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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1891
Page
1
Western and southern miners endure severe privation amid a prolonged strike. Families survive on scant meals while operators withhold coal and credit remains scarce. Relief efforts report limited aid as 6,000–7,000 workers shrink to about 200 active miners.
The sudden death of H. I. Johnson, a contractor from Newport Arkansas, followed a visit to the Keeley Institute at Hot Springs. Two men, Dr Huntington and Dr Stephens, administered treatment after Johnson pledged a $1,000 reward if cured. Johnson died soon after and a coroner’s jury found lung congestion, though relatives dispute the verdict. The case may go to court alongside ticker war news from New York where no new developments are seen.
Influenza rages in England and Russia famine districts. Brazil suppresses an uprising. Mr Gladstone travels to the continent for rest. Pope Leo calls for church reform. An aged couple died by mutual suicide in Montreal. A bank threat in Berlin ends with arrest. Chas Zoller and Col Andreuse duel in Paris over colonial policy. both wounded.
A Kenwood meeting organized committees to press for brick paving on N Illinois street and two fire cisterns. The group pressed the Board of Public Works and the school board while debates over streetcar tracks and railroad franchise wording revealed conflicting interpretations of "repair" versus "improve."
John and Frank Abrams and E. E. Caylor were released from police court on $1,000 bond each after being charged with assault and battery in an incident involving the wife of Mr. Caylor. The woman, allegedly beaten after seeking her husband’s discharge, gave birth to a stillborn child the following day and remained in serious condition.
Abe Watkins and Lou Thomas, both furnace workers, quarreled during a night shift at the malleable iron works. Thomas fired a revolver, injuring Watkins in the abdomen. authorities doubt intent, as Watkins declared the act accidental. Watkins, dying at home, named Thomas as a friend, while Thomas confessed and awaits court action.
An Indianapolis promoter asserts the city is the nation’s premier ice cream town citing firm sales of 35 000 gallons in a year and daily summer totals around 185 gallons for one company. Vanilla dominates demand while pineapple ice gains popularity. The piece attributes the boom to local tastes and charming Hoosier ladies influencing sales.
The note lists a charity ball at English's featuring a Chicago orchestra under Theodore Thomas, a No Brains cattle-killing incident near Tongue River Agency prompting troop orders, Cecile Gohl’s lecture on Home life in Sweden at Plymouth church, and the Pompous Dramatic Club's Tuesday play at the Propydeum. The charity hall company wraps up their Grand engagement with two final performances Wednesday.
Postmaster Thompson, Washington, reports a crowded senate session with memorials urged for land irrigation and reclamation, canal expansion in Nicaragua, automatic car couplers, and direct senatorial elections. House adjourns after noting the death of colleague Houck. several postmaster appointments confirmed.
The Department of Foreign Affairs appoints a commissioner for Hawaiian exhibits at the Columbian Exposition. Sister Rose Gertrude wed Dr. Lutz of this city. The Charleston faced typhoon en route from Yokohama, rough seas for ten days. Kilaua volcano activity and expected lava flows noted. Ex-Minister Carter arrived by Australia Dec 1 and buried Dec 7 with officials present. Charles B. Bishop noted as successor as Hawaiian minister at Washington.
Kingress Williams's parents petition through attorneys O B Orton and Howland and Howe to set aside the court order handing the child to the board after a year with the parents. They allege improper summons of the mother, claim abuse in Michigan, and argue the court lacks jurisdiction to send the child outside the state, facing contempt charges before Judge Brown.
Insurance costs for street railways cited as twenty thousand dollars annually. Supreme court rules a building cannot be moved along a highway if it blocks traffic. Local improvements approved for Watcott Coburn Newman and Albemarle streets. Charity groups meet at Plymouth church to discuss Rev Oscar McCulloch’s death. Funeral notices for J B Sullivan and death of William Owens from injuries. Central Christian Church building sold for twenty two thousand five hundred dollars to John M Judah for conversion to a business block. Deaths and marriages listed with addresses and names. Children’s Books cheaper at Alligon’s store.
The baseball association and league pressed toward a four year consolidation plan. Key figures include Chris Von der Ahe and officials from Baltimore St Louis Brooklyn Cleveland. Costs to complete the deal range around 75 000 dollars with strong backing for a twelve club circuit. Chicago protests persist but the move to absorb the opposing clubs nears completion as meetings extend late into Wednesday.
Avd Then claimed he took poison to kill Brimsell as John Hese, an aid soldier, was arrested drunk by Patrolmen Mathey and Yont Tuesday. Hese was placed in the bam room at the station, made noise, confessed when able to speak, and Dr Harp administered antidotes before sending him to City hospital for recovery. Also noting a sale of over 750 Biblia and testaments at Alwin's of Mn Peoanlvan last.
A vestibule express wreck two miles east of Lima Ohio leaves one man roasted and several crushed. The Columbian train was late and derailed by a broken rail near a ditch. Passengers including C W George H L Turner W G Hamilton and Mrs Josephine Plenty are listed among the injured. rescuers work as relief trains arrive.
George Kuhn claims a watertight pledge with City-clerk-elect Abrams for deputy clerk. Abrams denies selecting a deputy, but Kuhn photographs the agreement and still seeks backing from auditor Tom Taggart. Vic Backus weighs in that Kuhn is likely to win the post, despite opposition from the South Side.
The infant child of Max Boschinisky, whose home was burglarized, died from injuries inflicted by burglars following a Tuesday night murder of his wife. Several men have been arrested but no evidence for conviction exists. Crowds surrounded the house as the father remained grief stricken.
The Grand Detour Plow Company and Henderson's Shoe Company informed their employer Tuesday that under no circumstances would Knights of Labor be employed in either establishment.
Virginia plans to form a state league while Cleveland hosts a tug of war tourney. Muldoon bets he can train Sullivan to whip any man alive. Jackson signs to fight Slavin in London next May for 10000 dollars. The Indiana circuit schedule spreads from Terre Haute to Columbus with multiple cities and at least 300 dollar purses.
President Samuel Gompers delivered a special report on women wage earners child labor and woman suffrage to the labor convention in Birmingham Alabama urging immediate committee action. He outlined plans for the international labor congress in Chicago and proposed a delegation to visit train congresses in France Germany and England. Delegates favor direct political action by labor unions and a committee may represent the Federation of Labor at the St Louis Grangers and industrial groups meeting in February.
News from New York on December 16 describes plans for a winter trotting race between Sunol the Electioneer filly owned by Bonner New York and Nancy Hanks owned by J Malcom Forbes Boston. A charity gate receipts arrangement is proposed. Nancy Hanks is trained by Budd Doble with Bonner not racing for money.
Ada Hunter, once from Kickapoo Illinois, was traced to Kansas where she found aid with a rancher’s wife near Coffeeville after leaving her lover John Wilcox who deserted her. Wilcox has since married. Ada refuses prosecution and a plan to return her home is underway.
The president sent nominations to the senate naming circuit judges for several districts and William A Woods of Indiana as United States circuit judge for the Alaska district, with other nominees including William T Putnam Nathaniel Shipman George M Dallas Nathan Goff and Warren Truitt.
Frank W. Hornish tried to shoot Judge Horace S. Clark, a Grand Army commander and Republican gubernatorial prospect, wounding him but not fatally in MatTroon Illinois. A crowd moved to lynch Hornish as officers contained the incident amid Indiana weather forecasts.
New parlor goods listed for sale at Wm. L. Elder and Alison's Specialty offer, with Agan Investment and DY OnS noted in the catalog. Shoppers in Pennsylvania Street area informed of available Bible specials and home furnishings.
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