Powell Busy Police Chief Blends Quiet Demeanor With Military Readiness
Article paints Supt. Powell as a cautious social climber who avoids monocles and patent leather yet is meticulous about dress and discipline. Educated at Harsham Quaker College, he favors a gray suit and sharp creases, dislikes tobacco, and embraces military precision, prompting officers to polish uniforms and study tactics.
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Powell
Police Department
Connor
Board of Safety
Mr. Powell
Supt
Quaker College
Harsham
Force
Jie
Eihce
Cuban revolt reports spread by steamship Yamuri
Gen. Jose Marti reports uprisings across Cuba from Nov. 5 with armed bands looting stores and seizing horses. Revolts reach Sanisador and Asgudin plantations as government troops engage rebels. Marti notes broad aid offers and arrests on trumped up charges while youths in Cienfuegos spark widespread action.
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Nurw
York
Jose Marti
Revolutionary Party
Cuba
Yamuri
Havana
Lajos
Sanisador
Asgudin
Marquis de Asgudin
Rancheald
Cienfuegos
Student Robber Sentenced in Education Fund Robbery Case
In Valparaiso Indiana on November 14 the jury in the Claire Robinson case convicted the defendant of robbery with three years in the penitentiary. The Sept. 30 attack on the normal school safe ended with two masked men fleeing, shots fired, one boy dead, the other surrendering. The robbers were brothers named Robinson.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Claire Robinson
Normal School
Nathan Howe
Robinson
Claire
Editor Beane Dies Suddenly in Goshen
Goesoza Indiana November report states William A Beane managing editor and proprietor of the Goshen Democrat collapsed before his office on Tuesday morning He was about sixty five years old in good health and had spent four decades in the newspaper business He was a prominent democratic editor and well known as a paragrapher.
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Goesuza
Ind
Wm. A. Beane
Goshen Democrat
Johnson
Freddy
Clyde
Charles Peck
Daniel Britton
Shirts Reduced to Corn Meals at Van-Pelt's
Fragmentary note indicates a 1889 sale or display at Van-Pelt's with shirts priced like corn meal. Names and full context are unclear, but the snippet suggests a quirky catalog or promotion from the period.
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All
Van-Pelt’s
The Labor Signal Fades After Ten Years at Sea
The Labor Signal, city’s labor paper for about a decade, ceased publication after last edition issued three weeks ago. Financial strain, a mortgage to W. Fairbanks, and alleged Democratic funding contributed to its collapse. James Wilson of the People acquired half interest, signaling a possible consolidation.
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Labor Signal
W. Fairbanks
Tom Teggart
Tom Taggart
James Wilson
The
People
Sigmas
Horrible lynching shocks Arkansas town
In Pikxt Buurr Arkansas on November 14 a mob of colored men broke jail at Warner, hanged Nelson to a tree, shot him, and burned his body after he killed a fellow black man a week earlier. Fragments of the body were found at dawn as rain prevented full burning.
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Buurr
Ark
Warner
Iron Mountain
Here
Nelson
Auspoury
N. Y
John Johnson
Aliners Protective Association Forms To Fight Gambling
Councilman Cooper leads a 102 member group filing in the secretary of state to curb minor gambling. The Society aims to prevent minors from gambling and visiting gambling houses, with W. H. Cooper as president and a slate of officers and directors ready to act as needed.
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Cooper
Aliners’ Protective Association
W. H. Cooper
Jas. Ryan
Louis J. Blaber
Lamine Sues Pfinget Estate Over $10000 Claim
Charles C. Lamine files suit against the estate of the late F. Pfinget, alleging Pfinget owed him $10,000 at death for a debt with no provision in the will. The Grand Hotel is noted as part of the estate and the case opened in circuit court on Tuesday.
