Fourth Edition Scoop on Secret Republican Police Board Scheme
A secret caucus called by Mayor Denny aims to form a partisan police board by selecting council members to control policing. Report cites Ferriter law issues after a 1883 force structure and pending Supreme Court decisions. Names listed include Trusler Cummings McGillicuddy, with possible choices Smith Wilson or Finch. Local politics tone warns readers not to share details.
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Council
Board of Aldermen
Denny
Court House
Supreme Court
Bigham
Superior Court
Trusler
Mathew McGillicudy Cummings
Voting Imbeciles Case At County Hearing
A partial hearing was held Saturday before Commissioner Van Buren for Voting Imbeciles and Idiots from the poor farm. The defense argues no conspiracy exists given long standing practice of the superintendent taking them to the polls and assisting with tickets. Also noted is a loan case decision telegraphed by Treasurer Lemcke to a German insurer, awaiting a timely securing of the big loan. The attorney general offered an opinion upholding the act’s validity.
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Hiram Miller
Terrick Eckt
James Thorpe
van Buren
Boor Farm
Lemcke
Four Goddesses Named Justices of the Peace in Columbus
Four women Willemetta Merch Minnie Young Minnie Mosler and Anna Gilgour all of Columbus Bartholomew county were sworn as jus tices of the peace affidavavit to have good moral character and be 21 years of age. Cleveland in the Ring New York April 27 The World says Cleveland is a presidential possibility in 1892 and nominates him. In the Mawes Case Birmingham April 27 Willis Roberts testified Hawes asked him to print a blank decree of divorce last August. Mutiny New York April 27 The bark John Walter Scammel anchored at Bedloe's island was signaling distress with suspected mutiny aboard.
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Willemetta Merch
Minnie Young
Minnie Mosler
Anna Gilgour
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Cleveland
New York
Spl
Mawes
Birmingham
Ala
Hawes
Willis Roberts
Walter Scammel
Bedloe’s Island
Toppy McGuire
New York Sun
Philadelphia
Delancey
Halligan
Barney Williams
Judge Dowling
Andrew Jackson
Clay
Calhoun
Webster
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Robert Bonner
McCombs’ Dam Bridge
Tom Hyer
Yankee Sullivan
Indiana
Curiaco
Chicago
Fay
Truet Company
The Nipasic Ruined in Apia Disaster Likely Abandoned
Washington April 27 Spl The Nipsic was badly damaged in the Apia disaster and will probably be abandoned. Drowned a prize fighter Ishpeming Mich April 27 Spl oem Hirsch the Milwaukee prize fighter who was to fight Jim McCormick Sunday or Rowne pear Iron Mountain Friday night.
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Washington
Navy Department
Apia
Ishpeming
Mich
Oem Hirsch
Milwaukee
Jom McCormick
Irowne Pear Iron Mountain
Disastrous Fire Strikes Lowell Factory. 700 Workmen Out
Lowell Mass April 27 A large factory fire destroyed the Lowell manufacturing company building. Loss estimated at 200000 dollars. Seven hundred workers are left stranded. J Albert Frey a famed pool champion was buried in New York that morning after a large crowd attended. Wanamaker rumored to resign rumor dismissed. Indiana weather forecast calls for slightly cooler and fair conditions.
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Lowett
Mass
Lowell Manufacturing Company
Frey
New York
Albert M. Frey
An Era of Social Sin And Divorces In Superior Courts
The Sun reports a week of extensive divorce activity in Indiana courts led by Judge Taylor. Twenty four trials with eighteen heard produced varied results amid cruelty and abandonment charges. The piece critiques flexible divorce laws and notes growing docket congestion with 300 cases pending. A New York note remembers columnist Toppy McGuire, then reports Indiana gas piping debates and Cincinnati election law enforcement.
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Superior Court
Taylor
Indiana
Ags Nearag
Howe
Walker
Circuit Court
Cleveland club denies bid for Billy Burdick pitcher
On Saturday manager Tom Loftus said the Cleveland baseball club has no use for Billy Burdick as a pitcher, noting the team already has five pitchers being tried and there is no bid or plan to add him.
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Cleveland Baseball Club
Billy Burdick
Tom Loftus
Leather Shoes Offered by Geo P Marott Store
Local ad advertises leather shoes priced to beat competitors. Geo P Marott invites shoppers to visit 16 North Penn Street to compare quality and value firsthand.
