Cuban lecturer provokes controversy at Simpsons Chapel
E B Budananuro a Cuban educated in New Orleans spoke in Simpsons Chapel on Cuban suffrage and negro rights. He claimed some Negroes are cowards and drew sharp reactions from Rev Sisgle James Hill and attendees. Budananuro denied urging mass self liberation and argued Cuba’s struggle contrasts with Northern meetings.
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New Orleans
United States
Cuba
Simpsons’ Chapel
Fred Douglass
J. H. Lawrence
Lawrence
Sisgle
James T. V. Hill
Hill
George Knox
Budananuro
San Roque placers report discouraging says Southworth
J H Southworth, mining expert for San Francisco capitalists, wires from San Roque Mexico that reports are discouraging. Many are returning with no price for Americans. Workers using dry washers earn from 2 to 3 dollars daily, mostly Mexicans. Advise no one to come.
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San Francisco
J. H. Southworth
Sanfrancisco
San Roque
California
Mexico
Southworth
County Investigation Moves On Amid Political Claims
President McGregor of the board affirmed that the county offices inquiry led by Experts Bookwalter and McCaslin would continue. He rejected a Democratic charge that Republican influence aimed to halt the probe before it touched the auditor and treasurer offices. Expert McCaslin said the investigation would start with the recorder's office on Saturday.
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McGregor
Board of County Commissioners
Bookwalter
McCaslin
Recorder’s
Cupful of Hot Coffee Sparks Three-Way Hotel Row
In Broad Ripple at Joseph Wambaugh's hotel a three way dispute ended with a cup of hot coffee hurled at Marie Dye by Clara Wambaugh, Wambaugh's ex wife. Frank Dye then beat Dye in defense of his wife leading to two assault charges and a $5,000 suit for damages alleging permanent injury and nervous shock.
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Justice Smock
Joseph Wambaugh
Broad Ripple
Wambaugh
Marie Dye
Frank Dye
Clara Wambaugh
Fined Lucius B Swift For Vault Cleanup Offense
Lucius B Swift appeared before the police court on a Friday as a prisoner. He failed to clean a vault on his property after notices were posted, and a sanitary officer filed against him. He claimed a misunderstanding but the court deemed it carelessness and fined him one dollar plus costs.
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Lucius B. Swift
Bar of Justice
Police Court
Cox
Mr. Swift
Monument cleaning roughs up fountain ledge on Friday
A laborer in rubber boots scrubbed the west side ledge of the soldiers monument fountain while water fell around him. Earlier, Engineer Piper released a home made cleaner into the engine pipes to remove lime buildup, causing temporary discoloration later corrected.
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Soldiers’ Monument
Piper
Monument
Indianpolis Red Cross meeting reads Clara Barton letter
The Indianapolis auxiliary of the Red Cross met in the Indiana Trust Building. A Clara Barton letter from Havana dated May 29 urged immediate aid for Cuban reconcentrado orphans. Barton asked Americans, especially men with means, to support humane relief as Cuba needs help now.
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America
Cuba
Democrats Gather in Chicago to Shape Silver Platform
A large gathering of leading Democrats from across the nation is expected at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Chicago on July 20. The focus centers on whether free silver at 16 to 1 will top the platform with O H P Belmont leading a New York delegation to push against trusts. Governor Altgeld faces potential party rebuke from influential elements while bimetallists from Louisville return to press silver.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
O. H. P. Belmont
New York City
Louisville
Altgeld
Hinnis Democrats
Rapid verdict in Georgia death sentence for Will Ables
In Baxley Georgia Will Ables was convicted of assaulting Mrs. Edgerton and sentenced to hang within an hour of trial. The date set for execution is June 30 in Appling County. Armed men waited in court and wept as the prisoner was taken to trial.
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Will Ables
Baxley
Vicey Edgerton
Appling County
Brunswick
Bennett
Maud Goodin Likely to Face Trial Again in Fall
The case against Maud Goodin for allegedly throwing acid in Dr Aimee Haskinsons face is expected to be tried again, probably in the fall. Judge Alford, who had a venue change, argues the state should pursue the case and that heat would hinder a summer trial.
