Voting machine controversy and delays in Indianapolis report
The United States Standard voting machine report prepared by Albert R. Thompson faces possible delay as Frank Powell and Hugh Dougherty review it amid pressure from Columbia and other bidders. The commission debated exam timings, expenses, and potential bias while local politicians and the Gates family ties to related businesses drew scrutiny.
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Columbia
Thompson
Powell
United States-Standard
Daniel B. Platt
Rochester
United States
Indianapolis
Voting-Machine Commission
Commissior
United States Company
Harry B. Gates
New
Gates
Albert R. Thompson
Daniel Ransdell
George C. Webster
W. N. Gates
A. R. Thompson
Robert C. Berry
Alfred B. Gates
John F. Fergen
Breathing Easier as Schools Stay Closed for Unvaccinated
Health board and school board expect relief though no legal cases have been filed. The notice mentions new pianos starting at 165 dollars and upright pianos on sale. Advertising by Wulschner's and Baldwin's Music Store promotes Janes' Dustless Oats and bargains this week.
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Baldwin
Supt Neilan Accused of Skipping Garbage Schedule
A SUN interview reveals Supt Neilan admitted collecting garbage only twice weekly in several districts, while Dr Morrison insists the contract requires three weekly collections May through November. The board warns it will enforce adherence, noting delays and refusals to take dry garbage and barrels awaiting removal.
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Morrison
Board of Health
Indianapolis
Zearing
Woodruff Place
E. Michigan St
KE. Tenth St
Mapleton
Fall Creek
Gravee Pennsylvania St
Gracelandve
Dr. Morrison
Supt. Neilaun
Neilan
SUN
SUN Man
Big Four Plans Machinists Raise and Nine Hour Day
The Big Four will offer machinists a wage raise and a nine hour day on Saturdays as a compromise. Superintendent Garstang met with the railroad president and received authorization to present the offer. The union expanded to about 95 percent of the local trade with 94 new members joining, and final strike action is set for a mass meeting Saturday night.
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Garstang
Sinker-Dais Company
Pugh Discharge Stir at County Courthouse
County commissioner John McGregor denounces a report that Nightwatchman Pugh was discharged for not backing him for mayor. The custodian claims Pugh failed in duties, while another courthouse worker hints the firing stemmed from his alleged opposition to McGregor.
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John McGregor
Pugh
McGregor
Pettis Dry Goods Firm Files Duplicate NJ Incorporation
The Pettis dry goods company, owners of the New York store, filed duplicate articles of incorporation with $300 fees. Incorporated in New Jersey, all business conducted in Indiana. The Indianapolis Hebrew school Kareem Israel was also incorporated with capital of $1,000 by prominent Jewish people to promote Hebrew study.
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Pettis Dry Goods Company
New York
New Jersey
Indiana
Indianapolis
Karem Israel
Spencer Seeks Carnegie Cash For City Library
A discussion between A. Howard editor of the Owen County Journal Nat A Hill of Bloomington and Senator Fairbanks on Friday considered ways to secure Carnegie funds for a city library, with the possibility of making no gift.
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Spencer
Andrew Carnegie
Howard
Owen County Journal
Senator Fairbanks
Nat. A. Hill
Bloomington
Carnegie
Slump in Corn Drives Down Prices in Chicago Market
In Chicago on Friday May corn fell from 54 cents to 50. Phillips dismissed a broad line and observers expect his next move to target July corn as a key market shift.
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Chicago
Phillips
Ticket Prices Mention Road and Candy Cathartic
A brief note lists a ticket over the road for ten cents and a box of Cascarets Candy Cathartic priced at one cent. It mentions druggists and shows small price figures, reflecting a period advertisement or notice.
Mrs McKinley Improves After Restful Night
May 17 dispatch from San Francisco reports Mrs McKinley passed a comfortable night with a stronger pulse for two days. President McKinley and Secretary Cortelyou rested after a long night. Ohio gloom grows as Gov Nash is bedridden from illness and poison oak. Secretary Hay also ill with a cold and ordered to stay in bed as launch events approach.
