Gas Can Leave the State and Interstate Commerce Ruling
Indiana high court issues key decisions in November term. Gas may be piped out of Indiana to Chicago, ruling gas is property and blocking Illinois sale would violate interstate commerce. Also: Millard Bell et al. v. auditor. White River boundary with Kingan & Co.. Canadiens case against O’Leary gambing inquiry. Kingan damages. Engle baggage ruling. American Tin-Plate case over baby’s death damages.
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James O'Leary
Hamilton
Millard P. Bell
May E. Brander
Hamilton County
Broad Ripple
Indiana Natural Gas and Oil Company
Manufacturers
Gas and Oil Company
Chicago
John &. Ferris
Indianapolis
American Brewing Company
Frank Engle
Marion
Guy
Bare-Legged Scots Band Visits Indiana Capitol
The Kitties, 40 Highlanders from Toronto, in full Scotch dress, toured Indianapolis, marching from Capitol Ave to the state capitol. Gov Mount welcomed them after they performed two tunes for a crowd at 11:20 AM. The band, led by John Slatter, included notable pipers and a seven foot tall F re, with Major Beaton as famed piper. They perform two concerts at Tomlinson Hall and praised by manager T P J Fower for their novelty and encores.
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Wilties
Capitol-ave
Georgia St
Meridian
Washington
Capitol
Company C
Ninth Infantry
Wilson
Governor's Office
Gov. Mount
Forty-eighth Highlanders Regiment
Toronto
Canada
John Slatter
Life Guards
Fusileers
England
Roderick Donald
Fre
Maj
Johnson
Maj. Beaton
T. P. J. Fower
Kitties
United States
America
Tomlinson Hall
Baby Myrtle Shines With Zoo Acts Attracting Crowd
A Zoo show this week features Baby Myrtle in a gilded cage with a lion cubs group and a curtain reveal under calcium light. Senor Jose Barros performs with African lions while Bobby Mack tours with his donkey Dynamite and monkey Midget drawing many friends.
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Myrtle
Senor Jose Barros
Bobby Mack
Pickaninnny Firebugs Cause Minor Blaze at Pearl Street
A crowd of small colored boys set fire to an empty building at 526 South Pearl Street Tuesday owned by C. H. Shellhouse. Carpenters nearby saw smoke and rushed to the scene. The boys fled as the workers approached. Damages were very small.
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S. Pearl St
C. H. Shellhouse
Thimbles to be offered Friday in silver sale
Tone sold Friday November 30 with a catalog of sterling silver thimbles priced from 2c to 60c each. The items are described as heavy and nicely finished and offered by J. P. Mitually, diamonds and jewelry, 2 Cisele.
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J. PB
How Can We Clean Out the Council
The Higgins case renews debate on remedies for city council flaws. Proposals include raising the $10 yearly salary to attract business leaders and limiting nominations to men of business ability. Professional politicians doubt ward workers would agree. The council’s quality is said to be slipping, with current members noting reputational harm. Unless changes occur, future nominees may be far less capable than the present council.
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Higgins
Indianapolis Weather Bureau packages face unexpected registry fee
The Indianapolis post office received word from Washington that eight cents must be paid for register charges on a package of instruments sent to Washington. Hundreds of such packages were sent dead headed previously under the belief weather bureau items were exempt from registry fees. Subordinates in other cities must pay the fee, while the Washington department does not. confusion over a note and possible general order led to the current requirement. Mr. Wappenhans will pay the registering fees.
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Indianapolis
Washington
Wappenhans
Brigid Long Accusation Dismissed After Cuspidor Incident
Charles Simpson, laborer of W Maryland Street, faced police court on assault charges by neighbor Bridget Long. The case was dismissed after witnesses testified Bridget struck Simpson with a cuspidor and Simpson acted in defense. The dispute began outside Bridget’s home and escalated with personal remarks.
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Charles Simpson
W. Maryland Sr
Bridget Long
Simpson
Bridget
Pretty Woman Pleads Guilty in Horse Stealing Case
Julia Gartner pleaded guilty in criminal court on Tuesday to stealing a horse and buggy from Moore Hinton and Co livery firm and selling the rig for 15 dollars. Formerly housekeeper for Attorney Jesse Hamrick, she received ten months in the works.
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Julia Gartner
Moore, Hinton & Co
Jesse D. Hamrick
Hopkins County miners strike affects two thousand workers
About 2,000 men in Hopkins County Kentucky are affected as a partial work stoppage continues. Officials report the strike is progressing as expected and no militia has been called. Monday passes with perfect order as the labor action continues.
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Hopkins County
Kentucky
Indianapolis Area Weather Outlook for 36 Hours
Forecast calls for fair skies through Tuesday night and Wednesday. Temperatures show 7 pm reading at 30 degrees, noon at 45, and 2 pm at 46 as projections for Indianapolis and vicinity. Bennett's offers best Xmas photos, 3 E Washington.
