Kick on the levee sparks clash over arrests of gamblers
Omer Young’s gambling rooms faced a raid for the third time as Indianapolis police target operators. Supt Colbert defends the ban on gambling, while Young accuses unequal enforcement. Others like Howe, Tron, and Oliver run rooms openly with little action, and a looming “merry war” on the levee is feared as tensions rise.
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Quigley
Omer Young
Mr. Young
Colbert
SUN
Young
Tove Howe
William Tron
Lew Oliver
Indianapolis
Daly
Linvis Sf
Nome
Powers That Be
Hal
Wiys
Chile
Tomas Howe
the Sun
Tron
Ten
Little Flurry With Chili At Standstill
Washington dispatch reports no new developments in the Chilean affair. The Baltimore is due soon, with an investigation planned into assaults on sailors in Valparaiso. President Montt has yet to finalize cabinet appointments amid quiet at the War Department.
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Washington
Des
Baltimore
Valparaiso
A Very Neat Car Tier Boys New Year Greeting
The Sun carrier boys who faithfully delivered your paper this year will present a neat and timely New Year’s greeting Friday. They note readers know what to do in such a cage, Nufsed.
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Cartier Boys
SUN Carrier Boys
Grand- Fight Cells English's Agnes Huntington Opera Company
English's Grand presents Capt Therese with a strong Huntington cast and Planquette's pleasing score. Jefferson may stage The Rivals instead of The Heiress this week. Julia Marlowe impressed as Juliet and Galatea though some lines in Pygmalion and Galatea strained the audience. Mrs Langtry is noted for prior Galatea comparisons.
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Agnes Huntington Opera Company
Therese, Pank
Oliver Doud
Byron
Burn
London
Punch
Therese
Louis Harrison
Planquette
Normandy
Huntington Company
Julia Marlowe
Juliet
Miss Marlowe
Mrs Harrison Hosts Second State Reception With Floral Splendor
Washington, Dec 31 Mrs Harrison entertained 35 ladies at her second state reception. White and green decor featured palms and rubber plants, primroses, maiden hair fern, and white camellias. Water goblets and appellinaris tumblers set at plates. Name cards showed watercolor portraits of fashionable ladies across decades, painted in gilt with period fashion as entertainment.
Will Not Give Up Fight Over Kissel Annexation
Councilman Cooper vows to press the Kissel annexation issue into the next council term despite recent failed attempts to bring the area within city limits. He says he will keep the dispute alive for the next two years, arguing the matter remains a political debt to be settled.
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Cooper
Kissel
Next Council
Indiana City News Busy Week Before New Year
Extensive, fragmented notes from Indianapolis society and court matters recount events and rumors. Mentions include Col A D Streight health, civic ceremonies, a large weather day count, a New York club reception, upcoming Chicago meeting, a streetcar fare change, arrests for loitering, and a long list of deaths and marriage licenses with local names and addresses.
North Indianapolis Annexation and Panhandle Disannexation Fight
City politics swirl as North Indianapolis annexation and Panhandle disannexation ordinances remain unsigned by the mayor. Council leaders push for a two thirds vote at Thursday’s meeting while opponents seek to derail attendance. Austin and Myers rally allies to secure approval, while council members and the mayor weigh potential vetoes amid accusations and strategic maneuvering.
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Friends of the Measures
Indianapolis
Panhandle
Austin and
Myers
Bone
Gia
Martindale
Woollen
Lincoln and British cattle trade push to open markets
Secretary Rusk backs Senator Wests resolution urging Britain to ease oppressive cattle regulations after Lincoln pressed for action. Rusk seeks proof of disease eradication before intensified effort, criticizing preferential Canadian import terms and aiming to secure a fair opening of European meat markets via Congress.
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Washington
Rusk
Congress
West
Great Britain
State Department
Jincoln
Lincoln
Sanator West
Dressed Beef Trust
Greal
Britain
Phipps Replaced as Chief Clerk in Engineering Dept
City engineer Mansfield informs the Board of Public Works that W C Phipps will not be kept as chief clerk after Jan 1, 1832. The action aims to implement new accounting methods and a systematic work-record policy. George Werbe to replace Smith. Will Phipps and an inspector to depart. Bushong’s status unclear.
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Board of Public Works
Cityengineer
Mansfield
W.C. Phipps
IL. A. Mansfield
City Fbiwineer
Smith
Geo. Werbe
Inspector Allen
Will Phipps
Bushong
Engineer’s Department
Accidental Shot Fatal to Five Year Old Bert McCarthy
Five year old Bert McCarthy, son of Samuel McCarthy near Shelby Street, was fatally wounded when his brother William, 20, accidentally discharged an old revolver Thursday afternoon. Doctors Jeffries and Rigger attended.
