News changes as Holliday exits Indianapolis paper shifts to Republican
John B. Holliday sells his interest in the Indianapolis News to William H. Smith and Charles R. Williams who become part of the restructured paper. W. J. Richards will be publisher and Williams managing editor. The edition is described as Republican in politics with the deal reportedly aided by the national Republican committee.
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J. Richards
Mr. Williams
John Holliday
Indianapolis News
William H. Smith
Manger
Chas. R. Williams
Ass. Press
W. J. Richards
T. Holliday
W. A. Holliday
John H. Holliday
News
Charles R.williams
Sun
National Republican Committee
Tite
Eld
McDonald will examined in Fishback office amid tense scrutiny
In Attorney Fishback's office on a Wednesday afternoon the McDonald will was studied by heirs lawyers including Ford Winter, Cropsey & McDonald, Hammond & Rogers, Elam & Butler, Snow & Butler. Papers looked identical under close inspection though experts were consulted to probe for forgery or posthumous insertion. The circuit court trial is set for June 20 with no action expected before then.
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Attorney Fishback
McDonald
Tn Sun
Mrs. McDonald
Washington St
Fishback
Harris
Mr. Kappes
Ford Winter
Mr. Harris
Mr. Winter
Mr. Fishback
Double death by own action in Highgate pond tragedy
Lond ton May 12 Two women found drowned in Highgate pond north of London each with heavy stones in their pockets. They are unidentified and the motive remains unknown. Also London May 12 Fred Johnson, England's lightweight champion, was slated to fight Dixon in Coney Island, with trainer Ben Rowland aboard the Majestic from Liverpool to New York.
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Londton
Highgate Pond
London
Loxnox
Fred* Johnson
England
Dixon
Coney Islanct
Majestic
Prerool
New York
Ben Rowland
Patent lawyer C P Jacobs gravely ill in city scene
In a fragmented notice, C P Jacobs the patent lawyer and “oblast astronomer” is described as dangerously sick. It mentions M Peliddier grinding lenses for teleope rands and Murphy a temperance user on the Pacific coast with plans to visit later this month.
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C. P. Jacobs
M.peliddier
Rands
Murphy
Pacific Coast
Dying man ends ambulance dispute after fall from Vandalia Bridge
Martin Ryan, 60, lay injured after a 60 foot fall from the Vandalia bridge onto river rocks. He asked to be taken to St Vincent's hospital before dying at noon, after Powers and Murphys ambulance was delayed by an officious bystander. The case halted the other ambulance arrival but Ryan was transported to hospital.
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Martin. Ryan
Kentucky Ave
Powers & Murphy
City Hospital
Ryan
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Father Alerding
Powers & Murphy’s Ambulance
Dorman St
West Washington street saloon brawl ends in acquittal
Prosecutor Wright voices strong complaint over police and court handling after a Sunday fight at Pete Conway’s saloon on West Washington Street. Frank Jones, injured with a broken rib and head wounds, remains in hospital as Conway and Jeff Anderson are acquitted. Davidson fined $5 for murderous assault. Witness issues and defense leverage cited, with Wright blaming delays for lack of conviction.
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Wright
Pete Conway
W. Washington St
Frank Jones
Jeff Anderson
Jones
Buskirk
Conway
Davidson
Simmons
Plainfield
Fite
Lux
Terrific Explosion Wrecks Freight Cars Near Fourmies
A freight car blast near Fourmies on Wednesday night shattered cars to splinters and hurled several train workers from their cars, injuring them. The dynamite was in regular transit to Fourmies and anarchists were not implicated.
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Paris
Fourmies
Man Indicted for Murder Tied to Saloon Gambling Rooms
Thomas Burton was indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge in the death of Samuel Clayton. Clayton was found dying at the foot of the stairs of O'Brien's saloon on Illinois street, where Burton operated gambling rooms a month earlier.
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Thomas Burton
Samuel Clayton
Clayton
O’brien
Illinois St
Burton
Senator Sherman Declares He Is Not a Presi dent Candidate
In position remarks Senator Sherman says he is not a candidate for president. Iowa Democrats send 26 votes to the Chicago convention instructed for Boies. Missouri's Democratic delegation can vote for Cleveland but is instructed or free to decide.
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Sherman
Iowa
Chicago
Boies
Missouri
Cleveland
Nervous end events at Sae sanitarium report
A fragmented report from Remitae Sae sanitarium in a UAE context describes a nervous incident involving a patient or staff member. Details are unclear but reference to a knife and emergency response are noted, with no confirmed injuries or outcomes.
