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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
2
Washington report notes a Senate vote on a proposed constitutional amendment for direct election of senators. The measure, adopted by a large majority, moves toward changing the method of electing U.S. senators and reflects ongoing political debate.
A 14 feet high statue nicknamed "The scout" will be installed on a monument with tracks laid from the studio to Maryland Street. The 24 000 pound figure needs a four horse team to move it, and delays near Prie Street risk pushing completion to Friday night and pedestal mounting to Saturday.
In New York on April 13 the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church faces upset over a tablet memorializing the late Rev. John Hall. Some members challenge the scriptural text chosen for the inscription, claiming it echoes earlier church tensions surrounding Hall’s death.
Obituary notes the birth in County Armagh Ireland on July 31 1829 and death in County Down Ireland on September 17 1898. It records his 49 years as a Presbyterian minister and his pastorate at the church from November 1867 until his death. The note concludes with a biblical verse about rest for the people of God.
City attorney Kern met with President Fortune of the Commercial club elevated track commission to discuss notifying railroads to comply with the ordinance. He indicates steps may be taken by the middle of next week.
City attorney Kern states there is no merit in the complaint to inspector Bedell concerning C. F. Sayles and associates allegedly planning to build over parts of the sidewalk behind the Bostamice. He notes government practice to build several feet beyond the property line but says this does not affect the purchaser of government property occupying the ground.
A distressed man named Brank was found intoxicated in a police station cell after slipping from an upper berth on a double deck bed. A physician attended to wounds while officers investigated the fall and its circumstances.
Fragmentary note discusses Seleveene improvements and a rising count of manholes. The text hints at infrastructure work and expanding manhole installations but lacks complete details or context.
The fragment notes a divorce suit against William Doane, alleging slapping, an act of immorality, and driving the plaintiff away. She seeks alimony for herself and the couple's two children and $200 a year for court costs, with names partially visible as Martha Baughman and Charles F. as corespondents.
Consumers are told tablets cure a day with a no cure no pay price promise. The advertisement emphasizes value and guarantees a remedy within a single day, offering assurance on outcomes and cost.
Ad reveals a nationwide railway strike affecting communications and freight. Messages report standstills in Columbia and Greensboro, trains tied up east of Knoxville, and all wires down in Birmingham. Officials call the strike small with about 51 workers cut.
Two sets of twins plan marriages in Westerville on Sunday. Roy Crabbe and Guy Crabbe will marry Edna Dotson and Adrian Dotson respectively. The couples are from Columbus and Mount Sterling, ages given as 27 and 33.
A boiler exploded at Riverside Ironworks in Benwood West Virginia on Friday demolishing three buildings and disabling the machinery. Fifteen people were injured including foreman Richard K. Satterfield and boilermaker James Mitchell with severe burns. others suffered burns, scalds, or broken ribs. Debris shot through the boiler house triggering a second explosion. Property loss is about $200,000.
Schmidt of the Marion bowling team delivered a difficult spare on Thursday night at Turner alleys. He split the 7-10 and cleared pins on the rebound as the Marions defeated the Picked team in all three games with scores of 796 846 and 861 to 175 787 and 796.
Louisville April 13 ex President Benjamin Harrison denied a report that he had expressed a view on a federal question in the Kentucky election cases. General Harrison wired in response that it is not true he has expressed any opinion on the Kentucky election cases.
In Coloma, Michigan, a large white bundle containing a two day old infant was snatched from in front of an approaching train on Thursday. The infant survived. The mother is described as prominent in society and church circles in Coloma. Arrests will follow.
Richmond Virginia April 13 Virginia negroes call a convention in Richmond May 19 to nominate colored candidates for Congress in every district as rebuke to the treatment of colored people at the Republican State convention in Norfolk this week.
Shelby county council appropriated 1500 to Attorney H C Morrison and Miller Elam Fessler to aid the county attorney in a case where bondsmen of ex County treasurer Wilson sue the county for 35000 paid on warrants, a move to replenish the treasury and surprising the public.
Mrs Mary Gier of Jeffersonville Indiana died Friday night from a shock linked to her husband’s death six years earlier. He was shot in his door yard by two men identified as African American chicken thieves on March 6 1894. Both men were sentenced to the penitentiary and have since died.
