City lights bid clash ends in planned rejection
The light committee led by Councilman Gauss plans to reject all bids for the city lighting project, saying none conformed to the purchase clause. Alderman Blackwell One and others criticized the bids as noncompliant, with Brush Electric and gas firm officials left in the dark about the outcome.
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Gauss
Light
Blackwell
Stechhan
Ouncihnan
Pearson
Anatrait
Andy
Fidding Ag
Cavs
Smith
Cayen
Brush Electric Light Companys
Tum Sun
Indiana
Caven
Topeka
Kas
R. L.afta
Uuder
Chicago
Light Committee
Brush Company
Canadian lacrosse stars to play exhibition at Madison Square
Canadian lacrosse leaders from the CannguaWago tribe and Toronto clubs arrive for Friday and Saturday night matches at Madison Square Garden. Teams from Canada will participate in exhibition and contest games as part of a special program.
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Yoxrs
Canada
Madison Square Garden
Toronto
It's A PYXE FIGHT Over Silver In Congress
The piece reports a split in Congress over silver regulation and free coinage, with President Harrison facing pressure. It notes disgust among Sherman and Edmunds at senators from Nevada Colorado and California dictating monetary policy, and mentions Turner of Kansas seeking a Senate seat on monetary grounds. Also references hearings and planned Senate sessions this week on related issues.
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Edmunds
Sherman
Fear
Washington
Congress
Harrison
House
Senate
Hear
Hedmonds
Nevada
Felado
Colorado
Four Story Building Fire Destroys in New York
A Friday blaze in New York destroyed a four story building on Stone Street occupied by small jobbers. Loss is estimated at £50,600. No injuries reported. Fire investigators will probe cause and origin.
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New York
Jan
Whispers and Wonders From the Times of Mayhem
A jumble of brief items reports sick horses near Lexington with colds and distemper, a new baby in Saginaw, a London man missing after stealing flour, a man in Wallaceburg missing with funds, a man in Amherst thawing a dynamite carriage, a marriage in Rowena, a brutal age gap in Harlan, a skeleton found near St Saskatchewan, a suspected Indian sacrifice, a Cincinnati manslaughter arrest after a steam engine explosion killing a child.
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Lexington
Samuel Ward
Saginaw
Mich
St. Saskatchewan
Benjamin Loenstein
Langlotz
Cincinnati
City society notes mixylene events and health news
Hendricks club elected S. RB Holt president John Rauch secretary and A H Johnson treasurer. Albert Dowden of Bartholomew county pardoned after three years burglary sentence out of ten. Press club met with little of note three new membership applications. Finance changes: Jake Dimn resigns as treasurer to be replaced next Thursday. Board of agriculture elected Leon L Bagley secretary succeeding long serving Alex Heron due to health. Typhoid suspected in Chief Webster illness. Assistant Chief Chris Heckman very ill. Judge Brown reversed guardianship decision over Alice Mundy returning child to mother after earlier ruling. Governor Travernor hosted legislative party with dancing band and fees. County will appoint steward at poor farm. no prospects strong. Mrs Chorehkill injured after fall from shed onto railroad track. perilous near-miss with locomotive avoided.
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Hendricks Club
S. RB. Holt
John Rauch
A. H. Johnson
Albert Dowden
Bartholomew County
Press Club
Jake Dimn
Board of Agriculture
Leon L. Bagley
Huntington
Alex Heron
Heron
Webster
Hodges
Chris, Heckman
Judge Brown
Blys
Mosby
Alice Mundy
Board of Children’s Guardians
Taylor
Brown
Tom Johnson
Johnson
Chorehkill
Washington
Andrewa
Raising the Wind Holds Back City Estimates Scheme
The city finance committee adopts a plan to route contractor estimates separately from the appropriation ordinance, delaying payments by about five weeks. Chairman Woollen defends the move as legal and prudent, while contractors warn of higher bids and financial strain as taxes near. The council notes cash tightness and possible need to borrow, with officials asserting the city is improving financially despite the change.
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The
Common Council
Oren Shover
ST Gowt
Woollen
Aare
Council Committee On Rules
Lay Pearson
Fragmentary 19th Century News Flashes and Ads
A scrambled clip recalls a year ago tragedy at a Brooklyn church where five died as walls collapsed, plus a botched robbery attempt in Chicago and a later criminal evasion tale. Warm, dry weather noted and a retail plug for seal skin goods and Bamberger’s fixtures sale.
