Indiana S enatorial Fight Heats Up as Caucus Thwarts
Count of caucus hopes shows Fairbanks leading but McKeen and supporters push for a strong showing. Gowdy’s contest plan stirs GOP divisions while Harrison looms as a possible compromise candidate. Contested seats threaten a fragile Republican majority amid factional pressure and possible public recall of past blunders.
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McKeen
SUN
Priday
Terre Haute
Ole
Fairbanks
MeKseen
Harrison
Republican State Committee
Tiarrison
Gowdy
Senate
House
Gawdy
Samuel Kercheval
Denison House
Pop
McKee
Feed your horse Janes Dustress oats and mantets
A fragmented notice mentions feeding horses with oats and mantets amid damp dust and wood terms. The source text is unclear but signals animal care or farm supply context with names Lilly and related terms.
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Janes
McKinley Reappears Fresh. North Dakota Voters Favor Sound Money
Maj. McKinley, recovering from the campaign, receives visitors in Canton on Friday morning. Bishop Earl Cranston and H. C. Plumley of the Fargo Forum are among those stopping by. Plumley notes North Dakota voters favor sound money and free silver is not seen as best, with signs of improvement since the election and more loan advertisements in newspapers.
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Canton
U. P
McKinley
Earl Cranston
Methodist Church
H. C. Plumley
Fargo Forum
Baseball Magnates Quiet as Crooks Sale Nets Columbus Deal
Chicago reports Friday meetings of the National baseball magnates show a calm session with the Brush faction content. The sole completed deal is Jack Crooks from Louisville to Columbus. The agenda moves to Temple Cup continuation and souvenir ticket reforms as the meeting winds down. An unexpected Western League turn grants Columbus and Grand Rapids four year franchises and extends President Johnson's term. League expenses will be shared among clubs and transportation contracts with the eastern circuit were signed. Adjournment follows an afternoon session.
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Jack Crooks
Louisville
Columbus
Chicago
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Grand Rapids
Johnson
Disappearance Mystery Involving Albert Iske Continues
Albert Iske remains missing from his home at 188 Buchanan Street. Louis Meyer, his brother in law, traveled to Gosport to examine a river corpse, but a photograph verified the body was not Iske, leaving the case unresolved.
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Albert Iske
Buchanan St
Louis Meyer
Iske
Gosport
Meyer
Local Families Named In Casual Deaths And Marriages
Death notices list Jacob Hirt Florence Hirt and others with ages and addresses noting peritonitis endocarditis and heart failure. Also records marriages licenses for John McConnell Tillie Kenny John Burgess Amanda Davis George Dolph Laura Johnson Pressley Silvey Nancy Wheeler Thomas Hession Jennie Whitsett Imer Petty Georgia Sprow.
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John McConnell
Tillie Kenny
John Burgess
Amanda, Davis
George Dolph
Laura Johnson
Pressley Silvey
Nancy Wheeler
Thomas Hession
Jennie Whitsett
Imer Petty
Georgia Sprow
Justice Intervenes in Public Dispute Over Profanity Case
Last Monday Justice Hay forcibly arrested William Connors driver for Hunting and Page seed men after a confrontation with Constable Smock over a horse on Market Street. The court heard Connors use profanity and charged him with it, transferring the case to Justice Lockman where it remains under advisement following Thursday’s trial.
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Justice Hay
William Connors
Hunting & Page
Smock
KE. Market St
Connors
Tariff Questions Hover Over Next Congress
A Washington dispatch reports uncertainty over the Cleveland administration’s stance on the Dingley bill and whether Republicans will seek an early tariff push. Senators Morgan and Butler signal no opposition to tariff legislation, while reformers may obstruct, and federal appointments loom as leverage in Washington ahead of the 1897 session.
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New York
Washington
Cleveland
Sherman
Fifty-Fifth Congress
Morgan
Butler
Senate
McKinley
Conduct of a Wife and Assault Case in Police Court
Joe Tingle was charged with assault and battery on Geo Griffith and with stealing 317 from Ben Wert. Griffith fractured ribs and was beaten. Mrs Griffith testified for Tingle. Tingle fled to Chicago with Mrs Griffith after the assault, later sent to the workhouse for 180 days and fined 250 dollars. Wert’s money loss led to grand jury bond.
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Joe Tingle
Geo. Griffith
Ben Wert
Tingle
Griffith
Sheldon St
Wert
Chicago
TRYING TO BE GOOD AT WOMAN'S PRISON REFORM SCHOOL
The new grading system started October 1 under Matron Sarah F. Keelay shows six reform school girls advancing to first grade with white aprons braided collars and privileges. A few pupils receive demerits enough to drop to the third grade as others strive for improvement.
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Woman's Prison and Girl's Reform School
Sarah F. Keelay
Reform School
Rumor Ties Wright to State House Custody Battle
Gossip says Capt. D. L. Wright of the soldiers and sailors monument seeks the state house custodianship once controlled by Tim Griffin. Wright courted a plum during the last legislature amid a heated bill and elevator battle, with party backing noted but the measure defeated. It remains to be seen if support passes to the next session. Wright is said to have state officer connections and prior access to the treasurer’s office.
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United States
Indiana
Harrison
Senate
Tarrison
Mekkeen
J. Frank Hanly
Hiram Brownlee
Mavion
Fairbanks
State House
D. L. Wright
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
Tim Griffin
Capt. Wright
Wright
Grim Forfeits to Face Blackwell in Mill Fight
Sporting note from the SUN dated Nov 13 1896 reports Kid Grim has posted his forfeit to fight Mr Blackwell who has failed to come up to the challenge.
