Real Estate Outlook Mixed Amid Revaluations and Labor Strife
Real estate circles report a quiet market with sales and transfers down as revaluation progresses. Architects and builders remain busy planning residential and commercial projects, while labor shortages and gas supplies inject uncertainty. A new six story fire proof office building is planned on the northwest corner of Ohio and Marichansis, touted as the city’s finest architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Metzger
Fsherman
R. P. Daggett
R. P. Dagget & Co
Ohio
Marichansis
W. Scott Moore
The
Phoenix
Squire Feibleman
Centre of Population Monument Unveiled at Greensburg
Ten thousand people attended the unveiling of the Centre of Population Monument near Greensburg Indiana erected by the Chicago Herald. The shaft sits on the Samuel Hagle homestead ten miles south of Greensburg. The event also marked the Heralds eleventh birthday. Greensburg, noted for its Hoosier Schoolmaster connections, gains fame from this centric monument.
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Greensburg
Hoosier
United States
Baltimore
Star of Empire
Pacific Ocean
Chicago Herald
Samuel Hagle
The
Herald
Edward Egelestone
Bound to Get Gas and Labor News Across City
W F Browder plans to file a formal petition next week with the Board of Public Works to secure natural gas for unsupplied city areas. Boiler makers discuss apprenticeship limits and union publication changes as committees restructure the constitution. Illinois lawmakers set a million dollar World’s Fair appropriation with a minority alternate. Canadian MPs condemn Chinese emigration and border smuggling. Chesapeake & Ohio switchmen end their strike after achieving their aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Browder
Board of Public Works
Mystic Shrine to Aid New Fort Wayne Lodge by Special Train
Local Mystic Shrine unit plans a Thursday train trip to Fort Wayne to help establish a new lodge. The event includes a 250 passenger special to Montezuma, coordinating with multiple organizations and President Harri son reception arrangements completed. Also reports divorces and court actions involving Alma and John Crimmings, Amos Walker versus James Whitcomb Riley, and bad money convictions of Coleman and White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mystic Shrine
Fort Wayne
O John Crimmings
Alma
Illinois
Amos Walker
James Whitcomb Riley
Taylor
O. W. Coleman
Bedford
Charles White
Noblesville
Hamilton County
Harrison
Montezuma
Fred Knefler
Washington St
Brrras
Patrick
Mary Smwith
Pauline Diener
Eilen O’kane
Geo
Lizzie Kinney
Thomas
Agnes Stewart
Lafayette Sutphen
Emma Mitchell
John G. Parsons
Jennie Farley
Abraham Golden
Winnie Stanley
James Saulsberry
Ella Lewis
Clarence Mullholland
Emma Newhart
Michael Kirsch
Emma Reinert
Fire Chief maps water mains for fire protection city wide
Fire Chief Webster reported to the board of public works detailing water main extensions from Blackford street to Market street and other avenues to improve fire protection. The engineer will determine total feet needed for the mapped territory and several street petitions and building ordinance updates were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Webster
Water Works Company
Blackford-st
New York
North-st
Meridian-st
Twelfth
Sixteenth-sts
State-ave
Market North
Carter-at
Carter
Walcott-st
Walcott
Michigar-st
Meryland-st. Wast
Byacou-st
Beit Tracks
Torhet-st
Lovke-st
Falcreek
Coburn-st
Virpisia-aye
Madison-ayve
Maxwell-st
Elizabeth
North-sts
Western Paving and Supply Company
A. H. Perkins
Wm. (. Bitchcock
W. W. Foster
Wabaskat
Marion Count
Col Cockerill resigns from World to lead new morning paper
Col John A Cockerill resigned the World editorship last Saturday and left Wednesday. He is expected to become editor in chief of a strong new morning newspaper in New York. Rumors say Cockerill was unhappy with his role and Pulitzer may start a rival paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World
Pulitzer
New York
Col
John A. Cockerill
The
Col. Cockerill
Joseph Pulitzer
Mr. Lane
New York Evening Sun
Found His Wife's Body Read ing The Sax
A Virginian man learns his wife’s body, long presumed buried in Undertaker Girton’s vault at Greenlawn cemetery, is among preserved remains. A.C. Bryant of Clifton Forge tells of reading the article and seeks to retrieve Mrs. Bryant from the vault to rebury in Kentucky, claiming friends misled him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tug Sun
Girton
Greenlawn Cemetery
A. C. Bryant
A.C. Bryant
Clifton Forge
Bryant
Kentucky
Horticulture Board Debates Maxwell Appointment
During the Morida horticulture annual session a resolution condemned the appointment of Walter S. Maxwell of California as superintendent of the horticultural department of the work’s fair. The measure protested his confirmation by boards of directors amid strong indigence at the “anointment.”
