Broad Ripple Franchise Fight Stirring Indianapolis Politics
Simeon Coy claims J C Shaffer and John P Frenzel push eastern capital to crush the Citizens street railway, with Shaffer aiming to control the Broad Ripple deal. He predicts a Republican return and notes Boyle-like politicking, boodle fears, and defense of the Dudley franchise after Citizens rights expire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simeon Coy
Sey
J.C. Shaffer
John P. Frennel
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Shaffer
Broad Ripple Road
New York City
Downing John P. Frenzel
Citizens’ Company
Chicago
J.C Shaffer
Broad Ripple
Indianapolis
Wang
Markey
Burns
Coy
Hicklin
Gentia
United States
Ciy
Yontz
Olsen
Murphy
Sullivan
Council Committee
Sam Morsa
The
Sentinel
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Dudley
Citizens’ Corporation
Citizens’ Charter
Sudden Death of David Swain Linked to Alcoholism
An elderly man identified as David G. Swain collapsed in a Merchants' bank doorway after heavy drinking. He died early Friday, with a coroner to review, and investigators found a letter from Mary Swain in Chicago. Swain, from Westfield, Indiana, had quarreled with his wife and threatened suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Swain
Pierson
Meridian
Washingtonsto
Merchants’ Bank
David G. Swain
Sun
Felow
Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteers, Co. K
al. Taffe
Westfield
Illinois St
Mary Swain
Hinds-st
Swain
Ind
Herman
S. Llinoisst
West
Field
Adjusted Estate Reform School Promptly Readjusted
An OCR fragment notes prompt adjustment of an estate reform school term or policy. The readable bits indicate a quick correction or readjustment to the program or institution referenced as an estate reform school.
Hanged at Daylight in Louisville
Louisville March 23 At 6 33 Friday morning Henry Smith a burly negro was executed for the murder of Louis Specht white The jail yards and walls were crowded with sien and boys and there was a howling mob at the jail The murderers neck was broken and he died easily He was pronounced dead at 6 38 After formalities the body was taken down an inquest held and the body taken eight miles away for burial Louisville March 25 The crime occurred January 18 1891 when he killed Louis Specht his employer at the latter's saloon and grocery at Eight Mile House on the Bronsboro road during a quarrel In March last he was sentenced to hang June 26 1891 An appeal was taken the sentence stood and Gov Brown fixed Friday as the date for the hanging Several attempts were made to get the governor to interfere but he refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisvil K
Henry Smith
Louis Specht
Louisviis
Smith
Eight-Mile House
Bronsboro Road
Gov. Brown
Tragic Gasoline Fire Kills Toddler in Apnian
Mrs Henry Lords cleaning with gasoline at home in Apnian Michigan Friday morning watched as her two children aged two and three were burned when their clothing caught fire. The boy died from burns while the mother and girl were expected to die. the house burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apnian, Mich
Henry Lords
Turnkey Lords
Drayton’s Life Before and After the Duel Incident
J Coleman Drayton, born in Philadelphia, famed for avoiding a duel on the Majestic, married Augusta Astor and was a prominent Philadelphia society man. He engaged a Philadelphia girl, then ended the match claiming she lent her engagement ring to another man who is now married. Drayton’s intended also married and has reportedly made several social conquests since becoming a matron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drayton
New York
J. Coleman Drayton
Majestic
Philadelphia
Augusta Astor
Four Hundred
Behring Sea Dispute Draws Sharp British Critique
Multiple London papers attack President Harrison over Behring Sea policy as U S ships head toward Alaskan waters. The Times warns of conflict while the Pall Mall Gazette accuses Harrison of electioneering. In Washington the Senate debates ratification with a majority push for swift action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasiisaron
Harrison
England
Senate
Sie
Alaskan
Loxpox
Claine
Lord Salisbury
America
Times
Washineton
Foreign “Affairs Committee
Behring Sea
Joke on Stechshan Brings Flower Bed Plan to Town
Ex-Councilman Otto Stechan faces ridicule over a proposed continuous flower bed along Christian avenue from Central to College. The city engineer drafts a profile per board orders, but most property owners oppose funding the project privately. A prank shovel scene at Scott's grocery adds to tensions as Stechan allegedly threatens to alter his door inscription if neighbors oppose his effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Stechan
