City attorney presses for higher railroad track elevations
City attorney Kern, with yellow books, seeks to force Union railway to elevate downtown tracks under an April 1 1901 ordinance. Judge Carter delays as Kern pursues arguments amid campaign duties. railroad attorney Daniels argues the ordinance lacks penalties and that contract control rests with the Board of Works.
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Carter
Union Railway Company
Kern
Ern
Edward Daniels
Baker & Daniels
Daniels
Waniels
William Fortune
Commercial Club
Elevated Railroad Commission
Sahm
Board of Works
Board of Public Works
Council
Commodore Higgins sleeps easy after jail verdict
The Commdore John Higgins declares he slept in the jail office Friday night while jailer Koerner denies it. He says he had a bed in the trustees room and slept well though the verdict loomed. Visitors bring cigars and money as supporters discuss possible impeachment and new trial prospects.
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John Higgins
Koerner
Higgins
Elevated Tracks Over Virginia Avenue Sparks City Nuisance Battle
The discussion centers on raising tracks above Virginia Avenue to create an elevated grade crossing while considering viaduct height. City attorney Kern argues no contract rights exist in the ordinance and that the measure targets abating an appalling nuisance, with council authority cited. An adjournment led to resumed arguments by Mr. Whern.
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Virginia-ave
Kern
President by Lot? Indiana Law on Electors Examined
The article explains a possible Presidential election by lot if tie votes occur among electors. It notes marshals will file certificates to the secretary of state on Monday morning, with readings between noon and 1 pm. If tied, votes are drawn by lot in the secretary of state’s presence, possibly by Indiana’s secretary. The electors meet January’s second Monday, same day as the governor’s inauguration, and the result is sent to Washington.
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United States
Gov. Mount
Secretary of State
Hunt
Indiana
Hall of Representatives
Gov. Durbin
Washington
Senate
Small-Pox Fear Surrounds Farm Near Town
County health secretary Dr Ridpath has not confirmed the illness in Herman McMullen, a colored boy on Henry Harding’s west town farm. Harding hesitates to state the boy’s condition while Dr Preston suspects smallpox from a facial eruption. A husking machine with 20 workers was at the farm then moved to the poor farm, risking exposure if the disease is present.
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Ridpath
County Board of Health
Herman McMullen
Henry Harding
Harding
Pate McMullen
Preston
Haughville
Harmony at meeting over Central trust stock scheme
C E Coffin of the Central trust company says Friday’s stockholders meeting ended in harmony after a clash over who would finance the scheme. He says the company never agreed to solicit stock but has received subscriptions by mail, with about $30,000 subscribed and one third paid in. A committee of six was appointed to confer with the trust company.
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C. E. Coffin
Central Trust Company
Power Building
Coffin
Alfred Burdsa
Mr. Coffin
Andrew Steffen
William B. Holton
Franklin Vonnegut
Ford A. Mueller
John W. Schmidt
Indianapolis auditorium project seeks leases for financing
The Indianapolis auditorium project managers solicit patronage from tram manufacturers to secure leases as New York capitalists fund the building. Hyman, the business manager, expects to secure enough leases to ensure the plans’ completion. The site is to be provided by the auditorium company with several under consideration. Propositions will be offered next week to take some sites if owners subscribe for stock. A linked power plant may follow the same financing plan, with New Yorkers funding and Indianapolis buyers paying installments.
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Indianapolis Auditorium
New York
Hyman
Auditorium Company
Indianapolis
smallpox outbreak in wallonia spreads through counties
Health officer Cummings of Jackson County and State Secretary Harry discuss five new mild smallpox cases in Wallonia. Exposure extends over miles, trains carry passengers, and patients mingle with the public. Jennings County reports unknown spread while Dr. Hurty warns nearby counties may quarantine Jennings.
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Cummings
Jackson County
Harry
Wallonia
Jennings County
Hurty
Jennings
Foreman Shot Dead in Chicago Shop Amid Strike
Harry Farres foreman at a sash door and blind factory was killed on Saturday morning as he walked to work by two men believed to be strikers. After a brief exchange one drew a revolver and killed him. the two fled and remain at large.
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Chicago
Harry Farres
Farres
The Right Mr Wright Swift Wright of Logansport
Logansport resident W Swift Wright rose from chief quill-pusher at the Logansport Journal to prime minister to President Jiminez of San Domingo. He served in the Spanish American War and was mustered out at Havana. After learning Jiminez was president, he was quarantined at Santiago de Cuba, escaped by coastwise vessel, and rejoined Jiminez in the capital.
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W. Swift Wright
Logansport
Wright
Jiminez
San Domingo
Fitzhugh Lee
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Santo Domingo
Capital
Diphtheria Deaths Prompt Closures and Dispute
Health officer Bates reports two public funerals for diphtheria patients held in Lawrence township within ten days in violation of law. Broad Ripple residents fear outbreak and possible township clashes as Broad Ripple schools stay closed. County commissioners refuse to buy more formaldehyde disinfecting machines, leaving one in use.
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Bates
Broad Ripple
State Health Board
Lawrence Township
Tricky Doctors Move Aimed At Uniform Medical Licensure
The state medical board report to the governor estimates over a thousand physicians registered in the state with 602 in Marion county. It calls for uniform exams for all college graduates and preservation of certificates to prevent erasures and fraud in license issuance.
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State Board of Medical Examination
Marion County
A clear complexion base promotes beauty
The ad touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic for a soft velvety skin and claims druggists sell 10c 25c and 50c sizes. It also advertises a $225 piano now $165 and invites customers to book Christmas photos at Ponder's photo studio 228 Massachusetts Ave for prompt delivery.
