Idaho Governor faces questioning over Sheriff Merriam arrests
Governor Steunenberg testifies about the use of federal troops and arrests in Shoshone county during the 1899 insurrection. He defends actions by General Merriam and himself while denying prisoner abuse and acknowledging responsibility for arrests across Idaho and Montana. He cites requisition papers and troop needs as the crisis unfolded.
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Ashington
Clov
Idaho
D’ Alene
Ursday
Chaney
de B
Shoshons
United States
Merriam
Steunenberg
McKinley
Boise
Wardner
Julius Bassett
Immigration
Labor
Sinclair
Grand Army
Miller
Shoshone County
Robertson
Shoshone
Montana
Charles Francis
Sulser
Amy
Hull
Sulzer
Hay
Cox
Asl
Lentz
Deathbed confession in Lexow case implicates Doherty and Hock
Augusta Tauren, who testified in the Lexow investigation, admits on her deathbed that she perjured herself and that her testimony was prompted by revenge. She had claimed payments to Police Captain Doherty and ward man Hock to keep a disorderly house. Doherty and Hock were dismissed and may seek reinstatement with back pay.
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New York
Augusta “‘Tauren
Lexow
Doherty
Hock
Parkhurst
Guerrillas raid in Philippines threaten American supply lines
A Hong Kong paper, via Manila dated February 1 percent, reports Philippine insurgents capturing rifles and ammunition from Americans. Casualties in February approach the heaviest to date as guerrillas ambush supply trains. Americans are said to hunt towns and kill many marauders.
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San Francisco
Hong Kong
Manila
Philippines
Guerrilas
Hanged to a Tree in Tennessee Trial Context
LEY March 23 Lewis Rice of Plumb Point was found hanged west of town. He had testified in a murder case and was accused of threats against an attorney. A man named House was found guilty and sentenced to hang on May 18.
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Ley
Tenn
Lewis Rice
Plumb Point
Cocrott
Rice
Indictment Fallout Closes York Theaters Early
Reports from York on March 23 indicate Wallack's ceased operations briefly following the indictment against Olga Nethy and associates. The piece notes the public reaction and mentions a related sensational theater claim tied to Bepho fame.
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York
Wallack
Olga Nethy
Bepho
Remonstrators Clash Over Hillside Street Improvements
The Board of Works heard Woodruff Place property owners oppose new sewer and roadwork plans while a pro-improvement faction seeks permanent paving and cement walks on Hillside and Hill avenues. Admir al Brown represents Woodruff Place and discusses annexation, with a pending second appearance by supporters.
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Board of Works
Admiral Brown
Woodruff Place
Hillside
Hill-aves
Harry W. Bennett
C. S. Schofield
John F. Hanneman
Philip Hoffbauer
Brightwood
Hill-ave
Hillside-ave
Woodruff-place
Works Board
City board considers extensions and protests on streets
Friday actions include cash allocations for street repair 94.53 sewer 183.52 and bridge 73.50 amid a push to extend Kentucky avenue and build cement walks on Capitol Belmont and Ruth streets. Strong Law defeated Ringgold avenue improvement. Petitions filed for cement walks and a bridge over Pleasant Run. Promoters of electric interurban lines invited to meet with board and city attorney to discuss a franchise draft.
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Kentucky-ave
Ringgold-ave
Beecher
Iowa
Capitol-ave
McCarty
Belmont-ave
Washington
Big Four
First Alley
Brookside Ave
Eleventh
Twelfth
Ruth St
Jackson
Pleasant Run
Harlan-st
Indianapolis
Water heating system eyed for Indianapolis franchise
The Board of Works set a Friday conference with Yar gan company seeking a water heating plant franchise for Indianapolis. A Toledo expert postponed due to travel. Reports from John H. Crail and Major Taylor praise the system for fire safety lower fuel costs and less pipe freezing with hot water heat while Toledo houses stay warm in 15 below zero weather. Crall recommends different rate fixing from Toledo’s six cents per square foot.
