Lively will trial cross swords in McDonald case
In the McDonald will fight, lawyers spar over an envelope containing the duplicate will. Witnesses including Albert Irvin and Edwin Rexford testify about signatures, with Winter and Harris clashing on authority and admissibility. Mrs McDonald, placed on stand, disputes earlier proceedings while the court weighs the envelope as evidence.
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WorrEsvile
Ind
McDonald Will
Hxpert Shaw
Albert Irvin
Kregele & Whitsett
Senator McDonald
W. C. Newcombe
Harris
Edwin Rexford
Indianapolis National Bank
Parke Daniels
Rexford
Charles Latham
Fletchers
Indianapolis
Parke. Daniels
Frank Smith
McDonald’s
McDonald
Joseph Hi. McDonald
Cox
Winter
Westing
R. B. J. Pierce
Noviesville
Shaw
Teller Golt
Daniels
Senatcr
Malcolm
Kappes
Cannon Bacon Lobby Fight In Leland Hotel
State Senator Geo Bacon and congressman-elect Joe Cannon clashed in the Leland hotel lobby on Wednesday morning. Cannon was knocked down losing a bruised nose and a deep gash after hitting the tiled floor. Both sides offer differing accounts of who started the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
SprinavieLo
Geo. Bacon
Joe Cannon
Leland Hotel
Cannon
Ministers' Sons Among Seven Suspended for Gambling
Mount Union college faced a gambling scandal as seven students were suspended after thorough faculty investigations. The group includes several ministers' sons, reflecting a troubling breach of discipline within the campus community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annaner
Feb
Mount Union College
President Harrison Plans March Homeward Trip
Congressional actions loom as Dingley cites 1.038 billion in current appropriations while a bid for a federal building in Muncie nears passage. The House rejected pay cuts for members and the president. A Russian extradition treaty amendment targets political offenses against the czar family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Indianapolis
Dingley
Congress
Representative Oates
House
Muncie
Secretary of Treasury
Treasury
Fifty-First Congress
Wheeler
Miller
Senate
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Eagletown revival row ends with acquittals
In Eagletown Hamilton county a revival sparks a dispute over a new pastor Elias Barker faces objections from locals and two sons, Lydia Jans Jones and Jusus Hardy, with Mrs Robi Harrison cited. A trial before a squire clears the three suspects while public opinion splits over the interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nosiesyiute
Eagletown
Hamilton County
Elias Barker
Barker
Elias
Kias
Justice of the Peace
Lydia Jans Jones
Jusus Hardy
Robi. Harrison
Aatir
Noblesville
Indiana Weather Forecast for 36 Hours Ending Feb 9 1893
Forecast for Indiana notes fair skies and slightly warmer conditions through Wednesday night, with warmer, fair weather on Wednesday. Increasing cloudiness expected Thursday with a probability of light local snow.
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Indiana
Sp. m
Momence Rock and the Indiana Legislature Lobby Fight
A legislative session pageant centers on Momence rock funding and a county seat bill amid heavy lobbying. The house debates amendments to a 8316 mile proviso affecting Jackson Jennings and Ripley counties, while the senate handles districting and a bill to study Indiana’s exhibit for a world’s fair.
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Seasion
McMullen
English
Jackson
Jennings
Ripley
Elkhart
Cravens
Daviess
Montoux
Merritt
Erwin
Thornton
Wilson
Dubois
Senate
House
Manwaring
World’s Fair Fund
Indiana
Deery
Messrs
Cullop and Barnes
Lottie
Stuart
Momence Rock
Kankakee
Baker
Seller
Ways and Means
Indiana University
Smart
Purdue
Committee
Harrowing tale ties whisky trust bribery to Chicago distillery plot
Washington report has Thomas Dewar recounting to a house inquiry how G. J. Gibson of the whisky trust offered ten thousand dollars to blow up the Schufeldt distillery in Chicago. Dewar described the bomb plan under the cisterns and a meeting at Bloomington. The witnessPreparations may push testimony into Thursday. Prison probe in Jeffersonville added a late prison tour with no morning testimony.
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Washington
Thomas Dewar
House Committee
Whisky Trust
G. J. Gibson
Trust
Schufeldt
Chicago
Dewar
Gibson
Bloomington
Jeffersonville
Ind
Terrible wreck kills baggage man and sinks train
A Big Four limited passenger train derailed near Pana Illinois in bitter cold. A broken rail caused the crash on a trestle, cars burned, several killed and many injured. Baggageman Charles Ressler died, others injured, and a corpse was cremated.
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Fana
Ill
Here
Big Four
Charles Kessler
Indianapolis
Gageageman
Reesler
Pana
Wee Ressler
Sam
Doolittle
Madison
Ind
Express Messenger
C.H. Barr
St. Louis
Express
A. M. Travers
St. James Hotel
Tower Hill
Ill ex secretary and dying general reported in New Outlaws
Ex secretary R W Thompson remains gravely ill and unable to appear before the Panama scandal committee. Gen G T Beauregard, ill at his residence in New Outlaws, is not believed to have long to live though no immediate danger is seen.
