Counting the Votes in Tight Races and Protests
The canvassing board haggled over precinct 18 and 23 while rejecting some protests about disputed ballots and an insane asylum vote. Officials forecast close results for circuit judge Hadley Wagner and coroner races as clerks prepare official tallies Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ketcham
Booker
Tim Splaan
W. V. Rooker
Qcattorney McCray
Ward 23
Attorney Ketcham
C. G. Couler
Frank Sanders
Ward 13
Wayne Township
Ad Election Board
Marion
Thomas L. Sullivan
John V. Hadley
Hendricks County
Harrison T. Tincher
E. 1
Mitchell
Tincher
Union County
Theodore A. Wagner
Charles N. Rooker
Complete Victory for Harrison in Electoral College Race
New York dispatch notes California returns shift view of the election. Harrison leads with 239 electoral votes to Cleveland’s 162 and a 77 vote majority. Republicans gain seats in next Congress while pension vetoes and Burchard controversy shaped final result and party dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
jSpl
California
Missouri
Cleveland
West Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
New Jersey
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Harrison
Colorado
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wisconsin
Quay
Brice
Burchardize
Hill
United States
Brooklyn
Miller
Albany
Killings Stun London as Another Woman Found Mutilated
In Hamburg Street a woman known as Susan is found murdered in a room fronting Whitechapel rumors swirl. Police lack a clue and fear a fiend linked to the Whitechapel crimes may be at work though Telegraph hints of a weaker imitator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxnon
White Chapel
Hamburg St
Susan
Soong
The
Telegraph
Sore Officials in the Treasury After Defeat
Washington reports bitter mood among Democratic officials after Cleveland’s loss. Bayard and Don Dickinson are sidelined, while Youmans and others express frustration. Recounted is the party realignment as Republicans gain in Delaware and Arkansas, with key races in Michigan and John Baker’s defeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bayard
Cleveland
Delaware
U. S
Don M. Dickinson
Michigan
Alger
Harrison
Don
Youmans
Treasury Department
Mennne
Elmira
N.Y
Hill
Oak View
Buffalo
McPherson
Powell Clayton
Congress
Arkansas
Black
Chcaco
Haa
John Baker
Col. Morrison
Parkersburg
W. Va
A. B. White
The
Daily Journal
U.S
Kenna
Bets Won and Lost in Cleveland Election
In New York on November 9 a pundit notes wins and losses beyond Cleveland's defeat. Matt Quay would be elated by gains. Bill Scott, Farnpaugh, Gorman, and Cal Brice suffered large losses while Chairman Quay reportedly netted about 100000.
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York
Cleveland
Cal Brice
Harrison
Matt Quay
Bill Scott
Farnpaugh
Gorman
Quay
Gen Ben Harrison Refuses Comment on Victory After Talk
Gen Harrison avoids discussing his Indiana election lead as reports place his majority around 2 000 to 3 000. John New notes 1 000 precincts show Republican gains about 7 percent with Marion county blamed on intimidation and misused election machinery. Mrs Harrison joins a city shopping outing with son Russell after the rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Harrison
Lux
Indiana
John
New
du Bois
Fort Wayne
Marion
Dubois County
Harrison
Marion County
Russell
Political quarrels in the Police court Friday
Robert Ruezel and John W. Kise clashed over alleged vote tampering for $18. The case was continued for further hearing. Also, W. Johnson, Sylvester Fuller, John Doty, Monroe Blackwell and William Smith faced assault charges against George James at Virginia Ave and Prospect St. proceedings continued to Monday. John Pettit waived examination on stealing $30 worth of goods from Charles Mager Co and was held for grand jury. The loot was mostly value to Montana sportsmen.
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Robert Ruezel
John W. Kise
Kise
Russel
W. Johnson
Sylvester Fuller
John Doty
Monroe Blackwell
William Smith
George James
Virginia
Ave
Johnson
Smith
James
Fort Wayne dealer is assigned amid debts around $20000
The report notes Lauferty & Co. clothing dealers of Fort Wayne assigned Thursday with liabilities about $20,000. It mentions a Crawfordsville child born Monday named William Henry Harrison Tippecanoe Bratton and an elderly man James G. Hutchinson who died at 64. A South Bend mill fire caused $200,000 loss with insurance. Judicial votes in twenty ninth district raise contest worries as D B McConnell and G E Ross figure in the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauferty & Co
Fort. Wayne
Crawfordsville
William
Henry Harrison Tippecanoe Bratton
James G. Hutchinson
Montgomery County
Indiana Paper Company
South Bend
Twenty-Ninth Judicial District
Twenty Eighth Judicial Circuit
D. B. McConnell
Twenty-Ninth
G. E. Ross
Dem
Stage star Sara Bernhardt sends flowers to mausoleum
The Stage reports Sara Bernhardt sends daily the bouquets thrown by admirers to the cemetery where her remains lie in a mausoleum built for her. The piece notes a description of Madame Hading with eyes likened to Turkish custom, and mentions her father’s alleged influence on her appearance.
