Indiana Governor Claude Matthews A Farmer Turned Chief
The piece profiles Claude Matthews, Indiana’s governor and former farmer, detailing his rustic upbringing in Bath County Kentucky, his work clearing land for 26 cents a day, and his path to politics. It notes his marriage to Miss Whitcomb after meeting during Morgan’s Raid, his Vermilion County farm, and his reputation as a diligent public servant with a vast 16,000 volume library.
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Ichabod Crane
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Center College
Kentucky
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Morgan
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Ohio
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Vermillion County
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Gov. Matthews
Washington Irving
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Faust
Italian Cabinet Resigns Amid Bank Scandal Turmoil
Rome reports the cabinet decided to resign as the bank scandal, fueled by an investigating committee’s report, dominates debate. President Zanardelli prorogued the chamber after threats as Giolette and allies faced vitriolic crowds and radical calls to impeach the premier.
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Chamber of Deputies
Extreme Left
Gioletti
Banca Romano
Zanardelli
Giolette
Gas Out Threatens Evanston Residents
Gas supply failed in Evanston at 1 o clock Thursday morning leaving street lamps off until 2. Subsequently relit, then failed again as police and porters woke guests at the Avenue hotel and university female students. Authorities fear several fatalities from gas asphyxiation.
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Ana’Tis
Carreago
Evanston
Avenue Hotel
University
Chicago Millionaire Jones Fails on New York Exchange
Nathaniel 8. Jones, a New York stock exchange member and Chicago millionaire, failed Friday. Once part of Chicago's Big Four on the board of trade, he was famed as a daring speculator known coast to coast. He left Chicago for New York in 1885 with half a million.
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Chicago
New York
Nathaniel
Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Board of Trade
Bailiff Salary Dispute Forces Return to Old Pay
The police court bailiff must revert to the prior $800 annual salary after a 900 dollar raise was deemed illegal. Controller Trusler says Schwab is in debt to the city, while Dawson must accept the old rate.
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Trusler
Schwab
Dawson
Moors Resist as Spaniards Push on at Melilla
Maprio reports the sultan's brother has not subdued the Moors fighting Spaniards at Melilla. A two day truce is declared and 17,000 Spanish troops advance closer to the enemy, with another engagement anticipated.
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Maprio
Melilla
City Life highlights and local civic notes
Supt Powell states anonymous letters will be ignored. A Rescue home plan is proposed for Sunday at the Presbyterian tabernacle. Theodore P Haughey reads a letter branding Isama Micious. a morning paper quotes him about a five year sentence. Governor issues requisition for Ben Edwards to Chicago on grand larceny charges. Old city printing contract questioned. bids to be sought. Brews and Brown fined for cruelty to animals. Pendleton avenue improvement discussed. Brick paving contract awarded for alley east of Meridian. Weekly street pay roll listed. Obits note several deaths. Marriage licenses issued to multiple couples.
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Odd-fellows
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Isama Micious
Chicago
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Edwards
New Board of Works
Sentinel
John Brewer
James Brown
Murphy
Board of Works
Pendleton-ave
Browder & Shover
Meridian St
Bruirgs
I. T
Nora Thornbrough
Robert
Eva Fesler
Walter
Lucy Blaisdell
W. H
Mia
Graves
Herman
Lottie Meyer
Mary Higins
Dearnus
Henry Thomas
Christian Harmening
Walter J. Lee
Margaret EB. Marshall
Charles Pell
Viola Cook
Quarles A. Bergman
Emma Blumberg
William B. Neuer
Clara Wilstach
John. H. Maye
Lizzie. Young
Taggart Quits as Democratic State Chair to Run a Hotel
Tom Taggart announces he will not seek re election as chairman of the Democratic State Committee to focus on running a hotel. He says Democrats will win big and could run for auditor of state, with Joe Reilly and Joe Fanning as rivals for the auditorship nomination.
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Democratic State Committee
Taggart
Tis Sun
Joe Reilly
Joe Fanning
State Auditorship
Democratic Jubilee Adjourns After County and State Reorganization
Turpie and Voorhees condemn suspensions of pensioners while Cooper defends the policy. The Democratic Jubilee adjourned to December 30 for county reorganization meetings and state committee reorganization. A counsel committee was formed to defend the apportionment suit.
