Secrets from Dudley dinner predict Harrison re election run
A Webker dinner honoring Indiana lawyer Michener drew about 80 politicians led by Col Dudley Clarkson and Billy Mason. Talk centered on politics as Clarkson, newly declined cabinet posts, backed Alger as next presidential candidate while Harrison eyes reelection. Alger, Dudley, Platt and Quay resisted shifts. the Alger combination remains intact amid predictions of future overtures within six months.
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Wasarvates, Bee
Webker's
Col Dudley
Michener
Indiana
Col. Dudley
Arkson
Billy Mason
Deliver
Iowa
Clarkson
Harrison
Gen
Alger
Mace
Dudley
Platt
Quay
TEAC
Gambling Boom In Capital City Draws Crowds
A rumpled unfocused report chronicles gamblers pouring into the capital seeking faro and poker profits. Tales of huge losses and winnings circulate as clubs, priests, and a new bank promise capital and spectacle. The piece notes a rumored 3000 capital plan for a Tilinoisest bank and a crisis of organized gambling amid urban spectacle.
O'Brien as Lian in Ireland Parley Seen Possible
New York dispatch reports Parnell plans to meet William O'Brien in Paris to discuss reconciling the feud. Local leaders expect settlement, easing Irish tensions amid reports of anti-Parnellite rallies in Kanxusny with clashes, police action, and troop drafts.
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New York
P. J. Gleason
Municipal League
Parnnell
O’brien
Paris
Wild Oklahoma land rush shocks Wisconsin crowds
Wisconsin readers report wild scenes as Oklahoma land opened for settlement under federal law. Thousands line up at nine, hundreds claim lands, squatters push to gain early possession, creating tense clashes and expected long legal disputes extending over ten years.
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Wausaw
Wis
Oklahoma
New York Anarchist Fred Boehm Ends Life in Market Cellar
Fred Boehm, a follower of Johann Most, shot himself in the cellar of Thompkins' market on Hall place, leaving a note denouncing the system and citing Marx Darwin Bellamy beliefs. Police identified him by a German dispensary card. he lived homeless for years and was about 25. The body lies at the MeTeuc.
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New York
Fred Boehm
Johann Most
Thompkins’ Market
Hall Place
Rog Pusric
Carl Marx
Backantine
Lasalle
Darwin
Idoert
Bellamy
Boehm
Ailen St
Pond's Debt and Attachment in Lecturing Case
J B Pond, a noted lecture manager, faced an attachment Friday night in a dispute with Charles Pratt and Emma Abbott interests. Pratt loaned Pond about 1000 on two notes, aiming to cover summer expenses. Pond claimed no proprietary stake and offered services. A prior suit and attempts to attach through Twain and Cable failed to yield judgment. Pond paid 590 that night, insisting he would have paid without the attachment.
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Stanley
J. B. Pond
Horace Smith
Charles Pratt
Emma Abbott
Pratt
Pond
Twain
Cable
Br. Pond
Stavler
Fond
Policewoman battles for reform school access case
Police matron Campbell fights for authority to send female prisoners directly to the reform school. She seeks gubernatorial and legislative action after disputes with Capt Bruce Supt Travis and local officials over inmate transport and custody rights. The mayor's test case prompts a court decision on direct admission from the police court.
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Campbell
Capt
Bruce
Billy Herod
Reformatory
Kate Fay
Bill
Travis
Mixs Campbell
Wes
Taust
Chicare
Anapolis
Toasus
Miss Campbell
W. Y. UU
Board of Aldermen
Iam
Cai
Tom Longe
Sullivan
Katoh
Reform School
Robbers Cave Mystery of James and Younger Gangs Site Found
A hunter party found an artificial cave in Nicelot county believed to be the Younger and James brothers' Northfield era hideout. The cave housed space for 20 men and horses. a tomb in the cave bore a message from the youngest brother. Separate notes mention Fisheries questions, a police dispute over a ban on sales on Washington street, and a Guilty plea by W Hidie Cullough for voting in a precinct where he did not reside.
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James
Sy. Perens
Minn
Nicelot County
Beeve the Younger
James Brothers
Northfield
W. Hidie Cullough
Clay County
Eyraud trial feature and hypnotism attempt noted
At the Eyraud trial on a Saturday a second attempt was made to hypnotize Gabrielle Bom pard but the judge denounced the belief. Separate items report Minister Phelps confirming American hospitals would receive lymph supplies soon, and real estate conveyances for the week numbered 57 with a total consideration of $115.