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Charles C. Lamine
F. Pfinget
Lamine
Pfingat
Court notes and crime briefs from Urbana Illinois
Capital national bank sues Adolph Schmidt and Jacob Frankel for 3800 on notes. Frank West and Harry Ostman sought for burglary in Urbana. Patrolman Klinger relieved for suspicious condition. John Lewis indicted for attempting to ravish Ellen Land. Al McPherson to answer similar charge by Lydia Mundon. Fred McGarrigan, 10, before Judge Stubbs for incorrigibility. father testifies. Joseph L. Maher sues railroads for 1975 damages over mule losses. Commentary on the Maher case includes a defense of funds of the order. Marriages and typhoid cases listed. several ages and names. Marriage licenses issued to Harmon and Bey, Hoffman and Leach, Sawyer and Hart, Edwards and Ormsby, Grimm and Hunter.
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Capital National Bank
Adolph Schmidt
Jacob Frankel
Frank West
Harry Ostman
Urbana
Iil
Klinger
Powell
John Lewis
Ellen Land
al. McPherson
Lydia Mundon
Fred McGarrigan
Stubbs
Cox
Joseph L. Maher
Maher
Smiley Chambers
Iron Hall
Brrras
G. C
Mia
Morrison
George
Pauline Cracker
Mary Welch
Adolf
Sallie Marrer
Gideon Myers
Jessie Green
Miro. A. Perrin
Ja Arippe
Adelaide Johannes
Hiartine Zingler
Robert Reynolds
Mair-Riage
John Harmon
Mary Bey
Franklin Hoffman
Dora Leach
Gusrue Sawyer
Ella Hart
Burt J. Edwards
Gertrude G. Ormsby
Fred É. Grimm
Nellie M. Hunter
Rumors of Cabinet Dissent over Hawaiian Policy
Washington November 14. Rumors spread in city clubs that the president’s cabinet faced strong dissensions and that Secretaries Smith and Morton resigned or would resign at the meeting. Morton and Smith denied the reports and said there was no truth. The split in Congress over the Hawaiian affair could trigger a bitter fight with party lines.
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Washinaton
D. GC
Smith
Morton
Congress
F Srrison
Hawaii
Wasninwrox
Department of State
Willis
Gresham
Blount
No Further Rights Found in City Franchises
Deputy auditor Johnson examined Morris street and Kentucky avenue bridge franchises and found they expire with the city street rights. The documents grant operating power by any motive force and block perpetual rights. County commissioners will grant no further privileges as two franchises cover all points and do not hinder possible electricity adoption to West Indianapolis streets.
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Johnson
Kentucky-ave
Indianapolis
Vice President Stevenson Visits City for Brief Stop
Vice President Stevenson and his wife arrived at union station at 11 40 a m on Tuesday by the Panhandle route. They dined briefly at Tom Taggart's lunch counter in ordinary fashion and left at 11 45 for Bloomington via the Peoria division of the Big Four to rest before Congress reconvenes.
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Tom Tageart
Stevenson
Panhandle
Union Station
Tom Taggart
Three Burgraff Boys Injured In Accidental Shooting
In Marion Indiana on November 14, three sons of John Burgraff aged 16 and younger were husking corn when an old musket discharged. The eldest’s head was blown off and the second son was fatally wounded near Running Water.
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Marion
John Burgraff
Brazilians Favor Monarchy Says Brazilian Scientist
Dr Rocha Conceacos, a Brazilian scientist and friend of the late Dom Pedro, spoke in Paris on November 14. He said Admiral Mello and the insurgents raising the imperial flag could lead to victory, and that Brazil’s republic had relied on military dictation while most people favor a monarchy.
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Paris
Rocha Conceacos
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Admiral Mello
Central labor union meeting on Ross discrepancy and firm stand by street railway brotherhood
The Central labor union held a stormy session at Mansur hall to consider a finance committee report on alleged mishandling by secretary Wm. J. A. Ross. An acting secretary John Pruitt was kept in place until the next election. Proceedings were largely in secret with details withheld. The union vowed to support the street railway brotherhood amid upcoming troubles. A motion to limit representation on standing committees failed after heated talk. The constitution will be amended to bar contractors and employers from the union. An unemployed gathering was planned for Friday in the criminal court room.
