republican politicians in indiana scarce during january odd year
L. W. Henley notes the absence of prominent Republicans in Indianapolis as the legislature opens in an odd January. Ed Fitzpatrick stands out as an exception among a sparse GOP presence with few faces in the statehouse or lobbies, while others drift, aided by a party reorganization push viewed skeptically by observers.
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L. W. Henley
Indianapolis
Ed Fitzpatrick
Supreme Court
Sid Conger
Emmet Branch
Frank Roberts
Statehouse
Baron” Rothschild
Miners Open 20th Convention in Indianapolis Crowd cheers Kern speech
About 1400 United Mine Workers delegates gathered in Indianapolis for their twentieth annual convention. John W Kern praised free speech and condemned the Gompers Mitchell Morrison verdicts, urging unity and majority rule, while welcomes and keys to the city and state were extended by local officials.
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United Mine Workers of America
John W. Kern
Indianapolis
Washington
Samuel M. Gompers
John Mitchell
Morrisson
American Federation of Labor
Kern
Fomline
DeMarme
Lewis
John J. Keegan
Central Labor Union
Keegan
Geavish
Day
Bookwalters
Kansas
Crate D. Bowen
Pfleger
Edgar Perkins
State Federation of Labor
Indiana
Perkins
John +. Kern
Great Labor Organization
Samuel Gompers
Morrison
Minere
Happy Weir Tor
President Roosevelts Brother Testifies In Panama Suit Probe
Douglas Robinson, brother-in-law of President Roosevelt, testifies before a federal grand jury in the Panama canal suits against the New York World and Indianapolis News. Key witnesses from World and Indianapolis News bureaus, plus Western Union official H F Taft, describe telegrams alleged to tie Delavan Smith to the scandal. Government seeks telegrams showing signed messages from the New York World to the Indianapolis News.
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Washington
Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
Federal Grand Jury
District of Columbian
New York World
Indianapolis News
Baker
Robinson
H. F. Taft
Panama
The
Western Union
Grand Jury
Strange medical fraternity revealed among Chicago physicians
A Chicago physician report details the Ustion Fraternity a secret medical group with 1 year standing in which prominent doctors study autopsy cremation and body dissection. Chapters exist in New York Philadelphia Boston and other eastern cities.
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Chicago
Ustion Fraternity
Lake Park Avenue
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Hahnemann College
Harmony Reed Endorsed Amid City Party Chair Fight
Harmony Reed of the Democratic City Party faces internal contention as a ward marshal race and chairmanship dispute emerges from a meeting at the hotel Friday night with factions endorsing a felonious candidate.
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Harmony Reed
Democratsn City
Pourth
Ward Marshall
Moneyless man takes deadly acid in Indianapolis home
Louis Kalb aged 55 committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid Tuesday morning at 1002% JB Washington street. His body was found around 10 o clock after being dead several hours. Kalb was a roomer, out of work, penniless, with cancelled checks showing summer spending. Despondent tenants recalled warnings he might take his own life. He leaves two brothers in Indianapolis.
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Louis Kath
Washington Street
Kalb
Indianapolis
Kroll Seeks Democratic Nomination for Mayor
William F. Kroll campaigns for mayor backed by many friends. He spent 12 years with the American Baking Co and was half owner of a theater prior to owning a grocery at 160 Geisendorf Street. He ran well for the Democratic nomination for representative last May.
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William FE. Kroll
American Baking Company
Téat-Yéata
Geisendorf Street
Edward E Gates Qued For Divorce Cruelty Charged
Five divorce petitions filed within three hours. Helen Gates of 1803 N Delaware St and 180 N Delaware St says Edward abused her and they have not lived as husband and wife since October. She seeks alimony child support for Virginia Edward and Elizabeth and maintenance for their education. Other pairs listed include Sylvia and Arthur Johnson James and Bessie Willard Nora and Albert Wiect and Anna and Sumner K Jones.
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Delaware Street
Edward E. Gates
Virginia
Edward
Elizabeth
Sylvia
Arthur Johnson
James
Bessie A. Willard
Nora
Albert Wiect
Anna
Sumner K. Jones
Democrats Celebrate First U S Senator Election in 16 Years
Speaker Honan hailed Tuesday as Democratic jubilee day as lawmakers finally participate in the election of a Democratic United States senator. The house opened at 10 30 with prayers and a brief recess to witness the Senate's first step in choosing Shively, as reads from the new gavel and ceremonial start.
