Churchmen Urge Bidding to Save Local Option Vote
Republican lawmakers oppose Gov Hanly local option plan while lobbyists and church members circle the lobby of the Claypool hotel. Detectives shadow rebels as the state machine splits into small mobs to pressure voting lines. Aged politicking and threats fail to move sober jurists, leaving the outcome uncertain as pages of political maneuvering roll on.
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Hanly
Republican
Claypool
Senator Hemenway
Beveridge faction seeks county option backing
A prominent Republican tied to the Beveridge faction declined to lead a bloc of house members to press county option legislation. Beveridge supporters argue the party faces a dilemma as the state machine loses traction, yet they were not consulted about the call or the special session strategy.
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Beveridge
Andrew
Tippecanoe
Ways and Means
Carmichael
Delaware
Cowing
Faulkner
Laporte
Demberger
Posey
Frank N. Warde
Senate
Farber
Benz
Repubicans
Republican House
House
Hanly's Friends Spark Trouble Over County Option Plan
The Indiana legislature opens with party strife over Gov. Hanly's county option bill. Debates focus on anti-saloon measures, Vincennes university claims, and the secret service proposal. Republicans clash on strategy while Democrats show guarded unity as sessions proceed.
Irvington Plasterer Hangs Self in Barn Estate Wealth
Zachary T. Ward 60, a contracting plasterer with a profitable Irvington business, hanged himself in his barn on Saturday after telling his daughter he would go to town. He left a healthy estate, suffered melancholia per physicians, and died at 5819 Lowell Avenue, leaving a large family.
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Zachary T. Ward
Irvington
Mr. Ward
Man with concealed weapon fined in police court
Hicklyter 308 N. New Jersey fined $25 and costs after being charged with carry concealed weapons. He damaged a mattress and waists of a person named Ayme Hill, claiming it was his life. The couple were arrested Friday by Bicycle Officers Hull and Ulery at 108 N. New Jersey Street. The man says his wife and four children live at 120 N. Missouri Street.
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Hicklyter
New Jersey
Kliege Wihallon
Licklyter
Ayme Hill
Hull
Ulery
New Jersey Street
Mayor Appeals For Naughty Ilinois Regiment Lads Release
Mayor Bookwalter used his influence in police court to secure the release of several members of the First Illinois regiment encamped at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Arrested on disorderly conduct charges, the soldiers filed into the courtroom as the mayor led a marching procession to a free fate.
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Bookwalter
Benjamin Harrison
Harry Keaton
Fort Wayne
Keaton
Place Large Bets Chanler Will Win
New York report details major wagers on Chanler in the state campaign with Thomas Shaw backing Chanler for $5,000 and Henry Harris taking Hughes. East side Tammany leader Rocksy Angarola claims $7,000 of his $10,000 pool on Chanler and more bets totaling $13,000 awaiting takers at even money.
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Thomas Shaw
Gravesend
Chanler
Henry Harris
George Wheelock
Hughes
Rocksy
Angarola
Leader
Tammany Man
Cra Lawson on trial for stealing two hides
Cra Lawson charged with stealing two hides valued at 4.60 was tried Sunday before Judge Pritchard. Harvey, brought from the workhouse to testify, tripped a guard while returning and was kept handcuffed during his trial. Thieves remain active with several purse and home thefts reported Friday night and in the week.
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Cra Lawson
Pritchard
Crimin Court
Harvey
Lora Jones
N. Mate Avenue
W. B. Norton
Holly Street
J. A.enser
Station Street
Fist Fight Breaks Out Between Two Elite Newport Guests
In Newport Rhode Island on September 19 Harry Oelrichs and Craig Biddle, heirs of prominent families, left a dinner dance at Lydig Hoyt’s cottage colony and fought on the lawn. The encounter ended after Oelrichs struck Biddle. The quarrel began when Biddle allegedly resented Oelrichs’ remark disparaging Philadelphia society.
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Lydig Hoyt
Young Oelrichs
Biddle
Jot James Sentenced to Hang for Clergy Ballard Murder
Springfield authorities announce the murder conviction of Jot James for Clergy Ballard. He is sentenced to be hanged on October 28 at 10 a.m. in the Springfield justice system.
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Springfield
James
Clergy Ballard
Baby found abandoned in shoebox on Eighth Avenue
A newborn boy was found hours after birth in a shoebox in a garbage can in front of 2124 Eighth Avenue. Street sweeper John Morick discovered him. An ambulance revived the infant and it was sent to Bellevue Hospital where doctors say he will live.
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New York
Eighth Avenue
John Morick
Ipstes
Belleue Hospital
Cholera Toll Rises in St Petersburg and Manila
Reported cholera cases reach 1,667 with 484 deaths in St Petersburg hospitals since the outbreak. Manila records six deaths and 23 new cases in the last 24 hours. Separate dispatches note Orville Wright’s improving condition after a plane collapse and an elephant breaking loose at Luna Park in New York.
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ST. Petersburg
Russia
Washington
Orville Wright
New York
Luna Park
Manila
Pittsburg
Jane Smith
Henry Smith
Vassar College
Belle Bridge bandit jailed for 32 year term
Pittsburg Pa Sept 19 Judge James R Mac Farlane sentences John Patterson 27 the Belle Bridge bandit to 32 years in the penitentiary for his role in the Boston Fa street car holdup and related robberies in the area.
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Pittsburg
James R. MacFarlane
John Patterson
Belle Bridge
Boston
Preacher Shot on Train in Pennsylvania
Rev. B. Bellamor of Scranton was wounded in the right arm by a bullet while asleep in a chair car aboard a Pennsylvania train. He had visited the Turkish embassy in Washington and was en route home, now in Hahnemann Hospital Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Rev
B. Bellamor
Scranton
Hahnemann Hospital
Pennsylvania
Washington
Democratic candidates adopt county platform in Marion County
Marion County Democratic candidates released a platform pledge stressing honest economical administration and strict checks on public funds. The statement calls for transparent candidate views, warns against graft, and pledges to enforce the law impartially if elected, naming multiple county offices and officials.
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Lic
Marion
Train wreck on C and O line near Walkers and Lanexa
A fast Chesapeake and Ohio train from Newport News to Richmond derailed between Walkers and Lanexa around 11 p m. The wreck halted service with reports of several deaths and injuries and only sparse details available.
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Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Newport News
Walkers
Lanexa
Insane Woman Battles Police At Fletcher Avenue Home
Hannah OConnor 35 of 1684 Fletcher Avenue wandered Friday night carrying a lamp then fought Bicycle Officers Schlangen and Radamacher. Radamacher was struck in the jaw before the woman was subdued and detained for asylum placement after jail intake.
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Hannah O'Connor
Fletcher Avenue
Schlangen
Radamacher
Marshall closes in First District campaign in Indiana
Evansville reports Thomas R. Marshall Democrat governor hopeful closed his canvass in the First district speaking at St Meinrad Spencer county Shiveley attacks Republican extravagance in New Castle Indiana Beveridge launches stumping tour after opening campaign in New York will speak at Terre Haute September 29 on his swing to the Pacific coast
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Evansville
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
St. Meinrad
Spencer County
Shiveley
New Castle
B. F. Shiveley
South Bend
Haskell
Chicago
Oklahoma
Standard Oil Company
Beveridge
New York
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Pacific Coast
Terre Haute
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