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Uae
Ohta
Iliosaes
Porter boom in Hoosier gubernatorial race stirs Hoosier politics
Hendricks county factions push Porter for governor as Chase rivals fret over the 1888 campaign history. Rumors swirl about a strategic shift of the Blue Book, Marion county trains two candidates for state offices, and Rhody Shiel’s Minneapolis trip hints at campaign leverage. Governor Chase speaks in Huntington while Col. Jim Rice, Sterling Holt, and others jockey for positions, with tax assessors auditing Charles A Bookwalter amid rising property values and expected pushback.
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Hendricks County
Smiler
Rome
Burke
Chase
State House
Marion County
John W. Bowlus
Supreme Court
W. H. Ripley
Haywood
Lafayette
Indiana
Jim Rice
Sterling R. Holt
French Lick Springs
Sterling
County
Congress Weighs Pinkerton Probe and Cuba Purchase Talks
In Washington on May 12 the house judiciary committee favors an investigation of the Pinkerton detective agency to determine legality of their employment. Debates accuse the agency of operating as a hired army aiding monopolists. Senate moves include a Cuba purchase inquiry and open negotiations for Cuba with Spain. a holiday proposal and census review are also noted.
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Washieton
D. C
House
Oates
Judiciary Committee
Watson
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Pinkerton
Bynum
Congress
Scott
Simpson
Senate
Dawes
Cail
Cuba
Antilles
United States
Spain
Peffer
Behring Sea Arbitration Pact Published in Exposé
The Behring sea dispute treaty text between Great Britain and the United States is published. Plenipotentiaries Pauncefote and Blaine will meet in Paris 30 days after counter-claims, with a ban on seal killings during arbitration and compensation to the winning side for abstaining.
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Great Britain
United States
Behring Sea
Pauncefote
Blaine
Paris
Weather Forecast for Indianasia May 18 1892
Weather forecast notes 38 hours ending 8 p m May 18 1892. Warmer with cloudiness, clearing gradually, occasional warmer and local rains expected.
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Indianasia
Warther
Day to be Remembered by All Union Printers
On May 12 a gala day marked the dedication of the Childs-Drexel home for disabled types in Colorado Springs. The model institution, owned by the International Typographical Union and held in trust by eleven active members, featured exercises and a reception. Gov Routt and Mayor Sprague spoke as the National Press Association traveled west. the site overlooks Pike’s Peak and the Garden of the Gods, with ground donated by Colorado Springs.
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United States
Childs-Drexel
Colorado Springs
Col
Gov. Routt
Colorado
Sprague
National Press Association
Pacific Coast
Pike’s Peak
Garden of the Gods
Nugent Sentenced for Common Assault on Miss Price
On May 12 in Lonnon Patrick Greville Nugent pleaded guilty to assaulting Miss Marion Price on a railway carriage between here and Brighton. He was sentenced on Thursday to six months hard labor for the assault. Counsel Sir Charles Russell apologized for Nugent and attributed intoxication to the offender while noting no attempt to compromise the case.
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Miss Price
Lonnon
Patrick Greville Nugent
Marion Price
Here
Brighton
Charles Russell
Nugent
Charles
Fire Sweeps Old Country Killing Dozens in Two Towns
In Crefeld a woman and three children suffocated to death in a Wednesday fire. In Wiedskeizerk an incendiary blaze Thursday destroyed 350 houses, killing four adults and three children.
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Old Country
Brrim
Crefeld
Str. Perenssure
Wiedskeizerk
Police Courts Hear Burglary and Theft Cases
In police court Thursday Hernan Lowenstein faced charges for firing at Abram Gerber's bakery, with cases of Wm Brooks and Herman Gregory for stealing cigars from Thos Hall also continued. Harvey Allison and Remus Cowes bound over for jewelry theft from Stella Coffin at 226 W Pearl St. Cowes claimed confederate money was used, exchanged by an old woman on W Maryland St. John Dooly, accused of drawing a deadly weapon, requested a change of venue and was acquitted after City Prosecutor Bell intervened.
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Hernan Lowenstein
Abram Gerber
Wm. Brooks
Herman Gregory
Thos. Hall
Harvey Allison
Remus Cowes
Stella Coffin
W. Pearlst
Cowes
Buskirk
Onde
Bell
Dooly
Family seeks warrant for Capt Campbell over Campbell murder
A younger Quinlan brother, after James Wise was acquitted for a Greenfield murder, asked Prosecutor Wright for a warrant charging Capt Bob Campbell with his brother Ed Quinlan’s murder. Wright arranged to consult Henry Spaan. Quinlan planned to bring him to a 3 pm meeting. The Quinlans previously sued Campbell for 10000 damages, settled before Wise’s trial, with recent tensions aiding the push.
