Woes of Indiana Republicans and a Long List of Lost Appointments
A sharp portrait of Indiana Republicans during Harrison's nomination era. The piece names Nick Filbeck and a crowd of hopefuls from Fort Wayne, Columbus, Danville, and beyond who chased offices from pension agent to postmaster and consul. Many, including Reub Williams and J. S. Throckmorton, faced defeats as Gresham gains and Harrison loyalties shaped outcomes.
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Indisna
Nick Filbeck
Nick
Internal Revenue
Harrison
Indiana
Gresham
Williams
Allen Dougall
Fort Wayne
Ben
Allen
U.S
Dundes
Pater Green B. Baum
Harry Hanna
Columbia City
Washington
Tennessee
Kentucky
Knnsely
H. Traunnel
Panson
Harrisoniem
Cinoh
Sam. Merrill
Indianapolis
Sam
Will
Mose
Fred Kneffler
Kneffler
Hanna
Maj
Joe Homan
Danville
Joe
Homan
Coebeker
Columbus
Utah
Harricon
Throckmorton
Herrison
Lafayette
Benole
Lively Debate Over Street Railway Charter Extension
The Commercial club endorsed the sub committee's report on extending the street railway charter at a special Board of Trade Hall meeting. Key speakers included Col Lilly and Geo. T. Porter urging concessions as vital for urban growth, while Chas Martindale and H Bamberger urged caution and legislative redress amid vested corporate rights debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Board of Trade Hall
Col. Lilly
Col Perry
Geo. T. Porter
A. L. Mason
I. S. Gordon
Geo. G. Tanner
W. P. Fishback
H. Bamberger
Chas
Tanner
Chas. Martindale
Political notes and local notices span Canton and beyond
Sim Coy expands political reach at Grand hotel Canton while beltline fuel talks persist. Montana senators draw lots for terms with Sandera drawing short and Power the long. Free kindergartens enroll 2 011 pupils up from 1 690. Divorce suit filed George Smith versus Attie Smith with child custody sought. Blackfordst Congregational Church gains recognition. Mrs M E Campbell of Buffalo asks about brother Patrick B R Sullivan formerly at 17 Peru St. Capt D C Goodrich visits for brick paving exhibit. Sergt McKinney auctions watches forfeited in police court nets 60. Savings firm The Sun organized with 1 000 000 stock. Rev Henry A Buethel passes through en route to Rockville. Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane trustees named. John W L Matlock quietly marries Mrs Ce Thayer. he is 70, she younger.
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Sim Coy
Grand Hotel
Canton
Glass
Montana
Sandera
George Smith
Attie Smith
Blackfordst, Congregational Church
Fifth Presbyterian
M. E. Campbell
Buffalo
N. Y
Sullivan
Patrick BR. Sullivan
Peru
Capt
D. C. Goodrich
Leavenworth National Home
Exposition Grounds
Sergt. McKinney
Henry Coburn
E. E. Rexford
L. G. Miller
the Sun
Henry A. Buehtel
Danver
Col
Rockville
Methodist Church
Indiana
John 8. Martin
Milton C. Benham
Edward T. Wells
Alonzo B. Rigas
John W. L. Matlock
Mrace Thayer
Greenfield
D. BR. Lucas
Kiser's Granger clothing house ad entices shoppers
A fragmented advertisement invites readers to visit Kiser's Granger clothing house at 166 W Washington S K, promising first class clothing with low rents and expenses. The copy imitates period style and mentions throat irritation and a curious phrase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiser
Granger
Hye
W. Washington-S
WANTS OF THE DEMS Regimen of Delegates Candidates Seem to Be Cinches
Marion county delegates meet Friday night to elect 112 delegates to the Democratic county convention called by Tom Taggart. The convention will choose 17 of about 60 candidates for the Jacksonian ticket next fall, with nominations uncertain and rivalries shaping the lengthy process. John R. Wilson appears favored for county clerk amid health-related withdrawals, while Taggart leads the auditor contest. treasurer, sheriff, and recordership races feature multiple contenders. The convention must also select three representatives for the legislature, with a crowded field and party figures holding over key seats. A separate report notes a Lib Ward bagnio incident and subsequent legal actions, including a six-month sentence for assault and other penalties. The day closes with the city police reporting the drunkenness case of John Bery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Tom Taggart
Jacksonian Party
Backus
Bridges
John R. Wilson
John Schley
Taggart
Mossman
Cottrell
John Osterman
Henry W. Langenberg
Flick
Carson
Schmalhalz
W. C. Anderson
J. F. Reinecke
8. L
J. N. MH
Charles Orme
Farman Stout
Doe Flack
Drs
W. H. Field
F. E. Manker
W. F. Colling
J. M. Bell
Paul Julian
Oscar Smith
Taylor
W. E. Niblack
Perry M. Bartholomew
J. B. Harper
Edgar Allen Brown
Edgar Allen Parker
Rowland
Millard F. Cox
Ed. C. Buskirk
J. Mattler
Joe Gates
John Rail
W. F. Christian
Otto Myer
J. E. Bell
Jesse D. Hamrick
W. W
Washington Walfs and Postmaster Nominations Stir National Scene
Senator Turple protests Lafayette hardware dealers over cutlery duty and breech loading guns. Silver advocates face House split. Alfred Shaw named postmaster at Vevay. Mrs. Harriett Kiess listed at Cambridge City. Fourth class postmasters named and details follow. River and harbor bill frames up to 20 million dollars for Michigan City, Calumet, Chicago, Waukegan, and Indiana waterways. Senate clash over 40 medical examiners for pensions ends with appointment rules altered by president.
