Ghost on the east division and jungle peril Panama rail tales
Trainmaster C F Gross recalls a moonlit ghost stalking a Chicago and Erie freight in 1890, with crew after crew reporting the specter as it supposedly crossed rails. A Panama engineer shares dangers from snakes and grease on tracks, while a porter recalls a road agent and a rough yard master named Barney in Huntingon.
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C. F. Gross
Chicago & Erie Road
Caboose
Chicago
Roel
Barney
Labor unions praise Sun and Indianapolis Star for labor support
The Federal labor union No. 9668 passed a resolution thanking Tae Sun editors and proprietors for manly independent support of organized labor and upholding that law should be for all people, not just capitalists. The Metal Clerks Union and Retail Clerks Union No. 1 also lauded the newspaper for similar labor backing.
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Tae Sun
Retail Clerks’ Union No
I Pledge You New York Senator Hill Campaign Stop
Dava Hill spoke to Alabama Democrats in Briegeham on March 17 promising New York’s electoral votes for the Democratic candidate. He addressed an Irish club at the opera house and, after a reception, was presented with a large souvenir spoon by Birmingham citizens.
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Dava Hill
Alabama
Democrats
Briegeham
Ala
Senator Hill
Hill
Opera House
Irish Club
United States
Seven converts gain a victory for Pan-handle Strikers
Pan-handle Strikers win a setback for employers as seven workers at the shops quit their jobs on Thursday morning. A later train delivered seven new hands just before the strikers could intervene. Pay day at the machinists' headquarters distributed $387 drawn from the national treasury with no settlement in sight.
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National Treasury
Turmoil And Trials From A Town Page
Battles and arrests echo through the court and streets. Jeff Lowell assaults his wife at Pearl and California streets. Judge Buskirk sentences him to 180 days in the war house. Buck Mountjoy damages property at 156 North Illinois. fined $10. Indictments surfaced for assault on a child, embezzlement, burglary, and theft as the grand jury meets. A move to relocate the Train Men’s national order from Galesburg to this city gains ground with a sizable local stake. Local uproar over a proposed Tennessee street school site prompts residents to protest central placement. The supreme court rules on election ballots and counting standards, affecting county votes and ballot legality.
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Surgical Institute
Jeff Lowell
Pearl and
California-sts
Judge Buskirk
War House
Buck Mountjoy
Linoisat
Buck
Buskirk
William Davis
West Indianapolis
Thomas Hart
Albert Gall
Louis Jackson
Columbia Club
John Perkins
Galesburg
Ili
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Fall Creek
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Supreme Court
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Wee
Sadie Coafbaley
Cora Mitchell
Newmeyer
An Hilman
Flossié Keasler
Des St
Pertensis
Massachusetts
Sue
Horrific Austrian Execution of Frank Schneider
In Vienna on March 17, Frank Schneider, murderer of several servant girls, was executed by gibbet and stake. His wife received a life sentence. the emperor opposed hanging women and commuted hers. Spectators witnessed the prolonged choking as Schneider's face and death throes were visible, the body left hanging after the priest’s service.
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Vienna
Frank Schneider
Schneider
Austria
Two Poachers Hanged at Oxford After Killing Gamekeepers
Charles Raynor and Frederick Eggleston were executed in Oxford after being condemned for killing two game-keepers during a clash as they attempted to arrest the pair. Appeals to the Home Secretary for clemency citing lack of malice were rejected by Mr. Matthews.
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Mir. Matthews
Harrison Won’t Seek Re nomination at Minneapolis Meet
Des Moines March 17 report from the state republican convention notes extensive delegation and rumors that President Harrison will withdraw from re nomination before the Minneapolis convention. The speculation stems from an interview with ex secretary Proctor.
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Harrison
Des Moine
I Harrison
Minneapolis
Proctor
Pastor Kissed Eliza Arising from New Jersey Case
The South Jersey Methodist conference sits in session to consider Rev. B. F. Sherman of Cold Springs. Charges allege he kissed Eliza Church on lips cheeks and forehead and hugged her during visits. Eliza claims she enjoyed the attention until the pastor’s visits waned and she urged him to return.
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Eliza
New Brunswick
N.J
South Jersey Methodist Conference
B. F. Sherman
Cold Springs
Sherman
Eliza Church
Secretary Foster Returns Home From Spree Voyage
The steamier Spree arrived at Brennan’s quarantine harbor early Thursday, escorted by friends on a special steamer to meet Secretary Foster. A salute greeted the ship at Governor’s Island. Foster’s health has improved with rest, and the voyage was pleasant aside from a Tuesday gale incident that left his right eye cut and bruised.
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Charlie
New York
Spree
Brennan
Foster
Governor's Island
Spencer House Hotel Fire At Niagara Falls Area
Niagra Falls, N Y March 17 The Spencer house on Main street one of the largest hotels in the region burned early Thursday morning. There were 88 guests in the hotel when the fire broke out all escaped safely. Loss is about 70000 Canadian fireman drowned returning from the blaze. In a separate incident Shackman and Nodels store burned Wednesday with a loss of 60900 and insured for 80000.
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Burnea
Niacara Fars
N. Y
Spencer House
Main St
Councilmans Deny Promises On Broad Ripple Charter Fray
Rasaman rejects Bosson pledge claims amid angry reaction to Broad Ripple franchise defeat. He says he would have supported the project if a purchase clause had been included and urges a renegotiated franchise with an extension, arguing the deal would fail otherwise.
