Railroads to meet in Chicago to reduce expenses
St John general manager of Rock Island calls a meeting of general managers from all railroads in Chicago on Aug 17 to devise ways to economize in operations. In Providence on Aug 12 the supreme court sustains Gov Brown in proroguing the May legislative session, giving the state to Republicans.
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St. John
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
Shode Island
Providencr
R. L
Supreme Court
Gov. Brown
Stories of the Street at Park Theater Draws Crowd
A Sunday morning vignette recalls Park theater’s drawing power as locals discuss advertising reach and crowd behavior. An usher hire tale follows a paste mishap turning into a career, while beer house calls and weather talk reflect small town chatter and local concerns about prices and supply. Detective Thornton weighs arrest patterns among Georgia migrants, commenting on regional laws and attitudes toward petty theft.
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Bootblank
Talbott
Seeking Her Betrayer Minnie Laird Seeks Damages in Promised Marriage Case
Minnie Laird seeks redress for a dead infant allegedly fathered by a married railroad worker who vanished, leaving the young mother and her mother in poverty. The man, tied to a wealthy Shelby county family, previously had a wife and two children in the city. The case rests with an attorney as prosecutors pursue the missing man.
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Minnie Laird
N. East St
Mamie Laird
Shelby County
Miss Laird
Bank closes temporarily as cash shortages force halt
In Brooklyn the Commercial bank on Fulton street near City Hall shut its doors Saturday due to insufficient cash to meet withdrawals. President Seth L. Kenney led a bank with heavy broker and wealthy accounts, reporting resources of 1.29 million and deposits of 1.075 million. Authorities expect a brief resumption after asset coverage, while other towns report bank assignments and suspensions in Aug. 12 notices across Indiana, Nashville, Alabama and Pennsylvania.
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Brooklyn
Commercial Bank
Fulton St
City Hall
Seth L. Kenney
Deslera
Terre Havre
Ind
Prairie City Bank
President Beach
First National Bank
Lancaster
BF KK
Smith
Columbia
Curcaco
Southside Express and Storage Company
Rocky & Stanchfield
Chicago Heights
Government to raise duties by twenty percent in gold
Maprio reports the government plans to order payment on customs duties in gold, effectively increasing duties by 20 percent. The final decision may be paused until the United States acts on the silver question.
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United States
Indiana Weekend Forecast From Clear, Cool to Warmer Outlook
A weather summary for Indiana notes Saturday night will be clear and cool, Sunday fair and warmer, and Monday mild. Early-week temperatures expected to rise with a chance of showers returning later in the period.
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Indiana
City Lis Chas Wanley Independent Candidate for Council
A list of items shows city matters and local incidents including political moves by City Lis Chas Wanley ward 14 as an independent candidate, plus notes on monuments, pensions, public works bids, and social notices. Names include Jim Kesch, Charley Polster, Jack McNellis, Maurice Donnelly, Vic Backus, Michael Winch, Levi F. Adams.
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Chas. Wanley
Union Veteran Legion
Interior Department
Taggart
Jim Kesch
Charley Polster
Jack McNellis
Maurice Donnelly
Vic Backus
Michael Winch
Levi F. Adams
Habich
Adams
Irvington
Tuxedo Park
Pleasant Ruo Bridge
John More
Binrus
Chas
Carry Haynes
Clara McCray
Albert
Alice Lieber
Géo
Mrs. Swan
Frank
Nora Henson
Geo
Ida Hall
Davis
Minnie Wright
Louisa OC. Kellermeir
Wheeler Still Spouts to Empty Seats in Silver Debate
Washington August 12 The opening of Saturdays session shows fading interest in the silver debate with small gallery attendance and many absentees. Wheeler of Alabama continues his free coinage speech while chatter grows about leave to print speeches and a possible repeal of the silver purchase clause. Senators West and others spar over policy as the finance committee adjourns without action.
