Indianapolis Poised as Racing Center Amid New Track Plans
The State board of agriculture moves to lease a new track for five years in Indianapolis with Lackey of Cambridge City seeking the lease and to move Cambridge City dates here. Plans include July start, rival purses of up to 9,000 in September, and ambitious future meetings. The board also targets Voss farm possession for track work, sheep barn plans, and raised salaries for officials.
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State Board of Agriculture
Indianapolis
United States
Lackey
Cambridge City
Thant
Indiana Horse Breeders’ Association
Lawrence
Tain
Voss
Shotgun Demott
Cal Darnell
Bagley
Peed
Red Indians Rampage Near Coolidge Ranches
Navajo Indians off the reservation raid Coolidge area cattle and steal stock. Cowboys and soldiers respond as 40 illustrated war paint and threats but no injuries occur. Indians retreat toward San Antonio ranch after armed pursuit.
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Indiana
Cocumer
N. M
Coolidge
San Antoine Ranch
Coolidge Tor
Fort Wingate
Pipe blast injures Mt. Pleasant man in Waverton incident
Mike Shimko of Mt. Pleasant touched a lit pipe in Waverton Pa on February 11 and a loud blast shattered the bowl. A dunlin cap was loaded inside the pipe, tearing a finger from his hand and nearly severing his right eye. Shimko suspects jealousy over a romantic rivalry as motive.
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Waverton
Mike Shimko
Mt. Pleasant
Shimko
Bear Hunter Kills Bear Then Hunter in Battle
Norra Braneu New Jersey February 11 Abram Van Valsenhureh a hunter who traps on the Neversink mountains killed 32 bears in nine years. He bagged a large ugly bear after it dragged the trap and chain. he shot the bear three times as it attacked, the 400 pound animal with a six by fourteen foot skin. Mayor Wyman of Allegheny City Pennsylvania convicted of extortion in witness fees after a four day trial. embezzlement charges pending. appeal likely.
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Norra Braneu
Nwd
Abram van Valsenhureh
Neversink
van Valkenburgh
Pirrspure
James G. Wyman
Allegheny City
Wyman
Business Bits:Philip Bruns Stock Broker Fails
Philip Bruns a New York stock broker has failed with liabilities of 400000 dollars. The building and loan sector lists Hed in Grand Rapids Michigan as part of the developing notes.
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Philip Bruns
New York
Aencols
Hed
Grand Rapids, Mich
May Begin Suit Over Gas Supply in Morton Place
The Sun reports Southside residents plan to sue the rust company to prevent furnishing natural gas to Morton place. Applications for gas are on file, the company cites limited supply, but Morton place buyers seek priority after other applicants. Judge Martindale’s Morton place petition was delayed to mislead the public, with deeds already sold containing gas guarantees.
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Sun Sitra
Southside
Tis Sus
Rust Company
Morton Place
Martindale
E. B. Martindale
Brazil Ministers Resign Amid Rio Grande Turmoil
London reports from Rio de Janeiro say three Brazilian ministers resigned to President Penna rtto. In Pelotas Rio Grande do Sul bitterness grows between populace and government. Telegraph links cut between Pelotas and Porto Alegre amid rumors of clashes between insurgents and troops. Details remain unconfirmed.
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London
Io Janeiro
Penretto
Pelotas
Rio Grande Do Sul
Porto Alegre
Thurman junior prods Ohio Democrats over Cleveland
Allen W. Thurman son of ex Senator A G Thurman publishes a manifest of anti Hill Democrats of Ohio. He argues the New York Democratic feud means the presidential nominating contest should come from west of the Alleghenies and pleads against Till Gorman and McLean plan to pack the Ohio convention against Cleveland. He hints Campbell as alternative if Cleveland is not chosen.
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Copumpes
Allen W. Thurman
A. G. Thurman
Ohio
New York
Till
Gorman
McLean
Cleveland
Campbell
Spain's Spasm and Anarchist Backlash in Cities
The Xerés executions ignite unrest in major Spanish cities with the "young republicans" gaining attention in demonstrations. Proclamations denouncing the government appear in Barcelona, threats of vengeance emerge, and dynamite attacks resume. Large police detachments and numerous anarchist arrests follow the unrest.
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Mapaiv
Xeres
Young Republicans
Barcelona
Xerés
Mystery of Chicago Hallway Death Deepens
The unidentified man dragged Mrs. Isabelle Farquhar from an alley near Randolph and Lake to a dim hallway at 40 Franklin Street where she lay dying. Identified Wednesday, Farquhar had traveled from New York to meet her husband who left without warning. Police know little about the assailant, who may be her husband or a street robber amid ongoing city crime.
