Bold detective dream ends in court for crippled boy
Edward Locke a hunchback from Muncie sought to be a Sherlock Holmes. He confessed to police that three men forced him to surrender his pistol after displaying a badge. Judge Stubbs fined Louis Sullivan and the other two men $25 each, with workhouse or jail terms, while Locke recovered his resolve and left police court without further ado.
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Louis Stanley
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Supreme Court Overrules Rehearing Motion
The Supreme Court Thursday overruled the motion for a rehearing, noting a tax impact stated as sixty thousand dollars less in taxes. The decision changes prior calculations and affects related financial projections.
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Blue Monday and mortgage relief impact on Marion county taxes
An article contrasts a minister's recovery after using Grape Nuts Breakfast Food with a discussion of mortgage deduction law. It notes that mortgage tax relief could reduce Marion county tax duplicates by about 3 million dollars annually, while total property taxed would not drop by 2 million, and that 1901 1902 applications remain pending Supreme Court outcomes.
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Marion County
Fred Shepard
Supreme Court
Canadian troops riot in Halifax on South Africa departure eve
Four hundred mounted riflemen due to sail Friday began a riot Thursday night in Halifax. They attacked a black female keeper at a bar, sandbagged one soldier, smashed property, and ripped the front of the building. Armed squads and civil officers dispersed the mob.
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Oklahoma Floods Wash Out Rail Lines Across Territory
Great floods sweep Oklahoma with roads blocked and railways washed out at Sand Rock Deep Fork Coyle and on the Cimarron and North Canadian rivers. Santa Fe lines hit at Perry Bridgeport and south of Cottonwood. No loss of life reported though crops damaged as rivers rise beyond flood stage.
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Indignation Over Lopez Flag Motion Ends With Resignation Threat
In Havana on May 2, the Cuban house debated placing banners from 1868 and the Lopez flag in the chamber. Leynaz Costillo’s motion to unfurl the Lopez flag failed, Costillo left the room and threatened resignation. A committee was named to seek reconsideration. The plan to pardon Americans serving sentences or on trial was tabled.
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Buckskin Landis Nominated for Congress in Indiana
Thousands welcomed Fred K. Landis, nicknamed Buckskin, at Logansport as Cass county delegates from the Wabash convention nominated him for Congress in district I. The crowd roared as Landis, born 1872 in Ohio, spoke at the Murdock hotel after ride aboard Buckskin horse. Steele predicted a vigorous campaign and likely election.
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Landia
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Lightning Shock Hits Hyde & June Pavilion
Doc Stark was struck by lightning while using a telephone at Hyde and June’s pavilion restaurant in Fairview Park. The bolt split a tree near the merry-go-round. Stark staggered, fell, then revived and was not seriously injured, though stunned by the strike and the thunderous blast.
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Big Four machinists' wage raise rejected at plant
The Big Four machinists asked for an increase from 264% to 30 cents an hour and a nine hour day. General manager Schaft and William Garstang refused after all day talks with a machinists committee. A further meeting with President Ingalls and Schaff is planned for July 25, with the committee hopeful for a reversal.
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Frank Hedges Goes Up In Prison Sentence
Frank Hedges was sentenced to from two to fourteen years in state prison by Judge Alford after being charged with shooting Patrolmen Verron Alberts and Edward Samuels early March 26. Officers encountered Hedges and Lon Henderson on the street at about 2 a.m. and questioned them when the pair allegedly opened fire. Alberts was wounded in the right hip and Samuels in the right arm. Henderson escaped.
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Rain Delays Work on Federal Building Site
Heavy rain halted construction on the new federal building, delaying foundation work. A large eight foot fence will surround the area next week to exclude non workers. About 200 men will be employed with local labor given preference. A separate incident reports John Bodicut, a Muncie boy, abducted and brought to Indianapolis by three men. He was rescued and returned home after being gagged and roughly treated in a freight car.
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