Gerrymander Told in Damp Special City Council Session
A turbulent special meeting of the council of our city passed the long disputed gerrymander ordinance amid mud and interruptions. Col Billious and Gerrymandered plans dominated the debate as the vote reached 6 to 38, with further moves to realign Alabama street viaducts and party theatrics noted during the session. The report also mentions Methodist Missionaries meeting at Roberts Park Church with pastors Holdstock Waltz Green and others addressing missions and Sunday school relations.
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Council of Our
Mr. Martindale
Council of
Our City
Alabama
Viaductus
Sweetland
Col
Billious
Trasler
State Missionary Society of
M. B
Roberts Park
Holdstock
Westfield
J. K. Waltz
Greenfield
Hyde
Green
Muncie
McCabe
New York
M. BH
A. B. Rawls
Greensburg
J. W. Dashiell
Indianapolis
Railway men threaten strike over moustache order in Paris
Paris dispatch reports railway workers prepared to strike after an order requiring moustaches to be shaved. A delegation was sent to the minister of public works to present grievances while Ottawa notes Sir John Macdonald’s good night and declining paralysis, though the heart remains feeble.
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Paris
Ottawa
Sir John Macdonald
Big July 4 picnic planned at New Albany fair grounds
Win Duncan receives 600 judgment against the O M railroad in New Albany court. Nobody Sells promotes a large Indianapolis show on June 8 and 9 with popular admission prices. Lime and cement supplies sewer pipe hair plaster and fire brick from A B Meyer and Co at 46 N Miss St.
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New Albany Fair Grounds
Duncan
O. & M. Railroad Company
New Albany
Indianapolis
A.B. Meyer & Co
Miss-st
New Know Nothingism Sparks Baltimore Political Party
Baltimore World reports the formation of a new party advocating Americans for office and opposing foreigners. The center is Baltimore with branches nationwide, amid bids for board of trade officers among three factions Hustlers Independents and Regulars. police case notes, a son of Patrolman Wilson arrested for watch theft, another earlier. Mabbitt case closes in Lusaxon with strong defense plea and expected early verdict.
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The
Baltimore World
Baltimore
the World
Board of Trade
D. P. Erwin
James A. Wildman
City Life And Public Notices Chronicle
A jumble of city items reports sales at popular prices Sells next week and a street parade for Sella show on Monday morning June 8. Several incorporations and appointments recorded including Hardy's detective agency and Haughville board actions.
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Hardy
Shovelars
Teamatera
I. P. Hanahan
Haughville Town Board
Woods P. Canfield
Nathan Hoover
Lycurgus Corrid
Boone County
A. C. Johnson
Warren County
Tuws
Friay
Valparaiso Law School
County Club of
Indianapolis
L. Hitler
C. F
Coffin
Grace Futter
William
Jd. C. Barnard
Big Four Railroad
Peoria
Jessie Barnett
Tennesseest
Wm. H. Fry
New York
O Connor
Sanitary Force
Board of Public Safety
No. 5
Coburn
Juma Wilson
Riley
Northern Trust Company
Chicago
U. S
Joseph Black
Emil Pollak
Emil Benjamin
Cincinnati
Greenfield Iron Company
Central Christian Church
Industrial School
Mary Haggart
Anna Bryson
Laura Jennings
Hay
Henry
Mrs. McCasslen
Mrs. Fusher
James and
Stella Hession
William and
Hisa Welling
Christina Maisall
Charles and
Alice Huckemeyer
Edward and
Margaret McGinley
Eliza Derleth
Otto and
Molly Garer
Wiliam Mayhew
Montania
Virginia-ave
Pat Hartnett
Blake-st
William Knickenbacger
Fletcher-aye
Allive Armer
Alabama-st
Herbert Theime
East-st
Perityphetis
Joseph van Trees
Clara Thompson
William Baker
Ollie Stuffleben
Charles Posey
Alice McHlroy
Elmer Phillips
Ophelia Albert
John Fox
Dora Smith
William Fry
College-ave Property Owners to Offer Half of Street Improvement Cost
College-ave residents plan to ask the Board of Public Works to cover half the city share for paving their street. They aim to raise about $2,000 to meet a total cost near $4,000 and have discussions with Supt. Steele and President Fowler. If approved the rapid transit line would likely be extended to College Avenue. The owners, led by Cochran and Hadley, expect to present the offer Monday.
