Russian Jew Harbors Perseverance Amid Baltic Night Tyranny
Herman Astroff describes life in Russia’s pale where Jews face land bans, expulsion from schools, and pervasive persecution. Merchants oppress serfs and Jews alike while state forces turn a blind eye as uprisings target Jews. Astroff contrasts serf loyalty with peasant ignorance and notes grim living conditions, scant wages, and forced submission.
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Rome
Herman Astroff
Indianapolis
Russia
Astroff
Poltva
Tchernigoff
Caucasian Mountains
Pale
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Mr. Ostroff
Tchevnigoff
God
Giaic Iso
Re‘ballion
Chicago sells bonds and plague spreads in 1906 era report
Chicago has sold 3 000 000 of its 5 000 600 world fair bonds. Smallpox spreads in San Francisco with 600 Chinese in quarantine. Six people killed by a blast at Rush Run West Virginia. A suicide in Celina Ohio over a wife. Livestock starves in northern Idaho due to snow. Pittsburg street car strike boycott targets business riders. Two men killed in Cave City Kentucky explosion. Breyfogle sued by Union Pavement Co. for 726 000 over land seizure in Kentucky.
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Chicago
San Francisco
meEree
Rush Ran
W. Va
Frank Zeno
Celina
Idaho
Pittsburg
Seth Williams
Moses McClellan
Pga
Cave City
Nide
William.l. Breyfogle
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad
Bean
Union Pavement Company
Lestock
Kentucky
Argentine All Right Bright Prospects For Crops
Late Buenos Ayres reports say politics remain calm with no sign of revolutionary disturbance. Agricultural conditions are generally encouraging as locust damage recedes and harvest prospects look favorable. A new locust killer by Signor Sieira shows promise while markets stay quiet and emigration trends normalize with rising immigration.
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New York
Buenos Ayres
Signor Sieira
Department of Emigration
To Impeach Judge Woods Democrats Threaten swift action
Democrats threaten to impeach Judge Woods if his confirmation as United States circuit judge proceeds. Senate judiciary committee hearings continue with testimony from Nicholls Rice Batter Bailey Claypool and McNutt about Woods actions. Committee members seem poised to report the nomination favorably despite opposition.
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Washington
Woods
United States
Senate
Democrats
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committees
Will Nicholls
Col
J. H. Rice
Noble C. Batter
Leon Bailey
Claypool
Indianapolis
C. F. McNutt
Terre Haute
Judiciary Committee
Statue of Columbus Proposed Gift to New York
An Italian editorial in Popolo Romano discusses a New York resident’s letter urging Italy to officially represent itself at a Columbus statue gift to New York. The piece argues the gesture could ease tensions between Italy and the United States and end lingering irritation between the two governments.
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Rome
Romania
New York City
New York
Columbus
McDonald heirs contest his will amid Indiana court actions
The late Senator J E McDonald’s children and grandchildren hire counsel to challenge his will. Local clerical meetings, a receiver appointment for William H Bennett Co, and a city budget for street sprinkling are noted alongside railway clerk exams and a concert at Plymouth church.
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J. E. McDonald
Indianapolis Clericus
C. S. Sargent
Central Ave
Jenckes
Harper
Smith H. Meyers
William H. Bennett & Co
S. Meridian St
Board of Public Works
Plymouth Orchestra
Fraf. Reissenherz
Ed. Nall
Geo. Menninger
Plymouth Church
John T. Budenz
L. S. Ayers & Co
Budenz
Grand Hotel
Thornton
Indianapolis Public Schools
W. D. McCoy
Liberia
Y. M.C. A. Hall
Schleeiven
Scott
Schubert Quartet
Laura McCorkle
Herbert Wood
Sterling Holt
Hendricks Club
Handsome Club
Exits and escapes debated at coroner fire inquest
The coroner's inquest into the surgical institute fire continued Saturday at 9 30. Expert Jas KE Shover testified on building exits and escape routes from Illinois and Georgia streets. He noted stairways, roof exits, and air shafts as potential means of escape but called for fire doors and clearer rear access. Other witnesses described rescue efforts, repairs, and observations of the institute's safety features. The proceedings also included testimonies from a depot worker and an architect praising or questioning the building's means of escape.
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Surgical Institute
Jas, KE. Shover
Iinois-st
Georgia-st
Institute
Bates
Denison
Georgia
Illinois St
Geo. Currens
Union Depot
Amos Marshall
Elizabeth Ryan
N. Mississippi
Weddell House
Lazarus
J. H. Stem
Union Station News Meet Speed and Appointment at Big Four
Wm. Gibson, private secretary to Joseph Ramsey Jr, is named superintendent of the Cincinnati division of the Big Four, to begin February 1. The J M L accommodation daily draws many riders, with 10:25 a.m. crowds and weather rarely dampening traffic. The Southwestern Limited, a fast Big Four train, often speeds from Greencastle to Indianapolis in 86 minutes, covering 40 miles, while the Danville to Belt run has been done in 16 minutes over 19 miles.
