Governor to Review Facts on State Document Sales
Gov Marshall will soon receive full details on the state document sales and missing funds. The Ways and Means Committee will continue hearings into the basement sales to junk dealers. Witnesses include janitor William Hollingsworth and Chief Engineer Samuel Shutt.
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Michael
Browand
Department of Public Instruction
Fassett A. Cotton
Indiana
House Ways and Means Committee
Mary Stubbs Moore
State Statistician
Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Ways and Medial Committee
Bureau of Statistics
Samuel Shutt
Wiliam Hollingsworth
Moore
Treasury
Mrs. Moore
Temperance Bill May Advance After Quick Senate Action
The Proctor Tomlinson temperance measure moved toward passage as the senate accepted the minority public morals committee report. Printed amendments produced a new bill, with copies ready by 6 pm signaling possible expedited action before adjournment.
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Proctor Tomlinson
Senate
Public Morals Committee
Relatives of Barrett file manslaughter case against Sheriff Box
John W. Holtzman, attorney, represents Barrett relatives in prosecuting Sheriff Box of Bedford Indiana for manslaughter after the January 11 shooting at 8 Illinois street. Box posted $1000 bond after an affidavit was filed by Mrs. Ross Barrett. Box was exonerated by the grand jury who cited self defense. He retains Ryan & Ruckelshaus as his defense counsel. New developments and information have emerged since the shooting.
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John W. Holtzman
Martin Barrett
Ilinois Street
Box
Bedford
Ind
Hooton
Mr. Box
Ross Barrett
Ryan & Ruckelshaus
Holtzman
Salvation Army Officers to Attend Indiana Congress
Indiana Salvation Army officers will attend a congress beginning next Saturday and will hold four conferences at the new YMCA building. The sessions are scheduled for 9:45 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Army
Bryan Addresses Legislature at 4 P.M.
W. J. Bryan will address both houses in joint session of the Indiana legislature in the hall of the house at 4 o clock in the afternoon. Murphy of Montgomery County, who resembles the Nebraska Commoner, asks to introduce Bryan. Tonight Mr. Bryan delivers a lecture at Tomlington Hall.
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W. J. Bryan
Indiana
Murphy
Montgomery County
Bryan
Tomlingon Hall
Court Restrains Man From Annoying Wife
A court issues a restraining order against a man to stop actions deemed annoying toward his wife. The order details are limited in the readable text. Further specifics could not be confirmed from the fragment.
Man Sentenced for Assault Charge in Miss Taylor Case
Fred Bigelow was found guilty of assault and battery with attempt to kill Miss Dina Taylor, an East Court Street resident, and sentenced to prison for a term of two to fourteen years.
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Fred Bigelow
Stylish swindler swindles chic buyers in court
Six stylishly dressed women testified in criminal court against Paul Shoe of Prairie Depot Ohio on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Shoe pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the Indiana reformatory for one to eight years after he promised 50 bars of soap and 39 pieces of fine chinaware for $1 down and another dollar upon delivery. He claimed to have learned the scam from a former employer and admitted similar swindles in Fort Wayne Marion Muncie Anderson and Indianapolis where bogus receipt books claimed he worked for a real soap company. Police report about 100 letters from Indiana and Ohio residents complaining of losses.
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Paul Shoe
Prairie Depot
Pritchard
Indiana Reformatory
Shoe
Fort Wayne
Marion
Muncie
Anderson
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio
Nelson asserts innocence in lumber theft charge
Otto Nelson a yard man for Capitol Lumber is jailed on a charge of stealing two car loads of lumber. He proclaims his innocence and seeks a police court preliminary hearing set for March 3. Ferdinand Adams of the Union Detective Bureau alleges a months long swindle at the yard.
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Otto Nelson
Capitol Lumber Company
Nelson
Ferdinand Adams
Union -Detective Bureau
Lumber Company
Saeking
Bn Ab
Beveridge Urges Merit Based Patronage Rules for Republicans
Senator Beveridge told Indiana editors that federal patronage in eleven districts should be governed by merit, not party work. He urged Republicans to unite, reject factionalism, and claim that parties exist for the people. He favored a rules system selecting nominees who can win, emphasizing public service over organization.
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Indiana
Claypool
Beveridge
Republican Party
Napoleon
France
Metropolitan Police Repeal Passed by Senate
The Senate on Friday approved the repeal of the metropolitan police law by a 39 to 7 vote and sent the bill to the governor. It provides for appointing police commissioners by mayors in 13 cities including New Albany Anderson Muncie Hammond Vincennes Marion Lafayette Logansport Richmond Jeffersonville Elwood Kokomo and Michigan City.
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Senate
House
New Alibany
Potter Fined For Advising Bog Catchers
Justin Potter was fined two dollars by a police court after he warned dog catchers Jenkins and Haines about their rights while they went into a yard on East Street near North Street to seize a dog. The incident occurred as the officers executed their duties.
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East Street
North Street
Jenkins
Haines
Potter
Indiana Governor Vetoes Sunday Baseball Bill
Gov. Marshall on February 26 1909 vetoed house bill 101 limiting farmers mutual insurance companies to one county and rejected a Sunday baseball expansion as drawn he opposes any game on Sunday and warned the bill could permit gambling near churches or hospitals. The decision sparked cheers in the Indiana House as supporters drafted a revised unobjectionable measure.
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Gov. Marshall
Friends
Brolley
Indiana
House of Representatives
Legislative Department
General Assembly
Marshall
Stahl
Farmers Mutual Insurance Companies
Three Counties Vote to Abolish Saloons
Three counties voted dry under the county local option law. Fountain county led with 32 saloons closed and 1,945 votes, Fayette county followed with 20 saloons and 850 votes, while Hendricks county recorded 764 votes to end saloons.
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Fountain County
Fayette County
Hendricks County
Fire Devours Albert Dickinson Warehouses in Chicago Blaze
A massive explosion ignited two nine story Albert Dickinson seed warehouses at Taylor and Canal streets. The fire spread quickly, threatening a large district and injuring two men while dozens were trapped. fire crews including Illinois and Chicago tugs battled the flames as 67 workers were inside and 60 plus on the seventh floor.
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Chicago
Albert Dickinson Company
Taylor and Canal Streets
Dickinson
Illinois
W. Taylor Street
Teacher 15 Sentenced Over Sister’s Name on Check
Cc. H. Hardin, a school teacher, pled guilty to petit larceny for misrepresenting his sister’s name to a check and obtaining Mina Simonson’s endorsement. Judge Pritchard sentenced him to 60 days in jail Friday after he pleaded guilty. the sister asked mercy, noting he had returned nearly all the funds except $3.
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Cc. H. Hardin
Mina Simonsen
Pritchard
Fugitive Reports Dream Preceding Arrest by Red-Faced Detective
Moses Allen, a Black man, told officers he dreamed a red-faced detective resembling Detective Jacob Kurtz looming over him. He was arrested Friday and faces return to Louisville, Kentucky, where he is wanted for malicious shooting. He said the dream prompted his surrender.
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Moses Allen
Jacob Kurtz
Allen Fis
Louisville
Kurtz
Coming of Earth's End to Be Known 14 Years
An unclear item reports a prophecy about Earth's end within 14 years tied to a collision between a dark unknown planet and the sun. The article cites Prof. Evrcival as director and mentions a gala event in O8TON on February 31, with damaged phrasing surrounding scientific authority.
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Garth
Gala
Evrcival
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