Firemen Testify At Inquest On Bowen Merrill Disaster
Coroner Wagner questions injured firefighters about the Bowen Merrill blaze as they recount their rooftop actions and the collapse. Capt Long and others praise the chief and the rescue effort, describing a glorious but deadly fire fight with rest of building failing under steam and heat.
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Wagner
Bowen-Moerrik
Johnson
William C. Long
Baet St
Savene
Wasson
al. C. Mener
Long
Wagusr
Sprucest
Julius Jones
Bowen-Merrill
Lou Rafert
Dennis
Headless Ghost Haunts Scene of Murder Near Reading
Reading, March 15 Spl The alleged headless ghost of murdered Mrs Lebo has sparked local excitement near the site of her husband s fatal shooting. Mrs Ruppert and neighbors report groans and sightings of a headless female figure in the alley near the Lebo murder site, with Mrs Ruppert and her husband corroborating. The tale involves the Ruppert family, their 17 year old son Oscar, and railway conductors Thamas Cooper Gao Lover and others. The Order of Railway Conductors sent a committee to consult with Manager Green as conductors seek new posts while the case draws interest.
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Reading
Lebo
Thamas Cooper
Gao
Lover
John King
Cincinnati
Manager Green
Green
Willie’s Chance to Sue Union Railway Company
Judge Howland on Tuesday dissolved the temporary injunction against the city and Union Railway, ruling the Herod suit failed to state a legal claim or entitlement to an injunction. With the obstacle removed, William Taylor may amend and push the case to compel the Union Railway to honor its contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Railway Company
Howland
W. W. Herod
Willia Taylor
Union ,Railway Company
Cyclone Devastates Calhoun County Areas In South Carolina
Sumter county reports show a Saturday cyclone caused heavy damage with twelve lives lost. Blackstock village academy was wrecked and Prosperity town is reported destroyed. Further advices note extensive property destruction across the region.
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Calvarsia
S. C
Sumter County
Blackstock
Weather Forecast for Indianapolis March 26 1840
Local forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers the 24 hours ending 9 a m. March 26 1840. Warn fair weather with slightly cooler Tuesday night than Monday night. High confidence that conditions remain fair and dry throughout the period.
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Indianapolis
Tariff bill committee to place hides on free list
The tariff bill committee will place hides on the free list. Mrs. Harrison owns a few but not very expensive diamonds. The senate may change the date for holding the world's fair. Seams about settled that Montana republican senators will be seated. About 1,600 pension certificates issued in four weeks. The president warns seal sable otter and mink poachers to keep out of Behring Sea. A bill to incorporate the National American Woman Suffrage Association is before the House. There is capital talk of too many congressmen and a reapportionment caucus. Sherman anti trust returns to the Senate. Pugh and Tarpie back the bill while George and Teller fear harm to Farmers' Alliance Knights of Labor and similar bodies.
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Harrison
Senate
Montana
Behring Sea
National American Woman’s Suffrage Association
Sherman
Pugh
Tarpie
George and
Teller
Farmers’ Alliance
Knights of Labor
Street Department Probe Set For Tuesday Meeting
A special committee will convene Tuesday night to investigate the actions of street commissioner Derk DeRuiter. Yontz Nolan and Stechhan, appointed members, will lead the inquiry into past and current street department activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Yontz, Nolan & Stechhan
Derk DeRuiter
Rand-Her Co stars in the grand vaudeville revival
A nostalgic look at the vaudeville era and the Park Yvaldis sisters as a modern example of thorough, clean variety. The piece traces the decline of ham acts, praises European training, and notes the Misses Melville and Stetson with their dialect performance and a standout act by Keller on the trapeze. It recounts social theater moments including a gift of a dime from a patron to George Dickson and the ensuing dispute over profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dickson
Grand Opera House
Charley Hoyt
Europe
Valdis Sisters
Black Crook
Keller
Melvile
Stetson
John EH. Drew
Napier
Marzello
Park Theater
John Martin
O’ Boyle
O’boyle
Mr. Dickson
Johnny
Hopkins
Combination
The Council's Grief and City Improvement Plans
The council discussed post calamity measures with emphasis on street department control and an improved city improvements board. A ten thousand dollar allowance for Derk’s wages drew opposition as fireman pay scales would rise, while Yontz proposed a building inspection board and higher fire department salaries, tying the episode to the Bowen Merrill fire fallout.
