Baseball to Come Up in Sunday House Session
A favorable report is predicted on Sunday for Baseball measures if the house does not kill them first. The senate is expected to snuff them out. Speaker Honan’s committee sessions have grown productive after adjournment Friday. Larber of Marshall county died at his Argos home Saturday. The Strickland bill on foreign born voters and voter questioning comes up this week amid Republican opposition.
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House
Senate
Honan
Larber
Marshall County
Argos
Strickland
Fewer City Offices Proposed by Municipal League
The Municipal League bill to reduce salaries and abolish offices in third and fourth class cities moves forward. It would dissolve the city controller and city judge roles, allow ordinances to preserve them, and create a public works board led by the mayor with council approval. A public safety board would cover police and fire heads without pay raises. State legislators, including Senator Stotsenberg and Representative Thornton, discussed similar bills with league members.
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Municipal League
Maller
Exra
Ayor
Board of Public Safety
Municipal Ague
Legislacire
League
Stotsenberg
Thornton
Wedding of Fifteen Years Shrouded by Telephone Interruption
Frank Underwood applied for a license to wed at the county clerk's office. Belle, described as a pretty girl of 15, accompanied by her father, was present as the couple prepared to complete the marriage papers when a telephone bell rang, interrupting the proceedings.
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Frank Underwood
Beller
Underwood
Survivors recount clash aboard ships after transfer
Survivors of the Republic disaster arriving on the Battic described a knife attack by Florida passengers on Republic steerage travelers after transfers to the Florida. Officers needed minutes to quell the fracas and restore order aboard the vessels.
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New York
Republic
Battic
Florida
KILLED AND HURT IN COAL MINE TRAIN ACCIDENT
Two coal mine cars collided head on at a meeting point along a half mile long plane near Piedmont. James Condy William Hamilton and an unnamed Italian were killed. Charles Knight and two Italians were injured possibly fatally. Others suffered severe bruising and shock. The automatic switch at the point was noted as in good condition Saturday night.
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Killen
Wal
George’s Creek Coal Company
Mountain Side
Piedmont
Roe
Ca Soing
James Condy
Wm. Hamilton
Charles Knight
Four Counties Vote On Local Option In Tuesday Ballots
Four Indiana counties Putnam Hamilton Tipton and Decatur schedule local option votes Tuesday to decide whether saloons stay open. Results show Watson and Marshall split in each county with varied support. Additional ballots planned in Noble Randolph February dates set for Switzerland Huntington Posey Wayne Clinton elections.
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Putnam
Hamilton
Tipton
Decatur
Putnam County
Watson
Marshall
Hamilton County
Tipton County
Noble
Randolph
Switzerland
Huntington
Posey
Wayne
Clinton
Urgent Deficiency Bill Seeks Funds For FY Ending June 30
Washington January 25 The urgency deficiency bill introduced by Senator He le provides for appropriations to cover urgent deficiencies in the FY ending June 30 totaling 1 151 852 dollars.
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Washington
Hele
Inaugural Ball Use Granted at Pension Building
The House approved a plan to use the United States Pension Building for Inaugural ball purposes by 188 to 144. The first floor pension area will be reserved for employees during inauguration week to avoid disrupting pension payments. Representative Sims called the ball a fraud, citing hotel overcharges and high rates for rooms near Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Washington
United States Pension Building
House of Representatives
Sims
Tennessee
Metropolitan Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue
St. James Hotel
Willett tirade to be expunged from records
Washington January speech by Representative Willett criticizing the president will be expunged from House records. The committee handling the matter will meet this afternoon to decide timing for reporting to the House. Democrats are not expected to resist action.
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Willett
Washington, Jan
House of Representatives
House
Arizona Statehood Debate Ends in House Committee Action
Washington report notes the House Committee on Territories completed deliberations on the bill to admit New Mexico and Arizona lands into statehood. The panel’s work concludes with tentative steps toward broader territorial state integration and implications for national policy.
