Coaling facilities and fort plans amid Cuba crisis
A sweeping dispatch outlines U S preparations and strategic moves as talk of war with Spain looms. It notes New Orleans forts under overhaul, Mare Island coaling reviews, and wrecking rumors surrounding Weyler. Reports describe ships, surveys, and potential war-time purchases tied to the Maine affair.
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New Orleans
Fort St. Phillip
Fort Jackson
Mississippi
San Francisco
Admiral Kirkland
Mare Island
Washington
Lieuts. Stone and
Hughes
Pavy-inspector Griffing
San Franccisco
Mrs. Bradbury Dies. Service Set For Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. D. M. Bradbury, 56, longtime Indianapolis charity worker, died at her home 1309 Parkage. Funeral services are planned for Sunday at 3 p m with burial at Millersburg.
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D. M. Bradbury
Indianapolis
Millersburg
Rev Allen B Philpuit Accepts Central Church Pastorate
Rev Allen B Philpuit of Philadelphia has formally accepted the pastorate of the Central Christian Church and will take charge on May 1.
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Allen
B. Philpuit
Philadelphia
The
Central Christian Church
Prominent Republican Sets Justice of the Peace Slate
A Republican leader fixes the party’s justice of the peace slate naming William S. Lockman William H. Nickerson Charles A. Clarkrand Joseph Sheppara and Jane Dustless for the posts as announced in state party communications.
Independent Telephone Bid Sparks Board Debate
Judge Walker accuses Central union linked firm of deceptive tactics while Pickens of Pickens Cox & Sahn denies ties and urges competitive bidding. He says his team can match or beat rivals and has a member invested in the New company. The Board weighs opening the franchise to bid.
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New Telephone Company
L. C. Walker
New Company
Board of Public Works
Central Union Company
Pickens, Cox & 4Sahn
Board of Works
William A. Pickens
Central Union Telephone Company
Wabash Old Boys Dinner Reflects On Past Days
The Old Wabash club at the Commercial club Friday night featured toasts to classic novels such as Lorna Doone and Elsie Venner. President Burroughs gave the main address recalling Wabash as it was in early days, with many attendees listed including professors, doctors, and local leaders.
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Wabash Boys
Blowort
Wabash” Club
Wabash College
Lorna Doone
Clay Mannering
Elsie Venner
Burroughs
Wabash
Prof
Campbell
John A. Coburn
J. E. Cleland
W. A. Sheereham
J. A. Vineh
M. M. Lawson
M. W. McGilliard
W. Stradling
Harry J. Milligan
Edward Daniels
Albert Baker
A. W. Wishard
Byron Prunk
James L. Kingsbury
Wilmer FF. Christian
H. O. Allen
Reginald Sullivan
Frank Cleland
George (. Calvert
W. D. Owen Named as Preferred U S Senate Candidate
A Republican state house official praised secretary of state W. D. Owen as a scholarly orator and proven statesman while in Congress, saying he would be the best fit for the United States Senate though not publicly mentioned as a candidate or harboring Senate ambitions.
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Tee
Havana Harbor
Lee
Spain
Maine
United States
Japan
San Francisco
Philadelphia
W. D. Owen
Question of Growlers Divorce Case In Superior Court
Laura Simpson sues William Simpson for divorce in superior court Saturday. The couple, photographers at 1464 BH Washington St, faced allegations of habitual drunkenness amid testimony about growlers sent to accompany meals. Simpson counters that his wife instigated the beer habit and desired it more than he did.
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Laura Simpson
Superior Court
William Simpson
Simpsons
Washington St
Libel Suit Transferred to Federal Court
William D. Welsh a U S storekeeper at Cerea distilling in Dearborn county files libel suit for five thousand dollars against Albert F Geisert alleging a letter to A E Nowlin Sixth district collector libeled Welsh by stating he was absent from duty contrary to law
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William D. Welsh
United States
Cerea Distilling Company
Dearborn County
Internal Revenue Service
Albert F. Geisert
Geisert
Welsh
A. E. Nowlin
Internal Revenue
Sixth District
Hoosier Tips and Local Notes From Indiana Markets
Edward Smith age 80 of Shelbyville noted in obituary rumors as a large lawyer. Shelbyville reports cheapest gas in the state. A cooperative plant is now in running order. Two oil wells near Muncie show differing qualities with one first class. Montgomery county roads suffered about $20000 loss from heavy wagons in wet weather. Freight train on the Monon near Crawfordsville damaged several cars Saturday morning. William Foreman of Arcadia to exhibit his 16 year old son who stands 22 inches in circumference. Charles Fort paroled from Michigan City prison after 21 year manslaughter sentence. Mrs Mary Biddle of Fort Wayne celebrated 93rd birthday recalling the first steamboat on the Ohio River.