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Yao Videe Sackhel
Paets
Eyraud
Gabrielle Bompard
Zioch
Lymp
America
Beriis
Phelps
Dr. Koch
Goat scandal at tile station described in homely quarrel
A humorous tale from AT TILE UNION STATION details Mrs. Henry Hank climbing a fence to pull a goat from between pickets, the animal bleating as bystanders rescue it. She explains the goat slept at their house, while chaos erupts: a fallen meal barrel, a chase with a broom, a splashed kitchen, and a wounded pride amid shouted threats to pay for damages.
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Henry Hank
Nancy
Irish political row over Parnell and public support
Dee Dupis reports women in Kilkenny signed an address accusing Parnell of deceit and mud throwing allegations, while Canon Iy suggests mud not Time struck him. Davitt says injuries came from women and girls. In New York Cooper Union hosted about 2030 Irish Americans who reaffirmed faith in Parnell. Medical experts doubt Parnell’s sanity as leaders’ minds appear to fail.
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Dupis
Dee
Kilkenny
Parnell
Canon Iy
Michael Davitt
New York
Cooper Union
Wastanszos
Army
Navy and
Marine Hospital
Weather in Indiana Forecast for Indianapolis 1890
For Indiana the outlook calls for rain and warmer temperatures with light, local changes. In Indianapolis and vicinity the 24 hours ending 8 a m December 21 1890 show warmer cloudy weather and light rains during the night. A separate dispatch notes a Long Island railway round-house fire damaged two engines on Saturday morning. Oswald Ottendorfer announces retirement from Staats Zeitung due to ill health.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Vicinity
Whitestone
Long Island Railway
New York
Oswald Ottendorfer
Staats Zeitung
Indianapolis Sun In New Dress Praised By Papers
Local newspapers hail the Indianapolis Sun for its fresh dress and strong penny paper status at the capital. They note its renewed splendor and growing circulation, urging readers to watch the paper daily.
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Indianapolis Sun
Tis Sun
Carthage Record
Knightstown
Winamac Jounal
Railroad workers win wage rise across Chicago lines
Chicago workers on all railroad lines receive a wage increase after a year of disrupted service threats. Switchmen and firemen demand higher pay and warned they may halt railway operations if demands are not met. Miners in ALrcoNA, Pa. push for a four cent per ton coal hike following Friday convention.
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Chicago
Pirissure
Alrcona
Stanley lecture at Plymouth church falls short of aim
Horace McKay and others blame limited audience and high prices as Stanley fails to draw crowds. Dickinson and Talbott offered pay but church committee blocked. Attendees wanted journey details over family feuds with Maj. Barttelot, while Stanley’s probing of the grave drew mixed reactions.
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Tanley
Horace McKay
Sun
Stanley
Plymouth Church
MicCulloch
Dickson & Talbott
Booth
Mr. Stanley
Maj. Barttelot
Indianapolis to lose park if alley cut through
Baseball magnates in Indianapolis protest an alley through the park delaying a league team next season. Officials warn grounds would cost 7000 to 8000 dollars and fear ruined park value. They affirm no league football and a future paying club once grounds recover. Star players face lower salaries as the league plans unfold.
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Iiiiangapolis
Lux
Indianapolis
Johnson
Cleveland
Cat
Heavy Losses Hit Pennsylvania Railroads This Season
A morning paper reports railroad traffic and related losses in Pennsylvania from recent storms totaling about 175000 dollars. The item also recalls past events including O Briens release from Galway jail, a train raid by booted robbers, a fatal fire at Detroit high school rehearsal, and local Christmas hat ads mentioning Hood's Sarsaparilla and Senton’s hat store on North Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Philadelphia
Spl
Pennsylvania
O’brien
Galway
New Tar Works Incorporated Amid Credit Syndicate Bid
Saturday filings show the Indiana Car and Laundry Company chartered by county records as a creditors syndicate bids 870,000 with Hanil Poligrel as trustee. Directors listed include Munvil Pol lack Archer Brown White Olsen Chamberlain and Reilz. Police rushed to 125 Veiserst Saturday after a man allegedly killed his wife with a hatchet and then attempted to flee.
