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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1900
Page
8
A local jeweler promotes holiday stock with new pendant designs. The shop invites customers to special designs and to reserve pieces for Christmas, touting the largest pendant stock in Indianapolis.
Indians fall to the Hoosiers in darkness at Cleveland as Kellum struggles. Final score shows Cleveland seven runs to Indianapolis three after eight innings. Umpire Sheridan faced abuse delaying calls amid fading light and crowd concerns.
Cincinnati hit Young and Hughey at St Louis as they pleased in a game with final scores New York 4 runs 13 hits 2 errors and Pittsburgh 2 runs 5 hits 2 errors. St Louis posted 7 runs 16 hits 0 errors.
Shelbyville traveled to Gwynneville and won 7 to 6. John McGraw refuses St Louis managerial duties. Young Mohawks beat Little Hoosiers 12 to 0 on Monday. Pittsburg abandons Sunday games next year. Hartsells sprained ankle sidelines player. Cleveland Hoosiers fail to see jet black ball in overcast conditions. Tellum pitches well as two runs score in eighth. Larned defeats Wrenn in Newport all comers tennis. Vanderbilt Rainbow wins Newport race. Annie Burns wins Blue Hill stake at Boston before Trenton club.
Peter Maher defeats Kion dike in Chicago. The Unknown wins the Olympia stakes in Chicago on Monday. Plans for a welterweight title fight between Matty Matthews and Rube Ferns are announced. Pittsburg police halt Bennett Kennedy bout. Barney Furey vs Frank Henneke slated Aug 30 at Anderson. Indiana polo league organizing. Kid McCoy returns from Saratoga expressing confidence against Corbett in under ten rounds. Harry Weldon benefit in Columbus expected to draw crowds. Local boxing and club results listed for Mansfield Wheeling Fort Wayne Columbus New Castle Marion Toledo Dayton.
Monday night the council approved a temporary loan of $16,634.01 to meet August expenses as the bridge fund debate continues. Republicans urge using $81,901.39 in the bridge fund to cover current costs while pledging later replenishment. The meeting also moved gas mains tax legislation to committee and passed a basement and hall lighting ordinance as well as a $300 weed-cutting appropriation.
Controller Johnson warns city will suspend payments to police and fire until bridge funds and anticipated receipts cover about 70 000 in bills. Investigating committees clash over use of bridge money with Kaiser and Wheeler at odds. McGrew and Dickson shift votes to back a loan ordinance as the council faces cash shortages.
Carrie Chalbloz of 583 Jones Street injured leaving stockyards car 706 at Alabama Street claims a conductor started the car too soon. Others report many accidental startings as conductors rush to meet schedules, with women on running boards during boarding and alighting.
A colossal Lake Michigan wave swept inland near Chicago on Monday, pulling water 100 feet from shore and lowering the Chicago river level by four feet. The receding water left bathers stranded before the wave returned with a surge. Eugene Patterson and Whit Rider died, others escaped. Hundreds watched in awe as the unusual event unfolded between 4 and 5 PM, ending with a powerful rush ashore.
A runaway horse frightened by a trolley car injured five people, two fatally likely, in New Haven. The wagon driver A M Spencer was thrown and cut badly. Victims included Mrs Anna Pemberton with internal injuries, Roland Hatch with multiple fractures, Mrs Fitzgerald with a cut ear, and Mrs Mary Anderson with broken legs and internal injuries.
A small fire caused by a poorly insulated wire broke out Tuesday morning at Hibben Hollweg & Co's wholesale dry goods store on Meridian Street. Smoke filled the building but losses were minor. The incident would have broken a five year record for the department had the alarm not been sounded. The afternoon shift saw no calls. Edward Schuller, 22, of St Louis, an elevator conductor, was crushed between the floor and the iron cage.
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