Pest House on Fall Creek’s Bank Describes Ruin and Rumor
The Sun’s artist visited the pest house near Fall Creek on a quiet Sunday. The long neglected building, parts of which crumble and leak, sits near weeded commons where local teams played. Officials denied cholera rumors from Chicago and halted depot inspections as the city breathed a cautious relief.
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Pest House
Rusk
Chicago
Blakestears
Fall Creek
White House
James Coleman
Metcalf
State Health Board
Sullivan
Washburne
Illinois Health Commision
City Earth
Courty
Sanborn
Union Depot
Fight Over a Saint Sparks Mexican Revolt Near Sonora
El Paso reports a year after a saint uprising in Sonora Mexico rebels number about 500. Captain Martinez with 500 men clashed with rebels killing 40 soldiers while the rebels suffered no losses. Two companies were sent toward the revolt as fears grow of a wider uprising against Diaz.
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Sonora
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Martinez
Chihuahua
Jourez
Diaz
Bound Home Take Peary Relief Party to St Johns
The steamer Kite arrived in St Johns from North Greenland bringing the Peary relief party. All aboard were well except J. Netas of Louisville Kentucky who died after falling into a glacier crevice. The expedition followed a nearly 1500 mile inland journey in North Greenland.
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Peary R
St. Johns
Kite
Greenland
Peary
J. Ee Netaas
Loulaville
Rushville man shoots self amid troubles and divorce suit
A Rushville man Jeff Pee shot himself at Rose Patterson's home after earlier elopement rumors and unemployment woes. Doctors say little hope remains. Martha Whitehead sues for divorce from Felix over cruelty and drinking. Community sermons reference Whittier Sullivan clash and moral debates. Ayers' Sarsaparilla promo appears in text.
Frightful Wreck Leaves Eight Dead at Cambridge Junction
A freight express collided with a passenger train at West Cambridge junction, burning body remain and 40 injured. Boston Somerville and Cambridge sent surgeons. The wreck caused panic as flames broke out and victims were identified with difficulty. The freight train was behind time and failed to stop despite signaling.
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Boston
Fitzburg
West
Cambridge Junction
Somerville
Cambridge
Iron Hall convention fraught with spy accusations
Augustus Bedford of the Boston Herald faced questions at the Indianapolis Knights of Honor hall as reports alleged he came as Somerby’s agent. He denied ties, vowed to expose wreckage and pursue criminal actions, while delegates debated the convention’s integrity and planned reorganization of the order with Feibleman as a leading proxy.
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Iron Hall
Knights of Honor Hall
Augustus Bedford
Boston Herald
Boston
Bedford
Supreme Justice
Somerby
Feibleman
Stark
Vilains
Order
Herald
Indianapolis
C. B. Feibleman
C.b.feibleman
Attorney Feibleman
Court St
Supremery
J. C. Bailey
Philadelphia
Felbleman
Jones
Boston, Mayn
Kiss Case Sparks Police Court Overboarded Boarder
Rosa Watson, widow and boarding house operator on East Wabash Street, testified James Owens refused to pay a board bill and returned Sunday, allegedly struck and bit her, while Owens claimed he kissed her and loved her. He showed contrition and was fined ten dollars. Owens admitted prior imprisonment for stealing.
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Rosa Watson
E. Wabash St
James Owens
Watson
Owens
Lena Buckley
Robbed While Ay Osueda and Lost a Farm Horse
Tim Griffin a state house custodian searched the town after a $500 horse and phaeton were stolen during church services at St John's. The horse was found later hitched to a post on Shelby street with a broken buggy wheel, and police suspect local youths.
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Tim Griffin
State House
Tim
St. John’s Church
Bugsy
Shelby St
Fatal Morphine Dose Kills 17 Year Old Visitor
Emma White of St Louis, 17, staying with William A Davis at 342 Col Delawarest, died Monday morning from an overdose of morphine bought for 165 cents after Sunday cramps. Found dead in bed, remains to be sent to her father in St Louis.
