Watch of Death describes condemned five in Tombs awaiting hanging
New York August notes the five condemned murderers in the Tombs will be dressed in plain black suits prior to execution. Guards, inclosed quarters, and cautions against pranks are described. Stories recount past attempts and a Cleveland case where Parks faced the gallows with a self-inflicted throat wound.
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New York
Sexton
Bill
Packenham
Osborne
Eave Giblin
Parks
Cleveland
Sue
Red
Isiler
Correction to Night Orgies article misprint
The Sun corrects a prior misreport about a Sunday night gathering at Michigan and Patterson streets calling it a christening. The paper states the quoted police employee’s statement was unfounded and that all present are respectable citizens. The Sun offers reparation to those affected.
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Michigan and
Patterson-sts
Sun
Buried in Ruins After Building Collapse Kills Men
Chicago August 14 The Burton building gutted by fire weeks ago collapsed Wednesday morning burying several workmen in debris. Joseph Hopp was recovered dead and Nicholas Sever is in a dying condition with others still trapped.
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Col Jape
Chicago
Burton
Joseph Hopp
Nicholas Sever
Dr Bayless Dead Eminent Preacher Passes Away
Detroit August 14 The death of Rev Dr Bayless is reported after dying of a carbuncle at Petosky. He was a noted figure in Indianapolis and Indiana and served as editor of the Western Christian Advocate. Divorce Market Opens in County Clerk’s Office with complaints of infidelity and domestic strife. Also reports a German barber Foerd Baurer fatally shooting himself in Columbus Ohio.
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Detroit
Splij
Bayless
Petosky
Carbuncle
Indianapolis
Indiana
Western Christian Advocate
Charles H. Burns
Firat
Lottie Burns
Anna Dean
Armstrong Dean
Martha M. Woodrum
William A
Not a Candidate Mayor Denny Denies renomination
Mayor Denny told Sun reporter he will not seek another term and refuses any renomination by the city Republican convention. He said he would not be induced to run and hopes his term ends this year rather than later, warning friends not to pursue the matter further. Weir reports a separate item from Danbury about multiple incendiary fires and a plan to lynch the arsonist if caught.
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Denny
Tian
Sun
City life notes and court actions mix in week
A juvenile fugitive from reform school is jailed for petit larceny. Local firms win contracts and officials announce meetings. Police court scenes include assault cases and domestic disputes. Community events cover parades, monument preparations, and labor union plans. Multiple names and places tied to Indianapolis life and legal matters.
Elixir of life experiments shock City dispensary
A physician Dr Fletcher touts an elixir of life tested on patients and uses cerebrospinal fluid from a lamb head to treat chorea and debility. He demonstrates preparation methods and warns the elixir cannot cure organic disease but may aid nutrition lacking cases. One patient shows notable improvement after two injections while a woman’s headache subsided during a trial.
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Fletcher
Dr Clarke Praises and Debates About Pog Elixir
Dr W B Clarke advocates cautious support for the elixir as tests worldwide suggest value while noting objections to animal origin. He compares elixir sources to castoreum musk cantharides and other animal products, argues injection methods, and cites Pasteur and Dr Brown-Sequard. He recalls dog-based experiments and jokes about dog-killer ordinances, urging public use independent of doctors.
The Camps at Bathany Park Hosts Sunday School Talks
Tuesday at Bathany park featured lectures on religion and Buddhism by Hitler Jameson and L MM Jeffer son. The Indiana state Sunday school convention reported missionary work by L Carpenter and heard Dr J E Gilbert discuss Sunday school influence. President A J Frank gave the annual address as trustees noted $200 deficit with $525 receipts and £538 claims. voluntary pledges raised the full amount.
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Bathany Park
Hitler Jameson
L. MM. Jefferson
Kokomo
Indiana
Schow
J. E. Gilbert
A. J. Frank
Acton
Dr. Keen
Mine workers' exec committee disperses aid in Brazil
Brazil Indiana Aug 14 special report says the Mine Workers' executive committee distributed 455.05 dollars to 6,661 dependents at 814 cents each from various unions and committees in Indianapolis, Jackson, Richmond, Louisville, Brazil and other towns. Several named donors and recipients listed.
