Mauzy’s Jewelry Store Robbed on Massachusetts Ave
Mauzy’s Jewelry on Massachusetts Avenue near Pennsylvania Street was robbed Monday night of about $800 in stock. The burglar broke a door panel and used a key to unlock the door, taking 24 silver watches, 12 solid gold bracelets, solid gold shirt studs, three dozen solid spoons, six quarter-carat diamond rings, and 130 silver rings. He avoided cheaper items and left plated hearts and many loose items. A wrench and chisel found nearby suggest a planned entry. The stock was not insured.
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Lon R. Mauzy
Massachusetts Ave
Pennsylvania St
Mauzy
Pesthouse Overcrowded as Smallpox Cases Grow
City faces shortage of space with 11 quarantines and daily costs around 45 dollars. A special council meeting may authorize 2500 dollars to build a 40-bed temporary pesthouse near the city hospital on frames and tents. Dr. Buehler warns funds are tight and more outbreaks loom.
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City Hospital
Locke St
W. ‘Renth-St
Buehler
Political Factional Struggle Shapes Indiana GOP District Meeting
At the Majestic the Indiana Republican district caucus opened with Goodrich favored for chairman as no rival appeared. Secretary and treasurer posts drew activity with Bigler in play though denying candidacy, while Beveridge and Fairbanks camps battled over control, under Governor Durbin’s quiet influence. Prospective candidates for attorney general lobbied amid talk of a Durbin U.S. Senate bid.
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Cus
Bigler
State Committee
Fairbanks
Beveridge
Durbin
Brown
District 13
McCoy
District 10
Lilly
District 8
United States
Statesman
Charley Hernly
Martin Fields
Princeton
Snow and Slush Hit East Market on Cold Tuesday
The east market faced cold slush and minimal coverage on a winter Tuesday. About a dozen vendors endured icy footing and melting snow, with customers missing staples as they ordered from home. One elderly vendor stood in a small canopy, hands blue and feet soaked while weighing produce. Dentist Joseph S. Goode relocated to 36 and 306 Newton Claypool Building.
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Joseph S. Goode
Newton Claypool
Grand Jury Ordered After Brightwood Man Fires At Wife
From police court Tuesday James Carney of 2061 Cooper street Brightwood was sent to the grand jury to answer a charge of shooting his wife with intent to kill. Mrs Carney, at the police station, grew ill from the excitement and was later taken home by City ambulance with a bullet wound in her arm and extreme nervousness. The family quarrel began Saturday evening when the son Joseph 16 earned 86 a week at Kingan and Co offered the wages to his mother, who refused. The father demanded the money and then fired a 22 calibre revolver at her missing the first shot, then shooting her in the arm as she fled to the yard.
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Buehler
Vale Martin
Missouri St
Evans
Pat Wilams
Indianapolis
Haas
James Carney
Cooper Sr
Brightwood
Carney
Joseph
Kingan & Co
10 Percent Off on Diamonds Watches and Jewelry
J F Mulally at 28 Monument Place advertises ten percent discounts on diamonds watches and jewelry. Telephone your ad to THE SUN at Cali 880.
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J. F. Mulally
Monument Place
the Sun
Cali
Widow seeks federal suit over Terre Haute lynching in 1901
The widow of George Ward, lynched and burned in Terre Haute on February 26, 1901, plans a civil rights suit in federal court with Illinois residence, naming Vigo county officials and bondsmen. Attorney General Taylor reportedly advised pursuing federal damages, reflecting a historic mob killing with photos and no sheriff indictments.
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George Ward
Terre Haute
Taycor
Illinois
Ward
Ida Finkelstein
Fasig
Vigo County
Ripley County
Policeman Fines for Policy Scheme and Disputed Lottery Sheets
William Nichols known as Barry Jones faces a 10 dollar fine in police court for operating a policy scheme. Detectives seized 349 and 26 lottery sheets, while an agreed statement reduced another fine to zero under the alias Jones. Judge Stubbs and prosecutors debated possession of the sheets and potential jury trials as Nichols pursued money and sheets in Justice Smock’s court.
