Gauss Seeks Chicago Bid To Light Indianapolis
Mr. Chas A Gauss rushed to the city clerk for bid specs on public lighting then dashed off to Chicago to negotiate with Western Electric while council debates bids and possible contract routes. The episode draws sharp criticism as officials weigh lower Chicago offers against Brush company bids and city plant needs. Col Bill Hicklin and Alderman Olsen clash over votes during tense council session.
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Chas. A. Gauss
Tndianapolis
Chicago
Western Electric Light Company
Kietiee
e@ Brush
Mr. Gauss
Brush
Thad
Gauss
Col
Bill Hicklan
Webster
Casper
Hickin
Aye
Hicklin
Olsen
Gasper
Hicksm
MINING DISASTER AT JONESVILLE FLOODS SHAFT
Warrmoust Pa Feb 4 An other mine disaster at Jonesville Slope No 8 flooded the shaft. By writing time 27 dead bodies had been removed. In Washington the naval appropriation bill for a Pear River Hawaii coaling station was favorably reported while other minor items moved.
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Warrmoust
Jonesville
Congress
Washminaton
Senate
Pear River
Hawaii
House
Justice Feibleman
Michigan
Farm storekeeper accused of large cash deficit
SPARTANBURG Feb 4 Spl J W Mc Zimmerman storekeeper and agent of the Farmers' alliance supply store is said to be short in his accounts by 15000 to 30000 dollars. Startling developments are expected within the next two days.
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Spartansburg
J—W. Mc Zimmerman
Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers In Conference
Farmers’ Alliance and
Tudnetiial Union
Indiana
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Hotel English
W. RB. Browder
Logan County
PF. &. Melvin
Henry County
Jfl
A. L. Mims
Nashville
Lenn
A. A. Brown
Anderson
Tom W. Payee
Shoals
Ind
Ali Hodeen
Mechanicsburg
B. I
Kaw
Michigantown
Janes Welch
Rennselaer
Tui
Mr. Melvin
Minis
Tenn
South
Co-Operative Business Association
Eli Hodson
Melvin
State fair grounds sale faces rejection risk and new board threat
Bids for the 56 acre state fair grounds with an estimated value of 300000 face likely rejection as the land may be subdivided into 296 building lots. The state board resists a bill by Senator Ewing to abolish the current board and form a new one, while some allege vested interests push the change.
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State Board of Agriculture
State Board
Senate
Ewing
Decatur County
House of Representatives
Cal
Jim Rice
Bruce Carr
West Indianapolis May Get the Big Prize
West Indianapolis is favored to receive the new exposition grounds after disposing of the old. Vandalia road offers about 170 acres and will donate funds and build tracks. Nicholas McCarty may make a handsome donation. The citizens street railway company is said to plan an electric car line to Morris street. Washington’s birthday plans, high school commencement, a court-martial trial in Seneca Ohio, and proposed railway conductors headquarters in Indianapolis are noted along with various local legal and social items.
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Mansfield
Orcherdava
Indianapolis
Vandalia
Nicholas McCarty
Citizen’s Street Railway Company
Morris St
Grand Army
Tomlinson Hall
Washington
Brotherhood of Engineers
Johnson
State Board of Charities
Cannelton
County Poor Asylum
Johnson Soes
Kiefer
C. A. Korbly
Madison
State House
State Board of Health
Louisville Smith
Police Aid Association
Morris Ross
John
Alice Leming
Pat
Ellen Carran
Tred
Ola Scholarman
Ben
Nora
Miller
Draras
Supple
Eddy St
Nellie Harrison
California St
Hoskinson
Columbia-ave
Man-Riages
Daniel C. Moore
Emma E. Clinton
George Kamm
Mary E. Flaherty
Charles Keher
Jessie
M. Schmidt
Michael King
Mary Finn
Charles E. Rogers
Annie Farrel
Street Railway Debate Dominates Indiana Legislature
Amid a brisk session in the Indiana Senate and House, lawmakers clashed over Ew ing s bill to abolish the state board of agriculture and over street railway regulation. A mix of speeches, humor, and political maneuvering framed hours on arson penalties, parks, incorporation laws, and relief for a Danville labor case as editors and pages observed a frigid, busy day.
