Decision Favors Firemen Over City in 1898 Pay Deduction
Jury finds for James Taylor former Indianapolis fireman awarded 72.08 for salary deductions during 1898 retrenchment. Case tests city practice of deducting 2.5 daily pay when firemen laid off amid offset rules. City argues layoff voluntary. firemen contend department custom made off days compulsory and paid. Trial before Pro Tem Judge Clifford. appeal planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Taylor
Indianapolis
Fire Department
Taylor
East St. Louis
Taggart
Board of Safety
Ciy
Cage
Vincent Clifford R. W. Meide
Ira W. Holmes
Linton D. Hay
Clifford
Real estate broker seeks fee in large Indianapolis deal
Obadiah Fuqua sues Michael H. Spades for a $4 commission and a Maceline Missouri lot after arranging a chain of property transfers. Spades traded extensive Indianapolis properties and other assets valued at about $35,250 for 18,000 acres of ranch land, cattle, and equipment tied to Magnolia stock ranch in Pensacola Alabama.
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Obadiah Fuqua
Michael H. Spades
Fuqua
Spades
Indianapolis
Southern States Lumber Company
Magnolia
Pensacola
Fla
Maceline
Southern States
Columbia Greenfield
Ind
East Thirtieth Street
Morris Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Station Street
Brightwood
South West Street
Indianas
East South Street
Greenfield
Marion County
Sherman County
Texas
Chi Os
Dianapolis
Fr Bak
Magnolia Stock Ranch
Idwin County
Alabama
Lumber Company
Appellate Court Rules Wife’s Negligence Not Always Liable
The court reverses a Laporte verdict finding both husband and wife liable for damages after Pauline Radke’s wagon struck Louis Schmidt. It holds a husband is not automatically responsible for a wife’s negligent use of his property when used in domestic service and not under his direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte Circuit Court
Pauline Radke
August Radke
Michigan City
Louis Schmdt
Black
Edward Arnold Guilty in Grand Larceny Case at Criminal Court
Edward Arnold was found guilty of grand larceny for stealing Mrs. Agnews trunk from Union Station and hiding it in his Enterprise Hotel room. The trunk, valued around $4, was taken by substituting mage checks. Arnold, a former U S Army serviceman, faced a sentence of one to three years in the Indiana Reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Arnold
Agnew
Union Station
Enterprise Hotel
Indiana Reformatory
Arnold
United States Army
Sixth Artilly
Philippine Islands
Insolvency and remonstrance cases headline local court actions
The Union Coal Company contends it is insolvent and unable to pay a coal bill. Supreme Court upholds remonstrance law in license cases. Sullivan county court rules for a saloon keeper after power of attorney remonstrances. Turner Vaughn Taylor Co sues Kokomo Steel and Wire for patent injunction. Charles Thompson convicted of burglary and grand larceny. fined and sent to workhouse. John Gentry sues Merchants Heating and Lighting for damages over a cave in damaging his health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Sullivan County
Turner, Vaughn & Taylor Company
Ohio
Sait
Kokomo Steel and Wire Company
John Gentry
Merchants’ Heating and Lighting Company
Gentry
Washington Street
Ellen Collins Named Executrix of Elizabeth T. Collins Will
Probate Commissioner Walker appointed Ellen Collins executrix of Elizabeth T. Collins estate yesterday. Collins furnished a bond of two thousand dollars as required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Collins
Elizabeth T. Collins
Walker
Superior Court Docket Highlights From Multiple Rooms
In Room 1 Judge McMaster, Sleicher & Co. vs Frenk, jury awards plaintiff 136.12. Neff v Metropolitan Life on policy heard by jury. Room 2 Judge pro tem Clifford, Taylor v City on account. Whitsett v Miller on note, judgment for plaintiff. defendant defaulted. Room 3 Judge Vingon Carter, Farnsworth v Indianapolis Street Railway, jury for defendant. Embezzlement case: Howard Stevenson. verdict pleaded not guilty. Charles Thompson burglary larceny. plea change to second count. sentence. Circuit Court Judge Henry Clay Allen. J N Clarke & Co. v Weisse estate claim settled 224.43. Allen Caylor v Van Vorhis damages. Hubbard v Prather on note. Stenger v Stenger fraudulent marriage. New suits listed: John J. Johnson guardian. Magette Miles v Bracken damages 5,000. Gentry v Merchants Heating. Kediahuqua v Spades conveyance. German Fire Ins Co v Gimbel foreclosure notes. City Bond Co v Canavan improvement bond. Superior Court Room 3 also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matilda Neff
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
McMaster
Superior Court
John L. McMaster
Adolph Sleicher & Co
George Frenk
Vinecent Clifford
James Taylor
City
Charles T. Whitsett
James B. Miller
Vingon Carter
Theodore N. Farnsworth
Indianapolis Street Railway Company
Howard Stevenson
Findin
Edward Arnold
Charles Thompson
Ely
Work House
Circuit Court
Henry Clay Allen
J. N. Clarke & Co
Balenora Weisse
Antonio Weisse
Allen Caylor
F. J. van Vorhis
Arabella Hubbard
Austin B. Prather
Emma Stenger
George Stenger
John J. Johnson
George W. Johnson
Magette Miles
Annis Bracken
John Gentry
Merchants’ Heating and Lighting Company
Kediahuqua
Michael H. Spades
German Fire Insurance Company
Hattie Gimbel
Com
City Bond Company
Martin Canavan
Room
Higher Courts Record Supreme Court 1976 1 2
A survey of appellate decisions including challenges to gravel road bond sales under Act 1899 and rulings on remediation against such sales. It cites Owen county local laws and the constitutionality of exemptions. Also noted are cases on guardianship discretion and transcript practices in appeals.