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Board of Works
Yargan Company
Indianapolis
Yaryan
Toledo
John H. Crail
Major Taylor
Commercelal Club
Taylor
Crall
Mrs Beveridge Removed From Asheville to Dansville
Mrs Beveridge was removed from Asheville North Carolina to Dansville New York on Friday afternoon amid a dispute over the southern climate. The report notes Mrs Albert as a commentator on the move.
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Beveridge
Albert
J. Beveridge
Asheville
N.C
Dansville
N. Y
Rummage Sale Ends With Happy Groom and Humorous Misadventures
A young man buys furniture and a vase at a rummage sale then presents the vase to a helpful confidante, calling it the happiest day of his life. A poor woman buys a world map for her daughter while an old man squanders his money on bargains, ending with the husband jailed after a rough episode at home.
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Indiana
Hole
Wifey
Tillman Attacks Puerto Rico Policy In Senate Row
In Washington on March 23 Senator Tillman challenged the administration over Puerto Rico relief and tariff stance. He attacked McKinley and Kohlsaat, ridiculed Republican shifts on aid funds, and accused the president of lacking backbone amidCalls for free trade or tariff policy. the chamber echoed with laughter.
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Washington
Senate
Pettgrew
Philippine Commission
Tillman
Chicago Times-Herald
Kohlsaar
McKinley
Puerto Rico
Senator Foraker
Damon
Pythias
Kohlsaat
Ohio
Foraker
Bayonets Again Glisten in Kentucky's Capital
In a continued account from the first page, Judge Moore allows witnesses to stay in the courtroom. Warden Lillard describes accompanying Goebel to the capitol the day he was shot, believing the fatal shot came from the secretary of state's office. Police and detectives recount who was in the building and the events surrounding the shooting. The court adjourned until 1:30.
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Wrahgie
Moore
Warden Lillard
Goethel
Capitol
Lillard
State House Yard
Goebel
Wingate Thompson
Berry Howard
Davis
Executive Building
Adjutant-General’s Office
Dee Armstrong
Secretary-of-state
Powers
Harding
Armstrong
Brown
Street Car Men's Union Forms In Mozart Hall
The Street Car Men's Union organized and will join the Amalgamated Association of Street Car Employees. Casper Orebaugh of Muncie, a national organizer, helped lead the effort in a secret approach to avoid objections. Assistant manager Grant declined to comment. Officers elected include President W. Wilhite, Financial Secretary W. Feeney, Recording Secretary F. Maley, and Treasurer J. Anderson.
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Park
Power
Grant
The
Street Car Company
Munro
Ward 4
Riverside Park
Park Board
Ganized
Amalgamated Association of Street Car
Mozart Hall
Casper Orebaugh
Muncie
Monsner
W. Wilhite
W. Feeney
F. Maley
J. Anderson
Odd Tales of the Wires From Cincinnati to Chicago
Fred Dankert lies seriously ill at his Cumminsville home after typhoid and rapid weight gain. Benson McKee flaunts gold coins as buttons in Chicago while Bertha and Constance Fuller, aged 4 and 3, travel unaccompanied from Halifax to Salt Lake City completing a 3000 mile trek seeking a reunion with absent parents.
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Cincinnati
Fred Dankert
Cumminsville
Dankert
Chicago
Bertha
Constance Fuller
Halifax
N. S
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mrs. Fuller
Resolution Calls for Withdrawing U.S. Troops From Idaho
In the house Sulzer's measure demands letters from U.S. citizens in the Transvaal. in the senate Lentz and Alten plan Friday resolutions urging the president to pull troops from Idaho on grounds of no insurrection there.
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House
Sulzer
United States
Transvaal
South African Republic
Lentz
Alten
Senate
Idaho
Two Hurled to Death in Hercules Powder Explosion
In the Lamotte Hercules powder works separating house an explosion sent Ed Carter and Peter Buck fleeing to a nearby hill. The two men were so disfigured identification was nearly impossible. Both left families.
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Hannibal
Hercules Powder Works
Lamotte
Carter
Peter Buck
Reformed Man Seeks Visiting Rights in Divorce Decree
Frank C. Jaycox filed an intervening petition asking the court to modify the divorce decree to allow him visitations with his three children. He notes his wife was granted the three children in 1896 during his imprisonment for burglary and claims since release he led a straight life and works at Malleable ton works. The oldest child is 12.