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Washington
House Committee
Arizona
Sinking ship clash injures many on Baltic voyage
A fogbound collision 190 miles southeast of New York between the Florida of Naples and the Republic caused heavy damage. Passengers and crew, about 850 immigrants, were transferred to the Baltic after two hours. Mrs Lynch and Mr Mooney were killed. several injured. The Republic listed but survived, while the Florida proceeded to New York under its own steam. Captain Rawson and Purser Palmer refused press messages.
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James 8. Connolly
Baltic
Sandy Hook
N. J
New York
Nantucket
Florida
Naples
Republic
Mrs. Lynch
Mr. Mooney
Mr. Lynch
Rawson
Palmer
Lynch
Beare
Woods Hole
Mass
Hissing Delegate Warned by Lewis at U M W A Convention
President Lewis of the United Mine Workers warned delegates that forceful behavior would not be tolerated as protests over contested Pennsylvania seats grew tense. He urged courtesy to speakers and threatened removal for hissing while burying the feud over two disputed seats. Secretary-treasurer R. left for Springfield to attend his son's wedding, Thomas J. Ryan to wed Miss May Kelly, and VP White was expunged from House records.
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Pennsylvania
Springfield
Thomas J. Ryan
May. Kelly
White
House of Representatives
Fesler Nominated as Republican City Committee Chairman
Leo K. Fesler known in Republic circles in Indianapolis may seek the Republican city committee chair. He has served five years as precinct committee man in the Second ward and was assistant clerk in the House of Representatives two years ago. He publishes the Marion County Mall. The party may hold a city primary in late February to elect the chairman.
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Leo K. Fesler
Indianapolis
Fesler
Hose of Representatives
Marion “County
Car Victim Not William J. Scott In Norwood Find
A body found in an empty freight car at the Big Four yards in Norwood is not William J. Scott of Anderson, as first believed. Coroner reports indicate a fatal head injury from a strike during a struggle, with a timebook bearing other names. The man appeared tramp-like, about 6 feet 9 inches, and evidence suggests accidental death during a fight inside the car.
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Norwood
William J. Scott
Anderson
Anderson Tool Company
Blackwell
Toeol Company
Scott
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
Horace Sutton
Oral’ Heck
Jessie Halmers
Carl_Freeman
Wabash
Ind
Mrs Teresa V Smith urges county to fund cure for drunkenness
Mrs Teresa V Smith told Marion county council that a department at the workhouse to cure habitual drunkenness could reduce crime. A petition signed by women ministers and correctional heads urged $5000 for the program. The matter was referred to the county commissioners amid budget talks for 1905 1907 and 1908 including bridge and asylum funds.
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Teresa V. Smith
Marion County Council
Fall Creek
Capitol Avenue
Lodger Confession Leads to Prison Sentence
William Jones admitted stealing all of Ish Barnes's clothes from a California hotel boarder. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Judge Pritchard to two to 14 years in prison after being arrested Saturday.
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William Jones
Pritchard
Criminal Court
Jones
California
Ish Barnes
Barnes
Crude burglar alarm aids capture near Brightwood
A tin can alarm rigged to a barn door woke Eli Kennedy while he prowled Walter Irwin’s barn two miles east of Brightwood. Kennedy, charged with trespass, faces a change to a more serious count as tracks in fresh snow aided the Horsethief Detective association to locate him after the alarm sounded.
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Eli Kennedy
Walter Irwin
Brightwood
Kennedy
Irwin
Horsethief Detective Association
Fetter says wife made cruel remarks in divorce suit
William Fetter filed for divorce alleging his wife Catherine Fetter is cruel and drove him from the house. He cites other grievances and asserts she inflicted cruelty as ground for dissolution.
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Fetter
William Fetter
Catherine’ ‘Fetter
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Violet Mary Eliot
Marquis OF Landsdowne
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Derrick
Notigut
Stubbs
Marion County
County Council
Marion
Morgan
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