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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
3
A wide string of incidents from Indiana towns reports robberies, deaths, and accidents. Notable items include a fatal fall of a Bloomington man, a Pendleton banker’s death, a road drummer from Paris, Illinois, and a Muncie boy’s injury from a powder can mishap. Also listed are civic notes on vaccination policy, a curfew proposal, and local school and road news across communities such as Decatur, Anderson, Lafayette, and Logansport.
Arlington National Cemetery hosts a solemn interment with 151 fresh mounds as the Maine tragedy closes and a cabinet member leads the ceremony. Marines guard all night, Father Chadwick offers a prayer, and President inches from the coffin stand as drums, colors, and a dirge mark the solemn service. Of the Maine’s 26 officers and 328 men, 280 bodies were killed or died of wounds, with 118 recovered but not identified and 67 missing. One officer is buried in Pittsburgh Allegheny Cemetery.
Insurance experts foresee a large scale clash as the rebate compact ends and the Equitable withdraws from the shared agency agreement. Major life companies control vast capital and a full scale battle is feared to follow once the new year begins.
Washington reports President McKinley was given a handsome case containing the first Lafayette silver dollar to aid a Paris monument. The issue of $50,000 was authorized, funds to support schoolchildren and the monument project. The mint director presented the coin with patriotic appeal and national support.
At the Indiana University alumni dinner at Bates house on Wednesday night, President Swain vigorously rebutted Rev. TF A Goodwin of Indianapolis who has attacked state support for Indiana and Purdue universities and the State normal school. Swain derides Goodwin as a lifelong opponent of public schools and a man chasing battles of words. The article also notes alumni reunions for Manual Training High School and Hanover College with officers elected and a toastmaster presiding.
In Bennettsville Robert Chaffin aged 14 was drawn into a grim Wm Tell act when Edward Johnson fired a rifle at an apple atop Chaffin’s heart, striking his brain and killing him. Johnson claims the gun was loaded by chance as he did not know its status. Separate reports from Reading reveal Martin Jones facing a hearing for an alleged attempt to freeze out his wife by denying heat and doors to their home. A Bath in a Well from Matawan recounts Mr and Mrs Edwards and their daughter plunging into a deep well while returning from church, both rescued by nearby men after Mrs Edwards grasped a pole during the fall.
Citizens in Jennings County appeal to state labor officials over Shah & Gannon of Cairo NL rebuilding the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern track. Alleged infractions include weekly wages not paid, paying in company scrip, a pluck-me store denying full entitlements, and hiring lobster imports over Indiana workers. A Nebraska and Haydn business claims $2,800 for supplies. locals seek immediate state action.
Irvington residents complain after a six minute service was cut back to eleven minutes and a new car joins a fleet of rattle traps. On Wednesday night an axle on a car broke near a deep hollow west of Irvington, nearly overturning the vehicle and leaving passengers shaken.
Courtiey Caldwell, twenty, a farmer boy from near New Bethel, died after being thrown from a buggy on the way home from a Christmas entertainment at Pleasant View. His mother was critically injured and his sister unharmed. The party, from the Bachman farm on Michigan Road about 11 miles from Indianapolis, was attempting to pass another rig on the road when the accident occurred. Burial took place at Buck Creek Channel on Wednesday.
The transport Centennial, arriving from Manila via Honolulu, reports bubonic plague in Honolulu with the ship in quarantine. Six deaths, all Chinese, had occurred by December 18, and officials suspect introduction by Japanese laborers on sugar plantations.
Richmond December 28 Henry Stiggleman and wife of Hagerstown have built a five ton Barre granite monument for their graves in the Hagerstown cemetery. Both are in good health. Mrs Rebecca Estelie, 90, remains able to write creditable verse.
The nominating committee of the teachers association lists members by congressional district from 1 through 18. Members include W. H. Foreman Petersburg, J. F. Organ Bloomington, B. S. Wilson Salem, C. B. Newsom North Vernon, A. Charman Terre Haute, J. F. Brown Richmond, W. F. Landis Indianapolis, J. W. Cari Anderson, W. P. Hart Lebanon, J. W. Hamilton Monticello, R. A. Geg Kokomo, G. H. Tapy Whitley, A. E. Murphy North Judson.