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Indianapolis Car Works
Indiana Car and Laundry Company
County Recorder
Tthe
Thuosday
Hanil Poligrel
Munvil Pollack
Archer Brown
Deta DT. White
Tat R. Olsen
B.S. Chamberlain
Rank 4
Reilz
Capital Steel
Sonian
Wart
Wreaths and holiday decor offered by Betterman Bros
Christmas and New Year decorations advertised by Cui fewers Hicrists and siti Mass on Mass Avenue. Metal wreaths for decoration available with contact at Tel 640.
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Betterman Bros
Hicrists
Siti Mass -Avea
Tel 640
Silver bill stalled as senators demand free coinage
In a bleak Senate outlook the silver pill plan falters as Aldrich opposes fast passage and Morrill and Hitchcock resist. No immediate financial legislation appears likely with talk of a tie to free coinage and a quorum test looming. Farwell and Allison leave for the west while Teall travels to Kansas for a senatorial canvass.
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Vasatsaros
Dee
Morrill
Aldrith
Hitchcock
Aldvich
Senate
Farwell
Ailizon
West
Tnealls
Kansas
Walters Sentenced Seven Years For Mother's Murder
Louis Walters, tried in criminal court for the murder of his mother last October, received seven years in the penitentiary after a Saturday morning jury verdict. The prosecution earlier presented a weak case.
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Walters
Louis Walters
Look out for the new republican paper story list
Bruce Carr and H Mo Lafollette of the state clique are expected from a chase to Washington on Saturday. The Sun reporter learns how Jerry Rusk received his appointment as secretary of the bureau of agriculture after Harrison won. Uncle Jerry and Col Sexton led a Chicago delegation to greet Harrison and Jerry boasted of the next eight years. Col Sexton is now Chicago postmaster. the third man pursued insurance.
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Bruce Carr
H. Mo .Lafollette
Washington
Jerry Rusk
Bureau of Agriculture
Sun
Harrison
Jerry
Col. Sexton
Chicago
Multiple Local Disasters and Deaths Reported Across Several Cities
A string of incidents claimed lives or caused injuries: fire department superintendent George Winn fell from a telegraph pole and died in Allegheny Pennsylvania. the German sealing schooner Adele seized for unlawful sealing in Lied Beahring Sea. Seattle and Northern local company offices opened in San Francisco and subsequently vanished amid a swindle. thirty four locomotives destroyed in a Birmingham and Sheffield railroad roundhouse fire in Sheffield Alabama. laborers buried by a collapse in Altoona Pennsylvania while Italian workers were injured. Chas Bond and family in Clarksburg West Virginia poisoned by rat poison with suspected fatal outcome. a Kentucky couple, Routt and Searcy, die after gas poisoning in Louisville hotel. Mrs Washington Anderson of Dubuque Iowa buried after claiming to be Geo Washington's only living relative. five dock workers drowned at Halifax Nova Scotia when a wharf collapsed. Katharine Kiss Nate Drexel to donate eight million dollars to the Sisters of the Holy Sacrament order newly founded by her.
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George Winn
Alana ‘Telegraph
Allegheny
Adele
Lied Beahring Sea
Seattle & Northern
San Francisco
Birmingham & Sheffield
Sheffield
Ala
Portage
Altoona
Chas. Bond
Clarksburg
W. Va
James Routt
Clifton Searcy
Lawrenceburg
Louisville
Routt
Searcy
Washington Anderson
Dubuque, Ty
Geo. Washington
Halifax
Kiss Xate Drexel
Order of the “Sisters of the Holy Sacrament
War on the Plains Indians Sparks Indian Pursuit
Dec. 20 reports detail a mounted pursuit by the Seventeenth Infantry after a clash near Elkham railroad. Colonel Miles orders measures to quell the uprising as Indians burn ranch buildings and push toward protection at Geo. Cares camp. John Parchan is arrested for passing information on movements. Senators believe arming and disarming may be the solution.
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Barroerry, & D
Seventeenth Infantry
Tussell
Hare
Elkham
Geo. Cares
Rapkl Creek
Cheyenne River
Onaha
Newhy
Prg
Csinp Carr
John Parchan
Eoverment Cout
Miles
Warrnhon
Dee
Indianapolis Decatur and Quincy Railway Formation
Articles of consolidation filed to form Indianapolis Decatur and Quincy railway a new corporation with capital stock of 1 000 000 and headquarters at Tullian apolia. A new line will run from Indianapolis to Beardstown on the Illinois river.
