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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1891
Page
1
AHoled week of legislative activity unfolds as Senator Hudson defends the new charter amid delays. Clerks deny blame for holdup, arguing committee access scarce. confidence grows the bill will pass despite sluggish pace and reform school trust appointments tabled. The White Cap bill and library bonds advance, while printing refusals fuel rumor.
Washington Feb 23 Senator Morgan rose for a personal explanation to rebuke a St. Louis Republic Washington correspondent for a dispatch about Morgan's Nicaragua support. He discussed the Nicaragua policy amid House debate on the deficiency appropriation bill and zoological park items. Pioneer Found Dead in Wanass Indiana
The Danbury Hut Co offers any stiff hat today for 198 dollars in a one night sale. Excludes their celebrated non breakable model. Sale runs until 10 o clock. Located at 23 W Wasist.
Latent advices report the ship Elizabeth, which struck a rock at North Head Saturday night, carried down 18 people. The disaster is blamed on drink. Also included are details on burglar James Eads, his prison departure, and his claim that drink led to his downfall. Reports from Buenos Ayres note a state of siege and local notices on real estate, court seats, worker strikes, and various incidents in the city.
Minnie May Mabbitt, a nearly 17 year old Indianapolis woman, faces first degree murder charges in Marion county. The case traces a troubled exile from October through November as a baby is found dead in fall creek, linked to the Mabbitt family and a Cleveland attendant, with public sentiment largely in her favor.
PAPA WASHINGTON His Birthday is Celebrated All Over the Country. Cloudy weather and a brisk northwesterly wind ushered Washington's celebration in Mon day. All banks, government and municipal offices were closed. Flags on every building and residence. Mourning for Gen. Sherman removed. Congressmen Breckenridge spoke at a Washington memorial in the Auditorium with 18,000 present. Breckenridge commented on coinage and the Farmers Alliance. Washington's birthday quietly observed in Philadelphia with offices closed and flags up. New York also suspended business and held a few meetings.
In Columbus on Monday morning a newspaper feud ended in gunfire. P. J. Elliott killed H. Osborne of the Sunday World and a bystander Hughes, Elliott was fatally shot. A crowded police court day followed with 55 cases and mayoral inaction until 1 am. Tony Murphy faced a grand jury on pocketbook theft from Clemence Cordel. Cordel, 245 KE Washington, chased Murphy across Delaware Street to a restaurant where identification followed.
Mrs. Neal the first witness in the Lena Myers betrayal case in efredit court Monday morning carries a bucket and two spoons found at the straw stack the day after the girls endured confinement. Lena Miers hall claimed one spoon and the pair were left by Fletcher Mitchell the night she says she was taken there. Mrs Neal said the other spoon was hers, noting she would know how many spoons she owned if one was missing. The case unfolds amid questioning about missing spoons and credibility. Nathan Ashby testified he saw Mitchell around the straw stack the night in question.
Philadelphia December 23 The special prisoner West facing execution on February 26 is severely ill and cannot be hanged on that date He states on his sick bed that he must recover to be hanged and if he does not recover he may live but faces death nonetheless
The light committee met at the city clerk’s office to decide on a report about Mr Gauss' document for the board’s regular Monday night session. It was described as a sassy session.
The western will stand by the league and the agreement. Muncie defeated Logansport 7 to 1 in polo Saturday night. If baseball can’t quit going to war, let it be expelled. Harry Wright resigns from the Phillies due to ill health. National league and association teams cannot play each other this year. Si, Eagien and Charles Cool shoot a pigeon match at Brighton Beach Tuesday. Fitzsimmons popularity down after being branded a fake. Anteo stalls sold for 55,000, bought by S Henry of Pennsylvania for 860. League players warned not to sign with an association team under expulsion. The Mitchell-LaBlanche fight outcome pending Monday night. The athletic club says it has been duped.
Rev. John Zilla, pastor of a large Polish church in Chicago, faces an ecclesiastical board on charges including assault with intent to murder, defilement of pastoral duties, and other grave offenses. The case centers on jealousy toward his popular assistant Rev. Paul Szubereski, who survived a brutal beating after parishioners praised the younger priest. The incident sparked threats of lynching and a likely suspension and excommunication for Zilla as testimony proceeds.
Amusements column reports Bronson Steward royalties for Shenandoah at 883,000 through Ped. L Shenandoah. Cleveland minstrels play to half a house. Branson Steward’s adroit promotion contrasted with advance agents’ lack of credit. Granger’s Inherited and Sardou’s Thermidor loom. Riley Burdette lecture sells 800 seats. Joe Murphy may retire. Marsden widow criticized.
A fragmentary Mirage of The Raggedy Man poem by Russell Seeds drawn from Lyrics of the levee and linked with a telegraph room satire. The piece shifts to brief notices of a Kalamazoo widow and husband, a false Marie Van Zandt rumor, and May Festival soloists including Mlle Fursch Madi and Emil Fisher.
Washington reports from a reliable source that Harrison seriously considered four men as Windom's successor McKinley Foster Spooner and Aldrich McKinley declined due to presidential ambitions Spooner and Aldrich refused Foster accepted Blaine backs Harrison's renomination or arranges a suitable candidate if not Blaine opposes McKinley Cullom and Alger Butterworth comments on McKinley's chances and the protective platform warn the GOP will not win with McKinley. In Nicaragua reports say work on the canal dredge project stalls awaiting funds and only one dredge is kept active to appear busy.
More than 100 miners were killed in the Nova Scotia coal mine disaster Saturday. John Wiley, a well known book publisher, died in Orange New Jersey Saturday. Frank Holland of Philadelphia shot his sister Sunday morning thinking she was a burglar. J A Broomfield, Wichita station agent, robbed of $100 Saturday night. Schoolcraft Michigan bans sale and playing cards. Kate Willis, 17, lost a foot at a railway crossing Sunday. Alabaster quarry found near Canon City may withstand 10,000 psi. Hendricks and Lane quarrelled at a dance. Hendricks shot by Seaman. Canon City man pointed unloaded gun at John Fitch. The top of Ittch's head was blown off. Belle Boyd's children sent to the poor house. Rev Joseph Gregg and John Williams, St Louis, fought over women. Williams struck Gregg with a rock. Insure in the Travelers.
In New York on February 23, Miss Fanchon the two ton elephant owned by Charles Rieche escaped her fastenings and visited George Brown’s quarters. She climbed stairs to Brown’s apartments, frightened Mrs Brown and her baby, then caused kitchen chaos before sliding down a makeshift incline to exit.
In Chicago on Washington's Birthday crowds watched Barney Sullivan, a West Side livery driver, take widow McGraw out riding on a white hearse to avoid a buggy after her husband Sharpey’s suit. The unusual outing followed Sullivan’s failed attempts to obtain a buggy as the widow, a Prairie Avenue domestic, held $2,000 from her late spouse.
Reported items include Kaiser Wilhelm's son ill, Osman Digma set to clash with Egyptians, Chilean rebels seizing towns, Bradford weavers strike, a further revolt in Argentina, Parnell adopting a passive stance, Cardiff unions backing strikers, William Walter Phelps involved in a German row, and an undertaker's charges cited as excessive.
Dr Brown's Dental Parlors attract patients seeking fine gold fillings and partial sets without plates. His artificial teeth closely resemble natural ones and every piece of work is guaranteed first class with personal attention. Gas and vitalized air used in extractions.
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