Tiresome grind lingers as jurors drift in bank wreck case
The trial of Reed and the Coffins drags through testimony on drafts, overdraws, and phantom deposits. Lewia Robinson and others analyze cabinet company books from 1892 as cross examination looms, with potential weeks more to go and a possible Supreme Court appeal if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabinet Company
Rt. Baker & Co
Mexico City
Mexico
Wootten Company
Richmond
Corr
Reed
Beveridge
H Robinson
Lewia Robinson
Carr
Miller
Kern
Winter
Wootten Office Desk Company
L.A. Office Furniture Company
New York
Hawkins
Hayes
Young
U.S. Supreme Court
Robinson
Harris
Federal Building
Contractors Divided Over Arbitration as Strikes Persist
The note from Henry Gale recites strikers urging arbitration while contractors stall, seeking a final hearing and a freeze out tactic. Bender says a meeting will be arranged if leaders are found. Deser tions from strikers occur but unity remains strong. plasterers threaten a 40 cent raise and may strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Bender
Contractors’ Association
Thursdey Morplng
Henry Gale
Bender
Jungclaus
Bosses’ Association
Butterworth Defends Breckinridge in Lengthy Washington Court Speech
Butterworth delivers a nine hour defense for Breckinridge in a Washington court room urging the jury to reject Madeline Pollard’s accusations. He portrays Breckinridge as vulnerable yet not guilty and cites Pollard’s letters and motives. The defense appeals to motherhood and womanhood as jurors consider the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butterworth
Lecher Breckinridge
Washington, D. C
Washington Court Room
Breckinridge
Madeline Pollard
Rhodes
Madeline
Wasumorox
Jere Wilson
Col. Thompson
Miss Pollard
Wilson
Call for Troops From Dunbar to Suppress Coke Riot
Harristown Pa April 18 A call has been received at the executive department from Dunbar for troops to suppress the coke rioters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harristane
Executive Department
Dunbar
Incendiary Fire Destroys City Pest House Buildings
Mayor Denny and health officials witnessed the burning of the old pest house complex on Fall Creek after an incendiary act. Fire marked by delayed spread consumed three sections erected in 1906, housing up to 75 smallpox patients, with grounds to be platted for sale and a new pest house site not yet chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny
Webster
Powell
Hays
Health Board
Trama
Stillson
Supt
Jurgeson
City Hospital
Hammond
Ned
Pest House
Fall Creek
Indiana Ave
Haya
Samuili
Common Wealers Trek Through Snow Bound Westward
Reports from multiple towns on April 13 describe Coxey's army facing snow and slush near Chalk Hill, camping by a saloon in Appison and drawing protests from locals. A California division forms in Oakland, while Pennsylvania detachments are escorted across lines. Keely's train seizure in Wyoming is noted as bandit style with bread shipments diverted. Vaccination plans for the army were announced from Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appison
Coxey
Chalk Hill
Browne
L’sople
Qakland
Cal
Industrial Army
Frank Carter
Curstien
Penn- Bylvania
Common Wealers
Christopher Columbus Jones
Thuradgy
Bvaxsrox
Wya
Gen
Keely
California
Georgia
Omaha
Schooner Jennie M. Carter Strikes. Crew Missing
The Jennie M. Carter bound from Sullivan Maine to Philadelphia with paving stone ran ashore badly disabled near Newburyport on April 15. It is believed the entire crew perished. Also no bodies had yet washed ashore from the Nate Marken and Albert W. Smith due to a northwest wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newhoryport
Blase
Jennie M. Carter
Sullivan
Philadelphia
Asbury Pans
Nate Marken
Albert W. Smith
Murder and execution amid a day’s oddities
In St Louis on April 13 a 2 year old Charles Wisdom died by hanging in the jail yard after a murder a year prior of tobacco dealer Edward Drexler. A New York traveler J Decker argued with Bates house guest Voorhees and was called a coward by Pug Smith. Binwincham Alabama sees 4000 miners vote to strike Saturday amid financial strain and tense outlook.
