Electric light tower death shocks city worker
James Clark a 20 year old switchman for Brush Electric Light and Power Co. was killed at 11:55 pm in the tower house after touching two dynamos and creating a 4000 volt circuit. Superintendent Dillon had left instructions to be called in an emergency. Clark died as colleagues tried to help. The tragedy occurred amid the plant’s 11 dynamos, Corliss engine, and messy switchboard. Clark, a new employee of about three weeks, left a sister Mrs Lehman and a mother in Worthington. Local officials notified. Clark’s body was taken to Flanner Buchanan’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Clark
Brush Electric Light and Power Company
Tower House
Pennsylvania-st. She
Brush Company
Clark
Lehman
Henry Lehman
Worthington
Corliss
Michael Murphy
John Hollingsworth
Eugene Mattler
Murphy
Hollingsworth
Buchanan’s
Dillon
Dr Ryland T Brown Dies Noted Prohibitionist and Scholar
Obituary of Dr Ryland T Brown a pioneer of the christian ministry in Lodiana aged 83. noted scientist and prohibitionist with a long career in natural sciences and agriculture. he died at his home on Central Ave after a life spent in religious conferences and academic work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryland T. Brown
Lodiana
Cariral-aye
Third Christian Church
Rav. Love H. Jameson
Dr. Brown
Mason County
Kentucky
Ohio
Rush County
Connersville
Northwastern
Butler—university
Washington
Cox
Dre. T. Brown
Centralava
Sux
Blonde raffle seller sought in southeast city
Residents seek the blonde young woman who sold raffle tickets for a widow’s benefit that failed to materialize Thursday night. She claimed the drawing would be on Johnston Street at a grocery, but searchers found no store or drawing location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnst
Bose
Evansville Triumphs In Inter-State League Play
Evansville defeated Terre Haute 3 to 3 in a league game amid notes on Cleveland brotherhood park hosting 500 spectators and Chicago winning 5 to 4. Other results include Rochester 5 Brooklyn 4 and Toledo 8 Columbus 8. the state league opened with Kokomo 1 1/2, Muncie 5, Bluffton 12, Peru 7, Anderson 11, Kikhart 1, Marion 4, Fort Wayne 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Terre Haute
Cleveland Brotherhood
Cleveland
Brotherhood Fame
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Daltons
Lafayette Thureday
Louisville
Gen. Paine
Philip Caduc
Pacific Yacht Club
Rochester
Brooklyn
Toledo
Columbus
St. Louis
Geo. Tebean
George
Muncie
Bluffton
Anderson
Fort Wayne
Kokomo
Peru
Kikhart
Marion
POTIS PROMOTER TALKS OF GAS SUIT AND CONTRACT CLAIMS
Plain Talk by Potis outlines a Consumers gas trust lawsuit against J L Clough ward 21 for stock bought over two years ago. He says breach of contract and failure to deliver gas breaches terms that required 60 percent of residents to wait until October 1888. Potts defends the trust yet criticizes its conduct while remaining a friend. The case could go to trial next week. counterclaims seek $200 from John Walker and James Goodlett for stock subscriptions in Haughville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consumers’ Gas Trust
J. L. Clough
Ward 21
Justice Walpole
Tan Wali
Clifford & Browcéer
Alfred
Potts
Tea Sun
Becaussa
John Walker
Janes Goodlett
Haughville
Indianapolis
Maxinkuckes
Wnion
Pat Killian
George Harter
Tom Bennett
Indiana
Pansion Aseo
Criminal Court Room
C. G. Ludwig
A. Connine
McCish
Wade
Edinburg
U.S
Y. M1. CO
Ramabie Circle
Board of Trade
General Association of Contractors
Lafaber
G. $V. Garris
Russell Monroe
London
Kansas City
A. M. Marshall
Ray. E. R. Donchea
Percy B. Sizith
Pittsburz
Indienarols
Blind Asylum
Watt
Emma Kistner
Brygat & Dierdorf
S. Meridiac
Thoreday
A. Kipp
Chicago
Lake
Perkins
Marshal Dunlap
Jones
Forsingers
Dersie Dunham
Walker
Forsinger
Jobo C
Mexy J
O. V. A. Lewis
Samuel Swall
Thomas P. Milla
Milligan’s Park
Irvin
Albert Hester
Mitchell
Reasner
Hester
Maplest
M. L. Andrews
