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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
3
Washington dispatch notes a curio that if ratified this session the Hay Pauncefote treaty may pass only with Democratic votes. Davis amendment favored. Teller amendment considered. Morgan and Pettigrew threaten objections risking treaty reaffirmation this session.
Washington dispatch notes virulent editorials from the New York Sun attacking Secretary of State Hay over the War Pauncefote treaty. The paper previously backed the administration and now draws speculation that the President's friends prompted the campaign. Hanna might be behind it.
Marion Heggepeth, once linked to the Holmes case, serves nine years of a 20 year sentence for a Glendale Missouri train robbery and has begun active efforts for a pardon. Local police are asked to help as Chief Desmond weighs support after Heggepeth’s statements aided the arrest of H. H. Holmes for a string of murders in Boston New York Indianapolis and Chicago.
Journeymen barbers plan a meeting at Central labor union headquarters Thursday night to form a union charter. Several bosses back the effort, with about 450 barbers expected to join. no color line is noted, but female barbers remain barred from union shops.
Arthur Reggin, the young man who collapsed on the street Tuesday night from heart failure caused by cigarette smoking, denies being the man who tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a streetcar Wednesday morning. He told Bicycle Patrolmen Trimpe and Streit at the Occidental Hotel that rumors he pretended to be someone named Simpson were false and that his life remains worth living despite his heart condition.
An ad encourages readers to request a free Cascarets sample and booklet from Sterling Remedy Co. in Chicago or New York, with a prompt to address the request today. The copy sounds like a carnival style push for a laxative product.
Sheriff Bell and a bodyguard prepare a northern Indiana man hunt for murderer Marvin Kuhns dead or alive. Citizens volunteer, while some officials claim caution after Kuhns actions at Logansport. A wounded man treated in Churubusco carried two Colts revolvers found at McGuire's saloon.
Sullivan Indiana December 13. In Robinson NL the son of Wm Wilkey faced a disturbance of the peace charge. The father, aged 61, sat nearby and died of heart disease shortly after the verdict of not guilty was read, collapsing in the courtroom.
Mrs. Amanda Ray, 72, collapsed and died from heart trouble in a Shelbyville school building in Workstown on Wednesday night while attending an amateur theatrical performance featuring her granddaughter.
In Auburn Indiana on December 13 an outbreak of mumps is reported with many homes affected and parts of the schools closed as a preventive measure.
Daniel G. Reid, once of Richmond and now head of the New York tin plate trust, donates 2600 dollars to the United Presbyterian Church to purchase a pipe organ.
Postmaster Darrell of Lebanon will be reappointed. The Dinkey factory in Shelbyville reports 15 accidents in a year. South Bend Polish groups push Congress to erect a Pulaski statue. A new baptist church near Elkhorn will be dedicated Sunday. Kokomo Republicans plan a primary for postmaster amid talk of a bitter fight. Indiana state grange in Terre Haute endorses teaching agriculture in public schools. Elkhart hosts Sunday evening services for policemen in the city court room. Charles Wagener, 35, is the youngest Bartholomew county sheriff in history. Excursions to Indianapolis to see Julia Marlowe open next week. A tramp builds a shanty in Riverside Park, Anderson. police intervene. Tipton county grain dealers face transport delays and may quit buying until bins clear. Southern Indiana Press Association meets in Bedford and votes to convene next in Buffalo for the Pan American exposition. Arm of a man near Bloomington crushed in a corn shredder and difficult rescue. Mrs. Lulu C. Jenkins of Ripley county wins adminstratrix suit. may sue alleged lynchers. An Elkhart saloonkeeper notes the back door locking at 11 pm, first time in six years for keys. New police superintendent orders Sunday saloons closed. Run on the First State Bank of Dunkirk begins with all checks cleared, linked to a rumored gas-company influence. Nathan Speter of Columbus returns from Nicaragua to Cape Gracias, noting sparse white population but many Spaniards and Indians and friendly ties with the United States.
The article notes states pushing for government action to start work on the $200,000,000 canal, reflecting widespread urgency and financial stake in the project.
In a contested union, Mrs. Law Brown alleged to be white from Washington married Charles Handy, described as colored. She reportedly pricked his arm to draw blood and swallowed about half a milliliter, a detail reflecting speculative claims of racial mixing.
The Indianapolis fight pits the Marion County Druggists Association against cut-raters led by Julius D. Pearson. Stores on Madison Prospect and Washington resist discounts, while a faction led by G. H. Graves pushes for price cuts and new wholesale buyers amid threats of a new Washington street discounter.
Oliver T. Stoops, a farmer from near Lawrence, was killed at the 8S New Jersey street crossing by the Big Four Tuesday night. Cousin Omar Van Sickle identified him. Stoops had announced plans of death by his own hand after his wife left him ten days earlier. The hay check bearing the name Thomas, his son-in-law, was found on his person. The widow returned the body for burial.
The report says Pennsylvania strengthens control over Erie and will receive 20 new locomotives early next year. Chicago, Indiana & Eastern tracks near Muncie promise service from Matthews to Muncie starting Jan 1. Daly notes free passes protracted talks are unlikely to vanish. William Cannon becomes secretary of the Union railway company effective Jan 1 with a salary increase.
Four masked men blasted into the John Doerscnuk bank in Shanesville Ohio using nitroglycerine to open the safe. They escaped on a handcar with $2000 to $4000 as bloodhounds and a posse pursue them amid gunfire and residents alarmed by the night attack.
A 12 year old boy calling himself Fred Savage traveled with Theodora company from Toronto hiding in a baggage car. He was found at English's opera house after Knoxy left. He longs for his mother and plans to return home with pay. He will be sent home.
Dr. J. J. Garver aged 56 died early Thursday at 182 North Pennsylvania Street from organic heart trouble tied to his army service. Born in Silver Lake Ohio he practiced in Indianapolis since 1874 and served in the army at 15. He was a city dispensary superintendent and two term school board member. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m.
Postmaster McGinnis announced no temporary stamp windows will open at the Indianapolis post office for the holiday rush due to lack of funds for a clerk. He hopes for extra appropriations at the next fiscal year with support from Congressman Everstreet in Washington.
The council finance committee on Wednesday night recommended a new chemical company for West Indianapolis alongside fire department improvements. The plan totals about 1,800 dollars. A favorable report is due Monday night on a 147,000 dollar temporary loan ordinance. The 140,000 dollar fire department and City hospital improvement ordinance returns to Controller Johnson to include funding for West Indianapolis chemical.
Judge Baker and federal officers returned from Fort Wayne with a single conviction. Henry Briedmyer, a crippled watchman, served 100 days in Marion county workhouse after admitting he passed a counterfeit ten dollar bill that he had previously seen stamped as counterfeit. The court noted his poor health and family responsibilities in sentencing.
The Guardian reports famine worsens wartime horrors in South Africa and that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has ordered relief work to begin.
St. Petersburg dispatch notes the czarina’s confinement is expected around December 15. A second daughter would precede the betrothal announcement of czarewitch Grand Duke Michael to Princess Cecilia of Mecklenburg Schwerin, who is fourteen.
Indianapolis shoppers see detailed daily quotes on smoked meats, hams, sausages, and lard, plus produce and fruit offerings. Prices cover beans, coffee, teas, caned vegetables, oysters, nuts, butter, poultry, flour, oil, and coal with numerous brands and package sizes listed.
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