A Very Jolly Knights Address at Guardians of the Peace Meeting
A local Knights and Guardians of the Peace lodge held Saturday evening with several new candidates initiated. Prof Johannes Hel A. M spoke on the order and conduct of wearers of blue uniforms while Prof Eel A. M. added remarks. Travisty praised discipline and warned against critics as the ceremony closed with a circle formation.
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the Knights and Guardians of the Peace
Alabamarst
Travisty
Johannes Hel
A. M
Eel
Hel
James Dandy
Dandy Creek
Grana Order of the Knights and Guardians of the Peace
Sie Knight Traviaty
Traviaty
Goslesep
McGinty
Knight Travisty
Martinsville
Gosport
Mudsock
Knight
Universalist preacher debates heaven and hell in sermon series
Ray E. E. Evans of the May Flower Congregational Church led a Sunday evening sermon concluding a series on heaven and hell. He rejected Dante and Milton’s graphic hells, argued salvation for many, and said hell is a local concept tempered by universalist thought. He asserted heaven as an unknown but joyful place for the saved and emphasized equality there.
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Hades
Hell
Pastor Evans
Dante
Michael Angelo
Ingersoll
Universalists
Judas
Heaven
Ward McAllister
Our Flat at the Grand and Other Park Theatre Attractions
Monday evening Daniel Frohman's company presents Our Flat at the Grand a comedy with two comedians and stars Whiffen Colton Alice Harrison and Mrs Boucicault. Arizona Joe brings a border drama to Park with a wild western style and a dramatic stage coach attack. The Bannett Moulton opera company returns next week. Cora Tanner appears February 10 11 and 14, Jim the pen map February 17, Sothern follows with Lord Chummy. Donnelly Girard showcase Natural gas at English’s later in the week.
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Daniel Frohman
Whiffen
Gilbert & Sullivan
Colton
Alice Harrison
Bannett-Moulton Opera Company
Cora Tanner
Jim
Sothern
Lord “‘Chumney
Ministers Debate on Rights and Bible Texts at Union Meeting
At a union ministers gathering on Monday Pastor Hunter introduced resolutions condemning cruel treatment of colored people and urging protest against an erosion of citizenship rights. The resolutions were referred to an executive committee after lively debate as Dr. Cleveland and other clergy offered varied views on abolition, scripture interpretation, and ministerial responsibility.
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Union Ministers
Hunter
Brethren
Association
South
Ministere’ Association
Cleveland
Edson
Someody
Charpie
Congress
A. B. Whitney
Souther. Baptist
Backus
Kirk
Princeton
Gabriel
St. James
Halizlay
Lucas
Mr. Baltzley
Enoch
Daniel
Cardinal Gibbon
Meeting Demands Swearing from Police After Noisy Debrief
A city police board held an hour and a half meeting without noise and issued discipline. Supt Travia suspended Officers Thrush and Giblin for disobeying orders in the Clara Tiat prostitution case. The board reprimanded them and docked five days’ salary, enforcing that officers swear to all future orders.
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Tim Splen
Epon
Travia
Thrush and
Giblin
Deard
Elam
Spyder
Fire destroys Ripple house at Broad Ripple
The Ripple house at Broad Ripple burned at about 2 o clock Monday morning after a overheated gas stove. Manager Middleton and his family escaped with their lives as the fire consumed the building and furniture, with an estimated loss around 70000. Owner M H Dawson carried only 2700 insurance on the building while Jake Crewe owned the furniture.
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Ripple
Broad Ripple
Eehes
Watt
Middleton
M. H. Dawson
Jake Crewe
Sale of 4 Seule Sparks French Relic Lawsuit
Paris reports a Lyons case over a skull relic of Bishop Soanen. A money-strapped heir sold the skull to a bric-a-brac dealer for 200 dollars, then a broker linked the dealer to a woman with another jawbone of the same saint. The broker asked half commission. the dealer refused, and suit follows.
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Paris
Lyons
Soanen
Basses Alpes
Stanley's Sunday Games Stir Ottawa Circles
Ottawa February 4 report reveals Lord Stanley and several vice regal members spent Sundays at the vice regals rink playing hockey. A quiet scene has caused a sensation in Ottawa society. The London Times also faces a $25,000 damages claim in the Parnell libel suit.