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Sver
Broad Ripple
Scherrer
Board of Public Works
Connailman Gauss
Council
Ipyde
Citizens
Broad Ripple Company
County
Railroad Editors Plan National Action After St Louis Meeting
Editor C W Martin reports that railway fraternity paper editors gathered in St Louis and agreed to publish state blue books to campaign against Pinkerton methods. They favor an anti Pinkerton law where absent and plan federation of railway groups while opposing the railroad employees club plan. Attendees included representatives from Omaha Denver New York Chicago Terre Haute and other cities.
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C. W. Martin
National Federationalist
St. Louis
Indiana
Pennsylvania Railroad
Omaha
Denver
New York City
Chicago
Terre Haute
Search for anarchists in Paris lodgings as police arrest sixty
Paris police raid lodging houses arresting sixty suspects tied to anarchist circles. In Cazan’s flats they find phials of chlorate of potash and hydrochloric acid used for explosives. A dynamite cartridge is found at a Liege judge’s door linked to a past quarry heist.
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Paris
Rue Arbre
Cazan
Cartidge
Liege
Seine
Joban
The Dey Tariff Debate and Political Shifts
The Dey tariff issue continued in Washington with Republican Taylor leading the House discussion. Mills’ Texas senator bid weakens as friends grow anxious. In the Senate Peffer proposed an electric propulsion testing station for farm tools. Executive session followed on Judge Woot and other judicial nominees. Striking Dublin district miners plan to return to work Monday.
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Senate
Peffer
Woot
Loxnow
Dublin
Saint Patrick Day Memories and Bowen-Merrill Fire Anniversary
The piece reflects on St. Patrick celebrations and recalls the Bowen-Merrill fire of March 17 1590 in Indianapolis. It lists fallen firefighters and survivors with details on the disaster’s toll, pensions, and aid, then notes bells tolling and local observances for St. Patrick Day.
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Bowen-Merrill
Players Assigned as Western League Sets Schedule
Jimmie Williams, president of the Western Association of Baseball Clubs, and delegates allocated 96 players to eight clubs from 107 under contract. St. Paul joined after last minute funding, Indianapolis and St. Paul admitted by vote, and umpires to be chosen by the secretary.
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Cariaco
Jimmie Williams
Western Association of Baseball Clubs
Association
Columbus
0. M. Evans
G. H. Schmelz
F. M. Pickering
Kansas City
C. Krauthoff
Edward Martin
Omaha
B. E. Stout
D. E. Rowe
Milwaukee
R.Y. McGuire
C. H. Cushman
Indianapols
J.T. Brush
Toledo
J.W. Gunnells
McGregor
Minneapolis
H. L. Hach
St. Paul
A. M. Thompson
Thompson
Indianapolis
Williams
Strikes and legal cases push Winnipeg turmoil
Canadian Pacific trainmen walk out in Winnipeg on Thursday morning amid a brewing clash. In New York two death notices from typhus at Riverside hospital include nurses Lizzie Fitzpatrick and Mary Bergman. Pang Yim loses bid for U S citizenship under 1882 Supreme Court precedent. Weather outlook for Indianapolis region calls for colder, cloudy with occasional snow then fair by Friday.
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Pang Yim
George Carter
Brown
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Yim
Pang
New York
Riverside Hospital
Lizzie Fitzpatrick
Mary Bergman
Indianapolis
Market Fire Damages Philadelphia Market Building
A Thursday morning fire caused $75,000 in damage to the Market House at the corner of Market and Thirteenth in Philadelphia. Fire officials report extensive smoke and water damage but no evacuations.
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Philadelphia
Market and
Thirttetests
The Ripper's Victims Ghastly Discoveries in Melbourne
A Melbourne man named Williams is arrested for murdering his wife Miss Mather and several children. Police found the bodies beneath a hearthstone, with cement poured over them, and note Williams frequent visits to London during times of similar Whitechapel murders. The case, linked by brutal specifics, draws worldwide attention.
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Itig
Jack, the Ripper
Williams
Melbourne
Australia
Miss Mather
Rain Hill
Ile
Ife
London
White Chapel
Working for the First Ward in Atlas Plant Votes
A Sun newspaper note on county politics explains that candidates try to win the First ward by courting Atlas plant workers. The piece clarifies the word worked was misinterpreted and that Atlas employees of diverse parties are urged to labor to back the candidate aiming for that ward.
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Atlas
Atlas Works
Barber Vaunted as Banco Foe Die at Bellevue Hospital
Richard A. E. Gaebler a former Dexter barber who helped oppose the banco gang was found wounded on Canal street near the Bowery. He died Thursday morning at Bellevue hospital after being injured by a sand bag or similar weapon.
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New Yorks
Richard A. E. Gaebler
Dexter
Banco
U.ed
Bellevue Hospital
Canal St
Bowery
Bunco
Western Balts League meets in Chicago for schedule talks
The Western Balts League holds a meeting in Chicago on March 17 to plan a game schedule and distribute players. Indianapolis and St Paul seek membership, with one opening likely to go to Indianapolis as the city arrives for consideration. Conger reports from Chicago that California delegates may go uninstructed and favor McKinley, though the West supports Cleveland but rejects Hill.
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Chicago
Curesco
Western Baseball League
Aviditorium
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Conger
Carcagio
Col. EL. Conger
Ohio
California
McKinley
Weat
Cleveland
Hill
Archbishop Smith of Edinburgh Dies
Most Rev. Wm. Smith, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Edinburgh, died on Wednesday, March 17, at Epimurex. The death marks a significant religious leadership change for the city and province.
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Epimurex
Wm. Smith
Edinburgh
Wednesay
Blaine to Retire Amid Cabinet Shuffle Rumors
Washington dispatch reports Blaine may retire from the cabinet with J W Foster tapped for the state portfolio. Blaine suffers a severe illness linked to his son’s divorce case while Congressman Springer recovers from erysipelas and poor health.
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Washineton
Blaine
J. W. Foster
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