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Voorhees
Cooper
Jans
Turpis
Hoke‘Smith
Hoke
Zollars
Fairbanks
Montebanke
Gov. Matthews
Grover
Walter Q
Misplaced switch wreck injures many on Chicago & West Michigan train
A west bound Chicago & West Michigan train derailed near Zeeland after hitting a misplaced switch. Baggage car smoker and coach left the track, 20 in the sleeper and day coach, passengers piled in heaps. Several seriously injured, none killed. Relief train ferried the wounded to Grand Rapids.
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Chicago
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Zeeland
Weather forecast for November 24 1808 weekend
Forecast for the 36 hours ending 8 p m on November 24 1808 calls for fair skies and slightly warmer conditions. Saturday and Sunday are expected to be mild with gradual warming and no precipitation indicated.
Amusements: London and New York stage lineup updates
English's Calleton opera company performs The Chimes of Normandy and Bohemian Girl while Byron's The Heart of Africa tours Chicago and New York. Rosina Vokes retires from a Grand engagement as her company seeks a replacement amid gossip about Lottie Colling and Mrs Stephen P. Cooney.
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Normandy
Jimmy Powers
Walker
London
Ruboning
Chicago
Charley
New York
Oliver Doud Byron
Africa
the Park
Lottie Colling
Johnnies
Stephen P. Cooney
Carleton Opera Company
Rosina Vokes
Canvassing Board Reports West Indianapolis Annexation Support
A canvassing board finished work in West Indianapolis on Thursday and finds three-fifths of residents favor annexation. House-to-house canvassers note many undecided residents want more time while some oppose annexation due to revenue concerns. Factory workers largely back annexation for fire protection. a mass meeting is planned next Wednesday to discuss the petition to the council.
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Car Works
Mae
A Night in a Felons Cell Leads to Damage Suit
Nov. 20 Patrolman Simpson left his revolver and mace in a Grand hotel toilet. A bell boy moved the weapons to the hotel office, leading to Philip Kendall being accused and jailed. Kendall was acquitted next morning, then filed a $10,000 damages suit claiming the incident described a felon's night.
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Grand Hotel
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Kendall
New Brazilian Cruiser America Prepares for Pacific Mission
Off Liberty Island large quantities of shot shells and dynamite are loaded aboard the Brazilian cruiser America. The ship joins the Nictheroy to assist in demolishing Admiral Mello's rebel fleet and is expected to sail next week.
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America
Liberty Island
Nictheroy
Mello
Hood'a Sarsuparila Medicine Ad for Rheumatism Relief
An advertisement urges readers suffering from rheumatism to try a medicine sold by capital laundry. The note includes a phone contact 1069 and mentions a price reduction but is damaged and partially unreadable.
Homeless and Hungry Struggles of Relief Committees
Destitute residents seek aid as gas shutoffs and eviction notices hit the northeast city. Relief workers report screenings by the charity society, limited work from contractors, and a modest food allotment plan for two person households totaling 60 cents weekly.
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Hck
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Ebys
Lane
E. Washington
Citizens’ Company
Hanna
Charity Society Executive Committee
Shocking Crime In Lepanon Leaves Girl Injured
In Lepanon Indiana on November 24 a traveling doctor named Cotton from Terre Haute boarded with Mrs. Taylor. He allegedly assaulted a six year old girl while she was at church. Dr Porter found the child had contracted a terrible malady. Officials are seeking Cotton.
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Lepanon
Ind
Agro
Cotton
Terre Haute
Taylor
Porter
McPherson's Big Heart Sparks Prison Break Try
McPherson the nervy man who escaped the criminal court room remains at large after a two year verdict for attempting to ravish Lyda Munden. Harry Robinson, just sentenced to four years for assault, sat with McPherson and urged an escape but Robinson stayed put while McPherson called him a fool as they headed toward the door.
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al. McPherson
Criminal Court Room
Lyda Munden
Harry Robinson
Robinson
Court House
Fire consumes crowded tenement. several injured in Manhattan
Fire at 2 a.m. Friday in a packed two story tenement at 802 Ninth Ave injures two women two children and a man. Mrs McCabe is gravely hurt. Inmates rescued by cealing ladders as firemen and police risked through flames to save women and children.