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Supreme Court
Board
Newport
Owen C. C
Board of Commissioners
Owen County
Ragle
Ewing
Henley
Guardian
Ving
Burns
Circuit Court
Radke
P. W. Dunn
Eleanora Dilks
Marion C. C
Appellee
John HE. Hollett
Detectives arrest Kla Bruner for loitering in East Court
Detectives Asch and Manning arrested Clarence Kla Bruner on East Court street and charged him with loitering. Bruner is linked to a September Union Station swindle against Iowa farmer Mr. Phillips en route to visit a sick sister in Vevay. A second swindler was caught later with help from Mrs. Payton, proprietress of a South Illinois street restaurant. the man serves a long workhouse sentence. Bruner has a long criminal record and is known to police as a swindler.
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Asch and
Manning
Clarence
Kla") Bruner
East Court Street
Bruner
Phillips
Iowa
Union Station
Vevay
Hite
Payton
South Illinois Street
Measles Attack Prompted Child to Use Jayne's Expectorant
A Mr W R Dunlop of Wolf Creek Alabama reports an aggravating episode after measles. His child began Jayne's Expectorant, finishing one bottle and starting another, describing ongoing symptoms and reaction.
Paupers Becoming Few in Indiana Asylums Report
The Board of State Charities report by Secretary Amos W. Butler notes a falling pauper and county poor asylum population in Indiana. It cites outdoor relief reductions, aging demographics, and cost savings, with detailed county figures led by Marion and Allen counties and statewide averages dropping from 14.8 to 12.1 per 10,000 in 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of State Charities
Amos W. Butler
Indiana
Marion County
Julietta
Allen County
Montgomery
St. Joseppecanoe
Vanderburg
Nite
Wayne
Montgomery County
Use Of Machines Concludes In Versailles Trustees Saga
A 1902 Versailles town board record shows James M. Singer acting as a school trustee, his resignation accepted on Dec 12, and J W Burham appointed to replace him. TheDec meetings followed prior petition for bonds to fund a project, with bonds issue proceeding as noted.
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Jefferson
Ripley
Switzerland
Versailles
Frank S. Jones
James M. Singer
Francis M. Thompson
William Smith
Town of Versailles
Ind
EF. M. Thompson
James B. Abbott
J. W. Burham
Charles H. Thompson
Town Board of
Journal
Singer
Senate
Senatoropposes seating of singer in school board race
A Senate member said yesterday that Singer should not be seated if he was a School Board member at the time of the election. He suggested Singer admit his board membership and protest only if the people had given him more votes than his opponent. The action to be taken remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
Senate
Singer
Israel
God
Philistia
Tabernacle
Shiloh
Sanctuary
Joshua
Mizpah
trans-Jordanic
Jehovah
Baalim
Ashtaroth
Samuel
Joseph
Goa
Committee at Fort Wayne Visitation Reports Modest Requests
Senator Fremont Goodwine leads the regis tive committee on visiting State institutions arriving from Fort Wayne where the School for Feeble-minded Youths was inspected. He notes no large appropriation requests. other hospitals need little, except Richmond sewerage and Fort Wayne maintenance funds. The Fort Wayne school reports no deficit and seeks only minor repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont Goodwine
Fort Wayne
Insane Hospital
Richmond
Logansport
Fort Wayne School
Gibert
8. B. Fleming
Johnson
Morgan Confident as Speakership Hustling Continues
Representative Joseph R. Morgan of this city returned from a week in the northern part of the state and said he is in the race to win. He claimed enough support to justify confidence and pledged to do further hustling over the next three weeks, noting the 65 Republican members and that the outcome will depend on continued campaigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Morgan
Marshall
Sayre
Kirkman
Hemenway Announces Gubernatorial Candidacy in Indiana
Washington confirms Representative Hemenway will seek the Republican nomination for Indiana governor in two years. The move surprises Republicans in Indianapolis and statewide, though others including G A H Shideler, N W Gilbert, and several others are expected to run. Meanwhile prosecutors press for a salaried office law, forming a State association led by Charles Brower of Wabash to lobby the General Assembly this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hemenway
Indianapolis
Appropriations Committee
Cannon
Indiana
General Assembly
Charles Brower
Wabash
Not After Empty Honor in Indiana Senate Vote
John W. Kern announced he will not seek the complimentary vote for United States senator from the Democratic minority this winter. He called the vote a meatless bone and said he would not have run if Democrats held the majority. B. F. Shiveley of South Bend is expected to receive the bone. Senator Stephen B. Fleming of Fort Wayne expressed regret at Kern not running, noting the loss of a chance to publicly oppose Kern. Fleming’s hostility toward Kern remains evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Kern