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Geo. P. Marott
North Penn. St
Beauties of Oklahoma Amid Smallpox and Dust Whirl
Guthrie reels from a desert wind sweep as tents collapse and red dust hides the town. A smallpox case in Guthrie prompts talk of quarantine while officials warn of exposure as Ellsworth and others contend with disease and fear across Oklahoma settlements.
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Simeon
Guthrie
Simpson
Oklahoma
Arkansas City
Ellsworth
Scott
Beaten by Brutes in Owl Hollow Near Mississippi Bottom
A dispatch from Anna Union County reports James Gordon, living in Owl Hollow, was ambushed by masked men who beat him and lashed his back with switches until he fainted. The next day a bundle of switches warned him to leave in 15 days. A night later fencing owned by Gordon, Rose and Baltzell was burned by the same masked group. the community learns of the fearsome acts nearby.
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Cuscaco
Spl
Anna
Union County
James Gordon
Jonathan Rose
Gordon
Rose
Baltzell
Whipping Near Police Station Leaves Man In Sanity Threat
In Cincinnati on Friday night 40 men dragged Jacob Gherline of Riverside from a saloon and beat him with hickories in view of about 400 people near the police station. By Saturday morning he was reported insane and in a dangerous condition.
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Cincinnati
Jacob Gherline
Riverside
Wallace Talks and Ben Hur Fame in Memphian Interview
Gen Wallace in Memphis discusses his new book set in Constantinople amid Mehmed II’s 1452 capture, his Turkish friendship, race and baseball interests, reactions to Little Lord Fauntleroy, Harrison history profits, and his views on Jesus portraiture as depicted in Ben Hur. He notes Ben Hur’s enduring sales and publishers’ control of profits. He also shares the author’s estimate of Jesus appearance and demeanor.
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Lew Wallace
Memphis
Tenn
Sun
Constantinople
Mahomet
Gen. Wallace
Wallace
Lord Fauntleroy
New York
Harrison
Nazarene
Paul
Apostle
Colored mail agent faces charges of offensive partisanship
T. V. Hill, a colored former mail agent between this city and Vincennes, remains at liberty on an offensive partisanship charge. He allegedly delivered a political speech interpreting Lincoln's inaugural address, prompting Wanamaker to stop his pay. Four years earlier Hill replaced Ben Bagby after allegations of irregularities. Bagby later accused Hill, and the civil service shift followed. Editor Cooner defends both men, noting Hill was more diligent than Bagby in duties.
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T. V. Hill
Vincennes
Phila
Yclept
Wanamaker
Abraham Lincoln
Ben Bagby
Bagby
Hill
Tragic burial mystery unsettles German laborer in SyRacusE
In SyRacusE New York April 27 George Rath a German laborer buried his 17 year old daughter Hanna after she died of a severe cold on March 2. He later reopened the grave finding the coffin lid removed grass uncovered the body lying on its side fingerprints on her face and tangled brown hair. Terrified he resealed the grave and fled.
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Syracuse
N. Y
George Rath
Hanna
Rath
Woman dies after morphine poisoning at 664 Virginia Ave
Early Saturday 20 year old Emma Moore, long time Insane hospital patient, died from morphine poisoning after being found unresponsive on a sofa. Suspected intake occurred before midnight. parents reside in Belmont. Dispensary doctors ruled death. police report includes arrests for assault related to a separate incident near Loong Branch resort.
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Insane Hospital
Belmont
Washington’s Centennial Parade Plans in Indianapolis
On Washington inaugurations centennial day a grand parade is promised by almost all military and civic groups in Indianapolis. Chief marshal Ruckle pledges a fine event with formation details to be announced Saturday evening. The executive committee will meet at the Denison House Saturday night to finalize Tomlinson Hall meeting arrangements.
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Washington
Indianapolis
Marshal Ruckle
New Denison House
Tomlincon Hall
Objected With a Poker Revival Hypnotism in Dimock
In Lonnox on April 27 a Methodist minister Dimock conducted post service sittings where he hypnotized a limited group for baptism of the Holy Ghost. Several contemporaries fainted and an old woman with a poker resisted the conversion causing the revival to be suspended.
