Russians and British Await Word from Governments at Tien Tsin
Tien Tsin dispatch reports Russians trenching in disputed territory with fixed bayonets. A Kong-Kong company leads, two Madras pioneers in reserve, both sides awaiting instructions. Russians said to hold the railway as Gen Barrow hesitates without Gen Gaselee. Washington says evacuation of China by U.S. troops ordered, legation guard of 150 to remain. withdrawal by end of April.
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Barrow
Gaselee
The
Pall Mall Gazette
Tien-Tsin
Washington
Chaffee
China
Legation
Governor Durbin Vetoes Five Bills and Approves Several
Governor Durbin vetoed Senate bills 22 431 2533 and 444 plus House bills 294 and 92 367 24 52 710 while approving measures on city incorporation insurance company rules voting machines and labeling of convict-made goods. The vetoes target sewer taxes appeals costs delays and salary increases. The approvals authorize city incorporation insurance activity foreign company filings voting devices and goods labeling duties for boards of works.
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Lake County
Boards of Works
Money loan dispute ends with verdict for plaintiff
Noblesville jury returns verdict for Benjamin Richcreek in the suit against Henry Nolting. Nolting admitted borrowing 2500 dollars in 1899 from William H. Schmidt, Marion county treasurer, and notes it as secured by Schmidt's funds. The jury finds Schmidt loaned his own money, not county or city funds.
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Noblesville
Benjamin Richcreek
Henry Nolting
Marion County
Nolting
William H. Schmidt
Richcreek
Indianapolis
Schmidt
St Patricks Day Parade Postponed for Gen Harrison Funeral
The St Patrick's Day parade scheduled for Sunday afternoon is postponed due to Gen. Harrison's funeral. The Ancient Order of Hibernians issue a courteous notice that the ex president's death requires abandoning the parade. The 4 p.m. Tomlinson Hall exercises feature Frank B. Burke delivering a Harrison eulogy. The Grand Opera House shows The Brides of Garryowen that evening.
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Harrison
Order of Hibernians
Tomlinson Hall
Frank B. Burke
Grand Opera House
Garryowen
Indianapolis 36-Hour Weather Forecast
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending at nightfall March 17. Warmer, fair weather expected tonight. Saturday night appears fair, Sunday: temperatures rise from 7 am to noon to 54 and 2 pm readings, with mild conditions overall.
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Indianapolis
MOUAT RELEASED AS GRAND JURY IS CALLED
The Wilson murder case shifts toward Jas. V. Barnett after Bob McOuat is dismissed for lack of evidence. Barnett, held without bail, is bound over to the grand jury as investigators seek further facts. Police urge a full inquiry into alleged ties among the Wilsons and McCounts.
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McOunts
Grand Jury
Wilson
Bob McOunt
Bob
Burford
Doc
Indiana Medical College
Jat Firquin
Senate-ave
Market St
Miss Wilson
Floral tributes surround Harrison casket in state house
Flowers cover the Harrison casket in the state house with the prettiest arrangements in memory. The largest bouquet came from Russell Harrison and Mrs Mary Harrison McKee. Other offerings included lilies of the valley, violets, pink roses, a lyre of white roses and jonquils. Gifts came from the Chinese free masons, American club Pittsburg, Marion club Y M C A University club and Columbia club. The Seventieth Indiana volunteers offered a blue flower star with white lettering.
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Harrison
State House
Russell Harrison
Mary Harrison McKee
Benjamin Harrison McKee
Baby McKee
Mary Lodge McKee
McKee
William Henry Harrison
Marthena Harrison
Focal Lodge of
Chinese Freemasons
American Club
Pittsburg
Marion Club
University Club
Columbia Club
Seventieth
Indiana Volunteers
Turpentine camp fire story from Baldwin county shocks Mobile
Frank Pressler claims 60 people perished in a turpentine camp blaze in Baldwin county including 15 whites. He says three Negroes set the fire after discharge and he survived by sleeping on a cot near the door. The tale is unverified and under investigation. camp alleged to be James Halloway's.
