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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1899
Page
8
Report describes Chicago teams long train voyage to Hudson Springs New Mexico for health and recreation. Players rode branches explored roads fished and trained lightly before four practice games and the start of the season. Emphasis on fitness and outfield readiness contrasts with Cincinnati Louisville and Pittsburgh approaches.
April reports from MATI show Pittsburg failing to hit while Cincinnati fields a strong core led by McBride Steinfeldt and Williams. Batteries Hahn and Peitz contributed, with Carrick earning a late win for New York as April 19 notes a tense eighth inning.
Fragmentary text shows names Betman Casey Meas and Chiles in a noted confrontation or match up. Details missing due to damaged OCR.
Fragmentary OCR lists names including Anderson Dahlen D Batteries Hughes Smith Klobedanz and Clark with no clear event or context to summarize.
A Cincinnati Reds report discusses seven pitchers on the staff and the chance one will move to the Indianapolis farm. Speculation centers on Hahn joining the pitching staff with Boyle at catcher as Indianapolis expects a transfer. Terre Haute hosts the return game Wednesday afternoon.
May Hempstead ran away with the Tennessee Derby in Memphis on Tuesday, finishing in 1.57 and four fifths. Chancery Lea Planter and The Kentuckian trailed as about 20,000 spectators watched the less-fancied field. The winner will race in the Kentucky Oaks at Louisville, with owners Bleadley and Norton planning travel east afterward.
Inter Ocean reports that if NL maneuvering holds, Andrew Freedman will sell his New York baseball interests within ten days of May. Buyers include Al and Walter Spalding, Arthur Soden, and Brush. James A Hart, Chicago president, would move to Gotham to head baseball affairs.
Fifteen hundred fans at the Metropolitan club watched Oscar Gardner defeat Joe Hopkins in the fifteenth round by clean fighting. Gardner weighed 123 pounds to Hopkins 181, blood drawn in round three, and a final knockdown in the last round with a right swing.
In St Louis on Tuesday night James R Brockman of the Cross Countries rolled the highest possible score in a game against the Acmes in a cocked hat match. The feat has been equaled here only once before, and only in a practice game.
London April 19 The city and suburban handicap of 2000 sovereigns, the season’s biggest race to date, ran at Epsom Downs. Wednesday, Ww. Cooker's New Haven won with Theobald's Survivor second and Lord Rosebery's Tom Cringle third.
The Henley polo team from Richmond beat Cincinnati 3 to 1 on Tuesday. Other items note Notre Dame travelers, Powers scheme to move athletes to Paris, Terre Haute loss 6 1 to 4, and various baseball and boxing notes including Kelley/Muldoon ruse and Brush influence in baseball politics.
The weekly bulletin notes warm weather allowed plowing for corn sowing oats potato planting and general gardening across Indiana. Rye and barley are in good shape. Northern wheat fields were killed and reseeded with oats. Peaches largely killed. clover timothy pastures green. Livestock prospering.
Busy store offers lace curtains at 9 to 29 cents per pair, far below usual 2.75 to 3.50 dollar prices. New shipments include 4 inch ruffle Muslin curtains, Point de Calais novelties, and white organdies with several styles for sash and door use. Also 36 inch dotted Swiss and fish nets offered at bargain yard prices.
Ingrain Carpets offer new spring patterns at 35c yard with extra options at 39c and 69c. Wilton Velvet Carpets priced around 14c, heavy China and cotton warp matting featured with various colors and patterns, including embroidered Imperial Japanese Matting at 25c yard. Limited rolls and discounts this week.
A catalog of discounted housewares and linens including Snap Laundry Soap four for five cents, Yankee house cleaner, 15 room coverage per gallon, and a selection of tasteful glassware, cloths, towels, and bed linens with listed prices and quantities. Readable items include bleached napkins, linen yard goods, and Swiss dresser sets.
The rehearsal of Minister extraordinary has engaged top vocal talent in the region. The production is a revision of The kettledrum from six years ago, with the book nearly rebuilt and ten new musical numbers added, making the work virtually new.
Mrs. Anna Amon 23, formerly Miss Amna McLeoughlin, drank three swallows of carbolic acid Tuesday night about 10:50. Doctors worry little of pumping the stomach. she is expected to recover. She previously lived on Ft Washington Street and cut herself when police raided the home, escaping through a window. motive unknown.