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Senator Turple
Lafayette
Alfred Shaw
Vevay
Harriett Kiess
Cambridge City
A. Farney
Farney
White County
J. N. Kettley
C. Davis
Russton
Boone County
Miller
Miss Iller
Miss Hail
Miss Lewie
Indianapolis
Studebaker
Maury
Michigan City
Calumet
Ill
Chicago
Waukegan
Ohio River
Madison
Falls of the Ohio River
Indiana Chute
Wabash River
Vincennes
Grand Rapids
Mount Carmel
Inl
Catamel River
Illnois River
Kaskaskia River
Bureau of Pensions
Cockrell
Commissioner of Pensions
Secretary of the Interior
Women Smuggle Pepper to Prisoners Foiled Jail Plot
In a county jail case, Turnkey Emmett uncovered a scheme by ex-convicts John Simpson and Lon Henderson to deliver a pepper weapon to inmates. Henderson planned to escape with his wife. Simpson’s sister would aid the plan. Both men resisted arrest. Henderson faces two years for prior robbery, Simpson awaiting trial for tallow theft.
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Emmatt
Emmett
John Simpson
Lon Henderson
Grinsteiner
Parr
Henderson
Simpson
Turnkey
Warmeling
Reform School
Byron Hutchinson
Allerdice
Suit seeks to abolish Texas penal code in habeas case
A U S district court suit for habeas corpus seeks nullification of Texas penal code and criminal procedure. Dick Duncan, jailed for murder in Eagle Pass, argues illegal conviction and liberty denial. Case cites 1876 code creation irregularities and clerical errors, with hearings set May 5 in New Orleans district court.
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San Antonio
Tex
U.S
Texas
Dick Duncan
Eagle Pass
Williamson
Dow
Habeas Corpts
United States Circuitjuage
Pardee
New Orleans
District Court
Austin
Mrs Towers Arrives From England With Daughters
Mrs John Towers wife of Prof Towers of the College of Music returned home from England with her two daughters. Her health is improved and she may lecture next season on recollections of a literary man she encountered in England. Her father John Robertson edited the Westminster Review in its heyday when John Stuart Mill owned it. She was her father’s amanuensis and met Dickens Thackeray Bulwer Lytton Browning and other writers. She studied under Flourens and wrote for All the Year Round later Household Worde on botanical topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Towers
Towers
The
College of Music
England
John Robertson
Westminster Review
John Stuart Mill
Dickens
Thackeray
Bulwer Lytton
Browning
General Field of Labor Strikes and Meetings Across Cities
Reports from Austria and the United States describe extended labor unrest. 12000 workers at Willokovitz Iron Works strike for eight hours. 30000 Austrian miners walk out for eight hours, with three shot by soldiers. Kansas City adopts eight hour day for city employees. Hebrew tailors in New York mob a spy at Star Hall. Weetamde mill spinners in Fall River miss permission and mill closed. Portland builders lockout affects 1500 carpenters and bricklayers. Boston trades council avoids general strike. Hyde Park to host monster eight hour mass meeting May 4. Chicago carpenters announce capacity to mobilize 4000. Arbitration talks set Friday.
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London
Willokovitz
Austria
Council of
Kansas City
Starhall
East Broadway
N. Y
Baron Rothschild
Fail River
Maes
Portland
Ore
Builders’ Union
Builders’ Exchange
Building Trade Council
Boston
Saya the Ass. Press
Hyde Park
Chicago
Horees
The New York Central strike threatens nationwide paralysis
Across cities from New York to Chicago and Portland workers strike or threaten to strike. Boiler makers in New York City walkout while firemen refuse to operate switches amid switchmen layoffs. Carpenters, gas light company workers, and mill employees also strike, signaling broad labor unrest and potential disruption to rail and utility services.
