Friction Flairs At City Council Over Lighting Bid
At a Monday council meeting tensions rose as Gauss and Trusler led a heated dispute over electric lighting bids. Randolph of Brush protested a blocked bid process while Wunder of Western claimed foul play as the board approved a low bid and directed further review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trusler
Pearson
Yontz
Gauss
W. H. English
Byram & Sullivan
Hicklin
Stecihan
Board Lighing Committee
Council
Brush Company
Woollen
Treasury
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cincinnati, the Electric Light Companies
Light Committee
Preston Curry Trusler
Mr. Trusler
Finance Comittee
Murphy
Gasper
Finance Committee
Trasnt
Rassman
Randolph
B. A. Wunder
Western Company
Brush
Mrs Harrison Seeks White House Extension Plan Approval
Washington March 35. House public buildings committee reports a bill to appropriate 250000 for extending the White House per plan proposed by Mrs Harrison. Milliken notes the measure follows the endorsed design and aims to expand the executive residence.
Jokes and Courtroom Drama in Mabbitt Case Outcome
A woman taunts prosecutor Holtzman after his jury address suggesting they were asleep. Holtzman, tired and suffering cholera morbus, kept quiet. The city gas case resumes in circuit court with exceptions to the gas company's answer. A test will decide if a corporation may cut pavements without city council consent. Jay Gould fined $100 for contempt of court after refusal to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonm
Holtzman
Mabbitt
Castrast
Horace Smith
Couuci
Jay Gould
New York
Burglary, arson, and court delays hit local news
Reports allege Stuck stole $8 from Henry Schulmeyer with a March 13 hearing set. A foundry blaze at Heisenberger’s corner caused $100 damage. A freight-car burglary and a razor assault on Farmer Ryker prompted March hearings. Several minor court actions, witness issues, and a confused reminiscence follow in a busy crime and legal notes column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuck
Henry Schulmeyer
Heisenberger
Pennsylvania
Louisiana-sts
Win
Jackson
N.A
Frank Taylor
Ryker
Frank Thorne
Geo. Reynolds
Reynolds
Bricus
Nathaniel and
Adie Ayers
John
Mary Smith
James
Annie Parker
George and
Hattie Schand
Mrs. Fries
Alonzo
Laura Tarees
Chas
Flora Bennelt
Mary Hudson
Darius
Mary Graves
City
Smith
Elizabeth Neuman
Smintha A. Monroe
Mississippi St
Mississippi St. Marrracns: Wmn. R. Wild To Ibeoria Gerth; Geo. W. Gass
Nellie Ward
Wm. J. Marquis
Tillie Xeathers
Samuel Green
Maggie TE. Jacobs
Jack Noonan
Washington and
Slinois Sts
Harry Vogt
Harry
Vogt
Noonan
Kisanan
Umnaha
TH Lux
Thomas
Jack the Ripper Mutilated Corpse Found in Secluded Place
In the arch way of the Regent's canal on Cambridge Heath Road the mutilated body of a woman has been found with legs and arms dissected. The Whitechapel district is in uproar as residents dub the killer Jack the Ripper once more.
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White Chapel
Regent’s Canal
Cambridge Heath Road
Jack the Ripper
Street clash over lumber removal in Alvord street
Street Commissioner Harrold led a force to clear lumber and saw logs piled beyond the building line on Alvord street near Holkeave and Alyord. Manager Holloway resisted, vowing to seek an injunction while police warned arrest of any interfering party. Councilman Weber led the clearance amid Donor Murray’s contested street rights.
