Burglars Threaten Woman in N Alabama Street Home
A burglar entered Mrs. Maud Roberts's room at 4 a.m. after threatening to kill her. He searched closets and drawers, then climbed through a front window after a guard outside told him to proceed. Police note two men involved. Elsewhere, Samuel McClure's tailor shop lost four coats and ten pairs of trousers, plus suits. Dr Charles Abbott's home was robbed of a sunburst pin and $25 via a kitchen window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Roberts
Alabama Street
Samuel McClue
Pratt Street
Charles Abbott
Vermont Street
Stabbing at Ward saloon leaves Clark wounded, Watsig held
Eli Clark a 32 year old bartender was stabbed at 6 am Saturday at Andy Ward's saloon on Illinois street. Oliver J. Watsig 31 was arrested for assault with intent to kill after Clark named him as the attacker. Clark was found with a deep chest wound at 287% Indiana avenue and Ward's quarrel traces back three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Clark
Oliver J. Watsig
Andy Ward
Illinois Street
Westig
Ward
Clark
Allen
Indiana State Hospital
Gibney
Len Underwood
Underwood
Indiana Avenue
Watsig
Hole in pocket not big enough to save negro
George Jackson, a negro, was arrested for larceny after a silver dollar and a 50-cent piece slipped through a pocket hole that could not admit a 20-cent piece. He claimed lost laundry money, was fined $10 and costs, and given ten days in the workhouse after delivering washing then disappearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jackson
Jackson
Blake Street
Accused Negro Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case
Arthur Marshall colored was arraigned in criminal court on a first degree murder charge for killing Frank Hickerson in January and pleaded not guilty. The indictment says a club was used. Three others James Davis Henry Hewitt and Frank Carter pleaded not guilty to burglary and chicken stealing charges. their cases may be called for trial next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Marshall
Frank Hickerson
Hickerson
James W. Davis
Henry Hewitt
Frank Carter
Baby Revived After Coffin Burial In Orange Tex
A two month old girl in Orange Texas who was pronounced dead two days earlier was found alive in a coffin prepared for burial. Doctors revived the infant, and she is reported stable. The incident follows an earlier declaration of death and the child’s placement in a coffin. Further details on the medical recovery are awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange, Tex
Woman vanishes from steamship Tabasco voyage
Neri Herninger, a woman passenger who boarded the steamship Tabasco at Vera Cruz bound for Tampico, disappeared during the voyage and is presumed to have fallen overboard. She appeared American in looks but claimed to be Sapniard, speaking Spanish and English. ship officers are greatly puzzled.
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Tampico
Mex
Neri Herninger
Tabasco
Vera Cruz
Thornton bill renovated at eleventh hour
The Indianapolis measure to compel building alley and street crossing bridges over the canal faced veto by the governor due to a clause placing the duty on Indianapolis to fund the bridges. Municipal League leaders intervened to strike the water company clause and push repassage in the senate, aiming to secure the bill before 6 p.m. despite ongoing uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nouse
Thornton
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Water Company
Municipal League
Water Company
Senate
Jockey Dugan Sails to Ride in England
Howard W. Dugan, renowned as a leading jockey, sails from New York to England for riding duties. He had ridden extensively in Los Angeles last summer with notable success. The move marks a return to international racing opportunities for the American jockey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugan
England
New York
Howard W. Dugan
Los Angels
Legislature approves extra session funds request
The legislature passed, under suspension of rules, a $22,000追加 appropriation to defray session expenses, totaling about $137,000. Republicans criticize excess while arguing Senate overrun. printing and supplies spend shows Democrats’ savings versus 1907, with Senate costs rising compared to prior year.
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Strickland
Ore Thieves Down At A Mine In Guanajuato
In Guanajuato Mexico March 6 an altercation between American mine officers and Mexican ore thieves left Domingo Moctezuma dead and three companions badly wounded and captured. Officers H P Smith F W Updegraff and J Wood returned fire killing and wounding the attackers while police jailed the Americans at Granaditas provoking foreign resentment in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guanajuato, Mex
Domingo Moctezuma
Granaditas
Jasonville Lighting Plant Proposal Sparks Town Meeting
Jasonville Indiana faces three weeks of darkness as the lighting plant sits closed for repairs. Principal stockholder H L Hyatt proposes leasing the plant to the town for one year at 8 percent annual return, about 1700 dollars, aiming to save roughly 100 dollars yearly. A committee will study the plan and a further meeting will be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasonville
Ind
H. L
le Seid
Seins
Governor warns of veto over budget and calls for special session
Governor Marshall says the appropriations bill exceeds two year revenues and must be cut by about 700000 to avoid a bankruptcy. He plans to veto if unchanged, seek tax increases or bonds, and urge citizens to support economy over waste as the legislature negotiates with education and state institutions under mounting pressure.
