Debonair Swindler Cooke Faces Intercity Hunt
A Philadelphia sleuths seek extradition for J Bartlett Cooke charged with grand larceny. Cooke ran the American Development Company from 45 Broadway in 1889, using a Kentucky charter and a London link to lure Wall Street men and young heiresses. He disappeared in March, leaving several stock buyers out $3,000 to $10,000. He allegedly targeted unsuspicious financiers and used ads seeking capital for a supposed cold storage position.
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New York
Philadelphia
Byrne
J. Bartlett Cooke
Cooke
Broadway
American Development Company
Kentucky
London
British Commercial Corporation, Limited
Lombard St
Wall
Frost
Fire Threat Menaces Chicago District on Taylor Street
Fire broke out on Taylor Street near Morgan Friday noon, sweeping rapidly through a block as the Chicago fire department fought the blaze. A heavy west wind intensified danger, with a building already abandoned and others still at risk as of dispatch time. Detailing tense conditions, the report notes one block mobilized for urgent containment and ongoing danger to nearby structures.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Taylor St
Morgan
Four Drowned at Maryland Summer Resort in St Mary's County
In Baltimore Maryland on Friday Mollie Stoner Heath Stoner Mrs J B Johnson and Carroll Graham drowned at a summer resort in St Steiger river St Marys county. Nine others narrowly escaped. The Colored Gad tellowsy news item notes anger over a slur in an amateur journal. District lodge officers named include A Roberts Knightstone D M W H Horner L ogansport W H Brown Jeffersonville and W C Anderson Shelbyville. Next meeting set for Greencastle in 1891.
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BalTimore
Mollie Stoner
Heith Stoner
J. B. Johnson
Carroll Graham
St. Mary’s County
N. P. Gardner
Connersville
District Lodge
Indiana
A. Roberts
Knightstone
D. M
W. H. Horner
Logansport
W. H. Brown
Jeffersonville
W. C. Anderson
Shelbyville
Widows and Orphans
H. Moore
Indianapolis
T. H. Pickett
W. C. Stewart
South Bend
Seagatory
Greencastle
Difficulties delaying soldier monument project progress
The effort to build a soldier's monument stalls due to stone shortages after quarry issues and a freight blockade on the Monos river. With Monon as the main outlet, 800 loaded freight cars wait before stone can reach the site, hindering construction efforts. The article notes transportation bottlenecks and regional impact on materials.
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Caraara
Ashe Monon
Five Hundred Attend Charities Meeting Planned in Indianapolis
National board of charities representatives met in New York and chose Indianapolis as the site for the next annual conference May 22 to 29. The event will draw at least 600 attendees and feature talks by Dr. Alice Bennett and Frank B. Sandow, with delegates from every state and 26 committees. The gathering emphasizes exchange of management plans and benevolent institution tours without executive power. Indiana anticipates a larger turnout due to the central location.
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Indianapolis
New York
National Board of Charities
Aid
Titscjty
Alice Bennett
Pennsylvania
Thia
Frank B. Sandow
Massachusetts
Europe
Indiana Board
Ameual
Detective killed in Charleston over a love triangle
In Charleston South Carolina on Thursday night detective Bill Ahrens, employed by the county commissioners, was shot dead by J D Greene after Ahrens teased Greene's wife. Authorities report Greene acted after perceiving a personal insult.
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Charleston
8. C
Bill Ahrens
County Commissioners
J. D. Greene
Greene
Abrens
Ahrens
First G A R Posts Arrive for Boston Encampment
Boston August 8 The first invading G A R posts arrived Friday and a constant influx of blue coated veterans is expected. Officials say the encampment may become the largest in years with substantial attendance anticipated.
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Boston
Lottery bill gains ground. stock drops sharply in New Orleans
A dispatch from Washington indicates the lottery bill has good prospects of passage. Lottery stock in New Orleans fell about 50 percent in price as the news spread through the market.
