Indiana House Rejects Senate Amendments On Track Elevation Bill
The Indiana House refused to concur with Senate amendments to a track elevation bill empowering the Board of Public Works and Council to force railroads to elevate their tracks. Final vote 78 to 31 against concurrence. Members named Morgan and Slack debated the amendments while lobbyists from the railroad side pressed their case on the floor.
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Indiana House of Representatives Kavg
Talkoad
Senate
Indianapals Board of Public Works
Adair
Bader
Bell
Berndt
Soulden
Boyd
Conaway
Cravens
Cully
Curry
Decker
Denbo
Dirkson
Edwards
Farrow
Fear
Garman
Green
Haines
Hall
Hamilton
Harley
Harter
Hast- Inge
Hendrickson
Holman
Hull
Huma
Jackley
Jakways
Kimball
Kirkman
Kirkpatrick
Kline
Lemort
Lewis
Lopp
Layring
Matthew
McDowell
Minnick
Mitchell
Morgan
Morton
Mummert
Nehf
Owen
Parrett
Patton
Pepple
Peer
Reeve
Robertson
Sallebury
Garmond
Sayre
Schemerhorn
Seifers
Sheridan
Shermen
Slack
Somers
Stansbury
Brookey
Stults
Statesman
Talcott
Taylor
Trapp
van Fleet
Warner
Watson
Wellens
Wells
Williams
Witson
Zollman
Bamberger
Branch
Caldwell
Goan
Miller
Muir
Salisbury
Stechman
Tarrington
Wright
Vender
Joseph R. Morgan
Marion County
Hous
Marshall
Bredhan
Renator
Thompson
Black
John B. Cockrum
Cockrum
O. Pickens
House
Bookwriter
Ed Logsdon
Conference
Matson
Tarkington
Senate Restores Original Sections To Track Elevation Bill
Senator Chas N Thompson of Marian county saw the senate on Thursday afternoon add two amendments to the track elevation bill. The changes restore vigor to the measure as introduced. One lets the court ratify a contract if the council refuses to ratify an agreement between the railroads and the Board of Works. The other grants city power to compel elevation. Continues on Page 8.
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Chas. N. Thompsan
Marian County
Senate
Fatlradds
Board of Works
Etrourt Court
Cockrum the Big Lobbyist Accused of House Privilege
Report recounts John L. Cockrum’s influence and claims he acted as a legislator, occupying a representative chair during a floor discussion. Rep Breckham and others criticize his behavior while the house struggles to enforce a rule barring Cockrum and his lobbyist associates from Moor.
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Joe Kealing
Geborn
Cockrum
Gore Aibout
Travis Bill
Ogles
Ogbern
New Liners Advertisements On Ninth Page
A terse list of Renner adverts on the ninth page shows items for sale and services including a young girl sought for night housework, mortgage loans, bicycle tires, rooms for rent, homing pigeons, a top salesman wanted, a five room residence for sale, fashion items, magazines, furnished or unfurnished rooms, a household helper, a music box, and a cook for a location, with instructions to send all liners to Ye yt a.
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Renner
Marvelous growth of postal business reported
The February report by Postmaster Mc Ginnis notes a rise of 639 640 pieces of first class mail and 200 000 pieces in all other classes from February last year. Fully made-up pouches for publishers increased by 1 717, and mail ageks rose by 1 251. The growth, nearly doubling local mail matter, reflects booming mail order business and broader prosperity nationwide.
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McGinnis
Imall Matter
Another wife for Col Marceau in New York story
Long Detroit era tale reports photographer Col Theodore C. Marceau, once of Indianapolis, has taken a new wife Miss Grace Fuson of Blenmand Virginia. The couple, now at Atlantic City for ten days, reportedly wed after brief acquaintance and visit his Waldorf Astoria and Automobile Club circles.
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New York
Col
Theodore C. Marceau
Indianapolis
Grace Fuson
Blenmand
Col. Marceau
Miss. Fuson
Waldorf-Astoria
Automobile Club
John Jacob Astor
Cincinnati
Wild rush to push last-minute bills through legislature
In a frenzied end of session, the House debated extra allowances as John Ward gained ten cents per shoe shiner per day, and Chief Clerk Reagan with Assistant Clerk Heilman received extra pay for finalizing the manual. Speaker Marshall pushed bills rapidly with no speaking time concessions.
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John Ward
Reagan
Heilman
Marshall
Indianos Senate Advances Light Contract and Apportionment Bill
The senate on Friday passed a ten year contract for furnishing electric lighting, with the Indianapolis Light and Power Company likely to secure the deal. A new apportionment bill also moved to third reading after minor amendments, with expectations it would pass largely as drafted.
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Senate
Indiananots Electric Lighting Ill
Indianapolis Light and Parwer Company
Bride Maggie Cress Found In Pittsburgh Union
Reports say Maggie Cress, formerly missing from Defiance, is believed located with her husband Ellsworth in Pittsburg. The couple had eloped amid parental opposition and stayed in a rooming house before leaving for Pittsburg. An Anderson inquiry tied a girl believed to be Cress to a Fort Wayne transfer after disappearance rumors.