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Ind
Mineyrs
Indianapolis Sentinel
James J. Woodward
Sherrodsville
Tronmoulders’ Union
Jackson
Mich
David BeMotte
Linton
Gallagher and Mann
Richmond
Horsefield and Murray
Louisville
Fontanet
Evansville
Wellston
T.d. Russell
Bonywood
Richmound
R.S. Mann
D. Gallacher
Thomas McQuade
Philadelphia
Nace Ie
Geo Thatcher Speaks on Minstrel Partnership
New York Aug 14 Geo Thatcher the minstrel man says he may join Docustader and that the Thatcher Primrose Wheat partnership is dissolved He attacks Primrose and West for claims his conduct harmed the show He asserts annual profits never fell below 3000 and says he saved 25000 plus a good back account.
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New York
Geo. Thatcher
Docustader
Thatcher
Primrose & Wheat
Primrose and West
Washington Wales and political shifts noted in Virginia
Assistant-secretary Tichenor remains Detter, moved to Virginia, while Postmaster Ankeny of Minneapolis seeks a civil service post. Brower is no longer a speaker candidate after White House recognition. John Brown’s gibbet to be shown at the capital to fund a monument, and Smithsonian receives Congo war implements. Clarkson calls colored appointees unwise but law demands them. E W Oyster discharged from the public printing office defends his pamphlet as humorous.
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Detter
Virginia
Ankeny
Minneapolis
Brower
White House
John Brown
Smithsonian Institution
Congo
Clarkson
Civil Service
E. W. Oyster
Public Printing Office
One Woman's Life Advances in Maybrich Case in London
London and Liverpool reports on Aug 14 detail mounting petitions for a new trial for Mrs Maybrick amid fierce public outrage at Judge Stephen and calls for intervention by Home Secretary Matthews. If denied, observers fear another strong protest and possible personal risk for the judge and widespread sympathy toward the defendant.
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London
Maybrich
Stephen
Home Secretary
Maybrick
New York
Hudson
Charles Russell
Matthews
Liverpool
Howe
Maybuick
Sheffield
York
Lincoln
Portsmouth
Manchester
Nottingham
Derby
Shrewsbury
Carlisle
Lancaster
Newcastle
England
Stephens
Dying of Disease Prison Conditions Spark Outcry
Aug 13 report from Lospex details Dr. Tanner's failed appeals after crimes act sentences. It highlights dire Irish prisons and claims Faloarrah’s pest holes threaten epidemics. John McGee died of typhus after release, while Frieze perished from typhoid fever contracted in confinement.
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Pext Holes Haawah
Lospex
Tanner
Trish
Mr. Balfour
Faloarrah
John McGee
Frieze
Imprisoned Five Days by Fire
Helena Montana August 14 On July 30 John Bloom and Louis Sif recently arrived from Murray Indian Territory faced a forest fire while fleeing. Their wagons burned and their teams perished in a tunnel refuge as flames surrounded them for days. They survived five days with scant food and a spring near the cavern offered relief. Another dispatch from Brroinename Alabama August 14 claims no truth to a sensational telegraphed tale of three negroes entering a fiery furnace on order of a so called negro pharaoh at Bessemer and being consumed.
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Helena
M. T
John Bloom
Louis Sif
Murray
Indian Territory
Brroinename
Ala
Bessemer
Kilrain Arrested in Baltimore On a Mississippi Warrant
Kilrain was arrested in Baltimore Wednesday morning on a removal warrant from the governor of Mississippi. The case concerns a press feeder position in the Sun press room.
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H Kilrain
BaLtimMore
Kilrain
Mississippi
the Sun
Reading Racers o7 the Spensorship in Congress
Washington report notes Tom Reed of Maine as a leading but contested candidate for speaker, with support from New England, New York, New Jersey and part of Pennsylvania. It contrasts Reed with McKinley and describes their appearances and oratory, while detailing tentative votes from Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and others.