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Marshall
House
Senate
Menning
Kistler
Indiana University
H. L. Hanna
Ford
Mattingly
Purdue
Logansport
Bland
Gov. Marshall
Genatord
Woof
Cox
Hord
Sixteen Die As Birkenhead Cofferdam Floods
Liverpool March 6 sixteen men were killed instantly and about six others narrowly escaped when a cofferdam at Birkenhead dam flooded during construction of a steamship dock. Falsework was swept away and survivors clung to wreckage amid rising water.
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Liverpool
Eng
Birkenhead
Walter Lynn Willing 10 Has a Guardian
Probate Judge Ross continued the guardian case for Walter Lynn Willing 10 as his aunt Mrs Wirza Holland seeks guardianship citing mental weakness while criminal charges of petit larceny and burglary are unresolved. The detained youth admitted he needs a guardian and may receive estate possession within a year amid questions from other relatives.
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Ross
Walter Lynn
Wirza Holland
Pritchard
Washington
D. C
Indianapolis
Committee 10 Remedies Defects in the Road Bill
The senate passed a house roads bill and asked conference committees to adjust amendments to fix several patent defects. The measure aims to correct evils of the old three mile road law despite protests it repealed a repealed law and a lawyer’s claim the bill was invalid on its face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Sweeney
Senate
Fire disrupts probate office as wires spark in courtroom
In a Saturday incident at the county courthouse, crossed electric wires ignited a broom in the private office of Probate Judge Ross, spreading to umbrellas, a desk, and items of Miss Paetz and Miss Clinton before janitors with water extinguished the flames. East Buffalo market notes follow with cattle receipts and livestock prices.
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Ross
Robs man who gave him night's lodging
Clyde Grenson visited William Neryes seeking shelter and while Neryes left the room he seized a shotgun a razor and a bundle of clothes. Detectives Simon and Coffin arrested him Friday night. Neryes had known Grenson from farm work nearby.
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Clyde Grenson
William Neryes
Neryes
Simon and
Coffin
Grenson
Soldiers Meet Culver Cadets in Contest
At the armory on Thirteenth Street and Ashland Avenue Saturday night, picked men from Company D of the Second Regiment I N G will contest Culver Military Academy for marksmanship honors. The Company D lineup includes Capt. F L Bridges Lieut. D W Gordon Lieut. M T Levey Sergts F T Roadcap B W Britain Corporal O B Keller B F Runyon C E F Hall and Privates C L Nelson and J W Hert.
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Thirteenth Street
Ashland Avenue
Culver Military Academy
F. L. Bridges
D. W. Gordon
M. T. Levey
F. T. Roadcap
W. Britain
O. B. Keller
B. F. Runyon
Notable Deaths and Meetings Across Cities on March Six
Burlington death of Joseph William Blyth, a leading railroad solicitor and Republican stand patter. William J. Bryan travels to Newark via New York to discuss tuberculosis welfare with Nathan Straus. Wilbur and Orville Wright honored by Munich Technical High School with doctor of technical science. Read ing president Baer confirms miners officials and operators conference planned for next Thursday.
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Burlington
Joseph William Blyth
Burlington Railroad System
New York
William J. Bryan
Newark
Nathan Straus
Berlin
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Technical High School of
Munich
Philadelphia
Baer
The
Reading Road
Fifteen Die In Landslide At Pradel Village
March 6 report from Rome states fifteen people were killed when an avalanche toppled and demolished a house in Pradel village, Belluno province, Venita.
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Rome
Pradel
Belluno
Venita
Leaps from a train end life attempt in Chicago
In Chicago a man believed to be George Meader of Elizabeth Pennsylvania leapt from an Erie train near Crown Point Indiana while resisting conductors. He was buried along the ground for yards and likely fatally injured with a possible skull fracture. He had boarded at Meadville Pennsylvania and was taken to Moray hospital in South Chicago unconscious.
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George Meader
Elizabeth
Erie
Chicago
Crown Point
Ind
Meader
South Chicago
Moray Hospital
Mesder
Meadville
Tidewater Pipe Line seeks cross rights in Jorrson County Franklin
The Tidewater Pipe Line company filed additional right-of-way grants with the county recorder allowing crossing rights over land owned by C. L. Wilson Henry Smith Jonathan W. Yoke Gerome Johnson W. J. Moore J. W. Spicer Sarah Dungan Susan Myers Dr. Charles Wadsworth G. B. Overstreet Henry Billingsley and several others in Franklin Indiana on March 6. The altered list shows multiple private landowners affected by the pipeline route.
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Franklin
Ind
Tidewater Pipe Line Company
County Recorder
C. L. Wilson
Henry Smith
Jonathan W. Yoke
Gerome Johnson
W. J. Moore
J. W. Spicer
Sarah Dungan
Susan
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John Hubert Ward
Whitelaw Reid
Appropriations
Illinuij
Muriel Wilson
Foxhall Keene
Keene
Miss Wilson
Thornton Bill
Walter Lynn Willing
East Buffalo
Culver
Jorrson County
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