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Washington, D. C
Alabama
House
Senate Finance Committees
West
Senate
Marsa
Massachusetts
Harter
Ohio
Uncle Sam
Starter
Peoples’ Representatives
Sherman
Minneapolis launches battleship Minneapolis at Cramp's yard
In Philadelphia area Cramp's shipyards the Minneapolis, sister ship to the commerce destroyer Columbia, was launched before 20 000 spectators. Miss Lizzie M Washburne christened it with champagne as Secretary Herbert and Vice President Stevenson attended amid naval officials. The steel battleship displaces 7350 tons, speeds of 21 knots, armed with multiple large and small guns, cost 690000 dollars. Also Rome reports the pope endorsing international legislation to protect working women and children ahead of an international congress.
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Primusaperrata
Minneapolis
Commerce
Columbia
Cramp’s
Lizzie M. Washburne
Washburne
Minnesota
Washington
Herbert
Stevenson
House
Senate
Rom
M. de Curtius
Amusements in Park and Theater Openings
Park Zeb, Cyclorame Battle of Gettysburg to open and run. Evans Hoey and Hanlon's Superba to begin seasons during encampment week. Richardson's New York Dramatic News folds after 17 years, debt issues blamed. Cleveland minstrels open Aug 26 at Grand Opera House. English's season opens with A railroad ticket. Clark and Williams at Park next week with Our married men. Violet St Clair featured. Park theater opens with best week, Zeb's first week record. Park kept cool, no flies in baby room.
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Grover
Columbus
Harry Porter
Clark
Williama
Violet St. Clair
Park Theater
Zeb
Impaired digestion cured by Beechang s Pluls
Dyeing and Cleaning. BroltL s dye worka, 57 N. Pennsylvania-st Admiral. The only strictly high class cigarette. No con nection with a trust.
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Beechang
BroltL’s Dye Worka
Pennsylvania-st
Fought For His Liberty Diggs Terrorizes Neighborhood
John Diggs a 65 year old brick mason attacked neighbors at 133 North Liberty Street and clashed with Officer Wheeler after terrorizing Friday night. Diggs returned Saturday morning and tore shutters, broke glass, and damaged a mirror. Wheeler wrestled Diggs to the ground and held him until help arrived. Diggs was taken to headquarters as crazy.
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Wheeler
John Diggs
N. Liberty St
Diggs
Deputy Jones Quits Marshals Office in Row Over Pay
Deputy U S Marshal Jones quits his job and threatens suit against Marshal Hawkins over alleged breach of contract. He claims he was hired the same day as Hawkins for 125 dollars a month, but the office receipts could not pay more than 75 dollars. He accuses John Foley of book corruption to avoid excess payments to the government. Foley denies illicit accounting and says Jones is irritable and troublesome. Hawkins is away from the city. the dispute draws mockery and unclear outcomes.
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Jones
Marshal Hawkins
Hawkins
Posey County
Marshal Hawking
John Foley
Republican Party
Ele
Foley
Jonea
U. S
Tux Sun
Bii
van Buren
McCray
Defender's Cup yacht race ends in dispute and delays
Newport Alabama August 12 a quarrel over the Defender's Cup winner arose among yacht men as the Colonial and Vigilant contest for the honor with fog and calm conditions hampering racing. The Volunteer won the schooner class while the defender class results were inconclusive. A scaffold collapse at Crucisnari’s gas company project injured nine workers, two fatally.
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Newport
Crucisnari
Weat End
Encampment Notes for Ohio Veterans Association Event
Ohio veterans association with 2,008 members will be quartered at Military park. A petition to make the round trip rate effective by Aug 23 was filed by Chairman Lilly. An escort committee meets Aug 19 at Masonic hall to finalize visitor reception plans. 16 visitor guidance booths will be erected at prominent sites including Union station and the corner of Washington and Meridian streets. Reunions week dates set for Vicksburg association, Bracken rangers, Seventeenth Indians battery, Thirteenth Ohio cavalry, and Twenty-fifth Ohio cavalry at various halls and court house locations from Wednesday to Thursday.
