Indianapolis political tempers flare over Garfield era risks
Special to The Sentinel from Indianapolis reports a tense Indiana Senate and House session. Governor Porter’s cabinet fate hinges on Garfield’s inauguration, with Republicans fearing a Hanna gubernatorial rise. Journalists critique Sentinel bias and political stances while public figures and events like Sara Bernhardt’s tour and the Grubbs mayoral bid color the crowded scene.
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Grubbs
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Gray
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Indiana Senate Advances Civil Code Amid Sessions Stirrings
In Indianapolis on March 1 the Senate finished reading the civil code and sent the bill to final action. Afternoon votes amended mine inspection law shifted municipal elections from May to October and created a state fisheries commissioner. The coal oil bill and higher pay for the speaker failed. Governor submitted nominees Reed for normal school trustee at Terre Haute and Hobbs for Wayne County to replace Hopkins and Nicholson respectively.
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Barnabas O. Hobbs
Parke County
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Wayne
Senate Defeats Local Option Temperance Bill 25 to 28
Indiana Senate session notes a heated debate ending in defeat of the local option temperance measure by 25 votes to 28. Democratic senators Coffee and Brown led opposition, while other bills passed included toll road purchase authority for counties and a $6,000 appropriation to remove a Calumet River sandbar.
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Coffee
Brown
Jackson
Calumet
Monroeville
Allen County
State legislative session advances key measures amid debate
The civil code bill passes with five votes against while coal mine inspections are eased for small operations. Cities may guarantee part bridge bonds. Free gravel roads and Madison County relief bills pass, and university funding rises. An amendment seeks 2 percent building tax and limits state borrowing.
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Capitol Fire Destroys Minnesota State House
A man shouted fire inside the Minnesota State Capitol in St Paul last night. Both chambers were in session when smoke and flames filled the second floor and the upper building, forcing an informal adjournment.
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Paul
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Death of Homeless Youth asphyxiated at New Albany mill
Ellis Judah a 15 year old homeless mulatto orphan was found dead on cinders before the New Albany Rail mill. He slept there to escape cold as gas from a burning coke and coal bank under him suffocated him. He rolled from the hot cinders and died.
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Ellis Judah
New Albany
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Memphis Mardi Gras Draws Largest Crowds Yet
Memphis March 2 reports yesterday’s Mardi Gras crowds at their largest ever with delight in morning weather. The industrial procession showcasing Memphis business interests led the parade at noon and provided a varied and fine display.
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Atreeta
Hogs Total Slaughter in Cincinnati Down From Last Winter
Cincinnati figures show 522 425 hogs cut during the season November 1 to March 1, a drop of 12 184 head from last year. The data covers the winter period and notes a continuing downward trend in hog slaughter totals.
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Final Speculations on Garfield's Cabinet Appointments
Washington March 1 The cabinet lineup likely includes Blaine as Secretary of State with others headed by Allison as Secretary of Treasury Sergent or New for War Morton as Secretary of the Navy Foster as Postmaster General and Lincoln as Attorney General The Interior or Post Office posts would go to Pennsylvania leaders and Blaine plans to accept State if the rest align, awaiting Garfield's arrival for final decision.
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New York
Levi P Morton
Charles Foeter
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Robert Lincoln
Illinois
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Woman burned to death in Jackson county tragedy
In Jackson county, a woman named Riffel died from severe burns believed to be accidental. A neighbor detected a burning smell, found her on the floor before the fire, clothes burned away, and a infant in the room. The fire would have consumed the child too if not for the neighbor’s timely arrival.
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Riffel
Jackson County
Train Wreck on Kentucky Short Line Injures Several
A passenger train was thrown off the track by a landslide near Cincinnati. The engine and mail and baggage cars jumped the rails, with six or seven Louisville passengers badly hurt and brakeman Wm. B. Spaulding sustaining three broken ribs. Crews cleared the scene and service resumed by morning.
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Wm. B. Spaulding
Louisville
Burglars Target Governor Foster's Residence
At about 2 AM John Brown, Governor Foster's colored servant, woke to find burglars in the bedroom. He grappled the intruders with a heavy iron poker. the thieves fled through a rear window, leaving their shoes. Police recovered the footwear.
