Funeral Service for Vanderbilt Financier An Iconic Legacy
A Protestant Episcopal funeral for a famed financier was marked by a large turnout from Vanderbilt interests and New York society. The service featured a 60-voice choir performing Chopin and other hymns, with pallbearers including J Pierpont Morgan and Chauncey M Depew. The procession moved to the Vanderbilt mansion at New Dorp for the interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greer
Episcopal
Potter
Richard Henry Warren
Chopin
Bridge
Hymin
New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
Chauncey
M. Depew
H. RR. Ledyard
Frederick Bronson
Samuel F. Barger
McCulloch Miller
George W. Crock
R. John Howe
Bayard Cutting
New Dorp
Vanderbilt Manse
Filipino Congress Quits Amid Race Fear in Manila
Reports from Manila describe disruption as several congress members flee to insurgent stronghold at Tarlac awaiting anticipated American capture. Schwan cites race prejudice and fear as key obstacles to autonomy talks and recalls in Washington target Denby and Philippine policy shifts. Nebraska veterans honored as troops march to the state house in an extraordinary ovation.
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Manila
Otis
Tarlac
Schwan
Nebraska
State House
Marriages Births and Deaths Notice Fragment
Fragmentary notice lists marriage licenses and births with multiple names and locations, including references to George and Desdemona Linehart and Amelia Medert, plus lines mentioning Samuel Forest and Margaret Madson and other pairings. Contains disjointed addresses and dates.
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George
Blackkeller
Desdemona
Linehart
Amelia
Medert
Wierman
Lilian M. Thase
Awilliam
Stilwell
Anna Wagner
Samuel T. Forest
Margaret Madson
Swim Yule
Mamie M. Lohman
Charles
Bradley
Martha
Vessel Lost Off Washington Coast
The schooner Mildred E. of San Francisco, bound to Spattle from St Michaels on August 1, with 40 aboard, has not been heard from since. all hope for its safety is given up.
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Spattle
Mildred E
San Francisco
St. Michaels
Women of County W W W T U Propose Enforcing Anti Cigarette Law
Progressive ladies at the Central avenue and Nineteenth street convention plan to question mayoralty candidates Taggart and Bookwalter on enforcing the cigarette ban for youngsters. They note widespread law ignoring and report temperance education efforts and sanitation concerns at the courthouse. The Loyal temperance union youth program and growing black sisters’ temperance involvement are discussed as part of Marion county’s 16 unions. 99 931 pages of temperance literature distributed and 210 pledges signed this year.
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Co. T. U
Central-ave
Nineteenth St
Taggart
Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Mary A. Moody
Court House
Mary E. Sims
Colored Work Committee
Children of the Loyal Temperance Union
James Gipe
Marion County
Two American Soldiers Sentenced to Death in Manila
A Hong Kong dispatch reports two American soldiers Corporal Darnhoffer and Private Conine were sentenced to death by a Manila court martial for assaulting a native woman. General Otis approves the sentence and seeks public executions as a warning. The U.S. president’s approval is required and is not considered probable.
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London
Hong Kong
Manila
Otis
Washington
War Department
Maanila
Darnhoffer
Conine
Tripp Reports Harmony Likely in Samoa Ties
Hon Bartlett Tripp of the Samoan commission met with the president on Friday and said reports of strained American German Samoa relations were greatly exaggerated and future harmony is probable.
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Washington
Bartlett Tripp
Samoan Commission
Public school teachers face grading under new state law
Seventy six of 100 teachers examined by the State board of examiners had their papers show failed qualifications with their official heads chopped off. One state school head failed to obtain a first grade certificate.
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Anniston
Ala
State Board of Examiners
Dewey Kissed by Saleswoman in Cincinnati Store Scene
George G. Dewey son of the admiral, visiting Cincinnati for a New York dry goods house, was kissed by a Shillito's saleswoman who called him the nearest daddy to the world. He fled the store leaving his samples to be retrieved after closing time.
