Indiana Democrats Gird For Governor Fight Amid Tax Plan Talk
The Sun reports a bustling Indiana Democratic field with W D Bynum and Ira J Chase among hopefuls for governor. Other figures like Mason Niblack W R Myers and C Matson are mentioned as possible candidates. A tax assessment plan to lower county valuations is debated, with Republicans expected to resist any Democratic manipulation. Toddled chatter notes Chases and others may pursue state office. Hendricks residents show mixed enthusiasm.
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Sun
State House
Prohibition town toasts Sunday with mournful funeral tale
Cambridge is described as a strict prohibition town where Sunday liquor is forbidden. A Irish funeral procession was stopped by police for carrying liquor and, after searches of all vehicles including the hearse, was allowed to pass with no liquor found. A Kansas family fears hydrophobia in three brothers after a death and successive illnesses, linked by a mad dog bite years earlier and milk consumption. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as health booster.
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Cambridge
Mass
Vanderer Nige
Atchison County
Kas
William
Jacob
Thomas
Kansas City
City Life Notes of Crime and Court in Indianapolis
Local items report gun threat by engine dealer John Gainsford at 86c opd-band, a printing office seized for Confederate money ads, and numerous misdeeds from Dec day to runaways and barroom disputes. Public meetings, school officer elections, and court cases fill the town pages with names, places, and dates.
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John Gainsford
Massachusetts-ave
John
U. S.secret Service
South Bend
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Alex. Johnson
Washington St
Louis Geicking
W. Michigan Sr
Yellow Springs
Girls’ Industrial School
G. G. Mitchell
Eo. Carter
Frank Blanchard
John Clarke
Judge Taylors Court
Bates St
Woman’s Home Missionary Society
Blackford-st. M. E
Potter
Officer Fox
Geo. W. Seringer
Ura Smith
Freelandsville
Knox County
Eclectic College of Medicine and Surgery
Albert Hitzelberger
Squire Alford
Mary Baxter
Indianapolis
Nellie Murphy
Hilzelberger
John P. Frenzel
H. Bamberger
John P. Connor
J. B. McNeely
J. H Greenstreet
James Wynkoop
Squire Habib
Fannie Meyers
Squire Smock
Tannie Meyers
August Walker
James Ballard
Jannie Mayers
Flack
Wynkoop
Miss Meyers
State Board of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Miller
McBride
Elliott
Olds
Coffee
A.C. Harria
Board of Agriculture
Public Corporation
John Butler
Brrrus
J. C
Lena Pennington
Charles
Florence Wertz
Mell
Carrie Durbon
James
Fannie Ribbell
Heinrich
Mrs. Henschen
Pred
M. Rainer
Peter and
Marie Dippel
South-at
Mary Dempsey
McCauley
Dazed the Board Seeks to Split City and Private Funds
City board hears property owners offer to pay half the street improvement costs for College Ave rapid transit. Ex mayor Denny jokes back as plans unfold with a Citizens’ company push to place a line ahead of paving. No final agreement. legal points raised. Broad Ripple rail petition follows amid mixed reactions. Sir John Macdonald funeral draws 10,000 visitors in Ottawa as a strike turn deadly in Michigan.
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Denny
College Ave
Mlessrs
Cochrane
Hadley
Swayne
McCune
Board of Public Works
Moraine
Condit
Col. Hollowell
Myers
Fowler
Citizens’ Company
Defrees
Conduiltt
Caleb S. Denny
Mr. Conduitt
the Exmayor
Cox
Cincinnati
Michigan Road
Tweitti St
Town Tale: Isgrige Sent to Grand Jury for Theft
J L Isgrige was bound over to the grand jury on $500 bail for stealing a watch and chain from Clareses Emerick. The funeral of W P Wasson, father of dry goods merchant A P Wasson, was held Wednesday at Madison Ave Methodist church. Wasson was aged in the mid seventies. City attorney Bailey says the board of public works and the city cannot enter a contract with East and Gas Co without following existing ordinances. Another gas scheme has been exploded.
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J. L. Isgrige
Clareses Emerick
Grand Jury
W. P. Wasson
A. P. Wasson
Madison-ave
Mgr. Wasson
Bailey
Board of Public Works
East and Gas Company
Sawbones in Council at Indiana Medical Society Meet
About 100 physicians attended the forty second annual meeting in Indianapolis. Notables included Dr G C Smythe of Greencastle and Dr Habert of Wayne county. Papers discussed obstetrics antisepsis typhoid salinage abortion and other medical topics as sessions continued through Thursday evening.
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Indiana State Medical . . Society
Indiana State Medical Society
G.C. Smythe
Greencastle
Habert
Wayne County
Br. Sutcliffe
Indianapolis
C.H. Smith
Duls
Fort Warne
McCoy
Madison
Hitler
McMahan
Huntingburgh
Smyths
Tharamedys
Ku Klux in City Clerk's Office Revealed by Ex-Newsboys
In the city clerk’s office three former Indianapolis newsboys Royal Hammer Bud Swift and Chas Collins exchanged reminiscences about their pasts. Collins nicknamed Ku Klux for a wartime incident and recounted a heated confrontation with Abrams a rival candidate.
