No More Favors for Railroads Until Track Elevation Decided
City boards refuse further railroad favors until elevated track ordinance is resolved. Board of Works reports track moves blocked, fence removals enforced, and sewer plans proposed west of the river. Budget notes show weekly payrolls for street repair and sewer gangs as part of municipal projects and city attorney seeks dissolution of the E Washington sewer injunction.
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Safety Board
Sahmid
River Ave
Greenlawn ‘Park
Park ‘Board
Twenty-fourth St
Abattoir
Interstate Stock Yards
Parry Manufacturing ‘Company
Nordyke & Marmon
Bellefontainest
Massachusetts
Thirteenth
Hendricks St
Lincoln
Nebraska
Morris St
Wright
Harlan St
Prospect
Pleasant Run
First Alley
Nineteenthg#1
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Raymond
Talbott-dve
Prospect-st
Shelby
Atwood
Imain
Bright-st
New York
Belmont Ave
Washington
Madison Ave
Kern
E. Washingtonist. Sewer
City may not receive elks for Riverside park
Riverside park officials report complications in obtaining two elks from Richmond. One elk died after breaking a leg before shipment to Indianapolis, and the second elk fractured antlers while boxed for transport. The city had agreed to pay 150 dollars for the pair, but only the doe remains possible to ship, with decisions pending on the buck purchase.
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Riverside Park
Richmond Park Board
Indianapolis
Zoo
Youth Hanged in Connecticut Murder Case
Charles B. Cross, 18, was hanged in Hartford for killing Mrs. Sarah C. King on November 7. He entered her room and beat her to death with a club, becoming the youngest person ever hanged in the state.
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Hartford
Conn
Charles B. Cross
Sarah C. King
Diamond Jubilee Wins Eclipse Stakes at Sandown
The thirteenth edition of the Eclipse Stakes for 10,000 sovereigns was won at Sandown on Friday by Diamond Jubilee, the Prince of Wales broodmare Derby winner, with jockey S. Jones aboard. Chevening ridden by J. Reiff finished second and BSkopos also with J. Reiff placed third.
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Sandown
5S. Jones
J. Reiff
Chevening
Races Postponed By Heavy Track Conditions
Friday afternoon races of the businessmen's driving club were called off due to a heavy track. The car will be run on Tuesday.
Man Sues For Damages Over Alleged Dox Incident
John M. Hatton sues Mary L. McWhorter for 2000 dollars claiming she bit his leg. A Commercial Club meeting Friday afternoon planned committees and final arrangements for the fall Indiana carnival. Remember his: No other medicine thas nich 2 record of eurey.
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John. M. Hatton
Mary L. Mc‘Whorter
Dox
Commercial Club
Eurey
Judge Leathers Reverses Verdict in O'Shea Street Car Suit
In Superior Court Judge Leathers voided the jury award of 5 000 to Charlotte O'Shea after finding decedent John O'Shea was negligent by not looking for approaching cars as he stepped from the Eng lish avenue line. The ruling bars further damages unless retried.
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Leathers
O’shea
City Faces 90000 Hole Without Temporary Loan
City wallets near empty as vouchers and warrants lose value. Bridge fund stands over 100000 but is needed for bridge projects. Controller Johnson says funds won’t cover current expenses. By August 1 the city may owe about 90550 with a temporary loan of 125000 likely required to avoid IOUs. Police and firemen expected to be paid in July.
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Johnson
Davis
Board of Safety
Taggart
Cuba on brink of independence after constitutional move
A cabinet member says the United States plans to turn Cuba over to Cubans once a constitution convention forms a stable government. He emphasizes a $20,000,000 balance in the Cuban treasury, noting broad satisfaction and diminishing need for U.S. troops as self government nears.
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Washington
Cabient
Cuba
United States
Blaze at Jolietville Incites Town-Wide Fire Loss
A lamp exploded in C B Grifford's drug store Thursday night igniting a blaze that destroyed all the town’s business houses. The fire consumed Mabrey’s drug store the post office Jackson’s livery and feed barn Gifford’s drug store the office of Parr and Redden Robert Iunsford’s grocery and restaurant and a vacant room under construction.
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A. C. Mabrey
J. C. Jackson
C. B. Gifford
Drs
A Rush at Bethany Park In Indiana
Bethany Park Indiana fills with campers on Friday cottages and hotel busy. A large crowd expected Sunday with trains from Union Station Indianapolis on Vincennes railroad at 7 am 12 30 pm 4 13 pm and 6 pm. Many Indianapolis families plan to stay the season.
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Bethany Park
Ind
Union Station
Indianapolis
Vincennes Railroad
Special Council Set To Act On $125000 Loan
Mayor Taggart called a special council meeting for Friday noon and Monday night to consider an ordinance authorizing a temporary loan of $125,000. President Crafl and Chairman Megrew are out of the city, and Republicans say they were not consulted about the meeting. The finance committee may not report and the ordinance cannot be rushed from the committee.
