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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1891
Page
1
Indianapolis readers are advised on fall gentleman attire. Tailors speak of three button cutaway forms and sack coats in dark cheviots with varying vests. Overcoats range from Chesterfields to Invernesses, with lengths around 37 inches and occasional ulsters.
A well established house daily increasing in popularity, the Hotel English offers a bill of fare with anything and everything and unsurpassed service and accommodations for guests.
New rockets at Wim L Elder firm feature improved cement pipe and brick equipment. A Meyer & Co supplies components and machinery for the plant renovation and expansion.
The Russian czar’s new yacht Polar Star sails from St Petersburg to Copenhagen. Its cabins feature mosaic woods by Nabokoff and yellow birch with cream morocco. The dining room seats 80, lit by 64 electric lamps, with a saloon, Greek chapel, and suites for the emperor empress younger princes and high command.
The Freisinnige Zeitung notes the abolition of pork prohibition but regrets continued duties and warns the removal may precede tariff reductions. It comments on economic strain as bread costs rise and meat remains unaffordable for workers.
The national convention of the anti sub treasury alliance opens in St Louis next Tuesday drawing attention from the northwest. About 1000 delegates are expected and a possible split within the Farmers’ alliance may emerge during the gathering.
A bustling fall fashion display in Indianapolis features Bedford cords camel's hair and rough textures with 125 shades in New York offerings. A highlighted costume named the Pride of Paris costs 275, while gowns trend higher this season with various fabrics and color analysis advising color harmony with hair eye and complexion.
The article outlines umbrella skirt construction with a back fullness box plait and a simple single seam, describes a fall hat from Album des Modes with lace trimming and parrot motifs, and notes ongoing stock arrivals including wraps and fur accessories. It also reports a Hartford meeting of the League of American Wiresmen and a Valparaiso sanitarium fire suspected to be set by tramps.
George Matthews, a East street mechanic, reports a vivid trance in which he visited both heaven and hell. He described hell with flames and horned devils, saw former coworkers, and testified heaven featured twelve gates and Jesus. He plans to preach once his speech recovers, with a meeting at his home next Sunday afternoon.
Gustave Berger shot his wife and then himself Tuesday morning, both dying soon. Jealousy is assigned as the motive. The couple married four years, divorced, then remarried a year ago.
Rouchesler Sept . Delegates in Rochester expect J S Fassett former New York port collector to be the Republican candidate for governor if Thomas C Platt does not make a surprise move. Brooky notes New York City delegation will back Fassett on first ballot. Fassett signals platform attacking Hillism calling for honest dollar reciprocity home rule and support for the McKinley tariff.
Henry Webster, a Black man from Indianapolis, was shot and killed by Policeman George Feist early Tuesday morning in Columbus while resisting arrest for robbery. The article also covers a dispute between H. Al Lafollette and state officials over a report from the superintendent of public instruction and the governor’s role with the printing board.
The Catholic congress session begins Tuesday in Malines amid arrests of archists and government efforts to curb intoxicants. Reports note heat waves, weather damage in Wales, and naval loss near Australia as Fiji sinks. A Russian general is arrested in Dubai for spying, while Russia claims crop stability. Also mention of Dr W B Mletcher opening a treatment department with a 30 day price of 346 dollars.
No advices from Chili were received at the state or navy departments on Monday. Acting secretary Wharton remains silent on the recognition of the junta government and whether Minister Evan was instructed to view it as legitimately in authority. Congressional representatives have not yet visited the state department and Senor Montt declines to discuss diplomatic topics related to Chili. The Indianapolis forecast notes fair weather followed by a Wednesday shower and a nearly stationary temperature for 24 hours ending 8 am September 4, 1847.
A large crowd at Sidney Grove New York gathered for a Methodist camp meeting when Rev. L. W. H. Truesdell began preaching and grew frantic. He suddenly shouted in incoherent speech and had to be carried from the platform, remaining in a ravings state. A Philadelphia saloon incident reveals a greased beer bucket swindle where a dark complexioned man obtained about 50 cents of beer for his 10 cents by filling a bucket and sharing with others. Alachua Lake near Gainesville Iowa dried up after 10 miles of lake, with thousands of fish and hundreds of alligators dead on land. Boston sees a threat of winged black ants spreading across city streets, biting painfully and unknown origin. John Lyons of Troy, missing 28 years, reappears as a barber now recognizing his father while cutting his hair. Wm. A Brady’s Clemenceau case tour at Asbury Park features a strict bathers dress code. Albert Lewanowsky in Cleveland infirmary regains sanity then relapses after reunion with his wife.
A city workhouse guard, John Shaughnessy, was killed while walking along a railroad line. His body was torn into hundreds of pieces, scattered along the track, with remains identified by a distinctive gold watch. Investigators collected mangled remains from near the workhouse, shocking police and relatives.
Five advance advertising cars, twenty posters per car, and twenty advance agents form the advance brigade for Barnum and Bailey. The show grounds in town on Tuesday Sept 22, with contracts to livery stables hotels and railways, pumps thousands of dollars into the town economy. The circulation impact claims about 50 000 dollars in a typical stop as money spent by show employees and visiting crowds boosts merchants and services. Railroad cars number sixty to transport the vast show. Washington note reports leaders of color citizens praising Warner on color line stance at Detroit encampment.
Washington Sept 8 The special treasury agent choosing a site for a new Madison Indiana public building has recommended buying the southwest corner of West and Third streets for 57575.
Miss Callie McMechan of the secretary of state's office is vacationing at Clinton. The supreme and appellate courts will begin work September 15 as 40 new August filings and 19 for the latter are listed. The tax commission struggles with railroad figures as the board aims to estimate road values in every county, with head-car LouSen and hundreds of other traps noted, hoping to finish by Friday.
An advertisement extols Hope's Sarsapatiila as a spring medicine with health giving blood purifying and appetite restoring effects. The ad urges purchase of Ticod's Earsapala Tila and promotes Teeth Without Plates at Brown's dental parlors located at 86 Chelest, with Woods' hacks.
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