Indictments Highlight City Vice Crackdown and Prosecutions
The Sun recalls State's Attorney Mitchell urging aggressive action against houses of ill fame as grand jury indictments target 40 establishments. Thirty proprietors pleaded guilty with minimum fines, while Judge Irvin defends measured penalties and clarifies limited evidence relied upon in the prosecutions and the process.
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THE
Sun
Mitchell
Maj
Yepertera
Keepara
Criminal Court
Hila Williams
Nellie Riley
Nora Baracam
Jennie Cooper
Nan Eliot
Hartley
Aber
Mai. Mitchell
Irvin
Aide
Grand Jury
Bicycle race offer to all with $35 safety bicycle prize
Notice advertises an open bicycle race inviting every boy and girl to participate. It promises a $35 safety bicycle prize from Hays and Willits for 146 subscribers under the stated provisions. The offer runs until October 1.
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Bosear Ard Pisle
Hyvary Boy and Girl
Hays& Willits
War reports and political notes across continents
Dispatches claim decisive victories in Central American clashes between San Salvador and Guatemala with both sides boasting gains. Scientist Dr Nelson arrives from Central America weighing in that war reports are plausible and Salvadoran fighters are strong. In Vienna smokeless powder orders spark talk of war preparation while Greenville politics stall nominating a candidate and Cincinnati reports a mine fire victim dying in hospital.
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New York
the Herald
San Salvador
Guatemala
Nelsom Helleveg
Jaly
Wolfred Nelson
Central America
Electric dynamo and society notices flood town news
Ely-fisharmen set for 72 Market Bt Friday eve. A new 80-Koren power dynamo arrived Thursday for the electric ring. Bavonrville trustees post $500 reward for murder suspect. Musicians will attend Prof Voat's funeral at Grand Saturday morning. Jury in Kennedy grand larceny trial discharged Thursday night. Electrician A S Hickly burned by live wire at home. Roosier lodge hosts musical at West Indianapolis hall Tuesday. Mrs Atkins hosts fete and card party Friday to aid Sue Anthony. Emme Carhart sues Albert B Carhart for divorce alleging adultery with Mary Bussell in St Louis. State board assesses railroad stocks at $69,762,676, up $3,521,144. Lake county leads with $4,055,800 in railroads. Noon rest for girls movement opened in When block Friday. McKinley bill raises linen duster price to $2 per dozen. John Thomas, former Indianapolis mill president, died at Battle Creek sanitarium. Wilhelmina Pfeifer sues for specific performance to obtain a parcel. Stones for soldiers monument delayed. some weigh 60,000 pounds. Carpenters’ union meetings run late amid wage disputes. A horse valued at $150 runs after a car, breaks leg at Grand hotel track. Mrs Taylor leaves infant at Williamson’s. infant taken to orphans’ home. Primrose & West minstrel show begins a two-night stand at the Grand. Genteel electric features noted. Gen poonpinder praised.
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Ely-fisharmen
Bavonrville
T Murcerer
Maarabal
Andy Dillon
Prof. Voat
James Mr. Kennedy
A. S. Hickly
Roosier Lodge
Indianapolis
Mra. H. 0
Atkins
Anthony Tais
South Dakota
Emme Carhart
Albert B. Carhart
Mary Bussell
St. Louis
State Board of Equalization
Lake County
B. Bamberger
John Thomas
Indianapolis Rolling Mill Company
Hecle, Consolidated Mining Company
Battle Creek Sanitarium
W. H. Eastman
Wilhelmina Pfeifer
Carolina Pfeifer
Wm. Pfeifer
Thursdey
J. B. Lyne
Soldiers’ Monument
Onion
Thea
John Stuck
Smith
Brightwood Grocery
Bates House
Illinoisst
Grend
VanCamp Canning Company
Taylor
Williamson’s
W. Washington
Orphans’ Home
Howard McGruder
Kansas City
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
McGruder
Primrose & West
Seazon
Gen Poonpinder
Amateur press meeting at Bates house hosts lively election drama
National amateur press association members held a busy night at the Bates house. Proxies and ballots shaped the race for president with Dunlop winning 28 votes while Mellinger and Brown trailed. Officers were chosen including Schermerhorn, Burke, Mueller, Hardcastle, Hardcastle won treasurer, and Cox named official editor amid heated debate and feisty exchanges.
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Ian
Carter
Bates Houng
Committed
Burger
Tom Reed
Dunlop
Milwaukee
Be Jed
Boston
Mies Cox
John Holliday
Indianapolis News
Wylie
Cushing
Hochstadter
Camip
Callois Ag
Dir
Dunplop
Mir Danalop
Heath
Walter E. Mellinger
Mir. Burger
Ellude
The
Tilumiastor
Otto A. Kamber
HE. J. Hardcastle
Wilmington Delawarean
Hardcastle
Alcomeds
Alarriet C. Cox
Strogsia
Five wives testify in Wright bigamy case in polices court
Five weeping women, one with a baby, testified Friday in the case against Joseph Wright charged with bigamy. One witness was Wright’s married daughter with her child and another Mrs Wright No 2 with her child. The case was adjourned to Saturday after a prior appearance in Justice Smock’s court where the two wives confronted him. It is alleged he married wife No 4 to gain a portion of 1500 dollars from a farm sale. Disastrous Blaze in Urbana did 100000 damage according to dispatches. Fire at Urbana Benton county July 25. All the clockmakers want to work Friday morning in New York.
