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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1901
Page
3
New York reports record numbers of foundling babies in August. Bellevue Hospital records show an average seven foundlings weekly, many with small tokens from loving mothers. Most are placed in homes. one infant sent to Randall's Island.
In Cripple Creek Colorado Grant Crumley shot and killed Sam Strong a mine owner in Crumley's saloon Thursday morning. Strong drew a revolver to protect friends and Crumley fired a shotgun blast to the head causing Strong's death. Crumley surrendered. Crumley a known gambler.
Charles Maguire maintains a growing lead as Moore’s campaign stalls and the TM result lingers into Thursday morning. Officials report delayed tallies from WYFL and Moore campaign remains frayed by counting uncertainties.
Scottsville Kentucky sees a booming oil rush with experts calling the county one of the south’s richest fields. Many oil operators and speculators arrived as excitement rivaled Beaumont after Lucas struck. Capt Lucas holds 25 900 acres leased in the county.
U S Judge Estes rules all Chinese born in the Hawaiian islands are American citizens regardless of their birth government. The decision from Honolulu filed via San Francisco dates August 14 to August 22.
Jesse Magruder, 14, a messenger, was found injured at Pennsylvania and North streets after a possible collision with a vehicle. He could not recall the incident but stated he lived with his mother at 1237 Lexington Avenue and remained unconscious at intervals through the night.
A national organizer for the Tailors union arrives soon to assist in a campaign against six large nonunion shops. Three targets are newly pursued: Young & McMurray's Bert Dildine's and J W Staubs's. The union previously clashed with them and has placed the businesses on the unfair list.
Mrs. Mary B. Moore and Gen. Milton Moore of Kansas City have filed suit in St. Joseph circuit court seeking a division of the Barnes estate valued at about $10,000,000.
Chicago notices P M Nissen famed as Bowser plans to repeat Niagara whirlpool feat in a steamboat. He has rebuilt the Foot Killer, making the craft fully enclosed and watertight for a safer run.
Paris Aug 22 The French government will not send a fleet against Turkey without ambassador Constans advising necessity. Officials fear no clash but await the sultan's move. If he refuses to settle French demands war will probably follow. Turkish ambassador Munir Bey remains in place. passports not yet issued. Censors in Constantinople halt telegrams about the dispute.
An Oklahoma tornado on Wednesday night killed at least six and caused extensive property damage. In Anadarko two died and about 20 were injured as large buildings were demolished and homes lifted from their foundations. Reports from surrounding districts said several others perished, including four killed at a nearby farm. The dead listed include John Antone and N P Tevis.
New York August 22 reports J J Hill showing interest in the market with B&O Erie and Great Northern preferred among the strongest stocks. London activity is light but steady. no dividend on Southern Pacific. Gould buys Missouri Pacific Wabash and Texas Pacific. Market shown an upward tendency as professionals dominate and crop conditions remain favorable.
Paris Aug 2 The government has given M Constans French ambassador to Turkey full power to sever official connections with the Turkish government when he deems it necessary.
Clarence M. Jones, owner of the Press-Post in Columbus Ohio, hires a unionized news staff and has printers warned that copying from nonmembers will not be recognized. The International Typographical Union and Typographical Union No 5 plan action as printers face possible dismissal.
Henry Saunders a Black resident of Indianapolis boarded the wrong train at Brazil and was assaulted by four tramps at Coal Bluff. He was robbed of his valuables and money and lay unconscious for hours before returning to Indianapolis on Thursday.
In Rensselaer Indiana on Tuesday night Mrs Geo Hopkins and Mrs William Frey both members of the Lady Maccabees lodge fought in the lodgeroom. Hopkins' husband had to break in the door to separate them. Hopkins was fined on Wednesday for assault on her sister Maccabee.
Worth Elroy, visiting Muncie from Illinois, carried a big roll of money as he walked with a stranger who asked him to tie her shoe. While he attended to the request, she relieved him of his coin and disappeared before he realized the loss.
