Weyler's East Campaign Fails to Trap Gomez in Cuba
In Havana dispatches Weyler’s two week eastern excursion yields no military gain as Gomez eludes pursuit near Arroyo Blanco. Rivera’s capture rumors stir fear of treachery and delayed executions while insurgents intensify in Pinar del Rio and Marianao. Spain pursues reforms but foresees continued Cuban unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyler
Pinar del Rio
Riversa
Santa Clara
Arroyo Blanco
Gomez
Rivera
Havana
Trocha
Jucaro-Moron Trocha
Puerto Principe
Spain
Garrisins
Rius Rivera
Madrid
Maceo
Pinar del Lio
San Quintin
Punta Braga
Rodriguez, Castillo and Delsade
Marianao
Lee
Crosby
Cienfuegos
U. P.1
Gen. Weyler
Cuba
Epoca
Mrs Melinda Simpson Dies En Route to Church
Mrs Melinda Simpson 59, wife of Oliver Simpson of 4 Polk Street, died Sunday night after a smothering spell while walking to United Brethren Church on Rural Street. She was taken to the home of Mrs Carr and died there within 15 minutes. Coroner's verdict: cardiac dyspnoea. She leaves six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melinda Simpson
Oliver Simpson
Polk St
Rhodes
Omerst
United Brethren Church
Rural-st
Carr
Births Deaths and Marriages News Brief
BIRTHS Hilda and Carl Lavreng 34 Napoleon street a boy Betsy and John Allen 555 North Sixteenth Street a girl Josephine and Halbert Maltby 6 Wendell Avenue a boy Bridget and John Doudle 80 Chadwick Street a boy DEATHS Felix Morris 3 brain fever 608N. Woest Street Caroline White 66 la grippe 34 Warmann-are William Bechtel 30 consumption 448 S Weete-st ed Aren 2 diphtheria 69 Warren-are MARRIAGE LICENSES Charles G. Cones to Mary A. Cox Fred F. Parrish to Nancy H. Stout Edward C. Salley to Minnie F Gibson William Galaway to Nancy Taylor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda
Carl Lavreng
Napoleon St
Betsy
John Allen
N. Sixteenthst
Josephine and
Halbert Maltby
Wendall Ave
Bridget and
John Doudle
Chadwickst
Felix Morris
Woest St
Caroline White
la Grippe
Warmann-are
William Bechtel
Weete
Indiana Trust Bond Bid Row Clouds Park Financing
The bid by Indiana Trust Company for 640000 dollars in three year park bonds is deemed illegal after it emerges that board member Albert Lieber is also a stockholder and director of the trust company. Mayor Curtis and City Attorney warn the contract may be invalid, leaving the city to consider alternatives. Second bidder C H White & Co of New York offers 374225.50 and third bidder Street Wykes & Co offers 873,485. The city may re advertise or negotiate with remaining bidders Street Wykes and A White, with potential loss of about 5000 dollars in a transfer as bids are adjusted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Trust Company
Albert Lieber
Board of Park Commissioners
Trust Company
C. H. White & Co
Broadway
New York
Street, Wykes & Co
Lieber
Curtis
Johnson
Ils
Union field day plans collapse at local schools
High school and manual training school fail to unite for field day after dispute over gate receipts and post graduate eligibility. A long-standing athletic association at the high school appoints officers and vows to boost sports. Police report a raked Chesapeake house and arrest of Jerry Smith for associating with a counterfeit half dollar found on search. U.S. commissioner Van Buren questions the fake coin amid sterner warnings. Smith is a Parry cart company employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manual Training School
Athletic Association of the High School
Tom Moore
Will A. Atkins
Maurice Shearer
Fred Kendall
A. I. Dot
Jerry Smith
Smith
U.S
van Buren
The
Parry Cart Company
Spring petitions seek city road and sidewalk upgrades
The Board of Public Works considers requests for gravel in the first alley west of Delaware Street from Twenty first to Twenty second. brick roadway on Court Street from East Street to Liberty Street. cement sidewalks on Senate Avenue from St Clair Street to Tenth Street. cement walks on Rural Street from Washington Street to Moore Avenue. water mains on Bellefontaine Street from old Nineteenth to old Twentieth. cement walks on Gatling Street from Pleasant Run to Raymond Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Delaware-st
Twenty-first
Twenty-second-st
Court-st
Teast-St
Liberty-st
Senateave
St. Clair-st
Tenth-st
Mrs Fitzhugh Lee Arrives From Havana
Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee wife of the Havana consul general arrived Monday on the Ward Line steamer City of Washington from Havana. She intends to return to her Richmond home and was accompanied by her daughter.