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Honan
United States
C. W. Whitman
Trinity M. E. Church
Senate
Shively
Fires In Three States Kill And Displace Dozens
New York reports frigid weather and a fatal fire at 301 E Eighty fifth Street leaving Mrs Ray Freedman dead and her husband badly burned as 40 families lose homes and 12 are left homeless in freezing conditions. In Bridgeport C L Mead and his daughter Sarah die in a house fire at 830 Colorado Avenue caused by a furnace blaze. London Ontario sees Globe Casket factory destroyed and two small houses with over 200000 dollars in losses after a 15 hour blaze.
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New York
Ray Freedman
E. Eighty-fifth Street
Robert
Bridgeport
Conn
C. L. Mead
Sarah Mead
Colorado Avenue
London
Ont
Globe Casket Company
Hammond and Gary in Superior Court Fight
Senator Bowser proposes a bill to create a new superior court in Gary Indiana. The clash centers on Hammond and Gary with Hammond backing a separate bill for a court at Hammond. Gary residents accuse Hammond supporters of underhand methods in seeking a southern legislator to sponsor the Hammond proposal.
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Hammond
Gary
Bowser
Ind
Garrard
Vincennes
Senator Cox Proposes Jury System Reform Bill 120
Senator Cox outlines a bill to overhaul juries and grand juries by drawing grand juries from a 50 name box with twelve names drawn and six eligible for court appointment to vacancies. The measure also changes civil jury vacancies by drawing from the jury box unless both sides consent to court appointments. Senator Moore also introduces a primary election law amendment.
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Cox
Moore
Highwayman on Trial in Criminal Court
Abe Franklin, a man described in the report as a negro, was tried on a highway robbery charge. He and his brother John, with Will and James Summers, alleged accomplices, are accused of robbing William Rickman of 96 dollars in Norwood on Labor Day night. The four are said to have attacked Rickman in two teams.
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Abe Franklin
Franklin
John
Will
James Summers
William Rickman
Norwood
Rickman
Senate hires expand payroll amid Republican move
The senate increases its payroll by adding unnamed employees in a party driven action. The resolution, dated Monday, adds three positions including a clerk and a telephone clerk to the force.
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Senate
Mondey
Roosevelt backs California anti Japanese legislation stance
President Roosevelt plans to take an active role in California's anti Japanese measures, with Gov. Willett releasing a statement and a Washington letter urging no progress until discussions occur. The Drew measure limits aliens to seven years of property ownership, amid White House concern over tensions with Japan.
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Sacramento
Cal
Roosevelt
California
Willett
Washington
James M. Gillett
Theodore Roosevelt
J. N. Gillett
White House
Gov. Gillett
United States
Japan
Pretty Wife Readies Marriage As Denver Man Is Named
William R. Wales is held in a matrimonial tangle after swindler H. S. Manley swindled Mrs. Mary Gregory of 1000 dollars. A young woman claims to be Wales wife while detectives learn Wales already has a wife in Denver. Wales says marriage occurred in Birmingham and Manley arranged the transaction.
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William R. Wales
H. S. Manley
Mary Gregory
Wales
Lafayette Street
Denver
Col
Houser and
Dugan
Bray
Birmingham
Ala
Manley
Pritchard Executes Suspended Sentence for Kelso
Jack Kelso received six months in the workhouse for failing to pay $7 after delivering coal for Barrett Coal. The court had suspended the sentence months earlier, and Judge Pritchard carried out the suspension when Kelso appeared Tuesday.
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Jack Kelso
Kelso
Barrett Coal Company
Pritchard
President Adds Capt Henry H Allen to Official List
Washington January 1 The president has added the name of Capt Henry H Allen of an eben to the list. The announcement names Allen in the official roster, marking a recognition or posting in the administration records.
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Washington
Capt
Henry H. Allen
Mother Helps Police in Search for Suspect Son
Mrs. Jennie Anderson reports her son Fred Knickertocker aged about ? robbed her home of 23 dollars and took 15 dollars from a roomer. She aided officers Simon and Gibney by giving a description but he eluded pursuit. He visits for meals but lives with sisters on Indiana avenue.
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Jennie Anderson
S. West Street
Simon and
Gibney
Indiana Avenue
Clerk Fails in Attempt on General Auditor Kropp
In Chattanooga Tennessee on a January morning Henry J. Birdsong a clerk in the Southern Express company auditor's office tried to kill General Auditor Henry A. Kropp. After a dispute they exchanged words Birdsong fired twice at close range both shots struck Kropp's clothing. He then seized Kropp's revolver and beat him severely about the head.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Henry J. Birdsong
Southern Express Company
Henry A. Kropp
Birdsong
Kropp
Judge Anderson Rot on Hand for Owl Case
United States District Judge Anderson of Indianapolis is to arrive in Chicago today for a case involving an owl. The fragment notes a courthouse proceeding and mentions rotation or rot on the hand in relation to the Owl case.
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Judge Anderson
Chicago
United” States
Anderson
Indianapolis
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