United States
B. F. Shiveley
South Bend
Stephen B. Fleming
Fort Wayne
Fleming
Kern
Indianapolis
Cottage Plan Rejected as City Plans Pesthouse Upgrade
The pesthouse for smallpox care will be ready within twenty days and house forty patients. The Board of Public Works funds repairs to three on site structures, including a two story warehouse, an eight room house to be kept, and two frame houses. the cottage plan is not adopted. A residents meeting is set to protest the pesthouse location near City Hospital. New police badges to be issued next week with a $1 deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Board of Health and
City Sanitarian
Buehler
City Hospital
Hammond's Hall
Blake and
North Streets
Resolutions and bonds for local street and sewer work
Resolutions adopted for Pine street sewer from Washington to Lord. Cement walks on Moore Street to 14 feet west of Christian. Cement works Olive Street from Prospect to Cottage. Bonds approved for Marion County Construction Co. for Arsenal avenue Ormont street and alley east of Sturm, and James A Kregele plumbers bond. Final assessment roll approved for resurfacing Virginia avenue. Petition filed to cross sidewalk privately at Shelby and Grove. Cement walks on Thirty sixth Street from Pennsylvania to Illinois. Completed improvements include Layman avenue walks and bricks on Pine street from Virginia to English. Local sewer on first alley east of New Jersey from Thirteenth to north of Thirteen. Brick roadways on Cora Street and other paving projects.
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Pine Street
Washington Street
Lord Street
Moore Street
Christian Street
Christian
Olive Street
Prospect Street
Cottage Avenue
Marion County Construction Company
United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company
Arsenal Avenue
Ormont Street
Sturm Avenue
James A. Kregele
Plumbers’ Bond
Federal Union Surety Company
Virginia Avenue
New Jersey Street
East Street
Western Construction Company
Shelby and
Grove Streets
Harriett Hawthorne
Thirty-sixth Street
Pennsylvania Street
Illinois Street
Layman Avenue
Lowell Avenue
Chamber Street
Marion Caldwell
English Avenue
American Construction Company
First Alley
Thirteenth Street
Charles R. Pease
Cora Street
Capitol Avenue
Capitol Paving and Construction Company
Christian elder’s life links faith and business in harmony
A longtime ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church and longtime Northern Bank of Kentucky official died. His fifty four years as elder and fifty two years with the bank showed no conflict between piety and enterprise. His quiet, steadfast defense of the faith stood as his argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Kentucky
Decorating Schoolrooms Influence Across Cities
Indianapolis teachers discuss decorating schoolrooms at a Principals' Club meeting held in the Benjamin Harrison school artroom. The event showcased world masterpieces and local oil paintings, with a new committee appointed by the School Board to assist decoration efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Benjamin Harrison
Steele
Forsyth
Adams
Stark
Gruelle
Kendall
Miss Seegmiller
Fort Wayne
Woman's Club League
Greenville
Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
Minneapolis
Minn
Denver
Col
Art League of
Building sale swaps ownership between Dr. Wells and Carl Von Hake
The two story brick building at 18 West Ohio street was sold yesterday by Dr. Merit Wells through Stilz and Miller to Carl Von Hake for 16000. Von Hake then deeded to Dr. Wells the residence at 1003 Broadway for 6000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Ohio Street
Dr. Merit Wells
Stilz & Miller
Carl von Hake
Mr. von Hake
Dr. Wells
Broadway
Dickens Christmas Carol staged by School No 8 8 pupils
A creditable three act dramatization last night by the B students of School No 8 8 impressed audiences. The school orchestra supplemented the performance and a long list of named actors included James Blomer Howard Bates Ora Mayer Harry Hackner Mark Leiper John Keating Ernest Keeler Remon Knowlton Ernest Egger Lizzie Connett Hazel Fox Harriet Swein Clara Schufflebarger Clyde Craig Charlie Hagedon Kathe Shipp Lowell Payne Burling Unvershaw Leedon John Mears and Ina Toud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
James Bloomer
Howard Bates
Ora Mayer
Harry Hackner
Mark Leiper
John Keating
Ernest Keeler
Remon Knowlton
Ernest Egger
Albert 7
Lizzie Connett
Hazel Fox
Harriet
Christmas Message of Love and Selflessness
The Christmas message is God near to men and men dear to God. Christians should embody the Advent motive of giving, forgiveness, and loving others unselfishly. Overcoming selfishness and envy, practicing peace in the soul, and giving to those who cannot return are vital to living the Christmas spirit. Amos Br.
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Christ
Zeus
Jupiter
Brahma
Thor
Baal
Heaven
Earth
E. S. Martin
God
Bethlehem
Amos BR
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