Democrats mull plan to drop Bryan at convention
Washington March 2 Democrats in the capital discuss a rumored scheme to sideline Bryan by a New York conference of Gorman Whitney Croker Carter Harrison Flower and Davis of West Virginia. They aim to gain eastern state delegates by backing a candidate who will take the blame for Bryan and then be dropped before the convention. Gorman favored. Bryan blamed for treaty with Spain. platform anti expansion anti trust and possibly silver.
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Washington
Capital
Bryan
New York
Gorman
Whitney
Croker
Carter Harrison
Flower and
Davis
West Vir
Grover Cleveland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Bryen
Maryland
Sryan
Spain
Senate
Washington plot alleged to attack Alger and the War Department
Gen H V Boynton claims a May Washington meeting planned a concerted press assault on Secretary Alger and the War Department under cover of defending private soldiers. The scheme reportedly involved New York and Chicago papers plus St Louis editions and aimed to indirectly target President McKinley. Correspondents boosted soldiers' grumblings while editors pressed the anti Alger campaign.
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ST. Louis
Washington Dispatch
Globe-Democrat
H. V. Boynton
Washington
Alger
New York City
Berton
Chicago
Dave McPeak Pleads Guilty To Petit Larceny In Police Court
Dave McPeak pleaded guilty to petit larceny in police court on Thursday. Judge Cox fined him five dollars and ordered 180 days in the workhouse. He and young John Armstrong were arrested by Detectives Kinney and Thornton for pocketbook pilfering, with Armstrong confessing details of multiple thefts of women's pocketbooks on Washington Street.
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Dave McPeak
Cox
McPeak
John Armstrong
Kinney
Thornton
Armstrong
Two Court Decisions Expected In City Gas Case
Judge Carter of the superior court remained in his room on Thursday and Friday debating the Krag Reynolds case and the city against the Consumers gas trust to force gas service to City hospital.
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Carter
Superior Court
Krag-Reynolds
Consumers’ Gas Trust Company
City Hospital
Does God Know Everything Says Little Girl’s Insight
A bright girl on Pennsylvania street asks her father if God knows all thoughts and plans. The next day she challenges the expected scolding by saying she’s getting closer to God, knowing exactly what he would say.
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Pennsylvania St
Extra Change in Maryland Steel Plants Sparks Wage Increases
Sparrow Point steel workers see a 10 percent raise as extra change. iron mines at Iaron and Sharpsville report wage boosts. Pitts increases age pay from ten to 15 cents, signaling broader labor shifts.
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Maryland Steel Company
Sparrow Point
Weges
Iaron and
Sharpsville Iron Mines
Pitts
Beef Was Fit for a King In Pick or Poe Contest
Dr. Borden testified eight Ninth Infantry men tested four meats and stews for canned beef quality. Samples included Porto Rico and freshly canned beef, with two boiled fresh pieces. Witnesses from Armour & Co. described vast slaughter, refrigeration, world distribution, and no acids or chemicals used in preservation.
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Washington
Borden
Ninth Infantry
Porto Rico
G. H. Sands
Cuba
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
Chicago
Meeker
Russia
F. W. Wilder
Swift & Co
Edward Tilden
Libbey, McNeal & Libbey
Tilden
Commissary Department
Judge Baker Rules Bankruptcy Law Supreme in Indiana Case
Judge Baker of the U S district court ruled that the United States bankruptcy law has primary and final jurisdiction, superseding conflicting Indiana state law in the Smith and Dodson case of Lebanon. Creditors filed for bankruptcy Feb 34. assignee Hodges contested the court’s authority after a Jan 28 Boone county appointment. An order directed bankruptcy petitioners to coordinate fees with the referee, subject to protesting creditors.
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Baker
United States Court
Smith & Dodson
Lebanon
United States
Boone Circuit Court
Edwin F. Hodges
Hodges
Boone County
Court of Inquiry Deliberates Gen Miles Status
Washington court weighs whether Gen Miles is the accused in the inquiry. Maj Lee of the Ninth Infantry has acted as a representative for Miles but declined to claim official standing. Damaging testimony about Cuban beef prompted ongoing examination and an executive session on Thursday.
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Washington
Miles
Maj
Lee
Ninth Infantry
Cuba
Maj. Lee
Gen. Miles
Can't Keep Out of Court Juckless Wire Suits In Court
The Juckless Wire bound box company faces a replevin suit against Wm S Stuckenburg and Charles S Barrett for withholding the seal minute book and stock book. Earlier, Wm B Ramsom, former manager, filed for back salary. A prior suit by Jason Greenstreet claims he owns the patents and accuses the firm of poor diligence harming royalties.