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Indianapolis
Bennett
Washington
Packages to soldiers during Christmas offered by government
Numbers of people inquire at the local recruiting office how to send Christmas packages to soldiers. Sergt. Jones explains how to send, with free shipments to Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines up to 25 pounds containing no perishables or duties. Packages for the east go to Capt A M Palmer, Pier 22, Brooklyn NY. Philippines parcels go to the quartermaster's department San Francisco. Express or freight prepaid. government will transport on the ships.
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Sergt. Jones
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
East
Capt. A. M
Palmer
Pier 22
Brooklyn
N. Y
Quartermaster’s Department
San Francisco
Primary Election Law Meeting Called by President Fortune
The State board of commerce will meet at 10 a m on December 4 in the assembly room of the Commercial club building to discuss a primary election law. President William Fortune issued the call for the gathering.
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State Board of Commerce
William Fortune
Commercial Club
Ex Judge Harvey Appointed Special Master in Sapp Ketcham Suit
Judge Carter appoints former judge Lawson M Harvey as special master to hear evidence in the Sapp versus Ketcham case. John Sapp longtime tenant and plaintiff sues Al Ketcham, asserting dispute over tenancy for several years.
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Lawson M. Harvey
Carter
John Sapp
al Ketcham
Sapp
Ketcham
Pope Leo XII Reported Dead Rumor in Paris
Dalziel dispatch from Paris claims Pope Leo XII is dead after a week of fainting spells and bed rest. At nine years old the pontiff underwent a serious operation in March 1898 amid widespread anxiety. Cardinal Gibbons in Baltimore dismissed the report, saying he would be informed if true.
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London
Dalziel Press Association
Paris
St. Peter's
Fope Leo
Gibbon
Baltimore
Gibbons
Pope Leo
Politicians Win the C. S. U. Fight
After a spirited debate the Central Labor union decided not to pass the constitutional amendment to exclude politicians and candidates from membership. It would have forced Labor commissioner McCormack and President Blue to resign while a democratic legislative nominee ran in the campaign. Opponents argued the union should aid members seeking public office to assist organized labor.
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Central Labor Union
McCormack
Blue
Organized Labor
New loitering ordinance praised by police in Chicago
Officials hail a Tuesday enactment broad enough to convict loiterers under theold law. Supt Quigley calls it one of the city’s best laws, aiding arrests and full investigations. He notes gaps in fines and says Chicago should emulate Indianapolis tactics to curb robberies.
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Quigley
Chicago
Indianapolis
In Johns Favor Distributes 76000 Dollar Estate
A circuit court jury ruled in favor of John Zachariah Bush in a dispute over how their father Zachariah should divide 76000 dollars of property among six siblings. The estate, largely real estate, was allotted with 7000 kept for the father, 6000 to John, and 1000 to each of the five siblings, leaving 1000 for the father. The father claimed John acted on his instruction though the jury believed otherwise.
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Circuit Court
Zachariah Bush
John
Probate Petition Seeks Guardian for Insane Horace Makepeace
Charles D. Aukinbaugh filed in probate court Tuesday to appoint a guardian for Horace Makepeace estate, declared insane Monday. The property comprises two improved lots and some money.
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Charles D. Aukinbaugh
Horace Makepeace
Make Your Purchase At Mahorney’s Massachusetts Avenue Store
A fragment notes a promotions invitation from Mahorney located at 219 Massachusetts Avenue. The brief text encourages readers to call and see the offerings and mentions a box and a person named Matt Ress. The readable content is limited and lacks full context.
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Mahorney
Massachusetts Ave
A Fat Decision For The Squires
Judge Leathers ruled in favor of Justice William Lockman in a suit over fees for serving on lunacy commissions. The decision set $2 per insanity case handled the same day, projecting the county's payout near $1,500 annually. Lockman’s fees approach 800, while physicians protest reduced daily rates and the medical examiner receives limited compensation.
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Leathers
William Lockman
Lockman
Squire Lockman
Notorious resort closure sought after liquor charges
William Anderson, manager of Madden's Virginia-ave grocery, fined $15 plus costs for visiting an evil house at the Palm garden. He appealed from police court as testimony showed he took Lottie Castor and May Woodruff to the resort and gave them liquor. Proprieter Kitley said second-floor rooms are now living apartments. Police report a West Indianapolis girl found at the resort with two lewd women but no arrests.
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Crane
William Anderson
Madden
Virginia-ave
Anderson
Lottie Castor
May
Woodruff
Kitley
Smith
West Indianapolis
Republican chairman predicts Fairbanks as next U.S. president
The Cincinnati paper quotes state Republican chairman Hernly saying on Monday night in Cincinnati that Senator Fairbanks will undoubtedly be the next president of the United States.
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Hernly
Cincinnati
Politics Killed the Amendments in State Vote
Governor announced two constitutional amendments failed to carry while Attorney General Taylor and Moorees avoided comment. Allies say Taylor would have advised carrying them. Ketcham backs the governor citing the organic law. Democrats allegedly campaigned against the amendments to limit Republican gains.
