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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1885
Page
1
Emprium of Low Prices Bids Morning Shoppers Attention
In the Christmas rush the store invites early visitors to receive more attentive service while later hours see limited standing room. Management pledges to do justice to all who visit during any hour, promising consistent service despite crowds.
Illinois court ruling tests Prussing witness eligibility
In Curiaco Illinois yesterday the Hertel fraud case raised a new point under the 1870 Illinois Constitution. The defense challenged witness Prussing on competency and the judge reserved ruling, noting the issue could strike many people from testifying. The question will go to the Illinois Supreme Court for decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Illinois
Robert Hertel
Eugene Prussing
Dikeman
Prussing
Olinois
Udge Shepard
Supreme Court of Illinois
Quarrel Over Underground Service Franchise
Milwaukee, December 22. A city granted Dorset Underground Service Co a 500000 plant plan for conduits but an agent sold the stock to an opposition firm. The mayor refused to approve the bond. Dorset plans legal action as city authorities consider revoking the franchise amid a sharp clash of interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Dorset
Setting Death Traps for Non unionists
Unknown attackers at Pender mine in McKeesport yesterday damaged mining tools and toppled slate roof props while laying traps to crush workers. No injuries were reported as the plan was discovered before miners entered the pit today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirospure
Dee
McKeesport
Pender
Mr Parnell's Programme in Waiting for Now
The Irish Leader plans to refrain from drafting demands at present and Nationalists will bide time, ready to act if a favorable opening appears. The Loyal Irish Union proposes a home rule plan for adoption, while Liberal factions experience a growing split. Peace reached between France and Madagascar marks a broader European context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal
Irish Union
France
Madagascar
The Irish Programme and Parnell’s Waiting Strategy
London December 22. Parnell counsels a waiting game and refuses to advance demands yet. MPs O Kelly and Sullivan forecast home rule progress while Gladstone and Rosebery weigh concessions. A Loyal Irish Union manifesto pushes for local self government, national schools, Irish industry aid, and railway funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnell
London
James J. O’kelly
Roscommon
Gladstone
England
Ireland
Mr. Gladstone
Herbert Gladstone
Leeds
Irish National League
Dublin
T. D. Sullivan
Orangemen
America
Sullivan
Richard Grosvenor
Lord Richard
Mr. Parnell
Earl Rosebery
Loyal Irish Union
Union
Central Board of Work
Split in Liberal Ranks Over Irish Home Rule Cable Debate
The publication of Lord Hartingtons letter disavowing Gladstone's home rule plan widens the Liberal rift. Tories cheer a possible Whig coalition. Sir W V Harcourt and James Lowther show mixed signals while Samuel Storey backs Parnellites with caveats on debt and a written constitution for Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cable
Lord Hartington
Mr. Gladstone
Ireland
Cable News Office
George J. Gosehen
Gladstone
William Vernon Harcourt
Henry James
Coalition
Sir William Vernon Harcourt
James Lowther
Lord Beaconsfield
Lincolnshire
Lowther
Parnell
Samuel Storey
Sunderland
Pasteur's Practice: Newark Boys Arrive in Paris for Treatment
The Newark New Jersey boys sent to Paris for Pasteur treatment arrived at St Lazare station. They rode in a yellow omnibus to a hotel near Pasteur's lab, with trunks lashed on top, and will be lodged at about 26 francs a day for the party. They appeared amused by Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Paris
N. J
M. Pasteur
St. Lazare
Pasteur inoculates first American rabies patient four boys
Dr Billings and M Pasteur gather four American boys at 6 30 pm for inoculations. William Lane, Patsy Reynolds, the Ryan boy and another endure injections in Pasteur's lab. The virus is strong. treatment lasts ten days. About twenty patients visit daily. total treated reaches 148.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Billings
M. Pasteur
William Lane
Fitzgerald
Patsy Reynolds
Ryan
America
Newark
Hussars
Pesth
Hussar
Granchet
Trial of Marchesa Rita di Candia Swindling Case
The Landgericht heard the case of Marchesa Rita di Candia daughter of tenor Mario. She faced forty charges for swindling and was found guilty, receiving a one year imprisonment after living extravagantly on funds from her adoptive father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mario
Berlin
New York
Landgerict
Rita di Candia
Marquis di Candia
London
Marchesa
Giulia Grisi
Grisi
Riti
Rita Maria di Candia
Bank of
Florence
Marie
Rome
Cologne
Padeborn
Furstenhof
Hoffman
Marchesa di Candia
Marchesa d’Aidnac
Bushe Brooke elopement ends in court action in London