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Central Labor Union
Mansur Hall
Finance Committee
Wm. J. A. Ross
John Pruitt
Rogs
Criminal Court Room
Board of Works Pursues Work for the Unemployed
The Board of Works met daily to pass several small improvements such as alleys and sidewalks to create work for the unemployed. A tour with Slayer Denny suggested more projects in the north eastern district. A subscription was floated to raise 72,000 for courthouse yard removal, as county commissioners refused.
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Board of Works
Slayer Denny
Partotchea Cly
SbGlicairns
Court House
Gowdy Likely To Be Re-elected Chairman In January
The Republican State Central Committee plans a January reorganization at the Denison house with Captain Jack Gowdy favored for the chair. Secretary Millikin confirms Gowdy will run and likely win, while Shockney backers press a strong campaign. Millikin is also expected to be re-elected to his current post.
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Republican State Central Committee
Denison House
Shockney
Jack Gowdy
Gowdy
Millikin
Two Smiths Dead After Fatal Factional Clash
In a North Dakota style dispute near Mount Fincey on Monday night, Alexander Smith was arrested at a mill by Deputy Hewitt who shot and killed the elder Smith after a clash. Joe Smith was fatally shot as he fell and Hewitt was wounded but expected to recover.
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Mount Fincey
Als
Green
Ambrose Smilth
Pratt Mines
Smith
Hewitt
Alexander Smith
Heroine perishes in school fire at Coopersville
A village school in Coopersville burned Tuesday afternoon after recess. Miss Porter the teacher and two young pupils died in the blaze while trying to rescue the children. About 30 students were in the building. others suffered burns and bruises as an overheated stove caused the fire.
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Burrao
Coopersville
Miss Porter
Weather Forecast for November 15 1893
Slightly colder and fair conditions expected Tuesday night into Wednesday. Forecast covers tours ending 8 p m with cooler air and clear skies expected across the region.
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Wednesaday
Robberies On South Side Lead to Arrests in Shoes Case
Detectives and a sergeant raided Annie Williams’s Michigan avenue hideout and recovered several dozen pairs of shoes from Schrader’s store burglary. Williams was arrested for receiving stolen goods and implicated J C and Harvey Weathers, both jailed for burglary as the grand jury is awaited. Laura Bess’s Market street resort was also robbed of several hundred dollars and jewelry with a suspected fugitive leaving for Chicago.
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South Side
H. C. Schrader
Shelby St
Grady and
Jeffries
Big Four
Annie. Williams
Michigan Ave
Mejiford
Schrader
Awart
Williams
J.C
Harvey Weethers
Harve
Laura Bess
W. Market St
Chicago
Train holdup yields life threat bral brakeman
Three masked men stopped a Peoria Decatur and Evansville train near Lincoln Illinois at 10 pm Monday. Brakeman George Trot bravely tried to halt them and was shot in the stomach, likely to die. Passengers were frightened but nothing from the passenger cars. the express car outcome unclear. One robber jumped off as the train sped. The others fled toward Pulaski.
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Decatur
Peoria
Pulaski
Indiana University creates new vice president post
Becomes official after four days of trustees' session in Broomington Indiana. Dr William L Bryan elected to the newly formed office from philosophy chair. A building project for which a $50 000 appropriation was referred to a committee. Also reports a death in Monriceyio during a revival meeting of Joseph Osterhoul a retired farmer.
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Broomington
Ind
Indiana University
University
William L. Bryan
Ex-Judge Howe Defends Iron Hall Case In Sharp Speech
Ex-Judge Howe spoke Tuesday morning in the Iron hall case to a crowd of eminent lawyers. He assailed Attorney Harris and the opposing side while defending the order and its 63,000 members. Howe argued the accusations of gambling and greed were unfounded and that the insurance methods of the Iron hall were sound. He concluded his argument Tuesday afternoon refuting the other side’s propositions as absurd.