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Brooklyn
Hall
West Indianapolis
Durned
Chicago
Kean
Lees
Bamberger
Fey
Miles Sees Indians Self-Settle Conflict at Pine Ridge
Gen. Miles foresees 300 to 400 hostile Indians in camp seeking to push fighting. He hopes the better element prevails and that the trouble will be settled among the Indians themselves with the bad ones killed and friendlies returning to Pine Ridge. Messages report 1,500 Indians on the Fort Hall reserve massing with arms, while officials in Washington expect an early settlement and deny imminent battle near the agency. Buffalo Bill and Buckskin Jack arrive at the agency. Lieutenant Getty’s body recovered. Father Craft improving. In Pittsburg, refiners plan new measures to secure better oil prices and may establish refineries and pipelines, with steps likely Friday.
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Miles
Pine Ridge
Ocallatas
Huey
Oélriel
Fighting Representative Fippen Known for Droll Speeches
Stories describe Jim Pippen from Tipton county as tall and raw boned with humorous, quaint talks. He visits country schools with friends, promising laughs and odd gurgling seats. One speech to a solo republican reportedly swayed him to vote Democratic, elevating Fippen to local notoriety after a sharp exchange with Editor Pershing.
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Jim Pippen
Tipton County
Fippen
SF Wippen
Pershing
Tipton Advocate
Train delay at Unison station over lost pass story
At Unison station the scene as returning lawmakers and traffic collide with a tale of a Indianapolis girl visiting, her pass misplaced, the conductor delaying a train six minutes then waiving fees. The girl later calls him the nicest man.
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Indianapolis
Adonis
Midnight bell tops Hoyt productions at GraxnD-Host show
Amusements note praises GraxnD-Host's Midnight bell presented by Wilbur opera company. Cast led by Eugene Canfield as Martin Tripp, George Richards as Deacon Tidd, and Richard J. Dillon as the clergyman. Audience large and appreciative. crowd notes vary on cast realism. Office desks at Wm. L. Elder's.
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Hoyt
Tidd
Morton House
Eugene Canfield
Martin Tripp
George Richards
Deacon Tidd
Richard J. Dillon
Governor Hovey Read in Senate and House Spat Over Session
Read aloud in both chambers Hovey’s essay and social lapses at a governor’s party. Senators Magee and Shockney spark debate on oath and pay. Young J F Hanley shyly warms to public life while routine bills and a 10 000 display for the world’s fair loom. Emma Abbott funeral in Chicago draws large crowd as city mourns her.
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Roberts
Muushace
Pleasants
Senate
Magee
Supreme Court
Shockney
Ronaling
J. F. Hanley
Warren County
Jenks Niblack
Loys
Hovey
Mason
Kravely
McCullough
Répresentative Curtis
Ader
Kelley
Platt rushes to Washington over election probe
Ex Senator Platt leaves New York for Washington on political mission amid worry over an investigation into the election of certain Republican assemblymen. He and allies plan to oppose seating any U.S. senator who may be elected by Democrats at Albany.
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Yom
Washington
Waw
York
Jan
Platt
U.S
Albany
Three steamers wrecked by ice floes in the Elbe
BERLIN reports three steamers wrecked in the Elbe by ice floes with crews saved. Adriatic storm endangers craft on the Fiver. southern European rail traffic suspended. Governor's Message to assembly urges tax reforms, higher bank rates, and funding for soldiers’ monument and prison. LaBelle capture tale follows with a dramatic escape en route to trial.
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Berlin
Elbe
Adriatic
Europe
Assembly
Commonwealth
Soldiers’ Monument
Norykerp
Rattlesnake bite leads to drastic amputation and strange rearing
Apple Valley man Andy Mitchell lost his hand at the wrist after a rattlesnake bit him while descending an old well. The snake clung to his hand as he shook it free, then the well revealed a tangle of adders. Fire sent into the well burned the reptiles. Separate dispatch notes Quebec plans to raise 11 million to meet debt, and a Traffle railroad presidents meeting was postponed with a report pending Saturday.
