Will They Strike Over Street Railway Demands
Street railway employes face a looming walkout as stablemen seek $1.50 per day, with Arbiters failed and escalation feared. About 90 men already out, union leaders plan a Monday meeting to decide whether drivers and conductors join, risking broad transit disruption near the exposition grounds. The Citizens' company remains firm, predicting a bitter end despite growing discontent.
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Citizens’ Company
Steele
Louisiana St. Barns
Baldwin Block
Spooner
Shelby-st. Barns
New Jersey-st
College-ave
Thirkenti-st
Louisianast
Exposition Grounds
Chama
Serer
Sen Pettigrew on the silver question in 1896 Senate talk
Senator Pettigrew argued free coinage harms farmers by demonetizing silver. He warned that demonetization reduces wheat prices by widening the money supply gap versus India and England. He urged re demonetizing silver to raise farm prices, noting insufficient money in circulation for current business.
Blaine Forever and Pacific Coast Republicans
In Washington on June 24 Congressman elect Cutting of San Francisco states that Republicans on the Pacific coast are for Blaine, but if he is not a candidate Harrison would win the coast electoral votes. He dismisses the Silver and farmers alliances as lacking weight in the coming campaign. Not Ours Yet in London on June 29, Sir Henry Blake denies Jamaica meetings for reciprocity with the United States. Jamaica wishes wider trade but will not concede differential duties. The Cold Blooded Czar in St Petersburg on June 27 reports antisemitic actions push educated Jews to secret police roles to gain bread. The Regimentt's Loss in New York on June 27 tallies fire losses at the Seventy-first Regiment Armory: $80,000 for the building and $50,000 for regimental property.
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Washington
Cutting
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Blaine
Harrison
Silver Business and Farmers’ Alliance
London
Sir Henry Arthur Blake
Jamaica
Sir Henry
New York
United States
Gov. Blake
Gov
Blake
St. Peterssure
Seventy-first Regiment
Fresh Foreign Facts and Reactions Across Nations
A collage of world news items reports Russian harvest failures, Spurgeon’s improved health, and plotting against a Turkish cult. Paris notes rising champagne costs in autumn. Italy’s parliament is boisterous while Parnell smiles after marriage. Capt Shaw resigns after 30 years. Kaiser Wilhelm faces anger from old rival Bismarck. Chilian revolution reports cruelty, Balmaceda’s executions, and tor ture of dissidents. Parrots advertised for sale at Schrader's, Washington Street.
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Spurgeon
Cultan
Turkey
Paris
Parnell
Italy
Capt. Shaw
Rondon Fire Brigade
Kaiser Wilhelm
Grandma Guelph
Willie
Eee 20
Oe Young
Otto Bismarck
Rome
Balmaceda
All-American Club Picnic Hit by Wind Bolt at Blue River Park
The All-American Club trip to Blue River Park ended in a near catastrophe when a wind storm struck the pavilion as dancers enjoyed an open-air scene. The platform lifted and dropped with a roar, causing panic but no injuries amid screams and prayers before the storm subsided.
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Blue River Park
City Board OKs Hege & Forrest Bond Contract
The Board of public works met Monday and approved the bond and contract of Hege and Forrest to build a protection wall for the city hospital grounds along Fall Creek. Bond set at 1300 dollars. Mercy Murray asks to build a railroad switch from L B & W tracks across Alvord street between Home and Malotraves, but no action. Murray company blocks street with lumber and holds an injunction from earlier efforts to remove it. The board ordered new fire plugs installed and heard Councilman Youtz push for gas lamps on Oak street where residents report darkness.
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Board of Public Works
Hege & Forrest
Fall Creek
Mercy Murray
Alvord St
Home
Malotraves
Murray Company
Harrold
Youtz
Oak St
Rats Gnawing Matches Cause Large Store Fire in St Bonis
A fire in St Bonis gutted Nicholson's grocery and two nearby shops, inflicting about 300000 dollars in losses with 200600 dollars insured. The blaze was caused by rats gnawing phosphorous matches. The Laclede hotel narrowly escaped, and the incident followed by a separate damage suit against Adelina Patti in Paris, deciding in Patti's favor.
