Indiana Speaker Race Sparks Democratic Debate
In Indiana political circles the race for speaker of the house and doorkeeper of the senate dominates discussion. Captain Jim Curtis of Indianapolis is a leading contender from the region, backed by supporters statewide, with other hopefuls including Frank Adler Fort Wayne judge Samuel Hench W A Cullop Vincennes and others. A separate note recalls wheelman scrutiny after a false rumor about legislator Romeo Stuart alleging a ban on bicycles. Local reactions to party splits and the election atmosphere are described amid broader state political maneuvering.
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House of Representatives
Cauraso
Frank Adler
Theeencastle
Samuel Ifench
Fort Wayne
W. A. Cullop
Vincennes
J. F. Fippens
Tipton
Hugh McMullen
Aurora
R. I. Erwin
Adams County
Senate
House
O.T. Wells
Wiliam Mannix
Fort Weyne
Barney Burns
Skorth Belins
Pyas
Romeo Stuart
Democraticandidate
Mr. Sturt
Stuart
Tut Sun
Sver
Wheelan
The Dreaded Mafia Besets Italian Merchant Lacavera
Italian merchant Lacavera, once in New Orleans and a grand jury member indicting the mafia, vanished after facing threats. He had debts to New Orleans firms totaling about 10000 dollars and left the city amid rumors he fled to Italy or was harmed by mafia agents seeking vengeance for his grand jury vote.
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Cortubus
A. Lacavera
New Orleans
Hennessy
Jlacavera
Isis
Kn “Uns
Coumpus
Mafia
Grand Jury
Lacavera
Taly
Mine Explosion Kills Two at West-end Colliery
Steubenville, Nov 22 A mine explosion at the West-end colliery blew from a fizzing fuse among blasting powder. Twenty five kegs exploded causing deafening noise and a smoky scene as families gathered above. Victims listed include John Ivosky and Wesley Anderson dead. Several others fatally or seriously burned, with multiple injuries described across the crew.
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Nany
Steubenville, O
Llandh
West-end
John Ivosky
Wesley Anderson
Miel Nel Ci] Hokey
William Anderson
John Anderson
Lawrence Campbell
John Zaving
Ed Cook
John Ghlesbie
Matthew Wright
George Vaters
John Ramsey
Tragic Alsace Murder Stuns Mulhausen Crowd
In Mulhausen Alsace a basket maker's wife named Ivern killed four of her five children with a knife after driven to desperation by her husband’s dissipation. She then killed herself in the cemetery path, leaving one child to flee. The tragedy sparked wild peasant excitement as the mother and children were buried in a common grave.
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Paris
Mulhausen
Alsace
Ivern
Mme, Kern
Thun He Took to Drink and His Girl Went Back on Him
Cinartanoccéa Tennessee November 22 John Critzer planned to marry Emma Crosby Tuesday. After learning he lost his property in the election and began drinking she sent a note ending the match and left for Atlanta. Critzer, superintendent at the Southern Malleable Iron works, has been discharged.
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Tenn
John Critzer
Emma Crosby
Wives Discover Husband Shot Self in Home Dining Room
Mrs John Radford found her husband, painter aged 49, dead from a self inflicted gunshot in the dining room of their West 159th Street home on Tuesday night. The incident occurred after he was seen at the table with head bowed.
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Zushband
John Radford
Radford
Political and Religious Rifts Split Wyoming Church
In Rock Springs Wyoming on November 22 the Republican Methodist church disbanded rather than remain under pastor Rev. D L Rader a Democrat who actively campaigned. In Gascon Maine a fatal cat epidemic rages in Sullivan Harbor for over a week affecting many households with losses.
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Ghurch
Rock Srmmes
Wyo
Republican Methodist Church
D. L. Rader
Gascon
Sullivan Harbor
Fire destroys Lindell railway car shops sheds and cars
A Sunday fire at the Lindell railway company car shops in St. Louis destroyed valuable sheds 12 motor cars and much electrical machinery. The loss is estimated at 80000 dollars. Indianapolis area weather forecast reports fair and warmer. Furniture at Wia L Bidet.