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New York
New York Central
Menia
Vorbis
Portland
CaicaGo
Chicago Gas Light Company
Pirrspurg
Awitchman and Committee
Federated Order of Railroads
Nasaua
N. H
Strike or compromise ends Ohio Pennsylvania miner convention
The joint Ohio and Pennsylvania miners and operators convention adjourned with a settlement on wages. Indiana and Illinois mine owners must agree or face a potential large strike. Indiana miners seek 71 and 80 cents in districts, operators offer 70 and 79 cents, a compromise reached. Indiana and Illinois conventions planned for late April in Indianapolis and St Louis.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana and
Lillinois
Hocking Valley
Pittsburg
Indiana
Indianapolis
Illinois
St. Louie
Lilinoia
Dr W B Clarke Moves to Own Home in Jackford Street
Dr W B Clarke has moved from the Bates House to his own residence at 198 Jackford Street near the northwest corner of Military Ark. His office address also changes from 8 Mansur Block to Suite 7 in the same block and the office telephone remains 671.
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W. BK. Clarke
Bates House
Jackford St
Military Ark
Mansur Block
Trusts and gas deals stir Twenty-first Ward memories
Citizens of the Twenty-first Ward recount a gas trust saga linking Judge Lamb and local directors. The breathless push for $500,000 capital, unfulfilled contracts, and alleged misrepresentations touched nearly all Linden to Dillon streets, with residents pledging three-year gas contracts at ordinance rates that were never fulfilled.
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Borrog Son
Lamb
Twenty-first Ward
Trust
Tomingen Hall
Fishbuck
Gas Trust
Trrat Yay
THE
Consumers’ Gas Trust Co
Indianapolis
Spann Avenue
Linden
Dillion
Hoyt Avenue
Dillon
Fletcher Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Pleasant Street
Reed
Woodlawn Avenue
Prospect Street
Jno. P. Frenzal
Tr. Fishback
Dana
Indiapapolis
Biddled With Bullets A Son-in-law Kills Father-in-Law
Richmond dispatch reports a grim shooting near Sisterville New Kent county where Barham forced Ball to marry his daughter at gunpoint months earlier. Ball returned, shot Barham five times four hit him, Barham killed Ball by a shot to the head. Both families long divided in New Kent.
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Richmond
Sisterville
New Kent County
Barham
New Kent
Ball
Nitro glycerine explosion tears apart wagons and men
Cyenet Ohio April 18 two wagon loads of nitro glycerine shells used to blow gas and oil wells exploded Friday morning blowing two men to pieces leaving only clothing remains two horses and wagons destroyed. Agent Phillips of the U S express company hears no pay cut notice would affect eight drivers and ten clerks with wages around fifty dollars monthly. Mr and Mrs Thomas Poole celebrated their twentieth wedding anniversary at 19 Wood Street Thursday night.
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Cyenet
Phillips
U. S. Express Company
Thos. Poole
Wood Et
Carpenters Threaten General Strike Over Pay and Hours
A mass meeting in the criminal court room backs carpenters demand for higher pay and shorter hours. Samuel Gompers will speak at Mozart hall Saturday night as unions prepare for possible citywide action within 24 hours. The Street Car Company faced pressure after reports of unequal pay, prompting a committee to insist equal treatment or a shop-wide walkout.
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Criminal Court Room
Paul Ehman
E. ¥. Beals
Salesmen’s Union
Carpenters
Samuel Gowpers
American Federation of Labor
Mozart Hall
Mansur Hall
Carpentere
Mogle
Brotherhood
Philadelphia
Carpenters Union
Shaffer
Street Car Company
Worthiness It Is Looted At by Township Trustee
An old woman, Lizzie Martin, pleads for transport to Madison but receives only a ticket to Franklin from township officials. Union depot staff gift her $2 and send her home. A nearby man reportedly urged through transport to Chicago for the truly needy. The investigator notes Mrs. Martin came to visit her 19-year-old daughter Lizzie Shields, jailed for larceny, who says a rejected suitor entrapped her in a bad marriage decision.
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By & Township
Lizzie Martin
Union Depot
Madison
Township Trustees
Franklin
Chicago
Desperate widow and five children die in gas tragedy
A Moscow widow driven to desperation by want suffocates herself and her five children with gas, seven cremated in the burning of the imperial palace. The Oranienbaum palace fire claims seven servants. In legal news, Justice J C Johnson retires. Carl Habich becomes peace justice after a contested succession, promising capable service. Local notes include a protest against railroad ticket legislation and a weather forecast for Indianapolis.
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Moscow
Gaa
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