Missing bank clerk feared foul play in abrupt disappearance
Wm Triemart a 23 year old bookkeeper at Bank of commerce vanished after leaving home Monday night for a short errand. Witness reports placed him near Massachusetts Ave and Thirteenth St. His employer expresses confidence, noting his honest rise from stable boy to trusted clerk. family and police search continue with no clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Triemart
Penn-st
Tia
Massachusetts-ava
Cahier Boeson
Jena
Soan Association
Tenth annual convention of Indian funeral directors
The tenth annual convention of the Indians funeral directors association met at True Friend hall On Tuesday with about 100 attendees all in black. Discussions covered credentials membership rules and a proposed protest by pastors against undertakers employing atannographers at funerals A pricing schedule for casket types and cases was approved and diplomas were awarded after an exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Indians Funeral Directors’ Association Baz
True Friend Hall
Randthaler
R. Smith
Evaneville
H. R. Downing
Richmond
J. Lundberg
Chesterton
Rodney Strain
Logansport
Chambers
Madleon
Ous
Wrecked by Wine and Women in Judge Howe's Court
Witnesses testified while lawyers argued in Judge Howe's court about a young man under fifty who slept through proceedings. Once a successful wholesale house manager in Meridian, he succumbed to wine and women, now a gutter class figure who caused chaos when Bailiff Dick Eagle tried to wake him, drawing snickers from attendees.
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Howe
SUN
Reardan
Meridian St
Elss
Dick Eagle
Murray Missing Spreads to San Francisco Search
English detective team in San Francisco seeks David Christie Murray, famed novelist, who left Australia for Hoagland last November and has not been heard from since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
San Francisco
David ‘Christie Murray
Australia
Hoagland
Monon Rail Line Plans Major Track Repairs and Raises
The Monon Railway has placed a mortgage to ten millions and will commence extensive track laying and general repairs. They consider raising salaries to attract skilled engineers, noting civil engineers at $100 a month plus expenses. T. C. Sarrrows, former superintendent on the Big Four and Erie, visited Union Depot Tuesday discussing industry strains. Burroughs is described as a hard worker who spread himself thin across many tasks.
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Monon
T.C. Sarrows
Big Four
Erie
Union Depot
Burroughs
Indiana Forecast Warmth and Fair for Indianapolis Area
The forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity through May 21, 1896 predicts warmer, fair conditions. Separate brief items note a New York murder victim, a tin plate mill venture tied to a McKinley bill, and proposed levee funding estimates.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Otter Crest Coat Company Incorporation In Indiana
The Otter crest coat company in Clay County was incorporated Tuesday under Indiana laws with capital of $30,000. An annual election of officers for Acton camp meeting will be held May 2. A train leaves Union Station at 10 50 a m. Superior court charged Mrs Mary Willes with slandering Mrs Sarah Johnson, a $5 verdict. Maggie Powers of Maywood died by suicide at Dr Fletcher's sanitarium last Friday. Parlor set raffled off for the firemen's relief fund netted $350. A four year sentence for assault with intent to kill was paroled by Gov Hovey. George M Smith and Mary C McFadden were married by Justice Aabrich with Leopold Daniels present. Charles Beir seeks $1,000 damages from William Buschman for injury from a sack of wheat. Fannie Haase, six months bride, was declared insane Monday. State board of education met to review high school conditions and grade applicants for licenses. James and Brade Rica are on trial for assault with intent to rob Thomas Ecton. Commercial club helped Indianapolis win next national conference on charities against other cities. Remember the C H D railroad offers evening sleepers to Toledo and Detroit.
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Otter Cresk Coat Company
Clay County
Indiana
Acton
Superior Court
Mary Willes
Sarah Johnson
Mary
Sarah
Misa Maggie Powers
Maywood
Hymen
Leopold Daniels
Charles Beir
Buschman
Howland
Fannie Haase
Newman Haase
S. New dJazaey
State Board of Education
James
Brade Rica
Criminal Court
Thomas Ecton
Heton
Willard
Bridge
Pogues
Commercial Club
National Conference of Charities
Baltimore
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Nashville
Rev
C. C. McCulloch
Talk of an L road what did Mr Ramsey Moran viaduct plan
discussion by the Commercial club on removing surface tracks and using an elevated or low level system to reduce miles of track in city limits. Ramseys and Ramsay's plan may be under consideration with railroad companies. Ed Danish says scheme not feasible due to depot reconstruction and switch danger. Mayor Sullivan and Attorney Baker meet with Mr Ramsey but subject not disclosed.
