Struggle Over Indianapolis School Board Bill Continues
Senate education committee blocks the Indianapolis school board bill amid lobbying from Tom Taggart Sterling Holt and Wm. English. Duncan of Bloomington fails to present the report as Nye delays adoption, and Frenzel’s influence is suspected. The effort to report favorably dies in committee.
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NYE
Senate
Duncan
Indianapolis School Board
Senate Education Committee
Bloomington
Six
Mr. Duncan
Tve
Tye
Frenzel
McDonald
Tom Taggart
Sterling Holt
Denny
Board of Works
Kern
Devastating City Block Fire Profits Large Losses
A fierce fire Saturday night destroyed contents of the three story brick block at 29 and 31 Massachusetts, owned by E. J. Van Vorhis and M. B. Huey. Losses exceed $3,000 with Ward the artist dealer carrying over $1,000 in stock. Firemen faced heavy smoke and a monster flame burst that enveloped three firefighters briefly. two alarms and two hours of effort were required to control the blaze.
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Massachusetts
E. J. van Vorhis
M. 8. Huey
Wm. Ward
Pursell & Medsker
Ward
Mrs Burford Very Low with Complications at Home
Mrs Nancy Burford, aged mother of W B Burford, is very low with a complication of diseases at Dr Burford's home 162 N Meridian street. Dr Hodges is her physician.
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Burford
Nancy Burford
W.B. Burford
Hooray for the New Utopia Plan to aid poor renters
Sunday Progress Club discussed a celestial utopia on Due Light line with Henry George ideas and $20,000 capital. Members would lease homes while the company holds deeds and taxes cover expenses. Gas water and light at cost, women vote, annual town laws under elm trees, and aims to attract 100 members before filing incorporation papers.
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Progress Club
Lafuze
Springer
Henry George
Lafine
Sun
Albert [Rull
Conrad Rust
Attorney Lafute
J. H. Springer
Ed Perkins
The Marquis Talks of Oscar Wilde in London Gossip
London society roils over a duel threat and alleged insults involving Oscar Wilde and the Marquis of Queensbury. The Marquis claims Wilde insulted him and seeks a legal battle, while Wilde’s backers question the motive as presses anticipate a sensational court case.
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Oscar Wilde
London
Marquis
Fells
Loxpon
Marquis of Queensbury
Western League Schedule Talks In Milwaukee Meeting
In Milwaukee at Miuwatukxer Wis March 14 the Western league managers meet with Hart of the National league and Manning absent until 2 p.m. They plan to clash over dates with eastern clubs pushing for home games, aiming to secure July 4 for eastern teams while eastern clubs accuse the west of favorable treatment last season.
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Orly
Miuwatukxer
Wis
Western League of Baseball
Manning
Kansas City
Hart
Wales
Labor row at hotel over McGregor credentials in Indiana parade
Labor union gossip flared Sunday in room 35 at the Hotel English as President MacGregor clashed with a stone cutter named Wilson over credentials. The Joint committee then elected McGregor chairman-in-chief of the state demonstration with officers named and a $100 lobbying fund approved for Unionists Dunn and Barmett. The next meeting is set for Sunday April 2 in the same room.
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MacGregor
Wilson
Indiana
McGrear
McGregor
L. T. Cloud
J. Groff
Deissenherz
EH. A. Perkins
Dunn
Barmett
The Governor and Lieutenant Governor Quarrel on Last Day
A heated clash in the lieutenant governor’s parlor pitted Gov Nye against Lieut. Gov Nye over bills on the last day. Nye refused passage while Nye claimed control of the senate, prompting accusations and abrupt exits as witnesses described heated exchanges and silent reactions from Gov. Matthews.
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Cov. Nye
Gov. Matthews
Brutus
Cassius
Nye
McDonald
High Dudgeon
Senator Newby
Claude
Nyo
Taut
Senate
Ant
Ayas
Ile
Matthews
King
In and about Damascus on a Sunday sermon
Rev D J Ellison pastor of First Baptist Church spoke on In and about Damascus. He described his trip, noting a guide who whistled Yankee Doodle after learning he was American, using the tune to earn dollars during the ride.
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D. J. Ellison
First Baptist Church
Damascus
Indiana 86 Hour Weather Ahead Mostly Cloudy With Light Precip
Forecasts for Indiana cover the 86 hours ending 8 p.m. March 12. The period calls for slightly warmer conditions with cloudy skies and a chance of light rain or snow on Monday night and Tuesday.