Connereville
Commercial Club
Mies Jannie E. Page
W. D. Page
Fort Wayne
Moras
The
Sentinel
Hag One
R. E. Speer
Students’ Volunteer Movement
Missoue
J. Sulick
Springfeld
Mass
Training School For Physical Workers
Y. MC. A. Alsn
Y. M.G. A. Hall
Mysterious Skiff Afloat On Wabash. Death Suspected
A skiff found drifting on the Wabash at Bussallville contains a sack of flour ham and cooking utensils with a note addressed to Miss Carolina Barham Riverton Ind Sullivan county. The inscription hints at a tragic self inflicted death though no body is recovered, leaving officials to investigate the mysterious contents and possible suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morribie
Vincennes
Ind
Wabash
Bussallville
Samuel Foreman
Thomas Kennedy
Veree
Mies
Carolina Barham
Riverton
Sullivan County
Jordan Defeats Moore In Late Night Ring Bout
George Jordan outboxed Jack Moore in a rough middleweight match arranged for ten dollars a side. The bout began in a saloon assembled crowd, moved to a house north of North Indianapolis, and ended at 3:20 a.m. with Jordan scoring decisive knockdowns including a final right hand that floored Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jordan
Jack Moore
Jack Collins
Michigan Road
Indianapolis
Goth
Jordan
Moore
Thaanorte
B. Foot Bruce
Reign of Terror Hits Choctaw Nation Town
Paris Texas dispatch reports a lawless spree in a Choctaw village of about a thousand. Outlaws seize control, elect officers, levy tributes, and commit murders with nine arrests last month. The last victim was the town marshal. Indian police are overwhelmed as saloons run riot and respectable women are turned out. Government aid to be sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herald Haga Tong
Paris
Texas
U.S
Miss Edgar Praises Chase at Ongoing Art Exposition Talk
Miss Isabel R Edgar director of the art exhibition gave an informal talk at the exposition rooms praising American artists including Chase whose Little Lord Fauntleroy portrait is highly regarded though his landscape at the art association is criticized for flat rendering. Other artists referenced include Ruska Baer Beckwith and Blum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar
Isabel R. Edgar
Masonic Hell
Chase
Lord Fauntleroy
The
Art Association
Abolition of capital punishment debated in state senate
A Legislature debate and press charges surround the effort to end capital punishment. The Tribune and World accuse electric light interests and the Weatherhouse firm of payoffs while urging the senate to kill the measure as a rebuke to vice. Police chase ends with a chicken-filled sack. Jones, a suspect, escapes briefly then is caught. Justice Habich cuts a questionable bill item, noting service in wars while trimming excess charges. A weather summary and city notes close with varied local incidents and accounts from Indianapolis and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thuzaday
Roth
Electric Light
Weatinghouse
Soth
Poor People Lose Cheap Cemetery Burials
A city ordinance closes Greenslawn cemetery for future burials with a $1.05 fine for violations, forcing poor families toward Crown Hill at higher rates. Critics say cheap burials are needed, arguing many workers cannot afford $7 to $12 per grave and would face county burials or unsafe sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenslawi Cemetery
Ienath
Crownhill
Greenlawn
Riveret
Union Cemetery
Jas, Blake
Isaac Cece
Nicholas McCarty
Jas
Dsede
Tire ‘Presbyterian Church
Peck
Prics
Flanner
Flanner & Buchanan
SUN
Crown Hit
Gresnlawn
Verieat
Crown Hill
BASE BALL THURSDAY BRINGS WET GAMES AND DELAYS
Rain halted most Thursday contests as damp fields postponed New York Philadelphia and Boston Brooklyn league games. In Chicago the home team led the Pittsburgs by an inning as the rain ended play. A bridge accident near the canal at Tairdst saw five year old Gracie Jackman fall in. William Gleagon heroically rescued her, keeping her afloat about 100 feet.