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Wm. S. Stuckenburg
Charles S. Barrett
Wm. B. Ransom
Jason Greenstreet
Kansas City Filibusters Disbanded in New Orleans Scandal
In New Orleans March, 116 Kansas City filibusters enlisted in Missouri to work for a Guatemala railroad but were drawn into a plan to spark a revolution in Guatemala. The Honduran consul protested to the Royal Mail steamship line, which canceled passage to Port Barrios, and the group disbanded.
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New Orleans
Kansas City
Missouri
Guatemala Northern Railroad
Guatemala
Honduras
Royal Mail
Port Barrios
Prisoner's confession clears jailed man in city
Nathan Lathman or Schettman, the gold dust swindler, arrives in New York under detective escort. His Chicago confession exonerates Saul Jacobs, jailed eight years for the crime in January 1898. Jacobs' wife died of grief. daughter Rebecca seeks Governor Roosevelt to obtain her father's release with two sworn Lathman statements.
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New York
Nathan Lathman
Schettman
Lathman
Chicago
Saul Jacobs
Jacobs
Rebecca
Miss Jacobs
Roosevelt
Bundozed His Sweetheart Then Fled and Married a Maid
Baward A. Orr of Memphis is under arrest and will be brought to Indianapolis on larceny and obtaining money under false pretenses charges. Miss Florence McClure of Oaktown alleged he promised marriage and borrowed $1,000 claiming rich oil fields needed development, which proved false. He later married Ida A. Alsebrook of Memphis.
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Memphis
Baward A. Orr
Tenn
Indianapolis
Florence McClure
Oaktown
Ind
Orr
Ida A. Alsebrook
Crime of Poverty: Mrs Pierre Kills Self and Three Children
Paris reports a workman’s wife killed herself and her three children under ten by coal gas fumes from a stove. The husband found the bodies in their best clothes after the tragedy driven by poverty.
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Pierre
Paris
Embezzlement Charged Against D E Carver of Irvington
In Anderson Indiana Judge Mc Clure issued a bench warrant for the arrest of David K Carver of Irvington for alleged embezzlement. Carver guardian of minors Mat and Birdie Harris the case has dragged for years. The guardian was to settle but failed. Mat Harris recently came of age and $750 is due him. Warrant sworn by David Harris and sent to the Marion county sheriff Thursday morning.
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Anderson
Ind
McClure
David K. Carver
Irvington
Carver
Mat
Birdie Harris
Mat Harris
David Harris
Marion County
Soldiers Pass Through From Iowa and Missouri
Seven companies of negro soldiers from Iowa and Missouri passed through Indianapolis Thursday morning en route home after eight months service. They were mustered out at Macon Georgia where they had been stationed nine days. Their train arrived at nine, the next left at ten, and an hour proved too short for the men to go up town and have breakfast near the St. Louis whi feast.
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Iowa
Missouri
Indianapolis
Macon
St. Louis
Oregon mother kills herself after poisoning children
In Monta Villa near Portland on Wednesday Mrs. Laura Browning gave laudanum to her three children, then took a dose herself and died by suicide. One child is expected to die. poverty is cited as the motive.
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Portland
Ore
Laura Browning
Monta Villa
Government Prepares to Crush Insurgents in Caracas
In Caracas on March 2 the government moves to crush the insurgents led by Gen Ramón Guerra. A decisive battle is expected soon as newspapers condemn Guerra’s actions.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Ramon Guerra
Guerra
Revolution spreads in Bolivia as rebels gain ground
Lima Peru March 2 The revolution in Bolivia continues with Gen Paxido defeating President Alonzo’s forces once more. The rebel advance renews hope among revolutionists across the country amid growing panic and unrest.
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Lima
Peru
Bolivia
Alonzo
Paxido
Gilbert's Reimbursing Bill Passes With Two Nays
The Indiana legislature approved Senator Gilbert's bill to reimburse soldiers overcharged for clothing, about $40,000, despite only two dissenters Kirkpatrick and Sullivan. The session also printed emergency laws for governor signatures, debated tax measures on liquor wholesalers, and discussed gifts and inheritance taxation, with further bills indefinitely cut or amended.
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Gilbert
Indiana
Kirkpatrick and Sullivan
Hedgecock
Indianapolis
Huge
Artman
Noel
Dayton
Marion
Senate Fracas Overshadows Opening of Session
President Haggard and Senator Newby clashed over rulings on order and recognition as the appropriation bill opened Thursday. Newby assailed the chair while Haggard urged restraint, prompting a brief executive session and a delayed vote as Republicans caucused with no changes to the bill.
