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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1901
Page
4
Published Daily and Sunday in the Sun Building at East Ohio Street. Temporary offices listed with telephone numbers and editorial rooms on the Journal Building third floor. Advertising rates available by contacting the advertising manager. Subscriptions outside city six months 1.50, yearly 3.00. Readers urged to report missed delivery to the office.
A group of six prominent citizens testified Wednesday about Bill Tron and his Fairbank resort, labeling his operations as illegal and harmful. The Sun denounces the garden as a lure for youth, urging removal from a virtuous neighborhood and highlighting persistent law violations and ties to a gambling den.
The Sun expresses deep disappointment that Labor Commissioner McCormack and city officials including Mayor Taggart, Supt. Quigley, Prosecutor Ruckelshaus, and William Tron have not settled the policy runners' strike. It notes McCormack as last resort arbiter and mocks officials for inaction, urging Board of Safety recognition of gamblers and police intervention, while warning of political peril.
The discussion centers on how an interurban franchise affects Indianapolis business, not company revenue or ownership. The speaker argues that attracting more outsiders with favorable fares boosts merchant traffic, while riders will still come to Indianapolis regardless of fare changes.
The Sun argues for lower rates to draw country merchants and buyers to Indianapolis and urges same efforts for interurban trolley companies. It warns against overloading interurban cars with local passengers as a major discouragement to expansion.
The speaker condemns the Board of Safety for charging an accused policeman or fireman for time suspended pending trial even after acquittal. The remark argues the policy lacks justice and sense and reflects public criticism of administrative penalties amid legal proceedings.
Tron and Kissel are paying the Taggart machine for non-interference in their gambling activities, with the exact amount not disclosed in the available text. The arrangement suggests ongoing monetary or value-based compensation to avoid disruptions to their operations.
City planners propose widening Ohio Street by three or four squares to ease congestion. Officials say project will affect curb lanes and nearby utilities, with public hearings scheduled.
A collection of science notes explaining how a watch can serve as a compass when the sun is visible, using the hour marks to locate south, and why the method works. It also describes a sun lens from ice used to ignite tinder, Tyndall's demonstrations, prairie fires in Montana and Dakota linked to bottle shards, and Berlin’s portable telephone linked to the alarm system.
The piece mixes comic verse and dialogue with character snippets from a lively literary world. It sketches a Venetian-sounding scene on river gondolas, a sharp exchange about hair, a discouraged novelist turning to a new chapter, a frugal accountant named Joan Smith, a gospel verse about blessing, and a note on generosity to a tramp, all attributed to Edward Singer.
The idler remarks on well known police station figures. Supt Quigley projects authority while his mother in law watches. Tom Hedian talks with a sleeping baby calm expression and a cigar. Sergt Boylan strides with ominous dignity. August Tamm races about like a loco motive. Judge Daly’s conscience delays him as he hones justice. Capt Dawson’s cap and shine draw lighthearted ridicule.
The column covers a school orchestra concert at 3 p m Friday, a Columbia Club dinner honoring Lieut C S Tarlton who just returned from the Philippines, and local sights such as Stout’s shoe windows featuring the Zoo animals. It notes strawboard firms seeking river dump rights, a new Board of Health appointment, a death by suicide at Stubbins hotel and remittance to Smyrna Del for W B Carrow’s body, and F C Smock as builder for a new Home Heating and Lighting Co power house. Gov Durbin’s staff heads swords and uniforms contracts. Indiana Brewers’ Association officers named Bristain as president, Wimberg Hack Alber as vice presidents, Meyer as secretary, Schaf as treasurer. Mrs Rebecca Fulgham dies at 88 in Traverse City with funeral plans, a non sectarian church project at Senate Ave and Eleventh St, and a June 1 non sectarian meeting led by D M Bye.
Denver April 11 Prof James E Burton a former Egyptian government antiquities researcher now in Denver believes he will join the New York University faculty. He asserts China was the first race and Eden lay there. He plans articles to prove his view, saying Egypt’s history and mankind’s history are wrong. He cites supporting bald facts.
A compilation of sharp quotes from several newspapers condemns violence against Chinese women, mocks sensational circus promotions, and critiques Chicago city governance. Included are reactions to military policy and editorial stances on Cuba, reflecting a volatile era in press commentary.
The general conference of Adventists meets at Batile Creek Michigan to preserve the Washington New Hampshire church as a memorial to the birthplace of Seventh day Adventism. The tiny church, built nearly a century ago, nurtured the Millerite faith before shifting to Saturday Sabbath observance. Five ministers and various church workers trace origins to this site, now with 50 members.
A compilation of quotes from multiple papers discusses distrust in elected leaders after last fall’s elections, moral reckoning for nations over imperial actions in China, and criticism of legislative abolition versus reform, with remarks from Topeka, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, and Memphis newspapers.
Englishs will host Daniel Frohman with Lady Huntworths Experiment and Creston Clarks The Bells and David Garrick. Louis Mann and Clara Lippman perform All on Account of Eliza at Englishs. Boston Lyric shows The Idols Eye and The Fencing Master. Park hosts A Stranger in a Strange Land. Grand features A Quiet Evening at Home and Will Cressys spring sketch. Biograph Beautiful Theo and other acts fill out a busy bill.
William Grossman, 14, of Chicago, died by his own action on Wednesday night. New Haven, Connecticut records twenty two new typhoid cases bringing total to 238 with three deaths. In Ann Arbor Michigan, Hare, a student, showed no new developments in bubonic plague condition as of Wednesday.
Mrs Isaac Faulks born February 16 1816 was Hetty Woodruff who with 12 other girls greeted Marquis Lafayette at Madison New Jersey in 1824. She later married Isaac Faulks, moved to Elizabeth in 1840, joined First Presbyterian in 1855, and died at 21 Catherine Street on April 11. The 13 girls wore white dresses with red and blue ribbons to honor the 13 states.
On Wednesday the council committee on ordinances reviewed measures expanding the building inspector's authority and regulating dirt and gravel hauling on improved streets. No opposition appeared though contractors had been expected to protest. The panel will recommend passage Monday evening.
Akron obituary notes Newton C. Chisnell, 44, actor and writer, died Wednesday of dropsy. He began with Edwin Booth, spent two seasons in London with Salvini, led roles in Hoyt productions and in Pudd’nhead Wilson. His sketches of stage life were popular with metropolitan papers. surviving widow Susan Parker of Brooklyn was an actress of repute.
Mused phrasing invites readers to access a sunlit hall or space labeled as The Sun's Falent, suggesting a free or open room in a period newspaper column. The fragment implies availability or access but lacks concrete dates or names to anchor details.
Policeman Tanzy loses pay while suspended for investigation into charges of insulting white girls on the street. The Board of Safety bans pay during suspensions for misconduct even if acquitted, triggering City efforts to recover funds and adjust suspension policy.
Albert Wildowaski of 525 Eddy street is jailed charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. Maurice Moyer bought a small stock of groceries for 245 dollars claiming it was unencumbered, but now reports claims totaling 200 dollars against the stock.
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