City Chief Presents Annual City Budget for 1902
Mayor Bookwalter submits an annual message and budget for Indianapolis detailing a total appropriation of 1,416,411.80, with the largest item the Board of Public Works at 629,580. The plan cites deteriorated city property, need for bridges, water, hospital upgrades, and new departments, guiding a higher tax levy to cover current expenses and improvements.
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Common Council
Hs ¢Ly
Howe
Eee
Noble Street
Pogue's Run
White River
City Hospital
Indianapolis
Irvington
Department of Weights and Measures
Bea
Department of Health and Charities
South Side
Fresh Charges Made Brief in Suit Against United States Steel
A Newark brief in the Hodge et al v United States Steel case accuses the steel firm and its lawyers of witness tampering and intimidation as the complainants seek to block $200 million in preferred stock retirement and $20 million in bonds. Affidavits from J. Aspinwall Hodge and James H. Lancaster challenge alleged admissions and urge an early injunction decision.
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New York
Newark
N. J
J. Aspinwall Hodge
United States Steel Corporation
Hodge
John H
Mr. Hodge
James H. Lancaster
Joseph Corrigan
Guthrie
Steel Corporation
Corrigan
Lancaster
David Lamar
Arsenic Springs Said To Have Poisoned Mapimi Water
A Santiago Tex dispatch reports arsenic springs near Mapimi Mexico tainting the city water supply. Thirty killed and over forty seriously ill as reservoirs and drinking water become impregnated. Physicians were summoned from mining camps as the city faced water shortages.
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Atlanta
The
Constitution
Santiago
Tex
Mapimi
Mexico
Died After Marriage Involving Kidney Operation Near Mamoroneck
Bradford B. McGregor, who underwent kidney surgery at his cottage near Mamoroneck, died early today after marrying Miss Clara Schlemmer of New York just hours before the operation. He was the son of Ambrose Mor, a founder of the Standard Oil Company.
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New York
Bradford B. McGregor
Mamoroneck
Mr. McGregor
Clara Schlemmer
Ambrose Mor
Standa Oil Company
Winter Snow Hits Lake Superior Port
Masters report first snow of the season at Duluth Minnesota as flurries drift across Lake Superior signaling an early winter note for incoming vessels and port activity. Weather observers note flakes on the water and the season’s approach in early September.
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Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Maine Election: Republicans Win Off-Year Plurality
Maine voters backed Republicans in the off year with about a 27 000 lead over Democratic totals. Main figures show Hill 40 962 Gould 24 587, with Democrats gaining a larger share in the legislature and one Democrat in the state Senate. Congressman Allen re elected in First district. Powers re elected in Fourth. Littlefield wins Second. Cumberland County sheriff race goes to Pennell Democrat. Chairman Simpson sent a message to the President noting Maine's GOP tilt.
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Portland
Maine
Hill
Gould
Lord
Amos L. Allen
Seth C. Gordon
Fred EB. Irish
Mr. Allen
Thomas B. Reed
York
Cumberland
Gordon
Llewellyn Powers
Repulican
Thomas White
E. C. Burleigh
E. H. Henson
C. A. Littlefield
Cumberland County
Samuel Pearson
Pennell
Maine Republican Victory House aided by large gains
The message proclaims Maine carried by a plurality of unknown percent, electing the full delegation in Congress with a large majority, every senator except one, and nearly four-fifths of the Legislature. It praises Republican policies and prosperity, with officials sending confirmations to Senator Hanna and Republican leaders. Burleigh notes average off year plurality around 12,000.
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Kent
Congress
Pine Tree
Hanna
Maine
Burleigh
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Hanna and Foraker to Open the Campaign in Ohio
In Columbus Dick of the Republican State committee announces that Akron will host the opening campaign meeting on September 27 with Governor Nash as chairman and Senators Hanna and Foraker set to speak. W J Bryan visits Lincoln starting a broad speech tour through Missouri and Nebraska ahead of the November election.
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Colmbus
Republican State Committee
Akron
Nash
Hanna and
Foraker
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Grand Army
Hastings
Murat Halstead Seeks Republican Nomination for Congress
Cincinnati report notes veteran editor and author Murat Halstead declares candidacy for the Republican nomination in Ohio Second District. Bromwell previously held the seat. several others also seek the nomination.
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Cincinnati
The
Times-Star
Murat Halstead
Ohio
Jacob H. Bromwell
Burglars Drill Open Hubbard Post Office Safe
YOUNGSTOWN, Sept. 8. The Hubbard post office five miles north of here was drilled open last night. Robbers took 300 in stamps, 200 in money orders, a 300 certificate of deposit from Newton Falls bank, and 150 belonging to Postmaster William Evans. Entry was through a window. theft discovered this morning.
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Youngstown, O
Hubbard, O., T
Here
Newton Falls
William Evans
Two Children Die in Barn Fire Near Aurora
In Aurora on a September day Edna Cheatham and Mary Lilly aged four perished in a barn fire started by Fred Lilly's son. The fire, caught early, burned a horse and left the children's bodies unidentifiable before rescue crews arrived.