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Cincinnati
George G. Dewey
New York
Shillito’s
Dewey
Visiting Friends Meeting In Plainfield Ohio ministers attend
In Plainfield Indiana on September 15 the yearly meeting draws a large number of ministers. Notables include John H. Douglass Reba Jenkins Arthur D Chilson Mary A Hill from Ohio Oliver M Frazer Nebraska Thomas F Andrews North Carolina Delia Rees Anna Macomber A E Kelsey Rhode Island E i G Parker and wife EB H Brown Iowa Miram Johnson Kansas Willis R Hotchkiss longtime missionary in British East Africa Charles H Babcock New York.
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Plainfield
Ind
Friends’ Yearly Meeting
John H. Douglass
Reba Jenkins
Arthur D. Chilson
Mary A. Hill
Ohio
Oliver M. Frazer
Nebraska
Thomas F. Andrews
North Carolina
Delia Rees
Anna Macomber
A. E. Kelsey
Rhode Island
E.i G. Parker
EB. H. Brown
Iowa
Miram Johnson
Kansas
Willis R. Hotchkiss
British East Africa
Charles H. Babcock
New York
Noose Reused Falls Short As Cadner Is Hanged Twice
In Mobild Alabama Henry Cadner was hanged for assault on a 10 year old girl. The rope slipped on the first drop leaving him unharmed. He remounted the scaffold and the trap released again but his neck was broken by the shock. A crowd of about two thousand observed the grim event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobild
Ala
Henry Cadner
Cadner
Husband slashes wife in fatal near-death attack
Laura Turner of 1416 Shep ard St West Indianapolis lies at City hospital dying from knife wounds inflicted by her husband John Turner they had been separated and he was jailed on an assault and battery with intent to kill charge after the Aug 29 attack on the porch she fought him off but arteries in her neck were severed doctors say she can live only a few days awaiting grand jury action
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Laura Turner
Shepard St
Indianapolis
John Turner
Turner
Turne
Friends advise Bookwalter on mayoral questions
Several Republicans advise candidate Bookwalter to ignore a set of questions for mayoral aspirants submitted by C. E. Newlin of Irvington representing the C. E. societies. They claim Taggart and McWhirter already reveal positions, leaving Bookwalter with potential voter backlash if he answers.
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Bookwalter
C. E. Newlin
Irvington
C. E
Taggart
McWhirter
Golden Wedding Observed by Southport Couple
John A. Lockwood and wife of Southport celebrated their golden wedding last Tuesday. Witnesses included three community members who watched the ceremony, held by the late William H. Goode at Roberts Park Church. Attendees spanned several towns and relatives from Indianapolis.
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Bunt
John A. Lockwood
Southport
William H. Goode
Roberts Park Church
Ex-Senator Cameron Fined for Whipping Hebrew Man
A Beafort jury awarded Israel a $350 verdict against former Senator Don Cameron for whipping him with a horsewhip after Israel was allegedly selling hauor on Cameron land. Israel sought $20,000 and his lawyer compared the case to Dreyfus, stressing equal protection under law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Beafort
Don Cameron
Cameron
Israel
Gen. Bollinger
South Carolina
Dreyfus
France
Brave 14 year old boy dies defending mother in Greenville
In Greenville a 14 year old named Planders Johnson was shot in his home while defending his mother. Attacker Hugh Moon attempted to break in. the boy armed with a pistol fired at Moon but missed before Moon shot him in the brain and fled.
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Columbia
D. C
Planders Johnson
Greenville
Hugh Moon
Moon
Train Wreckers at Work on Lake Shore Route
LAPORTE Ind Sept 15 Two attempts to wreck passenger trains on the Lake Shore road occurred in two nights. A limited eastbound train struck an obstruction three miles west of La Porte, and near Burdick ties were piled on the tracks. Jake Shore officials have detailed detectives to investigate.
