11 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1899
Page
1
Mrs Clara L Baldwin used strychnine and a public safety item to kill herself after poisoning her husband Enos and children James 17 and Mary 15. The family were recovering in Irvington as doctors treated them through the night and the scene revealed a planned deed tied to illness and a belief in protecting souls.
Coroner Nash collected samples of postum cereal from a coffee pot on the table and from a cup on Mrs. Bald win s bureau. Baldwin, a special agent for Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, N J, and local office staff called at the house Friday morning. Attaches had seldom met Mrs Baldwin, but all say Baldwin was devoted to her.
In Muncie Indiana on August 11 note the Baldwin family story. Mrs Baldwin once a sharp dressed stenographer and traveling book agent drew the ire and worry of her universalist minister father Lauer as she wandered through eastern Indiana and Ohio with lectures on economics. Her erratic acts and later religious turn unsettled her parents though they remained proud of her upbringing.
Trustees debated selling church property to the government for a federal site. They asking 60 000 dollars but were told to cut 10 000 or face condemnation. E B Martindale expects settlement at 50 000 and Harvey heirs property also to drop from 60 000 to 50 000.
Cora Day a mute woman aged 24 and divorced was declared insane Friday after several days at City hospital. She sought shelter at a planing mill and has wandered aimlessly since. She can write but her sentences lack meaning. relatives live on Virginia Ave.
A petition seeks to nominate Louis J. Blaker for school commissioner. Blaker is agent for White Line Nickel Plate and West Shore lines. His wife Elizabeth is superintendent of Indiana kindergarten and primary normal-training school. Geeting petition has 230 signatures and will be filed with the mayor. Duncan Dewar's petition also circulates.
Manila report says Col Bell led a scouting party into Angeles amid gunfire and fires. MacArthur followed with Seventeenth Infantry moving with a field gun while insurgents reportedly suffered heavy losses and many slept through the assault. An armored train supported the attack but could not advance beyond two miles north of San Fernando.
In a war department cable from Otis dated Aug 1, Manila Aug 11, Macarthur has taken possession of Sante Rita and reconnoitered Porac Angeles and surrounding areas. Insurgents driven out with one casualty. Roads improving yet movement remains difficult but deemed essential to open this region and relieve inhabitants in Bataan.
George P. Marott of Indianapolis disputes the Dawson dispatch about the steamer Indianapolis with anxiety over safety. He asserts St Michael would report in case of danger, not Dawson, and suggests a possible delay due to a sand bar near Nulato. The ship, built by the Cooperative Mining Co, left Indianapolis last May.
George D Sisson 63 president of the George D Sisson redwood lumber and shingle company died at his home at 2183 Park Ave Indianapolis at 445 p m Thursday after a brief apoplexy. He had worked hard at his Lemcke building office Wednesday and grew ill Thursday morning. A blood vessel burst in his brain from overwork. He leaves his widow six children Mrs R B Gillette H C Sisson Ton Harbor Mich Mrs James Campbell Grand Rapids Mich W H Sisson Dallas Tex George D Jr and J Sisson Indianapolis. Funeral at 230 p m Sunday at the residence with possible private terms and lumbermen expected to attend.
Through coach to Decatur Illinois without change leaves Indianapolis at 12:35 noon and arrives 7:05 p.m. This is the best route. Also advertised are diamond and silverware at lowest prices.
Washington reports indicate the West Indies hurricane caused severe interior damage in Porto Rico with at least 100000 homeless. calls for 2500000 pounds of rice and beans, aid shipments to Ponce, and distress relief measures. deaths and widespread destruction tallied across San Juan Catano Ponce Mayaguez Montserrat St. Croix Guadaloupe Turks Island and San Domingo with extensive property losses.
About 400 dead in San Juan and across Puerto Rico as the hurricane sweeps the West Indies. Whole towns wiped out, vessels sunk, and more than 200 known dead with interior reports likely raising the total. Humacao reports complete destruction of the town. Sixty four persons...
The Jeffersonville cell house contract moves forward with a signing at the reformatory next Tuesday as the Board of Control and attorney general revise terms. Bids exceeded 216000. heating and ventilating costs shrinked from 56000 to 18000. The large bid goes to P H McCormick of Columbus for about 186000 with inmate labor possible and architect to receive roughly 3 percent.
In Manchester Kentucky Aug 11 the Morris Griffin faction feud with the Philpots flared anew when Deputy Sheriff David Chadwell a Griffin leader was shot near a road and died days later after his mortal wounding. The attack followed the firing into Mrs Sol Griffin s house and threats to drive Griffins from Clay County.
Barboursville Kentucky August 1 Friday the jury found Laus Goodin not guilty in the murder of Marshal Hubbard who was killed December 24 1887 in Barboursville.
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity covers 36 hours to 8 p m Aug 12. Thunderstorms Friday night and possibly Saturday. Sunday looks fair and cooler. 7 am temperature 71 noon 87 2 pm 90.
Two men with heavy debts sought discharge in federal court on Friday. Myron G. Eddy of Elkhart, a day laborer, showed $430 in household debts and no assets. Edward N. Feidler of Terre Haute reported $6,685 in liabilities and no assets.
The notice advertises a trial cigar offer priced at 5 cents. It promotes a pro bono sample event inviting readers to test a smoke at a reduced rate.
A Panes Porto Rico dispatch reports Ponce as the worst hit by Tuesday's hurricane. Rivers flooded the city drowning thousands. five hundred bodies recovered. Eyewitnesses saw floating corpses in Alam bra plaza as fear and paralysis gripped residents. Coastal towns Tallaboa and Juan Diaz destroyed. Only large church edifices remain.
Postmaster Hess received orders from George M Allen to name another cartier for extending free delivery to Irvington and to lay out a route. Irvington residents sought mail service improvements. Hess suggested options including poaching mail at Union station, routing Irvington mail via Indianapolis, or creating a regular Indianapolis sub station, but no plan was approved and departmental decisions await.
Sixty Chinese sailors on the US transport Victoria mutinied in Seattle on Thursday. A pitched battle followed as officers and carpenters prevailed. The men demanded a seven dollar monthly raise. when refused they refused to work and were subdued.
Victoria reports the brig Enterprise with a crew of 18 has been lost off the New Zealand coast. The Miowera brings the news of the disaster.
In Meridian a lively program features Mignon Bernard described as a premier soprano, Norine Mills as descriptive vocalist and singing comedienne, and Chas. Vanderpool with a baritone act for the audience.
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