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St. Bonis
St. Louis
Lucky Patti
Paris
Mme
Adelina Patti
St. Petersburg
Summer fashions and local court notes in city paper
A wide array of items covers July trial dates, local arrests, and social notes including fashion trends for summer men with tan shoes shirts and hats. Also reported is the Strauss Bros. malting firm assignment in Baltimore and related brewery interests with substantial liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Strauss Bros. & Co
Stile Playing Policy Lords Move to Run Wheel
The Sun exposes a policy gambling operation in West Indianapolis. The lottery wheel moved from Cook's hall to a secluded room upstairs, with daily drawings held openly yet without police interference. Former offices on Indiana Avenue vanished after John Glazier left amid a key handoff to a second hand dealer.
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Weat
Indianapolis
Cook’s Hall
Policy Gang
Indiana Ave
SUN
Mra. Smothers
No. 167
Indianeave
Hassle Jong
John Glazier
Elise
Corrier of
Illinois and Merrillsts
Board of Public Safety
Weather Forecast for Indiana Local Area
For Indianapolis and vicinity the 24 hours ending 8:84 a.m. shows showers possible with stationary temperature, cooler and fair weather anticipated Tuesday. Slightly cooler conditions and fair skies expected with calmer conditions, while the remainder of the state may experience similar patterns. A. B. Meyer & Co. listed in association with cement and fire brick products.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Peru Organizes Ball Club and Cincinnati Sign Browning
The Brotherhood club beat the Broad Ripples 9 to 4 on Sunday. Cincinnati trails at the bottom of the list while the Easterns triumphed over the Journals 12 to 3 at Coy's for a $100 purse. League and association standings list several major cities, with New York and Boston leading. International notes cite Americans defeating the English in hammer throwing and a Berlin bout for Tom Cannon. A July bicycle prize array is advertised, with numerous sport results across leagues and batteries named Stivetts and Knell. Tug Wilson cites a challenge to Harry Murphy with prize money up to 500 in London prize ring rules before Sept. 1, 1891.
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Peru
Cincinnati
Browning
Brotherhood Club
Broad Ripples
Journals
Coy’s
Northwestern
Levanaville
Grand Rapids
Terra Haute
Dayton
Peoria
Tvanaville
Terre Haute
Fort Wayne
Chicago
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pitsburg
St. Louis
Baltimore
Columbus
Athletics
Louisville
Washington
Manchester
England
Tom Cannon
Rhincon
Christol
Berlin
Pittsburg
St—Louis
Stivetts
Boyle
Mupyan
Knell
Jouse
Fitzgerald
Cahill
Dwyer
Vaughn
Tug Wilson
Tae Sun
Harry Murphy
Great inter state encampment opens with National Fencibles arrival
The Great drills begin as 51 men of the Light Artillery camp at the exposition grounds. The National Fencibles from Washington arrive amid a thunderstorm and march to the grounds in ceremonial style. Camps are laid out in three regiments with mess quarters barber shop hospital and press tents. Fortified by escort duties and public crowds the event signals a major regional military gathering with prize expectations for several units from Belknap rifles to Aurora Zouaves.
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Light Artillery
Exposition Grounds
Qnot
Mars
Maids of Honor
Co. H
Indianapolis
Union Station
Washington
Bob Downey
Efort
Borsterdam
Domer
Worthy Boyd
Sealy Rifles
Texas
Belknap Rifles
Chickasaw Guards
St. Louis
Aurora Zouaves
Aurora
Ill
Felix Mahoney
Washington Star
Bradex
Paris
Mabry
Lone Star State
San — Antonio
Tex
R. B. Green
Worthy
Boyd
Galveston
Paris Spickats
S. Braden
Dallas Artillery Company
Dallas
Wozencraft
Rockville
Ind
Frank Stevenson
Indianapolis Light Artillery
Frisco Sunday earthquake and other scattered notes
Frisco experienced a Sunday earthquake. A Kentucky preacher plans to state what he will do next. The era notes 892 new industries in the South in 1890. Warships tested on May 7. Sir John Macdonald’s remains lie in a burglar-proof vault. A Warrensburg preacher died in his pulpit. Report of trouble at Sac and Fox agency in Oklahoma is unfounded. The president aims to fire the fireworks at Cape May on July 4. Thirteen glass factories in Findlay Ohio shut until September 1. G A R members cautioned about encampment in Detroit. Colorado to vote on silver and to open the Public Mineral Palace. A Baltimore man seeks $100,000 from a New Orleans man over a failed marriage.