The Ohio Democratic clubs back the Chicago platform while Philadelphia raises 82000 of 100000 for a Republican gathering. North Carolina Democrats nominate Charles B Aycock for governor. Bryan club of Massachusetts names George Fred Williams as vice president. Oregon populists and Democrats head toward Bryan aligned conventions. A Phoenix report notes a dying woman seeking a meeting with her champion of faith.
The Central Arist company led by D. Erwin and F. Maus Fauvre proposes a seven story fireproof building on the Little hotel site with 117 feet on Washington street and 195 feet on New Jersey street. Horace E. Kinney serves as president with D. M. Parry as first vice president and Cc E. Holloway as secretary treasurer. The structure will be heated by hot water and lit by electricity and aims to level the playing field for small manufacturers by pricing to compete with larger firms. The venture has endorsements from the Indianapolis manufacturers club Board of Trade Commercial club and many prominent business leaders.
A lamp exploded in the apartments of Mrs. Jennie Simonton in Denver on Friday morning. Before flames were subdued, Mrs. Simonton and her twin daughters Juanita and Anita were burned to death. Simonton, a cook, left for work at five o clock, leaving wife and children asleep.
About 260 high school pupils escorted by Miss Donnan left on a special train for Richmond at 1 30 p m Friday to attend the Indiana high school oratorical contest Friday night. Coburn Allen will represent the Indianapolis school with the subject Benjamin Franklin.
Mamie Williams pays a five dollar fine and serves 30 days in the workhouse for stealing and pawning Maggie Hintlan's ring. Albert E. Woodford faces police court trial for forging an order to withhold five weeks of board money from his landlady. Joseph Stevens rousts Henry Scott from a basement and locks him up for vagrancy. The body of Frank N. Foster is sent to Jackson Michigan for burial with family. Labor commissioner McCormack meets Home Store Company president on iron moulders strike. prospects for a settlement look favorable.
WIRE TIPS. Co. O. Winold, Cincinnati, says he did not poison his family. Mexico orders more troops to whip the Yaquis. Clarke divorce case likely in Pittsburg Monday. Palace hotel Port Norfolk Va burned. loss 20000. Corbin notes 63000 troops in the Philippines. Small-pox deaths reach twenty two in Mexico City. Embezzler Walter Groff captured in California. Wilstroms die by gas in New York. Three killed in Pittsburg building collapse. Horner shoots wife in Steubenville. Dr C F Clark jailed for theft in San Francisco. Dominion of Sydney ship wreck believed. 19 men aboard. Tack trust buys Norfolk factory. machinery smashed. August Young shoots Katie Van Cloostere then kills himself. she to recover. Rev Kenneth Duncan arrested for stealing clothing and jewelry. Puerto Rican towns reportedly lacking physicians. Texas rivers falling. flood claims at least 50 lives. Property losses near 39000000. New Mexico protests international dam at El Paso. Boiler explodes in Sylvester Mich.. one engineer dead, three hurt. Oregon Republicans in convention back administration. delegates uninstructed. Wreck at Cottonwood Calif. kills three. four hurt. Rail merger rumors: Pennsylvanian and B&O to absorb Reading and N J Central. National Democrats subcommittee favors Kansas City convention. hall ready by July 4. One Minute Cough Cure praised for quick relief and safety.
San Francisco reports the Nippon Maru is due with 300 Japanese laborers aboard. An AP dispatch notes 3,000 more will land from oriental steamers in three weeks, with 2,000 arriving in the last 30 days. The Call cites 10,000 Chinese landed in 34 months, many claiming California birthright, spurring charges of evading the Chinese Restriction Act.
Detectives nabbed Thomas Conners on Illinois street Friday for loitering and identified him as a famous robber with prior penitentiary terms. He gave the alias Hayback. Victor Carson, 12, a Chicago boy who roams and sings for a living, was also arrested and held until his father is traced. Conners fined $10 for loitering.
A national vehicle show could be a feature of the exposition in a large auditorium to be built by the Indiana commercial museum company. Manufacturers nationwide seek a suitable location and Indianapolis is touted as ideal if the auditorium is constructed. Promoters say the vehicle exhibit alone would attract 15 000 to 20 000 dealers annually.