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Wiliam Nichols
Barry Jones
Wallace and Holtz
Taylor Groninger
Jones
Stubbs
Nichols
Justice Smock
Supt. Taffe
Ruckelshaus
Groninger
Smock
Sint
Carrie Nation's Toe Severed By Fall In Kansas
Mrs. Carrie Nation, wielding a hatchet, dropped the tool and it cut the big toe of her right foot. The incident occurred in Kas on January 21 as she continued her temperance campaign with the weapon in hand.
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Peka. Kas
Carrie Nation
City of Chilpancingo Devastated by Quake and Volcano
Reports from Chilpancingo say more than 60 houses are destroyed and the city lies in ruins. The government pursues relief efforts as Lacotepec volcano erupts three miles away, causing terror among locals.
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City OF
Mexico
Chilpancingo
Lacotepec
Police Board Struggles to Hire in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana the police board cannot recruit officers even with offered wages of 4.50 dollars a day. Authorities report sympathy with strikers among potential applicants, business leaders fear for business, and the outlook for public order is grim.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Voting Machine Test Breaks Handle in Capitol Exhibit
The state voting machine commission examined the American Electric ballot box from Petersburg Indiana. A handle broke in the elevator while moving from the basement to room 11, causing a prior exhibition to be interrupted. Only one machine has been approved so far. State Supt Jones reports about 156 dollars collected from 75 religious groups for the McKinley memorial association.
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State Voting Machine Commission
Petersburg Voting Machine
Petersburg
Ind
State House
Bed Hick
W. A. Braden
Jones
McKinley Memorial Association of
Indiana
Wabasa
Elijah Taylor Pleads Guilty in House Breaking Case
Elijah Taylor pled guilty to breaking into a vacant house. He was fined 5 dollars and sentenced to 90 days in the workhouse.
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Elijah Taylor
Engagement Rumor Reported Broken With Marconi
Indianapolis friends doubt a New York telegram claiming Miss Josephine Holman asked for release from her engagement to Signor Marconi and that he agreed. The Sun telegram says he sails for Europe after the announcement. Miss Holman’s close friend rejects the report as unlikely.
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New York
Indianapolis
Josephine Holman
Miss Holman
Signor Marconi
SUN
Carpenters Await Action in Claypool Hotel Tie-Up
The Woolcarriers' union failed to act Monday on joining the Carpenters' union for the Claypool hotel build. Officials expect a discussion at next Monday's meeting after a delay caused by the cement contract company’s reorganization. The Hodcarriers' union stance matters since bricklayers stay aloof and hodcarriers would halt brick work.
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Woolcarriers’ Union
Carpenters’ Union
Claypool
Travis
Hodcarriers
Racks in the new cement bridges crack in two spans
Two new concrete bridges on Meridian street and Illinois street at Fall Creek show large cracks that have been plastered over. A bridge man blames surface cracking for exposing steel and argues concrete bridges lack long-term durability compared with stone. The Sun campaigned for storms bridges, while the present administration weighs concrete versus stone for the W Washington street river bridge due to a few thousand dollars in cost difference.
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Meridian-St
Illinois-St
Fall Creek
Meridian-st. Fall Creek
Illinois-st. Fall Creek
W. Washington St. River
Kenyon Questions Crack On Hoosier Bridge Name
Frank Kenyon of the Hoosier Bridge Company defends the bridge, saying no new cracks appeared after opening. He suggests an imperfect cement joint from earlier work and notes frequent winter inspections found no fresh cracks since completion.
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Frank Kenyon
The
Hoosier Bridge Company
Stone Bridge Planned by West-side Citizens
West-side residents around White River at West Washington street form a committee at Otto Deftch's drug store to draft resolutions backing a stone bridge. They favor a Melan arch or similar substantial span as wide as the street to boost nearby property values and reduce fire risk from roundabout access.