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Maud Goodin
Aimee Haskinson
Alford
United States
Philippines
Conspiracy Alleged in Alabama Fatal Family Attacks
The Birmingham report says Alex Hit confessed a plot by about 20 Bibb County Black residents to attack around a dozen white families after a fatal assault on Mrs. Rufus Hubbard. He named no individuals, but several companions fled and are pursued, igniting widespread fear and potential mob violence.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Alex Hit
Rufus Hubbard
Bibb County
Pe Sparea
Hill
Sove
Secretary Long to Buy Armor Plates for Navy Monitors and Battleships
Secretary Long will purchase Harveyized armor from Bethlehem and Carnegie companies to protect monitors Arkansas Connecticut Florida and Wyoming and to armor diagonal plates for battleships Maine Missouri and Ohio.
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Washington
Long
Bethlehem
Carnegie
Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Wyoming
Maine
Missouri
Ohio
Robbers Target Meier Wealth. Walsh Seized in Chicago
Chicago police report Josh Walsh, linked to the murder of Martin Meier, a wealthy recluse found strangled in his home. Investigators say the killers took nearly 1800 dollars. Neighbor B C Ebeling, who summoned officers after glimpsing the body, is also under arrest as the search of the premises continues.
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Chicago
Josh Walsh
Martin Meier
Meier
B.C. Ebeling
Ebeling
Births Deaths and Marriages Notice
Births list multiple families with added addresses and newborn names including J A and Ada Everett Rosa Schwartz Greens Spruce street Milroy Douglas street Klein Norwood street Proctor Kink Prinz. Deaths note A W Johnson meningitis Hien Ryan old age Lacey Sims paraly S38 Prospect Beaumont Lafayette Charlies Padterson 6 weeks mitral insufficiency Gertie Perk lung trouble John Burnett tuberculosis Smith heart disease Carbon Bates cancer Orphans home. Marriages Licenses show Wroline to Henrietta Lehde Sheily to Lidie Dobson Igogene Reveres to Margaret Reedey Henry Suhr to Flora Becker Edward Dehne to Anna Young William Longton Lilian McNaught George Asche to Laura Gold.
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Charlies Padterson
Gertie Perk
John Burnett
N. Tiline
Ude Smith
Daean Carbon Bates
Wroline
Henrietta Lehde
O Sheily
Lidie Dobson
Margaret Reedey
Henry Suhr
Flora Sbecker
Edward Dehne
Anna Young
Wiliam Longton
Lilian McNaught
George Asche
Laura Gold
Man stabbed over unpaid lunch at Delaware cafe
George Mctee entered the city dispensary at 10:30 p m Friday with a deep cut on his face claiming a young colored man he worked with at the Delaware cafe refused to pay his bill. Mctee says the man drew a knife and slashed him, then fled toward the tourist district. He required several stitches.
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George Mctee
City
Delaware Cafe
Delaware St
Melkee
Spain to keep the Balearic Islands for Germany
An interview with Premier Silvela in Madrid quoted by the Lokal Anzeiger claims Spain will adopt the Caro lines treaty and favor Germany by ceding the Balearic Islands to her dear friend. English and American readers in Berlin discuss the assertion with keen interest.
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Glad
St. Berlin
Silvela
Madrid
Lokal Anzieger
Ilvela
Carolines
Germany
Spain
Deed Stamped After Ultimatum in Pierce Ella Jones Case
Henry Douglas Pierce sold property to Ellen Jones but refused to add the revenue stamp. Bowles dictated stamp by 4 p m or face revenue law suit. Pierce finally had the stamp affixed with witnesses. Bowles warnedprosecution possible. Commissioner Moores awaiting decision.
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Henry Douglas Pierce
Ellen Jones
Bowles
Moores
Pierce
Commissioner Moores
Explosion Destroys Fireworks Plants in New York
Fireworks plants near Coney Island Avenue and in Graniteville suffered massive damage on June 9 as two blasts sent flames into the sky. A worker, Richard Leistman, was fatally injured and dozens of employees fled amid flying embers and explosions. Total losses are estimated around 90 000 dollars with substantial property damage to 15 acres of facilities and tied storage.
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New York
Coney Island-ave
Richard
Leistman
Acr
Nordlinger-Charlton
Graniteville
State Inspector Warns on Fire Escapes at Factory
The state factory inspector visited Prosecuting Attorney Pugh on Friday morning to report missing fire escapes. He gave 20 days for compliance, which has elapsed on several orders. Penalties include fines up to 50 dollars first offense, up to 109 dollars second offense, imprisonment up to ten days third offense, and at least 250 dollars for a fourth offense.