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St Louis
Charles Wisdom
Edward Drexler
Pineat
Decker
New York
J. Decker
Voorhees
Bates House
Pug Smith
Sycamore
Indiana
Binwincham
Ala
General Council
The
United Mine Workers of Alabama
Big fire at American Glucose Works destroys plant
A major blaze gutted the 11 story plant of the American Glucose Co in Burra on Thursday night causing about 1 million dollars in losses with insurance around 503000. 125 workers were present and some presumed dead while four were injured. The fire started in the dynamo room and spread rapidly through all eleven floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Glucose Company
Burra O
American Glucioss Company
Gold Exports Ahead Amid Broad Policy Moves Saturday
The report notes about 2 million dollars in gold to be exported this Saturday. It mentions Jerry Simpson’s partial recovery and possible return within five days or two. It covers varied political items including DLE tax on greenbacks, West Point cadet appointments, postmaster naming changes, Sunday work ban proposals, a Louisiana lottery steamship duty shift, and a House voting dispute over registration rules. Lemon Tonic Laxative is advertised at 60c in druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Simpson
Cooper
John Ixtond
Columbus
Ind
L. Armstrong
Celina
West Point
Dudley Lulks
Roosevelters
Indiana
Bissell Saya
Kyla
U. S
Louisiana Lottery
Honduras
Tampa
Fla
United States
Woman Charged Suicide Case Sparks Coroner Inquiry
H J Gates reports Etta Platt died of strychnine on Thursday night after Carney refused marriage. Coroner cannot locate the body or residence. Carney disappeared and police alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Platt
Bie
H.J. Gates
Dr. Beck
Mr. Gates
J.W. Carney
Waverly House
Tia Platt
W. Market al
Carney
Beck
W. Markat St
Ua Platt
Five Hundred Coke Strikers Held at Bay by Deputies
An armed mob of about 500 coke strikers has traveled to Uniontown and is marching since daylight. Deputies with drawn guns keep the crowd at a distance as tensions rise. The situation in Connellsville is reported as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Connellsville
City Life Snippets Across West Indianapolis District
A jumble of city items notes extended fire limits, the Pendiston pike street expansion, and a street-improvement push. Reports cover arrests, court actions, medical news, and political notes from Thursday through Friday in the local area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Will
Chas
Paul
Cantucky
Vernon Insurance and Trust Company
BM. VY
McGillard
Chay
Byram
Pendiston Pike
Thompson Road House
John Wren
Albert Bruce Rogers
Hannemann’s
Jos. Hedley
Plymouth Church
Jas. Hall
Cincinnati
Jos. Hall, Jr
Circuit Court
State Agricultural Busrd
Manufacturers
Fair Grounds
Dease Vineyard
Floy Williams
Wm. Wilson
Albert Howard
Henry Smith
Jackson Logan
Jessa Baker
Atore
Virginia Ave
Kt. Neale
Besa Glossom
Iad
Dashigl
Geo. Shiwell
Wella County
Wisconsin
Kt. F. Williams
Chickamauga
McHugh
Indiana
Sarah Peters
Peter
Barbara Lipp
Louie
Bertha Sanders
Carl
Matilda Fox
Christ
Amelia Leuckhart
Henry
Amelia Schackel
Otto
Daisy Deeds
Darius
Wm. Cindel
Mrs. Beggs
Philip Spacks
Isabella Wilson
Mary Neffert
Gertrude M. Aberhardt
Andrew Shea
Julius A. Kennedy
Elizabeth A. Marshall
Charles ©. Hiles
Bertha Duby
Edward W. Middleton
Lillian A. Vanarsedal
Max Fiedman
Anna Veucker
Small-Pox Case Traced to Tramp at Police Headquarters
Major Higgins, a colored tramp from Vincennes, is confined at police headquarters with suspected small pox. Dr Wagner, noting classic symptoms, confirms the contagion and urges urgent care as a tent hospital is prepared on the old pest house site.
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Biggins
Higgins
Vincennes
Bam
Furnkey
Kahlo
Wagner
Board of Health
Lia
Livery Stable Assignment and Liquor Court Fines
Lawrence 4 Nageleison proprietor of the Hravewick livery stabley assigned about 60 live outfits valued at $1000 to Jesse D. Gamrick, weighed down by mortgages and debts. In criminal court Jno Reider Max Frederick and Alois Hoenn were fined for selling liquor on Sunday with Reider receiving 20 and costs, Frederick 10 and costs, Hoenn 10 and costs on four indictments.
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Lawrence
Nageleison
Hravewick
W. Court At
Jesse D. Gamrick
Jno
Reider
Max Frederick
Alois Hoenn
Praderick
Flenn
Weather outlook Indiana 36 hours to April 14 1894
Forecasts show slightly warmer fair weather through Friday night and Saturday in Indiana. Cedar Block Pavement petition by Alabama Street residents seeks paving with sand foundation.
