Kemmler Electric Chair Tale Stirs Nation on April 28 Dispatch
A New York dispatch describes William Kemmler awaiting execution by electric chair, details the apparatus, his calm demeanor, and the warden's description while Mrs. Durston aids his Bible study. The piece notes public interest and the looming death.
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Aunum
William Kemmler
Offire
Kemmler
Daniel McNaughton
Reon
Darstow
William Kemmier
Kemmiler
Dorston
Mre
Darston
Daniel McNaugheton
Syracuse
Daniel
Mr. Durston
Buffalo
Thavyen
Mrs. Durston
Grave Charges Against Soldiers' Home Superintendent
Leavenworth Kansas April 28 grave charges of immorality tyranny and other abuses have been preferred against as superintendent of the soldiers' home ere.
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Leavenworth, Kas
Indianapolis Prefers to Stay Without a Club Now
HF and Brush discuss a Pittsburg plan to move eight games to Chicago. Brush says Indianapolis is better off without a club amid controversy, fearing losses from transfers and shared receipts. He notes a future time to reengage if the league’s stance prevails and the dispute resolves amicably.
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Indianapolis
Pittsburg
Chicago
Brush
Tom
Rain Delays Baseball Tournaments and Scores
Rain again dampened several baseball games on Saturday with results showing Boston beating New York and other contests halted. Batting totals include Boston 17 hits to New York 14, errors Boston 11 to New York 1, and final scores cited as 14 to 10 in one game. Local forecast calls for warmer, fair weather around Indianapolis with cooler conditions Tuesday.
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Boston
New York
Wren Idols
Janzel
Rosie
Buckley
Dermott
Brotherhoom
Batterie
Kilroy
Kelly
Crane
Vaughn
Basa
Indiana
Indianapolis
Features of Sporting Life Sees Scattered Baseball Notes
The column reviews recent baseball chatter and results with notes on Rokomo beating Lafayette 8 to 1, Sunday games in Syracuse avoided, and speculation about players Ruasle Rosale and Dan Shannon. It mentions the Cuban Giants tour, Cleveland brotherhood, injuries, and remarks on Old Man Anse’s ball club. It also covers Sunday results, Spalding league delay, and various horse and trotting details, plus local scores and lineups from copse park and stockyard grounds.
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Rokomo
Lafayette
Syracuse
New York
Ruasle
New York State
Cleveland Brotherhood
Johnson
Rainey
Buffalo
Baseball
Anse
Brotherhood
van Cott
New York Brotherhood
Hollenden
Cleveland
Corey Foley
Rosie
Dan Shannon
Philadelphia Players
Hatfield
New Yorke
St. Louia
Columbus
Louisville
Toledo
Brooklyn
Rochester
Athletics
Brenner Stars
Eclate
Young Sluggers
Ryans
Westeros
Young Hustlers
Little Hustlers
Chicago Dispatch
Spalding
Chicago
Memphis
Proctor Knott
Twin City
Sheepshead Bay
New York Sporting Times
John B. Day
Jeague
Curay
Atiay
Budd Doble
Fresno
Cal
Terre Haute
QI Buffalos
Ramsey and Condon
Healey
4Ryvons
Brighton Beath
Grand Avenues
Shultz
Bright
Healy
Stockyard Grounds
Moore
Train wreck near Staunton kills actress Myrtle Knoot
An express Chesapeake & Ohio train descending a grade near Staunton Va. derailed an air brake failure sending a Pullman sleeper off track. Fifteen Pearl of Pekin troupe members aboard. Myrtle Knoot died from injuries, Edith Majer broken leg, others harmed. Louis Harrison and Ione Danham among the injured. Kilpatrick and Slomen also hurt.
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StaunTon
Chesapeake & Ohio Road
Washington
Stanton
Baltimore
Myrtle Knoot
Edith Majer
Edward Webb
Edward Stevens
Bertha Fisher
Louis Harrison
Ione Danham
W. Fef
Kilpatrick
New York
L. M. Slomen
Cincinnati
Bates Claypool trial verdict sets damages for plaintiff
Jury returned a verdict for Charlotte C Bates against Edward F Claypool with damages of 6 867. The suit concerns the transfer of First National Bank stock and its depreciated value. A motion for a new trial was filed by Claypool's attorneys. Citizens protest Saloon expansion in the vicinity. John Stehlin plans to seek a liquor license at College Ave and Seventh St, facing local opposition. Stehlin has three weeks to pursue another location.
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Charlotte C. Bates
Edward F. Claypool
First National Bank
Claypool
Bates House
John Stehlin
N. Weatst
Collageave
Seventh-st
Stablin
Stehlin
Ding
Pittsburg Commission Company Fails for 150,060 Dollars
In Pittsburg on April 2 1909 the Pittsburg commission company described as the citys largest bucket shop failed for 150 060 dollars. Poiles protection sought by carpenters in Cariaco on April 28. The master carpenters asked Mayor Creigar for police protection for employed men.
