Special Expenses Put Spotlight On Iron Hall Receivership
Accountant Walker testifies in the iron hall receivership case detailing funds and warrants for legal and legislative expenses. He describes secret contracts, missing papers, and a 1992 donation discussion about $200,000 sent to the Mutual bank while noting unpaid sick benefits and large banquet costs in 1891.
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Iron Hall
Walker
Harris
Mr. Harris
Indianapolis
Omaha
Iron Hall Attachments Placed Against Supreme Body
Seventeen members of the iron hall filed attachments Monday afternoon against the supreme sitting and asked for a receiver. A bank exists here with A H Hosmer as president, though officers previously denied its existence. Hosmer says warrants were drawn to pay Baltimore members but court action delays payment. he leaves for Baltimore tonight and denies iron hall funds are in the bank.
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Iron Hall
B.G. Badger
Executive Committee
Accountant Walker
Mr. Somerby
Hawkins
Walker
Somerby
Massachusetts
New Hamphire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Nebraska
Delaware
Hosmer
Supreme Sitting
Order
Supreme Justice
Rice
Sisterhood
Attoraey Hawkins
Avgousta
O.K
Hampashira
Howe
Mutual Bank
Baurimone
Iron Hall Bank
A. H. Hosmer
Baltimore
Iron Ball
Iron Ball Bank
A dreadful hot wave disrupts continent wide
Advices report continued heat with glacier ice loosening in Switzerland near Trech destroying a village. Austria suspends maneuvers planned for Aug 25 after gunstruck soldiers die. Hungary forest fires cause damage. In France two hundred sunstruck soldiers at Tours with two fatalities. Rail accident near Paris kills two trainmen as rails spread.
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Lonpox
Switzerland
Trech
Zermatt
Austria
Carniloa
Hungary
Tours
France
Paris
Typhoon, Landslide, and Earthquakehit Japan Tragedy
The Gallic reports Japan suffers massive loss from a three day typhoon. Over 150 people drown as 2,000 houses are swept away and 20,000 submerged. About 25,000 people receive government aid.
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San Francisco
Japan
Indiana Veterinarians Convene Over Texas Fever Threat
The Indiana board of veterinary commissioners hastily called a meeting for Tuesday in this city to act on the Texas fever scourge blamed for cattle deaths nearby. President Adam Earle of Lafayette arrived Monday to join the deliberations.
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Lndiana
Indiana Board of Veterinary Commissioners
Adam Earle
Lafayette
Wreck Delays Trains At Shelbyville Indiana
A railroad wreck at Shelbyville Indiana derailed engine 227 and three cars after hitting an interlocking switch. Six trains halted for hours while the track was cleared delaying service until noon. A large crash damaged the engine and caused extensive disruption. The report also notes a major fire in Germany with heavy losses and many business structures destroyed.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Germany
Berwin
Sundsy
Iia
Sontra
Cassel
Houges
Tried Hard to Die Annie Conover Swallows Morphine to Escape Threats
Annie Conover an 18 year old woman who faced trial for theft says a rival threatened to arrest her again. After a Sunday confrontation she swallowed morphine at her boarding house on 226 West Pearl Street and was saved by Dr Isenbeiss. she later told reporters she did not want to die.
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Annie Conover
Annie
Annis
Criminal Court
W. Pearl St
Dr. Isenbeiss
Robbery at Real Estate Dealer Charlee Sayles Home
Thieves broke into the 712 N Delaware St residence of real estate dealer Charlee Sayles on Saturday night and carried away clothing bed clothes linen and silverware valued at 200 to 300. Sayles and his family are in Cottage City Magss and unaware of the loss. The crime was first discovered Sunday by Sayles' colored coachman who found rear exits open and rooms in disarray.
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Charlee Sayles
Delaware St
Sayles
Cottage City
Magss
N. Delaware Sr
A Burning Balloon at Sunday Picnic Fatal to Woman
In ColumsBus Ohio an ascent at a park ended in disaster as Mrs. Watson Steele rose 300 feet before a spark set the balloon ablaze. She released the parachute but it caught and the craft burned to the ground. She struck a barn and sustained a skull fracture likely to prove fatal.