In an English case the Barrister Seymour Bushe fled two months ago with Hon Kathleen Maude Brooke wife of Gerald Brooke. They were captured and Brooke filed £10,000 damages. Bushe did not appear at trial and a default judgment was entered. Damages to be set by judge and special jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bushe-Brooke
Seymour Bushe
Munster
Kathleen Maude Brooke
Sir Cornwallis Maude
Hawarden
Gerald Richard Brooke
Brooke
Bushe
Minister Curry Presents His Credentials
Mapnip December 22 reports American Minister Curry presented his credentials to the Queen in a formal ceremony reflecting diplomatic duties. The event underscores ongoing relations between the United States and the British monarchy during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curry
Mapnip
Commercial Talks Between United States and Spain
Minister Curry and Queen regent Christina discussed commercial relations with cordial exchange. Both sides signaled readiness to advance a new treaty on mutually satisfactory terms. Curry offered condolences on the late King Alfonso. We hear that a treaty may be negotiated soon with no expected obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spain
Curry
Queen Christina
Carry
Alfonso
Peace treaty ends Madagascar France conflict
Paris dispatch reports Madagascar and France have concluded peace. The accord grants France a protectorate over Madagascar with a French Resident in Tamatave to handle foreign affairs, supported by a permanent guard. French troops will stay in Tamatave until a 10 million franc war indemnity is paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madagascar
France
Paris
Tamatave
Alarm Concerning the Pope in Rome
The Pope was very fatigued returning from a public consistory and suffered a disturbed stomach. His physicians are uneasy though he jokes about his indisposition. Dr Ceccarelli, his chief physician, now stays permanently in the Vatican. Despite weakness he received a few visitors, all impressed by his extreme pallor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roms
Ceccarelli
Vatican
Conspiracy Reported in Taragona Spain and Labrouste Death
Advices from Spain say a conspiracy to establish a republic has been discovered at Taragona. The details are withheld by the government. M Francois Labrouste, famed French architect, is dead born March 21 1779. In 1827 he won the grand prize for architecture in the School of Fine Arts. Mr Cox US minister to Turkey began negotiations with the Porte for a naturalization treaty granting equal rights in both nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Taragona
M. Francois Marie Theodore Labrouste
School of Fine Arts
Cox
United States
Turkey
Porte
BALK-LINE BILLIARDS SHAEFER VIGN AUX SCORE TILT
Schaefer and Vignaux compete in balk-line billiards with spectators present. Vignaux finishes ahead 152 in the final run, while Schaefer posts a 686 total. Time noted as 3 50. Also reports Land Commissioner Sparks near retirement amid possible foreign post interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Schaefer
Vignaux
Rabacher
A Fastidious Vagrant From Dedham In Prison Loop
William Rothwell a tightly dressed Dedham man aged fifty eight has spent nearly twenty years of his life in prison He requests sentences of three to twelve months then pleads guilty to become a vagrant again He studies tailoring works hard while confined and avoids lockups preferring orderly treatment and strict rules from the House of Correction officials He receives small remittances from England where his sister is blind and trusted relatives guide his odd persistence in the penal system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depham
Mass
William Rothwell
House of Correction
England
Rothwell
Durance
Singer Lock-out Ends as Elizabeth Readies Bonds
The Singer sewing machine works in Elizabeth New Jersey ends a three thousand worker lock-out. The Elizabeth City Council votes a higher tax levy on the Singer property with bonds to protect the city treasurer. Alderman Smith storms the meeting and narrowly avoids lynching as thousands of workers gather. The company holds two million dollars of city paper including three hundred fifty thousand in collateral bonds and threatens market action. The firm contributes two thousand dollars to a fund for idle workers as production resumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Singer Sewing Machine Works
Elizabeth
N. J
Elizabeth City
Singer
Alderman Smith
Ward-Bammer
Murder of Knoch Family in Detroit Leaves Police Puzzled
The Knoch family murder in Detroit last Wednesday morning remains unsolved as investigators find the father mother and a child fatally shot and their heads severed with an ax or sharp blade. The bodies were mutilated, piled on the floor, the house looted, and set ablaze to hide evidence. Authorities sent officers to Saratoga to locate Alec Rone, the hired man matching a description, a key suspect in the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Knoch
Saranac