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Ottawa
Lord Stanley
Vice-Regal Suit
Vice-Regal
London Times
Lonney
the Times
Washington Waifs and Blaine family bereavement
Postoffice clerks in Washington press for shorter hours. Federal authorities take charge of immigrants at Castle Garden to curb abuses. Mrs. Coppinger eldest daughter of James G. Blaine dies from influenza linked congestion of the brain. Funeral set for Tuesday.
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Ashington
Castle Garden
Coppinger
James G. Blaine
Mr. Blaine
Heaviest Man in America To Exhibit Himself
West Indianapolis spectators bet on Richard Black of Crosby King pork packers attempting a gallon of oysters and milk in a food challenge. Sir Goodwillie, 907 pounds, eight feet four inches around, famed as America’s heaviest man, weighs in at a restaurant showing remarkable appetite and size.
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Richard Black
Crosby & King
Pork Packers
Indianapolis
Moore’s
Blank
Sir AL Goodwillia
K. Goodwillie
J. Harrison Gorsig
Nrxivete
Fife
Amerzita
Pritchard
Sir Goodwillia
Hisurphan
Sir Goodwillie
Burglar Strikes Irvington Post Office and Home
Thieves pried the Irvington post office door, blew the safe, and fled with 300 dollars Friday night. A separate burglary on 620 North Tennessee Street during a mother’s absence in Cincinnati left a window pried and a bureau drawer looted but no items taken. Police are urged to work the 97 precinct case quietly.
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Irvington
James Lilly
Lilly& Stalnaker
Death at Radford Mystery Prompts Coroner Notes
Coroner Wagner told a Sun reporter he would not travel to Radford to investigate Johnsons death, saying Hodges, the stepfather, should go and report findings to the coroner. If warranted, the case may be reopened. if not, an autopsy could be performed. Hodges plans to proceed to Bedford immediately.
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Johnson Hilling
Wagner
Sun
Radford
Johnson
Hodges
Bedford
Weather Update for Indiana Fair and Indianapolis
Local forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for warm, cloudy weather with occasional rains through the 24 hours ending 8 a m. Temperatures will drop to a colder level at night, with colder conditions continuing in the overnight period.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
WIRE WHISPERS AND PERSONAL MARITAL TANGLES IN OLD DAWN
Big labor federation ready to supplant the K of L in Minnesota, quietly mobilizing. Senator Schmidt of Iowa aims to shield editorials and press notes as confidential, while whispers place Goff as West Virginia governor. Dems accuse J. R. Stolling of bribery attempts to sway Orr on Goff. Captain James Corbett wed Nora Benton in Gardiner Maine in 1884. after 13 years abroad, Nora remarried T. B. Dunn in St Louis. Corbett remarried, Dunn died, and Nora widowed then remarried. Corbett now 70. Clock and watch cleaning offered at $1, spring parts $1. jewelry repair, free pickup call. Louis Burgheim Co. advertises gifts and repairs at 66] W. Wash Bates House.
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Big Labor Federation
Minnesota
Schmidt
Iowa
Goff
West Virginia
Dems
J. R. Stolling
Senate
Orr
Jas. Corbett
Nora Benton
Gardiner
South America
Nora
T. BR. Dunn
St. Louis
Corbett
Dunn
Louis Burgheim Co
W. Wash
Bates House
Boston Horror Fire Leaves Eleven Dead in Tenement Block
A blaze at 259 and 261 North Street in Boston killed eleven people and injured six others after flames trapped occupants in upper floors. Fire origin unclear, but drunken quarrel suspected. Rescue attempts rescued many, but the building gutted and the nearby Saars building later burned, with firefighters hurt.
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Boston
North St
Scere
Saars
Fire in Telegraph Building Alarms City Officials
O. Feb. 3. A dangerous blaze was reported in the West Union telegraph building on Monday. Details remain unclear as investigators assess the extent of damage and possible causes.