Train Wreck Through Trestle Blocks Street Below
A Pennsylvania freight train crossing the Ohio River bridge collapsed through a trestle in lower Allegheny City. The fireman died, engineer badly burned and later died. The wreck blocked the street, hindered electric lines, and damaged 150 feet of the trestle with several pedestrians feared killed.
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Ohio River
Hanover St
McChure
Pittsboro, Allegheny & Manchester
Graham
Proclamation issued for fast legislature net distribution
Governor to issue proclamation mid next week after county receipts finalize new distribution of nets under 1856 law. Marion county to gain just over 1,000. citizens urged to save pennies for three cent street car fares. William Moriarty dies at home aged about 60. survived by widow and several children. remains to be buried at Catholic cemetery after services at St John’s Church Tuesday morning.
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Marion
Indianapolis
Wm. Moriarty
William Moriarty
Mary Weber
S. Tlinoissi
Mr. Moriarty
Ireland
Union Railway Company
Virginia Ave
Union Station
St. John's Church
Indianapolis Forecast For Six Hours Ending 6 P M
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for fair and cooler conditions. Monday night and Tuesday will be cooler. Temperature reached 48 at noon Monday and 49 at 2 p m with no significant precipitation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Assault case against Allen Whitfield continued in police court
A colored man Allen Whitfield faces assault and battery with intent to kill after a Saturday night quarrel at Mantel's bar on 15 Washington St. The other involved, Carter, a colored man, was hospitalized. Whitfield fled before police arrived but was later arrested on Court Street by bicycle officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Whitfield
Pendipe
Carter
City Hospital
Mantel
Washington St
Whitfield
Court St
Sermon on Sabbath Observance by Rev C L Hare
Rev C L Hare of College-avenue Baptist Church preached that Sabbath observance preserves spiritual life and prevents the crippled condition of labor without rest. He declared the Sabbath is a divine and physiological necessity, warning against removing it as it erodes the soul and labor’s well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
C. L. Hare
College-ave. Baptist Church
Death of Catherine Fries at 72 in Meridian area
Catherine Fries aged 72 of 465 S Meridian sr died suddenly on Saturday night while playing with her grandchildren. The coroner ruled death by cardiac paralysis. An unrelated advertisement promotes Rambler bicycles and a sales pitch from W. M., Bixd, Jr., & Co. at 29 B Market St, touting 1895 Rambler models as bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Fries
S. Meridian Sr
B. Market St
Mississippi Flood Worsens As Levees Break And Lake Forms
Reports from Saint Paul and Minnesota towns detail rising Mississippi waters 18 feet above low tide, with levee breaches flooding the city area, rail yards, and factories. A giant lake 100 miles long forms linking Minnesota river basins, while towns like Ortonville lose outside contact and logs worth tens of thousands float downstream.
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Ortonville
Lac Qui Farle
Minnesota River
Big Stone Lake
Lake Traverse
Bie Stone Lake
Rum River
Anoke
Louisville
U. P
Kentucky
Harlan
Perry
Bell and Letcher
Sunday Bryan group forms in New York for single tax and labor
News brief catalogs a Bryan era organization formed in New York by single taxers and labor representatives, plus a string of other disparate incidents: a Newark hotel fire, a Rome parliament opening, a Cincinnati factory blaze, a Kasasas shooting, and several political and international notes, including Hawaii annexation talks, a centenarian G A R member in Minnesota, and other local crimes and rescues.
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New York
Caledonia Park
Newark
N. J
Hat Racks and Dustless Oats Featured by Dealer
Wm. L. Elder offers a selection of hat racks and horse feed with Janes Dustless Oats advertised. The notice highlights a varied stock for dealers and households seeking practical goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. L. Elder’s
Janes
Terre Haute Boss Chooses Southern Insane Hospital Board
Governor names a Terre Haute board for the Southern insane hospital disregarding factional pledges. Members include Judge William R. Gardner, surgeon William R. McMahon, and banker W. L. Swernstedt. Board may reelect Supt Thomas. governor denies intent to oust him and promises stricter temperance and gambling enforcement.