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Col
Hicklin
Bowen-Mercillote
Sullivan
Calarias
Yontz
Board of Public Improvements
Sweetland
Uty
Murphy
Pearson
Board of City Improvements
Col. Hicklin
Coy
Illinoie St
Seventh-st
Fairview-ave
Board of Aldermen
W. D. Gano
Col. Hickilin
Washington-st
Alabama
Noble-st
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Frost
Mississippi
Tennessee-st
Peru
Bunker Hill
W. W. Robbins
Resolutions From Louisville Fire Dept For Indianapolis Loss
A package from Louisville includes satin and large cards bearing resolutions of condolence from the Louisville fire department for the Indianapolis fire department deaths. Cards will be shared with families and distributed to local fire companies. Donations from Pitt sburg benefit assoc Eureka hose company and Gamewell alarm company noted. Reports say injured men show favorable recovery.
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Louisville
Loelds
Louisville Fire Department
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Fire Department
Pittsburg
Asso
Eureka Fire Hose Company
Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company
Fatal Affray Starts in Church Case in Kentucky
In Maysville Kentucky on March 25 a church dispute ended with Mrs. John Riddle pushing Thomas Horan and later Riddle fatally stabbing him in the abdomen after a confrontation. Both men are prominent farmers in the area.
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Church
Maysville
John Riddle
Minerva
Thomas Horan
Riddle
Horan
Cyclone Strikes New Park Area Wrecks Homes Churches
Reports say a cyclone struck New Park near Goshen Indiana at noon Tuesday. Many houses and churches were completely wrecked and debris blown long distances. At dispatch time winds remain high and full damage details are unavailable. No fatalities reported but many seriously injured.
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Goshen
Ind
Spl
New Park
Romantic Goode Coborne marriage shocks St Louis society
In St Louis on March 21 Col. R. W. Goode, an attorney of 40, wed Miss Susie Coborne, 20, after secret liaison and elopement via Excelsior Springs. They married again at the College church following a Baptist ceremony, prompting comment over coborne family ties and a prior betrothal to a wealthy suitor. Four lives lost tonight in the Big Sandy region flood reports.
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St. Louis
Col. R. W. Goode
Susie Coborne
Col. Goode
Wxcelsior Springs
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Portsmouth
Catlettsburg
Abbott’s Mille
Big Sandy
Charteston
W. Va
Man Flung by Train Wire Breaks All Bones In Air
Montreal March 25 A passing train snagged a suspended telephone wire sending a workman about 25 feet into the air where he landed on his head and suffered every bone broken. Other items note births in Ravenna Ohio four children from Mrs John Lowrie and a workhouse industry crisis in Pittsburgh and a postponement of the world's fair to 1893 in Washington.
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Montreal
Cincinnati
the Enquirer
Ravenna
John Lowrie
Charleston
Portage County
Lowrie
Shoe House Sale Announcement Pending Details
The Chicago Shoe House and others plan a sale of fine shoes soon with stock and pricing to be announced. Buffalo and Rochester locations will offer similar shoes at about 60 cents on the dollar, per G U W Mack.
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Chicago
Buffalo
Rochester
G.U. W. Mack
Sun Voltz Fund grows to aid fireman's family
The Sun reports the Voltz fund for Toney Voltz's wife and seven children, left bereaved by a fatal fire. Donations from various individuals and companies push the total toward 86 dollars and rising, supporting the bereaved family dependent on the father's modest wages.
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Sun
Voltz
Toney Voltz
Ool Sun
Brightwood
Itt
Little ‘Boy
FAS
Bradly, Horston & Co Gn
van Buskirk
Geo. J. Macy
Leman
B.S. Holton
Jesse L. Carpenter
Jesse R. Hoasiand
John Hartman
W. McCullach
Ben Lefeber
Jas. Coley
M. Holton
Sam Seraiesh
M. sRneyoust Pieebdoatel
City Life Notes From Local Market And Courts
City life items report Mrs. Louisa McCurdy 69 dying in Naw Augusta while streetcar firms prep Crown hill line. various local legal matters include Lillie Haddrick vs Lackey dismissed, Minnie Milford custody petition denied, Barrett damages suit, and court actions on theft, swindling, and street railway disputes. Also listed are incorporations, labor talks, and European excursion plans with Indiana connections and regional ventures.
