Water Company Accepts Contract With Objectionable Clause
Board meeting notes show water company approving a contract despite a strong purchase clause. Vice President Davis calls the provision unacceptable yet says the city’s inability to buy the plant limits gains. Council opposition expected, led by Mr. Young, while the company defends its rates regulated by the Board of Public Works.
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Board of Director
Ayfternoon
Davis
Board of Public Works
Young
N. Mississippist
Maryland Legislature Backs Senator Gorman Favor
Annapolis January 7 Senator Gorman leads in presidential preference among Maryland lawmakers. House delegation 45 for Gorman and 85 for Cleveland. Senate 7 for Gorman and 13 for Cleveland. Republicans split between Harrison and Blaine.
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Maryland
Gorman
Annapolis
Cleveland
House of Delegates
Senate
Harrison
Blaine
Swiss Champion Swordswoman Wounded in Fencing Duel
CHwWAGO Jan 7 Miss Helen Englehardt Swiss champion swordswoman formerly of the King's Fool company was severely wounded Tuesday night when Prof. Vanara's foil broke and the jagged end pierced her left shoulder deeply. A fever developed and the wound is considered dangerous.
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Chwwago
Helen Englehardt
Vanara
Babes In the Wood
80 WAGS THE WORLD
A satirical feature notes Senator Bishop W Parkins remains whiskerless yet popular. Maggie Delehanty a 16 year old burglar disrupts Pittsburg and a Chief Justice Fuller seeks the Boyd Thayer cage ruling before delivery. A vagrant Geo de Cousey is sent to Blackwell's Island for 52 cents theft. Brinkley Arkansas endures gang intimidation as 50 residents push to purge the town after the mayor’s refusal to resign.
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Bishop W. Parkins
Maggie Delehanty
Pittsburg
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Geo. de Cousey
Blackwell’s Island
New York
Bayard Cutling
Brinkley
Ark
Amusements at Englishs and Park shows in May
The May Russell burlesque company at English's continues Wednesday and Thursday with clever special acts though the clog dancing and Edward Fetus in an equilibrist number outshine the speaking parts. Oyaha Hasean and Dowling perform at the Park on Thursday and rest of the week in Nobody's Claim. The Bostonians visit the Grand next Thursday to sing Robin Hood with Barnabee Karl McDonald Camille DArpi and Jessie Bartlett Davis in the cast. Friday night Lizzie Evans debuts at English's with Mies Prue written by Miss Martha Morton. Seatare tickets are on sale at Baldwin's for a Plymouth church lecture by Edward W. Emerson Friday. The Waifs of New York features a real Silsby engine and large scenery including Trinity church. Russell Sage is favored as the munificent sum near 15 to the actor who mended him after a crank blew him up. the play will beat its next Monday.
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May Russell
Edward Fetus
Oyaha
Hasean
Dowling
Robin Hood
Barnabee
Karl, McDonald
Camille
D'Arpi
Jessie Bartlett Davis
New York
Silsby
Chicago
Christian Cook
Meridian
South-sts
Flanner & Buchanan
Marionave
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
Lawrence County
James Brown
Murray
Brown
Wm. Tow
H. L Kimberlain
Tow
Tow-Bass
Mitchell
Indiana State Dairyman’s Association
Virginia Meredith
Cambridge City
Calvin Fletcher
Spencer
Denison
John
JL. Riner
Lorena Fort
George
Fannie Winkler
Anna Smith
Richard and
Florence Boyer
Henry
Louisa Nicoll
Louis and
Lyda Bauer
Ida Watson
B. J
Susan Lee
Daniel
Hita Moss
Fred
Mrs. Lentz
Emma Tooley
E. BR
Lena Blake
John Sanborn
Wood
John Gill
Daugherty
A. M. Davis
Empire Block
Samuel Shaw
S. Pine St
Susie Taylor
Gilliard Ave
George Weaver
Adeliah A. Robartson
Thomas Shutteros
Rachel Allen
Joseph Tindle
Mary R. Sturges
George M. Kegrice
Susanna Wright
Julius Rasquier
Jane Shesvey
Thomas Poynter
Sarah E. Stephens
Felix Zeller
Emma Volker
Charles Volpp
Catherine Henninger
Charles McCreary
Anna L. Hurd
Washington St
Stablemen Protest Discrimination Over Privileges
Stablemen, track hands, and other streetcar company employees not in Frenzel’s agreement rail against altered riding privileges. Foreman cites dissension but says little about it while a conductor questions organization and self-help action. Tense rumors of meetings and possible action circulate among the workers.
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Frenzel
Louisiana St. Barns
College
Aveling
Watter
Ares
Bac
Dynamite Found Outside Pottsville House
A stick of dynamite lay outside Louis Bausch’s Misersville residence Wednesday. The fuse had been lit but was snuffed out. Police suspect a group of youths who wrecked several buildings the night before New Year’s.
