Indiana House Debates Direct Senate Elections and Local Bills
The Indiana House passed a concurrent resolution for direct election of U S senators by the people amid heavy party division. A county reform measure and various bills on taxes, bailiffs, and education were advanced or printed for next steps while others were shelved. The session also considered a Saturday adjournment, and committees reported on fisheries, highways, and schools as lawmakers pressed reforms.
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Green
Reser
Tippecanoe
United States
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Judiciary Committee
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Fisheries and Game
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Sweeney
Hogate’s
Gwin
Guide Post
Committee On Military Affairs
Wood
Nusbaum
Ryan
Joss
Stilwell
Stroup
Osborne
Shea
Pigeon Roost
Ind
Burns
Northern Hospital
Senate
Dingley Death Triggers Anglo American Commission Vacancy
The death of Representative Dingley creates a vacancy on the Anglo American commission. The president is expected to fill the post quickly. James A. Tawney of Minnesota is urged for the appointment, with Payne of New York, Hopkins of Illinois, and Boutelle of Maine also suggested.
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Washington
Dingley
Anglo-American Commission
Jas
A. Tawney
Minnesota
Payne
New York
Hopkins
Illnois
Boutelle
Maine
Indianapolis Weather Forecast for 36 Hours
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for fair weather with warmth returning. Wednesday night expected to be fair and warmer, with Thursday also fair. Temperature readings show 7 am at 24, noon on Wednesday at 2, and 2 pm at 24.
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Indianapolis
Ratification supporters forecast treaty approval
In Washington on January 18 advocates of the peace treaty report a Senate tally of 64 in favor, 26 against, with 10 doubtful. They expect enough votes from the doubtful column to secure ratification.
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Washington
Senate
Bryan speech survives platform collapse in Denver
Col W J Bryan continued his address after the platform fell during his talk in Denver on Tuesday night. About 300 citizens fell with the wreck but no bones were broken. Bryan defended Cuba’s freedom and denounced conquest in the Philippines, citing Naboth to oppose war and intervention.
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Col
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Teller
Congress
Cuba
Naboth
Hopeful mayor engages tugs to seek missing yacht Paul Jones
Mobile reports Mayor Taggart wired from Mobile that he hopes to locate the missing yacht Paul Jones. The vessel carried his daughter and may be disabled in a shallow Gulf area or stranded awaiting aid. Tugs have been chartered, with crews patrolling the gulf and a chance the yacht lies near the Chaundeleur islands or in Pass a Loutre region.
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Taggart
Mobile
Ala
Gulf
Paul Jones
Chandeleur Islands
Mystery of Rose Wallace Abduction Sparks Wealth Plot In Chicago
Chicago lines reveal Rose Wallace from Evansville married to George Gagnia after tales of rich inheritance. Gagnia, now in a witness cell, remains under scrutiny as Rose’s sister Gertrude clings to her diamonds story. Gagnia asserts Rose got the money, while he doubts the Wallace fortune claims.
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Rose
Gertrude
Gagnia
Wallace
Smallpox Panic in Havana Camp as Vaccine Arrives
In Havana on January 18 semi panic grips the camp of the first Indiana. Private Jacob Dexter is dead and Private Alonzo Graham is in serious condition. The delayed vaccine virus has arrived and surgeons vaccinate the men. Maj Harald McGrew of Indianapolis leaves for home Wednesday with calentura a fever causing a urge to jump into water.
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Jacob Dexter
Alonzo Graham
Maj
Harald McGrew
Indianapolis
Will Alger Quit
Washington rumor mill questions Secretary Alger's cabinet future after his absence from a Tuesday meeting. Official word states he did not attend due to his daughter's illness. Alger reportedly has no plan to retire from the cabinet during the current administration.
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Alger
Pike
New York
Manila
Wealthy Rose Gagnia tale shocks Evansville readers
A Evansville report traces the Rose Wallace fraud plot to Chicago involving forged letters from bank presidents and attorneys. It debunks claims of a California mine fortune left by a father and calls the tale a design to fool a naive woman. No Wallace fortune exists locally and key names are not known to residents.
