Man Succeeds Mansfield as City Engineer in Indianapolis
Indianapolis faces civil service upheaval as Mayor Taggart vows a nonpartisan board and favors appointing the best test passers. Jeup temporarily fills Mansfield’s role amid a shuffle of clerks and vacant posts, while a street railway proposal from Pittsburg magnates looms after the elections.
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Curtis
Indianapolis
Civil Service Board
Sun
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Board of Health
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Jeup
Manstiel
Jeep
Jope
Yeeup
Jipe
Yipe
Jip
Yin
Yoip
Joe Foppiano
Fred Yount
J. D. Thompson
Brown
Skedaddie
Denony
Civil Service
Foppiano
Mansfield
Board of Works
Joe
Pittsburg
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Woman poisoned by supposed friends after insult
Theresa Poh karney, 28, lies in a New York hospital suffering Paris green poisoning she charges was forced down her throat by two men who visited Sunday night. She says the attackers were her supposed friends and the incident began with an insult and a struggle.
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New York
Theresa Pohkarney
Paris Green
Bedroom Sets by Lilly and Elder Displayed
Advertising fragment notes Jno. M. Lilly offers bedroom sets in all woods while Wm. L. Elder also features similar furniture. The snippet suggests a local retail display from a period catalog. No dates or locations are provided.
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All Woods
L. Elder
Correction on Embezzlement Case Names at Terre Haute
The Sun corrects a misprint from a recent issue misnaming Adam M. Ball as Robert G. Brier in an embezzlement allegation. Ball, arrested Sept. 23, posted 500 bond which he forfeited, and was rearrested in Terre Haute. Brier is head bookkeeper at Wulschner & Son's and not involved.
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Sun
Robert G. Brier
Terre Haute
Adam M. Ball
Cook
Mr. Brier
Tar Sun
Wulschner & Son’s
Ball
the Sun
Harurari Society Concert and City News Briefs
Sunday events mark a Harurari Society concert in Mozart hall and various city happenings. Notes include Matthews speech at the Atlanta exposition, a football win for Fountain Square over Deat Bro's, and engagements in music and local business ventures. Several obituaries and legal notices follow, with health and crime items, plus a belt-line merger and storage plant development.
Gen Harrison arrives in New York for Republican meeting
Gen Harrison travels from Saratoga to New York and checks into the Fifth Avenue hotel amid political gossip. He says legal business brings him to town, but he plans to attend the Republican National Committee conference starting Tuesday with Gen Michener and Chairman Carter present. Quay Teed and Morton are also in the city for events and a group portrait.
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New York
Gen. Harrison
Saratoga
Fifth-ave
Republican National Committee
Michener
Carter
Quay
Teed
Morton
What a bootblack knows about Durant and King
A San Francisco witness, Budd Wilson, testifies that Emanuel church was used for immoral activity before the Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams murders. Wilson says Durant and King took girls to the church nightly, describing five girls who attended with them and noting the parents’ lack of suspicion.
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San Francisco
W. H. T. Durant
Emanuel Church
Blanche Lamont
Minnie Williams
Bootblack
Budd Wilson
Seymour
King and Durant
Unconscious Laborer Found After Street Altercation
Aaron Shfulin, a laborer of W Chesapeake Street, was found unconscious in front of a South West Street resort with a severe scalp wound and a fractured skull, believed caused by a coupling pin. He was hospitalized and is expected to recover amid police uncertainty about the incident.
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Aaron Shfulin
W. Chesapeake St
S. West St
City Hospital
Piulin
Ile
Virtues of Editors Who Never Had Others Run His Affairs
Rev. G A Carstensen delivers a sermon at St Pauls Cathedral praising editors and the newspaper as a powerful, transformative force. He warns about blanket sheets and Monday editions, notes the pen can destroy or elevate society, and defends pure, lofty-minded editors amid widespread media critique.
Infant found abandoned near Union Station in Pogue's Run
A newborn infant was discovered in Pogue's Run near South Street by Union Station Monday at 11 am, having likely been abandoned days earlier. The coroner was notified and assumed responsibility for the case.
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Pogue’s
South St
Union Station
Shocking Death on Shaffer Mountain Kills Wife and Son
At Davis West Virginia on Shaffer Mountain Marion H Carr and his wife and two sons were on a ginseng hunting trip. A night time collapse of a large tree crushed the cabin killing the wife and one son instantly while another son was fatally injured and the father badly hurt.