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Washington
Tom Reed
Maines
Sam Randall
Perry Belmont
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Sickinjey
McKinley
Raed
Indiana
Cannon
Iwinoia
Julius Caesar Currows
Michigan
Henderson
Iowa
Bis
No HOs Key Business Sparks City Court Controversy
Deputy City attorney Smith pressed warrants for Geo Knayer Chris Barmoning and Anton Mauver amid lax enforcement on intoxicants without city licenses. Mayor Denny ordered rearrests and station-house custody until bonds or security are posted, signaling a crackdown on saloon compliance as others Chadwick Seiking Monahan and Smith awaited continuances later in the week.
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Smith
Geo. Knayer
Chris Barmoning
Anton Mauver
Polita Couch
Denny
James Chadwick
Wm. Seiking
Pat Monahan
W. W. Smith
Flood Submerges Thousand Homes in Salt Creek Rise
Salt Creek rushed through Lincoln Keb Lincony Meb on Tuesday flooding low lands into a vast lake. About 2 000 houses were submerged as residents fled to high ground. Many saved women and children amid rising waters. One death confirmed. Rail traffic delayed a day. Damage estimated at 34 million dollars.
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Lincoln
Keb
Lincony
Meb
Salt Creek
No Heads Propped and Forest Fire Rumors Not Confirmed
Big Four President M. E. Ingalls toured the depot Tuesday and, despite circulating rumors, secretary dsacksor denied any decapitations among union railway employees and said cost reductions have been satisfactory. Portland forest fires scorch the southeast for two weeks with half a million in losses. a man identified as C. E. Wilson, linked to the G A R, was killed by train near Carmel, Hamilton County.
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M. E. Ingalls
Union Railway Company
Dsacksor
Ingalls
Portland
Ore
C. E. Wilson
Carmel
Hamilton County
Local Indianapolis 24 Hour Weather Forecast Aug 15 1889
For Indianapolis and vicinity for 24 hours ending 8 am Aug 15 1889 the outlook is fair with cooler air and local showers possible. Fair skies anticipated, temperatures moderate. London report notes inquest into Alicia MacKenzie concluded with no clue developed.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Vicinity
Jack
London
Jsps
Alica MacKenzie
Senators Triumph In Hoosier Park Battle At Indianapolis
In Indianapolis at Athletic Park on August 13 the Washington Senators defeated the Indiana Hoosiers 9 to 7 after a long, errorful game. Key plays featured McQuaid’s umpiring, Denny, Daily and Wilmot among Senators, and Glasscock, Haddock and Boyle for Indianapolis. The win tied the series as 1 0 in favor of Washington, with later reports noting miscues and steals, multiple two-bag hits, and late Washington scoring bursts. The night also highlighted other scores and a cyclorama promotion with 25 cents admission.
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Seery
Wilmot
Glasscock
Buckley
Tod
Irwin
Boyle
Sammy
McQuaid
Hoy
Wise
Ektay
Slagszer Wilmot
McGeachy
Clark
Chi Eek
Bark Boyle
Mack
John Irwin
Daily
Tom Daily
Denny
Carnay
Haddock
Daly
Bassett
Glasecock
Menaia
Sullivan
Wilmot T
J. Irwin
Handock
McNeady
Carney
Mcscnthy
Charley
Senator Wise
Hooke
Senator Mack
Denny Blank
Blank
Senator Carney
Glascock
Hoosiers
Kases
Senators
Indianapolis
Washington
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Locke
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Lizzie Young
Castegian Griffin
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Coldiera’ Monument
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Charles M. Cooper
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Myron D. King
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Henry Ronsheim
Charles N. Lange
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Decatur
Steve Loveless
James Alvey
N. Llinois St
Lovelegs
Soldiers’ Monument
Henry C. Deck
Central Labor Union Hall
Joe Miller
Lloyd Cooper
Cooper
Miller
George Taylor
Hanry Barber
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W.S. Bourman
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DR. Fletcher
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