Board of Public Works
Christianave
Otto
Scott's Grocery Store
Broadway
Stecihan
Central-are
Christian
Rent and Labor Tensions Highlight City Meeting and Strikes
The People's Party central committee plans a Cyclorama hall gathering Friday night while Friday morning Jacob Jason survived a freight accident near East Street. Advisory unions met Thursday and call for a Sunday assembly of union presidents. Fourteen visitors arrived from Philadelphia, six refused to work, and machinists in Logansport Fort Wayne and Columbus are barred from Indianapolis shop duties amid rising tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Party
Cyclorama Hall
Jacob Jason
Belt Crossing
East St
German Lutheran Cemetery
Powers & Blackwell
All Labor Union
Philadelphia
Logansport
Fort Wayne
Columbus
Indianapolis
Ateps
Ferce
REALS
War Clouds and German Threats Roil Europe
Dispatches from Poland report Russian troop concentrations near Warsaw heightening war fears. German observers monitor Russian fortifications while balloon reconnaissance fuels concern. The article notes past snubs between the czar and the emperor and cites Germany's declared vow to crush Russia amid domestic unrest and weaker army performance compared to Franco-Prussia era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexpos
Poland
Warsaw
Germany
Ilig
Russia
Fusion or Not Prohibs and People's Party Debate Indiana Session
State central committee session at English's hotel weighs fusion with the People's Party. Hard talk on principle, liquor policy, and state cooperation. figures Homer J. Hall and S. Shanklin appear, with Hill and Matthews factions looming in Indiana Democratic dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English’s
State Central Committee
Prohibition Party
Indiana
Peoples’ Party
People’s Party
Prohibitionists
Homer J. Hall
Franklin
J. North
Milford
Ind
People's Party
Priday
Gould Sentenced to Six Years for Bank Robbery
Anthony Gould found guilty of aiding in the abstraction of $19,000 from the Albany City National Bank in Albany New York and was sentenced to six years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Union, N.Y
Anthony Gould
Albany City National Bank
Rabid Dog Attacks City Residents Wounding Two
A rabid dog roams the northeast part of the city on Thursday night. Annis White, a bookbinder, is bitten on the left wrist, and Herman Schwear suffers a severe right hand laceration. Passersby escape injury as the animal also attacks a colored woman and a boy, prompting medical aid and potential Pasteur treatment for Schwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Ave
Bellefontainest
Annis White
Ratti
SS. Clinois St
Slassachusetts Ave
Fobn St
John-et
Michigan-st
Orchard Ave
Terman Schwear
Veneer Works
Carter
Schwear
Schnear
New York
Pasteur
All Is Lovely And the Goose Hangs High in Base Ball Circles
A morning paper details harmony among stockholders over the YMCA park lease as baseball moves forward. Manager Harrington keeps busy behind the diamond while grounds work begins Friday to ready the facility for opening day. A telegram from President Williams asks about signing Arthur Sunday with terms to be learned. Columbus will visit for exhibition games in April.
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Y.M.C.A. Park
Golt
Harrington
Billy Huston
Seventh-st
Billy
Williams
Arthur
Columbus
Six Crippled Locomotives Threaten Pennsylvania Strike
The Pan-handle strike, dormant until now, looks likely to flare up as the National Board of Machinists presses the issue. With both sides flush with money, the dispute could drag for a year. Machinists in other shops may be called out, crippling Pennsylvania railways with no repair facilities. Strikers report borrowing six locomotives from other divisions as the local shops cannot fix them. No new men arrived Friday and none expected before early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Machinists
Pennsylvania
Independent Mammoth Sugar Refinery Planned in Philadelphia
The American Sugar Refining Company begins acquiring local refineries and plans an independent refinery. A syndicate of sugar brokers and financiers is forming to build a mammoth plant, with negotiations for about 20 acres along the Delaware River in the southern city section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phladelpara
American Sugar Refining Company
Tis
Delaware River
Bland Confident on Silver Bill Despite Surprise Defeat
