Indiana Militia Camp Drills Under Gen Ruckle at Camp Hovey
The Indiana soldiers at Camp Hovey prepare for a review by Gov Hovey with battalion drill and rehearsals. Gen Ruckle leads morning drills as Surgeon General Jessup notes learning from encampment. A boxing match amid monotony and the line between camp life and city outings draw attention as officers assign guard duties and the camp extends one more day.
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Camp Hovey
Indiana
Jessup
Legion
Jessop
Drake
White
Co. G
Thiedini
Ellist
Co. M
Artillery Baroa
Fort Wayne
Co. F
Third Inf
South Bend
Flrst
Jobn Carney
Co. 8
Inf
Kregele
Ruckle
Ellinois St
Crown Hill
Scott
Sun
Guard Mount
Maj
Geo. &. Haste
Lieut
Beach
Capt
Lufferman
Kercheval
Bertier
Gore
van Arsdel
DeWitt
Muncher
Indiana Legion
Republican county chairmen elect Durbin to state central committee
Republican party leaders from Marion Hancock Shelby and Madison met in Harding Hovey law offices Friday afternoon and elected W. T. Durbin of Anderson as successor to D. W. Ranedell on the state central committee Moses McLain was the only other candidate.
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Republican County
Newt
Harding
Marion
Alexander Black
Hancock
Sid Conger
Shelby
L. J. Burr
Madison
Harding & Hovey
W. T. Durbin
Anderson
D. W. Ranedell
State Central Committee
Moses McLain
Battle Near Port-au-Prince Ends In Tied Victory
The steamer Hendrick from Port-au-Prince brings news of a brutal daylong clash between Hippolyte and Ligitime near the city. Neither side secured a win, with one casualty killed and another bruised.
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New York
Hendrick
Port-au-Prince
Hippolyte
Ligitime
Gallant Knights Parade Through Louisville Streets
Knights of Friendship march in bright regalia for the national convention in Louisville. Officers are installed at the exposition grounds after a parade featuring multiple camps from Louisville Cincinnati Lexington and Indianapolis, with bold marching bands and a keynote by Jir Fitz Butler on the order's origin.
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Knights of Friendship
Louisville
J. F. Moreland
J. T.turver
Dr. H. Fitz Butler
W. A. Gaines
I. G. Brady
Committee On Accounts
Exposition
Gradu
Ted Eatches
Brotherhood
Bellecamp
Cincinnati
Bristow
Little Walter Bristow
H.R. Hollowsil
Kentucky
W. A. Seymour
Clark McPheelers
Lexington
Quasacamp
Indianapolis
Porter
Knight
Rica
St. Louis
Knight Junior, 2. Rogan
Lodianavolis
Guard
J. W. Woolfork
Frankfort
Knight Recorder
R. M. Hammond
Little Rock
Ark
J. Thomas Turger
Hemphis
Senn
W. H. Sellers
Texas
Daputins
Archie Roberts
Alabama
L. W. Williams
Arkansas
M. R. Williams
M. W. Jackson
Louisiana
W. A. Periis
J. M. Keil
Missouri
Wm. Smith
Ohio
H.R. Hollowell
J. L. Swearnes
New York
R. R. Smith
Memphiz P
PF. Evans
BH. J. Brent
G. Reilly
Fh. Fairchild
Robert B. Woods
H. Budd
Porlar
Jir
Fitz Butler
Actress Misa Waldron Begins 60 Day Fast for The Henrietta Role
Misa Waldron, known for The Henrietta, has entered Clifton house and completed day twenty three of a planned sixty day fast. She weighed 195 pounds at the start and now weighs 180, seeking a 28 pound loss to fit a leaner stage image. Waldron says she feels well and aims to continue despite critics.
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Curiaco
Misa May Weldrow
Henrietta
Clifton House
Misa Waldron
Miss Waldron
Bane
Stuart Robson
Storm Hits City as Rand’s Oil Works Burn
A Friday afternoon storm brought strong winds and heavy rain to the city. Lightning struck Rand’s oil works on the southern edge, igniting the flammable stock and destroying the plant despite efforts by the fire department. Loss estimate unavailable. The downpour also postponed the Indianapolis Chicago game, with two games likely on Saturday if Anson agrees.
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Hanah
Rand
Anson
Fought 32 rounds Homer beats Flaherty for 300 dollars
In Providence on July 26 Homer defeats Joe Flaherty after a 32 round fray for $300 amid a desperate battle. Separately the Richmond paper company failed Friday with liabilities around 700000 dollars.
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Faittea
Providence
Richmond Paper Company
Poisoned Family Suffer Weird Milk Toxin Case
Dr Berwick treated a rear 12 West Street family after they drank milk from a local store. Four women and a two year old girl endured violent pain, screaming, writhing, and vomiting before morphine relief began around 2 AM Friday. The doctor suspects contaminated milk with lactate of tin as the cause.