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Bert
Samuel McCarthy
Shelby St
Belt Road
William
Departments Closed For Holiday Half Day
Government departments in Washington will close at noon Thursday and reopen January second. The early closure follows the customary half holiday for clerks the day before a national holiday.
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Washington, D. C
London Crank Fires Gun at Parliament Amid Arrests
A man with a pistol caused a stir near Parliament later arrested after firing into the air. In Paris a suspected dynamite plot to destroy the chamber of deputies and the Russian embassy is reported with many Russians in the area arrested. Count Fischen, nephew to Queen Victoria, died at St James Palace. he once served as a Royal Navy captain and was known for his art.
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Volcano
Falands
Paris
Dent
Loxnos
Parliament
Pants
Chamber of Deputies
Nolice
Loxnox
Count Ftlschen
Need Victoria
St. James Palace
Prince Victor of Hobulowe
G Rip
Havana
Spain
Grip
Italy
Berlin
India
Rome
St. Petersburg
Ireland
Zoological Garden
Amsterdam
James
Mary Murphy
Newry Island
Maxim-Bardenfeldt
London
United States
China
Wellesley
Naples
Grand army foes flag display stirs city controversy
A Grand Army of the Republic faction denounces the Confederate flag in local affairs. The dispute centers on Daughters of the Confederacy fundraising and a planned post resolutions, with officials clashing over whether the flag should be permissible. The issue inflames sentiment in Grand Army circles as committee reports reveal strong opposition.
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An Krevy
Lars
Grand Army
Therby
Daughters of the Confederacy
Higginsville
Confederacy
Ex-confederate Association
Tit for Yar Knnightstown attorney draws capias in fraud case
Knightstown lawyer Tit for Yar Woods caused a capias for Ed James after James followed to the city and was jailed on a charge of attempting to defraud Dr Green of $30 by a note. James appeared in Justice Smock's court. after trial the capias for Woods and Green was read.
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Woods
Knnightstown
Ed James
Knightstown
James
Wools
Constabe Glass
Dr.Green
Justice Smock
Justices Debate Swearing Off Habits In Court
A humorous hearing in the justices courts shows lawyers and judges discussing quitting habits. Prosecutions and testimonies mix with quips about smoking cigars drinking cider and hunting rabbit. The constables will keep swearing in witnesses and no one will quit fully. You can have copper plate printing and engraving done at Burford's.
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Hamrick
Mitchell
Beck
Browder
Orton
Cady
Morrow
Clifford
Habich
Justice Smock
Alford
Walpole
Feibleman
Burford’s
Deputy Clerk Debacle Confuses City Office Talks
In a Thursday morning dispute at the commissioner court Martin Murphy refuses the deputy clerk post while George Kubas presses the rumor mill. The Sun questions the timing as officials hint at a secret appointment, with KUHNS named amid escalating confusion.
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Martin Murphy
Sys
Abram
Eame
Abrams
George Kubas
Commissionery Court
Mr. Murphy
Martin
George
Tris Sun
Kuhns
Court House
Schwab
SUN
Indiana educators confer at state convention
The Educational Covention adjourned before New Year's as teachers gathered in the House of Representatives. Prominent professors from State University and Cornell attended, with talks on teaching end goals, history tendencies, township libraries, and National Educational Association aims. An Indiana academy of sciences meeting followed with talks on snow-capped Mt. Orizaba and Mexican entomology, while a train robbery case in Georgia yielded a guilty verdict.
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House of Representatives
Bryan
Niblack
HK. G. Boone
State University
K. Goss
Corgell University
W. N. Gailman
Laporte
Indiana Educational League
Vories
National Educational Association
Duap
Jai
Indiana Academy of Sciences
Supreme Court
Suga Cabadensia
Pinus Syenestris
Provident
J. T. Campbell
Wabash College
A.W. Butler
Brookville
C. A. Waldo
de Pauw
Garza's Desperate Front as Burke Close In
Dispatches report Captain Burke locating Garza and 250 to 800 desperate followers 73 miles from Fort Ringgold preparing to attack. Reports of Mexican troops captured are doubted while Garza recruits along the frontier raise U S neutrality concerns. Washington debates Garza as Diaz-like threat amid mixed official info.