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Emma White
St. Louis
William A. Davis
Col. Delawarest
Levy Increase Discussed by Commercial Club
The Commercial club charter committee will meet Monday night to discuss the city tax levy question. Geo. C. Griffiths Augustus Mason A IL Pickens and A. Adans of the city affairs committee will join, noting litigation between competing corporations and the state limits available funds, prompting consideration of a levy increase.
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Commercial Club Charter Committee
Geo. C. Griffiths
Augustus Mason
A. IL. Pickens
A. Adans
Policeman Arrested Over Cow Trouble Fight
Mrs Maria Garrick was arrested Sunday by Patrolman Simpson for alleged assault and battery on Mrs Rebecca Robinson. She could not appear in police court Monday. Warrants were sworn for Patrolman Simpson for assault and battery and against Louis Robinson for provoking in Justice Daniels office. The trouble grew out of cows running at large.
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Maria Garrick
Simpson
Rebecca Robinson
Louis Robinson
Justice Daniels
Wants $10 000 Damages In Real Estate Suit
Joseph Clark sues Indianapolis gas company after claiming a contract to gas his West Indianapolis property was made and not fulfilled. The complaint asks for damages. In a separate incident, Mme Chapron and an assistant were fatally burned in an explosion at Chapron's photographic studio in Paris.
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Joseph Clark
Indianapolis Gas Company
Indianapolis
Paris
Chapron
Mme. Chapron
New rockers at Wm. L. Elders showroom reveal
Dr Bufkin cures dancer without knit dismissal as dapper. Item notes 44 MHD value and new rockers at Wm L Elders showroom.
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New Rockers
Wm. L. Elders
Sullivan's Mister boxing champ returns home crowd roars
John L Sullivan arrives in Sullivan's Mister New York amid cheering 1000 fans and a big police escort. His sister Annie Lennan tears up recalling past defeats while Sullivan jokes about a $500000 windfall if he had listened. Sullivan plans to box Corbett at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Corbett faces arrest threats in Clarriotts as Gov. Jones of Alabama travels with him and they share a dining car chat before reunion.
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Jeff. Pee
Rushville
Rose Patterson
Rushvile
Pee
Patterson
Rudy
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
G. A. Carstensen
Cleveland
Indiana
M. I. Church
Christ
God
Central Christian Church
D. R. Lucas
John G. Whittier
John L. Sullivan
the Divine
Whittier
Sullivan
New Orleans
New York
Here
Annie Lennan
Corbett
Madison Square Garden
Dan Murphy
Clarriotts
D. C
Gov. Jones
Alabama
Atlanta
Auriana
Amalfi
la Champagne
Lower Bay
Fire Island
New Youk
Flower
Suffolk County
London
Setubal
Hamburg
Hayne
Sr. Perenspurc
Elmer Lee
Chicago
United States
Interior
St. Petersburg
Sanitary Department
Nevsky
Imperial Palace
Nevsky Prospect
Hamoune
Public Schools Open With Hundreds More Pupils
The Public 8 Schools opened Blonday with a much larger enrollment than last year. Supt Jenea told Lux man on Monday that enrollment would take a few days to confirm, but 600 or 1700 more pupils are expected due to rapid street railway expansion providing easy access to school buildings.
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Blonday
Jenea
Lux
Licensed Saloon Keepers Meet in Indiana
About 60 delegates from the Licensed saloon keepers league of Indiana began a two day meeting at Mozart hall Monday. President Wm Beatty spoke to open the assembly and Mayor Sullivan welcomed the delegates after dinner. The day was spent hearing reports and appointing committees with weather forecasts noting cooler temperatures and occasional rain for Indiana over the next 36 hours ending Tuesday evening.
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Saloon Keepers’ League
Indiana
Mozart Hall
Wm. Beatty
Sullivan
Labor Day event nets over 330 dollars and court notes
OLN Live reports a successful labor day demonstration with more than 330 dollars cleared. Rev. Dr. Fulton to lecture on Nunneries prisons or worse at First Baptist Monday. A curtain caused 156 dollars damage to Thomas Ross home. Iron molders boycott state fair and other unions may join.