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New York
Ninthave
Sirs. McCabe
Fire on the Docks at Fairport Sparks City Aid
Fire at Fairport docks in Paivesvilln Ohio spread Friday morning as docks burned and surrounding crews were dispatched from Paivesvilln. By 9 o’clock the flames were beyond control and threatening the coal docks. A separate report from Virona notes a large cotton mill fire Thursday night destroying the Potten dort mills and leaving about 1,000 workers without jobs.
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Fairport
Virona
Weather Man Predicts Cold Wave Across Nation
Weppenhang reports a general cold wave with temperatures plunging below freezing from North Dakota to Manitoba. He cites records as low as eight degrees and cannot promise a cold winter or a warm one, recalling past unpredictable seasons.
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Texas
Mercury
Jumbie
Lehigh Strike Ends as Passenger Trains Run Securely
News from Jersey City and Burraro dated November 24 reports the Lehigh line operating with trains passing without interference. Guards and deputies protected engines while strikers offered new hires cash to quit posts, a bid rejected in all cases. A broader line-wide movement is anticipated Friday afternoon if Jersey Central employees join.
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Jersey Centra
Low Bid Loan For City Council Receives John P Frenzel
Friday bids for a temporary $50 000 loan to May 1 1894 under an ordinance allowing up to $159 000 were opened. John P Frenzel offered 1 percent interest with an $11 premium and won the award. The loan funds were needed to cover department expenses.
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Trusler
Mir. Trusler
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Greencastle
Fletchers
John P. Frenzel
Detroit fire death toll notes Baltimore stage figure
The Ed son Moore & Co. fire in Detroit on Thursday claimed deaths including Helen Girard. A Baltimore belle once married and divorced from Padleford, she pursued opera and drama and took a chloral dose in New York amid personal crises with her husband Harrison J. Wolfe. She acted at the Academy of Music after appearing in Indianapolis last season in Dartmoor. Van Pelt’s serves staples like hominy and grits.
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Edson, Moore & Co
Detroit
Destitute Widow Seeks Immediate Hearing Over Debts
Mrs. Frances A Hicks, 70, alleges Geo W Topping moved out, leaving her without food or fire and took furniture and keepsakes. She seeks $225 life insurance benefits and other debts, asking Judge Brown to speed a hearing as winter cold worsens her destitution. The affidavit notes she cared for Toppings wife until May and now faces abandonment and gas turned off, relying on neighbors.
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Circuit Court
Frauces A. Hicks
Geo. W. Topping
Drs. Hicks
Topping
Suics
Alfreeave
Viola Fern Gordon
Tur Sun
Hicks
Oliver Ave
Alfree-zoe
Hawaiian Policy Fallout Revealed by Secretary Gresham
The Daily News reports from Washington that Secretary Gresham denies responsibility for the Hawaiian policy. He claims President Cleveland formulated the policy before his cabinet seat and that Blount’s appointment and instructions to ministers were prepared at the White House without his knowledge. The interview shifts blame to the president and Paramount Blount.
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Curiaco
the Daily News
Washington
Gresham
Secretary of State
Blount
Mr. Blount
Willis
White House
Funeral of Gen. Rusk Draws Thousands in Vernon County
In St Urroqua Wisconsin on November 24 a funeral for Gen. Rusk drew ex President Barrizon ex Attorney General Miller Gov Peck and many dignitaries plus thousands of residents. The day was frigid eight degrees below zero with snowfall as ex President Harrison ex Attorney General Miller Senator Vilas and other officials attended. Services at the church were simple yet imposing with Dr F D Butler of Madison delivering the sermon. The coffin was interred at a cemetery a mile from the church.
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Wia
Barrizon
Ger. Miller
Peck
Grand Army
Vernon County
Rusk
Milwaukee
Harrison
Vilas
F. D. Butler
Madison
Ex Consul Merrills Affliction Buries Miss Merrill
Remains of Miss Mary Merrill, who died abroad last September, were buried at Crown Hill cemetery after her parents arrived from Calcutta. The final interment was conducted by Undertaker Whitsett with a small gathering of family and friends. Hannah McVey, widow of Jamar McVey, died at 80 at 304 Collepe Ave. She supported Third Christian Church and benevolent causes.
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Wannab McVey
Hannah McVey
Jamar McVey
Collepeave
Third Christian Church
Unnecessary Misery Endured by Dyspeptic Regret
An antiquated ad-like fragment touts a vegetable liver regulator by Simmons offering relief from hay fever ache constipation and indigestion. It portrays widespread suffering and implies cure through a purported pure remedy.
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