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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1900
Page
3
In Ladoga Indiana on April 11 a skeleton was found in a village well near the site of a former Masonic temple. The 12 year old case involves a stranger with a flask and a money roll who vanished after arranging to view mules. Gypsy Joe later rose to wealth and is said to have died in a Oklahoma brawl.
In Washington Indiana on April 1 1 a mob of about 50 nonunion miners visited saloons forcing drinks from bartenders. Dick Gray was fatally beaten and stabbed. Frank Jennings was arrested after being seized by a crowd. Police and Sheriff McCord dispersed the mob as officers were assaulted. Cabel company warns it will not recognize miners who join the union.
Hartford City Indiana April 11 State gas inspector J C Leach welcomes Supreme Court ruling in natural gas case. He has closed 54 wells two sold for 2500 each for gas purposes. He estimates saving the state about 125000 in gas. Oil interests anticipated the verdict and have attached separators.
Thomas M. Brown sues four Oakland City saloonkeepers for 5000 dollars claiming the saloons wrecked his son's life by providing liquor since age nine and seeks damages plus fines levied for intoxication.
David Dournean was found guilty of the murder of Jacob Newman and sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday in Shelbyville Indiana. He sighed with relief as the verdict was read amid disputed motive claims re Newman’s alleged attempt to rob him and alleged interference with voting by Duncan’s brothers.
Move to Celina Ohio on May 1 signals a migration of many families. Local capitalists discuss organizing a company to build an electric railroad from Muncie to Greenfield to connect with the Greenfield and Indianapolis road. Mid dletown will also be taken in.
Orion Stivers of Liberty has secured a $1,200 clerkship in the census department at Washington. The report also claims Guy Robie is the youngest thirty second degree mason and knight templar in the United States, at age 21.
A drilling operation on Lee Crist’s Paw Paw township farm uncovered a 30 foot deep cavity with a rushing flow of cold air. The cold air current persisted as the drill reached the cavity, delaying progress and prompting safety checks.
Warsaw Indiana reports printer Eu gene Gordon killed himself Wednesday morning by taking a large quantity of laudanum. He leaves a large poverty stricken family.
Local presbytery meets in Anderson while Fort Wayne hosts a pure food exposition. A series of events includes a fiddle contest in Anderson, a faulty police hound test in Muncie, a drowning in the Wabash, factory plans in Summittville, and a birthday tribute to Gen Lew Wallace at Crawfordsville.
A blaze started when matches struck by a resident ignited coal oil and quickly engulfed the floor, kitchen, and entire house. Neighbors alerted authorities as flames spread, though no injuries are detailed in the readable text. The incident highlights danger of opened fuel sources in tight living spaces.
The case against Isaac Nier for firing his West Washington street liquor house continued through Tuesday afternoon in police court and was not adjourned until after 7 pm It resumes Saturday afternoon The defense sought to attack Jacob Gunter character Walter Kahn testified the youth had a bad character The prosecutor clashed with counsel over defending a criminal in court and other lawyers interjected during the tense session It ends with courtroom exchanges and references to the defendants associates
Charles N F Armstrong obtained a divorce from Nellie Armstrong known as Melba after a 1882 Australia marriage. They had a 16 year old son and lived together until 1894 when she left, saying she would not live with him anymore.
Chester E K Showalter, 25, Buena Vista Virginia grocer, is missing after leaving the Princeton hotel in Princeton Illinois. His father Charles E Showalter asked Indianapolis police to search for him. He was en route to Paris Illinois and arose Monday morning after spending Sunday night at the hotel.
Boston April 11 Herbert F Milligan a 21 year old bookkeeper for the Union Load and Trust company was arrested and charged with stealing 10300 He confessed saying he had been speculating.
Norfolk hosts the Republican convention with large delegations expected on May 28 to witness the total solar eclipse. George Houcke's paint and tin-show in Springfield, Ontario, burned on Tuesday. Loss recorded at 97,006. General Molineux was cheered in New York by veterans for supporting his son Roland, sentenced to death.
A general fight broke out on a Norfolk and Western passenger train in Keystone West Virginia. Twenty shots were fired. Mrs. Montague of Mayberry was struck by a stray bullet and is believed fatally injured. Christopher Pennell was shot in the head and William Monroe in the abdomen. both likely to die. Walter Gibson was wounded in the shoulder. Timothy Bostick and Charles Newsom of Pocahontas were badly stabbed. Rioters were expelled from the train.
Mrs Craven suing for the widow’s half of Senator Fair’s 20 million dollar estate sought court protection in San Francisco on Tuesday from George A Knight counsel for Charles Fair. Knight attacked her character and she accused him of threatening to cut her throat prompting court protection to be issued.
City attorney Kern has not notified railroads to begin elevating downtown tracks by April 1. He aims to cooperate with the Commercial Club elevated track commission, led by President Fortune, which has studied elevation, but illness and delays have postponed the conference.