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Savere
St. Louis
Lindellat
Railway Company
Drowned in Flood as Storm Rages Across State
Scarvin reports Prof Galfard, his wife, son, niece and a bosman believed drowned after their boat was found on an island. They left Everett Friday and were not seen again. Flood damage to farms will reach hundreds of thousands. logs and wreckage clog a seething lake in Stuck valley to Ries valley. In Tacoma the storm worsens, railroads fear greater losses. In Hartley Indiana a caboose crew slept while cars rolled back, burying five workers. one killed, others injured as Engineer Fishman escaped.
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Scarvin
Galfard
Everett
Stuck Valley
Riese Valley
Snohimish River
Tacoma
Wash
Sioux City
Fishman
Land grant line forms in Marquette with 50 to 60 seekers
In Marquette Michigan on a cold morning 50 to 60 men and women queued at the Third street government building entrance to secure land grants. Miss Alice Slater, 31, led the line since Sunday and refused a $1,460 offer for her place, with six women further down the line.
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Manquette
Mich
Third-st
Alice Slater
Marquette High School
San Francisco Chinese merchants fear crash and disbanding
Reports from Morning Call interviews indicate a looming financial crash in San Francisco's Chinese quarters due to exclusion laws. Six companies may disband by February new year, threatening many Mongolian merchants with business failure. others note railroad wrecks, political figures, and local incidents in a chaotic jumble of items.
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Finasncial
Uriah Sominy
San Proversco
Cail
San Francisco
City to purge gambling dens amid public safety drive
President Hawkins and Mayor’s office plan aggressive action to remove all public gambling from the city. Police supt Calbert orders warrants and notices for owners of gamble venues to quit or face arrest. Judges’ prior leniency cited as motive for strict enforcement.
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Hawking
Board of Public Safety
Calbert
Ita P Nalia
Aly Hawkins
Mia Cme
Mne
Mau
Essary
Ean
Bs Mining
Chick Colbert
Colbert
Woman Sues Telegraph Firm Over Missed Telegram Death Claim
Mattie Manuel, wife of a Franklin minister, sues Western Union for $5,000 damages in a suit moved from Franklin county circuit court to the U S circuit court. She claims the company promised to alert her husband before his death in New Albany, but failed to send the telegram in time.
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Mexwest Corporation
Mattie Manuel
Western Union Telegraph Company
Franklin County
U. S. Circuit Court
U. S. Court
Manuel
Franklin
New Albany
Ship Wrecked Off Barclay Sound Near Vieroanta
A vessel en route from San Francisco to the port struck rocks in Barclay Sound Thursday and sank. The captain and crew were rescued.
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Vieroanta
San Francisco
Barclay Sound
Cleveland to rest after election win in New York
Novel early report from New York dated Nov 22 details President elect Cleveland planning a two week absence to rest. He says letters of congratulations flood in from Americans nationwide and he may accept office applications only after inauguration. Also notes on The Fountain theater opening in Cincinnati and assorted local court and crime notices amid a bustle of city life.
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New York
Cleveland
Ilo
Elamy
Mr. Cleveland
Eulal
Heresy Trials Spark Debate as Denver Funeral Honors Mrs Jacobs
In a chaotic spread of religious controversy, trials over heresy dominate discussions from New York to Cincinnati while Indianapolis honors Mrs Frances Jacobs. Her funeral draws crowds and cross faiths praise her charity and humanity, contrasting with clerical debates on predestination and inspiration.
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New York
Preserved Smith
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Phil
Sheridan
Horreltop
Brigus
Parkhurst
New York City
Maolish
Prince of Wales
Christianit
Ayer
Daenver
Afra
Francis Jacche
Jarress
Denver
Ostn
Jac Af Witerd
Frances ’ Terday
Jacobs
Deavar
McCulloch
Church of the Divine Fraementa
Anace
Myron Reed
Oscar McCulloch
Frances Jacobs
Orthodoxy
Mrs. Jacobs
Laertes
Nate Ed
Panic at Robinson's Opera House injures patrons in a fire scare
Cincinnati on November 29 reports a lamp explosion or overturning lit a pile of lithographs at Robinson's opera house gallery. The blaze was quickly out but two gallery patrons were injured, though not fatally, as the audience shouted fire and rushed to exit. the performance continued.