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Scott
Hay
Rixey
Brewers to split funds in city campaign show
A rumor of a beer war repeat in Terre Haute and Indianapolis surfaces as liquor insiders say big brewers will not openly back a party. Crawford Fairbanks and Morris Donnelly may fund Republicans and Democrats respectively while Albert Lieber and Charles Roth mirror the split.
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Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Crawford Fairbanks
Terre Haute ‘Brewing Company
Morris Donnelly
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Albert Lieber
Charles Roth
Officers to be bounced in political purge plan
The board of safety allegedly targets republican policemen for removal and replacement by Taggart supporters. The initial move saw about six patrolmen hauled before the board on a complaint about letting boys play ball in the street. The witnesses were those used in last year’s police trials, viewed as a signal of a broader shakeup to replace favored officers.
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Board of Safety
Propylaeum Tax Debate Over Rental Income
Propylaeum leaders debate using rent revenue from North Street space for dividends or charitable purposes. County treats the building as an educational institution and tax exemptions were granted about three years ago. Township assessor Jefferson will seek a county attorney ruling on taxing the German house, also exempt as an educational institution.
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Propylaeum
North St
Audhtor Smith
Jefferson
Tailors' Strike Off After Seasonal Pause
The Tailors' union calls off its strike, orders men back to work, saying no victory for merchant tailors and action follows its international policy against strikes from June to September. The fight will resume in the fall. All are back except three Nessler's shop workers who had cutter trouble.
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Tailors’ Union
Nessler
Two men fined for disturbing a religious meeting near Julietta
Henry Ruschaupt and Roy Craft were each fined five dollars for disturbing a religious meeting and Ruschaupt an additional dollar for profanity. The pair had repeatedly bothered farmers near Julietta by calling them out at night and other pranks including talking, whistling, and bad cigar smoke at a church meeting. The judge gave a severe lecture, but they left smiling, arm in arm.
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Henry Ruschaupt
Roy Craft
Julietta
Burning Hay Delays a Train at Milford
Goshen Indiana May 17 The northbound Indianapolis and Benton Harbor Big Four passenger train was delayed two hours Friday morning at Milford due to a car loaded with baled hay catching fire Loss set at 500 dollars and no injuries reported.
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Goshen
Ind
Indianapolis
Benton Harbor
Big Four
Milford
Gambling debt claim upheld in Kinsey case
Marion county appeal court affirmed a Marion circuit court judgment against L A Kinsey & Co bucket shop keepers. James Boyce of Muncie owed 4500 after buying stocks on Kinsey shop. Kinsey contended notes lacked consideration claiming gambling debts are uncollectible. Per curiam opinion affirms without detailed grounds.
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Appellate Court
Marion County Circuit Court
L. A. Kinsey & Co
James Boyce
Muncie
Boyce
Kinsey
Kinsey & Co
The Man With The Musical Heart Dies
Horbert E. Brown died at Sheridan hospital Elgin Illinois from pneumonia after appearing before clinics at Indiana Medical College Indianapolis. He claimed to be Russian and said he was stabbed for nihilist involvement, which he said caused a musical heart sound. Autopsy shows an abnormally developed heart valves created the music and doctors warn death would soon follow from heart enlargement.
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Indiana Medical College
Indianapolis
Sheridan Hospital
Elgin
Ill
Horbert E. Brown
City Life Update From Marion County Newspapers
Supt. Jones reports the school enumeration from 81 counties. Obituaries and funeral details for Elizabeth Howard and Sheldon Woodward are noted. Local meetings discuss the Lawrence rural route extension and the arsonal usage. bids from unions on plasterers and contractors. Pi Beta Phi reception at Butler College. a theft confession by Ada Williams. various social club results and officer elections. embalming exams and disinfectant questions. Oxford alumnae officers. and numerous small city notices across Indianapolis.