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Edward Smith
Shelbyville
Muncie
Montgomery County
Crawfordsville
William Foreman
Arcadia
Charles Fort
Michigan City
Mary Biddle
Fort Wayne
Ohio River
Divorce Fraud Claim Against Imaginary Wife
Helen T. Stewart, claiming to be the real wife of John Stewart, petitions in superior court to strike out the decree granting John Stewart a divorce from Fannie Stewart as a sham. She alleges the case involved an imaginary defendant and a fraudulent publication notice to oust her from his home, and notes Stewart's recent sale of a saloon on Te. Wabash street and a prior police court assault incident.
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Helen ‘I’. Stewart
John -Stewart
Fannie Stewart
Helen T. Stewart
Stewart
Te. Wabash St
Joe Gates
Gates
Local notices and incidents in city life update
Gov Mount improves at home with cmp. Publisher K E Stafford buys new home on N Ulmnois st. Public School 25 on Merrill st holds special exercises. Miss Marie Polk teaches Friday afternoon. Undertaker A J Lauck displays new funeral car in Rochester. Wm M Winslow sues to foreclose $17 000 mortgage by Herbert Collins et al. Colored workers Neal Miller and Stephen Taylor injured by a car on Alabama St. Special sing at First German Evangelical Church. Dr Lucas to lecture at Sixth Christian Church on baptism and fortune. Hobart G A R posts notes readiness to serve. Simons of Sons of Temperance gives chalk talk at Gospel Mission. Mrs W H Cook to read essay at Woman's Club. Meridian W C T A to present play with George H Thomas W R C. Rummel's drunken incident at Pentecost meeting. You’re invited to events. Samantha at Saratoga shown by Meridian W C T A and W R C No 20. Marriage dispute over Rummel. fine imposed. Premier steel works sale notice to creditors. Edward Gainer injured in fall. taken to hospital. Birthday party poisoning scare. cause unknown. West forces sidewalk use on Brass. lawn care. Cassius M C Willis sues Globe Life Insurance for unpaid policy. Rev Wm O White to preach at Ninth Presbyterian. 3 pm service by Rev Graham. sacraments at evening. Evansville packing company incorporates. Banner Cement of Clark County. Lafayette Rubber Tire Co. also incorporated.
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Cmp
K. E. Stafford
N. Ulmnois St
TX. Merrill St
Marie Polk
A. J. Lauck
S. Meridian St
Rochester
Wm. M. Winsloy
Herbert Collins
Mary VW. Stewart
Neal Miller
Stephen Taylor
Henry Sweetland
Alabama St
First German Evangelical Church
New York-sts
Barns
Dr. Lucas
Sixth Christian
William H. Cook
Unidq
Roberts Park
Samantha
Saratoga
Meridian W. C. T. A
George H. Thomas
Capital City
Washington St
William Pressley
Lillie
Hazel Taskey
Uinion St
Edna Conroy
Lillie Taskey
West
State House
Cassius M. C. Willis
Minnie Taylor
Globe Life Insurance Company
Lfe
Wm. O. White
Ninth Presbyterian Church
Mr. Graham
William Collins
Evansville Packing Company
Banner Cement Company
Clark County
Lafayette Rubber Tire Company
Funeral Carriages Rate for Crown Hill Service
Frank Bird Transfer Co offers funeral carriages at $2 for Crown Hill or south yard. Claims best service in the city with telephone contact.
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Crown Hill
South Yard
Bird Transfer Ca
Death of James L Bishop Prominent Indianapolis figure
James L Bishop 83, manager at Indianapolis calcium light firm, died Friday night after pleurisy and pneumonia. A longtime resident, he was a Hyde Park M E Church charter member and Sunny school superintendent. Survived by widow, four children, siblings and half siblings. funeral by Undertaker Whitsett.