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White River
W. Washington St
Otto Deftch
Direct Primary for All Candidates Elected Officials Named
Charles N. Elliott was elected republican county chairman with no opposition on Monday afternoon. Harry E. Negley won secretary on the first ballot over Orville Harris who withdrew. Caesar Rodney Irvington became vice chairman and Raymond P. Van Camp treasurer. A resolution urged primaries for all offices from congressman to justice of the peace. Louis Williams 18 pleaded guilty to turkey and geese theft and received suspended sentence. George Rosenthal 31 was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in state prison.
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Majestic
2. P. Goodrich
W. H. Whittaker
Charles Haas
OQ. M. Tichenor
George Self
Harry Bennett
Indianapolis
Warren Bigler
Bigler
Wabash County
Haas
Beveridge
Charles N. Elliott
Harry E. Negley
Orville Harris
Caesar Rodney
Irvington
Raymond P. van Camp
George B. Elliott
Justice of the Peace
Louis Williams
George Rosenthal
Miners' Union Leaders Refuse Re election Amid Charges
President John Mitchell and Secretary Treasurer W B Wilson declined re election Tuesday morning amid charges by Mollie Meredith of Ohio alleging a larger shortage by ex Secretary Treasurer Pierce and others. Meredith was to testify as delegates urged hearing the charges before any election.
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Mitchell
Wilson
Mollie Meredith
Ohio
Pierce
Miss Meredith Read Her Charges at Miners Convention
Mollie Meredith read charges against President Mitch and Secretary Wilson at a miners convention hal on Tuesday. She alleged a $20,000 misstatement by Pierce, noted that $10 was spent for stamps, and that two bank books hid the error. Wilson defended the officers and Meredith was later discharged. Mother Jones urged delegates to support the union amid dire Virginia conditions.
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Mollie Meredith
Mitchem
Wilson
W. C. Pierce
Meredith
Scott
Mine Workers’ Journal
Mitchell
Pierce
French Lick Springs
Mine Workers
Miss Meredith
Financial Department
Mine Workers’ Office
John P. Reese
W. H. Haskins
W. D. van Horn
W. R Russell
William Wilson
John Fahy
Thomas Duffy
Patrick Dolan
Bernard Rice
James DD. Wood
George Richards
Henry Collins
Mother Jones
Siberia
Virginia
Washington
Col Metcalfe Denies Filipino Killing Allegation
Col W S Metcalfe disputed charges he killed a Filipino while begging for mercy amid his Senate pensions hearing. Witness Fred Heisler testified the killing occurred in the colonel's absence. two inmates reportedly killed two prisoners to escape. The panel adjourned without action, with Private Cummings expected to testify.
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Col. Metcalfe
Washington
Col. W. S. Metcalfe
Kansas
Senate
Twentieth Kansas Infantry
Fred D. Heisler
Government O Printing Office
W.W. J. Coleman
W. E. Cummings
Kansas City
Kas
Heisler
Metcalfe
Cummings
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
Threatening weather Tuesday night turning fair by Wednesday with temperatures from 22 at 7 am to 32 by 2 pm. Warm spell ahead in Indiana and nearby areas with variable winds, colder conditions forecast in Kentucky and Ohio. New planes priced from $16 and up. Wulschner's Feed your horse Janea Dustiess Oats.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
City hires bridge expert for thorough inspection
The Board of Works on Tuesday decided to employ a bridge expert to examine all city bridges and determine their condition. The move shifts responsibility from City Engineer Nelson, and no specific appointee has been named yet.
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Board of Works
Nelson
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Breunig
Fairbanks and
Republican State Central “Committee
Taylor
Capitol Dome
Signor
Marconi
Kenyon
Republican County Committee
John Mitchell
W. B. Wilson
United
Mine Workers of America
Perth
Denison House
Hiscenums
Mate
John Haddon
Keb
Wulschner
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