Matters of moment rat are of interest to local taxpayers
President Deitrich of the Indianapolis Gas Company is in the city to study a proposed 50 mile extension of gas mains. Ex-President Allen M. Fletcher will join him in Vermont for three months. Lake Erie & Western GM G. L. Bradbury warns the council that tracks on Alford Street will not be moved, citing a irrevocable six year old right of way. A North-side councilman urges creation of a public works board to oversee contracts and questions long-term deals with the water and streetcar companies, criticizing water rates as dated and overbroad and urging arbitration to reduce costs and reveal the true state of water service.
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0. F. Dietrich
Indianapolis Gas Company
East
Allen M. Fletcher
Vermont
G. L. Bradbury
Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company
Swift
Alford St
Board of Public Works
Water Company
Water Committee
Rocase
Retiring Presidential Carriage Driver Hawkins Named for New Role
Albert Hawking, longtime presidential carriage driver since Grant, will retire from the box. President Harrison invites him to choose a new position in any department or near the Executive Mansion as he steps back after about 45 years of service. Hawkins, age 63, is a familiar Washington figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H M Hawkins
Wassingtor
Albert Hawking
Mary
Gen. Grant
Hawkins
Harrison
Washington
Amid Railway Turmoil Crimmins Reinstated Rumors Loom
Amid railroading upheaval Crimmins a discharged Big Four conductor is seen as possibly restored to his former post with others potentially reinstituted. A Chicago conference focusing on wages failed to pressure for broader reinstatements while the central traffic agglomeration prepared a new pill of lading. Also notes Hanover and San Francisco moves by railroad workers and a quirky line about Skeleton Sack Suits by Norbert Landgraf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimmins
Pennsylvania
Brotherhood
Order
Ingalle
Amateur Journalism Sparks at National Convention
A lively clash of voices marks the amateur journalism scene as editors from The Spark Cleveland and The News Indianapolis trade sharp barbs. The piece notes personalities like Ferdinand Partenheimer and Louis Kempner, touches on editorial battles, and hints at a looming contest for president and official editor at the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City Spark
Cleveland
Indianapolis News
Ferdinand Partenheimer
The
Spark
Mr. Holliday
News
Holliday
Partenheimer
Ananiag Club
Louis Kempner
Association
Tha N. A. P. A
Detroit
J. Tilden
Rosebe Conklin
James G. Blain
John Kelly
Alonzo B. Cornell
Charles A. Dana
Coney Island
Charles G. Steele, Jr
Buffalo
Saasy
la Critique
Philadelphia
le Critique
Dunlop
Edwin H. Smith
Miss Cox
Boston
Wylie
the News
Ben's Big Toe and the Law Against Indecent Exposure
A New York note reports William Hoser Ballou challenging Anthony Comstock over a caricature of President Harrison displayed outside a Broadway drugstore. Comstock agents deemed the image indecent, showing Harrison with a bare big toe. Ex-President Cleveland is caricatured similarly. officials say no known law bans exposing the president’s toe.
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New York
William Hoser Ballou
Anthony Come Tosk
Harrison
Ballou
Comstock
Vicw
Ballon
Cleveland
Orem
United States District Attorney’s Office
Washington Wafes and House Quorum Feats
Washington reports a quorum in the House after Republican gains. Kansas City’s first count stands at 1,400 above the second. Indiana militia to the state at 20 per capita. Pension bills favoring Gen McClellan and Gen Fremont move to senate. White House coachman Albert Hawkins fired. Mrs. Harrison seeks a white man. State Dept unsure on San Salvador Guatemala disputes. Minister Misner questioned. The substitute to the package bill subjects interstate imports to state laws.
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Washington
Reed
Porter
Kansas City
Indiana
Ordway
District of Columbia
McClellan
Fremont
Senate
Albert Hawkins
White House
Harrison
Mre
State Department
San Salvador
Guatemala
Department
Misner
House
Send Me To Prison Plea in Court of a Knight
Cornelius McUarty a tramp printer with reform attempts seeks a year in prison after pleading guilty to stealing a dictionary umbrella and a composing stick. Judge Irvin grants the request, noting McUarty’s 27 prior releases to workhouse confinement and asserting longer confinement may curb his addiction to liquor. Co-defendants Fred Lloyd Charles Godfrey receive 18 months each for stealing fabric from Merritt's woolen mill, while John Ward and Harry Hamilton face 60 days each for petty larceny.
