Harrison Wins in Indiana and Nationwide Vote Shifts
Indiana counties report Harrison ahead by margins from 3 000 to 5 000 with state and national tallies showing Republican gains. Chicago and New York press broadcast Brice’s concession and California Indiana lead, while Democratic predictions shift on House and Senate control post election.
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Ind
Harrison
Pennsylvania Avenue
New Dennison Hotel
Republican State Committee
Big House
Washington
Ilinois
Gen. Harrison
Cleveland
Inpiaxnapolis
Indiana
Blaine
New York
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Democratic National Executive Committee
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California
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Congress
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Evans
North Carolina
House of Representatives
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Mich
Michigan
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Saulsbury
Nevada
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Texas
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Snow storm and gale terrorize Quebec and provinces
A snow storm and gale began Thursday night and lasted until yesterday, covering all of Quebec and the maritime provinces. Dispatches report two and a half feet of snow along the lower St. Lawrence and fears of heavy fishering losses on both sides of the gulf.
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Maritime Provinces
Lower St. Lawrence
Gulf
Mill Fire At South Bend Papers Loss
The paper and bag mill of the Indiana Paper Company in South Bend burned yesterday. Loss is put at 200000 dollars with 40000 dollars insured.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Paper Company
South Bend
Horrors of Frontene mine disaster sweep Kansas to Rochester
Pittsburg Kansas reports a catastrophic explosion at Frontenac shaft No 2 trapping 160 men. Only two escape as rescue efforts reveal a death toll rising across Rochester New York and Pittsburg Missouri with dozens dead and many injured.
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Pittsburg
Kansas
Frontenac
Burlington and Quincy Declares 5 Percent Year Dividend
The Chicago Burlington and Quincy directors have declared a dividend of 1 percent, making 5 percent for the year, announced in Boston on November 9.
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Boston
Chicago
Burlington and Quincey
Golicke Dies After Blow by Shoaff in East Main Saloon
William Golicke dies from a head blow delivered by Jerry Shoaff during an altercation at Golicke's saloon on East Main Street. Shoaff fled but was later bailed. coroner rules concussion of the brain from the attack. Shoaff and two companions face possible involvement as investigators locate the fugitive.
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Jerry Shoaff
Wm. Golicke
Main Street
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Shoats
Shoall
Young Shoaff
J. B. Shoaff
Viberg
Huntertown
Shoaff
Chas. Wort
Fort Wayne
Charley Turner
Art Hamel
Stellhorn
Sunday church services in Reading and Pittsburgh parishes
Rev J L Leeper preached at Second Presbyterian Reading and filled in for John G Blake in Richmond with Genesis birthright teaching. Rev D S Kennedy gave farewell at Third Presbyterian with ordination and baptism. Catholic Cathedral held forty hours devotion with grand mass and candlelit procession.
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Reading
Second Presbyterian Church
John G. Blake
Richmond
Ind
Esau
Jacob
Leeper
Third Presbyterian Church
D. S. Kennedy
Kennedy
Third Church
Pittsburg
Brammer
Fathers O'Leary
Delaney
Burns
R. D. Neithart
C.S
New Line Officers in City Seek Investor Confidence
The officers of the New Line railroad, including M. Haskell president, W. H. Harris, Wm. King of Toledo, and others from New York and Lima, are in town meeting New York capitalists. They plan to resume work and push completion east and west, asserting they have funds and will satisfy Fort Wayne citizens.
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M. Haskell
W. H. Harris
Wm. King
Toledo
H. T. McClure
New York, Mahoning and Western Railroad
J. K. Brice
Lima
Theodore L. Frothingham
Evarts, Choate, Beeman & Co
Wm. Thorpe
H. E. McClure
W. A. Armstrong
New York
City
Mr. Haskell
New Mahoning Road
Kiey
Haskell
Fort Wayne
Assassination Report Affects Chickasaw Nation In Fight
News from Tishomingo says Governor Guy was assassinated late Saturday. Tensions rise between Guy supporters and Chief Byrd backers after the death, with advisories of serious trouble imminent in the Chickasaw Nation. Confirmation of Governor Guy Cuy’s assassination is reported.
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St. Louis
Tishomingo
Guy
Byrd
Cuy
Alexander as Harrison's private secretary eyed
Washington November 9. Politicians say General Harrison may name D S Alexander of Buffalo New York as private secretary. Alexander 42 Maine native Bowdoin graduate and Civil War veteran served as Indianapolis correspondent for the Cincinnati Gazette. He was fifth auditor of the treasury under Garfield and later practiced law in Buffalo. If chosen the post would rank just below a cabinet minister.
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General Harrison
D.S. Alexander
Buffalo
New York
Alexander
Maine
Bowdoin College
Indiana
Indianapolis
Old
Cincinnati Gazette
Harrison
Teasury
Garfield
Washington
Butta O
United States Warships Move Amid Caribbean Tensions
The Navy reports the Boston is in Haitian waters while the Kearsarge heads to sea from Portsmouth to Port-au-Prince to protect American interests. A prior order for the Kearsarge was countermanded by news of the Boston’s Kingston arrival.