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New Orleans
Aug
Lottery Company
Washington
Pittburg league team seeks Nicol amid mixed sports chatter
The report spans multiple leagues and clubs with Pittburg seeking Nicol, Cleveland building an athletic club, and Bonner turning down 125000 for Mand. It notes Brotherhood attendance, Yucatan White buying a steam yacht, Cleveland’s pitching, and various association and league game scores including Toledo over Rochester and Philadelphia over New York. Details cover trades, Umpire Snyder’s record, and upcoming races at Buffalo and Rochester.
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Pittsburg
Nicol
Cleveland
Bonner
Brotherhood
Yucatan
J. B. Tolin
Charles Polster
Stock Yards
Jack
Palo Alto
Buffalo
Rochester
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Chicago
Snyder
Pobn Ace
Pat Tebsau
Beatond
Cincinnati
Braveh
Spalding
Chicago Brothers
von der Ahe
Latham
Association
Vendy
Johnson
Cleveland Players’ League
Wm, Robinson
Athletics
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette
Leadley
Virtue
Indianapolis
Ocarroll
Y. M OG. A. Athletic Club
Meridians
Newsteam
Congress to See Half New Members in Incoming House
Washington reports estimate nearly half of the next house will be new. Several prominent reps including Morrow Vanderer Biggs Behaven J H Rogers I S Stenble Frank Lawfer Stewart J H Moffett Judson Clemente GW Carter Butterworth McKinley Col Tom Bape and Geo Tom Browne plan to retire or withdraw after long service.
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Washington
Will Retlre
Morrow
Vanderer
Biggs
Behaven
California
J. H. Rogers
Arkansas
Stenble
Iowa
Frank Lawfer
Hinds
Stewart
Vermont
H. Moffett
New York
Judson
Clemente
Shippers Protest New Uniform Bill of Lading
D P Erwin returns from Chicago where he joined a convention of 18 city commercial bodies to oppose a new uniform bill of lading. A committee revises the bill and proposes a simple receipt for property with delivery terms, aiming to form a national transportation board amid carrier opposition. The final carrier drafted bill remains complex and hard for carriers to comprehend.
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D. P. Erwin
Chicago
Kirwin
National Transportation Board
The Holters Decide German Swedish and Swedish Editions
The Holters at Friday session voted to print their ritual and constitution in German Swedish and Swedish. Detroit was chosen as headquarters while Chicago withdrew from the content. The ways and means committee recommended raising the per capita tax from 40 to 50 cents and sending a circular to lodges to vote. The constitution article on superannuated members may be stricken until funds allow. The president's bond set at 2000 dollars with a bank as depository. Provisions were made for a sinking fund and banks were accorded organizing new lodges.
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Chicago
Detroit
Ways and Means
Ideesre
Mulvaney
Walker
McClaren
Preence
Drunken duo fined for fast driving on village night
Mr William Sayre and Miss Mollie McComb rented a rig at Bill Long s livery stable and set out to spray red paint over the earth. Officers Pope and Kinney pursued them catching Sayre by the neck as the buggy neared the avenue. Sayre paid 10 for fast driving and 3 for profanity. McComb paid 3 for drunkenness.
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William Sayre
Mollie McComb
Bill Long
Bates House
Pope
Kinney
Sayre
Mias McComb
Jerry
Jim
Pneumatic tube system eyed for quicker city mail
Jerome Carthy returns from Europe with Blaine and Wanamaker letters of introduction to study pneumatic postal systems in London and Paris. A New York firm plans a citywide tube network at its expense to connect to the general post office and extend to ten miles. Wanamaker reportedly favors this as a step toward faster service in all cities.
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Philadelphia
Jerome Carthy
Thoraday
Europe
London
Paris
Blaine
Wanamaker
New York
Windlass accident fatally injures worker at Vincennes residence
Vincennes Indiana August 7 191? a laborer named Murphy was fatally injured when a windlass used to hoist material slipped from his hands and the crank struck him. His skull fractured and three ribs broken. Berry Surface was fined 100 dollars by Justice Walpole Triday for dynamiting the river in Perry township and killing barrels of fish. Mr Pink Fish prosecuted the case.