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Pittsbung
Pittsburg
Poiles
Cariaco
Master Carpenters
Creigar
News Oddities and Crises Across Cities and Nations
Reports from Minneapolis to Madras flag political intrigue and social upheaval. Notable items include Marie Wainwright ill with neuralgia, the shah’s wife aging and blind, John J. O’Brien’s death, floods and wreckage in Louisiana and Texas, a Mexican flower festival drawing large crowds, and public bars ordered closed under old laws. A mix of sensational notes and local incidents fills the page.
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Wae
Empress Frederick
Billy
Blazy
Point Corpes Parish
Yorkville
Ark
Stock
Sarah Althea Hill
Brazi
Mexico
Barton
Tongue River
Tom Hooper
John WM. Clayton
Tom
Los Angeles
Cal
Tire
Highthave
New York
Daniel Rosslar
W. M. Bushey
Thomas
St. Joseph
Bushey Sandey
Bushey
City Sessions and Public Reports Surface in City Notes
A special city council session is called for Monday night to review street department operations and a judiciary committee report may address land annexation expanding city limits toward North Indianapolis. There is renewed talk of ousting City Attorney Taylor as two Democratic members are absent. Dr. McCulloch at Plymouth Church laments child labor, urging protection for children and warning against profits from their exploitation. A Chicago syndicate and John Wood closed a Massachu settee and Pennsylvania property sale around 325000, planning a future office and residential block.
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Common Council
DeRulter
Yents
Austin
Ed Harmening
Bike Farrell
Cbris Vonthus
Judiciary Committee
Mississippi-st
Fall Creek
Twenty-second-st
Indianapolis
Taylor
Sherer
Yorz
Board of Algermen
Frobel
Merrill's Agin Le. Special News at Ryan College Speech
MILWALKER April 24 President Sterrill of Ryan College caused a sensation at a Congregational church Sunday night by denouncing the Bernatt law as un American and calling for its repeal Hiliea in a Runaway Lima April 6 Atunia and Gertie Price were killed and Mila Bankins and Clifford Church seriously hurt in a Route Way accident Saturday
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Merrill
Milwalker
Sterrill
Ryan Collage
Congregational Church
Hiliea
Lima
Atunia
Gertie Price
Mila Bankins
Clifford Church
Amusements forecast busy week at the Park and theaters
A clean sweep at the Park will be the sole attraction Monday and run all week while the Grand Opera house stays closed. Ecglich presents Booth-Modjeska Tuesday evening and Powers' comedy company midweek. Paul Potter works on a mellow drama for Mrs. Lesnia Divorce Carter with a dramatic cloak request. Eugene Fisidk reportedly writes Sullivan operatic libretto. Hamlet tank show draws laughs as Ophelia drowns in real water. Allie Ackerstrom cancels tours due to spinal illness after years of effort toward a higher stage. She rose from variety work to star status with dancing as a hallmark.
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Ecglich’s
Booth-Modjeska
Evaning
Paul Potter
Lesnia
Carter
Chicago
Allie Ackerstrom
New York
Tongues of Gotham McCann accuses Grant in bribery saga
New York April 27 Spar. 1 The day’s sensation centers on Mayor Grant’s alleged role in a bribery scheme. Witness P H McCann testified that Grant aimed to buy aldermen with 40 000 and Tammany Hall with 100 000 as bid to have him named commissioner of public works. McCann claimed Croker carried money in a satchel to the house. Grant denies the charge and says he never held 80 000. McCann also testified Grant paid envelopes of 5 000 to Croker’s daughter, but the sheriff says he gave some funds to Miss Croker as goddaughter. The piece notes Tammany’s weakness since Croker’s Europe trip and the strain in Croker McCann relations. Stokes and Croker deny and cast McCann as blackmailer.
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New York
Spi
Grant
Jacob Sharp
States Prison
Canada
P. H. McCann
Dick Croker
Tammany Hall
Schaos
Crozer
Temmans
Miss Croker
McCann
Croker
Europe
Tammany
Mount Morris Park
Harlem
Ed Stokes
Crocker
Democratic Organization
Sloat Feasstt
Tammany Organization
Raady
Richard Croker
Weoassbaden
Congress Poised to Pass McKinley Bill and Admit States
A congressional poll predicts passage of the McKinley bill with Wyoming and Idaho likely admitted by both houses. Senator Cullom plans a bill mandating automatic railroad couplers. Mining-state senators spark coinage bill tensions as Stewart grows bitter. Evarts, a free coinage advocate from New York, is sidelined. President Harrison orders federal enforcement in Florida after editor Hawthorne’s open letter questions officials. The grand jury in Jacksonville shows Republican dominance. Tennyson’s Maud lauded as exquisitely fair and stately. Carboli soap promises a flawless complexion and blemish-free skin.
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Congress
Wyoming
Idaho
House
Senate
Cullom
Stewart
Evarts
New York
Harrison
Florida
Hawthorne
Jacksonville
Fla
Times- Union
Mlorida
Bad and Good Art Shown in Masonic Hall Exhibit
A crowded exhibit at Masonic Hall showcases works by Frank B. Scott and Gilbert Gael among others, with scathing critique of Venice inspired pieces. The feature painting Sunset on the Lagoons is derided as garish and amateurish, while other works draw praise for technical strength. Local carpenters union votes praise for Mayor Sullivan’s labor mediation and calls for honoring his support with a yearly roll of honor.