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Anas
Royal Hammer
Bud Swift
Chas. Collins
Indianapolis
Collins
Ku- Klux
Bud
Center Township
Lim
Abrams
Han
Hammer
Kaiser Will Try Baccarat At Court Amid Anxious Curiosity
Berlin reports Emperor William, eager to learn Baccarat firsthand, will observe the game at court to understand its ties to royal uncle. The Kaiser ordered a five military funeral for two soldiers killed during a parade and granted pensions to their nearest relatives. Within six weeks 2,900 Jews left Elizabethgrad, Russia, for America.
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William
Berlin
Elizabethgrad
Russia
America
Fresh Foreign Facts From London and Across the Globe
London reports show pedestrians still common as the city moves on foot. Anarchists attack a Paris police station with no injuries. The body of Sir Joan McDonald is buried. Norway and Sweden crown heir apparent dies. Quebec forest fires cause extensive damage. French parliament debates a world fair appropriation. Chilean vessels bombard Iquique with no damage. Argentine securities fall by 286 million dollars in a year. England bears most of the losses.
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London
Paris
Joan McDonald
Norway
Sweden
Quebec
Iquique
England
Dalton Hatter and Shoer at Bates House
Office desks at Wm. L. Elder's advertise Dalton the Hatter and Shoer at Bates House. If you want a good hat or a pair of shoes, see what Dalton has to offer.
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Dalton’s Head and Foot Store
Dalton
Hatter
Bates House
Prince of Wales targeted by Tory press over baccarat verdict
In Loxnox June 10 the monarchy trembles as Angl and press denounces the prince of Wales for alleged dishonor in the baccarat case. The Daily Chronicle asserts the oath swore by him would confirm or deny confederates, intensifying public vilification and distrust of the monarchy.
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England
Loxnox
Prince of Wales
Great Brita
Daily Chronicle
Sir William
Sir William Gordon Cumming
Shout From Ambush Ends Constable Reed’s Life
In Canton Massachusetts on Monday night Constable B F Reed was shot to death while closing his gate near a briar thicket. Archie Green, recently convicted of attempting Jim Harris’s life, is in custody. No clue yet to the assassin.
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Canton
Mass
B. F. Reed
Archie Green
Jim Harris
Reed
A FAIR death by own action in Maryland society
A Baltimore society woman Mrs Stew art Corney shot herself at her summer home near Baltimore. Husband linked to Canton company papers. Cause of death by own action described as a mystery. Relatives and social circle noted in scattered local items with other oddities.
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Baltimore
Balimore
Stewart Corney
Sykesville
Canton Company
Delphi youth's death and Kokomo trial highlight grim year
Unexplained suicide of 13 year old Frank Foreman in his father's barn in Delphi emerges alongside a Kokomo court case where Dr George Tykie faces charges for allegedly scalding John Clark to death in a tub in 1889. New Castle Knights of Pythias dedicate a temple in a ceremony with over 2 000 knights and about 4 000 spectators amid speeches and bands.
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Frank Foreman
Delphi
Hanving
Puesday
George Tykie
Kokoma
John Clark
Tia
Tykie
Bent Clark
New Castle
Fireman Glazier tied to policy shop probe
Commissioner Catterson said the Board of Public Safety may investigate a fireman named Glazier for alleged policy shop activity. Glazier sought 30 days leave without stated reason. Webster claimed he was unaware of any rule violations. The board’s next steps remain uncertain.
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Catterson
Board of Public Safety
Johm Glazier
Sun
Tam
Sullivan
Five
Glazier
Atl
Webster
North Carolina Delegation Invites President to Raleigh Exposition
A NC delegation led by Senator Ransom and six governors pressed the President to attend the Raleigh Inter-state Industrial Exposition next October. The President said he hopes for its success and would attend if circumstances permit, though duties prevent any promise.
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Washieron
North Carolina
Ransom
Nicholls
Raleigh
Chance predicts Blaine not candidate for president
In Wheeling on June 10 Mahlon Chance president of the protective tariff league said Blaine would not, under any circumstances, be a presidential candidate and that Harrison would only accept the nomination if it were offered without opposition. He added that Cleveland would likely be the Democratic nominee.
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Wheeling
Mahlon Chance
The
Protective Tariff League
Blaine
Harrison
Cleveland
Porter Not Recalled From Italy Amid Travel Plans
A June 10 report from Washington states Minister Porter is not recalled from Italy. He is on leave, expected to vacation in France Germany and England. The piece also covers a Reformed Presbyterian Synod decision dismissing appeals by suspended ministers and related withdrawals. Weather forecasts predict showers for Indiana and fair, nearly steady temperatures in Indianapolis with possible rain Thursday.