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Frisco
K. of L
St. Louis
J. A. Jaynes
Kentucky
John Macdonald
Wm. Ogden
Warrensburg
Sac Ang Fox Agency
Oklahoma
Cape May
Findlay
Detroit
Colorado
Pusblo
Riot at Franklin coal mines leaves miner dead
Seattle dispatch reports a serious riot at the Franklin coal mines with guns and clubs used. An estimated 100 shots were fired. one white miner was killed, three wounded, and one black worker wounded. National Guard units B and D arrived to secure the scene and may face further unrest.
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Seattle
Wash
Franklin
National Guard
Tate
Story of a Chime As Related by an Applicant for Town Aid
A man calling himself Charles Holden arrived at the town trustees office asking for a railroad pass to Monticello Illinois. He claimed to be son of William and Eliza Holden and recounted a family feud tied to a farm dispute in Monticello where Harley Russell was killed and the farm changed hands. The mother and two sons Calvin and Mason were later tried convicted and jailed in Joliet while the father died in a train accident. Charles had been working at Kingan's under the name Charles Harvey to avoid recognition by three Monticello men and recently came to the city seeking aid after a knee problem and money shortage.
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Man of Fashion
Sol
Pat
Asman
Bell Shane
Charles R. Holdes
Monticello
Ill
Kingan’s
Charles Harvey
William
Eliza Holden
Harley Russell
Russell
Holdens
Calvin
Mason
Joliet
Charles
Terrible fall at Davia theater injures four men
A scaffold at Davia's new theater collapsed in Pirrspunk Pennsylvania, dumping four workers into a cellar 45 feet down. Bernard Gordon Chris Peiffer Thomas Joyce and John Fellett suffered serious bruises and cuts but none were thought fatally hurt. Most were strangers to the city amid a two month theater strike.
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Pirrspunk
Davia’ New Theater
Bernard Gordon
Chris Peiffer
Thomas Joyce
John Fellett
Peiffer
Gordon
Dundee
Scotland
State House visitors roam grand capitol this week
A torn flag piece drifted from the gold ball of the dam, while ice in state offices totals 400 pounds daily amid the winter chill. Indiana’s capitol hosts military glory week led by Col. WO Brooks Roberts as officials prepare for war pageantry and visitors tour the grand stair and stone pillars. Hood's Sarsaparilla gains steady popularity. new wares at War Le Elder.
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Tim Griffin
Capitol
Dianapolis
Brooka Roberts
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Schrader’s
Washington-st
U. S
Butler
Chattanooga
Lenn
State Board of Health
Dental Examiners
Dr. Church
Liaporte
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Michael Leonard
Virginia-ave
Southst
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Chas. Coeppers
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W. EL. Browder
Marshall
Jessie Day
Hila Kale
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Sim Cay
Kregele & Whitsett
Jessie
Ella
Bethel Church
W. Allison Sweeney
Effie Johnson
Georgia Stevenson
Watella Hart
Mamie Rogers
Ora Jones
Nettie Christy
Ida Hall
Bells Lewis
Victora Parafore
Hoosier Orchestra
N. Westst
I Coult
Johnson
Brightwood
Foreman -White
Brightwood Barns
John- Long
White
Asa R. Waterman
Lyceum Theater
Williamsburg
Peter Doran
Charles Quivald
Simon Herstein
Pogue
Florence
A. B. Meyer & Co
Sporting Lik
Chas. S. Domer
Nationat
Kansas City
William Berkheimer
D. Jabana
Archibald Campbell
United States Third Artillery
Washington Barracks
Exposition Building
Fencibles
Afric
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Lieut. Mosher
the Fencibles
Banks
Greenfield
John Banka
Maxwell
Adamson, Ball & Co
Keystone Plaster Co
Story OF
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Denmark
Russia
Scherwierks
Odessa
Democratic Executive Committee
Nashville
Tenn
Buffalo Valley
Putnam County
Prentica
Carr
Plunkett
Mitchell
Chicao
Louis Dillinger
Paul May
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