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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1899
Page
3
Ernest Dunton, 29 named as the man’s likely son, unearthed three skeletons while plowing near Buntertown. The grave, two and a half feet deep and eight feet long, held a man woman and child in good preservation. The man’s skull appears to bear a bullet hole, suggesting a violent death. no prior local burial is recalled by old settlers.
In Bourbon Indiana two children identified as Mrs. Andrew Perkeys are confined in canvas bags to prevent scratching as they show unmistakable rabies signs. Local officials use sacks over the heads of the children when they thrash at the family. the children had gnawed teeth marks from splinters left by a mad dog two weeks earlier.
Della Fox, 20, sues ex Senator Christian Holler for 22000 damages alleging sanction breach of promise and aiding a criminal operation. The complaint is described as lengthy and sensational. In Anderson, Carter Manis, 84, dies near Frankton. he fathered 29 offspring with one wife.
Brownsville Ind Aug 3 Jeff Rigby 50 a farmer was stung by bumble bees while passing a meadow Tuesday and ten minutes later dropped unconscious. He remains in that state with little hope for recovery.
Thomas Tyre, an employee of the paper mill, was instantly killed while adjusting a belt. The Geneva street fair next week will feature music from the soldiers' and sailors' orphans' home band.
Suburb annexation plans in Anderson for Park Place, population 3000, plus local council service trouble in Hendricks County. Tests of free delivery auto mail carts in Kokomo. Martinsville mourns William Goins 43 from morphine overdose. Corydon’s Jefferson Steeper age 99 walks miles daily. Hartford City reports a 12 barrel oil well. Wabash business district ends early closing trial. Martinsville hosts itinerant Indiana methodist preacher gathering with 76 present. Mrs. James Morrison of Anderson severely burned rescuing her son. Midland railroad extension graders strike over withheld wages. Portland man Daniel Tharp accused of bizarre sieve joke with a shore gun. police seeking him. Greene County druggist Joe Britton pummelled on charges of general cussedness. Albert Miller buried in a coal mine near Washington, still alive after injury. Love Green of Indianapolis stabbed Terre Haute man James Hicklin in Muncie beer garden. Green escapes. Anderson gambling purge noted. “lovely ace” joke resurfaces. Crawfordsville boot and shoe firms abandon tick credit plan after Sept 1. Logansport’s John Streit accused of false signature. linked to nose-checkers game. Knights Town mill worker Thomas Tyner killed in belt accident. New York messenger boy Albert Hoe, 19, travels toward San Francisco across Indiana. Portland councilman Frank Wilt calls for bribery report investigation. Tipton county cider harvests expected to yield enough barrels for fall.
A Potpourri of Indiana items reports candidate talk for governor at Valparaiso, a Kentucky fugitive farmer, vine woes, public disputes in Evansville and Logansport, church history, and local incidents. Deaths include Col Crawford and others. humorous and oddball anecdotes from Kokomo to New Albany.
In Bridgeport Connecticut on August 9, funeral services for fourteen victims of the trolley car disaster were held. Seven funerals occurred Wednesday morning at St Marys Catholic Church and seven more Wednesday afternoon as every hearse and coach in the city was in use.
David Schneiderman sues the express wagon company for 500 dollars claiming injuries from a projecting limit. Rosa Schneiderman listed as husband in the suit. The action mentions an earlier claim of 800 dollars against the same company.
President Jordan of Stanford holds a private letter from Andrew D White ambassador to ceremony and member of the international peace commission. White expresses great satisfaction with the peace convention outcome. He believes it will lead to more such efforts, reduce war costs, curb armaments, and advance arbitration as justice rather than simple compromise.
After a day and a half session the eighth annual meeting adjourned shortly after noon Wednesday. About 40 delegates from West Indianapolis Glenwood Richmond Lyon's Station Crawfordsville Rushville and Indianapolis attended. Officers elected Tuesday included A R Seward president S K Morgan vice president C F Oldham master of forms Samuel D Symmes secretary A O Evans treasurer C E Castle conductor James Wright inspector J H Boles guard A M Williams M S Shropshire and C E Culbertson trustees. A banquet followed Tuesday night with encouraging addresses.
