Seeling's Hard Luck Victim Of Pigtail Boycott
New York City reports a Chinese landlord Lee Ling facing a boycott led by the Long Si Lea Tong in Chinatown. Ling, expelled from a secret society, backed a new block on Mott Street, while a rival Wing Wo Hing Co. rent dispute and alleged assault involving Lee Hing are noted amid threats and public notices.
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New York
Mott-st
Lee Ling
Philadelphia
J. P. White
Bowery
Wing Wo Hing Co
Chinatown
Mr. White
Long Si Lea Tong
Ling
Lee Society
Sacred Society
Lee
United States
Mott St
Low Hoy Sing
Kwan Tung
Huang
Lee Hing
White
China
Rail accidents and lynching reported in early October
Multiple short items from Oct 11 detail a Cleveland line crash near Bellaire killing four coal miners and injuring others, a wall collapse in Anyers killing two, a gas ignition fatally burning a worker in Pursue, and a lynching of a train hand in Waycross. Other notes include ballot box forgery, political statements, a governor’s son visiting, a bereaved widow, tobacco destruction, and a call to meet for a cultural group in Chicago.
Elopement Shocks Chicago Area Involving Green and Bartell
The Herald reports Emmet C. Green eloped with Mrs. C E Bartell wife of his half brother living at 4008 Prairie Ave. Green, 34, once a real estate man, fled to a ranch near Cheyenne leaving a note and a safety deposit box key. Mrs Bartell, 23, mother of two, is from Hillsdale. No clues on their whereabouts.
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Indianapolis
the Herald
Emmet C. Green
C. E. Bartell
Praiie Ave
Green
Bartell
Cheyenne
Prairisave
Fiora Timms
Hillsdale
Wreck on Vandalia Ends in Fatal Wreck Near Terre Haute
A wreck on the Vandalia three miles east of Terre Haute at about 2 AM left engineer Edward Miller fatally injured and possibly dead. The train went through an open switch before brakes could stop it. two first cars derailed. Fireman escaped, while several valuable racehorses in the express car were fatally injured. passengers from Indianapolis remained uninjured.
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Mitler
Vandalia
Terre Haute
Hdvward Miller
Expresa
En Rouute
Lexington
Steele Leads in the Hace for Corporal Tanner’s Shoes
Washington on October 11 reports Georgie Steele of Indiana leading Tanner’s plate with Poole of New York close behind in a close race for the corporal’s position.
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Corporal Tanner
Washington
Vial
Georgie Steele
Indiana
Tanner
Poole
New York
A Good Soul Gone in Emmetsburg Pioneer Sister Dies
Frederick Maryland October 11 Martha, original member of Mother Seton’s order of the Sisters of Charity at Emmetsburg, dies at age 93 after 76 years as a sister. Oldest charity sister in America. Cincinnati October 11 Halstead admits card issued Friday morning that the name James EB Campbell in the Commercial Gazette ballot-box trust story is a forgery.
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Frederick, Md
Martha
Mother Seton
Order of the Sister of Charity
Emmetsburg
Halstead
Cincinnati
James EB. Campbell
Commercial Gazette
Ballot-Box Trust
Dr J O Stillson named physician at blind institute
City life notes confirm Dr J O Stillson as physician at the state blind institute. Closing target shooting tournament of the season ongoing. Also inquiries into Dr Y Vananda new Roberts Park church pastor. Three Vogt children S Meridian Sr died of diphtheria in past two weeks. Democratic veteran association meets at Hendricks club room Thursday night. Browns visit town at 11 15 Friday with Capt Comiskey lodging at Grand hotel. Old seminary boys and Miss Axtall's schoolgirls enjoyed reunion at exposition grounds Thursday. Judge Taylor rules in Copsey case denying $150 damages for horse overdrive. Crown brewing Co 500000 capital Terre Haute and P R Cross press Mfg Co 10000 capital East Chicago incorporated Friday. William McNimery recaptured in Cincinnati after escape. Supt Boone pursuing Friday. In Howe court Lu cius B Swift suit against Indianapolis Chair Mfg Co for 3000 fees to occupy court days. Trial began Friday morning. C A Bates Co Jackson Place Indianapolis issues Index magazine as city index to Indianapolis businesses industries and attractions. Lick Creek and New Bather gravel road Co sues William Rose and Mary Sloan for 4000 alleged undercounted collections. Oct 25 1887 railway accident at crowded insane hospital street car yields dozen suits against Citizens street railway. three compromised Friday before Judge Taylor. Gov Hovey pardons Win Cauwallader for one year petit larceny minor with two months left. remits 40 of 100 forfeiture against James Hogan in Hendricks circuit court.
