Washington Letter: Cleveland Democrats Sweep Indiana
National political notes from Washington describe President Cleveland winning wide Democratic control in Indiana with 2,150 of about 2,500 post offices held by his party. The piece covers portraits, vandalism at Washington monuments, Boulanger affair, the president’s western trip, social life on Pennsylvania Avenue, and shifts in Congress and party politics with references to Gould, Blaine, and Vilas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harrison
First National Bank
Thomas E. Garvin
Evansville
Indiana
Washington, D. C
Department
Cleveland
Crown Point
Goshen
Union City
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Paris
Prof. Sousa
Marine Band
Italy
Pennsylvania Avenue
Champs Elysees of America
Gayety
Maryland
Gorman
Jay Gould
Gould
Blaine
Baltimore
Vilas
Lamar
Supreme Court
Congress
New York
Ohio
Hawley
Connecticut
Vilns
Stevensan
Gov. Gray
Republican National Committee
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Louisiana
Man who walks nonstop near Hartrorp faces end of journey
John Snyder who has walked the same path around his home for three years is dying after an incessant tramp night and day. He has reportedly covered about 87000 miles and, though suffering, has brought his family wealth and notoriety as doctors fail to explain the strange affliction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartrorp City
Mill Grove
John Snyder
Snyder
Fire destroys Jost & Winterheim flour mill in Wadesville
A mill owned by Jost and Winterheim at Wadesville burned at 9 o clock causing total loss of building and contents. The mill, built years ago for about 16000 dollars, faced an estimated 20000 dollar loss with 10000 dollars insured. In Kokomo on October 28, Peter Camp’s saloon in Russiaville twelve miles southwest of Kokomo was blown up by dynamite at 3 am, wrecking the building and a nearby livery stable. a sleeping man in the stable was seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadesville
Peter Camp
Russiaville
Kokomo
Inmate Macy Warner to be hanged for murder at Jeffersonville
Historical newspaper summary reports Macy Warner, an inmate at Jeffersonville Penitentiary, is to be hanged for the April murder of fellow convict Frank Harris. The piece catalogs Warner's prior arrests, past crimes, and notes broader Indiana local items from gas to church missions and public concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macy Warner
Jeffersonville Penitentiary
Frank Harris
Warner
Harris
Indianapolis
Michigan City
Vincennes
Indiana News Snapshot From Decatur to Terre Haute
A mosaic of midwestern notes covers coal and gas discoveries near Hazleton and Auburn, rising shipments from Waterloo, and farm yields in Jackson county. Reports detail fire, crime, and infrastructure, plus state tax, school closures, and local civic events across Indiana towns including Columbus, Petersburg, Gibson, Clark, and Porter counties.
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Hazleton
Auburn
Delta
Waterloo
Jackson County
Capitol
Fowleraville
N. Y
Voorhees
Gibson County
Princeton
Fort Wayne
Jacob Williams
Clark
Wabash
Indiana
Patoka
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Fae Rearwater
Legal
Wae
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A. D. Jones
Peere
Boe
Wells House
New Harmony
Ind
William P. Edson
Mt. Vernon
Fourth Street
Main
Court House
P. A. Sexton
Prg
Hiatt Block
Church Street
W.M. Duncan
F.m.garvin
Harrison— Investment Banking Comp’y
Ark
Eugene 8
Thrall
Horace P. Owen
Cashier
NEW Harmony Banking Company
Eugene
Thomas Mumford Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H. Owen
Alfred Dale Owen
Wis
Cireiar
Washington
J.T. Eagle
Tavern Streets
The
Peecy County Agricultural Society
BEF
E. V. Johnson
Sec’y
John Herrmann
Posey CO
Verontile
Thrall & Mumford’s
New Harmony, Indiana
Owen Bros. & Wilsey
R. KR
Owen, Johnson & Co
West Seplg
Andrew Hofrester
West Main Street
Weber's Tailoring Store
Andrew Hofreiter
City Exchange
Thos. S. Ford
Ford & Walz
Fitahts
Fred.walz
Amoreenverger's
Fies
Arctic
Albert 8.Newsom
Church St. Bet. Main & Brewery
Peess
Albert
Newsom
Jacob Breith
Breith
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National Political Headquarters
Washington Monument
Boglanger March
Whitney
White-House
Congressional Bank
Treasury
House of Representatives
Indiana State News
Mr. Vernon
Jost & Winterheim
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Anderson Herald
Indiana Synod
Indiana Presbyterians
Andrew Harris
Danville
Scott County Books
H. S. Pierce
Logan County
Missouri
Republican Machine
Ida Stark
Cayugae
Farmers’ Association of
Charlestown
Adams Express Co
Poseyville
Moses Carter
Jeffersonville
Crawford County
Greencastle
Porter County
Cleary
White County
RIV
Decatur
Ivu
Roger
Rinaker
Edwards County
Albion Fair
Chatsworth
Cumberland
Grayville
Jo Daviess Cou
McLeansboron
Litchfield
Chicago
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Telegra
Sioux City
Loc
Telegraph
50Th Co
Buffalo Bill
Jenny Lind
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