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Pugh
Paroled Prison Doctor Found In Love Marriage Twist
In Fitzpatrick Alabama four years ago Dr. W. S. Baldwin killed a rival and was paroled by Gov Johnston on the condition he leave the state. He later wed the country schoolteacher who helped push for his release after she fled prison with him. In Pittsburg a wedding halted waiting for a missing license, then resolved as Albert Pease Jr. and Martha Chambers Rodgers finally secured it with the best man racing to the courthouse.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. 5S. Baldwin
Fitzpatrick
Pittsburg
Albert Pease, Jr
New York
Martha Chambers-Rodgers
Church of the Ascension
Whitehead
Pease
Town Talk items mix social, legal and crime notes
A mixed town column reports diversions like a Dawsons grave picnic for drug clerks and a divorce suit by Mamie Merritt against Frank Merritt. It also notes fines for wheelmen not keeping lights, communion at St John’s, a Bedford savings loan filing, visits by Mrs Bennett, a fine for a Massachusetts dealer, and renovations at a Commercial club dining room.
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Dawson's
Mamie Merritt
Frank
Cox
St. John’s Church
Stone City Savings and Loan Association of Bedford
State House
Capital Stock
Mary Bennett
Chas. Bennett
Charlotte
Mich
John Quin
Commercial Club
Kern and Jeup to Lead Chicago Elevated Track Study
City engineer Jeup and Kern will travel to Chicago on Friday to conduct a practical investigation of the elevated railroad track system. Kern recently inspected the legal aspects. the trip will cover costs borne by railroads and property owners and the system’s overall satisfaction.
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Kern
Jeup
Chicago
Harrison Ordered to Duty in Santiago de Cuba
Washington June 9 Maj Russell B Harrison has been ordered to Santiago as inspector general of that department to oversee duties there and report findings back to command.
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Santiago de Cuba
Washington
Russell B. Harrison
Santiago
Assault charge upgraded in Krieger case
The assault and battery charge against Frank J. Gimbel was changed to assault with intent to kill on Friday. The victim, Robert Krieger, was the first arrestee but believed he was the assailant before authorities learned Gimbel had cut Krieger with a knife. They will be tried.
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Frank
J. Gimbel
Robert Krieger
Gimbel
Kruge
Western fracturing association meets to reent
The Western fracturing association held here, resulting in a decision to reenter.
Union Pacific Offers Reduced Fare to National Education Meet
The Union Pacific announces a one fare plus 32 round trip rate for the National Educational Association meeting in Los Angeles July 11 to 14, 1899. It highlights palace sleeping cars dining cars and free reclining chairs and lists agents in Cincinnati and Indianapolis for tickets and the illustrated Overland Route book.
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National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Union Pacific
Washington
Omaha
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
A. G. Sherman
Pass
Pass. Dep’t, U. P. R. R. Co
Carew Bldg
Cincinnati
J. H. June
Trav
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Jackson Place
Indianapolis
Ind
Dreyfus Returns to France Acknowledges Supporters
Capt. Dreyfus sails back to France unaware of the national turmoil his case has sparked and the roles of allies and adversaries. He praises Gen. De Boisdeffre for possible redress and thanks him in a letter before boarding the cruiser Sfax. A Cayenne mayor gives Dreyfus Hugo's The History of a Crime as a keepsake.
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Cayenne
Dreyfus
France
Zola
Picquart
de Boisdeffre
Sfax
Gen. de Boisdeffre
Victor Hugo
Devil's Island
Flood Kills 25 as Texas Towns Rush to Safety
Reports from San Saba and Manardville say a Wednesday night cloudburst caused river flooding. At least 25 people died, eight in San Saba and 15 in Manardville, most victims were Black with two named Lydia and Anna Wells. Fifteen houses were washed away and the surrounding area remained flooded.
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Austin
Tex
San Saba
Manardville
Lydia
Anna Wells
Destructive Cyclone Rips Grant County Oklahoma
A severe tornado and cyclone hit Grant county Oklahoma causing multiple deaths. Three persons were killed instantly after being carried in a hut two miles from the storm while four or five others were fatally injured. A cloudburst accompanied the storm.
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Oklahoma
Wichita
Kan
Grant County
Flood Forces Residents Into Town in Kansas County
Great Bend Kansas reports heavy rain on Thursday night caused a county flood. All residents living in low land areas near the county were forced into town for safety.
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Kansas
Great Bend
Kan
Married Without A Fuss In New York Elopement
A youthful couple from Galeton eloped and married by Rev. Con verse in New York State. They registered at a Rochester hotel under assumed names C C Whitbeck and Lot tie Cronin to avoid publicity until school ends in five weeks.