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Haggard
Newby
Senate
Hogate
Drummond
Irvington Bill Passes in Senate Tax Plan for City Schools
Thursday the senate favorably reported a bill to tax out of state residents attending city schools, collecting 31.50 monthly for grade schools and 3.00 for high schools, to raise about 10,000 for Indianapolis schools. The Irvington bill for towns under 12,000 passed with an amendment allowing improvement of unpaved spaces to appease Irvington, and applying to sidewalks and alleys.
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Indianapolis
Blatt
Noel
Artman
Mullak
Whitcomb
Marion
Cowneil
Joe Kealing
Mdenharter & Mull
Senate
Irvington
Governor limits street car bill hearings
The governor refuses further delegations on the street car bill, saying he cannot hear everyone who calls and must decide after reviewing all bills himself. He has signed the Newton county seat bill. It would take 64 percent of voters to move the courthouse from Kentland to Morocco, and builders need a petition of 500 with 200 resident freeholders to issue a courthouse.
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Newton
Court House
Kentland
Morocco
Smallpox returns as victim named Nickerson in city outbreak
The health board reported a new smallpox case involving William Nickerson, a colored resident at 1016 N Missourist, with mild symptoms and quick removal to the pesthouse. Quarantine was placed on the Missourist house and officials planned further inspections while many claims from quarantined residents were reviewed and mostly denied.
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William Nickerson
Health Board
William Nickereon
Baxter
N. Missourist
Nickerson
Clark
Charles Brooks
Tenth-st
Board of Health
Steve Yeager
Ira MM. Holmes
Franklin House
Yeager
Joseph Barlow
Spain Faces Political Turmoil Amid Resignation Fallout
Madrid reports a political stalemate after the ministry resignations. The queen regent conferences with Marshal Decampos and Gen. Azcarragua seeking to form a conservative ministry as liberals struggle to unite in parliament. The crisis risks delaying ratification of a treaty with potential costs to Spain.
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Liberals
Madrid
Arliament
Marshal Decampos
Azcarragua
Spanish peace treaty ratification fraught with risk
Washington reports friction over the Spanish peace treaty ratification. Officials say the Cortes has no say in the matter and that the queen regent may be drawn into directing ratifications. A failed exchange could shift the status of former English possessions and affect American patience.
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Washington
Cortes
Unite States
Spain
Sagasta
Danger in Vermont and Davidson school wing endangering 300 children
Building inspectors warn the north wing of No. 9 School at Vermont and Davidson is structurally unsafe. They report walls rely on weak anchors and foundations are unstable. The committee will urge the school board to demolish the building Friday night to remove the hazard.
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Vermont
Davidson-sit
Robinson
Bohlen
Su Wright
Four Million Acres to Sell at Union Pacific Auction
Omaha news reports the Union Pacific railroad plans a public auction in Omaha next Monday of 4,000,000 acres of prime agricultural lands across Nebraska Kansas Wyoming and Colorado. Protests are expected though government interference is not anticipated.
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Ulder
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railway ¢ Company
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Colorado
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
Forecast for the 36 hours ending 8 p m predicts generally cloudy skies for Thursday night and Friday with colder temperatures by Friday evening. Temperature at 7 am is 35, at noon 46, and at 2 pm around 46.
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Indianapolis
From One Job to Another in Senate Circuit Move
Washington March 2 The senate offered to Senator Gray of Delaware and he accepted the new circuit ship created under the act of congress in the Third judicial circuit comprising eastern and western Pennsy New Jersey and Delaware Mr G term in the senate will expire on Sat next.
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Washington
Sen
Gray
Delawar
Third Judicial Circuit
Fell From Her Wheel In Massachusetts Avenue Crash
Lillie Morgansen fell from her wheel at Massachusetts avenue and Noble street Thursday morning and was slightly injured. She was taken to her home at 1042 Tecunseh street for treatment.
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Lillie Morgansen
Massachusetts-ave
Noble-st
Tecunseh-st
Pacific starbuck wreck reported near Tigre island
The Starbuck, a Pacific mail steamer, is reported wrecked off Tigre island near Honduras. The crew and vessel are abandoned. fears for survival persist.
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Pacific Mail
Starbuck
Tigre Island
Honduras
Croft
New York
Leith
Scotland
Annie Rickerson
New Bedford
Mass
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