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Windlass
Vincennes
Ind
Wo. Murphy
la Plante
Berry Surface
Perry Township
Walpole Triday
Pink Fishback
Casa
Little John Winings wins Sun bicycle prize at twelve
John Winings, 12, of 451 N Pennsylvania St, read The Sun bicycle offer, secured sun subscriptions in 2.5 days, paid $35 for a bicycle from Hay & Willette, and rode off with a club of new friends. The Sun warns canvassers to record subscriber names accurately and not reuse existing subscribers. In a separate item, Rebecca Taney was jailed on an assault warrant against her elderly mother, with a police court hearing set for Tuesday.
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John Winings
T4ianapolis
Johnnio
Mr. Winings
Suosess, Io
Hadiant
Ths Sun Office
Johnnie
Hay & Willette
Johnnie Winings
Johnnis
Pennsylvania St
SUN
Pew
the Sun
Dossib E
Rebecca
Rebecca Taney
Hertrietta Watts
Georgia St
Taney
East
Warmer for Indianapolis with increasing clouds
Indiana forecast shows warmer, fair weather turning cloudy for a 24 hour period ending Aug 4 1890. Local outlook for Indianapolis and vicinity notes warmer temperatures with fair conditions and rising cloudiness.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Dying By Mundreas Cholera Deaths Rise
Aug 8 report from deppan notes cholera increasing with 117 deaths reported in the period. Urban areas show a sharp rise and health officials urge vigilance and sanitation measures to curb the outbreak.
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Deppan
Ripple’s Trang Aims at Broad Ripple Rapid Transit
Report notes a Broad Ripple rapid transit project with age hints and a December 1 completion deadline. The line would use battery cars and connect with Citizens’ lines near the city, with Citizens’ Attorney Allen signaling possible cooperation if routed to Twenty-fourth Street. Central area progress is stalled as President Shaffer controls the gravel road dispute.
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Broad Ripple Rapid Transit Company
Shaffer
Buried Murderer William Kemmiler Quietly in Auburn
In Auburn New York on August 8 special edition reports the quiet burial of murderer William Kemmiler at 4 AM with no religious ceremonies observed. The Eagle Machine Works challenges the county Board of Equalization over a tax assessment rise from 52,087.36 to 65,000, filing suit to stop Auditor Taggart from placing it on the tax duplicate as unconstitutional.
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Auburn
William Kemmiler
Hmiching
Eagle Machine Works
County Board‘of Equalization
Tte Assesemant
Taggart
Armenia
Max
Stalin
New York
Charlestown
Mass
Kyraud
Paris
Louisiansia
Farmers’ Alliance
Kemmiler
Spitzka
Buffalo
Kemmier
Catholic. T
Pittsburg
Father McTighs
Local notices and incidents fill crowded page
James Barratt and D Wimpleye suffer eye injury from a broken chisel in sho s. Meantime residents meetings for wards 1 7 4 19 and 21 see poor attendance, postponed to Saturday at 8 PM. Calvin Crunell a well digger falls 30 feet from a bucket on Robert Marsh’s farm. Beil railroad wins permission to build a stone wall at Pogua run. Frank D Eaton pleads guilty to perjury. sentenced to two years. Charles White recaptured after escape near Dayton. Patten duo fined for operating without a license. Kilgore sues Big Four for loss after being kept on past Acton. Harris reception marks National Bar Association event. CG H D excursion to Niagara Falls set for Aug 21. Joseph Presse organizes English-born Sons of St George chapter. Evans and Seaman in a for sworn peace case. venue change. Attorney general weighs hospital land use to insure property. trustees not required to insure. Banking notes cite 20 percent money in New York amid speculative grain plays. banks collude to raise rates temporarily.