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W. UL Telegraph
Burials, meetings, and arrests noted in city blotter
Sunday marks a day of funerals with Bul lock Jacob Kiefer Mary Carroll buried and a 35 year old woman dying from the grip at 409 S Illinois Ave. A single tax league met at Mansur hall while the muscle polo team seeks title defense. Arm wrestling and prize fighting prospects surface as Bob Burns offers to fight any amateur his weight, a pupil of Pete Tresier. A thief steals a $250 gold watch on McCarty Street as police vow strict duty. Supt Wright dismisses seven attendants at the insane hospital and new appointments follow. Street paving from St Mary to Fifteenth Street will use pressed brick per a council declaratory resolution. The Indianapolis Trade Journal debuts with editor G B Willey. Three unknown assailants beat Mrs. Francis Fisher near Illinois and McCartys, robbery suspected. The board of trade forms committees for reception at the G A R encampment in March. Supt J Q Vanwinkle travels with two men from St Louis. several others remain with Evans’ force. Resolutions censuring the Sentinel over Gruebe’s reply to Russe’s defense circulate. Public health measures advance, and auditors question interstate insurance business, with several incorporations filed in towns including Moore’s Hill, North Vernon, Vincennes coal, Harmony lodge, and Shoals lodge. The Sun’s reporting prompts police complaints about sensational coverage. Major insurers represented include Aachen, German American, North British, Continental, and Detroit Marine.
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Das
Bullock
Jacob Kiefer
Mary Carroll
Ayed
Ilinois-at
Mansur Hall
Orem
Bob Burns
South Side
Pete Tresier
Schieferdecker
Supt
Wright
Insane Hospital
Meeers. McDonald
Latta
Hendricks County
Tuhill and
Harbaugh
Shelby County
Central-ave
St. Mary
Fifteenth St
Indianapolis
G. B. Willey
Journal
Francis Fisher
Illinois
Board of Trade
J. Q. Vanwinkle
Big Four
St. Louis
Er. R. Bonnell
P. N. Woodberry
Bart Parker
B. F. McFarland
Evans
Messrs. Boyle
Compton
Myers
Central Labor Union
Sentinel
Gruebe
Russe
Sun
Carr
International Progressive Asco
Mansfield, C
Indiana
Jawa
International
Moore’s Hill Building
J. D. Cone Mercantile Company
North Vernon
Vincennes Coal Company
Harmony Lodge
Farmers and Workingmen’s Alliance
Hardy
Scott County
Shoals Lodge
K. of P
Little Sun
Carmel
Little Sun Ia
Secretary Tracy Fire Fatality Shock Grips Capital
A blaze in Secretary Tracy's residence endangers his daughter and two others. Mrs. Tracy and Miss Tracy die, while the secretary and a servant girl also succumb in the flames. Reports shift on the secretary's condition as the city reels from the tragedy.
Tragic Fire Destroys Secretary Tracy Home
A basement fire at 7 am tore through Secretary Tracy's Set residence between Seventeenth and Eighteenth. Mrs. Tracy leapt to the alley and died. Mary Tracy and the secretary were badly burned, later revived, while Mrs. Wilmerding survived with injuries. The house burned out with an estimated loss of $200,000. Senator Chandler aided at the scene as doctors tried to save the Tracy family.
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Washington
Secretary Tracy
Tracy
Mary Tracy
Wilmerding
Secratory
Bancroft Davis
Josephine
Senator Chandler
Rheim
Rutland
Wales
Washington Fire Claims Tracy Family in Secretary's House
At 1 PM Monday a fire in the secretary's house left Mrs Tracy Miss Tracy and Josephine the French maid dead. Secretary Tracy relapsed into stupor while Mrs Wilmerding lay semi conscious and her 13 year old daughter suffered a severe nervous shock. Miss Tracy prayed at a third floor window before collapsing. Crowds gathered, the president and cabinet aided the injured, and the senate adjourned in respect to Blaine and Tracy.
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Senate
Blaine
Tracy
Whipped editor and exonerated treasurer headlines
In Birmingham on February 3 Leonard Butler, manager of the Sunday Critic, was horsewhipped by Maconnell, a society figure, after the paper labeled him a drunkard. In Detroit on February 1 a committee cleared Treasurer O'Reilly of all charges in the land league inquiry.
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Birmingham
Ala
Leonard Butler
Maconnell
Detroit
O'Reilly
The
Land League
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