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Sara Bernhardt
Madame Hading
Turkey
Jollity Planned by Happy Republicans Saturday Night
The Happy Republicans schedule a Saturday night jollification to ratify Gen. Harrison's election. Gov. Forter presided and received loud ovations on stage and with the gavelling. A committee of ten, including Huston Bridgeland Shaw Webster Syfers Ward Vonnegut Woods Walden Harding, was named to arrange the event inviting Indiana and county residents to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Gov. Forter
J. N. Huston
J. A. Bridgeland
A. D. Shaw
G. C. Webster
R. K. Syfers
P. A. Ward
Clemens Vonnegut
Marshal C. Woods
W. W. Walden
W. N. Harding
Natural Gas Explosion Damages Home on East Street
A natural gas leak under 156 N East street caused an explosion at 1 45 P M Thursday afternoon. The gas accumulated under the floor and in the wall and reached the parlor causing about 500 dollars in damage to the parlor sitting room and hall. No injuries are reported. The article also includes foreign election commentary and an ad for artistic furniture at William L Elder’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Cohen
N. East St
Sympathy and Satire Mark Harrison Morton Election Night
A drunken veteran parades in front of the New Denison house wearing a morning-after collection of Harrison and Morton badges and a rooster, singing pro-Harrison verses while a disconsolate man with a blue aura and a large placard laments the outcome, conveying partisan mood and public spectacle after Marrison's victory.
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Marrison
Denison House
Cleveland
Morton
Mariar
Harrison
Qhiost
Dem Moment of Victory and a Soldier’s Welcome
A drunken old soldier meets a dejected Democrat during a restless chorus. He sympathizes yet celebrates a past victory shouting Hurrah for Harrison. The veteran borrows twenty cents from onlookers and guides the man to a saloon, showing mixed compassion and wartime nostalgia.
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Pard
Harrison
Forster dies in Riverdale after re election as alderman
Geo H. Forster president of the New York board of Aldermen died suddenly in Riverdale on Thursday. A Tammany hall Democrat and popular figure, he was re elected for a second term on Tuesday and helped host notable theater parties last winter. Mayor Hewitt served as acting mayor in his absence. The aldermen will attend his funeral as a body.
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New York
Geo. H. Forster
Board of Aldermen of
Riverdale
New York City
Tammany Hall
Hewitt
Board of Aldermen
Mrs Jay Gould Stricken With Nervous Prostration
Yellow fever toll rising in Florida with three deaths and 25 new cases reported on Thursday. In Raleigh North Carolina, the chair man’s house was burned by African American assailants in a violent political incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
Florida
Democratic Committee
Raleigh
N. C
Prize potato wins in Colorado display at Son office
The season’s prize potato, 81¢ pounds, white rose variety, weighed on a desk at The Son office Friday. It bore a red ribbon and was grown in Colorado by Peter Anheier of Durango. His daughter Mrs. Hoffman, of 199 KE Washington Ave, brought it in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son
Colorado
Peter Anheier
Durango
Hoffman
Washington
Workhouse Release and Election Voting Scandal Report
Mayor Denny probes alleged workhouse releases to enable voting before election day. Deputy Stevens and Sgt McKinney dispute remittance and signatures for fines. Burgess and Stewart were released, with remittments signed by McKinney and Deputy, while Boone shows the mayor open books. The case prompts calls for full records and ongoing investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denny
Boone
Sargt. McKinney
Citizens Committees
W. Hobbs
Hobbs
Sergt. McKinney
Travis
Sun
Stevens
Doc. Stewart
McKinney
Supt
Williams
Stewart
Richard Ash
Joe Leonard
Robert Oliver
William Himer
John Barry
Burgess
Dee Y
Oo Boone
Young Mrs Blaine Improves as Rift with In-Laws Widens
New York Nov 9 Young Mrs James G Blaine is improving slowly but surely. All hope of reconciliation with her baby husband's family has been given up by the young woman's family. They say if reconciliation comes baby Jimmie must take the initiative. The conduct of Mrs J G Blaine Sr here created an unfavorable impression and those who know the facts denounce the mother in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine
New York
James G. Blaine
Jimmie
J. G. Blaine
Turbulent Barn Raising Ends With Missing Turkey Gizzard
In southern Missouri farmer Hamilton Smith hosts a ten mile spread barn raising. After a grand dinner a turkey gizzard dispute triggers a violent quarrel among guests and relatives of Smith and his late wife. The cook of the turkey remains unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton Smith
Missouri
Smith
Mr. Smith
Turkey
Weather and Furniture at the Wappenhans Observatory
The scene blends a weather briefing by Charles Frederick Wappenhans with a note from Washington about public documents and a matching bookcase. He laments a rickety blonde ash desk and fragile furniture as he contemplates color coordination for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frederick ‘Wappenhans
Weather Observatory
Wapperhans
Washington
Wappenhans
Hearings Set In Election Law Cases Before U S Commissioner
Hearing dates announced for cases against Jefferson Patterson David T Francis Isaac Humphries Walter Sourbeer Isaac Cline James Dickson Spencer Tousey Charles Crawford and others in alleged violations of election laws. Harry New case delayed until return from business trip. Rosenthal of Walter Buhl Co Detroit to display sealskin garments at Bates House parlors three days open to public with measurements and custom fit.
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U. S
Nathan Morris
Jefferson
Patterson
David T. Francis
Isaac Humphries
Walter Sourbeer
Isaac Cline
James Dickson
Spencer Tousey
Charles R. Crawford
Harry New
Rosenthal
Walter Buhl & Co
Sealskin Manufacturers
Detroit
Mich
Bates House
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Hadley
Mr. Harrison
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Condon
Mer
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Waay
Scott
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London
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Edinburgcotsman
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la Franca
France
Wm. L. Elder
City Life
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