New Ward Lines Redistricting Ordinance Planned
City council eyes a six year redistricting plan giving Democrats eight wards and Republicans seven. Rossman defends fair boundaries, noting population shifts and rising central business wards while petitions seek disannexation along Meridian. Diagram outlines ward boundaries and future numbering. Sun diagram to indicate wards. Pittsburgh laborers face immigrant influx and strikes as plumbers protest wage rules. builders aim to weaken labor unions.
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Collision Sinks Brig Eith in Patapsco River
A collision in the Patapsco near quarantine early Friday sank the brig Eith carrying 3,975 bags of sugar from Cienfuegos to Baltimore. One crewman injured, no deaths. The brig valued at $25,000. Also reports Liege strike grows fiercer with police uncovering dynamite bombs, and a 112 year old resident Susie Layer noted.
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Finish Wire Looms Over City Ballot Debacle
The Homestretch reports voters must mail ballots by Monday at one o clock to count. Mayoral race notes include Sullivan passing four thousand votes with Wallace second, Trusler third, Catterson fourth. Other items cover Marshall Missouri execution, a Columbus banker found dead, Arbor Day in New York, and a court ruling in Conipraus.
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Ariel cycle firm of Elkhart incorporated for 3000
The Ariel cycle company of Elkhart was incorporated Friday with a capital of $3,000. Arthur Wilson was found guilty of violating pension law in federal court Friday, sentence deferred. Witnesses subpoenaed for Mont Mabbitt trial set for June 4 in Lebanon, Ind, with venue change granted. Joseph Young, baker in a blind asylum, appeared in police court Friday for assault on Birdie Carter. May date pending. J W Budd of this city had a hearing on selling oleomargarine without permit and was discharged. A meeting agenda shows plans for next year with a banquet at the Grand Hotel Friday night.
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Vg Raons Sored Uchee
Head End Collision Hurts Indianapolis Men In Indiana
Four miles west of Dennison Ohio on the Panhandle line a westbound limited mail crashed into an eastbound passenger train. Baggage master Longnecker was killed and several Indianapolis men including Marvin Rogers Otto Miller and Samuel Crouch were injured. Miller and Rogers were treated at home after the wreck. The cause is blamed on a misread order.
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Samuel Crouch
Knightstown
Dastardly Tricks Heighten Mayhem Across Town
Reports sketch a grim sequence from Fisher Arkansas where a daredevil rider died when his horse toppled onto a rail and a train left a bloody scene along the right of way. Other notes describe a Springfield woman baptized in water-filled coffin, two Washington bicyclists beginning a world tour, and a clandestine Albany marriage ending with the bride hiding from her mother. A Shelton Massachusetts church faction debates a look book for a charity society amid local social turmoil.
Itata Affair Escapes Pursuit As Crew Seizes Armaments
In a sweeping maritime incident, the Chilean steamer Itata, under pursuit by U S authorities, discharged its deputy marshal and sailed westward after arming four steel cannons and io crew with rifles. Reports note Charleston and Pensacola as nearby vessels ready to intercept, while discussions in Washington consider legal actions and future naval chase strategies.
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Scoundrelism in a Deputy and a Divorce Case
A divorce suit involving Andrew Cossel and his wife Mary ends without the desired result as Cossel and deputy Sam Corbaley conspire to trap Mary with help from Geo Clements. Clements fakes an assignation, but no evidence is found and Mary is cleared of immorality. The court denies the divorce. The piece also notes a Board of Public Works meeting endorsing Pennsylvan ia street improvements and other city clerical actions.
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Construction Plans Amid Fire Risk at Mooresville Factory
A large property blaze caused by a fire outbreak at a Hadley construction site in Mooresville did not claim any lives. Meanwhile in Brightsville a stock company plans to raise 009 capital to fund a large flooring project.
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Berlin War Office probes Col Prager death motive
The German war office opened an inquiry into Colonel Prager’s death and higher authorities including the emperor are not convinced the act was robbery. Prager was known for strict regulations against spies and may have fallen to angered Frenchmen after prison sentences by a German officer.
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Features of Spghreing Lif in Cleveland and Nearby Games
Summary of sports notes: Cleveland back to first place in a race, Richardson resting in Gloucester, Schaefer defeating Carter 100 to 4s in Chicago billiards, Queen Victoria funding for Canadian yachts, and various race results and baseball scores. The Journal team played Grand Hotel Club in Greenfield Priday, and Siddens-White Light event setup in Port Wayne. Lexington winners with Milward and Princess Lamie in multiple races. Nashville and Pickwick races listed with times and horses. League standings show Cleveland 6, Chicago 3. multiple city and association scores and batters noted. Continuous updates across cities include St. Louis, Washington, Baltimore, Louisville, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Boston, and New York results with batter stays and scores.
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Carriage builders organized and a bridge contract let
News notes include the formation of Gupy Lif carriage builders with T Hel fer as president. Eloral street bridge superstructure contract awarded to Enos Hoge for 2512.74. Thursday events feature a Masonic program by Typographical Union No. k and social mentions of local people and developments.
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Death by Own Action at Sixteen Minnie Whittaker Tragedy
The article reports the death of Minnie Whittaker at 22915 S Washington St on Friday morning after taking morphine. Aged 14, she was described as handsome and sorrowful, with a troubled family background including a father jailed for perjury and a mother dead. Neighbors note despondency linked to her father’s confinement and recent hospital discharge. Police and doctors cite possible lifelong misery and poverty as contributing factors.
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Maé to Quit Philadelphia Bank Closure News
The Spring Garden national bank closed its doors Friday. It had a paid up capital of Br, plus £127,000 undivided profit.
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Fresh Foreign Pacts And Global Unrest
Reported unrest includes Jelorum with 100000 striking workers and police arrests in Rome of May Day rioters. Costa Rica saw a swift revolution toppled in an hour with casualties, while a bloody clash between insurgents and government troops occurred. In South Africa, 20000 Boers organize a new colony near Cape Town to resist British forces. A commerce treaty with Spain lacks duration terms and can be broken by either side, amid other garbled lines referencing dairy products from an ad-like fragment.
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