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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
1
Senate set to vote on La Follette’s railway hours bill this afternoon with amendments pending. The 43 hour case prompted Beveridge to demand the road involved, while La Follette cited accidents before presenting a broad endorsement by railway employee groups.
Heal Bros plastering boasts top work from Room 230 Knights of Pythias building. List includes new pianos priced at 165 dollars and mentions Wulschnera. Local addresses New 1828 Main 6065 appear in the ad as contact points.
Notes on city life include renaming Hercules Electric company, roads in poor condition delaying farmers, a fire station heating plant finally running, and civic chatter. A YMCA night school program featured Frank Bowers and others. Lively anecdotes cover a mounted officer’s rope and a streetcar backward alightings incident.
Lodz dispatch reports Col. Andrieff chief of gendarmes assassinated with a revolver. The killer fled. The same day Gen. Pavloff was killed in St. Petersburg by terrorists. Officials fear attacks may target army leaders and czarist officials as terror campaign widens.
In St. Petersburg on January 10, Czar Nicholas lives in a state of total collapse amid rising terrorist acts and unchecked assassinations. The latest blow is the murder of Colonel Andrieff in Lodz, highlighting the volatile climate and threat to imperial safety.
Reports from Arvika Mellerud and Stromstad Sweden describe two shocks at 10 30 am causing residents to flee. Christiania Norway reports two severe shocks at 10 0 am with telegrams confirming other towns felt tremors and no damage recorded. Yekaterinburg Russia also reports two early morning shocks.
Earl Burgess a senior and editor of the Wednesday Echo at Shortridge High School is found dead from gas exposure in his room. He had recently moved to College avenue and planned to work through college, with no known note or message for relatives. Local bicyclemen confirm suicide theory amid details of a stuffed keyhole and gas pipe.
A briefing of Gov. Hanly's message emphasizes mutual trust between legislature and governor, notes state finances are solid, and outlines key reforms. It calls for a $2 million cap on specific appropriations, $800k foreign debt, and restoring sinking fund levies. It details past alleged defalcations, delinquent collections, and proposes an executive accountant, separate insurance department, stronger railroad and tax oversight, and anti-lobbying laws. It also supports tuberculosis care, two cent rail fare, inheritance tax, direct Senate elections, primary law, and broader anti-trust powers, urging abolition of the death penalty and life imprisonment instead.
Snow and rising temperatures forecast overnight Thursday into Friday with snow or rain. Sunrise is 7 07 and sunset 4 39. TEMPERATURE remains to be specified.
The document lists leadership roles in the Indiana General Assembly including Speaker-Representative branch Martinsville Republicans with Ellicott as Caucus Chairman. Chief Clerk W S Hastings Washington Assistant Clerk Leo Fessler Indianapolis Chief Doorkeeper Charles Wintrode Huntington Democratic Floor Leader Honan Seymour Democratic Caucus Chairman Sweeney Tell City President Pro Tem Fremont Goodwine Williamsport Republican Caucus Chairman John Farber Frankfort Chief Secretary Julian Hogate Danville Assistant Clerk Charles Lane Fort Wayne Chief Doorkeeper Oliver Jones Muncie Democratic Floor Leader Carl Wood Seymour Democratic Caucus Chairman Tyndall Decatur.
Indiana lawmakers opened the 40 000 word governor s message readings as Emmett F Branch won the speakership 53 to 47 over Thomas Honan in a straight party vote. Branch thanked the body and pledged a people oriented, not party driven, approach. Speaker designate Branch addressed economy and square dealing, with remarks recalling 1825 beginnings and inviting grievances to be aired.
Emmet Forest Branch, 22 years old, born in Martinsville, married with one child, trained in Martinsville public schools and Indiana University. A lawyer and business leader, he heads Branch Grain and Seed Co, serves as vice-president of Bradley Brick Co, presides over Martinsville Athletic Club, and belongs to several clubs. A Shriner and major in the Indiana National Guard, he fought as captain in the Spanish American War and first served in the legislature 20 years ago as a page. He also delivered nominating speeches for Senator Charles W. Fairbanks and J. Ham(en)way.
Capt Emmett F Branch a veteran soldier and lawyer is chosen speaker of the house in the eighty-fifth generation assembly. He is famed for whistling and acting with past performances in Irving Kendall plays. Known as Son to Martinsville residents Forest Branch is a nickname.
Indianapolis reports that chief doorkeeper Charles Wintrode of Huntington and Judge David Myers of the appellate court administered the sixth to legislators. A committee was named to invite the senate to convene with the house at 10 30 p m to hear the Gov Hanly message. Speaker Branch said he would not announce house committee makeup before Friday.
Lieutenant Governor Hugh T Miller opens the sixty fifth Indiana General Assembly with a brief address as Rev William Henry Bock gives thanks and blessings. Forty seven senators present while Senator John Parks is absent ill with pneumonia. Miller notes pride in past work and signals forthcoming amendments and possible repeals.
Goshen Indiana court records report Lewis Fuller found guilty of first degree murder for shooting his sleeping wife on New Year’s Eve. After six hours of deliberation, the jury sentenced him to life in the penitentiary. Prosecutor Thomas R. Marshall denounced the defendant as the accused broke down, and witnesses described the night’s events before police linked two suspects to related robberies around East and Michigan streets.
Mrs Maggie Duffs of 8638 North Emerson Avenue Irvington was carried home by Ambulance Surgeon Dr John Reeves and Dr McElroy after her ambulance sank in mud with horses down to their stomachs. She had four fractured ribs last year and poor health, returning from a city dispensary visit when the wagon bogged down on Washington street near Dr Webb’s office and required hours to extract. Grant Clay a dental maker then appears in the notice.
Detectives Kruger and Lagcaster captured Charles Penniston 21 and George Penniston 19, part of a gang tied to multiple city burglaries. They confessed to breaking into Superior Sheet Metal plant at 2031 Roosevelt Ave and Kellenberger’s Candy Store at 749 Massachusetts Ave, among others. They claimed prior entry into Charles Garrard Coal Co at 732 E North St stealing 1500 cartridges. They described how they forced safes and offices, aiding a broader investigation.
An advertisement touts a National Restaurant favored by top epicures, claiming top quality meals. It highlights locations at 38 and 40 Circle Street as premier dining options for discerning patrons.
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