Quiet City Council Hears Budget Fight Over Engineer Plan
The council met behind closed doors and failed to pass an ordinance allocating 1800 for an electrical light plant expert. Mayor McKee ruled it out of order, Hetherington appealed, and the measure was laid over, as discussions on water filtration and sewer plans continued amid tensions.
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Trical
McKee
Hetherington
Johnston
Municipal League
Laporte
J. T. McNary
Eel
City Health Board
East End
Eel River
Woodlawn
Wabash River
William Newman
McNary
Finance Department
Farrell
Henke
Funk
Narrow escape on Panhandle train No 18 near Cambridge City
Engineer Frank Martin and Fire man Fred Arndt on the Indianapolis division escaped a burst boiler flue yesterday. Arndt was swept into steam and jumped from the engine while Martin secured the throttle and climbed the side board. The train halted after two miles. Arndt was taken to Reid Memorial hospital in Richmond with burns and injuries.
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Frank Martin
Fred Arndt
Panhandle
Indianapolis
Cambridge City
Arndt
Martin
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Country Club Members Rally to Improve Grand View Road
Tomorrow at 1 PM car owners and campers will gather at Joe McNary s office with rakes to convoy to Grand View Park and the Country club. Volunteers including Joe McNary Carl Horn George Bliss Bob Murray and O H Binns will help rake and smooth the west road to the camping grounds.
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Country Club
Grand View
Joe McNary
Grand View Park
and Country Club
McNary
Carl Horn
George Bliss
Bob Murray
O. H. Binns
Dreyer Honored as Socialist Labor Lt Governor Candidate
Gus Dreyer a Bates street grocer is named as the Socialist Labor ticket candidate for lieutenant governor Oliver P Stener of Claypool stands as the gubernatorial candidate for the same party.
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Gus Dreyer
Bates Street
Socialist Labor
Oliver P. Stener
Claypool
Barracks or Brewery Debate Noted at County Meeting
County council met in brief session to replenish funds approving 3500 for the bridge 600 for coroner services and 1000 for jail and courthouse expenses before adjourning to Georgetown to view the painted courthouse. Members joked the building resembles a barracks or a brewery.
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Georgetown
Court House
Board of Commissioners
County Council
Detective nets three Youngstown jailbreakers in panhandle chase
Detective Finley Butcher of the Panhandle police captured Harry Klein Lewis Cohen and Charles Crowley who escaped jail at Youngstown Ohio on June 21. He pursued with two fellow officers, ending after a long chase at Marion. They will receive a 1500 dollar reward for capture.
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Finley Butcher
Panhandle
Harry Klein
Lewis Cohen
Charles Crowley
Youngstown
Marion
Pittsburg
Butcher
Converse asks car route change for traction franchise
Converse citizens request that a new Logansport Marion Traction franchise require cars to run through the business section. The expired former franchise allowed passage on a back street.
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Converse
Logansport-Marion Traction Company
Memorable Keynote by Cleveland Bell at Democratic Convention
Col Bell delivered a keynote claiming Republican refusal to add a campaign funds publicity plank shows dishonesty. He urged direct senatorial elections, child labor reform, anti injunctions, and tariff critique, while memorial resolutions honored Grover Cleveland. The convention adjourned early in his honor.
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Denver
Republican Party
Col. Bell
United States
United States Senate
Grover Cleveland
Will case compromised in Howard circuit court
The case of Jesse Borges and others against William F Fresnour and others was compromised yesterday in the Howard circuit court. The plaintiffs, children of Herman Freshour, alleged their grandfather lacked capacity and was unduly influenced. Plaintiffs received 300 dollars each, defendants 600 dollars and a one sixth interest in all personal property valued at about 12 000 dollars.
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Jesse Borges
William F. Fresnour
Howard
Herman Freshour
Obenchain Leaves City for Two Week Vacation
Glen Obenchain a local photographer has left the city for a two week vacation and did not notify patrons. He moved his gear from the room he occupied and will likely reopen another studio upon return.
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Glen Obenchain
Medals to Be Awarded at City Gym Tonight
The medals won by the participants in the track meet will be distributed at the gymnasium this evening.
City urged to care for aging soldier graves
Rodney Strain and D B McConnell of the local G A R present a petition to the board of public works asking the cemetery sexton to tend graves of old veterans with no living relatives. A cemetery survey notes sixty two neglected lots and the petition urges city action, especially where veterans have no kin, with next Decoration Day as a deadline.
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Board of Public Works
Dan Mahoney toSeek County Road Funds May Be Referred
Dan Mahoney filed money claims for county line road construction with the local board. Officials say the proper channel is the White County commissioners. He will pursue payment from the White County board.
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Dan Mahoney
White County
Funny Chick Attracts Attention In City
Nick Calandra of Eighteenth and Stevens streets hatched a chicken chick yesterday with three eyes two on one side of the bill and one on the other The unusual bird draws much notice from neighbors and passersby as it grows.
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Nick Calandra
Stevens Streets
Board of Works Busy with City Repairs and Bids
The board approved several improvements and opened bids for next winter’s hard coal. Crushed stone on Broadway used 518.35 tons costing $207.42, plus 175 loads of gravel and 100 loads of sand. Residents petitioned for curb and sidewalk work on Linden Avenue and Usher Street plans were laid out.
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John Schmitt
A. B. Wolf
Linden Avenue
Usher Stret
Park Board of Works
Broadway
Machines Arrive For County Voting At Several Wards
Six voting machines arrived for use by voters unfamiliar with them. Bethlehem township will get one, First ward two, Fifth ward two, and Deer Creek township one. Results from these areas will be known ten minutes after polls close, indicating likely county outcome.
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Bethlehem
Deer Creek
Horse Killed by Street Car at High and 22d Crossing
Dan Gillespie liveryman loses a valuable horse after a street car strikes a horse he was leading at High Street Twenty-Second Street crossing. The animal died after being dragged 200 feet. Gillespie narrowly escaped injury as his mount bolted. This marks third fatal horse at the crossing in recent years.
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High Street
Gillespie
Twenty-Second Street
Tas
Twenty-Second
Car 101 Stalls on Fourth Street Halts Traffic
City street car No. 101 stalled in the middle of Fourth Street on Broadway this afternoon and was towed to the barn for repairs, delaying service briefly.
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City
Fourth Street
Broadway
Bryan Does Not Rule Convention in Democratic Party
Lincoln J. Steffens reports from the 1908 Denver Democratic national convention. He argues delegates are control led by state bosses and machine politics rather than Bryan. The piece urges reform and praises Bryan's leadership potential while condemning “machine-made dummies.”
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Denver
United States
Theodore A. Bell
Mr. Bell
Chicago
Bryan
Lincoln
Mr. Bryan
Democratic Party
Roger Sullivan
Ilinois
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Col. Guffey
Quay
Tom Taggart
Charley Murphy
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Reid
James A. Reid
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Albert Gallion
Squire Martin
Wabash
Laketon
A. G. Jenkines
Pikes Peak
Tom Johnson
Frewse
Commissioners and Council View Court House
Council
Cleveland
Bell
Board OF Works
Rodney Strain and
D. B. McConnell
TION
Linden Ave
Dan Gillespie
The
Twelfth Street
Lincoln Steffens
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Lincoln J. Steffens
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