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Mobile
Ala
Frank Pressler
Baldwin County
Pressler
Congressman Brosius Dies After Paralyzing Injury
Lancaster Pa March 16 Marriott Brosius member of congress from this district died of paralysis after an accident while helping to carry a trunk to a garret. He was ascending stairs when he struck his head on a wall and later developed paralysis. Born 1843 he was a Republican and served in the Civil War.
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Lancaster
Marriott Brosius
Congress
Brosius
Indiana Mourns Gen Harrison in State Capitol Procession
Indiana honors Gen Benjamin Harrison with a large state funeral procession from his Indianapolis residence to the capitol. Eight sergeants carry the casket for Gov Durbin and a civic committee, as crowds fill streets and capitol rotunda for viewing.
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Capitol
Sec
Eight pallbearers named in ceremony list
The eight sergeants who acted as pallbearers were C A Railsback Victor Gilbreath Battery A Ray Keesling Company G Fred Murtz Company A B F Barker Company L G B Slifer Company M W J Marney Company A Frank Reed Company I.
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C. A. Railsback
Victor Gilbreath
Ray Keesling
Fred Murtz
B. F. Barker
G. B. Slifer
W. J. Marney
Frank Reed
Funeral rites for ex president Harrison draw church service
Simple services at the First Presbyterian Church will honor former president Benjamin Harrison with Rev. Haines and Rev. Niccolls assisting. The program includes hymns, scripture, prayers, and an address, with cabinet members as honorary pallbearers and a private burial.
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H . M.L. Haines
First Presbyterian Church
Samuel J. Niccolls
Niccolls
Haines
Dr. Niccolls
Benediction
the Navy
Benjamin F. Tracy
John Wanamaker
W. of. H. Miller
Treasury
Charles Foster
Lew Wallace
Judson Harmon
Cleveland
William A. Woods
United States Circuit Court
Augustus L. Mason
James Whitcomb Riley
Newton Booth Tarkington
Evans Woollen
Harry J. Milligan
Clifford Arrick
William C
Bobbs
Harrys
New
Howard Cale
John L. Griffiths
Hilton A. Brown
Samuel Reid
McKinley’s Indianapolis visit plan outlines
President McKinley will arrive by special car at 6:40 a.m. and be driven to Gov Durbin’s home. He may host a noon gathering, travel to the Harrison home for the funeral procession, and attend the Columbia Club building. An honorary club member may dine there, with departure time uncertain.
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Mc Kinley
Indianapolis
Columbia Club
Club
Casket Wrapped In Silk Flag At General Harrison Funeral
The casket bearing General Harrison will be interred with a silken flag draped over it as members of the Loyal Legion participate in the funeral rites.
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Harrison
Loyal Legion
Paris Duel Wounds Editor as Boni de Castellane Fights
In Paris on Saturday, M. De Rodays editor of the Figaro was wounded in a pistol duel with Count Boni de Castellane at 25 paces. Castellane was unharmed. De Rodays suffers thigh wound but relief says not dangerous.
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Turot
Count Ortowski
Castellane
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Monaco
Dreyfus
Boni
Jfhes
Droits de L'Homme
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Paul de Roulede
Switzerland
America
de Rodays
Paris
Robert de Rothschild
Lubersac
Police fail to hold crowd at capitol funeral procession
Police force unable to keep officers stationed on Washington street as the funeral procession advances. After the head passes, the oncoming crowd closes the column, causing Gen Carnahan and his staff to assume policing duties to clear the street. The bar association clubs GAR posts and the Seventieth volunteers proceed to the capitol while troops stand on the south side.
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Washington St
In His Honor at Harrison Funeral
Judge Leo Bassieur of St. Louis sent sympathy as G A R commander in chief to Mrs Harrison. Col W H Armstrong will represent national officers at the funeral. Gen Harrison lay in state Friday night with Clifford Arrick and Benjamin D Wolcott present. Post office closed Saturday till 2 pm and all federal offices closed in the afternoon.
