Tragic Death by Poison Found in Virginia Avenue Room
Lizzie Bellmore, also known as Lizzie Hall, was found dead by poisoning in a furnished top-floor room at 481g Virginia Ave. The case suggests suicide with no motive apparent, amid uncertain past identities and connections to New York. The body awaits post mortem in the morgue with burial plans by local acquaintances under Crown Hill Cemetery.
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Virginia Ave
Lizzie Hall
Washington St
New York
Miss Morgan
Bose
Stig
Foutz & Fitzhugh
Crown Hill
Susanna Sewell
Lizzie Bellmore
Brooklyn
Hall
Lizzie
Receivership Battle Over Hornsby & Smock Shoe Firm
Judge Winter heard Friday arguments to dismiss the receiver order for Hornsby & Smock the Union Trust Company appointed receiver. An assignment followed and a legal fight over property possession ensued with the receiver in charge. If creditors fail to agree by Saturday the court may revoke the receiver order and return control to the assignee. Also Deputy Auditor Johnson pressed a $1800 rent claim for the courthouse basement highlighting unpaid dues totaling $3600. Embezzler F H Weeks arrived in New York after Costa Rica capture with a victim's fist raised in his face at the ferry. Weeks was sent to the Tombs.
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Winter
Hornsby & Smock
Union Trust Company
Sssignee
Week
Curiaco
F. H. Weeks
Costa Rica
New York
Political Bolt Signals McGillen Victory in Chicago
Alderman Madden and his followers bolt the Republican caucus indicating Swift's defeat for mayor and the selection of Alderman McGillen, a Democrat, in Chicago. Also reported is the second trial of ex-Detective Coughlin for Dr Cronin's murder, with jury selection ongoing. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a remedy for multiple ailments.
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Swift
Chicago
Madden
McGillen
Coughlin
Cxricaco
Dr. Cronin
Killing of Captain Burnett and Murderous Retaliation
A Johannesburg special reports Capt. Edward Burnett of the British South Africa Company killed while guarding two Matabele prisoners in a hut. Hon. Maurice Gifford killed the two prisoners and burned the hut. Nearby Lobengula warriors threaten Fort Victoria amid reported routs. Separately, Lisbon dispatches claim aid to Brazilian insurgents reaching Janeiro, while UGranquist plans monitor the El Cid armed cruiser and a dynamite destroyer near their fleet.
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London
Johannesburg
Edward Burnett
British South Africa Company
Maurice Gifford
Burnett
Gifford
New York
Lisbon
Janeiro
Admiral Melo
el Cid
Unidentified body found in box car Friday night
Friday passed and the man found dead in a box car Tuesday night remains unidentified. The list of local events includes a secret session of the board of trade committee on communications, a stay of execution for Parker and McAfea a murder trial, and various social and civic notices from Muncie.
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Board of Trade Committee On Communications
Supreme Court
Parker and McAfea
Lyster
Holy League of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
St. John’s Church
Dougherty and
Shortsts
Campbell
Grand Opera House
Charles Shaeta
Superior St
Pratt
State Health Board
Muncie
Mollie Schweikle
Geo. W. Schmitt
Sheboygan
Wis
Vermont St
Roberts Park
W. D. Foulke
Richmond
Col. Holloway
Ohio
Pennsylvania
John H. Martin
Broadway
Mason
Citizens’ Railway Company
Haughville
Mozart Symphony Club
Tomlinson Hall
New York
Methodist
Prospect St
Belt Road
Louis Ehrman
Virginia Ave
Ehrman
Denny
Master Plumbers’ Association
Hudson
Judd
Brennan
Board of Health
Birris
Gao
Annie Cotton
Joseph
Emile Rautenberg
Jas
Mary Smith
John
Patsy Alen
Albert
Mrs. Keall
Ernest
Grace Bicknell
Carrie Wamper
Dreatms
Chas, Braum
Aloiz Merz
Restive Street Car Men Defend Dismissals Amid Labor Friction
The Citizens' Street Railway workers denounce outsiders and insist dismissals are for cause. General manager McLean denies Pinkerton involvement, pledges promotions from within and asserts city-focused hiring as Indianapolis faces rising tension with the Brotherhood.
