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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1899
Page
3
Reports from the West Liberty area say Conway, allegedly shot by his brother in law Langton, was found alive at a church during funeral preparations. Authorities had planned to arrest Langton, who remained present in the same service.
W A Miller, who moved from Wheeling WV to Montpelier Ind, reports his wife vanished after selling their home for 1800 dollars. She bought a ticket in Wheeling for Chicago and may visit Illinois relatives first. Miller suspects robbery or murder or possible gas explosion in Chicago last November. Chicago police offer no explanation.
Mrs. Jackson wife of Assessor George Jackson sued the street railway for injuries in a wreck seeking 10,000. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant after the company offered 300 before trial which was refused.
Mrs. Nettie Valentine a former United Brethren minister from Richmond will sail for Porto Rico at year start to aid the natives. John Zimmerman has enlisted in Chicago for a two year Hartford ap hes cruise. A boxing match is being arranged between Andy Burke of Buffalo and Sid Lefeber of Ohio for next week.
Indiana items report penned notes on local strikes and trusts in counties from Marion to Dubois. Duels of industry touch gas wells at Elwood and a milk trust in Evansville while Peru plans a monument unveiling May 17 1900. Obscure crimes and deaths populate the column alongside scattered civic notes.
The article reports internal union conflict led by President Simon Burns at D. C. Cunningham plant, Pittspor, with non members warned, possible disunion looming as wage assessments rise. A membership vote is underway on enforcing a 15 percent wage deduction amid labor unrest.
At 2 p m Saturday the internal revenue office will auction about 23000 cigars bearing bogus stamps. Collector Witthoft presides as buyers pay for valid stamps. Seized from Jacobs & Co of Lancaster Pa for illicit manufacture. District attorney Ingram and deputy are imprisoned for their role. Indiana firm Ane Indiana Cigar Co and others held smaller lots. Only confiscated stamps and unpaid quantities are sold.
Coroner Nash heard testimony in the Albert Ward murder case on Tuesday afternoon. Eyewitness James Buckley cited Ward striking Morris Dalton after Dalton warned Ward not to bother him. Buckley described a fight in the road and Ward using a brick after a razor warning. Most witnesses said Ward appeared intoxicated.
Heavy rains flood Fall Creek sweeping away gravel causeway built to divert water from two partial piers. The stream now covers the site and work will shift to the north abutment until conditions ease. No major damage yet, but additional rise could bring significant losses.
A letter from United States Judge John H Rogers of Arkansas to the Mineworkers Journal defends the injunction against miners saying the court did not fully consider it but believed it would curb wrongdoing if the miners acted rightly. Sir George A Kirkpatrick dies in Toronto at age 92. Former Ontario lieutenant governor served 22 years in Canada’s house of commons and five years as speaker.
In Lebanon the supreme court ruled against Samuel L Casan, holding the city may improve the street with brick at abutting property cost and the railroad need not pave. The Gibson circuit case Partenheimer v Maule coal was reversed. Evans v City Hammond affirmed, with attorney deceit in settling a judgment where funds were diverted by counsel.
The Board of Works accepts Sun Vapor Light Co of Canton Ohio as bidder for 200 or more street lamps for 1900 with 14 candle lamps at 16.70 per lamp and 70 candle lamps at 86 per year. The board also approves Wall Creek intercepting sewer costs 20153.46 and orders street car to replace removed cross walks after track work amid complaints.
Deputy-controller Sullivan issues licenses with December as a banner month. Three licenses were issued Wednesday morning and 24 this month, with expectations to exceed 100. Many applications are renewals as December draws applicants to the county commissioners.
The Peoples Congregational Church held a fair in the church lecture room on Tuesday night. Parson Poor’s donation party was staged as a burlesque on the traditional event and drew good attendance. The refreshments were attractive and did solid business.
Miss Kate Muller spotted a fur collarette on Mrs. Stephen Dunigan and asked to examine it. Muller identified it as one she had hung out to air, then it vanished. Dunigan went to police headquarters with conflicting stories after being released from an insane hospital three weeks prior. Judge Daly heard the case and withheld judgment.