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Isterlachen
Fila
Morida Horticulture
Walter Ss. Maxwell
California
Horticultural Department
Portugal Sees Financial Relief From Government Aid
Portugal eases financial strain as the government and the Bank of Portugal advance 64,340,000 and secure favorable security sales. Several tons of silver delivered and more en route from the Azores, boosting monetary stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Bank of Portugal
Azores
Immigrants Arrive In New York In Large Wave
New York on May 18 reports fourteen hundred and ten immigrants, mostly statians, arrived from Europe on Wednesday adding to the city’s growing arrival numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
Eclectic Association Drops Adkinson From Honorary List
The Eclectic medical association opened its annual meeting at the Lorraine block. President Porter of Loogootee presided as a disturbance led to W P Adkinson of this city being dropped from the honorary list. Previous efforts to oust him had failed. The program then featured papers on Minor surgery and discussion of Persulphate of iron and Enteric fever by doctors Chord Long and Garryes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eclectic Medical Association
Lorraine Block
Porter
Loogootee
W. P. Adkinson
Adkinson
Eclectic Medical Collage
Drs. Chord
Long
W. F. Garryes
Rhirntown
Recall of Italian consul Corte ridiculed in Washington
In Wassisaton on May 13 Signor Corte’s claimed voluntary retirement from the Italian consulate in New Orleans is disputed by foreign-legation circles. They see his recall as clear evidence of the Italian government’s displeasure with his conduct and anticipate no kinder explanation from officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wassisaton
Signor Corte
New Orleans
Rome
Corte
Reneous
Woman in Chicago Gives Birth After Being Evicted
Mrs Homa Paulsen, deserted by her husband, was found on a west side corner suffering. She was taken by patrol wagon to the county hospital where she gave birth to a baby en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
CuicaGo
Homa Paulsen
May Festival Promises To Exceed Prior Years
The Thomas orchestra leads a growing chorus and an unusually brilliant program for this year's May festival in Indianapolis. A permanent feature, the event attracts hundreds of trained voices and many instrumentalists under a capable director. A pamphlet with full details is available from the association secretary after Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Indianapolis
Association
Hoosier Homeopaths Hold Indiana Institute Meeting
The Indiana Institute of Homeopathy met at the state house on Wednesday morning with Dr. O S Runzels of Indianapolis delivering the welcome. President Sawyar of Kokomo presided as officers reports and committee business opened the day. Afternoon sessions discussed Materia medica Clinical medicine Pharmacy and chemistry Sanitary science and Mental and nervous diseases with members including W R Bentley W H Baker H N Coons Alice Nivison J N Taylor among many others. The gathering continues through Thursday afternoon.