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Chicago
Curcaco
Franklin St
Isabelle Farquhar
New York City
New York
Randolph and
Lakests
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis Area 1892
Local forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending 8 p.m. Friday February 12 1892 indicates colder freezing and fair weather.
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Indianapolis
The Federal Bounding and Political Rumors
Clerk Butler travels to Memphis on business as testimony in the Noblesville strawboard polluting case nears submission. Milton Gillispie, tied to revenue law questions, is jailed after surrendering bondsmen. A post office conflict on the second floor foreshadows tensions while Smiley Chambers and Willard Nichols dispute Blaine’s resignation and the Indiana pilots weigh who will take the place.
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Butler
Memphis
Noblesville Strawboard Works
White River
Milton Gillispie
Trafalgar
U. S
Post Office
Smiley Chambers
Washington
Blaine
Willard Nichols
Col
Jim. Rice
Smiley
Ed McDevitt
Indiana
Emma Abbott's Ashes Laid Beside Husband in Gloucester
The ashes of opera singer Emma Abbott, who died in Salt Lake City last year, were interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Gloucester beside her husband’s remnant. Executors W P Dunning and Houghton, 800 miles away in Boston and Indianapolis, oversaw the ceremony with no public rites. A $25,000 monument, designed and crafted, was completed and a sealed metallic box holds the ashes beneath a marble slab marked Emma Abbott.
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Oak Grove
Cloucester
Mass
Emma Abbott
Salt Lake City
Mas. Mitchell
Indianapolis
Boston
New York
Emma Alhott
Fire destroys Ezekiel Bernheim warehouse in Cincinnati
A Wednesday night blaze at 154 Main Street wrecked the Ezekiel & Bernheim storage warehouse, collapsing walls into the Commercial Bank. Losses counted about 500000, with Ezekiel & Bernheim at 450000 and the bank and other properties also hit. Henry Mosler's 16 paintings valued at 50000 burned, plus 20000 worth of wedding gifts from Henry Steinert.
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Cincinnati
Tzekiel & Bernheim
Mainst
Commercial Bank
Ezekiel & Bernheim
American Oak Leather Company
One Life Lost Fire Causes Heavy Columbus Loss
Fire in Columbus at the Gay and High streets building caused about 100000 in damage. Two men were seriously injured by gas explosions during the blaze. Dora Blair fell from a ladder escaping the flames, fracturing her skull and likely to die.
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Coruempus
Gay and Highsts
Dora Blair
Will
Roster of Spring Races and Notable Sports News
Features of Sporting Live report multiple spring race dates, with Tenny sidelined for good and Chicago races possibly April 20. National trotting association revises rules while Lexington sales persist, 583 horses bring 48000, and cyclist Wm. Martin to race in New York. Yale seeks cedar boat like Harvard’s, but Harvard’s builder refuses. Illinois ex-champion Billy Bradburn now cattle buyer for Phil Armour. Indiana horsemen push for August meeting with purses near 9000 and state agriculture sets Sept purses at 1000 each for eight thousand total.
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Tis
Tenny
Detroit
Football
Chicago
National Trotting Association
Lexington
Wm. Martin
New York
Yale
Harvard
Billy Bradburn
Illinois
Phil Armour
Indiana Horsemen
State Board of Agriculture
Wilson's Wrath Shocks Judge Buskirk in Court Scene
Judge Buskirk demanded sworn officers after reading the law and scripters. Wilson and others appear in court for fast driving and threats. The case is continued with the bank president awaiting trial. Additional arrests include Herbert Sorrison bound over to the grand jury, and William Gillan, Morton Woods charged in a change racket. Mike Quinlan, linked to a past assault, arrested on an assault with intent to kill charge.
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Judge Buskirk
Deak
Guardian Corrigan
Wilson
Capital National Bank
Corrigan
Maryland St
Kinney
Herbert Sorrison
American Watch Company
Cincinnati
Grand
Splawn
Page
Doherty
Kahen
William Gillan
Morton Woods
N. Tilinojs St
Woods
Gilan
Mike Quinlan
Charley Hines
Amusements update at the Park and English’s English theatre
Crray and Stephen's company stage Vesper bells at the Park for the rest of the week. The police patrol opens a half week run at English's Thursday. Indiana Medical College students attend Two old cronies at English's Wednesday, then greet Dietz and Zulu with cheers. Grand augur of Jupiter appears in La Belle Helene. Charley Mitchell and Frank Slavin return to the Grand next week. Margaret Reid Kackley shines at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York as Ophelia in Hamlet, receiving long applause.