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Navy Department
United States
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Huytian
Kearsarge
Hampton Roads
Portsmouth
N. H
Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Kingston
Jamaica
New York
Horrific living conditions of Alaska Indian women alarm Mrs Voorhees
Mrs Voorhees recounts to a World reporter the brutal plight of Alaska Indian women. She describes a lawless frontier where miners and soldiers purchase or abduct girls, sometimes as young as fourteen, subjecting them to captivity and death. The account highlights systemic exploitation in remote camps.
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New York
Solid South Demands Break From Northern Control
A leading South Carolina Democrat urges the Southern Democracy to kick over the traces by forming a southern convention. He says the Solid South has been used as a cat's paw by Hewitt Hall Grant Republicans and Tammany interests and proposes breaking from national parties to vote for the best presidential candidate regardless of party.
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Cuarvestoy
D. C
Vers and Courier
New York
National Republican Committee
Tammany
Hill
Secretary of State and Electors Duties Outlined in Indiana
Official returns from Union County enter the secretary of state's hands with details of county officers and future commissions. The law prescribes marshal led visits and reading aloud electoral votes, with lot determinations for ties, followed by governor-issued certificates. Electors meet first Monday in December to vote. A separate note reports a short prize fight near Curiaco where Frank Skinner knocked out Frank Johnson.
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Ind
Union County
John J. Garrett
Secretary of State
Chamber
House of Representatives
United States
Curiaco
Frank Skinner
Frank Johnson
Skinner
Bridge Jumper Steve Brodie Makes 212 Foot Fall
Steve Brodie leaped from the Hudson River bridge at 5 10 PM in fog and darkness wearing tights and a leaden iron belt for a wager of 3500. He was dragged from the water by companions and rushed home after suffering possible rib injuries. A gold medal offer was promised if he survived, per Police Gazette contact.
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Poccureepsie
N. Y
Steve Brodie
John Doxee
West Pier
New York
Brodie
Fox
Police Gazette
Wright's Avilla Voting Case Lands Him in Albion Jail
A citizen of Fort Wayne history A L Wright who lately lived in Canada returned to vote in Avilla last Tuesday and was jailed in Albion after a federal officer detained him Wright claimed his family resided at Avilla and asserted voting rights amid questions over his residence.
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Fort Wayne
Wm. Pape
Wm. Fleming
Canada
Avilla
Albion
M. V. B. Spencer
Wright
Suits Against A Marshal Over Election Violations
Indianapolis on November 8 Harry S New Brainard Rorison Daniel Jameson and Richard Thompson colored arrested yesterday for alleged violations of the election law by deputy federal marshals today file damage suits for 5000 against Ed Hawkins federal marshal for false imprisonment Harrison Hines Miller represents the plaintiffs
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Indianapolis
Harry
New
Brainard Rorison
Daniel Jameson
Richard Thompson
Ed Hawkins
Harrison, Hines & Miller
Wrong Number of the District Printed Complicates the Election of a Judge
Locanswort Indiana November 9 The canvassing board finds that republicans voted for McConnell for Twenty eighth circuit rather than Twenty ninth It will count returns as presented by precinct boards yielding a Ross majority and setting up a recount contest by McConnell
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Ross
McConnell
Hoosier Justice Falls on Transgressors at Peru
In Peru Indiana on November 10 Frank Rowe John Carroll and John Ryan alleged Morgan murderers were released on writs of habeas corpus They were then rearrested and sent to Greenville Ohio on burglary charges Judge Connor sentenced three thieves Ed Carroll Cain Brooks and John Durkin to terms of three to five years for burglaries near Xenia in recent weeks
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Pert
Ind
Frank Rowe
John Carroll
John Ryan
Andrew Morgan
Renia
Greenville
Ohio
Connor
Ed Carroll
Cain Brooks
John Durkin
Xenia
Burglars Hit Huntington Postoffice for Small Loot
Burglars broke into the Huntington postoffice Saturday night and took a small amount of money and stamps. They blew the outer door of the safe but did not force the inner compartment.
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Huntington Postoffice
Anna Dickinson Sues Republican National Committee
Anna Dickinson, lecturer and actress, files suit in New York Supreme Court against the Republican National Committee to recover 1250 for services during the campaign. She says she was hired in September for thirty lectures in the west at 125 per lecture plus expenses, received 3750, and would have earned 5000 if Harrison won. Complaint served on Senator Quay and fellow committeemen last night.
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New York
Anna Dickinson
Supreme Court
Republian National Committee
West
Harrison
Senator Quay
Talmage Champions Brooklyn Y M C A Opening
Rev. Dr. Talmage spoke at the Brooklyn Y M C A opening, praising Christian brotherhood and the city mission to recruit young men for God. He lauded the building's aims, the gymnasium and library, and urged a path of kindness toward thousands who need guidance.
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Brooklyn
Jesus
Christ
God
Voltaire
Lord’s Army
Perdition
Satan
Heaven
Doctors of Divinity
Ayer's Cathartic Pills Featured as Family Medicine
An 19th century sales blurb promotes Ayer's Cathartic Pills as a gentle remedy for irregular bowels and urges their use as an invaluable family medicine.