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J. O. Stillson
Y Vananda
Roberts Park Church
Vogt
S. Meridian Sr
Democratic Veteran Association
Hendricks Club
St. Louis Browns
Capt. Comiskey
Grand Hotel
Old Seminary
Miss Axtall
Exposition Grounds
Judge Taylor
George Copsey
Joseph L. Fisher
Crown Brewing Company
Terre Haute
P. R. Cross Press Manufacturing Company
East Chicago
William McNimery
Cincinnati
Boone
Howe
Lucius B. Swift
Indianapolis Chair Manufacturing Company
C. A. Bates & Co
Jackson Place
Indianapolis
Lick Creek
New Bather
William
Rose
Mary Sloan
Insane Hospital
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Taylor
D. P. Brisa
Bessie Miller
Richard M. Streat
Hovey
Win
Cauwallader
Hamilton County
James Hogan
Hendricks
Special Sale of Burt and Packard Button Shoes
A special sale offers Burt and Packard fine button shoes cut from six dollars to three sixty. Marott’s own make fine hand sewed button shoes, regular eight dollars, now five. Every pair warranted. Geo. P. Marott, 16 N. Pennsylvania St.
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Burt & Packard
Marott
Geo. P. Marott
Pennsylvania St
White House Steward Lieman to Quit October 15
Washington October 11 Six months in the White House prompt Steward Hugo Lieman to return to the Richelieu hotel Chicago on October 15 with a salary of 2000 dollars a year. Official denials say Mrs Harrison did not press him out. Lieman says higher pay in Chicago attracted him. He leaves praised by President and Mrs Harrison, while rumors say Mrs Harrison’s interference spurred the move.
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Washington
White House
Hugo Lieman
Richelieu Hotel
Chicago
Lieman
Harrison
Indiana forger captured in sensational arrest at Fort Worth
Frank Becker, an Indiana man, was tracked to the Mansion house by Sheriff Richardson and Deputy Maddox. When confronted at 4am he threatened to kill the first man who crossed his threshold. He fled to a window, hung from a gutter, and was hauled to safety by Deputy Maddox atop the roof. He faces forgery charges from A M McKnight, cashier of the First National Bank of Stephensville.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Frank Becker
Indiana
Richardson
Maddox
Mansion House
Hin
Backer
Post Office
Peers
A. M. McKnight
First National Bank of
Stephensville
Justice for a rate at the workhouse case
Mike Griffin, a burly laborer, faced assault charges after an incident with Filo Scott, described in biased terms. He allegedly paid for a bed at Powell House then demanded his money back, attacked the night clerk, and threw Scott down stairs, injuring her. Mayor Denny sentenced Griffin to 30 days and $25 fine.
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Mike Griffin
Filo Scott
Powell House
Denny
Crane prepares vigorous campaign as milk inspector
Mr. Crane, the milk inspector, readies a strong campaign and becomes skilled with the lactometer and lactoscope supplied by the health board. He plans to sample creameries and grocers first and pursue the man with minnows in his milk can only incidentally for a time.
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Crane
Health Board
Sixteen Diptheria Cases Reported in City Now
Despite three recent deaths in George Yogi's family from diphtheria the disease is not prevalent or malignant. Three deaths were due to subsequent blood poisoning. There are now sixteen cases in the city, down from thirty last week. Berlin dispatch notes the czar arrived Friday morning.
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George Yogi
Lights and Shadows at English's stage opens with mixed reviews
New York melodrama Lights and Shadows opens Thursday at English's with a passable company. May Newman, the persecuted heroine, lacks star billing though Annie Barclay earns top notice as Madam Gerard. Duffield, Stokes, Collins, Hanchett, and Robinson give solid turns while the altered comedy falls flat. Nobody's Claim, a bill change, draws a good crowd and looks likely to run all week.
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New York
May Newman
Annie Barclay
Gerard
H. S. Duffield
Max Wilson
Hol. Stokes
O. B. Collins
Inspector Byrne
David Hanchett
Ludge Broughton
Ida Robinson
Mire
Bleecker
Low Expenses and High Quantity at No 13 West Wash St
The Famous hagie advertises low expenses and high quantity as its standard, claiming to undersell all competitors on the best of clothing at its West Washington Street shop. The note emphasizes value and broad stock as core strengths.
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West Wash.st
Fearful and Wenderful Art Scenes in Tights and Shadows
Gossip of the town reviews a stage production titled Tights and Shadows. The first act scenery includes a faint Hudson River palisades with a foreground pier. later scenes hint Broadway and Union Square Park. A notable water hose effect on a crime den scene impresses, with praise for actor David Hanchett and praise for Robert Campbell, son of Bartley Campbell, among others. Bert Reesa the mind reader performs a streetwise stunt in Indianapolis.
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Hudson
Jersey City
North River
New York
Broadway
Wifthare
Madison Square Park
Beifman House
Fifth
Hoel
Hollman
Tom Ochiltree
Tom
Judge Breyton
Suberranean
Indianapolis
Four
Athirst
Council Debates Local Government Flaws and Contracts
Council meeting of Wednesday, postponed from Monday, reveals flaws in city governance. Items include a 2000 foot Eureka hose purchase by Chief Dougherty, a dispute over electric light placement, and an inquiry into gas company prepay claims. Viaduct talks progress as Bryce and Dell & Root settle property damages.
