City Council Debates Finances and New Tax Ordinances
The council discussed city finances with Mayor Denny noting a near empty treasury and 140000 in temporary loan bonds. Ordinances authorize 150000 in anticipated tax bonds and a 40000 loan to cover fire and police payrolls, plus taxes on retailers, pawn brokers, breweries, and vehicle owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny
Woollen
Mr. Costello
Trusler
Costello
Rauh
Koehring
Mr. Young
Cooper
Young
Colter
New Artilleryman Honored as Curtis Joins Battery
A telegram dated November 6 1893 announced that Jas B Curtis Jr was elected a member of the Indianapolis light artillery by a unanimous vote. The notice notes his father Capt J B Curtis formerly abroad on legal business and that uniform measurements await. The city also funds relief for the unemploy d and motions target courthouse grade and streetcar labor disputes.
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Indianapolis Light Artillery
D. A. Thompson
New York
Jas. B. Curtis, Jr
Kent
Com
Fight Ends in Fatal Shooting at Italian Saloon
In Caiiaco on November 6, Joseph Rossiolo a New Orleans cook was fatally wounded in a Friday morning quarrel at an Italian saloon. The bar room crowded with Italians erupted into a general melee. Who fired the shot is unknown.
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Caiiaco
Joseph . Rossiolo
New Orleans
Indianapolis College of Commerce Offer
Read the great offer for the Indianapolis College of Commerce advertised on the paper’s fourth page, with details aimed at young men and young women.
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Indianapolis College of Commerce
Indianapolis Collezge of Commerce
Suburbs Electrifiy Plans For Haughville And West Indianapolis
Haughville and West Indianapolis win county approval to string electric wires along their routes outside the city with no new right of way. The move, backed by Citi zens street railway, will electrify the lines using old rails this winter. In West Indianapolis a bridge street permission was granted for Kentucky avenue and Morris street. The piece notes the residents are pleased. Secretary Bicknell visits prison north and finds Parker and McAfee in high spirits in adjacent cells chatting and singing as the expected hang looms. He recalls one inmate saying life has its ups and downs but he is enjoying himself.
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Haughville
Indianapolis
Henry Clay Allen
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Allen
Laughville
West Indianapolis
Kentucky Ave
Morris St
Bicknell
State Charities Board
Parker
McAfee
Sun
Supreme Court
Council Committee Seeks Board Support for Unemployed Aid
The committee appointed by the council to wait upon the Board of Public Works in the interest of the unemployed expect to meet 80, Wednesday morning. Members unanimously wish continued improvement work and will ask the board to proceed. Under the charter little remains for the council to provide more work, but the committee will assure the board they have the council’s commendation in the improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Carrie McBride Found Missing Teen Refuses Return
Carrie McBride aged 16 who vanished from her home on S Meridian near McCarty street over a week ago was found Tuesday morning working in a private family at 251 Michigan Ave. She told detectives she preferred her new home and would not return to her parents.
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Carrie McBride
S. Meridian St
McCarty St
McGuff and
Thornton
Michiganave
Explosion at Baychester dynamite factory injures two
Werstcinster New York November 7 A dynamite factory at Baychester blew up Tuesday morning demolishing the plant. Two men were injured in the blast.
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Werstcinster
N. Y
Ditmar
Baychester
City Lily and River Dusk in Fall News Snippets
A collage of local notes reports quail crops rising ice cream profits down and milk woes. Obituary for Amanda Pullman 60 dies of apoplexy. Legal moves include Case v Adams Express moved to federal court. Appointment of I J Meyer to public works praised amid dissent. Various notices list marriages licenses and a run of births and deaths.
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Philip Stoop
Warren Township
J. H. Mills
American Circuit Art Association
Indianapolis
Chicago
Amanda Pullman
Markatst
Beck
Pullman
Lucien Case
Adams Express Company
Wayne
Federal Court
I. J. Meyer
Board of Public Works
Cal. Darnell
John
Sela Burkhart
Robert
Maggie Bonke
Ellen
Delano
Kate W. Bayless
John Holloway
Frank Bennett
Isaac O. White
Belle
Lenham
George Mizner
Emma Stumph
Thomas F. Powers
Anna V. Merit
Richard Erwin
Riot at Gravesend as McKane forces clash at poll lists
In Gravesend a mob clash erupted when Col Alexander Bacon and about 50 citizens attempted to copy poll lists under a court order. McKane and his police beat back Bacon and seized three companions, while 16 Brooklyn detectives faced a mob and were driven into a swamp. Reports from Camden Pittston and Chicago describe similar election-day unrest and police involvement across several states.