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Lonnox
Longley
Dimock
New York Child Suspect Draws Crowds at Trial Scene
In New York on April 27 Willie Lutz, ten, under arrest for killing Tobias Hipper, is described as remarkably indifferent, grimacing at witnesses, chewing gum, catching flies, and shaking fists as crowds attend the trial.
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New York
Willie Lutz
Tobias Hipper
Mos
Influx of Visitors for Centennial Swells New York
The centennial celebration influx floods New York with visitors. Trains run full, many hotels exhaust capacity as military groups arrive and entertain. Fanny Davenport to star in La Tosca prompting early sale of seats at Grand Opera House. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a remedy for scrofula and related ailments.
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New York
Fanny Davenport
Getzein 38 The Boy As Warters Spurt Fails in Indy Card
In Indianapolis on Friday 1,809 spectators watched a Cleveland at Indianapolis game. Getzein Buckley and Sprague Sutcliffe starred in a tense contest with numerous errors by both clubs. Cleveland’s two scoring bursts, fourth and fifth innings, led to a 9 run effort while Indianapolis rallied but fell short. Final lines show Indianapolis 12 hits to Cleveland 13 with 4 errors by Indianapolis and 7 by Cleveland.
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Pata
EnDianapolis
Cleveland
Barnum
Getzein
Buckley
Indianapolis
Sprague
Suttliffe
Hoosier Hines
Glasscock
Denny
Stricker
Myers
Ren
Cub Stricker
Bassatt
McAleer
Gilks
Mack
Twitchell
McGeachy
Firat
Tobean
Triar
Bassett
Schoeneck
Radford
Hines
Getz
Gilksone
Atole
McQeady
Faatz
Tebeau
Gilka
Sutcliffe
Blank
Cetzein
Glagsscoes
Glasacock
Other Games Highlight Rain Delays Across Leagues
Chicago 7 runs on 15 hits with 2 errors while Pittsburgh has 6 hits and 2 errors. New York Boston and Washington Philadelphia games postponed due to rain.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
Boston
Elopement Sways Indiana Political and Legal Notices
Terre Haute resident Geo Haskett skipped town with two tickets and trunks en route to St Louis while Dell Walker also left town during the same period. George, reportedly married, eloped leaving a wife behind as W S Haggard runs for mayor in Lafayette on the Republican ticket. In Lebanon a $2000 slander judgment is awarded against Elsie K Post of Indianapolis.
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Geo. C. Vansickle
Saul J. Vansickle
Lena Magiey
Albert M. Magiey
Issb
Abe
Edna
Central Christian Church
Laura B. Jennings
J. R. Cowan
Y. Af. C. A. Hall
W. A. Sherwood
Mise Ida Sweenie
F. 4. Hemstreet
Indianapolis
Wm. Pace
Sergt. McKinney
James B. Strong
Aneehaensel & Strong’s
Denison House
Geo. W. Taylor
Taylor
Strong
Walker
Wm. Dell
U. S
Andy Hart
Delaware
Alabama
Sta
Ft. Wayne Ave
St. Clair-st
Purman
Macdonnall
Louisville
Jenckes
St. Paul's Church
St. Paul’s Chapel
Macdonnell
Moses
William Brewer
Bloomington
Ind
John Conners
Chas. Hocker
Reform School
Chas
Hillman’s Bates
BYU
Albert Carter
Kentucky Ave
Irvin
John Rhodes
Mallottave
Wheeler
Mansfield
W. Washington Sr
Geo. Haskett
Terre Haute
St. Louis
Dell Walker
George
W.S. Haggard
Lafayette
W. Cecil
Lebanon
Elsie K. Post
Taylor for Mayor Emerges in Republican Nominating Bid
The report that city attorney Wm. L. Taylor is in the field for the Republican mayoralty nomination circulates widely after Saturday. If Taylor is nominated, Horace Smith, deputy under Taylor, pursues the city attorneyship with serious intent.
Sexton bill on reform passes New York senate
WIRE WEHSPERS report electoral reform bill led to passage in the New York senate. Arkansas ballot-box stuffing trial opens in Little Rock with one defendant an editor. Claim-jumpers expect government land-official probe to aid them. Henry Rochefort hides in London amid Boulangist tension and anti-English sentiment.
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Sexton
New York
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