Hippolyte Is Dead and Six Prisoners Shot in Jacmel
First mate W. Bishop aboard the Alvo reports that on June 6 soldiers from Hippolyte’s regiment entered Jacmel, summarily executed six political prisoners at the jail with a volley, and caused instant deaths amid widespread agitation over the insurrection and reported assassination in Port au Prince and Navassa.
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New York
W. Bishop
Alvo
Jacmel Navassa
Port Au Prince
Navassa
Hippolyte
Rignaud
Hippolyte Sis
Jacmel Harbor
Jacmel
Port Au. Prince
Hach
Morton Appointed Clerk of New U S Court of Appeals
The Chicago Post reports the new U S Court of Appeals organized in Chicago Tuesday with three judges and visiting judges present. Justice Harlan administered oaths to Clerk Oliver T. Morton of Indiana and Marshal Capt. L. C. Gilman, both to bonds of 10000, as the court adopts familiar circuits rules and will wear the judicial gown.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
Chicago Post
Justice Harlan
Gresham
Blodgett
Congress
L. C. Gilman
Oliver T. Morton
Indiana
Gilman
Mr. Morton
Court of Appeals
Supréme Court
Washington
Oliver P. Morton
Indianapolis
Capt. Gilman
United States
Marshal Hitchcock
Morton
Chicago
Woods
Copper poisoning suspected in Mrs. Wright case
Chemist Latz reports about 45 grains of copper in the stomach of Mrs. Nancy J. Wright who died weeks ago at 87 Buchanan St. The amount may reflect a larger ingestion given vomiting. Coroner Manker and Supt. Colbert to investigate. doctors who treated her warned against diluting medicines in water. A similar illness preceded her mother’s death, possibly warranting exhumation for analysis.
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Latz
Nancy J. Wright
Buchananst
Prof. Latz
Seabright Fire Destroys 400 Buildings in N J
A major blaze in Seabright New Jersey on Tuesday night left an estimated 800000 in losses and 400 buildings burned. More than 200 people were left homeless as business houses and fishermen homes burned. A relief committee with Cornelius Bliss as chairman and General Louis Fitzgerald as treasurer formed to aid victims, raising about 4000 by Wednesday morning with more funds expected. A weather bulletin warned of severe storms shaping up for Missouri Iowa Illinois Indiana western Kentucky and western Tennessee.
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Seabright
New Jersey
New York
N. Y
Cornelius Bliss
Gen
Louis Fitzgerald
Wappenthaus
Washington
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Greely
Features Of Sporting Site And Rapid Mix Of Notes
A compact roundup notes Terre Haute club The Hellentots and mixed style matchups for five hundred a side. It covers players like Burns and Rusie with Chicago and other teams, upcoming sharpshooters in Omaha 1893, various races in Kokomo and Columbus Indiana, and multiple battery pairings across major games.
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Terre Haute
Hellentots
Roeber
Karawell
Kelly
Philadelphia
Spalding
Williams College
Omaha
Frank Wise
Wile Trot
Bard
Burns
Chicago
Rusie
Northwestern
Grand Rapids
Peoria
Fort Wayne
Dayton
Hvansville
Columbus
Ind
Belle
Bell Wilson
Maggie
Straithmaid
Burch
Jeagus
New York
Buckley
Luby and Kittridge
Boston
Pittsburg
Clarkson
Bennett and Lake
Baldwin
Mack
Cleveland
Young
Zimmer
Gormley
Brown and Gray
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Caruthers
Dailey
Rhines
Harrington
The
Association
Louisville
Ebret
Ryan
Cahill
Knell
Dowee
St. Louis
Mains
Neal
McGill
Boyle
Athletics
Buffinton
Murphy
Chamberlain
Milligan
Baltimore
Washington
Cunningham
Townsend
Foreman
McGuire
Heat or Laudanum Case At Foster's Restaurant
A woman, Rena Campbell, was carried from Foster's Pennsylvania-st restaurant to her home after an apparent laudanum overdose. Reports claim cloves smell on breath and a pharmacist's bottle was emptied. Campbell denies taking laudanum and says heat caused her collapse. Police and sanitary officers note related city notices and local incidents.
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Rena Campbell
Foster
Pennsylvania-st
E. New York
Flanner & Buchanan
Landmun
Slavin Beats Kilrain In Hoboken Boxing Showdown
Frank Slavin defeats Jake Kilrain in nine rounds at the Granite club Hoboken earning $10,000 as about 1,360 spectators witnessed the bout. Referee Jere Dun and Slavin's team supported by Charlie Mitchell and others dominated Kilrain who faded after early rounds. A separate note from San Francisco discusses poll jockeys and a public reaction to Slavin’s claim.