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Foster
Western Telegraph Co. win in assault on stock issue case
In New York March 1 the Supreme Court granted the motion to set aside the order for examination of the presicious and sundry directors of the Western Union and American Telegraph companies. The injunction restraining Western Union from issuing $15,526,590 capital stock for distribution to stockholders was continued. The injunction in other respects was dissolved.
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American Telegraph Companies
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Crushed Dead. Logansport Man Found Under Car
Ihd March 1 The dead body of Jonathan Hock was found crushed beneath a car in Pan Handle freight yards. The coroner's inquiry learned he was intoxicated and en route to his boarding house when the accident occurred. Hock was foreman of the casting department at Pan Handle shops. He was fifty years old and left a family in England.
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Logansport
New, son of John O New, horsewhipped in post office
Harry B New, one of Daily Journal proprietors and son of Hon. John O New, was horsewhipped by John Thompson, Chicago Times correspondent, in the post office corridor this morning. The incident followed an article published in the Chicago Times on Saturday.
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Reflecting on a man’s character and business integrity
A reflective note considers the subject’s personal virtues and the consistency of his commercial ethics. It emphasizes steadfast conduct, reliability, and adherence to principles in professional dealings. The piece highlights the link between character and trust in business relationships.
Sherman backs funding bill despite misgivings in section five
Secretary Sherman told Republican congressmen that the funding bill should pass though he disliked section five. He said banks had misconstrued the provision and he hoped the bill would become law.
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Sherman
Denial of Naturalization for May Lane in Chicago
Judge Moran denied May Lane’s naturalization petition ruling he is not a white man under the law. The decision cites Judge Sawyer of California and relies on the same standard for whiteness.
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Chicago
May Lane
Moran
Sawyer
California
William Haller Dies Noted Socialist Leader
Cincinnati March 1 William Haller a prominent socialist leader and former soldier who served in the Civil War has died. He spent the last decade active in labor reform movements and social agitation.
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Cincinnati
Wm. Haller
Sensation as Mulatto Barber Elopes With White Girlfriend
In Lancaster Ohio on March 2 a barber named Jordan Thomas eloped with Miss Lucretia Watts a white woman described as very handsome. They boarded the evening train and have not been heard from since prompting much local talk.
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Lucretia Watts
Old Man Arrested for Rape at Foxboro Poor Farm
Norfolk county reports an eighty one year old inmate Turner charged with attempted rape of Sarah Adams, age twenty five, at the Foxboro poor house. The woman and her child suffered injuries. the man’s trial is scheduled after a noon hearing.
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Boston
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Foxboro
Sarah Adama
Samuel Turner
Turner
Adams
Local Notes from Corsiz Sentinel March 1 1881
Special Correspondents report brief items from Corsiz including outcomes from Indianapolis, changes in Fort Wayne residents, and social news. Mentions Frank W Clark Samuel Swartz Mortie Shaw Katie Kane Louis Graves Anna Love Squire Clark and Lottie Clark with illness noted.
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Idianapolis
Benj. Denner
Fort Wayne
Frank W. Clark
Frank
Samuel Swartz
West Hope
Ohio
Mortie Shaw
Mortie
Katie Kane
Squire Clark
Bixler
Remarkable Protuberance 100 000 Miles Long
Observers worldwide track sunspots as the solar surface roils with fiery protuberances. A Cambridge observer notes a November event extending about 235000 miles before collapsing, illustrating immense solar forces and the mystery of sunspot cycles.
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Trouvelot
Cambridge
Providence Journal
Not Guilty in Ohio Killing Case
Judge Owen delivered the charge in the State versus William Everett who was accused of killing John Burehil Jr. The jury deliberated about thirty minutes and returned a verdict of not guilty.
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William Everett
John Burehil, Jr
Authorities refuse to prosecute after self defense shooting
Munorg Ind March 2 authorities will not prosecute Madame Belle Nichola who fired five bullets at Lon Sutton and two at Bill Wirt on the night of March 16. The shooting is ruled self defense and both victims are expected to recover.
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Madame Belle Nichola
Lon Sutton
Bill Wirt
Sugar Creek township backs railroad extension in 380 vote
Thorntown Indiana March 2. Sugar Creek township held an election Monday to authorize spending $24,000 to aid the Lake Erie and Western railroad extension. The measure passed by a 380 majority.
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