Pavey Turned on Gas to Die After Notes Left
The 72 year old Crate Pavey died by gas in his Indianapolis home after police broke in Thursday morning. A note to his widow described seeking rest with God and heaven with family, while another urged burial beside his first wife in Andrews Indiana. Pavey formerly practiced law in Andrews and was from Lexington Kentucky.
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Crate Pavey
S. Summit St
Charles Scott
Pavey
Andrews
Ind
Indianapolis
Lexington
Mary Pavey
Tam
Kitzmiller and Trimre
Burglars Steal Safe Box From Shoe Store
The shoe store of Otto Neerman at 739 Massachusetts Ave was broken into Wednesday night. Thieves pried a side window with an old ax, took the strong box from the safe and damaged it in a barn behind 938 N Priest, finding only old coins. Bicycle officers Sehlangen and Kadamacher recovered the box.
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Otto Neermen
Massachusetts Ave
N. Priest
Neerman
Sehlangen
Kadamacher
Little Sammy Rosenthal versus News Hireling in Police Court
Judge I C Whallon hears the case of Sammy Rosenthal a Sun newsie who says Mike Silk a hired bully for Indianapolis News snatched twenty Sun papers from his hands. Silk is fined one dollar and costs with an appeal bond of twenty five dollars provided by the News. The scene draws a crowd of newsboys who celebrate the ruling and hope for ongoing protection of their right to sell papers.
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Mike Silk
Sammy Rosenthal
Sammy
Silk
Indianapolis News
Indianapolis
the Sun
Big Mike Silk
Rioting Flares in Muncie Street Car Strike
Rioting resumed at 11 am as strike-breakers operated cars amid a mob of about 2000. Police, sheriff, and deputies failed to restrain the crowd, leading to cars withdrawn to barns and threats toward power stations. Gov. Hanly and Gen. Oran Perry discussed troop use while authorities brace for further clashes and possible mobilization.
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Indianapolis
Muncie
Ind
Indiana Union Traction Company
Horng
Mulperry
Marists
Oran Perry
Sutele
Traction Samp
Hanly
Oran Ferre
Harry Smith
Col. Smith
Munecle Wednaatay
Indianarolia
Infantry
Ashland-avteenth-st. Gov
Gen
Perr
Anly
New York Woman Blows Coin-Saved Stabbing Incident
Mrs Josephine Comensky struck Gussus in a dispute at their home. The blow drove a cartridge in his pocket into a coin, deterring lethal injury. Gussus and Comensky were hospitalized, both expected to recover. no arrest was made.
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New York
Josephine Comer
Gussus
Gassus
Vs. Comensky
Acnt
Prosecutor Rewards Ten Policemen With Cigars
Prosecutor Elliott R. Hooton and deputy Oren Hact distributed cigars to ten policemen during roll call on Wednesday night. Capt. Asch praised the officers and suspended some rules to allow the celebration after congratulating them on their efficient service.
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Elliott R. Hooton
Oren Hact
Capt
Asch
Fearful fate reported for Mount Royal steamer
Special to The Indianapolis Sun from St John New Brunswick reports anxiety over the Canadian Pacific steamer Mount Royal 25 days out of Antwerp with Capt Purcell and about 395 steerage passengers plus 80 crew. No sighting by any vessel in three weeks fuels fears she may have gone down.
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Mount Royal
ST. John, N. B
Antwerp
Ing
Canadian Pacific
Receivers Named for Seaboard Air Line Railway
Danville Virginia January 2 Judge Pritchard of the United States circuit court appoints S Davies Warfield and R Lancaster Williams receivers for the Seaboard Air Line railway company Fidelity and Deposit company of Baltimore to furnish bonds for them
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Danville, Va
Pritchard
United States Circuit Court
S. Davies Warfield
R. Lancaster Williams
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Baltimore
City Clerk Sets Fines Record With 1907 Total
City Clerk James McNulty reports record fines collected in 1907 totaling $70,407.30, surpassing 1905 figures. The prior record holder was William Fogarty, whose 1904 and 1905 collections were high for the era, though McNulty’s sums exceed those earlier totals.
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James McNulty
McNulty
William Fogarty
New Administrator Appointed for Welch Estate
Judge Merle N. A. Walker discharged Seth M. Riecereek as administrator of Johanna Welch’s estate. William F. Heinrichs was appointed in his place with funds involved totaling about 50 dollars.
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Seth M. Riecereek
Indianapolis
Johanna Welch
Merle N. A. Walker
William F. Heinrichs
Fire Department Reports Fewer Alarms in 1907 Than 1906
The annual fire department report records 1177 alarms in 1907, 33 fewer than 1906. Ninety five injuries occurred among residents and four firemen were hurt. Chief Coots says fire losses are down from last year.
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Coots
Judge Stubbs Hurt in Fall on Bench in Court Move
Judge George W. Stubbs of the juvenile court suffered injuries days ago after a fall while waiting for a car at the intersection of Pennsylvania and Washington streets. He went to the courthouse Thursday and remained on the bench all morning as his recovery continued.
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Stubbs
George W. Stubbs
Pennsylvania
Washington Sts
McGregor Helps Rival Friend in Second District Race
Henry W. Tielking, Republican candidate for commissioner in the Second district, is a personal friend of Commissioner John H. McGregor, intensifying the rivalry. Tielking began distributing candidacy cards at the county commissioners' office with McGregor assisting and introducing him to several people.
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Henry W. Tielking
John H. McGregor
Fiedlking
MacGregor
Stork Delivers Two Newborns on New Year’s Day
On New Year’s Day the City Board of Health records two births. A boy arrived at Joseph H. Wildman and Mary Wildman’s home 2 Bloomington Street, and a girl was born to Arthur and Bessie Weland at 12577 McCarty Street.
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STORK
City Board of Health
Joh
Joseph H
Mary Wildman
Bloomington St
Arthur
Bessie Weland
McCarty-st
Lectures for Men With Ped dle Milk Peddlers in Indianapolis
A series of talks will be arranged soon to benefit dairymen whose milk products are sold in Indianapolis markets.
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Indianapolis
Whipple Named Paymaster General Succeeding Sniffen
Washington dispatch reports Paymaster General Carver C. Sniffen retired for age 64 yesterday. Cal. H. H. Whipple, currently assistant paymaster general, will take over and serve until 1913.
Good Road Advocate Thatcher Arrives in Indianapolis
C W Thatcher known as Good Road Thatcher arrived in Indianapolis in a prairie schooner pulled by two mules and a burro. He rode from Arcadia and stopped at Jack Christians roadhouse, praising road conditions and urging a coast to coast highway and a lakes to gulf route that would pass through Indianapolis.
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C. W. Thatcher
Thatcher
Indianapolis
Arcadia
Jack Christian
Lakes
Gulf
Trouble Rumored at Railway Camps
Alarming news of unrest among laborers at the Sunnyside railroad camp of W. F. Nugent & Brothers reached Sheriff Joe Clay after the foreman called for help. Discharged workers gathered, threatening to halt work over wage reductions 25 cents a day for laborers and 50 cents for engineers, prompting possible deputy involvement and warrants.
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W. F. Nugent & Brothers
Sunnyside
Clay
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