Strike on the Big Four at Cairo Blocks Trains
The Big Four road workers in Cairo Illinois walked out Thursday evening over a wage cut aimed to take effect that night. About 45 men were involved in the strike, threatening a line-wide tie-up on the Cairo division until the old pay scale is restored. General superintendent Van Winkle departed for the trouble scene and pledged no concessions.
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Cairo
van Winkle
Funeral for Notre Dame founder Edward Sorin
Immense crowd attends funeral of Very Rev Edward Sorin founder of Notre Dame University at Notre Dame. Office for the dead at 9, requiem mass at 10 celebrated by Bishop Rademacher, sermon follows, remains interred in the community cemetery.
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Louis Benn
Ind
Edward Sorin
Wnotra Dame University
Notre Dame
Rademacher
Pension Day Draws Near at Local Agency
Pension Day approaches with the quarterly pension payments to begin next Saturday at the agency on W. Maryland Street. The total funds exceed 2.7 million dollars to be drawn from the Chicago sub-treasury instead of New York. Pension agent Ensley says circulating this money will help relieve hard times.
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Maryland St
Chicago
New York
Ensley
Bomb found on London Bridge buttress during unrest
Workmen discover a seven pound dynamite bomb placed on the London Bridge buttress. Police and authorities suspect it was planted to harm political prisoners and provoke reprisals.
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Lonpox
London Bridge
Risn
Capital Steam Laundry Cuts Shirt Price to Ten Cents
Due to money market contingency the Capital steam laundry reduced shirt prices to 10 cents. The laundry is among the largest in its area and can be reached by telephone 1089 for prompt service.
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Capital Steam Laundry
Beleaguered Groom Faces Bigamy Charge in Evansville
James Shanesey, 26, a Kingston Canada native and church leader, is jailed in Evansville on a bigamy charge after allegedly marrying twice more following separation from his first wife. He wed Lulu Gralisehe and Greinstein while living away from Kingston, while his first wife and two children were left behind. Detectives Kinney and Rickards found him at 228 N. Uliaotsat Friday morning after the case was traced to Ivingsville.
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James Shanesey
Iivingsville
Shanessy
Kingston
Canada
Methodist Church
Lodge
Evansville
Fie
Hvaneville
Lulu Gralisehe
Hopeful Gowdy Sees Actively Planned Republican Campaign
Captain John K. Gowdy chair of the Republican state committee visits the city to consult on filing the apportionment suit and to set up state headquarters in the Denison house. He tells The Sun the committee rooms should open by January 1 and the fall campaign will begin in full blast with strong prospects driven by victories in Indianapolis and Ohio. He criticizes the repeal bill as ineffective and predicts sweeping Republican wins ahead.
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John K. Gowdy
Denison House
Tru Sun
Indianapolis
Ohio
Democratic Party
Purser Missing After City of Alexandria Disaster
Ward and Co reports from Havana say the purser of the City of Alexandria was recovered from the burned steamer wreck. The stewardess is missing and the captain’s name could not be confirmed. Of eight unaccounted crew, seven were too mutilated to read, leaving eight names unresolved.
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New York
James F. Ward & Co
New York and Cuba
Courts hear demurrer in Madison wharf case and appeals
Friday the city of Madison moved to compel Geo Daley to allow a wharf on his property and his demurrer argued the city lacks right to appropriate property. The Indiana racing association appeal seeks $10,000 from Alex M Allen for track buildings at Roby after Lake circuit court verdict. Indianapolis National Bank forecloses $10,000 chattel mortgage against Iley H Beckney as his furniture business nears receivership. Appellate court reverses Loganport verdict against Almon Lyon for $5,000 damages from a fall at a defective street crossing after Lyon lost in the Casa circuit court.