Police arrest Sally Steinmeyer Murry and Henry, alleged as part of a 25 man yeggmen gang. Since 1818 they have looted banks across Illinois Indiana and Michigan for over 225000 using nitroglycerine fuse and soap to seal safe cracks.
Mrs. Ida M. Frazer of Pasadena sues her husband Professor J C Frazer for divorce. Co respondent Lucy Scribner of New York is tied by marriage to the Scribner publishing family. Frazer owns property valued at 590000.
Dec 2 New York Gen Lawton writes that the Philippines struggle is misunderstood in America. He says knowledge of real history and conditions would stop anti imperialist talk, and cites reports sent from America as fueling continued fighting. He asks for truthful on the ground insight to avert misjudgment.
Treasury tables show November 1899 imports at 70 022 074 dollars versus 52 109 560 the prior year. Exports total 128 755 416 dollars, compared with 129 785 376 in November 1898.
Miss Mary Dallman, 17, of Orlando is arrested after an incident with Louis Robertson following uncomplimentary remarks at a school entertainment. The case highlights youth discipline and local conduct in December.
In FORDOCHE Louisiana on Wednesday Zach Lowe sat on a railroad platform when C. C. Martin tripped over him. Both men fell onto the tracks and were run over, killed in the incident.
A Wednesday night string of fires ravaged Fessenden North Dakota burning seven stores and small buildings with losses around 30030. Spielmann Bros Chicago vinegar and yeast plant suffered near destruction with about 100000 damage. Paepcke Leicht lumber planing mill and box factory also burned, total losses estimated at 175000. Firemen escaped harm from collapsing walls. In Versailles Kentucky the home of J N Camden burned on Wednesday with about 40000 loss. Built a century ago by Captain Nathaniel Hart it hosted figures like Lafayette Madison Burr and Clay among guests.
County superintendents association opens with President I. I. Myer presiding. Large attendance cited after act granting per diem. semi annual session to handle business in June. Current officers listed. no elections held. Discussion expected on trimmed county council estimates.
Late advices from China report further rioting in Shantung province with ten French missions burned. The string of disturbances reflects escalating tension as local groups clash with foreign presences, underscoring fragile conditions for missionaries and expatriates in the region.
In federal court, Thursday, Charles Tf Hood Lewell Mass manufacturer of Hood's sarsaparilla filed for an injunction against J C Hood Louisville Ky the Muncie glass company Muncie and Louis Renkert Indianapolis druggist to stop selling and the glass company from preparing bottles for an alleged imitation medicine. Exhibits show the genuine and imitation bottles are very similar.
Martin Kertz faced a Nicholson law blinds violation charge and was tried and discharged in police court Thursday. John W. Sullivan, saloonist at 331 W. MerTihst, was arrested under the same charge and awaiting action.
Mamie Carter, a woman with a long police record, was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 39 days in the workhouse by a police court on Thursday for loitering. She is alleged to be the woman who has been accosting men in the east end recently after leaving the works.
Births record many families with several new girls and boys born at various addresses including T A and Cole 1315 Harlan street and Frank and White Tll Warmin avenue. Deaths list multiple ages and causes with entries like John B Hoefgen 74 pheoplexy and Frederick Born 36 suicide. Marriages show numerous couples such as Theodore Price Lulu Woods and Edgar Evans Priscilla Marsh.
Trustees continued their meeting in the same hall on Thursday with no final resolutions, planning to keep the organization through the next year even if all trustees resign next November. A few attendees noted the ongoing routine as Delaware county superintendent Charles VanMal, with Georg W. Looney and C. Low Greensburg present.
The Indiana hotelmen's association meets at English's with 109 members. Gov. Mount will address the afternoon session on routine business. The group will attend theaters in the evening, followed by a banquet with May Vagsart as toastmaster. D. C. S. and Editor Bohn are among featured speakers.
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