Indiana jail system condemned by state charity head
Amos Butler reports alarming overcrowding and tramp boarding in Indiana jails for the year ending Oct 31 1901. Vigo, Grant and Madison jails are flagged for inhumane conditions and pollution, with counts showing widespread overcrowding and use as tramp housing at public expense.
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Amos Butler
State Board of Charities
Vigo
Grant
Madison
Grant County
Madison County
Tippecanoe County
Cass
Johnson
Lake
Decatur
Miami
Jay
Orange
Knox
Floyd
Warren
Owen
Lawrence
Delaware
DeKalb
White
Indiana
Hagland
Butler
Marion County
Union County
Brown County
Franklin
Vigo County
Vanderburg
Bridge Opening Aids Children Near Washington Street
The Board of Works ordered Sheldon Street opened across the Belt tracks and a bridge built over the state ditch to connect Washington Street School students living north of the tracks with school. Valley Ave will also be opened under the Big Four tracks creating a crossing where none exists between Rural and Nevada Streets. Petitions from Negley and local committees show broad neighborhood support for both projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon-St
Board of Works
State Ditch
Washington-st
Valleyave
Nevada Sts
Negley
Gloomy forecast by Health Secretary on smallpox spread
Health Secretary Hurty warned smallpox will reach 80 percent of non immune individuals. A suspected case was reported in Cumberland involving a 4 year old girl whose family had exposure near Palestine Shelby County. Dr Ridpath assisted in diagnosis. Cumberland lies near Irvington on the National Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurty
State Health Board
Cumberland
Ridpath
J. H. Groff
Frank Boon
Palestine
Shelby County
Irvington
Wynne Faces Double Load Over City Lighting Funds
The Indianapolis light and power official and council finance chair Wynne sees overrun of electric light funds by about 1100 dollars. The Board of Works halted further placing of 75 lights, leaving about a dozen uninstalled while a missing map of current and needed lights is being reconstructed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wynne
Indianapolis Light and Power Company
Council
Board of Works
Indy Area 36 Hour Forecast For Jan 4
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 3 a. m. Friday shows fair and continued cold conditions with a likely warmer spell by Sunday. Early readings include 14 at 7 a.m., 19 at noon, and 20 at 2 p.m. Winds from the northwest remain cold then shift to variable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Son of Missing Woman petitions guardian removal
John Flynn son of Margaret Flynn who vanished about a year ago reappears and files a petition to remove Mar'on Trust Company as guardian of his mother's estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flynn
Margaret Flynn
Mar‘on Trust Company
Police Seek William Finn in Indianapolis as Mother Dies
Police are asked to locate William F. Finn in Indianapolis where his mother is dying in Cambridge City. The request comes amid a family emergency and a potential probate or guardianship situation.
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William .F. Finn
Indianapolis
Cambridge City
Lighting bill sparks Board of Safety confrontation
The Board of Safety grilled Market Master Shufelton over December lighting costs at Tomlinson Hall totaling 560 dollars, the highest on record. A letter to the Board of Works was directed urging lightings cuts, and to the Police Superintendent to trim the police station bill to 269.20 for December.
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Board of Safety
Tomlinson Hall
Shufelton
Board of Works
Tomlinson Havi
Police Taffe
Mutilated body may be identified
Engineer John Ryan said a colored man asked for a ride to Indianapolis to see his ill mother. The body found near Kentucky avenue at the Big Four crossing was ground to pieces. no hat or head remained, clothes shredded beyond recognition, complicating identification by relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ryan
Lexington Ave
Kentucky-ave
Lebanon
Indianapolis
Ryan
Indiana College Oratorical Association Meet Held
A meeting of the College Oratorical Association of Indiana gathered in Denison parlors on Friday afternoon to arrange preliminaries for the contest in Tomlinson hall on February 7. Delegates attended from Hanover Wabash DePauw Butler Franklin and Wealnham. Xen Edwards says DePauw with Beveridge as a top orator has strong first place prospects. Oscar Devers is their representative. F Gibony will represent Hanover and H Masterson, treasurer, expects the group to beat other Indiana schools. Butter will be represented by San Offut of Greenfield. Other contestants have not yet been chosen.
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College Oratorical Association of Indiana
Denison
Tomlinson Hall
Hanover
Wabash
DePauw
Butler
Franklin
Oscar Devers
F. Gibony
H. Masterson
Association
Indiana
San Offut
Greenfield
Walla Walla Wreck Reported Off Mendocino Coast
Wreck of the steamer Walla Walla near Cape Mendocino reportedly leaves 40 to 100 lives lost with 60 rescued at Eureka and Trinidad. Ship owned by Goodsell Perkins & Co, built 1881, carrying 64 passengers and 74 crew on route from San Francisco to northern ports. cargo valued at 21261 dollars.