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Howe
Iron Hall
Supreme
Walker
Ford Winter
Order of the Iron Hall
Order
McKinley Likely Nominated At Republican Meet
New York Nov 14 A meeting of the Republican executive committee is scheduled for Thursday or Friday. Large attendance is expected after a recent victory and moves toward nominating Gov. McKinley of Ohio for president in 1896. Ex-president Harrison may seek the nomination again, but many committee members favor McKinley and aim to begin the campaign. Dick Kerens of St. Louis is already in the city.
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New York
McKinley
Ohio
Harrison
Minneapolis
Blaine
Dick Kerens
St. Louis
Thurber Whyland Co. Grocery Firm Assigns Under Panic
F B Thurber as president of the wholesale grocery company owned by Thurber Whyland assigned without preferences. Estimated liabilities about 850000 with assets more than double. Receivers appointed in New York and New Jersey. The firm, once among the largest grocers, seeks reorganization with fresh capital due to loss of trade from the silver repeal bill failure and resulting panic.
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Thurber
Whyland & Co
New York
F. B. Thurber
Thurber-Whyland Company
New Jersey
Congress
Servian envoy stabbed in Paris by 19-year-old shoemaker
M Georgerich special envoy of Servia to France was stabbed in a restaurant Monday night and, though gravely wounded, survived Tuesday. The assailant Leo Lanthier a 19 year old shoemaker was seized by two gens d'armes and jailed. A monument to soldiers will open December 1 with 20 cent admission before elevator install.
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Paris
M. Georgerich
Servia
France
D’carmes
Leo Lanthier
Soldiers’ Monument Commission
Willard McWorkman
Langadale
Tanner Is Appointed In Federal Postings
Washieton Nov 14 The president announced Tuesday several appointments including J Scott Harrison as surveyor of customs at Kansas City and George G Tanner as surveyor of customs for Indianapolis. McMillan and Ohlinger named to revenue posts. Me Ridian consul named for Meridan Mexico. Cooter removed as Philadelphia customs collector.
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Washieton
J. Scott Harrison
Kansas City
Webster Withers
Internal Revenue
Missouri
George W. Haynie
Hvaneville
Ind
George G. Tanner
Indianapolis
Wm. D. English
San Francisco
M. McMillan
Internel
Onin
James McGaffrey
St. Louis
Louis P. Ohlinger
Ohio
Marcellin L. Davis
Arkansas
Meridian
Mexico
Harrison
Thomas V. Cooter
Philadelphia
Flower Mission Festival at Tomlinson Hall enchants crowds
The Flower Mission Festival unfolds at Tomlinson Hall with Booth Tarkington and the dramatic club presenting Gilbert's Engaged. The event features daily booths, concerts, children's party, and Nordica performances to aid the charity, with elaborate floral scenery and various themed stalls.
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Booth
Flower Mission
Tomlinson Hall
Gilbert
Booth Tarkington
Dramatic Club
Second Presbyterian
Market-st. Temple
Meridian-st
First Presbyterian
St. Paul’s
Plymouth
First Baptist
Christchurch
Fourth Presbyterian
Roberts Park
Grace Cathedral
Florida
New England
Denny
Palma
Land of Flowers
J. A. Milburn
Castile
Memph is Y M C A fire leaves two missing and one dying
Report from Mewrais Tenn on a Monday night fire at the Y M C A building describing Thomas H. Bond missing and presumed dead, an elderly man also missing, Secretary Parkins likely fatally injured, three others hurt but expected to recover, and total losses estimated at 100000 spread across three firms and the Y M C A. Perry W Cotten, 62, well known local citizen, dies at 290 E St Clair St from the grip with children listed as survivors.
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Memphis
Mewrais
Tenn
Thomas H. Bond
Sam Jones
Parkins
Perry W.cotten
E. St. Clair-st
Lilly & Stalmaker
Central Christian Church
Royal Arcanum
Anna White
J. M. Cuff
Manson
Aretta Cotten
Freeman Cotten
Eau Claire, Wie
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Hoke Smith
Hesigen
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Conztral Labor Union
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