Thomas E. Williams is under arrest in LaPorte Indiana charged with stealing Miss Marie Rosenthal jewels. A ransacked house yielded a love letter Williams dropped and Miss Rosenthal identified the jewels found on him.
Columbus Ind Aug 22 Word is received that J C Boyles former Elizabethtown postmaster and his wife died at the same time and will be buried the same day at Glenns Valley
Ora Jennings, umpiring in Farmersburg Indiana, was struck with a bat in the hands of Marcellus Forbes an ex convict and died. Forbes is jailed at Sullivan awaiting charges.
In Whitesburg Kentucky on August 22 a jury is seated for the Kuklux gang trial and testimony has begun. Creed Potter arrives in court accompanied by Mary Reynolds sister of the Reynolds boys both under indictment. Mary, a mountain woman, has long aided the Ku klux in avoiding officers.
U S snagboat E A Wedru raised the sunken Golconda with three bodies pulled from the wreck and more than seven still missing. Deceased include Horace Rondeau and George Stansberry, two colored deck hands, and Wallace Bennett a prominent Crittenden County farmer. Diver John Patrick continues search as Misses Lizzie Graham and Trixie Grimes were buried in Grahamville.
Eight leaders of the cigar strike fled Tampa after a mysterious warning on August 22. They departed for Cuba, dealing a severe blow to the Resistencia union which had guided union affairs since the removal of the first readers. In San Bernardino on August 28 Melville Nevin, a Missouri youth, fell from a precipice in Lyttle creek canyon and broke his neck.
In Garrett Indiana on August 22 the evidence tying John Brown to the Whiting B and O hold up comes from a Chicago woman. Engineer Collins, who lost his watch during the robbery, says he believes Brown was not part of the group.
Helena Mont Aug 22 The Rocky Mountain and Northwestern telephone companies reach an agreement to begin building the missing transcontinental link. Construction starts at the western terminus in North Dakota and runs to Miles City Montana.
An elderly couple sought a marriage license in Washington Indiana on Wednesday. The groom claimed to be David Parham from Vincennes while the bride’s name was not disclosed and the clerk refused the license because the woman does not reside in Davies county.
A freight train derailed at Delmar on Thursday morning injuring Conductor J. L. Smith of Indianapolis and Brake man Clarence Cook of Mattoon Illinois. The caboose left the track after a carload of stone broke loose.
Indianapolis bids on purchasing and removing buildings at the new federal site list multiple bidders. Henry Dollman offers 1600, W M Backus 818, L S Pierson 500, Hass and Veldmaire 600, G W Swibert 1500, Bates House Wrecking 30, E R Wolf 2945, and G E Dunn 7500.
Mrs. Nathan Williams fell into a 20 foot cistern in Muncie on Wednesday. She was rescued two hours later. The fall left her stunned but she did not drown due to the cistern having little water.
Norfolk Virginia August 22. Douglass Watkins 12 of South Boston was killed Wednesday night in front of his parents by an accidental gun discharge from a black man who walked behind the boy. The load struck the stomach and caused near instantaneous death.
Benjamin N. Wasson, Craw fordsville banker, is dead. A string of accidents and disasters includes Joe Bresseler mangled by a train in Oakland City and George Coates 18 impaled on a pitchfork in Butler. Lightning hit Dr. Brinkley’s barn near Pendleton. loss estimated at 5,000. Mrs. Lizzie Bacon of Gas City died after ingesting carbolic acid. Fort Wayne’s funeral trade expands. Lafay ette’s Merchants National Bank tops deposits. A water main burst in Jeffersonville disrupts fire protection pending repairs. W. L. Canary of Terre Haute bought a Florida farm. Anderson businessmen plan a 50,000 factory fund.
Seattle report says the steamer Oregon carries 3500 000 in gold dust from Nome. Officers expect Judge Arthur Noves to travel to Washington DC to answer charges of malfeasance.
