Joint Session Records Frustrate Early Lawmaking Effort
A report from a Friday joint session details Gov. Nye’s address read to the assembly amid applause for reforms and anti trust stances. Republicans pushed bills on county bonds for new courthouses, two thirds vote appeals, and a state building board. The senate showed interest in street railways, county fee laws, and a regulated building loan act with penalties, effective after March 17, 1897.
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Gov. Nye
Senate
House
Reynolds
Wayne
Nicholson
Committee On
Thomas
Bush
Nye
LaFollette
Hubbell
Leich
O'Brien
Tim Griffin
Loan Association
Newby
Prisoner Dalton's Suicide Attempts Spark Sheriff Doubts
Dalton, a colored prisoner recently convicted of bicycle theft and given a year, seems to feign insanity. He tried hanging with blanket strips and headbutted walls after threats to jump from a jail balcony, while a cellmate intervened. A note to his wife hints at farewell plans as the sheriff questions the act.
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Morris Dalton
Dalton
Dayton
Nellie
Dafton
Indy Area 36 Hour Forecast Ends Jan 9
Indianapolis and vicinity expect variable cloudiness with periods of light snow tonight into Friday morning. Little or no additional accumulation is anticipated. Friday night and Saturday will bring mostly cloudy skies with seasonably cold temperatures and a light breeze from the northwest. lows near 18 to 22, highs around 28 to 34.
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Indianapolis and Vicinity
Miners Riot Strikes Rutland Illinois Demand Settlement
Miners at Rutland Illinois threaten violence over alleged unjust weights while in dire hunger. Deputies armed with rifles guard the makeshift leadership as militiamen rush to the scene. District miners vow to burn offices and shaft buildings unless a settlement is reached by week’s end. townspeople flee as desolation spreads.
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Matt Coulson
Ihakes
Makes
Rutland
Ilinois
Panhandle
la Salle County
Woodford
Viewul Drilas
Sireator
la Salle
Spring Valley
Spain on its knees before the United States in crisis
A Madrid cable reports Spain faces a great political storm with war negotiations failing and bankruptcy looming within two months. The major Madrid papers have pulled Cuba correspondents as Weyler suppresses military misdeeds, while Canovas is said to bow to Cleveland under pressure.
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Spain
Joan
Spain and Cuba peace talks spark American mediation hopes
A Washington dispatch reports Secretary Olney urged Spain to offer concrete self government promises for Cuba linked with economic reforms. Cuban general Gomez sends seven terms for peace including recall of Weyler and local elections, plus a treaty guarantee with the United States.
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New York
U. P
Journal
Washington
Olney
Hannis Taylor
Madrid
Duke of Tetuan
Porto Rico
Cuba
Taylor
Duke of
America
Spain
Gomez
Maximo Gomez
Senor Sagasta
Junta
Gen. Weyler
United States
Cortes
Weyler
Senon Sagasta
Martinez Campos
Calleja Isasi
Pando
Ites
Centenarian Olmstead Meeds Dies at 102
Olmstead Meeds aged 102 died at his home 65 Dorman street at 11 o clock Thursday night. He leaves two living children Mrs Hall and Mrs Jones, 26 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. A lifelong Methodist, he was born in Carroll county Kentucky and married young. Funeral Sunday afternoon under Flanner Buchanan supervision.
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Olmstead Meeds
Dorman St
Meeds
Hall
Jones
Carroll County
Kentucky
Mr. Meeds
Methodist Church
Flanner & Buchanan
Death in the Water and Five Lost in Missouri Flood
A Missouri flood report from Plato describes Thomas Wilson and his daughter Mrs Kinnery with five children drowning after their wagon capsized in Prairie creek. Wilson and Mrs Kinnery reached shore while the children perished. Three bodies were recovered with more feared lost, and another man Daniel McGlornan drowned crossing Mill creek.
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ST. Louis
U. P
Plato
Texas County
Missouri
Thomas Wilson
Daniel McGlornan
Mill Creek
Woman pleads for sentence in libel case at Bailey court
In London, Lady Selina Scott and two men pleaded guilty to criminal libel against Earl Russell. The judge sentenced all three to eight months with hard labor. Lady Scott protested, exclaiming she was only a woman, as she left the dock repeating that her words were true.
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London
U. P
Old Bailey Court Room
Selina Scott
John Cockerton
William Aylott
Earl Russell
Hall
Cockerton and Aylott
Scott
Lady Scott
Cockerton
Aylott
Indiana House Leadership Battle Hints at Fairbanks Nomination
In the Indiana House, S. E. Nicholson's push for influence signals shifts toward leading the Republicans. Frank Littleton of Marion and Frank Roots of Connersville emerge as potential leaders, with Roots backing Fairbanks for U S senator. Murray Verner and Al Wishard maintain clout, while Kealing dominates district attorney prospects and Kercheval gains a revenue post. The ongoing senatorial price talk centers on hotel lobbies and discreet payments, with figures around 3000 discussed as indicative of influence and support.
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House
Coramon’aus
Frank Littleton
Marion
Roots
Frank Roots
Connersville
Fairbanks
U. S
Murray A. Verner
al. Wishard
Denison House
Wishard
Mr. Vernear
Jon Kealing
Kercheval
Keane Named Bishop Assistant at Pontifical Throne
Rome reports Bishop Keane formerly rector of the Catholic University in Washington has been nominated bishop assistant at the pontifical throne. He is expected to be stationed in Rome.
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Keane
Rome
U. P
Catholic University At
Washington
Pontifical Throne
Dustless Oats and Milling Goods Advertised Locally
Local listings advertise Janés Dustless Oats and Diadem Patent flour noted as strictly pure winter wheat flour suitable for pastry and bread. Sold by all grocers through Noblesville Milling Co. Also promoting Samuel G. Bartel as a practical architect and goods by Wim Bider at 88 Germania Ave Haughville.
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Noblesville, “Milling Co
Samuel G. Bartel
Germania-ave
Haughville Nd
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