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Ketcham
Legal Department of the State
Judge Hears Bid to Add Paragraph in Bond Case
Judge Carter listened to Railway employes accident association lawyers seeking to add a paragraph to the complaint against American Bonding and Trust Company of New York. John Harrity, the association’s New York agent, was bonded by the firm and fled with funds, but the bond company did not pay. The case, filed last spring, develops now as officials had not signed the bond.
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Accident Association
American Bonding and Trust Company of
New York
John Harrity
New York Company
Moving Up the 101 Directory in Campaign Year
Polk directory company's Indianapolis branch works on its 101 directory with two city canvasses before and after the election. Manager Murphy notes unusually high removals this year and aims to publish by February first, corrected to January first.
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Polk Directory Company
Indianapolis
Murphy
Crider Jury Instructed In Note Case
Judge Baker in federal court instructed the jury in Mary Crider versus the estate of Noble Warrum. The suit seeks $18,500 plus interest dating to 1880 on a loan alleged to have been made to Warrum. Jurors were told to find for Crider if Warrum's signature on the note is genuine.
Editor Long Kim Chong Faces Execution in China
San Francisco reports Long Kim Chong editor of the Chinese World is ordered to return to China for execution after joining reformers. The imperial government has imprisoned his relatives until his return and confiscated the family property.
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San Francisco
Long Kim Chong
The
Chinese World
China
Imperial
Trustee Horace Makepeace Confined After Insanity Ruling
Horace B Makepeace township trustee declared insane and confined at the county jail. He remains in his cell most of the time, staring vacantly, whispering occasionally that they know why he is in confinement.
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Horace B."makepeace
Mother of Ben Oliver Collapses in Nervous Exhaustion
The 11 year old’s mother, sentenced to reform school Monday, collapsed Monday evening from nervous exhaustion. Her condition was listed as serious due to heart trouble and the nervous strain that preceded the collapse.
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Ben Oliver
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Brome Quinine
Advertisement notes a one day cure for colds using Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets. It promises refund if no cure, with E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Also lists a $25 piano offered at S16, and mentions a dentist moved to Stevenson Building with old telephone number. It ends with a horse feed product named Janes’ Dustless Onta.
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E. W. Grove
Kruger May Seek Refuge in America, Gen Pearson Says
Gen Samuel Pearson arrives in New York confirming it is likely President Kruger will seek asylum in the United States with his wife. He travels with Cmdt W D Snyman and others, including Snyman’s son, under an $18,000 British bounty for Snyman dead or alive. The group fled Pretoria, hoping protection in America as British pursuit continues.
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Kruger
South African Republic
Gen. Pearson
W. D. Snyman
GL Co. Snyman
A. Leidenhberg
Hercules D. Viljoen
A. Spurat
de Wet
Kruger Seeks Intervention as Paris Sends Welcome
President Kruger met Premier Waldeck-Rousseau in Paris for about ten minutes. A second call followed, and crowds outside the Hotel de Ville cheered Kruger as orators urged intervention. A 15,000-strong rally, including 5,000 students, shouted support from beneath his window.
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Paris
Kruger
Waldeck- Rousseau
Hotel de Ville
Davitt Comments on Kruger's Plan for England's Methods
Michael Davitt, dubbed the Irish Boer champion, says Kruger's plan to reveal England's alleged barbarous methods promises great impact. He notes uncertainty over where Kruger will issue his manifesto, either Paris or The Hague, while Belgian Dutch and German republics already speculate on intervention by France and Russia.
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London
Michael Davitt
Kruger
England
Paris
The
Hague
France
Russia
Crooked Map Seller Targets Real Estate Dealers
Thomas W. Palmer, a city engineer draughtsman, pursues accusations that a map of Indian apolis was sold to dealers as Palmer's work. He notes prices of 10 and 30 dollars and says the map is a crude reproduction made ten years ago without his authority. Palmer had earlier confronted card printing misrepresenting his name and halted it.
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Thomas W. Palmer
Indianapolis
Palmer
Interurban Line Plans Move Toward Rushville Shelbyville
A representative of the Indianapolis Morristown & Rushville interurban travels to New York to promote a project costing about 790000 or 700000 as financing solvency is claimed. Attorney John J Rochford expects no trouble. The promoters cite private rights of way and an abandoned railroad grade as advantages for the Rushville branch and Shelbyville extension.
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Morristown
Rushville
New York
John J. Rochford
Shelbyvile
Indiana municipal reform meeting called by Sta board President Fortune
Indiana's smaller cities prepare for a December 6 Indianapolis conference to discuss municipal government. Bag Town has one delegate named the mayor. letters from many endorse the move as several towns operate patchwork systems.
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Fortune
The
Sta Board of Commerce
Indianapolis
Ita
Lawe
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