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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
2
The city board debated street railway franchise terms and pipeline intrusions as leaders urged access and safety measures. Officials demanded gate closure at sacred sites, ordered track inspections, and discussed street design, sewerwork, and water mains affecting the river park line.
April 11 York report notes disappointment at the Brooklyn society annual dinner where squabs were served as the main course marked by claims of no aging birds and widespread indignation among attendees.
An undertaker report notes 13 funerals on Wednesday requiring over 70 carriages. Several firms handled multiple services at various addresses, some using up to 20 carriages. Pneumonia surge tied to unsettled weather, health secretary cites.
New York and Danbury conferences discuss revising the book of discipline to permit dancing cards and theater under church rules. Rev. E. S. Tippie of St James church and Prof. Rice of Wesleyan University push similar resolutions at regional meetings, signaling a potential shift in policy.
Rate clerks of the Indianapolis Passenger Association will meet in the L D and W offices Tuesday to revise the quarterly rate sheet. The changes affect rates from Indianapolis to all points on the C H D LL D W Big Four Pennsylvania and Monon routes and take effect about May 1. Rates to Cincinnati Chicago and other points may rise.
A man identified as DECEIVED HIS LANDLADY A. E. Woodford was arrested after detectives Dugan and Lancaster alleged he forged a recommendation said to be from Harding & Miller piano dealers to Mrs Frances Clark, his landlady. He claimed he was a salesman and guaranteed his board bill, but he confessed when challenged. Clark is owed about five weeks of board money.
Butch Wilson, motder, and William Williams will be tried Tuesday on charges of assault and battery after a disturbance at Meloy's saloon on Hill Avenue. Police say Williams often sympathizes with causes likely to incite a fight.
The body of Howard Love killed by a train in Muncie remains unclaimed with thirty telegrams failing to locate relatives believed to live in southern Ohio or northern Kentucky. Interment in potter's field will follow.
Detectives Dugan and Lancaster arrested Henry Black on Tuesday for grand larceny after catching him painting a bicycle in his alley. A search of his house uncovered six bicycles in total along with a Winchester rifle, cigars, two pairs of shoes and three revolvers. two bicycles were identified on Wednesday.
The trial of Wm. A. Davidson began in criminal court before a jury on Wednesday charged with attempting to assault Alta Davis Apple ten year old daughter of farmer John Apple near Oakland on August 29.
Isaac Goldman, a witness in the case against Isaac Nier, had a wheel left in front of police headquarters and, while he attended court on Tuesday, the wheel was stolen.
The piece notes H. Clay and Van Voorhis renominated by Republicans for Congress. Wisconsin Democrats set May 12 Milwaukee convention to pick four delegates to Kansas City. Richard Croker travels from London to New York to consult Tamany leaders on Dewey. Gillette Herzog in Minneapolis bonds $50 000 for Kansas City convention hall ahead of July 4 Democratic occupancy. State Senator Higbie triggers Republican conflict with a heated outburst. APES details and a death from heart disease.
Indianapolis ex-congressman William D. Bynum, back from Washington, says he may stay until his Customs Appraisers post is confirmed. He rejects quitting, cites GOP majority leverage, and doubts a national ticket by gold Democrats this fall. He supports Overstreet bill as stabilizing, doubts Dewey’s candidacy, and predicts mixed gold Democrat alignment in the next election.
Joseph Friedman and Co through Hiram Plummer dismiss an injunction suit to stop Mrs. Cornelia Buckner from moving a house off a Rhode Island street lot. Buckner paid $12.68 for costs and taxes. the house remains partly on the lot and partly in the street and will be moved to a nearby lot.
The primary Butler debate team to face Notre Dame on May 2 includes Ensley Johnson Orval Mehring and Edwin Thompson with Charles Underwood George Kern and Earl Edson as a second team for daily practice. Profs Ames and Forest and President Jenkins judged. A 100 member party will travel to Notre Dame. A golf club organization meeting was held to elect officers led by Miss Johnny Carpenter.
Ten medical college graduates sat for a surgery exam for interne positions at City hospital and City dispensary on Wednesday. Dr. David E. Johnson withdrew after being named house physician at Deaconess hospital, leaving nine candidates and nine openings. Grades in surgery would decide assignments.
The Wallace circus returns to Indianapolis on April 30 with elephants roaming the streets and Bengal tigers roaring from the big top. Rain will not disrupt performances as the show claims constant readiness. The advertising car, costing 310,000, showcases luxuriously furnished offices under manager W M Dale, aiming to brighten dull corners with posters.
The council investigation session is postponed due to illness in Attorney Harding's family. No new date or time has been set for the next session.
Slippery tracks caused a rear end collision between two new street cars on Massachusetts ave near North st. W3 stood at North st as 224 coming from Tenth st could not stop. Passengers were shaken. one woman injured foot, a man suffered a head injury from the jammed window. Cars taken for repairs.
Squires Stout and Shepherd took office on Wednesday with Stout presiding over a possession suit by Martin Nehinger against William Wallace for 925 Madison Ave. The case went by default as he noted his first day’s memory. Shepherd’s first duty was an insanity inquest with Squire Nickeson and Thomas Lewis, who were found to be sane.
Thomas Campbell of Columbia avenue and Nineteenth Street was arrested on assault and battery charges. Charles Baden posted bond. Campbell slipped away during bonding and was last seen in a saloon while Baden searched for him. He has not returned.
