Insolvent grain house Closser & Co seeks receiver
The firm of J. A. Closser & Co a longtime grain business led by Col. J. A. Closser died and now partners George W. Johnson C. J. Colgan Milton A. Woollen ask Judge Howe to appoint a receiver and dissolve the partnership. Sydney M. Dyer appointed receiver with bond filed. Assets about 100000 with about 150000 in liabilities mainly to eastern creditors.
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J. A. Closser & Co
Sty
George W. Johnson
C. J. ‘Colgan
Milton A. Woollen
Howe
Sydney M. Dyer
Walnut
Sandusky
Hutchinson
Milton A. Woolen
Col. G. W. Johnson
Col. J. A. Closser
United States
Ol. Closser
Sandusky, C
Erie Canal
Ratal
New York
Ghouls Loot Kingston Graveyard in Medical College Scene
A Kingston Ontario medical college is rocked by a graveyard theft scandal after three bodies were discovered there. A mob is said to be ready to seize the bodies by force, with crowd anger mounting and police warning of potential bloodshed.
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Detroit
Kingston
Ont
Medical College
Adolphustown
Beaten Out of Votes in New York Voter Registry Issue
In New York on October 29 a legal holiday risks disenfranchising 35 000 voters registered last Saturday The Herald reports that current law may bar these voters from 85 polling places across 217 districts due to limited voting hours The piece urges Gov Hill to convene a special session to extend voting hours and protect suffrage for thousands of citizens.
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New York
Herald
the Herald
Political Pith and Parade Agreement in Indiana Campaign
A finical clash within the Republican committee unfolds with claims of debt and deficits as Indiana gears toward next Saturday's parades. An accord among chiefs sets marching routes for Republican and Democratic processions while Dudley of the national committee looms over campaign funding. A City Clerk report highlights 429 building permits in ten months, contradicting poverty claims, and a $100 reward is posted for election violations.
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Stout
Sun
Bynum
Atlanta
Building Association
Indianapolis
Buried with pomp dying with a broken heart
New York dispatch reports Li Yu Doo a Mott Street merchant who died of a broken heart after the Chinese exclusion act. His funeral featured white mourning, food offerings, a drum band, 600 mourners, and a high ceremonial procession to Evergreen Cemetery where the body was interred after a brief rite.
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New York
Li Yu Doo
Moit St
Cleveland
Washington
Bedlam
Evergreen Cemeter
Terrible disaster hits Behring Sea whalers in icy trap
News from San Francisco reports thirteen whalers and five to six hundred men trapped by pack ice near Herald Island after ice closed in September. Vessels include Andrew Hicks Lancer Mars Ocean Ohio Second Reindeer and William Bayless plus Eliza Hidalgo Hunter John West Sea Breeze and Posany. Recovery attempts uncertain as season fades.
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San Francisco
J. A. Howland
Behring Sea
Howland
Sea Horse Island
Herald Island
Jeanette
Andrew Hicks
Lancer
Mars
Ocean
Ohio
Reindeer
William Bayless
New Badford
Eliza
Hidalgo
Hunter
John West
Sea Breeze
Posany
Fox Island
Siberian
Napoleon
Arctic
Amethyst
Richard Rush
Arrest of Blanche Ray and Wettie Wilkins on theft and prostitution
Saturday afternoon Blanche Ray and Wettie Wilkins were arrested by Detectives Thornton and Joyce. Ray is charged with petit larceny and Wilkins with prostitution for allegedly taking five dollars from Jack Walsh while they were with him at his room at the corner of Illinois and Maryland streets.
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Blanche Ray
Wettie Wilkins
Thornton
Joyce
Jack Walsh
Ofllinois and
Maryland-st
Reverend Saloonist Arrest Roils Boston
Boston October 29 A reverend saloonist Rev Gilfillan of the Episcopal church was arrested on a charge of selling liquor without a license. A large amount of intoxicant was found under the reverend saloonist's bed.
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Boston
Atil
Gilfillan
Episcopal Church
Contemplated Street Car Strike Denied Monday
Reports of a planned street car strike were denied authoritatively on Monday, with officials signaling no action at that time. Details remain unclear as authorities declined to comment further.
