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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1899
Page
3
The piece paints Filipinos as two contrasting groups the educated elite and the poorer independents and depicts revolt as inherent to the islands. It contrasts urban life in Manila with interior savages and notes lazy clerks and odd work hours in a colonial setting.
Henry Quick, 18, was arrested in Peru Indiana on a charge of poisoning his brother William 21 who died ten days earlier without a physician. Arsenic was found in the stomach and neighbors say Henry had shown interest in William’s wife. The case ties to a marriage of William’s widow who later developed gymnastic skills.
A short item notes a man earns a pair of shoulder straps in the army through steadfast service. The report highlights his perseverance and recognition from military superiors.
A garbled Indiana column reports Goshen post office adopting new can celing machines. Several deaths occur including James Bower in Union City and M Sobra in Brazil. Notable items include charges against Herman Pilock and Otto Bishop, a dog law critique in Anderson, and various accidents and social notes across Muncie Terre Haute Kokomo and surrounding towns.
A Beaufort dispatch reports 16 fishermen camped on Swan Island during a storm. All boats capsized except one. 14 drowned. All were married with families. Two survivors cut away masts, threw overboard cargo, and drifted ashore. A crew of four on a nearby island are missing.
Army worms ravage Burlington in Kit Carson county forcing farmers to abandon homes. The outbreak threatens crops and residents report worms invading multiple residences amid widespread agricultural damage.
In Plattsburg New York on August 22 President McKinley and his party will depart Friday for Pittsburgh to attend a reception for the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers returning from Manila. He then aims for East Liverpool and Canton and expects to reach Washington around September to attend the Grand Army encampment in Philadelphia.
A church missionary society report states that famine has killed 40 900 people along the east coast of Africa, highlighting a severe regional humanitarian crisis.
Mrs Alice Seidenberg aged 1065 California street killed herself with morphine on Monday night to avoid police court. Earlier she stabbed her husband Albert, a Kingan's laborer, with scissors after a quarrel. Police charged her with assault with intent to kill. the couple had briefly reconciled. She died at 12:80 after doctors failed to revive her.
In a fierce wind storm on Monday the Robinson circus main tent collapsed burying over 1000 people. Forty injured two seriously are Lucien Carr and Fred O'Brien. Panic followed as thieves robbed victims while physicians aided the wounded and they were taken home.
Reports of violent incidents include Willam Clayton killed by a deputy during resistance in Clintonville Kentucky, and Nathan Reeples delivering a fatal blow to Stephen Elliott in Bristol Tennessee. Joe Ward brutalized his sister in Alabama, leading to her likely death and his brother’s fatal retaliation. A youth in Greenville South Carolina pursued a plan with a daughter of George Sloan to commit a night-time assault. details remain fragmentary.
A mixed set of brief items reports a boy 1 killed his mother by dropping a revolver cartridge in Columbia South Carolina. A New York messenger dies after drunken assault and a kitten accident causes a tenement fire. A Grand Central passenger is mutilated by a kitten and a bride rejects marriage at Woodslde Delaware.
Ray Barth received a grandiloquent letter inviting him to meet a girl with a red ribbon at University Park. He met a disguising clerk, Emmett Rose, in drag to hide the joke, and the park crowd roared as the ruse collapsed. Barth is said to be offering himself for sale for 29 cents Tuesday morning.
Aug 2 report says Stewart castle on Dupont circle will be purchased and a new hotel costing 1 million dollars erected on the site. Senators Stewart and Clark are reported to back the project. The castle was the grand building originally constructed here by Senator Stewart.
Fragmentary note indicates a September presentation of sketches at Saratoga with emphasis on a layout by Eb. Ehureh and related disposal of a work. The unreadable text limits specifics.
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