Brooklyn Handicap of 1887 Horses Spark Racing Classic
The Brooklyn handicap rose to prominence after the 1887 race. Dry Monopole won by a short head from Blue Wings with Hidalgo close behind, in 2:07 for the 2 1/4 mile event. Andrew McCarthy Jr. rode the winner, and Snapper Garrison rode Blue Wings. The stake valued at $5,800, cementing the prestige of the yearly race.
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Brooklyn
Blue Wings
Capt
S. 8
Brown
Pittsburg
Hidalgo
Fenelon
Exile
Dry Monopole
Oriflamme
Monopole
Andrew McCarthy, Jr
Snapper Garrison
Harrison
Sdalgo
Murderer Dr Gray Case Reveals Strained Family Ties
In Bloomfield Indiana on May 16 the father of Dr Gray testified that distant relatives had been insane. The father recounted the son’s confession of confusion after the act and that he felt no better afterward. Witnesses described Gray's odd behavior including appearing in night clothes seeking shelter from a woman. Prosecution alleged beer deliveries to Gray's office and the sheriff barred medical aid and food to the family.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Gray
Dr. Gray, Jr
New Powder Trust Threatens Mining Circles
Terre Haute Ind May 16 The powder trust threatens mining circles as an anti trust firm owned by big mine operators agreed in March to pay 66 cents per ton to miners if they pay 1.75 per keg for powder. The combine offers powder for 1.5 dollars, seen as an attempt to wipe out the anti trust plant. President VanHorn backs sticking to the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Powder Trust
Combine
Anti-Trust
VanHorn
Politicians clash in Vincennes street duel over old grudge
In Vincennes Indiana on May 16 ex Prosecuting attorney J T Goodman and saloon keeper John Catton dueled after a long feud. Each fired five or six shots with Goodman wounded in the leg and Catton uninjured. Both are influential Democrats and politics figures. Authorities worry a repeat confrontation may occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
J. T. Goodman
John Catton
Goodman
Catton
Overland Travel War Ends With Jack Ass Wagon Deal
In Far-off Nebraska GMKOMO Indiana a trustee faced a cost dispute over transport and bought a 50 year old wagon team of jack asses for $20 to serve as a traveling reserve. In Terre Haute Indiana President Van Horn of the miners association announces resumption of work across southern Indiana and a district unionization of the last mine, signaling a miners’ victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gmkomo
Ind
George Gwinn
Nebraska
Gwinn
Terre Haute
van Horn
Indiana Miners’ Association
Indiana
Nashville Gunboat Ordered to Evansville on Water Conditions
The gunboat Nashville has been ordered to Evansville contingent on sufficient river water. Authorities await water levels to determine movement and deployment timing.
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Nashville
Evansville
Indiana news highlights from early Indiana paper
A varied Indiana page reports a New Albany militia mustered in, the Richmond coffin trust burial, a poor peppermint crop in northern Indiana, Union Steel's Alexandria plant bid at 415000 dollars, Laporte inviting Admiral Dewey to July 4 events, the death of Evansville Terre Haute conductor James Ferry, Godman brake company removal from receivership, a Hammord man buying a pipe for his wife’s birthday, Kokomo delaying Main Street work amid Barrett Law disputes, and a 10th regiment band touring with limited success.
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Indiana
Union Steel Company
Alexandria
James Ferry
Evansville
Terre Haute
Godman Brake Company
Anderson
Municipal ownership eyed as path to prosperity
A jumble of local notes reports Townsends injured at Milan railroad crossing and various oddities: a gossip of marriages and elopements, legal suits, a pig tailed brick, a carrier pigeon with coded message, and a look at jail costs and local trusts. Several incidents span Fort Wayne to Terre Haute, Evansville to Tipton, with mentions of unions, trials, and social pages.
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S. B. Townsend
Milan
W. E. Decker
Anderson
Fight to a finish on Buffalo docks unions unite
The Lake carriers association abandons settlement efforts and Conners resists. From now on all Buffalo dock workers including grain shovelers freight handlers hoisting engineers monthly men coal passers and ore handlers vow to stand together until their dockside grievances are resolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Lake Carriers’ Association
Conners
Dewey Honor Planned for New York City Parade
The municipal assembly's joint committee on the Dewey reception, after consultant with Mayor Van Wyck, will introduce an ordinance for a $150,000 city share. A proposal favors transforming the Brooklyn Bridge into an arch of triumph. A naval parade up the Hudson to Grant's Tomb is planned the day after the admiral's return.