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Cornelius McUarty
McCarty
Irvin
Criminal
A. D. Miller
Charley Wilisia
Wilteie
Lengih
Timas
Juéga Irvin
Fred Lloyd
Charles Godfrey
Merritt
John Ward
Harry Hamilton
Patit Larconists
Serious strike cripples Kentucky Central freight traffic
The Kentucky Central switchmen’s strike in Lexington on July 23 grows serious with freight cars blocked for perishables and large sums spent by shippers. Q and C workers unionizes and will not handle KC freight with scab labor, leaving O and C in bad shape. Sidetracks 100 miles wide are full of loaded cars and, within 24 hours, all northern division freight trains may be halted.
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Kentucky Central
Lexington
Spi
K. C
Boy has fish-hook removed from side after months of pain
In Crawfordsville Indiana Florean McFaely a 12 year old boy suffered long running pains before his father found a dark hard lump under the skin Tuesday. A fish hook was embedded in his flesh requiring three surgeons to extract it, a mystery how it got there remains.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Florean McFaely
Settlement Near in Toledo Catholic Rift with Gilmour
The long running dispute between Dr. Quigley of St. Peter’s church and Bishop Gilmour is nearing resolution. Gilmour is summoned to Rome and the Toledo diocese will be split, with him remaining in Cleveland and a new Toledo bishopric created.
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ToLepo
Quigley
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Gilmour
McGlynn
Rome
Cleveland
Toledo
State House Callers and a Nerve Tonic Patter
An article recounts a tattered man at the state house in Indianapolis haranguing stenographers with claims of indebtedness for life and health, touting a nerve tonic his sole manufacture. A deputy aids a wandering speaker, issuing a paycheck advance while cautioning him to stop posing as a pathetic example.
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State House
Gf. Bs
Indianapolis
Secretary of State
Escaped prisoner Mary Ann Brown recaptured at reformatory
Mare Ann Brown a life prisoner at the Female Reformatory escaped Wednesday afternoon about 2 oclock. A neighbor saw a woman jump the fence and head toward the road. She is described as 45, dark hair, light complexion, in a blue sunbonnet and regulation dress. Brown was convicted of murdering her husband in 1860. her sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment. She was located at her sister's home and arrested by Officer Haland.
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Mary Ann Brown
Mrs. Browse
Mra. Brown
Gov. Porter
Wade Face
Supreme Court
Brown
Onn. Market, Sr
Haland
Reformatory
Egypt Steamer Egypt Ablaze Abandoned at Sea
News desk reports the National line steamer Egypt aboard by name Egypt 18 caught fire and was abandoned at sea with conflicting earlier claims of passengers. Later clarification says the vessel carried 724 crew members with no passengers aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
New York
National Line
Artist Brewster Defends Eagle on Miss Liberty Head
Mr George Brewster designer of Miss Liberty and the eagle for the soldiers monument spoke with a Sun reporter at the state house on Wednesday. He dismisses criticism of the eagle’s placement as an oddity that will charm once seen and clarifies the design is not a 13 foot eagle atop a six foot figure. Brewster will return home to Cleveland after his talks with monument commissioners.
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George Brewster
State House
SUN
Indianapolia
Ya Oldar Tima
Brewster
Cleveland
A Little Cigarette Girl and Her Cruel End
A cigarette maker Fretty An cle Goodwin was killed by abortionists in Harlem dens. Lover Gus Harrison paid Dr Henry G McGonipal to perform the work, with Fanny Shaw involved. The 70 year old doctor took the body during the night and undertaker Cornalius Marritt is held. The body will be exhumed in Harlem police court.