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James Barratt
D. & Wimpleye
Michiganave
Flanner & Buchanan
Counsil
Calvin Crunell
Frank Tansai
Clermont
Robert Marsh
Beil Railroad Company
Pogua's Run
Ball Tracks
Brightwood Bi
Frank D. Eaton
Palmer House
Chicago
Charles White
Lebanon
Dayton
Setoling
Keller
Jesse
Charles Patten
Dittle Joker
Wabash
Woods
Hiram Kilgore
Fl. Franklin & Co
Big Four
Acton
Addison C. Harris
National Bar Association
N. Meridan St
Lecs
Harria
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Grand Trunk Road
Lake St. Clair
Canada
Dundas Valley
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Joseph Presse
Machinary Molders
Sons of St. George
Bates House
Joseph Solomon
A. W. Damien
William Evane
Margaret Seaman
Meridian of Life
Evans
Seaman
Smock
Mya
Seamen
Justice Walpole
Northern Insane Hospital
Hospital Board
Attorney-General
Bta
New York
Stiga
Great National Bar Association debates code of procedure
A lively session of the National Bar Association adjourned sine die after a debate on endorsing a code of procedure for civil and criminal law. Talk focused on depositions, uniform marriage and divorce laws, legal education, moral character for admission, and establishing an international bar association.
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U.S
National Bar Association
R. T.W. Oakes
Virginia
Commion
Virgina
England
Germany
France
Bar Association
Ice famine in New York risks many children’ s lives
The board of health warns that lack of ice amid extreme heat endangers thousands of poor families in New York. Ice costs spike to 12 dollars a ton wholesale after a rise from 7.50 to 9.60, forcing rationing and ruined milk supplies for babies as Maine stock is withheld to prevent market glut while Boston and Philadelphia receive shipments.
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New York
Board of Health
Ruickerbocker Ice Company
Maine
Boston
Philadelphia
Southern Porte
Tts
Will Take a Hand in New York Labor Discharge Case
Aug report notes discharge of New York Central workers over Knights of Labor ties and possible retaliation by the rational organization. Ev's Camp Out West sends Tucson weather note stating rain and floods across the region, railroads damaged and property losses estimated.
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New York
N. Y
K. of L
K. of
Tucson
Arizona
Congress Debates Tariff and Legislation Summary
A late week report notes government spending of 482000 on bonds and Senate tariff discussions centered on iron. The House approved a general deficiency bill while reforms reduced felonies to misdemeanors in a revised statute. A Lodge election bill substitute was offered and voting irregularities were addressed with corrected tallies.
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Fred
Senate
China
McKinley
Congress
River
Herbar
Tom Reed
Jim Beldes
Mat. Quay
Frank Hiscock
Jim Clarkson
Ben‘Harrison
Circuit Court
Edison on capital punishment and electricity in 1887
New York opinion by Thomas A. Edison arguing against capital punishment and criticizing Kemmler's execution. He favors humane methods and explains how current testing failed due to body conductance and improper placement. He notes that skull bone and skin resist the current and that multiple lamps would have reduced voltage, challenging the reported details.
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Thomas A. Edison
Menlo Park
Bacambar
Kemmler
Tha Taporte
Tha
New York
Theas
Kemmiler
Judge Irvin Expands Jurisdiction in Interfering with Officers
In the John Bork case the judge ruled that metropolitan police law grants concurrent jurisdiction, allowing the mayor police judge or circuit or criminal court to impose penalties up to 1000 dollars and up to 90 days in jail. Attorney Will V. Rooker argued for limits to the mayor’s power.
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Irvin
John Bork
Circuit
Criminal Court
Tha Pointes
Will V. Rooker
Piping Times Ad Promises Low Prices at 66 E Wasi Buffalo
A fragmented plea urges readers to hurry to 66 E Wasi Buffalo to save money on shoes amid claims of low prices during peaceful times. The ad emphasizes cost selling and quick action.
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Wasi
Buffalo Shoe
Noyse
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