Fourth Edition Mortality Tidings From Life to Death
Washington reports a fatal assault on a 75 year old man, Riley, by three suspects who may have intended to sell his body. The case echoes a prior murder linked to procuring specimens for medical colleges. A coroner's inquest left officials perplexed as arrests were made but released. In New York a street arch collapse killed Peter Mayhew and badly injured James Johnson during centennial preparations. In Kentucky an unidentified man either jumped or was pushed from a 285 foot bridge, dying on impact.
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Washington
Mortimer Riley
David Wessels
Dandridge Travers
George B. Henry
Riley
New York
Sps
Lower Broadway
Peter Mayhew
James Johnson
Corinth
Shameful Outrage At Infirmary Child Beaten
Cincinnati April 25 A grandchild of Amanda Woods died Wednesday night after being at the infirmary with the mother. The child had head sores allegedly caused by the infirmary employe lighting its hair with matches. The same woman says a staffer beat the child on the side with a stick. Investigation will commence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Amanda Woods
Mayor Denny Hosts Exclusive Southeast Parlor Reception
The mayor held a restricted reception at the courthouse basement with Supt. Travis selecting guests. John Parsons will stay with Sheriff King until May. he faces grand jury review over a matter involving a traveling man’s valise. Several attendees received souvenirs and penalties for liquor law violations and drunks were sent to Boone for admission tickets in city chariots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny
Court House
Travis
John Parsons
Sheriff King
Julius Minick
Terre Haute
Union
Kate Housely
Franklin
Leila Beid
Fifer
Richter
Sergt
Orville McKinney
Mack McCauley
Will Marshall
Marshall
William Gaskin
Maggie Hannon
Boone
Dudley Amendment Presented in City Case Defense
The Dudley company appeared before Judge Taylor on Thursday with an amendment to their answer in the Citizens' company suit. They claim the council and board of aldermen recognized the ordinance acceptance and $2,000 certified check payment by passing a resolution extending the time to prosecute construction during the petition. They also claim the right to occupy any street portion when central or side occupation was impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley
Dudley Company
Taylor
Citizens’ Company
Council and Board of Aldermen
Back Track USA Report From Arkansas and Oklahoma
Arkansas City April 25 Spl It is hard to enter Oklahoma but easier to leave. Sandwiches 25 cents each meals five dollars three lots offered Wednesday. News is monotonous rumors of horrors rise from exodus loosens food pressure but no widespread suffering yet. Quite another story Arkansas April 22 Spl Chaos reigns in Oklahoma and tributary country. Railroads broken communications cut off Western Union overwhelmed Guthrie strained to dispatch. People flee deprivations shelter water food and heat scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas City
Oklahoma
Afkansascrry
Western Union
Guthrie
New Central Hospital Board Forms In Indianapolis
Dr Thomas L Houser Zachariah Carson and Thomas Markey arrive to take commissions from Gov Hovey as new Central Hospital for the Insane board. Carson as president Markey secretary Houser treasurer. Wright expected as superintendent. possession and contracts anticipated over the next days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L.houser
Zachariah Carson
Central Hospital For the Insane
City
Thomas Markey
Indianapolis
Gov. Hovey
Carson
Markey
Houser
Tr. C. J. Wright
Van Pelt Dudley Letter Questioned as Fraud
A dispatch from Anderson accuses an old soldier Van Pelt of replying to a Dudly letter in which Dudley denounces the president. The Sun’s Anderson correspondent says the Van Pelt Dudley letter published Thursday is not genuine. In Washington a Thursday morning briefing notes Senator Stewart calls civil service a fraud and Blaine’s condition is not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
van Pelt
W. W. Dudly
Dudley
Indiana
Sun
Anderston
van Pelt-Dudley
Washington
Stewart
Nevada
Civil Service
Disorder at Rev J W Carr Second Baptist festival
A pleasant church festival at Rev J W Carr Second Baptist was marred by a clash between "the dudes" and hoodlums. A head waiter Bronson and a young man Cooper were blocked by two hoodlums, one drew a gun, a woman taunted the attacker who left. The incident prompted vows to deter future trouble. Also noted: Allen chapel and Bethel clubs plan a debate on civil service reform, with plans for local literary figures and a theater rehearsal and concert events at Cal ling church and English's opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Carr
Second Baptist
Bronson
Cooper
Allen Chapel
Bethel Literary Societies
Massrn
Bridges
Allen Chapel Literary
Christie
Leather Shoes At Low Prices By Geo Marott
An advertisement for leather shoes sold by Geo. P. Marott at 16 North Penn St promises solid leather footwear at prices lower than any competitor. The notice invites customers to visit and compare quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. P. Marott
North Penn
Opinion on local appointing power in Curtis case by Judge Elliot
Chief justice Elliot argues the general assembly cannot appoint local officers and that sovereignty rests with the people. He cites the bill of rights and historic rights of freemen, noting local voters should choose their immediate officers. Judge Huot adds that municipal corporations refer to local self government and protection of liberty.