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Jeup
Breed
Taggart
Crafl
Megrew
Financial Committee
Finance Committee
Racing Fatality in Tekonsha Sparks Penalties
May Bacon of Chicago died in Tekonsha Michigan after a street racing incident. Lee Estes and another driver were fined eight dollars and fifty cents each for fast driving as the horse dashed into a hack, piercing Bacon's throat and pinning her to the buggy.
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Tekonsha
Mich
May Bacon
Chicago
Kilteg
Lee Estes
Estes
Miss Bacon
Hoosiers Honor U S Marshal Kercheval With Gold Watch
A gold watch was presented Friday morning to U S Marshal Samuel E Kercheval by Indiana delegates at the national Republican convention in Philadelphia. Frederick J Scholz gave the presentation speech praising Kercheval for easing access to the convention hall and his role in Indiana’s easy entry of delegates.
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U.S
Samuel E. Kercheval
Kercheval
Dale Returns to Rushville to Face Frazee Estate Charges
Charles F. Dale returns to Rushville Indiana to answer charges alleging he caused four deaths to inherit their Frazee estate shares. He denies the charges as wholly false and intends to claim his portion of the estate.
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Rushville
Ind
Charles F. Dale
Frazee Estate
Births Deaths and Marriages Listings
Births list includes people at various addresses with newborn boys and girls. Deaths report multiple causes including diphtheria tonsillitis dysentery pneumonia meningitis and cerebral hemorrhage. Marriages record four couples: Bert Burks Fannie Morgan Henry C Hartman Emma Klosterman Alonzo Smith Anna Franklin John Wahl Clara Lewis.
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Bert Burks
Fannie Morgan
Henry C. Hartman
Emma Klosterman
Alonzo Smith
Anna Franklin
John Wahl
Clara Lewis
Lawson Recounts Pink Purchase Profit At Boston
Detroit July 20 Thos W Lawson Boston millionaire at the Blue ribbon meet says the famed pink purchase in Boston cost 30000 and he has earned 14000 in profit despite prior labels as a spendthrift.
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Detroit
Mich
Thos. W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
Town Talk Items From the City News
Reports note John Poole assaulting his wife with a five dollar frill claim Lucy Miller sues the street car company for five thousand dollars after being thrown from a College avenue car Tim Crannon, in charge of A D T messenger boys, is discharged for assaulting one of them. An unidentified harness is found by Henry Ward who is arrested selling it. John F Wallick elected chairman and F H Levering secretary of the India relief committee with a listed executive committee of ten men.
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John Poole
Lucy Miller
Street
Tim Crannon
A. D. T. Messenger
Henry Ward
John F. Wallick
F. H. Levering
Committee of 100
A. A. Barnes
Thomas C. Day
W. D. Cooper
C. 5. Denny
J. F. Wallick
Henry Eitel
William Robson
John H. Holliday
Charles R. Willams
Frank H. Levering
Property listings and a dealer warning about counterfeit remedies
A series of property listings detail several frame and stone houses with prices ranging from 50 to 4000 dollars, including locations on Allfree avenue Talbott avenue and Tremont avenue. A warning follows stating the law holds makers and circulators of counterfeit DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve equally liable and urges buyers to get the genuine product from reputable dealers.
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DeWitt
Sein
Ruggiste
Donger Alive Pleads For Aid in China Crisis
July 20 St Petersburg report says Blagovestchensk hosts Chinese forces who hold their riverbank positions while Li Hung Chang may seek talks with the powers. Gen Gerngross and Yougovitch are besieged at Harbin as Russians rush reinforcements amid the Pekin crisis.
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ST. Petersburg
Blagovestchensk
Amur
Li Hung Chang
Pekin
Gerngross
Manchuria
Yougovitch
Harbin
Sixty Missionaries Reported Murdered Near Pekin
A July 20 dispatch from Shangnai reports sixty missionaries killed at Tai Yuan Fu in Shan Si province south of Pekin. The event is described as a mass atrocity with details still emerging.
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Shangsiai
Tai Yuan Fu
Pekin
Shan Si
China Said to Need Cash and Viceroys Summoned
A July dispatch reports Chinese authorities shaping a financial pull for funds with viceroys Li Hung Chang of Canton and Liu Kun Yi of Nanking summoned to Beijing. The article notes possible actions by Prince Tuan and growing military quiet in Canton amid tentative telegrams.
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Hong Kong
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Tuan
China
Chna
Canton
Liu Kun Yi
Nanking
Chinese routed at Blegovesichensk as Russian troops occupy
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports the Chinese forces crushed at Blegovesichensk and the area subsequently occupied by Russian troops. The report emphasizes a decisive Russian victory with control established on the ground.
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London
St. Petersburg
Blegovesichensk
Russian government confirms mass killings of missionaries
London dated dispatch states the St. Petersburg correspondent for the Daily Telegraph reports the Russian government has definite news that all the missionaries and foreigners were massacred on July 6.
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London
St. Petersburg
Daily Telegraph
Refugee missionaries to reach San Francisco aboard transport Logan
The transport Logan, sailing from Nagasaki July 17, will bring the first large batch of refugee missionaries from the area between Pekin and Tien-Tsin. Cable news says if refugees were in Nagasaki when Logan docked from Manila they would be taken aboard and expected to arrive in San Francisco on August 7.