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Sporting
SUN
Blackwell
Grim
Mount prompts cordial GOP unity after election
Gov elect Mount releases a statement thanking Indiana Republicans for their support. He commends fair Democratic press coverage and hopes campaigns will soon center on intelligent, dignified discussion of major issues. The Cleveland club pledges support to Bryan for 1900. The Herculean club names officers. The National Union Soldiers and Sailors Mutual League endorses ex Lieut Gov Hanna for customs surveyor. Official returns show Mount with a plurality of 25 418.
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Mount
Indiana
National Union Soldiers’ ‘and Sailors’ Mutual League
Hanna
Two Boys Arrested After Candy Theft At Bakery
Hester Morton and Elsie Fields describe two colored youths from Fourth and Howard- Bts and 287 W Third St who entered Mrs. E Boring’s bakery at 400 W First St and ordered candy. After a 15 cent purchase they fled, Mrs. Boring fired a revolver, police court heard the case Friday. Both boys admitted guilt and Attorney Hill asked for a continuance to obtain witnesses, extending their jail time one more day.
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Hester Morton
Fourth and Howard- Bts
Elsie Fields
Third St
Local Retail Bargains Sweep the City
A rapid list of varied store sales and bargains appears, highlighting curtains hats coats furniture and groceries. Numerous shops including Bryce’s Albert Gall’s Creat Overcoat sale the Arcade Messenger’s furniture Co Chas Mayer Rubens Brosnan Globe Taylor Wasson Kreitlein Western Dry Goods Guarantee and more announce tomorrow’s specials and half price deals.
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Bryce
Albert Gall
Messenger
Brosnan’s
Hagle
Taylor's
Wasson
New York
International Fur Company
Kreitlein
Congregation to Vote on Calling Rev James Smith
The Tabernacle Presbyterian session voted to call a congregation meeting next Thursday to decide on inviting Rev James Cumming Smith to fill the vacant pastorate. Smith is a strong candidate and favored by many, making his likely succession to Dr Rondthaler's role. Chrysanthemum show drew 1,800 admissions by Thursday night. Friday highlighted baskets of chrysanthemums and roses, with California violets exhibited by a Newcastle firm as judges near completing prizes.
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Tabernacle Presbyterian Church
James Cumming Smith
Smith
Rondthaler
Washington
U. P
War Department
Chicago
Gulf Ports
Florida
California
Local notes on bonds, courts, and city projects
Win MecVWharter signs bond for Signor Vegara. a Marion lamp company incorporates with $15000 capital. County penalties feature flour costs for Ben Gentile, street department payroll, and sewer and bridge repairs. City cases include lawsuits, court actions, university talks, deaths, and public improvements with detailed sums and fines.
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Second Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Anthony W. Bowen
Anna
Tomlinson Hall
Studebaker Manufacturing Company
South Bend
Joseph E. Boswell
Henry Clay Allen
Propylaeum
Plymouth Church
President Butler
Butler College
Edmund J. James
Chicago University
Joseph Schwabacher
S. Meridian St
Indianapolis
San Antonio
Tex
Board of Trade
Flo
Tippecano
Supreme Court
Noblesville Milling Co Diadem Flour Ad
When you want fine pastry light biscuits and flaky bread use Diadem Flour. Every sack guaranteed sold by all grocers Noblesville Milling Co.
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Noblesville Milling Co
Weyler Shot Injures General and Loses Two Commanders
A Havana report describes Gen. Weyler leading Spanish forces into Pinar del Rio with 25 000 troops and clashing with Gen. Maceo. Sharpshooters killed two Spanish generals Echague and Melquizo as Weyler was wounded in the leg and routed. The clash fuels calls for Weyler’s recall and protests in Havana.
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Weyler
Canovas
Maceo
Final del Rio
Echague
Melquizo
Havana
Gen. Weyler
Cuba
Maximo Gomez
Madrid
U. P
Canavas del Castillo
Phillippine Islands
Indianapolis 36-Hour Forecast For Nov 14
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity calls for cold but fair conditions over the next 36 hours ending 8 p m Friday. Friday noon temperature was 33 and 2 p m reading 26 with fair skies continuing Friday night and Saturday.
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Indianapolis
A Beautiful Bisque Doll Draws Crowds At Mayer Store
A large bisque doll in the window of Chas. Mayer & Co. attracts attention from young and old. The doll, dressed in silk latest fashion, was given to Mayer by Duvall gan of New York and is likely to spark Christmas fantasies in homes. In other news, Amily A. Teague sues Citizens' Street Railway for 25000 dollars claiming injury from a collision on Massachusetts avenue on Oct 11, alleging cars ran too closely and no warning was given by the motorman.
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Chas. Mayer & Co
Chas. Mayer
Duvall & Gan
BE. Twenty-third St
New
Amily A. Teague
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Massachusetts Ave
Mortgage by Wallicks Secures $5 Loan at Meridian and St Joseph
John F Wallick and wife Mary filed a mortgage with New York Life Insurance on their Meridian and St Joseph streets property as security for a $5 loan. The county recorder notes this surge in real estate transfers as a sign of better times with more mortgaging to fund business ventures.
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John F. Wallick
Mary
New York Life Insurance Company
Meridian
St. Joseph-sts
The
County Recorder
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