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Indiana
Knights of Pythias fair to be grand in Tomlinson hall
City life items note Knights of Pythias fair set for April 25 to 26 in Tomlinson hall with Dr. Harry Van Hummel buying 262 N Meridian St lot for 30000 from Jay Voss. Also report Cosmos club dissolved, bath house recommendation after inspector’s look at poor farm, death of John F Gavin 28, of 2618 Pennsylvania St, and an elevator fire at Pennsylvania St and Union tracks causing 299 in loss to Indianapolis Gas Co. Plus clergy changes, arrests for assault on Constable Rader, a recital by 15 year-old Emma Jeannette Orlopp in Cincinnati, steel-construction talk by C I Hilderbrand, and various marriages and obituaries.
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Tomlinson Hall
Harry van Hummel
N. Meridian St
Jay Voss
Cosmos Club
N.mlinois St
John F. Gavin
New York
Pennsylvania St
Indianapolis Gas Company
Central Christian Church
Zacharinth Sweeney
Columbus
Lucas
Myers
Sedalia
Charles Thompson
Indianapolis
Thomas Jones
Rader
Emma Jeannette Orlopp
College of Music
Cincinnati
Orlopp
Engineering Club
C. I. Hilderbrand
Brrras
Joseph
Carrie King
Jacob
Louise Wyrich
Gustav
Emma
Jose
Joshua
Tina Whittaker
Edward
Minnie Miller
Thomas and Sullivan
Jennie Bishop
Jessie McCallister
Louis Sauter
Amelia Dammeyer
Flossy Roberts
Nettie Brown
Lunatic claims Darlington wants to "fang" Hin in rail case
Louis R. Kirkpatrick, a railroad worker amid last summer’s strikes, was declared insane by a lunacy commission. He testified that after Gene Debs ordered work stoppages he complied, was blacklisted by the Pennsylvania Railroad, and since then imagines posters call for his arrest. He fears capture by Supt. Darlington and is restrained from fleeing his imagined pursuers. His delusion grew after learning of the blacklist.
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Darlington
Fang Hin
Louis R. Kirkpatrick
Gene Debs
Kirkpatrick
Pennsylvania Railroad
Supt
Pennsylvania Company
Fight with a Panther Leaves Two Men Injured
Jona Florida March 11 two hunters Wm Curry of Illinois and John Crawford of Pennsylvania shot a young panther east of town. They were skinning the cub when the panther sprang and fought. Curry is mortally wounded with severe injuries and Crawford was also injured. Both men were knocked unconscious and the beast fled into the woods.
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Curry
Illinois
Crawford
Pennsylvania
New Engine Houses Planned by City Safety Board
The safety board on Monday urged the board of works to accept a Filside avenue lot donated for an engine house and to advertise for a 40 by 95 foot site near the Jefferson street and Michigan avenue intersection. It also referred the Hast-end mercantile establishment petition for a haymarket to the mayor, asking the council to consider its establishment.
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Board of Safety
Board of Works
Filside Ave
Jeferson St
Michigan Ave
Hayward Sentenced to Hang for Murder in Minnearouis
Harry Hayward was sentenced Monday morning to be hanged three months from March 11 for the murder of Miss Ging. He displayed his usual coolness and received the sentence without flinching.
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Minnearouis
Harry Hayward
Miss Ging
Moon Eclipse Timed Across Continents
The article notes a total lunar eclipse Sunday night with partial phases starting at 7 45 and total eclipse beginning at 8 52, ending at 11 25. It was visible across North and South America Europe and Western Asia.
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North
South America
Europe
Western
Asia
Wild Scenes Mark Closing Bay of Legislature Day
The pacing scene opens with Speaker Adams noting closing day as Representative McCaskey’s desk is vandalized with a note. A raucous exchange follows with laughter, mock threats, and jokes about missing statutes as the session winds down. The Nicholson bill moves to the governor, who accepts it despite criticisms, while other bills face enrollment delays and reticence from officials.
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Adams
Representative McCaskey
Max
Speaker
Capitol
Howe
Morgan County
Melendy
Steuben
Senate
Leyden
Parker
Nye
Simons
Marshall
Andy J. Stukebake
Nicholson
King
Worth Dead Paris Dressmaker Charles Worth Dies At 86
Paris reports the death of Charles Frederick Worth famed Paris dressmaker born in 1825 in Bourne England. His Rue de la Paix establishment employed hundreds of workers and catered to elite clients including a Peruvian heiress who paid vast sums for lace trimmed gowns. His son expanded American sales by studying tastes and sending precise orders by telegraph.
