Money Guides The Big Consolidation Bill In Indiana
Rumors claim large sums circulate in the House to influence the railroad consolidation bill. Democrats oppose it though not in caucus, warning it would turn Indiana into a railroad gateway. Evansville & Terre Haute stock reportedly rose, and Pennsylvania Railway men linger in halls. Senator Winfield accuses Atty. Gen. Taylor of lobbying for the bill.
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Joss
House
Indiana
Evansville & Terre Haute
Evansvile & Terre Haute
Chicago & Eastern
Pennsylvania Road
Robert E. Davidson
Samuel O. Pickens
Smiley N. Chambers
Pickens
Partener
Pennsylvania
W. W. Mansfield
Senate
Brooks
Winfield
Atty.-gen. Taylor
T.- Bill
Muncie White Elephant bill gains new lease on life
Friends of the Muncie normal school bill won a delay in the House by postponing the education committee report. Carmichael led a tactic to push the measure Friday while opponents fought to force an earlier tally. The bill may be reported next Wednesday as supporters press to hear their case. George F. McCulloch works in Washington to sway Senator Fairbanks.
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Friends of the Muncie Normal School
Ber
Muncie
Reser
Statesman
Education
Hopping
Delaware County
George F. McCulloch
Washington
Fairbanks
Deaf plaintiff testifies in rout of streetcar damages case
In superior court Franz Joseph Janik sues the streetcar company for damages after claiming a shock from the brass handle at Maryland and Meridian streets. He is deaf and dumb, and the questioning required German interpretation via stenographer and interpreter. Janik pantomimed the injury, clinching fists and dancing to illustrate the harm.
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Seph Janik
Maryland
Meridian Sts
Jenik
Janik
Children of Bates House Waiter sue for inherited property
Ida E and Leroy Bailey sue Henry Richert to regain property near the City hospital that their father bought in 1872 while living in Baltimore. The father, born a slave and long employed as head waiter at Bates House, died in 1886 after being left on a street car in Indianapolis. the suit seeks rightful ownership based on his prior purchase.
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Bates House
Baltimore
Canada
Indianapolis
Weather outlook for Indianapolis area through Thursday
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for warmer, fair weather through Thursday night then colder but fair Friday. Temperatures were 7 a m and noon readings around 20 and 2 p m. The fragment mentions a Plano property sale and Bra Stevenson building with unclear details.
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Indianapolis
Melai k Denies Moorish Link in Malicious Prosecution Suit
Alexander Melaik testifies in superior court denying being a follower of Islam while describing a perilous escape from Alexandria in 1882. He recounts family massacre losses, his grandfather’s Damascus silk business, and his journey to the United States via college years at Alexandria and Wabash.
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Alexander Melaik
Kate Ford
Mo~hammed
SUN
Melaik
the Crescent
Damascus
Alexandria
Egypt
United States
Wabash
Ind
Mob Action Foiled In Atchison Assault Case
A 1,000 strong mob threatened to lynch Slick Slater after he attacked Lottie Gerberick. Sheriff Cook secretly moved Slater to Atchison to prevent violence. The jail was searched and the crowd dispersed without incident. Mrs Nation was in the jail and relieved as calm returned.
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Topeka
Kas
Slick” Slater
Lottie Gerberick
Cook
Slater
Atchison
Lent Begins Promises Season of Services
The text marks Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent with references to services and the Lenten season. It notes Wednesday as the day of observance and hints at various religious practices observed during this period.
Kentucky Men Headed to Casey to Raise Broom Corn
At Union Station near the Frank Bird office three shaggy men from Hodginsville Kentucky talk of going to Casey and Urbana Illinois to raise broom corn. Station staff note annual trips by mountaineers from Kentucky and Tennessee who travel for harvest season and return with savings.
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Union Station
Frank Bird Transfer Company
Kentucky
Albert Blake
Jasper Boyd
Casey
Pardner
Hodginsville
Blake
A Pipe Dream for Hotel Site Buys
The new owners of the Little hotel property at the corner of Washington and New Jersey avenues have not decided its future use. Coffin says a meeting is several days away to discuss plans, while Erwin disputes a story about constructing a Mills hotel replica in New York.
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Washington and
New Jersey
Cincinnati Street Railway Leased to Widener Elkins Syndicate
Cincinnati street railway company leased all city lines to the Widener Elkins syndicate for 50 years. McGowan of Indianapolis company leads the syndicate. the agreement was completed Thursday in Cincinnati.