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Maggie Cress
Magsive Cress
Ellsworth
Pittsburg
Haul
Knapp hearing delayed by primaries and next-week date
The preliminary hearing for Alfred Knapp was postponed due to primaries and will likely be set for the middle of next week. Knapp’s wife Anna sent a loving letter from Fal detailing support from her father and her plan to work to earn funds as she awaits the trial. Meanwhile in Butte, Montana, the legislature adjourned sine die after killing a bill to force newspapermen to align their names to editorials and articles.
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Hamilton
Alfred Knapp
Borech
Knapp
Kapp
Anna
Earn & Hyelwood
Butte
Mont
Montana
Weather forecast for Indianapolis area ends March 7
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 96 hours ending at 8 p m March 7. Rain likely Friday night and Saturday with warmer temperatures. Friday night 46 degrees at 7 pm, noon 52, 2 pm 54. Rain and warmer in Indiana and adjacent states with southerly winds.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Gorman elected Democratic Floor Leader of Senate
Senator Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland was elected chairman of the Democratic caucus Friday, a move that also names him Democratic floor leader. Tobias Schultz, 43, a rooming house occupant, killed himself with rat poison after domestic troubles and heavy drinking. He died in agony after a long night, with his landlady summoned to provide water before he collapsed. He left behind several children.
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Washington
Arthur P. Gorman
Maryland
Tobias Schultz
Sophia Schoob
Schultz
Towles
No Increase Veto for Marion County Judge Salaries
Governor Durbin vetoed a bill that would raise Marion county judges salaries and expanded the raise to four other counties. The measure, championed by Rep Bamberger, faced a conference committee rejection for excluding Vanderburg judge Rasch amid bribery allegations, and the veto opposed altering circuit and superior court pay to the five most populous counties.
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Durbin
Marion County
Bamberger
Rasch
Vanderburg County
Marion County-udgeeto-tetetremdehowr
Vans Aerburg
Vigo
Madison
Judge Fuller Will Retire
Washington March 6 Gov Wm R Taft of the Philippines may be chief Justice of the Supreme Court within a year It is understood here that Chief Justice Fuller is to retire on account of ill health and Roosevelt will name the civil governor of the Philippines to succeed him Prominent democrats press to keep him on the bench His retirement would elevate a Republican to the position President Cleveland appointed Chief Justice Fuller in 1838
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Wm. R. Taft
Philippines
Supreme Court of the
United States
Puller
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Funler
Senate battles Crum nomination as Tillman vows to block
Washington March 6 Democrats attack President over Crum nomination for Charleston tax collector. Senator Tillman vows to talk it to death if sent to the Senate. Democrats denounce dictatorial methods and aim to restrict business to canal and Cuban treaty work in the special session. In Indiana, Edward Gleney pleads not guilty in the Reynolda murder case. Clarence Med seeks to quash the affidavit while Elias Wagner faces arraignment Monday.
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Agaln
Senate
W. D. Crum
Charleston
Democrata
Tillman
Crum
Laporte
Ind
Edward Gleney
Reynolda
Circuit Court
Clarence Dunham
Wife’s Drinking Sparks Custody Battle and Divorce
John Shepherd testifies that his wife Maria Shepherd has been drunk hundreds of times, dragging him to divorce court. He describes a life of incidents as she drank to obtain money, leading to Judge Carter granting him divorce and custody of four children, while he later shared custody of the youngest. The arrest at Washington and Minneaplis is noted amid the case.
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Indianapolis
Louisville
Middle West
San Francisco
Santa Cruz
Cal
Dirs
Amanda J. Fiske
John D. Fiske
Fresno
California
Marceau
Theodore J
Brooklyn
Ahe
Theodore
Holland Hone
Stubbs
John Shepherd
Columbia National Bank
Shepherd
Maria Shepherd
Washington and Minneisats
Gunsolas
Shatter
Carter
Aix
Senator Fleming Warns Temperance Forces With Record Petition
Fort Wayne senator Stephen B Fleming presented the Indiana Senate with the largest petition in state history calling for repeal of the blanket remonstrance feature of the Nicholson law. He warned that two years hence the legislature will act on business principles and that opponents will press for repeal, noting the petition contains 77721 women voters from counties across the state. Fleming, a part owner of a Fort Wayne brewery, stated the public will see both sides weighed.
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Stephen B. Fleming
Fort Wayne
Senate
Indiana
Senter Fleming
Temperance
Wise
Fleming
Lincoln
Fieming
1 Dig Brewery
Milia
Boots-for eight years fund Christian home of rescue
Rev James Jackson a color ed preacher of the A M E Zion church works to raise 1100 more dollars to complete the Christian home of rescue at 438 Fourteenth street begun last summer He saved 400 by bootblacking to start the project and started a welfare center to aid colored people with religious instruction and charity The unfinished building has suffered weather damage and more funds are needed to finish the work Engineers return to work after agreeing to arbitrate grievances following a strike at Chicago packing houses
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James Jackson
A. M. EB
Zion Church
Christian Home of Rescue
Fourteenth St
T Rev. Jackson
Jackson
Albama
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