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Ayer
Two Wrecks Reported In New Hampshire and Illinois
Newsere New Hampshire reports a freight train collision with a passenger train at Fisher's Landing near New Hampshire City at 10 this morning. Several passengers are injured or killed. At Crogin near Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul station a heavy freight struck the rear of a passenger train. two cars were smashed with one passenger seriously hurt.
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N. H
Hudson River
Fisher’s Landing
Cutcaco
Crogin
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Son of James Southern Injured Shooting at Target
James Southern, son of Mr James Southern an engineer on the Pittsburg line, was struck in the eye by a leaden bullet while shooting at a kettle as a target. The injury threatens the loss of sight. A prior injury to another Southern son from a railroad wreck left him with a crushed leg possibly requiring amputation.
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James
James Southern
Pittsburg
Southern
Death notices and a Big Haul theft reported in Anderson
The city undertakers list weekly deaths including Lizzie Lehnen 8 from throat disease Susan Linker 68 insanity Ida Manweiler 9 months spasms Julia Comment 72 old age Leonard Sears 54 consumption Chas Wort 21 railroad accident John Shannessy 1 day exhaustion Theresa Golicke 15 days exhaustion Margaret Cole 90 old age David Bowers 65 paralysis. Later a bold robbery in Anderson nets jeweler Will Shirk $2000 in watches and jewelry. thieves enter via back door during supper and flee unseen. no suspects yet.
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Susan Linker
Ida C. Manweiler
Julia Comment
Leonard Sears
Chas. E. Wort
John Shannessy
Theresa Golicke
Margaret Cole
David Bowers
Northwestern Passenger Association Collapses
The northwestern passenger association has completely collapsed due to prematory withdrawals and the reform of the Chicago Burlington and Northern. Its demise shows the impossibility of sustaining an agreement covering only one western territory section.
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Cutcaco
Northwestern Passenger Association
Prematory
Chicago, Burlington and Northern
Death of Col Knapp in St Louis at 72
Col John Knapp longtime business manager and part owner of the Missouri Republican died last night at his St Louis home at age 72. Born in New York City in 1826 he joined the Republican party in 1854.
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St. Louis
John Knapp
Missouri Republican
Colonel Knapp
New York City
Anarchist Anniversary Observed by Chicago Sympathizers
Curiaco November 12 observers marked the first anniversary of the anarchists hangings by Chicago sympathizers outside city limits. Police restricted processions and red banners and there was no outbreak or disturbance reported.
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Curiaco
Chicago
Three Years for Shooting to Mill in Peru
Abraham Brown was found guilty of shooting with intent to kill William Woodford in June. He received a three year penitentiary sentence and a $50 fine. The motive was jealousy. both men are Black.
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Peru
Ind
Abraham Brown
Wm. Woodford
Wrecking Steamer Don M Dickinson Burns Total Loss
Detroit, Mich, Nov 12 The wrecking steamer Don M Dickinson burned last night and is a total loss. The captain and six crew members escaped unharmed. The vessel, valued at $200,000, was owned by Capt J W Wescott of Detroit.
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Detroit
Mich
Don M. Dickinson
J. W. Wescott
Eight-Year-Old Killed by Revolver Accident in Indiana
SHexprviite Indiana November 8 reports George Darr eight years old son of E Darr was accidentally killed yesterday in a Morrison house room by the discharge of a revolver he was playing with.
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Shexprviite
Ind
George Darr
E. Darr
Morrison House
Drunken Husband Killed by Wife in Ontario
Mrs. Scott of CresDEN Ontario killed her husband last night in his drunken stupor after years of abuse when she beat him on the bed.
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Crespden, Ont
Scott
Allen Defeats Voorhees in Washington Territory Race
Latest estimates from Washington Territory show John B. Allen elected as delegate to Congress over Charles S. Voorhees by a margin around 2,500 to 3,000. The report comes from Portzano, Ore, dated Nov. 8.
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Portzano
Ore
Washington Territory
John B. Allen
Congress
Charles S. Voorhees
Hotel Fire at Long Beach Causes Heavy Loss
A large Long Beach hotel burned with about twenty miles from Los AgnEtos. Loss estimated at 90 000 dollars. Matthias Baum, an employee of Pittsburg and Fort Wayne company, was severely injured and will be out of work for some time. The report also mentions catarrh and a patent medicine claim for Hood s Sarsaparilla.
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Los AgnEtos
Long Beach
Matthias Baum
Pittsburg and
Fort Wayne Company
Depot at Harbor Springs Burned with Contents Lost
Fire destroyed the Harbor Springs depot and its mail express baggage and freight last night. The article promotes Ayer s Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and cure for chronic diseases and scrofula, citing many yearly cures.
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Petoskey
Harbor Springs
Ayer
James H. Sizemore Robbed by Beating in Lansine
James H. Sizemore was attacked and beaten by a gang of men in Lansine Michigan on Wednesday night. He was robbed of $52. Police report no arrests yet as the investigation continues.
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Lansine
Mich
James H. Sizemore
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