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Widener-Elkins Syndicate
Spring silks and silks waists attract shoppers
The W H Block store advertised spring silks and shirt waists despite Thursday’s chill. Many waists appeared fancy with white tuckings and lace, and sleeves featured the popular white undersleeve. Toulards were among the silks shown.
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W. H. Block
Heitkamp Liquor License Revoked Under Nicholson Law
John Heitkamp saloonist at Thirtyeth Street and the canal had his license revoked by Judge Alford after two violations of the Nicholson law. He was fined $10 in two cases and the action followed by the North Indianapolis anti roadhouse association through its attorney Capt Ritter. This is the first revocation under the Nicholson law, signaling wider action by anti saloon leagues.
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Nicholson
Alford
Thirtieth St
Canal
North
Indianapolis
Temperance
Wesling
Temperance Committee
Indiana
Scott
Reagan
United States
White Mice Seek to Break Vaudeville Booking Powers
The White Mice theater coalition led by top vaudeville stars challenges managers of eastern and western circuits. They demand abolition of the 5 percent booking fee to fund their own agency, arguing defense against managers and seeking to resist salary cuts for older artists. Nat Goodwin DeWolfe Hopper and Francis Wilson are named among supporters.
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T. J. Myers
Grand Opera House
Western Association
Chicago
Nat Goodwin
DeWolfe Hopper
Francis Wilson
Myers
Association of Managers
Tsed
White Mice
Uist
Old Timer Harrington Nabbed In Wire Theft Ring
Detectives Splann and Haley rounded up Walk er Harrington after a junk shop root caused his arrest. The 22 year old thief, last suspected stealing from Western Union at 638 I E Washington, took 75 dollars of copper wire and 40 more on another night. Wire was found at 416 W Washington as officers trailed him to a sale, and he was detained at the police station.
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Splann
Haley
Walker Harrington
Chesapeakest
Harrington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Washington-st
Washington St
Diamonds at low prices at Mullaly's Monu ment Place
A brief ad notes first class diamonds and jewelry offered at low prices by Mullaly at Monument Place. The fragmented text cites dealer placement and a sale aim, inviting customers to buy now before prices rise.
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de Prp
Mullaly
Monument Place
Indiana House Debates Six Month Liquor Licenses
The Indiana House debated Scott’s amended bill to bar new liquor licenses for six months in wards or townships after voter remonstrance. The vote was razor close with 42 to 43 as members urged temperance measures amid speeches by Wesling Reagan Neal and Adamson.
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House
Scott
Lcottit
Fort Wayne
Senate passes education and gas meter bills in Novy session
The senate discussed Goodwine's truancy and education bill, urging school attendance for ages seven to sixteen where a school exists, with a 12 week reduction if employed. The body also approved a bill mandating gas meter dials be visible to consumers and another requiring heads of state institutions to file sworn financial statements before warrants are drawn.
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Senate
Goodwine
Carrie Nation Acquitted Of Malicious Property Destruction
In Topeka Kansas Judge McCabe acquits Mrs Carrie Nation of malicious destruction of the Senate saloon ruling she believed she abated a nuisance not maliciously. Nation released from city custody but jailed for failing to post a peace bond. Miss Madeline Southard and Mrs Crist posted bond and were released for April trial.
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Senate
District Court
Fire Destroys Westfield Business Block Believed arson
A Thursday morning blaze in Westfield wiped out Briscoe's drug store Burnap's barber shop and Hofsadt's shoe store causing about $12,000 in damages. Authorities suspect Nation crusaders due to a raid on a club room by reformers a week earlier.
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Briscoe
Burnap
Hofsadt
Mrs Nation Refuses Circus Offers For Enlistment
Mrs Nation replies to the Cleveland Press confirming she rejected all circus engagements. She mentions a Chicago manager offering a palace car and $100 a night for 60 nights and other callers from New York, but she would not leave her work for any reward.
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Cleveland, O
Nation
Cleveland Press
Topeka
Kas
Chicago
New York
Nationists threaten single women in Tennessee suburb
Trouble brews in a Tennessee town as Mrs Nation's followers pressure single women and widows to marry or move. Self-appointed committees threaten force while anti Nationists arm themselves with bottles bricks and clubs in a tense stand off reported from Topeka Kansas February 21.