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Rochester
N. Y
C. C. Whitbeck
Elmira
Lottie Cronin
Addison
N.Y
Converse
New York State
Galeton
Pra
Small-pox Case Appears at City Dispensary
Geo Wilson of Martindale Avenue contracted smallpox and was moved to the pesthouse after visiting the City Dispensary on Friday and sitting in a crowd of patients before doctors identified the illness.
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Geo
Wilson
Martindale-ave
Geis Finds Terotoxicon In Milk Linked to Logan Poisoning
Dr. John F. Geis completed tests on milk given by City Sanitarian Clark that sickened the Logan family two weeks ago. He identified terotoxicon, a poison that can form in milk due to improper cooling, absolving the milk man of blame.
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Wihinet
John F. Geis
Clark
Logan
Geis
Europe to Receive Gold Shipment from New Yorks
Lazard Freres will ship to Europe on Saturday delivering 2000 dollars worth of gold. The note indicates a total of 33,000 dollars remaining to be sent that day.
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Europe
New Yorks
Lazard Freres
Appellate Court Reverses Damages in Jackass Case
The Knox county case began with Wm. R. Quillen and three neighbors seeking a jackass on the Big Four from Indianapolis to Lafayette. They were stranded at Stockwell 14 miles from Lafayette, hired rigs, and failed to buy the animal. A Knox county jury awarded $150 damages each, later reduced on appeal to compensatory damages for the Stockwell to Lafayette ride. The court orders a new trial, noting damages were excessive. The decision references other cases, including John Hopewell indicted for an arrest duty issue and Amos Hinshaw’s fire loss linked to regulator problems, with appellate reversals on technical grounds.
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Wm. R. Quillen
Knox County
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Stockwell
Quillen
Variety of Household Goods and Fabrics for Sale
RUGS reversible fiber 20x36 inches with 25 left. CRETONNE 34 inches wide for curtains or furniture. BUSTLES lawn lace trimmed combination bustle and hip aprons. SHIRT WAIST extenders. INFANTS SKIRTS cambric with tucks embroidery. SWEET CORN canned. CRACKERS and SALT sacks offered.
Indianapolis Stock Market Report Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Indianapolis June 9 cattle receipts 750 Friday shipments 500 market active prices slightly changed. Export and shipping cattle good to prime steers 1350 pounds and up. fair to medium steers 1380 pounds and up. spring lambs and clipped lambs priced for various weights. Hogs receipts price trends mixed to fairly lower. sheep receipts good to choice 1150 to 1300 pounds with shipped lambs and common to medium cross prices noted.
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Indianapolis Stock Barket
Indianapolis
Eecberns Staat
Big Four Route Elks Lodge Trip 1899
Grand Lodge Elks of St. Louis announces a round trip fare of $7.50 for the Big Four route from Indianapolis to St. Louis with sale June 19 and 20 and return valid to June 25. Special train departs Indianapolis 11:45 a.m. June 20. return via Vandalia. Tickets available at Big Four offices and Union Station. contact H. M. Bronson for details.
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Grand Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
St. Louis
Indianapolis Elks
Big Four
Indianapolis
Washington St
Union Station
H. M. Bronson, AG. Pla
Cover Your Old Brick Buildings An Imitation Of Stone
A fragmented item notes building facades in brick with rock faced imitation. The terse entry mentions HB and MW initials, with no clear date or place attached.
City Grain Market Report Shows Mixed Wheat and Corn Prices
Priday market notes June prices for Wheat No 8 red No 4 white and No 3 yellow across multiple car lots with totals 22 cars. Corn and oats entries list various white and mixed grades with several car counts and price figures including timothy hay dollars. Wheat weak with limited No 2 red and No 3 red cars.
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City
Priday
N c
Lear
Corna
Timothy
Shiel Anti-Trust Live Stock Market Report
In Indianapolis R R Shiel & Co reports heavy receipts and orders with prices around mid 80s to 50s per head. Market easing about two to three points. trust actions noted as close with buyers seeking hogs. Demand steady for best cards while speculative activity remains cautious amid Monday trading.
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R. R. Shiel & Co
Idianapolis
Tune
Caine
Chicago beer inspection invites public to visit breweries
The dispatches invite all to inspect local breweries and bottling houses in Chicago. They claim their beers are pure products of hops and malt and emphasize a method of care and cleanliness.
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Suiegen
Chicago
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