Officers re elected include President H. J. Hanna first vice N A Hyde second vice May Wright Sewall third vice T C Steele Recording secretary Laura M Hodges Corresponding secretary FF W Blackledge and Treasurer A P Stanton A portrait of James Whitcomb Riley is to be purchased with Riley reading proceeds No museum site action taken Lieber Sewall and Steele named to a committee on the scheme of work
Dr H M Lash addresses the Marion county medical society on nervous exhaustion among students. He argues schools overtrain pupils and many weaker ones drop out, while colleges suffer similar strain on teachers and facilities.
A Chicago police station fights a rat infestation with wires cut and walls torn by a colony of rats. Lodgers seek shelter as the rodents gnaw clothing and threaten sleeping occupants in the unlocked station during the incident.
The Press, a one cent afternoon daily, starts in Chicago with publisher R. F. Paine. It is a seven column folio no ads, says introductory copies run low value for advertisers, big ads priced higher, and no advertiser can exceed 40 inches per issue. It will use Scripps-MaRae leased wire and a strong local staff.
Burglars stole diamonds and jewelry valued at 40000 dollars from the Orrin W. Potter home while the family dined. Police investigated the break in and searched for suspects.
In Conway county a woman, the daughter of Jesse Howard, disappeared Friday while working in a field. Her body was found hanging from a tree that night, with her apron torn into strips to form a rope. The coroner's jury ruled she was murdered.
During debate on the agricultural appropriation bill Representative Corliss of Michigan offered an amendment to provide free dinner buckets for laborers and free seeds for farmers. The amendment was defeated and the bill passed substantially as reported.
Ice from Tuesday afternoon caused extensive damage in Menominee Michigan. Docks warehouses boat houses and ice boats suffered severe destruction as ice piles reached up to 30 feet in some spots. Several warehouses and barns were moved and crushed.
The New York chamber of commerce held a special meeting on Tuesday to honor Hugh Hanna of Indianapolis. He was praised for his work at the monetary convention and gave a brief speech.
Frank H. Cushing of the bureau of ethnology died Tuesday night from a hemorrhage He conducted years of scientific research among the Zuni Indians in New Mexico and Washington D C
Corral Hay reports from Pretoria that a careful search finds no tampering of the official mail of the consulate as charged by former Consul Macrum.
The board of directors re-elected P. Sheerin as president A. H. Nordyke as treasurer and Harry B. Gates as secretary. The company plans to add lines and connect with principal Indiana towns St Louis southern Michigan towns and many Ohio towns. A Wisconsin resident touts One Minute Cough Cure as a quick safe remedy for coughs colds and related illnesses.
Omaha April 11 a Wednesday morning fire consumed the transportation building at the exposition. The blaze destroyed a vast quantity of debris and caused extensive damage to the structure.
During the run of Quo Vadis at the Grand the curtain rises 7 30 evenings and 1 30 matinees, with audiences sent home in reasonable time. The Belie of New York stars Cadele Ritchie and Dan Daly head the cast. Richard Manefed presents The First Violin at Engels Tuesday night. Seat sales open Thursday with Hambty Dumpty at Deanert.
The public safety and comfort committee met with master plumbers Tuesday to discuss a proposed plumbing inspector ordinance. Tensions rose as independents and a so called trust argued about a plumbers’ trust in Indianapolis. Hudgon warned the trust would hurt independent plumbers while Freaney claimed the ordinance would be overdue and raise costs by about a quarter to a third, though masters favored a solid ordinance.
Doctors warn Fireman Mankin will spend two more months in bed due to a severe burn from a Coney Island fire on March 15. The third degree wound reaches bone and risks a stiff leg, with hospital officials noting the lengthy convalescence and complications from the injury.
Judge John V. Hadley to deliver the Decoration Day oration with James R. Ross serving as chief marshal. Committee chairs include F. E. Swift as orator and H. C. Megrew for finance. Others cover invitations, music, transport, children, flowers, program, salute, grounds, decorations.
About 500 dollars went to the bad as Maro the magician performed the final entertainment on the YMCA course at English's Tuesday night. The lecture series this year failed to break even, leaving the association roughly 00 dollars in debt.
Mrs. Benjamin F. Richardson died at 1520 Garfield Place from dropsy and complications after years as an invalid. She leaves husband B. F. Richardson, quartermaster general of the Indiana National Guard, and three sons Nathan, Benjamin, and Sherrill.
Directors and stockholders of the Claypool hotel proposal toured the Bates mansion to review plans for a new eight story hotel with 500 guest rooms. The building would feature a grand dining room cafe and kitchen on the second floor, an assembly hall on the top floor, a billiard room, reading rooms, a den, a barber shop Turkish baths and a large pool in the basement. All but 74000 of the required 1000000 had been raised with the stockholders agreeing to underwrite the balance, the Central Trust Company handling the sale.
Jury awards Alb Rees four thousand eighty six dollars in a damage suit against the Indianapolis union wagon company and others after a November 1896 incident. Rees, a fireman, was injured when a L E and W train on the tracks struck the wagon he was on as he returned from a fire. The jury found the train was moving eighteen miles per hour. Also noted is the organization of Merchant Tailors’ Exchange with officers elected including president W. Co and secretary A. Funk.
Mrs W H Stocker died at her home 44 East Washington in the early evening. She leaves a husband and three children.
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