In a Terre Haute joint conference, Indiana bituminous coal miners and operators reached a settlement reopening mines closed ten days ago. About seven thousand miners are affected as wage payment remains semi monthly and workers may buy their powder wherever they wish. Black coal miners remain on strike.
Washington April 18 reports say Congress is expected to approve promoting Maj General Miles to lieutenant general and Brig General Corbin to major general. Senator Judge has offered an amendment to the army bill reflecting the move, and it is anticipated the measure will pass both houses.
Berlin reports a close alliance after Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria becomes betrothed to Grand Duchess Helene of Russia. The engagement is seen as Bulgaria’s price for allowing a Russian lease of a Black Sea port.
Charlotta Richardson appeals after losing in Marion superior court in a damages suit against Byron Dawson. Her husband Jonathan Richardson died in an 1899 incident when a team ran away on Dawson’s farm along the Churchman pike. the widow’s motion for a new trial was overruled.
Birth notices list Harry J and Roxey James on Broad way for a girl and James J McNamara with Katherine McNamara on S Meridian-st for a boy. Moore on Churchman ave greet a girl. Sylvester at Noble-st welcomes a boy. Death notices record James M Smith age 49 at 327 N Delaware st from cerebral embolism and Emmett Middleton age 2 at 2007 Buckle-st from inflammation of the bowels. Emma Johnson age 44 at 825 Adell-st dies of cancer. Robert T Allison age 42 at ????? paresis. Alina Long at 448 W Market-st dies of jaundice. Katharine Warrenburg age 3 at 24 E Wyoming-st dies of pneumonia. Frank N Foster age 39 at Spencer house dies of pneumonia. Nellie A Stocker at 944 E Washington st passes away. Marriages list Kelsch and Ethel Tyler Enerst Farley and Effie M Poland Orrville Scates and Laura Bennett Harry C Keliermeyer and Ella Van sickle.
A compilation of small property items and repair work with owners and addresses, including frame cottages, brick dwellings, additions, sheds, and remodels. Totals range from $25 to $6,900 for items at 207 N New Jersey St, Alabama St, Thirty first St, 1042 No Hall St, 1301 Yandes St, 3008 W Vermont St, and other locations. Also an advertisement promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers with claims of health benefits.
George Jones, colored, returned from Louisville with Detective Thornton on charges of forging his employer John J. Cooper's name on checks for 20 and 40 dollars. George Cullins, also colored, admitted writing the checks but claimed Jones persuaded him. Jones already indicted. Cullins’ case continued.
The Government building and loan association won a verdict against the Prussian National Insurance Company of Germany for 1700 in a suit seeking 3000. The case involved a burned building the association foreclosed on and the insurer allegedly refused payment.
TIPTON Ind April 13 Bert Rutland 13 of Detroit ram away from home and was found in a box car here Friday seriously ill with lung fever Chicago Markets CHICAGO April 13 The following prices ruled on provisions Friday Butter Creameries extra 18c firsts 16 1c seconds W lic dairies fancy makes 1éc firsts lic seconds 1c imitation creameries 4 15c extra ladies 13 4c packing stock fresh 18c roll butter 13c Cheese Full cream western twins 114% 12c young America 12%c cheddars 11% 12c eastern twins 124 12%c cheddars 12c Swiss 1214 12%c Hamburg er 10 1044c bricks 103 11%c Eggs Fresh le Poultry Dressed turkeys hens 12c toms 1 914c chickens hens 10c springs 10%c broilers 12c capons 19 14c ducks 10 filc geese 814 9c
Grain prices range across corn and wheat with No 2 red at 72 and 68 percent milling freight, No 1 white corn at 41 to 41 1/4 cents, and No 2 white mixed around 41 cents. Oats hold steady with No 2 white near 29 to 40 cents and hay prices quoted for timothy at 14 to 18 dollars per ton.
At Indianapolis Stock Yards on April 18 cattle receipts reached 650 with Friday shipments. Quotes list good to prime steers 1150 to 1300 lbs, fair to medium steers, heifers and cows with varied weights, veal calves and heavy calves. Hogs receipts 5000 with Friday shipments, quote ranges for medium to heavy, lightweights, and pigs. Sheep and lambs also quoted with ranges for good to choice lambs and sheep. Bulls and calves priced, near term export values noted.
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