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San Francisco
Burke
Fort Ringgold
United States
Meno
Sapposec
Ors
Texas
Capri Dotot G. Burkevo
Hind Cavalry
Frontier
Allepram
Monterey
Wesico
Carga
Washington
Diaz
Rio Grande
Senor Romero
Mexico
Dec
War Department
Matamoros
Garcia
Surrender Expected After Bail Settled In Central Accident
Timothy Herrick, father of Albert Herrick the brakeman blamed for a New York Central collision, is in talks with Coroner Mitchell and Albert plans to turn himself in once bail is arranged, likely Thursday or Friday. Secretary Elkins formally assumed the War Department leadership in Washington with a private office reception. New weather for Indiana forecasts warmer, cloudier conditions with showers. Fire damages Rickett’s store and adjacent shops, losses around £50,000. Boston eyes new trust companies next year while Philadelphia and other cities see a surge of baseball and sports activity and hoax rumors spread about a new association.
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A. D. Streight
Joedge Buskirk
Court House
Tom Sheehan
Indiana
New York
Deniken
Dan
Grover Cleveland
Chauncey M. Depew
Miller
Indianapolis
New Central Circuit
Chicago
Spears
Jobn Brush
Sree
Takkitowys
N. Y
Dee
Timothy Herrick
Albert Herrick
Mitchell
Westchester County
Albert
Philadelphia
Jerry Danny
King Kel
Pittsburg
Smith
Kansas City
James Justin
Stanford
Slavin
Suullivan
Clarkson
Harvard
Caruthers
Brooklyn
Spirit of the Times
Gaffney, Lynch, McQuaid
Jones
James Caldwell
Hudson County
Saratoga Jockey Clubs
Milwaukee
United Association
Boston
Columbus
St. Louis
The Deal Still Open On Indiana State Fair Site
The Monon refuses to build a windnet over the Thire teenths, threatening delay. A site dispute pits Voss farm against Miller farm with potential rail viaduct costs over 20000 dollars. If a change occurs, Miller farm may win. board plans spring construction of a well lit race track and grandstand for a western style course.
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Voss Farm
Moneum
Phirtiettst
Read
Bagley
State Board of Agriculture
Churedag
Joan Butler
Avormey
Vosa Farm
Miller Farm
Indianapolis
Secretary Metcalf Arrested Over Greenfield Quarantine
The Greenfield board of health clash led to Secretary Dr Metcalf being arrested for allegedly pressuring the board to enforce quarantine rules. He confronted Dr Boots, who faced quarantine after diphtheria concerns, amid a dispute over board authority and disease reporting.
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State Board of Health
Greenfield Board of Health
Greenfield
Selman
Dr. Metcalf
Metecalf
Greenfiel
Boots
Ones
Dr. Boots
Cass
Metcalf Reiassil Boota
Greenfield Board
Aml
Black and White Violence Sparks March Bloodshed in Louisiana
In New Orleans Dee reports the arrest of a Black man named Harris by Aroyiles parish sheriff at river landings. Gunfire from the master's allies wounds occur, two Black men reportedly killed, and the posse retreats. The group seeks refuge in a cabin before surrendering at Marksville. A rumor says white ranks aim to free the detainees.
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New Orleans
Dee
Aroyiles Parish
Harris
River Landings
Isis Purse
S Cabin
Marksville
Remarkable new steel and glass factory to rise in Williamst
An afternoon paper announces a fireproof twelve story building of steel iron and glass to be erected on Williamst for manufacturing. The design aims to provide perfect interior light using steel pillars with windows filling the space. The plan follows the Park Place disaster last summer. A Birmingham report notes moonshiner activity and a 50 deputy marshal deployment from Fort Payne toward their encampment.
WIRE WHISPERS From a Newsy Patchwork of Events
Nebraska corn destined for Russia to aid famine sufferers. New York reports 161 deaths in 24 hours from the crip. Rufus Crosby, banker, commits suicide at Valley Falls Kansas. Tillon Hall jailed at Bristol Tennessee. Saya be implicated in mass killings. Chicago subscription to world’s fair fund proceeding swiftly. Sound Island Newfoundland bays yield 15000 barrels of herring in one haul. Flags at half mast in New York for Bishop Laughlin Brooklyn diocese. Mrs Jonathan Davis attacked by masked men in Hutchinson Kansas, saved by wrapping in a blanket. New Year callers urged to buy Wrench chewing candy. beware of imitations.
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Russia
New York
Rufus Crosby
Valley Falls
Kan
Tillon Hall
Bristol
Tenn
Saya Be
Chicago
Sound Island
N. F
Bishop Laughlin
Brooklyn
Jonathan Davis
Hutchinson
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