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New York
Municipal Assembly
Admiral Dewey
van Wyck
Brooklyn Bridge
Hudson
Grant
Dog Discipline Prevents Lynching After Attack Attempt
In Chattanooga Tennessee on May 16 Jesse Haffley a Black man who tried to assault Miss Bessie Sparks was captured at Dayton Bloodhounds tracked him using a shoe scent and the dog King Henry located him Some pursuers wanted the dog to tear him but Detective Phipps opposed He confessed the assault attempt and was removed by officers to avert mob violence.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Jesse Haffley
Bessie E. Sparks
Dayton
King Henry
Miss Sparks
Detective Phipps
Meade Transport Returns for Repairs After Wreck
The United States transport Meade with the Nineteenth Infantry aboard struck a submerged wreck a few miles outside Ponce Puerto Rico and returned to port near dawn for repairs. The ship had a serious leak and all pumps were in operation as it headed to New York.
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Ponce
P. R
United States
Meade
New York
United States Infantry
Peanut Inhaled. Boy Undergoes Emergency Operation
Chicago May 16 A fifteen year old boy, George Flood, swallowed a peanut that lodged in his lung two months ago and left him near death. He was operated on today in a bid to save his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Flood
Baseball at Manila Rivalry on the firing line
Lieut Palmer D Sheldon of the First South Dakota volunteers describes a ball game in the Philippines with McArthur's brigade. His company beat Company G 11 to 7 on the firing line as bullets whistled overhead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoux Salls
S. D
Palmer D. Sheldon
South Dakota
McArthur
Philippines
Sheldon
Estrada Wounded In Nicaragua Action Near Cape Gracias
Gen Juan Estrada of Nicaragua, in command at Cape Gracias, arrived in New Orleans in serious condition after Col Carlos Quinto’s forces seized customs funds. Estrada was shot twice, through the lungs and hips, with the hip wound stubbornly healing. He is about 25 years old and was transported by the steamship Hiram.
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New Orleans
Juan Estrada
Nicaragua
Hiram
Ihe
Cape Gracias
Reyes
Col
Carlos Quinto
Quinto
Estrada
Postmaster Confronted by Alleged Inspector in Ohio
In Marysville Ohio on May 16 postmaster Julius Cooperider was duped by a man claiming to be an inspector. The stranger seized nearly all official envelopes and stationery before Cooperider realized the ruse. He alleges the impostor is a lunatic who escaped a Missouri asylum.
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Sullivan
Carl Parvis
Franklin
Madison
Drs
Edwin
Cotton and Ploughe
Elwood
Moses B. Harper
Tipton County
Marysville
Julias Cooperider
Atnionville
Cooperider
Missouri
Miners threaten death over Bunker Hill mill case
News that miners volunteered to turn state's evidence against mob ringleaders at Warener Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill trials alarms the Coeur d Alenes. It is understood these men have been ordered to leave the camp or face death. Some seek Gen Merriam's permission to depart before trials.
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Boise
Ida
Miners’ Union
Bunker Hi and Sullivan Mill
Warener
Coeur D'Alenes
Poisoned lobster salad sickens Pullman hotel guests
Fifteen Pullman hotel guests in Hot Springs Arkansas fell ill after eating canned lobster salad at supper on Monday. Doctors treated the group. the worst case involved Evansville furniture manufacturer Mr Nonweiler. Physicians attributed the poisoning to the cans.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Pullman Hotel
Mr. Nonweiler
Evansville
Ind
Attacked in church leaves man dead in Tennessee
News from Woodbury reports Ben Cummings killed by Jim Higgins at a Rock Cannon county church on Sunday. Higgins sprang on Cummings without warning and slashed him with a large knife, causing two fatal wounds. Higgins fled the scene.
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Nashville
Tenn
Woodbury
Ben Cummings
Jim Higgins
Cannon County
Higgins
Cummings
Church
Rock
Cumings
Higsins
Rules for the Race Descriptive Article Prize
The Commercial club offers a $50 prize for the best descriptive article on Indianapolis. Submissions must be under 1,000 words and sent to the secretary by July 1 in a sealed envelope with a fictitious name outside and the real name inside. The award committee includes Morris Ross H S New R M Leeds J P Dunn A M Grossbrenner W B Fish and Evans Woollen.
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Commercial Club
Indianapolis
Morris Ross
H. S. New
R. M. Leeds
J. P. Dunn
A. M. Grossbrenner
Fish and Evans Woollen
Dewey's Cousin Nancy Dornbecker Dies in Milwaukee
Mrs. Nancy M. Dornbecker aged 58, born Dewey in Northfield Vermont, was a first cousin of Admiral Dewey and played with him in youth. Her death was reported from Milwaukee Wisconsin dated May 16.
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Dewey
Milwaukee
Wis
Nancy M. Dornbecker
Admiral Dewey
The Junior Senator Succeeds
Fragmentary OCR notes report political progress with a Manila mention and references to an individual’s success. The exact names, dates, and positions remain unclear due to damage.