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Ohio Veterans’ Association
Military Park
Stern Pagsiencer Association
Lilly
Masonic Hall
Union Station
Washington
Meridiansts
Ketcham
Vicksburg Association
Masonic
Bracken Rangers
Board of Public Works
Court House
Seventeenth Indians Battery
Council Chamber
Thirteenth Ohio Cavalry
Suppression debated as bank probe stalls
Depositors in the Indianapolis national bank challenge Washington reports that Controller Kekele will keep Examiner Young's report secret. They demand public knowledge of the bank’s condition as Receiver Hawkins continues valuing the bank’s paper and potential criminal action fades without U.S. officials in town. President Haughey remains gravely ill at Mapleton.
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Haughey
Indianapolis National Bank
Washington
Kekele
Examiner Young
Booker
LI. P. Wasgon
Lux
Laas
Hawkins
Smn
Kero
Burke
East
Jeffersonville
Carr
Bloomington
U.S
Mapleton
Newsboys Home Abandoned After Short Lived Career
The Newsboys' home at 130 N Delaware St, started last winter, failed to sustain funds and was abandoned. A messenger service and worn uniforms strained resources, with matron Mrs Harding finding homes for the few boys before closure. This marks a second failed home for homeless lads in the city, suggesting insufficient population to support such an institution.
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Delaware St
Inquiry on wine ban at G A R encampment banquet
The Indiana W C T U urged the committee to ban wine at the G A R encampment banquet. Chairman Lilly sent a facetious reply noting there will be no banquets. Gen Geo G Meadepost Chicago will send 300 veterans. A reception meeting for Massachusetts veterans is planned for next Wednesday afternoon. Gov William McKinley of Ohio said he will attend to speak.
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W. C. T. Union
Lilly
Indiana
Geo. G. Meadepost
Chicago
Smiley N. Chambers
Massachusetts
Wm. McKinley
Ohio
Saloon Row Sparks Battle Over Aristocratic Quarter
A South-side saloon keeper plans to open near Fort Wayne avenue and Pennsylvania street across from a blind institute, near the high school and downtown churches. Neighbors vow sharp opposition, fearing harm to children and neighborhood decline. Also, Richard Lappin of Muncie was killed in Tipton, Indiana, when crushed by a rotating engine.
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Harry Mueller
Fort Wayneave
Pennsylvania St
Blind Institute
Tipton
Ind
Richard Lappin
Muncie
Riots in Bombay Leave Six Dead in Religious Strife
Rioters in Bombay amid Mohammedan Hindu clashes left six dead and many wounded. Street fighting raged, mills closed, and merchants shuttered shops as reinforcements were sought. Sailors with cutlasses from warships aided police while lancers were en route from Poona.
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Bombay
Poona
Sullivan's Diary Reflects Campaign Tensions and Cigar Estrangements
In Sullivan's diary entry dated Aug 12, Tom Taggart hands him a peace offering cigar, provoking a strained relation. He criticizes campaign cigars, notes a boisterous constituent needing bailing out, and mentions letters to Chicago and a mysterious Egyptian mummy substitute cadi who vanished.
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Mr. Pepy
Tom Taggart
Tom
Simeon
Sim
Chicago
Tome
Cholera Spreading Aboard Quarantined Steamship Karimania
New York reports rapid cholera spread among passengers of the quarantined steamer Karimania. At midnight Francisco Mola age 27 and Mariano Riberati age 20 died. Nine suspects, all Italian males aged 27 to 34 with two children, were moved to Swinburne island. Biologic tests confirm cholera in the new patients and hospital census shows 11 inmates, eight confirmed cholera cases, nine suspects. Precautions are being stepped up.
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New York
Karimania
Francisco Mola
Mariano Riberati
Swinburne Island
Fortville man’s thrashing invention to wow state fair
Secretary Kennedy of the state agricultural board says despite statewide crop devastation the state fair will match or exceed last year. A novel feature is a thresher by Fortville inventor William Springer requiring only two operators to cut sheaf bands feed, stack straw and sack wheat. Kennedy calls it marvelous and plans for more attractions as the executive committee prepares to arrange additional features.