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Berwick
Weet St
Lua
Lydia Jackson
Lydia Bennett
Nanny Johnconu
Lucille Willian
Worthington alias Bannerton Bannaton tied to bigamy forgery
New York July 25 Special editor A Bently Worthington of the Christian Science magazine is still at large. Known as Eugene Bannerton and Monsieur Bannaton he has long skulduggery ties including bigamy forgery and theft. He married wife No 4 or 5 while using stage names. He wed an actress in Toronto Dec 7 while with the Helen Blythe troupe. He is sought in Wisconsin for forgery and in West Virginia for a $4000 theft from coal operator S Dana.
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York
Min A
Bently Worthington
Christian Science
Eugene
Bannerton
Monsieur Bannaton
Bannaton
Worthington
Eugene Bannerton
Toronto
Can
Eugene Bannaton
Helen Blythe
Pluckett-Worthington
Ward
New Lisbon
Wis
Charleston
W. Va
S. &. Dana
Miners Relief Funds and Strike Vote Planned in Brazil
Brazil July 25 reports total miners relief fund cash $1,528.40 and provisions $600, total $7,126.40, with local unreported contributions. Mass meeting called Saturday to vote on a strike. Lancaster and Harrison coal mines employ 250 to 800 men, using hand and machine methods. Cardonia block miners head to Alabama for steady work.
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Thorsnaund
Clay County
Brazil
Miners’ Relief Fund
Vooke
Lancaster and Harrison Coal
Lancaster
Barrison BP
Harrison
Cardonia
Beack Brute Lynched At Paris Ky For Attack
News sketches report Jim Kelly a colored man knocked down Mrs. Crow and outraged her. He was arrested by three farmers and jailed. An armed mob overpowered the jailor, hanged Kelly on a railroad bridge with a rope at dawn.
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Paris
Jspl
Jim Kelly
Peter Crow
Kelly
Dr Berwick faces mob at Columbia alley morphine case
A drunken woman alerted Dr. Berwick to a morphine poisoning at 23 Columbia alley. He faced a hostile crowd of local residents as he tried to attend Alice Sanders, a white woman with serious poisoning. The mob threatened violence, but the patient recovered overnight.
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Andi
Rabbie Afenneaedi
Berwick
Columbia Alley
Chiost
Alice Sanders
Hag
Free Lunch Trusts in New York Try to Eliminate Small Dealers
A peculiar trust formed to drive small dealers who provide free lunches for saloons in New York and Brooklyn. Originated by the Knickerbocker bean company backed by two wealthy retired caterers. About one hundred routes fear losing business as the company allegedly offered to buy routes and threatened resistors.
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Fia
Nest York
New York
Brooklyn
Knickerbocker Bean Company
Bean Company
Carmine St
Twentieth
Fifty-Eighth-St
Sixth-Ave
Baan Company
Eight in Trade Board Sees Expansion Proposals
Under the new administration the board of trade enjoys prosperity with membership near 600 after recent hiring. The committee contemplates extensive improvements to quarters, adding offices, reducing the call board room, splitting the upper floor, and installing a new elevator and modern conveniences. The aim is quarters well adapted to its needs.
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Board of Trade
Call Board
State board increases railroad valuation by over two million
The state board of equalization met Friday and signed a report showing railroad property valuation rising to 66,261,532. Marion county values grew from 2,836,822 to 3,078,278, while Union Railway track jumped from 60,000 to 100,000 per mile. In Vincennes, Ind., a severe gasoline stove explosion left Hank Stephens' son badly burned Thursday night as flesh dropped from hands and arms. Drilling for coal and gas continues slowly, with both wells about 90 feet deep in sandstone.
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State Board of Equalization
Marion County
Union Railway Company
Vincennes
Ind
Spi
Hank Stephens
Incendiary Fire Destroys Dry Dock Offices in Cincinnati
Fire ragged through the dry dock buildings on Eastern Avenue in Cincinnati Friday morning, causing an estimated loss of $50,000. Officials suspect incendiaries started the blaze.
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Cincinnati
Eastern Ave
Whipped Son of Vandalia Flagman in Reform School
John Weathers, 20, hospitalized in city hospital with yellow jaundice and convulsions, claims severe flogging at Plainfield reform school years ago. He says two machine straps and lashings caused daily convulsions and swollen hands that later needed lancing, with his mind impaired since. His father says the boy was whipped until conditions worsened.
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John Weathers
Weathers
Micsiesipbist
Plainfield Reform School
Sun
Yio
Jay
Otto Swisher’s Punishment Sparks Family Prison Debate
Lewis Jordan reports a grim case of Otto Swisher, a youth sentenced for larceny at under 16, sent to reform school, then a controversial claim of cruel punishment. The mother seeks removal to the official sentence, while relatives face prison. authorities consider governor clemency as Otto’s brother also faces assault and larceny convictions.
