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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1899
Page
4
Public notice instructs readers to address the manager at 125 East Ohio Street Indianapolis Indiana for advertising rates and to notify the editor about any difficulties obtaining SUN publication. The notice asks agents to contact the editor promptly to receive rates.
An unprepared public faces a striking proposal to purchase the Consumers' Gas Trust Company as claims of gas shortages persist for years. Critics question park board secret meetings and suggest consulting a reliable broker rather than endorsing a costly city takeover.
The article reviews Alfred Arkas calculations on annual word use and time allocation, noting billions of eyelid raises and years spent asleep or at work. It also covers pulp and paper science, detailing spruce wood yields, pulp conversion, and medical uses of wood pulp, including surgery and antiseptic applications.
Notice from THE SUN in Indianapolis requests subscribers who do not receive THE SUN regularly to inform the office by letter or telegraph. It asks subscribers to notify the office if they can no longer receive THE SUN and to do so promptly.
The Sun in Indiana apparel grows its readership from October to November with a daily increase of 2800. The paper proclaims itself a pioneering one-cent daily, independent of politics and money, offering readable, original news first. It asserts lasting prominence over rivals and urges readers to keep their eye on The Sun.
Detroit hosts an important gathering as unions report widespread unrest and a growing rift with employers. The federation confronts radical agitation and mounting capital resistance, warning that the dispute could escalate until a climactic crisis, with responsibility resting on labor leaders to seek harmony.
In Detroit this week delegates including Belleville Ti propose revising convict labor laws to employ convicts on public works. They aim to use full power to push the measure before the public, despite difficulties in enforcing it and its potential impact on life.
A collage of poems and humorous vignettes including Dream laden reflections on past days and soldiers and nerves. Dialogues reveal old theater style humor with characters Ned Henry Col Nibbob and Mr Smith. The piece closes with political satire on McKinley era expansionism and a homefront argument about lands and rights.
Blanche Walsh and Melbourne McDowell open a three night engagement with a Wednesday matinee. La Tosca Gismonda Fedora Sardou works headline at the Grand. Shore Acres and The Rounders with Dan Daly close the week at English's and Park venues.
Encampment No 8 U V L names officers including Colonel D H McAbee and lieutenant colonel W B Downey. Ladies auxiliary lists Mary Ray as president and Emma Sullivan as senior vice president. Marion county agricultural society records W B Flick as president. Numerous vice presidents and officers are named for Center township Washington Wayne and other areas along with several unions and societies.
A collection of editorial quips lampoons the president’s message and Senate maneuvers. References phrase Sen Mason bias over Boers and Finns while Aguinaldo and Brigham Roberts are playful targets. Witty quips touch on Bryan, McKinley, and British beef scandals.
The Clover Leaf station at Marion nears completion. Rail traffic last week reached 21 942 loaded and 26 753 total, showing a slight uptick. The Wabash began a Fort Wayne shop boiler house and air plant addition, while Pennsylvania plans 100 000 dollars in Richmond railroad property remodeling within the year.
FRANKFORT Ky Dec 11 The anticipated duel between Gov Bradley and Judge Tarvin is called off The governor declines to answer a letter hinting at bloodshed Tarvin accuses Bradley of failing to protect Negro Coleman burned at the stake in Maysville Bradley responds over the incident
The item notes 2600 reindeer in Alaska and large import figures with 200000 tons of iron and 150000 tons of copper ore bought in Spain and the Mediterranean. It mentions Lady Francis Cook sending 2000000 dollars for investment in New York and a court case where Arthur Grisson sues his father in law for alienating his wife’s affections. It also references Gridiron club initiations in Washington and a police case involving Anna Miller who revealed her home locations between streets names.
Miss Anna C. Reaume returns from Kansas City and hosts guests including Miss Gertrude Willien of Terre Haute. A. P. Hendrickson holds his eighth annual club dinner. Mrs. T. A. Wagner hosts Mrs. Lucy F. Brown at Stanford faculty ties. Mrs. A. L. Lockridge marks fifteenth wedding anniversary. J. B. McCullough to speak on lynch law at the Indianapolis literary club Monday night.
Nashville Tenn December 11 In a Sunday interview President Rich who leads the Mormon church in Ohio and ten southern states denied that Roberts was elected to Congress by Mormons and predicted he would never be allowed to take his seat.
Superior court jury ruled Jacob Newman and fellow attorneys win $1 300 in fees from Henry B Gates while Gates must repay $1 487 74 to the lawyers for negligence in handling their business.
Saturday evening flames damaged R. M. Furniss barn at 1428 Central Ave with unknown cause. Sunday evening a blaze destroyed E F Mann two story frame barn at 618 Fayette St, loss estimated at $300.
John R. Marot of 42 North Delaware Street died at home from paralysis. He came from Dayton, Ohio, in 1863 and started a furniture establishment in Indianapolis.
Mrs Beveridge II, wife of Senator Beveridge, is sick at Miss Langsdale’s home on R Twelfth St. The illness, likely from nervous strain after returning from the Philippines, is not serious. She plans to join the senator in Washington after the holidays.
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