Fire crackers trade talk and Boston notes from Evansville
A Sun interview with a New York firecracker importer outlines brokered trade and holiday boosts for fireworks. Fred Miller, once Evansville to Boston, recaps his music career, Ship ahoy operas, and Cape May cottage earnings. Bostonian Wardwell discusses Gov. Russell, Adams heirs, Ames taxes, and Cambridge annexation prospects.
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Fred Miller
Ahoy” Company
Occidental
Evansville
Boston
Otto Pfafflin
Governor's Office
Miller
Otto
Cape May
Ahoy
F.T. Wardwell
Bates House
Mr. Wardwell
Toston
Tas
Russell
Adams
Charles Francis Adams
John Quincy
Chicago
Wardwell
Frederick L. Ames
Cambridge
Observer
Weather Forecast for Indiana April 16 1892
The 36 hour outlook ends 8 pm Saturday expects slightly warmer conditions. Friday looks fair followed by warmer weather Saturday and probably Sunday.
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Indiana
City notes and court actions in Indianapolis
Local events include Girl's Industrial School sewing club meeting at Tomlinson Hall, a potential Milwaukee vs Indianapolis baseball game, and a bid for Addison Street land for a children’s home. Courts handle fraud and embezzlement cases, library disturbances, assault charges, and indictments including arson and murder. Public works board orders street repairs and sweeping contracts with water main petitions also noted.
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Girl's Industrial School
Tomlinson Hall
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Frank W. Flanner
Board of Children’s Guardians
Addison St
N. Indianapolis
Mariah Parish
Stephen Cogill
Cogill
Drewer
Delaware St
James Thomas
Justice Habich
Belle Browning
Browning
John Barleycorn
John Lyons
Matt Moran
8Linois-St
John Cain
Moran
Cain
Lyons
Minnie Johnson
Jas. W. Wise
Ed Quinlan
Thos, Clay
Milton J. Clements
Pang Yim
Martin Moran
Brutus
FE. H
May Hassler
Davis
Rosa Lepf
Rosa Lepf, Boy; 8. W. and Maud Hendricks, Boy; Andrew and Antonea Scheneke
Michael
Annie Glen
Harry
Lulu Mehling
E. H
Bertie Beauchamp
Charles
Ella Hibner
Dratus
Nellie Masner
Daugherty
Elisha Bennett
Beville-ave
Pauline Burton
Alvord St
Fred Miller
McCarty and
Earlsts
Samuel Clayton
City Hospital
Charles B. Sanders
Elizabeth Metz
Justice Block
Casemono Bros
New Orleans
Charles Palma
Palma
Cusemono Bros
Casemoo Brox
A. L. Mason
Dillon
Grand Jury
Royal Hammer
Board of Public Works
John Frenzel
S Street Railway Company
Delaware
Suth
Madison-ave
Coburn
Mast
Madison
S. Meridian
Palmer
E. Merrill St
Park-ave
Cat Wealth Suit and Friday Lore in Old Columns
This item recounts Susan Gorgas of Roxborough leaving a $1,000 for her cat plus five kittens after her death triggering a probate dispute led by Calsingham sisters and lawyer Warataker. It then shifts to a survey of Good Friday customs across religions and history, noting Black Friday labels and maritime Judas effigies.
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Shakespere
Kilkenny
Ireland
Ovid
Tryphon
Hecate
Susan Gorgas
Roxborough
Miss Gorgas
Calsingham
Warataker
Gypsy Queen Annie Young Funeral Held in Elizabeth
The gypsy queen Annie Young or Lovell died in a gypsy camp near Itast St Louis and her funeral was held in St Mary's church Elizabeth attended by gypsies nationwide. The service ended with burial at the cemetery in a mystic ceremony. Also news from Vienna notes Poland Galician frontier smallpox raging and often fatal by day three.
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Exvizaveta
N. J
Annie Young
Annie Lovell
Itast St. Louis
Elizabeth
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Vienna
Poland
New York Correspondent Stirs Chili Diplomacy Debate
A New York Advertiser correspondent insists Chile relations may suspend with minister Ke gan and Consul McCreary granted leave of absence. Acting Secretary Wharton denies a quiet break, saying the legation stays under a secretary. Mrs Harrison and Secretary Halford show improvement. In Congress, a banking bill with Senate amendments is nearly killed and sent to the banking committee.