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New York
Fretty Ancle Goodwin
Hall
Harlem
Gus Harrison
Henry G. McGonipal
Fanny Shaw
Cornalius Marritt
President Harrison Urges Blains Reciprocity in Telegrams
Washington July 23 The Sun reports President Harrison has drafted messages to Congress urging the Blains reciprocity plan in broader terms. The messages set forth a wider scope and a more extended scene to advocate the policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Congress
Washington
the Sun
The South’s Boycott Moves to Boycott North Goods
Atlanta reports a new Southern secret organization forming to promote a boycott of Northern products if the Lodge force bill passes. Major southern chambers of commerce favor a convention to decide the course, while Richmond Mobile and Charleston oppose. Southern congressmen decline to call for a boycott.
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Atlanta
New York
Herald
Atlanta Dispatch
Chambers of Commerce
New Offerno
Birmingham
Lynchburg
Augusta
Montgomery
Savannah
Richmond
Mobile
Charleston
Washington
Terrible fire destroys four-story Cincinnati tenement
A four story brick building at 44 Front Street burned Tuesday night trapping residents. Firefighters rescued many, but Mr and Mrs Menski and their small children perished. Additional inmates were injured. hospital survivors listed with two believed fatally hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myre
Menski
Iitte
Cincinnati
Dinkelaker Elected Secretary of German Mutual Insurance
Charlotte Dinkelaker was elected secretary of the German mutual insurance company Tuesday night. The report lists local figures and events including a poisoning incident, a mayoral visit, pardons, burglaries, labor disputes, and community notices from Indianapolis area newspapers.
Bandit Chavess Captured After Boy Avenges Mother
In San Juan de Costa Rica on July 23 a notorious bandit Hermanzulo Chavess from San Salvador was tracked, captured and shot after a 17 year old boy who suffered his mother’s murder led troops to his hideout. Chavess and two companions surrendered without a fight.
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San Juan DE Costa
Hermanzulo Chavess
San Salvador
la Diberiad
Hana
Chavase
Chompelss
German immigrant in US seeks brother and education aid
Cleveland July 23 Spl case shows how educated foreigners struggle without ready friends. Ernest Omour, a German educated in Latin Greek and languages, came on charity from Pittsburg to Cleveland to find a brother. He worked on a Baltimore stevedore boat, then at Benz Bros brick yard earning 8s per week with room. He could not save to move to Cleveland and asked Chief Hillott for help. Cincinnati July 22 Freight handlers show little change as workers remain on strike.
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Cleveland, O
Ernest Omour
Pittsburg
Baltimore
Benz Bros
Cleveland
Hiliott
Richere's Danger Yet in Loxpon July Heat
A vivid sports and society column notes a calmar feeling from Buenos Ayras warning danger remains. It covers Cleveland pitcher Lincoln likely to be released, Pat Teteau back at third, Umpire Burrett issues, and mixed league results. It mentions Yale Barnard football talks, Detroit aleryon delay, Duluth regatta wins, tri state league tensions, and criticism of John B Day alongside drainage and health quackery notes.
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Richere
Loxpon
Buenos Ayras
Lincoln
Cleveland
Billy McCarthy
Hopland
Tait Wall
League
Brotherhood
Pat Teteau
Cleveland Playera
Pera
Burrett
Athletics
St Louis
Syracage
Columbus
Borston
Chicago
Buffalo Brotherhood
Ancon
Kokomo
Andereos
Munuie
Logansport
Perus
Fort Wayne
Dawse
Brotherood
Buffalo
New York
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Boston
Yale
Barnard
Cincinnati
Aleryon
Detroit
St. Louis Ia
Einca von der Ahn
Duluth
Corbett
Gaudeur
Hanson
Tri State League
Tri-State
George H. Dickinson
New York World
President Day
Players’ League
Dickinson
Day
National League
John B. Day
The Deadly Cyclone Strikes Cass County Areas
A July 28 report from Fareo North Dakota describes a cyclone crossing northern Cass County, killing five people outright and injuring others near Clifford and Boron. Wires and crops were damaged as storms moved across Trysail region. reports mention electrical hazards and delayed telegraph communications. A separate item notes a tornado near Ghert that killed two and injured several, while another case details Lizzie Long's unresponsive sleep under medical care in Ma Morais.