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Laporte
Ind
Lake Shore Road
Anda
Burdick
Jake Shore
Board of Works Approves Several City Walks and Mains
The Board of Works voted final action on cement walks along Dorman Street Market Street St Paul Street and Sturm Avenue Capitol Avenue plus gravel roadways and walks on several streets. Mains were ordered on Patterson from Walnut to Michigan and in Bright Street from Wabash to New York. Final action was deferred on Fort Wayne Avenue from Pennsylvania to St Water.
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Board of Works
Dorman-st
First Alley
Vermont-st
Vermont
Market-st
Highland
Oriental
St. Paulst
Singlish-ave
Big Four
Sturm-ave
State
Randolph
Capitol-ave
Georgia
Fort ‘Wayne-ave
Pennsylvania
St. Water
Walnut
Michigan
Brightst
Wabesh
New York
Corrupt deal alleged at Chicago festival meeting
At a finance committee session Chairman Truax proposed settling labor troubles on a cash basis for five thousand dollars and travel costs for two labor representatives to Washington. He claimed the labor unions would drop the opposition to the cornerstone ceremony. Sullivan denies the charge.
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Chicago
Fall Festival Association
Truax
Washington
M. J. Sullivan
Stone Cutters’ Union
Sullivan
Married on a deathbed after Panhandle wreck
Baggageman D F Hicks of Indianapolis, seriously ill in Richmond hospital after the Cambridge City Panhandle wreck, married Friday to Anna Driscoll of Indianapolis, aged 41. Hicks is 61. Pneumonia has set in and his recovery is unlikely. Hicks lives at 315 Ernest Street, Indianapolis.
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Baggageman Hicks
Anna Driscoll
Richmond
Indl
Baggageman
D. F. Hicks
Indianapolis
Panhandle
Cambridge City
Hicks
Mr. Hicks
Ernest
Indianayriolis
Huntington minister to Africa mission and local distress notes
Rev R A Morrison a radical A B preacher plans to go to Africa as a missionary. Jacob Graybill owns a 1530 Martin Luther Bible printed in Augsburg. Henry Close intends to divorce his wife after her fourth desertion. Mrs Isaac Valentine in Portland fell from an apple tree and remains unconscious. Mrs Lizzie Spahr in another Portland household wrapped in a blanket and lay down unconscious. physicians are puzzled.
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Huntington
R. A. Morrison
Africa
Portland
Jacob Graybill
Martin Luther
Melanchton
Ausburg
Germany
Lexington
Henry Close
Isaac Valentine
Lizzie Spahr
Yellow fever cases rise in Key West while Florida towns report health
Noon report from Key West records ten new yellow fever cases bringing total to 288. No deaths are reported. Miami and Tampa announce excellent health with no suspicious cases.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Key West
Miami
Tampa
Diverse early 20th century news briefs from the wire
The item catalog notes Kipling new post office in Guernsey county Ohio and Shamrock trial spin with Lipton aboard. Roosevelt skips Akron love feast. Six cottages burn at Melrose New York Elsie Nagle fatally burned. William Broxey found dead in Dayton Colorado wagon death suspected suicide. McKinley to visit Minneapolis after Chicago federal building dedication. Burdette struck with vertigo at Hanford California. Henry C March dies in Pierre South Dakota while visiting son. twenty years treasury clerk. Marconi sails London to US for tests. Stanford’s David Jordan crosses above the ctonda in an automobile headed to Hamilton California altitude 1200 feet.
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Kipling
Guernsey County
Ohio
Shamrock
Lipton
Gov. Roosevelt
Akron
Wm. Broxey
Dayton, CO
McKinley
Minneapolis
Chicago
Federal Building
Robert J. Burdette
Hanford
Cal
Henry C. March
Canton
Pierre
D. D
Treasury
Washington
Ignor Marconi
Personal notes on Beveridge Hart and Siebenthal
Senator Beveridge returned from Chicago on Friday morning. State Auditor W H Hart came back from New York after attending the Insurance men convention in Detroit. C I Siebenthal, student of sciences at Indiana and Chicago universities, engaged in geological surveys, has arrived to take a professorship in the Manual training school for the coming year.