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Commercial Club
Frank Blackledge
Belton
Ones
Fox
Ramsay
Danishe
Union Railway Company
Suy
Union
Remeesy
Sullivan
Baker
Pounce Bailey Marries German Domestic Sparks Scandal
Harrisburg May 14. Pounce Bailey a wealthy Sullivan county lumberman aged 65 married a German teen of 18 who had been working as a domestic for a farmer near his home. The girl’s mother Mrs Katherine Kline learned of the marriage only after the fact and protested as the daughter left to join her husband in Potter county. The couple’s union follows a short estrangement with the girl’s mother, and Bailey’s wife reportedly took his property and returned to farm labor.
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Mie
Harhisburg
Pounce Bailey
Sullivan County Lumbarman
Bailey’s
Pounce
Katherine Kline
Potter County
Hailey
Marriage mix up at Kingston Point shocks community
May 14 report from Kingston Point details a bizarre wedding attempt. Jacob Lieffer and Miss Mary Pest wed in secret after groom vanished from a bridal party. Witnesses say Miss Henrietta Post helped arrange the ruse while Lieffer and Miss Post allegedly wed in haste. Police and families investigate the surprising sequence of events.
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Brigole
Sincic Rak
Snedden
Kiveston
Snl
Pivo
Jacob Lietter
Mary Pest
Beth Ave
Iss
Iti
Henristia Post
Tne
Lieffer
Bliss Henrietta Post
Notable Defaulter Patrick Hynes Flees New York
Patrick Hynes of Greenpoint L F national treasurer of the Ancient Order of Hibernians is a defaulter and has fled. The amount of his shortage is not known. Also reported: three desperadoes said to be the last of the Jesse James gang captured in Watertown New York after escaping from Douglas County jail in Missouri. News items describe a farmer driven insane by adventists near Eldora Kansas and a coal mine tunnel collapse near Lexington Kentucky delaying trains. In Cincinnati three hundred striking stone masons won their wage battle after a tense morning.
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Fle Lins
Berw
York
Patrick Hynes
Greenpoint
L. F
Order of Hibernians
James
Cangheim New Works
Watertown
Jesse James
Hava Baan
Douglas County
Missouri
Cincinnati
Pus
Turbulent Headlines Roll Across Chicago Hudibrastic Scene
A jagged slice of late 19th century news items spans labor strife in Chicago hotels, relic seekers at Stanley, novelist Lindley Murray in San Francisco, church matters, an acquittal in Greensburg, a New York theft turned capture in Havana, a Russian heiress in Paris society, Saratoga conference, Cleveland horse-shoers union, single eight hour demand next year, a fatal stabbing in New York, steamship collision near Sault Ste. Marie, a battle between French and Dakomians with heavy losses, and Gladstone's Sibarian outrages echoed in Irish troubles.
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Chicago
Stanley
David Lindley Murray
Frisco
A. G. Hoygood
Q. P. Fitzgerald
Norman Lockyer
Greensburg
T. V. Powderly
Young Wallace
Ginduc Dago
Rossana Rosita
New York
Rossana
Ohio
Siberia
Sault Ste. Marie
Onsebongan
Gladstone
Mitchelltown
Ireland
White House Life at the Harrisons Stirred by Press Scrutiny
An Evening Post piece depicts Mrs Harrison and family as thrifty, patient figures amid intrusive press coverage of White House life. It notes Mrs Harrison’s irritation at foolish questions, her tact in handling mail and advisers, and the couple’s careful saving amid public scrutiny, praising their restraint and American deportment.
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Presa
White House
Harrison
Passamaquoddy
San Diego
Unica
Howorst
Tha Nawspipera
Harison
Indianapolis
San Francisco
United States
Wilfa
McKae
Atoras
Mra. Harrison
Mya
McKee
Mre
Mies Sanger
Harrisons
Miller
Huston
Sands
Baltimore
Baseball scores and a theater incident headline
League games show Boston and Chicago high scoring, New York and Cleveland also tally runs. Brotherhood results list Boston 11 Cleveland 8 and Philadelphia 16 Pittsburg 3. An Occidental hotel scene ends with a young woman pursuing actors after a staged encounter.
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New York
Cleveland
Welch
Murphy
Beatin
Zimmer
Powers
Zacharias
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Schmidt
Wilson
Caruthers
Daly
Aark
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Bines
Baldwin
Sith
Clements
Pauladelphia
Philijdalphia
McQuaid
Brotherhood
Boston
Batstersea
Daley
Kelly
Gruber
Set Cliffe
Bucahite
Umpiraa
Knight
Jones
Batteries Cunningham
Millizan
Galvin
Carrol
Baca
Pittsburgh
Matthews
Gunnigeg
Crooklyn
Chicago
Batteries Weyhing
Kinalaw
Hoyle
Chicago Horrors
GaGney and Barnes
Blaine is Getting Bald
Pittspore reports on May 19 that Mr. Blaine arrived from Washington and appears to be concealing baldness by combing remaining hair across the top and drawing strands downward to cover the scalp. The note cites a friend noting the secretary’s altered appearance as he joins the ranks of the balding.
