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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1900
Page
4
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If you fail to receive The Sun regularly please notify this office. Call telephone 880 or mail to The Sun with your name and current address to ensure uninterrupted delivery.
The jury in the Fletcher case deadlocked over Dr Calvin J Fletcher’s involvement in Laura McDaniel’s death and was dismissed. Critics blame Thomas Coyle for manipulating events and escaping punishment, while praising the doctor’s long-standing professional ethics. The editorial condemns Coyle as a traitor and questions mayor Taggart’s commitment to enforcement of the track elevation ordinance, urging accountability and city street repairs.
The piece charges Senator Fairbanks with opposing Indiana wishes on tariff policy, backing the president and centering on Hanna's influence. It claims he represents Wilam McKinley and Hanna over Indiana, and denounces his suitability for state party leadership. It also notes alleged senate favoritism toward combines and trusts, contrasting Beveridge’s position. Grover Cleveland is cited for pointed critique.
In a small town a man recalls his love and rival Joe Hyker for Cynthy Brown. Milly Phipps stages an April fool prank about Cynthy staying out late with a city drummer, provoking a fierce confrontation with Joe Hyker’s mother. Cynthy ultimately marries the narrator, who ribbingly notes she never married Joe, and celebrates their anniversary each April first with a turkey feast.
Theodore Irwin sells part of his book collection to George R. Richmond of New York. The Guttenberg Bible fetches $20,000 and the Golden Gospels bring $20,000. An unrelated ad touts One Minute Cough Cure for coughs colds and throat issues.
The San Francisco Examiner excerpt presents Max O'Rell praising American women as the most interesting and educated in the world while critiquing European gender norms. He notes coeducation, higher diplomas for girls, and contrasts with English and French schooling, warning European men that pursuing women’s higher education may shift social power.
A collage of editorials mockingly critique figures from Kentucky to Indiana. Quotes reference Bryan backing Goebelism, lectures by Jack Chinn, Japan’s yarn trust, and a private secretary appointment. Local papers lampoon political gamesmanship, campaign fund talk, and congressional inaction amid temperate weather and storms.
A collage of quoted commentary from several papers. It notes Beveridge and Davis discuss Washington governance and the people versus bosses, while Gen. Lew Wallace labels Hanna strong yet inaccurate, Col John Chinn journeys to the lecture platform with a dramatic Kentucky tale, and Franklin’s colonial stamp act plea is compared to Puerto Rico funding.
Mrs. Maria Saylor wife of Jackson Saylor died Sunday at 425 8 S Meridian St Indianapolis lived there 40 years funeral Wednesday 2 30 pm under Eastern Star She leaves five children Lewis Saylor William Arthur Frankfort William Saylor Mrs Emma Robinson and Carrie May Saylor a public school teacher Also Mrs John Alan died at 1704 College Ave Sunday 1 45 pm widow of ex Counc man Allen had been ill for some time death was..
Chicago machinists strike ends. Columbia theater to be rebuilt in the city. About 200 American Catholics to visit Rome in July. Oswald Ottendorfer says German Americans won’t back Bryan on a 16 to 1 platform. Grover Cleveland denounces imperialism and war interview, claimed from a 1895 speech. Nebraska court to hear Hillman case insurance appeal. verdict and costs total 125000. Miss Fartha Gillian confesses to trying to poison five Winold family members. Winold offered marriage. University of Chicago gains 4006000. J D Rockefeller commits 2000000 via check. T J Ericsson and M Sorenson at Sandy Hook proving grounds arrested for stealing government material.
Samuel M. Ralston of Lebanon states he is not a candidate for governor while district 9 support from 5S. Neal is claimed. Ralston, twice defeated for secretary of state, is wary as Jackson county reports suggest John Overmyer, challenging Francis Griffiths for district 4, may win only eight of 17 delegates. At the Jackson county Republican convention delegates were instructed to back Frank Shutts for lieutenant governor and Charles F. Remy for supreme court reporter.
The dredge Babcock near Hutchinson's Island, Savannah, unearthed the wreck of a British warship likely sunk in the Revolutionary War channel. Divers saw the vessel outline. derricks lifted two cannons weighing about 1,000 and 850 pounds. Speculation swirls on the ship’s identity and how she sank.
R. 8. Street's grocery at 537 Bright street suffered a major fire at 9 p.m. Sunday. Stock loss about 600 dollars and the building value 400 dollars, owned by William Porter. Insurance covered both losses. Both owners described as prosperous colored men. Fire likely started from spontaneous combustion.
The transport Sheridan reached San Francisco on April 2 carrying 53 saloon passengers 108 discharged soldiers and civilians 110 soldier prisoners and 11 insane soldiers among the onboard counts The report notes medical and camp details but remains fragmentary and difficult to parse from the damaged text.