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Hain
Ciubs
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgs
Gracie Jackman
Tairdst
William Gleagon
The Fairies Well stage cast shines in Carroll Johnson lead
Carroll Johnson appears as leading minstrel man in Don Murphy s The fairies well with great credit. His song The legend of the fairies well is sweet. Sprightly Kate Foley Mona Carmody and May Fox Mary Eilen Brady receive praise. Zeile Nellie Carmody dances with grace. Charley Frew Dan Carmody and John F Ward Andy Coogan are noted. Irish American club displayed strong support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Johnson
Don Murphy
Kate Foley
Mona Carmody
May Fox
Mary Eilen Brady
Zeile
Nellie Carmody
Charley Frew
Dan Carmody
John F. Ward
Andy Coogan
Wall Paper Prices Cut at Carl Moller Store
One third reduction on gilt wall papers with proportionate discounts on all other lines. Carl Moller advertises these limited offers at 164 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Moller
Washington St
Turbulent Paraguay Revolt Sparks Deaths and Unrest
May 1 Buenoos Ayres reports a Paraguayan revolution with many killed and wounded as telegraph links fail. Identified bodies include Tred Lay of West Indianapolis. Local items note crime trials, labor activity, a wreck, a runaway horse, and a large crowd seeking the memorial design for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenoos Ayres
Paraguay
Europe Breathes As Labor Strikes Unfold Across Nations
May 2 report from Lorpoy notes Europe breathing easier after Thursday's socialist demonstration failed to spark widespread revolt. In the United States, labor unrest broadens with thousands of carpenters, masons, plumbers, and other trades striking or threatening across Chicago Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh St Louis and Toledo. Conflicts center on eight hour days and wage demands amid general union activity and mixed employer responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorpoy
Europe
New York
United States
Chicago
Cuisville
Vnions
Gompers
Ira Boston
Thet
U . Ax Providence
Pittaburz
Pennsylvania
McKeesport
Pittsburg
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Youngstown
Ohio
San Francisco
Knoxville
Tenn
Printing of Indiana election tickets looms large in costs
The article outlines the massive effort and expense required by the new election law to print side by side state tickets. It cites an estimated 1,006,000 tickets on red tinted stock, 12 by 15 inches, weighing about ten tons, with paper costs around 1,574 dollars plus ongoing printing contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Flint
Bold Diamond Robbery Stuns Cincinnati Buyers
A noon Thursday incident at Michiel involved two men studying diamonds when one snatched a tray of stones and fled. The other man blocked the exit, locked the door with a padlock, but the thief escaped. The value and details remain unclear as investigators review the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinchaenxzil
Cincinnati
Michiel
Battle Split Over Butterworth Bill At Board Meeting
The board of trade committee on communications and resolutions met Wednesday to review the Chicago board of trade Butterworth bill banning options and futures. After debate they sent a minority and majority report to the Indianapolis governing committee. Some members condemned while others supported the bill in sharp terms. Also noted is the execution of James Palmer for a 1588 murder in Coxcorp on May 1. Norbert Landgraf, a merchant tailor, moved to 81 North Pennsylvaniaist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
U. S. Supreme Court
Owen
Whitfield
McKinley
Ralph Beaumont
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Southmerica
Palmer
Ofchigan
G. Cleveland
White House
Rariday
Rrison
Cleveland
Mec
Harrison
Windom
Wanamaker
Virask
Womforeign Missionary Society
Paris
McKee
Ies
Woman’s Foreign Missionery
Amlon
Church of the T
Board of Trade Committee On Communications and Resolutions
Chicago Board’ of Trade
Indianapolis Beard
Norbert Landgraf
Pennsylvaniaist
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Mounts
Anderson Beasley
Trinity Springs
Martin County
Gen. McDowell
Joseph Vincent
Charles N. Hannah
Peterburg
Pike County
Ferdinand Schneider
Jasper
Dubois County
Schneider
Wales
Dr, Brown
Margaret Blaine
Mise
Walter Damrosch
Blaine
Mr. Damlin
Church of the Covenant
Hattie Blaine
St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Emmons Blaine
Andrew Carnegia
Scotland
Diplomatic Corps
Clarence Henning
Mercury
Gov. Hovey
al- Beesor Quills
Henning
Alford
Sporting Life
Plain Talk
Potis
Great Gas Concern
Why Me
Johin
Brigdeerey
William Jones
MeKelo
Splan
Justica Habich
Coastsbde
Blake Jonsi
Blake
Justice Johnson
Habich
Tamaday
Cass
Weatier
NWS
City National Bank
Gloucester
N. J
Blooming Grove
Tex
W. B. Lindsey
Helena
Ment
Michie
H. C. Raymond
Sing Sing
Quay
National Rep. Committee
Benny S. Ives
Benny S. Ives & Co
Minnie Peliier
Thorney
S. W. Naylor
Lincoln
Neh
Balfour
Meyer Grant
McCana
Sweden
Filly
E. D. Walker
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Weilden
N. Y
Bowie
Thomas
Ada
A. Ford
Louis Guillbran
Jack Lawrence
Railly
Land League
Dublin
Ireland
Alderman McAbee
Corcoran
Rt. H. Ellis
A. H. Loeb
C. Durand
Bofland Chase
P. E. Evrich
New- York
Kiser
Granger Clothing House
Greenlawh
PaRgk
Wastat
Agon
City Life
K. EK
Kures
Hasier
Angreay
Guiet
Berr
Gspiteliste
Ase
Cuicano
Wangea
Coxcorp
James Palemer
H. Wittexhonee
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