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Frisco
Cape Mendocino
Eureka
San Francisco
Trinidad
Call
Walla Walla
British Columbia
Chester
Perkins
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Walle Walla
Susie Fortner dies after self poisoning in Indiana home
Susie K Fortner a bride of five days dies at her father’s home on the Huggins pike near Indianapolis from a self administered dose of rough on rats. Fortner had married Susie last Sunday to escape prosecution on a fraudulent marriage charge and is jailed for that deception. She died Thursday night after unsuccessful rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie K. Fortner
Huggins Pike
Indianapolis
Susie K. Postma
Clarence Fortner
Fortner
Neat Scheme of Charity Workers Publication
A booklet titled Facts from the Charity Organization Society is issued with a detachable mailing card for subscriptions. It presents stories from last year’s work to prepare readers to donate, and praises recipients who have benefited from the society’s aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charity Organization Society
Peo Ple
Denny in courtroom clash over saloon persecution claim
Deputy-prosecutor Benedict accuses ex Mayor Denny of using police to persecute saloon-keepers during his term. Denny defends his actions as duty and attacks the sweating system as un American while defending Harris accused of burglary. Detective Asch testifies about repeated arrests linked to the case.
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Benedict
Denny
Earl Harris
Harris
Indianapolis
Asch
Policy Raid Nets Two Policy Rooms and Arrests
Detectives Morgan Colbert and Hauser acting on Mayor Bookwalter's order raided policy rings. At 10 North West Street they arrested Geo Bohn the Kissel policy boss and seized paraphernalia. A second raid at Phil Watts saloon led to Tom Dawson arrest and another policy outfit seized. Dawson alleged to run Jim Ross policy.
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Geo. Bohn
Tom Dawson
Morgan, Colbert
Hauser
Bookwalter
N. West St
Bohn
Phil Watt
Dawson
Jim Ross
Smallpox at City Hospital Shows Fast Recovery
Elmer Dunn assistant engineer at City Hospital fully recovered from smallpox with a single nose scar. Nurse Miss Mary McCarty who carried the contagion to the pesthouse is reported safe and improving. Eleven patients remain in the pest house with one death among Dr Schencks sixty treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Dunn
City Hospital
Jobes
Mary Mc Carty
Miss McCarty
Indianapolis
Legal clash over Twenty-ninth Street opening
H L Hewitt of North Indianapolis brake works and Mohawk cycle company says he will fight the opening of Twenty-ninth Street as property owner. He has filed protest blanks with the Board of Works and warned of legal action if needed. Mayor Bookwalter promised the board to review the ground. The old board closed the street and Hewitt acquired the land for $200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Hewitt
Indianapolis
Bookwalter
Board of Works
Hewitt
James White Held On Robbery Charge In Neighborhood
James White, described as a mulatto with a red mustache, is in the lockup and will be tried in a police court in a few days for the alleged robbery of Cary Crawford of 16 dollars near 905 St. Peter Street on Thanksgiving evening. Crawford says White assaulted him and took the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James White
Cary Crawford
St. Peter St
Crawford
White
Democratic State Committee Chosen in Districts
The new Democratic state committee chosen Thursday names 13 district committeemen led by J. J. Nolan Evansville and J. Fred France Huntington. They will meet in Indianapolis next Wednesday to elect a chairman and secretary as factions vie for state leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic State Committee
J. J. Nolan
Evansville
G. H. Hendren
Bloomfield
James R. Duffin
English
Lincoln Dixon
North Vernon
J. G. McNutt
Terre Haute
J. D. McGee
Rushville
Joseph T. Panning
Indianapolis
D. A. AY. Adair
Portland
A. T. Live
Stephen B. Fleming
Fort Wayne
U. S. Jackson
John W.wern
Gilbert Hendren
J. R. Dustin
Public Horsewhipping Planned as Paoli Grows Excited
Miss Eva Miller, a Saltillo clerk, prepared to publicly whip Dr C D Driscoll in Paoli Indiana after accusing him of cruelty to family. Driscoll resisted arrest with two drawn revolvers as the town fire bell rang, creating intense excitement.
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Eva. Miller
Paoli
Ind
Eva Miller
C. D. Driscol
Driscoll
Whipped: Father Fined and Jailed for Belt Beating Daughter
Police court heard Chimes Flugely a strong man with a belt beat his 11 year old daughter Mayme over alleged infidelity by her mother. Acting judge Donneway sentenced Flugely to 50 dollar fine and 30 days jail for lacerations on her back and cuts on her fingers. The incident occurred at his home on Alvord street with the mother living nearby.