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Joseph. Wright
Wright
Dump Fire at City Dump Sparks Dense Smoke
Report of an arson-like blaze at the city dump around 11 o'clock Thursday night. Fire engines battled smoke and strong odor, extinguishing only 50 feet of the 500-foot-smudge by Friday evening. Local scavengers, including mud-colored figures, continue salvage while authorities note a longer history of municipal mail routes and weather forecasts for Indiana.
Terre Haute Police In Turmoil In City Mutiny
Terre Haute police report a rough period with several patrolmen and a sergeant removed from duty and a patrolman filing charges against the police superintendent. Mixed concerns ripple through the force as officials address internal issues.
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Terre Hautes
Ind
Hf Police
Multiple Foul Ups and Disasters Reported in Wide Range of News
A chaotic jumble from Cape May to Georgia and Arkansas details a failed shooting attempt on Mrs. McKee, ship crews landed in Dover after a fire, a Savannah boarding house explosion probe, a Figaro interview denouncing the McKinley bill, a dramatic pursuit of Dr. Chisholm in Arkansas, and various geopolitical skirmishes. Reports mention Diaz denying Mexican troops near Guatemala, Salvador defeating Guatemala in six battles, and an Arkansan detective killing a suspect. Also noted are a passenger steamship overload, a Lake Pepin capsizing, a Pennsylvania train accident, and a tragic iron pin incident. Skeletal sack suits are claimed to be genuine by Norbert Landgrat.
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McKee
Cape May
Egypt
Dover
Hng
Manhattan
Savannah
Figaro
Whitelaw Reid
Lemay
Chisholm
Lewisville
Ark
Sherlil
Diaz
Sen Salvador
Guatemala
Eilington
Moloturf
Magazine
Thursdey
Hilington
F. MB. Cook
Jaeper County
Miss
Mt. Zion Church
Kantz
Brooke
Department of the Platta
Atesmer Saaz
Lake Pepin
West Pennsylvania
Hew’s Station
Spene
Murder Charge Shocks Bloomington as Conductor Falls
Charles Arnold, conductor on the Louisville New Albany and Chicago line, is jailed on murder charges in Bloomington after the death of brakeman William Hilbert. The father of Hilbert accuses Arnold of a struggle on a moving train, claiming Hilbert was pushed and killed. Arnold denies the allegations.
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Bloomington
Ind
Charles Arnold
Louiaville, New Albany
Chicago
William Hilbert
Hilbert
Arnold
Brazeman Hilbert
Hilbert Alloges
Pandemonium at State Capitol as Deputies Loot Tax Office
In a chaotic Friday scene at the Wena somo Stute Manse loud screams spooked officials who rushed to locate the source. A lone tailor Louie Blunt provoked police by shouting threats while a second, wilder bout ended with jurors and clerks crowding the treasury and barricading doors. The melee featured deputies Nelson and Geeting trapped in the doorway as others jeered and fought for funds amid a scramble that left the scene in a stifling uproar.
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Wenasomo
Stata Nones
Superintendant of Public Instruction
McGinty
Tin Giffin
Lonstic
Louie Blunt
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Kemmler's Dying Condition Report From Wright Prison
July 25 update from Wright prison notes Kemmler in a semi stupor most of the time and weeping when awakened. He must be forced to eat and may require transport to the death chair if no major improvement occurs. Some officials doubt he will live to the scheduled execution time.
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Iadies
Wright
Arsury
Kemmler
Shelbyville Neighbors Rally Over Sewer Plan
Shelbyville citizens protest proposed sewerage system amid local unrest. The spirited action hints at broader community tensions as residents demand solutions while concerns about infrastructure and public services rise. Three generations in a Brown County family show a rare six toe deformity tracing through ancestry.
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Shelbyville
Brown County
Man Attempted Suicide Over Elusive Engagement in Ohio
John Gillinger, a former Newark street-car driver, tried to take his life at Claypool Station after his fiancée again broke their engagement. He drank laudanum, set his house on fire, and boarded the Baltimore Ohio train to Zanesville, where a neighbor and a pharmacist intervened as doctors treated him.
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Min Streetheart
Zanesville
John Gillinger
Newark
Claypool Station
Giilinger
Baltigiore & Ohio
A Bolt Thief Snatches Jewelry In Broad Daylight
Early Friday a dapper young man entered the yard of George McDougal at 257 West Foncrest Road and questioned the household about gold watches and silk gowns before fleeing in a carriage left by McDougal’s coachman. Police were notified and pursued the suspect.
