08 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1901
Page
1
The Thompson bill to make the United States flag Indiana’s official banner prompts a heated debate. Davis accuses Republicans of awakening to flag beauty late while referencing slavery in the Philippines. The bill passes 72 to 0 amid sharp exchanges and veteran interruptions.
Artman asks legislators to remove books from desks to prevent missile throwing on the final night of sessions. He says a distraction and mess could erupt if items are left out. The move aims to ensure order and decorum as lawmakers wrap up.
Kirkman sponsors a bill to impose death or life imprisonment for criminal assault. Brooks, chair of the judiciary committee, reports indefinite postponement after the bill’s collapse. A noted interview quoted Brooks saying twenty one years suffices, and he would not hang a violent offender.
Frustrated Speaker Artman struggled to marshal House members during a chaotic Friday session. With protests and uproar delaying business, he warned he would move to adjourn if reps failed to take their seats.
The house approved resolutions to amend the state constitution increasing supreme court judges and setting bar admission qualifications. They previously failed to gain the required majority at the last general election and are to be reconsidered by the next general assembly before being put to a public vote at the next general election after 1903.
Gov. Durbin vetoes the DeKalb County commissioners raise bill. Darby, the sponsor, will not attempt to override the veto.
The senate on Friday morning rejected a bill mandating that mine shots be fired by an expert specially employed. The same session also killed a proposal to appropriate 32,000 for a monument to Wancy Hanks Lincoln.
A crowd in San Juan de Porto Rico rioted after School-supt Armstrong punished a 10 year old girl for disobedience. The crowd stoned the superintendent and shouted anti American cries. Police fired 100 shots with no injuries then artillery fired into the air to disperse the rioters.
An unusual classified item list shows a $25 piano on offer amid scattered notes including references to a horse named James and a dusty stone. The fragmentary OCR hints at miscellaneous buy sell requests in a small ad section.
In the Greene County Assembly Friday James a Democrat pursuing a seat on the State Tax Board was jeered and challenged by fellow Democrats led by Davis as he aligned with Republicans on a bill to separate the women's prison from the girls reform school. Speaker Artman mockingly called him the double gentleman from Putnam prompting mixed cheers and jeers. James defended his record stating he works for results and will vote with his conscience. Slack later said James’s success came from alignment with the Republican side.
The Bell telephone bill to let companies erect poles and wires in towns without council consent faced adjournment in the senate on Friday. It was altered from 15 000 to 20 000 population and may be killed after the bill was returned to the house for correction. Senators debated personalities as Legeman pursued a source of the bill’s wording change.
Mamie Humphries, a colored woman, was charged with assault and battery after entering Squire Smock's court Friday. She escaped through the back door with a boy, seen fleeing west toward Market Street, a repeat of a prior unprosecuted offense.
The house killed a bill Friday intended to curb landlord powers over tenants. Speaker Artman said the body believed the proposal widened landlord authority and noted landlords could lien crops for rent and enforce without notice, harming innocents. He explained the measure after the roll call when the bill was defeated.
A man named Geo Spratt, a colored passenger, tendered a lead dollar for his fare on a Columbia Avenue streetcar Thursday. Detectives Bray and Lancaster investigated and charged him with passing counterfeit money.
E M Slayton reports a Kansas Oklahoma produce order for 200 carloads of eggs implying 28 800 000 eggs to be laid this spring. A nurse in New York Mary Obuch jailed six months for biting a child. Fargo NC Miss Wellis Cass seeks probate of a will for George H Welton who died of apoplexy.
A lighthearted portrait of state lawmakers describes Statesman as a skilled speaker yet unreliable in substance. It mocks four lightweight legislators Metsker Erdlitz Matson Fleming as physically small and notes Elevator-man Templeton’s chaotic elevator management in the state house.
Roy Abergast of 426 West Chesapeake Street boards at the works as a chicken picker. In Madison county neighbor Mr. Case was accused by a farmer of stealing a blanket Case held in his buggy. Case bought it from Abergast and officers found four robes at Abergast's home. Abergast confessed to peddling in Madison county and stealing a little by way of variety.
Mrs. McKinley ill amid alarm. Senate committees delayed until December. British steamer Aviona sunk at Bilbao with all aboard. A Boxer fugitive stirs Chicago and Chinatown. Bryan in Buffalo discussing 1904 nomination with national committeemen. Hanna Payne Heath meet on Nebraska deadlock denying Addicks withdrawal. Bryan cites railroad influence as Nebraska deadlock cause. John Christy Ware freed from Atwater's glass case at Wesleyan College experiment.
Detectives close the case on Kenneth Lawrence who vanished after leaving 2500 dollars at home and 1000 with a tenant. He was seen in Brooklyn on September 14 after traveling from Illinois to New York, with ties to Masons in Indianapolis and New York. A reward remains for news as fears of murder grow.
N B Cregir vice president of Municipal Signal Co Chicago in Indianapolis Thursday said the city could save over 20000 by duplicating the Chicago system praised by the Board of Safety. Gamewell to get 20000 for boxes and 42200 for office equipment while St Paul bid 10000 for office equipment alone.
Margaret King received 500 dollars in damages from the street car company on Friday. A divorce was granted in circuit court and several couples settled or split. Priscilla won a separation from William C Vandy as Judge Allen questioned ease of divorces. Horsburg Ketrow and Sankard were fined for killing horses for hides west of Indianapolis, after health board inspection failed to resolve the nuisance and an appeal moved to criminal court.