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Washingtos
Porter
Italy
France
Germany
England
Reformed Presbyterian Synod
Pittsburg
BE. M. Smith
Pallimore
John Teaz
Selma
Ala
Wall
D. F. Brown
Brooklyn
Indiana
Indianapolis
Tex Jane Ll
Lee James Hanged Before Large Crowd at Bracey Ky
Bracey Kentucky June 10 Lee James was hanged here early Wednesday morning in the presence of a large crowd. He spent a restless night and laughed while walking to the scaffold but weakened while being manacled and asked for whiskey. His neck was broken by the fall. He killed Thomas Garvin at Fulton in November.
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Bracey
Hickman
Lee James
Thomas Garvin
Fulton
Leby
Lead Battle Over Michigan Road Rights of Way
Supt Steele and attorney Cox representing Citizens and Broad Ripple companies appeared before the county commissioners on Wednesday afternoon to secure a right of way over the Michigan road to North Indianapolis. If the board enforces first come, first served, the mule corporation will reap the outcome.
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Steele
Attorney Cox
Citizens
Broad Ripple
Michigan Road
Indianapolis
Mule Corporation
Two Chicago killings and Camden river death reported
Wire reports describe Annie Allen stabbing Belle Rogers in Chicago and killing her. A body believed to be a female was found in the Camden river. Mrs. Sarah Neal of Charlotte reportedly suffers a bone disease. 526 pieces were taken from her. W. L. Carter and wife, Chicago, were arrested for drugging and assaulting Carrie Culbertson. Phillip Cocco, an Italian, pleads guilty to murder in Camden.
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Annie Allen
Belle Rogers
Chicago
Camden
N. J
Sarah Neal
Charlotte
N. C
W. L. Carter
Carrie Culbertson
Phillip Cocco
Gailty
Epidemic of Self Destruction Strikes City
Report from New You notes death by own action as a rising epidemic. Five people died Wednesday morning from suicide or poison amid unemployment and despair. Victims include August Hicks, Lawrence McDonagh, Chas Miller, Robert Stricker, and John Conner, all described as laborers or workers facing destitution. No motive assigned.
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August Hicks
Lawrence McDonagh
Butcher
Chas. Miller
Robert Stricker
John Conner
Acison
Hoyyever
Nother Game of Chance Wedding in England
Sir William Gordon Cumming and Miss Florence Garner wed at Trinity church Chelsea in a simple ceremony with Maj Vesey Dawson as groomsman. Afterward they breakfasted at Lord Middleton’s town house and left for Wallaton Hall then Altyre Scotland. They plan to sail to America in September amid lingering engagement doubts.
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Sir Willian
Miss Garner
Peoria Triumphs Over Dayton In Low Scoring Game
Peoria defeated Dayton Friday by 14 to 7 as sports pages report a quiet period in baseball and boxing. The note lists a St. Louis tournament drawing nearly two thousand sharpshooters and mentions a $3,000 California fight pairing George Dixon with Abe Willis on July 2.
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Peoria
Dayton
Detroit
St. Louis
California
George Dixon
Abe Willis
Eich
Illinois
Castilla
Morris Park
Covington
Comedy
Ceverton
Ida Pickwick
Profligate
Alphonse
Forerunner
G. W. Cook
Proctor Knott
Chicago
Bankrupt
Portlaw
Ira i
Bride
Association
Athletics
Columbus
Callihan
McKeogh
Kuell
Dowse
Cincinnati
Washington
Queensbury
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Senate
Dan Dikmen
Logansport
B. I
Havens
Terre Haute
Barratt
Fort Wayne
Mason Niblack
Parson Chase
Mason
Congress
Ira J
Chase
Danville
Hendricks
Ira
Iva J. Chase
Hood
City Life
College Avenue
Sir John
Ottawa
Sir John Macdonald
St. Albans
Dominion
Pody
Senate Chamber
Kingston
Grand Rapros
Mich
Nause
Smith
Sawbones
Wm. L. Elder’s
Wales
Sallie Haverstick
Oscar Johnson
W. Indianapolis
Robert Haverstick
Sallia
Neice
City Hospital
Haverstick
Squire Habich
E Mays
Carter
U. S
Secret Service
W. B. Pursahing & Co
Auit
Chariies
Court Dowse Tower
Rochrster
Walworth
J. T. Yeomans
Yeomans
Ellen L. Yeomans
Charles W. Hamilton
Denver
Annie
Josepha A. Reed
Beatrice
Wm. Cleveland
Willie
von Caprivi
Count Waldersee
Board of Public Safety and the Policy Shops
Barrison
RIVE
New York
Carnelius Bowen
Central Ave
Ras Trast. Company
Powers, Blackwell & Demmerly
Sporting Life
F Meyer & Co
Miss St
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