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Curtis
Elliot
Coffee
General Assembly
Hanseatic League
Europe
Huot
de Tourjueville
Two More Yellow Fever Cases Reported in Sanford
Two more cases of yellow fever were reported at Sanford Florida. The spread has people growing increasingly frightened as authorities confirm additional infections in the area and mobilize quarantine measures.
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Sanford
Florida
Jacksonville
Fla
Fragmented 19th Century News Snapshots in One Item
A collage of short, late nineteenth century notices covers a Bristol man seeking his daughter Grace in Elkhart, a Terre Haute freight accident with a boy crushed under a train, a Veedersburg factory move to Terre Haute, a large farm complex burned near Eminence, and various local items from Indianapolis to Guthrie Oklahoma. It notes an April high school commencement in Spencer, an mumps outbreak, a rabid dog killed, and domestic disagreement cases.
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Virgil
Bristol
Elkhart
Grace
Harald McBroom
Terre Haute
Brakeshoe
Veedersburg
Alaska
Elison Sliger
Eminence
Montero
Spencer
Indianapolis
Friday Canton Drill Heads to Danville Ind
Friday Canton No 2 of the Patriarchs Militant goes to Danville Indiana for a drill. Seane Pennington Union depot guardsman is very sick with a head affection like the one that felled Roscoe Conkling. Ed Newmeyer of Chas Mayer Co sports admits an extensive salmon trout fishing trip via St Louis Kansas City Salt Lake City to the Pacific coast Spokane Falls. Dr Elbridge and W Allison Sweeney seek the district recorder of deeds post but Gen Harrison may be named by the people. Gov Hovey departs for Washington to meet former colleagues and then New York for the Washington centennial inaugural celebration.
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Order of Odd Fellows
Danville
Ind
Seane Pennington
Union Depot
Roscoe Conkling
Ed Newmeyer
Sporting Goods
Chas. Mayer & Co.’s
St. Louis
Kansas City
Salt Sake City
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Spokane Falls
Elbridge
W. Allison Sweeney
Recorder of Deeds
District of Columbia
Gen. Harrison
Hovey
Washington
Indiana
New York
Hoosiers Triumph In Big Athletic Park Exhibition Game
At Athletic Park Indianapolis on April 24 the Hoosiers beat Cleveland in a lively exhibition with 3,500 watching. Getzein, Buckley and Denny starred in a back and forth scoring battle, while Barnum umpired and crowds roared at key plays. The Cleveland team rallied late but Indianapolis prevailed 16 to 38 with multiple base hits and dramatic catches. Base hits totaled 16 for Indianapolis and 7 for Cleveland as the home team showed stronger teamwork and sharper fielding.