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Ed. Quinlan
James Wise
Greenfield
Wright
Bob Campbell
Henry Spaan
Wise
Quinlan
Mr. Wright
Gas versus the Church case reaches trial over gas supply
Fletcher Place M E church sues Consumers' Gas Trust after gas shut off last fall claiming inadequate supply. Judge Walker ordered reconnection while merits are resolved. Dispute centers on church as public hall and applicable rates. Lamb & Co. represent the company. Eben Parker for the church.
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Fletcher-place M. E. Church
Consumers’ Gas Trust Company
Walker
Trust Company
Church
Lamb & Church
Eben Parker
A Brute At Large Lurks After Alley Assault
Henry Rosebrook, abstractor, told reporters at the court house that he heard a scream Wednesday night near Woodlawn avenue and Prospect street. He found a young woman, wife of a South Side feed store merchant, semi conscious at an alley entrance as a man vanished into the darkness. Rosebrook noted it was the fourth such incident in the area in a month and residents, jittery, scoured the vicinity all night without success.
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Henry Rosebrook
Court House
Woodlawn-ave
Prospect-st
Krosebrook
Tax Suit Ends as Supreme Court Decision Dismisses Case
Hugh Dougherty a Bluffton Indiana banker was fined $500 by the state tax board for failing to appear. He appealed to the county criminal court where the case hung, but the recent supreme court ruling undermined the prosecution and Thursday Prosecutor Holtzman dismissed the case, closing a lengthy chapter in the tax suits.
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Hugh Dougherty
Bluffton
Ind
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Criminal Court
Supreme Court
Holtzman
Shaffer discusses street railway meeting and director election
Mr Shaffer told Tom Sen that the upcoming Monday directors meeting would mainly cover director selection and may or may not address the presidency. He declined to forecast outside matters and said he might travel to New York for important business, possibly returning to Indianapolis before the meeting.
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Shaffer
Tom Sen
Ex-Auditor Lavelle Sentenced and Departed for Prison
James C. Lavelle, former state auditor, was escorted to a southern prison at 2 AM Thursday after being sentenced to eight years. At the depot a large crowd witnessed Lavelle kiss his wife and young daughter goodbye in a poignant farewell scene.
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Whlsampton
Ind
James C. Lavelle
Lavelle
Setiwe
Indiana Pharmacy Meets as Doctors Debate Pulque Story
The eleventh annual Indiana state pharmaceutical association opened in the State agricultural society rooms with President Wm. C. Buntin chairing and a large candidate roll from many towns. Gov. Chase delivered an entertaining speech with a Mexican pulque anecdote and a call for unity among pharmacists as the State Medical Society session adjourned after badges and tense exhibits. The Eclectic Medical Association also met in Lorraine hall, planning a new $12,000 building for the eclectic college and electing officers after papers on urethral irrigation cataract and existential eclectics.
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State Agricultural Society
Capitol
Wm. C. Buntin
Terre Haute
Buntin
Figg
Spencer
R. R. Reeve
Edwardsport
Wiley McGinnis
Sanford
H. Stalhouth
Columbus
J. M. Watts
Broad Ripple
W. G. Coggeswell
Bedford
E. H. Cole
Knightstown
E.R. Vanderhoof
South Bend
W. M. Buckner
Vincennes
W. J. Kilander
Markell
R. T.langsdale
Rising Sun
Geo. A. Thomas
Elkhart
A. J. Keller
Fort Wayne
Otto Schott
H. D. Ridgeley
C. E. Barnum
J. F. Johnston
K. H. Ennera
Louis E. Haag
Indianapolis
J. F. Madison
G. D. Reynolds
M. T. Hidden
E. B. Shuman
A.S. Herber
P. H. Kurtner
W. G. Willisin
H. H. Hedges
E. W. Hoffman
W. D. Murphy
A. J. Thompson
F. T E. Shattuck
J. Link
Indiana
State Pharmaceutical Association
Gov. Chase
Mexico
Prof. Hurty
Pennington
Indiana State Medical Society
Eclectics
The
Ilinois State Pharmaceutical Society
W. P. Boyd
Chas, i Baran
J.T. Allen
WW. Hf. Shindle
Eclectic Medica
State Eclectic Medical Association
Lorraine Hall
Eclectic College of Physicians and Surgeons
Hauss
Hector
Kendrick
Out Flowers and Floral Emblems Centered at Mass Ave Shop
Local floral shop Betterman Brod at 37 1043 Mass Ave offers flowers and emblems for events and occasions. Tel. 849. Card and arrangement services highlighted by Bhort's K. Phone line available for orders and consultations.