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W. H. Hart
New York
Detroit
C. I. Siebenthal
Indiana State
Chicago
Bargains on Sale Afternoon Specials
Readable items include toilet soap Sea Salt Castils four cakes per box and face powder in a boxed set. Also offered are hair combs shirts cloth toppers percale shorts knitt ing yarn and pillows with varied materials and quantities.
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Scewart
Deatvenane
Cnasamanees
Ste. H-Feng
Thompson
Etlon
Percalis
Malta
Hoosier giant wheat yields record bushel value
Scottsburg Indiana September 15. Spry EB McCaslin a scientific farmer and experimenter has developed a wheat called the Hoosier giant valued at 5500 dollars per bushel. One stain yields 25 to 95 stalks and up to a full bushel. The plant endures winter well and initially lies flat like Russian wheat.
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Scottsburg
Ind
EB. P. McCaslin
American post office robber captured in Frankfort
Charles Allen the American post office robber who escaped New York years ago was captured at Frankfort on Friday.
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Berlin
Charles Allen
New York City
Frankfort
Priday
Special prices on lodge regalia and flags
The Webber Burton Co at 120 N Pennsylvania St advertises special prices on lodge and society costumes regalia banners and flags for orders and events.
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Lodge
Webber-Burton Co
Pennsylvania St
Wanted Energetic canvassers and jobs ad mix
Classified notices show positions to canvass good books and sell displays at Stevenson building. Other listings include farm labor, housekeeper, and rooming requests, plus a stock market snapshot and a clairvoyant ad.
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Stevenson Building
Ohio
Fragmented Grain Market Report Indicates Mixed Prices
Friday grain prices show wheat dull with No 2 red at 34 1/4 cents and No 3 white mixed. Corn dull with No 2 white mixed at 52 1/2 cents. timothy hay tidy at 8 1/2 to 9 dollars. Local activity lists numerous class codes and rejections across multiple lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarsal
Timothy
Sellow
Myce
Shiel Anti-trust Live Stock Market Report
R R Shiel Co reports strong market receipts in Indianapolis on Sept 15 1892 with light Yorkers and heavies and mediums steady and higher. Quote mediums and heavies at 4 05 to 4 72 per cwt and night Yorkers and pigs at 1 35. cattle market stronger amid warmer weather expected to lift arrivals next week.
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Indianapolis
Mapylss
Cnum
Fair Tam
Dium
Shipmen
Messium
Sislalms
Foialedalea
Iud
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Gton
Messrs
Denby
Philippine Commission
Louisa Schmice
New
Leavak
Tavee Wite
Indianapolis Jews Ual
Cascarets
Joan Puncen
Michigan City
H cii
Sterling Remedy Company
Women IN Politics
Gen
Samoa
Tripp
Alabama
W. L. Heiskell
D. W
T. W. Brouse
James Gentle
J. W. Webb
Thomas
John Smock
Albert List
A. N. Covert
Franklin
C. A. Barnes
Greenfield
W. L. Parrett
South Salem
W. W. Pattison
Elizabeth Pugh
Illinois
C. List
Late Hoosier News
Melrose
N. Y
Elsie Nagle
Beveridge
Majolica
WM. A. Rogers
Bafney Sc Eeryseemess
York
Fauntleroy
Pelesipevatsadee Bagotin
LhPeorenen
Jae Bet
Epee Remeing Senna
WM. H. Block
Farmer-Scientisi
Lodge and Society
J. W. Buchanan
A. Howard
Farmers’ Sons
Veterinary Science Co
Stevenson
Ane
Johnny Morgan
Charley
Virginia Ave
Gnecal Hieus
College-ave
Indiana-ave
Thres Ficor
Victor Foundry
Pennsylvania-st. Ae
Illinois-st
Madam Morgan
Peru
the Sun
Per Werd
City Grain Meret
R. R. Shiel & Co
East Ohio St
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