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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1892
Page
1
The People’s Party convention crowd in Omaha reads like a who’s who of reform era names. Indiana delegates push for Gresham, Weaver and Donnelly are debated, and a platform on free silver, railroad control, and soldiers’ pay shapes the event as delegates arrive by train for a week of organizing and nominations.
Gladstone's reception in Ireland and Scotland drew huge crowds as he denounced government tactics delaying polls in Britain. Archbishop Walsh denounced Parnell while Father Beban faced jeers at a parley. In the U.S., Yale won the college freshman race in New London with Harvard and Columbia tied for second.
The Amalgamated association begins a strike against Andrew Carnegie and other mills, with a $200,000 fund. Eight thousand eight hundred workers are affected, especially in Homestead where Carnegie’s structural plate and armor mills stand. Mills are fenced and lit. police guard grounds. The union and Carnegie’s firm have a tentative agreement, but the strike expands as 10,000 workers idle in the Mahoning valley.
Premier steel works rolling mill shuts for repairs and 50 workers idle while a wage scale for the coming year is negotiated between a workers committee and Manager Coen. Coen says no strike is planned and no trouble expected, noting the mill’s downtime is due to maintenance and the scale expiry.
Mrs J Ellen Foster at the Grand Pacific hotel promotes a nationwide campaign to organize educated Republican women. She aims to recruit deputies to reach distant localities and to elect Republican candidates through a broad minded, educated female electorate.
Moonshiners in Brooklyn evade capture as a full blast still is found on Hamilton ave near a church district. A guard fired the alarm via electric bell and the moonshiners fled, leaving behind a scene of a fenced yard and a subterranean passage to a coal yard.
Democrats of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth wards are invited to meet at 494 Virginia Ave Friday at 7 oclock in the evening to organize a Democratic club.
A critical letter laments the use of washed sand as a cleansing term, argues it is dirty and loamy, and warns that sand and soluble limestone undermine street foundations. The writer condemns dust from sweeping, poor sprinkling contracts, and alleges political meddling in Board of Works appointments similar to Boss Tweed era practices.
In Washmeron Indiana on July 1 1880 18 year old Sarah Grigmore of Alfordsville disappears along with two local men thought to have taken her to Cincinnati for an operation. The girl's father pursues them as details emerge about an arrest of Leopold Helscher 30 McGinnis Street who reportedly turned the hose on his mother Thursday and is described as a lunatic with a long history in the workhouse.
The House and Senate debated the silver bill with extensions of time for final votes. Discussion touched on tax repeal for state bank notes, national banking system changes, and the right of states to issue notes. Reports favored site costs for a New York custom house, sale of old federal property in Pittsburgh, and funding for a new building at Elizabeth.
Wm Kittell jailed on theft charges questioned about attorney Cox surrender and bond. He defends prosecution as overzealous and hints at Jewish voters aiding Holtzman re election while Mrs Kittell urges silence until trial. Holtzman denies the accusations. Also brief notes on Randolph Churchill election return and a Tunbridge Wells bazar.
A funnel shaped cloud swept Gloucester New Jersey on Thursday afternoon with a 300 foot path killing Patrick Highland and R B Hamilton and injuring three others. The storm toppled houses uprooted trees and fences along with structural damage. Philadelphia also felt the storm at 1 13 PM with damage and the death of John Jenkins a colored man and several injuries.
An explosion in the stock of fire works at the American toy company at 155 Fifth Ave Friday morning endangered several lives. It is unclear if all workers escaped. The blaze and related losses across the toy firm and others total about 50,000 dollars insured.
Multiple Indiana items note a federal court adjournment to July 12, the incorporation of the Elkhart armory association, speakers set for a Danville meeting, new bar admissions in Greensburg and Camden Bretz in Indianapolis, ongoing Big Four tax case, and various civil actions. The report also covers marriage, divorce, welfare, property permits, and a range of local incidents including arrests, fines, and licenses.
In New York on Friday ex secretary William C Whitney refused the national committee chairmanship under any conditions. He said he will remain at the party headquarters while declining official ties and rejected opposition to Cleveland's nomination. He suggested Harrity of Pennsylvania as a strong potential leader.
London reports Friday soothed by confirmation that a China trade house did not suspend. obligations of £100,000 due Friday to be met. A small brokerage firm on the stock exchange failed but deemed insignificant. Paris bourse showed uneasiness with several houses reported burdened by large long positions in settlements.
Mrs Pulligan present during horse at large in West Indianapolis. Deputy Hughes, colored, took charge. A clash led to assault and battery and concealed weapons charges. Hughes testified a shirt and collar were torn during the scuffle. warrant issued for provoke.
The Board of Public Works sent Supt. Whitcomb of Union Railway to repair Jackson Place asphalt at once or the city will do the work at the company's expense. Krauss secured contracts to install pumps in front of the Vance block and at the post office corner for 14a per pump. Minnehaha granite company faced delays on the Meridian Street pavement project. President Williams of the Western league spoke of opening the second series of championship games Saturday, noting clubs have westward travel and weather hurt finances but expect better results for July.
A district court trial centers on the 1890 sale of Chicago Packing and Provision Co to an English syndicate. Robert Ennis sues Henry Botsford Sidney Kent for 200000 dollars, claiming he helped arrange the sale and was promised commissions but was not paid.
Up Goes Coal Crricaco reports a 25 cent price increase across all coal grades at the coal exchange on Friday morning with word of another rise expected on July 15.
Indianapolis club on a month away sparks bleacher chatter and a long summer wait for a home crowd. Madden’s sign signaling yields two sharp hits, while Secretary Jacob Smith of the Board of Trade watches from the bleachers as rainmaker faith persists.
An advertisement extols Ayres Sarsaparilia as providing wonderful cures in every part of the land, urging readers to write for names and testimonials of success.
Cincinnati July 1 Gen John Bidwell a California millionaire was nominated for president and J B Cranfield of Texas for vice president at a rousing prohibition convention that nearly split the party. The platform favored free coinage with tariffs limited to defense and government control of railroads, while a fealty resolution to admit prohibitionists sparked protests led by Helen M Gougar. Wardwell of Standard Oil faced anger over the money plank as delegates clashed in a riotous scene before the platform was amended to include the prohibitionist fusion.
In Toledo on Thursday civil unrest erupted between rival streetcar factions tied to two companies. Police arrested 20plus workers after illegal warfare. A dispute over track usage led to repairs and new track placement affecting Consolidated Railway routes. Capt J Kercheval and Mrs Kercheval celebrated their 25th anniversary with Excelsior division members present and a K of P sword gift. Twenty two priests were ordained at Woodstock Jesuit college, among them James V Kelly from Cleveland and W J Wallace and Joseph P Gillick from Milwaukee.
Ex alderman Ed Burke of Chicago dies Friday morning from stomach cancer. The report notes his long public service and impact on local politics. The text also mentions a disturbance in Chicago over the suspension of Brig. Gen. James H. Barkley, head of the Illinois division Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, from the Aldine division, with unclear context and a brief allusion to orders and alcohol-related issues.
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