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Kennedy
State Agricultural Board
Wm. Springer
Fortville
Ind
Fertilizing Plant Destroyed in Curacao Fire
A general alarm at Curacao Saturday morning sparked chaos as the Nelson Morris fertilizing plant burned, requiring 12 engine companies to control a fire that destroyed the new building and its valuable machinery. Loss estimated at 30,000, later raised to 100,000 with a warehouse containing stock worth 6,000,000 saved. An unknown man was injured by a falling wall.
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Curcaco
Nelson-Morris Packing Company
Cuiiaco
Contested Will Threatens Matched Moorhous Estate
A will of Sarah Moorhouse died January 1892 face contest as Thomas Moorhouse, her brother, sues claiming one third of about 15000 in property. The will left relatives sums and a bequest to St Vincent's infirmary. Executors allege duress and Sarah Moorhouse’s sanity is questioned.
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Sarah Mooorhous
Thomas Moorhous
St. Vincent’s Infirmary
Saran Moorhous
Richmond man James L Morrison dies after illness
James L Morrison a wealthy benevolent and prominent citizen of Richmond Indiana died late Sunday night. New hat racks at Wm L Elders store announced in brief item.
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Richmond
Ind
James L. Morrison
Wm. L. Elder
Out of Work and Tearful Al Gant Faces Court
Albert Gant, unemployed painter and barber, sought work with a rusted revolver in hand. Police court judge Brown released him, saying no punishment fits a man distressed to feed his wife and child. His wife testified as the girl clung to her father during the scene.
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Albert Gant
Babe
W. Oniost
Ganthas
Meridian
Splann
Gant
Grand Jury Report Names Various Petit Larceny Defendants
The grand jury issued a partial report listing multiple individuals charged with petit larceny and related counts. Names include George Fike, Thomas Backus, James Reddy, Fred Hunt, Harry Featherking, Eugene Hoberts, and others, with several counts of grand larceny and assault or burglary alleged. One case involves a theft of clothing valued at $150 from Sophia Van Hummel.
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George Fike
Thomas Backus
James Reddy
Fred Hunt
Harry Feather- King
Eugene Hoberts
Sasault
Willim Beard
William Clay
Frank Ash
John 8. Brown
Wallace Buckler
William Flora
Mary Anderson
Allie Nasnes
Sophia van Hummel
William O’brien
Thomas McCarty
James Donahue
Walter Johnson
Theodore King
Ed. McLoughlin
Frank Branham
James Collier
Nicaragua's Troubles Deepen Amid Tumult and Bankruptcy
A Managua dispatch reports the Granada and Leon truce failing, with widespread bankruptcies and severe money shortages. Robber bands roam outside towns, U.S. protectorate sentiment grows among the better classes, while English and French influence opposes American interests. The American minister pushes diplomacy, but other diplomats resist.
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New Yorks
3Lanapua
Nicaragua
Granada
Leon
United States
Marsh fires threaten near Michigan line. Pratt family home burned
Laronty Indiana reports Marsh fires rage near the Michigan border destroying property as a 12-year-old girl dies from burns while attempting to escape. Hundreds battle the flames as the disaster unfolds. Bohemian Day at the Fair in Circaco features a massive parade with 80,000 participants and over 300 societies.
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Laronty
Ind
Michigan Line
John Pratt
Circaco
Festival Hall
Independent Foresters
Music Hall
Gold Withdrawals ForU S Shipments From Bank Of England
London August 12 gold withdrawals totaled 132000 pounds from the Bank of England for shipment to the United States. A Saturday steamer to New York carried 740000 pounds in gold.
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London
Bank of England
United States
New York
Wire Whispers Rally Lifts Stocks In London Open
American securities rose in London despite a weak New York opening. Encouraging advices from New York failed to provide creditable backing as currency was scarce, though a late rally emerged.
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London
New York
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