Will Trial Focuses on Senator McDonald's Signature
At McDonald will trial in Nosinsyune Indiana the second day featured close cross examination and lively testimony. Col Ray testified on forgeries and handwriting while plaintiffs' witnesses questioned the signatures in the will and a duplicate. Frances Marsh, Senator McDonald's sister, arrived to testify for the defense and the courtroom remained crowded as debate over admissibility continued.
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Nosinsyiune
Ind
Mia
McDonald
Malcolm A. McDonald
Jessie McDonald
Ferdinand Winter
Hamilton County
JicDonald
Sux
J. M. Cropsey
Senator McDonald
Jacob P. Dvunn
Dunn
Gol
Fcoin W. Ray
Col. Ray
Harris
Gel Lng
Ham
Smith H. Myers
Isaac Dunne
Marion
W. C. Vishback
Birs. McDonald
Hay
Frances Marsh
Nortesvin_y
John B. Elam
W. Hi. Way
Joseph J. McDonald
Joseph E. McDonald
J. E. McDonald
iiiHery Clay
Lois McMamane
Clay
Ali Mamane
Indianapolis
Democratic State Committee
Lough Testimony in Patten Inquiry Details Abuse at State Prison
Ex Deputy Warden Ewing testifies before Indiana legislative committee detailing prison abuses under Warden Patten. He cites misused funds, a director’s son kept as hospital steward, harsh whippings including a thumb suspension and drowning-like water poured on a restrained inmate. He notes inmate deaths and staff misdeeds, with Abel Jowing corroborating later testimony and alleging bribery.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Ewing
Patten
Tux Sun
Claude BicDonald
David B. Hill
Ewine
Thomas Tyron
Abel Jwwing
Slater
H.D. Barns
Steward Montgomery
Pattes
Revival at Pastor Carr's Church Draws Large Crowd
Rev. Tolliver a Texas evangelist leads nightly revival at Second Baptist Church on West Michigan Street. Seventy or more attend as he urges conversion on the theme Abandonment, calling for sinners to sit on conversion benches and seek salvation while the pastor denounces sin. The service ends with fervent prayers and a chorus of religious cries.
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Telliver
Texas
Second Baptist Church
W. Michigan St
Tolliver
United States
Her. Carr
Rev
Heaven
Noah
Zion
Hell
Lori
Fire Destroys Fair Haven Business District
A blaze Tuesday night leveled more than a dozen buildings in Fair Haven, due to frozen hydrants hindering the firefighting. Loss estimated at 75,000 dollars.
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Treurnanp
Fair Haven
Handsome clerk seeks damages against former employers
Laura Clark, a clerk at Brosnan Bros. dry goods, was arrested last summer for alleged hose theft but claimed she acted under a store rule allowing a 5 PM discount. The court released her after her story was believed. She then sued Brosnan Bros. for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution seeking $10,000 in damages, a case heard before Judge Taylor.
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Laura Clark
Brosnan Bros
Cadh
Petition for street sprinkling and local incidents in city
Citizens on Blake Street urge the public works board to sprinkle the thoroughfare next year. A warrant seeks D H Walker after he allegedly left Evansville with $36 belonging to Singer Sewing Machine Co. A quarrel on Market Street injures Wm Gates. Marion County Farmers Institute opens with talks by J J Billingsley, W A Bell, and McAvoy. Police arrest a fortune teller and a welded machine at Brandt's saloon. owners sought. Multiple local people and illnesses listed along with licenses and ads.
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Blake St
Board of Public Works
Matthews
Tennessee
D. H. Walker
Evansville
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Wm. Gates
E. Market
Analet
Gates
Marion County Farmers’ Institute
J. J. W. Billingsley
W. A. Bell
McAvoy
W. Washington St
Brandt
Lowe
Mefford
Chicago
Indianapolis
al. Taffe
Brntus
Joseph
Alica Talbott
Rolla
Laura Harria
Noble
Nancy Rockey
Richard
Died in Disgrace: Sue Riker’s Tragic Plight and Death
The obituary-like piece recounts Sue Riker, known as Sue Hiker, who died at City hospital after a harsh sequence: she fled her family after a delicate pregnancy, was moved in an open wagon on a bitter day, later treated violently by relatives, and placed with Samuel Pitman. Pitman defends his nonresponsibility and notes her claim about the father. the coroner investigates a drugging claim related to her ruin. The family denies abuse, notes a previous stillborn child, and the burial is set for Thursday.