Washington March 25 Congress man Bland remains confident the silver bill will pass though surprised by Thursday’s setback. Anti silver forces claim the bill will be defeated if no changes are made in the next vote with 137 to 153 projected. A roll call confusion delayed action as officials consider timing and rules. The Indiana Medical Journal changes hands with new directors elected. A local crime note reports a street assailant grabbing Mrs Norman and Mrs McCreary near Need st and Fetcher, escaping after a scuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scitar Shanklin
Cleveland
Shanklin
Neck of the Woods
Indiana
Hill
Davenport
New York
Vepublicans
Claude Matthews
Cleveland- Shanklin
Hill-Matthews
Harrison and Gresham
WashinetTon
Bland
Committee On Rules
Democratic Party
Need St
Fetcher
Isaac Norman
Charles McCreary
Bids Opened for Virginia Ave and Pennsylvania St Paving
The Board of Public Works opened bids Friday for paving Virginia Avenue from Washington Street to the viaduct, Pennsylvania Street from Sixteenth to Seventeenth, Massachusetts Avenue from Delaware to East and from West to College. New bidders included Parkhurst Patent Curb and Otter Company of Detroit and McArthur & Co. of Chicago. Bids varied by curb type and material. contracts to be awarded next week after engineer review. Timothy Sheehan won grading and bowldering for the first alley west of Pennsylvania Street from Fifth to the first alley north at 47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Virginia-ave
Washington-st
Pennsylvania-st
Massachusetts Ave
Delaware
Parkhurst Patent Curb and Otter Company
Detroit
Mich
McArthur & Co
Chicago
Virginia
Warren-Scharif Company
Western Paving Company
Witchlake
Trinidad
Berea
Parkhurst
Fulm & Seibert
McArthur Bros
Eastst
Warren-Scharff
Pitch Lake
Fulmer, Seibert & Co
College
Warren-Scharff Company
Western’ Paving Company
Timothy Sheehan
Pennsylvania
Cannibalism Suspected Aboard Winnie Laurie After Stranded Voyage
The American schooner Winnie Laurie arrived after 105 days at sea with provisions gone and three crewmen missing. Captain McRitchie suffered a broken leg as gales battered the ship off Barnegat Point. The crew, deprived of food for days, allegedly killed and ate the captain's terrier and threatened the officer before rescue by the Johannes Brun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Winnie Laury
St. Marc
Hayti
McRitchie
Johannes Brun
Adams
Winnie Laurie
Barnegate Point
Laurie
Trial Review of McDonald Will Contention Near End
The examination of Mrs. Joseph McDonald in the contested will case of the late ex-senator ran with unanswered questions. Witness details a prior will destroyed after Mr McDonald announced a new one and gave her a copy. Reporters’ presence is said to have curtailed further questioning in a Bloomington proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph
McDonald
Prospectus of the Indiana Car Works
The prospectus cites a court appraised plant value of 168,861,83 dollars and a daily capacity of 15 to 25 cars. Under one management 4,500 cars were produced in a year and a wheel foundry could supply wheels for 5,000 cars annually. There is strong demand with about 1,100,000 cars in use and freight cars averaging 15 years life, implying yearly output needs of 80,000. The works could gross 1,800,000 annually with 3 to 4 percent net profit. Owners seek 30,000 more capital and citizens to buy 25,000 stock to start again with 75,000 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Car Works
Wheel
Indianapolis
Whipped Her Husband and Deputy in a Scandal Case
Sioux City Iowa March 25 A Plymouth county farmer Frank Greenwalt justice of the peace and school director kept a young district school teacher at his home and drove her to and from school. After a row Mrs Greenwalt caused his arrest and she allegedly whipped deputy William Otto on the way to jail amid an insanity investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Frank Greenwalt
Plymouth County
Greenwalt
William Otto
Otto
Steele's Lump Judge Orders Receiver Paid Five Hundred
Judge Taylor awarded Receiver Steele $500 for services during the strike with additional allowance for attorneys fees. The fragment mentions Cavender and other garbled terms with unclear meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steele
Taylor
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J. Bull
Uncle Sam
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Stechshan
Heramrs
Y William
Gould
Annie White
Herman Schwear
Elder
Her
Ender Baa
Appropriations Committee
Indiana Medical Journal
J. H. Oliver
W. N. Wishard
L. C. Cline
G. J. Cook
G. Y. Woollen
H. O. Pantzer
Franklin Hays
J. O. Stillson
Wim. Flynn
Marion
Sha
Thre McDonald Wile
the Car Works
Cavender
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