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New York
John Y. McKane
Gravesend
L. 1
Col
Alexander
Bacon
Brooklyn
M. C. Moore
Citizens’ Committee
Wm. A
Col. Bacon
McKane
New Yor
New Jersey
Camden
N.J
Ninth Ward
Campenx
Coopers’ Hospital
George Banks
Frenk Swain
Nelson Geary
Edward Creer
Divers Plead To Stop Work After Huge Santander Disaster
Dispatches from Santander report over 1000 dead wounded or missing after last Friday’s dynamite explosion. Divers refuse to continue body recovery, grappling hooks used now. many victims drowned rather than burned. Senor Gimzo, finance minister, stabilizes authorities. queen regent mourns. more nurses and medical supplies needed as unidentified dead are buried in a common grave. The port commander had ordered the vessel sunk to prevent further fire as the waterfront burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maynip
Santander
Senor Gimzo
Senor Gamzo
Financial Bid Chooses Frenzel Loan Contract
The city council accepted the Frenzels bid for a $40,000 loan due April 1, with a premium of $38.03 offered and 6 percent rate. The Fletcher bid was slightly lower but rejected. the two bankers left arm in arm after the announcement. A second item questions baby care options as a distressed mother seeks affordable childcare, while the orphan asylum board explains it cannot take more cases.
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John FP. Frenzel
Trusler
Fletchers
Frenzels
John P. Frenzel
Stoughton Fletcher
Woollen
City laundries cut shirt laundering price to 10 cents
The Union co operative led a city wide price drop in shirt laundering from 12 to 10 cents. Manager T E Somerville announced the permanent reduction after noting all shops lowered rates to stay competitive. No other garments see a price change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Co-Operative
T. E. Somerville
Fo Tux Sun
Somerville
Verdict for Homer Stump in Malpractice Suit
In Huntington circuit court on a Tuesday morning the jury awarded Homer Stump $1000 against Dr. A J Smith for alleged unskillful treatment of a fractured arm. Stump contends the injury left him unable to move the arm and the cage will be appealed.
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Wanasa
Ind
Huntington
Homer Stump
A. J. Smith
Smith
Stump
Cleveland to receive election results at Woodley
President-elect Cleveland will get the returns at Woodley via a special wire. Private secretary Thurber arranged for bulletins to go to the White House. All major updates will be handed to Mr. Cleveland at Woodley.
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Washington
Cleveland
Woodley
Thurber
White House
Laundry price reduction notice at Union Co-Operative
On and after Nov 6 1993 the price for laundering shirts drops from 11 percent to a lower rate. Quality remains best with prompt calls and deliveries. Union Co-Operative Laundry serves 198 140 and 142 Virginia Ave with phone 1469.
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Union Co-Operative Laundry
Virginia
A Rod in Pickle for Mac Strikes Debate with City Transit Boss
The Citizens' Company's manager McLean brushes off labor delegates in a tense stand off over a pending strike by street railway workers. A central union committee pressed for Indianapolis hiring and wage settlement but McLean cited prior engagements. The Board of Trade committee plans further talks to intercede.
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Citizens’ Company
Griffitha Block
McLean
Verner
MeeLean
A Sun
W. H. H. Tuttle
Central Union
Indianapolis
Board of Trade
Suits Allege Fraud At Indianapolis National Bank
William L. Dunlap sues Receiver Hawkins in U S court to recover 2890 deposited July 20 claiming Theodore P. Haughey misrepresented bank solvency. A supplemental bill seeks 18000 deposited by President Haughey as trustee and names Haughey as insolvent. Big Four Railroad through Attorney Dye is involved.
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Indianapolis National Bank
Wm. L. Dunlap
U.S
Hawkins
Dunlap
Theodore P. Haughey
Haughey
Big Four Road
Dye
Two wives murdered by Savage in Halifax and Dresden
In Halifax Nova Scotia on Monday night a Boston man named Savage shot and killed his wife and child then himself. his Halifax born wife died Tuesday morning. In Dresden Ontario on Tuesday, Hiram Richardson, a Black man, kicked his wife to death, admitted the crime after arrest, saying he wished he had killed her fifteen years ago and cared not whether he was hanged.
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Halifax
N.S
Savage
Boston
Brooklyn
Dresden
Ont
Hiram Richardson
Collision in a Fog Leaves Sailors Missing
In fog at Point Aux Barques the propellers Albany and Philadelphia collided. The Albany sank in 200 feet of water after a head on strike by the Philadelphia, which then sank in 30 minutes. Crews escaped in small boats. one boat with 20 men and both captains reached shore. several others are missing.