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F. J. Reitz
First National Bank
P. Gillet
Citizens’ National Bank
Alexander Gilchrist
Wallace
Evansville
Mr. Smith
Librarian of Congress Vacancy Likely Delayed
Washington, Gan August 18 The Librarian of Congress post left vacant by the death of John Russell Young will not be filled for several days. The president values the office and will choose cautiously. The salary is 6000 dollars per year and the position is essentially a life job. Reports that Secretary J Addison Porter is a candidate are false. Porter will stay as secretary to the president.
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Washington
Gan
Congress
John Russell Young
J. Addison Porter
Porter
Depew Declared Elected U S Senator in Albany
Chauncey M. Depew a Republican was declared elected to the United States Senate to succeed Edward Murphy Jr. at a joint session of the New York state legislature. Depew received 111 votes to Murphy's 83, with the ceremony lasting about three minutes.
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Albany
N. Y
Chauncey M. Depew
United States
Senate
Edward Murphy
Mr. Depew
Paul Jones Grave Location Lost in Paris Visit
Consul general Gowdy reports the grave of Paul Jones in Paris cannot be located ahead of the exposition. He sought to erect a monument on the site at Congressman Lan dis of Indiana's urging, but the grave's whereabouts remain unknown due to unclear markers and shifting records.
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Gowdy
Landis
Indiana
Paul Jones
Paul
Jones
England's blue laws spark curiosity abroad
London reports new England blue laws pale beside Ald England statutes. Three examples stand out: stealing more than a shilling from the queen's property may bring death or no punishment, a clergyman on a third Rubric violation faces life imprisonment, and a total abstinence society making the pledge a condition of membership becomes an illegal confederacy with seven years penal servitude.
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London
New England
Ald England
Air line railway revival promises faster cross country trip
From coast to coast Chicago. The project for an air line railway from New York to San Francisco has been revived. The line would shorten the distance from New York to Chicago by about 200 miles and from New York to San Francisco by about 600 miles with a proposed 48 hour trip between New York and San Francisco.
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Chicago
New York
San
Six Socialists Killed in Budapest Public Office Attack
At St Anna near Arad a mob attacked municipal offices after a socialist peasants club was suppressed. Gendarmes fired on the crowd, killing six and wounding sixteen on Tuesday.
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Budapest
Socialist Peasants’ Club
St. Anna
Arad
Mrs. Louisa Brown Dies of Pneumonia at 50
Mrs. Louisa Brown dies at her home of 2522 College Avenue from pneumonia at age 50. Her husband died last October. She leaves two sons and one other relative or beneficiary, as indicated by the obituary fragment.
Logansport Traction Firm Wins 50Year Electric Line Franchise
County commissioners grant a 50 year franchise to Logansport traction company to build the Indianapolis Frankfort & Logansport electric railway on the west side of the Michigan road to the county line. Passenger rates set at one cent per mile and freight rates 50 percent below railroad charges. Construction must begin by Sept 1 1899 and cars operating to the county line by Sept 1 1901. The line will use the old road bed with rails 12 feet apart from the center. Ties extend 18 inches from rail toward center. The route requires cutting two deep hills by White River at Belleview, raising power and cost considerations.
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Logansport Traction Company
Indianapolis, Frankfort
Logansport
Marott
Traction Company
White River
Belleview
Crush for Mansfield at English's opera house
A queue of about 60 people formed Wednesday outside English's hotel awaiting Richard Mansfield's engagement sale. Tickets are limited to ten per person and the box office closes at 10 p.m. Wednesday. The line, consisting mainly of town workers, plans to endure the wait before sales begin Thursday at 9 a.m.
