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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1899
Page
8
Buffalo Bisons were defeated 4 2 as Hastings pitched poorly and Kellum and Heydon contributed key plays. Indianapolis outmatched Buffalo in the series, showing superior fielding and steady hitting, with the Hoosiers taking a decisive lead and contest likely decided for the pennant.
Heydon awakens at the plate with a hit off Jones then a game winning triple and a string of eight straight safeties. Minneapolis hopes Indianapolis falters to keep pace as Brews and Blues stumble, while Brooklyn leads and Pittsburg fights back in late innings. Western league notes praise St. Paul first basemen Motz as a superior glove-man.
In Kentucky a local Ku Klux band warns against Mormon gatherings in Spencer County. An armed group disrupts a farm meeting near Mt Eden, shots are fired at a harbored elder, and threats of lynching loom as elders plead for mercy. Other towns report stones at a church and arrests of disruptors. Two visiting elders were restrained with ropes but released after prayer.
The ad extols Quaker Bread as ideal for children and adults, claiming bread as the principal diet reduces many illnesses. It recommends Rolle for breakfast and Quaker Bread for lunch, praising the bread as tasty and produced in clean rooms with pure water and modern ovens.
The spiral escape system is a six foot diameter steel tube with a smooth incline. Inmates would slide down in sacks to remove grease and dirt, then reach bottom and exit outward doors prevent backtracking. The superintendent plans practice drills to familiarize inmates with the escape.
In a 43 mile run on Wednesday the Columbia beat the Defender by 22 minutes. The Columbia briefly averaged 13 knots. At Buffalo grane circuit, George Carney won the 2 20 trot, Dare Devil the 2 10 trot, Hal B the 2 09 pace, and The Abbott the free-for-all pace. Henry county races opened with John W. Kerr winning the 2 40 pace, best heat 2 17 Stoner Girl won the gentlemen's road race 2 32 and Dewey the half mile dash in .53. Fairmount racing program opening postponed to Thursday due to rain. Skeets Martin riding in London after Sloane’s departure. Ray C. Ewry, former Purdue student, breaks amateur broad jump mark at 11 ft 0.5 in. holds world high jump record too. Jim Dempsey vs Kid Robinson exhibition in Indianapolis proved weak. Dempsey’s seconds refused to support him. Billy Gray signs Kid McCoy to meet Jeff Thorne Sept 2. McCoy posts $1000 forfeit to bind with Fitzsimmons though elbow injury may moot.
Indianapolis forms a craftsman guild to foster appreciation of handiwork. Embryonic group aims to educate the public through exhibits, with officers to be elected and rooms to be furnished. Charter members include Edad Buchorn H R Saunders Ernst Mealaun Hugh Richards W G Cassady and Brandt Steele.
A 3 30 a m lightning bolt from a clear sky visited the west workhouse flue. It struck the guards room and knocked out the ventilator. Bricks were tossed 75 feet and the slate roof damaged on that side. Estimated damage about 100 dollars. A severe storm raged to the south and east of the city.
An August city report records multiple suicides and attempted suicides amid despair and poverty. Ella Dorsey drank carbolic acid after her mother's death and died, Mary Pape is dying after similar poisoning, Kate Schum 17 swallowed poison after quarrel and died, A. E. Morgan shot himself due to poverty, Lucy McGee 18 swallowed naphtha after being scolded and may recover.
A Billings Montana stockyard trainload of horses unloaded for water and feed after 30 hours without water. After drinking several collapsed into spasms and many died prompting fear all may die as locals search for the cause.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions phones and an undertaker in Meridian with partial contact details. No clear event or full names to confirm a story.
Slain by a mob in Amite Louisiana Adolphus Brown colored was killed Wednesday night and two other negroes were flogged by a mob Brown tried to break for liberty and was shot during the incident
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