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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1903
Page
8
A federal brief says William P. Stevens conspired with Pittsburg Oil and Gas Company promoters to misrepresent oil output and inflate a sale to the W. W. Smith Company. The deal valued at 159,000 allegedly cost 5,000 with illicit payouts to Stevens and officers.
The rush of business in Judge Carter's court leads to 100 cases moved to the two other Superior Courts to clear the docket before vacation. Suits are filed in alternating rooms of the Superior Court. Judge Leathers's court has disposed of more than the stated number since last September, reflecting heavy activity. Most cases filed are divorce actions, averaging about three per day.
The trial in Crim Court proceeds as the firm Warman Chamberlain Black & Co. identifies forged drafts tied to ex-bookkeeper Arthur J. Simpson. Ralph Smith of the bank testifies about the forged draft and the altered signature B J Stoffel, with the defense set to begin presenting evidence.
The Krag Reynolds assignment report was filed with Probate Commissioner Walker yesterday. John Reagan, trustee, has managed company affairs to declare a 3 percent dividend. Claims total 266,909 dollars. Reagan has collected 90,963 and credits expenses including attorneys fees of 47. The report shows a balance warranting a 3 percent dividend.
In a mixed docket from Circuit and Superior Courts various actions are listed including Lilly & Stalnaker versus Edward C. Claypool over a mechanic's lien, John F. Carson as executor against Ida Marion on note with judgment for 882.62 and costs, EB Wayman against R. EB McRill on appeal, Henry Clay Allen versus Charles Arnell et al, Charlie Steller against Edward Rentsch dismissed with costs paid, and Arthur J. Simpson forgery trial in Criminal Court. City Bond Company sues Jane Foster et al for improvement lien, and City Bond Company versus Emma L. Leven-Secher for improvement lien in Superior Court.
Long list of appellate reversals and holdings from the Indiana Supreme Court and circuit courts. Cases include Desgain v Wessner and De Mott v City of Valparaiso with reversals noted, plus notes on liability, water rights, and employer liability acts. Mentions of Burns 1901, various justices, and state constitutional interpretations.
Appellate notes list multiple Illinois court decisions and orders from 1999 including Adams Express Company versus the State with affirmations by Judge Dowling and Jackson C. C. along with various motions to reinstate and rehearings. The record enumerates cases such as Whisler v Whisler and Brower v Locke with summaries of legal principles on negligence per se cross examination admissibility and secured debt notes, plus several terms and assignments of errors.
A Indianapolis reporter pursues James Whitcomb Riley at 2 a.m. on Lockerbie Street to obtain a completed poem read at a banquet. Riley welcomes the intrusion, explains the draft poem isn’t finished, and in a cordial exchange dismisses the urgency.
An agent pressed into a private lawyer’s office insisting on a meeting. The lawyer raged yet the agent persisted and, after a tense exchange, left having sold two hundred dollars worth of books. Nearby, a Statehouse social scene featured Beveridge at a hotel banquet where hotel men demanded an impromptu speech and he complied.
City police board increases sergeant districts to curb gangs of white and colored rowdies. New sergeants William Milam Henry Sandman and Cletus Weaver added, bringing total to fourteen. Fire and police orders set for July 4, fire hose bids July 22, coal supplies due next Wednesday. Fleming Davis retired from the force. J V R Ken on leave.
West Michigan street property owners presented two petitions to the Board of Public Works about paving material from the river to Holmes avenue. One requests asphalt, the other brick, and the engineer will study the issue. The board opened bids for East Michigan street block paving but no action due to Judge Carter’s restraining order.
Bids for stone and cement curbs, kreodone blocks, and combined curb and gutters in Michigan street from Highland to Tacoma avenues, and Twenty-fifth street segment from Northwestern to Senate avenues. Final actions include estimates for Yandes and Sherman drive works, advisement on brick roadways, and petitions to engineer for East Tenth Street and Mulberry Street improvements.
Friends of Mr and Mrs J W Cowdery and their son of Atlanta Georgia announce plans to return to their old home in this city after an absence of several years in the South. Mr Cowdery travels for a gas company and visited here last summer in their interests.
At a lavish royal banquet, King Francis I hosts a brilliant assembly with Eleanor, Marguerite, Diane de Poitiers, and Catherine de Medici as Triboulet the jester stirs intrigue. The duke Robert’s gaze, the princess Louise, and the fool’s romance threaten the courtly balance as accusations of secret affection arise.
In a lively court scene Triboulet faces mock trial and a fruit and nut bombardment led by the Countess, as nobles debate his fate and defend or berate the jester. The duel of wit continues with Jacqueline and the duke, ending with a playful song and a cliffhanger.
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