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ColumsBus
Watson Steele
Clerk Receives Odd Coin Letter From Mrs Lizzie Weston
A misdirected missive reaches Clerk of the State House Indnaplous, written by Mrs Lizzie Weston. The letter asks about coins and mentions a Silver mettle gift to the writer's mother for a State Fair prize.
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Sweeney
Supreme Court
State House
Lizzie Weston
Jury sets trial for Webber bartender case after $2000 bond
The bartender known as Webber was ordered held at $2000 by Judge Buskirk after the shooting of his wife Sunday night. A Tuesday trial was scheduled.
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Webber
Buskirk
Board of Public Works
Daniel Foley
Detroit Ave
J. L. Spaulding
Mississippi St
Twelfth
Thirteenth St
Rahke
Thief Sentenced After Pathetic Court Appeal
Robert Harrison pleaded guilty for entering John T. Dickson barn on Pennsylvania Street and stealing a banjo, clothes, and opera glasses. His tearful plea to the judge to spare prison moved onlookers as his mother watched. he received a three year sentence.
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Robert Harrison
John T. Dickon
Pennsylvania St
George Young
Dickson
Harrison
Dayton
Brotherhood Committee Seeks Reinstate Conductor J P Riggs
A conference Monday morning with President Frenzel and again Monday afternoon saw the Brotherhood of car drivers motormen and conductors urge the reinstatement of Conductor J P Riggs. They claimed charges of “knocking down” fares were unfounded and lacking proof. Frenzel declined comment when approached by a Sun reporter.
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Brotherhood
Brotherhood of
Frenzel
J. P. Riggs
Riggs
Sun
Despondent Man Dies After Poisoning in New York
Carl Axle son, distressed by family troubles, ingested poison in his wife’s presence. He fled to the river and collapsed at its edge before his wife, Catherine Ahearn, followed him and died Monday from accidental rat poison ingestion mistaken for medicine.
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New York
Carl Axleson
Catherine Ahearn
Two Jail Birds Winged Escape Attempt Ends in Death
Charles Vincent jailed for burglary was shot and killed and James Welsh jailed for grand larceny wounded in the leg during an escape bid at a New York prison. They had sawn locks and bars, sharing the same cell, when the attempt failed. Writings note the prisoners’ plan and the authorities’ response.
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Sine Srna
N. Y
Charles Vincent
James Welsh
Lynching Anger and Troop Control Spark Tennessee Turmoil
Aug 22 report from Coan Cainx Tennessee details Bud Lindsay's near-lynching after two days in custody, soldiers patrolling as arrests in a Knoxville sparked anti militia fear. Com Inspector Ford’s arrest shocks miners leaders. Washington confirms Tennessee requisitions for cannon ammunition and arsenal shipments.
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Coan'Cainx
Tenn
Bud Lindsay
Knoxville
Ford
Carnes
Clinton
Washington
D.C
War Department
Buchanan
Tennessee
Grant
Rock Island Arsenal
Youth Subscribes in Saloon After Prying Lesson
A young novice canvasser, guided by an experienced helper, visits a saloon to recruit subscribers. The rookie persuades the bartender to add more names while the veteran waits. On leaving, the youth boasts of success and jokes about the barkeeper’s name, declaring it Brudison Pilsener.
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Brudison Pilsener
Four Farmers Rob The Wella Fargo Express Car
A St Louis and San Francisco passenger train was held up near Augusta Kansas at midnight. Four farmers from the Augusta area robbed the express car of eight thousand dollars after forcing the engine to run two miles away. They were pursued and captured.
