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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1901
Page
6
Will Balmer, a Bluffton Ohio farmer, was robbed of $5 last Friday night at his home. Three masked men later demanded $200 they claimed they overlooked from the same incident. They tied Mrs Balmer to a bed and searched the house but found no money. She was found later in an unconscious condition.
The royal yacht Ophir sailed from Cape Town carrying the duke and duchess of Cornwall and York. The party is expected to reach Quebec around September 16, visiting Canada.
All cooking teachers recommend frothing chocolate using a patent egg-beater before serving. An English chocolate pot with a long paddle is used, its handle passing through the lid. The paddle is turned briskly two or three times as each cup is served, a process called muddling.
CHICAGO Aug 23 President Johnson of the American league expelled Frank Shugart Chicago shortstop for life for the assault on umpire Haskell at Washington last Wednesday The Knatell affair awaits a permanent ruling with suspension pending personal talk with Haskell</s>
In Mingo county West Virginia every mine in the coal field affected by the June strike is back in operation with nonunion workers. Hundreds of black miners are employed and some shooting occurred early in the dispute as deputy marshals were fired upon while serving injunction notices. About half the strikers have left, and further outbreaks are feared.
Pittsburg club president Dreyfuss announced on Friday that all players for the next season have signed with the team. He displayed the contracts amid Philadelphia claims that Sentiment Leever and Wasner had been taken by the American League.
The corpse of Senor Vicuna, late Chilean minister to the United States, arrived in Washington Friday morning. The body was taken to Rock Creek Cemetery for temporary interment until the Chilean ship Baquedamo, then at Halifax, arrives in Baltimore to carry the remains to Chili.
Seventeen English athletes from Oxford and Cambridge arrived on the Commonwealth to challenge Yale and Harvard for championship honors on September 21 at Berkeley Oval.
A rapid string of brief items reports diverse events from yellow fever in Tampico and influenza in the Netherlands to a suicide in New York and a fatal shooting in Ohio. Other notes mention mackerel packers planning a trust, a tropical cyclone in Texas, a bridge washout in Kentucky, a public exhibition offer from Santos Dumont, legal actions in Chicago and Phoenix, and a prison escape attempt in Meadville.
Mr W A Roberts of 1135 Fletcher Ave, superintendent of Globe Life and Accident Insurance, testifies his kidney pain and urinary troubles disappeared after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He bought at Henry J Huder's drug store and claims relief after less than one box. Sold for 50 cents by all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is sole US agent.
The Tomson Medical Institute in the Stevenson Building offers a complimentary X Ray examination for seven days before Sept 1. The regular $5 exam will be free if needed for all patients who visit the office during the period.
In town residents and rural folk are urged to call before September 1 for a free medical exam. The article notes many country people travel to Indianapolis to learn what ails them and take advantage of the offer.
James Hk Stebbins of Ashtabula, an optician, told a Chicago audience last week he devised a simple method to correct muscular imbalances causing strabismus. He says placing the index fingers upright before the face and moving them apart gradually can restore proper eye alignment.
The Sun refuses new subscriptions from readers who held THE SUN through July 27 1901. Out of city subscribers must prepay. Each yearly out of town subscriber counts as three. A tie to 100 subscribers earns two Pan-American Exposition tickets and $10. Or cash alternative. Fifty subscribers win one fare ticket plus $3 or full cash.
A loud Elks parade rolled Friday through downtown with ramshackle wagons and six outfits. A tandem team of old grays pulled a tumbledown wagon labeled Anderson city officials while an Italian organ grinder supplied music. The procession joined the visiting team at Capitol and Washington and proceeded to the grounds.
Four men were injured in a neighborhood quarrel over a cat and dog fight. John Stevenson’s dog attacked Chalmer Burns’s cat, Burns protested and was carved. Jesse Burns, Edward Stevenson, William Burns and Chalmer Burns were involved with knives rocks and clubs. Jesse sustained a shoulder wound, William had a broken jaw and scalp laceration. All but Chalmer were taken to police headquarters. Chalmer was hospitalized.
Deputy-constable Killian tried to serve a writ of replevin on Mrs Margy Charles ton of West Street Friday afternoon. She grabbed an ax and threatened to brain him if furniture was moved. A sharp struggle left him disarmed and under arrest as police arrived after the scene ended.
Chicago August 23 It is reported that James Harahan second vice president of the Illinois Central has been offered and will accept the presidency of the Southern Pacific Mr Harahan is currently in Europe
Cape Town reports three rebels shot at Graaf Reynet on Friday. Ten others sentenced to life deportation to the Bermudas in the same action.
In Sonora the Yaqui river overran its banks after prolonged mountain rains. Many Yaqui Indian settlements were washed away and numerous ranches severed from land as floodwaters rose higher than ever before, leaving communities cut off.
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