Sheriff Saulcy plans a small bore armament for jail use in emergencies noting regular militia arms are too heavy. He has 100 arms and 1,000 rounds stored on the top floor, awaiting end of danger. The jail tunnel could aid in moving prisoners to court, but complex steps hinder single-prisoner removal.
A natural gas furnace explosion near 214 N New Jersey Street caused serious burns to Miss Flora Williams, a domestic in the Penfield family. She opened the gas light with burning paper, igniting the stove and knocking items loose. she was dazed, collapsed later, but doctors report her injuries are not serious.
Louis J. Beck former press agent for Frank C. Bostock sues for 740.31 claiming 85 a week wages and 390.31 expenses for ten weeks. He alleges neither wages nor expenses were paid and accuses the expense ledger of numerous items labeled with drinks and entertainment for newspaper men and public officials.
Bob Smith a real estate dealer began to enter the Baldwin block elevator when the operator left briefly. He fiddled with the controller and the car sped upward then reversed and plunged downward several times before he halted it.
The Board of Safety refused Friday to inspect affidavits in the Policeman Tanzy case. Members said the documents were not a public matter and predate his appointment. Citizens condemn the lack of scrutiny amid alleged insults to women and calls for justice.
At a secret meeting the conference committee recommended passage of the Joss primary election reform law by four to two with Artman and Minturn in opposition. James again failed to stand for the Minturn bill.
The Supreme Court affirmed the old suit of William E. English against Dickson and Talbott about rent on English's opera house. The $5,000 judgment includes principal interest and fees. The court found no breach after both sides rebuilt the stage and used the theater for a season, noting Dickson and Talbott did not prove damages from rebuilding English's hotel.
The Board of Works notified the Indianapolis water company to lay a water main on Fourteenth street from West to Collins with a two way hydrant at Fourteenth and Collins and to lay a main on Tuxedo street from Washington to Moore avenue with hydrants at Tuxedo street and Moore avenue and at East Vermont street and the Union railroad tracks. Contracts let include local sewer on Twenty seventh street and Blackford street with prices to C S Roney and William Bossert. Main drain on Elder avenue to C S Roney at 5i. Bids on local sewer Chesapeake street were rejected and will be redone due to wrong assessments. Bills approved include electric lights for February at 8702.49 and street repair bridge and sewer for January first week in March at 404.59.
Building inspector Bedell faces mounting complaints about a board fence around a Pennsylvania and Chiosts building. Labor groups object to ads for scab goods while responsibility remains unclear. Mayor Taggart told Controller Johnson to source ad funds, but Johnson wants the fence removed.
Judge Baker heard argument to strike parts of David A. Jennings complaint for damages against Eli M. Menaugh and Salem Indiana residents. The editor alleges whitecapping and outrages by men he attacked in his Salem paper. a motion to amend the complaint was suggested as preferable.
Roll-clerk George Deem of the senate caused a sensation in the house on Thursday evening. Sent with a senate message, his voice rang louder than Rep Rir hart’s, filling the chamber and even making the clock hands jump. Members rose, craned necks, and applauded as the new roarer smiled sheepishly.
Nancy Southern saw a damages verdict against the Big Four railroad upheld in superior court a few days ago. Her lawyers asked for a new trial on Friday alleging two jurors Andrew Huff and George Col ter have sons employed by the railroad.
The senate plans a weekend of friendly gathering after Fridays push to accept an invitation to drink lithia water from a barrel in the house post office lobby. The playful events begin Friday and continue Saturday and Monday with mutual merriment.
Smashed house incident on Friday prompts calls for legislative action. Commission to study governance and push for additional regulation with lawmakers reevaluating statutes.
The grand jury issued a partial report on Friday listing indictments including Walker Herrington James Lyons Eliza Payne Clarence Cott Frank Hamilton John Hagerty Chas Rice Thomas Morley for larceny and Charles Moore for assault with intent to kill Lewis Woods Maggie Yancey and Margaret Breckenridge charged with assault with intent to kill Edwin Martin and Henry Halper. Judge Alford commented that it has been a long time since a murder case was heard.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a grip cure and claims it removes the ailment. The copy markets the laxative as a solution to persistent grip related discomfort, using emphatic language typical of period ads.
The investigating committee report, submitted to the senate, criticizes Supt. Sarah F. Keely for lack of courtesy amid ill health and urges separation of convicts and girls with two superintendents. It notes changes to improve the institution and avoids a plain removal. The report, debated amid claims of a whitewash, is considered a compromise.
Lawmakers clash over a bill to separate the state prison and girls reform school. Whitcomb’s amendments aim to create a commission and fund a new site, but the enacting clause is struck 5 to 24, delaying separation for at least four years.
The house passed Johnson's bill on Friday to permit three fourths of stockholders to issue preferred stock in mining and manufacturing firms, freezing out small stockholders. Daiva, Democratic leader, attacked it while Reagan of Marion county argued some members act on the presumption that all meet dishonest.
Forecast for Indianapolis covers 36 hours from March 9 in the afternoon. Expect warmer temperatures with rain Friday night and intermittent high winds Saturday. Temperature readings are unclear due to damaged text but indicate rising values.
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