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Topeka
Kas
Tennessee
Carrie Nation crusaders fire stringtown drug store
Sistersville February 21. Carrie Nation crusaders are said to have fired the drug store at Stringtown on Wednesday in which John Clendenning lost his life. Several buildings burned.
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Sistersville
Carrie Nation
Stringtown
John Clendenning
New School No 18 to Reopen at Columbia Ave Site
Clelland, business director of Indianapolis public schools, says the burned School No 18 will reopen after Tuesday at a new location on Columbia Avenue and Nineteenth Street, about six blocks from the former site. The building, formerly a bowling alley, will house two rooms on two floors with temporary partitions creating four, and about 200 pupils will be accommodated as furniture and books saved from the blaze are moved in.
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Clelland
Indianapolis Public Schools
Columbia Ave
Nineteenth-st
Kittinger and His Chairs In Senate Den
Senator Bill Kittinger regards his chamber as a stage for showy governance as pages place chairs in the aisle for guests. Recently a guest named Pericles from Madison tied a chair to his desk, while Kittinger’s own chairs rose and fell in a comic display.
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Kittinger
Pericles
Madison
Wood's In Earnest Calls For State Convention
Senator Wood advocates a joint resolution for a constitutional convention to revise the state charter. He argues the current framework was drafted when the state had far fewer residents than Indianapolis today. Maria White awarded 500 dollars after being struck by a wagon belonging to Conrad Schier on Wednesday.
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Wood
Maria White
Conrad Schier
Reunion of Mexican War Veterans Attend Dr Foshee
Dr Thomas W Foshee one of Gen Winfield Scott's bodyguards returns to Madison for the state house reunion with Mexican war veterans. Born Warren County Ohio November 12 1835 he enlisted in 1847 in the U S mounted riflemen and later served as hospital steward. He later joined the Civil War as captain of Company K First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry resigning after a year ill health. In May 1863 he became assistant surgeon of the Eighty eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry and served two years.
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Madison
Warren County
Ohio
Mexico
U. S. Mounted Riflemen
City of
First
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Eighty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Box Mattresses Construction Pleases Buyers
A note praises the build quality of Box Mattresses and recommends them for comfort and reliability. The message emphasizes customer satisfaction and confidence in the product after purchase.
Three Young Men Confess Drugged Assault Case in Port
In Portsmouth Colorado, Haland Edwards David Sutter and Jenny Bevers confessed to assaulting Lydia Blethen after she and friend Mary Ann Williams were drugged with fusel oil. The case involves multiple drinkers at a boarding house and fears for Williams who is missing.
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Lydia
David Sutter
Mary Ann Wiliams
Henry Bevers
Blethen
Lydia Blethen
Mary Ann Williams
Five held in Baltimore suburb teen assault and murder attempt
Five men Edward Altwater Edgar Felix Henry Schenck William Marshall and Charles Steer were arrested after an assault near a vacant lot in a Baltimore suburb. Louise Trautner declined a ride later soberly aided by John Taylor who intervened. Taylor lay unconscious in critical condition with the attackers fleeing.
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Bers
Baltimore
Louise Trautner
John Taylor
Taylor
Junket to Chicago on fire alarm system bid
The Board of safety traveled to Chicago on Thursday to explore fire alarm systems with several local firms. Indianapolis may extend the trip. Banks Cregier proposed a five year guaranteed installation cheaper than Gamewell by at least 11000, funded by the city. The board denies plans to repair the current system, noting a preference for glass front boxes over lock boxes to prevent fake alarms.
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Board of Safety
Chicago
Indianapolis
Cregier
Municipal Signal Company
Gamewell
Gamewell Company
Fire Marshal Bill Aims to Appoint State Official
On Auditor Hart's recommendation Mummert introduced a bill to appoint a state fire marshal by the governor at $1500. The marshal would investigate arson fires and bring prosecutions.
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Hart
Mummert
Bill Lets Marion County Treasurer Draw $2000 for School Board Role
A bill introduced by Representative Reagan authorizes the Marion county treasurer to receive a $2,000 fee for acting as treasurer of the local school board.
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Reagan
Marion County
Heitkam Sentenced for Modern Woodmen Theft
Henry Heitkam, treasurer of the Modern Woodmen, pleaded guilty to stealing $1,800. In criminal court on Thursday he was sentenced to two to 14 years in penitentiary.
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