Lieut col Webb C Hays is ordered home from the Philippines and must report by wire to the adjutant general on arrival at San Francisco. He will then request discharge from the U S service. The reason is not learned but reports say a quarrel with Col Pettit occurred.
U S Marshal S E Kercheval was elected vice president of an Indianapolis cold storage company Wednesday afternoon. He will serve as acting president until President George C Tanner returns from the south for his health.
A drummer at the Bates house register comments that Allegheny travelers register from Pittsburg, Brooklyn from New York, and St Louis from St Louis. He observes patterns of where traveling men list their residence and notes Minneapolis–St Paul as an exception. Chief clerk Field agrees with the drift.
Building-inspector Bedell orders Michael Collins to complete or destroy the unfinished building started at Twenty seventh Street and Northwestern Avenue over 15 months ago. Excavations caused Northwestern Avenue to cave in and be a menace for months. Collins says petitions to widen the street were circulated and he waits for action. Bedell says Collins has consented to complete the structure to remove the eye-sore.
A new union among Chicago street railway workers plans to use political influence rather than strikes to win concessions from major traction companies. Led by A. J. Davis, the organization calls on aldermen, promising union support in exchange for favorable franchise clauses. It reportedly already enrolled about 4,000 members.
Elizabeth Kehl Hofmeister petitions for a writ of habeas corpus to regain her son Arthur who she says is being kept by his grandmother Elizabeth Kehl. Hofmeister alleges Judge Harvey granted custody to the grandmother after her divorce from Kehl’s son but that visits occurred and the grandmother retained the child. The mother, now remarried, requests custody and Judge Leathers will hear the case Friday.
A fire in Greenfield Indiana caused about $1,000 in damage to a block owned by J. R. Boyd and T. H. Selman. The blaze damaged a drug store and Thomas and Son's hardware store.
Clark Yager sues a transportation company for 10000 claiming a car at Fifteenth street and College avenue started too soon on February 28, throwing him to the pavement as he walked. The suit was filed Wednesday afternoon seeking damages.
A man from Wake-up in Brown County wrote to Attorney-general Taylor a few days ago, referring to him as the Eternal general of Indi ana. The odd phrasing highlights local flavor in a formal plea to the state’s top legal official.
Daniel Lamb, a Cleveland contractor, withdrew 1300 in currency to pay workers on Tuesday and stored it in a bureau drawer. A fire early Wednesday morning consumed the money before it could be recovered, leaving 1300 in ashes.
Representative J B Crowley of Illinois district 19 is seriously ill at his home in Washington with pneumonia.
New York on April 11 James D Kellogg of the F E Dean company received a prison term of seven and a half years after his conviction.
A Oswego woman credits Postum Food Coffee for curing her neuralgia and nervousness after she quits regular coffee. Her husband’s test leads to better health, and their young daughter improves as well. The family notes happiness and improved appetite since starting Postum.
Pennsylvania lines earned a net $917 081 last year. Linseed oil trust controls 80 percent of U S business. Chicago Ferris wheel may be sold to Ber in capitalists who will move it to that city. Lieut Scott of the British navy shot by Artilleryman Higgins will die. Supreme court arguments open in Dewey prize money case. Bud Lecompte near Frankfort Ky shoots and kills brother in law Hiram Stafford. Charles Q Winold wanted in Cincinnati arrested in Baltimore on poison charges. Official order sends Gen Ludlow from Havana to Washington to oversee Fitzhugh preliminary work.
Samuel Wintrode, a Washington county farmer, seeks bankruptcy with debts of 1662.85 and assets of 475. Conrad Peters, a saloonist, paid Judge Daly ten dollars and frills Wednesday for violating the Nicholson law. James Morris is held on a charge of stealing a 12 pound flour sack from Oscar Mann. Harry Blair of 1112 Orrvest was jailed Wednesday for stealing a watch from Emma Rowe. Tecumseh mutual Life association of Chicago was licensed by State Auditor Hart to operate in Indiana. Detectives Gérber and Fort arrested Dennis O Keefe on loitering charges Tuesday night. he was released Wednesday after giving inconsistent stories. Mrs Yulzzie Leonard reported a missing pocketbook containing 1 75. she suspects Arthur Lawdout.
A New York woman transforms a single windowed tiny flat with a tall narrow mirror across the darkest corner. She adds shelves cabinets a couch‑like storage top and a Venetian lamp to reflect light and brighten the room creating a lighter more pleasant look.
On Wednesday April 11 receipts included 127 cattle, 2,100 hogs, and nominal sheep. Cattle ranged from good to prime export steers 900 to 1,400 pounds. feeders 900 to 1,100 pounds. cows and calves varied to prime and good categories. Hogs sold goods to choice medium and heavy packing at 3.35 to 5.60 per hundredweight. Sheep offerings were light with quotes for lambs yearlings and ewes.
Wheat and corn prices held steady with No 2 red wheat quoted around 72 and 71 percent. Corn prices showed mixed readings across white and mixed categories with several futures points around 41 44 cents and related wagon and freight notes. Hay prices remained firm with No 1 timothy listed near 15 dollars and No 2 timothy around 12 to 13 dollars per unit.
Chicago on April 11 reports wheat closing higher amid bullish government data as corn weakness trimmed gains. May wheat at 674c, July 6814c, with winter wheat yield forecast about 397 million bushels. corn and oats showing declines, May pork around 12.67, lard near 6.85, ribs 7.15, butter varied by creamery grade.
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