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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1901
Page
3
A massive Philadelphia oil fire leaves five men dead, 21 injured and four missing from Atlantic Refining. Tanks exploded, rivers of burning oil, and intense heat hampered search as 650000 barrels burned and property losses soared to 1,800,000 dollars plus 500,000 more in damage.
Walter B. Adams of Gloucester Massachusetts who navigated the Brooklyn during the Battle of Santiago says the loop maneuver was misunderstood by the public. While Vizcaya appeared to ram the Brooklyn Adams received and misapplied the wheel order reversing it to hard up and saving the Brooklyn from a ram.
Indiana weather bureau notes showers improve late crops including corn while tomato yield optimistic yet potatoes and garden crops may suffer. Evansville youth Alvin White, 14, shot by Earl Bernard and likely to die. Leslie Packard arrested before his marriage to Ida Mitchell for larceny. wedding proceeded after bond. Emanuel Tipple claims his daughters chloroformed him and eloped with William Starline. wife eloped with Isaac Boyle and is now in Ohio.
Miss Jeanette Osborn will marry John W. Slater of Chicago on Tuesday night in Peru Indiana. The bride is famed across Indiana for her beauty and portrait subjects. A lawn wedding supper will be served at the Osborn home with hundreds of Japanese lanterns lighting the grounds.
Interest grows over locating the Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie railroad shops and offices in Richmond. Muncie was thought to be the site. No decision yet as Richmond council forms a committee to lobby for the move.
The will of Jesse Cates, late president of the Union National Bank, was probated Tuesday in Richmond Indiana. The entire estate goes to his family. Made in 183, it leaves $40,000 to each of his four children. Cates owned more than 4000 acres of land.
Anderson Indiana August 20 Oil was struck on the farm of Walter Fulier four miles northeast of the city Monday evening with production rumored to exceed 1000 barrels per day. Oil men say the well may lead to a larger field development in this area.
Anderson Indiana August 20 The exodus of trust glass workers from this city began Monday with a party leaving for San Francisco to work in a cooperative factory Others will depart Tuesday evening for various places where independent plants have been established
August 20 report from ENGLISH Indiana states David Lamon killed Otto Faulkenburg with a shot to the head near Branchville during a farm boundary quarrel. Lamon has been in an asylum and is thought to be insane.
In Muncie James Hughes and Fred Baker were shot five times by Lawrence Chaky a Hungarian identified as the assailant.
Indiana deaths include Julius Rosenheimer former populist state committee chairman in Kokomo from heart disease Marion Wright 49 of Hamilton County in Knightstown New Castle resident J C Peed 76 also from heart disease listed across three cities
Attica residents see Hanna linked bid as Alf Perdue travels streets with a ramshackle wagon and old horse claiming to be picked for president by Mark Hanna. He proclaims he will run for president and criticizes Gov. Durbin, attracting crowds and unsafe chatter from pranksters.
The dog only sings when John’s two children, a boy and a girl, accompany him. Their preferred song is Way Down on the Suwanee River, and the dog’s barking rises and falls with the children’s singing. The pair bring joy to J. H. Spence as they visit daily and entertain him with songs.
Letters from Mrs. E A Crozier and Mrs. Wm Henderson praise Peruna for curing bearing-down pains backache and female weakness. The ad claims Dr Hartman directs treatment for thousands of women with confidential records and no charges, offering free treatment at The Hartman Sanitarium Columbus, Ohio.
Philadelphia report says Charles M. Schwab will resign the presidency of the steel trust after gaining control of Bethlehem steel and iron interests. A close associate notes Schwab has sought change and, though not on bad terms with J P Morgan, wishes to run Bethlehem plants.
The Aug 20 report notes a growing strike at the Illinois steel companys South Chicago mills. A small opening action signals a broader walkout as highly skilled rail mill workers quit and others stay home citing sickness. Local organizers and FBI leaders push unity amid evolving labor action across plants in McKeesport and Brady Street.
In Pittsburg on August 20, more than 1500 workers joined the strike rally marking a significant show of solidarity. The turnout reflected growing momentum in the labor action as speakers urged continued pressure for better terms and nationwide support.
A. J. Cottingham visited Washington county Arkansas to see his sister. He suffered flux and dysentery but was rapidly cured by Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He praised the medicine in a letter to the manufacturers. Sold by all druggists.
The Goshen city council approved a franchise for Wilbur Stone to build a $50,000 hot water heating plant to be operated by the city.
Chicago market report shows wheat slipping about one and a quarter cents with September at 71 70 to 70c, December at 73 4 to 28c. Corn down fractions with September near 58 5713c and May at 6214 613c. Oats lower, January pork at 15.700, lard 8.92, ribs 8.07. Butter prices vary by grade, cheese shows mixed gains with full creams and twins around 4.9 to 4.0 dollars per pound.
A Pittsburgh report describes a tightly organized spy network in Carnegie mills, created by H. C. Frick after the Homestead strike. The system monitors and discharges anyone known to be a unionist, claiming to offer workers benefits while suppressing organized labor. The policy extends across branches and persisted after the Carnegie mills were acquired by the trust.
Prices for live poultry and related livestock listed, including chickens hens roosters and spring chickens with per dozen rates, ducks and geese per dozen, along with cheese branding notes and miscellaneous items.
Grain prices shown for Wheat No 2 red and several grades with figures such as 6817c and 684c. Corn values listed for No 1 white through No 4 white plus mixed and ear pricing. New oats steady to firm with various No 2 and No 4 grades and car totals. Hay prices given for timothy and prairie before inspections tally.
Union Stock Yards Indianapolis August 20 cattle receipts around 1000 with shipments light. Quotations show good to prime export steers, fair to medium export steers with prices and margins noted for buyers and sellers in a brisk market overview.
Receipts show hogs 6 000 with fair quality. good to choice heavy to lightweights quoted 600 to 610 per hundred. Cattle ranges include prime to fancy export cows, good to choice light weights, and common to good calves. Sheep and lamb figures list good to choice lambs and stockers with scattered prices.
At Interstate Stock Yards Indianapolis August 20 hogs receipts 1 500 shipments 1 400 prices range from 36 to 65 cents for light mediums and heavy classes with common to good lightweights and pigs also listed.
The document lists prices for poultry and fowl parts, cheeses, butter, eggs, hides and tallow, a wide range of coffees and packaged coffees, sugars in many grades, flour, rye meal, bran, spices, beans, and molasses. It presents city and bulk pricing, with items such as spring chickens, ducks, and geese, various coffee brands, Domino sugar grades, and New Orleans molasses among others.
A dense catalog of market items includes produce such as cabbage onions and peaches with varied per bushel and per box pricing, and fruit like bananas and lemons. It also lists canned goods, oysters, beans, and multiple coal and chemical products with unit prices and blends, reflecting a broad 19th century marketplace.
The listing includes Sams-Sugar cured and other bacon types, boiled and boneless options, several beef cuts, lard in tierces and kettle rendered forms, and pickled and fresh pork items with per barrel and per pound pricing. Also shows sausage varieties, fresh beef cuts, and specific weights and terms.
Oysters New York counts a can 35c F and Co selects a can 35c White fish 19c per lb trout 9 4c per lb mat 10c per lb boneless herring 8c per lb dressed herring Secver lb Clams Little necks 80c 100 Lobsters 25c per lb Frog legs 1 50 2 08 per 555 Shrimps a gallon 1 24
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