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Pottsville
Louis Bausch
Misersville
Wheat Market Slump Fears Roil Chicago Bid As Prime News
Wheat prices drift lower amid Chicago signals of a likely break. Local notes report a Dallas affair and a series of incidents from Marion Avenue to Meridian Street. A car crash injures a flower vendor while a dairy conference unfolds at the statehouse with addresses on butter and market disposal. Earlier, a fatal rail collision and multiple marriages and births fill the public notices along with a candy vendor mishap on Washington Street, leaving street crowds amused by the clumsy bungled spill.
Death of Bob Sims Triggers Marvin Kuhns Reminiscences
The Sun reports on the Alabama outlaw Bob Sims's death and recalls Marvin Kuhns's violent career across Indiana Ohio and Michigan. It describes Kuhns's childhood in Noble County Albion his school expulsion his crimes including horse stealing arson and swift escapes culminating in a life sentence in Columbus Penitentiary.
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Bob Sims
Marvin Huhne
Alabama
Sun
Marvin Kuhns
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Kuhns
Nobiea County
Wear Albion
Marvin
Marvin Katinas
Kubas
Kahna
Noble County
Bean
Kutnos
Marvin van
Coppsite
Boris
Kubns
Kulns
James Wilkinson
Fort Wayne
Churubusco
Kuhna
Cammau
Fostoria
Columbus
GOOD SKATING AT BRIGHTON PONDS ATTRACTS CROWDS
Brighton beach ponds near the canal, 25 to 30 acres, 8 inch ice, open for use. City visitors can reach Armstrong park by North Indianapolis car, then west a short distance. Afternoon gatherings draw many skaters, including 150 medical college students on Wednesday. Some slipped through thin ice, sparking laughter. one student named Cain is unconscious but stable, with recovery possible if no complications arise. Furniture at Wm. L. Biden's.
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Armstrong
Brighton Beach
Ice Company
Uce
Indianapolis
Armstrong Park
Armstronght
Medical College
Lee
Detroit syndicate seeks Indiana county franchise for electric car line
A typewritten plea from Krank E Snow, William Avery, Chas Jay and associates asks Marion County commissioners for a 30 year franchise to build and operate an electric streetcar from Indianapolis city limits to the fair grounds along the Voss farm route. Detroit backers promise a $51,000 bond and aim to transfer old rights while settling litigation with Edison and local suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Syndicate
Tindianapolt
Genisi
Krank E
Snow
Wm. E
Avery
Chas. A. Jay
County Commissioners
Marion County
Indianapol
Fair Grounds
Voss
Tormanonate Bellefontaine
Fall Creek
Wall Creek
Sruw, Avery & Jay
Nora Johnson
Cal. Light
Broad Ripple Road
Detroit
Broad Rigple
Light
Wi. Henderson
Bew
Hanway & Lancaster
Edison Company
Sean
Board of Public Works
Mesera
Day
Avery and Snow
Maniead
Broad Ripple Railroad
Jay
Bates House
Indianapolis
Armed Camp in Arkalon as Guards Patrol After Sheriff Slay
Arkalon Kansas town becomes armed camp after Sheriff Kuon is killed. National guards guard the town while warrants issue for 30 alleged outlaws. Rumors of a 100 men mobilizing to rescue prisoners raise fears of renewed violence. Ray Robinson detained. Gov Humphreys vows order.
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Arkalon
Kan
Arkslon
Kuon
Dunn
Winchester
Ray Robinson
Judge Botkin
Springfield
Humphreys
Five More Dead Near Mobile in Mississippi Search Slaying
Word from Warmack Hill Alabama reports Neal Sims and two men plus Laura and Beatrice Sims killed on a trip from Warmack Hill to Leak Mississippi. A male hunter stopped them claiming they searched for Neal Sims, then fired and hanged the others to a tree. The region remains in excitement over the report.
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Mobile
Ala
Warmack Hill
Neal Sims
Laura
Beatrice Sims
Leak
Miss
Neal
Indiana Weather Forecast For January 8 1892 In City Area
The forecast notes fair conditions with light snow in the north Friday afternoon. For Indianapolis and vicinity the 24 hours ending 8 am shows slightly warmer, fair weather with southerly winds Thursday and Friday.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Thoreday
Smothered charges at state agriculture board raise fear
The State Board of Agriculture faces pressure over alleged bribery tied to a fair site vote. Reports claim a Miller faction bribery scheme and possible $500 payoff to sway a board member, with resignations and investigations debated as public confidence hangs in the balance for the state fair.
Pride Versus Starvation At Lord Street Adams Family
A chronicled hardship tale in a city tenement. Benjamin Adams, wife and five children endure hunger and illness after long unemployment and a restaurant job loss. Jimmy Adams, the eldest son, briefly found work as a waiter before the shop closed. Neighbors provided coal and food as the family teeters on eviction. The Township trustees have been alerted to assist.
