09 Nov 1892
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1892
Page
1
Reads from Indiana precincts show Democratic gains across multiple counties with Cincinnati supplied figures. Campaigns tout possible state leads as late returns trickle in and party leaders claim momentum toward a statewide Democratic victory.
Leather chairs can be revived by rubbing with beaten white degs. Sandpaper will whiten ivory handles that yellow with use. Scratches on furniture may be refinished with a woolen rag dipped in boiled lingered oil, then shellac varnish. Clean mirrors with soft paper, not cloth.
Direct lowered his record to 2 06 051g at Nashville on Tuesday. The Chicago cricket club has disbanded due to a debt of 16000. Arion raced against the 3 year old stallion record at Nashville on Wednesday. The German derby shows little interest this year as entries are few. Nashville thoroughbreds include Empress Fredrick Bonnie Byrd Too Quick Van Buren Taylor Hayden. A proposed $25000 race in London would pit La Fleche Baron Hirsch's Orme. Yale protests unfair schedule requiring three games in two weeks while Princeton plays one. Butler and DePauw meet on the Ohio grounds in Indianapolis to decide second place in the championship. the winner faces Purdue next Thanksgiving.
The Lillian Russell opera company acquitted itself creditably at the Grand on Tuesday evening amid outside election turmoil. Alfred Collier composed the work with Gilbert and Sullivan's W S Gilbert as librettist for The Black Crook. Thos J Seabrooke appears next week in Isle of Champagne. The Empire housed all three performances with the Midnight Show drawing notable applause.
The piece describes a wild election night in Indianapolis with heavy drinking and revelry. Crowds gather around theater bul letins as returns roll in, Republicans cheer. Democrats react, and street chaos follows with intoxicated groups weaving through downtown and clashes of voices and loyalties. The energy peaks after 2 a.m. as crowds throng all-night venues and officers deal with the disorder.
New York Nov 9 Spl. As daylight broke, the nation debated the presidential outcome. Cleveland leads in the electoral college with reports from The Sun Herald Times and others giving Cleveland a solid path to win. States like Illinois Indiana West Virginia Delaware and Nevada show gains for Cleveland Weaver or Harrison vary by source. White House scene details and telegrams of congratulations follow the landslide result.
Reporters describe frenzied activity at Denison and Kingan's park house as results favored Harrison in early wagering. Rumors spread of strong Republican turnout in Posey county and across Indiana while Populists claim about 40,000 votes with gains in Howard Tipton Steuben and several other counties.
For Indianapolis and vicinity the forecast calls for fair weather on Wednesday and Thursday with little change in temperature, suggesting mild days and cool nights ahead.
Otto George faces whipping charge at the police station while voters trudge to polls and politicians claim foul play. In court, little action occurs as election results draw mixed reactions and a canal rescue ends with a recovery. Various injuries and a list of marriages wrap the civic day in a fragmented, bustling scene.
A claim describes a cancer cure named Ayers' Satsapailus said to null infections of the blood. The product is said to be sold by all druggists and promoted as a revolutionary remedy.
Miss Lillian Russell criticizes West Coast musical culture from San Francisco to Denver, recalling harsh reviews of La cigale and expressing regret at Western audiences. She notes the press, cites her tour hardships, and reiterates a famous bon mot about no Sunday west of the Missouri and no God west of the Platte.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Ilen Bower of 202 Hoyt Ave was burning coal grate blaze when her clothing caught fire. Despite calm efforts to escape, the flames enveloped her and she was burned head to foot, with survival unlikely.
A patchwork of brief items reports a strike in New Orleans, a Turkish pardon for Mavroyeni Pasha, a Blackburn farmer’s daughter murdered, Capt. Andrews arriving in London, Dr Briggs trial in New York, masked stage robbery near California, a Kentucky farmer’s wife murder and suicide, Elizabethtown field trial opening, Henry Schroder’s hydrophobic death, wage raises for Great Lakes crews, shipwreck rescues near Green Bay, and a lighthouse keeper’s brave rescue amid gales.
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