Mayoral Race Gathers Pace With Diverse Candidates
Local civic figures including Rep John McGregor on the Republican ticket along with Aquilla Jones Jr and Chas McGuire shake up the field. Mayor Denny says he will not seek re election while Trusler hints at possible candidacy and Holt is backed for a strong mayoral bid.
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Charles Maguire
Cloud
Central Labor Union
Mae
McGregor
Aquilla Jones, Jr
Ile
Hendricks Club
Chas. McGuire
Edwin St. Geo. Rogers
Henry Spaan
John Holtzman
Joe Bell
Arthur Brown
M. J. O'Reilly
Western Union
Tom Taggart
Demmies
Sterling Holt
Sterling R. Hoit
Holt
Denny
Trusler
Army of Old Soldiers Seeks New Georgia Homes
More than 14 000 men, two thirds retired soldiers, have joined the Soldiers colonization project led by P H Fitzgerald. The scheme aims to purchase about 100 000 acres in Georgia, build a city with public works, and distribute land among colonies while keeping interstitial tracts company property for revenue. Funds from shares total around 450 000 dollars, targeting 500 000. Indiana and Nebraska lead in membership with sub colonies in Lapaz and others ready to assist land purchase at about 2 50 to 3 dollars per acre. Builders and bankers seek details to relocate families.
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P. H. Fitzgerald
Soldiers’ Colonization Company
Georgia
Fitzgerald
Gov. Northern
Nebraska
Indiana
Lapaz
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Iowa
Indianapolis
Still Testifying On Persecution Charge In New York
Zella Nicolaus remains before the grand jury in New York on March 14 continuing testimony about alleged persecution by Superintendent Byrnes. She accuses the Goulds of raiding police to hound her and aiding to stop her during Geo Goulds sister's wedding.
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New York
Zella Nicolaus
Byrnes
Goulds
Geo
Gould
Dropped 52 Degrees in 12 Hours Cold Wave
GenEsno New York March 14 At 7 oclock Thursday morning the mercury stood four above zero having dropped 52 degrees in 12 hours There is a strong wind from the north with snow flurries Washington March 14 Senator Blanchard of Louisiana says federal troops to quell New Orleans disorder is unwarranted Trustees of outside townships seek about 3000 for horse and buggy hire and office rent County commissioners refuse and trustees plan court action Center township is cited for allegedly lacking accommodations
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GenEsno
N. Y
New Oruerans
Harrison Line
Washington
Blanchard
Louisiana
United States
New Orleans
Center Township
China refuses to give Manchuria despite Japan aims
Loxpon March 14 Berlin correspondent reports China would concede to Japan the islands she desires including Formosa if France agrees, but will not surrender any territory in Manchuria.
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Manchuria
Loxpon
Berlin
the Standard
China
Japan
Formosa
France
Vessel Lost near Hiegxuanp Lier with crew saved
The schooner Charles A Campbell from Boston to Philadelphia went ashore at Hiegxuanp Lier on Thursday morning. The crew was rescued and the vessel is probably lost. In Albany the assembly approved submitting woman suffrage to a popular vote. In Lincoln Nebraska the senate passed a bill abolishing the death penalty.
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Hiegxuanp Lier
Mass
Charles A. Campbell
Robinson
Boston
Philadelphia
Albany
Lixcoun
Neb
Senate
Captain Shipard Critically Ill In Washington
WIRE WHISPERS report Capt. Shipard chief of the revenue marine service is critically ill in Washington. Other dispatches note King Humbert’s fifty first birthday celebrated in Rome and the steamship Oregon, arriving at Halifax, reporting a stormy voyage with broken machinery.
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Shipard
Revenue Marine Service
Washington
King Humbert
Rome
Oregon
Halifax
Leaky Cisterns Cleaned and Cemented for $1.50
Ed Balls advertises cleaning and cementing leaky cisterns at a factory address 188 Indiana Ave with phone contact. Pumps are mentioned as available. The notice emphasizes repair services and pricing.
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Andiana-ave
Mob Kills Italians In Jail Break After Abner Hixon Slaying
In Watsonsure CoL on March 14 a small mob murdered two Italians Francisco Panchello and Antonio Lorenzo inside a jail after forcing open doors with masked men. The guards were kept at bay as shots rang out and the assailants escaped. A posse pursued but failed to capture them. Governor McIntyre said the coroner found no clear culprit and questioned Italian citizenship of the dead.
