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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1899
Page
3
In Crawfordsville Indiana April 14 a Bloodhound breeders association test saw 12 dogs trail a thief across ten miles. Layton Stuart of New Maysville was captured after the fugitive climbed a tree to escape. Crowds feared lynching before authorities took him into custody.
Jacob Knoob of Fairmount ran ten miles to Marion jail claiming a mob sought him and had killed his children. Authorities found him insane and that no children were molested.
In Muncie Indiana on April 14 a fully developed baby girl born to Flo Rouse an unmarried milliner died minutes after birth. Health officers were not notified by attending physicians. The Reuse family from Cincinnati is said to have moved back to that city.
Nancy Goodwin and William Yocum were secretly engaged and arranged a wedding. The girl’s father and brother armed with shotguns opposed the match. Yocum fled to Illinois and later returned. Miss Goodwin aged 38 says she will marry Yocum despite opposition.
A compilation of brief Indiana items: Anderson beer trade tensions. Marion wage gains. Lafayette pond nuisance. Terre Haute gas field. Kendalville parent teacher league. Elkhart vaudeville planned May 20. Anderson streetcar speed complaints. Goshen humane society for horses. Mount Zion eagle capture. Martinsville fatal rail incident. Jackson County farmer John W. Rhoades dies by carbolic acid. Martinsville sanatorium expansion. Bedford Bright's disease patient John Doyle. Tipton municipal building tour. Rush County Thomas Smith declared insane. Fort Wayne liquor enforcement. Valparaiso dry goods clerk A J Bernheimer inherits $30,000. South Bend birds shot by boys with air guns. Paoli pigeon with silver band marked 5650. Evansville Rena Schneider sues for breach of promise. Washington worker Benjamin Shepherd heir to $25,000 Knoxville estate. Fort Wayne arrest for stolen wool. Congressional district prohis meeting glimpsed.
Recurring anecdotes from Indiana towns recount damages from familial quarrels and odd injuries to residents Edith Treshman wins £2675 in a dispute with a stepmother. Other tales include a barber’s mishap with a chair, a missing man suspected murdered, a runaway from debt, and a sailor robbed on a train.
Paris reports that new evidence from former justice minister Trarieux links others to the Dreyfus case. Testimony notes the Italian ambassador denying dealings with Dreyfus and says officers doubted Dreyfus wrote the bordereau. It also recounts threats by Esterhazy toward Schwartzkoppen and a claim of a civilian mediator.
Mrs. George Baudler, deserted in Quincy last September, located her husband through a dream. She traced him to a Chicago bicycle factory, secured a warrant, and found him with a deputy after recognizing the dream’s Tattersall’s building. The event followed a brief jail stay earlier in the case.
Lavina Locktwood files a divorce complaint claiming desertion by John after eight years of marriage begun in 1858. The couple has grown children.
New York April 14 Tammany Jeffersonian dinner at the Metropolitan attracted 1 050 diners and 1 600 spectators. Ex Judge Augustus Van Wyck labeled the next campaign issue as opposition to trusts while denouncing an England alliance and urging a strong party leader to rally against trusts. Local speakers and Perry Belmont received cheers as the event showcased party unity and defiance of Bryan led silver interests.
Grover Cleveland was asked about J Sterling Morton’s claim that only he can unite the Democratic Party and win in 1900 on an anti expansion platform. Cleveland declined to discuss the matter saying nothing definite.
David Harker was fined twenty five dollars and given three days by Judge Cox on Friday for indecent behavior. Neighbors reported a man acting indecently toward young women en route to work at Bryce's bakery and nearby shops. Bicycle patrolman Hauser tracked him after a female passerby signaled, pursued him, and Harker denied the charges as multiple women identified him in court. He claimed to carry a lunch pail and to be headed to work at the electric light plant.
Local horse-shoers organize the Mas ter horse-shoers' association of Indianapolis with officers named led by President George L. Markley and a price increase after May 1 to 1.50 dollars for machine-made shoes and 2 dollars for hand-made. The union covers about ninety shops, with about sixty more expected to follow.
George West of Stockton head of George West & Sons distillers dies. Robert B. Halligan, 45, who claimed a $100,000,000 two week fortune, dies in Kankakee asylum. Emma Hill, colored, found dead with head severed. Dave Davis, a close friend, has fled.
Indianap olis April 14 slight change in vegetables and wide listings for provisions meats lard butter and cheese. The report details prices for pickerel fish oysters berries pineapples and canned goods along with flour oats sugars and farm staples across several categories including vegetables fruits dairy and meats. Various weights and pack types are given with price ranges for each item and category.
An old advertisement touts Heart Chocolates to prevent overwork fatigue and related ailments. It promotes additional items such as laundry collars and cuffs and a range of bicycles priced from 20 to 75 dollars, with Jos. C. Pfleger’s agency at 332 E. Washington St listing products from White and Featherstone.
The Best Business Lunch is served at the Ormonde located at 16 W. Pearl St from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Harness and lowest prices are advertised. Vanderpool at 22 S. Meridianst promotes services. H. L. Shute of 34 Talbot block advertises rock-faced stone imitations for old brick buildings.
An advertisement touts Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, claiming it calms pain and treats diarrhoea at twenty five cents a bottle. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is praised for various skin issues. The notice warns against imitation products and promotes Sun liners for selling goods.
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