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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1900
Page
2
Gov Beckham issued a proclamation calling the Kentucky legislature to an extra session on August 23 to revise the Goebel election law. In Georgetown the court began the Powers murder case with Col J K Hendricks delivering a forceful arraignment of Caleb Powers.
L. J. Better, aged resident of 619 Stevens street, was thrown from his wheel at the intersection of Delaware and South streets on Wednesday afternoon after colliding with a wagon driven by George Preston for J. W. Bloomfield, a feed merchant. Better sustained a broken hip and was removed to his home for care.
The Board of Works held a quiet session with few visitors. A liniment vendor claimed dismissal from the state house but found sympathy with no sale. Resolutions for cement sidewalks and sewers were adopted and some remonstrances against road improvements were noted. Contracts awarded to McCray, Allen, and Foley for paving and curb work on major streets. petitions for Spruce street walk and Mmmett street repairs received.
Wednesday a federal suit was filed by Consolidated Rubber against Kokomo Rubber alleging infringements of patents on machinery used to manufacture rubber tires.
Bryan Stars will meet the Sun Liners Thursday afternoon in a local college league game. Imer Long has moved to Baltimore to live with his daughter Mrs John Watson. 7. G. Courtney was arrested as insane. A P D E railroad receipts show 204766.53 disbursements 146503.13 balance 58103.40. Jason Douglas fined 1 and jailed for beating his wife with a gas pipe. Mrs Phelps and Mrs Shafer visiting relatives in various cities. Bernard Korbly appointed assistant clerk of the state election board to aid Tom Carter. George Catt tried to sell a mule, was arrested for offering it cheap in disguise. Julia Gayther found raving mad and held after confusion about Chicago and Indianapolis. Mrs Minnie Russell and Lydia McKinney arrested for assault near 901 N Senate Ave. Russell allowed to stay home with infant.
The coroner's office adds four deaths to the Herrick case in Chicago. Margaret and Annie Kircer, sisters of Mrs. E. P. Herrick, and two infant girls, children of Herrick and her first husband Frederick Lymourner, are connected to the fatalities following a fall. The deaths resemble the manner of Mr. Jierrook, who expired last week.
In New York on August 11, Mrs Maggie Kilgariss was found kneeling near a Brooklyn Bridge pier crying for Mike who had allegedly jumped to his death after she scolded him for drinking. His body remained unfound.
Floodwaters in Japan have drowned over 260 people and halted major transport. Persistent rain continues for days, triggering widespread damage and emergencies as authorities mobilize to respond.
The Knights of the Royal Arch Indiana grand lodge elected officers on Wednesday led by Valiant Commander Joseph H. Schaub Indianapolis and grand master of ceremonies Mr Stuksey Anderson. Installation was performed by Adan Emmettsberger Louisville national organizer.
A scattered ledger of property details lists residences cottages frame flats and dwellings with values from 1 430 to 2 275. Also noted are repairs cellar and remodeling projects for multiple owners on Calhoun Street Delaware Street and nearby avenues with several specific sums and properties including a stable and a frame house.
Mrs. Wi oH Felton attacks sentiment for violators of the law and calls for juries in the woods to punish black rapists. She argues harm to victims outweighs any punishment and endorses extreme methods by mobs, promising juries in the woods will exist as long as Georgia manhood endures.
Boston figures feature in a political note where the Nationalists oppose Cleveland and Reed. They insist the mere mention of those names would brand their party as insincere while signaling Bryan’s broad sympathy and possible acceptance.
Wednesday afternoon the National party executive committee held a natal meeting with strong sentiment to complete nominating a third ticket. Isaac Klein urged adjourning to an eastern city but was outnumbered. No conclusion reached. another meeting planned after the anti imperialists adjourn to decide on the National invitation to join a third ticket.
Comedian Harry Brown arrives from New York to rehearse with Barclay Walker's new production Minister extraordinary. Prima donna Beatrice Goldy arrives Friday and Sylvestra Cornish Tuesday night. Brown predicts a hit and praises the show. Tom Hizer drunk and fired a shot at Ora Dalton. Judge Alford fines him $50.