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Indianapolis
Spaingrimp
Indianapolis, Decatura& Western
Decatur & Stern Railway
Indianapolis, Decatur & Quincey Railway
Tullianapolia
Beardstown
Alinois River
Temperance meetings to open in Tomlinson hall series
The temperance advocate Phy plans a nine day series at Tomlinson hall starting Sunday evening, with all city ministers and Drs Milburn Edwards and Cleveland joining. The meetings aim to surpass prior efforts and will be held at the YMCA arena earlier in the week. The aldermen hear no special business Monday while Union Railway waits on the viaduct ordinance next Friday. Captain Cochran of the Thirteenth regiment seeks war department permission to lead Indian campaign duties, proposing a volunteer force to guard so regulars can enter field.
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Oak Hill Savings and Loan Agsp
Capital
Millerore Coll Hoop Company
Jacoh Lester
Kingan’s
Washington
Fie
Porter
Bunith
Indiana
Wim. Brooks
Thornton
Soldiers’ Monument Commission
Schmidt
State Board of Health
Henry B. Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Company
New York
Hyde
Knights of Father Matthew
Masonic Hall
Father Alerding
St. Joseph’s Church
W. C. Keyes
Vermillion County
Indianapolis
Tis
Frankfort
Keyes
Carter
Fort Wayne
Tolan and Myers
West Indianapolis
Jenny Electric Light Company
Jenny
Marmon & Perry
Port Wayne Company
Phy
Envier
Tomlinson Hall
Funday Evenine
M. C. A. S Hall
Cleveland
Milburn
Edwards
Murphy
Union Railway Company
Dust
Becoklyn
Sph
Cochrane
War Department
Foreign News Menace Sparks Across Britain and Europe
Fresh foreign facts report snow storms in Great Britain as Latona runs aground and firin Pasha is recalled for order violations. Queen Victoria sails to Osborne. Russia rebuffs English Jews appeal while Bonny defends Stanley officers. China reports a deadly Tai Ping powder blast. Koch cites lymph limits. Eyraud and Bompard trial unfolds in Paris as mesmerism divides doctors.
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Latona
Firin Pasha
Africa
Queen Victoria
Osborne House
Isle of Wicht
Russia
Bonny
London
Stanley
Pettit
Paris Society of Practical Medicine
Tai Ping
Koch
Eyraud
Mile
Bompard
Paris
New Rockers at Wm. L. Rider's
Dr. Howard offers consultation for chronic diseases including rheumatism neuralgia and female irregularities. Office in BBW Market area, addressing widespread health concerns and promising solutions.
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New Rockers
Wm. L. Rider
Howard
Insurance firms in Indiana plan voluntary liquidation
The Sun reports that Indiana insurers faced pressure to withdraw and liquidate. Tort Wayne Central Mutual Insurance Co announced Friday it would liquidate voluntarily, citing past losses and future money stringency as the causes.
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SUN
Indiana
Wayne Central Mut Insurance Company
Verdict in quarry accident suit at Shellyville
John Ravidan won a verdict rewarding him $2,500 against John Scanlan of Cincinnati after a quarry accident caused by a premature cartridge explosion last year. Additional suits are expected to follow.
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Sheldyvilee
Ind
John Ravidan
John Scanlan
Cincinnati
Ravidan
Scantlan
Features of Sporting Life and Local Notes
The Buffalo bicycle club withdraws from the league of American wheelmen. St Simon leads the English wine sire list this season with £32,794. Pittsboro Commercial Gazette aligns with the league. Indoor baseball failed to catch on in Indianapolis. Admission to games should have been free. John Teemer and family have been missing for two weeks. it is believed he may have gone to Australia to row BicLean, Kemp and Stansbury.
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Buffalo Bicycle Club
St. Simon
Pittsboro Commercial Gazette
P. I
Indianapolis
John Teemer
Australia
BicLean
Kemp
Stansbury
City Life Court Rows Out Odd Local Cases
John Stevens faced grand jury for petit larceny in a $500 bond case. Hugh Griffin, known for alarming Wabash Street residents about twice yearly, received $25 and costs in mayor's court for drunkenness and concealed weapons. Griffin previously cut Officer Brady in the face with a knife.
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John Stevens
Hugh Griffin
Wabash St
Griffin
Officer Brady
Perfume shop and piano jest advertised locally
An ad fragment lists Z. H. Clary’s Prag store at 166 Prospect Street offering finest perfumery and a playful line about a new piano at 400 Park-wra, described as cute and cheap.
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Z. EH. Clary’n Prag Store
Prospect St
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