McKinley Seeks Puerto Rico Funds Allocation
President McKinley urges Congress to appropriate 2,095,455.88 in duties collected on Puerto Rican goods since evacuation, to fund island government and education. The House approves after debate, voting 162 to 109 following swift passage of the bill.
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Puerto Rico
United States
J.pingley
L Aw
Congress
HOUSE
Washington
Spain
Richardson
Tennessee
Cannon
Ofllinois
Appropriations Committee
Des
Puerto Rico tariff bill passes senate amid outcry
Washington March 2 A senate canvass shows the Puerto Rico tariff bill will pass with no dissension among republicans Crumpacker Indiana who opposed the tariff in the house reports receiving hundreds of congratulatory telegrams from constituents and says the popular uproar will push congress to repeal it.
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Washington
Senate
Crumpacker
Indiana
House
Congress
Deputies Back Tariff View While Officers Oppose It
In Indiana, deputies support the Puerto Rican tariff bill, arguing the labor movement would suffer without the law. Walking delegate influence and consistent arguments mark their stance, with Egnew, Martin, and Gosner voicing approval while deputy superintendent Cotton calls the measure a mistake.
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United States
Republican Party
Eergest Labor Organization
Republican Congressmien
Indiana
James W. Egnew
Frank Martin
George W. Gosner
F. A. Cotton
WAGONS WILL BUCK CARS ON VIRGINIA AVE
W H Ryan will run a wagonette to carry passengers on Virginia avenue starting Monday. The service follows poor street car reliability. If successful he will expand with more wagons. Round trips hourly, fare two cents each way. Vehicle seats 15 comfortably but can take more. Ryan, long-time hackman, believes he knows the business. Ten years earlier he operated a wagonette on Virginia avenue but that venture failed.
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W. H. Ryan
Virginia-ave
Man Jailed After Drinking Spree Threats In Home
Frank Rupfire, 45, of 1806 Hoytave, was locked up Friday morning after his wife, fearing for her safety, called police. She said he had been drinking for a year and had spent over 700, pacing the house with a cudgel in search of an imaginary burglar. He woke multiple times at night and ignored his wife when she called at police headquarters.
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Frank Rupfire
Hoytave
Higuer
Flo
Young Worker Dies After Train Fall Near Home
Harry Brown age 18 of 2583 Olney Street died from injuries after falling from a train at Brightwood Big Four shops. He leaned from a car platform as the train neared his sister’s home and slipped when his foot lost a grip. A previously injured hand prevented him from grabbing the guard rail. He was picked up unconscious and died at home the same day.
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Harry Brown
Olney St
Brightwood Big Four
Puerto Rico issue dominates Indiana Democrat outlook
Indiana Democrats see Puerto Rico policy as a key campaign issue and a chance to sway the state toward the party. A leading Democrat says Puerto Rico may become the main issue, potentially overshadowing free silver and imperialism in the state platform. John W. Heltzman notes the silver plank remains firmly in the unwritten platform as public pressure grows.
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Indiana
Chicago
Puerto Rico
John W. Heltzman
House
Indiana Seeks List of State Institutions for Immigrant Watch
T V Powderly, immigration commissioner, requested the State board of charities provide a complete list of state institutions to monitor dependent immigrants. The law allows returning likely public dependents to their homeland within a year. Secretary Butler notes many unauthorized persons are kept in Indiana facilities, some gaining admission by affidavits of citizenship. The board sent photographs and reports on four insane hospitals and a school for feeble minded youth to Paris.
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T. V. Powderly
Goveneral
Immigration
State Board of Charities
Butler
State Board
Indiana
Hold Up a Clerk and Steal a Tray of Diamonds
Reeder and Co jewelers in Columbus Ohio were robbed Tuesday evening as two men entered during closing. One man held a bowie knife on the clerk while the other grabbed a tray of diamonds worth several thousand dollars and fled.
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Columbus
Reeder & Co
Ambush by Thirty-eighth Infantry Kills 24 Insurgents Near Batangas
Manila report states Col Andersons Thirty-eighth Infantry ambushed insurgents near Batangas, killing 24 and wounding 30 while seizing arms. A separate engagement near San Fernando de La Union leaves one American dead as 100 insurgents ambush ten Americans. The 800-strong insurgent force elsewhere prompts Third Cavalry action. naval transport returns with 50 people including ten Americans.
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Manila
Thirty-eighth Infantry
Col.Anderson
Batangas
San Fernando de la Union
Ragay
Hemp Ready for Shipment From Manila Cargoes Reported
Washington dispatch cites General Otis stating since the island operations began 13 bales of hemp and 70 000 bales of tobacco have arrived at Manila. A large shipment will sail soon aboard.
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Washington
Gen
Otis
War Department
Manila
A Pretty Wife in Police Court Case
Walter Rutledge of 1155 River Ave West Indianapolis faced assault charges after a court appearance. He claimed a black eye came from a gentle backhand tap, while the wife accused him of heavy spending on other women. The judge fined him 15 dollars as she described recurring infidelity and public dances.