Short personals note that W. D. Nesbitt a Baltimore American humorist and editorial paragraph writer visited Indianapolis on Thursday. He formerly worked with The Wn and was famed for clever advertising copy. Jerry Matthews Senator Fairbanks private secretary went to the Lebanon fair Thursday.
Miss Maud Coleman Woods, named the most beautiful blonde in America by Pan-American exposition judges, is ill with typhoid fever at Beaver Dam and feared not to recover.
In St Joseph Michigan on August 22 three young men who planned to row across Lake Michigan have abandoned the attempt after heeding advice from an experienced sailor.
Mrs Susan Field, 70, widow of Judge Stephen J. Field, is seriously ill in Oakland California from heart trouble as reported on August 22.
Alderman Louis F. Cardani of New York City reports his summer cold cleared in four days after taking Peruna. He says the remedy relieved all symptoms within a week and endorses its use for families. He invites readers to write Dr. Hartman in Columbus, Ohio for free advice.
A batch of incidents fills the report: an infant dies after a peanut mishap near Elkhart. Bertha Thatcher missing with her lover Len Gerhart after a buggy ride. katydids hint at an early frost. Noblesville lineman Harry Finley dies after a live wire fall. Fort Wayne sees a boy shocked by a live wire, Rev. Cooper knocked out aiding him. Prof Carl Eigenman fined over a fish seine. La Porte clairvoyant fund receipts top 500 plus valuables. a Mill Creek burglary ends in both men injured. a Columbus man arrested in Anderson for a Greyer’s store daylight robbery. suspect claims bank funds and offers a certified check for release.
Aug 1 Chris and Anna Kerhof Perry township a boy Dr Helming Aug 1 Ed P and Grace Dellman 9299 Cornell ave a boy Dr Jeffries Aug 21 George B and Ruby Miller Polk st a girl Aug 20 George W and Daughter ty 14295 Central ave a boy Dr Kolmer Aug 26 J H and Anna Schoennemann 951 N Bismarck ave a girl Dr Carr Aug 20 William and Bertha Hopkins 94014 Fort Wayne ave a boy Dr Hoskins Aug 17 W E and Kate Peats 1521 English ave a boy Dr Haggard Aug 15 Harry W and Elizabeth Bassett 1312 E Tenth st a girl Dr Emsley Aug 18 Charles and Augusta Sudmeier city a boy Dr Berauer Aug 19 Charles and Lydia Boeldt 318 Dunlop st a girl Dr Berauer Aug 19 Henry and Carrie Mraus corner Hoyt and Spruce sts a girl Dr Berauer Aug 14 Albert and Mary Klein 704 S New Jersey st a girl Dr Zitzlaff Aug 1 0 Flora L Lieber 36 480 W N Alabamas st cerebrospinal meningitis Dr Burckhardt Aug 20 Lizzie Buchannen 5 109 Wilmot st a typhoid fever Dr W C Davis Aug 18 Margaret Casey 37 116 Geisendorf st tuberculosis Dr Hill Aug 20 Artemus P Kerr 51 2026 Cornell ave tuberculosis Dr Dunlavy Preston Martin and Lillia Bugg George W Henley and Shilda R Fleming Frank Payton and Ethel F Oliver Frank Wichan and Gertrude Purvis Horace A Williams and Grace Kinley
Ss. D Pray with kitchen upgrade valued at 100 dollars at 1813 N Hlinois st. W Mooney adds a 150 dollar addition at 1144 S Keystone ave. C B Jeter projects brick building at city costing 3000 dollars. John R Elder remodels for 100 dollars at 550 E North st. James M Nelson builds barn at 3310 N Capitol ave for 50 dollars and razes another at 427 N Capitol ave for 25 dollars. F W Ballweg does repairs for 15 dollars at 2135 N Meridian st. Charles F Simpson near Emerson st and Prospect constructs frame house valued 1300 dollars.