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Louisa McCurdy
Augusta
Tts
Crown Hill
B. G. Ras
College of Agriculture
Saidepet
Madras
Indiana
Lillie W. Haddrick
Charles A. Lackey
Wanamaker
Park Theater
Whiteland Building and Loan
Capitol Stock
Muncie Coil Hoops Company
Capitol
Phoenix Loan Ageo
Jasper
Dubois County
Capital
Taylor
Minnie Milford
Board of Children’s Guardians
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Gen. Carnahan
Jennie Carrell
Price Carroll
Banner Brady
Judge Lamb
Kentucky
Block
Robert McGill
Waldo and Sullivan
David
Richard Neptune
H. Dean
Mary H. Ruddell
Meridian
Fifth-ats
Robert Iron Skiles
Byron Dawson
Cincinnati
Splan
Robert
Minnesota
Stillwater
Henry Barrett
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Barrett
Haughville
Central Labor Union
McCulloch
Stockberger
Whitney
New York
Antwerp
England
Germany
Italy
Norway
Switzerland
India
Pandita Ramabai
Ramabia Circle
Indianapolis
Wallpaper and window shade stock at Carl Moller shop
Carl Moller at 161 East Washington Street offers a complete line of wallpaper and window shades. The ad highlights a full stock of items for home beautification and interior upgrades.
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Whit Carl Moller
Washington St
Not In The Market Hie M Refused A Brush Off Offer
Dispatches from Columbus indicate the Columbus baseball club is not for sale despite rumors. Owners Ralph Lazarus and C Boro say they declined offers, refuse transfer to another city, and aim to boost local support as 1000+ strangers attended Sunday games last year with growth expected.
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Columbus
Brash
The
Enquirer
Columbus Baseball Club
Bash
Indianapolis
Columbus Club
Ralph Lazarus
C. Boro
Bismarck Latent Move Reported in Zurich Villa
Berlin reacts with renewed excitement to word that Bismarck has bought a villa at Zurich and will reside there. Emperor Francis Joseph and King Humbert sent messages praising his services and lamenting his resignation.
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Berlin
Bismarckh
Bismarck
Zurich
Italy
Francis Joseph
Humbert
Breeders Meet Chooses Indianapolis for Next Session
The Indiana trotting and pacing horse breeders association met at the Grand hotel Monday afternoon. They passed a resolution asking Daily and Darnell to audit the books since the current secretary and treasurer cannot understand them. They declined Terre Haute for the next meeting, opting to meet in Indianapolis. The association’s indebtedness was wiped out and eight new members joined at a reduced $5 admission.
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Indiana
Baseball Rumors and League Conflicts Stir City Letters
A chaotic recap of baseball chatter lists Elton Chamberlain and others tied to teams like Cleveland Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The piece notes management moves, league disputes, editorials, and calls for better ball as readers debate the brotherhood versus the national league amid press commentary.
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Rand
Hermuth
Atlanta
Adelaide Moore
London
Lady of Lyons
Lions
Pete Browning
the Council
Wentz
Bween
Magan Iidea
Gonsalp
John Towers
Arthur Sullivan
Towers
Dickens
Borrioboola-Gha
Henry Sweetland
John Walters
Ramabai
Ramabal
Carnahan
K. of P
Mission Ridge
Donaldsonville
Chickamauga
Orchard Knob
Leo
Bio
Marceau & Power
RAW & Man
Thomas Black
Hoe
Walla
Changs
Everior Post
Copenhagen
Asheville
N. C
Tex
Towa
New Paris
Nan
Mathew
S. Pennsylvaniast
Adoniram Grand Lodge of Perfection
Noblesville
Here
House
TRE Voltz Fund
City Life
Soq
Hie M
Buckeyes
Elton Chamberlain
Sé Louis
van der Ahein
Larkin
Clevelands
Philadelphia
Delehanty
Associatipe
Pete Conway
Brotherhood
New York Star
Curio
Duplap
Players’ League
Beckley
Guy Hecker
George
Miller
Meakim
Hines
Ivory
Maybo
Ioks
Cleveland
Cleveland Press
Telegraph
Brush
Tis
Frank Brunell
John Ward
Timmy Keefe
Spalding
F. Bronel
League
Wil
Frand
Jeet Raman
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