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Anthony Swisher
Otto
Jvlsen
Sebers
Prtsult Wes
Ine
Perorin
Soei
Inke Olty
Ilis
Lewis Jordan
Prest
Notorious Farm Tragedy Ends in Double Death
In New York on July 26 Grace Kniffen, wife of Chauncey C. Kniffen, set out for a blackberry patch near Mahopac. Her husband, angered after a dispute over his estate, approached with a fierce glare, fired twice, then shot himself. Mrs Kniffen is expected to die. The man had recently gained a sizable estate and succumbed to dementia. Local politics note two possible candidates for mayoral nomination, W. J. Coffin and Col. Millard, with the convention likely in the first week of September. A new iron and steel bridge for Jeffersonville to Louisville is let, costing about $1.66 million, with rail, trolley, and pedestrian facilities planned. Kehn & Co. offer custom pants from cassimere or cheviot for $4.00.
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Ban
Lrck
New York
Grace Kniffep
Chauncey C. Kniffen
Mahopac
Bin
W. J. Coffin
Wilee, Coffin &Co
Col. Millard
Indianapolis
Tig
Joseph Beazley
John WW. Sullivan
Tennessee
Washington Ste
Tom Bennett
Indiana
Monument Corner
Milwaukese
Fob
Steek
Fred Kuiman
Georgia St
Faiuie
Kregelo
Herry Coa
Sanie Smeck
Castle Materprise
Bago
Tas Typographical Journal
International Typographical Union
Carson & Hollenbeck
W. S. McClevey
Moneiy
William Dison
John Cook
Wabaeh St
City Hospital
Charles Yaudes
Shelbyville
Whurscay
Andrew Greenberg
Fall Creek
Flanner
Gustav Mella
P. Leibar Brewing Company
St. Paul
Minon
Union and
Morriaster
Simloser
Jock Sinkey
Ott
Spencer
Manker
Belt Railroad
Binger
Barnhardt
Howa
Judges Howa
Makie
Denny
Mallady
Arnold
Richard Gatis
Washington St
George Lafontaine
Carrie Hall
Thomas Kinney
Johnson Block
Carrie
James H. Dolby
Bent
Ned Gellett
Gecar Gellett
Edward Slocum
Dolby
Coming Irish Nationalists meet stirs expected split
Philadelphia July 26 reports the coming Irish national convention will be stormy with a big split anticipated over Clan-na-Gael. The item lists other local incidents including a large fire in Muncie and various minor crimes and civic issues.
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Philadelphia
Clan-na-Gael
Thins Goods Seersucker Coats and West Clothing Sale
The store offers seersucker coats and West apparel at slashed prices. French Flannel coats and vests now sell for 9.80 with choices from a range of 12 15 and 18 dollar suits. Original Eagle at 5 and 7 West Washington Street.
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Eagle
West
Washington Street
Hoosiers Rally in Uneven Clash with Chicago Nine
At Athletic Park Indianapolis July 25 1887 about 1 500 watched a rough but improving Hoosier lineup lose to Chicago 8 to 7 in an extra inning slugfest. Hines daily and Van Haltren starred for the home nine while Dwyer Farrell and Anson led Chicago with key hits. The game featured wild plays and a late Bumple by Anson and Glasscock courtesy, setters of the field.
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Ahletic Park
Indianapolis
Getzein
Dwyer
Farrell
Raby Anson
Curry
Fluffer Anson
Glasscock
Chicago
Ssery
Lusinger
van Haltren
Anson
Jerry Denny
Blank
Ryan
Denny
MecGeach
Duffy
Hines
Sullivan
Paulus
Gumbert
Daily
WicGeady
Lasselt
Bastian
Guabert
Seery
Burns
Vaseman
Hines Wade
Tasacock
Sphera
Aneen
McGeachy
Guibert
van Halren
Bassett
Lesry
Nothin
Chasscock
Lenny
Geizein
Growler Anson
Sulvan
van Maltren
Hoosiers
Gumtert
Ind’polis
Pittsburg Triumphs Despite Hite Errors In Cleveland
In Cleveland on June, Pittsburg scores three runs with two errors. Hite and Sanders and Miller and Groper highlight the batteries while Zimmer also contributes. Umpires Galvin and Sutcliffe preside over the game.
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Pittsburg
Cleveland
Sanders
Miller
Groper
Zimmer
Galvin
Sutcliffe
Local pitcher Krock signs with Hoosier team
Pitcher Krock, released by Adrian Constantine Grumbler Anson, was Friday morning signed by local management. His J. Hancock adorns a Hoosier contract and he will demonstrate to An son's gentlemen that he is no back number in pitching and will twirl for the home team Friday afternoon.
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Hrock
Krock
Adrian Constantine Grumbler
Anson
J. Hancock
Weather forecast for Indiana and Indianapolis 1889
Observer's local forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity for 24 hours ending 8am July 27 1889: fair with increasing cloudiness and light rains later. Showers in the state except southern areas with stationary temperatures. Ad for 6 knife set: Rogers 1847 triple plate six knives for $1.70, genuine Comstock 28 East Washington Street.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Comstock
E. Wash
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