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Sanp
To Strike or Not
Painters who quit Saturday night refuse to return at 25 cents an hour. Employers say previous pay is unfair and will not concede. A Marmont hall meeting is set for Tuesday night to decide on a strike.
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Marmont Hall
Struggle over Liability of Iron Hall Membership Certificates
Attorney Haw king and Judge Howe clash on whether the order's membership certificates are legal obligations. If deemed liabilities, the insolvent receivership continues. if not, the order remains solvent and the receiver can withdraw. Evidence includes circulars and pamphlets promoting benefits, while Howe argues documents were issued without authority and should not be admitted. Ex Supreme cashier Davis comments on the case's purpose and delays, with no testimony taken Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iron Hall
Winter
Hawkins
Howe
Davis
Ex- Supreme
Walker
Chrysanthemum Exhibit Opens at Tomlinson Hall
The seventh annual chrysanthemum show opens Tuesday night in Tomlinson Hall with nightly promenade concerts. Zumpfe's orchestra performs, elaborate decorations grace the hall, and a grand floral display promises to surpass prior city exhibits with valuable premiums and a Newark film orchid collection.
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Tomlinson Hall
Zumpfe
New Jersey
Big Four railway fights state tax law in federal suit
The Big Four began an injunction suit to bar Treasurer Holt of Marion County and 33 other county treasurers from collecting last year's taxes as set by the State Board of Tax Commissioners. A prior similar case before Judge Brown upheld the law. the Supreme Court of the state affirmed, and the case awaits U S Supreme Court action. The suit seeks to halt tax collection until federal ruling. Judge Brown issued a restraining order returnable January 10, 1894.
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Big Four Railway Company
Holt
Marion County
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Brown
Council Court
State Supreme Court
Big Four
United States Supreme Court
Washington
State Tax Board
Boonville Farmer Shot Dead at Bedside in Robbery Motive
Boonville Missouri on Friday morning 1 o'clock Charles Earhardt prominent wealthy farmer was shot in his bed by an unknown assassin. Police suspect robbery as the motive. The report notes stray text about a laundry and an old listing of shop items appears in the clipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonevilie
Charles Earhardt
Coroner to oversee exhumation in Collord death case
In Cincinnati coroner Beck will supervise post mortem of W. H. Collord, buried a month, to settle whether death was suicide or murder. Insurance companies contest payment on $40,000 in policies, citing his recent illness and odd behavior. The widow and relatives consent to exhumation.
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W. H. Collord
Denison
Cincinnati
Beck
Hamilton County
Ohio
Collord
Coord
Collard
Cale
Chicago
Gai
Weather Forecast for Indiana Ends November 18 1898
Forecast for Indiana covers 86 hours ending 8 pm November 18 1898. Brief periods of fair weather expected Tuesday night and Wednesday with continued fair skies.
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Indiana
Night Owls Shine in Empire and Grand Theaters
A large Indianapolis audience enjoyed the Night Owls at the Empire with La Mothe and Ducrow praised for a remarkable performance. Large crowds also applauded Lights of London at the Park Theater. Frazer Coulter and Grave Throre headlined the cast, supported by a capable company. Tickets for Flower Mission entertainments go on sale Friday at the Big Four office. The Grand staged Dusmas Crust of Society with Mise Otis delivering a strong performance as the central disreputable woman, while Arthur Lewis Lydia Thompson Effie Tilbury John Flood Henry Boyntum and George Robinson filled out a solid cast. Beesham's Pila noted as a dietary quip while the Indianapolis College of Commerce is mentioned in passing.
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Night Owls
the Empire
la Mothe
Ducrow
London
Park Theater
Frazer Coulter
Grave Throre
Flower Mission Entertainments
Nordica
Indianapolis
Dumas
Mise Otis
Arthur Lewis
Lydia Thompson
Effie Tilbury
John Flood
Henry Boyntum
George Robinson
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J. B. Curtis
Board of Works
Court House
Streetcar
van Pel 'A
City Lily
Pittsburg
Pittspore
Pat Farrell
Homestead Fame
Farrell
McHugh
Maynard
Court of Appeals
Tammany Hail
Dan Lamont
Chico
Tewysend
Maryland
Bathnoxre
Buckeye
Commbus
Neal
Iowa
Drs Mores
Aicwaonp
Massachusetts
Russell
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Sam
Pilcaliand
I. N. Distress
Tus Sun
John Bradshaw
Orphan Asylum Board
State House
Grover
Mac
Hawking
Wm. L. Elder's
MR. Collord
Wasasu
Amos Ivans
North Manchester
Ivans
Empire
Light Owls
Beesham
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