Indiana Workmen's Compensation Totals and Parole Report
Indiana industries paid $25 663.59 in January compensation under the state law. Closed 532 cases that month, with 1 182 cases having less than 14 days disability. Contested actions numbered 101. Parole and indeterminate sentence report shows 26.86 percent of paroled prisoners failing to meet terms across state facilities.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Industries
State Industrial Board
Indiana Board of
Reformatory
Woman’s Prison
Additions Needed at Central Hospital for the Insane
The sixty seventh annual report filed with Governor Ralston shows severe overcrowding at Central Hospital for the Insane. Of 1,474 beds, enrollment reaches 1,687 with 1,541 patients present. men occupy 601 beds with 746 enrolled and 695 present, while women occupy 873 beds with 941 enrolled and 846 present. 95 women and 51 men are on furlough, complicating admissions and treatment. The report notes overcrowding harms discipline and individual care, strains staff, and deprives patients and employees of adequate sleeping arrangements.
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Department For Men
Department For Women
New Viceroy of India Named Captain Chelmsford
Capt Lord Chelmsford of the Fourth Dorsetshire regiment has been appointed viceroy of India to succeed Lord Hardinge. He already represented the King, Queensland and New South Wales. He is the son of a famous general who fought in the Crimea, the Indian mutiny and Africa.
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Lord Chelmsford
Dorsetshire Regiment
India
Lord Hardinge
The
King
Queensland
New South Wales
Crimea
Africa
Puzzling Inscriptions from Yuccatan and Ancient Rifts
Inscriptions from Maya ruins puzzle scientists while linking two ancient nations the Etruscans and Hittites. The Etruscans occupied part of Italy corresponding to Tuscany. The Hittites once occupied Palestine and allied with the Canaanites to resist Israelites.
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Yucatan
Italy
Tuscany
Palestine
Curious Plant Note Sparks Interest in Silver Sword
A fragment reports on a plant described as one of the most curious, titled Silver Sword. The note hints at unusual features and draws attention from readers of the periodical.
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Urious
House Military Affairs Committee Drafts War Ready Land Defense Bill
The committee completed a first draft to raise the regular army to 147000 with 7000 officers and expand to 275000 in war. It authorizes federalizing militia under the president, funds West Point capacity, and creates a federal munition plant while expanding military instruction in schools. The bill aims for action in March and estimates about 155 million dollars next year.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Secretary of War
West Point
Hay
United States
House
Orpet Held for Grand Jury in Lambert Death
William H. Orpet was ordered held to the grand jury for the death of Marion Lambert after six coroner's jurors found sufficient circumstantial evidence. Counsel for the accused contended the action rested on gossip and hearsay, while the State's Attorney said the state's case will be presented to the grand jury.
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Chicago
William H. Orpet
Marion Lambert
University of Wisconsin
Ralph Cady
French Bring Down Zeppelin Near Brabant le Roi
French guns downs Zeppelin near Brabant le Roi in the Meuse after attack by Revigny cannons. The airship traveling from St Menehould toward the south was hit by incendiary fire and fell in flames.
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Paris
Brabant-le-Roi
Meuse
St. Menehould
Revigny
Avalanche in Alps Kills Fifty Five Reported Dead
Berlin to Salzburg wireless dispatch reports a massive Alps avalanche sweeping away an Alpine shelter. At least 55 dead, 49 injured, and about 30 more missing amid chaotic rescue efforts.
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Abyss
Berlin
Salsburg
Alps
Indiana News Roundup of Local Deaths and Events
A broad Indiana notice lists multiple incidents: Mrs. Sarah Guthridge dies at ninety in Morgan County. Hammond-Sven Ericksons drown near Lowell. Jacob Fisher G A R commander killed after wagon fall. Bert Hope sentenced in Michigan City to life term for matricide. Other items include a teen shot in hand in Wabash, Mrs. Stella Pape burned in Lyons, and death notices from Indianapolis, Alexandria, Greensburg, Greencastle, Madison, Muncie, Garrett, Vincennes, Evansville. Local elections, school projects, and a planned binder-twine factory in Indianapolis are noted along with a controversy over an East Chicago classroom incident involving a cat.
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Martinsville
Sarah Guthridge
Morgan County
Hammond
Sven
Ericksons
West Creek
Lowell
Valparaiso
Jacob Fisher
Princeton
Bert Hope
Michigan City
Wabash
Lyons
Stella Pape
Indianapolis
Joseph E. Mc Donald
United States
Alexandria
Clyde Cunningham
Greensburg
Samuel Jackson
Kingston
Greencastle
John C. Branaman
Brownston
George Bubach
Indiana Harbor
Rosa Hujack
Madison
Steven Simmons
Hanover
Muncie
Clifford Hann
Garrett
John Mitchell
Baltimore & Ohio
Vincennes
Oliver Hazleton
Evansville
Louise Volkmann
Carl Haas
Chicago
Carl Volkman
Indiana
Bond
Hubble
Gray
Samuel JT. Murdock
Edward J. Fogarty
South Bend
Lafayette
Grammar School
Wayne Miller
Miller
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Ralston
John W. Kern
Germany
Koenigsbruck
Tigris
Kut-el-Amara
Slej Hancock
Flasnicholl
American ‘Museum ‘of Safety
J. E. Hancock
Union Traction Company
Anderson
Ind
Anthony N. Brady
H. A. Nicholl
William A. Fairburn
Diamond Match’ Company
Dr. Louis Livingston Seaman
John O’brien
Chicago& Eastern Illinois Railroad
Edward H. Harriman
National Guard
Orpet
Wisconsin University
Brabant le-Roi
Joliet
Dersons
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