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Tatnesville
Jan
Andy Mitchell
Apple Valley
Oldwell
Debs Will Resign as Locomotive Firemen Leader
Debs announces resignation from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen post as grand secretary treasurer. He was reelected without opposition and plans to pursue other business ventures amid the year start.
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Debs
Trave Havre
Spl
Eugene V. Debs
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Will Rusion
Sporting Lite Features and Bizarre Baseball Notes
Thirty horses have run a mile in 1 41 or better in the past year. The Clinois cycling club is the largest in the United States with 285 members. Over 100 thoroughbreds are sick at Lexington with specified maladies. Hennessy and Jordan declined to fight Thursday night over small gate receipts. Pete Browning proposes staying out of the national league, joined by Al Johnson, leaving two members of the former group.
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Clinois
United States
Paellotia
Lexington
Kyiene Hennessy
Jordan
Pete Browning
al. Johnson
Tiger Howl Lures Lewistown Patrons In Big Town Card Games
A wild tiger of controversy prowls Indianapolis scenes as tales of big money and illegal gambling circulate. Patrons pack rooms hosting multiple draw and monte games with up to twelve players. A cashier allegedly embezzled funds and fled town. Local clerks and thieves mingle in high stakes play under a cloud of disruption and fear.
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Tae Li
Theircus Sharks
Shell
Elopement Shocks St Louis as Noted Politician Involved
A Portician escorts Bertha Nell Neff’s daughter on New Year’s Day. J B Nichols a married Republican leader, took her first to his home then fled. they may have headed to Chicago. Nichols, a close Neff friend, sparked sensational talk in North St Louis over the affair.
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St. Louis
North St. Louis
Bertha Nell
J. B. Nichols
Nichols
Neff
Chicago
The Beautiful Out West Blizzards Across Kansas
The snow storm continues unabated throughout Kansas taking on the shape of a blizzard as winter weather grips the region and disrupts travel.
Failures and Troubles Sweep Firms and Courts
Jan entries report Spl J Ewan & Son and Spl J Clenseae H Moore failing with combined liabilities around 70 000. Wisconsin Mutual Fire Insurance in receivership. Giro W Hunt property seized by supreme court order. Canton conference discusses Dewber watch case firm resuming operations soon.
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Mostreal
Ewan & Son
Philadelphia
Clenseae H. Moore
Mcavwaukee
Wisconsin Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Milwaukee Mutual Fire Insurance Coumpany
New York
Sph
Giro
W. Hunt
Walla Walla
Wash
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Canton
Dewber Watch Case
Fresh Foreign Facts And Cold Weather Notes
Parnell may not retire as rumors swirl around British politics. French actress Celine Montaland is reported dead. Scotland faces an unresolved railroad strike. Alexander William Kinglake the historian was cremated in London. The Royal Hotel in Moscow burned Friday night with nine dead. Britain endures a severe winter causing widespread suffering and a man frozen to death in Preston. An American, Moore, is arrested in Mozambique on spy suspicions tied to Britain. the U S consul will investigate. Mecklenburg Schwerin’s Grand Duke offered Prince Bismarck the duchy ministry presidency. Bismarck declined. Lunch note about Cleageb onder at Fred Bleine's, 20 Mass Ave.
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Parnell
Celine Montaland
Scotland
Alexander William Kinglake
Lonon
Royal Hotel
Moscow
Russia
Great Britain
Preston
Moore
Mozambique
United States
Grand Duke
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Frederick Francis
Prince Bismarck
Duchy of Mecklenburg Schwer
Bismarck
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Rowena
Tenn
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City Lite
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Wong
Pittsburg
Unison
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Wilbur Opera Company
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Jim Cooke
McCaull Opera
Crawford
Lulug Burt
Tomasi
McCaull Opera Company
Wm. L. Elder’s
Gov. Hovey
Parson Chasé
Francis
Hayden
Dayling
Senator Magee
Massachusetts Ave
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CuiAco
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LaBelle
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Quebec
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Derlin
Virchow Directure
Voch
Veatures OF Sporting Lite
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Cascado
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I Shumaker
Akron
American Harvester Company
L. Clark
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A. J. Drexel
Gene Childs
Marial Mays
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Old Country
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