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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1894
Page
1
Witnesses describe complex transfers and forged lookalike firms as Clark Tufts and F A Coffin face questions. Lawyers spar over who owned the business, who signed drafts totaling about 27000, and how the New York branch billed outsiders.
The Non Partisan Silly Service Board faced Republican pressure leading to Dick Herrick’s resignation as clerk amid city office talk. Mayor Denny arranged a new clerk, Perry Barnard, a Republican on the health board. A mass meeting of workingmen is set at Mozart hall with P J McGuire to speak. Proceeds from a school drama will fund a civil government library.
Reports from multiple mining regions detail a severe miners strike with fatalities and numerous injuries. Clashes, beatings, and gunfire are reported as railroads halt coal shipments to pressure workers. Deputies, militia, and troops mobilize to restore order amid warnings of further bloodshed.
Coxey and allies face verdicts for carrying banners on capitol grounds and walking on the grass. Browne and Coxey convicted, Jones guilty on the grass charge. Bail set. potential fines and workhouse terms cited. Coxey later meets Representative Vences to press for labor committee action and a joint inquiry into industrial reform.
A Philadelphia special reports a New Hope Pennsylvania town crowded with twins and multiples from Mrs Charles Johnson to Mrs Michael Gorman as births surge leaving locals astonished. In London a nihilist plot leads to arrests while Shelbyville suspects sell cattle to a butcher and St Joseph reports a wholesale clothing firm failure with claims near half a million.
The forecast for Indiana covers the 36 hours to 6 pm May 10 with warmer conditions and fair weather followed by local showers Wednesday night and Thursday. The crew saved after the Ruth Palmer collision with an iceberg reports 14 men survived. The British steamer Indianapolis broke her shaft 100 miles from Boston and is adrift.
If you suffer constipation and dyspepsia seek relief at once with Simmons Liver Regulator. It does not require continual dosing and costs a trifle. It will cure you. Pittsburg flour at Vau Pelts.
Health commissioner disputes over dispensary carpet purchase. Mayor Denny and Controller Trusler clash over hospital bills. Conference between Rayor Denny and Trusler outlines tensions in health department finances. Other items include a sodding bill, clerical work charges, and calls for new leadership.
Judge Arms of New York iron hatters met Judge Winters Wednesday afternoon to present a decree agreeing that funds held by the Linghamton NY receiver be turned over to the Indians receiver if certain conditions are met. The constitutional convention in Albany met to grant members voting rights on all matters per individual judgment. In Troy, Judge Parmenter chaired a shooting case where Matilda Schilling was seriously wounded by her brother-in-law John Schilling. A naphtha barrel explosion at Clyde line dock buildings caused a $100,000 loss. Jay Gould Jr. was reported improving after a runaway injury in Lakewood. Floods continued in Quebec with two more houses carried away and work to save a CP bridge at St Anne. In London, the Parnellites plan to vote against a second reading of the Budget bill.
The Supreme Court sustains Judge Brown’s ruling, confirming the garbage collection contract as constitutional after a dispute initiated by Greenberry Walker in police court. The contract grants the contractor sole authority to collect refuse at set rates, a provision once struck down before the higher court’s decision.
In a Judge Vintcourt scene a man vows to kill his wife by poison then fails to end his life. Charles Braxelton, driven by divorce threats, attempts drowning and poisoning before being stopped by police. Witnesses recount his drunken menace and a bystander’s attempt to deflect the plan with a chloroform bottle draw.
The article reports saloonkeepers whose licenses were revoked seeking damages and a lawsuit may be filed against Mayor Denny personally. An attorney confirms the city lacks authority to revoke licenses, asserting only the county commissioners hold such power. The saloons intend to press the issue in court.
Algiers reports a hotel blown up by anarchists on Wednesday injuring three people and killing one. The account blends social notices and advertisements about fresh summer goods, clothing, seeds, and instruments, with unrelated media blurbs and local business promotions.
In a W Pearl Street hovel a newborn was found dead. Mary Castor, wife of Castor, initially denied the baby was hers but later confessed, claiming natural death. Coroner and lawmen pursue further action as Holt and neighbors testify to the events surrounding the infant’s birth and demise. The narrative unfolds in a three chapter local crime tale with ongoing investigations and arrests.
Capitol excitement rises after British revenue cutter Petrel seized the U S fighting party and vessels near Palea island in Lake Erie Tuesday. In the house Springer introduces a resolution to suspend the ten percent tax on clearing houses amid a late business low mood.
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