Street Car Service Under Fire as City Council Demands Action
Councilman George Denny urges the board of works to report steps taken on street car service amid criticism that the board has done little beyond a minor order. The resolution, adopted, seeks immediate action to compel traction companies to meet charter obligations, citing rising danger and public inconvenience. Schrader notes the council cannot force board action. ordinance on annexation Stead Ripple dies 5 to 4 as salaries and hospital positions face changes.
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Board of Works
Traction Company
Denny
Troy
C. A. Schrader
Schrader
Copeland
Stead Ripple
Owen
Rubens
McCarthy
Blumberg
L. K. Babcock
Gaia
Board of Health
Council
City Hospital
The
Humane Society
Massachusetts Avenue
Stiltz Pushes Partial Annexation Plan After Broad Ripple Rebuff
Councilman Stiltz vows to seek half loaf annexation of Broad Ripple area south of Fiftieth Street stretching from Monon tracks to the river. He notes most within the Fiftieth Street line favor joining the city for city benefits and 5 cent fare transfers.
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Broad Ripple
Stiltz
Fiftieth Street
Monon
Ecity
Captain Van Pelt resigns as Knightstown home agent
Anderson Indiana November 22 Captain F M Van Pelt reappointed financial agent for the soldiers and sailors orphans home at Knightstown resigns his post due to ill health. The first case of infantile paralysis in the county is reported at the Sterne home near Lapel where a two year old son is ill and a quarantine is ordered by the county health officer.
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Anderson
Ind
F. M. van Pelt
Knightstown
Eli H. Sterne
Lapel
Stephenson
Shank Refuses Holiday for City Employes Christmas Monday
Indianapolis city employes plan to work Monday Dec 26 despite Christmas on Sunday. Mayor Shank says no city holiday. state and federal workers likely observe Christmas on Monday. Merchants may close Monday with shops open late Saturday and closed Sunday. Gov Marshall may not issue a proclamation. Taft era rule sets observed legal holiday if Christmas falls on Sunday.
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Indianapolis
Shank
Tuchiinapolis
Merchants’association
Balsch
Statehouse
Gov. Marshall
Marshall
Taft
Fireman Rescues Runaway Horse by Quick Bravery
George Johnson of Hose Company No 1 leaped from the rear of a hose wagon to seize a frightened runaway horse in front of a casket company on West North Street. The animal threatened to endanger several fire crews en route to a house fire, but Johnson stopped it before harm occurred.
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Fire Department
George Johnson
Hose Company No. 1
Casket Company
West North Street
Chemical
Levinis Martin
Johnson
Clans' Desire to Rule Fueled Internecine War in Mexico
The report from Mexico City on November 22 describes mob violence against Americans as a covert attack on the Diaz regime. Revolutionary factions, led by defeated presidential candidates, aim to overthrow Diaz and seize the presidential palace. General Madero gathers thousands of revolutionists in the mountains as American troops guard the Rio Grande to enforce neutrality laws.
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Diaz
The
Republic
Presi
Dential
Gen. Madero
Matamoras
Mexico
New Orleans
Laredo
Mier
Monterey
Tolstoi Laid to Rest at Yasnaya Polyana in Simple Ceremony
The funeral of Count Leo Tolstoy traveled from Gorbatchevo to Yasnaya Polyana in a somber procession led by peasants wearing black. Peasants, laborers, and the Tolstoy family attended the burial near Poverty Oak with fir boughs and a peasant band.
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Count Tolstoi
Zaleika
Susya
Leo Tolstoi
Tolstoi
Countess Tolstoi
Yasnaya Polyana
Tolsto
Russia
Gorbatchevo
Sutrov
Alexandra
Telstoi
Leo Nickolaivitch
Deputy Controller in Serious Condition Typhoid Illness
Alfred E. Cook deputy city controller is reported in a serious condition from typhoid fever after several weeks illness at his home near Ruckle and Seven teenth streets. He was moved to Deaconess hospital on Tuesday.
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Alfred E. Cook
Ruckle and
Seventeenth Streets
Deaconess Hospital
Boy Operated On At City Hospital To Curb Theft Mania
Walter Gastetter underwent brain surgery by Dr. John Oliver at City Hospital after a skull pressure incident. The 14 year old displayed a habit of stealing birds and small animals, and he was sent to St Vincent's for operation hoping mania would fade. He recovered consciousness and asked about the outcome, then pumped the officer proving curiosity about his fate.
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Walter Gastetter
Hostetter
Gastetter
City Hospital
John Oliver
Judge Collins
St. Vincent's Hospital
Castetter
West Ohio Street
Oliver
Judge Stubbs Denounces Dice Gambling Near Millinery Firm
In juvenile court Judge George Stubbs condemned a tobacco shop across from Farnley & McCrea millinery at 240-242 South Meridian for letting boys gamble to win cigars. Leonard Schmidt 14 faced petit larceny for taking a $25 black plume and forging another boy’s name for the millinery firm. Leonard admitted using $2 of his $3 weekly wage to gamble before being placed on probation.