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Lorenzo
Panchetto
Denver
McIntyre
Walsenberg
Coopers quarreled. one decapitates the other
In New York on Thursday morning Henry Stevens and William Johnson, both coopers, fought fiercely and Johnson fatally chopped Stevens’ head with an axe. The assault left both men severely cut and bruised. Johnson was arrested.
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New York
Henry Stevens
Wm. Johnson
Coopers
Johnson
Steven
Local post office reports show heavy mail volume and strict hours
Postmaster Sahm reports to Washington that on March 12 the local office handled 99,191 pieces of mail and that the department enforces strict carrier hours with overtime not tolerated. Only two workers exceeded eight hours, while some carriers completed eight hours in seven hours and nine minutes.
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Sahm
Washington
Street Car Changes For City Transit
Beginning Thursday central-ave cars run to Crown Hill and the Fair grounds every 40 minutes giving a 20 minute service to Twenty-sixth-st. Pompeii park has a ten minute service. College-ave cars no longer run to Crown Hill and the Fair grounds and none stop at Tenth st. All run through to fall creek. Centralave cars go to Union station via Georgia and Meridian-sts.
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Central-ave
Crown Hill
Fair Grounds
Twenty-sixth
St. Pompeii Park
Fall Creek
Centralave
Union Station
Georgia
Meridian-sts
St Patrick's day amusements and Coghlan at the Grand
Park features true Irish hearts and Holiday sisters shows this week while Col Ingersoll’s March 26 Bible critique at the Grand stirs East debate. Rose Coghlan begins Thursday at the Grand in A Woman of No Importance and Diplomacy with gowns by Worth. she plays Mrs Arbuthnot in the English aristocracy drama.
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St. Patrick’s Day
W.—Sothern
Indianapolis
English’s
Haliday Sisters
Watson Sisters
Col. Ingersoll
the Grand
Christ
Rose Coghlan
England
Coghlan
Miss Coghlan
World’s Fair Medal Awarded Baking Powder Ad
Moderate priced sideboards at William Te Elder’s Drug Store. Price’s Cream team baking powder showcases a claim of a world’s fair highest medal and diploma.
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Wm. Te
Elder
Dr. Price
A Sluggish Fryer and a Prison Visit in Michigan City
Dr and Mrs Wands recount their trip to visit Winnie Smith, the young prisoner in Michigan City. They describe his bleak cell, limited furniture, and the doctor’s effort to brighten his days with a mattress and porcelain basin. Smith reads Guizot and works on bicycles, hopeful for a supreme court ruling while awaiting a new trial decision.
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Michigan City
Winnie
Guizot
England
Supreme Court
City Council annexes 380 acres. Merritt owners include Evans mills
The council passed an ordinance annexing territory between Michigan street and the river plus Grandview and Belmont avenues, excluding Jefferson Park. The tract covers about 80 acres owned by Councilman Merritt, Chris Lentz, and Evans Woolen Mills. President Cooper announced a fanciful charge against Mr. Young, after which the session adjourned.
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Michigan-st
Grandview
Belmont-aves
Merritt
Chris Lentz
Evans Woolen Mills
Jeerson Park
Haughville
Cooper
Ulness
Council
Mr. Young
Dead baby found on Capitol avenue sidewalk
Two men found a prematurely born infant nude on the Capitol avenue sidewalk near Walnurst. The body showed no violence and no clues to parentage. Coroner Castor took custody of the infant.
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Capitol-ave
Capitol- Ave. and
Walnurst
Castor
Ailsa Wins Ogden Goelet Bennet Cup Race
The Britannia, Corsica and Ailsa started at 11 Thursday in Cannes for the Ogden Goelet and James Gordon Bennett challenge cup. The Ailsa took the lead at once and won easily with Britannia finishing second.
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Cannes
Ailsa
Britannia
Wilde and Queensberry Arrive for Suspected Duel
Monte Carrio reports Oscar Wilde and the Marquis of Queensberry have left London secretly last Tuesday and arrived at a Grand Gambling Resort by Thursday afternoon. The pair, never seen in London since Tuesday, are said to be arranging a duel, with witnesses noting their heated tempers and plans to fight outside England if needed.
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London
Monte Carrio
Oscar Wilde
Marquis of Queensberry
Marquis
England
Monte Cano
Beach
Will Beach
Adams
Parke
Foree
No Word From Spain Sparks Foreign Affairs Tangle
Washington reports seven days since Madrid cable claiming Consul-general Williams at Havana refused recall. No official Spanish demand received. Cuban officers' request viewed as unlikely. Madrid meanwhile notes Spain Cuba and others draw urgent attention to the Alliance incident and related affairs.