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New York
Frank Slavin
Jake Kilrain
Granite Club
Hoboken
Slavin
Jere Duon
Charlie Mitchell
Stoddard
Pony Moore
Billy Muldoon
Mike Cleary
Dan Murphy
Kilrain
Jake
Jerre Dunn
San FraNcrisco
Peter Jack- Bor
Gamimenting
Sullivan
Slavia
College Avenue Gets Pavement and Rapid Transit
The Sun reports a confirmed plan to pave College Avenue with brick from Christian to Seventeenth Street and lay rapid transit tracks by the Citizens company. A petition signed by 92 of 138 property owners prompted the Board of Public Works to promise the improvement will begin within 35 days.
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College Avenue
College Ave
Cochrane
Hewitt
McCune
Rooker
Merrill Moores
the Water Company
Fall Creek
Tom Wren
Mississippi St
Parker
Wren
Great Turn Verein Festival Preparations Dominate City
Representatives of daily papers led by Charles Adam tour the exposition grounds to report on the Turners festival plans. The great exposition hall is festooned with flags and German and American emblems, a grand speaker’s stand rises in the east end, and a 60 foot scaffold will host rope climbing contests. The Dayton and St Louis Turner societies, 700 participants, will participate with Wm Fieck directing the Dayton group and Louis Kern in charge of the big parade. Decorations along Meridian, Pennsylvania and Delaware streets are urged for the Saturday march at 10 a.m. The program will move to the shooting park Monday for the ongoing events.
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Sanborn
Commission Houses
Ohio Fence Company
Indianapolis
Capital
Tell City Sourng Mills
Willie Shaffer
East Market
S. Delaware St
Florida
Wm. Hunter
van Buren
Andrew Sertig
Byram & Sullivan
Wlanner & Buchanan
Mister
Lou Jones
St. Clair-st
Jno. Church & Co
Jack
BirtuHs
Sallie Walker
Maggie Brown
H. G
W. Washington St
Lenora Dehert
Columbia-ave
Effie Strough
George Fesler
Frankie Watts
John Train
Lucy Mahoney
John Siler
Maggie Fitch
James Gray
Pierce
Charles Adam
Exposition Grounds
Exposition Hall
Germany
Sam
Sullivan
Dayton
Ohio
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Wm. Fieck
Louis Kern
Meridian
Pennsylvania
Delaware Sts
Shooting Park
Labor union forms among laundry workers in city
The laundry workers, led by Ida Keys as president with Nellie Barratt as vice president Nora Walsh as treasurer and an unnamed secretary, organize to demand eight hours work and higher pay. They plan quarterly meetings and aim to recruit most city laundries, hoping newspapers will support their push for better conditions.
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Mies
Lucy Grim
2 SUN Man
Posea
Ida Keys
Nellie Barratt
Nora Walsh
McKinley Nomination Echoes at Ohio Republican Convention
At Columbus on June 17 the state GOP held a crowded convention in the grand opera house. Maj McKinley accepted the nomination amid applause after Baraker and others spoke. The platform calls for protection, agriculture support, wool protection, coinage balance, immigration limits, economy, pensions, and praise for Harrison and Sherman.
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CoLumbns
Negin
Republic Cyd
Grand Opera House
W. C. Jones
Universalist Church
Ron
Asa Bushnell
Springfield
HE. J. Kissinger
Baraker
McKinley
Foraker
Robert Harlan
Cincinnati
Maj. McKinley
Xaos
Assiiéa Ind
United States
Congress
People’s Verties
Sherman
Thompson
A.L. Harrie
D. M. Barrett
Highlands
P. Griffin
Toledo
John M. Barger
Waverly
A. L. Harris
Eaton
E. W. Poe
Republican Congress
Fifth
Lisih
Flicht
Ninth
Harrison
Tenth
Charles Foster
Campbell
Ripper
Prisoners Gas Leak Fatalities in Yonkers
Six inmates at Yonkers police headquarters were found unconscious from a gas leak in the main line overnight. One prisoner revived and escaped, while three others remained in danger after being hospitalized.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Prince of Wales in Insomnia Amid Scandals and Troubles
Lonpox June 17 reports the Prince of Wales beset by insomnia despite doctors' efforts, with leg vein issues, baccarat scandal worries, and financial trouble. Ottawa June 17 notes Abbott formed a cabinet similar to Sir John Macdonald's, with reorganization expected. Hod's Sarsaparilla touted as a remedy for aging weakness.