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Harrold
Murray Lumber Company
Holkeave
Alyord Sts
Holloway
Barrold
Quigley
Sergt. Barlow
Weber
Alvord St
Murray
Unveiling of John Wesley Statue in London
Monday saw the statue of John Wesley unveiled in London. Pope Leo marked his eightieth birthday in Rome. The Chili revolution ended and Iquique commerce resumed. Bohemia voted heavily as the young Czechs swept local elections. Buenos Ayres reported business at a standstill. No major trouble anticipated as McCarthyites clashed with Parnellites at Baltyalgoe. Queen Victoria praised Empress Frederick and promised Paris visit during her France tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
London
Leo
Rome
Iquique
Bohemia
Buenos Ayres
Balthyalgoe
Ireland
Queen Victoria
Frederick
Paris
Sautiern France
The Park theater to open with The bottom of the sea
The Park theater will be the citys only playhouse open Tuesday evening and will present The bottom of the sea. Jefferson and Florence led a strong Monday bill at the Grand with The heir-at-law. praise for Jefferson as Pangloss and Florence as Zekiel Homespun. Viola Allen impressed as Cicely Homespun and Louise Dalie has a solid reputation as Caroline Dormer. Elsie Lombard surpassed Balfe in Mondays performance, crowding the house and pushing the orchestra under the stage again. W H Holloway has bought the Telix McCusick travesty and will reprise it next season at popular prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theater
Jefferson
Florence
Grand
Dr. Pangloss
Caleb Plummer
Zekiel
Viola Allen
Cicely Homespun
Frederick Paulding
Dick Dallas
Mrs. Drew
Madame Ponsoni
Debora Darlas
Louise Dalie
Caroline Dormer
John Sleeper Clark
W. H. Holloway
Telix McCusick
Sol Smith Russells
Good Cooking and DiLdditnes Brand Directions on Label
A fragment notes that good cooking is an enier blessing of every home and mentions Hamass insure good eastard with a brand label and directions on the lidk.
Miserable Poverty in Indianapolis Exposed by Justice Alford
Justice Alford tells SUN reporters of widespread misery in Indianapolis. Crowded rooms lack carpets and beds, with straw on the floors and families live in squalor. A canal district hut holds a starving woman and neglected insane resident, revealing suffering hidden from many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Justice Alford
SUN
New York
Sue
Tragic incident near Vermont Street woman’s near miss
A woman, Mrs Plafflin of 142 West Vermont Street, stepped in front of train No 3 around 5:30 PM Monday. The engineer stopped the locomotive after the collision pushed her about ten feet, but she escaped injury and stated she was suicidal. She had recent trouble with depression including a near drowning incident. she was later taken home.
Features Of Sporting Lips And Other Oddities
A string of disparate items appears from a 1900s era sports page. It notes Jim Hall and Roddy Gallagher to clash, discusses racing and auctions, mentions Yale candidates, a yacht project, and inter-state league talk. It also covers a Johnson-Anderson boxing bout halted by police after ten rounds with Johnson winning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hall
Roddy Gallagher
Axtell
Devitel
Yale
Prince
Satan
Evansville
Terre Haute
Lexington
Sunol
Buffalo
Cleveland
Maude
Johnson-Anderson
St. Clair Hall
Johnson
Anderson
Will
Dohusers
Anderson Eloye Dight
Speakership Fight and Washington Gossip Sweep In
Senator Pierce likely to succeed Blair as minister to China if offered. Senator Walcott and brother Henry stride through the halls amid praise. Ed Walcott earns 85,000 a year while Henry spends 20,000 for his brother. New senators meet dignities, with Peffar of Kansas standing out. Senate and House bustle over deficiency bills and nominations as gubernatorial fire at Oglesby’s home. Federal and local political chatter blends with crime notes and industry gossip in a bustling March Washington page.