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Washington
Madrid
Williams
Havana
Spain
Wasnhindon
Maruagua
Cuba
New Orleans
Colorado
Italy
Great Britain
Vessel Elliott Searched in Savannah for Arms
Under Costa Rica government instructions the British steamship Elliott was searched in Savannah for arms and ammunition. She is suspected of aiding Cuban insurgents. Several large boxes arrived from New York, as Collector Beckwith investigates. Handshaking marked the Supt of Instruction Vories office, with Vories set to retire and Geeting to take over.
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Savannawa
Costa Rica
Elliott
New York
Beckwith
Vories
Geeting
Indiana
Chicago
Boston
Local notes and court updates from Evansville life
Senator Wishard’s rapid recovery from influenza noted. Nicholson elected president of state good citizens league. A O U W hosts a three day jam boree at Hotel English starting March 27. Woodbury & Moulton of Maine and R L Day & Co of Massachusetts win $19,000 bond judgments in federal court against the city of Evansville. Divorce suit filed by Isabella Scott of Willow street against Charles Scott linked to a young woman’s scandal. Numerous marriage licenses listed along with a sequence of local names and causes of death and illness.
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al Wishard
KE. Nicholson
Good Citizens’ League
English
Woodbury & Moulton
Maine
R. L. Day & Co
Massachusetts
Evansville
Isabella Scott
Willow Sr
Chas. Scott
Mary Mullery
Brrras
John and
Maude Smith
William and
Laura Botts
George
Annie Case
Albert and
Hitzelberger
Arthur
Lida Taylor
Lillie Neiger
Ernest and
Anna Drier
Joe
Lizzie Tilly
Edward
Maggie McGinty
Alfred
Celia Norton
Frank
Ida Howard
C.S
Fannie Clifton
Crasrus
Elizabeth Sullivan
Ella Colton
Julian Freeman
Mary Burke
Mary Smith
Eliza Mullen
Margaret Burk
Bruno Klebes
Young
Milda Kemp
Wilford Pearcy
Sarah M. Day
Joseph Baker
Alice Marston
William H. Gray
Annie Schissel
Joseph Thorn
Amelia Krueger
Arthur G. Winings
Anna M. Ketrow
Plan to force governor appointments to penal institutions
A major legal clash looms over gubernatorial appointments to penal institutions with a plan to place commissions via the secretary of state and wardens by caucus law. The dispute pits warden against warden in Marion county courts as Republicans dismiss the governor’s scheme.
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E. E. Cary
Myron King
King
Mary
John R. Wilson
G. W. Menzies
Secretary of State
Marion County
Sprinkling Bids Opened for City Street Maintenance
Bids for city sprinkling were presented by the Board of Works for districts 1 through 19 for April 1 to November 1. Lowest bids include Robert Thomas & Co. for districts 1 and 6 7 and 18 and Fuehring Bros. for several others. Evans Woollen instructed to adjust a storm door at Capitol National Bank by 14 inches.
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Board of Works
Robert Thomas & Co
Fuehring Bros
City Sprinkling Company
Henry T. Walting
Henry Noalting
John South
Peter Olsen
Evans Woollen
Commercial Club
Capitol National Bank
Julia Marlowe Taber Loses Round in Damages Suit
Actress Julia Marlowe Taber lost the first round of her $25,000 libel damage suit against the Journal before Judge Baker. She had submitted three letters demanding retractions, which the court struck from the complaint as improper evidence. The judge sua sponte struck five interrogations posed by Taber, stating such questions are not part of a complaint and not practiced in his court.
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Julia Marlowe Taber
Missing cruiser Reina Regente reported lost at sea
The Spanish legation says no information exists about the missing cruiser Reina Regente. A Spanish man-of-war sails to search the straits after wreckage signals the vessel foundered. The cruiser carried 426 men, and autoridades warn of uncertain fate.
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Yaneers
Legation
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McGuire
John McGregor
Bella Dells
Abner Hixon
Walsonburg
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Gell
DR. and Mrs. Wands
The
the Marquis OF Queensberry
Monte Carlo
Carlisle
Revenue
Corwin
Rush Bear
Grant
Wolcott
Perry
Behring Sea
Drake
Panama Railroad
Gresham
State Department
Alliance
Crossman
John Bull
Cily Life
Gary
Tapis
Julia
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