Alec. Rone
Unpopular Official Sparks to Retire from Office
Land Commissioner Sparks faces likely retirement as his recent orders upset the President and Secretary Lamar. He reportedly could be offered a place abroad while Democratic leaders discuss extravagant expenditures, Dakota’s admission prospects, and general German antipathy to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Wasumeton
Althogether
Sparks
Interior Department
Lamar
Cleveland
Senate
Democratic Financering Exposes Party Expenditures
Washington dispatch reports Democrats offer excuses for Treasury deficits since March. The party cites pensions and revenue declines from internal taxes as causes while Treasury officials note a 40 percent revenue rise in six months due to higher whisky tax on bonded goods. An alleged new debt calculation method surprises insiders amid Republican and Wall Street concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Treasury Department
Wall Street
Manning
Jordan
The Dakota Discussion Admits People Have Justice on Their Side
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports that Senate debate and Delegate Gifford’s Dakota memorial highlight broad support for Dakota admission. Democrats largely agree the territory has strong claims based on population wealth and enterprise, while Republicans resist, fearing party balance in Congress. The piece notes past admissions in Michigan and Arkansas and predicts momentum and political impact for the next Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Territory
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Dakota
Senate
House
Gifford
Congress
South Dakota
Forty-ninth Congress
Huron
New York
Michigan
Arkansas
German antipathy to America in Mueller report
The annual report of Jacob Mueller United States consul general at Frankfort on the Main Germany is released in Washington detailing anti American sentiment and facts uncovered by the consulate. The document notes political and economic tensions shaping U.S. relations with Germany amid growing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mueller
Indianapolis Journal
Washingtton
Jacob Mueller
United States
Frankfort-on the-Main
Germany
Consul Describes German Trade Slump and Rising Anti Americanism
The State Department report notes reactionary trends in Germany affecting industrial relations with the United States and fears of American ideas. Trade remains depressed with 1884 exports to the U S down by nearly 6.9 million dollars, while imports are limited. Emigration to the U S has fallen 40 percent in nine months of 1885. Minleler urges American policy of free ships and strong protection for Americans abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceived
State Department
United States
Germany
Minleler
Fearful of the Future Democrats Oppose Printing Nominees
Washington report notes Democrats voted solidly against printing presidential nominations in the Congressional Record. A Republican source says objections aim to prevent formal record of arguments used in campaigns. He cites civil service violations and widespread dismissals as key issues to be disclosed later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
WashineTon
Brutal official Stockslager mistreated a soldier widow
Washington Special reports Assistant Land Commissioner Stockslager ordered cancellation of final entries for a Dakota widow who mapped land, built a 12 by 12 house, broke 30 acres, and raised 750 bushels of wheat in a harsh winter. He doubted her residence, citing four months absence and a Chicago visit, with the case now before a Senate committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Slager
Washington Special
General Land Office
Stockslager
Dakota
Chicago
Senate
Louis St Martin Returns to Congress After 35 Years
Louisianian Louis St. Martin joins the Forty-ninth Congress reentering federal service after a long absence. The veteran representative, once a young lawmaker alongside Lewis Cass and Charles E. Stewart, recalls past colleagues and events with a sense of nostalgia. He may not play an active role, his age and vivid memories shaping his view of today’s debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Louis St. Martin
Louisiana
St. Martin
Detroit
Congress
Lewis Cass
Charles E. Stewart
Congressman Maybury
St Martin
Capitol
George Moran
America
Possible Change of Heart in Washington Dec. 22
A New York congressman notes the President may view public office as a nuisance after recess appointments. Reports say seventy five pending nominations may be withdrawn and twenty names withheld from the Senate. The Senate executive session approves printing nominations and confirmations in the Record, seen as a corrective step.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Washmerton
New York
Congress
Tam
Senate
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Doney
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Pasteur
Cable Notes
Democratic Financiering
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