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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1891
Page
1
A long feature recounts famed counterfeiters like Pete McCartney and Henry Crowe, detailing aliases, crimes, and escapes. It notes Italian counterfeiters’ prowess, police pursuit, and the roguish gallery system, with vivid anecdotes of arrests, bail, and prison years, ending with reflections on the lure of crime.
New York April 22 reports on George Vanderbilt plans for a private country residence in North Carolina. The estate will feature a vast 5000 acre park laid out by a landscape gardener, a house two miles from the nearest home, and a private railroad to reach a distant station. The lavish project is described as among the country’s costliest private residences with speculative costs reaching into the millions.
The Big 4 announces a Saturday April 25 excursion to Terre Haute with round trip tickets priced at 2.25 for all trains. Tickets are good to return on all trains April 25 26 27 with details at the B C offices in Washington Street and Union Station.
The Board of public works met Wednesday morning and heard petitions for brick pavement on Arsenal Ave and water mains on Tennessee Street. Councilman Myers pressed for road and gutter repairs, and George Powell urged Seventh Street improvements. Democratic leaders condemn President Yontz over new rules, as Martindale and Nolan spar over party politics and Yontz’s authority, with suspicions of political maneuvering.
The Republican meeting in Cincinnati sparks tension as Gresham followers rally around Harrison. Indiana delegate Cole voices mild dissent while party insiders warn of countrymen’s scorn if Indiana blocks the president. Debate reflects pride, office ambitions, and lingering factionalism in early 19th century politics.
A restless mood spreads from London to Portugal with talk of a coming revolution. Southern cities discuss a new league as Pittsburg plans for a crowd of 12,000 and John Brash joins the lineup. Chicago defeats Fort Wayne 10 to 3 in an exhibition. the Ohio legislature moves to ban Sunday baseball. The National League opens its sixteenth season with Boston at New York and other matchups. Pete Treater and Harry Murphy fought at Coy's Tuesday night before about 200 onlookers. Boston beats Philadelphia 11 to 4 while Washington tops Baltimore 12 to 4. Columbus defeats Cincinnati 8 to 5. St. Louis beats Louisville as rain halts plans.
Health of Secretary Blaine unsettles friends amid talk on Harrison speeches and Blaine’s absence from reciprocity debate. Dudley denies aiding Harrison in 1892. The Thetis base change prompts naval columnists’ debate over Secretary Tracy’s handling of Commander Reiter. Bar on Italian American issue discussed with Rudini. London bankers fail for 2.59 million pounds.
The piece notes Monument Schmitz plans three statues, one near Circle Park and a Rhine mouth memorial to William I, plus a Red Beard monument in a German army cave. The cave rock and table are described as Frederick I awaiting a reunited empire. The project rises 200 feet atop a hill as an architectural center.
The notice touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as economical and potent medicine. It claims 103 doses for one dollar, urging careful consideration by readers and noting Wail paper from Carl Moller at 161 Be. Wash. St.
The Chicago Post reports Enos H. Nebeker of Covington Indiana as the new treasurer. A tall colorful figure with striking attire and a diamond pin, Nebeker is said to own a bank gas works race track and land. He is portrayed as a political ally of Harrison with social ties limited to Mrs. Huston.
Mary Sullivan stabbed her husband three times with a butcher knife then killed herself with a razor in Burrg on Wednesday morning. In Curacao, the World’s Fair strike at the site is settled and workers resume.
Amusements finds the Kli pulians company touring Indianapolis with Blue Jeans next week. Franz Ebert recalls a stage incident and a comic tale of an Irishman, a car window, and a wig. The piece includes tales of mischief, a mock chase, and rustic realism on stage and barnyard scenes.
The front page reveals Sullivan within a length of Wallace with Wallace maintaining lead while Sullivan gains. The roster expands with candidates Craveford and others. Tow Sun considers dropping those with under ten votes as the latest tally shows Sullivan at 1727 votes to Wallace’s lead and a crowded field including Hastman, Sleicher and Lee, Brush, English, and many more. The ballot requests readers to mail in votes for mayor of Indianapolis Democrat option and notes daily record updates.
In PrrrspuRG April 22 special report a tense coke region crisis grows as Pinkerton detectives, hundreds more to follow, arrive armed to secure mine work. Over 500 Italian workers travel to resume jobs while strikers vow to obstruct. A socialist orator named Jones is slated to urge continued strike.
Local physicians denounce Surgeon Sen. Bammond for charging five thousand dollars to remove a wen from Senator Stanford's wife. The operation is simple and other surgeons would have charged at most six dollars. Hammon receives his pay.
The forecast calls for showers in Indiana, clearing Wednesday night, fair Thursday with cooler temperatures. For Indianapolis and vicinity the 24 hour period ending 8 am April 43 1891 predicts warmer, fair weather with improving visibility, possible afternoon or evening light rains, and slightly cooler morning. A separate item notes charges by Father Ignatius against Rev Heber R Newton prompting Episcopal concerns and possible investigation.
Reports from Santiago indicate the new Chilian congress was formally opened by President Balmaceda on Wednesday with the diplomatic corps attending in full.
Reported Tuesday, ten boys were arrested in Pittsburg for car breaking. The item notes 251 deaths in New York on Tuesday and mentions a final sale of Washington relief in Philadelphia on Tuesday amid a broader sequence of notables including a liquidation in Baltimore and a large fire damage in St Louis.
M. P. Scott of Startest Chicago writes that Radam's microbe killer cured his sciatic rheumatism but notes no complete cure. The ad promotes Radam's product for catorib rheumatism loss of appetite general debility and other microbe related diseases. Ends with an address near Union Station Indianapolis.
In Cincinnati, April 22, the National Republican League debated with Foraker delivering a fiery attack that omitted Harrison while praising Blaine. Indiana delegates clashed over supporting either Blaine or Harrison, with Cole denouncing the insult to the president and demanding a meeting of Indiana’s delegation at the Grand Hotel.
The czar dispatches a general and several officers to a Steyer gun factory in Austria to negotiate contracts for a large shipment of life barrels for the Russian army, signaling intensified wartime preparation.
The report notes a major blaze in Hamburg on Tuesday causing about 375000 dollars in damage. Other items mention Gladstone's outburst in Parliament, Salisbury's concessions to Newfoundland, and various misstatements and political tensions abroad.
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