Sensational Testimony in Michigan City Prison Inquiry
Convict Charles Devine alleged two guards J Harter and C L Rice conspired with former prison physician Dr A L Spinning to oust Deputy Warden Barnard. He demanded protection from Gov. Durbin and Warden Reid before naming them. Testimony closed with Warden Reid and Board of Control members to review findings.
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Harter and Rice
Dr. Spinning
Barnard
Indianapolis Journal
Michigan City
Ind
Horne
Charles Devine
J. Harter
C. KL. Rice
Devine
A. L
Davis
Durbin
Reid
Board of State Charities
Spinning
Rice
Harter
Guard Rice
Guard Harter
Kimbrough
Nebeker
Charles Burton
Swain
Sewell
A. M. Cooney
Louis Mayer
F. M. Harter
Edgar Spinning
W. C. Peterson
Board of Charities
Willam PF. Cooper
Fort Wayne
Board of Control
Warden Reid
Bundy
South Bend
Knights Templars
Indianapolis
Carnegie Gift to Columbia Near $1 Million
Andrew Carnegie poised to offer Columbia College a gift near one million dollars to fund a college hall chapel or dormitories. Official announcement awaits ceremonies with president and trustees keeping exact figure private. Carnegie and John D Rockefeller to attend, signaling a major university memory. In Schenectady, Union College reports Carnegie donated 40000 for Nott Memorial Hall completion.
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New York
Columbia College
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Columbia
John D. Rockefeller
Nicholas Murray Butler
Schenectady
N. Y
Raymond
Union College
Nott Memorial Hall
Marble Under Bridewell Exposes Vast Chicago Marble Deposit
On April 15 Chicago officials led by Superintendent Sloan uncovered a buried marble deposit beneath the Bridewell prison yard. The ore lies about one hundred feet below the surface within a clay pit opened for sewer brick supply. Experts say the marble could be valuable enough to pay off the city’s bonded debt.
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Chicago
Bridewell
Municipal House of Correction
Sloan
Four Kohen Family Perishes From Gas Inhalation
In New York on April 15 four people were found dead in Esther Kohen’s Third Avenue residence from illuminating gas fumes. Victims include Esther Kohen fifty Henry Kohen twenty three Lena Kohen seventeen and Edith Flow sixteen a friend. Henry’s bicycle business ties noted. Gas odor observed earlier led a partner to force entry. the deaths appear to be by asphyxiation with doors and windows closed and gas jets lit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Esther Kohen
Third Avenue
Eether Kohen
Henry Kohen
Lena Kohen
Edith Flow
Kohens
Henry
Ku Klux in Oklahoma Report Prompt Action by Governor
Governor Ferguson was urged to act in a Cleveland county Ku Klux case involving a colored woman who won a government claim over a white contestant. She said fifteen men entered her home, flayed her son, and ordered her to leave within fifteen days. The Governor ordered county officers to investigate and referred the case to federal authorities for prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Ferguson
Cleveland
Five Boys Buried In Washita River Sandbank Tragedy
In Erin Springs near Ardmore Oklahoma on the Washita river five boys were buried under a sandbank while playing. Eddie Pierce Al Pierce and Perry Cox were killed. Bob Parker and Marion Cox were rescued and listed in serious condition with uncertain recoveries.
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Ardmore
J. T
Washita
Erin Springs
Eddie
al Pierce
Perry Cox
Bob Parker
Marion Cox
Indiana Republicans Face Migration Grid in Reciprocity Fight
In Washington a reciprocity dispute grips Indiana Republicans with questions about movement, urging cross‑party votes. The stalemate centers on rules that could keep lawmakers from leaving the capital, demanding full attendance to resolve the quorum and voting outcomes.
Chinese Exclusion Bill Advances Amid Opposition Fears
Indiana Republicans in the House face travel plans to Indianapolis as measures urged by Fairbanks gain support while opponents warn of dangerous amendments. Debate centers on Chinese student and teacher definitions and the broader treaty conflict, with leaders predicting passage in the form reported from the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Senate
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
House
Indianapolis
Associated Press
Michigan
California
Watson
Indiana
Payne
Messrs. Swanson
Virginia
White
Kentucky
Messrs
W. Smith
Dayton
West Virginia
Burgess
Texas
Meyer
Louisiana
Southerland
Utah
Heitfeld
Idaho
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Turner
Pritchard
North Carolina
Spooner
Wisconsin
Mr. Spooner
Chamber
Patterson
Mitchell
Turkish Rascal Punished In Foreign Crime Case
United States Consul Norton reports a Turkish court convicted Nishan Festjian and his father for embezzling 31,30 untrusted for deposit in a bank and fleeing to Canada Paris and Cairo. The son received twenty months and the father three months as accessories after the crime. They must repay the stolen sum and pay 390 in costs. The case marks a first for foreign-crime conviction in the village courts.
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Washington
United States
Norton
Harput
Turkey
State Department
Nishan Fest- Jian
Mamouret-I'l-Aziz
New York
Canada
Paris
Cairo
Mamouret
Preacher Samuel Krell Dies by Own Action at Lacon Church
The Rev Samuel Krell rector of the Methodist Church in Lacon Iowa committed death by his own action in town despondent over small church attendance. Krell had served two years in the Philippines as a private in the Fifty fifth Iowa Volunteers.
