Sister of Thaw Wins Against City in Sewer Case
Mrs Eliza Thaw Edwards of Pittsburg, sister of Harry K Thaw, won in Marion county superior court a sewer assessment suit against Indianapolis. Judge McMaster granted a perpetual injunction and reduced assessment to 3800 dollars, with city to pay the contractor the balance. Edwards had objected to the Northwestern avenue sewer charges believed excessive.
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Eliza Thaw
Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Indianapolis
Marion H
Edwards
Thaw
Northwestern-ave
Crown Hill Cemetery
Fall Creek
Board of Public Works
Superior Court
Vinson Carter
Supreme Court
Herod and Thompson
J. L. McMaster
McMaster
Leonard Quill
Wilmington K. Cooper
Local Jottings From Indianapolis News Roundup
Smoke Inspector Walusley returns to Indianapolis. Mayor Bookwalter supports unions but fears Socialist demonstrations. Judge Fritchard recovering from illness. Picture postal card craze persists. Workhouse official Reno Mitchell likes the work. Warnings on West Washington street dives. Tomlinson Hall west fence up. City council meets Monday. E Michigan car line may extend to Irvington. Rev J H Frank of Louisville to preach at Union tabernacle. Weather mild into April. Piano merchants report prosperity. Laurie sighted in white ribbon laces, center-stage watchers. S Meridian street burned restaurant site to be rebuilt. Serb throne curiosity. Rev F M Huckleberry preaches at First Baptist. Capt Edward Bray shown in new polka dot necktie. Sermons at Central Christian Church. Pulpit duties at South St Baptist. Trombone and French horn duet to accompany special choir. Newton Todd excused as juror in federal court. Alpha Delta Sigma dance planned May 31 at Woodruff Clubhouse. Lee M Ranebottom pays $13,501.99. Vermillion auditor pays $20,000. All settlements due by June 15. Charles Dawson birthday noted. Rev Harry Hill begins Pentecost sermon series. Embalmers school opens at Tutewiler & Son. Christian churches observe Pentecost. Rev Owen Odell speaks on Jericho and the Dead Seen. Fire HQ to get metal ceiling. Yoncker Bottling erects new building on Massachusetts Ave. Chief Metzger enforces cleanliness. spitting triggers a calling. J W Quill with appendicitis at home. Rev T H Nelson preaches on divine healing at Pentecost Tabernacle. Kent, Ade, and Chance lor seen on streets.
Wife of Packer Gets a Divorce
Mrs. Henrietta Brown, wife of prosperous pork packer Samuel T. Brown, obtained a divorce from him before Superior Judge Lawson M. Harvey after detailing alleged cruelty and extreme parsimony. She claimed Ebony money disputes and threats of confinement, with an initial alimony request of 20000, later settled privately. The court ordered $12 monthly support for their youngest son and indicated alimony arrangements to be finalized. 80 acres of farmland expected as part of the settlement.
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Samuel T. Brown
Henrietta Brown
Lawson M. Harvey
Route to G A R encampment by Indiana Union traction lines
The official Indianapolis to Fort Wayne state encampment route on May 22 to 24 passes via Indiana Union traction lines. Headquarters train departs 11 o'clock Tuesday morning via Penu and carries headquarters officers and the Soldiers' 2nd Sailors' Orphans' Home band from Knightstown. The round trip fare is stated. Only four trains daily to Fort Wayne are listed.
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Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Indiana Union Traction Lines
Penu
Knightstown
Healy Bros Practical Plasterers Ad Notice
Practical plasterers Healy Bros advertise services with phone numbers 605 and 6567 in 1848, indicating contact options and business scope for plastering needs in the period.
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Heal. Bros
Union Labor Demonstration Protest Over Poehler Case in Indianapolis
A nearly 3,000 strong labor parade and mass meeting at Tomlinson Hall denounced Judge A B Anderson and Mayor Bookwalter over Louis Poehler's property seizure and injunctions. Speakers condemned injunctions, praised union power, and urged solidarity among workers amid political tensions.
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Union Labor
Louis Poehler
A. B. Anderson
Bookwalter
Anderson
Consumers’ Gas Trust Company
Citizens’ Gas Company
Indianapolis Gas Company
William Wilson
United Mine Workers of America
Wilson
James O'Connell
International Association of Marhiniste
Organized Labor Movement
Ladies' Auxiliary Card Party at Knights Hall
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Typee graphical union will host a card party Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 at the Knights and Ladies of Honor hall located at 480 North Pennsylvania Street.
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Typee Graphical Union
Knights and Ladies of Honor Hall
Pennsylvania St
The Gem Laundry Ad Review
The Gem Laundry offers family washings rough dry and ironing of all flat pieces for 5 cents per pound. Contact via phones 1671 and note Bliss Native Herbs at 245 West Wash Street for services and related items.
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GEM Laundry
Bliss
W. Wash St
Grant Clay Maker of Artificial Teeth
Grant Clay, maker of artificial teeth, spent fourteen years with the New York Dental Company located at 108 North Delaware Street. He is reached by phone at Phage 3689.
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Grant Clay
New York Dental Company
Delaware St
Haywood and Lawyers Confer on Jury in Steunenberg Case
In Boise Idaho Secretary Haywood on trial for murdering former Governor Steunenberg takes an active part in the defense. Lawyers consult him on difficult points and seem eager for his advice as Landon sketches the scene during one consultation.