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Hoosier
Indiana Institute of Homeopathhy
State House
O. S. Runzels
Indianapolis
Sawyar
Kokomo
W. R. Bentley
Morristown
W. H. Baker
Terre Haute
H. N. Coons
Lebanon
Alice Nivison
Lafayette
J. N. Taylor
Crawfordsville
mInapy
Where's the Omaha Mystery Shrouds Warship Movements
A fragmentary San Francisco dispatch notes a mystery surrounding the minv-of-war Owaba and the cruiser Charleston. After leaving San Pedro both ships supposedly headed south, yet no further word has emerged, leaving Mare Island navy yard and naval logs unsettled. Public weather forecasts from Indiana and Paris news items mix with unsettled naval speculation and diplomatic notes on arbitration in Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
San Francisco
Charleston
San Pedro
Mare Island Navy Yard
Suicides and court delays shadow Richt case
Richt, Richard Sellers, rumored to have suicided Tuesday, appeared Wednesday morning but has not yet faced court. In Haumax N S May 18 a Canadian frigate cruiser Vigilant sailed Wednesday under sealed orders and is expected to cruise the eastern coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sellers All Richt
Richard Sellers
Haumax
N. S
Gosnpecs
Storrpary
Gomrers
Federation of Labor
Conta Renny
Gompers
Knights
Igration
No Sadness There They Say the Road Will be Pushed to Completion
Ex Governor Gray defends Broad Ripple suburban line amid slow progress and looming rivals. He argues competition benefits the public and warns against delaying with litigation. Counciman Martindale notes slow work and supports the current track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Company
Gray
Broad Ripple
Oone
Central
College-ares
Hx- Gov
I. Pusey Gray
College-aves
Bread Ripple Company
Trafic
Central Ave
Sugar Flat
Counciman Martindale
Cinzeps
Niener
Ghost Dance by Sioux at Forepaugh and Wild West show
A sequence at Forepaugh shows features Sioux performers enacting the ghost dance in calico shirts or Holy Coats. The performers chant buffalo prophecies and circle until exhaustion, while Medicine Men seek the great spirit and past allies. The act is billed as a real illustration of the Indian rite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Fire in Cincinnati Stable Endangers Many, $60,000 Loss
A Wednesday dawn blaze at Frank Ernest's stable on West Sixth Street caused multiple rescues as factory areas and tenements faced danger. About a dozen buildings were wrecked in the glow, with losses estimated near 20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cherry St
Silk mill failure and lynching arrests headline piece
Florence silk mills in Patterson New Jersey failed this Tuesday with liabilities of fifty thousand dollars. Sixteen soldiers were arrested in Walla Walla for the Hunt lynching committed some time ago. A river tow-boat My Choice exploded near Cairo Illinois on Tuesday killing three men. A mare belonging to Mr Merryman of Albion Illinois gave birth to a horse and mule colt on Tuesday. Peter Gallagher of Wellston Ohio convicted Miss Foster after she called him names on Tuesday. Dr Cravens the Centist returned to Indianapolis and opened an office in the Propylasum building on North St. Frank H Smith Printer 27 N Penn St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Silk Mills
Patterson
N. J
Walla
Hunt
Cairo
Isis
Dr. Cravens
Indianapolis
Propylasum
North-st
Charity Conference Highlights Clara Barton’s Red Cross Legacy
Wednesday night opens the National conference at Plymouth church with Miss Clara Barton among arrivals. The lecture and program feature Gov Campbell and Mayor Sullivan. McCulough will discuss dependent children. James Whitcomb Riley offers a character study. Barton’s historic Red Cross work is profiled as a model of humanitarian relief.
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Plymouth Church
Clara Barton
Washington
Misa Barton
Red Cross __ society
America
Florence Nightingela
Europe
Mice Barton
Oxford
Mass
Patent Office
Butler
Andersonville
Lincoln
Miss Barton
Duchess of
Aaden
Red Cross Society
Strasburg
Paris
Germany
Baden
Servia
Golden Cross
Iron Cross
Recter
Miss Bart
Red Cross
Ohio
Mississippi
The
Pyesy
Robert Iwewlin
Jdx Sweenie
Hovey
Sullivan
Fishback
Gov. Campbell
McCulebh
James Whitcomb Riley
Ingane Asylum
Baseball News From The Era With A Derby Mention
A collage of early baseball notes lists players and teams with scattered results and upcoming events. Foster of Chicago reportedly to sign with Cincinnati. Nichols defeats Adams in a pool journey. League scores include Washington over Cincinnati, Athletics over Louisville, and Brooklyn over Cincinnati. Kentucky Derby set for Wednesday. Esper of the Phillies rumored heart trouble. A veteran ball crank, Charles Lyons of Trenton, claims long history in the sport. Advertisements reference Seaton's Hat Store and a Bon Bon soda stand.