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Carcaco
Government denies nihilist plot against czar
A government statement rejects reports of a nihilist conspiracy to harm the czar, describing the claims as unfounded and emphasizing measures taken to safeguard the imperial family amid rising security concerns.
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Benies
Percussure
Fife
Illness of Mrs Blaine Jr Alarming in New York
The illness of Mrs James G Blaine Jr. grows increasingly alarming in New York as doctors fear for her recovery. The report notes grave concern from medical staff and mentions the illness affecting the Blaine family during October.
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Blaine
New York
James G. Blaine, Jr
Weather Poised by Wapenhans Forecast for Sunday
The community praises Charles Frederick Wapenhans W E for predicting pleasant Sunday weather. The forecast notes a sunny Monday start with a 38 degree Sunday night low and 48 daytime high. Florida remains hot amid the cold wave.
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Charles Frederick Wapenhans
Wapenhans
Belmont Notes on Polls and Streetcar Plans
W J Shinn reports Belmont West Indianapolis poll list shows a 63 percent Democratic majority, not 80 as THu Son claimed. Belmont's board president says the first street railway charter will go to the company that first requests it, with two firms signaling willingness to build a line. School board and trustees convene Monday night, hog receipts at stock yards stronger recently.
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Belmont News
W. J. Shinn
Indianapolis
Board of
Belmont
Visit of Oxford college maidens to Mrs Harrison
A party from the Carrie Harrison club of the women’s college at Oxford visited Mrs. Harrison in Indianapolis on Saturday morning. Accompanied by college principals, the group traveled by C H D transport, dined at Bates house, then toured the Harrison home by streetcar, sharing a joyful, lively visit.
Billy Patterson in Court Over Disorderly Conduct
Saturday night Sergi Laporte and Officer McMullen arrested Attorney W A Patterson at Tomlinson hall and charged him with disturbing a public messine and resisting officers. The officers say Patterson created a disturbance and resisted when restrained. In police court Monday Patterson asked for and obtained a continuance until Thursday and threatened to prosecute the officers on several charges.
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Billy Patterson
Sergi, Laporte
Offcer McMullen
W. A. Patterson
Tomlinson Hall
Patterson
Delia Takes a Hand In Irish American Vote
Delia Par nell writes to Irish American voters urging support for the democratic national and state tickets. She asserts that all Par nells are democrats and appeals for united political backing from the community.
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Delia
New York
Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell
Parnells
Man named Bogum in Harrison crowd at Denison house
A gray bearded man identified as Mr. Bogum from most anywhere stood at the Denison hotel entrance during Gen. Harrison’s railroad men procession. He spoke of Harrison with grandiose rhetoric, recalled crossing the ocean to liberty, and declared a future campaign address before wandering corridors. Earlier, a lumber pile accident injured Charles Gamsbert, 35, at Spiegel Thoms factory yard.
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Denison House
Gen. Harrison
Mr. Bogum
New
Denison
Amos J. Walker
Mr. Jenkins
Cincinnati
Boston
Hyde
Borum
Harrison Man
Mr. Walker
Freland
Europe
Mr. Sona
Harrison
Bogum
Most Anywhere
Amos Walker
Charles Gamsbert
Spiegel & Thoms
Towa St
Kregelo
Earthquake Felt in New Bedford Area
Earthquake shocks were felt in New Bedford Massachusetts at 11 o'clock Sunday night, with two distinct tremors reported. A Weather section notes Indiana seeing fair and warmer conditions.
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New Brepford
Mass
Indiana
Rising Sun man dies from a bullet at rally incident
A. Wright died instantly after a bullet to the center of the forehead at Rising Sun. James Coy was severely injured at a Republican rally in Tinton, with the injury possibly fatal.
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A. Wright
Rising Sun
James Coy
Tinton
Whisker wagers mark 1850s Philadelphia politics
In Philadelphia Isaac Baer and Henry Meyerhoffer, a republican hatmaker and a democrat liquor dealer, wager their facial hair on the outcome of the Harrison vs Cleveland race. If Cleveland wins Baer bets to shave a cheek. Meyerhoffer will shave one side only. New York scene adds Laura Brown from Brooklyn to a similar bet with a Horace Greeley beard.