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Lonpox
Prince of Wales
Canada
Ottawa
Mr. Abbott
John Macionald
Prospero Camp Draws Nation's Elite Companies
The encampment planning grows intense as Capt. James B. Curtis oversees tents, crossings, and meals for a grand gathering. Notable units from San Antonio to St. Louis, including the Bilknap Rifles and Walsh Zouaves, line up for fierce contests amid elaborate preparations and a weather forecast yet to settle.
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James B. Curtis
Cvis
Southern
Bilknap Rifles
San Antonio
Tex
R. B. Green
Yourg
Galveston
Washington, D. C
Cotchasaw
Memthis
Teun
G H. Fauison
Harry Aten
Cresent Rifles
New Orleans
National fencPilee
Washington
D. C
Coummand
Southern Cadets
Macon
Reif Sims
MaCarthy Light
Hele Zouaves
Kansas City
Huetl Lechtman
Maurellian Zouaves
Memphis
Tenn
George Chighizola
Indianapolis Light Artillery
St. Louis
Frank Rumbold
Dallas Artillery
Dallas
A. P. Wozencraft
Rockville
Ind
Frank Stevenson
Fresh Air Mission opens at Waitrview park with child friendly day
The Fresh Air Mission at Fairview park started its summer program Wednesday with an electric train bringing about a dozen children from Union Station. Nurses oversee daily care, meals run 9 AM to 5 PM, and new sand-pile entertainment will be added. The mission serves all Indianapolis children at no cost, funded by donations reaching last year’s $1500 goal.
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Waitrview
Fairview Park
Union Station
Park
5. D. Leak
Clara Shear
Sireush
Smith
Indianapolis
James Smith
Plymouth Church
Tam Sas Ofbes
Great Firemen Build in Indianapolis Move Headquarters Plan
The National Brotherhood of Firemen, with about 22 000 members, proposes a $150 000 Indianapolis headquarters. Eureka lodge favors locating the building here with 480 lodges voting by July 20. Members face a 28.5 cent monthly assessment while reserves remain intact. The federation links with Switchmen and other unions, and a new federation organ moves to the city with editor Charles W. Martin.
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National Brotherhood of Firemen
Eureta Intge
Lhof
Indianapolis
Snelle Bers
Terre Haute
Eureka Lodge
Breiberfierd
Lodgva
Ionsel Teke
Ua Tas
National Federation
Switchmens Menual Aid Association
Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen
The
Brotherhood of Conductors
Rederetion
Federation
Supreme Council
Chicago
Brotherhood of Telegraphers
Order of Telegraphers
Brotherhood of Railroad Trackmen
Order
Brotherhood
National Federationist
Mattoon
Cyclorama
Chas, W. Martin
Passenger train wreck near Coon Rapids kills several
A Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul express derailed at Coon Rapids due to a defective locomotive truck after rails were undermined by heavy rains. Five or six killed, three fatally, about a dozen injured, many severely. List of victims includes Henry Candon of Perry Iowa and Joseph McCarthy fatally wounded. officials report the bridge collapse and river plunge, with rescue efforts ongoing.
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Reowr
Chicago, Milewaukes
St. Paul
Coan Rapida
Henry Candon
Perry
Frank Smith
Decorah
Special council session to pass precinct boundary ordinance
A Thursday evening council gathering will approve the precinct boundary ordinance to establish lines quickly. The move aims to help Democrats know their residence areas and organize for the upcoming campaign.
Fresh foreign scoops stir scattered city desks
Vesuvius quiets after eruptions pause. Locusts devastate South Africa. 130 killed in Balsa railroad crash. O Gorman Mahon dies. Duchess Enriquez arrested in Madrid. Government vessels bombard Pisagua and Iquique. Lord Brooke-Prince of Wales scandal lingers. Austrian consul Pilinski commits suicide after censure. German Von Siemens calls for anti America war. London laundry workers strike eight hours. A B Meyer & Co listed with address in Mississippi street.
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Vesuvius
South Africa
Balsa
O’ Gorman Mahon
Trish
London
Duchess of Bastro Enriquez
Madrid
Pisagua
Iquique
Brooke-Prince of Wales
Prizend
Turkey
Herr Pilinski
Home Office
von Siemens
America
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