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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1899
Page
3
In Shelbyville Indiana Louis Burkher a 68 year old German immigrant wealthy and eccentric bought dynamite to blast stumps then after arguing with his wife at supper he used dynamite to destroy his home and barn and then killed himself with a revolver. He had been married five times.
In Peru Indiana Henry Quick and Clyde Jones among five inmates escaped planning through a floor stone and a 24 inch sewer to the street and toward the Wabash river. Officers halted the break and saved the others from risky intrepid exit. The Catholic congregation announces a mission to run October first through eleventh led by two Jesuits.
In Shelbyville Indiana reports of a smooth scam spread among veterans. Soldiers were urged to subscribe for two books with a promised personal sketch of wartime service. They were charged $9 total, $4.50 per volume, after signing an unclear agreement and receiving a small payment card.
In Richmond on August 29 the state convention will debate discontinuing the meeting. A long running suit testing natural gas rates is slated for September with Judge Robinson of Indianapolis presiding. A bill of exceptions to his rulings will be prepared for the supreme court.
Plainfield Indiana August 29 two boys from the reform school escaped Saturday and have not been found. They left their shoes behind so they could run faster. A pair of empty shoes at the reformatory is a sure sign of a runaway. There have been few escapes recently.
A compilation of short items: Populists gathering in Henry County. Canada thirties to feed in St Joseph County. Wabash reports an earthquake at 2 15 PM Monday. La Porte seeks September recruitment station. anti trust wire nail mills in gas belt impact. Elwood tin plate mills closed Monday due to strike. Fort Wayne street vendors barred from carrying torches. Thirtieth Indiana Lawton regiment to reunite at Millersburg on Sept 9. Robbery nets $300 from William Darby’s Brazil home Monday. Miami County pays for Berger abduction ad campaign. copperhead snake bites Michael Colgan near English. amputation performed. boy caught tapping cash register in Fort Wayne. Frei Yuking of Vincennes files for divorce after 25 years, accused wife of poisoning. Paschek drowns in Ohio River, Fred Morgan takes poison route at Evansville Monday. Joe Buntin flees Lebanon fair with $75, caught by cops in Lafayette. unknown boy shot killed while chased at Lafayette identified as Charles Reeves of Wabash County. little girl falls into sewer pipe at Bikeshart. street commissioner orders pipe broken. citizens oppose city changes and LaPorte plans extensions.
McKee eloped with porter Rogers and vanished. Bowers family escapes a wreck near New Albany after their buggy is demolished by an Airline train. Hollingsworth in Kokomo takes his children after abandoning wife near Windfall. Lightning injures Mary McKim near Dillsboro. A South Bend man prays 75 years for the Lord’s arrival. Delaware pays 2400 in murder trial. Madison fights over 1500. See also postmasters named, council resignations, and a Goshen mother with missing patent medicine capsules.
Mrs. W. A. Purdy daughter-in-law of C R I and P vice president returns from the Klondike after a year seeking her husband s fortune She crossed Chilkooet pass amid hazards and became a mother during the stay The husband W A Purdy once paymaster in the volunteer service and now with a Honolulu bank lost his Klondike fortune but Mrs Purdy secured several mining interests promising riches.
Senator Fairbanks is in touch with Secretary Gage on plans for a new federal building in Indianapolis. He weighs government supervised construction versus private bidding. He notes no discrimination against Jeffersonville clothing depot and pending arrangements to resume army clothing manufacture there, amid rumors of moving the depot east.
The Mutual savings and loan association for creditors assigned on Monday evening to Francis M. Springer. President Martin H. Rice, Secretary Sullivan M. Hilligoss, and Treasurer Hiram W. Miller lead a group facing about 40000 dollars in liabilities. The oil boom land in Montpelier went collateral for glass factory loans. As values fell, the land became dead weight and could not be sold. many withdrawal notices have been filed to take effect October 1 to avert a crash.
A fragment notes that travelers returning to Indianapolis can save hours by presenting railroad checks to the agent Frank Bird at the main office of Union Station.
A brief note asks readers if they understand the listed pages on the seventh sheet. It hints at a continued feature or puzzle, inviting engagement with the section titled on the page.
A rendered sketch notes the unmarked grave of ex governor Ira J. Chase in Bartholomew County. The lot lies near Morton and Canby memorial plots with Civil War soldiers nearby. A county Christian Church Evangelization board meeting set funds for a monument and appointed M T Reeves B M Hutchins and H A Tritt to lead efforts.
In Manila under Gen Otis native judges hear most criminal cases while Americans face limited roles. A Chinaman murder and robberies by Chinamen end with fines far lower than expected and a jailed victim for trespassing. An American secretary dodges full penalty twice, with a later dismissal. Native lawyers push to bar Americans, but Judge Crowder stalls the move. ED L. KEEN.
Births list several newborns with parent names and addresses across multiple streets. Deaths announce J C Fuller and others with ages and causes. Marriage licenses show several couples filing for licenses, including Fesler Lamb and Downey Simpson.
The 150th anniversary of Goethe’s birth was celebrated by Indianapolis Germans at the German house. The Musikverein and German club organized the program with Prof. Ernestinoff conducting. The event featured a German address by Philip Rappaport and English remarks by Charles R. Williams. Local children learning Goethe in public schools were praised, and readings and songs by Miss Jammar Metzger, Mrs. Sarah Walker-Black, and Karl Schneider capped the evening.
Wires report a wedding where the bride and groom wed on one bank of a swollen creek with the minister 30 yards away on the opposite bank. Other items recount two cotton pickers dying after a heat fueled wager on daily cotton yields, and a 95 year old minister declaring himself the messiah in Lisbon Falls prompting skeptics to warn him to leave town.
A. W. Davis of the Indianapolis water company gathers data from across the country to urge the street car company to lay a return wire so surplus electricity does not travel via water mains. He aims to present evidence before the Board of Works, arguing ruined water mains and private pipes from electrolysis.
The battleship Alabama left Cramp's ship yard and headed toward Fenwick Island for speed tests as Edwin S. Cramp directs operations and Captain Sargeant acts as navigator. One guest, Captain W. H. Brownson, is slated to command the vessel.
Richmond Indiana reports Prof. Clark Wissler of this city, a member of the Ohio State University faculty, is noted in a brief item dated August 29.
Paris dispatch reports French authorities avoid storming Guerin's fortress due to belief the Duke of Orleans, a pretender to the French throne, is inside. Capture would prove royalist plots behind recent Paris disturbances and is preferred alive.
Senor Jose de Navarro, the new Spanish consul general, arrived Monday afternoon from Hong Kong. Commercial relations between Spain and the United States are now formally renewed.
Local endorsements mount for Morrow's Kidneoids as a kidney remedy. Mrs John P Temple of West Vermont Street credits the product with relief from backache nervousness eruptions and improved complexion. The tablets are sold in wooden boxes for 50 cents and are manufactured by John Morrow & Co Springfield Ohio.
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