Indiana Governor Urges Broad Legal Reform For State
Governor Hanly submits a lengthy message to the Sixty-fifth Indiana General Assembly outlining fiscal health, defalcation remedies, and extensive proposals. He calls for an executive accountant, an insurance department, anti lobby laws, strengthened railroad and tax rules, primary election reform, and a comprehensive overhaul of insurance and banking regulation, plus an end to death penalty in favor of life imprisonment.
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Treasury
General Fund
James H. Rice
Eweneral
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Secretary of State
National Congress
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United States Revenue
Got the Daughter and a Job
A nervous young man begs a newspaper proprietor for his daughter’s hand in marriage while describing hardship. He claims he has not eaten a square meal in two months and sleep is nearly gone.
Mine Workers to Meet in Logansport and Indianapolis
Miss Jessie Johnson seeks a 72 000 inheritance and four Nome gold mine prospects by presenting family Bible records in Logansport. She will travel to Seattle then Nome to prove her claim before deciding how to proceed. The United Mine Workers of America hold their eighteenth annual convention in Indianapolis January 15 at Tomlinson Hall with expected 600 delegates and a calm, prosperous mood.
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Jessie Johnson
Klondike
James Damewood
Nome
Alaska
Miss Johnson
Seattle
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Tomlinson Hall
J. Frank Hanly
W. B. Wilson
Refugee Tells Sad Story From Flood Stricken Area
Princeton reports John Addison and family arrive homeless from the Wabash bottom after floods forced them from their log home. He describes a worsening flood, cold weather bringing severe suffering, farmers lacking fuel, and families needing provisions and clothing as aid is planned from the town.
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Princeton
John Addison
Wabash River
Addison
Arrest of underground gang in Anderson near Big Four yards
Police raided a subterranean hideout used by a gang led by a boy named Zink. Two rooms connected by a ground hole contained tables chairs lanterns and a stove. Two live chickens and other groceries believed stolen were found. The hideout is linked to a former junk dealer Cohen who had fled.
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Anderson
Big Four
Cohen
Zink
Young Student Ends Life in Indianapolis Room
Earl Burgess an 18 year old high school student was found dead by his own hand in his room. He had prepared his lessons for the day and appeared cheerful. Gas was blocked by rags stuffed into the keyhole and his clothing laid to keep gas from escaping. He sat at a table with completed lesson papers and a small self bound poetry volume beside him.
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Indianapolis
Earl Burgess
Lake Reveals Bodies After Tragedy at Tur Sey Lake
The Tur Sey lake near Stroh washed ashore Levi Thatcher after a three month disappearance following a visit to Stroh. Winklebeck's body was later recovered from the lake but Thatcher remains missing. Suspicion arose that a quarrel led to Winklebeck's death and Thatcher's flight.
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Tur- Sey Lake
Stroh
Levi Thatcher
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Thatcher
Bride's Divorce Costs Block Marriage License in Hartford City
County Clerk Reeves refused to issue a marriage license to John R. Smith and Eva Johnston of Montpelier because $12 in costs from Eva’s prior divorce were unpaid. Eva had obtained a divorce from her first husband at the last term of court. Smith paid the money, becoming Eva's husband and father of seven children.
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Hartford City
Reeves
John R. Smith
Eva Johnston
Montpelier
Eva
Ter Mr.Smith
Lightning Strikes House. Feather Bed Saves Lives
A storm near Hazieto sent a bolt into the Rabb residence, tossing Mr. and Mrs. Scott Rabb from their bed. Debris rained down as the roof was damaged and the bedpost split. The Babbs credit their escape to sleeping on a feather bed as thunder rumbled overhead.
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Scott Rabb
Babb
Studebaker Heir Is Married in Quiet South Bend Note
Announcement from South Bend says Peter E Studebaker, son of the late Henry Studebaker and Olive K Lewis, married. He is known as a western football player with ties to Depauwly South Bend and Pittsburg teams. They will reside in Cincinnati after March 1.
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South Bend
Peter E.studebaker
Henry Studebaker
Olive K. Lewis
West
Depauly
Pittsburg
Indiana legislature first roll call yields six fare bills six public depository bills
The first roll call in the Indiana legislature saw six two cent railroad fare bills three public depository measures one inheritance tax two high license two anti trust proposals and one resolution for popular vote to elect United States senators. An educational qualification for voters was also proposed in a bill.
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United States
Indianapolis
Indiana
Girl Dies After Quarrel Drinking Carbolic Acid
In Englewood a young girl died by her own action after a quarrel. She drank carbolic acid. Reports describe the incident and its tragic outcome on the day.
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Englewood
Standard Oil Indictments in Hancock Court
January grand jury reports 939 indictments against Standard Oil entities and associates for conspiracy in restraint of trade. Potential fines could reach 58 million dollars if convicted. many cases to be docketed separately over months. Prosecutor David delays actions to align with new county salary law.
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David
Hancock County
John D. Rockefeller
M.G. ” Vilas
J. M. Robertson
H. P. Merrtosh
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Roosevelt sends Brownsville incident message to Senate
President Roosevelt Murday submits to the Senate a special message with exhibits from the Brownsville affair investigation. Assistant Attorney General Purdy and Maj. Blocksom gathered maps, a bandolier, 33 empty shells, seven bullets, three steel jackets, and casing scraps from the shootings. The president states the evidence shows some Twenty-fifth Infantry troops knowingly participated and that several companies were implicated. he calls the troops midnight assassins and condemns the civil service bar as a revolt in validity.
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Roosevelt Murday
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Brownsville
Purdy
Blocksom
Texas
Fort Brown
Twenty-fifth Infantry
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