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Senate
Ewine
State Board of Agriculture
Julius Casear Chase
Parke
Pleasants
Committee On Education
Bloomington
House of Learning
Shockney
Kopelke
Horace Greely
Ewing
Francis
Hudson’s
Irvington Line
Arxich Brown
Callop
Representative Kelleher
Kelsey
Mr. Kelleher
Gent
Oppenheim
Ft. Wayne
Hudson
Burke
Indianapolis
Foundlings Home Proposed In City By Orphanage Group
A plan to establish a foundlings home in the city was announced by the Indianapolis orphan asylum managers with a $1,000 initial subscription from Mr and Mrs John Wright. Dr Wagner praised similar homes abroad as a curb on infanticide. The home would receive illegitimate infants with no questions asked, aiming to reduce crime and complement existing orphanages.
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Indianapolis
Mabbitts
Mont Mabbitt
Were Whispers Haunting Debts and Fatal Accidents Across States
A January national debt drop of 15 635 496 is noted alongside a string of tragedies and incidents. Fatal gas exposure while digging a well near Sandy U T claims Albert Bateman Gle Hawkinson. A Mary land report on a 14 year old girl burning. Train collisions near Corry Pa Martin Tex and other wrecks kill workers. Assorted political and legal goings on include a Palestina Tex mayor clashing with Sam Jones. Mammoth mine disaster blamed on a negligent fire boss.
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Albert Bateman
Gle Hawkinson
Sandy
U. T
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Russell C. Canfield
Lansing
Mich
Nellie Griffin
Corry
Lew Osgood
eFireman Simson
David Starkweather
Edmund
UO. T
Martin
Tex
Thomas
Cleveland
Greenwold
Hellman
J. J. Ward
Palestina
Sam Jones
Jones
Ward
Des Moines
Mammoth
Scottdale
Wm. Buaith
Very Cold Day Triggers Frost Suffering in Midwest
Indianapolis endures three degrees below zero as gas shutoffs limit private fuel. The cold snaps push hunger and destitution among the poor, with pneumonia and other diseases rising. Mail carriers thaw locks with boiling water, a scene unseen in post office history.
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Indianapolis
Chigazso
Cricado
Utdie
Banker's Wife Slain by Burglars in Clark Nebraska
In Clark Nebraska on Wednesday morning burglars entered the home of banker Cowles. Mrs Cowles was killed and her husband seriously wounded. The village is in an excitement, with threats of lynching against suspects. The governor offered a reward for information.
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Omaha
Cowles
Clark
Neb
Indiana Weather Forecast Fair and Slightly Warmer
For Indianapolis and vicinity the 24 hours ending 8 a m Feb 8 1691 expect fair weather and nearly stationary temperatures with only light warming. In ANnnesey Ind Feb 4 Capt Richardson of the Seatterfield White Cap fame was acquitted after a ten day trial by jury. Parnell declines invitation to lecture in America.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Richardson
Annnesey, Ind
Sps
Seatterfield
White Cap
Parnell
Lonnos
America
London Gaiety Girls at English’s Tuesday Night
A good-sized audience saw the London Gaiety girls at English's Tuesday night. The specialties were very good though the burlesque was not fresh. Kate Castleton in Faust up to date will hear English's Thursday evening. Webber & Field's draw crowded houses at the Park amid colder weather reducing attendance.
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Kate Castleton
Faust
Webber & Field’s
Detroit eyes pro club amid sports chatter
Boston undecided on Brouthers. Harvard Eleven receives silver cups. Tom Warren and John Griffin duel for $2,000 in New Orleans on March 9. Lake Champlain freezes for promising horse rates. Bell wins mile at Virginia rink. Wall player habit tab to begin. International six days begins March 15 at Madison Square Garden with $300 and $600 cups. Mike Kelly says he will play with Al Johnson's team rather than Clarkson Bennett Anzel.
