13 Mar 1889
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1889
Page
1
The report recalls wartime figures and local political figures in Indiana and Michigan, noting soldiers in a house of representatives and a chaplain buried at a Detroit garrison graveyard. It describes graves, memorials, and a somber scene among veterans and mourners.
The Winnipeg wife leaves with her child to join a Canadian relative but instead stays with a man named Behan in St Paul, who had been jailed for theft. Moore tracks them to Chicago then returns with his wife after a failed escape attempt. Behan had been acquitted in a prior self defense case. Nearby business leaders lease a Michigan street building to open a top grade reading room and library with officers named Ketcham Brooks and Brown. A meeting will discuss arrangements. A gypsy band has pitched a tent on Belmont avenue drawing neighborhood children.
An Indiana item reports Patrick Manion died after a 19 foot fall from a Terre Haute school house Tuesday, 45 minutes after the incident. Fourteen LaGrange businesses burned on Tuesday. A Brazil resident faces a harassing act with White Cap notices while an anonymous writer is called cowardly. Peculiar Accident, LaPorte, March 13, Ma bel Peck, 10, fell on a lead point in DeLGi threatening doctors’ prognosis.
Veterans gathered at the Indiana department of the Grand Army of the Republic in Indianapolis for the tenth annual encampment. Commander Vanesdal urged unity while reports praised finances and the Woman’s Relief Corps, with notes on the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at Knightstown and department officers detailing conditions.
Delegates from various states gather for the annual Women's Relief Corps convention in a Masonic hall. About 250 attending women, mostly older, are present as the first session opens with credential committee reports and organizing steps.
Reporting from Washington on March 13, the crowd of applicants before President Harrison grows larger than on inauguration day. The South shows a fall influx while Tennessee is expected to supply several promising nominees, signaling GOP gains.
March 12 report from HaArtrery Conn states engineers of the Inte Park hotel blamed for the deadly blaze face manslaughter charges of 81,530. Separately Parnell sues the Times for 109,000 damages as of March 1. In Evansville, Ind a tow boat Kangaroo capsized killing Geo Ingram owner and Kl Siamonds cook near Spalisville on the Green river.
M Shepard filed suit against Join EK Sullivan and his bondsmen plus Assignee Laver to recover 25000 penalty of the bond late Tuesday afternoon in Graysville Tennessee. In a separate incident William Bargat was fatally shot by John Brunmont at a local house of ill fame Tuesday night.
Mary Haag takes the helm at Little's Hotel on Washington Street, the city’s oldest inn once famed as a merchant and stock trader hub. Amid changing staff a noisy dining room clash and curiosity about the hotel’s future attract attention from locals and guests alike.
A chaotic scene unfolds as police and civilians maneuver amid talks of a peaceful shift. Reports note arrests, patrols, and disputed pay plans while citizens await a court decision on leadership and order.
The new board of commissioners Holt Catterson and Sullivan filed suit for an alternative writ to compel the old board Khim New and Henderson and city officials to surrender the police centers and equipment. The complaint was sworn in but not filed by Loncan Smith and will face an answer by Taylor Harris and Winters. A demurrer from plaintiffs will follow as issues set for a hearing by next Monday.
Council members protested any claim that would let Colbert and his force return to duty pending the Curtis decision. The issue nearly forced an extra council meeting Tuesday night.
Delegates from across the state gather for the G A R encampment in Beaver city. work begins at Tomlinson hall with Gov Hovey and Commander Warner to speak. A charade is planned for Wednesday morning before sessions continue.
Bargains in broken sizes offered with discounts from one to four dollars or more. Come in and see if we can fit you at 1 North Penn Street.
An article recounts Col Bridgeland’s postwar quest to obtain horses for Indiana troops and the man with Gen Harrison’s backing who financed and organized the payment. It notes Bridgeland’s portrait in art, his wartime cavalry service, and his claim of future presidential appointments. It mentions Gov Hovey appointing Wri dohuston to a circuit post and a large migratory train of 27 wagons heading toward Kansas.
W Y Maltimore of Centralia is dead, known as Huffalo Bill. Tinois leads Red Caps in a tobacconist rival to White Caps. A Mankato woman eloped with an Uncle Tunis Cabin member. Victor Morris of Windsor Baptist Church stirred parishioners with a vivid sermon, then urged restraint. At Battle Creek sanitarium a pet bear in a pit clashed with patient bravado. Mac was dragged from the pit wearing only a shirt and cedar button. Taylor Goods at Wine L Elders.
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