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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1901
Page
3
Public contractors plan to sue to abolish the 3 per cent clause in Marrett law contracts. They claim 40 000 to 50 000 dollars held by Treasurer Koehne as security for Barrett law bonds lacks proper protection and allows speculation. The fund is kept without interest, and contractors argue it gives unsecured leverage to the treasurer.
Gossip asserts a Democrats Republicans deal to split control of city and county offices. Rumors tie Taggart's 1895 defeat to current talks. Allegations claim breweries seek county board seats to influence licenses, with Republicans favored for state senate and county commissioners in upcoming elections.
Mrs Washington aged 122 in Kokomo Indiana makes a second suicide attempt by choosing starvation after a fall left her with a broken arm. She recalls serving in President Madison's household and says she has lived long enough as she refuses nourishment for weeks claiming she has seen the storm coming.
Hartford City Indiana reports a sensational marriage tale as Miss Carrie Ervin wed John V Logansport after a dramatic attempt to elope. The groom Thomas Logansport was forced aboard a train at gunpoint by the bride’s father and the bride, in a desperate moment, tried to throw herself under a train but was saved by Marshal Nelson Worley who dragged her off the track.
Two brothers Samuel and Benjamin Burgsdol aged 72 and 79 were buried in the same grave at Albany after dying within an hour of each other. They were pioneers of the area and the double burial occurred Saturday morning following their deaths on Thursday in Muncie Indiana.
Albert Camp died Friday in Frankfort Indiana following a Tuesday night shooting by George Matthews. Matthews remained in custody and reportedly remarked the act could not be helped. Camp’s wife reacted with tears upon hearing the death news.
William Ross of Muncie Ind learns by telegram from Seattle that his son Charles Ross, rescued after the Islander shipwreck off Alaska, has lost his young wife and the fortune dug from Alaskan fields in the disaster. Charles was thrown unconscious onto an ice floe and saved.
In Anderson Indiana on August 31 workers complain factories won t reopen until October or November and accuse President Jones of siding with the trust. They also worry about shipments of Belgian glass to local and other plants.
In Kokomo Indiana on August 31 99 year old Mary Cobb of New London visited 96 year old Rachel Batell Both are Daughters of the Revolution. Mrs Cobb is widow of a War of 1812 veteran Louis H Bryan the great grandfather of William Jennings Bryan.
In Vincennes Indiana on a Friday night a thief entered a sleeping car and snatched the purse of Mrs Theo Bald of North Vernon containing two ...
Centerville plans a ball team while Greenfield hosts Seventh day Adventists in session. Reports mention typhoid cases in Washington and at the Immaculate Conception convent, local duels, elopements, injuries, theater plans in Sullivan, and various local incidents from Noblesville to Hammond.
London reports Lord Kitchener confirms a party of 250 Boers attacked and derailed a Northern line train near Water Val. They set it afire. Lieut. Col. Van Delour of the Irish Guards was killed. Other casualties not reported.
Martin Hugg calls the Bookwalter Letter clear strong and vigorous with no doubt about its stance. James V. T. terms the author decisive and notes Taggart’s tactics and big gag meter declarations as a potential winning platform.
Letters from readers across the country praise Peruna for stomach catarrh and related female troubles. Mrs. Leone Dolehan of Minneapolis reports long improvement after trying Peruna, while others claim relief from pain, fatigue, and weakness. Dr. S. B. Hartman offers free summer consultations at the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio.
City health records show Dr. Jacobs attended an infant who died at 320 Adelaide Street, home of Mrs. Moore. He notes the child Doris Mack was left with Mrs. McKenney by Doris’s mother, urging a hospital with cradle and bell like St Petersburg to aid illegitimate or motherless infants and avoid disgrace.
Dr. Wilfred Fralick staged a public demonstration of a new fluid claimed to cure consumption. Two Metropolitan hospital patients in advanced stages reportedly showed improved circulation and warmth as the doctor described rapid germ destruction, while he refused to disclose the formula.
Chicago notes mixed gains across corn wheat oats and provisions with precise bid figures for futures and cash markets. Prices move for corn September 534 54 cents December 564% May 5859c wheat September 6869 cents December 714 72c oats December 35% May 37% pork January at 15.45 15.55 lard 8.80 8.87 ribs 7.92 eggs creamery butter and cheese prices listed for various grades live poultry and geese also itemized with per dozen and per unit figures.
At the Union Stock Yards Indianapolis August 31 cattle receipts totaled 300 shipments. Quotations show good to prime export steers 1350 to 1500 pounds averaging 550 to 600, fair to medium export steers 1200 to 1400 pounds, good to prime butcher steers 1100 to 1250 pounds, and good to fair feeders 908 to 1100 pounds with price ranges 450 to 550.
Receipts listed for hogs, sheep, and cattle with quotations for prime to fancy export cows, common to medium stockers, and various fat and light weight categories. Also shows prices for flour, beans, molasses, rice, canned goods, fruits and vegetables, and coal and coke with unit prices and per ton or per bushel figures.
At the Interstate Stock Yards in Indianapolis on August 31 hog receipts were light with no shipments. Quotations ranged from 6.30 to 6.60 for common to good lightweights and 6.55 to 6.60 for good to choice assorted mediums and medium heavy mixed hogs.
Wheat steady with No 2 red at 68 for milling and August 684c wagon. Corn steady with No 1 white 39c and No 4 white mixed at 52 54c. New oats steady Nos 2 white 37 46c and No 3 white 37 44c. Hay steady Nos 1 timothy 1815 12.25 and No 2 timothy 10 25 16 75. Inspectors report cars by grade and total loads for wheat corn hay rye.
A price list for poultry produce, dairy, hides, coffee, sugars, and related goods. Includes rates for turkey hens, young toms, fowls, ducks, geese, spring chickens, cheeses, butter, hides, tallow, coffee grades, packaged coffees, and various sugar grades with unit prices.
A detailed price list records Indiana sun cured hams at 13c to 18c per pound, bacon types from 9c to 18c, lard at 5 to 10c, pickled pork at 17 to 20.50 per barrel, and fresh pork and beef items with assorted per pound prices including tenderloins at 2c and sirloin cuts around 1c.
Oysters New York counts a range of seafood items with bright price figures. White fish boneless dressed herring clams little necks lobsters frog legs shrimp are listed with unit prices for sale. The notice reflects a general fishmongers market listing with multiple items and price points.
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