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Wierrra
Kas
St. L
8. F
Wella-Fargo
Augusta
Harmony over Labor Day events shifts unions stance
A Labor Day committee meeting yielded harmony with no clash between Knights of Labor and unions. Delegates withdrew from the Sept 5 demonstration except iron molders. Garfield park was chosen for the picnic site. Sam Iden elected to replace ex Chairman Henry Gale. President A B Loebenberg spoke of a successful celebration and reported potential settlement with iron molders. A letter from the Brewers union about Aurora beer boycott was addressed by the national executive board.
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Knights of Labor
Labor Day Committee
Gould
Knights
K. of L
Committee On Grounds
Garfield Park
Sam Iden
Henry Gale
A. B. Loebenberg
Sun
Ionday Morning
Central Labor Union
Brewers’ Union
Aurora
Sth
Indianapolis
F. BecuroLp Oo Eeiatant National
St. Louis
Hat Racks Arrive at Wm L Elders Store
Dr Buffin claims a cancer cure without knife staged as a 98g nest promotion.
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Wm. L. Elders
Buffin
Strife Signals across Rail Lines Amid Militia Action
Reports from Burralo and BerraLo describe militia deployment to guard freight and passengers as two women are accused of attempting arson on railroad cars. Union leaders Sargent and Sweeney meet amid threats of a broader strike affecting Erie Lake Shore and related lines.
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Roe
Thurston
Lackawanna
Sargent
Brotherhood of Firemen
Terresaute
Buffalo
Sweeney
Albany
Porter
BerraLo
Lake Front
The
Erie
Geneseo
Burrato
Suspension Bridge
Gov. Fisher
Arthur
Wilkinson
Lake Shore
Here
Lancaster
New York City
Webb
Central
Burraio
N. Y
Grandmaster Sargent
Terre Haute
Grandmaster Sweeney
Arthur Ets
New York
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
United States
Alleged Murder Suspect KaBesa Sought in Michigan Case
Fred Hartel a 20 year old Charlotte Michigan fugitive was arrested by Detective James. Hartel a butcher, boarded at the California house in this city and is wanted in Michigan on four charges including seducing and poisoning a young girl. He will be held until a deputy sheriff arrives.
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Fred Hartel
Charlotte
Mich
James
Hartel
California
Michigan
Quigley
H. L. Pollock
Charlottte
Harter
Political campaign stagnation noted in Indiana race
The article reports quiescence in Indiana political campaigning with Democratic and Republican state committees active mainly on paperwork. It notes campaign literature floods, attacks from Ingersoll, debates over state debt and tax law, and quotes Morgan Chandler predicting a Democratic statewide victory while warning of Republican factional strife and uncertain third party support.
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Republican
People’s Party
Stoll
Republican Committee
Pope
Bob Ingersoll
Indiana
Gowdy
McDonald
Morgan Chandler
Greenfield
Ind
Senate
Park Theater to Feature Rocky Mountain Wait and Across the Line
The Park Theater will be the sole venue open this week. The border drama remains popular with a representation. Little Goldie and company perform a new version of Rocky Mountain Wait early in the week and Across the Line later.
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Park
Little Goldie and Company
A Man of Great Plans at Indian Springs and Danville
George Washington Riley Cutbirth, once a fixture in Danville and now seen at Indian Springs, is described as a restless inventor and organizer who proposed a Maine to Pacific railroad, led maps through town, and later worked as a jeweler. His wild schemes and bold claims drew crowds and political interest before fading. His latest rumor is a 17000 volume work for a world fair.
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George Washington Riley Caspirth
Indian Springs
Indiana
Cutbirth
Riley
Danville
Eaill
Mackey
Maine
Tesson
Moneye
Wiley
United States
G. W. Riley Cutbirth
Indianapolis
George Washington
Parson Chase
Lockout of Tailors Spreads Across UK Cities
Great Lockout begins in Manchester Liverpool Bradford Edinburgh and Aberdeen on Monday. The dispute affects numerous workers and involves local unions calling for action amid wage and shift concerns.
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Lowpor
Manchester
Liverpool
Bradford
Edinburg
Aberdeen
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