Representative Burton of Ohio discusses Crumpacker's anti trust proposal that centralizes trust regulation in Congress and limits state rights. He calls it a politically awkward move for Democrats, forcing a choice between opposing trusts or opposing federal authority.
Deputy coroner Dunlavy ruled that Frank H. Smith found in a dying condition on S. Meridian Street Monday night died of spasms caused by chronic alcoholism. The ruling names Smith as the deceased in the case and cites the circumstances of discovery.
Peter Lacey and Jack Cullen are slated for a ten round bout next week if arrangements can be finalized. The fight would feature two welterweight contenders in a planned matchup.
Officers of the United Mine Workers issue a circular to miners warning against travelers claiming no strike in the southeast district and higher wages elsewhere. They describe conditions of employment as more galling than slavery days in the south and urge vigilance against such misrepresentations.
State health board figures show 2 516 Indiana deaths in November, down 453 from October. November rate 16 per 1 000, with Pike county highest at 19 and Benton county lowest at 4 4. Indianapolis and Evansville both at 16 3. Cautions: monthly changes not a basis for annual health conclusions.
A reader from Gentryville Indiana endorses One Minute Cough Cure for coughs colds and whooping cough. The notice claims immediate relief and lists coughs colds hoarseness croup pneumonia bronchitis throat and lung troubles as conditions it cures. All druggists carry it.
Major Collins, president of Central steel, announces the Premier steel plant will begin operations around December 26 to 31 with an initial force of 100 men. Local hiring from Indianapolis is emphasized as alterations progress and scrap iron processing is readied. The furnaces are being converted to use more scrap iron, leveraging the nearby scrap field.
The executive committee of the national democratic body plans forming anti trust traveling salesman clubs in every state. Abraham Schwab of New York promotes the effort, aiming to rally 200000 traveling men against trusts.
Webb Robertson the fireman who has lain unconscious since being thrown from his wagon last week was given nourishment Wednesday. His weakness is believed due to lack of nourishment rather than the injury. Little hope, however, is expressed for his recovery.
EF A Preston near Brightwood on the Pendleton pike asked rural free delivery be started northeastward toward Lawrence. He says there is considerable local sentiment and Post master Hess, though lacking authority, calls it feasible and urged him to involve Congressman Overstreet.
Henry C. Mooney aged 58 and Lettie Knight aged 16 fled from her parents and wed at a squire’s home. A gray groom walked behind them destroying the footprints as they crossed fields toward the ceremony in Vincennes Indiana.
Harry Resster faced a police court trial on Wednesday morning for stealing two overcoats from 239 N Alabama. A pair of red headed Market Street workers testified that the boys had sent for the coats and Resler confessed to the theft. He was fined 25 dollars and sentenced to 12 1/2 days in the workhouse.
The Board of Works postponed the Pennsylvania railroad subway contract at Kuralsi until Mayor Taggart can be consulted. The mayor remains home ill and unavailable for comment.
The Board of Safety received a woman applicant, Mrs. Mary Bowler, for a police department position though she did not specify a role. She listed birth year 1858 and party as Democrat, previously serving as matron at Union Station. Matron Reisner is related to the mayor’s private stenographer.
Labor commissioners traveled to Anderson on Wednesday to confer with the American Tinplate Company to settle the issue of weekly wage payments.
B F Schmidt 150 S East street repairs 150 dollars. John Kirk Talbot avenue near Twenty fifth street cottage 1200 dollars. William Oren Leonard street cottage 31L ow. Otto Klingstein Leonard street cottage 980 dollars.
Incorporated notices show Citizens' telephone Co of Decatur boosting capital from 3,600 to 6,000. Marion Red Cross Medical Assoc raises capital to 3,600. Farmers' Gas Co of Hobbs in Tiptom County reports 3,000. Miller's Harness Store in Richmond 2,930. Hoing Furniture Co in Evansville 75,000. Chicago Furniture Co in Hammond capital 10,000.
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