Roof News Shapes City Council’s Tumultuous Meeting
City council faces several contentious items at the next session. Shea's speed ordinance for streetcar bunching and crossings prompts opposition and possible scheduling friction. Eppert seeks fast action on annexing northern territory before a potential Irvington water franchise. Sourbier may push a funeral carriage limit, aiming for a lively, dramatic session while averting major clashes.
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English-ave
Irvington
Eppert
Sourbier
Strawboard firms seek permits to dump waste into streams
Six factories including Muncie pulp mill Consumers strawboard and American strawboard Anderson and tinplate works at Anderson Elwood and Atlanta seek permits for waste disposal. Health board plans Friday meeting to decide renewals not for poisonous refuse. Factory inspector McXhee notes Posey county offers straw supply and potential plant. rivers Ohio and Wabash could carry refuse away with no harm to riparian owners.
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Muncie
American Strawboard Company
Anderson
Tinplate Works
Elwood
Atlanta
Harry
McXhee
Posey County
Ohio
Wabash
Fate Played Scurvy New Year's Trick
An eager Louisville woman, Miss Jeanette Montgomery, married Howard Lyons of Chicago on New Year’s Day in Louisville. After a hurried plan, Lyons left for Louisville then east on business. Montgomery rode to Chicago and Cincinnati to meet him, pausing to chase telegrams and pawns of jewelry as a dramatic, ill fated New Year embrace.
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Louisville
Howard ‘J. Lyons
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Lyons
Miss Montgomery
Cincinnati
Medics Press Mayor Over Party Promises
Drs W P Best and F M Wright of the Eclectic Medical College of Indiana confront Mayor Bookwalter in his private office over promised liberal representation on the Health Board and City hospital staff. They waited over an hour, say the interview yielded no satisfaction, and vow to pursue steps after noting the mayor’s excuses and ongoing political plans.
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Board of ‘Health
Dr. Best
Lberal
Indiana Medical- Central College of Physicians “and surgeons-Board of Health
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Best
Eclectic College
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State auditor seeks books from Commercial Insurance Co
Attorney General Taylor has filed in the Supreme Court a brief defending the auditor’s effort to compel the Commercial Insurance Company of New Albany to report and allow examination of its books. The Marion Superior Court ruled the law unconstitutional and the state appeals. The company holds a special 1882 charter. The brief argues modern law widens rather than tightens the powers of an examiner. The filing also notes political tensions over appointments to the Metropolitan Police Board and Democratic control.
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New Albany
Marion
Arrow
Contract
Bomb Blasts Grand Duke Constantine Palace in Kiev Dispatch
San Patric dispatch from Kiev reports a bomb exploded Wednesday night in the palace of Grand Duke Constantine in Paris. The blast caused substantial damage but left no injuries as guests fled in panic. Nihilists likely responsible.
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San Patric
Kiev
Russia
Constantine
Taggart declines district chair and Fanning eyed for state post
At the Cleveland club meeting ex Mayor Taggart signals he will not seek again as Democratic District Chairman. City Chairman Joseph T. Fanning is poised to run for state chairman to succeed Parks N. Martin, with Taggart backing Fanning. Fleming of Fort Wayne faces shifted support as Indianapolis Democrats weigh their choices.
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Fanning
Joseph T. Fanning
Parks N. Martin
Indiana
Stephen Fleming
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Fanning Nominated and Elected District Chairman
Thomas Taggart placed Fanning in nomination for district chairman at 2 15 p m Thursday and Fanning was elected by acclamation.
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Fanning
Thomas Taggart
Mayor orders crackdown on policy runners
Mayor Bookwalter instructed Chief-of-Detectives Gerber to pursue policy runners and clear them from the streets. He noted five of twelve arrests were Kissel's men and vowed to start immediately with extra detectives to finish the job.
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Gerber
Greencastle Boosts Tinplate Plant With Real Estate Drive
About 20 to 30 Indianapolis residents invested in Green castle lots sold by the Greencastle Commercial Club to raise a 60 000 bonus for a tinplate factory. Lots distributed January 4 6 and 7. scheme sold 513 lots at 150 apiece netting funds to pay the bonus and buy the farm for the addition. In Green castle alone 400 lots sold. Tin plate company to operate a plant five years with 150 000 investment. Land lies between the Vandalia and Bis Four tracks twelve miles from coal fields.
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Indianapolis
Greencastle
Tinplate Company
Saloon Robbery Testimony Opens in Police Court
In the Fayette street hold up case, Charles McCarty and John Webber face trial after Wachstetter accuses his saloon of remaining open past 2 AM on December 23. Webber offers an alibi. McCarty is not identified. Trial delayed until after January 7 when William McLaughlin, a saloonist, is to be tried.