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Davis
W. Va
Marion H. Carr
Shaffer’s Mountain
Carr
Snow in New York and theater notes from Mippletown
Snow falls Monday forenoon in Mippletown New York with amusements listed. Seats on sale for Grand opera company engagement at English's. Primrose West minstrels appear at the Grand Tuesday Wednesday with a matinee. The cotton king opened at the Park and runs half a week. Weber Fields comedians perform at the Empire with a strong supporting list.
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S. Primrose & West
Grand
Cotton King
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Weber & Fields
the Empire
Death Hurried by an Assault at Henry Street
Ed O'Brien died at his home 48 Henry Street on Saturday from consumption aged 22. About five months ago he was waylaid and struck with a sand bag which hastened his death. He formerly worked at the Alcavar. Funeral held on Monday.
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Ed. O’brien
Henry St
Alcavar
Big Reduction in California Canned Goods
Seller Geo. R. Popp advertises canned peaches by J. H. Flickinger with Salways at 25 cents per can or $8 per dozen. Former prices 40 cents per can or $4 per dozen. Bargain claim targets California stock and invites purchases at 31 N. Pennsylvania St.
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Geo. R. Popp
Pennsylvania-st
Eruptions Reported Confirmed in Olympia Mountains
Port TownsEnd reports hunters returning from the region confirm eruptions in the Olympia mountains.
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Uneasy Mountains
Port TownsEnd
Olympia Mountains
Weather forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
The 86 hour outlook ending 8 p m October 22 calls for warmer and fair conditions across Indianapolis and surrounding areas. No significant precipitation is expected with calm or light winds. Temperatures are expected to rise during the period with mild nights.
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Indianapolis
Two Suspects Jailed in $16000 Terre Haute Express Robbery
Jas R Barnett and Don Farden, accused of robbing Adams Express in Terre Haute on Sept 6, are jailed in Indianapolis after eluding detectives. Barnett was captured by Pinkerton in Algiers La and delivered to Cincinnati before being moved to Indianapolis. $150 of the loot found on him. Farden was caught in Baltimore. both men admit drinking before the crime while offering few details. The hearing before the U S commissioner is set for Thursday.
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Algiers
New Orleans
Cincinnati
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Vandalia Road
Terre Laute
Iis
Washington
Tragic Belt Railroad Accident Claims Life of Joseph Jordan
Joseph Jordan of 112 Singleton Street died after a Belt Railroad incident near West Indianapolis. Found unconscious with his arm crushed he died after amputation at City Hospital. He allegedly fell while boarding a train or stepped between cars. Jordan, a West Indianapolis teamster, leaves a wife and child. funeral set for Wednesday.
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Indianapolis
Remains of Maurice Perkins Laid to Rest
The body of Maurice Perkins, noted newspaper man, was interred in Crown Trill vault after services at F. L. Purdy home. Rev Milburn presided praising Perkins’s tender heart poetic spirit and writing ability. Casket flowers from Press club and colleagues. many friends followed to the cemetery as autumn sun set.
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Crown Trill
F. L. Purdy
Bellefountainest
Milburn
Terre Haute Notes At Grand And Local Court Actions
John E. Lamb of Terre Haute seen at the Grand. John Mesler to succeed Capt W F Havens as assistant in the Adjutant-general office. Frank Smock fined nine dollars and six months in the workhouse for petit larceny after stealing pork and beans. Nettie L Shearer sues for support requesting ten dollars weekly from her husband’s Vandalia railroad earnings. Dietrich of Indianapolis gas company in city as officials met at Bates house but details were not disclosed. Mary Phebus fell from a moving streetcar and suffered a concussion. she is a schoolteacher. Lemon Tents Li Laxative advertises energizing effects.
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W. F. Havens
Robbins
Frank Smock
McCray
Nettie L. Shearer
Vandalia
Dietrich
Indianapolis Gas Company
Bates House
Pray
Mary Phebus
Malott Ave
Walnutst
Massachusetts Ave
Verdict Frees Schuyler Haughey After Jury Reverses Conviction
In a Sunday morning court scene Judge Baker read the not guilty verdict for Schuyler Haughey. The defendant embraced by his wife Mrs. Haughey, tears of joy on faces and a round of handshakes followed as jurors, after twenty ballots, finally delivered acquittal amid a still courtroom and ringing church bells.
