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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1899

Page

2

Suffrage Talk With Miss Anthony In Indianapolis

In Indianapolis Miss Anthony discusses women's suffrage with a varied audience. She notes foreign influence as a hindrance, cites the Denver mayor on reduced saloon traffic, and explains the movement's nonpartisan stance. The event leads to further meetings with Carrie Chapman Catt and a Plymouth church convention opening Thursday.

Zayere Anthony Willie Denver Kansas Bryan Mary Elizabeth Washington Lease South Dakota Washington State Indianapolis Detroit Federation of Labor

Rate war Threa tened Between Major Rail Lines

A passenger rail rate war is threatened as lines form direct routes from New England to California. Competing systems include the Vanderbilt and Pennsylvania, with Northwestern, Rock Island, Santa Fe, Illinois Central, and other roads in the mix.

New Brigland California Vanderbilt Pennsylvania Northwestern Rock Island

Paderewski News Reports Enduring Popularity

Paderewski arrives amid strong advance concert sales. Report notes his skill and public interest despite recent injury news from a corn shredder accident, with local updates and timing for his first four performances.

Safety Board Keeps Dual Telephone Service Amid Bids

The Board of Safety may retain both Central Union and a new telephone firm after accepting a bid from the latter. Central Union continues 41 phones at 4888 and 101 Gamewell boxes for 303, while a new contract covers trunk and branch lines to police, safety offices, fire department, and exchange connections.

Be, Telephone Company The New Company Safety ‘Board Central Union Company Safety Board Central Union Safety Department Public Safety Commissioners Board Police Department Exchange Fire Department Department Roth Central Union Service Board of Works

Gage Reports Treasury Findings for 1895 Fiscal Year

Secretary Gage submitted the annual report noting total government receipts of 710,952,155 for the year ended June 30, 1895, and expenditures of 70,093,564.02 with a deficit of 9,1119.67. It covers bank statistics, national bank resources, debt figures since 1889, proposed funding actions, foreign commerce totals, District of Columbia finances, public buildings, immigration, military hospitals, Cuba and Porto Rico sanitation, and calls for banking and currency legislation with gold standard backing.

Washington Gage United States District of Columbia Cuba Porto Rico Congress

Bradley to the Front

Gov. Brad ley said he will offer a reward for information about the Macon county mob if the county judge notifies him officially. This is the only action permitted by law.

Frankfort Bradley Couutty Macon County

Four men killed or injured in Cleveland mill boiler accident

In Cleveland Ohio Tuesday night a boiler fell at the rolling mills trapping four men. John Barner was killed instantly. Mike Kaceller was fatally injured. Two others were hurt but expected to recover.

Cleveland, O Cleveland Mills John Barner Mike ‘Kaceller Rae

Spanish Prisoners Tell Of Cruel Treatment In Insurgent Hands

Seven Spanish soldiers escaped to Manila describe 16 to 19 months of captivity under Filipino forces. They claim 12 cents a day supported them, harsh beatings for complaints, and Americans received slightly better but tightly watched confinement. Aguinaldo rents prisoners to wealthier sponsors for labor.

Manila P. I Florida San Fernando Aguinaldo Pio Ael Pilar Fed li Keen

Charges Placed Against Principal for School Abuse

Charges against Principal P. W. Dykema of Public School No. 8 on Virginia Ave allege that a pupil was punished by 28 stairs and that Dykema kicked a boy and observed improper behavior toward girls. He admits striking a fighting pupil and says he may have patted pupils on shoulders. A committee of commissioners is investigating and has reportedly dismissed the girls charge. a report to the board is due Friday.

P. W. Dykema Virginia Ave Reve J. A. Knowlton South-st Long Wothe Woessner Goss Maxwell Prof Dykema

Grand Stand Progress At New Baseball Park

Work on the new baseball park advances with weather causing brief grading delays. President Watkins said the modern grand stand will have press boxes only, and seating totals about 2,500 for spectators plus bleachers for 2,500, totaling 5,000.