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Wm. Gibson
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Cincinnati
Big Four
Lmited
St. Louis
Greencastle
Tndianapolis
Danville
Belt
Washington Notes on Cabinet Meeting and Political Rancor
Washington notes report a brief cabinet meeting and ongoing party strategy to amend the McKinley bill. Farmers' Alliance moves against Pinkerton detectives as National Board of Trade backs mail delivery, monetary standard equalization, and World’s Fair aid.
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Ous Foster
Springer
House
Farmers’ Alliance
Pinkerton
National Board of Trade
Mr. Morse
Massachusetts
Morse
Gov
Russell
Butler
Iowa
Union of Protective Operatives
Old Jerusalem
Repubiiens
Time Extended Board Delivers New Transit Offer
The Board of Public Works told War Bosson president of the Indianapolis and Broad Ripple rapid transit company that he has until April 1 to present any bonds or contracts for the road. Bosson, Light, and Attorney Gus Magon met at the Bank of Commerce to discuss terms, with officials signaling seriousness about building the line and securing funding.
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Board of Public Works
Bosson
Indianapolis & Broad Ripple Rapid Transit Company
Indinapolis
Broad Ripple Reid Transit Company
Board of
Pudio Works
Lee
Light
Broad Ripple
Gus Magon
Bank of Commerce
Indianapolis
Broad Ripple Rapid Transit Company
Voss Farm
Mersis
Edison Company
Indemnity Decision Lies With Chile on Sailor Death
Washington dispatch reports cabinet agreement that indemnity for the Baltimore sailors' murder should be settled by Chile. Montt reportedly absent, likely to leave the country as the matter is investigated. Separate note of a Kentucky avenue shooting: grand jury to probe, landlady Ollie Pitts missing from court, claims she offered money to keep a witness quiet. Dale Johnson denied shooting, West says he saw him. Also Sunday church services listed at First Presbyterian Central Christian and Meridian Street churches with sermons on Christianity and war and faith.
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Baltimore Xailors
Washington
Chili
Baltimore
Montt
Harry Weet
Kentucky-ave
Ollie Pitts
West
Ollievitts
Capt
Quigley
Dale Johnson
Quist
First Presbyterian
M. L. Haines
Central Christian
Dr. Lucas
Franc Baker
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
The
Methodist Church
Meridian-st
Social revolution in Portugal ends amid mixed reports
Lord-chief-justice Colleridge is ill with grippe while Sir Morrell Mackenzie, physician to Emperor Frederick, is sick. Lucci refuses to fast in London for 52 days. Franz Schneider and his wife face death by sentence for murdering eight girls in Vienna.
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Portugal
Colleridge
Morrell Mackenzie
Frederick
Lucci
London
Hein
Franz Schneider
Vienna
Soldiers' monument commission to hold monthly meeting
The soldiers' monument commission will meet next Monday. Leon Bagley is called to Huntington due to his wife's serious illness. The Longcliff fire company, formed to aid the northern hospital for the insane, was incorporated Saturday to preserve life and property in fires. State board of agriculture inspectors returned from Detroit after reviewing fair grounds. A Des Moines trip may be dropped as plans are complete. Seven committee members spend money traveling to survey grounds, largely ignoring race tracks. the local track will follow American Trotting Association rules.
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Soldiers’ Monument Commission
Leon Bagley
Huntington
Longcliff Fire Company
Northern Hospital For the Insane
State Board of Agriculture
Detroit
Des Moines
Live in an Old Barn No. 8 Firehouse Tales and Mascotte
The No. 8 hose house on E Washington near Meridian Sts hosts a boastful crew led by Captain John P. Fox with wagonman Fred Brommer Griver and others. The article recalls past relocations, council pledges, and a community fundraising effort to improve the rough brick building while detailing the horses and cats that inhabit the firehouse plus the playful exploits of the crew and a youngster mascot Billy Brommer.
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E. Washington
Washington and
Meridian Sts
Hose House
Board of Public Safety
John P. Fox
Fred Brommer Griver
F. W. Rasener
Doe Patterson
Fred Frazier
Deacon” Fitchey
Court and
New Jersey-ste
E. Washington St
Michael Fitchey
Eighth Ward
No. 8A Company
John
Webster
No. 4
Stuck
John Stuck
No. 9
Billy
Brommer
Fred
Burial Ghost in a Living Grave: Fougard’s Escaped Death
In Roven on January 30 a peasant Fou gard from a neighboring village was buried after apparent death. A grave digger heard groans, and reopening the coffin revealed Fou gard had struggled to escape but died in the attempt. His face showed extreme agony, body distorted, hands clenched tearing skin.