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Behates Ee
Manila
Perto Ee
Yukon wash-up to reach 31 million estimates
Consul Brush in Clifton Ontario reports from Dawson that the Yukon wash-up this year will aggregate about 31 million dollars. The estimate, though previously considered conservative, reinforces expectations of a substantial Yukon mining bounty this season.
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Yukon
Washington
Consul Brush
Clifton
Ont
State Department
Dawson
Carnegie to keep Pittsburg works despite charity demand
Andrew Carnegie, retired to his Highlands estate, says he will not sever ties with his Pittsburg interests. He is currently fending off applicants for charity while avoiding beggars and distant appeals.
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Carnegie
Pittsburg
Glasgow
Andrew Carnegie
Highlands
Births and marriages fill the town records
Birth announcements list Ernest and Emma Miers. Sanford and Mary Ogle. Elbridge and Georgia Tolan. others on Columbia avenue and nearby streets with newborn boys and girls. Deaths note diseases including tuberculosis, cancer, and typhoid in residents such as Michael Glynn and Phoebe Rud. Marriage licenses granted to Andree Gross and Carrie Weakley, Joseph Stevenson and Florence Day, Fred Moser and Anna Feefner, Wilfred Chew and Lizzie Hurt, Thomas OConnell and Catherine Carrall.
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Ernest and
Emma Miers
Columbiaave
New York St
Thelen
Broadway
Andree Gross
Carrie Weakley
Joseph Stevenson
Florence Day
Fred Moser
Anna Feefner
Wilfred Chew
Lizzie Hurt
Thomas O'Connell
Catherine Carrall
NONE SO POPULAR MORROW KIDNEY REMEDY GAINS FAVOR IN INDIANAPOLIS
Indianapolis residents increasingly favor Morrow's Kid-ne-oids a yellow tablet kidney remedy for kidney trouble backache nervousness and sleeplessness J R Shea of West Pratt Street testifies decades of pain relieved after two boxes and urges others to try the treatment priced at fifty cents per box and sold by druggists and Sloan Drug Co Manufactured by a
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
Indianapolis
J. R. Shea
West Pratt St
Sloan Drug Co
The Trust Company's Efficiency
Extract from a letter by W. S. Pryor at the Court of Appeals of Inen praising trust companies for acting as trustees guardians and administrators. He notes faster settlements lower costs and secure faithful execution of trusts. The Union Trust Company of Indianapolis offers these services at reasonable rates.
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Lian
W. S. Pryor
Court of Appeals of
Inen
Union Trust Company of Indianapolis
Notice of liquor license and pool table request in Indianapolis
Julius L. Rappaport gives notice to voters in Marion County Indiana of an application to the Board of County Commissioners at the June term 1993 for a license to sell spiritous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in less than five gallons per sale with on premises drinking. The location is 544 S Illinois St in Ward 11 Center Township and McKernan and Pierces subdivision at the northwest corner of Merill and Illinois streets. He also seeks pool table privileges in the same room.
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Eleventh Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of
County Commissioners
Sinoisst
Outlet 27
McKernan’'s
Pierce's
Mer- Till and
Ilinoissts
Indianapolis
S. Illinoisst
Julius L. Rappaport
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Ben Holland
Peep ‘O Day
Briar Sweet
Lil
New Albany
Coffin Trust
Richmond
Laporte
Kokomo
10Th Régimental Band
Joe Brown
Fort Wayne
Jesse Nixon
Eaton
Martinsville
Muncie
S. C
Indiana Union of Literary Clubs
Terre Haure
Albert Wh.taylor
Charles Schneider
Tlogansport
Archie Powell
James Allen
Bedford
Srew
Boston Company
Citizens’ Electric Light Company
Terre Haute Street Railway
Terre Haute Electric Company
The
Terre Haute Trotting Association
American Trotting Association
Viguargicul- Llural Society
Shelbyville
Msidor Moore
Anna Murry
Indian Territory
Anna Dounser
Cynthiana
Marshall
A. W
F. W. Conradt
Brewer Pottery Works
Tiffin, O
Ohio
T. X. Logan
Rushville Catholic
Persion
John B. Ford
Ford City
l'Academie Parisienne Des Inventeurs
Clyde Helvy
Yorktown
Ben Middletown
Decatur
Middletown
Baseball
Wardner
E. Selig
the Big Tailor
Washington St
Michael Glynn
Dousslass
David Goeting
Phoebe Rud
Addie Sage
S. Priest
William Dickinson
Columbia Ave
John Keenan
S. Delacharest
Saks’ Corner
Washington and
Pennsylvania Streets
Sese Suits
Saks & Company
J. Conrad
Massachusetts Ave
Ceol Ness
Fly & Stalnaker
EE. Washington Street
Ferers
Selig Dry Goods Company
South Illinois Street
Trust Company
East Market Street
Vonnegut Hardware CO
Sun's
Will
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