Watkins

Sympathy for Boers Resolution in Senate

Senator Mason introduced a resolution expressing U S sympathy with the Boers in their struggle against England and hoping for Boer victory. He said he would address the Senate on the subject later. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Washington Mason Congress of the United States England Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs

Williams to hang for murder in Paris Ky on Monday

Clarence Williams, colored, faces execution next Monday for the murder of his sweetheart Joht Tilman. The seafield on which Williams will hang has also been linked to 14 other crimes, including the Pearl Bryan murder by Jackson and Walling and Laughlin’s killing of an entire Brooksville family.

Paris Clarence Williams Joht Tilman Seafield Williams Jackson Walling Pearl Bryan Laughlin Brooksville

Senate approves Hoot nomination amid tense political moves

A jumble of notes reports Senate confirmation of Secretary Hoot while G A R officers meet in Chicago. Amos Finney, out of work in Assumption, shot himself. a fire in Bloomfield, Virginia destroyed 30 houses. Mrs Louise Loomis of New York dies. Julia Marlowe Tabor seeks divorce from Robert Tabor. Charleston court-marshal inquiry into Chaplain Shields centers on drunkenness. Albemarle NC fire wipes out five stores and homes. Edgar Burns of New York confesses to a murder in Scarsdale. Tenn. gamblers growing desperate after shootings. Fairbanks introduces a bill on a federal building in Indianapolis.

Senate Hoot Chicago Amos Finney Assumption League of American Producers Omana Bloomfield Louise Taylor Loomis New York Julia Marlowe Tabor Robert S. Tabor Watson Exhles Charleston Edgar Burnse I Fellows Scarsdale Ducktown Tenn Fairbanks Indianapolis Harrison Turineis

Indiana Firm to Meet Officials Over Weekly Wage Issue

Representatives of Republic Iron and Steel, Indiana, with 5,000 workers, travel to Indianapolis to discuss weekly wage payments with labor commissioners and the factory inspector. The talks aim to settle without court action as certificates for release are reviewed and potential prosecutions limited to wage-suit actions.

Republic Ironan Indiana Indianapolis Iianapolis Delaware County J. P. McCormack Anderson Middletown Redkey Montpellier

Mafeking Report and Ladysmith Shelling Update

Nov 21 advices from Mafeking describe the town in despair as Boer guns close to Ladysmith. German general Buller reports dead Boers on the Belmont field and Boer losses at Willow Green.

Mafeking Ladysmith Ger. Buller Belmont Wilow Green Bvers

James Davis wins unique $3390 verdict for broken neck

Chicago man James Davis won a landmark Cook County court case against Chicago Edison for a broken neck suffered while moving a boiler in January. The judge ruled the verdict unprecedented and Davis can now perform light work and wear his sole-leather collar only occasionally.

Chicago James Davis Cook County Chicago Edison Davis

Pastor and wife shot in Racine home attack

Rev. D B Cheney pastor of the First Baptist Church and his wife were shot in their Racine residence at 10 a m on Wednesday. Mrs Cheney was shot in the head as she met the assailant at the foot of the stairs. Cheney grappled with the shooter and was wounded in the groin and chest. Cheney had previously led the Wisconsin division of the A P A.

Racine Wis D. B. Cheney First Baptist Church Cheney Wisconsin

Election contest hearings set for December 18

A. F. Hovey representing Elliott and Wall and W. W. Spencer for Geckler and Daly appeared before Judge Alien Wednesday to argue a motion to make the complaints more specific. Hovey argued sufficiency. judge未 yet ruled. The case is scheduled for hearing December 18.

A. F. Hovey Elliott Wall W. W. Spencer Geckler Daly Alien Spencer

Roberts Case Shapes Utah Senate Appointment Bid

Congress members received startling private information regarding the Roberts case. It suggests if Roberts is unseated in the house and Senator Quay is seated in the senate, Utah’s governor would appoint Roberts to the senate, prompting a complex political maneuver.