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Blaine
Pittspore
Jast
Washington
Railroad Combine Aims at Three City Bridge System
A railroad combine including Jeffersonville Indiana Louisville and New Albany seeks to construct a cross city bridge network. The plan envisions a common Kantusky and Indiana bridge between Louisville and New Albany and a new Louisville Jeffersonville crossing for joint railway use.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Louisville
New Albany
Washington Wastes Debates on Tariffs and Mormon Law
In Washington Gen Tom Browne heads to Hot Springs as Congress contemplates tariff bills and Senate silver measures. Republicans rally behind McKinley tariff plans while議 Mormons oppose Cullom amendment to Edmunds law affecting juror eligibility. Supreme Court ruling on Edmunds polygamy law shocks Mormon Church amid a church suit to recover $250000 in property. bill would appoint a receiver and escheat large church real estate.
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Tom Browne
Hot Springs
House
Senate
McKinley
Supreme Court
Utah
U.S
Hoosier Labor Heads West For Norfolk & Western Work
A group of twenty disciplined mechanics from Greencastle Vandalia and other districts left Monday by the C H D road for West Virginia to join the Norfolk and Western project. They will be joined by a Cincinnati group, with Bail Dad in Marysville, Ky., on May 20. A heavy hailstorm at Vanceburg Monday night caused damage in the area. Sporting notes highlight Glasscock leading the New York players in base stealing, Bluffton beating Bikbart in a state league game, and various league results. Barking comments and local club politics pepper the sports chatter as the season progresses.
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West Virginia
Norfolk & Western
Greencastle
Vandalia
Illinois
Cincinnati
Marysville
Vanceburg
Glasscock
New Yorka
Bluffton
Bikbart
Sexton
New York
Buffalo
Fogarty
Philadelphia
John McGinty
Athletics
Louisville
Rochester
St. Louis
League
Brotherhood
Clark
Riley
Harry Smith
Taos St. Louis
Sporting News
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Pete Jackson
Ed, Smith
Colorado
Mike Cleary
Chicago
South
Philadelphia Brotherhood
Love
Indianapolis
Cleveland Raaes
Hoosiers
Cleveland
Brosh
City council split over viaduct and sewer plan vote
Mayor Sullivan cast the deciding vote as council split on a 60 day delay sought by Union Railway in tearing up tracks across Meridian Street. Ramary argued a broader plan could benefit the city. Sheffield and others opposed, while Hicklin dominated debate and the firing of new fire and housing personnel was debated. An 18 new fire department names and a streetcar ordinance were discussed, with building code proposals outlining wall thickness by floor and depth for four and five story commercial structures. Detailing the slander case in Judge Howlena’s court and a local forger case rounded out the civic news.
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Sullivan
Ramary
Union Railway Company
Meridian-st
Union Tracks
Supreme Court
Railroad Company
Ramsey
Thas
Morris
Downey St
Stechbhan
Stechan
Traslar
Stechhan
Lly
Trasler
Mssor Sulliven
Bueinees
Col. Hicklin
Cavan
Hicklin
Doushorry
Bowen-Merrill
Sun
Indianapolis
American Institute of Architects
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Wm. Triemart
Railroad Notes
Aiso
Cunningham
Bisters
Sisters of Rebekah
Odd Fellows
L. Chanicke
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Siatera
Rebekah
Must Biastre
Birmingham
Cann
Spi
AL. Daggett
Daggett
Lackington
Ferdinand Lohr
Diaft
Big Kluxy
Reynelde
A. J. Stephani
Waseincaag
Baltinore
Stiefel & Cohene
Ckix Life
Toledo
Ramsey Moran
Orrawa
Middleton
Riel
Cif
Ginnati Dry Dock Company
Amusements
Uncle Tom
the Park
Eve
Harriet Baecher Stowe
Milt Barlow
Mrs. Stowe
Mira
Marty Mitchell
Ophelia
Cartie Dillon Webber
Memphis
Quartette
Patrick Sersfield Gilmore
Dickson & Tatboit
Hotel Brotherhood
Tomlinson Ball
Promiscuvus
Tom Palke, Whe Ming
Hes
Eldora
William Thompson
Rauyds
Lexington
fSpl
King’s Tunnel
Cincinnati Southern Road
TEE News
Bow the
Lacy
Mrs. Tichee
Giants
Clarkson
Haruie
Ueenine OR
Kittridge
McDermott
Occidental
Sway
Twies
Hickest
Carl Boller
Washington-st
Tom
Anbtre Council
Col. Hicksin
O Ratory
Johmsen
LoGaxsport
Henry Winklebeck
First National Bank
Judge Baldwin
FS. Murdock
W. Wash
Albert Gail
G. L. W. Mack
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