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Harry Wright
Foster
Chicago
Cincinnati
Nichols
Adams
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
Evansville
Grand Rapids
Kingman
Baltimore
Jimmy Dime
Amsterdam
N. Y
Jimmy Carroll
Buffalo
Esper
Phillies
Charles Lyons
Trenton
N. J
Chuck
Association
Washington
Bakely
McGuire
Mains
Dwyer
Athletics
Louisville
Weyhing
Cross
Daily
Ryan
St. Louiss
Stivetts
Boyle
Cunningham
Townsend
Boston
Columbus
Farrell
Daly
Dowse
Gastright
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Gruber
Doyle
Gleason
Clements
Brooklyn
Rhines
Harrington
Lovett
Caruthers
Kinslow
Luby
Nagle
Bennett
Pittsburgh
New York
King and Mack
Sharrott
O’ Rourke
Great Sea of Flames devastates Michigan towns and warns of vast losses
Derrgort Michigan May 13 reports describe a vast forest fire zone as large as Rhode Island, engulfing villages like Cook's Station Barton Walkerville Nirvana Fremont and Weast Troy. Fires cut off communications, deaths and hundreds missing with trains burned near Mechanicsburg and workers paid $1.25 an hour to fight the blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derrgort
Mich
Michigan
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Cook’s Station
Barton
Troy
Nirvana
Fremont
Traverse City
Walkerville
Wield
Otia
Park City
Kara
Lilley
Prirsscig
Austin
Haines
Gbather
Mechanicsburg
Warren
Flames Ravage Opera House and Adjacent Residence
Roy Lesville Indiana May 18 The opera house and a nearby residence burned to the ground around midnight Tuesday. The high school commencement exercises had just ended and the audience had dispersed minutes earlier. Both buildings were insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bareley
Roy Lesville
Ind
Opera
Descent from Parnell Triggers Desertions Across Ranks
May 13 dispatch notes growing defections from Parnell’s camp as a top supporter may break away within days, causing a sensational shift in Irish politics. Other items report Gompers’ cautious stance on coke strike, Abbott pleads guilty, divorce suit filed, and Gladstone recovering from fever amid fresh foreign notes.
Furniture at Wm. E. Elders and local shops ad
The notice lists furniture at Wm. E. Elder’s and various shops including Wood’s stable Nalton’s Head and Foot Store and Dalton Hatter and Shoer. It promotes hats, shoes, and related goods offered by local merchants Baies House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nalton’s Head and Foot
Salton
Dalton, Hatter and Shoer
Baies House
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ASELP
Mary Green
Bridgeport
Conn
Sarah
Jacob Safran
St. Louis
Shulum Golfer
Jacob
Lee
Harry Sullivan
Clinton
Iowa
State Electric Company
Harry
Lum
Morai
A. B. Meyer & Co
Miss-st
Carl B. Wast
Sad Colio
Obiost
Nuidianapolis
Fllinois
Springfield
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Sto 6
Ladies’ Auxiliary Board
Ottawa
Kimball
Victoria
House of Commons
British Columbia
Canada
Chesepeake & Ohio Switchmen
City
Lick
Fitchey
Ansinus
Controller Woollen
Court House
Himsilf
Heariog
Forminst Maxwell
CORE
Hig
Indiana Fair
Uncle Sam
Dix-Nouveme Siecle
Chili
France
Brazil
Broad Ripple Rapid Transit
St. Perexspurc
Ezarewitch
Kicto
Prince George
Greece
Frank H. Smith
Penn.-st
Miss Clara Barton
Seaton’s
Postofice
Parnell
Durnin
National Press
Treland
Abbott
Tsunade Abbott
Albertia
Jon Devine
Hauvehvule
Wuieh
Vogel
Georgia
Horstiner
Couhin't Lettie
Easy York
Reziner Levy Bros
Gladstone
Eostox
Blavatsky
London
Italy
Verney
Sheeny
Pinter
Wm. E. Elder’s
Wood
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