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Dr. Fulton
First Baptist Church
F Thomas Ross
College Ave
Judee Taylor
Jane Johnson
Olive Cloud
Burton Cloud
Gertrude Gambell
S. Ilinois-st
Illinoia
Washington-sts
Brretus
Nettie Whidden
Denths
Christina Frauer
I. East St
Old Sage
Henry Lawrence
Broadway
Bright
Columbus Stone
Emma Shelley
James A. Woodburn
Indians University
Moulton
England
Fire Island Cholera Refuge Sparks Island Unrest
Fire Island locals rage after Sammis sells the island for 21000 to shelter detained cholera steamer passengers. mobs threaten, governors promise legal action, and Navy and health officials clash over landing rights as quarantines extend to Cephas and Normania passengers.
Massive Albany blaze rips through Hudson Avenue block
Fire at 2 am destroyed a large building owned by R. Dewitt and housing manufacturers, state printers, and the Jayman factory. The blaze, fanned by gunshop and powder explosions, gutted the state printing plant and the old church, with total losses around $500,000 to $750,000 and the threat of further destruction eased by morning.
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H. H. Walsh
James B. Lyon
Jayman Manufactory
Scott
Old Reformed Church
Germania
C. P. Williams Printing Company
Mann
Waldwan & Co
Pearly St
Green
AlBam
Albany
J. E. Lyons
Racy Courtroom Notes and Local Incidents
Aci di Martin is sent to the grand jury for stealing Eaton’s valise after a train stop at Massachusetts avenue depot. Jeff Hughes’s case for shooting George Page at Coney Island is continued. Page’s scalp wound is non life threatening. A colored man, Alvin Johnson, is fined $100 for carrying a razor on Agues street. Citizens raid Mrs Wood’s house in Brooklyn causing heavy damage as grand jury scrutiny grows.
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Cadi
QO. E. Martin
George A. Baton
Grand
Martin
Baton
Massachusetts Ave
Eaton
Jeff. Hughes
George Page
Coney Island
Canal
National Union Gompers Attends Street Railway Meet
A large gathering of street railway employes from many cities convenes to form a permanent national organization for motormen conductors and drivers. Delegates include representatives from St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Duluth Colorado Springs Topeka New Orleans Tacoma Atlanta Chattanooga Memphis Columbus Cleveland Toledo Detroit and more. Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor arrives and pledges support. Meetings are at Mansur hall with headquarters at English's hotel. Delegates tour city streetcar lines before official business begins Tuesday.
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Gompers
The
American Federation
Street Czar
United States
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Duluth
Colorado Springs
Topeka
Kas
New Orleans
Tacoma
Wash
Atlanta
John Riggs
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United Brotherhood
English’s
Mansur Hall
Thompson in police court for wife beating
John Thompson faced police court on charges of brutal abuse toward his wife Mrs Thompson. She testified to repeated assaults including confinement, a kick to the side, and tossing her through a window. The cadi fined him 100 dollars and sentenced six months in the workhouse.
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Cadi
John Thompson
Brownsburg
Ind
Thompson
the Frog Works
Double House Quarrel Ends With Weapons clash
In a Willard street duplex the Huston Morris and Morris Smith families quarrelled Sunday afternoon. Morris drew a revolver and aimed to harm but Smith struck with a chair. Morris fled to Smith’s house, slashed with a razor, Smith knocked Morris’ eyebrow off with brass knucks, and Morris was arrested. The case was continued to Tuesday to hear Mrs. Morris.
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Huston Morris
Morris Smith
Willardst
Smith
Morris
Frank Gorsets
Cadi
Reading line strike threat freezes talks
PumapeLonta Pa Sept 12 The apprehension of a wholesale strike along the Reading line and related roads grows strong Monday. President McLeod’s firm stance against labor organizations leaves no room for compromise while workers’ unity could avert trouble. He will not return to the city until after adjourned conference resumes Tuesday or the next day and repeated that the company will not modify rules barring union members from employment.
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PumapeLonta
Reading
McLeod
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