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Buckie
Donneway
Mayme
Alvord-st
Lewis-st
Nolice Station
Joyce Hails New Juvenile System Of Justice
Children's guardian officer William Joyce says the last year showed clear improvements in his department. He cites new methods for juvenile cases and separating offenders in police court with measured personal chastisement as cutting arrests and easing his workload. Judge Stubbs endorses the system.
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Children's Guardian
William Joyce
Joyce
Stubbs
Hoodoo for city as new engine houses lack plumbing and sewer
Fire-chief Coots warns the new engine houses lack plumbing and a sewer connections. The old board built the contracts with no approach fills or proper flues. Architect Scott Moores notes plumbing was not in specs due to no sewer. Board of safety may press Board of works to fix the issues promptly.
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Coots
Scott Moores
William Schoppenhorst
Board of Safety
Board of Works
County official ill at workhouse after New Year dinner
County commissioner Thomas Spafford, taken ill with vlcurisy at a workhouse dinner on New Year's Day, was reported improving on Friday after being carried home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Spafford
Earrlece
Rewards Given to Loyal City Workers
A portion of plum assignments appeared as rewards for city workers. On Friday morning the Board of Works distributed two items to Ward 9 including David Springer the rodman and J C Uhl the inspector and deputy clerk. Walter Durbin of Ward 11 was appointed an inspector and W C Allen of Ward 3 received a transitman post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Works
Ward
David Springer
Rodman
J. C. Uhl
Flagman on Barth Avenue Crosswalk Controversy
Councilman Meyer advocates keeping a flagman at Barth Avenue to safeguard Lincoln School children. The busy crossing near Shelby Street currently uses only one automated arm device operated by the flagman at Shelby Street, seen as a critical and dangerous pedestrian route in Ward 14.
Judge grants restraining order in McCammack divorce case
Friday Judge Carter issued a restraining order to stop Henry T. McCammack from withdrawing money deposited in several banks and trust companies. His wife Mary L. McCammack sues for divorce and seeks to prevent him from disposing of his property or money until the suit is resolved.
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Carter
Henry. T. McCammack
Mary’ L. McCammack
Navy Secretary Long Plans Exit From Cabinet
Washington reports on excellent authority that Secretary Long is arranging his private affairs with the aim of resigning from the cabinet within two months. The move comes after the Schley-Sampson controversy eased, removing prior pressure of leaving “under fire.”
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Washington
Long
Schley-Sampson
Imbrossio
Warden Probes Lewistown Reservoir Fish Die-off
State game warden Ruettinger received notice that thousands of fish died as Lewistown reservoir water dropped during a severe freeze. A Lake View dealer is alleged to be gathering fish for shipment to Chicago for sale, with some dead on arrival. Investigation to follow.
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Columbus
Ruettinger
Lewistown
Lake View
Chicago
Fearless wreck feared in Dutch harbor incident
From San Francisco the Alaskan dispatch reports the whaler Fearless wrecked in Dutch harbor on November 30 with no casualties confirmed. The brief note flags possible damage and ongoing search efforts by local authorities.
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San Francisco
Fearless
Harbor
Inspector Bartel Enticed by Smokeprevention Talk Invite
Building inspector Bartel will attend a Manufacturers' club meeting on Wednesday January 8 where the prevention of smoke is to be discussed. He warns that leniency in consumer questions will not stop suits and says he intends to go.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartel
Manufacturers’ Club
Dustless Oats Spotlight on Janes Feed Ad
Page seven advertisement notes Dustless Oats from Janes for horse feed. The Sun highlights the product with promotional tone and emphasis on its dustless quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUN
Name Of Avenue In Irvington Tied To Annexation Pilot
Irvington considers renaming a local avenue after James Serrr with an annexation ordinance. A plat shows a new town center with streets renamed to fit the plan. Town board meetings discuss annexation sentiment and the potential impact on about 500 voters.
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Irvington
Plan to fund Garfield Park shelter work outlined
A local report outlines a proposal to finish Garfield Park shelter work with funds from the city treasury and office fund. The plan includes 3800 from the fund and other allocations to complete the shelter house, with officials noting necessity and timing for the project.
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Garfield Park
Parks Power
Gar Fund
Nersee E. Eleven
Office
Func
Tini
Col
Safe Blowby Bank Heist Reported Near Lincoln
A brief, unclear OCR note references a safe blowby at a bank near Lincoln on Thursday night with mention of escape. No additional names or concrete details are readable.
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Lincoln
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