W. H. Rand, longtime president of Rand, McNally & Co. in Chicago, retires from the firm and essentially from business life after nearly 36 years at the helm. D. H. Moffatt of Denver denies selling the Cripple Creek railroad to London capitalists while Americans seek the property. Henry L. Meech and John H. Meech file bankruptcy in Buffalo, listing liabilities of 133,905.
A Santiago dispatch reports the body of Wm. O'Neil of Prescott Arizona, famed as Bucky O'Neil of Roosevelt's Rough Riders, who left the Prescott sheriff's office to join the regiment and fell during the San Juan hill assault.
Invites readers to contact the office by telephone for further details. The message emphasizes reaching out via the provided phone line to receive information.
Hillsboro Texas April 19 a most unique verdict was handed down in Hills county when Maj W Hollingsworth hired a horse to ride to Peoria but went to Whitney. Returning lightning killed the horse the liveryman sued for breach of contract and the jury found for the plaintiff noting had the horse been ridden to Peoria it would have escaped death. In Chicago the same day F Black ex mayor Mansfield Ohio and J B Inka vice president of Ohio suspender co fought Jacob Lippman at the Grand Pacific hotel Lippman was badly used up and arrested on embezzlement charges after being lured to the room by a message signed with a young woman’s name.
Births list includes Andrew and Nettie Chamberlain with a girl at 533 Harding street and other families such as Lange Maley Juster Hase Mankalick Scharf Moeller Mann Mendell. Deaths report infants Stephenson Meyer Rudhart Runnels Clark Hessey Hunzeiker with ages and causes. Marriage licenses show transfers including Beach Beach Braun Krieg Sherman Jones Quill Lasley Nevers Harold Rutledge. Burdock Blood Bitters advertisement ends the notice.
Advert says tailor J Jones offers custom spring suits at 15 dollars and up using high quality latest materials at 149s street location.
The Marion county medical society selected 30 delegates for the State society meeting in Indianapolis the first week of June and 17 delegates for the American Medical Association gathering in Columbus Ohio the second week of June. Congratulations were extended to Dr. P H Jameson who has practiced 59 years without missing a day due to illness.
Gen Jake Coxey says highways are impassable after Congress rejected his plan. He has bought a naphtha launch and will travel by canal. His office is five miles from his Masillon residence.
The Fortnightly names Mrs. Henry W Litel president as society circles swirl. Mrs. George E Hunt hosted an informal reception for Miss Gertrude M Stein. Wedding of Miss Elia L Malott and Edgar H Evans took place at the bride’s home the prior Tuesday with Rev Hugh T Gary officiating. The couple will reside at 132 Sixteenth Street.
A fragmentary line appears to mix a question about selling with the Sun's popular liners and a stray reference to Poe. The readable text is unclear on event, person, or place.
Dan Hiatt a seasoned performer wed Jessie Herworth a dancer singer of the company in a largely attended Empire performance. James Lowry acted as best man and Justice Lockman officiated. The ceremony followed a fire scene amid a banquet and rice shower. The troupe had just mourned the loss of Irish comedian James Curran, 35, who died of pneumonia.
J S Cabanne of St Louis roasts Supt Quigley in St Louis papers accusing him of wrongfully detaining Miss Minnie Leonard of Eddyville Kentucky who was of age Cabanne says the superintendent had no right to hold her Quigley replies he knew she was of age but Cabanne did not.
A colorized report states a smallpox patient attended church in North Vernon on Sunday night. Dr. Hurty of the State health board ordered a quarantine and plans to visit Madison New Albany and Jeffersonville where the disease is reported prevalent.
Horace Buskirk a police headquarters telephone operator married Joanna May Riley at the bride’s home in Paoli Indiana on Wednesday afternoon. After a trip to the east the couple will reside at the Lorraine hotel.
Men seeking a bridge over the White river at Ray-st. met at 950 S. Meridian-st. Tuesday night and selected a large committee with Samuel H. Fletcher as chairman to petition the county commissioners. A follow-up meeting is planned in Hoffman's hall Tuesday night.
Burglars pried open a window and entered the Calkins home at 1481 Central Avenue on a Tuesday night. Mrs. Calkins awakened her husband as the intruders fled after opening two cold bottles from the ice chest.
Henry Severin probate documents list his will probate on a Tuesday. residence noted and property on Meridian Street referenced with details about heirs and bequests from the decedent.
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