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Friday
Madison
Geo. Daley
Daley
Indiana Racing Asseciation
Alex. M. Allen
Supreme Court
Allen
Lake
Roby
Indianapolis National Bank
Iley H. Beckney
N. Illinois St
Beckner
Secure & Loan
Almon Lyon
Logansport
Lyon
Casa
Kopp Died at Last After Morphine Overdose
Gotthold Kopp the despondent baker died Friday morning at about 3 o clock at the family home on Market and Noble streets. Physicians notified the coroner after deeming recovery hopeless. An electric battery used to revive him was detached and he seemed to rally briefly before relapsing and dying despite efforts by Dr Thrasher.
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Kopp
Gotthold Kopp
Beck
Dr. Thrasher
Reby matter discussed in Lake County conference
Sheriff Freidrichs of Lake County met Gov. Mathews in the executive office on Friday to discuss the Reby matter. Both declined to talk about the conference citing its subject. Freidrichs warned that any further fight at Roby would be prevented if the law has power to do so, referencing the Corbett-Mitchell battle.
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Reby
Freidrichs
Lake County
Congress Quits As Senate Passes Chinese Exclusion Act
Congress adjourns as the Senate acts on the Chinese exclusion bill and seigniorage coins are authorized. Reed led filibuster tactics, absentees arrested, and a compromise on tariff committee rules was discussed. The president signed the exclusion act, and a large Georgia delegation urged a presidential visit to the Augusta exposition.
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House
Senate
Washington, D. C
Ways Sahil Means Committee
Congress
Tom Reed
Reed
Wilson
Ways and Means Committee
Washieron
D. C
Gresham
Texas
Hovee
Richardson
House Committee On
Treasury
South Georgia
L’ridey
Augusta
Armstrong's Body Recovered After Boiler Explosion
The body of missing engineer Armstrong was found Friday morning in the Dry Dock stables ruins after a boiler explosion. He held an oil cup as he perished and his death raises the death toll to five with others injured expected to recover. Liberty Bell's Triumphant Journey Delights Attoona crowds.
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New York
Armstrong
Broadway &5 Battery Railroad Company
Fourteenth-st
Liberty Bell
Attoona
Cincinnati
Conemaugh Valley
Stage News Mixes Irish Comedy And Opera Star In City
Died in hospital on Blackwell's Island is San Francisco minstrel star Koe Arthur Cook once famed as a sweet singer. John Murphy opens brief engagement in The Kerry Gow while The South Before the War stirs audiences at Empire. Nordica and her company aid Flower Mission Fair with three concerts starting Nov 17. Engaged drama opens Flower Mission events with Booth Tarkington company. Archie Boyd stars in The Country’s Squire at the Grand with mixed reviews for supporting cast and wardrobe.
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Arthur Cook
San Fracisco Minstrels
Blackwell's Island
Park
John &. Murphy
Kerry Gow
South
Empire
Nordica
Sealchi
Maud Russell
Guille
Heinrichs
Luckstone
Booth Tarkingtons
Indianapolis Dramatic Company
Archie Boyd
New York Weekly
Boyd
Squire
Dr Jenkins Core Company Promises Accessible Cure
Advertisement on the Sun's fourth page touts Dr J R Jenkins core company with strong financial backing. The note claims a rapture cure will be within reach for all and highlights Jenkins as a successful rapture specialist in Indiana polls.
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Sun of
Dr. Jenkins
J. R. Jenkins
Indiana
Quiet wedding links governess to wealthy tobacconist in Chicago
Miss Marie Hampe, longtime governess to President Harrison’s grandchildren, wed A. O. Davidi s a 45 year old widower and Chicago tobacconist at Tabernacle church. The ceremony was private with only Mrs McKee and two children present. The couple depart for Chicago to start their life together.