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Athletic Park
Indianapolis
Ball Grounds
Hoosiers
Getzein
Buckley
Bakery
Snyder
Clevelacks
Barnum
Paulus Hines
Tebeau
Tantz
Jack
Denny
Radford
Cub Stricker
Densy
McAless
McKean
Myers
MccGeachy
Bassett
Bakely
Schoeneck
McGeachy
Baseett
Clevelands
Gelzein
Detroit
Larry Twitchell
Faatz
Daily
Bedford
Deans
Stricker
Glaescock
McAleer
Hassett
Vnse Iiors
Twitchell
Hines
Glasscock
Jerry
Bakeley
Blank
Bounder
Big Fellow
Spyder
Gasscock
Agfe
Stole
Faulz
Hadford
Cleveland
City Life Highlights from Courthouse to Fires and Clubs
Judge Howlard sends Cassie, Mertle Melville, and Katie Heyer to the county guardians for placement at the House of the Good Shepherd following a welfare ruling. Divorce rulings grant custody to the wife in another case. Fires damage a residence and a shed, with losses listed. The Indianapolis republican club forms in the council chamber under Stout and Cummings. Reports on court promises, temperance union organization, and deputy marshals pay issues follow, plus school trustees’ concerns and a grand council royal arcanum election. The calendar previews May court activity and a strong local arts program closes the segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stringeteen
Kentucky-ave
Missouri
J. Allen
Vermont St
Indianapolis
Republican Club
Council Chamber
Hervey Stout
Matthew M. Cummings
Epowlus
Denny
Mary Githens
Francis Murphy
Denison House
Indiana Francis Murphy
Gospel Temperance Union
Shaffer
Citizens’ Bob-Tail Company
U.S
Dunlap
The
State Normal School
Terre Haute
Hattie A. Pronk
Ruth Park
Cincinnati
Julia
Helen
Hunchback
Minnie Turpen
Florence Mitchell
Harry Porter
Mrs. Prank
Federal Court
Harrison
John Cronk
James Bingham
Grand Council Royal Arcanum
Denison
James B. Rucker
Evansville
George W. Ball
Logansport
S. B. Lewis
Chester Bradford
Edward J. Schroeyer
N. S. Byram
W. J. Overstreet
Spencer
W. H. Stephenson
Wabash
George Gillette
Marion
H. B. Foster
Madison
James M. Camper
South Bend
Charles Haugh
E. F. Hodges
Poe House Sale and Whitman’s Plight in New York
A Fordham frame house where Edgar Allan Poe died sells for just over $3000 to William Gill, a cautious businessman. Walt Whitman, living in Camden, N.J., remains in relative poverty as publishers profit from his works. A Westminster Hotel reception honors Whitman with notable figures present, and New York politicians frequent the hotel for superstition driven caucuses and confabs.
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New York
Fordham
Edgar Allen Poe
Wm. Gill
Gill
Poe
Camden
N.d
Walt Whitman
Jennie Gilder
Richard W. Gilder
Westminster Hotel
America
Frank Stockton
Gilders
Mr. Barnes
Ino. Burroughs
Thoreau
Johnson
Walt
Broadway
John Hay
Whitelaw Reed
Tribune
Reed
Europe
Poem Teases John Sherman in Quay Rivalry
A long poem signed M. S. Q. mocks John Sherman and Matthew Quay, recalling Chizazo foes and Buckeye ties. It questions loyalty and hints at possible peace or continued rivalry, urging Sherman to decide whether to unite against Ben and stay aligned with Quay.
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New York
Son of
John Sherman
Chizazo
Matthew Quay
Madness and crime mix in late spring sensational notes
A young watchmaker named McMullan L. from a watch factory colony has been confined to the asylum after a love affair turned violent. He threatened the woman, was arrested, and his outbursts included the word razzle-dazzle. In New York, George Francis Train claims a 100 day fast to prove humans can live without eating while promoting Hood's Sarsaparilla as a spring remedy for purifying blood and boosting health.
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Exot
McMullan L
Citizen Train
New York
George’Francis Train
Ria
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Jean Pictard
Money Acaree
Barvrison
Coward
Blaine
Joseph A
Ida Bella Loehr
Howe
Willian Leyton
Ren
Nettie Abrahams
Harri
Guthrir
I. T
George Davy
Here
Alonzo Hoffman
Charles Boaz
Gla
Pittsburg
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baltimores
Brooklyns
Athletics
Columbus
Bell Telephone Company
laPorte
United States
City Life
U, Etdera
Wis Dear &Rend
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John
Ben
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