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George B. MceDougal
Foncestoool
Mit
McDougall
Coshman
Cobb Sues Branham Over Cable Road Shares
Cobb sues Branham claiming he sold his stake in the firm mixing with George F P Branham around 1834 and was to receive 500 shares in a St Louis cable road stack valued at 16 000. He alleges Branham diverted 450 shares to his own REOP and kept 16 000 value.
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Cobb
George FP
Branham
Cos
Brenham
Payson Sues County Over Bond Debt
Charles G. Payson of Portland Maine sues day county commissioners for 5000, saying five years ago the county issued bonds totaling 220000 to improve gravel Yonge, Payson invested 2500, bonds now past maturity and offer refused. Spol 4000 miners returned to full-time work in Wilkes-Barre after Friday.
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Payson
Charles G. Payson
Portland
Day County
Yonge
Landlord Reibold and guests at the Grand hotel
Landlord Reibold of the Bates house travels Friday on a vacation to Cape By. H 5 Pierson owner of Lucky Bald win's hotel in San Francisco stays as a guest at the Grand. H Henry of Martinsville a republican candidate for state superintendent and Wm Hazen of Wabash a candidate for auditor of state are at the Grand hotel.
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Landlord Reibold
Bates House
Cape By
H. 5
Pierson
Lucky Baldwin’s
San Francisco
Das, H. Henry
Martinsville
Republian
Wm. Hazen
Wabash
Grand Hotel
League Bail Ready and Race News Across Regions
Preparations for the league begin Monday as attendance climbs with 2,404 notes on Thursday. The Philadelphia brotherhood club leader Love has been deposed while Fo garty remains active. A Buffalo-LaBlanche prize fight offers 2500 dollars. Cleveland teams show mixed results with strong Zimmer records and a retirement reshuffle. Indiana state league activities falter, while a Derby controversy swirls around Prince Fonco amid Robespierre and Jon Blackburn outcomes.
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Buffalo
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Athletice
Louisville
Syracuse
Columbus
Love
Philadelphia Brotherhood Club
Fogarty
Erie County Athletic Club
Young Mitchell
LaBlanche
Comiskey
Pirates
Ohio
Cincinnati
Chester Park
Meneger Gus. Schmelz
Cleveland
Hob Leedly
Carrotts
Zimmer
New York
Pittsburg
Boston
Love's Queer Antics in a Missouri Marriage Plot
In Parkersburg West Virginia on July 25 a Miss Mollie Cooper left to marry a St Louis suitor named Bouser. After an accident amputated leg and a ticket to St Louis, she married him and moved to Lincoln Nebraska with plans to start housekeeping. Her relatives describe her as a respectable local young woman.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Mollie Cooper
St. Louis
Kameda Bouser
Ali
Miss Cooper
Fir
Houeer
St. Louisa
Romance of a Runaway Suitor Shocks Findlay
In Findlay a 24 year old Charles Russell eloped with Henry Freed, mother of Miss Annie Freed, whom Russell loved before the girl died of fever. Russell had mourned her, then fled with the mother a year after her death, taking substantial money from Freed. No pursuit planned. Cincinnati dispatch.
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Cincinnati
the Enquirer
Findlay
Charles Russell
Henry Freed
Russell
Miss Anns Freed
Miss Freed
Trousseau
Mr. Russell
Tima
Army Reunion in Parkersburg West Virginia
Arrangements are under way for a September 16 reunion of the Society of the Army of Western Virginia in Parkersburg. Memorials honoring Gen Crook will be notable. R B Hayes will attend, having commanded a division in Crook's army corps. Maj. William McKinley will deliver an address. He served on Crook's staff alongside Gen W H Gibson Gen B Kelly Gen W S Potrell Gen Averill Gen Rosecrans and many other distinguished officers connected with the army.
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Parkersburgh
W. Va
Society of the Army of Western Virginia
Crook
R. B Hayes
Army Corps
Wm. Wwckinley
W. H. Gibaon
B. ¥. Kelly
W. &. Potrell
Averill
Rosecranz
Ciesta
Prezent
Congress Deliberates Tariff Talks and Bonds Purchases
Torrey bankruptcy bill advances in the House while Secretary Windom buys bonds totaling 5.83 million dollars. Senate debates river and harbor measures and a southern boycott amid tariff discussions. Hemphill backs Farmers Alliance influence in the South. Senator Evarts seeks 10 thousand dollars for Dr Mary Walker’s war service. Indian denominational education discussed with Catholics allowed instruction. Indian schools receive 260 thousand dollars. Edmonds faces Cockrell’s blunt quip after recalling sessions and quorum issues.
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Windom
Senate
Cesn
Hemphill
House
Farmers’ Alliance
South
Evarts
Mary Walker
Thurntay
West
Davis
Teller
Edmonds
Cockrell
Cockrolt
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Columbue
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Will Roberts
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