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Philadelphia
Isaac Baer
Henry Meyerhoffer
Baer
Meyerhoffer
Harrison
Cleveland
New York
Laura Brown
Brooklyn
Horace Greeley
Brown
Judge Matthews Sues Gazette For Damages In Naturalization Case
In Cincinnati on October 27 Judge Matthews of the common pleas court sues the Commercial Gazette for 50000 damages alleging the paper charged he and county clerk Daniel J. Dalton and deputy Harry J. Rechtin with illegal naturalization papers for Democratic applicants. Ramsey Maxwell Ramsey will represent the judge. Dalton’s attorneys plan a similar suit and Rechtin says he will also sue.
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Cincinnati
Judge Matthews
Thea Common Pleas Court
The
Commercial Gazette
Daniel J. Datton
Harry J. Rechtin
Messrs. Ramsey
Maxwell & Ramsey
Matthews
Dalton
Rechtin
John C New faces Indiana trip amid Quay tensions
New York Oct 29 John C New has left for Indiana and will not return before the election. Rumor says he clashed with Chairman Quay over Indiana affairs and departed in high dudgeon. Meanwhile 50 Italian laborers were sent to Louisville to build a new road. Elsewhere, Charles Patterson, accused of stealing an ax shoes and saw, was sent to the grand jury. Public works seek a bridge contract in Garfield park but council may resist. Blanche Ray was acquitted after being charged with theft. her associate Nettiekins saw case dismissed. A saloon dispute over soup led to an ice pick injury in a Richardson Reichart assault. the trial was postponed for further testimony.
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Fred Grant
Huston
Dudley
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Indiana
Tur Suyn
New York
Quay
John C. New
New
Tere
State Committee
Tracy
Dudgeon
Louisville
Charles Patterson
Wm. Stevenson
Harmon Trimpe
Indianaave
Grand Jury
Garfield Park
Board of Aldermen
Bridge Over Pleasant
Blanche Ray
Michael Walsh
Mllinois
Maryland-srs
Walsh
Nettiekins
Blanche
John Richardson
Charles Reichart
Glick
Washington St
Tirone or Khrone: Swede suspected of fraud and disguise
Lawrenceburg Indiana reports a Swede who uses the names Krone or Khrone visiting with his wife and mother-in-law. He distributes large sums of money then vanishes for weeks. A Chicago arrest of Guoetave Falk for Stockholm bank fraud raises suspicion that Falk and Krone are the same man.
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Tirone
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Krone
Khrone
Chicago
Guoetave Falk
Stockholm
Falk
Marine Talks on the South in City Visit
William M. Marine of Maryland argued in Indian that Harrison could not carry any southern state but West Virginia might yield a Republican plurality. He noted West Virginia’s Democrats are not opposing Nathan Goff or Harrison, and said war-time prejudice has faded in Maryland and West Virginia but remains in other southern states.
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Wm. M. Marine
Maryland
Harrison
West Virginia
South
Nathan Goff
Southern States
Man Arrested for Assault But Case Dismissed Over Settlement
Henry Smith was arrested Saturday night on assault charges for attacking Walter Brooks with a knife in Brooks’s arms. In police court, Smith said he plays with Brooks in that way at the mayor’s, but Brooks weakened the case by admitting an attempted settlement with Smith’s wife for $4. The assault charge was dismissed, and Smith was fined for drunkenness.
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Henry Smith
Walter Brooks
Smith
Brooks
The Southern Plague Strains Through Jacksonvile
Jacksonvilles report shows 5 new cases and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours as the plague loosens its grip. One colored and five white new cases are noted. Telegraph news from Enterprise is scarce as operators depart.
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Jacksonviles
Enterprie
Brakeman Killed In Freight Crash At Eu Clair
Geo Balinger 27, of Elkhart, brakeman on the C W M freight, was crushed to a pulp when his head struck a box car on a siding while watching for a signal at Eu Clair. The fatal accident occurred Monday morning, October 29. See Cay Moller's ads for wall papers and window shades at 161 East Washington.
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Warasa
Geo. Balinger
EU Clair
Elkhart
Cay Moller’s
East Washington Street
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