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College-ave
Board of Public Works
Supt. Steele
Citizens’ Company
Fowler
Mr. Defrees
Supt
Steela
Mrr. Scherrer
Mrnday
Measrs Cochrane
Hadley
Haughville
Streat
Legal debate over Alabama Street vacation and rail viaduct
Supt Steele pressed the Board of Public Works to schedule talks with Citizens company representatives to harmonize street grades with track layouts during improvements. Council members split over vacating Alabama Street amid a Union Railway contract and potential injunction. The Board approved a petty payroll and heard W H Traub’s petition for west river improvements while noting ongoing dissatisfaction from residents.
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Citizens’ Company
Board of Public Works
Citizens Company
Towler
Alabama St
Myers
Martindale
Union Railway Company
Br. Murphy
Mr. Pearson
Hicklin
Trust Absorbs It Shufeldt Distillery Becomes Part of Octopus
Chicago June 5 Friday morning at 4 o clock the whisky trust directors took charge of Shufeldt and Calumet distilling plants ending months of war. Lynch Jr. retires. The purchase is outright with price rumored near 4.509 million. Trust president Green says prices will drop for consumers and one large distiller remains unaffiliated. Also notes possible compromise in indictments against Ex Secretary Gibson and District Attorney Wilthrist.
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Shufeldt
Chicago
The
Whisky Trust
Shufeldt and Calumet Distiling Company
Lynch,Jr
Green
United States
Dodsworth
Cincinnati
Blodgett
Gibson
Wilthrist
French Canadian hanged for double murder of two girls
Narcisse Laroque was hanged here on Thursday morning for outraging and murdering two young girls who were waylaid on their way from school. He showed no remorse as the executioner Radcliffe, who hanged Birchall, carried out the sentence.
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Narcisse Laroque
Radcliffe
Birchall
Storm Damage Reported Across Cincinnati Area
Morning trains report heavy damage from Thursday night storms in Clermont Adams Brown and parts of Highland counties. Thousands of acres of wheat floored by the winds, with trees uprooted and scattered across fields, worsening the toll.
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Cincinnati
Clermont
Adams
Brown
Highland Counties
Escape and recapture in officer Weed murder case
Fitzgerald alias Wm Sherman confined in Youngstown city jail escaped Thursday evening by picking his cell lock with a spoon and a nail. He was recaptured soon after and re-locked up.
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Youngstown
Wm. Sherman
Fitzgerald
Weed
Paymaster Ward Accused of $10,000 Shortage
Albany June 3 Paymaster Fred C Ward of the Delaware and Hudson railroad is found short in his accounts by $10,000. The Fidelity and Casualty company covers the loss. Ward was recently injured in a railroad accident and remains in critical condition. Local forecasts for Indiana predict light showers and warmer temperatures, with cooler, cloudy weather in Indianapolis and vicinity, then clearing.
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Albany
Fred C. Ward
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Fidelity and Casualty Company
Ward
Indiana
Indianapolis
Burglary at Bros Store Fails to Prove New Couple Involved
Thursday night burglars raided the Bros store stealing flour eggs cheese tea coffee and other household necessities. The note adds the theft does not prove a newly married couple committed the crime. In Philadelphia on June 56 Wricht Smith clothiers report liabilities of 49000 and plan to pay creditors in full.
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Bros
Philadelphia
Wricht & Smith, Clothiers
Big 4 Route Sells Limited Tickets to St Louis
The Big 4 offers first class limited tickets to St Louis from June 1 to June 11 at 500 dollars for first class and 50 dollars for second class. The sale occurs in the city with mention of Straw Hats and a local hat store.
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St. Louis
Centon's
Two Farmers Facing Green Goods Swindle In New York
Newark police arrested two men of Allegheny Pennsylvania after a suspicious encounter. William Taylor carried a brick in a bag and Wilder Perkins had 857 dollars. Taylor admitted buying 4000 worth of dubious green goods and identified a swindler in the rogues gallery. Perkins planned to invest 8500 but balked and returned home.
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Newark
N. J
William I’. Taylor
Allegheny
Wilder Perkins
Taylor
Green Goods
Hoboken
New York
Perkins
Rogues’ Gallery
Nate” Sippel
Freen Goods
Jersey City
Donovan
Balmaceda Strives to Reopen Fight for Iquique
Chilian advices say Balmaceda plans another push to force Iquique surrender. Urrutia, the rebel coastal general, seeks recruits in rebel provinces and has shot dissenters. Rebels organize an army to march on Santiago while Balmaceda can muster 25,000 men, 1,200 cavalry and six field batteries ready to defend the capital.