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Aurora
Edna
G. D. Cheatham
Mary
Fred Lilly
Indians on Santa Fe train in fatal quarrel
In Wichita on September 8, sixty Otoe and Pawnee riders returning from a Perry Oklahoma circus clashed aboard a northbound Santa Fe train. A pistol fight left one Indian dead and conductor Fennell gravely wounded, with probable death.
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Witchita
Kan
Perry
O. T
Fennell
Jealous man shoots sweetheart then escapes in Omaha
Omaha reports Peter Olsen shot and fatally wounded his sweetheart Mary Petersen before fleeing. Police pursued but could not arrest him. Jealousy cited as the motive for the deadly deed.
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Omaha
Neb
Peter Olsen
Mary Petersen
Woman Suffragist E. P. Johnson Dies by Own Action
Mrs. E. P. Johnson, a woman suffragist, died at her home in St. Louis today. Insanity, believed caused by a mad dog bite, is considered the likely trigger for the death by her own action.
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Louis
E. P. Johnson
Balloon burst injures soldiers during Tivoli maneuvers
In Rome on September maneuvers near Tivoli a military balloon exploded killing two soldiers and injuring sixteen others. Officials blame the blast on intense heat affecting the balloon.
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Rome
Tivoli
Murderous Jealousy Ends In Killing Wife At Mother's Home
Ora Copenhaver murdered his wife at her mother’s North Davidson street home, claiming she was untrue. He surrendered to police after the act, the wife dying at City Hospital ten minutes later. the couple had married four years earlier and he had threatened her previously.
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Ora Copenhaver
North
Davidson Street
Copenhaver
Schortemier
Noble
New York
Little Willie Schortemier
Trimpe and
Lowe
Taffe
Giblin
Lowry
Goodwin
Ora
Etta Taylor
Jessie Ferguson
Man Kills Wife in Front Room After Emotional Episode
In a front room confrontation a man, Copenhaver, shot his wife four times after leaning over her baby. Mrs. Taylor, a witness, pursued him to a saloon and grocery before he fled. The couple had a troubled marriage with recent separation and a history of jealousy over a boarder. Copenhaver fled toward public places as medical help was summoned.
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Mrs. Copenhaver
Schortemter
Torbet Street
Caldwell Street
Boodlers at St Louis bench warrants issued for eighteen alleged bribers
A Newark style confession from J K Murrell sparked bench warrants for eighteen former House of Delegates members over bribery in suburban street railway legislation. Murrell, who fled to Mexico, returned and surrendered, claiming immunity for turning state’s evidence. Names of the alleged combine include E E Murrell Schnettler Albright Robertson Gutke Faulkner Schumacher Hannigan and more. Several were arrested or released on bonds while others await court.
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House of Delegates
J. K. Murrell
Mexico
Folk
Combine
Ed E. Murrell
John H. Schnettler
Charles F. Kelly
T. E. Albright
George F. Robertson
Louis Decker
John Helms
Charles A. Gutke
Adolph Madera
H. A. Faulkner
Julius Lehmann
Edmund Bersch
Otto Schumacher
John A. Sheridan
Charles J. Denny
William Tamblyn
J. J. Hannigan
Emile Hartman
Messrs
E. E. Murrell
Schnettler
Albright
Robertson
Helms
Gutke
Faulkner
Schumacher
Hannigan
House of Delenise
Cleveland
City
Kelly
Pubicationeer
Lincoln Trust Company
Philip Stock
Juliusmann
New Germ Discovered By Rockefeller Gift Study
New York reports that a Johns Hopkins student and a University of Pennsylvania Medical School student have independently identified a germ linked to the summer dysentery illness in children. The search followed a $200000 Rockefeller fund promised after the death of his son Jack two years ago. In forty two cases the organism matches adult dysentery germs.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Jack
Johns Hopkins
University of Pennsylvania Medical Schools
Baltimore
Rockefeller
Quakers Doff Hats at Asbury Park Meeting
The general conference of the Society of Friends at Asbury Park New Jersey discussed educational work with J Eugene Baker of the Central School Philadelphia presiding. Joseph S Walton of George School Pennsylvania presented The Ideal School after a memorial for the late Robert S Haviland and an important announcement was made about a change in attendance policy.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Society of Friends
J. Eugene Baker
Central School
Philadelphia
Joseph 8. Walton
George School
Pennsylvania
Robert 8. Haviland
Roosevelt Addresses Firefighters Honorary Membership and Password
President Roosevelt lauded locomotive firemen as skilled planners and brave soldiers, noting his election as an honorary member of the Brotherhood and delivering a commemorative address honoring their courageous train operation.
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The
Brotherhood
President's convention address to brothers and guests
The president greets the assembly with “my brothers” and welcomes visitors from Canada and Mexico. He extols railroad workers, praises citizenship virtues, and recalls a past dinner with General Shemman, highlighting railway men as essential to leadership and discipline. The incoherent ending suggests a garbled transcription of remarks on soldiers and ties formed among railway workers.
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Canada
Mexico
Brotherhood
Hannahan
Arnold
Shemman
Bens
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