Senate to probe bribery charges in Indian lands row
Senator Gore claims Oklahoma lobby offered up to 50 thousand dollars to sway approval of contracts for Choctaw and Chickasaw lands. McMurray and other attorneys are named in a widening controversy over attorney fees and coal land sales. The Senate debated whether to treat the bribery charge within its resolution as investigations deepen.
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Creager
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Cecil Lyon
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Texas
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J. F. McMurray
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Congress Nears Adjourment After Taft Signatures
Congress prepared to adjourn Saturday after a long session. President Taft signed the rivers and harbors bill totaling 53 million dollars and the public buildings bill for 22 million. The Ohio River canalization project is set to proceed over 12 years with other authorized works. The pension agencies remain. Appalachian forest reserve vote is delayed to February 15, 1911. A House Senate conference on the McCall campaign bill was approved for transmission to the president.
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Senate
Payne
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Army Engineers
Indiana
Ohio River
Burton
Ohio
President Taft seeks $1,009,000 for flood relief
President Taft sent a special message to Congress asking for immediate appropriation of 1,000,000 dollars to curb the Colorado River flooding in Lower California. The note emphasized the urgency, stating thousands could be jeopardized if relief is delayed.
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Washington
California
Taft
Congress
Colorado
Pipeline Right of Way Begun For 100 Mile Line
Representatives of the pipeline department of the Ohio Oil company began securing the right of way for an eight inch pipe line linking the Oakland City oil field to the Illinois property. The line will run about 100 miles from Oakland City to Princeton, Indiana, and then to the main trunk line near Bridgeport.
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Ind
Ohio Oil Company
Illinois
Princeton
Lynn Bandits Kill Two in Daring Street Hold Up
Three gunmen robbed a shoe factory payroll in Lynn Massachusetts wounding and killing two civilians and a policeman. The crew fled with about four to five thousand dollars after a running shootout through Oxord and Willow streets. One bandit died, two wounded were captured, and a guard horse was used during the escape. The money was recovered.
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Thomas Landregan
Thomas Carroll
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Abe Abeson
New York
Bill Kavanski
Boston
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Walsh & Landregan
George Pillsbury
Oxord
Willow Streets
Oxford Street
Landrigan
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Stray dog Kaiser finds home at orphanage
An Indianapolis Orphans' Home tale describes a brown water spaniel named Kaiser who befriended 100 plus boys. After a bid to remove him sparked tears, an officer arranged a permanent home with Miss Carrie Thrall, ending the dog’s brief wanderings and earning cheers from the children.
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Rollyo Smith
Indianapolis
Kuntser
Kalser
Helner
Institution
Carrie Thrall
Nilser
Princess Patricia Rejects European Royal Match
London June 23 Princess Patricia of Connaught refuses to consider marriage to any European king or crown prince and would not leave England. She is deeply attached to a nobleman of ancient lineage at a grand estate, though they remain unmarried. Royal bloodlines stir speculation as Circe hints at a potential royal match connecting blue bloods.
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Patricia of
England
Circe
Pope holds firm on Merry del Val retention despite resign appeal
Rome dispatch reports Cardinal Merry del Val offered his resignation to Pope Pius X, who refused to accept it. The pope pledged to retain the secretary of state, signaling no change in Vatican policy toward Spain and Germany amid protests and pending concordat talks. Opposition within the College of Cardinals grows, but papal support remains strong for Merry del Val.
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False Fire Alarm Triggered by Local Man
Frank Siemon aged 41 of 825 Grove Street was arrested after ringing a false alarm from box 69 at Bicking and High streets. He claimed smoke from In Ganopolis Brewing stacks looked like a fire, but police held him for questioning after Bicyclemen Murphy and Hanks detained him until Assistant Chief Loucks arrived.
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Bicking
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Fire exposes lack of protection as Thompson home burns
Ed Thompson’s five room house on TaSalle street near Twentieth burned to the ground after a gasoline stove exploded. Mrs Thompson saved her three children by evacuating them from the blaze as firemen struggled to reach the scene due to distant water plugs. Assistant Fire Chief Petty urged that several city areas remain unprotected and need remedy as water supply limitations hindered rescue efforts.
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Indianapolis Water Company
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Laycock
Chief Petty
Weather brief fragment from noon bulletin
A fragmented weather note from a noon dispatch shows garbled text and missing details, providing only hints of a meteorological update without clear locations or measurements. The readable portion suggests a routine forecast or syndicated segment.
No Jurisdiction Rules Recount Suit In May Primary
Judge Remaster writes that no statute authorizes recounts of primary ballots and that such recounts apply only to elections for office. The 11 page decision says a primary election is not an election to public office, cites Cox v Markey, and notes fraud allegations. Remaster adds he personally would have liked to grant the recount.
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Remater
Remaster
Indiana Editorial Assn Praises Marshall Shively Kern Taggart
The midsummer meeting at French Lick Indiana lauded Gov. Marshall Senator Shively and Senators Kern and Taggart. Speakers praised Shively for integrity and leadership and Kern for steadfast support of Jeffersonian principles. The event included remarks by Lieut Gov Hall and other state officials.
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Marshall
Shively
Kern
Taggare
Democratic Editorial Association
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Senator Shively
Taggart
South Bend
Jefferson
Thomas. Taggart
Hall
G. Menzies
Mt. Vernon
W. H. O'Brien
Lawrenceburg
Clay Metzker
United States
Benjamin F. Shively
Senate
Indiana
Pierpont Morgan to Receive Harvard Degree
Harvard will confer the degree of A M upon J Pierpont Morgan and LL D upon Gov Hughes of New York at commencement next week. The degree honors Morgan for learning in arts and for his gifts to art museums worldwide.
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Harvard
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Gov. Hughes
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Morgan
Insurance buyers push for compromise in Indianapolis rate case
Richard Lieber of the advisory commission urges a settlementBetween insurers and buyers to end 129 company suits. Proposals include buyer input in contracts, access to surveys, audit of price lists, abolition of stamping secretaries, and a city housed fire protection corps. A joint committee would reclassify Indianapolis rates and push fire, building law improvements, with city cooperation. Petitions circulate among business leaders backing the plan as a model for other Indiana cities.
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Indianapolia
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Man Comes to Life and Dies at Funeral
Special to The Sun Crawfordsville Ind June 28 a telegram from Lafayette said Willis Sering known as Nig was killed in a railroad wreck after preparations for a funeral by his wife. The supposedly deceased returned home Friday night criticized funeral plans and beat his wife with a skillet. Police arrived and Sering slept in the family coat. He was locked up and the funeral was postponed indefinitely.
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