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Walter Rutledge
River Ave
Indianapolis
Daryl
E. Washington Bt
Illness shifts lead in Julia Arthur company
The Detroit Free Press reports Lawrence Hanley could not perform during Detroit engagements of More than Queen. Illness forced the absence. stage manager R. A. Roberts filled the Lucien Bonaparte role all week while Hanley allegedly remained sober for three weeks prior.
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Seal
Queen
Miss Arthur
Detroit Free Press
Lawrence Hanley
Julia Arthur
Detroit
Hanley
Lucien Bonaparte
R. A. Roberts
School House Fire Hits No. 44 at Cerealinetown
Fire at 3 25 Friday morning damaged School No 44 Cerealinetown two rooms burned out and the rest damaged. Loss about 32000 with 1200 insured. Firemen delayed by lack of nearby plugs and broken hose. Chemicals arrived after six a m according to residents.
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Cerealinetown
Shooting Club Pavillion
Motorman Injured After Fall From Street Car
Motorman Thos Dougherty fell from a West Washington street car around midnight Thursday and was taken to the City dispensary three hours later. He works at 470 West Maryland street and was on his way home from shift. His head nose and hand were badly bruised and cut. he was unconscious for about an hour.
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Thos. Dougherty
W. Washington St
Maryland St
Price of groceries featured on the Sun liner page
The Sun’s liner page highlights grocery price announcements and urges readers keeping house to study the figures. It promises helpful facts for household budgeting and notes the publisher’s offer to readers.
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SUN
Indiana Soldiers in Otis Casualty List
Three Hoosiers are listed as casualties in Gen Otis’s latest report to the War Department. Walter Haskinson of Company E Thirty-ninth Infantry was killed at Santo Tomas Batangas on January 9 after enlisting at Fort Wayne on September 22, 1899. Frank Junker of Company C Thirtieth Infantry was wounded at San Francisco Batangas on January 18, enlisted in Indianapolis on July 28, 1899, and served in Company H, 153rd Indiana during the Spanish war. Noah L Short of Company H Forty-fourth Infantry was wounded at Panay on January 30, enlisted at LaPorte on September 17, 1899.
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Otis
War Department
Walter Haskinson
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Santo Thomas
Batanzas
Fort Wayne
Frank Junker
San Francisco
Batangas
Indianapolis
Indiana
Lawrencenury
Noah L. Short
Forty-fourth Infantry
Panay
Laporte
Wife accuses husband in drunkenness loitering case
Robert E. McWhorter of 560 Geville avenue faces a continued police court hearing until March 3 on drunkenness and loitering charges. His wife alleges he induced her to deed him her property and recently sold an agency for 131 after accusing it of complexion breach. Detectives say the sale was legitimate. McWhorter claims the arrest is spiteful. Attorney William Bosson sought release on recognizance if continued.
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Robert E. McWhorter
Geville Ave
Aon
Holtzgrefe
William Bosson
McWhorter
Bevilleave
Groninger
Bossin
Bisson
Georgia
Hatfield fined for allowing minors to play pool
Theodore B. Hatfield pleaded guilty to permitting minors to use his pool room near the Grand Opera house Friday. Judge Alford imposed 35 dollars on each of four grand jury indictments. Named minors were Charles Paramore Ora Rudy Fred Burnett and William Craig. The case related to a high school overcoat theft and prompted indictments against pool room proprietors. The judge warned proprietors to eject any boy under 21.
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Theodore B. Hatfield
Grand Opera House
Alford
Charles Paramore
Ora Rudy
Fred Burnett
William Craig
Hatfield
FED HIM WATER FOR DRUNKENNESS TRIAL
Frank C. English was tried on Friday for drunkenness after being arrested Thursday noon. He clamored for chloral to settle his nerves but the drug ran out. Turnkey Long offered water, telling him to take a little. English quieted, then asked for more for luck once the chloral bottle was refilled.
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Frank C. English
Turnkey
English
Elks decide home site likely not for Indiana
Chairman Joseph T. Fanning reports from the Baltimore meeting that the National Home for aged and infirm Elks will probably not be secured for Indiana and will instead go to Hillsboro Ohio.
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Joseph T. Fanning
Grand Trustees of the Order of Elks
Baltimore
Elks
Indiana
Hillsboro
Gardener Falls From Ladder At Architect Bates Home
Samuel Castor a landscape gardener residing at 17 Broadway fell from a ladder while working on a grape arbor at Architect Bates’s home on Ash and Twentieth Streets Thursday evening. Initially feared fatally hurt, Dr Newton said on Friday he will recover.
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Samuel Castor
Broadway
Bates
Newton
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area outlook
Colder fair weather forecast for Friday night and Saturday. Temperature readings include 7 am around 2, noon near 31, and 2 pm around 31. Frigid morning with improving daytime conditions expected through the period.
Dr. Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup Promoted for Colds
Public notice promotes Dr Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup as a remedy for cold related lung symptoms. It urges readers to act quickly before consumption worsens and stresses its effectiveness during illness.
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Dr. Wood
Delays Are Dangerous Promote Hood's Sarsaparilla
An old ad style notice warns that delays are dangerous and urges readers with ailments to take Hood's Sarsaparilla at once, claiming it never disappoints and will cleanse impurities.
