Madison Notes Point to Regional AP Presence in 1900
Madison Indiana June 1 1900 reports show AP wire service activity in the area. The dispatch highlights local notices and market items distributed through the Associated Press network.
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Newspaper
Indiana Madison Courier
Location
Madison, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
4
Madison Indiana June 1 1900 reports show AP wire service activity in the area. The dispatch highlights local notices and market items distributed through the Associated Press network.
Telegraph forecast from Lally Tro Tas Cow Washineron outlines Indiana showers and cooler tonight with Saturday fair. Ohio expected showers and likely thunder storms tonight and Saturday. Kentucky shows showers and probable thunderstorms tonight with cooler air in the west, followed by Saturday showers and cooler.
Alumni banquet tonight and notable visitors including Major A. L. Holstein and Hon. Thomas McNutt in Indianapolis. Socials at West Main Street and Becker family updates alongside school reports and the forthcoming Indiana tennis tourney at Butler College. Wheat and corn conditions show mixed harvest prospects as July celebrations loom with Pythians at Beech Grove Park.
Fruit expert Mr. William Snyder predicts a satisfactory peach season in Trimble County with an estimated forty percent crop. He says the fruit will be of high quality and growers should earn more this year than in previous plentiful seasons.
The item lists several travelers and social notes. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Higham take the morning train to the Paris Exposition. Mr. Markley Wright travels this afternoon to Fort Wayne to visit Mr. Arthur Peters. Mr. and Mrs. Will Lawson plan a visit to Mrs. Lawson's parents. Rev. Thos. K. Bridges arrives from Newark for a brief visit to Carrollton. New dress and hat fashions are advertised by Ireland. Mrs. Ed Rector visits Dupont relative, with summer neckwear and hosiery promotions.
News notes report the steamer Buckeye State stranded ninety miles below Louisville at Flint Island. No word from the vessel and managers expect most freight removed. Rain in Louisville and rising river foster hope the ship may be floated off. position believed not dangerous but grounded off course. Nearby social items mention visits by Theodore Shockley and others, plus Frankfort official McKenzie Todd staying with the Whites.
Local retailer Edward J. Meyer advertises Crescent Bicycles with wheels that stand up priced at 25 and 35 cents. Also offers Foot Pampa items at 38 cents and a range of accessories including bells lanterns cement tire tape and more at very low prices.
In Lafayette Purdue University trustees may choose a successor to the late President James H. Stuart at the November term. Top candidates named include Prof. W. H. Wiley of Washington DC and Dr. Walter S. Quick of Brooklyn. Also noted are local mentions of births and visits by residents including Dupont, Ripley, and Dearborn counties.
The report notes pleasant Memorial Day weather with morning and evening showers and an afternoon lull. A crowd gathered at the Presbyterian Church to hear Hon. John McKnight Bloss discuss his wartime service and public career. The piece teases Hanover Commencement next week with visiting alumni and various dignitaries, along with senior prep class exercises and a nod to the absence of ice cream.
Chicago and Cincinnati show mixed grain and livestock moves with hogs firm to weak in Chicago markets and strong hog prices in Cincinnati. Cattle and lambs hold near prior levels while wheat corn and oats vary across Chicago Cincinnati and New York reports.
Belated dispatch from Kroonstad May 29 says President Kruger is very ill and station master reports his death, but the claim is not credited.
Winpera May 31 After heavy fighting the Boers with two guns and multiple Maxim Nordenfeldt weapons press forward eight miles east of Senekat. General Rundel reports driving off Federal forces, enabling re occupation of Lindley.
Professor W P Gosnell’s report shows a 92 degree high on the 15th and 37 degree low on the 4th with monthly extremes of 78 and 64. Mean temperature 78 and total rainfall 4 inches and 68-100 of an inch. Greatest 24 hour precipitation 1.38 inches on the 27th and 28th. 12 days over one tenth inch of rain. 17 clear days, 4 partly cloudy, 10 cloudy. prevailing wind southwest. Today’s report: minimum 68, maximum 79, mean 73. rainfall in past 24 hours 0.41.
The Children's Home adopts visiting rules with General Visiting Day on Tuesday each week from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Parents are allowed visits on the first Friday of each month starting at 10 a.m.
Ex postmaster Thompson is reported to be returning from Havana within days. He is said to be held with no criminal charge filed against him, with the alleged offense listed as a violation of postal regulations.
Herbert Noyes a prominent stock broker and Evans ton native is murdered on Euclid Avenue near Oliver Street as he returns from a concert with Mrs S C Smith and her daughter Flora. Police hunt two assailants seen fleeing toward Payne Avenue and J W Painters yard. Noyes 30, manager for Harris & Co. died at Cleveland General Hospital.
The article questions the motive behind the Hood murder of Noyes. It notes no known enemies, suggests robbery as a possibility though no money was taken, and argues the shooting style hints at an ambush rather than a direct robbery or jealous revenge. It discusses Noyes's personal habits and the scene’s suitability for a hold-up.
In Louisville on June 1 the Ladies' Memorial Association asked to meet with veteran groups and receive recognition and aid. The Historical Committee report was adopted. Notables including Mrs Addison Hayes and Miss Varina Howell Hayes were introduced to the audience. Bizcos Handman was elected Commander in Chief of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Electors Nathan Powell William Amesden Thomas Adams and Gurley Brewer listed among county voters in the official roster.
In response to a U S Consul inquiry Adelbert S Hay cabled that Lord Rosslyn is liberated but stays in Pretoria and Lord Cecil Manners is also freed. Both serve as newspaper correspondents. The Indiana May school census lists 756 004 children ages six to twenty one, up from last year by 241, noted as a remarkable rise. A moral note contrasts impressing a child with the G W cherry tree tale to avoiding hatchets.
Decoration Day observances drew the Red Men marching with veterans while a broom brigade of girls carried striped brooms. Rev. McGowan of Vernon gave the address as Mrs. Del Totten led the singing and presided at the organ. Ten girls distributed flowers over graves of the fallen heroes.
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