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Dougherty
Long
Trusler
Pearson
Gas Trust Company
Cal
West Indianapolis Errest Railway Company
Peter F. Bryce
Dell & Root
Brennan in Police Court On Assault Charge With Continuance
Michael Brennan faced a police court hearing on an assault with intent to kill charge. Prosecutor Anthony Bargelty testified Brennan allegedly drew a revolver and fired at him in bed during a political dispute. Brennan says the gunfire was accidental, the trigger catching on a string. The incident occurred in a boarding house room near Pat Manlay's saloon on W Maryland Street.
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Michael Brennan
Anthony Bargelty
Brennan
Brannan Eaya
Pat Manlay
Savalion
W. Marylands St
Cooper Swings Suit Against Union Railway Company
Congressman George W Csoper of Columbus files suit against the Indianapolis union railway company seeking 87090 in damages. He claims at the soldiers monument day he tried to pass gates at the union depot to board an M and I train, showed his ticket, was refused entry and assaulted. Illness worsened by the incident. assailant unnamed.
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Cooper
George W. Csoper
Columbus
Indianapolis Union Railway Company
Union Depot
Sateman
Rail inspections and telegram miscue on the rail lines
Pennsylvania officials arrive for a semi annual rail inspection tour in St. Louis. A reporter pays 30 cents for a telegram to Cleveland as a Southwestern Limited train speeds past, prompting a dramatic tumbling exit from a vestibule before the message is corrected and delivered.
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Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Shelbyville
Belt
Erie
W. K. Patterson
John Hagadorn
Union Depot
Ballefontaine
Southwestern Limited
Patterson
Hagadorn
Cleveland
Avorter
Tough Girls and the East Side Gang Fatality Case
In New York on October 10 Coroner Messimer opened an inquest into the July 17 death of Julia O’Cooper. Six teenage girls from the East Side testified in Bowery slang about a fatal blow attributed to Maggie Miller, a 15 year old said to lead a gang that frequented Avenue A and Eighteenth streets. The testimony depicts a volatile feud over Julia’s relationship with Maggie’s lover, culminating in the assault that left Julia dead.
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New York
East Side
Messimer
Julia O'Cooper
Maggie Miller
Eastside
Bowery
Maggie Quinn
Julia O’connor
Julia
Viaggia Miller
Dentley
Avenue E
Meggie
Avenue Band
Eighteenth-sts
Maggie
Julia Hagend
Unique Excursion for Crippled Inmates Draws Big crowd
About 2000 vrippies boarded a street car outing through Indianapolis, the largest and most ritual trip yet on Mr Shaffer's track. Crippled patients, including children and elderly women, rode in harnesses and crutches, watched by a respectful crowd. arrests of three gang members from Ohio and Indiana were reported.
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Indianapolis
Thursdey
Shaffer
Surgical Institute
Gamins
Cellege-Ave
Massachusetts-ave
College Place
Trial dates set for murderers and stabbings
States attorney Mitchell schedules Edward Astman for a week starting next Monday in a murder case and expects to try Oliver Cousins for the stabbing and killing of George Thomas the following Wednesday. Gapen Quill Tyler and Isgrigg will have next month dates in order, with Judge Irwin to rule on motion to quash in Gs pen's case.
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States
Mitchell
Edward Astman
Bertha Elf
Oliver Cousins
George Thomas
Gapen
Quill
Tyler
Isgrigg
Irwin
Gspen
Landlord Reibold Lights Bates House After Fire
Fire kept burning as Reibold dispatched for new dynamos in Chicago. The Bates house lit Wednesday night for the first time since the Monday blaze, showing electric light from a fresh plant.
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Reibold
Bates
Chicago
Ner
Almost at the altar a villain elopes with her daughter
In St Louis a dramatic court scene unfolds as Carl Dorman's widow reveals a bogus marriage and a daughter’s ties. Frederick Grahe intends to wed Frederika Morenz despite her stepfather Philip Morenz and Frederika’s supposed father Schaeffer objecting before the clerk, but the truth about a prior marriage and a long running family drama surfaces as a license is issued and the couple marry.
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St. Louis
Carl Dorman
New York
Dorman
Frederick Schaeffer
Frederika
Philip Morenz
North
Frederick Grahe
Franklin County
Moreoz
Deattita
Heina
Hobba
Beyond the Sea The Mormons are Proselyting
A dispatch from Moscow reports American Mormon elders active in the province with government opposition. They focus on lower classes and may receive passage funds from public funds. Authorities are said to favor their departure, while fears rise of American influence and undesirable immigrants.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
America
Europe
Ghastly Find Buried Body in Elver Sand
In Kanawha station near Parker sburg West Virginia two boys found a boot in sand. They pulled it out and revealed a foot. Authorities exhumed a well dressed young man with a gold watch and money but no papers. The body appeared to have been there weeks with little decay.
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Elver
Parkersburg
W. Va
Kanawha Station
Kanawha River
Iman
Washington Wales Hosts Knights Templars Reception
Mrs Gen Logan gave visiting Knights Templars at Washington a royal reception Thursday night. Congressman Steele says he has not been tendered the position of Commissioner of Pensione. Chicago workers are at the capital pushing for an enlarged Windy City post office service.
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Knights Templars
Washington
Steele
Boax
Pensione
Chicago
Windy City
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