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Roven
Fougard
Reception at Thurles for O'Brien Provokes Outcry
William O Brien arrived at Thurles on a Saturday and was surrounded by a hostile crowd as he passed from the railway to Archbishop Croke's palace. The mob hooted and jeered calling him renegade and murderer while cheering prominent Parnellites.
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O'Brien
Thurles
Dusin
Wm. O Brien
Indiana Fair Warmer Local Forecast And Variety of News
Local forecasts for Indianapolis and vicinity show fair weather with nearly stationary nighttime temperatures and a gradual warmup through the period. The page also describes a packed program of entertainment at Engle’s and Grand Opera House, including Ida Van Cortland in Uncle Tom’s Cabin and performances by R. B. Graham, George Thatcher, and Archie White’s Minstrels, plus wild anecdotes about Sam Jones and theater life. Additional items report a Minnesota fire killing four, police court fines in Atlanta, a butter theft case, a boy with a concealed weapon, and hotel and bank news across several cities.
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George Thatcher
Grand Opera House
Tuxedo
Thatcher
C. H. Beede
Portland
Oregon
McKeen
Sam Jones
DeWitt Talmage
Robi. G. Ingersoll
Marshall P. Wilder
Sam
Jones
False letter drives Lucerne wife to suicide
A young English naval officer left Lucerne on duty. His wife read a false telegram claiming he died of cholera. She killed herself, and later the husband reappeared alive. He suspects a former rejected suitor as the letter author, while authorities investigate.
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Paris
Lucerne
Switzerland
Ths
Monument to Admiral Dahlgren Statue Planned in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia movement begins to erect a bronze statue for Admiral Dahlgren, late United States Navy inventor of the Dahlgren gun. To be placed near city hall plaza, with G.A.R. backing discussed. Projected cost about 75,000 dollars, with higher figures once considered.
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Philadelphia
Admiral Dahlgren
United States Navy
Dahlgren
Reynolds
McCleland
Pittsburg Signs Camp and Other Sporting Notes
Pittsburg signs pitcher Camp of Omaha. Gallagher the Buffalo wrestler challenges the world. Washington heads south March 1 to train for a month. Fitzsimmons begins training for Maher. Dempsey trains Needham for Ryan on March 2. Mitchell challenges Sullivan for 5000 dollars. The Frisco club seeks the match. Lorillard’s 1,000,000 farm and horses for sale. hobby too costly. Cushing and Gallagher could not fix purse in New York. Pfeffer refutes playing ball in Chicago. Yale Harvard and Princeton try to revive baseball league. Harvard willing to play outside New England. John Colter sells his ball terrier for 100 dollars. Queen Bess wins three prizes and was never whipped. Indianapolis target association elects directors Frenzel Krauss Off Reichwein Frank Forbes. Kew rockers at Wm Eldar’s grip. All Short’s KKs to druggists seal it. 4 Aerie Love.
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Pittsburg
Omaha
Gallagher
Buffalo
Washington
Fitzsimmons
Maher
Jack Dempsey
Needham
Ryan
Mitchell
Sullivan
Frisco Club
Lorillard
Mike Cushing
Alex Gallagher
New York
Pfeffer
Chicago
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
New England
John Colter
Fire Department
Dr. Stewart
Bess
Indianapolis Target Association
N. Frenzel
Paul Krauss
Chris Off
Phil Reichwein
Fred Frank
Joseph Forbes
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DuatTus
Mary C. Haddock
Prospect-st
William Bressler
Tennessee-st
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Archer-st
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St. Vincent's
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Ind
James C. Lavelle
Board of Commissioners of
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Hebron
Union Station
Washington Notes
Broad Ripple Road
Ser Dian Witmatum
Mr. Bosson
Crilys
State House
Rose Company
H&s
No. 3
No. 8
Emil Rassman
Emil
Fie
Thatieasen
Cit’seeffers
Reb
Brown
Tie
Movidian St
Hero Company
Lke
Pop
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Urvical Institute
Indiana
Cabi
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Ida van Cortland
Madjeeka
the Park
Price
Everybady
R. B
Graham
Lite
Archie White
Archie
Minnesota
Brainerd
Minn
George
Cramer
Yamer
Peplica
B. H. Phillips
Atlanta
Judge Buskirk
Phillips
Judge Ears
Harry Sherman
Boston
Slavin
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Fred Watkins
Tom Allen
Jeanette
Milan
Freeborn County Bank
Albert
Sporting Life
Kew
L. Eldar
Aerie Love
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