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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1892
Page
1
Early morning excitement at Louisiana and St Barns as Frenzel appeals for police protection but Mayor Sullivan remains mum. Strikers guard depots, import rumored cars, and sign petitions while officials offer vague responses and keep reporters at bay.
Reports describe streetcar disruption in Louisiana Street area with mules unhitched and drivers avoiding conflict. Mass meeting planned at Tomlinson Hall to protest President Frenzel. Union members discharged and injunctions anticipated. Citizens sign petitions, with 2,500 names by Tuesday noon.
Deputy-coroner Isaac Dunn handed in his resignation to Dr Manker on Monday morning effective March 1, ending a long-running dispute over the institute fire verdict. Dunn had opposed the verdict while Manker supported it, a rift known to both men. Dunn told The Sun he did not wish to be seen as aiding the verdict, and stated there was no enmity with Manker.
A report from Saturday alleged Lemon Reinhold, confined in Mich igann City, was flogged for unruly behavior. Warden J W French telegraphed Tuesday denying the flogging and any rule violations, stating no cat o nine tails has been used in ten years and Reinhold has not violated a rule since arrival.
In Washington on February 25 the house appropriations committee prepared bills for presentation. Mr McMillan was elected speaker pro tem on Tuesday during Speaker Crisp’s illness while the senate committee on territories heard arguments on Utah statehood.
St Josephs Church fair opens Wednesday evening in Tomlinson hall and runs through the week. The church serves a large Catholic congregation and plans a new hall for society meetings. Proceeds go to that project. Friends have donated generously and nightly musical programs are planned.
Edmund Yates reports that a confidential official in Prussia has leaked designs of Kiel war vessels and harbor fortifications to France and Russia, alarming and enraging the emperor. The leak exposes plans for Kiel harbor dockyard defenses and naval works amid rising tensions.
GREENCAS TLE IN Feb 23 Mrs J C Ridpath wife of the historian fell Monday morning while going down stairs and sustained injuries though not dangerous will confine her to the house for several weeks.
The report notes several brief items: Henry Assenmacher and his wife, 80, asphyxiated in Joliet, Ill., on Monday. Juan Flores killed in a duel near Laredo, Tex., Monday. Ed Campbell, a Vandalia employee in Westfield, Ill., lost his mind from overwork. G Cleveland spoke in Ann Arbor, Mich., Monday on national life. Good ship Indiana sailed from Philadelphia Monday to aid Russian famine sufferers. Austin Bidwell, a Bank of England forger, is at home in Hartford and promises reform. Prospector Brandt, poor and tired, found a silver lined cavern at Creede, Col., Monday by accident.
A busy Brightwood scene features a flag raising success and a village of events. Bicycle workers, dances, marriages, trials, arrests, and public notices fill a long list from Monday through Tuesday across local streets and courts.
The Deadwood divorce of Mrs James G Blaine Jr prompts judge remarks critical of elder Mrs Blaine and a national political flare. Dispatches from Deadwood and Indianapolis Journal push blame onto Mrs Blaine Sr and hint Harrison partisans may bolt the ticket upsetting Blaine and Harrison intrigues.
Avondale residents in NewArk New Jersey grow alarmed by lawless acts of Italians employed on the Newark branch of the Elizabeth railroad. A drunken fight left screams and pistol shots heard at night. Citizens say they are insulted and fear for their lives as efforts mount to drive them away.
A waterspout near Queenstown Ene harbor caused a brief disturbance but did no damage. On Saturday a fire in Cape Town destroyed a theater and Mrs. James Brown Potter's scenery and wardrobes. Jose Paul Fure, a Bonaparte prince, eloped with the wife of a Turkish official to the Santa Cruz mountains.
A crag and a bay horse pull a green wagon bearing a newly married couple. A woman in a green skirt and plaid handkerchief and a man in a rusty ulster smile beside bedding and tin ware. The scene marks their country nuptials and cheerful setup.
Short's K. K. stopa thin grip tough. Druggists sell it. Price 5 cents a bottle.
St Louis report details Dr. Breedlove of Baltimore who killed himself after a strained affair with Isaac N. Judson of Fort Smith. The incident mirrors a Memphis case, with a found note pleading undying love. Judson, central high assistant principal, denies any criminal ties.
A western bound express on the Pennsylvania road struck a group of partygoers walking along the tracks near Hawkins Station. Alice Gaskill of Swissvale was instantly killed. William Dewar and Milton Ziegler of Wilkinson were fatally injured. Dewar died, and Ziegler is not expected to recover.
Olaf Olgen, councilman from ward 18, described a burglary at his machine shop on Kentucky avenue. He said a thief entered last night and stole his Caligraph typewriter, and he could not determine how the intruder gained entry or the thief’s origin.
Carrie Manis committed suicide Saturday night at 209 EF Court Street and was buried Tuesday at Crownhill after a sister in a neighboring town wired for burial instructions saying Bury her there. Friends donated 75 dollars for a decent burial. Floods threaten Adra as melting snows and rain inundate towns. Many villages flooded and peasants lose homes.
Sir Henry Cotton former lord chief justice of the court of appeals died in London Tuesday morning. L. Wadhsmith & Co Chicago wholesale clothiers were burned out Tuesday morning with losses estimated at 30000 dollars. Paris police conducted general searches of houses occupied by known anarchists on Tuesday seeking dynamite believed stolen from the state manufactory.
Curiaco February 28 The congressional party departed for Washington on Tuesday morning. Two wagon loads of flowers were distributed among them as parting tributes.
A six day cycle event opened in Frisco amid speculation over Pfeffer and other fights. Reports note Joe Goddard agreed to a June bout with McAuliffe. Jockey Kuhn suffered a broken collar bone in St Louis while Corbett and Muldoon profited from Madison Square Garden events. Keller and Smith fought in Frisco with Keller winning early rounds but Smith ultimately fell in round 24. The Southern league contemplates teams across Atlanta New Orleans Memphis Mobile Macon and Columbus.
Chicago colored society buzzes over a March 1 cake walk at Battery D. William A. Brady of New York runs the affair after Madison Square Garden success. Prizes value $1,000 lure participants. Forty couples of Chicago's colored "400" already signed up to take part.
A white infant was found abandoned near Hurley's saloon after a Big Four wreck. A colored man arrived at Union Station with the baby, which was later taken to the station, revived by Mrs. Buchanan, and sent to the Colored orphans' home. Police and investigators pursued leads about a possible link to a lodging couple and a man named Newcomb, but no solid connection was established.
Local forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for the 36 hours ending Wednesday at 6 p.m. predicts warmer, fair weather with occasional increasing cloudiness. Temperatures rise modestly as the period progresses, with no precipitation expected.
Tiji cloths, storm serges, printed Bedfords, and 25 cent gingham hint at a bustling sale. Dainty low shoes for house wear and shaggy tan colored woolens priced at 1.70 dollars per yard showcase affordable fabric and footwear selections.
The Kendals drew a large fashionable audience for The ironmaster and A Scrap of Paper. Viewers praised the later acts while the first act drew boredom with the dull opening and weak supporting cast. Mrs Kendal portrayed Susan Hartley well and Col Blake pleased modestly. Gillette’s All the Comforts of Home opens Feb 29 at the Grand with over 300000 in royalties reported.
A fragmented notice urges the Citizens' Street Railway Co to save riders money by allowing bicycles on board. The message emphasizes daily savings for citizens and calls for immediate action to permit bike riders free of charge.
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