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Hood
Political Gossip Signals Shifts in Township Assessor Fight
South-side delegates eye a Republican tilt at the county convention with a bargain to back Hubbard for township assessor. Jefferson faces dumping from party factions tied to Morton and Merton clubs while Coroner races split loyalties. Spafford’s naturalization issue sparks Moore stock rally. Ottawa-area politics show shifting alliances and delayed clearance of streetcar probes.
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Harry Hubbard
Michael Jefferson
Jefferson
C. P. Morton Club
Merton Club
Hubbard
Marion Club
Indiana and the steel trust face a test of strength
Labor commissioner McCormack vows Indiana will not yield to the steel trust. He says factories must obey the law or close, supporting workers against wage-payment coercion amid strikes at the Republic iron and steel plant and Van Buren glass works. A Mishawaka firm, Dodge Manufacturing, agrees to weekly pay.
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Steel Trust
Indiana
The
Republic Iron
van Buren Glass Company
van Buren
McAbee
Dodge Manufacturing Company
Mishawaka
Poirier Reinstated in Fire Department After Debts Dispute
William Parmeer, dismissed last August for nonpayment of debts, is re appointed by the Board of Safety. The board confirmed the appointment of several firemen while others remain on probation. Supt. Quigley consulted with the board. no further police changes were approved. Henry Sweetland asked for space for transfer wagons. the board said only the council may remedy this.
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William Parmeer
Fire Department
Board of Safety
Boards of Safety
Poinier
E. P. Lowe
Peter Hussey
William Steinhauer
Charlies Jeay
T. E. Mankim
John Blackwell
Sharpe
William Rusie
Louis Gass
Esbs Kemper
W. H. Torbet
Max Bishop
James O'Donnell
Norman R. Sulgrove
Quigley
Henry Sweetland
Bradbury Said Chosen for KC Pittsburg Gulf Presidency
Chicago March 2 rumors say George J. Bradbury vice president and former Lake Erie and Western manager has been chosen to head the reorganized Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf road. Bradbury is a director of a trust company with John W. Gates and the Harrimans active. The Sun reported Bradbury planned to land the post.
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Chicago
George J. Bradbury
Lake Erie &Western
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Road
Bradbury
John W. Gates
Harrimans
Was Only a Temporary One It Is Said
Reports indicate George L. Bradbury will serve as vice president of the Lake Erie and Western for a brief period after a major corporate reshuffle. He may keep his private car access while President Newman prepares to take over duties in about two months.
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Wes
George L. Bradbury
Lake Erie & Western
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
Lake Erie
Brad
Newman
Bradbury
British Forces Reinforce Ladysmith and Natal Garrison
London dispatch reports General Buller informing the War Office that wagon loads of supplies and 11 hospital stores reached Ladysmith while casualties among officers were heavy. Feb 27 saw six officers killed including Col O Leary. Brig Gen Barton among the wounded. Roberts and Kitchener visited Kimberley and thanked the mayor as Boers reappeared at Kipdam drift. Natal operations are paused with Buller tasked to relieve civilians. 56,000 fresh troops expected, total force around 250,000 under Roberts and military expansion includes construction of 24 new guns and 25,000 workers at the arsenal.
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London
Buller
War Office
Ladysmith
Col
O'Leary
Barton
England
Roberts
Leyds
Winburg
Natal
Lord Roberts
Ore Mately
Casualties Grow as War Enters Siege Phase
London reports that eight thousand fighting men had passed through the field hospital by January 15 as medical supplies ran out. Rations barely kept soldiers alive while thirty horses and mules were killed for food. Guns were unhorsed and used in the trenches amid ongoing siege casualties.
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London
Aisnatch
Ainly
Orange River Visit and Boer Peace Resolution
Gen Crewe and party crossed through Orange River on Thursday night with no obstacles. Crewe dined with Gen Tymen, served by his escort, bowing as if in prayer. Sulzer in Washington introduced a house resolution urging presidential intervention for a negotiated peace to free the Boers and Orange Free State.
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Orange River
Crewe
Crenje
Tyman
Washington
Sulzer
Great Britain
Happy wife of General White sends message of relief
London March 1 Lady White wife of the Ladysmith commander expresses relief at the relief of the forces. She sends a message of thanks and joy declaring the world’s sympathy and happiness that her husband is safe at last.
London Reingestion Jars Paria Headlines
Paris papers profess to be shocked by London jabile tion claiming inappropriate conduct. The reports describe the event as indelicate and scandalous, provoking public outrage and debate among commentators in Paris.
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London
Paris
Gen Creny arrives Cape Town and is confined aboard prison ship
General Creny and his party reached Cape Town on Friday. The captured general was immediately sent to Lint Onstown, where he will be confined aboard a prison ship.
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Cape Toews
Cape Town
Creny
Lintonstown
Nighttime march through city roars with song
A fragmented report describes a nighttime march where a group of friends moved through the city singing and shouting, creating a lively if unclear scene amid urban streets. The garbled text references Ren C Smith and a meal but lacks coherent details or context.
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Ren c Smith
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