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Betterman Brod
Mass
Ave
Cigarmakers and Bosses Discuss Strike Arbitration
A committee of striking cigarmakers met with manufacturers to hear arbitration proposals on Wednesday. The union pressed for action at a Thursday night meeting, while bosses hinted at concessions including a possible five cent goods price advance. A cooperative manufactory plan remains in motion, with stock for sixteen workers expected.
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Wm. Brentlinger
Henry Theines
Geo. Grund
Brentlinger
Tsee
Tun Sin
Keimeyer
Indianapolis
Co-Operative Manufactory
Seven Children Buried by Fallen Walls in Brussels
An awful accident in Brussels on May 12 as seven children playing near the ruins of a recently burned building were buried when the walls collapsed. Rescue efforts began at once, but by 3 o'clock none of the bodies had been recovered, and there is no possibility of survival.
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Bressels
Adams Sentenced to Nine Months in Penitentiary
New York May 12 Mrs Hattie Adams convicted of keeping a disorderly house on Dr Parkhurst testimony was sentenced Thursday morning to nine months in the penitentiary without a fine.
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New York
Hattie Adams
Parkhurst
Milan ex king of Servia may face field of honor
Paris May 12 rumor spreads that Milan former king of Servia now residing here will soon appear on the field of honor. It is said he was insulted at a fashionable club while playing baccarat.
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Paris
Milan
Servia
Ten building permits issued Wednesday
Report lists ten building permits issued on Wednesday. Other items note domestic violence cases, a train injury, a runaway teen located, a lawsuit over lamp chimneys, a long list of marriages and residents seeking Indiana festival seats, and an upcoming sale of season seats at the Grand Opera House.
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Ben McMeth
W. Court St
Justice Daniels
Bart Sinks
Addison Ave
Mt. Jackson
Joseph Wright
Frankfort
Mamie
Maryland St
Dithridge & Co
Pittsburg
Lippincott Glass Company
Alexandria
Frank
Pearl Calon
Edward
Della Decker
James
Mrs. Agnew
Carl
Catherine Hunt
Herva
Klepfer
Edgar
Mrs. Kerchill
Charles
Flora Burnell
Longblin
Harriet Stacey
Indiana
Illinois
Indianapolis
G. Dixon
Big Four Lines
Grand Opera House
Scheming to Defeat Harrison at Minneapolis Convention
Rumors say heavyweights plan to nominate Blaine and derail Benjamin Harrison. Quay Platt Rathbone meet in Cincinnati to push anti Harrison movement with Indiana leading efforts. If Blaine refuses, a second Harrison nominating appears unlikely, and anti administration forces pressure Indiana delegates.
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Benjamin Harrison
Minneapolis
Indiana
Union
Matt Quay
Tom Platt
Senator Rathbone
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Sher
Harrison
Buckeye
Blaine
Assembly
Sherman
Naié
Sen Hag
Federa
King Bee
White House
Platt
Rathbone
Maria Jaynes Death Sparks $5,000 Damages Suit
Aaron Jaynes as administrator of Maria Jaynes state files suit before Judge Taylor on Thursday seeking $5,000 against Citizens' Street Railway Company. In Irvington Las Fall the woman was struck and killed after being forced off a streetcar by a mob pursuing it.
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Agal the Street Railway Company
Aaron Jaynes
Maria Jaynes
Taylor
Citzens’ Street Railway Company
Las Fall
Irvington
Funeral services for Willia at Trinity chapel
The Astor Funeral in New York on May 12 reported three simple Episcopal services for the late Willia. Rev. Morgan Dix of Trinity Church and Rev. Wm. I. Vibert of Trinity Chapel officiated as the church, filled with prominent social figures.
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Astor
New York
Willia
Trinity Chapel
Episcopal
Morgan Dix
Trinit Church
Wm. I. Vibert
Big Pottery Fire Ops Destroyed in Trenton
A large pottery works at Thomas Maddock & Sons in Trenton burned in the early hours, destroying a modern, well arranged facility and a vast stock of sanitary ware and models. Loss pegged at 175000. cause under investigation.
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Trenton
N. J
Thomas Maddock & Sons
United
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