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Cincinnati
Robinson's Opera House
Newspaper Man Returns to Harmonious Vermont Street
A battered tale ends with a reconciled feud between a newspaper man, his landlady, and her hired girl in Illinois and Vermont streets. The man’s former messy apartment has been cleaned and arranged by the two women, who welcome him back and claim to maintain the cheerful household.
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Landiats
Ilinois
Inua
Jace
Frei
Eoon
Velice
Fnpe
Indianapolis
Vermont St
Basia
Sir
Panic In Theater After Mouse Causes Stampede
An audience at a Monge Artros show in Ziea ter Railun was startled Monday night when a woman near the stage jumped to a chair and screamed. The ensuing panic sent four people to be slightly hurt as patrons rushed for the exits before order was restored. The source notes the commotion was triggered by a mouse hiding in the woman's skirts.
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Zieater
Artros
Jane Coombs
Fire Devours Pittsburg Suburb Family
Early Tuesday a fire in Sharpebure, a Pittsburg suburb, trapped H W Danneherter and family, including a one year old, all suffocated. Despite rescue attempts, they perished. The blaze also threatens a nearby store.
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Pittsburg
Pierssure
H.W. Danneherter
Sharpebure
Death Had No Agony at Homestead Mills
The body of Anthony Newhouse, a Homestead mill worker, was found after he reportedly bought whisky and sat before a natural gas fire. He died from asphyxiation with burns and heat damage evident on the body after being in the fire for about 24 hours.
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Piyrssrne
Theody
Anthony Newhouse
Homestead Mills
Dewlougse
Thanksgiving Football Dual: Purdue vs DePauw Headlines
Thanksgiving football draws crowds with two games on campus grounds. Purdue and DePauw square off at the fais grounds as local transport and seating arrangements promise easy access. Purdue enters undefeated, while DePauw seeks an upset. fans wager on the Methodist squad.
Colored man charged with assault in Seattle case
James Alexander, about 40, arrested Sunday evening on a criminal assault charge. The 16 6 year old daughter of Wile Dickson says she was assaulted in the rear of 22 Vanderst. Alexander arraigned, pleaded not guilty. Judge Buskirk ordered perjury charges against the warrant signer. Doctor testifies the child was assaulted. Further arrests for perjury and continued witness summonses until Friday.
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Christopher Rimmerman
Ella
Indaily
Indianapolis
Federal Grand Jury
Tts
Trelaun
Aveus
School of G Ht
Sehliewen
Conceit
Rud
Wes Weypl
Aleander Jeel Haa
Gus Ralke
Ollie Lanham
Yihaa Aron
James Ross
Deek
PRGO
Jennie Broel- Ly
Aniess
Ghway
Vermonutst
Charles Davenport
Thomas Ferriter
Lake Erie & Western
Prise, South
SHV
Charles Winter
Smith Block
Ohio
Delaware
Dimas
Willis
Nellie Slager
Thomas
Ollie Brown
Joseph
Carrie Rink
William
Mrs. David
Carrie Morris
Mrs. Nichols
Gertrude Moore
F. W.schaefer
Smith-st
Richard Fran
Mary Holloway
Jebr I. Watts
Clarissa Evans
Joseph J. Bauer
Frances N. Ittenbach
Rue P. Williams
Annie L. Boland
James Alexander
Seattle
Dickson
Wile Dickson
Alexander
Sapt. Colbert
Priday
Sigrah Glue
She Ling
Murder in Gineaco Sparks English Translation Error
Detective Valen tine killed Frank Gpara a late lieutenant in the Austrian army, mistook him for a thief, and the real culprit escaped. Panama scandal case opens in Paris with bribery charges and money spent to influence newspapers and deputies. In New York a foreman named Kerrigan is found murdered in the R. J. Carter engine room.
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Valentine
Frank Gpara
Panama
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Dela Haye
New York
Das. Kerrigan
R. J. Carter
Adams St
Brooklyn
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