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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1899
Page
3
Anderson Indiana reports Thomas Dent family of seven under strict quarantine as small-pox hits all members. A son who recently returned from Arkansas is believed to have contracted the disease from Cuban soldiers there, raising exposure concerns among neighbors.
In Dublin Indiana and neighboring counties, leading merchants were drawn into a March scam. A man offered a Biographical and genealogical history of local counties and collected endorsements. An agent now delivers the volume and presents a $15 payment due on delivery, with victims’ signatures attached. if refused, books are left and notes turned to a lawyer.
Lawrenceburg Indiana report says Frank Gaines and his child narrowly escaped death Thursday when caught on a 200 foot trestle. Gaines stepped onto a cross beam extending beyond the trestle and steadied himself and the child as a fast locomotive swept by. He was exhausted but the pair were saved.
In Peru Indiana a restaurant keeper F A Dyke man seized a car last summer to satisfy a board bill contracted by the Boston bloom er girls baseball team. He placed the car on a private side track and refused storage claims by the Wabash railroad. The road has connected the switch and the car remains there for good.
A crowded Indiana item rushes through notes on crime and politics. Mentioned are municipal finances in Goshen and Elkhart County, a $900 robbery in Bickerly, a $25 minimum weapon fine in Evansville, and a coal gas explosion in Valparaiso. Other items cover school oddities, telephoning Santa, moonshiner scares, and local graft suspicions.
The article describes Henry Quick being jailed over a poisoning link to his brother William Quick and a warrant for Mrs. William Quick. August Quick died from poisoning, and Henry and his brother’s wife faced arrest but were acquitted on a technicality. A grand jury revisits the case as police recount a Hartford City burglary where a thief fled after leaving a coat and shoes.
Indiana asserts the U S government owes 606000 in discount and interest on Civil War bonds issued when the state raised funds. Court rulings and officials have varied, with lawmakers pushing to have the claim heard by the United States Court of Claims and federal action pursued.
Thomas J. Montgomery was buried from St. John's church after a requiem high mass celebrated by Rev. Father Gavish. A large crowd, including city officials, attended as Montgomery, a Democratic member of the Board of Works, was laid to rest in Holy Cross cemetery. The Board adopted a resolution praising his service and directing copies to the family.
The Iowa Supreme Court granted a rehearing in the Gallup estate case. Edward P. Gallup, executor, sued the Marion County treasurer for back taxes after the official received 50 000 for unpaid estate taxes. The court had affirmed 5 600, with officials seeking 10 009 more.
James Dugan files a $5,000 suit against Indianapolis Light and Power Co and Nageleisen brothers livery for injuries from a wagon crossing railroad tracks on Kentucky Ave. He, a power company lineman, says horses hired from the liverymen became unmanageable and threw him. The suit claims the liverymen did not disclose the horses were wild.
MARSHALL Mich Dec 22 Mrs Ma rie Sanderson nears end of long trial with verdict expected soon The last testimony was read Thursday night Three nurses from the University Hospital at Ann Arbor testified to a bad reputation for Mrs Sanderson there
The jury in the Austin murder trial returned a first degree verdict of guilty on the ax killing charge and not guilty on the pistol killing charge. A motion for a new trial was filed, delaying sentencing. The defendant, a young man, killed his mother and brother last summer in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Jere Collins, previously dropped by the Board of Health as a sanitary inspector, is now employed in the assessment bureau. He received $57.71 from the Board of Works, Friday, for the last month’s salary. Collins is also a school commissioner.
Judge Haker permits a claim of 3309.67 dollars against the old receivership of the anon railroad in favor of the Niles steel work.
Miss Annie Powell, from a wealthy Chicago family, died by morphine overdose at the Great Northern hotel after a night of revelry with Mrs. C. H. Wells. Her mother claims years of mental imbalance. the Powells’ mansion on Drexel Boulevard is noted. Wells, widow of a Cincinnati businessman, is in custody as an inquest is opened.
The Greenwood line car failed twice due to a broken belt in the oleaner house. Supt Hogue forecasts operation by next week once belt issues and track crossing at J M I are finished. A 30 cent round trip fare is set from Greenwood to downtown with no transfers for riders from city limits.
Senator J. K. Jones, before leaving for the northwest, predicted that the next national Democratic platform will oppose imperialism, a large standing army, and endorse trust regulation. He expects a plank condemning money in elections and notes a gold standard bill could shape the money issue, challenging Republican positions. He did not discuss convention sites or headquarters locations.
Strong talk places Cornelius Bliss in second spot with McKinley while Elihu Root loses party support. Tim Woodruff viewed as weak outside New York. Hanna and national committee plan to leave New York to New Yorkers but insist a New York man will win the slot.
William N. Gates and Alberta B. Gates sold the Missouri and Maryland streets corner property to Burton E. Parrott for £13,600 and a Morton place lot for $9,000. Deeds recorded with the county recorder on Friday.
The Indianapolis military band will perform Sunday at 3 p.m. in Tomlinson Hall to benefit the Central Labor Union library fund. Soloist Alice Fleming Evans leads, with the children’s chorus from Souea’s band at the state fair as a feature and a program tribute to Gen. Lawton.
The Parry Company will drill a well on its Prospect Street property next spring to test for oil or gas. The test is a blind experiment with no knowledge that the resources exist, and no production is intended.
Lawton statue fundraising committee named by President William E. English of the Chamber of Commerce includes Gen. W. J. McKee Dr. F. W. Hays Theodore P. Davis C. Co. Gilmore Charles E. Holloway C. C. Perry and Henry T. Hearsey to solicit community support.
The Populist state committee schedules a December 29 gathering at the Occidental. The Commercial Club aims to attract the national convention to Indianapolis. Secretary C. M. Walters declares fusion is dead.
Attorney General Taylor returned from Washington where he argued Ohio oil company and Indiana manufacturing company cases. The federal court jurisdiction for the latter was questioned and the firm was given ten days to file a brief. Taylor was aided by C. C. Shirley of Indianapolis. A testimonial for One Minute Cough Cure from H. N. Williams of Gentryville Indiana claims rapid relief for coughs and throat ailments.
Br. William N Heath Anderson, formerly county auditor, is a candidate for commandant of the State soldiers home.
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