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Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
Marie Hampe
Abies Mckee
Harrison
A. O. Davidia
Wabashawe
Chicago
Pane
Proon
Vovernesa
America
Maris
Indianapolis
Windy City
Hirs. McKee
Benjamin
Mery
Hampe
Rondthaler
McKee
David
Public works hearing on street and sewer plan changes
Citizens' company president A Linch Mason pressed for edits to the Mississippi Street line project to aid unemployment. a private interview was requested. The board noted a sewer addition could affect work and planned to consult the city engineer before deciding. McCarty Street brick improvement completed at 17456 dollars. City dump custodian position ended. Levee and two breakwaters regulations set for Fallcreek banks to provide employment. I G Sourbier awarded printing and supplies contract at 169.
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A. Linch Mason
Citizens’ Company
Board of Public Works
Organized Labor
Wildman
Mason
Mississippi St. Line
Clerring
New York
McCarty St
Meridian
High Sts
Richard Forrester
Fallcreek
Fourteenth-st
Shriver Ave
I. G. Sourbiear
Boiler Explosion Kills Engineer and Fireman
In St Louis Missouri on the Iron Mountain line at Neoshost foot the engine boiler exploded at 11 o clock Thursday night. Engineer George Schroder was killed instantly and fireman Thomas Scott was fatally hurt after being thrown about 1000 feet. Brakeman Koeper was blown into the Mississippi and drowned.
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St. Louis
Iron Mountain Road
Neoshost
Geo. Schroder
Thos. Scott
Koeper
Mississippi
Miss Parker Seeks Salary From City Board
Miss Parker, assistant clerk in the Board of works, tried for her monthly salary Thursday afternoon but Controller Trusler refused. The charter lacks an assistant clerk provision though the old board paid $60 per month from incidental funds. Trusler sent the issue to the city attorney as the board planned to appoint an assistant under Bart Parker’s direction.
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Miss Parker
Board of Works
Trusler
Bart Parker
London Reports Rampant War Preparations in Morocco
Madrid advices declare large scale mobilization as eight thousand men stand ready to move to Mellilla within 24 hours and fourteen thousand more to be concentrated in Andalusia by Sunday. Warships and merchant ships are sending ammunition and supplies forward to the theater.
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London
Madrid
Mellilla
Andalusia
Morrocco
Train wreck in Wever kills unknown tramp
A southbound St Louis Keokuk and Northwestern passenger train wrecked at Wever Iowa at 10 o clock Thursday night. The engine smoker baggage and mail cars were ditched and an unknown tramp was killed.
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Keoxon
St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern
Weever
Weather forecast for Friday to Sunday
Forecasts for the 24 hours ending at 8 p m on November 4 call for cool fair weather Friday night and Saturday and Sunday.
Was This Man Killed The Denison Hotel Death Probed
The death of W H Collord after a fall from a third story Denison hotel window prompts new scrutiny by Coroner Beck. Attorney Cale for insurers questions witnesses and possible foul play citing insurances worth 40000, rocking chair, head wounds, and a pending post mortem.
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Indianapolis
Beck
Cale
Harrison
W. H Collord
Cincinnati
Denison
Collard
Chicago
Head Collord
Fidelity Casualty
London Guarantee Companies
Tut
Passage of repeal bill sparks party indignation and shifts votes
The senate action on repeal enrages the people's party ranks and draws converts from Democrats. Stockwell of the Nonconformist says laboring classes are mobilizing, silver is seen as dead for commerce, and the party plans education and literature to push free silver.
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Senate
People’s Party
Lucius A. Stockwell
People's Party
Bun
People’s
Tom Taggarton
Grover
Cleveland
Timmers Liver Regulator Offer for Kidney Health
Sufferers from weak and dangerous kidney affections may restore health with Timmer's Liver Regulator. Persistent use is claimed to revive tired kidneys. Also noting new hat racks at William L. Elder's.
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Wm. L. Elder
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