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Southern Hospital
Terre Haute
Southern Insane Hospital
Fivansville
State Treas. Scholz
Frank Poser
William R. Gardner
Washington
Nate
Indiana
William R. McMahon
Huntingsboro
Airling Railroad
Harrison
W. L. Swernstedt
Ivansville
Thomas
Evansville
Holloway GuitS Succeeds Him as Uk Board Secretary
Col Till Holloway resigns as secretary of the Indianapolis park board after long service since Mayor Taggart’s election. Charles Herbert Spencer, previously Trolloway’s pick and Taggart’s private secretary, is named successor as salaries rise to match clerks. The park board plans a large park system with $350000 already allocated and projections of $1900000 over five years. Mayor Taggart will announce the new secretary’s name in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Spencer
Col
Till Holloway
McKinles
Indianapolis Treasury
Board of Park Commissioners
Taggart
Park
Charles Herbert Spencer
Afr. Trolloway
Spencer
Park Board
Sermon Series on Modern Topics by Rev Burris A Jenkins
On next Sunday evening Rev Burris A Jenkins pastor of Third Christian Church will begin a series of short sermons on modern topics. April 11 topic is Marriage and divorce April 18 Poverty and pauperism and April 25 The institutional or open church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burris A. Jenkins
Third Christian Church
City hospital reports recovery after leg amputation saves life
Martin O Day, shot by Patrolman Haley, is on the road to recovery after an amputation saved his life per doctors. City board approves cement walks and curbs on various streets. Alabama Street improvement deferred pending sewer work. Final assessments for Clay Street fare at 2389 66 dollars. A beggar attacked John W Leader near Union station. assailant not yet found. James Gill hospitalized with wounds from a knife attack near George's hotel on East Washington Street.
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Martin O'Day
Haley
Board of Works
Twenty-third St
Central-ave
College-ave
Jeup
Alabama-st
Twenty-third-st
James Gill
City Hospital
George’s Hotel
E. Washington St
Gill
Local Doctor's Hours Listed at 288 Massachusetts Ave
Dr Hiram C Castor at 288 Massachusetts Ave posts hours as 9 to 10 am and 2 to 4 pm and 7 to pm on weekdays with Sunday availability 9 to 10 am and 7. The entry lists precise times but contains OCR errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram C. Castor
Massachusetts Ave
Flack challenges Indianapolis annexation of Haughville
Joseph F. Flack files suit in superior court to block the March 15 1897 annexation ordinance. He argues Haughville a separate municipal entity with its own trustees faces onerous taxes and loss of local control if annexed. He asserts constitutional and mass constitutional flaws in state power to annex. Mayor Taggart says city services remain unaffected.
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Joseph F. Flack
Superior Court
Indianapolis
Haughville
Common Council
City of
Flack
Haughbyville
Indiana
General Assembly of
Taggart
State board to hear life insurance tax case Monday
The State board of review will hear life insurance agents next Monday afternoon over the tax on surrender values in paid up policies. The board’s decision to tax these values is unlikely to be retracted despite hearings, and the only remedy may be court action. Attorney-general Ketcham says no intent to imply a reversal and defends the board’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Review
Board of Review
Ketcham
Board of
Attorney-General
John B Conner Faces Start Up In State Statistics Office
John B Conner, successor to Simeon Thompson as state statistician, assumes charge Monday with a desk piled with appointment requests. He has a deputy, an assistant, and field agents all yet to be chosen, a process likely to take a week or more. Thompson's son will remain to aid the transition and train the new statistician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Conner
Simeon Thompson
Thompson
Two Little Firebugs Arrested for Arson in West Indianapolis
Walter Linn and Nicholas Linn, youths scarcely in their teens, were arrested on arson charges after a bonfire in an alley behind 95 Davidson Street set a barn on Fred Stanford’s property ablaze. Patrolman Diltz made the arrest. the brothers have no parents and their grandfather Louis Linn recently died at City hospital. The case is set for Tuesday.
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Walter Linn
Nicholas Linn
Davidson St
Indianapolis
Fred Stanford
Lattle
Diltz
Louis Linn
Keller & Gammerdinger Millinery Opening Delights Crowd
The Keller and Gammerdinger store at 250 Washington Street hosted a spring millinery opening on Friday and Saturday. Their well stocked rooms attracted continual crowds with floral decorations pleasing the eye and musk the ear, and every shopper received a carnation as a remembrance token.
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the Herald
Key West
Siun- Gay Evenine
I Corpse
Pittsburg
U. P.j
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. John's Hos
Pital
Sudsen
Mississippi
St. Paul
ST. Pau
Minn
CA. P
Upper Mississippi
Aitkin
Sauk Rapids
St. Cloud
Little Falls
James St
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Dora
Leonard Beckley
Harrison St
Theodore Tilton
Beecher
D. B. Martin
Big Four
Cincinnati
BE. & Co
Sanguilly
United States
Wm. Harding
Waseca
Washington State
Cascades
Ruth Cleveland
Princeton
J. H. Walton
Dubuque
Lincoln Park
McNeil
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Rochester
A. O. Smith
Dole
Hawaii
San Francisco
Gov. Mount
Verry Hut
Holloway
City Life
Baughville
Conner
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