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English
Opera House
Richard Mansfield
Miss Trydia Herron Dies. Noted Soprano Passes Away
Miss Trydia W. Herron died Tuesday at her father's home from heart disease after two years of illness. She led the Second Presbyterian church choir for several years and was a key member of the Matinee musicale. Rev. J. A. Milburn to conduct funeral at 1402 West Alabama Street Thursday afternoon.
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Frederick M. Herron
Miss Herron
Second Presbyterian Church
J. A. Milburn
Alabama St
Power to Sell New Canal Project at Whirlpool Rapids
Niagara Falls January 18 New York and Buffalo men form a company to develop Whirlpool rapids power by a canal alongside the gorge tracks. The 350 foot long 10 foot wide canal begins 300 feet below the lower arch and will deliver 35 000 horsepower with 44 feet head to an electrical station at the whirlpool. Estimated cost is 2 000 000 dollars.
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N. Y
New York
Buffalo
Jury awards $2,080 to Indianapolis water suit plaintiff
A jury verdict awarded plaintiff Cynthia Butsch $2,080 in the case against the Indianapolis Water Company. The suit sought the contract price for water supplied to an ice pond near the canal.
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Indianapolis Water Company
Cynthia Butsch
Sudden Death of Ellen Jordan at Insane Hospital
Coroner called Wednesday to the death of Ellen Jordan, 56, at the insane hospital. She had suffered from consumption for some time, but death was sudden and caused by rupture of a lung cavity. Mildly insane since 1852 and deemed incurable. Relatives reside in Park.
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Park County
Engine houses leak in Haughville and Brightwood
The Board of Safety warns Architect L H Gibson about defective roofs at the new engine houses in Haughville and Brightwood built under Ford Smock. Fire chief says roofs leak badly during heavy rains, and the structures are not yet a year old.
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L. H. Gibson
Haughville
Brightwood
Ford Smock
Traugott Pays Fines After Sheriff's Deputies Action
Traugott Jouls, barrel-house keeper and deputy sheriff, was arrested by Judge Cox on charges of collecting fines from two women and not paying them. He paid the fines and costs totaling 70 dollars to the city clerk Tuesday afternoon, with a warning to settle by Tuesday night or face consequences.
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Jouls Traugott
Cox
Fer a Good 10¢ Smoke Etry a Pre Bene Cigar at te
A brief line from a historical newspaper item notes a promotion or listing for a 10 cent smoke tasting or sample cigar under the brand Pre Bene Cigar, describing an affordable offer available at a tobacconist or store display.
Washington House clash over gold standard and personal assaults
In a January House session, Cannon and Hepburn sparred over the gold standard report as insults flew and fists were shaken. Speaker Reed urged decorum while Zane and Bailey clashed on information requests. A Senate reading praised the Alaska overland reindeer expedition with recommendations for thanks and medals.
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Rho Cannon
Hepburn
United Senate
Ilinois
Congress
Cannon
Reed
Negro and knife cut man in Indiana Avenue store
Bert Taylor, a colored man, is held on suspicion of murder after allegedly stabbing Jacob Nerenberg, a second hand clothing dealer at 334 Indiana Ave. Nerenberg was found with a stab wound to the lung and head injuries. Taylor and Clarence Able, both described as colored, confronted Nerenberg after attempting to buy trousers, then fled with a knife found nearby. Able escaped, Taylor captured. Police claim the knife is Taylor's and will tie him to the stabbing. Able had recently returned a diamond brooch to police and was praised.
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Pawlie
Jacob Nerenberg
Indiana Ave
Taylor
Clarence Able
Nerenberg
Freming
Schroeder
Hauser
Able
Nerenberg Place
Happy Jack and Roosevelt ties in New York politics
Former Roughriders and weight champion Hap of Arizona seeks a role with Gov. Roosevelt in New York politics. Roosevelt declines to back him but secures a place for a supporter on the New York Cen rail project. Happy Jack expresses satisfaction with his arrangement as the Albany report notes.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Hap
Arizona
Jack
Roosevelt Refu
New York
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