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Beauregard
Yenne Iscrn
Ind
R. W. Thompson
Panama
New Ouitaws
G. T. Beauregard
Flood and illness sweep midwest towns in crisis report
The dispatch notes Bishop Hare's serious illness in Sioux Falls eight days after a rising river threatens Pittsburg. A snow slide near Triumph mine kills Louis Handis and a burial occurs in Hailey Idaho. A teen elopes from St. Louis to Belleville and marries. Texans lynch Smith's stepson in Paris. Fires in Keithsburg cause extensive damage to four stores and a railway round house. Thousands face hunger as floods devastate Cathshoula and Concordia parishes Louisiana.
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Bishop Hare
Sioux Falls
Pittsburg
Louis Handis
Triumph Mine
Hailey
Idaho
Mattie Edmond
St. Louis
Belleville
Ill
Wm. E H. Glarden
Smith
Paris
Keithsburg
C. I. Railway
Cathshoula
Concordia Pirlakes
Louisiana
Did Bessie Bell Shoot The Wounds And Questions Remain
The article reviews competing theories in the Dessie Bell and Phil Fahrbach case. It details alleged motives, witness testimonies, and the revolver as a possible murder weapon. New leads include a knife found with blood near the Bell house and a possible third party presence.
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Phil Fahrbach
Dessie Bell
Fahrbach
Bell
Bessie Bell
Pessie
Dessie
Bell Resort
Cessie Dell
Dagsie Ball
Beasie Bell
Truun
S Fahrbach
W. Market St
Beck
Splann
Ife
S. Pennsylvania St
Bruner
Court-st
Bessie
Wahrbach
Bessie Dell
Reid
Unprecedented Northwestern Blizzard Paralyzes Western Iowa
A severe blizzard hit western Iowa Tuesday bringing heavy snow, deep drifts, and a 10 degree drop in temps to 24 below zero at the city signal station. Travel halted, trains stranded, stock losses reported, while Denison sees zero and a 46 degree swing in one hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorenson
Iowa
Das Moines, Northern & Western Railway
Chicago & Northwestern Road
Denison
Tex
Indians Thirst for Gore Spur Rasmussen Report
Reports to Pink Riper Agency describe bands of two hundred Sioux preparing for a racket near murder scenes. Police cordon the camp while natives make medicine and sing war songs. Capt Swords defends Dr Eastman and criticizes Mastman as partly responsible for discontent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pink Riper Agency
Swords
Pine Ridge Indians
Dr. Eastman
Elaine Goodaie
Mastman
Magnate McDonald Learns City Demands for Rail Franchise
Wayne capitalist Mr McDonald arrived and held a secret conference with the Board of Public Works. The board warned no fooling and demanded a forfeit fund to justify granting him a franchise to build the Broad Ripple suburban railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Wayne
Broad Ripple
Board of Public Works
Residence damage totals for Vice-chief Websters home
Vice-chief Websters residence at 145 N Delaware street sustained damage to 560 dollars on Wednesday morning with several valuable oil paintings harmed. The report notes district officials and various local incidents including other crimes and notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Websters
Delaware St
M. J. Carney
Central Telephone Company
J. E H. Zeublin
Chicago
Andy Weise
Baltimore Ave
John Woodard
Bank of Louisville
Col
Horace Scott
Woodward
Lux
Scott
George Fisher
Eadh
John Heinbauch
Ed. Burton
Taylor
Eid
Maynard
Emrus
John
Anna Zeian
Luella P Duckwall
Walter
Mary Thompson
Charles
Laura Read
George
Emma Anderson
J. J
Mary Frey
Charley
Maggie Morris
Milton
Mary Iddings
James
Jlmie Stone
Grover and Adlai Levi Declared Elected in Congress Hall
In Washington with a grand audience of senators, diplomats, and wives of congressmen on the floor, Grover Cleveland and Adlai Sky were formally declared elected president and vice president for the term starting March 4, 1898 by Vice President Morton. The absent president and cabinet caused notable absence during the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Diplomatic Corps
Grover Cleveland
Adlai Sky
Adent Morton
United States
House
Iis
Uul
Farm legislator mashall newhouse profile in local notes
Marshall E Newhouse is a farmer lawmaker from Decatur County living near Gre six miles away on a 240 acre farm. At 40 he recalls Rush County youth, Hanover College, and Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Known as a quiet yet capable counsellor he helped lead his county committee and serves in the lower house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mashall E. Newhouse
Decatur County
Tle
Rush County
Teatville
Hanover College
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Takis
College
Marsualle
Newshouse
Newhouse
Pythias
Bates House
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Mpdonald
Joca
Ostve Deska
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L. Eiter
Grover and
Adlas
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Henry Fiser
Henry Yoeger
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