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Farnley & McCrea Millinery Company
South Meridian Street
Milners
Leonard Schmidt
Leonard H. Schmidt
When Clothing Company
Stubbs
Leonard
Wonder
Indianapolis
SevenYearOld Returns Home After Night Away
Daniel Reardon seven wandered overnight after forgetting his home address. His father Curt Reardon contacted police and learned the boy attended a south side school. Lieut Corrigan located Daniel and his sister at 153 Virginia Avenue, reuniting them with their mother who cried with relief.
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Daniel Reardon
Daniel
Curt Reardon
Lieut. Corrigan
Gregoire
No. 13
Lieut
Corrigan
Virginia Avenue
Virginia Avenue Runaway Injures One in City Incident
Maysie Breedlove of 1513 Draper street and Miss Myrtle Andrews, her guest, were involved in a runaway on Virginia avenue Tuesday. Breedlove suffered a slight scalp wound after being thrown from the buggy in front of 437 Virginia avenue. Andrews remained unharmed as the horse struck a curb and stopped shortly after.
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Maysie Breedlove
Draper Street
Myrtle Andrews
Virginia Avenue
Weather Report Fragments From Weatherman Peeseenesawe
Fragmentary notes from a local weatherman show a July style forecast with vague symbols and missing data. The text references varying temperatures and unsettled conditions but lacks clear locations times or actionable details.
Crippen Confesses Murder for Money and Le Neve
Dr H H Crippen admits killing Belle Elmore to obtain funds to cover funeral costs and support Ethel Le Neve and their unborn child. A death watch is set, his execution scheduled for Wednesday at 8 am, as he meets with a priest and faces inquiry into the grisly crime.
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London
H. H. Crippen
Belle Elmore Crippen
Evening Times
Belle Elmore
Crippen
the Times
Ethel le Neve
Pentonville Prison
Old Bailey Court
Ethel Clare le Neve
Father E. M. Carville
Prison Court
Dillon and Low accused of human fish trade at Coney Island
Police uncovered Charles Dillon and Bertha Low in a bizarre scheme near Coney Island. Dillon allegedly labeled people as fish and used light signals to lure victims, with a string of money recovered from a hidden stash. The pair deny guilt as investigators press for conviction.
Democrat in Gary Accused After Wait
C. Oliver Holmes of Gary Indiana accused by state examiners of using public office for private gain. He is charged $1 507 50 due the city with bank rents and insurance sales to the town. Other Gary officials received clean bills, as did Tolleston and several county town officers.
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C. Oliver Holmes
Gary
Ind
State Board of Accounts
Holmes
Calumet Trust and Savings Bank
Thomas FE. Knotts
Ernest E. Simpson
Louis A. Bryan
Board of Accounts
Tolleston
Henry C. Blue
Putnam County
Lawrence H. Athey
G. H. Geary
Hickory Grove Township
Benton County
Mexican Revolt Grows as Madero Leads Rebels
The Mexican revolt escalates with President Madero directing rebel forces. Reports say 1,000 people killed amid unrest and Yaqui Indians threaten to join internecine strife, signaling a widening crisis.
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Madero
Mexican Uprising Reported with Widespread Conflict
Jail at Acambaro stormed freeing prisoners. Twenty seven revolters killed. Territories including Torreon Gomez San Antonio San Andres Torreon Ranch Minaca En ciullas Guerrero and Puebla in hands of revolutionists. One thousand killed in provinces with bitter strife. Government conscripting for army. U S troops at Eagle Pass and Del Rio to enforce neutrality. Gen Madero mobilizes rebels to mountains. Censorship limits messages. Troops patrol Rio Grande above Brownsville. Worst outbreaks in Durango Coahuila Chihuahua Sonora Nuevo Leon.
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Acambaro
Torreon
Gomez
San Antonio
San Andres
Torreon Ranch
Minaca
Enciullas
Guerrero
Puebla
U. S. Cavalry
Eagle Pass
del Rio
Madero
Republic
Rilo Grande
Brownsville
Tex
Durango
Coahuila
Chulahuahua
Sonora
Neuva Leon
Mexican revolution spreads from Matamoras toward Torreon
Rebels clash with government forces from Matamoros to Laredo as Madero leads a mobile advance toward Torreon. Reports describe attacks on Torreon and Lerdo, American evacuees fleeing, and discussions of railways and mines fueling the uprising across Coahuila Durango and Nuevo Leon.
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Knightstown Home
Mexico City
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Rio Grande
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Seayi
Indiana
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Peeseenesawe
London Times
Dillon
Charles Dillon
Coney Island, N. Y
George W. Graham
Terry
Bertha Low
Lane Graham
Dil
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Ted
Graham
Oneida Hotel
Oneida
Imperial
Roach
Dayton
Ohio
Pentonville
Dr. Crippen
Miss le Neve
Bulletin
Las Es
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Turreon
Here
Frederico Wulf
Lerdo
Gomez Palacio
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