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New York
Harrison
Halford
Congress
Wasutyeron
New York Advertiser
United States
Chili
Egan
McCreary
Sigficant
Wharton
Kegan
Legation
Huan
House
Senate
Bland
Committee On Banking and Currency
Indian Pony Runs Wild on Central Ave Causing Panic
An Indian pony owned by Mrs. Frank Stern at 455 Central Ave ran amok Friday morning in the north part of town. The beast charged into homes and snapped at objects, suspected hydrophobia. Police were notified to euthanize the animal and an officer was dispatched to kill it.
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Central-ave
Frank Stern
Cable Train Collision Injures Two Men In Chicago
A Cottage Grove avenue cable train collided with a horse car at Forty third Street crossing in Cureaco Chicago fatally injuring passengers Michael Leonard and John Collins.
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Chicago
Cureaco
Cottage Grove-ave
Michael Leonard
John Collins
Maennerchor Fair Promises Original German Themed Fun
The Maennerchor fair runs next Wednesday through Saturday with a wine tavern in replica, a summer garden and ten pin alley in miniature. Mr Richards provides a stage and daily entertainments, followed by living curiosities. Mrs Simon presides with Miss Matilda Gwicker as secretary.
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Tenpin
Simon
Matilda Gwicker
Fuel Plant Test in Washington Promises Wealth for Huston Circle
Julius Haag reports a Washington gas supply plant, an offshoot of the Maysville venture, has been completed and will be tested on Saturday. The project, tied to ex Treasurer Huston as president of the fuel firm, promises substantial gains if the Washington test succeeds, despite earlier Maysville setbacks.
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Julius Haag
United States
Huston
Washington, D. C
Maysville
Washington
Town Tale in the Auditor’s Office and Courts
Council notes tax delinquency risk for after Saturday. Judge Walker hears McGinnis vs Panhandle railroad and car service. Reformatory transfers back to jail await, while public works awaits sewer bids. Subway wages and New York mischief joked about. agriculture board reviews fairground bids with possible follow ups. The Sun urges cheap clothing ads for workers.
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Auditor’s Ofice
Walker
Win
McGinnis
Panhandle Railroad
Car Service Association
Reformatory
Board of Public Works
Herring
New York
Jake Hess
Metropolis
Hess
Battle Over Indianapolis Streetcar Franchise Schemes
A Sun reporter recaps how a Broad Ripple franchise defeat spurred a complex plan to sell the Citizens street railway system to a syndicate led by Belknap and Shaffer. The deal aimed to block competition, with Frenzel used to kill the Broad Ripple project. Indications of the sale’s closings include layoffs and key figures leaving town, while Patrick McGinley sues over insurance policy funds taken from household allowances.
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Sun
Broad Ripple Road
Belknap
New York
Shaffer
Mr. Belknap
Indianapolis
Ife
Stols
Citizens’ Company
Broad Ripple
Citizens
Shatters
John P. Frenzel
Mr. Frenzel
Grand Ripple
Frenzel
Gus Mason
Mr. Shaffer
John B. Frenzel
Citizens’ Street Railway
Ford
Winter
No Change in Panhandle Strike Report
The Panhandle strike remains dormant with no clear date for workers to join. Labor officials cite private work to be completed before the strike resumes, and no movement is expected until then.
Shanklin Denies Single Tax Affiliation Amid Local Political Turmoil
Shanklin denies being a single tax advocate amid Democratic power struggles over Gray and Hendricks as Indiana politics heat up. The state convention, editor Moris, and factional divides shape expectations for the gubernatorial race and convention endorsements.
Case of Hittell Indictment Leads to Bond Reduction
W. D. Kittell vice president of Kahn tailoring company, under bond for embezzlement, surrendered after grand jury indictment. His lawyers argued bail of 106000 was excessive. Judge Cox lowered it to 5000 and steps were taken to secure release on bail.
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Hittell
W. D. Kittell
Kahn Tailoring Company
John Duncan
John Kern
Cox
Kittell
Albany April 15 Vote Extends Woman Suffrage to State Officers
The bill allowing women to vote for all state officers including governor passed the assembly Friday by 69 votes in Albany.
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Fementay
Alnany
Assembly
Grippe Cure Sold By All Drug Stores
Grippe epidemic remedy advertised widely with Bhort’s K K promoting a bottle price of % cents. Erice cents per bottle. All druggists stocked the remedy claimed to stop grippe.