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Frank C. Jaycox
Jaycox
Malleableton Works
Machinists strike may settle soon in Columbus
WIRE TIPS report a pending settlement of the machinists' strike in Columbus. Other items note Kansas City offering 25 for each killed highwayman, Cedar Rapids crafts out for higher wages, Philadelphia needs 30000 to back a Republican meet, and a fire at Standard Felting in Fredonia causing 50000 in losses. A Washington house recommitted a second class mail bill. An attempted poisoning of the James Ager family in Williamsville is mentioned, along with Philadelphia possibly receiving 8300000 from the Dr Thomas Evans estate. death in Paris.
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Columbus
Kansas City
Kas
Cedar Rapids
Philadelphia
Standard Felting Company
Fredonia
N. Y
Washington
James Ager
Williamsville
Paris
Dr. Thomas
Evans
Hs Ates
Falling Stairway Lawsuit Over Damages
James Spaulding sues Christopher Seiter for 5000 dollars alleging injuries to his wife when a staircase at 137 Murphy Street collapsed on November 19 798. Spaulding claims Seiter promised repairs but failed to fix the stairs.
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James Spaulding
Christopher Seiter
Murphy St
Seiter
Oscar's Woes
Oscar Green was sent from police court to the grand jury on Friday. Mrs. Burgess of 12 W. Maryland Street says he entered her house and took a large amount of old clothes. He told the officer as he was led to jail that this was for taking 15 cents worth of old rags.
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Oscar Green
Grand Jury
Hoosier Soldier Wounded in Magdalena Siege
Corpral Eliza J. Guinn, a soldier from Heath near Lafayette, enlisted under Lieut Schultz. He sustained knee and head injuries at Magdalena on March 14, as listed in Gen Otis casualty reports.
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Otis
Eliza J. Guinn
Guinn
Heath
Lafayette
Schultz
Magdalena
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Promoted As Cure All
An old advertisement touts DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve as a well known remedy for piles and skin diseases. It warns against counterfeits and urges readers to seek the original product.
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Hazel Galve
DeWitt
Horlocker trial turns violent as court drama unfolds
In Hastings Nebraska the Hor locker case heats up with repeated gun drawings by attorney Batty and Morey in a crowded courtroom. The feud, sparked by questioning, alarms deputies while witnesses allege the defendant Miss Horlocker's erratic behavior and a string of circumstantial links to the accused.
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Hastings
Neb
Horlocker
Batty
Morey
Cromwell
Jacksonville
Sanitarium
Miss Horlocker
Ten Smallpox Cases Found in Posey Township
Ten smallpox cases were found in Posey township Clay County Indiana with all patients reported as doing well.
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Posey Township
Clay County
Brazil
Ind
Town Talk items include meetings, trials and fires
Local notes report the Lincoln veteran club and state teachers board scheduling Friday meetings. Jacob Bracket seeks 10 000 from the street car company after a December collision. Fires occur at 406 N Liberty Jr and 608 Blake st with minimal damage. Police courts handle theft and deception cases. several defendants are fined or discharged. The Indianapolish planing mill stockholder faces a receiver action amid a 20 000 fire loss.
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Reading-Circle Board
Grand Hotel
Jacob Bracket
H. F. Nierman
N. Liberty Jr
Manual Training School Senate
Northside High School
Blake St
Mattie Franklin
Clarence Mitchell
Agenda Club
S. East St
Sharp
A. Rost
W. Rost
M. Deveney
Wm. Spears
Louis McCaffery
W. Washington St
Martin Long
Alex Estro
James Price
Ed Campbell
Eddyst
Wm. Howell
Nichola Cornella
Potts Manufacturing Company
Karl Haupt
Indianapolis Planing Mill Company
State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Fort Wayne
Women in Court Over G A R Circle Feud
Mrs Alice Kramer Lafayette leads the G A R Ladies circle in a dispute with John W Oliver over officersinstallation at Shover hall E Market St The affidavit filed by Samuel E Collins alleges the quarrel began six weeks ago Oliver challenged Kramer's rulings and called her unladylike remarking you are no lady and do not deserve the high position you hold.