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Pi Beta Phi
Butler College
Demarchus Brown
Downey-ave
Ada Williams
Miss Layton
Bradshaw St
Austria
A. C. Harris
Paris
United States
B. H. Izor
N. Capitol Ave
G. C. van Camp
E. G. Alexander
W. W. Spencer
W. D. Rally
O. B. Pettijohn
Jessie Price
W. Northst
Reisner
Oxford College
Nancy Warman
N. Alabama Sr
John B. Elam
E. C. ‘Thompson
Alice Brown
Adelaide Lecksider
Alice Long
State House
Masonic Hall
Occassia Society
Mary A. Henney
Sarah E. Waide
Eva Erzinger
Emma Hert
John Morley
Warner
Médsker
Rice
Collamore
Erzinger
Cox
Two Innocent Men Killed by Troops in Albany Riot
In Albany on May 17 two men were killed when the Twenty-third regiment fired on a mob guarding a trolley car. Plumber William M Walsh and shoe maker E Leroy Smith died, while William Rooney was wounded. Gov Odell deplored the affair as more troops are sent to restore order.
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Twenty-third Regiment
Broadway
Wm. M. Walsh
E. Leroy Smith
Smith & Werrick
Wm. Rooney
Odell
New York
United States
Albany War Tensions Rise With Guarded Trains
In Albany on May 1 there are 4,000 troops present. Cars run but see little use as armed soldiers guard them. Sharpshooters monitor rooftops in the business district and at the Union depot. President Pruyn and GM McNamara of the traction company are under close guard amid threats.
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Albany
N. Y
Union Depot
Pruyn
McNamara
Traction Company
Ben
Asphalt Controversy Exposes Meridian Street Paving Rift
At a Thursday streets committee meeting in N Meridian there is a heated dispute over paving methods. Black residents claim majority frontage, while white property owners push wooden block or asphalt, with figures from Lin ton Cox and others disputed. Committee will test both options on Illinois and Meridian to resolve the clash.
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N. Meridian St
Linton Cox
Henry Warrum
Cox
Bement Lyman
Mr. Cox
A. W. Hall
West-st
North
Sixteenth-sts
Meridian-st
Board of Works
Sahm
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity May 16–18
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending at 8 pm May 18 calls for fair weather Friday night with increasing cloudiness and possible rain Saturday. Noon temperatures show 63 then 80 with regional notes of partly cloudy Indiana and Illinois, lower Michigan fair, Kentucky showers, Ohio generally fair. General Cassius M. Clay, 91, the "old lion of Whitehall," says he will live to be a centenarian.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Ohio
Cassius M. Clay
Whitehall
Clark Is Named Chief Deputy Factory Inspector
Four state appointees were dropped by Factory Inspector McAbee with Gov Durbin's approval. D F Spees of Vincennes will be chief deputy at 1500 a year, with James H Roberts of South Bend and Thomas Williamson of Anderson as deputies at 1000 each. Spees resigns as ordinary deputy to take the new post. The move appears to make room for Joe Clark of Marion County, once an active legislative seeker, amid questions on eligibility and a new law limiting deputies.
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McAbee
Durbin
D. EF. Spees
Vincennes
James H. Roberts
South Bend
Thomas Williamson
Anderson
Spees
Roberts
Williamson
Joe’ Clark
Marasion
Clark
D. F. Spees
Gov. Durbin
McAbece
Freay
Possible Murder at Saloon Ends in Shooting
In Victor Helmer's saloon at 1411 N Senate Ave a quarrel between Orvis B Ensey of 1402 Ashland Ave and Robert Lingenfelter of 15% N Missourist ended with Ensey being shot. Lingenfelter surrendered after claiming self defense. Ensey, badly wounded, was taken home by a city ambulance. Doctors report the bullet missed the lung but caused a broken rib and lung irritation. Ensey's condition remains serious but not deemed critical.
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Victor Helmer
Senate-ave
Orvis B. Ensey
Ashland-ave
Robert Lingenfelter
Ensey
Lingenfelter
Hanlon
McCarty
Senate
Indianaaves
J. A. Victor, Grocer
Missourist
Kelley
Oliver
Ostroff
Indianapolis and Southwestern Traction Incorporation
The Indianapolis and Southwestern Traction Company was incorporated for 50000 dollars to run an electric line parallel to the I I W railroad to Martinsville. Directors include J. E. Lowes Ralph E. DeWees John B E Feight and others from Dayton Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Surveyors are expected to reach Martinsville on Saturday.