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Grippe
Bhort
K. K
Republican Primaries Roar in Eleventh New York District
In New York City on April 15 voters opened polls from 9 am to 9 pm for Republican primaries to pick delegates to state and congressional conventions. The Eleventh District faced a bitter clash led by Col Diss and John Milholland, amid immigration bureau tensions and rumors of a decapitation order. Mulholland campaigned vigorously but early signs favored Milholland and his faction, with police guarding polling places.
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Col
Diss
John KE
Millie Hand
Immigration Bureau
Foster
Weidnesday
Mulholland
Milholland
the Herald Friday Morning
Democratic Party
Manifest Destiny
ITill_a
Cleveland
Itr
Hill
Rampant Flood Wreckage Across Mississippi and Alabama
Deputy sheriff Crocker describes the Mobile & Ohio train crossing the Tombigbee as eight days after disaster began. He reports widespread ruin in Lowndes, Clay and Munroe counties with destroyed houses and bridges. Thousands of dead livestock and a few enslaved people lie among the devastation as Warrior river near the Alabama line rises dramatically and refugees flood Columbia. Trains continue to operate despite the peril as Yazoo and Big Black rivers fall.
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Jackson
Miss
Crocker
Lee County
Mobile & Ohio
Tombigbee River
Lowndes
Clay
Munroe
Warrior River
Alabama
Columbia
Yazoo
Bold thieves seize express money onIllinois Central train
At Hammond Illinois 77 miles north of the city two armed men boarded the northbound Illinois Central train No 2 and robbed the express car at Newsorms mill taking 3000 dollars after forcing the engineer and fireman to proceed and back the train to allow No 3 to pass. The heist occurred about 9 PM.
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Hammond
Ilinois Central
Jamies
Independence
Newsorm’s Mill
The Library Wrangle Over Librarian Evans Factions
Dr Garver told Sun reporters that the library commission will likely recommend retaining Evans but doubts his victory. Coffin would have voted against Evans, and Williams faced Evans’s threat of violence. No commissioner appears to have shifted support, though one may back Evans if a powers limiting resolution passes after two weeks.
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Mivans
Garver
2 Sun
Evans
D. W. Coffin
Connor
Williams
Merinvans
US Italy settle New Orleans massacre terms favorable
Reports from Washington on April 15 the press welcomes the settlement with Italy over the New Orleans massacre terms. An Italian ambassador will soon visit Washington with Marquis Imperali noting no definite appointment yet but suggesting Baron Fava may be the envoy.
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Tour
New Orleans
United States
Italy
Washincton
Washington
Marquis Imperali
Baron Fava
Maxwell to canvass Indianapolis firms for fair space
J M Maxwell is appointed to urge Indianapolis manufacturers to apply for space in the Indiana world’s fair building. Space in Chicago opens July 1. Maxwell will visit Indianapolis within 30 days. Fifteen local manufacturing concerns have already applied, including Atlas Engine Works Moore Desk Company Parry Manufacturing Company and Van Camp Packing Company.
Fire destroys Flint mills and nearby elevator in Detroit area
Early Tuesday morning a blaze consumed the Flint mills owned by J. E. Burroughs & Co in Detroit, causing about 35000 in damage with 8000 insured. The adjacent G A Catharins elevator suffered 10000 in damage. Both facilities held flour and grain. Separate listings note stationery, school tablets, and parlor goods at local shops.
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Detroit
Flint
J. E. Burroughs & Co
G. A. Catharins
Cleveland Nomination Prospects Split by State Leaders
Secretary of the Commonwealth Barrity asserts Pennsylvania backing for Cleveland while The New York Herald urges excluding Cleveland and Hill from consideration. The two papers warn New York could decide the convention and affect November support.
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Barrity
Cleveland
The
New York Herald
Misl
Prnta del Puta
the Commonwealth
Wm. I
Iarrity
Iarrisburg
Pennsylvania
Chicago
New York
Quaint Methodical Banker in Indiana History
A Bloomington Indiana newspaper profile recalls Washington DePauw father of Newland T DePauw president of the Bank of Commerce. He lived by a strict schedule attended revivals funded churches universities and hospitals while facing alleged tax avoidance claims and possible relocation of factories to Louisville. Also brief court notes report Fred Kruger on arson trial in Morris Street Bernd Bros shop and George G Merry arrest in Boston for the Beaumont shooting attempt.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Washington DePauw
Newland T. DePauw
Bank of Commerce
Blind Asylum
New Albany
News
Albany
Louisville
Fred Kruger
Bernd Bros
Morris St
Kruger
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Clayton
Hendricks County
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