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Loxpox
Balmaceda
Iquique
Urrutia
Santiago
Awan Owens Takes 50 Day Fast for Buffalo Museum
Awan Owens agreed to fast 50 days for a Buffalo museum manager for 1060 dollars. The manager paid 500 after 30 days. Owens lost 283 pounds and drank beer and ate heavily before bed. He slept after heavy eating and drinking, ending the fast as planned. A separate item reports a clairvoyant predicting fortune for farmer George Lee near Sault Ste. Marie, and a Tennessee pension fraud case involving John H. McCallie. Also notes a rare medical case in Portland, Conn., where a 4-year-old boy sheds skinBattling dermatitis-like shedding described by doctors.
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Owens
Buffalo
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Smith
Geo. Lee
Soo Democrat
Hhis Place
Lee
George Lee
John H. McCallie
Tennessee
Mort Smith, Ark
James Smedick
Portland
Conn
Ex-Governor Gray's Indiana vice presidential push
The Chicago Post reports Indiana ex governor Gray visiting briefly to push for the vice presidency. Marion county figure William Dunham notes Gray’s nationwide hustle aimed at influencing the 1892 Democratic nomination, with McDonald’s strong opposition cited and the Australian ballot system favoring a united Democratic front. The piece weighs party strength and the risk of McDonald’s continued resistance.
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Chicago Post
Indiana
Gray
Hoosierdam
William Dunham
Marion County
Palmer House
Mr. Dunham
Cleveland
Harrison
McDonald
United Democrats
Texas
Itata Surrenders to U S Warships Ending Naval Case
The Itata arrives from Tocopilla and is turned over to U S warships awaiting the Charleston. Three charges loom over the vessel disobeying neutrality laws leaving port without clearance papers and taking a U S marshal. The Itata will be sent to San Diego for action as Panamanian dispatches note surrender to naval authorities. The Esmeralda had also been involved, with arms from the Robert and Minnie aboard, as officials await further word from Chili.
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Chili
Tocopilla
United States
Charleston
Shea
San Diego
Washington
Stata
McCann
Tiara
Panama
Esmeralda
Wasiiscron
Itata
Iquique
Robert
Minnie
Sandiego
State Department
Buckley Signs as Rusia Regular Amid League Turmoil
Buckley becomes Rusia regular while nerves flare in the Northwestern league which faces financial strain and small crowds. Cincinnati courts rule part of an inning not a game, Kelly’s team gains Sunday play rights but faces arrest attempts. Team and league woes dominate the scene as races, ball games, and standings mix with weather and postponements at Muncie and Chicago venues.
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Buckley
Rusia
Jerry Denny
Cleveland
Muncie
Chicago
Upman
Ivanhoe
Im Murphy
Pakir
Latonia
Cashier
Fishingon
Valera
Judge Hughes
Cincinnati
Kelly
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Boston
Young
Zimmer
Nichols
Ganzel
New York
Keefe
Rhines
Harrington
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Esper
Clements
Baldwin
Mack
Brooklyn
Hemming
Daly
Stein
Baccarat Scandal Trial Cites Prince of Wales Role
The Baccarat scandal trial continued with Sir Edward Clarke prompting a remark that the prince of Wales owned the counters used at Tranby Croft. Witnesses including Mrs Wilson and Lord Coventry described Sir William Gordon Cumming's cheating as court adjourned until Monday and a verdict anticipated by Wednesday.
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Sir Edward Clarke
Wilson
Prince of Wales
Edward Clarke
William Gordon Cumming
Willian Gordon Canning
Arthur Stanley Wilson
Sir William
Lord Coventry
Tranbycroft
High Court of Justice
Tanby Croft
Indianapolis Names Edward Thompson Postmaster
Edward P Thompson has been named poetmaster of Indianapolis to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Wallace He has 18 years in the post office and served as acting postmaster since Wallses death He will serve while awaiting presidential appointment and bond filing likely within two weeks He is popular and regarded as accommodating and loyal to the city.
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Indianapolis
Edward P. Thompson
William Wallace
Thompson
Wallace
Ed. Thompson
P. m
Chilian President Granted Autocratic Powers and War News
Fresh foreign facts report Bal Maceda granted autocratic powers by Chilean congress. Reports from central Russia describe peasants starving by the hundreds. Sir William Tupper expected to be named successor to Sir John McDonald. Chile purchased two large warships left France. Conflicts erupt in Jerusalem as Catholics and Greeks clash with casualties. Three bullfighters die in Madrid. others injured. Turkish brigands threaten as banker Israel carries a $40,000 ransom. negotiations halt.
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Chilian Congress
Balmaceda
Russia
William Tupper
John McDonald
France
Jerusalem
Madrid
Israel
Hood
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