Washington Congress Roberts House Quay Pennsylvania Senate Utah Ri‘e

Beggar Finds Estate Clue as New Year Nears

A New Yorker called a silver man turned in a pocketbook with $2 and a letter to Capt. Shippy of South Chicago police, a finder seeking closure before year end. A Denver beggar, M. L. Stout, is being escorted to Iowa to claim a $50,000 estate discovered by his brother. In Cleveland, Frank Bender survived a foundry accident after an oven door trapping him failed to yield rescue.

Chicago Shippy South Chicago Manhattan Beach Denver Col M. L. Stout George Des Moines Iowa Stout Cleveland, O Frank Bender Cleveland Steel Foundry Bender Bendex

Squire Smock Sifts 360 Cubic Feet of Land Damages

A local suit involves John and Mary Goodpearl claiming $50 for 36 cubic feet of earth lost when a cow herd belonging to Eliza and John Conroy trampled a bank on Temple Avenue abutting Posues run. The case pauses as the court weighs the damage and proceeds with deliberation.

Squire John Mary Goodpearl Goodpearls Temple Ave Posues Run Eliza John Conroy Iie

Old Merchant James TF Gleason of Tipton Dead at 72

Tipton Indiana December report: James TF Gleason, long regarded as the town’s first merchant, has died aged 72. Local records note his prominent role in retail and community commerce. His passing closes a chapter in Tipton's mercantile history.

Tipton, Ind Sply James TF Gleason Tipton

Births Debts and Marriages in Local Notices

Births list Cyrus and Ida Knape announce a girl at 2 N West street and George and Sophia Stienecker report a birth at 2139 Chestnut. Deaths note Magdalena Wemmer at 401 Tlowa and Mary Goodperle at 1149 Laseile with causes including pericarditis and heart failure. Several marriage licenses listed including Samuel Gresh with Rebecca Bryan and John Woessner with Kate Ford.

Cyrus Ida Knape N. West-st George and Sophia Stienecker Chestnut-st Bor St. Sil J. C Krauter Eugene-st Bax M. C Daisy Leeth Bellefontaine-st Silk Brill N. Meridian Mary Goodperle Laseile-st Pitresis Magdalena Wemmer Tlowa-st Louis D. Schmidt Downie-st Margaret Dixon Ray-st Bright's Disease Bettie Bailey W. Court-st Samuel Gresh Rebecca J. Bryan John C. Woessner Kate A. Ford Conrad W. Borger Lutie C. Fraley Hervey B. Richardson Anna M. Dyster Henry Wopkins Emma Odell James H. Thompson Neilie Wiskey Edward W. Ferkins Hattie Estete Johnson Abe Keene Lina Cheaten

Determined Wife Aids Civil War Major To Health

A Marion Ohio woman, unnamed here for privacy, cared for her formerly ill husband on a lakeside cottage retreat. After using Postum Cereal Coffee, he recovered mental health in six months and thrived a year later, with the wife crediting the product and affirming no other beverages. The couple promote Postum and invite inquiries to Battle Creek Michigan.

Marion Postum Cereal Food Coffee Postum Java Posium Cereal Co Jtd Battle Creek Mich

Interstate Live Stock Market Wrap Dec 6 at Interstate Stock Yards

Receipts show cattle 160 head and sheep 120 head with mixed export and live cattle quotes. Good to prime steers 1 380 lbs plus, heifers and cows in various grades, veals and lambs priced. bulls, calves, and stockers listed with ranges for good to choice and common to medium grades.

Interstate Interstate Stock Yards Medina Ccccccedeee

Union Stockyards Market Report and Chicago Prices

Indianapolis cattle receipts on Wednesday show mixed export and feeder quotes with good to prime steers up to 1 260, hens and cows at varied prices. Separate notes list sheep and veal calf receipts, plus city grain market details and Chicago wheat and corn closes with December and May projections.

City Chicago Sacorf Coty

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