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A. D. Streight
Laurie
Salary plan for state officers proposed by fee and salary panel
The commission recommended raising the governor’s salary to $8 000 a year from $5 000 and asked the secretary to collect data on township trustees county end township assessors and surveyors salaries. It notes sentiment against per diem pay due to abuse and intends to convert officers to salaries.
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County End
President nominates Chamberlain for patent post
The president sent to the senate the nomination of Walter H. Chamberlain of Chicago to be assistant commissioner of patents.
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Washington
Senate
Walter H. Chamberlain
Chicago
Chicago Markets Wheat Closes Firm With Mixed Grain Prices
Chicago March 23 Wheat closes firm and unchanged with May at 6514 65%c and July at 66 66%c. The Modern Miller reports winter wheat condition stable with favorable weather, except damage in central east Illinois north of the Ohio. Standard Oil reportedly long 20 million bushels, a routine hedge before market moves. Corn May 36% 37%c, July 374 384c. Oats May 28% 24%c, July 22% 23c. Provisions pork 12L70 11.80, lard 6.17 6.27, ribs 6.05 6.35. Butter and cheese markets listed with various grades. Eggs fresh 11%c. Poultry prices for dressed poultry and others noted.
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Chicago
Illinois
Ohio River
Standard Oil Company
Chicago Board of Trade
Twins
Young America
Eastern
Railroad Timetable Shows Pennsylvanian Lines Schedules
Philadelphia station and lines to Baltimore Richmond Columbus Col., Ind. and Louis. Madison Vincennes Dayton Xenia Pittsburg East and Chicago listed with multiple departure and arrival times. Timetable notes ticket offices at station and at corner Illinois and Washington streets.
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Illinois
Washington-sts
Philadelphia
N.Y
Baltimore & Wash
Colum
Ind. & Louis
Richmond & Col
Piqua & Columbus
Columbus & Richmond
Col
Ind
Mad
Louisville
Vernon
Madison
Martinsv
E & Vincen’s
Dayton & Xenia
Pittsburg & East
Logansport
Chicago
Knightst’n & Richm
Phila’phia & New Y'ke
Baltimore & Wash’ton
Dayton & Springfield
Springfield
Columb's
Louis
Martinso'e & Vince's
Phil’phia
New York
Speaker Henderson Warns Tariff Bill Could Stall
Warns the senate peace committee that any tariff changes to the Puerto Rican bill requiring another house vote will prevent passage in the house. The March 23 message emphasizes procedural standoff and potential veto by the lower chamber.
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Henderson
Senate “Peace Committee
Senate
House
Reuben Carter alias Griggs Hanged in Virginia
Reuben Carter also known as Griggs, aged 19, was privately hanged at the Cumberland County courthouse for assaulting a young colored girl. He is reported as the youngest person executed in Virginia.
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Booy
Norfolk
Reuben Carter
Griggs
Cumberland County Court House
Virginia
Interstate Stock Yards Market Report Summary
Cattle and hog receipts noted with price ranges from good to prime categories. Cattle includes steers heifers and bulls with mixed weights around 900 to 1,390 pounds. Hogs and sheep also listed with various grades and prices.
Indianapolis Union Stock Yards Grain and Livestock Prices
Union Stock Yards at Indianapolis reports Friday receipts of cattle 600, hogs 4,000, and sheep 100 with varied consignments and bid ranges. Good to prime steers 1,350 lbs plus at 40 to 40. The catalog lists classifications from veal calves to prime bulls and mixed cows with prices given per weight and category.
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Interstate
Attelaiae
Union Stock Yards
Indianapolis
Lee
City Grain Market Report for Friday March 2
Wheat and corn prices across multiple grades shown with carloads traded. Wheat No 2 red around 70 to 69 cents. corn steady with No 1 white at 37 1/2 cents and No 2 yellow at 35 cents. mixed and white varieties recorded varying bids. Hay timothy listed at 1 dollar per car, broader figures indicate market fluctuations and incomplete garbled data.
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City
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