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Paris
Charles Frederick Worth
Worth
Bourne
Lincolnshire
England
Rue de la Paix
Eugenne
America
Governor Signs Nicholson Bill Amid Bipartisan Fray
A hurried Republican caucus followed an unsigned revenue bill as the Senate adjourned. The Indianapolis bills stalled after the governor refused to receive them, then at 8 10 Monday afternoon Governor Matthews signed the Nicholson bill, enforcing it with his own police power.
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Senate
Metropoliwe
Nicholson
Indianapolis
Gov. Matthews
Brave Letter Woman Foils Express Robbers at Kimberly
Mrs Richards, station agent at Kimberly Minn, awakened by voices on the platform she fired on two would be robbers as they battered the door. She seized the telegraph key and alerted station agents across 100 miles of the Northern Pacific, stopping the eastbound express and averting a possible catastrophe.
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Dbenuta
Minn
Kimberly
Northern Pacific
A.rs. Reichards
Dredging Schooner Ida Wy Seward Capsizes Crew Lost
The Gyster dredging schooner Ida Wy Seward, with seven aboard, capsized in Broad Creek Talbot County on Sunday. Captain Benjamin F. Wilson of Oxford led the crew. among the missing is Lewis Sanders of Williamsport.
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Oxford
Ida WY. Seward
Broad Creek
Talbott County
Benjamin F. Wilson
Lewis Sanders
Williamsport
Sudden Death Claims Leroy Billmier at Home
Leroy Billmier aged 31 was found dead in an outhouse at 442 S. St. Clair street on Sunday. He suffered fits and it is presumed he collapsed while in the out-building, striking his head on a plank and being strangled. He was unmarried and lived with his elderly mother.
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Leroy Billmier
S. St. Clair-st
Billmier
Mourned to death after unhappy disposition at sanitarium
Miss Nancy McGlasson died Sunday afternoon from acute melancholy endured years. Her body was taken from Eastman sanitarium to Linville Indiana in the care of her sister Aliss McGlasson. Attendants say her case was unmatched, noting a large tumor but asserting her despondent mood hastened her demise. Her brother Thomas McGlasson is a known Linville citizen.
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Nancy McGlasson
Union Station
Linville
Aliss McGlasson
Eastman
Thos. McGlasson
PHREE FAT PRIZES INDIANAPOLIS LAW SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
The Indianapolis law school catalogue will be ready for distribution in a few days. Commencement is May 29 at Plymouth church with A C Harris delivering the address and ex Judge Eliott presenting diplomas. Three prizes: top senior wins SIGU, top junior wins $100, second best junior receives free tuition for a year. Mr Fishback notes most graduates are girls from Indiana high schools and cites fewer boys attending high school each year.
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Indianapolis
Plymouth Church
A. C. Harris
Eeliott
Sigu
Fishback
Indiana
Mrr. Fishback
Fatal Crossing at St Joskox Missouri Claims Three Victims
Three women were struck at a Missouri Pacific crossing as a fast mail train approached Sunday night. Thomas Allen died instantly, a 19 year old daughter was badly injured, and Martha Deacon died. Earlier Friday another two men named Mallory and McBride were killed at the same crossing.
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St. Joskox
Rs. Thomas Allen
Martha Deacon
Harch
Mallory
McBride
Beith Shoots Self Over Broken Engagement
In Ann Arbor Michigan on March 11 Albert F Beith a mail carrier killed himself by shooting through the heart under the window of his sweetheart Lizzie Covert after their engagement had been broken by a quarrel and she refused reconciliation.
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Ann Arpor
Mich
Albert F. Beith
Lizzie Covert
Keith
Mastiff Sold to Japanese Royalty From Chicago Kennels
Charles F. Bunn, famed for prize winning mastiffs in Chicago, sold a mastiff to the Mikado of Japan last week. Royal commissioner Zohaida selected Hejiva, the first prize winner in the puppy class, for the purchase.
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Pearrs
Chas. FE. Bunn
Chicago
Lock-out Idle Eight Thousand Workers In New York
Three thousand marble workers were locked out Monday by employers as part of the building trades union strike backing electrical workers. Eight thousand men are now idle. General Harrison improves, leaving bed and showing strength as his daughter Mrs. McKee arrives to assist.
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New York
Pbuilding Trades Union
Gen. Harrison
Cesare Cantu, Milan Historian, Dead
Wire whispers note the death of Cesare Cantu the Milan historian. Other items mention Lord Rosebery’s audience with the queen on Monday and men imprisoned at White Oak mine near Socorro New Mexico, still unreleased. Also a storm wrecked thirty fishing vessels off the Morocco coast Sunday night and Senator George’s re election stance causes Mississippi stir.
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Cesare Cantu
Milan
Lord Rosebery
White Oak Mine
Socarro
N. M
Morocco
Mississippi
George
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