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Crray & Stephen’s
the Park
Medical College of Indiana
Owas
Dietz
Gussie
Zulu
Don
Justice Alford
Tuk Sux
Tun Sus
Geo. Boniface, Jr
Jupiter
Pauline Hall
Arthur Miller
Miller
Margaret Reid Kackley
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Grau Opera Company
Ophe- Na
Bribery Report Sheds Light on A. C. or J. C. Ray
State board of agriculture hearings on a bribery claim reveal that the briber’s name may be initials A C or J C Ray. Witnesses recount attempts to keep details quiet, with Lockhart naming Banks Peed and Sankey as advisers. The episode centers on a $1000 payoff tied to a Miller farm vote and an envelope left with hotel staff.
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State Board of Agriculture
Terry Hut” Mitchell
Lockhart
President Banks
Peed
Sankey
Advair
Davidson
Nou
Siram Nowland
Voss Farm
Denison Hotel
Yanks
Miller Farm
A.C
J. C. Ray
Banks
Plu
Tie Lux
A. CG
J.C. Ray
Big Four
Coal Porters Strike at Lonxnex Feb 10
Owing to wage troubles eight thousand coal porters on Ww harvest struck Wednesday.
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Lonxnex
Harves
Kipling and wife arrive aboard the Per tenic
Rudyard Kipling and his wife landed in New York aboard the Per tenic on Thursday February 11. The arrival created a ripple of interest among spectators at the port and vicinity.
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Snub the Duffer
New York
Rudyard Kipling and Wife
Pertenic
Indiana to Carry First Cargo of Food to Starving Russians
The Indiana will depart from New York on February 15 carrying food donated by U.S. cities for starving Russians. The ship, presented by Clement A Griscom of the International Navigation Co, is a 5000 ton former American Line vessel built by the Cramps in 1872. It has carried Grant on his world tour and was recently refitted with new triple expansion engines. It now serves Philadelphia to Liverpool. The Indiana will be the first to reach Lili port with four and corn for relief.
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Cramps
Atlantic
Gen
Grant
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Lili
Local items mix politics and social notes in Indianapolis
A Mayflower church apron festival, a ferry idea, and a water pressure test frame a day of city life. Secretary reelected, a married couple wed at Miss Baker and Mr Calis, and officials discuss transit and lights. A deputy elevator lessee sues the city, and a theater man disclaims scandal as crisply as a string of misaddressed mail.
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Massachusetts
Delaware St
Cunevieve Baker
Theodore Calis
Jenckes
Mayflower
Central America
Muy
William J. Higgins
City of
Indianapolis
Orville Duncan
Board of Public Safety
Ryan
Murphy
Detroit
Teerd
Public Works
Soldiers’ Monument
Washington
John Trennegan
Bates House
Danville
Ee Funerd
Mt. Vernon
Bates
Sant
W. A. Volt
W. F. Wilson
Brightwood
Capt. Newley
Frenzel
Court House
Dudge Cox
Gray & Stephens Company
Park
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Kate Hathaway
Cincinnati
W. J. Stephens
Minnie Oscar Gray
Gir
Enquirer
Mr. Stephens
Detroit Mecca for Disciples of a Dire Calamity Faith
A Richmond born founder Michael Navier Mills leads the Disciples of the Flying Roll toward Detroit as the promised city of deliverance. About 240000 followers prepare to converge seeking salvation while family ties are severed and wealth shared in a brotherly royal charity. The sect worships a Bible roll by Jas J Jezreel, awaits a foretold doom, and residents on Havlin Ave house a growing colony led by Anna Bell with daily Sabbath observance.
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Detroit
Mich
Mecca
Lainlinave
Michael Navier Mills
Elei
Ont
Israel
Jas
J. Jezreel
Michael
Deliverance
Straits
Drew
Richmond
GF. Purnell
Lewis Dawson
Geo. Primwrock
Wilam Knotts
Marion Wallace
Mills
Michael the Prince
Christ
D. W. Taylor
John
Baptist
Havnlinave
Earth
Anna Bell
America
Pen Pictures Of Central Ave Church Leaders
A profile of Rev. Buchtel, new pastor at Central Ave Methodist, detailing his background, appearance, preaching style, and home life, contrasted with Dr. Ranger of Christ Church. It notes Buchtel’s energy, practicality, and engaging presence, while sketching Ranger as a vivid, forceful speaker.
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Central-ave
Hin
Ranger
Christ Church
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Hotel Royal
Hugh Bonner
Sporting Live
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English
Charley Mitchell
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Thompson
Congress of Celebrities
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