianapolis Posts
A G A R posts committee in Indianapolis circulated a circular promoting the dollar a day bill pushed by Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge. Approved by six posts, the measure would grant veterans and certain widows fixed daily or monthly sums and abolish pension boards and agencies.
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G. A. R. Posts
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Congress
Relief Corps
Warship Kearsarge Placed in Commission at Newport News
The battleship Kearsarge was placed in commission Tuesday morning at Newport News with Captain Folger in command. About 250 sailors arrived from the New York Navy Yard, and the ship will soon proceed to Portsmouth Navy Yard where New Hampshire will present a bronze statue of the Indian chief Kearsarge.
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Newport News
Norfolk
Kearsarge
Folger
New York Navy Yard
Fortsmouth Navy Yard
Explosion on keg of powder devastates Decatur fire district
A keg of powder exploded in Decatur Alabama on Tuesday igniting a fire that destroyed seven firms and damaged several others. No injuries are reported and the blaze caused extensive property loss across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Decatur
Ala
Fed
Man Claims Hypnotic Death Grip Over Craig
Wheeling West Virginia February 20 local authorities probe WM B Craig who alleges a hypnotic death threat He says his brain is being crushed and cites a Chicago employer W P Read and a Pennsylvania railroad police contact as origins of the spell He claims the hypnotizing gaze followed him from Wheeling to Chicago and back and that sleep eludes him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Wm. B. Craig
W. P. Read
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad Police
Stevens and Hadley Freed After Bureau Fraud Charge
Joseph Stevens and Charles Hadley, accused of operating a fake employment bureau at 160 East Market Street, were released from police court Tuesday morning after arrest several days earlier. They had sent men to Marshal Pugh’s farm to obtain labor for them.
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Stevens
Hadley
Joseph Stevens
Charles Hadley
Market St
Marshal Pugh
Stele for His Family's Sake
Judge Daly suspended judgement Tuesday in the case of John Schmidt arrested for taking coal from a car. He is a German who has been in this country four months and has had four weeks' work. His family was cold, he said, and he had
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly
John Schmidt
Momiay
McCormick Harvester Co founder Leander McCormick Dead
Leander J. McCormick, a founder of the McCormick Harvester Works, died in Chicago on Tuesday from pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. McCormick
Chicago
Leander J. McCormick
McCormick Harvester Works
Jury Awards 193.88 in Garnishment Against Buhriege
In superior court a verdict for Louis C. E. Robinson awards 193.88 against Minnie L Buhriege and her mother Wilhelmina Thelne in a garnishment. The defendant used note secured by her mother to pay for a Wrights addition Indianapolis lot. The defense argued Mrs Therne as married could not contract, but the jury found she was a principal on the note and liable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Louis C. E. Robinson
Minnie L. Buhriege
Wilhelmina Thelne
Wright
Indianapolis
Trials set to review evidence and reinstate firemen
Chairman Roth said once Clerk Davis transcribes notes the board will review evidence and decide. Attorney Bell expects resignation of Terry Moore and C C Ross to be accepted while 19 others remain in limbo. Some will be reinstated. discharged firemen to be retried. Patrolman Green may be decapitated per witness.
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Roth
Davis
Atttorney Bell
Terry Moore
C. C. Ross
Painter Joseph Schelling Injured In Ladder Fall
Joseph Schelling a 35 year old painter was seriously injured Tuesday after a fall from a ladder at 2332 Dewey Avenue. He suffered a concussion and was transported by ambulance to his home at 1033 Reynolds Avenue.
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Joseph Schelling
Deweyave
Reynolds Ave
All-stars bow to Marion club in opening bowling clash
The All-stars opened a series of games with local talent on a Tuesday afternoon. The Marion club team hosted the first match and defeated the All-stars 872 to 378.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Club
Unclear ad fragment promoting various services and products
A jumble of advertisements mentions Dr Ball syrup cures and a child’s illness, free neckbands with shirts, Progress Laundry, Stanton L Wilhite photographs, Plaza restaurant meals, dental services by H Clay, and a testimonial from John Dirt of Poseyville Indiana praising One Minute Cough Cure for coughs colds and lung troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dirt
Poseyville
Ind
Uae
Pleasan
Market Report from Union Stock Yards Indianapolis
Cattle receipts 350 with Tuesday shipments. range of prices for export and shipping cattle Good to prime steers 1,350 lbs up to 3.50 per lb Fair to medium steers 1,250 lbs up to 3.75. butchers cattle quoted Good to choice feeding steers 4.35. veal calves 5.00. heavy calves 3.50 to 5.00. Hog receipts 3,000 with shipments 4.95 to 5.05 for mixed, heavy packing 4.85 to 4.95. Sheep receipts night Tuesday. lambs good to choice 6.60 to 6.75, lightweights 4.50 to 5.15.
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Union Stock Yards
Indianapolis
Frroughs
Ccc
Eeeeseeese Rere
Ss Cencercess
IDA
Avetama
Cecaeesa
Interstate Livestock Market: February Yard Report
At Interstate Stock Yard on February 20, buyers moved heavy cattle with mixed demand. Receipts included export steers and butcher cattle weighing 1,250 to 1,400 pounds, with prices noted as good to prime for dressed beef cattle and fair to medium for shipping classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Livestock Market
Interstate Stock Yard
Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Tuesday cattle hogs sheep and lambs prices and receipts. The reader notes mixed and heavy packing hogs at 1,820 head shipped. cows calves and bulls priced from common to fancy with several ranges across weight classes. Lambs and sheep show fair to good lighting with prime and good lambs listed and totals for shipments.
Chicago Markets Report Widespread Price Declines
Wheat futures closed lower on Tuesday amid weak overseas demand from Liverpool and Paris. The Bradstreet data surprised bulls by showing a decrease in shipments. Corn oats and provisions followed with varied losses and gains across May and July contracts along with mixed dairy and egg prices.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Paris
Macy
City Grain Market Report for Tuesday
Grain trade notes a dull wheat market with No 2 red and No 3 red values listed. Corn shows mixed trading with several white and white mixed bids and numerous car movements.OA
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Cora
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Uella
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Shirley
Knightstown
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Against the Asso. Press
Atlantic
Cupid
Lehr
Mkinley
Mexico
John K. Gowdy
City Life
Commercial Club
Congress Sook
Warship Kearsarge
John T. Green
Green
John Johnson
Bergeart Lowe
Progress Laundry
Ponder
Wnete Ae
Artes
Stanton L. Wilhite
Plaza Restaurant
Monument Place
Aenat H. Clay
N. Llinois-st
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