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San Francisco
Logan
Nagasaki
Pekin
Tien-Tsin
Manila
Wheeler seeks China duty. retirement list due Sept. 1
Gen. Jos. Wheeler, commander of the department of the lakes, asks the War Department for assignment to China. It is believed the request will be declined since the president has no authority to assign retired officers. Ast. Gen. Wheeler will be on the retirement list effective Sept. 1.
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Chicago
Jos. Wheeler
Department of the Lakes
War Department
China
Wheeler
Rockhill Seen as Possible China Envoy If Conger Is Dead
Washington rumor knots around minister Conger's fate prompt talk that W. W. Rockhill would immediately begin a China mission. Rockhill, head of the bureau of American republics, noted explorer in China, fluent in Chinese, could aid the government. The London Standard endorses Rockhill's appointment as special envoy to China as a model for other powers.
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Washington
Conger
W. W.rockhill
China
Rockhill
Bureau of American Republics
London Standard
W. W. Rockhill
Great Britain
Li Hung Chang Leaves for Shanghai Amid Imperial Summons
A Hong Kong cabman reports Li Hung Chang has gone north and will likely stop in Shanghai next. Attempts to dissuade him failed as he said he was summoned by the emperor and empress and could not disobey. He denied obeying Prince Tuan.
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London
Hong Kong
Li Hung Chang
Shanghai
Prince Tuan
Message From Shanghai Reports Conger Safe in Pekin
A Shanghai cavtogram to the Journal states an agent arrived with a message from Minister Conger. The dated note says Conger was reported all safe in Pekin on July 18 according to the Chinese calendar.
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New York
Shanghai
Tsinan
Conger
Pekin
Chinese Minister Confirms Foreigners Safe in Peking
A dispatch from the Chinese government confirms Minister Conger’s message that foreigners in Peking were safe as of July 18, according to the July 20 London report.
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London
Eention Hae
Conger
Pekin
Boxers Crisis Looms Over Shanghai As Foreigners Fear
Mondon July 20 report warns Shanghai faces hourly danger from Boxers. Foreigners alarmed as new guns are installed in Woo Sung forts and consuls protest to the viceroy who says the commander will not heed him. Forts could shell the foreign settlement if trouble erupts.
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Mondon
Shanghai
Woo-Sung
Tien-Tsin
Washington Reception of Shan Tung Governor Telegram
Secretary of State receives Friday dispatch from U S consul Fowler at Che Foo dated the night of the twentieth reporting that ministers in Pekin are safe and Chinese authorities are planning their rescue and protection. The telegram is signed by Yuan, governor of Shan Tung.
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Washington
Secretary of State
U.S
Fowler
Che Foo
Shan
A Strange Hoss Deal On South Street
Thursday night patrolmen found a team and wagon on South Street. Friday Henry Martlege of Stump's Farm on Three Notch Road complained he hired his team out to a stranger for gravel work and never got it back. The recovered team included a mule and a horse. it is believed the thief swapped the mule for the horse with some boot.
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South-st
Henry Martlege
Stump
Three Notch Road
Drunken Brakeman's Rampage Ends After Knife Attack
F Osborn a Big Four brakeman was drunk on Friday and seized a knife from a butcher shop at Cook and Georgia streets. He chased several women until officers Bray and Lash attempted to disarm him. He refused and cut his hands severely while gripping the blade.
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F. Osborn
Big Four
Cook and
Georgia Sts
Bray
Lash
Wife slain in sleep at Herman Switch
In Brenham Texas on Thursday Mary Muckleroy was killed in the arms of her husband by an assassin who shot through her heart. The bullet also severed three fingers from the husband's hand as it passed through Mary. A separate item notes the steamship Minnehaha arriving in New York from London. An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a standard wheelman's tool bag companion for cuts and bruises.
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Tex
Herman Switch
Mary Muckleroy
Dr. Thomas
Monarch
Daily Chicago Market Report Wheat and Corn Prices Mixed
Chicago markets close with mixed gains across grains and provisions. Wheat with modest advances for August and September while corn and oats rise slightly. pork lard ribs and various dairy products show varied quotations across July 2 trading.
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Chicago
Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices at Indianapolis Yard
Indianapolis Union Stock Yards on July 29 reports receipts of 550 cattle 3 500 hogs and 700 sheep with Friday shipments. Quotes include Good to prime steers 1500 lbs plus at 5 15 to 5 50 and Good to choice cows 365 to 425 with assorted calves bulls and stockers in varying classes. Cattle and hog values show broad ranges by weight and quality with weekly price movement noted for Friday shipments.
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Indianapolis
Interstate stock market bids and receipts
The page lists livestock prices and receipts for cattle hogs and sheep at Interstate Stock Yards on Friday. Cattle categories include prime to export steers, good to medium export steers, and cows with varied weights and prices. hogs show light to heavy ranges. sheep quotes cover spring lambs and yearlings.
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S. Capitol Ave
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Allfree Ave
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Talbott Ave
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