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Washington
Pierce
Blair
Chipa
Walcott
Henry
Senate
Peffar
Kansas
Plunsib
Ingalls
Plumb
Alliance
Mafia confession shocks Oszans trial crowd
Manuel Politz, a Mafia prisoner, made a full confession to the judge and state attorney through an interpreter, implicating remaining defendants. Witnesses Monday night and Tuesday morning reinforced the case amid nervous prisoners and tight triple guards to prevent mob violence. The city remains in feverish excitement as the trial proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Os Zans
Manuel Politz
Priest Refuses View of Corpse at Funeral in Emwrouta
In Emwrouta Kansas on a Monday burial of John E Hamilton, a World War veteran, featured a priest who ordered the corpse removed from the Catholic church after Judge Charles Fletcher offered a viewing opportunity. The incident provoked anger. a delegation demanded the priest’s removal from town, with an indignation meeting at the city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emwrouta
Kans
Jno
Hamilton
Army
Father Honard
Charles Fletcher
Father Leonard
Lockout News and Weather Outlook in 1891
The plate mill strike continues with unions united for the eight hour demand. Bosses threaten non union labor unless contracts are signed, while carpenters and bricklayers hold to eight hours or more. Local forecast warns of snow, cold wave and a temperature drop to six degrees. A disturbing domestic incident in Ohio reports a baby toe bitten off by a 10 year old, later confessing to the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
Gen. Greely
Doings in Other Cities and Civic Debates
Chicago debates streets and an eight hour law while Cincinnati laborers mark anniversaries and Columbus ponders uncertain public funds. Washington nears Congress end and national lawmakers clear the calendar. Toledo weighs mayoral candidates and pulits propose plans. Cleveland considers reopening aris to a returning treasurer. Detroit school board seeks 795,596.77 for schools as the city faces a potential symphony orchestra.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Columbus
Washington
Toledo
Pulits
Cleveland
Tetroit
Fragmented 19th century dispatches collide in scattered notes
The brief jumble lists varied items from different places including pay disputes with mail carriers, a proposed 24 story Chicago building, religious groups excluding Catholics and Jews in Louisville, Kansas farmers planning a grain and stock trust, Tennessee moonshine violence, oyster fishermen in the James River, a Seattle union ending piece work, a New Orleans murder case with an alleged suspect, Dubuque farmer tensions, West Virginia miners finding a skeletal room, and concluding garbled phrases.
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Ff Weaver
Providence
Yuma
A. T
Chicago
Ministers’ Association
Louisville
Farmers’ Alliance
Kansas
Tennessee
Richmond
James River
Typographical Union
Seattle
Wash
Manuel Polietz
Polics Kemessy
New Orleans
City Charter Bill Passes Senate Amid Amendments Fight
The city charter bill faced heavy debate in the Senate on Monday with amendments shaping the outcome. Senators Howard Ewing and Magee clashed over power balance while a previous question and engrossment moves influenced the pace as colleagues pressed for passage.
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Senate
Howard
Ewing
Greensburg
Indianapolis
House
Hudson
Magee
Yeus
Mesara
Akin
Byrd
Conver
Caster
Chandler
Cleaians
Fulks
Hanley
Harlan
Higsen
Son
Hubbell
Tackson
Pelke
Loveland
Bran
Metrresor
Jocn
Mount
Shockney
Thompson
Vary
Nays
Messrg
Burke
Ellison
Ewin T French
Griffith
Grimes
Holcorb
Hurison
Jones
Kennedy
Morgan
Shanksmith
Sweeney
Thompson Marios
Disa
Wuntington
Wiggs
Parson Chase
Fowlard
Falk
Legisla
Ming
Hudg Foley
South End
Mari
Lim
Wwe
Fuk
Boward
Thompson Weevil
Grose
Foley
Sev
Friends of the Hilt
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Duane
Mr. Randolph
Mr. Wunder
Mr. Wonder
Jack, the
Ripper
Calumbia Elevator Company
Davey
Albany
Govill
Burxos Ayres
Pisagua
Rmyrs
Plaiiin
Hitch
Gen. Sherman
Tiffany
Egypt
Lieut
Pitch
Tiffany’s
Mr. Tiffany
Mr. Cook
Harrison
Wassinaton
Philadelehla
Virginia Knox
di Montevole
Katherine Drexel
Comsnys
M. HB. Schofield
H—Damon
Pythias Wolcott
Potter
Congress
Cutcheon
National Home For
Oglesby
Hlkaart
Epl
Corinth
York
Bergen
Lackawanna
Mormires
Maren
Ginger
Fred P. Rush
Grain Commission
Bates House
Writzanmet
Hostetter
Incows
Pthguble
Frank Bauer
Wiere
Baer
Mythes
Siaz Pain
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