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Schuyler Haughey
Corbett Habeas Corpus Case Ends in Liberty for Defendant
Hot Springs Arkansas October 21 1896 The habeas corpus case involving Corbett ends with Chancellor Leather man ruling no law prohibits prize fighting or glove contests in Arkansas and ordering the defendant’s liberty The attorney general plans to appeal to the Supreme Court on a writ of certiorari The outcome increases belief that Corbett and Fitzsimmons will fight in Hot Springs with Lt Governor Clarke unlikely to convene the legislature or deploy militia Fitzsimmons says he will train where he pleases and appear for the bout.
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Ark
Leatherman
Arkansas
Supreme Court
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Clarke
Corpus Christi
Wild Scenes On the Cotton Market Prices Take a Horrific Tumble
New York October 21 The cotton market opened with extreme selling pressure driven by bulls across the country. Early deals slid 25 to 82 points, Liverpool declined 36, and just before 1 pm prices collapsed with December and January futures tumbling 680 and 488 points respectively. February through April fell 12 to 19 points as trading surged and many small traders were wiped out.
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New York
Liverpool
Diphtheria Cases Decline After Health Measures
Diphtheria incidence fell from daily spikes of 12 to 14 to four or five cases as health officials expanded efforts. The department issued instructions to affected families and deployed officers to monitor cases. Circulars were sent to undertakers and letters to teachers urging inquiry and reporting of sore throat cases.
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Health Department
Political Watch On W D Owen Re Election Or Governor Path
Eight or ten men monitor W D Owen secretary of state as they await his decision on re election or a run for governor. If he seeks the governorship the field for secretaryship expands. if not, competition heats for supreme court reporter. Charles F Griffith leads the governor race chatter and vigorous campaigning.
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W. D. Owen
Supreme Court
Owen
Chas. F. Griffith
Messenger says fire loss at American stables settled
Mr W H Messenger reports his loss on vehicles and goods from the fire at the American stables just after midnight last Thursday morning has been satisfactorily settled by Mr Jonson, agent of the North British Insurance company. Frank Butts.
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W. H. Messenger
Jonson
North British Insurance Company
Thief Hurls Hatchet After Robbing Egan Co Tailors
A prowler pried open the rear window of Egan & Co tailors at 63 N. Pennsylvania St. and unlocked the door to escape. Ed Egan awoke, shouted, and the thief hurled a hatchet at him wounding his wrist. The thief fled with shirts and trousers. items found near the Sun office two hours later.
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Ed. Egan
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Egan
Four Die in Crossing Accident Near Millers Station
Steubenville Ohio October 21 four laborers from Youngstown were killed at a grade crossing when a Panhandle train struck their wagon which was demolished.
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Youngstown
Millers’ Station
Custody Granted to Minnie Barr for 14 year old Earl
Testimony on Minnie Barr requesting custody of her son Earl Barr aged 14 was heard by Judge Brown on Saturday. The parents separated six years ago and both remarried. The father had Earl placed in the reform school but the mother proved she could care for him, and Judge Brown awarded custody to her. In Topeka October 21 reports from Alaska say Juneau and nearby mining camps are tense over the boundary question and threaten to resist any British claim.
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Earl Barr
Brown
Reform School
Szeatriz
Wash
Topeka
Alaska
Juneau
Great Britain
Fire consumes mayor’s barn and pigeons near Vincennes
In Vincennes Indiana a large barn owned by former mayor Ewing burned Sunday night two miles east of the city. The fire destroyed 1,500 pigeons and grain and machinery, with a total loss of about 6000 dollars. In Washington Court House Ohio a bank named The People's and Drovers' bank closed Monday due to money market strain, with liable stockholders valued in the millions.
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Ind
Ewing
Washington Court House
the People’s and Drovers’ Bank
Nobility Seeks Papal Audience in Rome
The pope received Monday an audience with Grand Duke Constantine and Duchess, of Russia, and Princess Vera of Württemberg. In Dunuth the state bank faced a loss as the cashier fled with $15,000 after assignment.
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Constantine
Russia
Vera
Wurtemberg
Dunuth
World News and Local Incidents Roundup
Trial test in Indiana reports speed of 15547 knots per hour. Japanese allegedly instigate plot to murder Corea’s queen. Algiers Louisiana suffers fire destroying 120 buildings leaving 700 homeless. Ward’s forgeries in Memphis reach 300000. John Mackay dies in Paris after horse accident. Largest swinging ball cast in Cincinnati for city church. Capt Anson injured in Chicago bicycle accident. Lady Douglass planning return to stage after Frisco marriage. Hood's Sarsaparilla promoted as blood purifier.
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Ward
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Anson
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Lor Sholto Douglass
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