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Hyde Park M. E. Church
James L. Bishop
Indianapolis Calcium Light Company
Indianapolis
Covington
Bishop
Calcium Light Company
Hyde Park M, EK
Sunny School
Tie
K. of P
Ome
Harry Bishon
Wiulschner
Join
William Bishop
Greenwood
Jennie Wilson
Lou Byers
Franklin
Emma Vaught
Parker
Maggie Currie
McPherson
Kas
Claude Bishop
Louisville
Miuud Kimball
Salem
Whitsett
Klondike Army Stranded by Severe Klondike Storms
In Tacoma a 10 900 strong Klondike expedition advances toward the passes of Chilkoot and White. Three weeks of fierce winds and blizzards block travel early February. Tramways stopped. 1500 Klondikers blocked at Sheep Camp and 3500 between there and Dyea. About 5000 stalled on the Skaguay trail awaiting abatement of storms. A week ago a chinook thaw began as the Klondike gun moved forward last Saturday.
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Tacoma
Wash
Maton d
Acros
Chilkoot
Klondike
Skaguay Trail
Jst
State livestock board defends cattle health amid tubercu losis orders
Indiana livestock sanitary commission lines up to enforce the governor's ban on Texas cattle imports. Secretary Levering says Hoosier cattle and horses are sound despite glanders and anthrax. He would eat tuberculosis matter from cows by the pound if in good health, while Mr. Claypool questions condemning cows unless the udder is tuberculous.
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State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Texas
Levering
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area in early March
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers 36 hours ending 8 p m March 6 with warmer trend. Saturday night and Sunday expected warmer conditions. Saturday temperatures recorded include 26 at 7 am, 14 at noon, and 40 at 2 pm.
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Indianapolis
School Board Approves Spring Art Exhibit Initiative
At Friday night’s meeting the board approved an art exhibit during spring vacation to showcase pupils’ best work. A Citizens' Education Society recommendation preceded the vote. The board will have the attorney assist in opposing the saloon near School No. 28 and an appeal from the county commissioners’ decision moves to the circuit court.
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Citizens’ Education Society
Secretary Butter Sees Progress At Deaf Institute
Secretary Butter of the State board of charities visited the deaf and dumb institute on Friday. He observed classes in visible speech where children who were born deaf learn to articulate and read lips. He heard a child who speaks clearly from a family with a long institute lineage spanning over 50 years.
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Butter
State Board of Charities
Deaf and Dumb Institute
How it Was Worked by a Ripley County Detective
A 26 year old United States detective in Ripley county posed as a 13 or 14 year old to infiltrate the mob. He gathered many remarks from street corners and alleys revealing mob personnel and actions. The note mentions an Easter suit advertisement at 449.5 Illinois St.
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United States
Ripley County
Awart
Peculiar pension fraud case touches wartime orphans
U S district attorney probes a Pearly Kight pension claim tied to guardian Charley Matherly. Dora Wight of Terre Haute, a related pension seeker, and a complex chain of guardianships and altered identities raise questions of fraud and misrepresentation. The case centers on Pearl Eight and Pearly Wight, with a new trial sought based on recently disclosed evidence. The matter involves Vigo and Clay counties, Louisville, and Indianapolis pension actions against a guardian and alleged imitator of a veteran’s heir.
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Dora
Terre Haute
Wilson H. Seale
United States
Charley Matherly
Chal Matherly
Ohio
Charley Ma
Clay County
Charley
Dora Wight
Vigo County
Wight
Charleys
Soale
Supreme
End of the first rule in America colored Republicans
An account of a Friday night gathering at the Anacostia club with speeches denouncing Maine killings and Republican lead as well as threats of war. Mentions Georg as chairman and Joseph B. as a candidate, with references to Lawrence Griffiths and other speakers, amid political tensions and reform currents. Also discusses ice industry competition and local business reorganizations in Indianapolis with names of firms and managers.
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America
Anacostia Club
Georg
Joseph B. E
Griffiths
Maine
Lowe Gress
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