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Creyp
Art Association
Masonic Hall
Venice
Frank EK
Scott
Manistee
Mich
John H. Vanderpiel
America
J. A. Dolph
New York
Romeonsons
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Sullivan
The
Citizens
Prece
City News and Court Actions From Local Ledger
Large crowds attended a Saturday skating event at the Virginia Ave rink in Kent Indiana. Judge Woods fined Justus M Wheat $25 for postal law violations. Stenographer Charles A Thurber seeks his heart. Railway fraternities plan a May 25 meeting at 1 pm. I B & W receiver reports receipts and disbursements. The pressmen’s union mourns John Bodepmiller. Judge Howe may be incapacitated after surgery. A Hendricks monument fence section blew down. Judge Howland ruled against W W Herod, appeal filed. Rachel Chevault jailed for obscene mail letter. Dan Sheehan arrested for revenue law violation. Carpenters district council appoints Wm Baker as walking delegate and Sikh office at 1818 Delaware. First communion held at St Mary’s German church and St Joseph’s church. Old Perry homestead corner posts found to be black walnut. E Hands ordered back to finish sentence after commutation. Richard Burkett paroled to serve 11 months. Judge Taylor grants S O Davis a divorce and $500 alimony with five annual installments beginning in July.
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Virginia Ave
Justus M. Wheat
Kent
Ind
Costa
Woods
Charles Augustus Thurber
Secretary of State
Tomlingon Ball
Pressmens’ Union
John Bodepmiller
Howe
Hendricks Monument
Howland
W. W. Herod
Supreme Court
Rachel Chevault
Dan Sheehan
U.S
Carpenters’ District Council
Wm. &. Baker
Delewarest
St. Mary’s
St. Joseph’s Church
Perry Homestead
W. Obrest
E. Hands
Hendricks County
Richard Burkett
Fulton County
Taylor
Davis
F. M. Davis
Davisso
Prices Cut One third on Gilt Wall Papers
Carl Molles of 161 East Washington Street offers gilt wall papers at one third lower prices with proportional reductions on all other lines.
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Carl Molles
Washington-st
Robbery Trial Continues In Police Court Case
John Ector was attacked on Willard street bridge by Beard and John Rice from Greencastle. He was cut on the throat, robbed of 13 dollars, and left severely but not fatally wounded. The Rice brothers denied knowledge of the crime. hearing adjourned to Tuesday.
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Beard
John Rice
John Ector
John
Willard St
Pogues’ Run
Tha Rios
Ector
Greencastle
Anna Multrator
Mamie Taylor
Alford
Enthusiastic Push for a Mile Track in City
A local advocate argues that a mile horse track would attract wintering stables and boost tourism, citing Terre Haute and Indianapolis as models. He praises potential meetings, purses, and energetic management to place the city among leading racing centers.
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Terre Haute
Axtel
Indianapolis
Frank
Walker
Judge Harper Denies New Trial in Usury Case
Judge Harper refuses a new trial in the suit of Mrs. Carrie Wceod against Mrs. Sarah C. Wirt, upholding a jury verdict that usurers cannot collect their nefarious profits. The ruling likely ends the case.
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Harper
Carrie Wceod
Sarah C. Wirt
Judge Hilton Sues World Over Scully Sister Claim
In New York on April 26 report claims if Mrs. Hugh Scully dies in want in this city, Judge Hilton will sue the World over the assertion that she is related to A. T. Stewart. The item reflects a Saturday morning World assertion about potential legal action.
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New York
Saturday
S World
Hugh Scully
A. T. Stewart
Hilton
Greatly Exaggerated. Reports cite Mississippi suffering
The Presstine says reports of loss and suffering in Mississippi have been greatly exaggerated. General Field of Labor notes St. Paul tailors strike for a wage boost, U P railway workers to get a raise and avoid a strike. Buffalo carpenters mill hands and cabinet makers seek five twelve hour days. Lansing masons and plasterers demand nine hours after May 14 and will receive them. It is expected 100000 carpenters to strike nationwide on May 1. After seven years idle the Pennsylvania railway furnace at Temple Pa began operations Friday. Try on a bottle of K. K. 25.
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Mississippi
St. Paul
U.P
Buffalo
Lansing
Mich
United States
Pennsylvania Railway
Temple
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Swift
Bpeatures OF Sporting Life
Louis
the News
Ulst
Saolons
Dr. Metrkioch
John Wood
Massachusette Ave
Pennsylvania St
Eugene Fisid
Waasbaden
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Chicago Emerald
Tongues OF Gotham
Maelor Grant
Grant Mentes
Wales
Tennyson
Maud
Cole
Masonic Fath
City Live
Rice Brothers
Gretty
Patal
Milwaukee
Harry
Robert Vieter
Buarton
Sheriff King
Danial Burton
Minerva
Biakeste
Doadsman
John E. Sullivan
Danial Feely
Thies
Uniacky
Jrust
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