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Ponder
Massachusetts-ave
Railway laborers form new union at Tomlinson hall
Nonmember railway workers met Friday evening to organize a union not limited by trades. The group aims to unite all railway employees. Meanwhile the B and O plans a shorter 23 mile Pittsburgh to Cleveland line extending to Chicago and including the pottery region near East Liverpool.
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Tomlinson Hall
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Chicago
Liverpool
Fire safety urged at Irvington children’s home
The County board of charities and correction warns county commissioners about lacking fire escapes at the Board of Children's Guardians home in Irvington where 49 children live. The report cites a need for doors, shingles, heating, and heat for bathing as three babies lie ill.
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County Board of Charities and Correction
Board of Children's Guardians
Irvington
Judge Allen to rule on Quigley impeachment motion
Next week Judge Allen will rule on the motion to quash the Quigley impeachment case. Attorney Bullock filed to impeach the superintendent over alleged leniency toward vice houses operating unmolested.
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Allen
Quigley
Bullock
Ritter's Reply in Terre Haute Case
Col. Eli F. Ritter has completed his reply in the Terre Haute police case and will file it with Governor Mount next Monday.
Malott Coal and Lime Co. Item Notes
Fragmentary OCR mentions The Malott Coal and Lime Co and coal related items with unclear context. Other fragments include Brome-Quizine tablets and coal coke references. No clear event, date, or named persons beyond the company name emerge from the readable text.
A New Departure by Kipp Bros Co Opens Retail Dept
Kipp Bros Co announces next Saturday December 1 they will open a retail department connected with their wholesale business at 78 Meridian St. The holidays bring an extensive line of novelties in staple and fancy goods including clocks opera glasses umbrellas silverware leather goods Regina music boxes and genuine phonographs.
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Kipp Bros. Co
Meridian St
Uae Phonographa Af
Famine Drives Cannibalism in Shensi Province
Shanghai correspondent reports famine in Shensi with government granaries nearly empty. In Sing An Fu prefecture villagers eat grass, leaves and roots amid rising hardship. Alleged cannibalism cited in distant mountains as unrest swirls around Hsiang and Heiazg factions.
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Sing-An-Fu
Uncle Sam Tries to Settle the Muddle in China
Washington reports the United States has urged foreign powers to take negotiations over China out of minsters hands. The US and allies favor milder punishment for Prince Tuan and Boxer leaders, while Germany Britain and Austria press for the death penalty as a deterrent. A special commission is proposed with responses underway.
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Washington
Pekin
United States
Russia
France
Japan
Prince Tuan
Germany
Great Britain
Austria
State Department
Hay
May Usurp Throne in Shanghai Crisis Report
London reports a Shanghai letter describing Sing-An-Fu where the emperor and dowager empress are hemmed in at the governor's yamen by Tung Fu Hsiang’s forces. Gen Hsiang moves freely and salutes the emperor. Ma the Mohammedan with 600 men outside seeks to counter him. Prince Tuan recruits in Ninghsia for a possible stronghold.
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London
Shanghai
The
Post
Wang Wen Shao
Sing-An-Fu
Yamen
Tung Fu Hsiange
Gen. Hsiang
Wane Mang
Mohammedan
Tung Fu Hsiang
Prince Tuan
Ninghsia
Gen
Hsiang
Prince Chwang
Miners in Kentucky Move to Organize in 2000-Worker Counties
Chris Evans of the Mine Workers Journal travels to Hopkins and Henderson counties in Kentucky to assist 2000 bituminous miners seeking wage and condition parity with the interstate Ohio Indiana winds Pennsylvania agreement. They have strike permission, though officials could not confirm suspensions.
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Chris Evans
The
Mine Workers' Journal
Kentucky
Hopkins
Henderson Counties
Ohio
Indiana
Winds
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Death by apoplexy of Polly Jasper reported
Autopsy by D. Furniss under coroner's direction found Polly Jasper colored died of apoplexy. She was found unconscious by her daughter on Friday morning at 385 West Twelfth Street and died that afternoon. She left two husbands and one child and the family was well known among West side colored people. Testimony mentions Head's Sarsaparilla claims to cure scrofula eruptions catarrh rheumatism and dyspepsia with confidence. Hood's non-irritating cathartic advertised.
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D. Furniss
Polly Jasper
Paris Welcomes Kruger With Vast Ovation
President Kruger and his party arrived in Paris amid an enormous crowd numbering nearly a million. Irish residents presented a memorial and cheered as he toured the city from Lyon station to the hotel, with police guiding a crowded procession along Rue de Lyons and the Place de Bastile.
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Kruger
Rue de Lyons
Place de Bastile
New Philippine Law Phrase Marks U S Authority
Washington nov 24 the past notes new parliamentary phrasing in laws enacted under the authority of the president of the United States for Philippines governance. Manila papers report an October 1900 appropriation of about 500000 for insular government departments including salaries clothing for police and office rents.
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United States
Philippine Commission
Manila
Landslide in Clarksburg Destroys Mines and Alters Creek
Details from Clarksburg West Virginia describe a major landslide on Binghamton Creek. A half mile long bluff slid into the creek destroying five small coal mines and diverting the stream 100 feet from its course, following initial rumblings and deposits.
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West Virginia
Clarksburg
W. Va
Binghamton Creek
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity ends Sunday
Forecast for Indianapolis area over 36 hours ends 8 p m Nov 25. Cloudy with occasional rain Saturday night and Sunday. Temperatures 37 at 7 am 40 at noon and 2 pm. November likely to beat the wet record with rain 3.19 inches so far this month and 3.18 inches year to date. Rain scheduled for all day Sunday.
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Indianapolis
Weather Bureau
Seaton the Hatter Announces Hats for Sale Friday
Seaton the Hatter offers best and cheapest hats with sale coming Friday. Includes sterling silver thimbles and related items.
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Seaton
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