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Detroit
Boston
Brouthers
Harvard
Tom Warren
John Griffin
New Orleans
Lake Champlain
Bell
Madison Square Garden
New York
Mike Kelly
al. Johnson
Clarkson
Bennett
Personal crisis reports in Gotham for 1890
New York reports show 239 personal crisis cases in the year ending December 31, 1890, with 190 men and 49 women. Foreign born accounted for 168 cases, natives 71, and April saw the highest monthly total while August was the lowest. The data indicate more male self-harm actions and shifts in methods by sex across years.
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Gotham
New York
United States
Hammond to Welcome Silk Mill and Metal Works
millionaire ex mayor A. M. Towle leads plans to establish Hammond manufacturing with a silk mill, brass and iron works, and a barbed wire plant. Contracts for silk work have been let, land donated, and operations expected along the Erie line within a year employing about 860 workers.
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Hanorosp
Ind
A. MM Towle
Hammond
Erie
Brutal attack ends with burning stove incident
In Kansas City on a Thursday afternoon James Walker, a night watchman, attacked his wife with a knife nearly severing her left eye. He forced her to a stove and she was burned. Police then arrested Walker. the victim cannot recover.
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Kansas City
James Walker
Kansas City, Wyandotte & North« Western Railroad
Walker
Mountain fires from New Castle blast sweep mountains
A blast at the New Castle mine caused a mountain fire seen from Leadville and Glenwood. Heat, smoke, and stampeding cattle drive residents to move belongings to safety as the blaze threatens the region and surrounding towns. The city debates electric streetcars amid the crisis. Lizzie Phillips, key defense witness in the Coleman murder case, is arrested on an old assault charge and jailed after a bid farewell before leaving Louisville.
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Denver
New Castle
Leadville
Glenwood
Lizzie
Lizzie Phillips
Coleman
Louisville
Thornton
Missing Steamer Denmark Overdue Near February News
News from the national line reports the steamer Denmark is several days overdue after leaving port. No messages have been received and fears grow that the vessel faced severe gales during its voyage.
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New Yor
Denmark
National Line
Shoemakers Strike in Vienna Prompt Fresh Foreign Facts
A Vienna strike by shoemakers is reported as part of fresh foreign facts. The item notes labor unrest alongside other brief international happenings including a funeral, earthquake tolls, burials near Paris, Chilean insurgents, and a Parisian arrest tied to German military plans.
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Vienna
Charles Bradlaugh
Joana
Java
M. Meissonier
Poissey
Seine
Versailles
Chili
Valparaiso
Paris
German War Department
Prisoner Eads Almost Breaks Out of Marion Jail
James Eads alias Edwards, jailed on burglary charges, nearly forced a jail delivery using a three foot iron bar and a sewer hole. Turnkey Hymett and later Sheriff’s office staff acted. Eads shackled and held for trial. Cincinnati detective linked him to a wanted man.
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Marion County
James Eads
Edwards
Robert Hymett
Had
Eads
Turphey Emmett
Wads
Iren
Mads
Sherif
Turnkey
Kimmet
Cincinnati
Drifted Out on the Ice Near Saginaw Bay
Several hundred fishermen were driven onto Lake Huron by a strong wind while spear fishing near Saginaw. The ice broke and about 200 men drifted, but latest reports say all have reached shore safely.
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Bay Ciry, Mich
Lake Huron
Saginaw
Sir Julian Scored in St James Gazette Critique
The St James Gazette on a Wednesday harshly criticized Sir Julian Pauncefort for permitting reporters to interview him amid Behring Sea troubles. It called the interview a breach of diplomatic decorum and urged him to stay home if he cannot restrain his tongue.
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Julian
LosTion
St. James Gazette
Julian Pauncefort
Four Thief Sent Up In Wanasa Illinois February
A brief in Wanasa Indiana reports three years on a Wabash railroad burglary case for a member of a gang. The article then trails into humorous anecdotes about local judges and hunters and ends with a dental advertisement and mention of a Benton Street dentist.
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Wanasa
Ind
Wabash
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Thomas Nichols
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Philander Juster
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Webber & Field
Sporting Life
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Ries
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