Aug 9 New York two suicides occurred Wednesday. Edward Krautwurst 38 killed himself in front of his wife and children with a bread knife while Charles J Muller shot himself in his mother's presence after his father died last week and left Charles disinherited for wild habits.
William Armatage paid a $20 fine plus costs for running a gambling game at 40 percent Kentucky avenue. Fifteen players in the room faced $5 and costs each after Sergeant Lowe entered. Lowe arrested the 16 men single handed, then called for a wagon. no one attempted to flee.
Chicago August 9 miners confront a looming nationwide miner coalition as Illinois coal operators demand action by miners to appoint a seventh arbitrator per the Pittsburg agreement. Failure to do so could halt machine and pick mining adjustments and spark wider industry trouble in Pana and Virden, risking spread to other fields.
The Kronmann murder case widens as Mrs. Nathan Kronmann dies from hatchet injuries caused by an unknown assailant. Police remain baffled by odd circumstances and the husband remains in custody unable to explain his movements.
Montreal August 5 Paris awarded the next year bicycle meet at a Tuesday session of the International cyclists' Sec. The meeting was decided to be held in Paris France.
David Nicholson a longtime Indianapolis resident and partner in Scott Nicholson builders died at home 830 N Illinois St after years of frail health from a fall. He came from Scotland in 1853 and helped build several county courthouses as a master mason. Flanner Buchanan to handle funeral. burial likely under Masonic rites. he leaves a wife and sister Mrs Mary Brown on N Alabama St.
In Wade Park Cleveland at 1:25 a m Wednesday a street car was blown up. The trucks were blown from under the car and glass shattered but the crew and the only passenger escaped unhurt. Explosions under cars in recent weeks have been harmless.
The Board of Works ordered the city engineer to prepare papers for opening Senate Avenue from Merrill to McCarty Street cutting through the Premier steel works grounds. A hearing will be set, and if steel works representatives assure the plant will resume operations, the opening may be rescinded.
The Popolo Romano says Americans in Cuba imitate Spanish rule by diverting revenues. The claim arises from anti American sentiment after Italians were lynched in Louisiana and amid disapproval of Naples receptions for Admiral Dewey.
Wm F Harrity former chairman of the democratic national committee Senator A P Gorman and Victor Boughman are at the Fitzhugh hotel Harrity returned from Saratoga to join conferences against Bryan at the springs Gorman plans to meet Richard Croker at Saratoga on his return from Europe
Washington Aug 9 Artist Antonio Shindler born in Bulgaria died in the city at age 7? He worked at the national museum and was famed for lifelike animal life reproductions and delicate colorings of fish and reptiles. He painted a collection of 100 nation types. He leaves a blind elderly wife.
Building operations resume in Chicago and Cook county as brickmakers return to work. The week-long strike is off with men to labor in the South-side yards and brick deliveries to resume on the North-side, crossing into manufacturers’ territory where nonunion labor is used.
Births list several families welcoming newborn girls including Wildhorst Davis Lehman Brown. Deaths record numerous ages and causes such as congestion dysentery typhus fever brain trouble and heart disease with listed addresses. Marriages licensure includes Jesse Jones with Florence Best and others like Cassini Ramazzatti Ellis Bohmie Purvis Murphy and Schultz Carson.
Ex Governor Altgeld plans a September 10 address in New York under Chicago platform democracy to widen the breach between radicals and conservatives in the Democratic party. He will hint division as safety for radicals, while avoiding explicit calls. Mr Bryan will skip the event.
The Sloss-Sheffield field steel and iron company, a consolidation of southern iron properties, will be incorporated this week at Trenton. Capitalization will be 20 million dollars. The new firm has acquired property near Sheffield and Florence Alabama including Russellville ore tracts West Point ores and the Lady Ensley furnace property with furnaces and coke ovens.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as the remedy for uterine trouble and female weakness, claiming it cures drains inflammation and helps restore motherhood. It notes the absence of narcotics and offers free confidential advice from Dr Pierce in Buffalo. A testimonial touts birth after use.
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