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Indiana
Alabama St
Divorcee Helen White and Archie Friday Dispute
Helen White is divorced from Archie Friday after a dispute over support. details indicate lack of provided maintenance. The report lists several local cases and incidents from the same period, including a mail robbery charge against W. A. Truesdale of Evansville, released on bond, and a jury verdict against Jasper O Banion for injuring Jno Pruitt.
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Helen White
Archie
W. A. Truesdale
Evansville
Democratic State Editorial Association
Capitol
Jasper O’banion
Jno
Pruitt
John C New
N. Pennsylvaniast
Mary Roberts
Harper
Eighth
Alghama
Judge Winters
Alberti
Metcalf
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Honor
Pleasant Run
Shelby Sr
Board of Works
Lincoln-lane
Gresham-st
Shelby
Chris Zimmerman
H. T. Conde Implement Company
Montani
Greenlawn Cemetery
Chas. Mertindale
First Presbyterian Church
Kentucky
Obnoxious Riot Mood For Saturday Republican Convention
Police planned to deploy 12 officers for the county convention amid warnings of violence as delegates face restricted floor access. Justus C. Adams, known as Jessa Adams, is singled out as likely chairman. The credentials committee includes Winter and others to resolve contest claims before the convention. precinct primaries promise clashes with Atlas works employees aiming to swing two precincts for Billy Schmidt.
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TomHnson
Justus C. Adams
Jessa” Adams
Atlas Works
Billy Schmidt
Rhody Shields
Great lawyer David Dudley Field dies of pneumonia in New York
David Dudley Field died at his residence 72 Gramercy Park at 3 30 Friday morning after arriving from Europe in ill health. Born Haddam Connecticut February 1803 he became a leading reformer of New York law drafting a civil and criminal code adopted by the legislature and influencing international law through arbitration initiatives. He served in Congress and supported Democratic causes, recognized as one of the era's greatest lawyers. Elections covered in Indianapolis with mayoral and council nominations and ballots described.
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David Dudley Field
New York
Grammercy Park
Mr. Field
Europe
David Dulley Field
Haddam
Conn
Albany
New York State
British Association For the Promotion of Social Science
Manchester
England
Hae
Social Congress
Fremons
Lincoln
Congress
Tilden
Quely
Ale
British cigar duty plan shocks citizens
WIRK FLASHSS England plans to raise the duty on cigars, stirring debate among residents. Tacomas seeks to recruit Queen Lil for an interstate fair attraction. A Minneapolis armory fire injures rifles. a three masted schooner wrecks near Salisbury Beach with two bodies found. Missouri magnate John T. Davis dies in St. Louis leaving substantial wealth. Former Frisco customs inspector A H Douglas convicted of opium smuggling. Dos Cebazos mine owners Jack Nedding and David Harper fatally shoot each other in Mexico amid a wave of mining deaths.
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England
Tacomas
Queen Lil Se
First Regiment Armory
Minneapolis
Ail Ita Rifles
Selisbury Usach
Mass
John T. Davis
Missouri
St. Louis
A. H. Douglas
Frisco
Jack Nedding
David Harper
Dos Cebazos
Old Mexico
Hoo-Doo
Simmons Liver Regulator Promises Relief for Constipation
Advertisement notes Lemon Tonic Laxative and Simmons Liver Regulator for relief of constipation. Claims safe, harmless vegetable formula with no injury, marketed to druggists and sedentary lifers seeking relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simmons
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MR. Bender
Ben
VO. Johnson
Moncik
Wyasor Opera House
Henry A. Johnson
Maj. Wildman
Cleveland
Johnson
Wayne
Fayette
John M. McIntosh
Fayette County
Hkapidy
Pressly
Tevis
Louisville
Elizabethtown
Dr. Hays
Supt. Powell
Cosee
Phn Chew
Pittsburg
Ayrone
Here
Is Ritter
Browuond
Washington Wasps
J. W. Carney
Oy Jean
City Life
Adams
Lord, Winter
W. Anderson
Albert Baker
Smiley Chambers
F. B. Davenport
Ed Dean
Spencer’s Hall
A. Morgan
A. B. Polen
L. A. Dean
D. A. Williamson
J. A. Abbott
H. C. Finch
Tolen
Stockyards Commission
O. E. Williamson
W. Hoos
Thos. Perry
Jas. McCaix
Jos. Wheeler
D. Gish
Frank Wandlan
Thos. Alsop
J. J. Henschen
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