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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1884
Page
1
Possession given January 1 1985 for Nos 81 85 and 91 North Pennsylvania street. Terms apply at the office of The Journal.
The late Reuben Runyan Springer probate declares a 3 million dollar estate with six codicils. Largest bequest is 780 shares of railway stock to Music Hall Association. gifts include 40,000 to College of Music and 100,000 to St. Marys Seminary. Executors are Chas. Routt, Joshua Bates, and T. D. Lincoln.
General Sherman said in Washington he had not used Senator Vance’s name in connection with the Jeff Davis matter and that Vance was not involved. He added the press magnified the issue and he would issue a War Department statement when ready, after newspaper agitation subsides. He plans to travel east for the New England Society meetings in Brooklyn and New York, then to Washington to audit Smithsonian accounts.
Avetin Dec. 15 reports the canvassed vote for State and District officers excluding Governor and Lieutenant Governor. Democratic majorities in all ten congressional districts are listed with specific margins, totaling a Democratic congressional majority of 192,451.
The World's Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York offers a book of particulars about radical cures for all diseases of the lower bowel including piles and tumors. It promises comprehensive treatment details and stamps for payment.
The Chancellor pleads before the Reichstag for a minor favor, which is refused, and the prince endures humiliation as his truthfulness is questioned. General Gordon defeats rebel forces and secures key advantages. Reports of unrest in India. Prospects of an exciting French presidential election. Cable notes summarize these items.
Brain Dec 15. The Reichstag carries a motion to raise salaries for two Chancellery officials and votes down a plan to create a second directorship in foreign affairs. Bismarck urges the need, notes illness and overwork since 1877, and warns refusal to fund a substitute harms national service. Berlin dispatches link the vote to opposition revenge and deputies' pay disputes.
A Korti dispatch reports General Gordon alive after eleven days, noting a severe defeat of rebels and destruction of Amderman forts. The Mahdi seeks reinforcements from Osman Digma, who declines, expecting an attack. Nile expedition encamped at Korti with ample cattle and provisions as Oliver Pain interviews El Mahdi.
London reports a continuing alarm over India and fears of German and Russian actions in Egypt heighten anxiety about English Central Asia policy. Debates over franchise and political leadership surge as Conservative leaders push trade reforms while agricultural distress prompts rent relief motions and renewed landlord agitation in Ireland and Scotland.
London officials plan a 5000 pound reward for discovery of those responsible for the dynamite explosion at London Bridge on Saturday. authorities dispute jurisdiction among City police the metropolitan police and the water police hindering a unified inquiry. The Times voices a proposal to consider American law as a model.
The excerpt condemns murder and arson by anonymous agitators tied to pecuniary aims. It notes public disgust in America and hopes for action against those behind the London Bridge explosion. Dublin Irish Times links commerce disruption to dynamiter networks. Dublin Express warns violence could derail Ireland policy.
Paris reports a heated race over President Grevy's potential re election with strong anti Grevy sentiment. Critics label him a nonentity and accuse him of leniency toward criminals while opponents push to influence next month’s senatorial elections and aim to dampen his 1886 re election bid.
Leipsio reports the trial of Reinsdorf Bachmann and six others for the Niederwald dynamite explosion and related charges. Bachmann admits causing the blast. Elberfields implicates Reinsdorf who pleads innocence. The judge questions use of dynamite in monarchies’ threats. Twenty witnesses heard.
A private soldier's letter alleges General Negrier after defeating 1,000 Chinese regulars sent 200 Chinese prisoners to French riflemen for target practice. Hava's News Agency reports the claim and newspapers demand a prompt denial.
The steamship Carrianza en route from Rotterdam to Lisbon foundered off the Isle of Wight and eleven persons are confirmed dead. The disaster occurred on December 15 as boats or lifeboats were launched in a vain attempt to rescue passengers and crew.
A long list of diverse 19th century items notes quarantine ending at Italian ports next Saturday, French deputies abolishing church college grants, Bismarck revealing long office hours with underpaid clerks, and various political and social tensions across Europe. It mentions a planned indemnity push to Egypt, Turin riots after a deputy visit, anarchist meetings praising an explosion in London, and a fragment about a vaccination scene.
The Interior Minister Waldeck-Rousseau was spit upon by all present as they left the meeting. Reports say great dullness in Milan's iron trade with four thousand iron-workers discharged.
Miss Maria L Raddin of Saugus sues Orris Currier of Boston for breach of promise alleging damages of 10000. They met at Martha's Vineyard camp meeting in 1881 and parted in 1882 after discovery of a West Coast correspondent. Currier, 50, denies intent to marry, claims Raddin pursued him and proposed in October 1883. letters on weather were shown as evidence. The case continues after a sharp office confrontation.