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Fareo
N. D
Thastir
Boron
Clifford
Gariseburg
Hunter
Trysail
Cass Osunty
Mirxearonis
Marshall
Minn
Ghert
Eeren
Kbek
Saveral
Ashland
Raids For Revenue at Gilded Palaces
In a Wednesday afternoon session the criminal court fined six proprietors of local brothels on policy charges. Names include May Edgar, Blanche Browning, Nellie Riley, Nora Burnham and Jennie Coover. Each case fined $20 with costs. some opted installments, others paid later. police court fines require payment or workhouse terms.
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Ain
Thea Bagnios
BS Down
Bniil
Msy
Gabe Ward Case Reveals Longtime Wheelchair Pensioner Struggle
A historical note describes Gabe Ward, an invalid man who has sold papers from a wagon for years, living on a township pension and enduring neglect. Neighbors recall him since 1868, with limited aid and failed transportation attempts, while an investigation by Frank Wright proceeds amid suspicions of a marriage. The report also mentions a separate item: the Mexican minister avoids commenting on frontier force reports but confirms hostility toward Guatemala.
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Gabe Ward
Heslong
Townehip Trustee’s
Gabe
Cincinnati
Frank Wright
Ward
Byrne Says Inspector Holds Reserve Police On Duty
Inspector Byrne has the entire reserve police force on duty and states he will not allow cloak-makers to cause trouble here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrne
Daly
Murder and death by own action in Bellaire incident
Deputy county auditor Matias Ville Ault was killed and then suicide occurred Wednesday in Bellaire Daly Se. The report notes death by his own action leading to a fatal outcome and ongoing investigation by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
Daly Se TS
Matias Ville Ault
Kiled
Neane
England blamed for Newfoundland rights, warns Sir William Whiteway
Wire reports Sir William Whiteway accuses England of remissness in Newfoundland rights. Walter Van Valkenberg, 19, arrested in Chicago for crimes against young women. Vance E. Soffer treated for hydrophobia on a Columbus train en route to care. Wm Moore of Scranton sold 200 acres for 25,000. property now valued at 1,000,000 after a rich coal strike nearby.
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William Whiteway
England
Newfoundland
Walter van Valkenberg
Chicago
Vance E. Soffer
Columbus
Wm. Moore
Scranton
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the &. E. & W.rome
Order of Railway Conductors
Wheaton
Mrr. Wheaton
Ford
Pennsylvania Linge
Hife
Central Traffic Agaodtinattion Mae
Indianapolis Board of Trade
J. F. Pratt
W.H. Thomas
J. ‘A. Baker
Anaconda
Montana
Lo. Lewis
Wifa
San Francisco
Norbert Landgraf
Amateuvues
Ben
Fearlow
Hils
Bern
Drewster
Eagle
Indorses
Blaine
New
City Life
Charlotte Dinkelaker
German Mutual Insurance Company
Kercey
Zionsville
de. Bell
Jon Shakespear
Crescent City
Bell Road
Henry Newton
W. T. Marott
Wayne Ave
John Barry
Cortes Sr
Edward Williams
U.S. Grand Jury
Niagara
W. W. Wood
Wast St
Ivin
R. Rhody Shiel
Indiana Ave
Apd
Ilinois-st
Michigan
Col
John 8
Duncan
Jacob L. Franklin
Circuit Court
Rowland
Franklin
William M. Smith
Acton
Francis Murphy
Bolton
W. H. Read
Grand Hotel
Meridian-st. M. E
Bis Son
Soldiers’ Monument Commission
Central Labor and Stonecutters
Fremont Camp
Griffin
Homan
Lockwalter
George Sladden
Illinois Department
Travis
St. Jon
Mich
Hotel Brotherhood
Charley Gaskin
Gaskin
Alfords
Smarws
Bludbilder
Viassauc
Beverak Enjnrea
Meusbes
Barnah
Thea Strange Gasey
A& Huxhom Noung Vwomanm
Ma. Morais
Miles Lizzie Long
Wassineron
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