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John Webber
Fred Wachstetter
Fayettest
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McCarty
William McLaughlin
M. C. Kelly
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Sun Man
T. A. Wynne
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J. S. Holliday
H. M. Haldeman
G. T J. Meyer
J. H. Billingsley
W. Fr. Wheeler
John Wolsiffer
A. H. Wahl
J. D. Moriarity
H. E. Negley
E.G. Sourbier
H. Warneg
J. L. McFarland
M. J. Shea
W. A. Rhodes
Koehne
Hanna and Foraker Fight Over Liquor Issue in Ohio House Speakership
Hot finish as Hanna managers push the liquor and temperance clash in the Ohio house contest. Price's fate could determine the anti-saloon league victory while Foraker's district loyalty and political maneuvers shape a dramatic caucus battle with McKinnon and Dick in tense positions. The fight intensifies with leadership figures Cox and the Hanna army taking charge ahead of Saturday caucuses.
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McKinley
R. W. Taylor
Geo. B. Cox
Aternoon
Irvington Town Board Weighs Water Plant Annexation
The Irvington town board will discuss Thursday night whether to install a local water plant. Supporters cite fire protection, but opponents warn annexation could threaten self governance and Indianapolis connections. The town prefers remaining independent with its own water system.
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Irvington
Ite
Tivington
Union Station
Indianapolis
Five killed in Central Georgia freight engine boiler blast
In Macon Georgia five men died and three were fatally injured when a boiler exploded in the Central Georgia railway roundhouse. The blast destroyed the roundhouse wrecking two engines and fifteen boxcars and shattered nearby glass for blocks.
Automobile cabs to debut on Indianapolis streets
The new auto cabs will hit the streets within 15 days if plant work proceeds as expected. John Bell will head the operation and test runs drew crowds on Washington street. The cabs run 25 miles per charge, are driven by a chauffeur behind a rear seat, and passengers ride in a front entry compartment with a roof hole to relay orders. Fares will not rise.
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Washington St
Indianapolis
Street car passes spark council clash in Indianapolis
Indianapolis council members debate free street car passes from the street railway. Some acknowledge they have passes, others refuse to answer, with several names named as holders and many declining to comment. The Sun reports on the row and notes the council’s role as public arbiter in franchise matters.
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Craill
M. O'Connor Retires From Family Grocery Firm
The wholesale firm M. O'Connor & Co. incorporates with $100,000 capital. Michael J. Ready Charles B. O'Connor James Braden William L. O'Connor Bernard E. O'Connor Edward J. O'Connor Joseph Ss. O'Connor and M. Maurice O'Connor are the incorporators. Michael O'Connor retires after 26 years. his sons receive his interest. The Citizens' Telephone Company of Dunkirk also incorporates for $10,000.
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Fire damages Hartford clothing store. $36,000 loss
A basement gas explosion at E. I. Winters & Co. in Hartford City, Indiana, caused a two story brick building to burn. Loss totals $36,000 with $20,000 on the building and $10,000 on stock, fully insured. most stock saved. Local confusion over a street improvement bill ensues as residents react to notices.
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Ind
E. I. Winter & Co
Phil Kirschbaum
Indianapolis
E. I. Winters & Co
Syndicate powers placed in hands of bankers in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio on January 2 Everett and Moore's syndicate affairs are now controlled by a committee of fiscal bankers with the banks acting as securities. The settlement time is extended by 18 months. In Indiana Cyrus Bowman 87 former Hagetown merchant dies after teaching school in Hamilton County in the forties.
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Everett. & Moore
Iscal Bankers
Eagletown
Ind
Cyrus Bowman
Hagtetown
Hamilton ‘County
Forties
Bowman
Friends’ Church
Forecast for Indianapolis and Vicinity
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 3 am Jan 3: fair and colder, Thursday night and Friday. Temperatures 7 am 43, noon 47, 2 pm 47. Colder in Indiana and nearby states Friday with northwest winds.
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Indiana
States
Blow on Head Cures Brumemer of Insanity Says Doctor
Reported odd case of George Brumemer 38 of 62 West Pearl Street who seemed cured by a blow to the head. Paroled from an insane hospital a week earlier his wife urged recommittal. Doctors saw insanity, yet a subsequent head blow supposedly restored sanity.
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Brumemer
Pearlst
Karchper
Glimmer of Hope for Edward Bishop
Edward Bishop, seriously injured after being shot by his stepson Elzen Bennett, showed improvement at City hospital on Thursday. Doctors warn recovery is uncertain, noting the wound’s similarity to the McKinley case and risk of peritonitis. no Indiana hospital has a comparable record.
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Edward Bishop
Elzen Bennett
McKinley
City Faces Cash Gap and Revenue Plan Says Mayor
The mayor warns of a thin cash balance around 25 000 and outlines a plan to raise 45 000 monthly through licenses and taxes to cover operating costs. He stresses no bonds or new loans and urges timely payments from licensees and shopkeepers to avoid deficits.
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Rmmayor
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