Captain Bedford Pym of the Royal Navy and former Gravesend MP is in the city with a plan to build a Cheyenne Wyoming to Hudson Bay railroad to move cattle to England. He estimates 10 million dollars cost, seeks 1 percent from US and UK, and says London can fund the rest. He also promotes a Nicaragua canal deal with a 40 to 100 million dollar range. He plans talks with John A MacDonald and President elect Cleveland.
Bishop Andrews urged larger subscriptions for the Centennial Volume detailing conference sermons and proceedings. A love feast was planned as the final action on Wednesday. Rev A S Hunt spoke on Aim and Character of Methodist Preaching, while Dr Anton West and Rev R N Davis addressed doctrinal topics. An evening social preceded by supper prepared by Baltimore Methodist ladies featured several addresses.
Boston reports the whaling ship John Easmond from South Boston struck Desolation Island in a hurricane off Antarctica. Captain Eusmond and steward P. M. Olsen survived after a months long ordeal. recovery attempts by General Butler and others followed, but all aboard are now believed lost.
Mrs Hatch wife of Mandan's ex mayor killed herself in Minnewaran Dak after overhearing alleged plans to remove her. She went with her baby to a neighbor four miles distant, laid the child down, then slit her own throat. A search for her husband and her son in law is underway.
The steamship Thingvalla, arriving from Copenhagen, reports a disaster at sea where a life boat was smashed, a third officer and three men were injured, engines stopped, oil bags dumped overboard, a marine drag released, and the vessel lay for eighteen hours without taking water while waves broke over the gunwale and wind sat one or two points abaft the beam. The report notes continued rough seas during the incident.
New York December 15 Mayor Edson sent to the Board of Aldermen the nominations of Fitz John Porter for commissioner of public works and Morgan J O'Brien for corporation counsel. Both names laid on the table. Later O'Brien nomination defeated 15 to 9.
In Columbus Ohio on December 15 the Evening Times printers faced wage attachments totaling $280. H. P. Chittenden released the claim and assumed ownership and management under summer agreements.
A house fire at the Thompson residence near Lostin last night claimed the lives of G. B. Thompson and his wife who were away at church. Their two children, aged six and two, perished in the blaze.
An advertising line mocks constant coughing on television and suggests a cure with Dr Bull s Cough Syrup as a quick fix for viewers.
In Washington commentary on the Spanish Treaty’s ratification raises little expectation amid political talk with a leading prohibitionist about New York’s late election and its program. Lieut. Greely continues work on his voyage report while inquiries into alleged irregularities in the First Comptroller’s office proceed.
Washington dispatch outlines strong opposition to the Spanish treaty in the House amid revenue reform doubts and notes its likely defeat. It discusses repercussion risks from nonratification, prospects for free trade among American nations, and Prohibition party aims to contest the 1883 gubernatorial race with Carr and Maynard in New York.
Washington December reports Lt. A W Greely steadily recovering from polar exposure and planning to publish his meteorological and expedition findings. He remains at a near War Department residence, attends daily duties, and awaits physician approved desk work before finalizing a comprehensive account from Lady Franklin Bay.
A Indianapolis Journal summary reports a New York Prohibitionist editor claiming the Reformer published to promote reform and prohibition. He denies direct party funding for St John and Daniel and says no copies were bought to aid Cleveland. He notes a buyer offered 20,000 copies of a favorable article, which was refused.
Washington dispatch reports Judge Lawrence defending the First Comptroller's accounts as legal and overdue adjustments, while Barker's resignation and allegations of fraud surface. Lawrence cites 3,545,826 vouchers examined in 1884 totaling 224 million dollars, noting oversight limits and division chiefs' role.
General Hazen, chief Signal Officer, charges Lieutenant Garlington with disobedience of orders and neglect of duties in the Proteus expedition for relief of Greely. The Secretary of War has the papers but President Lincoln has not acted. Garlington arrived in Wassington tonight and said he was unaware of any charges.
In Washington the Patents Commissioner and government board member for the New Orleans Exposition issued a circular seeking small working models of machines. An Ohio firm later sent three huge grindstones to the Interior Department, the largest weighing 2,350 pounds, sparking an indignant reply from the donor who urged administrative changes.
Wasniserox Dec 1 Mr Holman introduced in the House today a bill directing the Indianapolis Journal to issue a general and personal medal as a civic recognition. The measure seeks official approval and outlines the medal’s qualifications and design to honor contributions to journalism and public service.
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