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Indianapolis and Southwestern Traction Company
Martinsville
J. E. Lowes
Ralph E. DeWees
John BE. Feight
Dayton
R. E. Field
Cincinnati
Jesse C. Tarkington
Henry J. Brandon
Ovid B. Jameson
D. Indianapolis
Brute Sentenced In Assault With Intent To Kill
James McLaughlin pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill after slashing Jasaper Brady in the face with a razor and kicking him. He received a sentence of two to 114 years in the penitentiary as spectators, including Brady’s mother and sister, caused a scene as he was led from the courtroom.
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James McLaughlin
Jasaper Brady
Brady
J.s
Rev Phillips Lured to Death in a Dive
The body of Father E S Phillips of Hazelton Pennsylvania, a priest who pleaded with J P Morgan during coal miner strikes, was found in the rooms of Dr Kirk Stanley at Ninth Avenue and West Fifty-eighth Street. Stanley, who runs a “roasting process” cure, was arrested after telling a tale of meeting the priest with two girls, both becoming ill, and taking medicine together. The case involves a missing woman and an unconfirmed suspicion of knockout drops.
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New York
E. S. Phillips
Hazelton
J. P. Morgan
Kirk Stanley
Ninth-ave
Stanley
Bausch
Father Philllips
Fitzgerald’s
Wiftieth St
Highthave
Capt
Donohue
Death of Father Phillips Triggers Diocesewide Shock
Hazleton Pa May 17 The death of Father Phillips sparks a diocesewide furor with messages of sympathy pouring in from Scranton Wilkesbarre and beyond Bishops Hoban and many women weep He had traveled from Hazleton to buy furnishings for St Gabriel's church and carried hundreds of dollars he planned to spend about 360 A beloved figure in the anthracite regions he was born in Pittston and once worked in the Runes"}
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Hazleton
Father Phillips
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Bishop Hoban
St. Gabriel's Church
Pittston
Celebrated his wife's death in row over funeral funds
Ben Howard 26 of 19 Greeley street was arrested at 6 p m Thursday on drunkenness and disturbing the peace. His wife had died Wednesday and he threatened to throw the body in the river. Her father William Tousey, Martinsville, arrived to arrange the funeral with a $150 outfit though Howard opposed it. He admitted drinking wine to stay awake and claimed $109 had been spent on the funeral. Judge Daly set bond at $1,000 and postponed the case to Saturday morning.
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Sheldon G. Woodward
Crown Hill
Scottish Rite Masons
Joseph Medias
France
Plasterers’ Union
Contractors” Association
Union
Maj. S. R. Jones
War Department
Indianapolis
Ben Howard
Greeley St
Howard
William Tousey
Martinsville
Big Four
Sherwood Jury Disagrees After 23 Hours of Deliberation
The jury in the John B. Sherwood embezzlement case is tied six to six after twenty three hours of consideration. The split mirrors the defendant's prior trial outcome and leaves the verdict unresolved.
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John B. Sherwood
The Boys Who Sweat Strike Ends in Tampa and Beyond
Six hundred cigarmakers in Tampa return to work after Westinghouse in Pittsburgh and St Joes shops in Missouri grant demands. Denver’s W T Newman is named fourth vice president of the Brotherhood. Chicago court rules employers may maintain a "black fist." Cincinnati braces for a machinists strike as 14,000 workers idle. Gompers attends. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as cure.
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Tampa
Fla
Westinghouse Machine Company
Pittsburg
St. Joseph
W. T. Newman
Denver
Col
B. of T
Chicago
Baker
Cincinnati
Gompers
Federation
Decatur Special Train to Indianapolis May Sunday
A brief from the D and W Railway notes a special train leaving Indianapolis at 7 am on Sunday May 19 returning from Decatur at 6 30 pm. Fare listed as $1.00 each way. Service targets riders seeking weekend travel options between Decatur and Indianapolis via the D and W line.
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Decatur
Indianapolis
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Gleeleyst
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Virginia Ave
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Lawrence
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