A testimonial extols Postum Food Coffee as a healthful coffee substitute, claiming relief from sour stomach and nervous trouble after giving up coffee. It cites Dr McMillan and Rev Campbell praising Postum and notes a request for reader letters to a Battle Creek company to obtain the writer’s name.
Newby Oval management doubt public interest in multicycle races and favor riders over machines. Secretary Herbert Foltz plans to travel east to recruit top riders with attractive prizes. A revived circuit idea with Anderson and Terre Haute as members is discussed. Cabman Lake Morrison had a runaway, with a Lafayette man chasing a hat, the horse bolted, and Lake stopped it on a tennis court after passing funeral processions. He claims the driver was not white.
The Supreme drove of Druids elected officers including past supreme arch Peter Sthaftnit of Missouri and supreme arch M A Beckman of Minnesota. Other officers named were deputy supreme arch C R Panter of Louisiana supreme secretary H Freudenthal of New York supreme treasurer Louis Kraus of Indiana and supreme herald J K Marconi of California. Delegates enjoyed a city carriage ride Wednesday afternoon and a reception and ball at Cleveland club hall Wednesday night.
Joe Minnehan sues Mary A. Willitts head of the Surname Christian Israelites church of Indianapolis for $13.50 wages in Squire Smock's Court. The argument occurred Wednesday. Willitts claims Minnehan was careless and allowed $3 worth of goods to be stolen from her Massachusetts Avenue wallpaper store where he was a clerk.
Jeffersonville Indiana August 15 Williams Walters, once pardoned by Gov. Matthews, is convicted of manslaughter in Nashville Tennessee and sentenced to ten years. He killed his employer after a salary dispute.
Miss Georgie Collins of Pittsburg shot and possibly killed Mrs. Viola Stockwell on Tuesday. Wm. Dixon of St. Louis was killed by Dennis Burns on Tuesday. A Presbyterian revision committee sits in Sarotoa New York with Rev. Charles A. Dickey as chairman. Four St. Louis men charged with dynamiting street cars are released. James Rogers killed a boy named Wallace in Decaturville Missouri by crushing skull with a stone on Tuesday. Three bandits on wheels robbed three miners near Greensburg Pennsylvania. Miner Andy Calucha was killed.
Market notes from Chicago on August prices for wheat corn oats and provisions. Recorded rates include wheat August 7434c September 74564c. corn September 385g 39'c. oats August 2154 21c September 2156 22146c. Butter creamery and dairy products show varied quotes and egg live poultry and other items listed by grade and kind.
Fragmentary note mentions THE SUN's liners and a seventh age related to feed and mane. No clear event or names emerge.
The notice lists multiple business addresses including The Standard Tea and Grocery Co at N W corner New Jersey and Washington and 151 N Delaware near Ohio, with additional sites at 759 Massachusetts Ave near Noblest. It provides phone numbers Old and New 2230 and mentions a private exchange facility.
Cattle receipts 80 with price quotes across grades from good to prime steers 1,150 to 1,500 pounds and up. Hogs receipts 5,000 with Good to choice prices for medium and lightweights. Sheep receipts 300 with ranges for yearlings and feeding sheep. buck prices per 100 pounds listed.
Receipts: Cattle 160, hogs 1450 and sheep 120 with shipments and quotes for several grades. Export steers 1250 to 1500 lbs average 16s, fair to prime butcher steers 1100 to 1230 lbs, fair to good feeders 500 to 1100 CWDS, cows and calves 350 to 500, hogs mixed weights with prices 4 5 to 5 5 per cwt, sheep mainly heavy heifers and yearlings priced 3 25 to 4 40.
The readable items list various grain types and freight codes about wheat and corn, with percentages and classifications such as No. 2 red, No. 1 white, and mixed varieties, plus dated references and totals, in a fragmented OCR segment. The text reads like commodity grade codes and freight notes rather than a coherent event.
Readable items show Kingan’s Regular Hams Lion Coffee quarters Tin Cans Mason jars and laundry soap priced per unit. Also listed are apricots and oleo or wheat products with various pack sizes and prices.
An advertisement lists branch locations with telephone numbers and wholesale contacts. It shows daily grain quotes for oats and hay, with grades and prices, and notes inspections for wheat and corn including car counts and rejections.
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