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Lord St
Benjamin Adam
James
Mr. Adams
Jimmy
Ilinois-st
the Sun
Adams
dJisimy
Coalana
Charity
Bath
Jeck
Jimny
Lanse
Township Trustes Gold
Garza Routed by U S Troops at La Joya Border Fight
From Gen Reyes in Laredo a skirmish Tuesday evening near La Joya ended with Garza’s men routed by United States troops. Horses and arms were seized, two rebels jumped into the river, one was shot and the other captured. Prisoners were said to be attacked during transfer to court and rescued. Garza resumes Diaz era tactics as peasant support shifts toward his faction.
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Laredo
Tex
Reyes
Garza
la Joya
Uncle Sam
United States
Giarra
Diaz
la Garza
John Sherman Re-elected Senator From Ohio Over Foraker
John Sherman is again senator from Ohio, defeating Joseph B. Foraker after a bitter fight. Sherman won by a caucus margin of 3 votes to 33, with speeches delivered after the result.
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Ohio
Foraker
Commsnes
John Sherman
Joseph B. Foraker
Sherman
Bothi
Rome cab drivers strike amid global tension and quake alerts
The report notes Rome cab drivers striking while Vienna mourns Prince Charles and France eyes England. Warships head to Morocco as Russia faces famine and uprisings, with 30 killed in Pernambuco clashes. Lawrence Irving survives an attempted suicide in London. The pope cautions French Catholics on republican ties as aid from America arrives. A New York linen sale and factory discounts offer bargains for hotel and cape trade goods.
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Vienna
France
England
Morocco
Chiavan
Italy
Pernambuco
Lawrence Irving
London
Henry Irving
Russia
Moba
America
Secretary Blaine Sicks and Quorum Question Stir House
Reports say Secretary Blaine improved Thursday morning while friends feared his drowsiness. The day after, executive documents were moved and a lack of quorum was noted as House proceedings resumed with calls for bills. Senate figures welcomed new Senator Hill with a public reception and oath.
Cyclone wipes Fayetteville with four killed
A funnel shaped cyclone struck Fayetteville Georgia on Tuesday night causing $25000 in damage. Four people were killed outright as houses fell and several others injured amid rapid destruction across the town. Horses were scattered and residents watched in despair as the storm tore through.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Fayetteville
Report on year’s public works to be presented Thursday
The Board of Public Works submitted its annual report to the mayor Thursday morning. It includes engineers, street and building department reports. If Controller Woollen provides the financial statement in time, the compilation, with health and public safety reports, will go before the council Thursday night along with a water contract, committee announcements, and new rules.
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Board of Public Works
Woollen
Financial Department
Health and Public Safety Departments
Old Hoss Flint Dying Of Consumption In Chicago Home
Chicago January 7 known baseball catcher Flint better known as Silver and Old Hoss is dying at his home of consumption. His physician says he cannot live 48 hours. He has been confined to bed for sixteen weeks and has not eaten any solid food for a month.
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Chicago
Flint
Old Hoss
Viau Signs Cleveland Contract and Baseball Rumors
Multiple sports and business notes mix signings and contracts. Viau signs with Cleveland while Kilrain eyes Sullivan’s chance at Slavin. Ben Waght dies noted horseman. Mike Kelly may join New York. Farrell signs with Pittsburg. Corbett trains in Atlantic City for Mitchell bout. League schedules clash. McCarthy Callahan fight set Jan 26 in New Orleans for 2000. Pittsburgh seven challenges Chicago Thistles for gold and cash. Chicago council orders Garfield park boulevard cut, impacting local gang grounds. Louisville to fight Pittsburg for Catcher Grim. Indianapolis baseball matter unsettled with no volunteer. Linen sale ad at New York Store. PEITIS DRY GOODS Co.
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Viau
Cleveland
Kilrain Eeys Sullivan
Ben Waght
Mike Kelly
New York
Farrell
Boston Red Slockinge
Pittsburg
Jim Corbett
Atlantic City
Mitchell
New Orleans
McCarthy-Callahan
Pittsburgh Seven
Chicago Thistles
Chicago Council
Garfield Park
Gang of Sharks
Louisville
Grim
Indianapolis
Tulane
Ec d
Chicago
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Edward W. Emerson
Bengton-At
Ulucks
Mr. Frenzel
City Life
Wm. L. Biden's
Dr. Light
Sims
State Board of Agriculture
D. P. Erwin
Ono
State House
Lockhart
Thu Susmao
Lloyd Jones
Tribery
Board of Trade
Credesville
D. P Erwin
Board of Agriculture
John K. Robinson
E. H. Peed
New Castle
Europe
Benator Muunis
Montgomery County
Woman's Department of the
Virginia Merideth
R. W. Thompson
Terra Haute
S. B. Dungan
H. B. Howland
C. B. Harris
W. A. Banks
R. M. Lockhart
President Banks
Banka
Country Fair Association
Rome
Prince Frederick
Iusta
Charles
Pines Jae
Fetir Dry Goods Co
Mr. Blaine
Washington
Springer
Taylor
Senator Hill
Hill
Rice
Hiscock
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Philadelphia
Peffer
Morgan
Maritime Canal Company
Nicaragua
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Sporting
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