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Lacon
Samuel Krell
Methodist Church
Philipines
Iowa Volunteers
Charges of cruelty to Filipinos trigger court martial probes
Cabinet ears on Army conduct in the Philippines prompts Secretary Root to disclose correspondence. Dispatches urge action against Gen Jacob H. Smith and officers implicated in torture and brutal conduct toward natives. Testimony cites the water cure at Igbarras and ordered trials for involved officers.
Moves to March Trial for Major Glenn in Philippine Cruelty Case
The President orders Major E Glenn of the Twenty fifth Infantry to San Francisco to face court martial over alleged cruelties to a Philippine Islander at Igbarras on June 27 16%. Witnesses in the Philippines may be summoned to testify for defense and the two year statute of limitations nears expiry. The inquiry aims to uncover all such cases and ensure offenders are punished while backing the army. ELlHU ROOT Secretary of War. Burleson seeks full transcript of Major Waller Manila court martial proceedings.
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Washington
United States
Root
Charlies S. Riley
Willam L. Smith
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Chaffee
Philippines
War Department
Army of the
Elihu Root
H. C. Dodge
United States Senate
Washington, D. C
Gardner
Tayabas
Edwin F. Glenn
James A. Ryan
Manila
Jacob H. Smith
Maj. Waller
Marine Corps
Waller
Smith
Charles Riley
William L. Smith
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Presidentes
Igbarras
Nollo
Panay
Eighteenth
United States Infantry
Arthur L. Conger
Edwin F. Gienn
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Maj. E. Glenn
San Francisco
Department of California
Philippine Islands
Gienn
Sanancisco
Glenn
Secretary of War
Bishop J. F. Hurst Stricken by ApoPlexy. Ill in Washington
Bishop John F. Hurst of the Methodist Episcopal Church lies seriously ill at his Washington home after a week in bed. Once a prominent national figure, he aided fundraising for the American University and hoped McKinley would join its leadership. He never recovered from a prior London stroke after McKinley’s assassination, and his mental faculties declined through the winter as family sought reconciliation with his estranged wife and sought to see his young son.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
John F. Hurst
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hurst
McKinley
National University
London
American University
Tate
Univity
Ohio Hall of Administration
McKinley Hall
Divine
Ella Root
Francis Root
Buffalo
Paris
Poner
Bishop Hurst
Mary
Moody secretary of the navy visits ailing father in Haverhill
William H Moody the newly appointed secretary of the navy is summoned to his father Henry Moody in Haverhill Massachusetts as the elder Moody lies dying at home the family says Moody left the Navy Department to rush home on April 1 192?
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Haverhill
Mass
Willian H. Moody
the Navy
Henry Moody
American Jackies Help Firefighters at Trinidad Yard Blaze
Aboard the Kearsarge, Lieut Poyer with 21 sailors joined British seamen to fight a big yard fire in Port of Spain Trinidad on March 27. The Americans led hose lines and breached the lumber pile after a gunpowder charge, earning cheers and praise from locals and officials including Governor Higginson and Captain McCalla.
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Washington
Navy Department
B. H. McCalla
Kearsarge
Spain
Trinidad
J. M. Poyer
Campbell
Carpenter Richards
Poyer
Admiral Higginson
McCalla
Murder in a Saloon in New Jersey
John Croughton, a machinist, returned home from a West trip and was greeted by about a dozen men in a saloon. James Shelby, longtime friend of Droughton, received a handshake when Droughton declared he would teach him a lesson and shot Shelby through the right eye. Droughton then fled home and fatally shot himself. Both men remain in hospital with gravity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J
John Croughton
James Shelby
Droughton
Shelby
Repleatse
Grinking
Schieren Likely Next Manufacturer President at Indiana Meet
The seventh annual Manufacturers' National Association convention opened in Indianapolis with indications that ex-mayor Charles A. Schieren will be chosen president for the next year, replacing Theo dore C. Search. Debates centered on nominations and proxies as Parry pressed for a floor vote only if named by the nominating committee. The assembly delayed by travel mishaps and an opening prayer preceded Auditor Hart's welcome outlining Indiana's industrial progress and resources.
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Charles A. Schieron
Exmayor
Brooklyn
Theodore C. Search
Manufacturers’ National Association
New Orleans
Indiana House of Representatives
Association
Schieren
Friends of
Messrs
Barbour
Parry
New York
Mr. Parry
D. M. Parry
Thomas J. Villers
Hart
Durbin
Indiana
United States
Indianapolis
Hugh H. Hanna
Nee Henry
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Guarda
Dorbin
Neseker
University
Ku-Klux
Oklahoma
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor Today
Brewery Workers’ National Union
International Union of Steam Engineers
International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen
Frye
New England
Carolinas
Pacific Coast
Mountain States
Committee On Immigration
House of Representatives
Congress
United Stats
Sultan
Preacher
The
Galilty
J. H. Smith
Burleson
Major Waller
J. F. Hurst
M'Ainley
W. H. Moody
Jackies
National Association OF Manufacturers’ Convention
Chas. A. Lehieren
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