In Richmond Indiana on Thursday noon 16 year old Lee Stimmel son of Mark Stimmel American Express agent killed himself with a gun. He was the grandson of Lee Kelly a well known citizen. No motive is given.
Chicago quotations show corn and oats down in September futures with mixed shifts across Wheat and Provisions. Egg and dairy prices vary with butter and cheese moving modestly, while live poultry and turkey values list notable per dozen rates.
Receipts total about 1 000 cattle and 4 500 hogs with mixed quality. Cattle prices range from common to prime exports and feeders, while hogs show good to choice heavy and light weights. Horses sold Thursday via Blair Baker auction with varied price declines for common and medium stock. Buyers listed include N Asher Pittsburg and Herman Stoner Buffalo among others.
At the Interstate Stock Yards Indianapolis August 2 receipts and shipments totaled seven hundred. Quotations list good to choice mixed lots at around 6 to 6.15 per hundred weight and common to good lightweights near 5 to 5.50. Prices for pigs and rough stock are noted in the same range with varied weights and classifications.
Wheat steady with No 2 red at 68 14 cents and No 3 red at 64 614 cents in futures. Corn weaker with No 1 white at 61 1 2 cents and No 2 white at 66 1 2 cents. Oats firm with No 2 white 38 cents and No 3 mixed 36 44 cents. Hay prices for No 1 timothy ranged from 11.50 to 12.00 dollars with No 2 timothy 10.00 to 10.30. Wheat inspections show four cars of No 2 red wheat.
Report lists car totals by type and grain grades with counts. Corn and white varieties show mixed and established grades, totaling 24 cars. hay prairie category lists one car, totaling one.
A dense list of market prices for eggs butter coffee sugars and canned goods. Includes turkey hens young toms spring chickens cheese varieties and meats with per unit or per pound rates. notes on hides tallow coffee and assorted staples. Specific items: New York cream cheese Swiss limburger butter eggs various coffee grades sugars and rice with regional price quotes.
Listing of cabbage onions coconuts oranges lemons beans honey peaches new potatoes pineapples and watermelons with per unit prices in dollars per bushel box crate or hundredweight. Includes assorted varieties and regional notes such as Valencia oranges California lemons and Indiana watermelons with price ranges and per unit figures.
A cropped catalog shows prices for corn peaches blackberries raspberries pineapples oysters clams beans peas strawberries salmon lobsters tomatoes and more. Entries include weight based pricing and varying quality grades, typical of mid century urban markets.
Listings show various coal products with prices per ton or per bushel. Kanawha lump and Green County lump offer different ton prices, with foundry coke and crushed coke priced per ton or per bushel. Delivery in bags adds a small extra charge.
A dense price list of chemicals and compounds with varying per unit costs. Items include morphine, opium, quinine, chlorides, oils, salts, and assorted reagents. Prices reflect per ounce, per gallon, or per pound values in old currency. Strong entities include P. & W. and Fr. as suppliers or brands.
The catalog lists hams sugar cured Indiana 18 to 14 pounds at 12 1/4 to 13 1/2 cents per pound, Reliable brand bacon and Bellies at 10 cents, lard Indiana in tierces at 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 cents, pickled pork fancy Duneless pig per pound 20.40, bean pork per barrel 19.50, family per barrel 17, sausage fresh pork link eight to nine cents, frankfurts eight cents, weiner wurst six cents, fresh pork loins nine to ten and tenderloins fifteen cents, pork roasts, spare ribs, leaf lard four to six cents, fresh beef tenderloins two cents, sirloin butts eleven to twelve cents.
Oyster and fish prices shown include New York counts in a can at 40 cents by U S F Co and a second can at 2i. White fish 10c per lb trout 9 42 c per lb fat 10c per lb boneless herring 8c per lb dressed herring Sue per lb Clams Littlenecks 8c Lobsters ec a lb Frog legs 1 50 per 2 0 per dozen Shrimps a gallon 1.
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