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Malottave
Ling
Lexie Hiker
City Hospital
May Hamlin
Sue
Samuel Pitman
Pitman
Sue Riker
Miami St
66A 23
St. Vitus
Oak St
Mgr
Oll
Mre. Kikar
Beck
Fisher
Five Firemen Hurt In Frost Planing Mill Blaze
Five firemen were seriously injured in Chicago at the Frost Manufacturing Company planing mill on Twelfth Street and Canal. An explosion occurred while connecting a cistern to a water plug, burning two firefighters and causing the east wall to collapse, burying Fire Marshal James Heaney, Pipeman Flood, and Edward Phelan. One man may die amid an estimated $40,000 loss.
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Chicago
Frost Manufacturing Company
Twelfth
Canalsie
Murnane
James Heaney
Flood
Edward Phelan
Indiana Legislature Debates Proposals On Tracks and Unions
The article reports on the Indiana House and Senate considering bills on racing tracks gambling, prize fighting, child schooling, taxation of notes, and labor union rules. It notes opposition from various members, a reformimed judiciary push, and debate over a labor bill while Senator Kern and others push circuit reorganizations and pardons board creation. The Peru wreck hero Richard Neff is awarded a gold medal by the Senate.
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M. L. Haines
First Presbyterian Church
Judiciary Committee
Megenity
Passage
Miami
Taple
Ader
Putnam
Collins
Laporte
McMullen
Orange
Deery
Marion
Montoux
Hord
McCallister
Blontromery
Wabash College
House
Williams
Brown
Johnson
Committee On Elections
Kern
Ar. Hord
Committes
Committees On Labor
Committee On Rights and Privileges
Sud
Committee On Labor
Hurd
Nord
Hinch
Indianapolis
Senate
Cleveland
Sellers
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Govenator
Gomebody
Richard Neff
Peru
Railroad Office Denies Big Four Wreck Rumor
Supt Barnard of the Big Four denies a Wednesday morning report that a wreck near Indianapolis injured workers and burned passengers in a cafe car. He says no employees were harmed and no passengers were in danger, calling the claim groundless.
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Barnari
Indianapolis
Ailton
Gerneath
Barnard
Sun
Mystery Woman From Hollidaysburg Identified in Bellevue Death
The body of Margaret Foster Groanwell of Hollidaysburg Pa daughter of ex Speaker Crosawell was identified in New York on Wednesday after dying from malpractice at Bellevue Hospital. She refused before death to name her betrayer and claimed her name was Margaret Foster. Martin Dell and W W Woodcock will take the body home.
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Sie
New York
Ffoulidaysburg
Dellevue Hospital
Margaret Foster Groanwell
Crosawell
Pennsylvania
Margaret Ioster
Martin Dell
WW. J. Woodcock
Llollidaysburg
Cabinet Talk Delays Grover Cleveland Cabinet Plans
President elect Grover Cleveland and ex Secretary Bayard conferred late Tuesday night and resumed Wednesday morning over cabinet makeup. E C Wall of Wisconsin is named to interior, Smalley of Vermont arrived, and Mr Whitney expected.
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Laxtwoon
N.S
Grover Cleveland
Bayard
E. C. Wall
Wisconsin
Mine Fire Traps Workers at Conception Mine
A deadly collapse and fire at the Conception silver mine in Azorca San Luis Potosi traps workers. Thirteen corpses have been recovered and the blaze continues beneath the surface. The mine, famed as Mexico’s show mine for its equipment, faces losses estimated at 1 000 600 pesos.
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Mexico
Conception
Azorca
San Luis Potosi
Srount
Warrants Issued for Gleason and His boards
Warrants issued for Gleason and his five member board of education commissioner of public works and two water department officers on grand larceny charges for removing books and documents from public departments. Also mentions naval appropriations and Utah statehood in Washington dispatches.
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Gleason
Issaxparry
Sanford
Board of Education
Public Works
Water Department
Grand View Hotel Fort Hamilton Destroyed by Fire
New York January 23 Fort Hamilton Grand View hotel a seven story seaside resort burned at 11 10 am. Guests leaped from upper windows, many injured. Loss estimated 8106 000 to 4100 000 with 45000 insurance. Fire started in storage room. servants fled while guests jumped to escape flames.
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Grandview
Fort Hamilton
Sfany
Adolph [Nehl
Brooklyn
David
Aineer
Cholera Cases and Deaths Reported Across Facilities
Thirteen new cholera cases and one death occur at Walle insane asylum. Four more cases and one death reported at Trotha, Whe ape Was Rich. Bishop Phillips Brooks dies intestate leaving a $750000 estate. Dr Bufkin claims a treatment for goiter and cancer cures.
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Bevin
Dan
Walle Insane Asylum
Trotha
Ape
Bostox
Phillips Brooks
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Percy Howard
Wemyss Henderson
Chicago Opera House
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Mr. Daly
Mr. Toward
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Daly
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Virginia
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Xadia
James Nedeau
Themygon
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S. T. Hall
Sant
Union
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Foster
Washncton
Springer
Treasury
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Union St
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