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Smock
Indiana
Harrison
Col
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Clifford Arrick
Benjamin D. Wolcott
Bates
Parker
Chicago Institute
DeMotte
D. T. Skinner
Valparaiso
G. T. Barnes
Fort Jayne
Beveridge
Thomas R. Bard
California
Denison
Wanabaker
the Treasury
McMullen
Michigan
W. M. Meredith
U. S. Bureau of Printing and Engraving
B. F. “Racy
Secretary of Navy
Taylor
Fort Wayne
H. C. Pettit
Abash
E. A. Merritt
Cleveland
S.V. Morris, Jr
Minneapolis
W. E. Stone
W. V. Stuart
Purdue University Trustees
Lafayette
W. C. Mac Main
Louisville
W. B. Whiting
C. A. Burgess
A. H. Burkhart
Gosport
Louis Hartman
New Albany
Postmaster Caldwell
John W. Noble
Columbia Club
Thos. Shockney
Union City
Floral tribute sent to Harrison home by Chinese Free Mason Society
A tall floral design over four feet high was delivered to the Harrison home on Saturday by the Chinese Free Mason Society.
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Harrison
Chinese Free Mason Society
Streetcar Delays From Military Parade Movement
Streetcar schedules proved unreliable after 11 a.m. Saturday as military organizations blocked lines from the capitol to the Harrison home. Service resumed briefly, then the column reappeared on Washington Street, delaying traffic far longer than before.
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Capitol
Harrison Home
Washington St
Noted Indianapolis Swindler Arrested in Boston
Louis R. Adams, who collected substantial sums in Indianapolis under the guise of aiding charities, has been arrested in Boston on a similar charge. He is described as one of the smoothest swindlers in the country.
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Louis R. Adams
Indianapolis
Boston
Local St Patrick's Day Sparse Streets Report
Dr R W Long and wife have just returned from California. A few celebrated a Saturday for St Patrick's day but there were few green ribbons on the street.
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Jjst
California
Final Warning to the Old Sultan in Istanbul Riot Threat
In Constantinople on March 16 the young Turks warn the sultan that unless concessions are made soon the regime will be toppled. Troops stand ready and palace guards are strengthened as fears of a coming uprising grow next week. The sultan is alarmed yet refuses to concede.
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Constantinople
Ne Sultan
Death in Small Pox Hospital
Mrs. Yettie McFarrin of 2207 Yandesst died Saturday morning in the smallpox hospital. She was delivering a child at the hospital while ill with the disease, the premature birth and illness being the immediate cause. Her husband, threatened by the disease, was allowed to view the body. the child was stillborn.
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Smallpox Hospital
Crowds Fall Short Of Expectations In Indianapolis
At eleven the streets were crowded, but most visitors stayed home. Only two special trains served the city, Lake Erie and Big Four. Union Station reported light traffic aside from soldiers, with locals mainly as sightseers and an official estimating the arriving crowd as small.
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Indianapolis
Lake Erie
Union Station
Distinguished Men Attending Indianapolis Funeral
Prominent guests including Gov. Nash of Ohio and Attorney-general Sheets arrive at 2 40 pm Saturday at the Grand hotel. Wisconsin party at Bates represents Gov. La Follette with several ex and current officials, plus many other dignitaries from multiple states and institutions.
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Indianapolis
Gov. Nash
Ohio
Sheets
Shonck, Spear and Davis
Bonebrake
Blackburn
Grand Hotel
Bates
Wisconsin
la Follette
Stone
Peck
Upham
Scofield
F. H. Winkeler
Memorial for Gen Harrison Adopted by M C A Leaders
Trustees and members of the M C A met and adopted a memorial for the late Gen Harrison who served as president from 1859 and later as trustee. A memorial meeting is planned in the association auditorium at 8 p m Sunday with Frank O Ballard to speak and the Baptist church quartet to sing.
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Frank O. Ballard
Quart Baptist
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