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Boise
Idaho
Haywood
Steunenberg
Landon
Bears Pull Down Price Of Wheat Weekly Market Slide
In Chicago May 18 the wheat pit saw a bear day with prices dropping as May wheat closed at 94 cents. July traded 96|4 to 99|3 cents and closed near 96|44, while September moved from 7% to around 1.00 dollars with opens near 1.09. A record-breaking week for price statistics closed amid heavy selling to liquidate long positions, and public life notes memorial day proclamations by Indiana Governor Hanly set May 30 as a legal holiday.
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Scripps-McRae Press Association
Chicago
Fred
Gemmer
Atlantic City
Hanly
Republic
I. J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Southland
Andersonville
Col Harry Sheets Waives Hearing In Embezzlement Case
Attired in a G A R uniform Col Harry Sheets former Irvington justice of the peace arrested last week on embezzlement charges appeared in police court with attorney John Duncan. After consultations he waived preliminary examination and was sent to the grand jury under 1900 dollar bond. Fellow bondsmen Frank Shellhouse and Charles W Sheets posted bond and Sheets was released. Deputy prosecutor Frank Baker said more evidence exists regarding arrests of several constables at Chief Metzger’s urging and the grand jury will not report on those matters until next week.
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Atorney John
Duncan
Taylor Grainger
Oran Hack
Grand Jury
Col. Sheets
Sheets
Frank Baker
Robert Metzger
Justice of Peace
Man Slaughter Charged Over Fatal Brick Attack
Ralph Powers is bound over to the grand jury on a manslaughter charge after detectives Dugan and Houser testified. He allegedly threw a brick into a crowd at Columbia hall on April 26, striking his close friend Harry Weber, whose death followed a week later. Powers admits throwing a brick but denies it caused Weber’s fatal injury.
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Ralph Powers
Grand
Dugan
Houser
Powers
Columbia Hall
Harry Weber
Weber
United States Weather Forecast Showers and Cooler Weekend
A weather forecast notes showers and cooler conditions for Saturday night and Sunday. Sunrise is 4 27 AM and sunset 6 56 PM. Temperature around 64 degrees appears in the forecast.
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United States
League Pays Cost for Fourteenth Ward Remonstrants
The Anti Saloon league reports that recipients of workcys sent to signers of the blanket remonstrance against the Fourteenth ward saloons face individual costs totaling 337. The league says costs will be covered by subscriptions and that remonstrators generally will not pay.
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Anti-Saloon League
Fourteenth Ward
Lost in court and then died
Philander L. Johnson aged millionaire died today after a common pleas court judgment in favor of Miss Watie Delan the former laundress. Johnson was unable to testify and his physician said he was very ill.
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Common Pleas
M.A
Johnson
Barber Charles Sanders Arrested in Policy Rig Case
Detective William Holtz arrested Charles Sanders at 8 E Washington St on a policy game charge. A rear-room setup with sheets and tickets was found. Sanders confessed at the police station after being taken in. A white man was later seen at Sanders' shop examining a sheet for number 4.21 3. This marks the first Plody outfit found in 13 months by police.
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Charles Sanders
Nexr
Washington St
William Holtz
Holtz
Sanders
Barber Shop Owner Dead From Gas Suicide
J A Wright a 48 year old barber living at 1933 College Ave Indianapolis committed death by own action by inhaling gas Saturday morning. His body found by porter Joseph Robb in the rear room after gas smelled. Wright had planned the act, used a hot plate, laid coat over head to trap gas. He had been ill three months and previously hospitalized. Married three times with two wives alive, a daughter in South Bend, third wife unknown. No note. body sent to city morgue.
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J. A. Wright
College Ave
Joseph Robb
Robb
Wright
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Evansville
Ind
South Bend
Ardel
Iowa
Spies Trail Men in Miners Case Big Labor Trial
Boise report from May 13 details espionage and political pressures amid the Haywood murder trial. Judge Wood threatens to probe alleged attempts to influence veniremen, while County Attorney Rosenh is pressed to act. Notable figures include Gov. Gooding and Detective McParlan amid a tense courtroom atmosphere and jury selection.
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Haywood
Gooding
McParlan
Judge Wood
Wood
Ro2senh
Thaws New Attorney Named For Second Trial
In New York on May 18 it was reported that Harry Thaw’s second trial next September will have Martin W. Littleton as defense counsel. Littleton, former Brooklyn borough president, is noted as an eloquent attorney after several prison interviews. New pianos priced at $165 and up. Wulfsenr’s.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Martin W. Littleton
Brooklyn
Littleton
Thaw
Efe
Judge Parker
Indiana and Kentucky Flour Spar and Lead Mining company formed
Saturday filings at the secretary of state show new incorporations including Indiana and Kentucky Flour Spar and Lead Mining company in Evansville with $50,000 capital and listed directors Harry Watkins James Pearsons William Copher J R Wilson Mrs Haas J S Butler and Walter Legeman. Other filings include Francisville Clay Product company Gary Real Estate and Improvement company Rose Milling company Howard County Fair association Homeseekers Realty company Royse Electric company and Hill Tool company with various capitals and directors.
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Secretary of State
Francisville Clay Product Company
Francisville
Capital Stock
O. T. Higins
J. Je Beesley
B. H. Thompson
E. L. Delamore
William Schuman
Alex
Merica
Gary
C. W. Goldsmith
Royse Electric Company
India
The
Hill Tool Company
Ander
Volumary” Tien
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Union Tabernacle
S. Meridian St
Smith's Restaurant
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Harry Hill
Third Christian Church
Prof. Bains
Tutewiler & Son
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Yoncker Bottling Works
Massachusetts Ave
Metzger
J. W. Quill
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Geo, Ade
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Judge Anderson
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Law and Order
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