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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1891
Page
1
A bustling holiday scene across Indianapolis shops as Christmas nears. Shoppers push through crowded aisles, tempting displays tempt diverse families, including a mother delaying a small purchase while children plead for candy canes.
A Saturday blaze in Croton on the Hudson destroyed nine buildings by 1 30 pm. The fire threatened the village, halted New York Central trains, and blockaded tracks as engines from nearby assisted. Most structures were brick with one frame remaining at risk. The incident occurred three miles from Sing Sing.
Sunday services at New Church chapel and Central Christian church. Greensburg sermon by Gov. Chasa. Ten buildings condemned by the Board of Public Works. Union Athletic Club incorporated with 500 capital. Various local notes on politics, meetings, and social events. Births Deaths and marriages listed amid advertisements. farm visit for state fair grounds site with 160 acres offered.
Chicago December report says Judge Gresham views Judge Woods selection as insulting and may resign if confirmed. Rumors claim Gresham could be a Bourbon candidate for the nomination as party forces clash with President Harrison over the Indiana appointment and Blaine-Harrison rivalry.
Frank M Hicks a longtime traveling agent for Burford Indianapolis was found dead in bed at the Grandview hotel in Huntington Ind He had missed a westbound train and died in his room reportedly from heart disease and grippe The coroner held an inquest and the family learned of his death with grief expressed by his widow and children Hicks age 65 began his career with Burford after time with Senti- Del printing He remained in Indianapolis where his son Dr Hicks a practicing dentist stays connected Judge Woods will remain in Indianapolis and preside in the federal building while court rooms and railway mail clerks spaces are arranged at the post office
Amusements note a revised Natural Gas farce with May Howard joining the troupe and the Park featuring the two Mack comedy team. Sothern appears at the Grand with The Dancing Girl totaling eight o clock curtain. Rentz-Santley troupe returns to English's Tuesday, while Van Gogh’s Angeline and the Lone Fisherman’s unchanged lines headline season closer.
A family arrives in Indianapolis as the Baron Hirsch fund completes arrangements to move Russian Jewish refugees to care by local relief groups. Refugees stay with the Glassman family on S Tennessee St while jobs are sought, with plans to coordinate factory outreach and fund support to avoid overburdening charities.
A flood of church activities fills the week with communion days at Sacred Heart and St John churches, officers elected for Collier voyages, Living Rosary Living Rosary society, Knights of St John and Knights of Father Matthew events, a Terre Haute Vincennes tour, and plans for a new St Joseph's school. Grippe remains widespread.
Washington December 19 Speaker Crisp presses to place northern men atop the ways and means and appropriations committees. Southern senators urged against it, yet no change. Secretary Rusk and Senator Paddock propose a humanitarian plan to ship several hundred tons of corn to Russia as aid and to promote American corn as a food abroad. The House later set a January 5 adjournment and adjusted committee memberships, with a new scope for the commerce committee and added panels including reform in the civil service. Mills’ health improves. Dockery plans to reintroduce a tariff bill on raw materials and wool.
James Gordon faced a criminal court trial for allegedly taking five dollars at gunpoint from Francis Hendricks on Washington Street. Hendricks swore he had just been paid but later showed signs of mental distress, leading prosecutors to drop the case.
The association will keep open house for New Years and the building will close the afternoon of Xwas day. The regular Saturday night reception is canceled. State Secretary Tracy will lead an o clock meeting Sunday afternoon followed by a gospel lunch. A pocket prospectus outlines features of the organization and shows the building’s comforts are available to any young man for ten cents a week.
Public invited to view finest display of beef veal lamb and mutton in Indianapolis. Ladies especially invited. Open to the public Sunday and Monday December and all. Col Gardner Little Monitor Beef Refrigerator.
On Friday night at the Willard Street bridge a mysterious stabbing affray left Frank Smith and Joseph Columbus hurt. Eye witness William Manning reported a man struck Smith and that Columbus was later stabbed. both victims testified but offered unclear details.
Monday night the present council meets for the last time and officials step down to private life. Names listed include John Weber David Myers Henry Sweetland John R Pearson Otto Steckham Manford Yontz Robert Martin Dale William Hicklin Simeon Cuny Michael Burnag Ed Austin Preston Curry Trusler Thos Markey Dick Nolan Edward Dunn William Davis Chas Ganss Martin Murphy Olof Olgen Robi McGill Jos Gasper Emil Bassman Ed Steven. A heart rending farewell between Bill Hicklin and P C Linsler is anticipated. No special arrangements made. sponge provided to expurgate tears as two statesmen part in farewell and possible peace.
The baseball commissioners, including Byrnes Von der Ahe Hart, appoint a schedule committee to manage players led by Young and Phelps. Reach Vanderhorst Bush plan finances with A. G. Spaulding supplying balls. Chicago Baltimore and Cleveland resist extra players as moves toward a central league are discussed with Columbus Indianapolis Toledo Detroit Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis Kansas City Omaha proposed. Rune returns to New York for 6250 dollars as absorption of teams continues. A new national agreement aims to block league expansion into territory. Found Two Bombs. Paris Dec 1 Cinehy suburb of Paris bomb scare as four bombs found in police station. fuses lit but detonators unfired. Squared New York Dec 18 Adams Express transfers with John Hoey amicably settled. final papers signed.
The Press club remains silent after the Ingalls lecture. Journal hires artist Botsford and Myron Stowell from the Sentinel. Several reporters recover from illness while a recent baseball meeting drew wide attendance. An out of town artist who joined Journal vanished with his gear and pay.
Oscar Perkins, a laborer living on Mississippist, received a $500 fine and six months in the workhouse for wife beating. Judge Buskirk stated the sentence after Perkins pleaded guilty, while another man faced grand jury action and bail issues in related matters. A separate financial note discussed city borrowing plans totaling around $125,000 to cover interest and improvements.
Stata with arms arrival delayed by political tensions between Chili and the United States. Chilean papers criticize North American outlets for unverified reports. El Mercurio denounces the sailors attack as a mob incident and calls for a quick investigation and punishment to avert US complaints.
Henry B Williams of Rochester announces approval from the Pullman palace car company for his invention applying ball bearings to railway car journals to reduce friction and boost speed. Tests on a 21 000 pound gondola car in Pellmag yards showed easy movement with one man pushing. The inventor claims a revolution in train speed is possible.
Friday reports show Germany approves a commercial treaty with the United States. Other items note three Mexicans sentenced to death in Monterey for train robbery, a London woman and child suicide, a Brussels murder conviction, and various European incidents.
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