Capt. Richard P. Leary, Guam governor, recalled for issuing proclamations. Between 1899 and 1900 he ordered residents taxed, marriages made compulsory, education state controlled, alcohol bans, and other controls on Chamorro society. Seaton Schroeder slated to succeed him.
Gen Carnahan chairing the parade committee in Indianapolis on May 16 and 17 says the event will be a Mardi Gras style parade with four campfires Wednesday night. Public buildings businesses and residences will be decorated and schools represented. A large children’s gathering at the monument is planned as entertainment committees organize park amusements. Commander in chief A D Shaw and department commanders from Ohio Illinois Kentucky and Michigan will attend.
Preachers from Madison avenue M E Meridian street and Seventh Presbyterian discuss Christianity boosting workingman efficiency and wages. They urge sobriety honesty and reliability while warning against avarice and urging charity and practical ministry to the sick in sin.
A jumble of town news reports damages from a house fire on Columbia avenue due to a defective flue and a proposed $50,000 Monarch gas plant on East New York Street. Also listed are lawsuits for injuries from streetcar collisions, election to university associations, a missing barrel accident, a Christian science reading room opening, burial of John Condit, liquor-law bonds, a pastor’s anniversary, barn fires, a lecture interruption, a labor concert update, a man’s death near Panhandle tracks, real estate notices, veterans’ meeting results, rail car totals, and final officer elections for a Spanish American War veterans group.
Dr B F Shaw was shot in his Kansas City home while reading a Sunday school lesson to his 5 year old daughter. John W McKimm, his brother in law, fired from behind, killing Shaw instantly. McKimm, deemed insane, left a note promising to kill five other family members and attempted another shooting before brothers stopped him. Shaw and his children had lived with Shaw's mother in law since his wife’s death. McKimm was locked up, appearing unconcerned.
Two Owosso firemen Fred Ross and Frank Tucker were killed when a wall collapsed during a blaze that destroyed the high school. Several others including Will Ross Zene Ross Edward Freet Frank Davis and Solomon Vogel sustained injuries but are expected to recover. The building valued at 125000 with 16000 insurance was ignited by a chimney fire.
In Louisville New York on Sunday Sam Brooks, a Black man, was fatally wounded when Policemen Fitzgibbons and Scanlan fired after he struck one officer in the face during a confrontation. Brooks died at scene with both officers firing simultaneously.
In the old world Germany endures a coal famine as European and Asian troubles persist. Dublin readies for Queen Victoria's visit on Wednesday. Paris is eyed for a possible duel between Comte De Lubersac and Baron Robert De Rothschild. Japan and Russia remain at odds over Korea. In Italy clashes erupt as socialists push constitutional reform.
Dr. Wm S Beck returns home after a ten weeks visit in California and Mexico Miss Langdon hosts Monday conversation club Froebel club to meet at Talbott avenue Saturday Engagement announced for Miss Oda Adams and Newton H Dashiell Mrs Leo Meyer hosts a large party Monday at Hotel English Miss Fannie McClintock to be hosted Tuesday at 2527 N Illinois street Miss Mary Renihan to receive Tuesday for Mrs Robert McGrath Lafayette and Miss Kate Ward Celeste McEachren from Galt Ontario and Chas J Lynn of Indianapolis wed Saturday morning at Meridian s church then departed for Atlanta Ga
Freaney Bros, renowned plumbers, relocate to 132 BE. Ohio St opposite The Sun office. The firm displays a full line of sanitary ware with a showroom designed to show a completed bathroom appearance. Telephone numbers 1217 old and new.
New management advertises first meals at 15 cents and open day and night at Plaza restaurant 40 Monument place. Also promotes steamship tickets to Paris via Atlantic Steamship Agency 26 Virginia ave and other local services, with Nurse for Children and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup recommended for teething. Twenty Ave comts a bostin.
Big Four Route No 46 now leaves at 5 45 a m instead of 5 10 a m No 18 moves from 3 20 p m to 3 45 p m No 32 arrival shifts from 10 40 p m to 10 20 p m H M Bronson A G P and initials indicate official.
Time card lists ticket offices and daily schedules for Pennsylvania Lines and connections including Philadelphia, Baltimore, Columbus, Cincinnati, Richmond, Piqua, Madison, Martinsville, Dayton, Pittsburg, and Vandalia Lines. Provides morning and evening departure times, with some Sunday only entries and cross-referenced routes to New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and western points.
Mrs Dr Ixate C Ford, medical missionary to China, spoke Sunday night to the Horrible Ladies foreign missionary society of Broadway M E church. She described a Pekin dead wagon taking street babies to die and women buried alive beside a royal family member corpse.
Washington Post notes that the Indaant goki party failed to endorse the democracy of Hon. Wiliam D. Bynum. The report highlights political tensions and questions surrounding the party's stance as the election approaches.
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